A month later, at the end of June, near Lintong County, Xi'an Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, the entrance and exit of Lishan Mountain were full of officials and troops, almost surrounding the mountain tightly, and the water could not be drained. ◢ with * dream ◢ small *.lā

At this moment, in the depths of the mountain, Li Zicheng is lying on a sleeping chair, taking advantage of the cold, the whole person is very comfortable, the bursts of cicadas belonging to summer are constantly echoing, making people restless and hot, but Gao Yigong is chattering non-stop.

"Brother-in-law, Hong Chengchou would never have thought that this Lishan Mountain is one of our bases, and it is simply wishful thinking and miscalculation to besiege us in the mountains and starve us to death."

"Hey brother-in-law, let's take this opportunity to rest for a while."

Li Zicheng closed his eyes and quietly listened to Gao Yigong's nagging, then asked: "Yigong, how is the situation outside?" Are the other rebels trapped in the mountains? ”

"Brother-in-law, I don't know much about this." Gao Yigong blurted out, and after answering, his face showed hesitation, and finally turned to say: "However, brother-in-law, as far as I know, although Leader Gao was also besieged in the mountains by Hong Chengchou's subordinates, he had already broken away from the encirclement and headed towards Zhouzhi County. ”

At this time, Tian Jianxiu suddenly appeared, hurriedly ran from a distance, sweating profusely, and as soon as he came closer, he panted and said: "Boss, according to the news sent by Yuan Zongdi, after the high leader broke away from the encirclement, he directly entered Heishuiyu, and wanted to take advantage of the Meridian Valley to lead his troops to attack Xi'an Mansion, and take advantage of his unpreparedness to take it down in one fell swoop. ”

"Lao Tian, what's so much about this, what does that old guy like to do, whether he lives or dies, what do we have to do with it? It's better to be captured alive by Sun Chuanting, but it's one less big trouble. Gao Yigong glanced up at Tian Jianxiu and said dissatisfiedly.

"One thing, don't make trouble, this matter is very serious, and it must be decided by the boss!"

After saying a word, Tian Jianxiu no longer paid attention to Gao Yigong, and no matter what his reaction was, he looked at Li Zicheng directly, and then said: "Boss, according to the news sent by our brother who mixed into the Qin army, Sun Chuanting had already expected Leader Gao's intentions, and set up an ambush in the Meridian Valley. ”

"So what?" Li Zicheng asked lightly, and his reaction was very calm, as if he had heard something insignificant.

Seeing Li Zicheng like this, indifferent, Tian Jianxiu hesitated, but still said the reason.

"Boss, it's like this, the brothers who have infiltrated the Qin army ask, once the high leader enters the encirclement, do they want to deliberately sell a flaw? Or, do you want to inform Leader Gao in advance and inform him? ”

"Hmph~ What's there to hesitate about? Our Li Jiajun has no place to be sorry for the high leader, and we don't owe him anything, on the contrary, he has been looking for our stubble three or four times, uniting outsiders to deal with Li Jiajun, why should we help him? Gao Yigong interjected again and said angrily.

"Boss, look?" Tian Jianxiu ignored Gao Yigong and asked again.

At this time, Li Zicheng sat up slowly, looked at Tian Jianxiu with an unwavering expression, and said earnestly: "Jianxiu, let's not say that we don't know where the high leaders are?" Even if he found them and told the high leader all this, would he believe it? ”

"Hey~ Of course I won't believe it!" Gao Yigong sneered, his face full of ridicule and contempt, and then said indifferently: "With the character of the high leader, Mo said that he would not believe it, but thought that we were competing with him, and also wanted to attack Xi'an City and plot the granary in the city." ”

Tian Jianxiu was silent, did not continue to ask, but changed the topic, and said again: "Boss, Li Guo sent news from Shanxi, the Tatars really invaded the pass again, Huang Taiji personally led two banner soldiers to feint to attack Jinzhou, containing the imperial court's army outside the pass, Prince Azig led the troops to take advantage of the situation, entered the pass from the Mongolian Xifeng Pass, and approached the Gyeonggi stronghold, Lu Xiangsheng was urgently transferred to Shanxi and served as the governor of Xuanda. ”

"What?" Gao Yigong exclaimed, and then continued: "This court is really good, it doesn't have a long memory at all, the last time Huang Taiji personally led the army into the pass, he entered from Xifengkou, and now it is like this, such a court will not be destroyed, it is really intolerable!" ”

Li Zicheng and Tian Jianxiu tacitly ignored Gao Yigong, which made the latter very depressed, Li Zicheng had a solemn look on his face, and asked in a deep voice: "How is the battle situation there?" ”

"The situation is very bad, after Azig and Abatai and Yanguli entered the customs one after another, they only met in Shanxi, stopped for a while, and then crossed Baoding, went directly to Anzhou, burned and looted in the area of Shuntianfu, such as entering no man's land, and hit the south to Anzhou and Xiong'an in Baoding Prefecture."

"Made, what a bunch of rice buckets!" Li Zicheng couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth, and then said calmly: "I told them, let them not be impulsive, everything must be cautious and careful, this time is different from the past, the Tartars directly got the battlefield to the area of Shuntianfu, if you work hard, even if you win, it is easy to be stabbed in the back by the imperial court." ”

"So, tell them that it's okay to act if you want to, but you must disguise yourself as an official and soldier, cooperate with Bai Guangen, and focus on rescuing the captive people."

"Okay, Boss!" Tian Jianxiu agreed, and then showed a look of joy on his face, and then turned to say: "Fortunately, I kept this hand and let Bai Guangen fake surrender to the imperial court, just taking advantage of this opportunity to help him make meritorious service and go further in the official army." ”

Half a month later, in the city of Beijing, in the Fengtian Gate of the Forbidden City, Chongzhen was sitting above, listening to Wang Jiayan's performance.

"Qi Yu Emperor, after the Tartars entered the customs, when they attacked the city and plundered the land, Gao Qiqian and Zhang Fengyi closed the city gate and did not come out, causing the Qing army to burn and loot in the pass, and plundered the people and property, please ask the emperor to treat the two of them for their crimes and investigate their responsibility."

However, at this moment, Wen Tiren, the head of the cabinet, stood up and said loudly: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, Shaanxi Governor Sun Chuanting captured the bandit Gao Yingxiang alive, and he will be escorted to the capital in the near future and will be at the disposal of the emperor!" ”

In an instant, a stone startled a thousand waves, everyone gasped, and Emperor Chongzhen's eyes widened even more, forgetting the discussion just now, and asked unimaginably: "Lord Wen, what did you say?" The leader of the bandits, Gao Yingxiang, was captured alive? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wen Tiren bowed and replied respectfully.

"Haha is really a good thing, it is a good sign, the Qing army will be defeated!" Chongzhen laughed out loud, happy from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, some of the courtiers in the hall looked worried, looked at Wang Jiayan who was still there, and knew very well in their hearts that Zhang Fengyi might not be able to protect his official position and would be held accountable, but the possibility of Gao Qiqian being questioned was very small.

As soon as I thought of this, those sober ministers felt chills!

A few days later, on the court in the capital, Gao Yingxiang was tied to a wooden shelf, the whole person was in the shape of a large character, his upper body was stripped naked, and an executioner stood aside, sharpening a knife, and the people below were talking.

"It's only been a few years, and someone has been punished for Ling Chi, what's wrong? There are still Qing troops wreaking havoc outside, killing our Han people, and they still have the heart to carry out this capital punishment. ”

"Shh

"Hey, what kind of thief is this? It's basically for us ordinary people to see, and rebellion is the end of it. ”