Emperor Ming Fengyunlu

Volume 9 The Great Tribulation

Chapter 5 The dragon wanders the sea and the thieves

Section 10 The Only Way Out (1)

After Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang led the army down the mountain, Tian Jianxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Laiheng, and Liu Wenxiu stayed in the big tent of the Chinese army and never left.

The fierce sound of fire and the earth-shattering sound of fighting under the mountain kept coming, making the four of them feel uneasy. At this time, Tian Jianxiu, Ai Nengqi, Li Laiheng, and Liu Wenxiu's hearts were very entangled, and the four of them hoped that Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang could create a miracle and really be able to defeat the Hanwei army under the mountain; On the other hand, everyone also understands that hundreds of thousands of armies have been defeated, and how can an army of 50,000 create miracles?

In this way, the four of them spent more than two hours in anxiety, until the sound of fighting at the bottom of the mountain gradually subsided.

Li Laiheng stood up abruptly and said, "Listen! The battle under the mountain must be over! ”

Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu also glanced at each other, and their hearts were full of fear, not knowing what kind of ending would wait for them.

And Tian Jianxiu frowned and said: "In my opinion, let's stop holding any illusions, can Gao Yigong and Liu Fangliang really win against the Hanwei army?" Now we have to hurry up and prepare to evacuate this place, and continuing to hold on to Muar Hill is a dead end, this is our only way out! ”

Li Laiheng, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu all agreed with this proposal, so they prepared to go their own way to straighten out the soldiers and horses.

Suddenly, a small leader rushed in, and said with a sad face: "Enlighten the generals, the brothers who came down the mountain have been defeated!" Only a few hundred people escaped, General Gao and General Liu were killed in battle, and all 50,000 brothers were gone! ”

Although Li Laiheng, Tian Jianxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu had long been mentally prepared for this result, when they really heard the news, they still couldn't help but feel heartache in their hearts.

"What are you still doing! Hurry up and straighten out the army, we have to leave here immediately, do we still have to wait for the Hanwei army to come up the mountain? ”

Li Laiheng roared, and he was about to rush out of the big tent of the Chinese army, and the rest of the people also came to their senses, so they had to follow closely behind to straighten out the soldiers and horses.

However, the little leader still stopped in front and said, "Generals, there is another matter, there is a brother who has escaped and said that the Hanwei army under the mountain will send someone to talk to us. ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Laiheng and the four of them were immediately stunned, and they were very puzzled in their hearts, it is said that now that the Han Wei army has occupied an absolute advantage, there is no need to negotiate peace with themselves, so what does Liu Yunwei want to do?

Liu Wenxiu hurriedly asked, "What did that person say?" ”

"It is said that the Han Wei Army will send someone up the mountain in a few days to interview us, and this person is known to all the generals."

"Who is it?"

"General, Li Dingguo."

Three days later, Li Dingguo went up to Muar Mountain alone, and under the supervision of a team of rogue soldiers, he went to the big tent of the rogue Chinese army.

After Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu saw their brother-in-law, they were very excited, and they all stood up and were about to step forward to speak, but they were scolded loudly by Li Laiheng, and then Li Laiheng said coldly: "It turned out to be General Li, I don't know when General Li became a member of the Hanwei Army?" ”

Tian Jianxiu also said coldly beside him: "What is General Li doing today?" Let me wait to surrender? ”

Li Dingguo smiled faintly and said, "It seems that the two generals have some prejudices against Dingguo." Since Dingguo was defeated and captured under the city of Jayang, he has always been worried about the generals in his heart. I have come here today to persuade you to surrender......"

"Someone! Pull this man down and cut him down! ”

Without waiting for Li Dingguo to finish speaking, Li Laiheng shouted, and Tian Jianxiu also looked at Li Dingguo coldly, without the slightest word.

And Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu suddenly pulled out their swords, protected Li Dingguo's side on the left and right, and shouted in unison: "Who dares to step forward!" ”

Immediately afterwards, there was a commotion outside the Chinese army's tent, and Liu Wenxiu and Ainengqi's subordinates rushed to the outside of the Chinese army's tent, and Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng's subordinates started a confrontation.

Seeing this, Li Laiheng couldn't help but laugh angrily and said, "Okay! It turns out that the two of you are the internal response of Li Dingguo, a traitor! ”

At this time, Li Dingguo patted Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi on the shoulders, signaled the two to put down their swords, and then said loudly to Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng: "Two generals, please listen to what I say, if I still don't agree to surrender after I finish speaking, and still want to kill me, then I, Li Dingguo, will definitely be killed!" ”

"Big brother!"

"Big brother!"

Hearing Li Dingguo say this, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi exclaimed one after another, if it weren't for Li Dingguo holding the hands of the two, it is estimated that the two would have rushed up to Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng desperately.

Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng glanced at each other, and then said loudly: "Okay! We'll hear you finish! ”

Li Dingguo took a deep breath and said, "Actually, in addition to the fact that I have surrendered to the Hanwei army, Li Yan, the advisor of King Chuang, is also in the Hanwei army. Originally, we were all loyal subordinates of King Chuang, and we all wanted to kill all the corrupt officials and bullies in the world with King Chuang, overthrow the rule of the Ming court, and establish a peaceful and prosperous world where the poor people in the world could be fed and clothed! ”

Hearing this, Li Laiheng and Tian Jianxiu's expressions were a little lonely.

"However, after this battle, do the two generals see hope? Did the places where my rebels passed really bring peace and prosperity to the poor people? No! All I saw was endless death, and those who were poor but could still live in peace and security were all turned into precarious outcasts under the coercion of my rebels! What happened to the homeless people who dragged their families and followed us around? was used as cannon fodder by us, and was pushed onto the bloody battlefield by our own hands! ”

Speaking of this, Li Dingguo was very excited, and Li Laiheng, Tian Jianxiu, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu were all silent, and everyone fell into deep thought.

"Li Yan told me that when Po Junbo led the main force of the Longxiang Iron Cavalry to fight the main army of hundreds of thousands, Liu Zongmin and Li Guo did not hesitate to use countless poor people to attack the official army of the Iron Cavalry, and Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing wantonly slashed and killed the old and young women and children who were blocking the way when they were fleeing for their lives! Dare to ask the two generals, what is the difference between such an act and the Tartar captivity outside the Guan! Why should I continue to follow such a righteous army! ”

Tian Jianxiu and Li Laiheng both lowered their heads, and after a while, Liu Wenxiu next to him said, "Big brother, what does Uncle Po Jun have to say?" What are the conditions? ”

Li Dingguo paused and said: "The generals immediately went down the mountain and surrendered, and accepted the reorganization together with the 300,000 soldiers of the righteous army who had been captured by the Hanwei army, and then went north to Liaodong with the Hanwei army to meet the Qing army. ”

"What! How can we agree to such conditions! ”

Tian Jianxiu immediately yelled and said, "Then Liu Yunwei wants to use the soldiers of my righteous army as cannon fodder to send them to death!" ”

Li Laiheng also sneered and said: "It turns out that the Qing army is going south, I still wonder why Liu Yunwei didn't continue to attack, but wanted to persuade us to surrender, it turns out that there is no time, he is in a hurry to return to Liaodong!" ”

Ai Nengqi and Liu Wenxiu also hesitated, and said one after another: "Big brother, Liaodong is not as good as Shaanxi, and the Qing army is not a garrison army in various places, if we really go, how many of these more than 300,000 brothers can come back alive?" ”

"How many?" Li Laiheng sneered and said: "As long as we surrender, then none of us will want to survive!" ”

Tian Jianxiu stood up, stared at Li Dingguo and said, "Then since Liu Yunwei wants to surrender us and others, he only mentioned going north to Liaodong, is it not any good?" Does he really think that there is no way out for us but to die? It's a big deal, I'll break it up on the spot and rush out, and continue to deal with the Hanwei army in Shaanxi! ”

After listening to everyone's words, Li Dingguo's face gradually became ugly, and he suddenly yelled violently and said, "In this way, you want to continue to be a thief!" ”

Li Laiheng was also furious and shouted: "Rogue? If you try it again, Lao Tzu will cut you immediately! We are the rebels! ”

"Rebels? Do you know what the outcasts say about us? Hurry up and greet King Chuang, King Chuang will not pay for food when he comes! After hearing our slogan, those homeless people are asking: Is it true that King Chuang is here and does not pay for food? What should I do if King Chuang has no food? How did our soldiers answer? Grab it! Not to mention that the officials and soldiers call us thieves, even those homeless people think that we are thieves who only know how to loot everywhere! ”

Hearing this, everyone was silent, everyone knew that Li Dingguo was telling the truth, and everyone was powerless to refute it.

Li Dingguo continued to say excitedly: "Now, in Liaodong, the slave chieftain Taiji is leading hundreds of thousands of Qing troops to attack the Liao River, and the main army of the Han Wei Army is fighting a bloody battle against the Tartars in the Liao River, and what are we doing? Raid houses and rob houses, erosive places! If we don't wake up in time, we will all go to hell in the future, and we will be poked in the backbone by thousands of generations after we die, and we will be stinking for thousands of years! ”

Li Dingguo's words echoed in the big tent for a long time, beating everyone's hearts like an alarm bell.

At this time, Li Laiheng's eyes were red and he roared: "If we surrender, won't we avenge King Chuang's revenge?" Where did the hundreds of thousands of brothers killed by the Hanwei army go to cry out for injustice! ”

Li Dingguo closed his eyes painfully and said, "King Chuang is Han after all, and we are Han after all." Now that the Tartars are raging, shouldn't we go north to attack Hu? ”

"But the officers and soldiers are enemies!"

Li Dingguo suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Li Laiheng's collar, and shouted loudly: "Is it more pleasant to kill your fellow clan than to kill a tartar?" Don't we have a grudge against the Tartars? Once the Han Wei army is defeated in Liaodong, hundreds of thousands of Qing troops will rush into the pass, do you want our wives and daughters to be two-legged sheep again! You want our children and grandchildren to be slaves to the Tartars again! ”