Li Zicheng cooperated with Wang Xueli to break through the Ming army in Yufushan, and immediately broke through in the direction of Nanyang, because both sides were cavalry, even if they were family members, they were equipped with mules and horses, and the Ming army was directly collapsed by a sudden attack, and it was impossible to form an effective pursuit.

Therefore, Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses ran until noon, and there was no trace of the Ming army, in fact, it was normal, Li Zicheng's cavalry marched very fast, and in the case of rapid marching, it could travel forty miles a day.

And the Ming army was stretched, and even thirty miles a day could drag the troops to collapse, barely doing twenty miles a day is not bad, and fifteen miles a day is the norm, just on the speed of the march, it is impossible for the Ming army to catch up with Li Zicheng's troops, which is why Yang Sichang had to open a net to encircle and suppress.

Seeing that the Ming army did not chase after him, Li Zicheng set up camp with peace of mind, and at the same time, Wang Xueli and Li Yan, who had not been able to take care of the summons, were also heard.

This battle can be won, Wang Xueli and Li Yan have made great contributions, especially Li Yan, if it wasn't for him to persuade Wang Xueli, it would not have been so easy to break the Ming army, and Liu Zongmin on his side almost killed him, no matter what, Li Zicheng always had to appease Li Yan's emotions.

Wang Xueli's side is not easy, although he has a first-mover advantage, but in the chaos the troops inevitably suffered casualties, and when the battle was over, Wang Xueli counted and found that his cavalry had lost a full eighteen horses, which was enough for him to suffer.

After breaking through, he had been waiting for Li Zicheng to summon him, but there was no news for a long time, which caused him to be terrified, but fortunately Li Yan explained on the side: "King Chuang is a hero-like figure, how can he break his promise?" ”

This person Wang Xueli and his subordinates temporarily put their minds at ease and honestly followed the back camp to be on guard, which is nothing to say, after all, they are not descendants, and they always have to go first when they encounter a situation.

In order to express his "loyalty" to Li Zicheng, he has always been unkempt, so he went to the river to clean his armor and face stained with mud and blood, and also took care to take care of his messy hair, and Li Yan was quite amused when he looked at it.

Li Zicheng is a thrifty person, this is something that everyone in the army knows, so naturally there will be no big fish and meat and a grand welcome ceremony, and even the generals did not attend, only Li Jin and Tian Jianxiu followed Li Zicheng to see Wang Xueli.

In fact, Liu Zongmin should have been brought with him, after all, he was the chief sentinel, but last time he assassinated Li Yan and killed Wang Xueli's subordinates, Li Zicheng knew this matter in his heart, and cutting his military power was also a small punishment and a big commandment, after all, they were all old brothers from Shaanxi, and Li Zicheng couldn't go down as a killer.

In order to make both sides look better, Li Zicheng simply sent Liu Zongmin to patrol the camp, which was regarded as leaving a buffer between Li Yan and Liu Zongmin.

"Hahaha, Mr. Wang, I have heard of the name for a long time, and I really deserve the name when I meet today!" Seeing Wang Xueli who came with Li Yan from a distance, Li Zicheng greeted him with a smile.

Wang Xueli didn't react at first, until he saw that Li Yan had already clasped his fists and called "King Chuang", that he realized that the inconspicuous person in front of him was actually the world-famous King Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng is very simple, with a felt hat and arrow jacket, at most a bright red cloak, he looks no different from an ordinary old farmer in Shaanxi, the only thing that may be a little different is the bright eyes, in fact, in the entire camp, there are no characters who look like talents, most of them are inconspicuous characters who are thrown into the pile.

"Subordinate Wang Xueli, meet King Chuang!" Wang Xueli suddenly clenched his fists and knelt down directly on his knees, thanks to Li Zicheng's quick hand to drag him down.

"The king doesn't have to be like this, we don't need officials and soldiers to break into the camp, and we don't have to bow down" Li Zicheng dragged Wang Xueli and said with a smile, Li Zicheng started from a humble beginning, and he didn't pay much attention to these etiquettes.

Wang Xueli's face turned red when he heard this, after all, he had become a habit of infiltrating the official army all year round, and now it was a little awkward for him not to kneel.

"Mr. Wang, what King Chuang said is the truth, our army is to fight the world for the common people, and we don't engage in Zhu Ming's set of red tape." Li Yan added on the side.

Wang Xueli believed in Li Yan, and after repeatedly making sure that Li Zicheng was not polite, he got up and said: "This army is different from the official army, and my knees are more comfortable when I do the army." ”

"Hahahaha" Li Zicheng, Li Jin, and Tian Jianxiu were all amused by Wang Xueli's words, Li Zicheng patted Wang Xueli's shoulder and said: "They are all old brothers in Shaanxi, don't say those polite words, I will call you brother if I am a few years older than you....."

"Don't dare, don't dare," Wang Xueli hurriedly excused himself.

"What don't you dare? Come, brother, I have bought you a table to catch the wind, now that the army is marching and fighting, it is not rich, it is a little shabby, but don't mind" Li Zicheng took Wang Xueli's hand and said with a smile, as if he was really a brother.

Li Yan naturally knew that this was a routine to buy people's hearts, but he just stood aside with a smile, how Li Zicheng recovered Wang Xueli was Li Zicheng's business, and he would be a spectator now.

Li Zicheng does attach great importance to Wang Xueli, for three aspects, the first Wang Xueli did help him resolve the great trouble, Yu Gong he should thank Wang Xueli, second, Wang Xueli is from Shaanxi, he is also from Shaanxi, although Wang Xueli is a person from Yulin, but Shaanxi people always have a common language, Li Zicheng likes these old friends in Shaanxi very much.

In addition to the above reasons, the cavalry under Wang Xueli is also very important to Li Zicheng, cavalry! is still the cavalry of the border army, the top ones are all elite, Li Zicheng has more than 100 cavalry under his own hands, Wang Xueli is equivalent to directly doubling him, and the strongest military strength in the army is Wang Xueli, he can't ignore it.

Li Zicheng's attention is directly reflected in the banquet, he has always been thrifty, and the banquet of his generals is very good at killing a chicken, two bowls of brown rice, and adding some vegetarian vegetables and weeds.

And this time, in order to entertain Wang Xueli, Li Zicheng directly killed a sheep and ordered someone to roast it in the big tent, although it was much worse than the official army, but it was indeed a rare favor among the army.

"Mr. Wang, this time I was able to break the enemy, Mr. Wang made a great contribution! I'd like to give you a drink. Li Zicheng picked up his wine glass and smiled to salute Wang Xueli.

Wang Xueli also hurriedly picked up the wine glass, and said with a smile: "King Chuang's words are serious, I don't know Mount Tai with my eyes, I was hostile to King Chuang before, and injured many brothers in the army. ”

Of course, this is something to say, Wang Xueli naturally didn't think that it was a big deal to kill the army before, after all, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, they turned against each other, who didn't have the lives of a few friendly soldiers in their hands? What he really cared about was what Li Zicheng did with him and his troops.

Li Zicheng is not a fool, so he naturally heard the sound outside the strings, drank it all with a smile, and then said: "Are Wang Jiang's brothers all from Yulin?" ”

"It's all, we are all the border troops of Yulin, the court of the dog day, let us work hard and not pay the army, even if we don't meet King Chuang this time, we will be reversed!" Wang Xueli scolded and said.

"Hahaha, speaking of which, we also have fate, I was also from the border army back then" Li Zicheng filled a glass of wine and smiled almost.

"This is a border army, or we are clear about being a border army, Shangguan must be someone to be close to, if he is not familiar with it, who knows if he will deduct military salary? Who knows if he will command blindly on the battlefield? Li Zicheng picked up his wine glass again and said with a smile at Wang Xueli.

Wang Xueli also came back to his senses, and hurriedly picked up the wine and said with a smile: "That's not it, our brothers have fought together for seven or eight years, and I also fought with a knife and a gun!" ”

"This is the best, the soldiers and horses under the command of the king general, and the king will personally lead the general in the future, but I am ugly to say in the front, the brother of the king general, I will not be harsh, but if I violate military discipline, I will not be merciful." Li Zicheng said with a smile.

He will not dismantle Wang Xueli's army, first of all, this will stimulate Wang Xueli, as the head of the army, it is completely unacceptable for his army to be split, and secondly, he understands that it is not necessarily a good thing to change an unfamiliar commander, they are all born with a knife and licking blood, a group of unruly masters, and they can't be suppressed if they don't have any skills.

Of course, he wouldn't give Wang Xueli the illusion that he indulged him, so he still ordered him, and if he violated military discipline, he would definitely deal with him.

Wang Xueli also heard Li Zicheng's voice, and was immediately overjoyed, it must be the best thing if the army is not divided, so he hurriedly picked up the wine glass and saluted Li Zicheng, and complimented him: "In my life, I have followed a lot of general soldiers and supervisors, and I have never seen a heroic character like King Chuang, and I think King Chuang must be a dragon among people!" ”

This is not a clever sycophant that caused laughter from several generals and Li Zicheng, Wang Xueli's sycophant is very straightforward, but this kind of sycophant is very good at Li Zicheng's appetite for a rough person, Gu Junen's side knock, but it is not painful.

After saying Wang Xueli, Li Zicheng looked at Li Yan and said with a smile: "Brother Li Yan, I also knew about the danger last time, it is indeed that my subordinates did not discipline well, and I have already punished the punishment, but at present, the overall situation is important, and Brother Li Yan still has to be more tolerant." ”

Li Yan also heard the meaning of Li Zicheng's words to protect Liu Zongmin, but there was no way, who called people old? I could only suppress the unhappiness in my heart, raised my glass and said: "King Chuang's heart is relieved, Yan is not a person who does not know the general situation, it is my life, if I ask the official army to take it, I have nothing to say, if it is taken away by my own people, I don't think it is worth it!" ”

Li Zicheng heard the resentment in Li Yan's words, laughed twice, and then said, "Brother Li Yan, don't worry! Your life is good here, there is a day for me, whether it is an official or a villain, no one can take your life! Listen, if anyone does these things to hurt their brothers in the future, no matter how old you are, who is me, I will kill you! ”

This is a statement by Li Zicheng, in order to appease Li Yan, Li Zicheng finally came up with his own attitude, Li Yan believes in Li Zicheng, this person's character is like this, a mouthful of spit and a nail, what he announced will definitely be done.

In this way, Liu Zongmin at least won't attack himself openly, Li Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, raised his glass and smiled in return to Li Zicheng.

After three rounds of drinking, everyone was drunk, Li Zicheng asked Wang Xueli with the strength of wine: "Since Wang General is included in our army, there must be an arrangement, Wang General always wants to lead an army by himself?" Or do you want to belong to whom? ”

When Wang Xueli heard this, he hiccuped a few times, he was already delirious, in fact, this question is not difficult to choose, he leads an army that belongs directly to Li Zicheng, and his status is equal to Liu Zongmin and Tian Jianxiu.

However, Wang Xueli made a choice that surprised everyone, only to see his fingers pointing at Li Yan slowly, and said inarticulately, "Hmm...... I...... I..... I'll ...... Let's put it under the command of Li Senjun. ”

Hearing that Li Jin, Tian Jianxiu, and Li Zicheng were stunned, they seemed to suspect that they had heard it wrong, and Li Yan was also stunned and was included under his command? I just joined the army and didn't have the right to command the army, not to mention what kind of style Wang Xueli smoked to be controlled by himself?

"The king has drunk too much, such a good opportunity is naturally to lead an army by himself, why should he be subservient?" Tian Jianxiu spoke out and started a round.

Wang Xueli didn't realize it, shook his head violently and said, "No! No! I want to join the army with Li, the fortune teller has calculated, Li Senjun is a person who can do great things, and he can be crowned a marquis and worship the prime minister with him......"

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere instantly froze, Li Zicheng, Li Jin, and Tian Jianxiu's eyes all looked at Li Yan, and Li Yan also suddenly felt that the mang was stabbed in his back, and he had already finished greeting Wang Xueli's eight-life ancestor in his heart, is there something wrong with this person? Is he trying to kill me by saying such things on this occasion?

Li Zicheng still had a smile on his face, and he even said: "Mr. Wang is drunk, drunk, this matter will be put aside for the time being, and we will talk about it when he wakes up." ”

However, Li Zicheng was already a little dissatisfied in his heart, Li Yan relied on a mouth, a few words made Wang Xueli willing to succumb to him, and suddenly Li Zicheng subconsciously became vigilant, those few words can become a big thing, which made Li Zicheng's heart even more unhappy, and he looked at Li Yan with a little vigilance in his eyes.

Of course, he quickly adjusted, and he actually took a drunkard's words seriously, isn't it too unmeasured?