On July 12, the 10th year of Chongzhen, outside Luoyang City, Luoyang City was surrounded by countless rogue bandits. The rogue bandits blocked three city gates, leaving only an open space outside the east gate.
The place has been occupied by more than 100,000 rogue bandits, and there are densely packed flags of various colors everywhere.
The moon rose slowly, illuminating the earth with a silvery white light. There is a hilltop ten miles outside the south gate of Luoyang. Under the hilltop is a forest. Dozens of sparse tents have been set up in the forest. The old camp is located on the top of the hill.
In the small woods, the ground is covered with fallen leaves, and there are some rocks where people can sit. Behind it is a huge rock, which can block the north wind. The bright moon lingers on the forest tops, and the shadows of the trees on the ground are dancing. Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and several important generals were present
, they roasted horse meat around the fire. After arriving in Luoyang, Gao Guiying, who was in charge of the logistics of the old camp, sent people to the battlefield to bring back many injured horses and distributed them to each battalion to slaughter and eat. The old camp also kept two horses.
Eating horse meat can not only save dry food, but also is easier to swallow than eating dry food when there is a lack of water.
Now everyone is discussing how to attack Luoyang. Everyone knows how glorious it is to be the first to attack Luoyang and how great the benefits will be. They are all fighting for this.
Looking at the red-faced people, Li Zicheng smiled and said nothing. In his opinion, it was a good thing that everyone had a high fighting spirit at this time. It was also conducive to the unity of the rebel army and the improvement of combat effectiveness.
Everyone fought to the end, but it was Liu Zongmin who relied on his status as the commander-in-chief to seize the right to attack tomorrow. Liu Zongmin, who had seized the first attack, leaned on the big rock behind him proudly and said with a smile: "Brothers, don't worry, we will wait until the attack is over."
After Luoyang, I, Mr. Liu, will treat everyone to a good Luoyang water banquet. I heard that this is a famous dish in Luoyang!"
Gao Yigong glanced sideways at Liu Zongmin and said disdainfully, "Who cares about your Luoyang water banquets? I can eat as much of these things as I want when I get them into Luoyang?"
Gao Yigong contradicted Liu Zongmin, but Liu Zongmin was not surprised. Instead, he said with a smile: "The relationship is good, and I can save another meal. But when we conquer the country, I, Liu, will have to treat everyone to a meal.
It’s impossible to stop!”
Li Zicheng on the side deliberately asked: "Jixuan, do you think we can conquer the country?"
"Yes! Yes! I bet! If anyone doesn't believe it, I, Liu Zongmin, dare to bet my head on it!"
"How come?"
"The energy of the Ming Dynasty has been exhausted. There are fires everywhere and smoke everywhere. Chongzhen's dragon chair has long been unsettled. King Chuang, you have done justice for heaven, defeated the rich and helped the poor, suppressed troops and brought peace to the people. You have done everything for the sake of the people, and you have done everything you can.
It is a good thing to be kind and righteous. There were many people who rioted together in the past, but which leader of the 72nd battalion of the Thirteen Families can catch up with you? Besides, how many battles have we fought in the past few months and how many people have died?
Wang, you charged into the battle from Shaanxi to Henan, and you didn't even get a hair damaged. Isn't that a man of great destiny? It's your destiny to win the country. Gods are blessing you everywhere!"
Li Zicheng laughed happily after hearing this. In recent days, he led the bandits from Shaanxi to Henan. The number of the army also snowballed from six to seven thousand to 16 to 70,000. So far, in the northwestern part of Henan Province,
All of them have been conquered, and the bad luck of being suppressed by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting in a short period of time has been wiped away. Now how can he not be happy after listening to Liu Zongmin's words.
Li Zicheng stood up, walked to Liu Zongmin, patted his shoulder and said: "Jixuan, you said it very well, very good." Zicheng then looked at everyone and said loudly: "Our rebel army has its own sweet after all the hardships.
.One day after we capture Luoyang and Kaifeng, we will no longer be trapped in the shallows like dragons, and we can develop eastward. If we capture Shandong and Jiangnan, our rebel army will also have great achievements!"
Li Zicheng's words made the generals around him excited. Hao Yaoqi slapped his thigh and said: "King Chuang is right, our rebels can also conquer the country. When we break into Beijing, King Chuang can also sit on the dragon throne and become the emperor.
We are all the heroes who founded the country!"
"That is, back then Zhu Yuanzhang was able to become the emperor even as a cowherd boy. Our King Chuang is much better than Zhu Yuanzhang, so why can't he be the emperor?"
"My enemy. I will definitely marry thirty or fifty wives by then, sleep with one every night, and not have any of them again for a month!"
While everyone was immersed in daydreams about a better life in the future, a general guarding the foot of the mountain walked into the woods and reported: "To King Chuang, gentlemen, Master Luo (Luo Rucai) and Master Sun (Sun Kewang)
) are back, but...it just doesn't seem like their situation is very good!"
Everyone's laughter stopped suddenly, and Li Zicheng put away his smile and said, "Go and bring them both in!"
Soon, Luo Rucai and Sun Kewang came over. Everyone in the forest couldn't help being shocked when they saw the disgraced two people. Gao Yigong stood up and asked: "Old Sun and Lao Luo, what's wrong with you? Why are you in such a mess?
"
At this time, Luo Rucai and Sun Kewang were wearing crooked helmets and their faces were covered in dust. Luo Rucai didn't even have weapons, which shows how embarrassed they were.
Li Zicheng did not speak, but his brows gradually furrowed. He walked up to Sun Kewang and asked in a deep voice: "Sun Kewang, tell me what happened, what kind of powerful enemy did you encounter that caused this?
So embarrassed."
Sun Kewang knelt on the ground with a bang, hugged Li Zicheng's thigh and howled loudly: "King Chuang, it's over. All the troops Luo Rucai and I brought are over. They were all eaten by the officers and soldiers from Shandong!"
"What!"
As soon as Sun Kewang's words came out, the faces of dozens of generals, including Li Zicheng, all turned very ugly.
They were just discussing how to capture Luoyang and then take Kaifeng directly, then march to Shandong, and now occupy the entire Shandong and Jiangnan. They never thought that in the blink of an eye, Sun Kewang would come and report that their troops had been completely eaten by soldiers and horses from Shandong.
Jing, this slap is really loud.
Li Zicheng took a deep breath and asked: "How many Shandong soldiers and horses are there?"
Sun Kewang and Luo Rucai looked at each other, and Sun Kewang said hesitantly: "The Shandong soldiers and horses we encountered are about four thousand, but there is also a large group of them behind them. I don't know how many there are."
"Okay... okay, you... you are really good!" Li Zicheng turned pale with anger, pointed at Sun Kewang and said: "Each of you has brought tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and
Before I went there, I gave you many warnings to attack by surprise and not to fight head-on with the officers and soldiers, but how on earth did you do it and actually wiped out the entire army? You are really good at it!"
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