"Driving...... ...... driving"

A red war horse galloped flexibly on the narrow mountain path, this war horse has obviously been running for a long time, whether it is a war horse or a knight on horseback has been sweating profusely, it is said that today's war horse is very precious, if you gallop so desperately this horse is likely to be wasted, but this knight seems to have no regret and still desperately whip the horse under the crotch with a whip.

"Woo...... Sigh...... Appeal ......"

When the war horse galloped to a hillside, he immediately grabbed the reins of the horse to slow down the horse, and at this time appeared in front of him a dense camp, but this camp looked very dilapidated, and the camp was crowded with many ragged people, they were either walking aimlessly around the camp or lazily lying on the ground to bask in the sun, some were eating breakfast everywhere, and there were still many bare-bottomed children playing around, and the whole camp looked like a mess.

"Let's ...... Get out of the way......" The knight rode his horse and rampaged through the crowd, making the surrounding chickens and dogs jump, and the people next to him hurriedly got out of the way one by one.

The knight walked through the dilapidated camp for nearly a quarter of an hour until he finally reached the back of a hill. After entering this hill, the scenery around the mountain immediately became much better, and there were relatively fewer people, and it could not help but be that the tents here were much stronger than the outside, both in terms of furnishings and appearances, and most of the people who appeared here were strong men, these people all had a bad spirit in their gestures, and they were all wearing swords or spears, and the momentum was much stronger than those of the old, weak, sick and disabled outside, and not only that, but also two lookout posts were built of wood on the hillside.

As soon as the knight turned the hill, he was spotted by the people inside, and it was obvious that the knight was very familiar with the people inside, and instead of stopping the visitors, they greeted the knight on the horse and even joked with them.

"Lai Laoqi. Coming back? ”

"What's the matter, Brother Seven, it's such a wolf bèi, isn't it that I'm entangled by a girl and can't come back, are my feet a little soft now? Hahaha...... "The people on the watchtower laughed wickedly.

"Fuck you, Lao Tzu looks at your sister is good, are you willing to give it?" The knight on horseback smiled and cursed at the people on the watchtower, and then hurriedly rode his horse and rushed over, and the people on the watchtower didn't say much, jokes were jokes, but when they saw the knight on horseback running sweaty and still in a hurry, they also knew that he must be in a hurry. I didn't continue to laugh.

The knight rode his horse to a halt in the middle of the hillside, where there was a wooden house with more than a dozen horses tied to a few trees outside the hut.

The knight dismounted outside the hut, threw the reins to one of the soldiers, and ran into the hut himself.

"Pop ......"

The knight pushed open the door of the hut, and the smell of dry tobacco and inferior liquor came out, and there was a burst of unbridled laughter along with the smell.

When the door of the hut opened, he saw a fire lit in the center of the house, around which more than a dozen people were talking and laughing. When he entered, everyone who was talking and laughing looked at him. One of them, a bearded man with a sturdy figure, couldn't help but smile and said, "Lai Laoqi, why did you come back, where did you fool around last night." Isn't it that you can't move your feet after meeting a girl? ”

The big man who spoke was named Liu Zongmin, and he was the most famous general under Li Zicheng.

The person called Lai Laoqi smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Liu, don't make fun of me, old man." How dare I fool around outside, if I let King Chuang know, I won't be able to pick my skin! ”

"Hahaha......"

Everyone around laughed, and then a middle-aged man sitting at the head raised his head. The middle-aged man wore an old white pointed felt hat peculiar to northern peasants, a suit of iron armor, and a blue-gray robe on the outside, so that it was easy to take off in the battle that could be encountered at any time. 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. This person is about 30 years old, tall, broad shoulders, raised cheekbones, high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, thick eyebrows, this person will make people feel very enthusiastic and bold when laughing, but when they are not smiling, they can give people a cold feeling, very contradictory, and this person is Li Zicheng, the leader of the rogue who has given Zhu Youzhen a headache for nearly ten years.

I saw Li Zicheng looking at Lai Laoqi and said in a deep voice: "Brother Lai, you delayed for one night to come back this time, but what important things did you find?" ”

As soon as Li Zicheng's words were finished, Lai Laoqi stepped forward and said excitedly: "King Chuang, great joy...... Here comes our good deeds! ”

"Hmm...... Exultation? Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, and Tian Jianxiu, another general under Li Zicheng, who was sitting next to Liu Zongmin, snorted coldly and said: "The brothers have been trapped in this ghost place for almost three months, and the food is almost exhausted. Isn't Lu Xiang going back to the dynasty as a promoted teacher? ”

"Exactly, little Laizi, if you dare to frame our brother, we can't spare you."

The surrounding generals laughed and scolded, and some people even said that Lai Laoqi must have gone to play with women last night, for fear of being blamed by King Chuang, so he wanted to make up a reason to coax everyone.

Lai Laoqi was anxious, and became stuttering in a hurry, "Break ...... Chuang Wang ...... Liu...... Mr. Liu...... Ladies and gentlemen, if I lie, ...... Let me die a good death! ”

Seeing that Lai Laoqi remembered the curse and sweared, everyone gradually stopped laughing, and Liu Zongmin also stared at Lai Laoqi and said in a deep voice: "Lai Laoqi, what do you have to tell everyone, I, King Chuang, and all the brothers are listening." ”

Lai Laoqi looked at Liu Zongmin and nodded solemnly, then turned his head to look at King Chuang, and said solemnly: "King Chuang, I heard an important news in Puyang City last night, the Dog Imperial Court is mobilizing a large amount of grain and grass from Shandong, which is currently being hoarded in Shandong, and is preparing to be transported to Kaifeng to serve as military food for Lu Xiangsheng's dog officer." ”

"Cut ......"

Everyone looked at him with disdain, and then lowered their heads one by one. Lai Lao Qiyi said in a hurry: "King Chuang...... Ladies and gentlemen. Why are you all like this, that's a lot of grain and grass, as long as we rob this batch of grain and grass, at least enough for our rebels to eat for half a year! ”

Liu Zongmin glanced at him, and said angrily: "What do you know, do you know who is in charge of Shandong now?" Now sitting in Shandong is known as the most capable loyal and brave Marquis Yueyang in the dog court, let's go to Shandong at this moment, isn't it looking for death? Do you have any brains? ”

Lai Laoqi, who was scolded, not only was not angry, but laughed. I saw him say proudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, how can you not know these things Xiao Lai, and Xiao Lai can pat his chest and say a word." As long as we don't attack Jinan, that loyal and brave marquis will not pay attention to us. ”

"!" Li Guo, whose face was black and yellow after a night of fire, scolded angrily: "You kid really dare to blow, you think that Zhongyong Marquis is your godfather, you just ignore it." ”

Lai Laoqi smiled mysteriously, he glanced at everyone and said proudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you pick up the war, Xiao Lai will not be able to catch up with you, but if you pick up the news, I Xiao Lai will admit that he is the second, and no one dares to admit the first!" I'm afraid you don't know where the grain and grass are hoarded, do you? ”

Li Zicheng finally raised his head, rolled his eyelids, and said, "Where is it?" ”

Lai Laoqi smiled slightly, and spit out a word word by word in his mouth: "Qufu County!" ”

"Qufu County?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Li Zicheng's eyes, "Isn't that where the Confucian Mansion is?" ”

"Exactly!" Lai Laoqi gave Li Zicheng a thumbs up and patted the horse and said, "King Chuang has a good memory." Qufu is the hometown of the old master Confucius, and the holy prince of Yan who was sealed by the imperial court lives there. ”

Hearing this, Li Guo frowned: "King Chuang, although I don't read much. But I also know that this Holy Father of Heyan is a holy place for scholars all over the world, if we attack Qufu without authorization, wouldn't we be the enemy of all scholars in the world? ”

"Those nerds are shit!" Liu Zongmin spit out thick phlegm on the fire with disdain and snorted, "We even robbed the hometown of Emperor Laozi, what is the big deal about robbing the old man's house again." I've heard about it a long time ago, and that Kong family is not a good thing. It has millions of acres of fertile land under its name, but every year of famine, it is reluctant to take out a liter of grain to help the victims. This kind of person grabs it, and he grabs it, and he is afraid of a ball. ”

Tian Jianxiu also agreed: "By the way, Mr. Liu said it well. We even robbed the hometown of Emperor Lao Tzu, what is it to rob Qufu again? If we don't get any more food, we'll all starve to death! ”

"But the question now is not whether to rob or not, but how do you ensure that the loyal and brave marquis will not attack us after we enter Shandong!" A gloomy voice rang out.

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Lai Laoqi, not that they didn't dare to work hard, but Yueyang's name was too big, over the years, with Yueyang's big battles with the Qing army, Yueyang's name has become bigger and bigger, and now there are good people who put the name of the world's strongest army on his head. For this, even those who hate him have to pinch their noses and admit it, after all, even the invincible Huang Taiji was played to death by him, if you don't admit it, it will be a problem with IQ. And the rebellion held by these rogues led by Li Zicheng for more than a year is at a low ebb, and the three of them dare not provoke the world-famous Yue Yang and his Xuan army.

Hearing this, Lai Laoqi said in a confident tone: "Rest assured, you may not know, now Shandong is in chaos, that Zhongyong Marquis almost fell out with those officials and gentry in Jinan Mansion a few days ago, especially the Yan Shenggong in Qufu County gave the court a fold to impeach the Zhongyong Marquis, and now that Zhongyong Marquis hates that Yan Shenggong to death." I guess if we attack the county seat of Qufu, the loyal and brave marquis will definitely not go to the rescue of him! Lai Laoqi slapped his chest as he spoke.

"It's really fake, Xiao Lai, where did you inquire about the news, this can't be fake news made up by the government to fool us." Li Zicheng's face showed a look of suspicion, and he was very suspicious of the authenticity of the news.

"It's absolutely true, this news was only found when I sneaked into the yamen of the Puyang Prefect when I was in Puyang City the night before yesterday and overheard the conversation between the dog prefect and his master." Lai Laoqi swore a promise.

"You kid, sneak into the prefect's yamen?" Liu Zongmin screamed strangely, stared at him with a strange expression and said with a strange smile: "You kid is bold enough, you dare to sneak into the prefect's yamen in the middle of the night, to be honest, what do you want to do?" Didn't you fall in love with the prefect's daughter or a concubine? ”

"What the hell is this?" Lai Laoqi couldn't cry or laugh a little. This Liu Zongmin's nerves are also too big.

"Alright, now let's get down to business!" Seeing that Liu Zongmin was about to crook again, Li Zicheng cleanly broke the topic back, and he said to Lai Laoqi: "Xiao Lai, this matter is not child's play, you must know that if we enter Shandong to attack Qufu, it will be equivalent to doing it with the Xuan army, then Yueyang's reputation over the years is definitely not a wasted person, if it is not good, our tens of thousands of righteous troops will all have to fold in Shandong." ”

"You can rest assured, King Chuang, this news is absolutely true, if it is wrong, you will cut off my little lai's head." Lai Laoqi slapped his chest thumping.

looked at Lai Laoqi's sworn appearance. Li Zicheng and the generals glanced at each other and asked loudly, "Brothers, what do you think?" ”

Everyone was silent, and after a long time, Liu Zongmin said sullenly: "King Chuang, these days, Lu Xiangsheng's troops are pressing step by step, and our food is about to be eaten up, tens of thousands of brothers can't eat grass roots, anyway, it's better to go to Shandong to fight." ”

"Yes, it's a death anyway, it's better to fight, maybe there is a way to live in Shandong." Li Guo also agreed with Liu Zongmin's view.

"Hmm...... I think it can be done. ”

"Yes. When I was a child, I heard that the people who told the story that the prince and the general were all spelled out, maybe the loyal and brave marquis was the wax head silver gun, and when we arrived in Shandong, we might be able to recruit more people. If we can kill that loyal and brave marquis, then we will make a lot of money! ”

The more everyone talked, the more excited they became, but no one could think carefully about why this Lai Laoqi was able to visit the prefect's yamen at night so coincidentally and heard the news, and if there was a person who was familiar with the operation of the yamen of the Ming Dynasty, he would definitely feel suspicious here, even if the Marquis of Zhongyong really did not agree with Yan Shenggong. Then how could this news reach Puyang so quickly, and of course, no one saw the disdain that flashed in the eyes of the spy named Lai Laoqi.

Everyone discussed to the end, and Li Zicheng finally made a decision. The army set off overnight out of the mountains and marched towards Shandong, this time Li Zicheng was also open-minded, more than 10,000 people and horses all rushed towards Shandong, and their first target was Puzhou.

The unsuspecting county seat of Puzhou was immediately devastated, and within a day the county seat of Puzhou was captured, and Li Zicheng's rogues also received the supplies they urgently needed from the county seat. It's just that Puzhou County, as a small county town, really doesn't have much food, even if Li Zicheng and they scavenged all the rich families in the county, the food they found was only enough for the Liukou army to eat for a few days, so Li Zicheng and they did not hesitate to kill Qufu according to the plan.

And Lu Xiangsheng, who was originally busy mobilizing troops and horses in Kaifeng to trap Li Zicheng to death, was first shocked when he heard the news of Li Zicheng's transfer to Shandong, and then he was overjoyed, in his opinion, Li Zicheng dared to break into Yueyang's territory, it was purely dead, after all, Yueyang's reputation for good warfare is like today, who doesn't know, and now Li Zicheng dares to break into Shandong, isn't it death.

As Lu Xiangsheng's friend and praise painting, Yang Tinglin was also overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Governor, now that the thieves have broken into Shandong, should we follow the pursuit and annihilate them in one fell swoop with the Marquis of Zhongyong?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head: "It's better not to, Shandong is now Yue Zhenghong's territory after all, if we rush in, I'm afraid it will cause him to misunderstand, which is not beautiful." ”

Yang Tinglin was too familiar with this friend, and as soon as Lu Xiangsheng said this, he immediately understood Lu Xiangsheng's thoughts. A few years ago, when Lu Xiangsheng was the governor of Xuanda, Yue Yang was just a small four-grade general, and his troops were only thousands, but now he is already a super-grade prince. Since the meeting will be embarrassing, then simply don't go, anyway, Lu Xiangsheng is very clear about the combat effectiveness of the army under Yue Yang, even the murderous Tartars have been beaten all over the ground to find teeth, and more than 10,000 rogues are not a piece of cake for Yue Yang? As for Lu Xiangsheng, who grabbed the merit or something, he really didn't pay attention to it.

In fact, not only Lu Xiangsheng, but even Hong Chengchou in Hubei and Sun Chuanting in Sichuan also thought that Li Zicheng was dying by himself after hearing the news, and I am afraid that he had the life to enter Shandong but not to come out. It's just that the development of things is beyond everyone's expectations, Li Zicheng did not scatter around to plunder after entering Shandong, but rushed towards Jining and Yanzhou with all his minds, and such a strange thing also shocked many people's glasses. Yanzhou is only more than 200 miles away from Jining, and at the same time, there are 10,000 Xuan troops stationed in Jining City, is Li Zicheng living impatiently?

And as the news continues to come, Jining, Yanzhou and other cities have also closed their city gates and waited for them, and they will never give this group of rogues a chance to take advantage of. But the next situation was a surprise to everyone, Li Zicheng went on a rampage like a wild boar, and finally everyone was surprised to find that his final destination was Qufu County, where Yan Shenggong was located! (To be continued......)