He Yilong's sudden visit was tantamount to rain from heaven for Luo Rucai. Although the 5th Battalion of the Left Wing was defeated, it retreated in the Yinghuo Mountains in the past two years, but it gradually recovered its vitality. He Yilong, Ma Shouying and others are also battlefield veterans, and their coming to defect will undoubtedly make Luo Rucai's strength soar, even if they can't compete with Li Zicheng, but they are definitely no longer roles for Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to drive at will.

The two sides hit it off, Luo Rucai was naturally very happy, and deliberately left He Yilong to drink the banquet in his camp, but He Yilong was very careful, since the major event had been agreed, he was not willing to stay longer, so he hurriedly drank a few glasses of wine, and hurriedly turned back with his entourage to take advantage of the night.

Luo Rucai was very happy, and attracted several favored concubines, swept away the decline after the battle of Tongguan, and after drinking happily, he hugged the concubines and rested after going there.

However, in the early hours of the morning not long after, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came to the vicinity of Luo Rucai's camp.

"Lin Quan, is the news accurate?" One of them, a tall and powerful middle-aged man wearing a felt hat, asked a rather elegant young general in iron armor beside him.

The young general nodded, "King Chuang, rest assured, the last general's subordinates just saw He Yilong leading people away from Luo Rucai's camp and returning to the east." The Fifth Battalion of Gezuo saw that I was breaking into the army, and wrote to me that they wanted to submit to me, but they secretly fraternized with Luo Rucai, and there must be an article in it! ”

Seeing that Li Zicheng was a little hesitant, the young general was suddenly a little anxious. "Chuang Wang Mingjian, now that the war in Henan is nearing the end, although Kaifeng and Nanyang have not been conquered, they are already in the hands of our army. Next, we will pass through places such as Shanxi and Zhili, and our great cause of breaking into the army is unstoppable. But at present, the composition of our army is still fighting separately, and the generals of each battalion are in charge of their own soldiers and horses, and the money and food and other consumable things need to be supplied by our old battalion. Now that the war is smooth, all battalions can still work together and cooperate in combat, and once they encounter obstacles, all units will rush to disperse, which is harmful to our army hegemony! ”

Li Zicheng nodded unconsciously, Li Yan's words were also a long-standing problem in his heart. This time, the banner of uprising was raised again, and the world responded for a while, in addition to the old cloth and the new historical turning point is coming, and the strength to win the world is none other than Zhang Xianzhong and himself, Luo Rucai is barely counted as one. At this time, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was just a Tartar outside the Guan, and he could not be called an opponent for hegemony at all.

Li Zicheng realized this very early, and because of this, he repeatedly killed Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, but by chance, they all ended in failure. By now, Zhang Xianzhong has entered Sichuan, aiming at the southwestern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, making it clear that he wants to sing a confrontation with the Chuang army, which has become a big trend.

However, Luo Rucai has close contacts with the leaders of the battalions, and his people are bold and righteous, and he has a very good reputation in the battalions. Therefore, Li Zicheng had to kill him.

Since Luo Rucai's defection, Li Zicheng has monitored him under the construction of Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others, and has formulated a plan to kill two birds with one stone in raiding Tongguan.

Li Zicheng didn't expect Wang Qiaonian and Zhu Ping'an to be so tricky, and the raid on Tongguan was declared a failure, but what Li Zicheng didn't expect was that Luo Rucai came back unscathed.

If it weren't for the spies sent by Li Zicheng to find a dying Luo Rucai's own soldiers, I'm afraid Li Zicheng would never have imagined that Luo Rucai was defeated and captured and then released.

This made Li Zicheng unable to rest assured no matter what. Now that Luo Rucai's personal soldiers have all been wiped out, the only one alive has also been seriously injured and died, and there is no proof of death, and it is impossible for Luo Rucai to admit that he colluded with the imperial court. A few days ago, there was news that the 5th Battalion of Gezuo was in contact with Yang Zhuoran, the military commander of Minghu, and Li Zicheng was even more frightened, although he had long known that the various battalions under his command were more or less connected with the officers and soldiers, but the 5th Battalion of Gezuo controlled tens of thousands of elites, and once they changed, they would be shaken to the foundation of the army! In particular, now that Ma Shouying, He Yilong and others are hooking up with Luo Rucai, if they become one, it will be a threat to Li Zicheng that is not inferior to the Ming Court.

Li Yan saw Li Zicheng's frowning and thoughtful appearance, and mistakenly thought that he was a little hesitant, and hurriedly continued to advise: "King Chuang, you must make a decision early!" Now is a godsend, the collusion between the 5th Battalion of the Left and Luo Rucai is known to us, King Chuang can use this opportunity to get rid of Luo Rucai and the 5th Battalion of the Left, and then reorganize the troops attached to us, give official positions to their leaders, and disrupt the establishment of their commands, so that the military power of the entire army is completely in the hands of King Chuang, so that we can compete for the world, this is the capital of the king! ”

Li Yan's words made Li Zicheng full of energy, such a thing has been lingering in his heart for a long time, and the reason why he can't do it for a long time is that the time has not come. But now, most of Henan has been controlled, especially the army is no longer what it used to be, and the number of soldiers and horses under Li Zicheng's descendants has reached more than 100,000, and there are countless heroes from all walks of life. At this time, if Luo Rucai, He Yilong and others are eliminated, they can justifiably carry out a drastic reorganization of the battalions, collect military power, and those who refuse to obey orders can be completely exterminated, because the current Li Li Zicheng has such strength.

Li Zicheng laughed dryly, "Lin Quan misunderstood, what this king means is that Luo Rucai, He Yilong and others colluded with the imperial court to betray the righteous army in exchange for glory and wealth, and everyone will be punished." But in front of Luo Rucai's camp in front of the soldiers and horses have not all been opened, look at this camp, there are at least 20,000 people among them, this king got the news and came in a hurry, there are only 200 guards around him, how can he kill the rebel thief in a battle? ”

Li Zicheng, the leader of Li Zicheng's personal guard, and his nephew Li Guo were also worried, and hurriedly dissuaded Li Zicheng from taking risks lightly.

Li Yan suddenly realized and smiled unconsciously, "Why should the king worry about this, in Yiyan's opinion, this is a God-given opportunity!" ”

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After receiving the order to break into the army, Luo Rucai began to arrange his soldiers and horses to go south, but Luo Rucai was also afraid that Li Zicheng would take this opportunity to do something to himself, so it was not until Li Zicheng's six battalions of soldiers and horses moved to the camp that he ordered his generals to start marching to Nanyang.

But the action is extremely slow, and step by step, the caution is abnormal, so there are still more than 10,000 elite soldiers in the core of the battalion who have no action. It's just that Luo Rucai saw He Yilong last night, so even the soldiers and horses under his command relaxed, but he didn't foresee the danger that was coming.

Li Zicheng led more than 200 cavalry, under the escort of Li Guo and Li Yan, and rushed to the gate of Luo Rucai's camp.

As soon as the soldiers guarding the gate saw Li Zicheng in person, they became in a hurry, and before they could step forward to stop them, they had already been beaten by the murderous Li Guo and other guards, "It's not a long-sighted thing, King Chuang came to see General Luo in person, and he didn't report it quickly!" ”

The soldiers had bitter faces, covered their heads and ran to the camp, but Li Zicheng and the others did not wait at the gate, but beat their horses and whips straight at Luo Rucai's Chinese army.

Luo Rucai's camp suddenly became chaotic, and a large number of soldiers had seen Li Zicheng, but how could they know the filthiness between the leaders, so they only stood respectfully on both sides of the road, and no one stepped forward to stop them.

Since Luo Rucai returned from Tongguan, he rebuilt his own Chinese army pro-military camp based on the children of the Luo family, and the leader of the pro-military camp is named Luo Jiaheng, who is Luo Rucai's nephew. Since Luo Rucai raised the army, he has followed by his side, and with the courage of ten thousand people, Luo Rucai put it by his side, and he was more or less moved by Zhu Ping'an's headless advice in his heart.

Seeing Li Zicheng leading the cavalry roaring in, Luo Jiaheng, who got the news and drove out, suddenly sank, and immediately ordered his subordinates to invite Ji Jue, Luo Ruliang, Yang Chengzu and others to deal with it. But he took dozens of henchmen to firmly block the camp gate of the Chinese army.

"Huh" Li Zicheng and the others' mounts had to stop.

Li Zicheng didn't speak yet, but Luo Jiaheng opened his mouth, "I don't know that King Chuang has arrived, and I have missed the welcome, so please forgive me." It's just that my general occasionally felt cold yesterday, and now he is recuperating in the Chinese army. ”

Luo Jiaheng is a rough man, and his subordinates have seized the favorable terrain near the camp, and seeing that there are still a lot of personal soldiers coming from all over, Li Guo and the others are not easy to break through, so they have to set their sights on Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng smiled freely, turned over and dismounted, saw that the horsewhip was thrown to the guards, and nodded as he walked, "Cao Shuai's command is really full of talents, but this king and Cao Shuai have been friends for many years, living and dying together, why should the two brothers be so polite!" So saying, he went straight to the camp.

But Luo Jiaheng shook his body and blocked in front of Li Zicheng again, "The little one is responsible for guarding, please don't embarrass the little one!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled and patted Luo Jiaheng's shoulder, "This is also true, this king knows that you are worried about Cao Shuai's safety, but this king and Cao Shuai are brothers, not to mention, now this king is in Cao Shuai's camp, and there are only two hundred relatives around him, but Cao Shuai is surrounded by a large army, this king is not worried about his own safety, why are you so persistent?" ”

Li Zicheng's words made Luo Jiaheng stunned for a moment, but he couldn't find any reason to prevaricate, and besides, Li Zicheng brought two hundred cavalry into Luo Rucai's camp of 10,000 people, can he still set off any waves?

Luo Jiaheng looked up with hesitant eyes, and then nodded in agreement, "In this case, please ask King Chuang to enter the account with the villain, but the rest of the people must wait outside the tent!" ”

Li Zicheng laughed, "You guy, it's really interesting, no matter what, this king will follow you!" ”

Under the leadership of Luo Jiaheng and Luo Rucai's personal guards, everyone approached the big tent of the Chinese army, and Li Zicheng's personal soldiers stopped more than 20 steps away from the big tent.

And Li Zicheng, accompanied by Luo Jiaheng and several personal guards, took Li Guo and Li Yan into the account.

There was still a smell of alcohol in the big tent, and there were two personal guards guarding in front of the back tent door, Luo Jiaheng took a few steps and stepped forward to report first, but was told by the guards that Luo Rucai had not gotten up yet, so they reported and asked Li Zicheng to go to the front tent for a while.

Li Zicheng agreed with a smile, and as soon as he turned around, Li Guo beside him suddenly stabbed Luo Jiaheng in the back of the heart with a dagger from behind. And Li Yan swung his sword and slashed down Luo Jiaheng's three subordinates.

Li Zicheng shook the light armor on his body, but he shouted loudly in his mouth, "Do it, take Luo Rucai's head!" ”R1152