Next to this big man stood a particularly tall steed with a shortened mane and tail, the horse was dark gray, with white spots, and curly hair, much like dragon scales, and was a famous oolong foal.

This big man is tall, with broad shoulders, bulging cheekbones, full heavenly court, high nose, deep eye sockets, thick eyebrows, and a pair of bright eyes that are staring forward and contemplative, which often give people a sense of perseverance, composure, and wisdom.

Li Zicheng wore an old white pointed felt hat often worn by northern peasants, the tip of which was folded down. Because the weather was not cold at this time, he did not cover anything outside his iron armor, but only wore a thin gray robe. In order to make it easier to take off in the battle that could be encountered at any time, all the buttons on the robe were loosened, and only a belt was used to tie the waist. He carried a bow diagonally on his back, a sword and a cowhide quiver painted with vermilion lacquer and gold, and a dozen carved arrows stuck in it. Perhaps in the eyes of later generations, the color of this quiver can only arouse a beautiful imagination, but they do not know that it also contains the political meaning of resolutely rebelling against the imperial court.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, stipulated that only the utensils used by the royal family can be decorated with vermilion lacquer and gold painting, and the rest are forbidden. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang also made a special strict regulation: officers and sergeants were not allowed to paint gold with their quivers, and violators would be executed. However, Li Zicheng carried this quiver on his back from the year he began his rebellion. In the past nine years, this quiver has galloped tens of thousands of miles with him, half of the Ming Dynasty, and has been battled, grinding sulfur in some places, and carrying knife wounds and arrow marks in some places, and almost the entire quiver has faded in the wind and sun, rain and snow, and dust and sand flying in the years.

Li Zicheng looked intently to the south, as if he was waiting for someone, there were some faint fires ten miles away from some mountains in the south, looking at these fires, Li Zicheng's eyes revealed a trace of melancholy from time to time. He knew that it was the officers and soldiers who were lighting the fire to prevent their own side from taking the opportunity to break through the encirclement, and the encirclement of these officers and soldiers was getting tighter and tighter, and the territory where he and his brothers could operate was getting smaller and smaller, and it seemed that in a few days there would be no place for them to operate.

Just a few days ago, he led the brothers of the old camp to fight a battle with He Renlong's men and horses, and although this battle repelled this guy nicknamed "He Maniac", his old camp also lost more than 200 people, and this loss made Li Zicheng feel so distressed that he was dripping blood.

The people of the old camp are the elite of their own elite, they are all old brothers who have been with him for more than three years, the number has never exceeded 3,000, and the casualties can make him feel distressed, and this time there were more than 200 casualties, which was enough to make him vomit blood.

A young soldier slowly walked in front of Li Zicheng and said softly: "King Chuang, the night is dark, you better go back and rest first, if you can trust the villain, the villain is willing to wait for General Shuangxi here for you." ”

Li Zicheng turned his head and said with a hearty smile: "Forget it, Shuangxi's kid took a huge risk to find out about the situation, I'm waiting here for what he can do, let's wait." ”

"Yes!" Seeing that King Chuang had made up his mind, the soldier did not dare to persuade him again, so he had to retreat again.

Half an hour had passed, and from the south came the sound of horses' hooves, which were getting closer and closer, and then a small group of men and horses appeared outside the sparse bushes, galloping towards them in the moonlight.

"King Chuang, General Shuangxi is back." The soldier in front shouted in surprise.

Soon, this group of cavalry came to Li Zicheng, led by a young knight about twenty years old, with two bloody human heads hanging from the saddle, shaking as the horses ran.

They came to the hillside, and the young knight led by them dismounted and walked to Li Zicheng, knelt down and hugged his fists, and said, "The child has seen Daddy." ”

"Good boy, hurry up, do we still need this set?" Li Zicheng helped the young knight up, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Very good, the guys are still there, nothing is missing." ”

The knight touched his head and smiled a little innocently, "Daddy Lao is bothered, the child is fine." ”

This young knight was none other than Li Zicheng's righteous son, Li Shuangxi, who had always been known for his bravery in King Chuang's army.

Seeing that Yizi was fine, Li Zicheng also relieved himself, and then asked, "Double happiness, what do you gain from going here?" ”

Li Shuangxi smiled lightly, "It's nothing, it's just that I slaughtered a few dog thieves who don't have long eyes, and I heard some news by the way."

After speaking, Li Shuangxi took out a notice from his arms and handed it to Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng took it and looked at it, there was a human head painted on it, which was slightly similar to the appearance of this soldier, and the song "Xijiang Yue" was written below:

This is Li Chuang's traitor,

Now the dog is dying.

Things rushed away.

Four heavenly soldiers caught up.

Cast a net of heaven and earth,

He had nowhere to hide.

The soldiers and civilians are tied up and surrendered,

The jade belt brocade is rewarded.

At the back of this "Xijiang Yue" is Li Zicheng's name, age, place of origin, physiognomy characteristics, and different rewards for capturing or killing alive.

Li Zicheng looked at it and smiled contemptuously, his laughter getting louder and louder, shaking out several rats from the surrounding bushes.

Li Shuangxi waited until Li Zicheng had laughed enough before he continued: "Daddy, the child also heard a good news, Sun Chuanting's dog officer is about to retire." ”

"Oh, really?" Li Zicheng was overjoyed in his heart, and his hands couldn't help grabbing Li Shuangxi's shirt and asked in surprise: "Sun Chuanting, that dog thief, is he really going to retire?" ”

"Yes, that's true." Li Shuangxi's eyes also showed joy, "The child has already inquired, yesterday, Hong Chengchou's dog official came to Tongguan, I don't know what he discussed with Sun Chuanting's dog thief, from now on, the people and horses surrounding us have been withdrawn one after another, and they began to drive in the direction of the capital." The child scratched a few tongues and asked, only to know that Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, was killed by a Tartar in Julu a few days ago, and now the capital is empty, and the emperor in the Forbidden City is afraid of death, so he is in a hurry to transfer Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting and others to the capital to protect themselves. ”

"Good, good!" Li Zicheng was overjoyed, he was almost out of breath by Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, and other officers and soldiers, and now when he heard that the officers and soldiers were going to retire, his heart was so happy that it seemed as if it was about to explode.

"The Tartars are here, they are good, Lu Xiangsheng's dog officer died in battle, forcing the emperor to send troops back to help, it's really wonderful, as long as we are given half a year, we can raise tens of thousands of troops."

At this time, Chongzhen, who was in the Forbidden City, did not know that his order to order Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting to withdraw their troops was actually to release a tiger that could bury himself back into the mountains and forests......

(To be continued)