Hearing the sound of footsteps, Liu Fangliang raised his head and looked up. Under the bright moonlight, he saw Chuang Wang and Tian Jianxiu arriving.

"King Chuang is here!"

Liu Fangliang shouted, then turned over and sat up. Liu Zongmin and others also turned over and sat up one by one after hearing this. Sure enough, they saw King Chuang and Tian Jianxiu arriving together.

Liu Zongmin patted the stone beside him and said with a smile:

"Brother Li, why don't you sleep up in the middle of the night? Come sit here!"

Before Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Zongmin always called Li Zicheng Brother Li. He was also the third-ranking figure in the Chuang Army and the bravest person in the Chuang Army.

Many people think that Liu Zongmin is the number two figure in the Chuang Army. In fact, the real number two is Tian Jianxiu, who is in charge of all camps in the Chuang Army. Although Liu Zongmin is fierce, he is only the leader of the middle camp.

No matter what situation Li Zicheng fell into, Liu Zongmin followed Li Zicheng wholeheartedly. In history, he even killed his wife with his own hands and followed Li Zicheng into Shangluo Mountain on eighteen cavalry.

It was he who was tortured after entering Beijing, and many Ming officials and nobles were tortured to death, which made readers who loved the Ming Dynasty feel happy at that time.

But as he occupied Chen Yuanyuan, Wu Sangui surrendered to Jiannu, leaving Jiannu to pick up a big wallet in vain, and China fell into three hundred years of ruin.

Even if he died fighting against the establishment of slaves, and even if being angry for a beauty was just an excuse for Wu Sangui to choose to be a traitor, Liu Zongmin would still be considered a national sinner.

Li Zicheng nodded and glanced at the generals present one by one, including Yuan Zongdi, Hao Yaoqi, Liu Fangliang, Liu Tichun, Liu Zongmin, Dang Shousu and more than 20 generals who broke into the army.

In addition to the more than 20 people present, Li Guo, who is in charge of peripheral defense, is not among them. Gao Yigong and his sister were in the old camp, and they are not here now.

Seeing King Chuang's arrival, everyone immediately gathered around him. Gu Kecheng immediately lit a fire and took out a bag of sweet potatoes and placed it in the fire.

Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin, then at the other brothers and said:

"Brothers, I want to hear what you are saying. Do you think it is better for the army to go to Henan, or to resolutely attack Sichuan?"

Hao Yaoqi said without hesitation:

"Go to Henan to break Kaifeng and kill King Zhou. Brothers will no longer have to worry about food and drink. Old Hao is willing to be the vanguard..."

Everyone looked at Hao Yaoqi. No one objected for a while, but no one expressed support clearly. Seeing that no one supported his point of view, Hao Yaoqi could only stare at Li Zicheng, hoping that Li Zicheng would support him.

After a moment, Liu Fangliang said:

"We can't go to Henan. I heard that the fifth camp of Gezuo has been destroyed in Henan. Prince Gou has given land to the people of Henan. The people should not support breaking into the camp.

Also, we have to pass Tongguan to go to Henan. The ones chasing us this time are basically Hong Chengchou’s army. Sun Chuanting’s 30,000-strong army has not moved at all. They must be guarding there. This road is dangerous..."

Liu Zongmin:

"Well, I'm a big boss. I don't have any opinion on where to go in the end. Everything depends on Brother Li. You can go wherever you say!"

Hao Yaoqi patted Liu Zongmin on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"What you said is just like farting. You don't have your own opinion and you are talking nonsense."

"piss off……"

Liu Zongmin chuckled and pushed Hao Yaoqi, but did not take his words to heart. The two rough guys usually liked to joke.

Yuan Zongdi continued:

"When going to Sichuan, despite the quiet ahead, I feel that going to Sichuan is convenient and safe. As long as you cross the border of Wenxian County, you will be in northern Sichuan, and the distance is much shorter. If you go to Henan, you must go through Wenxian County and take the Nanyuan Po Tongguan Pass.

Northern Sichuan increases too many risks, so we support going to northern Sichuan."

Before Yuan Zongdi finished speaking, all the generals expressed their intention to go to Sichuan:

"That's right. If you go to Henan, you will be chased by the army again. We support going to northern Sichuan..."

There was still a short way to Henan, and everyone basically supported going to Sichuan. Only Hao Yaoqi expressed his intention to go to Henan because he was interested in the huge wealth of the Zhou Palace in Kaifeng.

Seeing that his brothers all disagreed with him, Hao Yaoqi smiled awkwardly and said cheerfully:

"I'm just making a suggestion. It's up to everyone to have the final say with King Chuang. Let's just treat Old Hao as farting..."

Before Hao Yaoqi finished speaking, a scent that had never been smelled suddenly came, and everyone laughed:

"Haha, how come Old Hao's fart smells so good?"

On the side, Gu Kecheng hurriedly answered:

"It's the smell of my roasted red wine. How can Old Hao's stinky fart be so smelly..."

"Ah, what I said..."

Gu Kecheng, who looked at the firewood almost at the same time, asked in unison:

"Lao Gu, what are you baking? It smells so good..."

Gu Kecheng walked up to King Chuang with two sweet potatoes and gave them to him and Tian Jianxiu one by one:

"I heard they called sweet potatoes from my home. I heard they are delicious when roasted. King Chuang and Brother Tian will try them first..."

Li Zicheng took the sweet potato and looked at it over and over for a while before starting to eat. He didn't know how to eat it and didn't peel off the skin. Even so, his eyes lit up:

"It smells so good..."

Tian Jianxiu gently peeled off the dirty outer skin, and then took a bite:

"It's really delicious, but it's too hot. I heard that this thing is called sweet potato. There is a small amount of cultivation in Fujian. It is a good thing that the people can eat, but our life will be more miserable..."

Tian Jianxiu's meaning is very obvious. If the people can have food, who would be willing to follow them in rebellion? In the future, they might lead the army to search the mountains!

Li Zicheng's eyes were profound. He looked at the brothers and said:

"There is still some food in the army. Try not to go to people's homes to rob things. When you are down, don't offend the people. Otherwise, they will lead the army into the mountains. There are many small roads that you don't know about, but the people nearby do. Brothers.

is that clear?……"

A small boss who often went out to collect food asked:

"King Chuang, if you don't rob the people of food when there is no food and grass, what will you do?"

Li Zicheng looked at him and said:

"Attack the big landlords, and then rob them all..."

"Forehead……"

The little boss lowered his head and stopped talking.

Seeing that most people were unwilling to go to Henan, Li Zicheng swallowed the news that they and Zhang Xianzhong would meet in Henan and did not mention it. He was mainly worried about differences and conflicts.

"Brothers, we must take good defense. If the officers and soldiers dare not enter the mountain, we should rest well for two days and break out to Sichuan in two days."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After Li Zicheng finished speaking, he waved his hands to the generals and left.

At this time, all the roasted sweet potatoes were cooked, and Gu Kecheng gave one to each of them:

"Come on, one per person, eat and then go to bed..."

…

The real place where the old camp was stationed was an ancient village called Xujiazhai, which was mostly located on a sunny hillside.

It used to be a large village with more than 300 households. Now all the people have fled, and less than one-tenth of the houses are left.

The gate tower of the village had been burned down long ago, and almost all the houses in the village were destroyed. It looked very empty, with shrubs and grass growing everywhere, and some paths and wellheads were blocked.

Outside the village there is a cliff and a deep valley to the left, and to the right there is a forest that stretches all the way to the foot of the mountain. Behind the village there are also woods and a mountain connected to it, but some places have been scorched by the fire.

The several courtyards where the old camp was stationed are also the only relatively complete houses here, but the doors, windows and furniture were also heavily damaged.

Hundreds of tents were set up around the house, and part of the cavalry from the old camp was stationed. Sentries were posted at all intersections, and the guards were tight.

Recently, Gao Yigong has been appointed as the general manager of Chuangwang's camp and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army. However, due to the tense battles, he often had to charge into battle and fight against the enemy.

Therefore, many things in the old camp, as well as many matters under the responsibility of the general manager, such as the military supplies, supplies and finances of the entire army, are currently in charge of his sister Gao Guiying.

As far as the security work after camping in the old camp is concerned, the generals of the Chinese Army would arrange it carefully and not be careless.

But my wife had to personally check it every day, for fear that there was something not thoughtful enough. She often warned the generals of the Chinese Army:

"Zhou Shan is very familiar with the methods we usually use to steal camps, rob villages, and bribe spies. We are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. Everyone, work harder, be careful, and be prepared."

Gao Guiying is Li Zicheng's first wife. She is only 30 years old this year. Li Zicheng has three wives and concubines. All the other Liang Fangs have been seduced by others. Currently, only Gao Guiying is left.

Although she is a girl from a peasant family and has never read a book when she was a child, in recent years, as the burden on her shoulders has become heavier and heavier, in order to better help her husband, she took time to study on horseback and after camping, and has become proficient in writing.

Gao Guiying has a slender and strong body, a youthful and rosy oval face, big eyes, long eyelashes, and a vigorous heroic spirit between her eyebrows.

The 1989 years of military life and her special status have trained her to behave in a sophisticated and generous manner, to distinguish right from wrong, to be decisive and careful in situations.

In the feudal era, it should be said that it is very rare in history for a thirty-year-old rural young woman to possess such virtue.

As she often says:

"If you are desperate and have no choice but to follow the men in rebellion, why don't you spend your whole life working around the pot and the grinder?"

She is the niece of the famous late bandit leader Gao Yingxiang. Although the Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng families are not in the same county, they are closely related.

Li Zicheng's cousin was Gao Yingxiang's sister. According to the ancient custom of nieces following their aunts, Gao Yingxiang's niece married Zicheng.

Gao Guiying was both Gao Yingxiang's niece and Li Zicheng's wife, so she enjoyed high prestige among the bandits led by Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng.

She herself also attaches great importance to maintaining the glorious tradition of Gao Yingxiang. Sometimes when her subordinates do something wrong, she will tell them how King Gao Chuang did in those days.

If her brother Gao Yigong or other generals with the surname Gao made mistakes, she would sadly warn them, saying:
To be continued...