Shanxi, Jincheng, Dadonggou.

Winter has arrived, with white snow and a winter scene. The Dadong Valley is covered in snow, and there are still frost hanging on the branches. It looks indescribably beautiful.

At this moment, a rabbit emerged from the snowdrift. Its big sensitive ears moved. It looked around and found that there was no danger, so it jumped out of the snow shell and moved its three-petal mouth up and down.

Move around and listen to the noise with big ears. Fortunately, everything is normal.

Finding that there was no danger, the rabbit jumped away from his nest, jumped twice, and then found the route he had taken before, where he had his own footprints.

From the rabbit's point of view, the path he took proved to be safe. After all, he had already taken the risk once. If there was danger, he should have been out of danger last time.

But the rabbit doesn't know that its self-righteousness will cost it dearly.

The rabbit jumped and jumped through a patch of grass. When he was about to dive into the forest, suddenly a hemp rope on the ground tightened. The next moment, the rabbit's legs were directly trapped by the loop made of hemp rope.

"Hahaha... caught it!"

A hearty laugh rang out, and then a big man came out of the forest laughing loudly, grabbed the rabbit's ears and said, "This rabbit is so fat."

The big man's laughter soon attracted several big men nearby. Everyone gathered around, and a bearded man said: "King Chuang, you are lucky. This big fat rabbit can be stewed in a pot later.

Sister Gao needs to take good care of herself."

Hearing this, the big man looked at the rabbit in his hand, and his expression became softer and said: "The Gao family girls have suffered a lot from following us, especially this year, running back and forth between Henan and our Shanxi. It's really tiring, but this time

We all hunted the rabbit together, how can we give it only to the Gao family girl? In this way, give me the right thigh of this rabbit, and I will give it to the Gao family girl, and the rest of the meat will be shared among the brothers."

After listening to Li Zicheng's words, the brothers said no, but Li Zicheng said: "Why not? We are all brothers. During the uprising, we agreed to share blessings and share hardships. Now not even a rabbit can do it."

Fair distribution, what about fairness and justice, what about brotherhood? Come on, don’t refuse. Let’s stay in this ravine, and we’ll almost have chickens out of our mouths. Brothers used to be well-known men in the world.

There is no meat but no pleasure, and now you are following me, but you are drunk all the time, I am sorry for everyone."

"King Chuang, please don't say that. When we follow you to eat big chunks of meat and drink heavily, our brothers may not thank you. Now that we have encountered difficulties, we still complain to you. We are still not human beings.

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"Yes, we followed King Chuang to drink heavily and eat large pieces of meat. We didn't say anything. Now that we are encountering difficulties, we just talk about this and that. Do we still have the nerve to call ourselves heroes? From now on, our reputations in the world will be useless.

A shame."

After hearing this, King Chuang didn't say anything on the surface, but he was still very happy inside. At this time, he looked at the core members around him, Li Guo, his nephew, Li Shichao, the person he trusted the most, Li Laiheng, Tian

Jian Xiu, He Jin, a rising star, the core of the future army.

Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Li Yan were his core advisers. Finally, Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin.

Among these people, Liu Zongmin is special. In a practical sense, he should be Li Zicheng's partner, because when he first joined, he had a core group of people who wanted to merge with their assets.

Moreover, when he asked to save Gao Yingxiang, he was stopped by Lu Xiangsheng and blocked on the mountain. It was Liu Zongmin who sacrificed everything to save himself. In order to save himself, Liu Zongmin also killed his own wives and concubines to boost morale.

Li Zicheng could not forget these things, so after everyone expressed their opinions, Li Zicheng turned his eyes to Liu Zongmin. Liu Zongmin's attitude among these people was very important. If he did not support him, he would not be able to do this.

Liu Zongmin saw Li Zicheng looking at him and smiled heartily: "King Chuang, success or failure does not matter at this time. As long as the corrupt officials of the Ming Dynasty are still there and the Dog Emperor is still there, there will be countless poor people. As long as there are poor people, we will have a chance to make a comeback.

, Liu followed King Chuang because he was interested in King Chuang’s ambition, not because of the obstacles in front of him.”

Li Zicheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Today's incident seemed like a rabbit, but Li Zicheng had his own political purpose in it.

For more than a year, they had been hiding in the ravines of Shanxi. Although everyone said nothing on the surface, privately, King Chuang knew that everyone had begun to complain.

After all, most of the generals who followed Li Zicheng were bandits, accustomed to a life of big fish and meat, and were full of wildness. If you let them work and suffocate in a ravine, they would definitely have complaints. However, Li Zicheng was very charming, and Li Zicheng was good at doing things.

Being fair and leading by example resulted in only complaints from below, rather than substantive internal strife.

But this emotion has been aroused to a critical point. If it is not handled properly, the situation will definitely not be optimistic, so Li Zicheng used the rabbit to say these words.

Li Zicheng looked at the brothers and smiled and said: "I'm very relieved that everyone has such an idea. To be honest, I can't hold it in in this ravine, let alone everyone. Even I can't hold it in anymore, but it's not us now."

When the incident broke out, Ming was not at his most vulnerable yet, so we must be patient, we have already failed once, and I don’t want to fail a second time.”

"The last time I failed, I lost an army of 100,000 and hundreds of brothers. This is an unforgettable pain for me, Li. After experiencing a failure, we have to remember it for a long time, so we must make it at the most appropriate time.

Launch an uprising, this time we will completely overthrow the Ming Dynasty and establish our dynasty. By then, you will all be the founding heroes, and you will have endless glory and wealth."

When Li Zicheng said this, everyone's eyes lit up, as if they had seen what they would look like when they captured the capital and became the masters of the world. By then, everyone would be the Duke of the country, no, they must be the princes, sharing the glory of the world with King Chuang.

Wealth."

Li Zicheng happily told everyone that as a qualified leader, drawing pancakes is one of the most basic and important skills. A leader who cannot draw pancakes is definitely not a qualified leader. Li Zicheng can convince everyone with just a few words.

My heart was stirred again.

Seeing everyone regaining their energy again, Li Zicheng felt relieved. After all, these guys had been very decadent these days, drinking and gambling, and their military discipline was frighteningly loose.

Now that it's better and military morale has recovered again, Li Zicheng also took the opportunity to say: "Everyone, I have another good news to share with you. Everyone knows that in the past six months, the Gao family's sister has been traveling between Shanxi and Henan. Do you know why the Gao family's sister

Are you going to Henan?"

When Li Zicheng mentioned this, everyone was interested. At this time, the best person to follow Li Zicheng was Li Guo, who said, "Why?"

Li Zicheng said: "Let me tell you, our opportunity has come. After Miss Gao's observation for the past six months, the water level of the Yellow River has risen by more than three feet in the past year. This is a precursor to a flood, so Miss Gao led people

Upstream of Kaifeng, Henan, the dams were deliberately raised to cause the water level to rise again. So when next spring comes, as long as there is another heavy rain, the Yellow River will inevitably burst its banks. By then, the water will flood Kaifeng Prefecture, and millions of people in Henan will die overnight.

We will become victims of the disaster. When the time comes, we will rise up and shout, and one million victims will immediately become one million soldiers. With these one million soldiers, we can move to the Central Plains. Who can stop us then?"

After hearing this, all the generals' eyes turned red and their breathing became rapid. Millions of victims, what a huge army this is, wouldn't they get up right now?

These generals are not good at anything else, but after so many years of being a bandit, they have learned the most terrifying skill, which is to incite the people to revolt. It can be said that as long as there are refugees, as long as they use some means, these refugees will become

There are rogue bandits, and if there are many rogue bandits, what should the government have to fear?

Therefore, when Li Zicheng revealed his huge plan to flood Kaifeng Mansion, all the bandits' eyes lit up, and there was a flame of hope in their eyes. They worked hard in the ravine and finally saw a way out.

Everyone is eager to show their filial piety. This cake is better than taking over the capital and being the founding hero of the country.

After all, it seems very feasible to flood Kaifeng.

"So brothers, our days of ease are numbered. From now on, everyone should be nervous, stop drinking, stop gambling, go back and sharpen your swords, practice your martial arts, don't wait until

It's time for us to use the knife, and we find that we can't swing the knife. If we let the officers and soldiers chop off our heads when the time comes, don't say that you are members of our rebel army."

Li Zicheng said, after hearing this, everyone laughed and said: "I know, King Chuang, you can't. When the time comes, as long as King Chuang gives the order, we and the officers and soldiers who must be killed will abandon their helmets and armor. I only regret that my parents will have two children."

leg."

Li Zicheng smiled when he heard this and said: "That's good, brothers..."

"King Chuang, King Chuang, great news, great news."

Just when Li Zicheng was about to strike while the iron was hot to consolidate, he saw a scout-like bandit on the hillside in the distance, roaring loudly and running from the side of the mountain to this side. As he ran, his feet slipped and he slid down the mountain.

After falling for a long distance, my nose was bruised and my face was swollen, but I didn't care at all. I ran over here extremely excited, shouting: "What a happy event, what a happy event."

When he came closer and looked at the scout with a bruised nose and swollen face, Li Laiheng couldn't help but joked: "Why is it possible that your wife is pregnant?"

The scout listened to Li Laiheng's words and said, "Tell the general, I don't have a wife."

"You don't have a wife, how proud are you?"

Li Laiheng looked at the scout happily, and the scout said: "Of course, my general told me that women will only delay my speed of drawing the sword, and I will be hacked to death when the time comes on the battlefield."

"Hehe, hahaha..."

After hearing the scout's words, the generals couldn't help but laugh. Looking at this young man who was only fifteen or sixteen, they couldn't help but ask: "Who is your general?"

The scout heard this and said proudly: "The guard camp is under the command of Li Shichao."

"Old Li."

After hearing this, everyone looked at Li Shichao with a dull and stern face in surprise. They have had countless women over the years, but Li Shichao doesn't seem to have even one woman. Is there anything wrong with Lao Li?

Everyone looked at Li Shichao. Li Shichao looked at everyone with a blank expression and said: "If anyone questions my ability, you can send your wife over and I will train and train you for you."

"Forehead……"

When everyone heard this, they were all confused. If it weren't for Li Shichao's seniority, they would have wanted to beat Li Shichao, but Li Shichao said calmly: "I am the personal guard of King Chuang, and my responsibility is to keep an eye on King Chuang's safety at all times. If someone like you is

I usually look for women everywhere and indulge in female sex. If I make any negligence and cause King Chuang to be harmed, how should I deal with myself?"

After listening to Li Shichao's words, everyone couldn't help but feel ashamed, especially those rising stars. Over the years, Li Shichao had given them countless opportunities to lead troops alone and be independent.

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Now that Li Shichao said this, they felt that the old man was a true righteous man.

Li Zicheng was moved after hearing this. Among the entire rebel army, the one who reassured him the most was Li Shichao, and for his own safety, he did not approach women. What a sacrifice. Li Zicheng was inexplicably moved when he saw Li Shichao.

, Li Shichao looked at Li Zicheng and said: "King Chuang, let's not talk about the love between children. As long as we can overthrow this decadent Ming Dynasty and let the people live a good life, I will do anything."

After hearing this, Li Zicheng patted Li Shichao on the shoulder and said no more.

The reason why Li Shichao really wasn't flirting with women was that there was a telegraph machine in his house. Although Li Zicheng and the others couldn't understand this kind of thing, they couldn't put it in plain sight. If there were multiple women in his tent, he would

How to send a message to Lan Tian? You must know that his true identity is Lan Tian's secret agent. His ultimate mission is to undercover Li Zicheng. The mission cannot be failed because of a few women.

Li Zicheng was moved and patted Li Shichao on the shoulder. Li Shichao didn't say anything, everything was unspoken.

Li Zicheng regained his mood, then looked at the scout and said, "By the way, you just said good news, what kind of good news is it?"

After hearing this, the scout immediately took out the intelligence report from his arms: "King Chuang, this is the intelligence sent back eight hundred miles away from the capital. The intelligence says..."

"say what?"

Everyone was whetted by the scout, who said: "Three days ago, the emperor executed Lu Xiangsheng."

"who!"

Everyone's eyes widened after hearing this.

"Lu Xiangsheng, Governor-General of Xuanda in the Ming Dynasty."

The scout was repeating, and everyone was confused after hearing this. Is Chongzhen mentally retarded? He killed Lu Xiangsheng. I'm afraid this can't be described as just retarded.

At this moment, everyone couldn't believe that the man named Lu Yanwang was killed by Chongzhen like this. How stupid Chongzhen was to be able to do such a thing!
Chapter completed!