The lack of food and grass placed on the imperial government's officers and soldiers is undoubtedly a wishful thinking, but it has consumed a lot of food on our own side.
While Li Zicheng secretly regretted it, he had no choice but to order a beating.
Because the food and fodder in his army is already a serious problem, instead of causing a mutiny or something like this because of the food and fodder problem, it is better to use up more of the court's troops now.
In addition, not only him, but also other bandit leaders have clearly felt that there is a problem with the morale of their own army.
But if you want to fight, you also need to pay attention to a strategy.
No, Li Zicheng immediately invited Luo Rucai to come over to discuss the attack on the imperial army camp.
"General, why can't we let him come to our army to discuss matters? Why must the general go to his camp?"
"Yes, there are generals on both sides now, how can he just obey when a military order comes!"
"No, how can he be a leader like him? He promised to give him more food and grass, but he is just sending a beggar!"
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Faced with the complaints from his subordinates, Luo Ru thought for a while, and finally appeased his subordinates and said: "Forget it, we took the initiative to defect to him after all. It is enough to express our thoughts appropriately in everything. The imperial officers and soldiers are Our common enemy cannot start fighting among ourselves, but let the imperial officers and soldiers take advantage!"
Having said this, he paused and then said: "Actually, I also know that his side does not have much food and grass. Their troops are stronger than ours, and they need more food and grass, and they probably have more headaches. !”
Luo Rucai said so, so of course his men had nothing to do. However, when Luo Rucai passed by, he still brought a thousand elites to protect him. Obviously, he was not as careful as he said, and he was still a little wary of Li Zicheng.
"General, Cao Cao actually came here under the banner of a great general who protects the people from heaven!"
On Li Zicheng's side, his number one general Liu Zongmin complained bitterly.
After hearing this, Li Zicheng certainly did not hesitate, but at this time he had something to discuss with Luo Rucai, so he scolded Liu Zongmin and said: "Don't mention this matter, let's discuss it first and defeat the imperial officers and soldiers!"
He can still understand the main contradiction.
In this way, Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai met, and they both laughed, as if nothing dirty had happened before. Li Zicheng also turned a blind eye to the banner that Luo Rucai carried over as "the great general with great virtue who cares for the people on behalf of heaven" and had a kind of tacit approval.
Since there was no conflict and there was a common enemy in the opposite imperial army, the two sides made an appointment to attack the imperial army camp together at noon.
Zhang Mingwei was naturally informed of the thieves' movements immediately, and he also went out to take a look.
I happened to see Luo Rucai's team arriving at Li Zicheng's side, but they did not enter the military camp. The two sides talked for a while at the entrance of the military camp, and then Luo Rucai carried the banner of "The Great General Who Protects the People on behalf of Heaven with Might and Virtue". He led more than a thousand elite men back to his camp.
"My lord, the bandits may not be able to hold on any longer and are preparing to attack our side!" Zhou Yuji saw this and quickly reminded Zhang Mingwei.
Zhang Mingwei nodded after hearing this and said: "I guess it's about the same. Today is cloudy, but it's also a good weather. Send the order and prepare the whole army for war!"
"Yes!" After hearing this, Zhou Yuji and other generals immediately clasped their fists and accepted the order.
Zhang Mingwei looked at the backs of Luo Rucai and his group, and suddenly asked Yuan Shizhong: "What do you think Li Zicheng will think of Luo Rucai, who also used the banner of a great general who protects the people and protects the people from heaven?"
Yuan Shizhong and Li Zicheng have been together for a while, so of course they have the most say. Seeing the Duke's question, he immediately replied: "My Lord, Li Zicheng is so ambitious that he is no longer satisfied with just being the leader of thieves. When the general was there, he already noticed that he and his subordinates wanted to Annexing the subordinates of the last general, for this reason, the last general no longer dares to stay there and wants to go south to find the eight kings."
Having said this, he paused and then added: "But it is said that the eight kings are similar to Li Zicheng and are not easy to get along with. The general also has concerns about going south."
Zhang Mingwei actually knows this best.
According to original history, Li Zicheng killed Luo Rucai, annexed his troops, killed He Yilong, and annexed the fifth camp of Gezuo. In the end, he became the most powerful. After defeating Sun Chuanting, he occupied Qin and ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. The Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong was similar. He conquered Sichuan and other places and also proclaimed himself emperor.
Sometimes, knowing the development of history, although history will change at this time, is somewhat helpful. Especially after Zhang Mingwei and Yuan Shizhong said this, he suddenly had an idea in his mind.
At noon, the smoke in the bandit camp was much thicker than usual. It was obvious that they had cooked too much and wanted to have a good meal before the war.
The imperial officers and soldiers also immediately had a feast and prepared for battle.
In addition, five or six riders suddenly ran out from the imperial camp and headed towards Luo Rucai's camp.
Of course, before they even got close to Luo Rucai's camp, they were stopped by Luo Rucai's scouting horses.
"You go back and tell Luo Rucai, just say what our Duke said!" The person leading the imperial army was Liu Jin. He did not fight Luo Rucai's probing horse, but said loudly to the other side, "Select the weak ones and attack them fiercely." , first defeat Luo Rucai's troops and then use all our strength to deal with Li Zicheng's troops. 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. After hearing Luo Rucai's probing horse, he became furious, but before he had time to refute, Liu Jin had already turned his horse's head and went back.
Seeing this situation, Luo Rucai's detective had no choice but to go back and convey Liu Jin's words to Luo Rucai.
When his generals heard this, they all exploded.
"These imperial officers and soldiers are so arrogant. They dare to threaten them so blatantly. Who does the Duke of Birds think they are?"
"That's right, they are officials and we are thieves. How can we not fight?"
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Of course, some generals do not say this.
"General, what Duke Xingguo said makes sense. If we go to fight, they will definitely hit us first."
"Our original strength is weaker than that of King Chuang. If we continue to fight with the imperial officers and soldiers, our strength will be greatly reduced, and we will be looked down upon even more!"
"Yes, by then, the new banner of Big Brother will probably not be able to be kept. It is just a joke and will have to be taken down as soon as it was erected!"
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Luo Rucai had a gloomy face and just listened to his men arguing without saying a word.
In fact, he knew very well that Duke Xingguo was a naked threat, that is, he clearly wanted to beat him. The meaning behind this was not only to despise him, Luo Rucai, but also to instigate a relationship between him and Li Zicheng.
However, if he wants to fight for his life and not be threatened by the imperial officers and soldiers, then in the tenth chance, the imperial officers and soldiers will inevitably use their main forces to deal with him.
In this way, if the imperial army cannot stop the attack from Li Zicheng's army, that would be the best thing. But accordingly, he will suffer heavy losses.
If this battle is a victory and Li Zicheng's troops have made great achievements, but his side suffers a loss of troops, Luo Rucai doesn't need to think too much to know that not only will he not get the treatment he deserves, but the people on Li Zicheng's side will become even more arrogant. The days ahead will be even harder for him.
Unless from now on, Luo Rucai is really willing to let Li Zicheng be the master, obey Li Zicheng, and do whatever he asks, otherwise, the result will definitely not be what he wants.
After thinking about this, Luo Rucai looked gloomy and shouted sternly at his men: "That's enough, stop arguing."
After hearing him speak, his men naturally stopped arguing and looked at him, waiting for his order.
"The imperial officers and soldiers want to focus on attacking us. Such a blatant threat is too arrogant." Luo Rucai shouted coldly, "I am sending an order to all ministries to make full preparations for war, and we must give the imperial officers and soldiers a severe lesson." . If anyone rushes into battle without preparation and causes heavy losses, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"
What he said was to confront the imperial officers and soldiers. However, how could the people present not hear his true intention, so they all clasped their fists and accepted the order.
As soon as the agreed time came, the horn sounded "woo woo woo", and in the bandit camp, groups of people left the camp. After many days, they swarmed towards the imperial officers and soldiers again, preparing to attack.
But this time, the imperial officers and soldiers did not leave the camp, but instead stayed in the camp.
Riding a tall horse and standing under the commander's flag, Li Zicheng was sizing up the deployment of the imperial army when he heard Niu Jinxing reporting to him: "General, Luo Rucai has not sent out troops yet!"
When Li Zicheng heard this, he turned around and saw a lot of movement in Luo Rucai's camp in the distance, but no soldiers or horses came out.
"The time has come?" He frowned and asked immediately.
When Niu Jinxing heard this, he immediately replied: "The time has come!"
This kind of thing is generally impossible to go wrong.
Li Zicheng immediately became unhappy, but this was not the time to argue, so he immediately ordered: "Send someone to hurry up!"
The cavalry quickly headed towards Luo Rucai. When Li Zicheng was ready to attack, there was finally movement at Luo Rucai's camp. Troops were coming out one after another, but they had to wait until they were ready. It looked like It will probably take some time.
However, Li Zicheng could no longer wait. As the saying goes, if you continue to wait, it will have a great impact on morale!
Therefore, Li Zicheng sent someone to urge Luo Rucai to speed up and cooperate with this side to attack the east of the imperial army camp as soon as possible. Then, he could no longer wait and had to launch an attack first.
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