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Li Zicheng's face was pale, behind him was a huge rebel army, at this time, they were only fifty miles away from Jiyuan City, and he was unwilling to give up his action at this time.

The importance of Lao Hui to the Righteous Army, Li Zicheng is very clear, and the relationship between him and Lao Hui Hui is by no means as simple as the leader of the Righteous Army, the two have a close connection, and appreciate each other, like-minded, even better than the relationship between brothers, at this time Lao Hui is in danger, Li Zicheng can not stand idly by, even if he encounters heavy losses, he must not hesitate to save Lao Hui Hui.

Gu Junen was unkempt and his clothes were torn, but he still spoke generously.

“…… King Chuang, his subordinates felt that it was not appropriate to attack Jiyuan City at this time, for three reasons, first, Zheng Jiajun participated in the battle, and the troops were strong, second, Zheng Jiajun had already made a qiē preparation, they first took Jiyuan City, cut off the connection between King Chuang and the general, and then attacked the general, third, Zheng Jiajun must have considered that King Chuang attacked or rushed to aid Jiyuan, and made a good deployment, and went to attack at this moment, suffering heavy losses, but could not rescue the general......"

When Gu Junen was still talking, Li Zicheng spoke with a gloomy face.

"Gu Junen, the 40,000 sergeants under Lao Hui's command have almost all been wiped out, how did you escape."

Li Zicheng's words in a hurry made Gu Junen stunned for a moment, and his face turned pale quickly.

After being silent for a while, Gu Junen suddenly smiled, but his smile was very ugly.

"It turned out that King Chuang suspected that his subordinates were suspected of defecting to the official army, yes, the general and his sergeants were not able to escape, but his subordinates escaped. I also implore King Chuang not to send troops to rescue, isn't this a typical surrender to the official army, since King Chuang thinks so, his subordinates have nothing to say. King Chuang can deal with it as he wants. ”

Li Zicheng looked at Gu Junen.

Gu Junen has been by his side for many years, especially in the battle of Chezhou Gorge, and has made great contributions, if it weren't for Gu Junen's deception, I am afraid that he and Zhang Xianzhong would have been wiped out by the official army in that battle. is such a loyal strategist, but he is so suspicious of himself.

Li Zicheng sent Gu Junen to Lao Huihui's side, which had the meaning of wooing and befriending Lao Huihui, but also had the meaning of surveillance, which Gu Junen understood, after all, the two armies were active in Zezhou and Luoyang, and their actions must be highly unified, so that they could achieve the greatest victory and take care of each other, but this is such a seemingly complete arrangement and deployment. In exchange, the old Huihui army was wiped out and captured by the official army.

Thinking of Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun, Li Zicheng's face is even more ugly, Zheng Jiajun's courage has been Zheng Xunrui's wisdom, this is what Li Zicheng is afraid of, not only he is afraid, but the sergeants under his command are also afraid, in this case, rashly fighting with Zheng Jiajun, the morale of the sergeants can be imagined. It is precisely for this reason that Gu Junen tried his best to prevent the rescue of the old man from returning.

Thinking clearly about the truth, Li Zicheng sighed and spoke.

"Gu Junen, don't be careful. I just said casually in a hurry, if you hadn't come to report the situation, the army would have really attacked Jiyuan, I don't know how much loss there is, I really didn't expect it, Zheng Jiajun's appetite is so big. took Jiyuan, and captured Lao Hui alive, Lao Hui Hui had an army of 60,000 under his command, and disappeared like this, I am really unwilling. ”

Gu Junen's face didn't have much expression, the words Li Zicheng said just now made him feel cold, maybe from this time on, Gu Junen needs to think carefully, whether the efforts he has made are useful, and whether he will be suspected or even abandoned once the righteous army encounters danger.

Li Zicheng's character, Gu Junen knows very well that once Li Zicheng suspects something, he will not let go of it in a short time, and this doubt is buried deeply, and it will erupt at a critical moment.

Seeing that Gu Junen didn't speak, Li Zicheng shook his head, at this moment he didn't pay attention to Gu Junen's inner thoughts, nor did he think about the words he just said, which caused a lot of trouble, he was full of thoughts about Lao Hui, if the righteous army lost Lao Huihui, it would be an irreparable loss, Lao Huihui's prestige among the righteous army was very high, and he could effectively unite the righteous army from all walks of life, even at the expense of making sacrifices, the righteous army lacked such a leader, how to integrate in the future.

Li Zicheng even thought of Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong's unruly and domineering character of not obeying anyone's management, after the righteous army lost its old return, I am afraid that it will be revealed without scruples, I am afraid that from this time on, the union between the righteous army will not exist, and between him and Zhang Xianzhong, it is the situation of their own battles.

"Gu Junen, the original opinion we discussed was to directly enter Huguang, or develop in the direction of Nanzhili, and get as much food and grass as possible, or enter Sichuan, relying on the complex terrain to develop, and now that we have lost our old return, it seems that we need to consider what to do next."

Gu Junen looked at Li Zicheng, he knew that he had to speak at this time, but his mind was a little confused, and he didn't want to bring up any suggestions at this time.

"That's what King Chuang said."

After saying just one sentence, Gu Junen was silent again.

Li Zicheng didn't look at Gu Junen, he pondered for a while, and slowly spoke.

"Huguang Governor Lu Xiangsheng, the battle is very strong, especially the Tianxiong Army under his command, is also a strong enemy of the righteous army, the union between me and Zhang Xianzhong, it is impossible to achieve it for the time being, at this time to enter the territory of Huguang, if you encounter the Zheng Jiajun and the Tianxiong Army, it will be dangerous, Zhang Xianzhong is in Sichuan, if we enter Sichuan, there may be friction between the two righteous armies, and Qin Liangyu in Sichuan is also powerful, and the white pole soldiers under his command are equally strong."

Li Zicheng's self-talking words express his contradictory mentality.

Finally, Li Zicheng made up his mind.

"We will stay in Henan, we will not go anywhere, we will disperse to Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion, I don't believe that Zheng Jiajun has such a great ability, is it possible to follow us and pursue it, from today onwards, my whereabouts are completely secret, and I can't let the outside world know."

Gu Junen nodded slightly, in fact, he also wanted to put forward such a proposal, that is, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, must hide his identity, so that the Zheng family army is not clear, and at the same time, the 80,000 righteous army is scattered, don't gather all together, that is too big a target, once the activities are dispersed, it will be difficult for the Zheng family army to encircle and suppress.

Gu Junen also has a Jianyì, that is, the righteous army simply went to the south, Zheng Xunrui is the governor of the five provinces, so the righteous army simply borrowed Huguang to enter Guizhou and Yunnan, although those places are relatively remote, but the righteous army can avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Zheng army, these places are not under the jurisdiction of Zheng Xunrui, according to the rules of the Ming court, the Zheng army can not enter these places at will to fight, and the governors and commanders of these places will not obey Zheng Xunrui's dispatch.

But after Li Zicheng said that sentence, Gu Junen didn't want to bring it up for the time being.

Li Zicheng chose to stay in Henan, which is also a good choice, the key is to disperse the rebels, not to be able to concentrate together, and Li Zicheng's whereabouts must be kept secret, so that Zheng Xunrui can't figure it out, after all, the rebels are familiar with the terrain of Henan, and they also have a certain foundation here.

Li Zicheng did things vigorously and resolutely, once the decision was made, he immediately carried it out, and the army went in the direction of Luoyang Mansion overnight, and there was only one route for the march, that is, through Ruzhou and into Nanyang Mansion.

When Zheng Jiajun was making preparations, Zheng Xunrui did not rest, he was looking at the map carefully, and after pondering for a long time, Zheng Jinhong, Liu Zeqing, Yang He and others all went to rest, after all, there was still a battle the next day, and they needed to have enough body.

is with Zheng Xunrui, that is, Xu Wanghua.

"Mr. Xu, it should be impossible to exterminate the Liukou in a short period of time, this time to be able to capture Lao Huihui and the nine dragons alive, it should be that Zheng Jiajun's secrecy is done well, and Lao Huihui didn't expect Zheng Jiajun to participate in the battle, Gu Junen escaped, he will definitely propose to Li Zicheng, that is, avoid Zheng Jiajun, don't collide head-on, and they will negotiate a way, which increases the difficulty of encirclement and suppression."

"The subordinates think that the adults will not be very long to exterminate Li Zicheng, the adults have grasped the key, that is, the grain and grass, tomorrow's battle, as long as the grain and grass of the Liukou can be captured, then force the Liukou to act, it is impossible for them not to eat, after losing the grain and grass, they only have two ways, either disappear, or they will keep looting and maintaining the needs, so that their whereabouts cannot be kept secret, and the Zheng family army can accurately encircle and suppress according to the information obtained."

Zheng Xunrui shook his head.

"Mr. Xu, the Zheng family's army exterminated the Liukou, whether it is victorious, the key is to capture the leader of the Liukou, and at present, there are only Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong left, if they can't capture or kill them alive, the Liukou will always resurrect, those adults in the court, don't pay attention to the people's livelihood, this understanding is impossible to change in a short time, that is to say, the Liukou always have enough soldiers, even if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong suffer a blow, once they come back, they can still recruit enough sergeants."

Xu Wanghua also shook his head, he also realized this problem, Zheng Jiajun wanted to capture or kill Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong alive, and there was really a big problem.

"Mr. Xu, tomorrow's battle, I think the main thing is to drive away, there is no need to kill the rogues too much, the scouts must investigate clearly, see where the grain and grass of the rogues are, the focus of the Zheng family's army is to intercept the grain and grass of the rogues."

A scout hurried into the tent of the Chinese army to report the news of the investigation.

Zheng Xunrui and Xu Wanghua's faces changed slightly.

Soon, Sergeant Zheng Jiajun began to assemble. (To be continued.) )