Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 264

As Li Zicheng finished speaking, the people behind him hurriedly pulled out the long knife from his waist, and ran towards a hillside not far away in a panic.

Li Zicheng and his men lay on the hillside, quietly watching the team coming towards this side.

Li Zicheng pressed his body tightly against the hillside, squinted his eyes, and felt uneasy.

Now Li Zicheng has been frightened by Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses. When he saw the team appearing in front, the first thing he thought of was Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses.

"This group of people is not the army, and none of these people wear the clothes of the army. And the banner they are playing is not like the banner of the army." Liu Zongmin frowned as he looked at the slowly approaching team.

Li Zicheng said: "You are right. This group of people are not officers and soldiers. No matter how poorly equipped the officers and soldiers are, they will still wear their mandarin duck battle jackets. Obviously, none of these people wear the clothes of the officers and soldiers, but ordinary people. There are not a few people with clothes.

Moreover, there are not a few of these people who have families.How could it be possible for the officers and soldiers to drag their families with them? "

"What you said makes sense, but what is the origin of this group of people? Such a team appeared so suddenly, it is not clear whether it is a friend or an enemy." Li Guo looked at the team that was coming, and then looked at Li Zicheng and Li Zicheng. Liu Zongmin.

Liu Zongmin climbed from the hillside to the back and squatted on the ground, "I can't tell, this group of people looks more like fleeing refugees, but fleeing refugees can't have a banner. And there are many people riding horses in the front." , there should not be many fleeing horsemen, right?
I think we'd better wait until these people are approaching. "

Li Zicheng picked up a withered yellow dog's tail grass from the ground and put it in his mouth, holding the long knife tightly in his right hand.

He looked at the team getting closer and closer, and a look of surprise gradually appeared on his face.

"Why does this leader look more and more like Huang Huhuang Chuangzi?" Li Zicheng spat out the dog's tail grass in his mouth, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Liu Zongmin raised his head, looked at Li Zicheng, and said in surprise, "Impossible, isn't this Huang Chuangzi attacking Puzhou City again?
How did he come here?Even if Huang Chuangzi defeated Puzhou City, according to his character, he should continue to attack eastward.

Maybe they dare to attack Pingyang Fucheng and come here, it doesn't make sense at all.

Even if they didn't attack, they shouldn't have come here. "

"That's right, there's no need for Huang Chuangzi to come here.

Could it be that the guy came here to show off to us on purpose?To show off that he captured Puzhou City?But it doesn't make sense, he doesn't need to do this at all. Li Guo also looked at Li Zicheng with a puzzled expression.

According to Li Zicheng and others' understanding of Zhang Xianzhong, this person is a single-minded person, the kind who is sure about one thing and keeps doing it.

Even if they did not attack Puzhou City, they would not come back with soldiers and horses, at least they would spare Puzhou City, or attack all around Puzhou City.

"Uncle, can you see clearly? The person here is really Huang Chuangzi?" Li Guo looked at Li Zicheng in disbelief.

"I'm just looking at his body shape, so I'm not sure it's Huang Chuangzi. I'll have to wait until I get closer to know."

Time passed slowly, and the people in front kept approaching here.

After a long while, Li Zicheng said with certainty: "The banner they are playing is Huang Chuangzi's banner. It can't be wrong. The person walking in the front of the team and riding on the horse is Huang Chuangzi. I'm sure.

Shall we go and meet?It seems that Huang Chuangzi's marching direction is Daning City. If we don't stop him, Huang Chuangzi will definitely go to Daning City.At that time, I am afraid that we will encounter the same fate as us.

No, something is wrong.Why does Huang Chuangzi seem to have few soldiers and horses?It looked like a lost battle.

Moreover, why are all the troops in his army all refugees?I remember that after crossing the Yellow River to the east, Huang Chuangzi's troops even surpassed ours. How did it become like this now? "

Li Guo said: "Uncle, whatever happened to him, we are hungry now, so we can just ask him for some food. Anyway, they are all rebels, and with your uncle's face, I don't believe that Huang Chuangzi won't Help us."

After speaking, Li Guo stood up, waved at Zhang Xianzhong's soldiers and horses, and shouted at the same time.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong was sitting on his horse, thinking about how to get along with Li Zicheng after arriving in Daning City, when he suddenly saw a figure jumping and jumping towards this side on the hillside in front of him.

Zhang Xianzhong became tense for a moment, and the scene of Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses defeating him came to mind again.

He hastily pulled out the long knife from his waist, and looked ahead nervously, "Send me an order, everyone stop moving forward."

As soon as Zhang Xianzhong finished shouting, the guards beside him rode towards the rear on their horses, passing Zhang Xianzhong's order down.

However, most of Zhang Xianzhong's troops today are civilians who he plundered along the way from Puzhou to here. It is almost impossible for these civilians to act like the army and command orders.

The people who were plundered by him looked at the guards who kept shuttling through the crowd and yelled to stop, their faces were full of bewilderment.

When Zhang Xianzhong's troops stopped, almost two quarters of an hour had passed.

When the team came to a complete stop, Zhang Xianzhong pointed to the figure still jumping on the hillside in front of him and shouted to the guards beside him: "Take a group of people to see what's going on ahead. Who is the person who is so sacred, and why are they here. I don’t feel at ease if I don’t understand all of this.”

The guards beside him nodded at him, then rode on their horses and led a few people towards the hillside ahead.

Looking at the figure on the hillside in front of him, Zhang Xianzhong kept beating drums in his heart.

As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years.Today's Zhang Xianzhong has long been a frightened bird, so when he saw the figure on the hillside again, he couldn't help but think of Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses.

"They sent people over." Li Guo watched as a group of people broke away from the team and came towards this side, he turned around hastily, and said to Li Zicheng who was lying on the ground.

Li Zicheng stood up from the ground, and said to the human lying on the ground behind him: "In this case, then we don't need to hide, let's go over."

As Li Zicheng's words fell, the people lying on the hillside stood up and walked towards the people who came to investigate.

Zhang Xianzhong saw dozens of people suddenly appearing on the hillside, and hastily put the long knife in his hand in front of him, looking at the hillside vigilantly.

"No, this group of people looks familiar, especially the leader." Zhang Xianzhong kept looking at Li Zicheng on the hillside, frowning tightly.

Zhang Xianzhong mobilized his horse and slowly moved forward a few steps.

When Zhang Xianzhong finally saw Li Zicheng's appearance clearly, disbelief appeared on his face, "Isn't this the general Li Zicheng? Why is he here? And why does he look more downcast than me? Isn't he attacking Daning City again?" What? What's going on?"

Zhang Xianzhong muttered a few words, and then steered the horse under his crotch towards Li Zicheng slowly.

After a while, Li Zicheng came in front of Zhang Xianzhong.

"Huang Chuangzi, aren't you attacking Puzhou? With your strength, is it easy to attack a small Puzhou city? Why is it like this now? Let me see why your soldiers and horses have become like this?" Li Zicheng stood in front of Zhang Xianzhong, pointed to the soldiers and horses behind Zhang Xianzhong, and asked.

Zhang Xianzhong jumped off the horse, put the long knife in his hand back into the scabbard at his waist, his face was full of depression, "Oh, it's hard to say, I have already captured Puzhou City.

But a group of soldiers and horses came from nowhere and attacked me directly.This group of soldiers and horses are weird and unusual, and the weapons they use are all wicked. I almost didn't escape, let alone resist. "

Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Zicheng who was even more downcast than himself, but he didn't hide anything and told the truth of the matter.

Li Zicheng sensed something was wrong from Zhang Xianzhong's words, why did the soldiers and horses that Huang Chuangzi said were exactly the same as the soldiers and horses I met?Could it be that he was also attacked by this army?

So Li Zicheng hurriedly asked: "Are the soldiers and horses you met wearing black armor and flying red banners? The armor is in the shape of an officer or an army, and there is nothing on the banner?"

Zhang Xianzhong said with a look of surprise: "How do you know? The officers and soldiers I met are exactly the same as what you said."

Zhang Xianzhong looked at the downcast Li Zicheng and what Li Zicheng said, and suddenly an unbelievable thought arose in his heart.

"Could it be that you also met this officer army?" Zhang Xianzhong looked at Li Zicheng, who had only about fifty people left, and asked in disbelief.

Li Zicheng's entire face was gloomy and terrifying, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes, "Hmph, you're right, I also met this army, and they attacked me shortly after I captured Daning City This group of officers and soldiers uses an extremely strange firearm, which can kill a craftsman at a distance of several tens of feet. My people are no match at all.

After this group of people defeated us, they were still chasing after us. If I hadn't used a trick to deceive us, I might have been captured by this group of people. "

Li Zicheng became angry when he mentioned the officer army who defeated him.

Seeing that he had completely grasped Daning City in his hands, but before he could warm up Daning City, he met this weird army.

Not only did he take Daning City back, but he also scattered his troops, and now there are only about fifty people left by his side.

"You're right. The weapons in their hands are powerful, and I don't know where they came from. It seems to appear out of thin air.

Originally, I still wanted to go to your Daning City, but now it seems that I can't. Zhang Xianzhong shook his head, feeling extremely depressed.

"Okay, let's stop talking about this, do you have anything to eat? Get me some food first. I haven't eaten for almost two days." Li Zicheng looked at Zhang Xianzhong with green eyes.

Zhang Xianzhong nodded, "There is food, but now that Daning City has been breached, it's not safe here. I think we'll leave here first."

Although Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong secretly disapproved of each other, but now they both had the same experience and were defeated by the same army, and they began to cherish each other instead.

When Zhao Wen got the fish scale book from his hands, he handed the fish scale book to Zhao Daniu.

"Daniu, take this fish scale book with you, and ask Wang Hanhai to find you a few people who can write and count from the common people, and verify the land on the fish scale book. You don't need to verify all of them, as long as the general There is no problem on the line.

It's getting late now, you can go tomorrow. Zhao Wen looked at Zhao Daniu standing beside him, and said slowly.

Zhao Daniu stuffed the fish scale book into his arms, cupped his fists at Zhao Wen, and said loudly: "My lord, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter beautifully for you."

As Zhao Daniu said, he took a dozen soldiers to find Wang Hanhai.

Not long after Zhao Daniu left, a soldier who was collecting supplies in the city came towards Zhao Wen in a hurry.

"My lord, we have made a major discovery."

The soldier stopped in front of Zhao Wen and hurriedly said, "My lord, we found the food hoarded by the thieves in the city."

"Food?" Zhao Wen's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is it? Why did you only find out now? How much food is there?"

"My lord, the places where the thieves are hoarding food are in a few houses, and these houses are relatively remote, so we only found it now. As for how much food there is, we are currently counting it."

"Take me there quickly." Zhao Wen said impatiently.

Now what Zhao Wen lacks the most is not money, but food.

It is a long way to transport food from Xuan Town to this side, and the cost on the road is very expensive and troublesome. Moreover, as the number of refugees increases, more and more food will be needed.However, it won't work if you don't ship it.

Now that a batch of food hoarded by thieves has been discovered, it will be of great help to Zhao Wen, and at least it can solve many of Zhao Wen's problems.

If the quantity of this batch of grain is objective, maybe all the refugees in Pingyang Prefecture can be brought to Xuan Town by virtue of this batch of grain.

Zhao Wen, led by this soldier, headed towards the place where the thieves in the city were hoarding food.

"My lord, it's right here."

After a while, the soldiers stopped at a place guarded by a dozen soldiers.

"Because the subordinates know that these grains are very important to the adults, so the subordinates let people guard this place." The soldier explained to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen patted the soldier's shoulder and said with a smile, "Haha, you've done a good job, you're a talented person."

Zhao Wen laughed a few times, and then hurried into the dwelling.

"My lord, this residence has been vacated by the thieves. All the furniture and decorations inside have been cleaned up by the thieves. They have put all the food in the hall and each room."

The soldier followed behind Zhao Wen, explaining to Zhao Wen in detail.

"In addition to this dwelling, there are also several dwellings not far from here that store food for thieves."

(End of this chapter)