At night, the living room of the Yuzhong City County Ya was brightly lit, and Li Zicheng and others gathered together. However, after the great victory, everyone was not happy, and Li Zicheng, as the commander, said sadly: "Brothers, although we fought a great victory, with more than 1,500 people, we destroyed Liu Guangsheng's encirclement and suppression, and killed more than 3,000 officers and soldiers. However, we also paid a great price, with more than 600 casualties and more than one-fifth of our troops at once. ”

Hearing this, the generals looked miserable, they had never suffered such a big loss, and now the Li family's army is only 2,000 people, including recruits and wounded. Therefore, the strength of Li Jiajun has been greatly weakened.

However, the corners of Li Changmao's eyebrows twitched, and he couldn't help but secretly slander himself: "Speechless, this is more than 3,000 officers and soldiers, and it belongs to the elite kind, and I only lost more than 600 people, which is equivalent to one life for five lives, so be content~!" Is this still a huge loss? ”

Although he thought so in his heart and muttered to himself, Li Changmao still showed a heavy look, broke the silence, and took over Li Zicheng's words: "Boss, although we repelled the official army this time and made a name for ourselves in Shaanxi. However, it also attracted all the attention of the Ming court. In particular, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, will never swallow this breath easily, and will definitely mobilize more troops to encircle and suppress us. ”

Although he was unhappy in his heart, he didn't like Li Changmao to pour cold water at this time. But everyone also had to admit that the facts of what the other party said were the purpose of the boss to convene this meeting. Moreover, this time he was able to save the situation and defeat Liu Guangsheng's army, but this weak scholar played a pivotal role.

Therefore, no one can ignore Li Changmao's every word and every suggestion.

At this time, Tian Jianxiu stood up and said in agreement: "What Mr. Li said is right, unlike Governor Liu Changsheng, Yang He, the governor of the three sides, is a person who understands military affairs, will not command blindly, and will hand over the command to the commander-in-chief. After suffering such a big loss, whether it is to give an explanation to the imperial court, or for his face, Yang He will definitely fight back wildly, mobilize the garrisons of the surrounding state capitals, and encircle and suppress us again. ”

After a pause, Tian Jianxiu withdrew his gaze from everyone and looked at Li Zicheng: "Boss, we have to plan ahead and think about the direction of retreat." With our current strength, not only can we not confront the official army head-on, but even Yuzhong City cannot hold it. ”

Li Zicheng had already put away his sad look, nodded, and said slowly: "Well, I know this." After all the wounded and the last material were transported to Mabitshan and Xinglong Mountain, we immediately retreated, avoided the edge of the official army, and left the country. ”

Speaking of this, as soon as the wind of words changed, Li Zicheng looked straight at Li Changmao and asked: "Mr. Li, you are knowledgeable and well-informed, do you have any good suggestions on the direction of retreat?" ”

Li Changmao did not answer immediately, but pondered for a moment, as if he was organizing language, as if he was thinking about something, and then said solemnly: "Within seven days, the second encirclement and suppression of the official army should not be able to come. So, Boss, there should be no problem with the transfer of the wounded and the transportation of materials to the two mountains. ”

"As for the direction of retreat, I personally think that it is best for us to evacuate from the Qingshui Station in the northeast, and I have two reasons."

"Mr. Li, what are the two reasons?" Li Zicheng asked at the right time.

Li Changmao smiled slightly, glanced at everyone elegantly, and finally returned to Li Zicheng's body, and continued very confidently: "First, retreating to the northeast can lead all the main forces of the official army to the northeast, away from Mabit Mountain and Xinglong Mountain, and avoid exposing the base there. Second, after crossing the Qingshui River, you can defect to Wang Zuogui. ”

Suddenly, everyone's eyes lit up, and Li Zicheng smiled: "Wonderful, really wonderful, the disaster will lead to the east, and the war will burn on the bodies of other rebel troops, so we can get out and turn the danger into a disaster." ”

Li Changmao was stunned for a while, completely speechless, he really didn't mean this, he just wanted to unite the ranks of other rebel armies to have the possibility of preserving himself. Seeing the evil smile on the corner of Li Zicheng's mouth, he didn't state his true intentions again.

Tian Jianxiu, who is also a scholar, of course understands Li Changmao's true intentions. However, he didn't break it, he knew the boss better, once he showed such a bad smile, he must want to trap others, and this object was Wang Zuogui.

At this time, the evil smile on Li Zicheng's face was even stronger, and at first glance, he couldn't hold back the good birds, and his stomach was full of bad water. The next words strengthened everyone's view.

"Hmm... Since we retreated and defected to Wang Zuogui, then we can't simply go, we must bring some gifts, and we can make Yang He's old thief unhappy. ”

As he spoke, the light in Li Zicheng's eyes became more and more blazing, as if he had thought of something, slapped his thigh, and continued excitedly: "That's it!" Anyway, Governor Yang He and Governor Liu Guangsheng hate us so much. and Su Wang Zhu Zhihong, who is even more eager to eat us alive. ”

Of course, everyone understands the meaning of this passage, not to mention whether Yang He will hate Li Jiajun's teeth, and the other two people are definitely themselves and others, and they will never die.

Although Li Guo and Tian Jianxiu only occupied Lanzhou City for half a day, their destructive power was amazing, not only missing the governor's yamen and Su Wangfu, but also opening the treasury of the palace and the grain treasury of the yamen and distributing it to the people, making the two of them disgraced and destitute.

With this hatred and hatred, how could they easily let Li Jiajun go? How can you let yourself go?

If there is no accident, the two must be discussing, contact all parties early tomorrow morning, communicate with the governor of the three sides, Yang He, and form a second anti-encirclement and suppression as soon as possible, get rid of Li Jiajun and then quickly!

Li Zicheng understands this truth even more, and when he sees the curious eyes cast by everyone, what kind of method is it that can not only make those three people unhappy, but also give Wang Zuogui a meeting gift?

"Ahem, brothers, let's retreat from Qingshuiyi in the northeast, if we want to defect to Wang Zuogui, although it is not difficult and dangerous, but the distance is not short, and we will pass through many state capitals. That~ As the saying goes, people have left their names, geese have left their voices, since they have passed by those places, what should we Li Jiajun do? For example, robbing the rich and helping the poor, saving the people from fire and water, opening warehouses to give food ......"

Every time a word popped out of Li Zicheng's mouth, everyone felt their hearts tremble, and their cheeks twitched, the boss was making things big, pulling hatred everywhere, and he also thought that Governor Yang He didn't pay enough attention to Li Jiajun, this was to go all the way and grab all the way, so that the Ming army in Shaanxi would encircle and suppress himself and others.

Although the pen is big, although Li Zicheng is high-spirited and passionate, he is very confident. However, the people led by Li Changmao and Tian Jianxiu have no bottom in their hearts, and they will not be naïve to think that the current Li Jiajun has the strength to cause trouble everywhere, and they will only cause fire!

Liu Fangliang didn't think about it so much, his face was full of red light, and he was fascinated: "Boss, are you telling the truth?" If it's true, it's too cool, burning, killing and looting along the road, and being able to help the people, there's nothing more refreshing than this? Hahaha... My Lao Liu can kill happily this time, and I don't have to have any scruples! ”

At this time, Li Changmao sensitively caught Li Zicheng's meaningful evil smile, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and after thinking about it a little, he thought of a lot and understood the boss's deep-seated intentions. While admiring, I only felt that the cold was incomparable, this boss was too bad!

This is still a disaster, and it is completely trying to pull all the rebel troops into the water.

After figuring out the key crux of it and understanding Li Zicheng's deep-seated intentions, Li Changmao did not object again, but added: "Boss, if this is the case, we had better travel lightly and don't need to bring so much food." Especially the captured cannons, it is best to put them in Mabit Mountain or Xinglong Mountain. They are too bulky, and although they are powerful enough to besiege the city, they are not conducive to our retreat. ”

Everyone was stunned again, but they didn't expect Li Changmao to change his mind and turn to support the boss's attitude, and the latter smiled even more proudly: "Hehe... Of course! Not only those few cannons, but even the Tiger Squat Cannons can't bring too many, ten are enough, and all the others must be stored in the mountains for future use. ”

"Well, yes, we don't have a lot of shells in our Tiger Squat Cannon, and we only fire five or six times in a row from ten." Li Changmao nodded and agreed.

The decision has been made and cannot be changed, Tian Jianxiu can only say: "Boss, once evacuated, we can only take seven or eight hundred people away from the wounded soldiers who are recuperating and the brothers who are responsible for guarding the two mountains." ”

"It's okay! Although there are fewer people, it is not in the way. As long as the banner of our Li Jiajun does not fall and wins the support of the people, we can replenish our troops anytime and anywhere, and grow stronger again, just around the corner! Li Zicheng waved his hand, looking indifferent, very free and easy.

Immediately afterwards, Li Zicheng's expression was closed, and he said loudly: "Okay, let's stop here today~!" After two days of fighting, I'm already too tired to do it, so let's go back~! Starting tomorrow, start taking action and be ready to evacuate at any time. ”

"Yes, Boss!" Everyone said in unison.

At this moment, when everyone was leaving, it seemed that they had thought of something, and Li Zicheng suddenly stopped Ma Xin: "By the way, Ma Xin, within two days, you take a time, rush to Mawei Mountain, and tell Xu Xiake Mr. Xu, in the next few days, we will evacuate Yuzhong City, let him come back as soon as possible, and leave with us." ”

"Well, okay, boss, I'll go to Horsebit Mountain tomorrow."

Before they got far, everyone heard these words, of course they knew why the boss had to pull Xu Xiake and evacuate Yuzhong City with the army. Everyone already knows that Xu Xiake is a strange person, not only full of economy, but also familiar with the topography of the mountains and rivers in the world.

If you can take Xu Xiake and go with the army, the evacuation of yourself and others will be very smooth, and you can easily avoid the pursuit and round-up of the official army!