"Unexpectedly, I hunted geese all day long, but I was pecked by geese. Lao Tzu underestimated the enemy and underestimated Zhu Cunji, and Zhu Hongwu's descendants are not all stupid pigs like Zhu Changxun. ”

In a valley in Zhongnan Mountain, Li Zicheng looked at the team of only more than 300 people and sighed. More than 500 horsemen escaped from Xi'an, and nearly half of the people fled on the way because they felt that the future was bleak, and only some old brothers were left with him.

This was Li Zicheng's defeat at Tongguan that year, and the worst defeat after the eighteen cavalry entered Shangluo. Less than a year after re-entering Shangluo, he finally made a comeback, but this time he was beaten into the mud again.

Li Yan and the Red Lady betrayed, and Lu Weiqi and other Luoyang gentry stabbed them in the back.

Now the soldiers are gone, and even his wife Gao is gone. Such a big defeat, especially Li Yan's betrayal, made him think of Gao Jie.

Gao Jie, nicknamed the Harrier, was once an old brother who rose with him and won his trust. But later, he secretly had an affair with his wife, Xing, and they finally surrendered to the official army together.

Li Zicheng treats Gao Jie well, and treats Li Yan even more, but he is hurt more deeply by them.

Song Xiance and Niu Jin, the two great strategists, were captured, and even his own son Zhang Ding was killed in Xi'an.

Li Zicheng's gaze swept over the only remaining group of old brothers, and now only Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Dang Shousu, Liu Fangliang, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, and Liu Tichun were still with him, and the rest were either killed in battle or captured.

has been in the army for more than ten years, but now it is such an ending.

"Say it, now that it's over, say whatever you want." Li Zicheng looked at his brothers and said.

Liu Zongmin was still hanging on one arm, and there were blood stains on the wrapped cloth.

"Big brother, if you want me to say, those bullshit former Ming clans and local officials. I can't trust any of them. These people are not the same kind of people as us at all, the officials and gentry in Luoyang betrayed us, Zhu Cunji and the gentry in Xi'an also wanted to kill us, even Li Yan, we trusted him so much, let him lead the Chinese army. But this kid has never been with us, if he didn't have to unite with the Ming Dynasty clan, we wouldn't have this defeat. This bastard, as soon as the official army came, he immediately turned against him, I think he has always regarded himself as a scholar as a gentry, and regarded us as a rogue, and has never really been our own people. ”

"Needless to say, I'm blind. Mistaken look at this white-eyed wolf. I swear here that when I return to Henan in the future, I will definitely dig up Li Yan's ancestral grave and kill him. ”

"For now, let's talk about the present."

Dang Shousu hesitated and said, "Now that we are newly defeated, there is no place for Guanzhong, I heard that Cao Cao and Luo Rucai are in Hanzhong." Why don't you go and go to him. ”

"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, if we have soldiers and horses in our hands. Go to Hanzhong, and the two can also join forces. But now we only have these few hundred old brothers left, and we have gone to Hanzhong, and then we can only send people under the fence to listen to Cao Cao's orders. Yuan Zongdi objected to defecting to Luo Rucai. Although Luo Rucai is also an old man in the righteous army, he is even older than King Chuang.

But this man has always been cunning. When he contacted Zhang Xianzhong, he had the most momentum. Last year, they made a comeback to Shangluo, and soon made a splash in Henan, and they also sent people to Daba Mountain to recruit Luo Rucai, hoping that they could come to Luoyang to meet peace. But Luo Rucai refused. Now that he is going to join Luo Rucai, there are only about 300 people, and he will definitely not be able to sit on an equal footing with Luo Rucai at that time.

And there is another very important reason why they can't go.

"I heard that Zhu Youxiang is now at Luo Rucai's place, Luo Rucai has been appointed as the emperor by Zhu Youxiang, and Zhu Youxiang has named Luo Rucai as the king of Wei."

Everyone will not forget how they forced Zhu Youxiang and his son to prepare to move the capital to Xi'an.

"King Chuang, temporarily living under Cao Cao, it is better than surrendering to the Han army."

"I'm afraid that Zhu Youxiang won't be able to tolerate me waiting."

"Zhu Youxiang, the emperor, is just a puppet in Cao Cao's hands, so don't worry about him. As long as Cao Cao is willing to contain it, it will be fine. When our army was defeated in Shangluo, didn't he also borrow food and wages from Cao Cao, didn't he also borrow it. I think it's feasible to defect to Cao Cao at this time, and I can be wronged for the time being, so that I can have a chance to breathe, and then I have a chance to make a comeback. ”

Tian Jianxiu also began to persuade Luo Rucai, but they didn't know that Zhu Cunji, who had just ambushed them, had been killed by his brother Zhu Cunji.

Li Zicheng looked at the hundreds of remnants of the defeated soldiers around him and sighed long.

"Let me think twice about this."

Back in the grass hut, Li Zicheng hesitated.

Liu Zongmin came in with a roasted hare.

"Big brother, I saw that you didn't go over to eat, I brought it to you, there are a lot of prey in this Zhongnan Mountain, this hare roasted oil is fragrant, eat it while it's hot."

Li Zicheng didn't have much appetite, he looked at Liu Zongmin, in the past few years, Liu Zongmin has gradually become the number two person in the army with his courage and daring to fight.

"Zong Min, the brothers all proposed to go to Hanzhong to vote for Cao Cao, what do you think?"

Liu Zongmin tore the wild enough and picked up a rabbit leg and ate it together.

While eating, he replied, "If you don't go to Cao Cao, these hundreds of us will stay in Zhongnan Mountain, and sooner or later we will either starve to death, or be besieged and killed by Zhu Cunji." Vote for Cao Cao, although he has to send someone under the fence for the time being, and he can break through the prestige of the king's qualifications, Cao Cao cannot do anything excessive at this time, after all, now that the Han army is strong, we are also cold. Maybe Luo Ru will want to annex us, but we can temporarily cling to it, wait for the time to rest and grow, and then we can still pull it out and start anew. ”

"Do you want to serve Zhu Youxiang as the Son of Heaven?"

"Didn't we also serve him as the Son of Heaven at the beginning, saying that we are still their father and son from the dragon, and Luoyang was defeated, that is the crime of Lu Weiqi and Li Yan's bastards, and it has nothing to do with us. Perhaps, Zhu Youxiang still wishes that we, the old ministers, could pass. ”

"Big brother, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, and a temporary setback is nothing. At the beginning, our Tongguan army was defeated, and the defeat was worse than now, only eighteen horses were left to enter Shangluo, and now we still have more than 300 horses to ride into Zhongnan Mountain. We were able to make a comeback after such a fiasco at the beginning, are we still afraid that we will not be able to make a comeback in the future? ”

Li Zicheng smiled, "What you said is reasonable, reasonable." Saying that, Li Zicheng also felt hungry, picked up a rabbit leg and gnawed it.

"Zong Min, do you think we should go directly to Hanzhong, or send someone over first?"

"It's best to leave now, this Zhongnanshan is too close to Xi'an and it's not safe. However, we can first send a brother to Hanzhong in advance and say hello to Zhu Youxiang and Luo Rucai. ”

Li Zicheng nodded, "Which brother does Zong Min think it's good to send?" ”

"It's better to send Yuan Zongdi, he is eloquent, and he once guarded Zhu Youxiang."

"Okay, after eating this meal, I'll leave today."

Southern Shaanxi, Hanzhong, Ningqiang Prefecture.

"Does King Wei really want to accept Li Zicheng?"

Cao Cao Luo Rucai, who had already been named the King of Wei, was dressed in a python robe, looked at the drizzle outside the pavilion with his hands behind his back, shook his head and said, "Do you know Li Zicheng?" ”

"Li Zicheng joined the rebel army more than 100,000, and fought countless times, since the apocalypse, the rebel army has been wiped out one after another, and the big waves have swept away many heroes of the rebel army, but although Li Zicheng has been defeated repeatedly, he has been defeated again and again. In terms of the heroes of the righteous army, only the eight kings could be compared with the king of Chuang, and now the eight kings have long been killed by the imperial court, and only Li Zicheng is still majestic. ”

"Liu Jiye killed my righteous army, and now he has usurped the world, and his soldiers are strong. He has always been ruthless to our righteous army, no better than the Ming Dynasty, and has always suppressed us without appeasing them, and in the current situation, we must unite all parties to fight against the Han army. ”

He smiled, "Li Zicheng is fierce, now he is newly defeated, if we can take the opportunity to subdue him, we will definitely increase our momentum." ”

"King Wei, Li Zicheng is a hero, but I am afraid that Li Zicheng will not be willing to be subservient. The subordinates were worried that letting Li Zicheng come would be suspected of luring wolves into the house. ”

"You are too worried, the strong are dominant, Li Zicheng is now only three or five hundred defeated soldiers, how can he threaten me?"

"Report!"

The guards report.

"Report to the King of Wei, the Duke of Xinguo has arrived fifty miles away."

"How many men did he take?" Luo Rucai asked.

"Five thousand men and horses, but they all look like newly recruited soldiers, and their armor and armaments are not in order."

When he heard that there were 5,000 people, Luo Rucai's heart jumped, but when he heard that it was just 5,000 rabble, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was born in a rogue family, and of course he knows very well where Li Zicheng's 5,000 people came from. It must be that the people are coerced along the road, and such 5,000 people are at most bluffing, and there is no threat.

Thinking of this, Luo Ru went to Xingzai.

The so-called Xingzai is nothing more than a local rich man's house, which was requisitioned as a temporary Xingzai.

"Your Majesty, Li Zicheng, the Duke of Xinguo, came with soldiers and horses."

When Zhu Youxiang heard the name Li Zicheng, a feeling of disgust rose. But now that he is in Cao Cao's camp, this Cao Cao is also a bandit like Luo Rucai, he sighed.

"Oh, it turns out that the Duke of Xinguo has arrived, and the King of Lao Wei welcomes the Duke of Xinguo into the city on my behalf."

Luo Rucai personally went out of the city twenty miles to greet him, and brought many subordinates, not only expressing his welcome to Li Zicheng, but also secretly demonstrating to Li Zicheng, showing his strength at this time.

Li Zicheng saw Luo Rucai, and his posture was very low.

regarded Luo Rucai as a senior everywhere and regarded himself as a junior brother, which made Luo Rucai's vigilance unconsciously relax a lot.

"Your Majesty is very happy to hear that Brother Li is coming."

"Luoyang failed to rescue the emperor that day, and did not protect the emperor, we are very guilty, fortunately, Your Majesty is auspicious, and the King of Wei is respected and guarded."

"It's all the fault of those traitors, and it has nothing to do with Brother Li."

Walking inside, Li Zicheng and his subordinates bowed to Zhu Youxiang.

Zhu Youxiang looked at Li Zicheng, his hands in his sleeves were clenched into fists, but he still had a smile on his face, and he praised Li Zicheng and others for their loyalty.

"In order to reward the loyalty of the Duke of Xinguo, I specially decree that Li Zi, the Duke of Xinguo, become a loyal king."

"Luo Rucai, the king of Jin and Wei, is the Taishi, loyal to Li Zi and becomes the Taifu."

"Minister Li Zicheng obeys the order and thanks!" Li Zicheng knelt down.

Luo Rucai was stunned for a moment, and then slowly knelt down, "The ministers are grateful!" (To be continued.) )

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