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In a col in the Kongtong Mountains to the south of the city, if anyone came at this time, they would definitely be frightened, because there were thousands of bandits gathered here.

It's just that these bandits are all depressed and listless at this time.

In a makeshift grass hut, several figures were discussing things inside.

"Are you sure Shousu was caught by Li Zixiao?" Li Zicheng sat on a stone and asked with a gloomy face.

"Yes, King Chuang, from the mouths of some brothers who have escaped, it can be determined that the Shousu brothers were indeed captured by the official army." Liu Tichun on the side said.

Bang!

Li Zicheng took out a long knife, cut off a piece of wood next to him, and said angrily: "Li Zixiao, Lao Tzu and you are incompatible. ”

After venting his anger, Li Zicheng turned his head to Niu Jinxing and asked, "Military advisor, how many brothers have you gathered in the past two days?" ”

"Back to King Chuang, in addition to the 14,000 people brought back by Li Guo, there are also more than 3,000 people brought back by Liu Tichun and Liu Zongmin, we have sent people out in the past two days, and 66 has brought back more than 5,000 people.

In addition, there are more than 5,000 horses in the hands of the Tian Jianxiu brothers, and we still have nearly 30,000 people in our hands at this time. ”

Niu Jinxing said in detail to Li Zicheng.

"Thirty thousand!"

After Li Zicheng heard this, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he asked Niu Jinxing: "Military advisor, you said that this king is now leading the people and horses to rush back to Yiyang, can you win back a game." ”

Li Zicheng was still unwilling to fail like this, mainly because he had lost too unjustly before, and he was completely victorious, but he didn't expect Li Zixiao to have a night attack that completely turned the tide of the battle.

In the final analysis, it was Li Zicheng's carelessness.

"Break into the king, don't do it." When Niu Jinxing heard Li Zicheng's words, he was also taken aback, and hurriedly said.

"Why not?"

"King Chuang, don't look at the fact that we still have nearly 30,000 horses in our hands at this time, but if you look at the morale of the soldiers, it is not appropriate to fight again in a short time.

Besides, all the food in our hands is the one brought by Brother Li Guo and Brother Tian Jianxiu, and according to the food and drink of our 30,000 people, it can't last a few days.

Now, the most important thing for us is to withdraw the people and horses who stayed in Song County, you must know that if we stay in Song County, we will have millions of silver.

This silver must not be lost, otherwise what will you take to buy food and even ordnance from those merchants?

After the withdrawal of the men and horses of Song County, we should immediately go south, seize Lushan Pass, capture Nanzhao, enter Nanyang Mansion, and join the Gao Yigong brothers, and then plot big things.

And, if my prediction is correct, the army of the imperial court should soon arrive, and we can no longer remain in the territory of Ruzhou. ”

Niu Jinxing carefully explained to Li Zicheng, for fear that Li Zicheng would be dizzy, make a wrong decision, and take the rebels to the ditch.

In fact, from the fact that Li Zicheng still had nearly 30,000 horses at this time, it can be seen that this defeat is actually not too serious for Li Zicheng's strength.

Moreover, there must be many bandits who escaped outside and scattered in other places, but they did not join Li Zicheng for the time being.

"King Chuang, I think what the military advisor said is right, we should not fight again at this time." At this time, Li Guo also stood up and supported Niu Jinxing's statement.

"What about Brother Shousu?"

"King Chuang, since the day our brothers followed you, we have long put life and death on the line, even if we die in battle one day, we have no regrets.

If Brother Shousu knew, he would never agree that we would take such a big risk in order to save him. ”

Liu Tichun also stood up and persuaded Li Zicheng.

"Hehe, it seems that you are not in favor of going back, then okay, wait another day, try to gather more brothers, and then retreat south!

As for the Gao Guiying brothers who stayed in Song County, I had already sent someone to deliver a letter to him, asking him to go south to avoid the imperial court officials and soldiers, and find an appropriate time to join us. ”

In the end, Li Zicheng still listened to the opinions of his subordinates, and chose to endure this breath and not mention the matter back.

"Report, King Chuang, just reported by the spies, half a day ago, an army of more than 30,000 people arrived in Ruzhou City.

And when they came back, they were pursued by the scouts of the Xuzhou army, lost five elite sentinels, and only two escaped back to bring back this important news. ”

At this time, a bandit leader came in and reported to Li Zicheng.

"Sure enough, it must be the imperial army led by Lu Xiangsheng who arrived, and most of the scouts of the Xuzhou army have already shown our traces.

King Chuang, without further ado, I'm afraid we can't wait any longer, we must immediately drive south, otherwise let Lu Xiangsheng bite us, with our current situation, it will be troublesome. ”

Niu Jinxing said eagerly.

"Okay, just listen to the military division, the generals listen to the order, go back and prepare, half an hour later, the whole army will go south, seize Lushan Pass, and enter Nanyang Mansion."

After hearing the news of the arrival of Lu Xiangsheng with 30,000 official troops, Li Zicheng was also a little panicked, agreed to Niu Jinxing's proposal, and immediately ordered to be pulled.

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In Ruzhou City, Li Zixiao hosted a banquet to entertain Lu Xiangsheng and many generals, and the meal was very rich, but there was no wine, and everyone could understand it.

At the banquet, Li Zixiao gradually became acquainted with these Ming generals, who were mainly from Shandong and Nanzhili.

Among them, the generals from Shandong appreciated Li Zixiao's generosity and righteousness very much, and the two sides had a very happy conversation.

On the contrary, several generals from Nanzhili are more or less acquainted with Lu Yuanying, or have a trace of connection.

Either they are afraid of the Lu family's power in the Jinling area, and they dare not get too close to Li Zixiao, so they can always keep their distance.

Li Zixiao doesn't care about this, he can't ask these people anyway, as long as these people don't want Lu Yuanying to make trouble for him.

After the banquet, Li Zixiao directly took Lu Xiangsheng and others to the state government, and now the new Ruzhou governor has not yet arrived, and Li Zixiao temporarily lives in the state government.

"Huh? What is it? ”

When Lu Xiangsheng and the others came to the state government hall, they were attracted by the sand table in the hall, and they gathered around one after another to look.

"This seems to be the terrain around Ruzhou City, you see, the small red flag planted here should be Ruzhou City, and to the west is Yiyang City.

The one who planted the blue flag further west should be Song County, which was occupied by bandits at this time.

Wonderful, in this way, the surrounding terrain, rivers, mountains, all at a glance, very intuitive, really a genius idea. ”

A veteran touched his beard, looked at the combat sand table in front of him, his eyes lit up, and he was full of praise.

"yes, but no way." The surrounding generals also nodded in agreement.

"Cut, what kind of thing, isn't it just made of sand and gravel, who wouldn't get it." Only Lu Yuanying thought disdainfully in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it.

"Master Li, what is this thing called? Can you teach us how to make it? A general on the side asked.

"Haha, this is called the combat sand table, it was made up by Li Mou's whim, in fact, the production method is very simple, I will send a few subordinates to teach your people later.

However, although this kind of combat sand table can make the surrounding terrain look more intuitive, it also has a big disadvantage, that is, it is inconvenient to move and is not suitable for field combat. ”

Li Zixiao smiled and said.

As for teaching these people the combat sand table, Li Zixiao did it intentionally, and it was not a great deal anyway.

"Master Li is right, this kind of combat sand table is indeed not suitable for use in the wild, but it is still very good, to learn, to learn."

A veteran said with a smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have just arrived, and you may not be particularly familiar with the situation in Ruzhou at this time, so let Li introduce it to you."

"Well, Ziqian, you can tell everyone about it." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"Well, according to the report of the scouts I sent out, the intruders who were defeated by us a few days ago have re-erected their banners in the southern Kongtong Mountains, and are sending people around to collect the scattered bandits.

The reason why the thieves dared to recruit bandits with such fanfare was that they knew that I did not have enough troops and would not take the initiative to attack at all, so they dared to be so fearless.

According to the news, the bandits who stayed in Song County had learned the news of the defeat of the thieves and withdrew from Song County two days ago.

From the information in my possession, the thieves are still in the Kongtong Mountains to the south, but I guess they will soon know the news of the arrival of your army.

When the time comes, if the thieves get acquainted like this, I guess the most likely thing for them is to flow south, flow to Nanyang Mansion, and join the thieves Gao Yigong. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, let's hurry up and wave our army south to chase down the thieves, just at this time, the thieves are newly defeated, and morale will inevitably be greatly affected, which is beneficial to us!"

A military general said excitedly.

After listening to Li Zixiao's words, Lu Xiangsheng also nodded and said: "Ziqian's analysis is reasonable, it is really possible for the thieves to flow to Nanyang Mansion."

Once the thieves are allowed to flow to Nanyang Mansion and join the thieves, it will be extremely unfavorable to us, we can't wait, we have to go out immediately.

However, we had come all the way, and the soldiers were already tired.

Today, it is rare for Ziqian to prepare pigs and sheep for the soldiers, so let the soldiers have a good meal, and then have a good rest tonight, and start tomorrow morning. ”

"Okay." The surrounding generals also responded.

In fact, just now, Li Zixiao took advantage of the time to go to the toilet and received a report from the scouts sent out, they had completed the task, and the thieves should have known the news of the arrival of the imperial army at this time.

It turned out that Li Zixiao deliberately let Han Tong let go of them to the south, so that the scouts sent by the thieves to inquire about the news approached the vicinity of Ruzhou City, and the arrival of the current imperial army.

Then, chasing and killing all the way, and finally put back two people, and reported the news to Li Zicheng, presumably Li Zicheng was probably going south to escape overnight.

In this way, by the time Lu Xiangsheng and their army start tomorrow morning, Li Zicheng has already left the Kongtong Mountains, and the two sides will travel for almost a day.

Just let them play a game of cat and mouse, anyway, he is determined to stay in Ruzhou City, responsible for protecting the food route of Lu Xiangsheng's army.

This meaning, Li Zixiao had already vaguely expressed it to Lu Xiangsheng at the banquet just now, and Lu Xiangsheng was also willing.

After all, in the first battle of Yiyang City, Li Zixiao lost 3,000 soldiers, of which more than 1,800 were killed, and the rest were all injured, so that the troops in Li Zixiao's hands were almost halved.

In this case, if Lu Xiangsheng still asked Li Zixiao to follow the army to chase and suppress the thieves, it would really be unreasonable.

In this case, it is most appropriate to leave Li Zixiao to protect their grain route, at least with Li Zixiao here, Lu Xiangsheng does not have to worry about his grain route being cut off.

"Report, Lord Qiyu, the court's hundred miles are urgent."

At this moment, a white dragon sergeant ran in and shouted.

"Haha, it must be that the saint has received the good news that the official played on his behalf, and Lord Li's reward has come down, let's go, take a look."

Lu Xiangsheng led Li Zixiao and the others, and when he walked out of the hall, he saw a white dragon sergeant, leading an officer and soldier who looked like a herald to arrive.

"It was the officers and soldiers sent by the Ministry of War who came to report the news first, and officially issued the reward of the holy decree, and it is estimated that it will not arrive until the next few days."

Lu Xiangsheng explained to Li Zixiao.

After all, those eunuchs who announced the decree walked too slowly, and the rider with such a man and two horses was fast, and it only took more than a day for this officer and soldier to gallop from the capital to Ruzhou City.

Because it was a report from the Ministry of War, not Chongzhen's holy decree, Lu Xiangsheng and they didn't need to kneel.

Lu Xiangsheng took a copy of the book from the hand of the officer and soldier, opened it and looked at it.

At this time, Li Zixiao instructed Quartz: "Stone, let people take this brother down to rest, good wine and meat are waiting." ”

Then, the officers and soldiers of the military department were brought down.

"Haha, Ziqian, you really climbed to the sky this time, I can just call you 'General Li' in the future."

At this time, Li Zixiao heard Lu Xiangsheng behind him, laughed loudly, and said.

Li Zixiao turned his head inexplicably, looked at Lu Xiangsheng suspiciously, and asked, "My lord, don't make fun of your humble position, in front of you, I can't afford to be the word 'general'." ”

After all, at this time, Li Zixiao was only a general, and he was named General Pingyuan, and he was also called a general on weekdays, but in fact, it was just politeness.

In the Ming Dynasty, only the chief military officer with the general's seal letter, of course, could not be the chief military officer, such as the deputy chief military officer, such as the real general.

The general's seal letter is the one that truly represents the identity of the general, which is a rule left since ancient times.

"No, no, from today onwards, you will be the well-deserved general of my Ming Dynasty, and the two of us will be colleagues in the future."

Lu Xiangsheng continued to say with a smile.

Lu Xiangsheng's words, not to mention Li Zixiao, even the other generals next to him were all taken aback.

You must know that colleagues are also colleagues, only people with similar status can call each other like this, who dares to claim to be Lu Xiangsheng's colleagues among the generals around!

(End of chapter)

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