The black gun has an innate advantage in the dark, because its gun barrel is almost completely invisible, and the soldiers who broke into the army only saw the Zhu soldiers on the opposite side raise their hands and make a false stabbing action, and then heard a snort in their ears, and they were already shot in the chest, and they couldn't even see clearly, how to parry?

Someone hurriedly shouted: "Be careful, they have black spears in their hands." ”

Someone else shouted, "Raise your shields, and don't care where their spears come from, and set up your shields." ”

If it is a plain, it may be possible to set up a shield array and deal with it after placing the shield array flat, but how can a shield array be formed between the mountains? The complex terrain and the rocks and vines on the ground made it impossible for the soldiers to form a perfect formation, but were squeezed into a mess, and the front of the entire army was uneven and undulating. The soldiers raised their shields, but the black guns stabbed silently from the side, which was simply overwhelming.

Someone shouted, "Raise the torch and light the fire a little ......"

But in the fierce battle, where is the place to allow the soldiers to light torches slowly, even if they are lit, they have no hands to hold, and both hands have to desperately wave their weapons to fight with the enemy. That's literally creating targets for the opponent's archers.

After a few of the intruders with torches were shot down, the others simply stopped lighting the torches, and even those who had already lit them and held them in their hands quickly threw away the torches.

In this way, the black pole gun without a trace became a nightmare for the invading soldiers, and the invading soldiers were beaten and retreated. Embarrassed, they squeezed backwards, and the friendly troops behind them were also squeezed crookedly, the mountain roads at night were already very dangerous, and a single misstep could have caused them to fall, and their squeezing was even more troublesome, and many soldiers who had been born and raised on the plains fell to the ground, and their heads were broken and bleeding from sharp stones.

The chaos began to spread, and with it came a severe loss of morale.

A small leader couldn't help but scream: "Since the Zhu army has divided its troops to attack us. Then they must have sent someone to attack Brother Chuang Wang. If the eldest brother doesn't check, wouldn't it be very dangerous? ”

It's good that he didn't roar, but this roar suddenly frightened the leaders next to him. Someone yelled, "Oh no. Listen. There was a shout of killing from Mr. Liu (Liu Zongmin), and they also attacked Mr. Liu at the same time. ”

"Damn, what's wrong with Brother Chuangwang?"

"If Brother Chuang is killed by them...... We...... What are we going to do? ”

Someone yelled, "! Don't panic. Isn't this just the beginning? Of course, Brother Chuang Wang is fine. ”

Immediately, another person responded: "But Zhu Jun is so powerful, his combat effectiveness is so strong, we can't resist a generalissimo here, Brother Chuang Wang must be dealing with Zhu Ba himself, it is even more difficult to fight there, I want to help Brother Chuang Wang......"

"I'm going to ...... too"

There was a moment of confusion in the army, and several generals who were loyal to Li Zicheng slipped out from the flanks and led their men and horses in the direction of Li Zicheng. They left the battle without permission, which immediately caused a great chaos in the army, and many soldiers who had not been afraid were now afraid, and exclaimed, "Some brothers have fled...... Shall we run away too? ”

Li Guo was in a hurry, he really didn't expect that Zhu Jun would be so good at mountain warfare and night warfare. When Zhu Jun showed up just now, he thought that there was no need to worry, because although the soldiers of the intruding army were worse than Zhu Jun when they fought in formation, they were not afraid of Zhu Jun at all in the melee in the mountains, but he did not expect that the black pole soldiers secretly trained by Zhu Jun were so powerful. It easily defeated the front line of the invading army, and at the same time caused panic in the entire army, stirring up the whole situation to one side.

Humanity is a thing...... It can be said to be strong, or it can be said to be vulnerable.

If an army is attacked in the middle of the night, but is able to hold its ground and defeat the enemy, then they will become stronger and will not be able to shake their will in anything. But if an army is defeated in the middle of the night, they will frighten themselves and become more suspicious in unfavorable directions.

This is a weakness of human nature, and no one can avoid it.

The invading army under Li Guo is now in a similar mood, and as Xu Renjie's army continues to advance, the intruding army under Li Guo's command is pushed to the ground, and the courage of the soldiers is getting smaller and smaller. I am afraid that the other two roads, that is, Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng's two armies, will also be defeated by the enemy, and it will be all over.

Just when they began to panic, there was a sudden shout of killing in the darkness, and the direction of Li Zicheng's Chinese army finally became noisy...... Li Guo turned his head to look in that direction, and couldn't help but flash a trace of horror in his eyes: Uncle Chuang, you must be fine-

Before counting the time for hot tea, Li Zicheng watched with a smile as the army chased Li Guoqi's troops farther and farther, and he couldn't help but kiss a smug look in his eyes: Sure enough, it was right to choose to deal with Li Guoqi, this soft persimmon is really easy to pinch.

He couldn't help but look up at the agate mountain next to him, only to hear that there was still a shouting and killing sound coming from the top of the mountain, and he knew that Zuo Liangyu was still fighting fiercely with Zhang Xianzhong's department on the top of the mountain, but the shouting on the top of the mountain was much quieter, and it seemed that Zhang Xianzhong's department was about to finish. He pricked up his ears to listen to the left side, where there was also a faint shout of killing. In fact, it was the sound of Zhang Xianzhong and his four righteous sons rushing towards He Renlong, but Li Zicheng thought it was the sound made by He Renlong and Zhu Babu when they were fighting.

He couldn't help but laugh and said: "After this battle, the officers and soldiers, Zhang Xianzhong, and Zhu Ba have all suffered heavy setbacks, and only our army is intact, hehehe...... As soon as it dawns tomorrow, I will bypass Agate Mountain, go straight to Guangyuan, take Guangyuan from Zhu Ba's hands, and then attack Shaanxi, Shaanxi is my territory, hahahaha. ”

Li Zicheng walked out of Li Yan Gongzi behind him, a different color flashed on his delicate face, and he said in a low voice: "Brother Chuangwang, I always have a strange feeling in my heart...... Zhu Ba gave Li Guoqi to us, and he was too generous. ”

Li Zicheng frowned, he hadn't thought about this possibility. But thinking carefully about the process of Zhu Ba giving Li Guoqi to him, he didn't think it was incomprehensible, Zhu Ba's bastard even took out the matter of Gao Jie and Xing's family, which shows that he did have the intention of grabbing Li Guoqi's department, but his face was not as thick as his own.

He made a reassuring gesture to Li Yan, and said with a smile: "It's okay!" Zhu Ba likes to be a good person and talk about face, and it is reasonable that he can't compete with me. ”

Li Yan Gongzi nodded, still feeling a little strange in his heart. However, the rest of the words were not easy to say, and then Li Zicheng suddenly asked, "Brother Li Yan." You have the talent to go through the heavens and the earth. I want to ask you a question, if we become the ruler of Shaanxi, will we manage it according to the way Zhu Ba manages Shaanxi, or will we manage it according to the plan we have publicized not paying grain? "He hasn't been able to enter Shaanxi yet. I first began to think about the government affairs after taking over Shaanxi.

Li Yan heard this. After thinking about it seriously, he said, "I heard that Zhu Ba has governed Shaanxi quite well. Many means are good, but ...... We can't use his methods, we have to do it according to the propaganda of not paying for food. Our 36th Battalion has done a lot of burning, killing, and looting in the past, and the people all over the world regard us as a beast of prey, and if we want to change this image, we must earnestly implement the policy of not paying for food...... so as not to leave a bad impression on the people that the army does not speak. ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said with a smile: "This is exactly what I want, I want to collect taxes and govern the people, it is too troublesome, it is convenient to ask for money directly from the homes of rich businessmen and officials, hahahaha!" ”

Li Yan responded to the peace, and faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it. It seems that there is some major flaw in the idea of "not paying for food" that he proposed to King Chuang, but he can't think of it for a while.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Li Yan's unexpectedness, because after all, he is just a small scholar, he has never experienced the major affairs of the court and politics, and he has not been exposed to things at the level of managing the country, and his thinking also has limitations, he only knows that for the good of the people, he can reduce the burden of the people without paying food, but he has not thought about how a country without taxes can survive...... Of course, he is a talented person in his chest, although he can't think of this, he can faintly feel that something is wrong, and he only needs someone to pluck him, and he can be integrated.

At this time, Li Zicheng's elite old eighth team was chasing Li Guoqi, but Li Zicheng himself did not follow, and only brought a few hundred henchmen to the rear and chatted with Li Yangongzi. Outside these hundreds of henchmen, there are thousands of soldiers, and as for the old, weak, sick and disabled and women's families who are unable to fight, they are all arranged in a large karst cave a few miles away.

Li Ziyuan looked relaxed, and suddenly, he frowned, and felt an inexplicable cold air coming from behind...... This kind of feeling is mysterious and mysterious, and it is not clear at all with his mouth, it can only be said to be an intuition, which is the intuition he practiced when he has been wandering the world for more than ten years, fighting everywhere, and being chased by officers and soldiers to flee like a dog......

The above paragraph is more mysterious, but in fact, to put it bluntly, it may not be mysterious. You must know that between the mountains and forests, there are always birds and insects, and nighthawks crying...... But a nocturnal army will suppress all these sounds, because bugs in the grass will not chirp when there are people around. The night forest is extremely large, and if a few people or hundreds of people sneak in the night, it is impossible to suppress the birds and insects in the entire mountain forest. But when an army of tens of thousands sneaked through the night forest, it was enough to crush an entire hill without sound.

What does it feel like to have a whole mountain quiet? It's a frightening sense of oppression, enough to chill anyone's heart!

What Li Zicheng felt was the strange tranquility behind him, which contained a murderous aura that made him intuitively feel insecure. He suddenly turned around and pointed back, "Watch out for the back!" Someone's coming! ”

Li Yan heard this: "Is there someone behind?" This person deserves to be a talented military advisor, he only exclaimed four words, and immediately said: "I understand, Zhu Ba is here." ”

Li Zicheng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the moment he felt the murderous aura, he had already woken up and shouted: "It's not good, Zhu Ba attacked behind us, and ordered the old Eighth team in front to come back quickly and wave the flag...... Drum ...... Light the torch...... Don't fight hard with Zhu Bajun, the whole army runs forward, catch up with the old Eighth Team in front and then turn back to fight......"

A series of orders came out of Li Zicheng's mouth, this person is worthy of a generation of heroes. Seeing things quickly and reacting quickly, he couldn't help but make Zhu Yuanzhang, who had just completed the layout and had not had time to order the charge, secretly praised. He also knew that sneaking up in the mountains late at night to sneak up on the enemy's butt was easy for the enemy to sense from the sound of birds and insects, but the opponent was a thief army, not a regular officer and soldier, so he had to try if this trick worked. Now we know the results...... It won't work for Li Zicheng.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help frowning and said, "Beat the drum, chase me!" ”

Li Zicheng's army and Zhu Yuanzhang's army remembered the sound of drums at the same time, and on the one hand, they wanted to run forward as soon as possible, wanting to meet the elite old eighth team. On the other hand, they are desperately trying to catch up. I want to kill him, the king of thieves, before Li Zicheng merges with his main force.

The soldiers of the Zhu army had been training in the mountains of Guangyuan for half a year, and at this time they were already very familiar with the rugged mountain roads, and they could be said to be walking like flying. However, the group of soldiers under Li Zicheng's command had only recently entered Sichuan from the Central Plains. He has been chased by officers and soldiers like dogs. There is simply no time for mountain training. This one ran up, and suddenly divided the superiority and inferiority.

The soldiers of the Zhu army walked big and fast, but the soldiers who broke into the army looked a little timid. Mountains and forests at night. If you stumble, you will fall and your head will be bleeding, where do the soldiers dare to run boldly, even Li Zicheng himself, he has to press the speed, and he dares to take every step after seeing the foothold.

Within a moment, Zhu Jun was close to dozens of zhang.

"!" Li Zicheng glanced back, feeling empty. At this time, Li Yangongzi, who was running beside Li Zicheng, suddenly slipped and fell to the ground.

Li Zicheng was taken aback, this person is a first-class military talent, how could he be left here, and quickly reached out to pull, but unexpectedly, there was a ravine as deep as a zhang next to the place where Li Yangongzi fell, and there was a stream flowing at the bottom of the ditch.

Li Zicheng stomped his feet, made a decision immediately, gave up Li Yan, and continued to run forward. He just thought in his heart: If I join the old eighth team, turn around and win Zhu Ba, I can come back to find Li Yan Gongzi, if I am killed, then everything is over, what is the use of saving him?

It was another tea time, the vanguard of the Zhu army had already caught up with Li Zicheng's rear formation, the spear started, and the soldiers behind the intrusive army fell down a large piece, and some soldiers who could not be killed in vain turned around and fought with the Zhu soldiers, but they fought separately, did not form a system, and could not play any role at all, and were stabbed down by the Zhu army as soon as they turned around.

There was a soldier who ran and ran, and suddenly stopped running, he threw down the weapon in his hand, took the initiative to run backwards, and said loudly: "Brother Zhu, I came to vote for you, my family is begging for food with you in Shaanxi, I don't want to give my life inexplicably, it's better to follow you......"

It turned out that among the old batch of soldiers in the Chuang army, some of the family members were sent to Tongguan by the old Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang and handed over to Zhu Ba, they had no rejection of Zhu Bajun, and they had always thought that Zhu Jun and Chuang Jun were friendly troops, so it didn't matter. Now that Zhu Jun suddenly turned his face with Chuang Jun, they have to think about which side they should be on, people are this thing, of course, their hearts will be towards their families, since their wives and children are all following Zhu Ba, why don't they follow?

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang's yin hand had a huge effect at this time, and the number of people began to decrease sharply, and many people knelt down, threw away their weapons, raised their hands, and expressed their willingness to follow Zhu Yuanzhang.

Half of the thousands of people around Li Zicheng went in an uproar, and even the hundreds of soldiers who were his most confidants fell towards Zhu Jun.

Li Zicheng hated it so much that he couldn't help but complain in his heart about the old king Gao Yingxiang: "It's all your fault, I gave my family to Zhu Ba, and now something is wrong, right?" It seems that only my old eighth team is the most reliable, they all came out of Mizhi with me, as long as I am allowed to join the old eighth team, nothing is difficult to defeat me. ”

Due to the continuous surrender of people, the Zhu army chasing after him was undoubtedly much easier, and after almost no decent battle, the vanguard had already caught up not far behind Li Zicheng. The first general is Ma Xiaotian!

In fact, in most cases, Ma Xiaotian has no chance to participate in the war, and must always stay by Zhu Yuanzhang's side to protect him. But this time it was different, Zhu Yuanzhang brought not many generals into Sichuan, and he had to fight on three sides, and at the same time deal with Li Zicheng's three troops, Wang Er and Xu Renjie were separated, and the red lady had already left the army again, and she didn't know where she went.

There is no general in the army, Liao Hua is the vanguard, and Ma Xiaotian, Liao Hua, stepped forward and served as the vanguard general of the Chinese army.

Li Zicheng's face darkened, and Hao Shaoqi, the big standard-bearer behind him, hurriedly said: "Brother Chuangwang, you go first, and my brother will give you the queen." ”

Li Zicheng was not polite, but just patted Hao Shaoqi on the shoulder and said, "Take care, brother, don't die." ”

Hao Shaoqi laughed: "You can't die!" He turned the big flag in his hand sideways and handed it to one of Li Zicheng's guards, while he picked up an iron spear, took nearly a hundred brothers, and placed them in the middle of the mountain road. His figure was already very tall, full of meat, and at this time, he was protecting the iron spear as a station, but he also had the momentum of being a man and a man.

Hao Shaoqi yelled: "Who wants to touch my big brother!" Step over my Hao Shaoqi's corpse. ”

At this time, Ma Xiaotian happened to chase after him with a group of old brothers from Baishui, and when he heard this roar, he laughed and said, "You like to be stepped on? Well, I will fulfill you. (To be continued.) )