At night, in a mountain col near Tianjing Pass, in the dark night, piles of bonfires flickered with a dull yellow light, dotted everywhere. Gao Yingxiang's rebel army sat around the fire, and all the soldiers had a gloomy face, looking at the fire in confusion, looking very lonely.

The whole scene was very quiet, except for a few inconspicuous speeches, only the whirring north wind and the crackling sound of dry wood burning.

At this moment, Gao Yingxiang was the same, looking at the firelight in a daze, his eyes were blank and dim, and he let Ge Liyan talk on the side, thinking about something in a trance.

"Chief, cross the Tianjing Pass in front of you, which is the Hengwang Ridge that belongs to the Taihang Mountain Range. As long as you cross Hengwangling, you will enter Huaiqing Mansion in Henan. According to General Li Chuang's previous marching route, as long as we walk along the banks of the Baishui River, we can avoid the officers and troops on the patio gate......"

However, at this moment, Gao Yingxiang's expression finally appeared a little wave, which was very complicated, and suddenly interrupted Ge Liyan's narration, his voice was full of low and ashamed, with a slight hint of self-deprecation and contempt for himself.

"You say, did I go too far before? Is it a loss of performance as an uncle, too sorry for Hongji? ”

At this moment, the few people sitting around were staring at each other, holding their breath, and no one answered these two questions.

Everyone also understood what Gao Yingxiang meant, and knew who he was sorry for? Everyone present knew that before Li Zicheng rebelled and joined the army, his real name was Li Hongji, so it is not surprising that King Chuang is called so.

Of course, the surrounding generals know very well that for Li Zicheng's suppression, what King Chuang has done is not so simple? If you are an uninformed person, you still think that the two hate the world, what is the old grudge?

Therefore, even if there is an answer in mind, no one answers the question. After all, let's not talk about whether Gao Yingxiang will change in the future, and then become the same as before, and settle accounts after the autumn. To put it simply, the matter is also a private matter of people's nephews and uncles, how can they say something?

It didn't seem to expect someone to answer his question, Gao Yingxiang just paused, still looking at the fire, the guilt on his face became more and more obvious, and then his face showed a determined look, nodded slightly, muttered something, as if he had made some kind of decision, and there was a faint color of repentance lingering between his eyebrows.

And so, no one spoke anymore, and they spent the night around the fire.

Early the next morning, when the sky was gray and bright, in the city of Zezhou, among the post stations, the hall was filled with a tense atmosphere, and it was extremely depressing.

"Lord Qiyu, according to this morning's spies, yesterday afternoon, the officers and troops stationed in Magao Mountain were attacked by two bandits, and the anti-thief Gao Yingxiang hiding in the mountains has all fled, and now he is missing."

With a "snap", Xuan Mo slapped the table, his expression was gloomy and terrifying, and he asked, "What happened yesterday afternoon, why did no one report it today?" What happened to the troops stationed at Magao Mountain? How much has it been lost? ”

The violent slapping of the table made the young general standing below instinctively tremble, and then listened to a series of shouts and questions behind, and the inexplicable coercion began to permeate, and the young general was even more afraid, his legs and stomach were spinning, his head was very low, and he seemed to be speechless in awe, but Li Bei stood up at this time and relieved the siege for the young general: "Lord Qiqi, according to the report of the soldiers who fled back, there are nearly 50,000 people who attacked them in two groups and two chaos. Therefore, almost all the officers and soldiers stationed in Magao Mountain were killed, and less than 100 soldiers survived. ”

"Moreover, if it weren't for the fact that these soldiers took advantage of the chaos to flee into the mountains, hid in the woods, slept all night, and came out at dawn, the army stationed on Magao Mountain would not have a single survivor. If it weren't for these surviving soldiers, we wouldn't know that Gao Yingxiang had led the army to go. ”

Although he didn't answer all the questions, Li Bei said so much, the answers are already in it, as long as you are not mentally retarded, you can extract the answers from them.

At this moment, with the dullness of Xuan Mo and Li Bei, the atmosphere became more and more depressing, the coercion belonging to the superior became more and more intense, and the silence in the hall was terrifying.

Xuan Mo's brows furrowed, his face looked thoughtful, and after a moment, he asked again: "Do you know who the bandits who attacked the garrison this time are?" ”

Deng Xi stood up, although his face was solemn, he looked neither humble nor arrogant, and he didn't seem to be affected by the inexplicable coercion, and then replied: "My lord, judging from the information summarized by the surviving soldiers, although the bandits are two groups, the rebel army is divided into three in total, and the leaders are Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing, and Eight King Kongs. ”

As if he had grasped some key crux, Xuan Mo's eyes flickered, contracted sharply, and returned to normal in an instant, revealing a look of doubt, and suddenly asked: "No, I remember, isn't that Li Zicheng in Huaiqing Mansion, Henan, besieging Huaiqing City?" Why did it only take a few days to appear in Zezhou, and get together with Guo Tianxing and Eight King Kongs? ”

No one answered Xuan Mo's doubts, and Xuan Mo didn't continue to ask, and after a moment of conversation, he asked again: "Gao Yingxiang is missing, what about Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing and Eight King Kongs?" Is there no trace of them? ”

"No," Li Bei shook his head and denied.

A trace of impatience flashed on Xuan Mo's face, his brows furrowed again, he didn't ask anything more, turned to look at the young general, and ordered: "Immediately vote for the text, and the matter of Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing, and Eight King Kong suddenly appeared in Zezhou, and the chaotic army of nearly 50,000 people suddenly entered Shanxi, and immediately told Xu Dingchen Lord Xu, Zhang Zongheng Master Zhang, and General Cao Bing who was in Pingyang Mansion." ”

"Yes, my lord, the last will go!"

At this moment, the three deputy commanders below, Tang Jiuzhou, Li Bei and Deng Xi, were very impressed, no wonder this Lord Xuan Mo Xuan was able to control himself and others? With this wisdom, this reaction speed and the overall situation, it is enough to prove everything.

Although the combat power of the chaotic army is not good, but it suddenly appears so much, it still has a great impact on the actions of some surrounding armies, and the garrison of Magao Mountain is not a clear example?

Moreover, the three deputy commanders still have the same doubt in their hearts, when did the rebel army become so bold? It is also too abnormal to actually fight head-on with the regular army of the imperial court, and still take the initiative to attack.

Although, this time it was just a sneak attack, but its significance was extraordinary!

At the same time, far away in a mountainous area between Xiangyuan and Tunliu in Lu'an Prefecture, in a withered forest, there are dead branches and leaves everywhere, so it is not desolate.

Suddenly, there was a loud rustling sound from deep within the woods. Soon after, I saw groups of rebels appear in the woods, gathering more and more, most of them in peasant costumes, in tattered clothes, not embarrassed.

The howling winter wind blew whirring, making these rebel soldiers tremble, their faces withered, their spirits sluggish, their bodies shrunk more and more tightly, shivering, not listening to the heat, and driving away the cold on their hands.

In the middle of the rebel army, Wang Ziyong was among them, wearing a winter coat, a dogskin hat, and a body full of mud.

At this time, the King of the Mixed World followed closely beside the king, shivering with cold, and his voice trembled.

"Alliance leader, it's not a way for us to hide in the mountains all the time, it's too cold in this mountain. Especially at night, there is no place to live, and it is so cold that the brothers can't support it. Moreover, the remaining food is only enough for ten days, and hunting like this every day will not solve the problem. If this continues, people will have to run out. ”