Chapter 5 The King

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Gao Yingxiang immediately stood on a hill. Looking at the soldiers and horses rolling down the slope, he couldn't help sighing. Two months ago, he and a large number of Rebel leaders gathered in the land of Shangluo. There were strong enemies on all sides. The officials and soldiers of all provinces guarded the key roads so that they could not get out of the mountain, so they thought of turning to Hanzhong and go north.

But unexpectedly, they were not familiar with the local road and found several guides to guide them. Who knew that some of these guides were secret agents of the government, but they lured them into the carriage gorge, and then they were besieged by a large number of officers and soldiers and local villagers.

Although their rebels tried their best to attack separately and wanted to highlight the carriage gorge, the officers and soldiers who ambush this time were so brave that they were blocked by the officers and soldiers many times.

The two mountains of the carriage gorge are intertrenched. The mountain is high and the road is steep. The cliffs on both sides are towering and difficult to climb. The officers and soldiers build stones at the exit and block the exit. The rebels are not allowed to go out, while the villagers occupy the top of the mountain and keep firing cannons and throwing stones into the valley all day long, killing the righteous soldiers at the bottom of the valley, causing heavy losses to the rebels trapped and the rebels in the valley.

However, the God who caught up with the long drought and no rain opened his eyes at this time. It rained heavily in Shangluo, and it rained intermittently for a whole month.

Under such circumstances, the horses were exhausted, their clothes were rotten, the bows and arrows were removed, and the wounded could not be cured. The dead had no place to bury, and there was no food to eat. The soldiers were trapped and lay in the mud all day long. Ten people were sick. After the food was exhausted, they began to kill horses to satisfy their hunger, but even if they killed the war horses in the valley, they also looked for Before the dry firewood was cooked, the hungry people would eat horse meat raw, but later, even the horses were killed, so that a considerable number of Rebel soldiers starved to death.

Gao Yingxiang and his nephew Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Lao Hui, Cao (Luo Rucai) Scorpion, Zhang Miaoshou and other leaders were all desperate. They thought that they would definitely be destroyed in the car gorge this time. Later, if it hadn't been for Gu Junen, the counselor under Li Zicheng's command of his nephew's Eighth Team, gave advice. Gao Yingxiang and others used another fraudulent surrender to pretend to surrender to the government, and then plot to rise again after the trouble was solved.

So Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng adopted Gu Junen's opinion and sent people out of the mountain to find Chen Qiyu to ask for surrender, but Chen Qiyu did not believe them and resolutely refused to be surrendered. He had to kill them all in the car gorge!

Gu Junen couldn't make a plan. He asked Gao Yingxiang to host it and search for the gold and silver treasures obtained in recent years among all kinds of volunteers. At first, some people were unwilling to take out these gold and silver things, but later when they thought about it was. It was not enough to keep these yellow and white things. It's better to take them out first and see if they could be Let's buy a way to live.

So Gao Yingxiang collected more than 100,000 taels of gold, silver and jewelry, and once again sent people to sneak out of the mountain to buy Yang Yingchao, the supervisor under Chen Qiyu's account, and the officials around Chen Qiyu. As soon as these people saw a large pile of silver placed in front of them, even if they frowned and smiled into their arms, they finally persuaded Chen Qiyu and agreed to accept it. Theirs, please surrender.

It is ridiculous that after Chen Qiyu accepted their surrender, he did not tie up their leaders and confiscate the armor of the Rebels, but arranged an appeasement officer for every 100 people in the Rebels. The counties along the way prepared food for the rebels to eat, intending to return the Rebel soldiers to their hometown. Placement.

The result is that the rebels, who were already in a desperate situation, came out of the mountain. After a few full meals, they immediately killed and tied up these appeasement officials, cleaned up all of them, and once again raised the anti-flag and jumped out of Shangluo.

After Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng jumped out of the encirclement, they all laughed loudly and scolded Chen Qiyu and his officials for their stupidity. At this time, they don't have to think about it, they can guess the faces of Chen Qiyu's group after hearing the news of their rebellion again, so they all laughed, okay? Have a good time

But on second thought, they couldn't laugh. Although they were lucky enough to get out of danger this time, when he led the army into the carriage gorge, there were still nearly 70,000 volunteers from all walks of life. However, two months later, there were less than half of the soldiers and horses who followed him out of the carriage gorge. The soldiers of all walks of life were combined, and there were only less than 36,000 people left. Almost half of the brothers stayed in the carriage gorge and turned into piles of dead bones. Anyone who remembered that the brothers who had talked and laughed with them not long ago were gone and were not happy, so they went out of the carriage gorge. Soon after that, they divided their troops into three routes, set out separately, and began to march towards the hinterland of Shaanxi.

Fortunately, these people don't care much about human lives. Although this time the difficulties of the carriage gorge have caused them to lose a lot of losses and the lives of many soldiers, they don't care very much about this kind of thing. There must be a little wisdom to lose their heads one day. What's more, after so many years of wars in this world, it has already Knowing that as long as there is food, countless exiles will follow them. This recruitment is something they have never worried about, especially now that they have returned to Shaanxi. In the past ten years, Shaanxi has been full of hungry people. As long as the exiles are not appeased by the government one day, they will not have no military resources.

Just a few days after jumping out of the carriage gorge, his troops quickly recovered to more than 30,000, and his battalions have replenished their manpower. As long as there is someone, he can still come and go everywhere in the world!

Gao Yingxiang sat on his horse and looked at the generals rolling under the mound. He secretly recalled the experience of the past few months in his heart and couldn't help sighing.

At this time, a general who was not tall, wearing a worn cotton armor, wearing a felt hat and a sword hanging around his waist led the horse up from the mound.

"My nephew, see my uncle!" After the man came to Gao Yingxiang, he immediately bowed his hand to Gao Yingxiang.

Gao Yingxiang looked down and smiled slightly at the corners of his mouth. The person who came was not from others. It was Li Zicheng, the nephew who was a general of the Eighth Team under his command. His nephew was relatively promising. He was just a postman at that time and did not follow himself to rebel at the earliest, but Chongzhen was the court judge in the second year. He withdrew from post stations from all over the world, which forced him to make a living. Later, he rebelled and died without mud. After he joined his command and became the general of the current eight teams. At present, it seems that his nephew is still quite talented. He has a lot of generals, and he will also attract people's hearts. He has become his subordinates. The most powerful battalion commander in the camp.

If it weren't for Gu Junen, the counselor of Li Zicheng, who was in the carriage gorge this time, it is estimated that they would have starved to death in the carriage gorge by now. How could they be so majestic in the market in Shaanxi?

So he laughed and said, "Hongji (Li Zicheng's original name also has a word) don't be polite to me. What can I do for you? Just say it!"

Li Zicheng straightened up and said to Gao Yingxiang with a sad face, "Uncle, although we have temporarily solved the siege and highlighted the siege of the officers and soldiers this time, there is a shortage of grain, and there are few horses left, and the battalions in the army are even more short of weapons. Although some new recruits are recruited, they lack armor, those The dog officials of the imperial court are also sending a large number of officers and ranks from Hanzhong. Let's find a way to solve the problem of grain first! Get rid of the officers and soldiers behind you as soon as possible!"

Gao Yingxiang nodded. He was also very clear about what Li Zicheng said. They lost too much in the battle of the carriage gorge. Although Chen Qiyu replenished some food for them after going out of the mountain, these days, they kept recruiting new people, and the food consumption was very large. Although they came along the way, they also made some farms, and They also captured Linyou County, but for so many soldiers, what they have gained is still far from useless. Not to mention the armor. Originally, the quality of their equipment was very poor. After the Battle of the Car Gorge, most of the crossbows in their army were soaked in water for a long time, degumming, cracked and scrapped, and even the feathers of the arrows were removed. It fell and deformed so that it could no longer be used. The gunshots of the army were rusted, and most of the gunpowder was so damp that it could not be used. Not to mention mule horses, most of them had been slaughtered and eaten by them in the gorge of carriage. Although some were taken after coming out, most of them were also some horse horses or horses. There is no need to mention the war horses at all. There are not many at all. Even many generals have to walk in now. If they are chased by a large number of officers and soldiers again, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to fight again.

"Fengxiang is ahead. Let's rush to Fengxiang. Although we raise the anti-flag after we go out of the mountain this time, it is estimated that the news will not spread to various places so soon. We might as well go directly to the outside of Fengxiang City and pretend that we were ordered by Chen Qiyu's dog official to pass through Fengxiang and ask them to open the city to send food and supply us. Guys, you will take the opportunity to seize the door. As long as you capture Fengxiang, we don't have to worry about the grain armor! In addition, inform those local small poles along the way, so that they can also provide us with some grain, either follow us or be destroyed by us, and let them think about it for themselves!" Gao Yingxiang was still experienced and immediately came up with a solution.

After hearing this, Li Zicheng's expression on his face relaxed a little. The world was originally a big fish eating small fish. When they rebelled, who had never done anything about black and eating black. What's more, now with their strength, they do have the capital to do so. They have come all the way, and it's not that they haven't met the eye-catching local poles, but In the face of so many soldiers and horses, even if one person spits out, he can drown those small poles, so along the way, they also lowered some local poles to enrich their strength.

"I will obey. Please don't worry, uncle. I will immediately lead my troops to Fengxiang. As long as Fengxiang's county does not know the news that we will raise the anti-flag again, I think we will definitely be cheated to open the gate!" Li Zicheng immediately said to Gao Yingxiang.

"Good! Go ahead! Be careful on the way. We just took down Lin You. Maybe Fengxiang will get the news. Don't be careless!" Gao Yingxiang nodded.

Li Zicheng nodded and agreed. He turned around and turned over his horse. He rushed down the mound with a whip. He quickly greeted the crowd below, and then four or five hundred and eight soldiers left the main force with Li Zicheng and went straight to the direction of Fengxiang.