The lack of food and supplies placed on the imperial army is undoubtedly a fool, but it consumes a lot of food on its own.

While Li Zicheng secretly regretted it, he had no choice but to order a beating.

Because the food and grass in his army are already a serious problem, instead of going on like this, mutiny or something due to food and grass problems, it is better to take advantage of the current situation to consume more of the imperial court's troops.

In addition, not only him, but also other thieves, had clearly felt that there was something wrong with the morale of his army.

But if you want to fight, you also need to pay attention to a strategy.

Look, Li Zicheng immediately invited Luo Rucai to discuss the attack on the imperial military camp.

"General, why can't he let the King of Breaking to come to our army to discuss matters? We must go to his camp?"

"Yes, there are generals on both sides now, so how can he be obedient when he arrives with a military order!"

"No, how could he be the leader like that? I promised to give you more food and grass, and that would be a beggar!"

“…”

Faced with the complaints from his subordinates, Luo Ru thought for a while, and finally comforted his subordinates and said, "Forget it, we took the initiative to join him. It is enough to express our ideas appropriately in everything. The imperial official army is our common enemy, so we cannot fight in the first place, but instead let the imperial official army get a bargain!"

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "Actually, I know that there is not much food or grass on his side. Their troops are still strong than ours, and they need more food and grass, so they probably have a headache!"

Luo Rucai said this, so of course his subordinates had no choice. However, when Luo Rucai passed by, he still brought a thousand elite troops to protect him. Obviously, he was not actually a little cautious about Li Zicheng as he said on his lips.

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"General, Cao Cao actually came here under the banner of General Dai Tian Fu Min Weide!"

On Li Zicheng's side, Liu Zongmin, the number one general under his command, complained in hatred.

When Li Zicheng heard this, he was of course willing to do so. However, when he had something to discuss with Luo Rucai, he scolded Liu Zongmin and said, "Don't mention this matter, discuss defeating the imperial army first!"

He is still clear about the main contradiction.

In this way, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai met, and both sides smiled, as if nothing had happened before. Li Zicheng turned a blind eye to the banner of "General of the Destiny and the Powerful General of the People" that Luo Rucai took over, and had a sense of acquiescence.

Since there was no conflict, there was a common enemy of the opposite court official army, so we made an appointment with both parties and planned to attack the imperial official army camp at noon.

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Zhang Mingwei naturally received a report on the thief's movements as soon as possible, and he also went out to see them.

I happened to see Luo Rucai's team reaching Li Zicheng's side, but they didn't enter the barracks. Both sides talked for a while at the gate of the barracks. Then, Luo Rucai carried the banner of "General Dai Tian Fu Men Weide" and led more than a thousand elite subordinates back to his camp.

"Duke, the thief probably can't spend it anymore and is ready to attack us!" Zhou Yuji saw it and hurriedly reminded Zhang Mingwei.

Zhang Mingwei nodded after hearing this and said, "It's almost the same. Today is cloudy, but it's a good weather. I'll send an order to prepare for war!"

"As for your order!" After hearing this, Zhou Yuji and other generals immediately clasped their fists and led their orders.

Zhang Mingwei looked at the backs of Luo Rucai and his group and suddenly asked Yuan Shizhong again: "What do you think Li Zicheng's side has the banner of Luo Rucai's Weide General, who also used the banner of "Premature of the Heavenly Fuminister"?"

Yuan Shizhong and Li Zicheng had been together for a while, of course they had the most say. When he saw the Duke's question, he immediately replied: "Duke, Li Zicheng is ambitious and is no longer satisfied with being the leader of a thief on one side. When Mo Zheng was there, he had already noticed that he and his subordinates wanted to annex the Duke's troops. For this reason, Mo Zheng did not dare to stay there anymore, and wanted to go south to find the Eight Kings."

Speaking of this, he paused and added: "But it is said that the eight kings are like Li Zicheng, and they are not easy to get along with. The generals actually have concerns about going south."

Zhang Mingwei is actually the most clear about this.

Originally, in history, Li Zicheng killed Luo Rucai, annexed his men, He Yilong, and the fifth camp of the Left. He was the most powerful. After defeating Sun Chuanting, he occupied Qin and became emperor. The eight kings Zhang Xianzhong were almost the same. He also became emperor after conquering Sichuan and other places.

Sometimes, knowing the development of history, although history will change at this time, it is helpful in some ways. Especially after Zhang Mingwei said this in Yuan Shizhong, he immediately had an idea in his mind.

At noon, the smoke in the thieves' camp was much thicker than usual, obviously because they were cooking more, and they had to have a full meal before the war.

The imperial government army immediately had a full meal and prepared for the battle.

In addition, five or six cavalry suddenly ran out of the imperial camp and headed towards Luo Rucai camp.

Of course, before they got close to Luo Rucai's camp, they were stopped by Luo Rucai's explorer.

"You go back and tell Luo Rucai, and we will say that our Duke said it!" The person led by the imperial army was Liu Jin. He did not fight Luo Rucai's probation, but just said loudly to the other side, "Choose the weak and attack them fiercely, defeat Luo Rucai's troops first and then fight Li Zicheng's troops with all their strength. If you Luo Rucai want to fight, our Duke will definitely order the elite heavy artillery to attack you Luo Rucai first!"

This was a naked threat. Luo Rucai's horse snooping and furious, but before he could refute, Liu Jin had already turned his head back.

Seeing this, Luo Rucai's horse was unable to find a way, so he had to go back and pass on Liu Jin's words to Luo Rucai.

When his generals heard this, they were all blown up.

"This imperial army is so arrogant. He dares to threaten so blatantly. Who did that Duke Bird regard them as?"

"That's right, they are officials and we are thieves. Can we not fight on both sides?"

“…”

Of course, some generals do not say this.

"General, that Duke Xingguo said something reasonable. If we go and fight, we will definitely hit us first."

"Our original strength is weaker than the King of Chuang. If we fight with the imperial government army again, our strength will be greatly reduced, and it will be even more despised!"

"Yes, by then, my brother's new banner will probably not be able to be kept. It's just a joke. I'll have to be removed as soon as I stand up!"

“…”

Luo Rucai had a gloomy face and listened to his subordinates arguing without saying a word.

He actually knew very well that Duke Xingguo was a naked threat, and he was making it clear that he wanted to beat him. The meaning behind this was not only despised Luo Rucai, but also implicitly provoking his relationship with Li Zicheng.

However, if he wanted to fight for a while and not be threatened by the imperial government army, then in the end, the imperial government army would definitely use its main force to deal with him.

In this way, if the imperial army could not stop the attack of Li Zicheng's troops, it would be the best. But accordingly, he would suffer heavy losses.

If Li Zicheng's troops make great contributions in this battle, but his side suffers troops and loses generals, Luo Rucai doesn't have to think too much about it, and he will not only not receive the treatment he deserves, but the people on Li Zicheng's side will be more arrogant and his life will be even more difficult.

Unless from then on, Luo Rucai was willing to become the leader of Li Zicheng, obey Li Zicheng, and do whatever he asked, otherwise, such a result would definitely not be what he wanted.

Thinking about this, Luo Rucai had a gloomy face and shouted at his subordinates: "Enough, don't make a noise."

Hearing him speak, his men naturally would not argue anymore, and they looked at him and waited for his order.

"The imperial government army wants to focus on attacking us. Such a blatant threat is too arrogant." Luo Rucai shouted coldly, "I will order that all departments must be fully prepared for war and must teach the imperial government army a severe lesson. If anyone who hastily fought and causes heavy losses if he is not prepared, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

What they said was to force the imperial army, but how could these people present not hear his true intentions, so they all bowed their fists to take the order.

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As soon as the agreement arrived, the horn sounded "Wuwuwu" and the bandits of men drove out of the camp. After several days, they swarmed towards the imperial government army again, preparing to attack.

However, this time, the imperial army did not leave the camp, but instead guarded the camp.

Riding a tall horse and standing under the commander's flag, Li Zicheng was looking at the deployment of the imperial government army when he heard Niu Jinxing tell him: "General, Luo Rucai has not sent troops yet!"

When Li Zicheng heard this, he turned around and saw that Luo Rucai's camp in the distance was quite moving, but no soldiers came out.

"It's time?" he frowned and asked immediately.

When Niu Jinxing heard this, he immediately replied: "The time has come!"

Such things are generally impossible to be wrong.

Li Zicheng was immediately unhappy, but it was not the time to care about it, so he immediately ordered: "Send someone to urge him!"

The fast cavalry quickly headed towards Luo Rucai. When Li Zicheng was ready for the attack, there was finally some movement in Luo Rucai's camp. Some troops drove out one after another, but it seemed that it would take some time to wait for the other side to prepare.

However, Li Zicheng could not wait. The so-called "one-stop spirit will decline again, and then exhaust them, and if he continues, his morale will have a great impact!
Chapter completed!