Chapter 199 Fulfillment

It is said that Tian Jianxiu spent a lot of effort. After returning to Shangluo Mountain, he found Li Zicheng, who was hiding in the mountain. He originally told Li Zicheng about his visit to Luoyang to see Xiao Tianjian this time.

After listening to this, Li Zicheng pulled out a knife and split a broken table in front of him into pieces. Li Zicheng was furious and scolded Xiao Tianjian for being too arrogant. He actually wanted to swallow him up and let him serve Xiao Tianjian. This matter was not negotiable at all, and he would never agree.

After listening to his generals, they had different thoughts. Some people and Li Zicheng had the same idea. They thought that Xiao Tianjian was too arrogant and didn't pay attention to them, but some people secretly thought that this was not necessarily an unacceptable thing. After all, even Luo Ru turned to Xiao Tianjian, and Luo Your reputation among the rebels is not necessarily smaller than that of their Li Chuangwang.

At the beginning, Luo Rucai got up much earlier than Li Zicheng, and he was on an equal footing with Gao Yingxiang. He could join Xiao Tianjian. Why couldn't Li Zicheng join Xiao Tianjian?

And everyone is also looking at it. Although Xing Tianjun got up late, he has been fooling around over the years. First, he occupied a territory in Yangcheng, and then gradually encroached up the whole Jinnan area. Then Xiao Tianjian led his troops into Henan. While all kinds of rebels were beaten by the government, they However, he made great progress in Henan and beat the officers and soldiers. In less than two years, Xing Tianjun controlled almost half of Henan and had tens of thousands of soldiers, which made the surrounding officers and soldiers dare not find trouble with Xing Tianjun, so they could only chase and kill them everywhere with their breath.

Look at their Li Chuangwang in the past two years, and they are not even as good as the Gezuo Fifth Battalion. Every time they pull up a large number of people, they are soon beaten up by the officers and soldiers. Although there are also times when they win the war, they always lose more and win less. Their lives are getting worse by day. They went to Sichuan, but they were beaten out and returned to Shaanxi. As a result, he was beaten back to Sichuan and went back and forth between Sichuan and Shaanxi for the past two years, but he couldn't occupy a piece of territory.

The two-down ratio is naturally a high and low sentence. The generals of the Xing Tianjun have food and drink, as well as paid money to get, and rewards. Although there are many rules and strict military discipline, there is a rush. Look at them again. Now they are in the deep ravine. They are worried all day long and dare not go out of the mountain. Naturally, there is no food to eat. They can only every The sky gnawed grass and ate bark like a rabbit. There was no military tent, so I could only build a shack, and I had to run for three days to avoid the officers and soldiers searching the mountains.

Now Marshal Xiao is willing to accept them, but why don't they go? So at this time, some people under Li Zicheng's command began to waver, and the morale of the army naturally could not be discussed.

After Li Zicheng scolded him, he vented his anger, but when he thought about it carefully, he was indeed a little worse than Xiao Tianjian. Xiao Tianjian was arrogant because he did have an arrogant capital. He wanted to be arrogant, but he didn't have the ability to do it. He looked around, and the surroundings could be said to be in crisis. At present, Xiao Tianjian has given him a choice. If he doesn't turn to Xiao Tianjian, he can only accept his other way out, that is, as he said, he continues to play hide-and-seek with the government in Shangluo Mountain, waiting to accept the support provided by Xiao Tianjian. At this point, Xiao Tianjian can help so much. In fact, he also It's time to laugh. Although Li Zicheng was not grateful to Xiao Tianjian, he could only agree to this condition.

So Tian Jianxiu once again disguised himself as a refugee and went out of the mountain. He hid all the way and avoided the officers and soldiers who searched for them along the way. He sneaked back to Shanzhou, met Liu Bao, who was sitting in Shanzhou, and replied to Liu Bao with Li Zicheng's idea.

Xiao Tianjian soon got the news and said to Niu Jinxing and Li Jinde with a sneer, "I had expected that Li Zicheng would not come to work for me!" Sure enough, he would rather hide in Shangluo Mountain and drink the northwest wind than rely on others! OK! Just do as I said! Inform Liu Bao and discuss ways to provide support for them! Prepare a batch of grain weapons and find a way to send them to Li Zicheng to help him tide over this difficulty again!"

Niu Jinxing frowned and said, "The marshal is really kind! Since Li Zicheng doesn't want to be the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief still helps him like this!"

Xiao Tianjian sighed and said, "This is also forced by the situation. After all, Li Zicheng's banner is a signboard for all kinds of volunteers. Like us, it also makes it difficult for the government and the court to sleep and eat. If he falls, then Hong Chengchou will free his hands to deal with us! Similarly, for some rebels, many people will lose hope! So it's better for Li Zicheng to be alive than to be destroyed by the officers and soldiers!

Although we are not afraid of Hong Chengchou leading the Shaanxi army to attack, and we also have the ability to block them in Tongguan, after all, the Shaanxi army under Hong Chengchou is already one of the last few available soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. There are still Jiannu in the north who are always coveting the Central Plains. They can still resist the Jiannu and the tars. ! Let's leave some vitality for Daming for the time being!"

Li Jinde nodded and said, "The general often mentions Jiannu. Does the general really think that Jiannu will go south to sweep the hinterland of the Central Plains? They only have more than a hundred thousand people. Can they really destroy our China?

Xiao Tianjian smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Yes, I do believe that Jiannu does have the ability to do this. Your idea can be said to represent the thoughts of many Han people at present and look down on them in your heart, but you don't know Jiannu's ferocity and their forbearance and cunning! This is the biggest worry of our Han people! Anyway, believe me, my words can't be wrong! I can guarantee this with my head!

So there is not much time left for us now. We should become stronger as soon as possible. Sooner or later, we will block these ferocious beasts for our nation! As long as I, Xiao Tianjian, don't die, then I won't let Jiannu step into the Central Plains!

It's far away! Let's not talk about this for the time being. You inform Feng Weihan and let him keep an eye on the situation in the north recently. If it doesn't come to my expectation, it's time for Jiannu to enter the customs again! I can make a bet for you that this time Jiannu will be much more fierce than any previous attack!"

Li Jinde immediately bowed and agreed, but he was a little skeptical about Xiao Tianjian's judgment. He didn't know how Xiao Tianjian paid so much attention to those tartars outside the customs. Recently, he did not find out how Xiao Tianjian had paid attention to the situation in the north. How could he expect that the tartars would be invaded again? And it is also so sure that this time when Jiannu enters the bandit, it will be very fierce? Is it possible that their master is really extraordinary? Can he see the future? Niu Jinxing looked at him, and his eyes also showed a suspicious look, but neither of them said anything more. He always felt that the master sometimes made them a little unable to see through, but always made them feel awe.

Although Tongguan between Henan and Shaanxi is an important channel, it does not mean that it is in the mountains between the two provinces. There is really no way to pass through the two provinces. In the mountains in the west of Lushi County, there are actually many small ones that can lead to the Shangluo area in eastern Shaanxi. However, few people usually know about these paths, and they can't pass through large cars, so they can only be used by people and mules.

After Xing Tianjun occupied Lushi County, the hunters in the surrounding mountainous areas also supported Xing Tianjun, so under their guidance, Xing Tianjun quickly found two paths leading to Shangluo Mountain. Under Xiao Tianjian's personal nod, he organized a mule and horse team of two or three hundred people, and put a batch of grain armor through these two small The path was transferred to the mountains around Shangluo and handed over to Li Zicheng.

However, the way to help Li Zicheng by taking the waterway was because the officers and soldiers strengthened their vigilance along the Yellow River to prevent Li Zicheng from leading his troops, so that the plan to transport supplies to Li Zicheng by water failed.

However, although Li Zicheng has not been able to provide a large number of material help, relying only on the materials transported on the mountain path still makes Li Zicheng's life much better. After Li Zicheng had this batch of food and weapons, the situation immediately improved considerably. At least his subordinates can eat something like human food a day. Food. In this way, Li Zicheng's pressure suddenly decreased a lot. He did not go to Henan as promised to see Xiao Tianjian's face, but led his remnants and stayed in the mountains around Shangluo. He began to hide with Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting. From time to time, Li Zicheng would go out to show his face and make the officials and soldiers. He searched for them everywhere, but he couldn't catch Li Zicheng's tail.

This made Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting very depressed. Originally, both of them had expected that after Li Zicheng reached this point, he would definitely go east to Henan to meet with Xing Tianhe. For this reason, they stationed a large army in the area of Tongguan. On the one hand, they prepared for the Xing Tian Army to attack Tongguan to meet Li Zicheng, and on the other hand, they planned to Here, Li Zicheng was blocked and hanged him in one fell swoop to the west of Tongguan, but Li Zicheng could not come, and Li Zicheng on the right could not come, which made Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting very puzzled. Moreover, the Xing Tianjun in Shaanxi did not make any changes and did not intend to send troops to attack Tongguan at all, which made Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting feel satisfied. He waved a punch, but the result was empty, which made them feel uncomfortable.

However, Xiao Tianjian's days were still not idle, because he suspended the south-facing attack, which gave the officers and soldiers in the Huguang area a chance to breathe, and he led the main force to retreat, which also made the troops in the Nanyang area that had just been occupied a little empty. Zuo Liangyu took this opportunity and suddenly gathered a group of soldiers and horses to Nanyang. He launched a counterattack, seized the Neixiang County just controlled by the Xing Tianjun, and began to threaten Nanyang, forcing Xiao Tianjian to immediately withdraw to Liu Yao's headquarters in the Nanzhao area, and once again sent Nanyang Prefecture to strengthen the defense force there. He also said goodbye to his wife again and handed over the matter at hand. He hurried back to Nanyang Mansion again.

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