Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 277 The Bird of Fright
Li Zicheng was defeated in Nanyang. This defeat was mainly because he was shot in the left eye by an arrow when he was besieging Kaifeng.

Now he has figured out who shot him. It is Kaifeng defender Chen Yongfu. This person is an official of Kaifeng General Soldier, and he is an old opponent. When Li Zicheng attacked Luoyang, Chen Yongfu was still the deputy general of Kaifeng. He led troops to assist Luoyang , Li Zicheng took advantage of Kaifeng's emptiness to attack Kaifeng, and Chen Yongfu hurried back to defend Kaifeng.

After Li Zicheng took Luoyang, he opened the seal again. He took the lead in commanding the siege of the city. Unfortunately, he was hit by an arrow, which led to the defeat of the whole army. He was chased hundreds of miles away by the officers and soldiers, and Luoyang could not go back. Defeated back to Nanyang.

Li Zicheng's arrow has now been taken out, but this eye has also been permanently blind. Li Zicheng and his generals all remember the name Chen Yongfu.

In Nanyang city.Li Zicheng summoned all the generals to discuss countermeasures.

Now Li Zicheng's main generals are all here, not to mention Zhang Nai and Shuangxi. Also present here are Li Zicheng's wife Gao Guiying, generals Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Liu Fangliang, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong, Tian Jianxiu, Bai Minghe, Lan Yingcheng, Dang Shousu, Liu Tichun and others.In addition, there are three advisers of Li Zicheng Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and Li Yan.

In addition, there are old Huihui Ma Shouying, He Jin, and Liu Xiyao, the leaders of the third battalion of the fifth Gezuo battalion.These three are also old revolutionaries. Now they have been transferred from Zhang Xianzhong to Li Zicheng and have become important generals of Li Zicheng's group. Because they are now surrendering instead of cooperating, they dare not call themselves kings or kings in front of Li Zicheng. How about putting Li Zicheng, the Chuang Wang?

Regardless of Li Zicheng's defeat, there are still nearly 20 people under his command, with a lot of talents and strong strength.

But now that they have arrived in Nanyang, there is one issue they have to discuss, and that is how to fight the next battle. Now Li Zicheng's injury has stabilized, except for the remaining one eye, the arrow wound has no effect on him up.Chuangwangdao can still take the enemy's head in the ten thousand horse army.

Sun Chuanting's men and horses chased after them in a hurry, and they had already passed Pingdingshan. They divided into two groups, one group had reached Nanzhao, and the other group had reached Fangcheng.

Officers and soldiers appeared in front of them, and they were their great enemies. Lin Yi's troops had already passed Xiangyang and entered the territory of Henan.

When Li Zicheng thinks of Lin Yi now, his brain hurts, especially when he thinks of the defeat of Nanyang in those years. Vulnerable, and the person who killed him and extorted his money, how could that be a tragic scene?In the end, there were 18 riders left for him, and he hid in the mountains and dared not come out. Qinling became his second Shangluo Mountain.

Whenever he thought of that battle in the past two years, he shuddered a little.And not only did he suffer a disastrous defeat, he heard that the Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong also suffered a disastrous defeat, such as the defeat in Xiangyang, the defeat in Jingzhou.It seems that Ji Dong is their nemesis.

Now this nemesis is here again. Li Zicheng, who has been defeated and defeated repeatedly, is now a little bit powerless, and his confidence seems to have been shaken. Don't dare to be proud and underestimate the enemy.

This is also an important reason why all the main generals and counselors under his command convened together for discussion. Such a large-scale military meeting is still rare.

Li Zicheng asked everyone to express their opinions. Some advocated to go east, some advocated to go west, some advocated to fight with Sun Chuanting in the north, some advocated to fight with Lin Yi in the south, and some advocated dividing troops to resist the enemy and fighting to the death with the government and army in Nanyang area. There are many different opinions, and there is no consensus.

Li Zicheng nodded slightly and did not express his opinion, but he listened to these opinions and was thinking about them in his heart. What he valued most were the opinions of the three think tanks, and Niu Jinxing spoke first.

"King Chuang, according to what Niu saw, he should give the officers and soldiers a hard blow here. Wherever we can go, no matter where we go, the officers and soldiers will chase them. Besides, we are not incapable of defeating them. This time we retreated in a planned way, and now that Prince Chuang's injury is healed, we should teach these officials a lesson."

Li Zicheng nodded, feeling that Niu Jinxing's words made some sense, and said: "How do you play according to your opinion?"

Niu Jinxing had a serious expression on his face, stroked his goatee, pretended to be in thought, then shook his head and said: "King Chuang, we now have 20 horses, and there are countless generals who are used to fighting. In comparison, Sun Chuanting has Gao Jie and Niu Chenghu under his command. Li Yongfu, Zhu Dadian, Hu Dawei, etc., all of these people are brave people. Although Zuo Liangyu left, his men are still no less than 8, and their strength is quite strong. But Lin Yi in the south of us is different. At best, there are only 5 horses, so we should go south to avoid the main force and attack the weak."

Li Zicheng held Niu Jinxing in high regard. This was the first think tank he encountered when he came out of Shangluo Mountain, to be more precise, he came out of Qinling Mountains.This man is erudite and talented, he knows astronomy, geography, and the art of war in the middle. Li Zicheng feels educated when talking with him, and he hates seeing each other too late, so he obeys Niu Jinxing's words.

Niu Jinxing also failed to meet expectations, and gave Li Zicheng a lot of beneficial strategies, such as suggesting that Li Zicheng should be punished less, relieve the hungry, and win people's hearts. Venus deserves credit.

Moreover, Niu Jinxing's greatest contribution is that he recommended another counselor to Li Zicheng, that is Song Xiance, who is talented and well-educated.

But after listening to Niu Jinxing's words today, Li Zicheng drew a lot of question marks in his heart. It is said that Niu Jinxing's main force to avoid the enemy is weak.

But today's opponent was Lin Yi, and Li Zicheng felt that Niu Jinxing's plan was inappropriate. In other words, Li Zicheng would rather fight Sun Chuanting than Lin Yi.I don't know if it was because of two defeats that he really became a frightened bird.Or he was afraid of being beaten by Ji Dong, anyway, he was a little scared when he mentioned fighting Ji Dong now.

But this kind of mentality must not be shown, so Li Zicheng did not express his opinion. Although Niu Jinxing was eager for his strategy to be affirmed by Li Zicheng, to be honest, Niu Jinxing really didn't take Lin Yi seriously.It's not that he has never heard of Lin Yi's fame. On the contrary, in Li Zicheng's military camp, Lin Yi has been quietly passed down as a God of War figure.

Niu Jinxing was also eager to win a battle against Ji Dong, which would not only boost morale, but also improve his reputation.He had been longing for such an opportunity for a long time, and today finally came.

But looking at the situation, King Chuang didn't seem to have made up his mind, and he felt a little puzzled. Could it be that he said something wrong?
At this time, Li Zicheng looked at Song Xiance, "In Mr. Song's opinion?"

Song Xiance was completely different from Niu Jinxing. Niu Jinxing was born tall and burly, wearing a long gown, with Niu Xinfa braided high, like a schoolteacher.As for Song Xiance, he was dark, short and thin, and was given the nickname Song Shorty by outsiders, so he should look similar to the sketch actor Song Xiaobao of later generations.

Seeing Li Zicheng asking him, Song Xiance didn't speak in a hurry, but cleaned his hands, and asked Li Zicheng to clean his hands, and then asked Li Zicheng to draw lots to make a fortune for Li Zicheng.

Song Xiance is not only knowledgeable, he is proficient in divination.

Li Zicheng handed the drawn lottery to Song Xiance. Song Xiance held the lottery and looked at it for a while, frowning and shaking his head, "King Chuang, something is wrong, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. Wang recently had two bloody disasters, one in the north and the other in the south, King Chuang was shot by an arrow in Kaifeng, this time the bloody disaster is over, but there is one more time, please pay attention to King Chuang, it is not appropriate to go south at this time."

When Song Xiance said this, all the generals present were shocked.

Because Song Xiance has not joined them for a long time, and now it is more than half a year at most.Many people dismissed this Song dwarf at all, especially those famous generals, such as Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Yuan Zongdi, etc., who thought that the surname Song was just grandstanding and deceiving the public.But listening to what he said today, there are some four or six styles.

Because before the attack on Kaifeng this time, Li Zicheng attacked Kaifeng three times in history. This is the second time. Song Xiance once made a calculation for Li Zicheng, saying that he had a bloody disaster.

Li Zicheng and others didn't quite believe it, they just laughed it off, but they didn't expect it to come true.

In the astonished eyes of everyone, Li Zicheng nodded in agreement, "Then, in your opinion, should we go east, west or north?"

Song Xiance didn't do fortune-telling this time. According to his words, the secrets of heaven should not be leaked, frequent fortune-telling will not work.

"King Chuang, Mr. Song watched the sky last night and found that there is an imperial aura in the west."

Li Zicheng laughed, "Hahaha, according to my order, sir, the army is headed west, but there are two tails behind, which general would like to cut off the tail?"

Li Zicheng asked twice, but no one answered, Li Zicheng showed displeasure on his face.

At this moment, Liu Zongmin spoke, "King Chuang, whoever you ask to be cut off will be cut off. You are King Chuang, why did you ask about us instead, so you can just order it directly."

The soldiers under him said one after another: "Yes, please give the order to King Chuang."

Seeing that all the generals said so, and they were all here, Li Zicheng had no choice but to divide his troops and send generals.He asked general Liu Zongmin to lead 5000 troops to open the way ahead, and asked Li Guo and Liu Fangliang to lead 1 troops each to block Sun Chuanting's two groups of troops.Then the fourth order was sent to the old Huihui Ma Shouying, asking him to lead He Jin and Liu Xiyao with a total of more than 1 troops from the headquarters to block Lin Yi's troops to the south, and the three-way army to protect Li Zicheng's main force and march west.

Of course Liu Zongmin, Li Guo, and Liu Fangliang had no objections, and they all accepted the order graciously, but some of Ma Shouying's Third Gezuo Battalion were not happy.

"Wait a minute..."

Li Zicheng was just about to announce the disbandment of the account and let the generals go down to prepare. It is not too late, the army is very fast, I did not expect someone to come with such a voice, who is this?

Li Zicheng took a closer look and found that it was He Jin who spoke.

Of course Li Zicheng recognized him. This He Jin was a battalion of the Fifth Gezuo Battalion. The Fifth Gezuo Battalion was actually five groups of peasant troops collectively called the Fifth Gezuo Battalion. Wang Hejin, King Changing the World, and also the King of the Troubled Times, the King of the Fighting Times Liu Xiyao, and the King of the Troubled Times Lin Cheng. These five rebel armies, which were relatively famous at the time, were more powerful together. They used to cooperate with Gao Yingxiang, Wang Ziyong and others at that time. , moved to several provinces.

Now only Ma Huihui, Liu Xiyao, and He Jin are left. They used to cooperate with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, then surrendered to Zhang Xianzhong, and now they surrendered to Li Zicheng. The strength is also considerable.

As soon as Li Zicheng spoke, he felt a little unhappy.

(End of this chapter)