Xiangcheng is located at the junction of Kaifeng Prefecture, Ruzhou and Nanyang, as far as the world is concerned, the geographical location is insignificant, as far as Zhongzhou is concerned, it can be called a place that extends in all directions.

After Li Zicheng flooded Bianzhou, eastern Henan had become a Ze country, which was not only inconvenient to pass, but also unable to obtain the slightest supply.

Luoyang and Ruzhou in western Henan were quickly recovered by the Guan army after Sun Chuanting left the customs. Nanyang and Runing in the south of Yuzhou were still under the control of Zuo Liangyu, Hu Dawei and other generals.

As a result, the area of Li Zicheng's activities was compressed by the official army in several counties to the west of Bianzhou, such as Xuzhou, Xinzheng, Yuzhou, and Xiangcheng, plus the place of Guidefu.

At this time, the north of the army is the Yellow River, the east is the Yellow Flood area, and the southeast is the base camp of the southeast gentry.

Now that Sun Chuanting is approaching from the west, and Zuo Liangyu in the south is being transferred to the north, if the invading army cannot break the encirclement and suppression of the official army, the situation of the invading army will be very dangerous.

Jiaxian was defeated, and the army retreated to Xiangcheng. These rogues originally gathered together to rob, and when they succeeded, they gathered, and when they failed, they dispersed, but now they have been defeated one after another, and it is inevitable that people will panic.

After Li Zicheng accepted a group of literati such as Li Yan and Niu Jinxing, he already had a relatively vague goal, and probably knew that what he was going to do was to overthrow the Ming court and fight a country, so he had to defeat Sun Chuanting and break the current predicament.

It's just that the purpose of the other thieves is relatively simple, and they don't have a more clear goal like Li Zicheng, they get together just to rob the house.

These gangsters, formed by the combination of the township party and relatives and friends, had no other goal, that is, to loot, not to fight Li Zicheng.

Among these people, Cao Ying Luo Rucai had three or four hundred thousand, and Yuan Shizhong of Xiao Yuan Ying also had more than 100,000 people, which together accounted for almost half of the Chuang army.

They saw that Sun Chuanting was very violent, and they were beaten so much that they had the intention of breaking up and surrendering.

In Xiangcheng, Li Zicheng's festival hall, many generals gathered together to discuss the current situation and unify people's hearts.

There is a big chair above the festival hall, draped in a tiger skin, wearing a brocade robe, a leather belt around the waist, and Li Zicheng, who is wearing a Fan Yang felt hat, sits upright.

In terms of dress, Li Zicheng retains the aesthetics of Liukou, like the characters in the Water Margin, and the layout of the entire festival hall is also like the Juyi Hall of the cottage, showing the pattern and level of Li Zicheng.

Li Zi is nearly forty years old, with a square face and a big nose, rough skin and black face, and a terrible scar on his right eye.

Judging from his face, Li Zicheng is not a good type, which can also be reflected in what he has done.

Not to mention the close, he said that he owed others money earlier and did not pay it back, and was sued to the county office, grabbed the back lock and took it to the street, and when he came out, he held a grudge and directly dominated the creditor. There is nothing wrong with others borrowing money from him, not paying back the officials, and using normal means to collect debts, but he killed people, which shows that he is a ruthless person.

Not long after, his wife Han Jin'er committed adultery with a man in the village, and Li Zicheng killed his wife again, carrying two lives. Coincidentally, Li Zicheng's wife, Mrs. Xing, got along with Gao Jie again, but this time without waiting for Li Zicheng to make a move, Gao Jie escaped with Mrs. Xing.

Li Zicheng, who had two lives on his shoulders, fled to Ganzhou to join the army, and the general kingdom appreciated him very much, and it didn't take long for him to be promoted to the general of the army, but in the same year, he slaughtered the kingdom that promoted him, and since then he has embarked on the road of rebellion.

Looking at the first half of Li Zicheng's life, you probably know that Li Zicheng is a ruthless, ungrateful person who has no bottom line.

At this time, the two sides of the festival hall were full of people, and many people had no place, so they could only stand behind the sitting generals.

Li Zicheng sat alone in the hall, and Luo Rucai, who was stronger, sat in the second chair, and there were many people in the hall, but it was very quiet and the atmosphere was a little heavy.

Sun Chuanting is worthy of being the stone pillar of the Ming Dynasty, he ended the first generation of King Gao Yingxiang, sent Gao Yingxiang to Beijing, Ling Chi more than 1560 knives, and now he is here to end the second generation of King Li Zicheng.

In the first battle of Jiaxian, if it weren't for the desperate death of Guoyi's general Xie Youjun, Li Zicheng almost followed in the footsteps of his uncle Gao Yingxiang and was caught by Sun Chuanting and sent to Beijing.

At present, Sun Chuanting's superintendent has chased him to Xiangcheng, and the people in the army are already in turmoil, and the army's morale is unstable. They were originally like the bandits of the green forest, gathering and scattering from time to time, without forming a core.

At this time, the situation was in crisis, and some people moved the idea of breaking up, and some even had the idea of surrendering.

In the festival hall, Li Zicheng glanced at everyone, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Lao Tzu killed the vassal king, burned the imperial tomb, the crime is unforgivable, and it will definitely be difficult to escape death in the hands of Sun Chuanting." Since fighting is death, and not fighting is also death, then you might as well give it a go and fight to the death again! ”

As he spoke, no one answered from the people below, Li Zicheng couldn't help but look pale, "Lao Tzu knows what you think, but now is a critical moment, if we don't fight, we will be beaten back to our original shape, and it will not be easy to turn over." If you want to disperse, if you want to surrender, you have to wait for Lao Tzu to finish this battle, if Lao Tzu can't win, it's not too late for you to kill Lao Tzu and surrender! ”

"Lao Tzu's ugly words are ahead, if Lao Tzu is defeated, what do you want, Lao Tzu doesn't care, but before the decisive battle, if anyone dares to demolish Lao Tzu's platform, Lao Tzu will cut off his head!" As he spoke, Li Zicheng suddenly aggravated his tone, looked at Luo Rucai, Yuan Shizhong and the gang, and sneered: "What do the two elder brothers think? ”

After Li Zicheng was proclaimed Queen Xinshun in Xinzheng, his intention to establish a core was even more obvious.

Since he became king, he began to meddle in the affairs of Cao Ying and Xiao Yuan Ying, and regarded Luo Rucai and Yuan Shizhong as courtiers and subordinates, which made the two of them dissatisfied.

Luo Rucai is strong, now his status is very high, his independence is still very strong, Li Zicheng has not bullied him, but Xiao Yuan Ying has suffered a large loss, and the situation is more miserable, Li Zicheng directly regarded Yuan Shizhong as an ordinary general, which made Yuan Shizhong very uncomfortable in the center.

These rogues are used to being comfortable, everyone is here to cooperate in robbing Bianzhou, not to do things for Li Zicheng, now that Bianzhou has not been robbed, they have to become Li Zicheng's courtiers, and the heroes of the green forest are naturally a little dissatisfied.

It's just that most of the people in the hall are Li Zicheng's people now, but they don't dare to have any opinions.

Li Zicheng is now powerful after all, and everyone doesn't dare to offend him, and since he said so, then if they fight again, the result will not be worse than breaking up directly.

If they don't fight with the official army now and let the official army defeat Li Zicheng, their life will be difficult, and they will definitely be chased and beaten by the official army.

If they don't fight now, they will definitely continue to flow, and if they fight, even if they lose, the result will only continue to flow.

Although they are dissatisfied with Li Zicheng, since Li Zicheng said it, they still have to fight with it, so as not to ruin the good situation of Chongzhen in the past 14 years, and they have to drill the mountain again.

"King Chuang laughed, I did enough for the court to kill me ten times, how could I surrender to the official army?" Luo Rucai stood up and patted his chest and said: "King Chuang wants to fight to the death with the officials and soldiers, so I naturally only look forward to King Chuang."

Yuan Shizhong, who was on the side, saw Luo Rucai's statement, and quickly got up and said that he was willing to listen to Li Zicheng's dispatch.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng nodded with satisfaction and ordered: "Okay, let's fight with Sun Chuanting again." You don't need to be afraid of him, Sun Chuanting fought from Tongguan to Ruzhou, and now he is chasing Xiangcheng, the grain road has been long enough, we don't have no chance, besides, no matter how many times he defeats us, he can't destroy us, we only need to defeat him once, and the official army will be finished~"

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