The garrison sent by Hong Chengchou to deliver the letter was named Xie Dongxun, who was tall and very brave, and this time he took fifteen family members in disguise, and everyone took off the clothes and armor of the officers and soldiers and put on the clothes of thieves.

The towns of the Ming army came all the way, and on the way they also beheaded many scouts and stragglers of thieves, and the army not only left the heads, armor and banners, but also some neat clothes, which came in handy at this time.

Xie Dongxun and the others had a full meal in the city, and then took advantage of the night to set off, each with three horses, directly from the east gate of Taiyuan City, and galloped all the way.

According to Xie Dongxun's plan, he originally wanted to get out of Taiyuan City, so he went all the way to the east, passed through Shouyang County and Pingding Prefecture into Beizhili, then went south to Zanhuang County, and entered Shandong by Shunde Mansion and Guangping Mansion.

But what Xie Dongxun never imagined was that as soon as the group entered Shouyang County, they encountered the main force of thieves along the Heishui River in the west of Shouyang County.

"Boss Xie, look!"

Xie Dongxun looked at it and saw that both sides of the Heishui River were densely packed with camps, boundless, extending from both sides of the river to the north and south, and seemed to reach the sky.

At this time, everyone hid on a small hill in the west, and with the help of the cover of the trees on the mountain, Xie Dongxun and his party of sixteen led forty-eight war horses, and cautiously groped forward, for fear of encountering the scouts and mobile posts of the thieves.

"Give me all the details, don't alarm the thieves!"

Xie Dongxun whispered, but he scolded in his heart, he originally thought that there must be no danger on the way, after all, Shanxi is so big, and everyone has three horses, where is it so easy to be stopped by thieves?

But once people are unlucky

, That's it, Xie Dongxun and the others were blocked by I don't know how many thieves blocked their way, looking at the scale of the bandits' camp, it stretched for at least ten or twenty miles, and if everyone wanted to continue to move forward, they had to pass from the mountains here, otherwise they would only have to go around hundreds of miles to the south or north.

"Those who don't receive the news provided at night, there are soldiers and horses of the right battalion of thieves in the north, and the main force of the thieves' battalions is gathering in the south, and if you detour to the south and north, you don't know what danger you will encounter!"

Xie Dongxun thought secretly in his heart, and then a thought flashed in his heart, and his eyes also looked at the army of thieves under the hillside: "There are so many thieves and horses gathered here, could it be that the main force of thieves in the south has quietly touched it?" ”

Suddenly, Xie Dongxun was frightened by this idea, if this was the case, then the army of the towns stationed in Taiyuan City would be in danger. There is no food and grass inside, there is a strong enemy outside, no matter how you look at it, it is a posture of annihilation!

"Why don't you go back and report to the elder?"

At this time, Xie Dongxun was very entangled in his heart, and he didn't know how he should choose. After hesitating, Xie Dongxun and the others slowed down, and the two subordinates who opened the way in front also stopped at this time, and then hurriedly waved their hands to signal everyone to hide.

But walking in the mountains and avoiding enemies in the distance is better said, but if the enemy is close, how can you hide? Even if people can hide, how can these more than forty war horses hide?

At this time, Xie Dongxun could already hear the noise of the thief soldiers in front of him, and he was so anxious that the muscles on his face were bulging, and his right hand involuntarily held the war knife on his waist.

"Boss Xie, what should I do!"

though they were all clothed in thieves' garments

, but everyone has no tokens and other tokens, nor does they know the camp numbers of these thieves, and they will be exposed if they ask a little, so the clothes on everyone's bodies are mostly just a comfort. If you're lucky, you can fool the past, but most of the time it's just a fictitious thing.

At this time, the subordinates around him also panicked, and they all looked over, Xie Dongxun gritted his teeth and said: "Let's go together, it's not far from here to the bottom of the hill, if we can't fool us, we will get on the horse and rush down to break through......

"It's one that can run out!"

Everyone nodded resolutely, and then everyone prepared their weapons, protected Xie Dongxun in the middle, and rushed forward quickly.

Soon, the front of everyone suddenly opened up, this is an open field in the middle of the mountains, and more than forty thieves are resting here.

Almost all of these thieves rode in leather armor, using heavy weapons such as sticks and spears, all of them fierce and vicious, burly, and gathered together to exude a suffocating bloody murderous aura, all of whom were soldiers who had survived a hundred battles.

Xie Dongxun and the others were still strong and calm just now, and they wanted to get by, but after seeing the situation in front of them clearly, they were all deflated. Now that everyone was confused in the past, it was completely sent to death, and once it was discovered, there would be no chance of winning and no chance.

"Get on the horse and run!"

Xie Dongxun no longer hesitated at this time, and directly roared, taking the lead in getting on the horse, and the other fifteen family members also got on the horse one after another, and everyone almost beat the war horse desperately, just to get out of here quickly.

The more than 40 mid-camp horsemen were also confused at this time, and before they could figure out where these dozen guys came from, they saw them galloping wildly, ready to escape.

"Grid

Lao Tzu, it must be the officials and soldiers, all of them are on the horse, kill me! ”

"The dog officer army has bullied him here, he is really impatient, he doesn't leave a single one, kill!"

The commander of the brigade and the general department of the army were furious, and they shouted and got on the horse to chase and kill, more than 40 thieves and horsemen were all skilled in bow horses, and they all got on the horse in a blink of an eye, and everyone was also one person and three horses, and the roar of more than 100 war horses soon sounded, and they were directly surrounded in a half-moon formation.

At this time, Li Zicheng's army conquered several provinces, captured a large amount of equipment of the Ming army, and the elite soldiers and horses of the thieves' battalions also began to change their equipment. The middle camp is not only all armored, but also equipped with a lot of bows and arrows, at this time more than 40 people, there are nearly 20 people are stretching their bows and arrows, and then the sound of arrows breaking through the air came, and the three family members who fell behind were suddenly hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

"Run!"

Xie Dongxun also wanted to turn around to face the battle, but his own strength was inferior, his combat strength was inferior, and his mentality was also inferior, so he couldn't fight such a battle, and now in addition to fleeing for his life, Xie Dongxun looked forward to not alarming the thieves and horses elsewhere.

But it backfired, Xie Dongxun and others finally rode their horses out of the hillside after losing six people one after another, wanting to get rid of the pursuers, but saw smoke and dust in front of them, and it turned out that another team of thieves arrived and stopped directly in front, blocking the way of life for Xie Dongxun and others.

"This, this ......"

Seeing that there were thieves riding in all directions, and there were only nine family members left around him, everyone was terrified at this time, and even one person was so frightened that he cried.

Xie Dongxun was ready to surrender at this time, but as soon as he opened his mouth, an arrow shot over, directly

Shot through Xie Dongxun's mouth, the arrow pierced through his neck and protruded from behind.

In the frightened eyes of those few family members, Xie Dongxun fell straight off the horse, and everyone suddenly exclaimed, and then they were all killed by the bandits of the brigade.

"Phew!"

The commander of the leading brigade spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on Xie Dongxun's corpse, and said angrily: "Ge Laozi, dare to go to Lao Tzu's side to inquire about the news and look for death!" ”

Then the palm brigade looked at the other horse with a smile and said, "Thank you, I have something good when I go back, please eat and drink brothers!" ”

After sending everyone away, the brigade commander said to his subordinates: "Deal with the corpses of these officers and soldiers, and see if there are any good things." ”

A group of thieves and soldiers searched for it, and more than forty war horses naturally became the trophies of everyone, but in addition, everyone didn't even find any property, so they couldn't help but waste the corpses of Xie Dongxun and others.

"These dog officers and soldiers are so poor, they don't even have a big son!"

"Humph! It seems that Chongzhen's child is also mediocre, and his soldiers and horses are so difficult, it's no wonder that he is undefeated! ”

While he was talking, a thief rode around Xie Dongxun's body when he suddenly saw the letter in his clothes.

"What is this?"

The palm of the brigade was quick and snatched it over, only to see that the envelope was written: The Governor of Shandong, Dingyu Bo personally opened.

"Haha, okay, this is a great achievement, you follow Lao Tzu, you are going to be developed!"

After speaking, the brigade no longer paid attention to the corpses of Xie Dongxun and others, beckoned a group of subordinates to get on their horses and leave, and galloped in the direction of the camp.

Among the bandits that stretched for more than 20 miles, there was a huge camp tent that was particularly conspicuous

The Qianzhong battalion was densely guarded, and the rest of the thieves and soldiers were not allowed to approach.

This is Li Zicheng's Chinese army tent, at this time Li Zicheng has gathered the middle battalion, the front battalion, the rear battalion, the left battalion, the firearms battalion of the soldiers and horses, in addition to Yuan Zongdi led the right battalion of soldiers and horses is besieging Datong Mansion, more than 700,000 thieves and horses, under the leadership of Li Zicheng from Kaifeng Mansion all the way north, ready to raid Taiyuan Mansion, the Hong Chengchou Department encircled and annihilated here.

When Li Zicheng saw the letter, he was suddenly afraid for a while, and immediately handed the letter to everyone for circulation.

At this time, Liu Zongmin, Liu Fangliang, Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Li Dingguo, as well as Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Gu Junen were all present.

Li Guo said: "Fortunately, our army scouts are effective, and Your Majesty has deployed troops around the barracks to intercept them in advance, otherwise once Liu Yan receives this distress letter, things will be in trouble." ”

After Li Zicheng became the queen of Dashun, he called himself lonely internally, although the use on weekdays is still the same as before, but in the hearts of everyone, Li Zicheng is already the "emperor" of Dashun, so Li Guo, Li Laiheng and others have changed their names to call Li Zicheng His Majesty.

Li Yan said: "Hong Chengchou has always regarded himself very highly, but now he has sent someone to send a letter in person, hoping that Liu Yan can secretly send troops to help, which shows that Hong Chengchou's situation is already very difficult. In this battle, our army should quickly encircle the Hong Chengchou Division, but there is no need to rush to attack, encircle but not fight, and let the various departments of the official army collapse on their own! ”

The crowd thought so.

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Okay! If this battle, my Dashun soldiers can eat Hong Chengchou

Ministry, then there is no hope for the Ming Court, and Liu Yan will also become a rootless tree, trapped in Shandong and isolated! ”

At this time, Gu Junen said: "Your Majesty, according to the news of the scouts of various ministries, it seems that Hong Chengchou's department has run out of food, and with this letter asking for help, it is already certain. As Mr. Li said, the annihilation of Hong Chengchou is in the present day. But after that? Is my Dashun army really going to enter Beizhili and capture the city of Beijing? ”

Before Li Zicheng could speak, Liu Zongmin said babblingly: "Of course it's to fight Beijing, if you take Beijing City, Your Majesty can be the emperor, and we can all add officials to the knighthood, and also enter the Jinluan Palace, haha!" ”

All the generals laughed, even Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance also laughed, their eyebrows were full of longing, only Li Guo, Li Laiheng, and Li Dingguo frowned slightly.

Gu Junen and Li Yan were a little worried, and the two of them wanted to persuade Li Zicheng to fight steadily, postpone it for a few years, and at least digest the existing territory.

But the two of them looked at Li Zicheng and looked eager to try, their hearts were very high, and they understood that it was in vain to say anything at this time, and the thousand words in their hearts turned into a sigh.

At this moment, a shout came: "Report! The official army Hong Chengchou suddenly left Taiyuan Mansion City and rushed to the direction of Xinzhou City. ”

The crowd was shocked.