Li Laiheng knew that Li Guo would ask this question, so he told the original situation again.
After he finished speaking, Li Laiheng saw Li Guo was silent and asked with doubts, "Father, I don't understand. Why are we fighting now?"
At this point, without waiting for Li Guo to answer, he further explained the doubts in his heart: "My adoptive father often told me that the court forced us to have no way out, so we could only resist and fight for ourselves! But now , Things in the court are getting better. The child thinks that Duke Xingguo is a good official who just wants to make the people live a better life. But as for us, in the Chinese military tent just now, they even proposed to use the old man Weak women and children go to the battlefield, this...is this still something that humans can do..."
"Shut up!" Hearing what Li Laiheng said became more and more outrageous, Li Guo shouted quickly. At the same time, he looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that no one was there.
Looking at Li Laiheng who was a little unconvinced, Li Guo sighed and said, "The general is forced to do nothing!"
"Is there anything you can do about being forced?" After hearing this, Li Laiheng asked a little unconvinced, "On the battlefield, you fight with real swords and guns, and you are willing to lose. How can you do this, risking the lives of old, weak, women and children?" To win, victory is not possible without force!”
At this point, he was obviously a little angry and said: "It is completely taking advantage of the good intentions of Duke Xingguo who loves the people like his own son. This... is this something done by humans? What we are killing are corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry. We are not killing good people." Official?"
With the light of the torch, Li Laiheng's angry face could be faintly seen. Li Guo sighed inwardly, reached out and patted Li Laiheng on the shoulder, and said to him: "Don't think so much, living in this world is not easy anymore! "
"No!" When Li Laiheng heard this, he still disagreed with Li Guo's words. "If you just want to survive, like Yuan Shizhong, isn't it still a way out? We can go talk to Xingguo Gong, and maybe we can make the general the general. It’s possible for the general to be a soldier! Foster father, don’t you think so?”
After hearing this, Li Guo did not deny that this might be a way out, but would the general agree?
There is no need to ask for this answer. He knows very well that his uncle's ambition has expanded and he wants the world, not just a general soldier.
However, it is not easy to tell Li Laiheng these things, even if these things are already known to everyone.
No choice! Li Guo sighed in his heart, turned around and walked away, while whispering: "Stop thinking nonsense, just listen to the general!"
Li Laiheng listened silently, lowered his head and followed Li Guo. At this time, he had no idea that he had actually changed a lot.
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After dawn, over at the imperial army camp, "the wind is roaring, the horses are whistling..." the singing is still loud and majestic, reaching far away to the bandit camp.
As for the bandit camp, there was still no life, as if the impact of Li Zicheng's return was just a pebble thrown into the pond, which made waves and then calmed down again.
Everyone can see that the morale of the imperial officers and soldiers is like a rainbow!
Li Zicheng got up early, put on his blindfold again, and held a military meeting.
In fact, he still wanted to fight. Seeing the imperial army reorganizing Luo Rucai's troops, he was extremely unwilling and wanted to destroy it!
He didn't know the situation in detail last night, so the first thing he asked was: "How are the conditions of each army? Please report them!"
Therefore, each camp leader reported his situation one after another. It can be heard that the previous attempt to annex Luo Rucai's men led to a confused battle, which caused a lot of losses to each battalion.
There are less than 30,000 elite cavalry troops, which suffered the most losses in the previous battle, and there are still about 50,000 elite infantry troops. The rest are ordinary soldiers.
Niu Jinxing's face looked a little ugly, and he also reported to Li Zicheng: "General, our food and grass are running out. I'm afraid... I'm afraid we won't be able to last for the next 6 days!"
"What?" Li Zicheng was shocked when he heard this, "Why is there only so little left? What on earth is going on?"
Niu Jinxing smiled bitterly and had to remind Li Zicheng: "The general brought a lot of food and grass to Luo Rucai Camp, so the army suddenly lost a lot of food..."
I won’t say the rest, because you can see from Li Zicheng’s face that he already understands.
That's right, Li Zicheng remembered it. Previously, there was not much food and grass in the army. I originally thought about bringing more food and grass, but in the end I just took the left hand and the right hand, which was still my own. Unexpectedly, all the food and grass fell into the hands of the army.
When he thought of this, Li Zicheng suddenly felt like vomiting blood.
It's too much to bully others, it's simply too much to bully others!
Not only did he take away the men and horses that originally belonged to him, but he also took away the food and grass that originally belonged to him. It was really too much!
Everyone in the Chinese military tent thought of this. For a moment, everyone looked at each other, speechless...
Seeing this situation, Song Xiance said to Li Zicheng: "General, I inspected various camps this morning and found that the situation is not very good."
"What's going on?" Li Zicheng was already unhappy, but when he heard this, his tone became a little angry.
Song Xiance understood Li Zicheng's mood and immediately replied: "In the past few days, many people have died in each camp..."
"I thought it was something. What does it mean if some people die?" Niu Jinxing heard this and interrupted him.
Song Xiance's words just now also shocked him, so he took the opportunity to complain, which was also a blow to Song Xiance.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Li Zicheng was obviously a little dissatisfied with Song Xiance.
However, Song Xiance still said solemnly: "General, these people all died of illness. Judging from the situation, it was at the very beginning that the whole army was soaked. Without timely treatment, the cold began to spread in the army!"
"What?" Upon hearing Song Xiance's words, not only Li Zicheng, but also others were shocked and speechless.
What do the soldiers fear most? What they fear most is the plague!
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Li Zicheng was the first to come to his senses. With a stern look on his face, he asked sternly: "How many people have caught the cold and how are they doing now?"
"I just made a preliminary inspection, and the situation is not optimistic!" Song Xiance said and told him everything he knew about the situation.
Li Zicheng felt a little relieved after hearing this. Nowadays, those who get cold are basically ordinary soldiers, not his elite.
In fact, this is conceivable. After getting wet, Li Zicheng's elite should not have enough food to eat and clothes to change, so the probability of getting cold would naturally be low.
As for the ordinary soldiers, not only did they not have any clothes to change, but they did not even have enough to eat when they were not going into battle. They could only lie down and minimize their activities to avoid being unbearably hungry.
Their physical fitness is naturally not very good. When all these aspects are added up, colds and colds are naturally inevitable.
In the Chinese military tent, after a while of silence, Niu Jinxing suddenly smiled.
Liu Zongmin couldn't help but feel unhappy when he saw it, and shouted from Niu Jinxing: "Why are you laughing?"
Niu Jinxing ignored him and turned to Li Zicheng and said, "General, good and bad things depend on each other. This is not necessarily a bad thing!"
"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Li Zicheng knew that there must be a reason for him to say that, and quickly asked: "How do you say that?"
"General, please think about it..." Niu Jinxing took another two steps forward, got a little closer to Li Zicheng, and then said: "There are so many more officers and soldiers in the imperial court, and I believe they will not have much food and grass. Maybe we are infected with the wind and cold Those ordinary soldiers were also thrown to them. In this way, it would not only reduce the burden on our army, but also increase the burden on the imperial officers and soldiers. Wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? Anyway, keeping these ordinary soldiers would be of great benefit to the current situation. There is no good in fighting!"
Having said this, he paused and added: "The imperial army has nearly 400,000 more mouths. How they will resettle them is definitely a big problem! If the resettlement is not good, then what they say about making the people live and work in peace and contentment is all nonsense. You can expose the true colors of the imperial officers and soldiers!"
Song Xiance heard this from the side, immediately put his palms in his hands, smiled, and echoed: "This is a good strategy!"
Having said this, he immediately said to Li Zicheng: "General, let's avoid fighting for now. If the imperial officers and soldiers come into contact with ordinary soldiers, they may be infected with the cold. If we turn around and fight again, then You have greater control over time.”
Li Zicheng burst out laughing when he heard this, without any worries at all. He pointed at Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and said, "You two are really my Xiao He Ziliang! Haha, good, good, good!"
One of the most powerful things about the imperial officers and soldiers today is that their morale is very high. If their true colors can be revealed, everyone in the army will know that the imperial court is still the same imperial court. In this way, the morale of the army will no longer be greatly affected by the officers and soldiers.
According to what Niu Jinxing said, the imperial officers and soldiers should have to worry about the problem of food and grass, how to arrange 400,000 mouths, and the cold wind. Haha, isn't Duke Xingguo very capable? How can you do it?
With this in mind, Li Zicheng made a decision on the spot: "The whole army prepares quietly. Let's go back to the south first, then collect more food and grass, replenish some troops, and then fight again!"
"Yes, General!" Many bandit leaders responded loudly in the Chinese army tent.
However, in order to keep track of the movements of the imperial army, to detect the situation, to send back the news in time, and to ensure their escape, a cavalry team must be left in Kaifeng Mansion to keep a certain distance and inquire about the news.
This task was finally left to Li Guo, who was asked to lead 5,000 cavalry and wait for opportunities near Kaifeng Mansion.
In this way, after just one day of preparation, Li Zicheng led his elite men, abandoned most of the ordinary soldiers, and ran away!
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