Aspiration

Chapter 64
At Zhuxi Longba, Li Zicheng and others sat around the fire, took a bone-cutting knife, cut off the meat from a wild boar leg, and said while eating: "Double Happiness, food and salt are so scarce now, go out and eat meat." How many people who purchased have returned?"

"We went out in dozens of batches, and only one out of ten people have come back so far." Li Shuangxi replied.He is also eating roasted wild boar.

"Ah."

Li Zicheng's face was serious.

Breaking it up into pieces, although he avoided the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers, his own losses were also heavy.Now, the 500-strong army is divided into dozens of groups, with [-] people in the big group and dozens of people in the small group. The caves and barren mountains are everyone's home.Due to the shortage of food, from time to time, they encountered rural soldiers, and some troops had to be reorganized into a group of a few or a dozen people.Hunger, injuries, and local soldiers are the three major threats to Li Zicheng. Now, he dare not say how many troops he can gather.

Li Zicheng took a bite of the nearly charred wild pork and chewed hard.

"Double Happiness, is there any news about Li Laiheng?"

"It's the news from two days ago. After they rescued Niu Jinxing, they went into hiding. But Xiangyang has new information. Yang Sichang has gone west to Sichuan, and the main force has followed him to the west. The day before yesterday, he was on a big boat, and he was a little sad. I guess Ah, there is little chance for this old man to return to Xiangyang. The person in Xiangyang is our old enemy, Madman He."

"Oh, where did Madman He go?" When Li Zicheng said this, another smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"King Chuang is going to take away Yang Sichang's lair?"

"Hey, don't worry, we won't be too late when we let him and Zhang Xianzhong fight. Double Happiness, go to Zengjia Town yourself and invite Uncle Tian to come over. I want to discuss the future with Jianxiu Yes. It seems that the situation is developing faster than we imagined. Laiheng joined hands with Yaoqi in Henan, maybe there will be tens of thousands of people waiting for us as soon as we leave the mountain." Li Zicheng chewed this piece again The pigskin sizzled.

He remembered a sentence Li Laiheng said before leaving: "We are waiting for you to come out of the mountain in Henan. At that time, millions of troops are just waiting for you to wave your arms and sweep across the land of China."

An army of one million is not expected. With [-] to [-] elite soldiers, I, Li Zicheng, can sweep thousands of troops again.

In Funiu Mountain, Luanchuan County.Li Laiheng and Hao Yaoqi are suppressing Niu Jinxing's dust.

After several months of imprisonment, Niu Jinxing was really overjoyed to see the light of day again.He had lost all hope of surviving a long time ago, and was only waiting to die in the prison. How could he have thought that Li Zicheng would send someone from thousands of miles to open the city and rescue him, Niu Jinxing, from the prison?
Niu Jinxing was so grateful that he reborn his parents, and he was determined to swear allegiance to Li Zicheng to the death.

Now, he has almost returned to his hometown. Lushi County is a hundred miles away, and he will be there in a day.Although it wasn't returning home in Jinyi, it was already under the control of Hao Yaoqi, backed by tens of thousands of troops and horses. Niu Jinxing was going to go home to vent his anger and vent his anger.

Luanchuan County is the base camp of Hao Yaoqi.

Luanchuan County is the core area of ​​the Funiu Mountains in western Henan. The mountains in this area are so high that it is a good place to garrison troops.He is adjacent to Song County, Lushi, Nanzhao and Xixia.

Hao Yaoqi has been dominating this place for almost two years, and he trained his army day and night just to meet Li Zicheng, a hero of the late Ming Dynasty.Now, he has [-] soldiers in his hands, and they are all elite soldiers.

Hao Yaoqi has a decent base in Funiu Mountain.With Luanchuan as the core, he chose dangerous places in Song County, Lushi, Nanzhao, and Xixia to set up fortresses.Officers and soldiers have also come in several times. Hao Yaoqi did not stick to the city or land, but let the officers and soldiers in to fight mobile warfare.The officers and soldiers who came in several times to suppress were almost wiped out.The officers and soldiers in Henan were terrified, and they no longer talked about the suppression easily.The Henan government also knew that they dared to conceal and not report to the imperial court. They believed that anyway, thieves and thieves were surging in the Central Plains, one after another, endlessly.They were worried that they would report the military situation truthfully, and the court would strictly investigate and investigate. Officials at all levels, big and small, would be punished.Therefore, everyone above the state capital pretended to be deaf and dumb, and no one mentioned that there was such a large army in Funiu Mountain.

If someone asks about the things in Funiu Mountain, they will say that there are indeed bandits.

Hao Yaoqi is also very smart. Except for his activities in these counties, he will not disturb other places easily. In this way, he and the Henan government have a tacit understanding that the well water will not interfere with the river water, and each of them will be safe.

After drinking for three rounds, Niu Jinxing suggested that after drinking this bowl, stop drinking and talk about business while eating.Now that Niu Jinxing is going to do his best for Li Chuang, he will naturally know more about the rebel army and make more suggestions. He knows that Li Zicheng wants to overthrow the Ming regime, and there are already many military officers, and there is indeed a shortage of civil servants. Niu Jinxing must be the leader among civil servants figure.As the saying goes, military generals found a country, and civil servants ruled the country. From now on, in the new dynasty, he, Niu Jinxing, will most likely be the No. 1 prime minister.

Li Laiheng drank this low-quality baijiu and didn't want to drink it for a long time. He naturally agreed with Niu Jinxing's proposal. Although Hao Yaoqi was reluctant to give up, since he led the army independently in Henan, he knew the priorities and made great progress in self-control , Don't say drink less, even if you don't drink, he can restrain himself.

Niu Jinxing said: "Thanks to King Chuang's great love, General Li desperately rescued him, so I, Niu, can see the light of day again. Today, General Hao has warm hospitality, and I, Niu, can't repay it. However, from now on, I will contribute to King Chuang's tent." , There are plenty of times to repay. Someone Niu thought, King Chuang is dormant in the northwest of Hubei, and he will soon go out to raise his arms. I wonder what your two plans are?"

Li Laiheng smiled and thought, you are eager to become prime minister, right?Talking about the plan as soon as you get out of the cell, how can I tell you the whole plan?Therefore, Li Laiheng was not going to answer this question directly. He looked at Hao Yaoqi, meaning, you go and answer it.

Hao Yaoqi became impatient when he heard Niu Jinxing speak politely.But it's hard to say clearly, so I can only say: "What are you going to do or not? I, Hao Yaoqi, are a rough man. When will Chuang Wang come out of the mountain, when will I, Hao Yaoqi, lead the people to meet him?"

As soon as Niu Jinxing opened his mouth, his nose was ashamed, and he was a little embarrassed.Hao Yaoqi saw it.He has been in charge of one side by himself for almost two years, and has accumulated some experience in dealing with things. He knew that when he gave a step, he had to give a step. He continued: "Master Niu, let me tell you, Luanchuan County is too small. From now on, King Chuang will come." There are still a few places to be used as mansions, and you, Mr. Niu, also have places to work, why don't we take down your hometown, Lushi County?"

Niu Jinxing was thinking about it!It's just that he doesn't speak well, for fear that people will say that he is avenging private revenge and that he is not brave enough.

Literati like to quote scriptures when they do things. There is an old saying that a prime minister can hold a boat in his stomach. If someone says he has no courage, he will not be able to bear it. Therefore, he wants to say it, but he dare not say it.Now, Hao Yaoqi said that Lushi County was won for King Chuang, of course he raised his arms and legs in favor.

(End of this chapter)