Aspiration

Chapter 80

Li Laiheng and his party of 50 people got some small boats and rowed into the Wild Duck Lake at night.

"Quack quack quack. The wild duck is back!" Li Laiheng called out in a low voice.

no respond.

"Quack quack. The duck is back!"

Still no response.

After turning for about two hours, there was a sound, and there was a humming sound from among the reeds.

"Quack quack. We're back."

More than a dozen boats surrounded Li Laiheng's three boats.All are officers and men's ships.Nearly 200 people.

Fifty vs. two hundred is not too much of a problem. What is difficult is that this is not land. If you can't kill the enemy quickly, it will be difficult to win a complete victory.Now there are only fifty people, and Li Laiheng does not want anyone to die in battle, even if they are injured, it is a loss.

Can't hesitate.

Li Laiheng's greatest disposition is to never hesitate.

"withdraw!"

Everyone knew what he meant by withdrawing, that is to drag the enemy away, disperse the troops and then defeat them one by one.The enemy naturally knew their purpose, "Shoot the arrow!" With this shout, arrows rained down.Li Laiheng's soldiers all lay down on the bottom of the bilge and rowed vigorously, and the few behind were responsible for pushing away the flying arrows.

The enemy saw that there were few of them, and saw that they were running for their lives, so they chased them even more vigorously.The general, presumably Mr. Qian, even issued a fatal order, "Catch those alive."

As soon as Li Laiheng heard that he was caught alive, he no longer worried about someone being injured by the arrow, so he directed the boat to paddle among the reeds.Three boats, two for cover, one for ambush, when the first enemy boat came over, they suddenly jumped up, and within a few strokes, the entire boat became headless ghosts.

After a few ambushes, the officers and soldiers quickly adjusted their tactics in horror, and they also launched ambushes.However, they overestimated themselves, they were tantamount to dying in ambush there, without a meal, and out of the thirteen boats, five boats still had people left.

Li Laiheng was about to close, and there were six and 70 people in five boats, which happened to be making snacks for Li Laiheng's squadron.They rowed to a place with open water and waited for the officers and soldiers to approach.

Officers and soldiers came over, they were angry and horrified, that Mr. Qian wanted to take revenge, and his 200 people are now going to the second place, why are they not burning with anger?He didn't think it was Li Laiheng and the others who were super powerful, he thought that these three boats were too cunning.Now that they're on the open water, that's all right, it's time to fight to the death.Seventy against fifty, he certainly thought the odds were on his side.

"Quick! Kill them." He worried that the enemy would hide in the reeds again, so he urged his subordinates to rush over.

Li Laiheng watched coldly the sixty or seventy people who came to die and rushed to the Naihe Bridge.

Poor people in their twenties want to be ghosts from other lands. War is cruel. There is no way for Li Laiheng to prevent them from being wild souls from other lands. , he had to kill others. Five boats approached. Li Laiheng said softly to everyone: "If you start, you must hate. That thousand households will survive. He may know the information about King Chuang."

"No." The answer was soft but firm.

Five boats, five or six feet away, ready to shoot arrows.But they are all just ready to go.

Suddenly, Li Laiheng was attracted by dozens of boats behind five boats.Behind them, more boats emerged from the reeds.

It turned out that they still had an ambush.

A tense atmosphere came over.The enemy also felt the pressure, they were not just pressure, but terror.

Li Laiheng recognized that the ship behind the enemy was King Chuang and others.King Chuang stood on the bow of the boat.

The enemy is surrounded.

The enemy did not survive.If the enemy is killed, the captives will also be killed, and there is no way to deal with it if they don't kill them. They will cause trouble for Li Zicheng.

"Have the [-] rescuers arrived?" Li Zicheng said that there was hope for the troops that Li Zicheng was looking forward to.

"No." Li Laiheng answered very simply, no, no.

"What? Just 50 of you?" Li Zicheng asked in surprise.

"Yes, fifty. There are one hundred and fifty left on the way."

"Sure enough," Li Zicheng was furious.

"Correct!"

"Are you disobedient?" Li Zicheng asked in surprise. Liu Zongmin, Li Guo and the others were all horrified. They were eagerly looking forward to the [-] rescuers from Li Laiheng.They have already received Li Laiheng's report that he already has one hundred thousand elite soldiers in his hands.

Liu Zongmin's eyes seemed to burst into flames, and this serious disobedience should be decisive.

For a general like Li Laiheng, the determination to make a decisive decision is not so easy to make.Liu Zongmin didn't say what was in his mind, he saw how King Chuang would deal with it, and Li Guo, someone else's son, if he proposed to make a decision, it might cause a misunderstanding.Of course, he himself did not want Li Laiheng to die at the hands of his family.

"Explain!" Li Zicheng extrajudicially graciously gave Li Laiheng a chance to explain.Military law is solemn in front of everyone, and even Li Zicheng himself has scruples about desecrating military law.

Li Laiheng worked so hard, ran thousands of miles, and overcame several major difficulties. Now he is considered disobedient. He has long been prepared for this.

"Chuangwang, 2 people can't fight. Even if we fight, even if we can rush out, we will immediately fall into a hard fight. This is one of the reasons why I can't bring 2 people. The second reason is simpler. If you want to take Chuang Wang away, you don’t need 2 people, 50 people here are enough. There is also a third reason, Zhang Xianzhong is in a hard fight in Sichuan, and the war in Sichuan will soon come to an end, Zhang Xianzhong cannot help He rushed out of Sichuan, he rushed out of Sichuan, the best choice is still Huguang, we raised the banner early, and led the enemy to us? On this issue, it is the key to decision-making. What is your decision-making? Which one, we don't know."

These few words of Li Laiheng made Li Zicheng silent.

Bear with it a little longer, and when you have millions of people in your hands, you will suddenly show your banner. At that time, the storm will sweep away, and the surname of Da Ming's Jiangshan will be Li.

Li Laiheng didn't say it, but his idea can already be seen.

Brilliant idea!
"Go on!" Li Zicheng said solemnly.

"The imperial court is not paying attention to your power, King Chuang. They all think that Zhang Xianzhong is the confidant. For us, this is a good thing, and it is the only chance. We must make full use of this opportunity. One hundred thousand elite soldiers It is not enough to defeat the Ming Dynasty. We need an army of 100 to [-] million. After three months, when the green and yellow are not ready, there will be a lot of hungry people, and we can have millions of people. At that time, the initiative in the war situation will be completely It's in our hands. King Chuang, this is the strategy I was thinking about in Funiu Mountain, please think about it."

Li Zicheng was silent.

The generals will be silent.

"But, how do we break out?" Li Zicheng seemed to have figured out something, but he had no idea how to break out.

"We don't break out."

"Are we still here?"

"No. Our main force is not moving here, fighting guerrillas with the enemy, making the enemy think that you are still here."

"Think? A few of us broke out?" Li Zicheng asked.

Li Laiheng thought, Li Zicheng, you are not stupid.Here, a battlefield, a battlefield in Henan.

Tian Jianxiu smiled.In fact, he had this idea long ago, and he disagreed with King Chuang's last order that Li Laiheng lead [-] troops to rescue him.He once suggested to open up two battlefields. Here, Yunyang continued to stick to it and pretended that Li Zicheng was here. The second battlefield was Henan and other Central Plains areas.Li Zicheng and others quietly sneaked out of western Hubei, went to Henan to develop a team, and when the forces gathered enough strength, they suddenly broke out.Jiangshan is at your fingertips.

It was such a coincidence that at this time, in Sichuan, Zhang Xianzhong was making the same decision.

Yang Sichang chased Zhang Xianzhong around, from eastern Sichuan to northern Sichuan, from northern Sichuan to western Sichuan, and now, to eastern Sichuan.Zhang Xianzhong still has about 4 people, all of whom are Zhang Kewang's elite.His eight thousand elites moved quickly. In the Daba Mountain, Zhang Xianzhong smiled and said to Xu Yixian: "This son of Yang Sichang has no strength anymore? He thought he had won, how did he know, we dragged him to exhaustion, 2 people , there are only [-] people left, all of whom are exhausted. It is hoped that tomorrow, you will send your troops to the south and go back to Huguang. I will still drag Yang Sichang here. It would be best if the wealthy city was brought down by me, and the Xiangyang lair would be given to me, and Yang Sichang would wipe his neck, hang himself, or die by taking poison. Didn’t Emperor Chongzhen’s Minister of War have a habit of committing suicide by taking poison? Let Yang Sichang be fulfilled.

"Okay. Marshal, we will go to Huguang tomorrow and make a big fuss." Zhang Kewang replied loudly.

"Is there any news about Li Zicheng?" Zhang Xianzhong asked again.

Xu Yixian stroked his beard and said, "This guy is too cunning, there is no news yet."

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Wenxiu's mouth.

Chengdu.

Yang Sichang looked a little old, but he was in good spirits.He has been out for more than a year, and victory is in sight.Zhang Xianzhong is at the end of the road, as long as he does not break out of the encirclement, there is great hope for eliminating Zhang Xianzhong in eastern Sichuan.

Tomorrow, his army will march into Chongqing. Now, there are still [-] elite soldiers he brought from the north. In addition to the Sichuan garrison, he has assembled another [-] troops to encircle and suppress Zhang Xianzhong. The strength is sufficient.

"Everyone, I hope you will do your best. In this battle, you must wipe out Zhang Xianzhong's troops in one fell swoop. Whoever survives Zhang Xianzhong will be promoted to three ranks and will be rewarded with [-] silver. Those who kill Zhang Xianzhong's head will be promoted to two ranks and will be rewarded with [-] silver." However, if there are those who are afraid of the enemy and do not move forward, and miss the opportunity to fight, they will all be killed first and then played. Here is the sword of Shangfang! Everyone, set off at midnight tomorrow, there must be no mistakes!"

Yang Sichang issued an order to suppress Zhang Xianzhong in eastern Sichuan.

Su Buchao, the general soldier in Sichuan, was full of energy.He was Yang Sichang's main force after Zuo Liangyu left. This time, he was determined to win Zhang Xianzhong's head.

Li Zicheng made a military deployment in the reeds.

Order, Li Laiheng was the former commander-in-chief of the army.Liu Zongmin and others, above all generals, acted with the former army.Gu Kecheng, Gu Ying, Ma Shiyao and others continued to fight guerrillas in Yunyang, creating the illusion that Li Zicheng did not come out of the mountain.

The preparation for the breakout operation is very simple, just leave Gu Ying to pass on the instructions. He has become famous as a guerrilla fighter, and he was also a left-behind in Shangluo Mountain last time.

They come out day and night, adding up to only a hundred men and horses, and their targets are very small. Even if they protrude from between the enemy's positions, they can not disturb the enemy.

Li Zicheng broke out from Yufu Mountain with fifty riders.

(End of this chapter)