"I didn't expect that the geese would be pecked by the geese when they were about to come. I underestimated the enemy and underestimated Zhu Kunji. Zhu Hongwu's descendants were not all stupid pigs like Zhu Changxun."

In a valley on Zhongnan Mountain, Li Zicheng sighed deeply as he looked at the team with only more than 300 people left. More than 500 cavalry escaped from Xi'an, and halfway there were nearly a centaurs who fled because they felt the future was bleak, and only some old brothers were left behind him.

This was the worst defeat of Li Zicheng after the Tongguan defeat and the eighteen cavalry entered Shangluo. Less than a year after he left Shangluo, he finally made a comeback, but this time he was knocked into the bottom of the mud.

Li Yan, Hong Niangzi betrayed, and Lu Weiqi and other officials and gentry in Luoyang stabbed the knife in the back.

Now that the soldiers are gone, even his wife Gao is gone. Such a great defeat, especially Li Yan's betrayal, reminds him of Gao Jie.

Gao Jie was nicknamed Fantian Yao. He was once an old brother who raised an army with him and was deeply trusted by him. But later he secretly had an affair with his wife Xing, and they finally surrendered to the government army together.

Li Zicheng treated Gao Jie very well, and Li Yan trusted him more, but was hurt by them even more deeply.

Both the two great strategists, Song Xiance and Niu Jin, were captured, and even his adopted son Zhang Ding died in Xi'an.

Li Zicheng's eyes swept over the remaining group of old brothers. Now, only Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, Yuan Zongdi, Dang Shousu, Liu Fangliang, Li Guo, Gao Yigong, Liu Tichun and others were still with him. The rest were either killed in battle or captured.

After more than ten years of rebellion, it is now like this.

"Tell me, now, say whatever you have." Li Zicheng looked at his brothers and said.

Liu Zongmin was still hanging on his arm, and there were still blood stains on the wrapped cloth.

"Brother, I want me to tell you that those bullshit Ming royal families and local officials and gentry members could not believe any of them. These people were not the same as us. The officials and gentry members of Luoyang betrayed us, and Zhu Cunji and gentry members of Xi'an also wanted to kill us, even Li Yan. We trusted him so much and asked him to command the central army, but this kid never had the same heart as us. If he hadn't insisted on joining the Ming royal family, we would not have suffered such defeat. This bastard, as soon as the official army came, he immediately turned against us. I think he had always regarded himself as a scholar and a gentry, and he regarded us as a bandit. He never really regarded us as our own people."

"No need to say those words. I was blind and misjudged this ungrateful wolf. I swear here that in the future, I will definitely dig Li Yan's ancestral grave and kill him all over the family."

"Now, let's talk about the present."

Dang Shousu hesitated and said, "Now we are newly defeated, and Guanzhong has no place to stand. I heard that Cao Cao and Luo Rucai are in Hanzhong. Why not go and join him."

"One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. If we have troops and horses on our hands, the two families can join forces. But now we only have these hundreds of brothers left. After going to Hanzhong, we can only rely on others to obey Cao's orders." Yuan Zongdi opposed going to join Luo Rucai. Although Luo Rucai was also an old man in the rebel army, he was even older than the King of Chuang.

But this man has always been cunning. He contacted Zhang Xianzhong and was the most powerful. Last year, they returned to Shangluo. They soon made a name for themselves in Henan and sent people to Dabashan to recruit Luo Rucai, hoping that they could come to Luoyang to meet. But Luo Rucai refused, and now they are going to join Luo Rucai. There are only 300 people, and they will definitely not be on par with Luo Rucai by then.

And there is another extremely important reason that makes them unable to go.

"I heard that Zhu Yousong is now in Luo Rucai's place. Luo Rucai has already regarded Zhu Yousong as emperor, and Zhu Yousong has appointed Luo Rucai as King of Wei."

No one will forget how they forced Zhu Yousong and his son to prepare to move the capital to Xi'an.

"The King of Chuang is temporarily under Cao Cao. It is better than surrendering to the Han army."

"I'm afraid Zhu Yousong can't tolerate me."

"The emperor Zhu Yousong is just a puppet in Cao Cao's hands, so there is no need to worry about him. As long as Cao Cao is willing to take shelter, there will be no problem. When our army was defeated in Shangluo, he also borrowed people, horses, food and money from Cao Cao. Didn't he borrow it? I think it's feasible to join Cao Cao at this time. If you feel wronged for a while, you can have a chance to make a comeback."

Tian Jianxiu also began to persuade him to join Luo Rucai. They didn't know that Zhu Cunji, who had just ambushed them, had been killed by his brother Zhu Cunji.

Li Zicheng looked at the hundreds of defeated soldiers around him and sighed deeply.

"I think twice about this."

When Li Zicheng got into the straw hut, hesitated and couldn't decide.

Liu Zongmin came in with a roasted hare.

"Brother, seeing that you didn't go over to eat, I'll bring it to you. There are a lot of prey in Zhongnan Mountain. The roasted hare is so fragrant that it is so fragrant. Eat while it's hot."

Li Zicheng had no appetite. He looked at Liu Zongmin. In the past few years, Liu Zongmin has gradually become the second-ranked figure of the rebel army with his courage and courage.

"Zongmin, my brothers all proposed to go to Hanzhong to join Cao Cao. What do you think?"

Liu Zongmin tore Ye Gao apart, picked up a rabbit leg and ate it.

While eating, he said, "If we don't go to Cao Cao, we will stay here in Zhongnan Mountain. Sooner or later, we will either starve to death or be surrounded and killed by Zhu Cunji. Although we have to rely on others for the time being and can break the reputation of the king, Cao Cao will not have done anything excessive at this time. After all, now the Han army is in great power, and we are also dying. Maybe Luo Ru would want to annex us, but we can temporarily rely on it and wait for the opportunity to recuperate and grow stronger. At that time, we can still pull it out and start a new stove."

"Do you want to worship Zhu Yousong as the emperor?"

"Aren't we also regarded him as the emperor, or were they father and son who were the heroes of the dragon? The defeat in Luoyang was the crime of the bastards of Lu Weiqi and Li Yan, and it had nothing to do with us. Maybe Zhu Yousheng hoped that we old ministers could pass by."

"Brother, a real man can bend and stretch, and a temporary setback is nothing. When we were defeated in Tongguan, we were even more miserable than now. Only eighteen cavalry left to Shangluo. Now we still have more than 300 cavalry entering Zhongnan Mountain. We could have a miserable defeat like that. Are we still afraid that we will not make a comeback in the future and make a comeback?"

Li Zicheng smiled, "This is reasonable, but it is reasonable." As he said that, Li Zicheng felt hungry, so he picked up a rabbit leg and started to bite it.

"Zongmin, do you think we should go directly to Hanzhong or send someone there first?"

"It's better to leave now. Zhongnan Mountain is too close to Xi'an and it's not safe. But we can send a brother to Hanzhong in advance and report to Zhu Yousong and Luo Rucai."

Li Zicheng nodded, "Who Zongmin thinks it's better to send me?"

"It's better to send Yuan Zongdi there. He is eloquent and has also protected Zhu Yousong."

"Okay, after this meal, I'll leave today."

Southern Shaanxi, Hanzhong, Ningqiangzhou.

"The King of Wei really wants to accept Li Zicheng?"

Cao Cao Luo Rucai, who had been named King of Wei, was wearing a python robe, looked at the drizzle outside the pavilion with his hands behind his back, shook his head and said, "Do you know Li Zicheng?"

"Li Zicheng joined more than 100,000 rebels, and fought countless times. Since the Apocalypse, the rebels have successively defeated one after another. The waves have washed away many rebel heroes. However, although Li Zicheng has been defeated repeatedly, he has fought repeatedly. In terms of rebel heroes, only the eight kings could be compared with the rebel king. Now the eight kings have long been killed by the court, but Li Zicheng is still imposing."

"Liu Jiye started his family by killing our rebel army, and now he usurped the world, with strong troops and strong horses. He has always been cruel to our rebel army, no better than the Ming Dynasty, and has always been in charge of suppressing us but not appeasement. At the current situation, we must unite with fellow workers from all sides to fight against the Han army."

He smiled, "Li Zicheng's powerful general, he is now in a new defeat. If he can take the opportunity to conquer him, my situation will definitely increase greatly."

"The King of Wei, Li Zicheng is a hero, I am afraid that Li Zicheng will not be willing to surrender to others. His subordinates are worried that if they let Li Zicheng come, they may be suspected of attracting wolves into the house."

"You are too worried, the strong are the dominant ones. Li Zicheng is now only a hundred defeated soldiers. How can he threaten me?"

"Report!"

The guard reported.

"Report to the King of Wei, Duke Xin has arrived fifty miles away."

"How many people did he bring?" Luo Rucai asked.

"Five thousand men, but they all look like newly recruited soldiers, with incomplete armor and weapons."

When he heard about the five thousand people, Luo Rucai was still in his heart, but when he heard that it was only five thousand chaotic, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was a bandit, so of course he knew where Li Zicheng came from. He must have been tying the people along the way. At most, the five thousand people like this were bluffing and no threat.

Thinking of this, Luo Ru went to the road.

The so-called "Zhizai" is just a house of a local rich man, and was conferred as a temporary "Zhizai".

"Your Majesty, Duke Xin Guo Li Zicheng came here."

When Zhu Yousheng heard the name Li Zicheng, he felt disgust. However, now in Cao Cao's camp, Cao Cao was also a bandit like Luo Rucai, so he sighed.

"Oh, it turns out that Duke Xin has arrived. If you want to help Duke Xin enter the city for me."

Luo Rucai personally went out of the city to greet him twenty miles away and brought many subordinates. He not only expressed his welcome to Li Zicheng, but also secretly demonstrating to Li Zicheng, demonstrating his strength at this time.

When Li Zicheng saw Luo Rucai, his posture was very low.

He regards Luo Rucai as his senior everywhere and regards himself as a younger brother, which makes Luo Rucai's little vigilance relaxed a lot without realizing it.

"Your Majesty is very happy to hear that Brother Li is coming."

"Luoyang failed to rescue the former emperor that day, and did not protect the emperor. We are very guilty. Fortunately, Your Majesty is auspicious and heavenly figure, and he is respected and protected by the King of Wei."

"It's all the faults of those traitors, and it has nothing to do with Brother Li."

Walking inside, Li Zicheng and his subordinates bowed to Zhu Yousong.

Zhu Yousong looked at Li Zicheng, his hands clenched into fists in his sleeves, but he still smiled on his face, and he praised Li Zicheng and others for his loyalty.

"In order to commend Duke Xinguo for his loyalty, I specially ordered Duke Xinguo Li Zi to become King Zhong."

"Luo Rucai, the King of Jin and Wei, was the Grand Tutor, and was loyal to Li Zi and became the Grand Tutor."

"My memory, Li Zicheng, is in accordance with the order, thanks you!" Li Zicheng knelt down and bowed.

Luo Rucai was stunned for a moment before kneeling down slowly, "I will receive the order to thank you!" (To be continued.)

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