There was a terrible sound of horses' hooves, Li Zicheng stopped and dismounted directly on the grass and fell on the grass, wearing a big mouth, an unspeakable pain in his lungs, the sweat on his body had to say that his clothes were wet, and the smell of sweat nearby washed away the fragrance of the grass, he just wanted to drink water from the kettle, but he remembered that the kettle had been shot by the opponent's archers, and he almost took his life.

He looked around, there were less than ten people left, compared to Shang Luoshan, Shang Luoshan was broken up, there were still eighteen people left, and later he was able to gather soldiers and horses, at this moment, these ten or so people are afraid that only a few of them survived.

"Ahhh Cavalry, cavalry" A very vicious-looking old thief on the side suddenly shouted, pointing to a red cloth on the treetops on the side in horror and shouting loudly, his facial features were distorted and he cried loudly, like a frightened child, and another person on the side took off the red sermon and said, "This is a red cloth, not a cavalry of the Ming army." The frightened old thief looked frightened and trembled.

Li Zicheng shook his head and saw the red cloth unconsciously thinking of the cavalry with red feathers on his head who was chasing after him just now, he felt bitter in his heart, and looked around, Liu Zongmin, Li Yan, Hao Shaoqi, and several old brothers were there, his expression suddenly changed, and he said, "What about Li Guo?" There he is? He shouted his nephew's name!

"General Lee, him!" A thin soldier on the side cried and said, "He's dead!" The Hu cavalry of the Ming army just now was too fierce, and they chased after their brothers without saying anything! ”、

"Come on!" Li Zicheng's eyes couldn't help but moisten his nose, and he thought of his nephew for a while, tears flowed out, and said: "I, Li Zicheng, have been cavalry for more than ten years, how can I have been defeated so badly!" So miserable! "He's obviously only a few steps away, he's going to lay down Kaifeng, take Kaifeng... But things have taken a turn for the worse.

"King Chuang, at least we still have a useful body!" Li Yan clenched his fists and said, he was not as pessimistic as others and still maintained a kind of sanity. "Why don't you surrender to the Ming army here, in order to make a comeback!"

"I'll start again!" Li Zicheng shook his head and smiled bitterly, and Liu Zongmin on the side also said: "Yes, General Li, this time we have these few people left, and what capital do we have to make a comeback!" I'm afraid that any bandit along the way will be able to clean up a few of us! ”

Everyone was pessimistic and silent, Li Yan helplessly raised his head and looked at the empty lawn around him, he felt that his heart was also the same as this lawn, with infinite sadness and helplessness. "Don't say it again, Li Yan, I regret that I shouldn't have listened to you and left Henan early!"

"It's not too late for King Chuang to change his mind at this moment!" Li Yan laughed and said, Li Zicheng shook his head and smiled bitterly: "What about changing your mind?" I've lost all my money."

"No, if we search for scattered people around us, it is estimated that we can gather a few hundred people!" Li Yan said, analyzing the current situation. 】

"What can a few hundred people do! Hundreds of thousands of us went out and were defeated by the Shandong army," Liu Zongmin said and sat on the ground weakly, his eyes full of inexplicable helplessness.

"It's better to go back to the field and be a farmer," Li Zicheng said, with infinite loneliness in his tone, and a few people showed a kind of enthusiasm for being a farmer, obviously tired of fighting.

"No! Break the king! Don't forget, we are all wanted criminals by the imperial court, and if we return to the people, a small lieutenant can kill us! How can there be a way to survive like this," Li Yan said with a sigh.

"Alas" Li Zicheng looked at the north and said: "Otherwise, do you still surrender to the Ming army, we have surrendered several times, and this time the Ming army can still accept our surrender?" Li Zicheng said he had enough of this life of fugitives.

"Why don't we defect to Zhang Xianzhong?" Li Yan asked tentatively.

"Zhang Xianzhong" Li Zicheng thought of the heroic man with a big felt hat, he understood that the other party could tolerate anyone under his command, but he couldn't tolerate him Li Zicheng! "Let's go!" Back to Shangluoshan! ”

"But we have to be careful of the prince of the south?" Li Yan said, and everyone's eyes became solemn, prince! His army of more than 100,000 people didn't have any news of any changes at all!

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The crown prince Zhu Cihong touched the small Buddha machine in front of him with an inexplicable meaning on his face, and there was a winged tiger gun on the table, the long gun tube exuded a cold glow, and looked at He Shan who was kneeling on the ground in front of him and said, "You are He Renlong's righteous son?" The prince looked at the man in front of him, the old department of the eight thousand He Renlong under his command was an elite who had experienced a hundred battles, and he had long taken a fancy to this army! But he didn't expect the other party to take the initiative to join him.

"Yes, Your Highness" He Shan said, with a sense of sadness, Li Zicheng was defeated, and the northern thieves were about to be wiped out by the Ming army, so he took his old department to find a new way out, and it was not possible to go back to Shaanxi, Zhang Xianzhong was too strong, he didn't want to be cannon fodder, looking at the prince in front of him, he understood that if he wanted to live, he could only go to this prince who recruited troops.

"Oh?" Zhu Cihong snorted strangely, continued to look at the Winged Tiger Gun in his hand, and said, "Why did you come to join me, not to go to Qin Xiaochuan, this time he has won a lot of military merits." ”

"This! Qin Xiaochuan killed my brother and killed my father-in-law! How can such a deep hatred be peaceful! He Shan said angrily, Zhu Cihong laughed, and said, "He governs the army strictly, how can he kill your brother, I'm afraid you will violate military discipline?" As he spoke, the Winged Tiger Gun in his hand suddenly aimed at Naga Mountain, and the atmosphere instantly cooled down.

"This?" A layer of fine sweat immediately broke out in He Shan's head, and said, "Prince, what the villain said is true" He lay on the ground, regretting in his heart why this prince was more brutal than he imagined.

Zhu Cihong put away the fire gun, looked at Na He Shan, laughed, and said, "Haha! General He made a joke, how could this palace not believe you! In this battle, you fought off the thieves and sacrificed blood for my Ming Dynasty, and He Renlong was loyal to the country! Hongu knows all this! ”

"Your Highness, with your words, even if the minister dies in battle, he will be willing" He Shan cried, leaving tears. The prince nodded and said: "This palace has prepared a dinner party for you, General He, let's go, this palace has recently formed a new three-thousand-winged tiger hand, ready to transfer it to you."

He Shan was immediately overjoyed, and the little eunuch on the side immediately walked up and said with a smile: "General He, come, Your Highness has prepared ten Jiangnan girls for you" He Shan's eyes immediately became hot, and he walked south, leaving saliva.

Looking at Nahe Mountain in the distance, the prince's eyes narrowed and said: "This person has a prestige in his army, and most of the generals in his army are his righteous brothers and righteous brothers, and they will definitely not be kept!" ”

The eunuch on the side responded: "Your Highness, this? I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers of his army! ”

"Humph! How can there be" The prince glanced coldly into the distance and said, "A good sword doesn't need a thorny hilt!" If there are thorns, remove them! ”

The prince continued to look at the firearm in his hand, "This winged tiger gun is a good thing!" Let the craftsmen who have recently come from Guangdong make every effort to build! ~" The prince said. "In three months, I'll see three thousand!"

"This! Your Majesty, I'm afraid not, this thing is very difficult to build! I'm afraid it's not easy! The eunuch said worriedly.

"Humph! Qin Xiaochuan relied on the place in Shandong with a population of two million, and was cleaned and robbed several times by thieves to make such sharp firearms, how did he get to the palace, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have a population of tens of millions, and it is the place with the richest craftsmen and the largest number of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, but it can't work! The prince snorted coldly.

"Your Highness's forgiveness" The little eunuch was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground, looking frightened, and the prince sighed and continued to look at the firearm in his hand, and said, "Don't talk about this, I will write a letter tomorrow, and ask Your Majesty to transfer all the craftsmen who can make firearms from all parts of the northern parts of the country to Nanjing." ”