The generals who had just finished discussing the matter walked out of the Han family ancestral hall in twos and threes.

People sat around the bonfire outside the ancestral hall, and at this time, Li Zicheng's heart was a little painful, and he glanced to the side meaningfully; sure enough, behind the crowd of many partial generals and deputy generals, he saw the young general who was at the outermost part of the crowd, snuggling up to the tree, sleeping soundly.

Today's military meeting set a precedent, that is, the chief general and deputy general of the Huben battalion were no longer present at the same time, and Liu Xiyao, as a partial general, was not qualified to participate in the confidential affairs that would determine the conduct of the whole army; it was precisely because of this that he and the generals decided the life and death of the Huben battalion.

Li Zicheng felt, "In this matter, these generals of the 'Old Eighth Team' seem to be a little unkind. ”

When the nephew was leaving, he knocked heavily on Li Zicheng's heart at this moment, "No matter whether the second father decides to fight, go, front, rear, east or west, my Li Guo's tiger camp is willing to be a pawn and charge for the whole army; even willing to lead away the officers and soldiers of the brigade who are encircled and intercepted as an abandoned son, they will not hesitate!"

Just now, the Chuang army has received a tip-off that all their roads leading to Henan and Huguang are currently blocked by the official army. Although the men and horses who broke into the camp in the battle with the officials and troops not long ago, with the Tiger Ben camp led by their nephew, killed and injured a large number of people and horses who pursued the soldier He Renlong, but the current situation still could not stand the situation that two fists were difficult to defeat with four hands.

At the same time, Li Zicheng thought of Cao Bianjiao, a fierce general of the imperial court who caught up behind him, "After this 'little general Cao' was frustrated a few days ago, he only reorganized his men and horses a little, replenished some soldiers and horses, and personally led the army to chase after him......;

What bothered Li Zicheng the most was that "in front of him, there were countless officers and soldiers, under the personal supervision of Governor Hong Chengchou and Shaanxi Governor Sun Chuanting, who went forward to intercept him." ”

Just an hour and a half ago, the informant newspaper in the Yamen of Beizhili in Baoding Mansion brought Li Zicheng very bad news......

Li Zicheng clearly knew the danger he was in at this time, "All this is clear, Chongzhen's encirclement and suppression of himself is already endless." The young emperor apparently ignored the threat of the Qing army's imminent invasion, and he even sent his old enemy Lu Xiangsheng to join forces with Hong and Sun to encircle and suppress him. ”

Liu Zongmin, the chief sentinel beside Zicheng, also looked unhappy, he understood best, "Now the 'old eighth team' under his command is no longer what it used to be." Not to mention the surrender of the generals around him who have died and surrendered, there are not many old people who can fight to the death; even if the original '13 families and 72 battalions' are still there, it is also difficult to match Yang Sichang's "four positive and six corners, ten sides of the net". ”

Li Zicheng also knew in his heart why these generals under his command were afraid of the enemy like tigers, "Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Huihui, Luo Rucai, Ge Liyan, Zuo Jin Wang, Reincarnation King, Shooting the Heavens, Hengtian Wang, Mixed One Hundred Thousand, Guotianxing, Nine Dragons, Shuntian King and other thirteen families, the most capable 'Lao Huihui' died in battle, and the 'Eight Kings' who could fight and surrender Zhang Xianzhong surrendered to the official army again, and the resourceful 'Cao Cao' Luo Rucai disappeared...... In the desperate siege of the imperial court, will this remnant of himself fall apart......"

Liu Zongmin also saw a deep fear on Li Zicheng's face, "Although he is now hiding in the depths of Funiu Mountain, his 'Old Eighth Team' is still under siege, and the so-called 'Old Eighth Team' has also become a key target of the official army after the defection of the 'Great Heavenly King' Gao Jie." ”

At today's military meeting, everyone has fully understood that it is impossible for the 'old Eighth Team' to retreat with the whole division, and after the fierce quarrel, everyone still remembered Li Buzhi's words: "At present, only by dividing the troops can there be a glimmer of life; if we can't cut off the tail of the gecko and break the wrist of the strong man in time, this line of life will also be cut off!"

"But the result of the deliberations is ......," Li Zicheng thought about the military meeting just now. However, as the commander-in-chief, Li Zicheng knew in his heart that once the 'Old Eighth Team' was settled, the rest of the people in the army might still survive, and he, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, would have no chance of life.

On a campfire not far away, the fat lamb was already roasted. The flickering firelight illuminated the muscles on Li Zicheng's face as if they were beating trembling and trembling; the experience of fighting side by side for ten years allowed Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin to understand each other's thoughts without words.

The two of them were thinking at the same time, "Not to mention anything else, in the eighth year of Chongzhen, the two of them broke through Fengyang in Nanzhili and dug the ancestral tomb of the Ming Dynasty together, Liu Zongmin also ordered someone to burn down the "Huangjue Temple" where Zhu Yuanzhang once left home, and Li Zicheng killed more than 60 eunuchs and beheaded Zhu Guoxiang, the general of the guard. ”

In fact, many generals understand, "They have formed a blood feud with the Zhu court of the Ming Dynasty, this is the retribution of your life and death, which side has not shed blood, which side will not put down the butcher's knife." Surrender is an impossible option, and that's why they've gritted their teeth to the death. ”

Li Zicheng sat by the bonfire, he watched the generals around him bite the cooked food, listening to their gossip, Zicheng himself frowned and thought about his thoughts, "The past is unbearable!"

It was still the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen two years ago, that is, in 1635 AD, "the leader of his own rebellion, Zhu Ming's number one drama Kou Gao Yingxiang, and he led his troops to the east to surround Luzhou." He led the 'Old Eighth Team' as the vanguard, sent his nephew 'a tiger' Li Guo, and led the men and horses of the forward battalion as the vanguard to march east into the Luzhou capital; On the sixth day of the first month, Gao Yingxiang led 'thirteen families and seventy-two battalions' to come, and the company battalion attacked Chuzhou for dozens of miles. ”

On Li Zicheng's face, it was not easy to detect a trace of fascination for that time. He clearly remembered, "On the seventh day of the first month of that year, Gao Yingxiang led the vigorous 'Thirteen Families and Seventy-two Battalions' to come later, and the bigwigs of the 'Thirteen Families and Seventy-two Battalions' were afraid that the 'Old Eighth Team' would win the first merit, so Gao Yingxiang was forced to reappoint his 'Old Eighth Team' as the support of the whole army, which could be cheap......

I believe that "The Great Master of the Late Ming Dynasty" will walk with you in the warm winter sun, welcome—(*'∀ ́*)ノ亻!

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