Chapter 398: Darkness

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Cheng Hao was very excited, because he finally found the organization, although it was not King Chuang Gao Yingxiang, but it was also very good to see King Chuang's nephew, and this nephew looked very reliable, and his appearance was similar to Song Qing's number one general Xue Wu, he was very impressed by Xue Wu, after all, this person sent him out of Xuzhou, and to some extent his cognition was even deeper than Song Qing, and he also knew that Xue Wu's martial arts were extremely high, and his ability to march and fight was estimated to be good, so he saw this rather similar appearance, He also subconsciously felt that the other party was a very capable person, and it turned out that his judgment was very correct, if Li Zicheng had no ability, there were few capable people in this era.

It's just that Li Zi himself is not so confident at present, I heard that Cheng Hao was born in Wudang, I really admire it, even if I talk, after learning that the other party plans to go to Gao Yingxiang, his attitude becomes more affectionate, after all, this Cheng Daxia gives him a very good impression, and he is now in urgent need of an ally inside the camp, from this aspect, as a newcomer, there is not even an uncle who is the boss, Cheng Hao can be said to be his natural ally, there is no doubt about it.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng's attitude became a little more affectionate, and kept introducing Cheng Hao to the current situation of the camp, as well as the reality that they want to continue to fight guerrilla with Zuo Liangyu, Cheng Hao has no opinion, before coming here, he also knew some of the current battle situation, knowing that the camp was playing hide and seek with Zuo Liangyu, trying to bypass or hit the famous general hard, and then crossed the Yellow River to Henan, and now listening to Li Zicheng's analysis, he was more sure of his judgment, nodded and said: "Since Cheng has come to join King Chuang, Then you have to contribute to the camp, if Li Chuang is not a burden to Cheng and these people. Let's deal with Zuo Liangyu together, so as to buy more time for King Chuang, if the other party is confused like this time, maybe he can still let us pick up a cheap and beat Zuo Liangyu hard, he is not Song Qing after all, it is not so difficult to deal with! ”

"What's the matter, Brother Cheng has seen Song Qing?" Song Qing's name is too big, so big that Li Zicheng has also heard of his name for a long time, and he heard that Cheng Hao has been to Xuzhou before. I really wanted to inquire, but now that I talked about it again, I couldn't help but ask: "I have heard for a long time that Song Qing's soldiers and horses are fierce, I don't know if it's true?" ”

Cheng Hao actually avoided this question in his heart, after all, his situation in Xuzhou was not very good, and he was even a little embarrassed, but the self-esteem of a famous and decent disciple made him unable to speak ill of others regardless of the facts, not to mention that this general was working against the imperial court. If he provided false information to others, if he encountered Song Qing's team in the future, he might suffer a big loss because of the risk of underestimating the enemy, then his lie would be a bit too much. So he nodded and said, "That's true!" ”

"How is it compared to Zuo Liangyu?"

"Ten times as much!" Cheng Hao replied without hesitation.

"So powerful?" Li Zicheng didn't believe it anymore, he had already seen a lot of officers and soldiers along the way, except for Zuo Liangyu's team, that is, the guerrilla named Wei Yong. The rest is pretty much the same, and when the number of people is about the same, it's okay to beat them upless people. Once the difference is two or three times the number, there is basically no ability, if it is said that Song Qing's department is ten times stronger than Zuo Liangyu, wouldn't this kind of team be overturned? What else do they peasant armies have to mess with?

However, although he didn't trust it, he covered it up very well, after all, Cheng Hao had also been to Xuzhou, and this time it was estimated that he would also remind him not to underestimate the enemy if he met Song Qing, General Song was very prestigious, and he must have a few brushes, so he nodded very cooperatively, and then pulled the topic to other places, chatting about what they should do next.

Because both sides are homeless troops, especially those at the bottom, they all have the same history of blood and tears, so they integrate very quickly, and it didn't take long for them to be combined, Cheng Hao took the initiative to give up the command, he was very self-aware, just look at the time when he just fought, you can see that Li Zicheng is much stronger than him in this regard, he will only have dozens or hundreds of people in the rivers and lakes private fight, no problem, but this kind of major event of the two armies fighting is still being studied, and it really can't take on the big responsibility for a while.

And this Li Chuang general is a very good person, he feels like a kind big brother, very heroic, I didn't feel it at first, after waiting for the two to talk all the way, Cheng Hao was very broken, and it was natural to hand over the command, Li Zicheng did not treat him badly, and directly appointed him as his deputy, and he had to discuss everything before he did it, which can be regarded as fully respecting this knight from the Wudang faction, and the cooperation between the two is quite tacit, almost a little late to see each other.

After the two sides merged, the goal still did not change in the slightest, or to prepare to deal with Zuo Liangyu, so the team did not stay in place for long, and continued to advance to the west, and the next morning again encountered another group of officers and soldiers, but this encounter was not the two sides attacked, but the peasant army first discovered each other, and launched a sneak attack, after many battles of more than 4,000 people, soon gained the upper hand, before the other party reacted, put all the troops into it.

The sneak attack of Zuo Liangyu's troops was also about 3,000 people, because they lost the opportunity, resulting in the whole battle was a little breathless, and finally had to leave the battlefield angrily, moving closer to the direction of the brigade, Li Zicheng and Cheng Hao won again, only this time they did not continue to the west, but turned around and went to the east, Cheng Hao once asked Li Zicheng very incomprehensibly, why do you want to do this kind of thing that is easy to be blocked, Li Zicheng also calmly said his situation in the camp, and the two reached an agreement after the most reluctance, Continue to maneuver along the giant deer in the direction of Jizhou, completely attract Zuo Liangyu's team, and at the same time report to the camp, so that they can quickly pass through Taihang Mountain.

The effect of this is very significant, Zuo Liangyu has hated this opponent who has been entangled with him after both troops have been beaten, even if he ignores Gao Yingxiang's team, he must kill this general first, so he retransferred the team back and began to encircle and suppress in the Julu generation, Li Zicheng and Cheng Hao's life began to be difficult, at first they were able to use the vast terrain to detour with each other, but a large area of Beizhili is a plain, and there are not many places where they can run around and fight guerrilla warfare, so it didn't take long for them to lose their mobility. began to passively fight with some search forces, and revealed his whereabouts.

Zuo Liangyu is also a general, so he naturally will not let go of this opportunity, and immediately led the brigade to move closer to the direction of Julu, but Li Zicheng finally got Gao Yingxiang's next step at this time, asking him to lead his troops to march quickly in the direction of Wu'an, Henan, and hold Zuo Liangyu there at all costs, waiting for reinforcements from the large army.

Li Zicheng knew that his uncle was planning to play big, and he was also creating opportunities for his eldest nephew. Although this opportunity is very dangerous, as long as he can play a vital role in this kind of war, successfully drag Zuo Liangyu near Wu'an, and finally come out alive, then when he returns to the camp again, he will really have a place in it, and the name of the general will no longer be an empty battle, and he will really have his own descendants, which is a very good opportunity.

Of course, Li Zicheng will not let go of this kind of opportunity. Immediately found Cheng Hao to discuss, Cheng Hao also knew that the opportunity of the Dao was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and there was no objection, so he nodded and said, "Big brother, even if he gives the order." The lives of the younger brother and those thousands of good brothers are entrusted to the eldest brother, as long as we can be in the camp, it is worth the danger! ”

Li Zicheng was very moved. At this time, he was not the famous king of Chuang a few years later, but a newcomer who could barely gain a foothold in the camp, and most of their team was Cheng Hao's. He only has more than 1,700 subordinates, accounting for about forty percent, but now Cheng Hao is handing over himself and all his brothers to him, instead of retreating when encountering this kind of task that may be wiped out to a large extent, this kind of friendship is indeed worth remembering, he tried to ease his emotions, so as not to let the two lines of old tears fall, sighed heavily, but regained his excitement in an instant, patted Cheng Hao on the shoulder and said: "If this thing is successful, you and I will be brothers who live and die together!" ”

Cheng Hao was also very moved, this kind of moving was something he had never experienced in his career in the rivers and lakes, when he was sent out of Xuzhou, he had a brief exchange with Xue Wu, and the content of the exchange was naturally Song Qing, what interested him was that Xue Wu did not have the kind of righteousness in the rivers and lakes that he was familiar with Song Qing, but as long as he talked about Song Qing, the other party's eyes were always shining, and it seemed that that the name could bring him strength, which made him not be able to figure out for a long time what way to maintain this relationship between each other.

But now he suddenly understood the tacit understanding between Song Qing and Xue Wu, it was not the righteousness that the Jianghu people said, but the love of the robe after a long time together, the sense of trust that he could give his back to the other party, and what he always wanted to get, but never had the opportunity to get.

Looking at Li Zicheng who was carrying a long knife and riding a horse to arrange the march, Cheng Hao knew that he was about to have that kind of thing, as long as he didn't die after this battle, the Li Chuang general in front of him, who had been called his eldest brother, was a person he could completely trust, this man from a poor background, had a temperament very similar to Song Qing, although he had not seen King Chuang Gao Yingxiang, but he felt that even King Chuang himself might not be able to have such a temperament, which was a very rare leader temperament, It is enough for a hero like him to keep up with the pace without hesitation, fight for the same ideal, fight to the death for the same sky, such a person is a natural leader.

Two days later, their team was caught up by Zuo Liangyu again, this time it was no longer a team of 3,000 people, but an army of 14,000 people, the forward's horse team chased them like lost dogs, fleeing everywhere in the mountains, Cheng Hao wanted to go back and fight several times, but in the end he was dragged back by Li Zicheng, and there was only one sentence to comfort him, as long as he survived this time, everyone could go to Zuo Liangyu for revenge, and when the time came, the new and old hatreds would be liquidated together, and the dog official would never be spared.

Cheng Hao chose to believe, because he didn't have a better choice, it was happy to turn back and fight hard, but it was also a fatal situation, Zuo Liangyu's troops were not weak, the number of people was four times faster than theirs, and the level of equipment was much stronger than their peasant army, and there was no chance of winning hard at all, but it would delay the big event, but he could only continue to run with Li Zicheng, and encountered several pursuits on the way, the original team of about 4,000 was beaten only in the early 1,000s, and even followed him all the way before. The heroes who have not been damaged at all have already killed more than a dozen in the chaotic army, and the heavy losses made him staggering, and his hatred for Zuo Liangyu has also reached its peak.

Five days later, the other party chased after him again, this time even Li Zicheng felt a little difficult, more than a thousand people didn't know how long Lu Dao could last, if the reinforcements didn't come again, I was afraid that they would not be wiped out by Zuo Liangyu's army tonight, but there was no other way to do it now, but they could only continue to accelerate wildly in the direction of Wu'an County, waiting for the arrival of Gao Yingxiang and others' brigade, which was also their only way out, because at this time, even if they wanted to fight back, they were not able to fight back.

Fighting and retreating along the way, the strength is gradually decreasing, the long sword in Cheng Hao's hand does not know how many officers and soldiers Lu Dao has killed, the strength on his body is about to be exhausted, the only belief that can support him to continue to move forward is Li Zicheng, who is still running in the distance, he also doesn't know when Lu Dao has been, he has regarded the eldest brother who has just met for a short time as the backbone, but as long as he sees that the big felt hat is still dangling in front of him, he feels confident in his heart, and kills an officer and soldier who is approaching him again, Cheng Hao rushed forward in a few steps, just in time for a bend, and the peasant army finally breathed a sigh of relief and escaped this pursuit, but there were only more than seven hundred people left.

Fortunately, these more than 700 can be fought, whether it is the old brothers around Li Zicheng, or the knights brought by Cheng Hao, in short, they are the most powerful fighting ability, the old and weak have already died on the way, or I don't know where the road was lost, so although the number of these people is small, but the ability to escape is very strong, there are almost no people who will drag mud and water to delay the speed of the march of the large army, if you look at it this way, you should be able to hold out for a while, provided that Zuo Liangyu does not continue to send people to rush in and catch up today.

But this is almost impossible, only half an hour later, Zuo Liangyu's forward team caught up again, this time only more than a thousand people came, but all of them were cavalry, if it wasn't for Li Zicheng had already led them to climb a hill, just afraid that the other side would charge, the peasant army might be wiped out. (To be continued......)