Because he had long been used to it, Gao knew that Li Zicheng was working very hard today, and how much he hoped that his husband could rest for a while, but he didn't dare to persuade him, so he had to let him take his own soldiers out.

When Li Zicheng walked out of the hall, she looked at her husband's back and tears rolled in her eyes, and when she turned around, she said to Shuangxi and Zhang Nai: "Alas, you are still young, and you don't know how easy it is to hold the handsome flag!"

Li Shuangxi and Zhang Nai, both of them stuffed their heads and put rice in their mouths, not daring to respond to a word, and listened to Gao's lesson to the little brother at the dinner table.

Li Zicheng walked several places in the garrison's stockade. Under the moonlight, his army was full of troops, because of the lightly armed raid on Tongguan, so the tents were not brought out at all, and the soldiers crowded and camped beside the fire. The horses loosened their belts and were concentrated in the threshing floor munching hay.

Some of the warriors who fed the horses lay down on the grass next to the horses' hooves, a few reins hanging from their arms, their heads resting on the saddles, and pulling at the earth-shattering snoring. Li Zicheng did not alarm these people, he told those soldiers who had not yet fallen asleep to rest and prepare to fight out of Tongguan tomorrow.

Just as he was about to walk towards a ruined temple where the wounded were stationed, a colonel from the old camp caught up with him. Li Zicheng caught a glimpse of someone chasing after him, so he stopped, and only turned back when the person came closer: "What's the matter?"

The little colonel approached him and reported to him that except for the general Liu Ye and Hao Shaoqi, the other generals had arrived, and his wife asked him to go back quickly.

Zicheng nodded and walked back quickly. Xiao Xiao came to Li Zicheng again and said to him excitedly: "King Chuang, I have found the common people." ”

"Oh, I've found it! Where are you?" and how many have you found?" Li Zicheng suddenly stopped, and he looked at the little colonel intently and asked.

"I've been to this place with Brother Li Qiang before. I found a hidden person in the woods outside the village, and told him that it was King Chuang, and your team was stationed in the village, and they should not be afraid of the village. I gave him a few pennies and scattered pieces of silver, and told him to go to the back mountain and call all the people back, so that they would not freeze in the woods. "The school has followed Li Qiang to contact the pole here, and many young people in this village have fallen grass on the mountain, so the people in this village are inextricably linked with the pole.

"Okay, okay, find the common people in the end!" Zicheng said with joy in his heart, as if he had won a battle on the battlefield.

"King Chuang, do you remember Du Tianxiong?" the little colonel reminded Li Zichengdao

"Remember, remember, is he the person in this village?" Li Zicheng has an amazing memory, as long as he meets him once or twice, once he asks his name, he will not forget it after many years.

This Du Tianxiong was the leader of the soldiers under Gao Yingxiang, the former king of Chuang, and after Gao Yingxiang died in battle, he was born and died with him, and the two were similar in age, but this Du Tianxiong was killed in the battle with Lu Xiangsheng last spring. Now that he has been mentioned, Du Tianxiong's appearance is vividly unfolding in front of his eyes.

"Yes. It's a pity that his family died ....... I also met his uncle when we passed through the area last year. "When Xiao Xiao and Li Qiang came here, they looked for Du Tianxiong's family in the village.

"Ah, Du Tianxiong is the person in this village! Is his uncle still alive?" Li Zicheng's heart is also a pain, in the past two years of battles with Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou, the intimate brothers around him have suffered a lot, that is, the leaders such as the clay pot and Yidougu who raised righteousness with Gao Yingxiang are almost one out of ten, and now the general Tian Jianxiu under his command was the one who followed the Yidougu uprising.

This old man knew a few words, and knew in his heart that if he was found, he would definitely find out the news of Tongguan. The little colonel replied repeatedly

"Get him back and see me!" Li Zicheng took a few steps forward, then turned back to the junior colonel and instructed, "When the people come back, you go back to the old camp to get thirty taels of silver and distribute them to everyone, don't forget." ”

He patted Xiao on the shoulder again, watched Xiao Xiao Xiao nod seriously, and then quickened his pace and walked towards the old camp.

When he walked into the courtyard of the old camp, Gu Ying, Tian Jianxiu, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, Liu Fangliang and other generals were sitting in the hall with Mrs. Gao and talking. They had just talked about the suspicious bookkeeper, and then the topic turned to the Qing army's invasion.

Tian Jianxiu scolded with a smile and said: "This court, there are so many border soldiers stationed inside and outside the Great Wall, and they will call full boots to come in at will again and again!"

Mrs. Gao also said angrily: "Hmph! The imperial court is not angry, and of course the Hu people will invade. Since Chongzhen ascended to the pole since he was a child, things like this have happened more than once or twice......"

"Damn!" Gu Yingkai scolded, "Isn't Lu Xiangsheng the governor of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi? Two years ago, he fought with us, but he seemed to be very good at leading troops, and he also had the courage, how could he not stop the Tartars from entering the fortress?"

Liu Fangliang explained: "The tartar comes from the east, he is in the west, far water can't quench the thirst of the near, he can't reach the whip." ”

Gu Ying said again: "If he sends troops from the west to copy the back road of the Tartars, will the Mantars still dare to attack Beijing from the east? I said Brother Liu, don't you think it's strange!"

Mrs. Gao was by Li Zicheng's side, but she knew about Xiao Jiujiu, and she replied: "This is the incompetence of the old Zhu family's court, so that even if Lu Xiangsheng is the governor of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi, he is like a buffalo falling into a well, and he can't use it." Besides, there is still the little emperor and the military department yamen on his head!"

As soon as her words fell, Li Zicheng strode into the room. Although he was the commander of the first army and inherited the title of King Chuang, however, the peasant army at this time did not pay much attention to etiquette and regulations, and even ordinary soldiers called Li Zicheng by his first name when they saw him, and all the hierarchical systems were not strict. Not to mention, in this way, the soldiers in the army get along like a family, so when Li Zicheng entered the door, several generals under him did not get up to greet him.

Li Zicheng greeted everyone absentmindedly, and then sat down on the small pestle opposite Gu Ying. Before he could speak, a thunderous sound of horses' hooves came to a stop outside the gate of the Chinese army. The centaur heard a fierce horse outside the door, and after his master had reined in the reins, he was still stubbornly jumping and spinning on his hind legs and standing upright, and the horse's hooves were kicking and snorting and neighing.

It was not until the loud whip was drawn from the air that the violent horses fell silent, but the front hooves with their iron palms struck the stone floor fiercely.

Li Zicheng exchanged a knowing smile with the generals, and said to Nunu at the door: "It's here!"

(End of chapter)