Li Zicheng has been very angry recently, and he feels as if he has really been abandoned by God.

To tell the truth, Liu Bei is smooth sailing compared to him, since the first year of Chongzhen, to the present Chongzhen thirteen years, thirteen years, not only did not improve in size, but was besieged in the mountains again.

Of course, this is not actually to blame him, Li Zicheng has never fought against Chongzhen alone, but the emperors since Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, built a complete set of structures to prevent peasant uprisings, under this structure, the peasant uprisings at the end of the Ming Dynasty were outrageously presented as rogues, not that they didn't want to run the base, but, they really can't do it!

As a dying dynasty, it can still organize hundreds of thousands of troops for field battles, and can easily change officials and generals from all over the country, and even border places such as Guangxi and Yunnan can be dispatched to send troops, which has never appeared in the history before the Ming Dynasty, no warlords, no ministers, and even foreign enemies are blocked from Shanhaiguan and cannot go south.

It is not once that Li Zicheng has been trapped in the mountains, he has experience in this kind of thing, but there has never been a time when he was really scared like this time, he seems to feel that fate is no longer in favor of him, and his life and career seem to stop there.

In the past, when he was besieged, at least his cronies could still be loyal to him, but this time it was different, even the backbone old ministers like Tian Jianxiu and Liu Zongmin began to waver, Tian Jianxiu was still more tactful, persuading Li Zicheng to be false and wronged, and then he surrendered by fraud, Liu Zongmin was very direct, and even directly told Li Zicheng that if he was in such a passive situation again, he would surrender by himself!

Faced with an army of less than 100 people left, and a wavering military spirit, Li Zicheng is really desperate, what hope is there? The army is gone, and my brother will be gone soon, and my ending will probably be the same as my uncle (Gao Yingxiang)......

In this desperate and depressed state, the Gao clan sent someone to report that one of his subordinates had privately let his subordinates go down the mountain to surrender, hoping that he would raise his noble hand and spare his life.

Li Zicheng's reaction was of course predictable, he was furious, in a desperate situation, how could he be tolerated by such a person who blatantly disobeyed military discipline? He immediately ordered that all the generals should be summoned immediately, and he would personally interrogate Li Yan, and then be punished!

Soon, Li Zicheng's order was conveyed, and Li Yan was also stripped of his clothes and armor under Gao Yigong's helpless gaze, tied up with flowers, and escorted to the handsome tent.

"Brother Li Yan, this time the king is really more serious, I can't save you, when you die, I will burn some paper for you......" Gao Yigong said with self-reproach, he really regarded Li Yan as a friend.

Li Yan looked at Gao Yigong with a sad face, but his heart was quite warm, he really tried to save himself, but now in this situation, he can only gamble, and if he loses the bet, then it is really nothing.

"It's okay, don't worry, I'll be fine." Li Yan smiled and comforted Gao Yigong, of course Gao Yigong didn't think that Li Yan would be fine, but just patted him heavily on the shoulder and asked the soldiers to escort Li Yan out.

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Li Yan was escorted into the tent, and as soon as he entered the tent, he heard a loud shout: "Kneel!" ”

Immediately holding down the shoulders of the two intruders violently, Li Yan was escorted to kneel in the handsome tent, the handsome tent is not big, there is no gorgeous decoration, several desks and chairs are also copied from the official office, facing a dark blue flag, with the word "Li" written on it.

Li Yan looked up and looked around, and the one sitting at the head was Li Zicheng, dressed in a blue arrow suit, wearing a hat, and a bright red cloak on his body, his face was covered with stubble, quite haggard, but there was a trace of heroism between the haggard.

The rest, except for Li Jin, who was sitting at the end of his right hand, he was familiar with, the others were all unknown, and Li Jin's eyes were staring at him at the moment, and he seemed to be quite entangled.

"Thou art guilty?" A strong voice came, Li Zicheng sat in the handsome position, stared at Li Yan sternly, and asked.

"Guilty." Li Yan didn't retort, lowered his head to show that he pleaded guilty, he did violate military regulations.

"Since you are convicted, then you will be punished! Push it down and cut it, hang the head at the camp gate, and warn the generals! Li Zicheng saw that Li Yan pleaded guilty and didn't want to talk nonsense, he was originally going to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, so he immediately waved his hand and signaled to push out the beheading left and right.

"King Chuang, slow!" At this time, Li Jin couldn't sit still, Li Yan was recruited by him, and he was very optimistic about this subordinate who could read and hyphenate, how could he watch him be beheaded?

"Huh?" Li Zicheng saw Li Jin stand up, and looked at Li Jin quite suspiciously, and Li Yan was about to speak, but was also interrupted by Li Jin, and also looked at Li Jin.

"King Chuang, when the army is defeated, when it is in danger, you can't kill the general first!" Li Jin stood beside Li Yan and arched his hand and said.

"If you don't kill him, how can you be disciplined? Could it be that I can come when I want to enter the army, and leave when I want to? Li Zicheng refuted sharply, but Yu Guang looked at Liu Zongmin, who was thoughtful on the side.

"King Chuang, and listen to me" At this time, the person who had been standing beside Li Zicheng wearing a square scarf and wearing a light blue straight decoration Xiucai spoke.

"Does Mr. Gu also ask for mercy?" Li Zicheng turned his head to look at this person in surprise, this person was none other than the number one military advisor who broke into the camp at the moment, the person with the highest level of education, Gu Yan, Gu Junen.

"No, King Chuang, isn't it strange that this man indulges his subordinates to flee, but he doesn't flee himself? Why rush to behead, if you ask first, it's not too late to kill. Gu Junen arched his hand and admonished.

Hearing this, Li Zicheng nodded, it made sense, it wouldn't take a few hours to ask clearly before killing.

"Since you let the soldiers escape, why didn't you leave yourself?" Li Zicheng stared at Li Yan and asked.

Li Yan saw that Li Zicheng gave him a chance to speak, and immediately spoke: "If a certain person has joined the army, he admires the name of King Chuang, and since he has joined the army, he will not leave again!" ”

Li Zicheng's face looked a little better when he heard this, and he nodded in approval, but it definitely didn't mean that he would let Li Yan go, so he continued to ask: "Since you admire my name, why can't you obey the military order?" ”

"The weather was cold, there was not enough food, grass, cotton and clothing, and I couldn't bear to see the soldiers freeze and starve to death, so I violated the military order." Li Yan didn't hide it, and opened his mouth to say his reasons.

"Joke, where can a march and fight without dying?" Li Zicheng scoffed, for a person like him who has survived a hundred battles, his own life is a bargaining chip, let alone others?

"It's not a pity to die on the march and fight, if you starve to death without even seeing the enemy, it's not worth freezing to death!" Li Yan boldly stared at Li Zicheng's eyes and said.

"Hmph, I'm pretty good at talking." Li Zicheng snorted coldly, but unfortunately he is not a person who likes sharp teeth.

Perhaps seeing the murderous aura in Li Zicheng's eyes, Li Jin hurriedly spoke again: "King Chuang, this person can read and write, he is a talent, it's a pity to kill him!" ”

"There is no shortage of talents in the army, what I want is loyal talents, if everyone is as disobedient as him, it will destroy the foundation of my army!" Li Zicheng patted the case and scolded loudly.

"King Chuang, his subordinates admit their guilt, but please allow his subordinates to defend themselves one or two, if King Chuang wants to kill his subordinates, his subordinates should obey their orders." Li Yan suddenly said, stud, he has to stud, according to this situation, once Li Zicheng is angry, he will have no chance to speak by himself.

Hearing this, Li Jin, Gu Junen, and the eyes of the generals in the room were all focused on Li Yan, Niu, you actually dare to defend in front of Li Zicheng, you must know that for a character like Li Zicheng, the defense is the most meaningless thing.

"Hmph" Li Zicheng sneered, his face full of murderous intent, justifying? There are no two words of justification in his dictionary, but since Li Yan has said it, he might as well take a look at what this yellow-mouthed erector said, so he said: "Okay, I'll see how you justify." ”

"Dare to ask King Chuang, since the eleventh year of our army Chongzhen's Shangluo, I have lost consecutive battles and almost have no place to stand, why?" Li Yan said word by word.

This is a bit excessive, directly expose the scars, and a bold character like Liu Zongmin in the military tent gasped when he heard the words, and looked sideways, this kid is really tired and crooked, he actually dares to talk to Li Zicheng like this, and Li Zicheng is also bruised at the moment, obviously has reached the critical point of anger.

However, without waiting for Li Zicheng to attack, Li Yan continued: "Ask King Chuang again, since the old Queen Chuang, our army has rarely won victories, from Shaanxi to Huguang and then to Sichuan, the army has dispersed, and if it goes on like this, can King Chuang think about where to go?" ”

This is even more lethal, Mingli said that the situation was unfavorable, and secretly accused Li Zicheng of being inferior to Gao Yingxiang, and the team was getting more and more stretched, and it would be difficult to die in the future without a place to be buried.

"Say no more!" Li Jin couldn't hold back, hurriedly shouted, and then pleaded guilty: "King Chuang, this son doesn't know the severity, don't be like him!" ”

"Let him speak!" Li Zicheng suppressed his anger, and his voice trembled.

"King Chuang, now we are trapped in the Yufu Mountain, the soldiers are less than 100, and they will lose the heart of war. Do you really want to be dry bones in the mountains here? Li Yan said loudly.

As soon as these words came out, the people in the military tent looked different, Li Yan said what they thought in their hearts, so on, not waiting for the imperial court to act, everyone starved to death and froze to death, Gu Junen, as the person with the highest level of military Chinese, also held his jaw with one hand, and looked at Li Yan with interest, he originally thought that Li Yan was a reckless man, but he didn't expect that he actually had some ability, and directly broke everyone's worries.

"Are you looking for death?" Li Zicheng's face was ugly, and he gritted his teeth and asked this sentence, originally everyone still had a fig leaf, but now it was all torn by Li Yan, it was impossible to surrender him, Liu Zongmin was happy to surrender, but as the leader, surrender must be killed, after all, it is not once or twice to surrender him.

War, naturally, can't be fought, he can't beat Yang Sichang in a full state, and now he is giving away people's heads, so he wants to delay, or let it go.

"I know the king's worries! I just don't know if the king can listen to me, if the king doesn't want to listen to me, please kill me! Li Yan struggled and said loudly.

Li Zicheng was stunned when he heard this, although he couldn't help but order him to be beheaded several times, but as soon as Li Yan's words came out, he hesitated, what if he really had a way?

Li Zicheng is a hero, thirteen years of danger and fierce war to this day depends on extraordinary resilience, as well as his measurements, if he cuts Li Yan now, it is impossible to be the leader of the peasant rebel army who overthrew the Ming court in history and almost dominated the world.

"King Chuang, might as well listen to what he has to say?" Gu Junen was also interested, and said persuasively.

"Well......" Li Zicheng's eyes wandered, as if he was thinking about weighing it, and after a few years, he said: "Then you can tell me, if you can really solve my worries, not only will I not kill you, but I should also be rewarded!" ”

"Please retreat from the king!" Li Yan said with a firm gaze.

Li Zicheng didn't hesitate much, he would always do what he believed, so he immediately waved his hand and said, "Go out." ”

"Untie him." Li Zicheng noticed that Li Yan was still tied up, and added.

"King Chuang, in case this person is not good for you......." The strong man in scale armor on the side said worriedly.

"Joke, a yellow-mouthed erection, what should I do?" Li Zicheng didn't care, waved his hand and ordered him to leave, and then the man hesitated and reluctantly followed the generals out of the big tent.

Li Yan was untied, so uncomfortable, looking at the big tent that was already empty, only Li Zicheng and Gu Junen were looking at him, his heart was pounding, in fact, he was also scared just now, but it turned out that he was right, Li Zicheng is indeed a hero, and he can suppress the anger in his heart to listen to himself.

But this also shows that once his plan can't solve Li Zicheng's problem, he will kill himself immediately, this is Xiaoxiong, everything is guided by interests rather than personal feelings.