Aspiration

Chapter 79
The next day, Cao Pianjiang was furious when he learned that the person arrested yesterday had escaped.

"Catch me!" he shouted.

"General, we can no longer send troops. The troops sent yesterday have not returned yet." The general on duty replied.

"what?"

Cao Pianjiang never thought that his soldiers hadn't come back all night.He originally thought that his soldiers were greedy for meritorious service or lost their way, but it was already the second day and it would be too strange if they hadn't come back yet.

"Didn't the people who searched didn't reply?"

"No."

"Go and search again. When you meet the enemy, don't be obsessed with fighting. Come back and report." Losing more than 1000 troops a day is no small crime. If it evaporates silently like this, it will not be able to pay the job.

Defeated, beheaded according to the law!
It was past noon, and the third batch of search personnel had also been dispatched, but nothing came to light.Strange, it can no longer be sent to death.

Close the door.

Now, he only has more than 600 people left.

Cao Pian would not dare to move rescue troops to Xiangyang, but if there was a mistake at the ferry, he would die without a place to bury him. However, if he reports now, he will also die.After thinking about it, he finally decided that it would be better to die sooner than later, not report it first, wait until there is a war in the future, stick to it, and then lie about the military situation, saying that the enemy is strong, and his own side desperately resists, and the death is heavy.

Cao Pianjiang ordered that all the gates of the village are on the first level of combat readiness, and they must not relax their defenses at all.

However, he would never have thought that in his team, Li Laiheng had already left a small team. There were not many people, but they could be very useful.

This day and night, Luo Hu had a great time killing, Cao Pianjiang's people were stupid and not rubbish, one team died, another team came, they never thought that someone was waiting to kill them, they let go of their throats and shouted missing the name of the recipient.They are looking for people.

Seeing that General Cao Pian would no longer send anyone to die, Luo Hu contacted the people in the pass, knowing that General Cao Pian would never send anyone again, he was relieved and led his troops to Sparrow Ridge.

Fifty people from Li Laiheng pretended to be villagers.

Their current goal is to avoid checkpoints and secretly search for Li Zicheng and others.

There are many waterways in the middle of the mountains in Yunxi, and lakes and swamps can be seen everywhere.Whether Li Zicheng was on the mountain or in the water was hard to tell for a while.

Originally, Li Zicheng had been hiding here very well. Even the local people didn't know that there was such a large army here. Until one month ago, there were still more than 8000 troops that could be collected.However, the spies of the imperial court gradually discovered the strangeness here. They used makeup to tell fortunes, visited relatives, mended pots, and repaired umbrellas. Soon, they found out where the rebels were hiding.It happened that Zuo Liangyu returned to Huguang at this time. When he heard the news, he did not communicate with He Renlong, and secretly sent troops into the Yunxi area.After Li Zicheng learned of the situation, he was unable to concentrate his troops for a while, and was defeated by Zuo Liangyu's superior force. He suffered heavy losses, and the 2000 soldiers were less than [-].Moreover, these [-] people are still nesting in caves, reeds, ravines, and wild ridges, and there is no way to form a fighting force at all.Fortunately, however, no general was found dead.Some were injured, Li Guo and Tian Jianxiu were both slightly injured.

Now, Li Laiheng has been searching for Li Zicheng for five days, but there is no clue.

On this day, Li Laiheng found a tea booth in the middle of the mountain in front of him, and wanted to go to drink a bowl of tea and see if he could find out something.Lao Jiu took some people to another village.

There are many people coming and going at the tea booth, so there are naturally many news.Here, there are already five or six people.Li Laiheng took a look and knew that these people were not kind-hearted people, nor were they scouts from the ordinary military. They must be from Beijing.

Because, their leader beards are fake.

Minimize the chances.Li Laiheng was alone.

"Brother, it's the first time I see you. I don't know where to do business?" The waiter in the tea pavilion was sweet and talkative.

"The capital."

Li Laiheng simply said that he went to the homes of those people.

"Oh, I'm from Beijing, honored guest. I don't know what business is there?" Xiaoer really talked too much, sometimes too good service is not a good thing, and he didn't understand how to get himself killed.

Li Laiheng ignored him.To ignore is to tell him not to ask.

"Brother, someone asked you." Among those people, Mr. Fake Beard reminded with a sharp voice.

Li Laiheng glanced at him.Still ignored.

It seemed that the man had a persistent spirit, and asked: "Brother, didn't you hear what people asked you?"

Li Laiheng took a sip of tea, and seemed to be talking to himself, "Why do people here have so much talk? Don't they understand the reason for pretending to be deaf and dumb? Seeing that these people are also from the capital, they should know."

Hey, how did he know that we are from the capital?Good eyesight ah.Think that fake beard.

"Brother, you said we are from the capital? Unfortunately, you are wrong, we are from Sichuan." Fake Beard said.

"Humans have feet, horses have legs. Before Sichuan came, wouldn't they come from Beijing first? Hehe, it's ridiculous, it's ridiculous." Li Laiheng sneered.Seeing the fake beard, he touched the beard unconsciously, as if he was worried that the beard would fall off.

The fake beard stopped talking, he was sneering, and there was a hint of fierceness in his eyes.

They stopped talking, drank tea for a while, the fake beard gang seemed a little impatient, and glared at Li Laiheng.Obviously, they were going to ask Cha Xiaoer about the situation.

Li Laiheng smiled, and asked what the fake beard wanted to ask first: "Xiao Er, have you heard about Li Zicheng?"

Xiao Er was startled, and so were the tea drinkers.Xiao Er hurriedly said, "No, no, I've never heard of Li Zicheng."

"Impossible? Here, people come and go from the southeast to the north, so it's impossible not to hear any news. I said, maybe Li Zicheng often drinks tea here. You can't be their eyeliner, right?" Li Laiheng said. .

The waiter in the shop was shocked, and hurriedly said: "I am wronged, my lord, you can't take this joke. The villain is timid, and will lose his mind if he is scared. The villain has never even seen the shadow of Li Zicheng."

The fake beard also spoke: "This little brother is right, I'm afraid Li Zicheng often drinks tea here. Tell me, where is Li Zicheng now?" After speaking, the fake beard looked at Li Laiheng again, "Where is my business? ?”

He asked two people at a time.

The waiter didn't answer, neither did Li Laiheng.

The fake beard looked at Li Laiheng, "Didn't you say you are from the capital?"

Li Laiheng smiled, "I still have to ask, you are doing things for the same person."

Fake Beard's complexion changed slightly, and he thought to himself, how did he know that I belonged to Dongchang?Now that he knows our identities, there is no need to hide them.Let this little second tell the whereabouts of Li Zicheng.

West Factory?Isn't it already closed?Outsiders think so, but people in Jinyiwei and Dongchang know that the West Factory still exists and is not large in scale, but they are directly under the emperor's command.Now, in command of the West Factory is Wang Dehua, the most powerful eunuch.

The group of people in the East Factory had already figured out that the waiter was Li Zicheng's eyeliner, and today they came to arrest him and bring him to justice.It just so happened that Li Laiheng also arrived.

The fake beard smiled back at Li Laiheng, turned his head, showing a fierce look, "Little Er, tell me. You should have heard of the 36 tortures. It is very rare for a good man to pass three tortures. Think about it try?"

The waiter was startled, and was about to turn around and run away, but it was too late, and five people surrounded him.

Li Laiheng saw Ni Duan, he estimated the situation, these six people are all good players.He looked at the waiter again, he didn't know him, but he was Li Zicheng's eyeliner.

Don't worry, let's see the situation.

The waiter has already been caught by several people, and they are not going to interrogate here.Of course Li Laiheng disagreed, "Is Dongchang not giving face like this?" His words are very intimidating.

However, Fake Beard was only stunned for a moment, and he said with a smile, this man was imprisoned by the imperial court, and we will take him back to Beijing for questioning.

Li Laiheng smiled and said, I don't think so, all I know is that this person is under Li Zicheng's subordinates, and I need to know where Li Zicheng is.Those people disagreed, and of course it was impossible for Li Laiheng to let them take him away.

In the end, the group of people started to rape, they said, who is who, we still don't know who is who, so whoever arrests the person is whoever it is.

Dongchang is also very powerful, and he and Jin Yiwei are also fighting each other, so they didn't pay much attention to the hidden West Factory.

They split up three people to deal with Li Laiheng.

However, in the blink of an eye, the three people around him shrank and curled up on the ground. They died softly and silently, without even the dying struggle before death.

The other three were stunned. They are also murderers, and they are all masters. They have killed countless lives in their hands, but it was the first time they saw this kind of murderer. While marveling at his craftsmanship, they felt fear .

They thought, this is the patriarch who killed people.

Since the killing was started, there was no possibility of escape, only a fight.They are all masters, and if they are prepared, they may not lose to him.

Especially with the fake beard still on, he is a master in the true sense.

"on!"

The master of the fake beard warned him to strike first to be strong and then to suffer disaster. This is an old saying and a golden rule.

The three weapons used the most powerful moves to kill Li Laiheng from the upper, middle and lower parts.This is the kill they only use when they encounter the strongest enemy.The enemy defends three ways at the same time, no matter how powerful it is, it is impossible to deal with it.

Li Laiheng didn't take the move, he only attacked, the second strike came first, the blade flashed, the man with the fake beard was horrified, he had never seen such a fast swordsman, he never thought of an opponent who couldn't catch a single move, he It was too late to admit defeat, because the slight tingling pain on his neck told him that except for the cervical spine, other important structures of his neck had been broken, such as the trachea, esophagus, blood vessels and peripheral nerves.The consequence of cutting off the artery is immediate, the mind goes blank in a few seconds, absolutely faints in less than ten seconds, and is irreversible forever in three minutes.

All six of them were resolved in an instant.

"Xiao Er, tell me, where is Li Zicheng?" Li Laiheng asked Xiao Er.

Xiao Er was terrified.It was a difficult time, but he rebelled when he shouldn't. He told the people in "Xichang" that Li Zicheng was in the reeds of Yeya Lake, thirty miles to the east.The secret signal is: the wild ducks have returned to their nests.

Li Laiheng sneered.

In order to survive, the child added an oath: "Absolutely yes, I have half a lie, and my body is different."

Li Laiheng was still sneering.

The waiter knelt down, "Master, I'm absolutely not telling lies."

"I know you're not lying. How can you tell a lie?"

"Thank you, sir."

"Dig a hole and bury someone." Li Laiheng said coldly.

"That's right, digging holes and burying people."

Xiao Er desperately dug a hole.

"Is it enough?" He dug a big pit, and it was enough for six people to be buried together.

Li Laiheng replied: "Ask yourself."

"That's enough, a small pit is enough for the people who buried them in the East Factory," Xiao Er said.

"Just say enough is enough. However, I suggest you dig deeper, lest the wild dogs dig it out and eat you first."

Xiao Er understood, and was shocked. Li Laiheng said, "Stop screaming, if you have a little bit of backbone, you won't die, because you betrayed me without knowing who I am." Let me tell you, lest you be a fool, I am Li Laiheng."

(End of this chapter)