In the early morning of the fourth day, Li Zicheng's forward had already entered the territory of Jingyang. Since crossing the Sagashan Mountains, they did not stop at all in Sanyuan County, but quickly stepped up and rushed straight to Jingyang.

Yang He, the governor of the three sides, repeatedly tried to appease Li Zicheng, but instead gave him great courage, so that he expected that the officials and troops in Xi'an would never go out of the city to fight. So this time he decided to do a big deal, break through Jingyang, and kill Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qin.

As soon as Zhu Youzhen died, this was called the "lost feudal town", and all the civil and military officials in Shaanxi had to lose their heads. can not only make a big profit, but also use the hands of the court to kill his opponents, this kind of double deal, Li Zicheng will never let go.

Of course, Li Zicheng didn't know that he and Zhu Youzhen had already exchanged hands twice, and the blind eye was still due to Princess Rui'er. In his opinion, the vassal kings everywhere are all the same, all of them are mediocre, they only know how to accumulate people's fat and people's ointment, and spend all day drinking. The vassal king himself does not have any weapons, and if he wants to kill the prince, he will not be able to capture it.

But after entering Jingyang County, Li Zicheng immediately felt that something was wrong. First of all, every village and town was empty. In the past, when the thieves passed through a place, the common people would also flee, but they would never flee without a single one. Nowadays, although there are ten rooms and ten empty houses, and the things in the people's homes can be taken casually, there are no valuable things at all in the homes of ordinary farmers, and the army has not gained much from even occupying a few villages.

More importantly, every time the thieves passed, they would coerce the local people into joining them. Therefore, no matter how heavy the blow is, as long as the leader of the thieves does not die, it is often "the wildfire is inexhaustible, and the spring breeze blows and grows again", and it will not be long before a team larger than the original scale can be pulled.

These days, Li Zicheng went from Fuping to Tongchuan and then to Jingyang, first Gao Jie defected, and then he was attacked and harassed by officials and soldiers, and the soldiers of the camp company and their dependents were reduced, and the number of people reduced to six or seven thousand, accounting for almost a quarter of the total strength of the camp, and he was in urgent need of replenishing his troops. But now there is no figure in Jingyang County, so naturally it is impossible to wrap people into the gang.

Further on, there are large cotton fields and woods. At this time, it is summer, and the cotton plant is growing well; And the newly planted saplings are not yet shady, but at least they are alive. The thieves who broke into the camp were originally from Shaanxi, and they were very familiar with the topography of the Loess Plateau and the local crops. But the scene in front of them, it was the first time they had seen them so big, and they couldn't help but be amazed.

After crossing the Jing River, two majestic cities immediately appeared in front of Li Zicheng's eyes. He has been to Jingyang, the county seat is obviously in tatters, why did it suddenly become like this, and there is an extra city?

Li Zicheng was shocked and hurriedly sent scouts to investigate first. But the two cities have all been under martial law, and outsiders can't enter at all. wanted to ask the local people, but he couldn't touch anyone, which made Li Zicheng extremely depressed.

Still, the scout brought back some useful information. And the source of this information turned out to be He Renlong's subordinates. Because He Renlong and Li Zicheng are both rice fat people, if you talk about it in detail, the two are still distant relatives who have just come out of Wufu. And their subordinates are even more related to each other. Even if you don't get married, the accent of your hometown can't be changed, and as soon as the officials and soldiers in Jingyang City speak, Li Zicheng's scouts can hear it.

The scout was also quite clever, and immediately pretended to be a passer-by and talked to the officers and soldiers at the head of the city. As the saying goes, when a fellow sees a fellow countryman, his eyes are full of tears, and He Renlong's subordinates didn't have time to think about it, and they were scouted for three sets and two sets, so they told them what they knew about the Jingyang defense situation.

The scout immediately replied to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng was immediately shocked when he heard the report. He Renlong is his old opponent, don't look at it as a fellow countryman, but he is ruthless in the fight, and he has also made Li Zicheng suffer. Although Li Zicheng is now strong and strong, and He Renlong only has 1,500 people, Li Zicheng still does not dare to take him lightly.

And Zuo Guangxian, who guarded Jingyang County with He Renlong, Li Zicheng also heard about it. Since he was transferred to Yan'an as a general, Zuo Guangxian has beaten up the nearby thieves. Like the Heavenly Monkey, the Mountain Tiger, the Oil Slippery, the Scorpion Block and others, although they can't be called powerful, they can be regarded as the number one among the thieves. As a result, within a month, all of them were wiped out by Zuo Guang first.

With these two people guarding Jingyang, Li Zicheng suddenly felt that he could not grasp the storm on the county seat. He knew very well the strength of the camp, if it was a field battle, relying on the superiority of cavalry and numbers, he could still fight with the officers and soldiers. But now let him attack the heavily garrisoned city, he doesn't have the strength and courage, so he only dares to pick up a city like Fuping that is not garrisoned by official troops.

But Li Zicheng also learned at the same time that Zhu Youzhen, the king of Qin, was not in Jingyang County, but in another city called "Qin Wangzhuang". Moreover, there were only a thousand recruits in the city, and the generals were all unknown. He couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, secretly thinking that this is really God helping me, and dare to love this Qin King Zhu Youzhen is two hundred and five.

Since he didn't know how to dodge, Li Zicheng was of course even more polite, and immediately led the forward battalion and the pro-army to the city of Qin Wangzhuang. and issued an order to let the old battalion, the left and right wings and the rear army speed up the march, so as to surround Qin Wangzhuang and prevent Zhu Youzhen from escaping.

As for the county seat of Jingyang, Li Zicheng only sent two partial generals, asking them to symbolically bring hundreds of suspicious soldiers and bluff under the city. As long as the officers and soldiers in the city do not come out, they will complete the mission.

Just after the hour, Li Zicheng led the forward battalion and the pro-army, a total of about five or six thousand cavalry, and lined up in 200 or so steps outside the city of Qinwangzhuang. It was late June and early July, the hottest time of the year. The scorching sun is overhead, the heat is unbearable, and most of the thieves are shirtless, even generals like Liu Zongmin and Hao Shaoqi are shirtless, revealing their strong muscles.

But Li Zicheng looked at the city from a distance, but saw that the soldiers guarding the city were all wearing heavy armor. Although he was sweating profusely for a long time, no one took off his armor and armor, obviously because of strict military discipline.

However, there were only a few dozen soldiers at the head of the city. Li Zicheng thought that he had tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command, even if he took people to pad them, so he was very determined, and called the little colonel next to him and said: "Go over and persuade you to surrender!" ”

This is also a common hand used by thieves in the past. Now that the court officials are in charge, the officials and soldiers in various places are seriously in arrears, and there are many complaints. In some places, as long as the thieves who can speak well are fooled, they don't need to spend a single soldier at all, and the defenders of the city will directly open the city and surrender.

The little colonel led the order to the city, and he was lucky with the dantian, and just wanted to open his throat to persuade him to surrender, but a cold arrow suddenly flew from the city, hitting him in the temple. This unfortunate fellow didn't even have time to say half a word, and died in the city in a daze.

Li Zicheng was immediately furious, there is a way that the two countries do not fight each other, why did the other party hurt people with secret arrows before they started fighting?

At this time, countless officers and soldiers suddenly stood up behind the battlements at the head of the city, led by golden helmets and golden armor, full of heroic spirit, but with a beautiful face and a sinister face, he shouted loudly: "The king has excellent eyesight, and he still knows the poor road!" ”