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Chapter 712

There was Shi Lang blocking the way in front, and the bandits came to make trouble in the back, not to mention robbing their grain depot, and also captured the general Tian Jianxiu, which is unbearable!

Li Zicheng had to temporarily stop the brigade, split out a group of troops, turned back to raid the mountains and destroy the village, and rescued Tian Jianxiu.

However, Li Zicheng knows that the person who can capture Tian Jianxiu alive is definitely not an ordinary mountain bandit, because he knows that Tian Jianxiu is definitely not an idler, he is a wise and brave general under him. Show also contributed a lot.

Therefore, Li Zicheng decided to go out in person.Ask the brigade to retreat [-] miles, set up camp, and temporarily hand over the military affairs here to Li Guo and Gao Yigong, and let them stop attacking Nan'an Prefecture for the time being, stay put, and stick to the camp until he destroys the fortress and rescues Tian Jianxiu Continue to advance troops, so as not to suffer from the enemy's front and back, and fall into the enemy's tricks.

The young general Zhang Huan was going to fight with Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng asked him to recuperate in the camp. Zhang Huan was not seriously injured, but the camp also needed manpower. Shi Lang was so powerful, if Li Zicheng took away all the generals who were used to fighting, he would not Take it easy here.

Then Li Zicheng dispatched an army of [-], and brought generals Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi to copy the mountain and destroy the village to save people.

Li Zicheng has already inquired clearly about the bandits who robbed them of food and grass and captured Tian Jianxiu alive on the mountain. Occupied the Paoma Ridge of Hawksbill Mountain, 1000 miles away from here.

And I heard that this group of bandits acted strangely. They usually did not rob ordinary people, nor did they rob rich merchants, but only hijacked the government and the army. Whether it was the government and army of Emperor Longwu or the government and army of Emperor Hongguang, they robbed them all.Those who killed were corrupt officials, and those who punished were bullies and local tyrants and evil gentry.

Moreover, not only do they not hijack ordinary people, but they also protect ordinary people. Therefore, their group has grown rapidly. From the first few people to dozens and hundreds to the current more than 1000 people, it took less than two years. .

Because Yao Dadao, the king of the mountain, was skilled in martial arts and proficient in the art of war, the local officials and troops of Emperor Longwu and Emperor Hongguang all came to copy the mountain and destroy the village, but all ended in failure, losing troops and generals.Now that Emperor Longwu is fighting with Emperor Hongguang, no one cares about the existence of this group of bandits. Therefore, this group of bandits has become popular. As long as they come to his territory-near the Tortoiseshell Mountain, no matter whose army it is, it doesn't matter. Whoever the official is, Yao Dadao takes it all.

If you have food, you can rob food, if you have money, you can rob money.Someone robs people, of course they are people with status and status. After robbing these people to the mountain, if someone comes to rescue him, they will start bargaining.If no one came to rescue them, and after a certain period of time, he would kill these people, and Shanshang relied on this source of income to live.

After hearing this, Li Zicheng also felt very strange. The bandits who occupy the mountains as kings usually oppose the imperial court, are dissatisfied with the imperial court and the government, and kill and rob goods. However, they are afraid of the army and the government, so they hide in the deep mountains and wild ridges , dare not come out.

However, this Yao Dadao is different. He does not rob and kill the poor and the rich, but only fights against the government and the army. He has too much personality and is a character.

Li Zicheng didn't dare to hide it, so he wrote a memorial of the battle here and reported it to Zhu Yousong who commanded the battle in Xiamen.

A day later, Li Zicheng's 2 horsemen arrived at the foot of the Hawksbill Mountain.

Hawksbill Mountain has a radius of hundreds of miles, mountains and mountains, mountains and ridges, overlapping mountains, some straight into the sky, looking up, surrounded by clouds and mist, the distant mountains and the near view are lush and endless.

Where is Paomaling?Looking for a nearby guide, Li Zicheng's horses walked more than ten miles, the mountain road became narrower and narrower, afraid of being ambushed by thieves, Li Zicheng's 2 horses were divided into two teams, and Liu Fangliang was the forward, leading 1000 horsemen. The men and horses moved forward, and Li Zicheng led the rest of the brigade as backup.

After walking for a few miles, suddenly a series of gongs sounded loudly, and a group of minion soldiers jumped out from the woods, blocking the way of Liu Fangliang and the others. : "Don't go any further, let the steward come over, our village master said, if you want to save someone, you can redeem with 5 taels of silver, or 800 dans of grain. Then you can come to lead people, if you are here to attack the stronghold, let’s see how many people you brought, this Tortoiseshell Mountain has a radius of [-] miles, I’m afraid it’s not enough to bury your bones!” Lu Kai laughed triumphantly after finishing speaking.

Liu Fangliang is also one of the best generals under Li Zicheng. He used to be the general of the Zuo Zhiying in Dashun Kingdom. Stopped by these bandits?

So Liu Fangliang was furious when he heard that, and led 1000 people to rush over.

Unexpectedly, Lu Kai didn't fight them at all, but feigned a shot, led the men and horses, and sank into the grass.

Liu Fangliang led 1000 people to chase after him, but after chasing him around, he was exhausted and found that he had returned to the original place.

Only then did Liu Fangliang notice that there was a place next to it, where there was a stone with three big characters "Sandaogou" written on it.

The guide said that this place is like a maze, and ordinary people can't get out. Even he has never gone deep into the three ditches.

Liu Fangliang was not convinced, and was about to enter Sandaogou again, when Li Zicheng's brigade arrived.Liu Fangliang truthfully reported what happened just now, Li Zicheng frowned when he heard this, thought for a moment, and took it to heart.

Let Liu Fangliang go back to prepare food and grass, and whispered in his ear for a while, then Li Zicheng and Liu Fangliang led the troops to retreat.

Two days later, the prepared grain trucks arrived, and there was a long queue of hundreds of them.

According to Li Zicheng's plan, Liu Fangliang drove these hundreds of grain and grass trucks to Sandaogou, planning to redeem people with grain and grass.

Sure enough, it was that Lu Kai who came out from nowhere with hundreds of minion soldiers, and said that he wanted to check the grain and grass trucks. If the grain and grass were sufficient and there were no fakes, they would bring the people Li Zicheng wanted to stay. .

As a result, Lu Kai led people to check the grain and grass carts, and there was a leak. Only the front few carts were covered with grain and grass, and most of the grain carts in the back were either stones or sandbags, and some of the grain carts contained soldiers of the Ming army. General, it is Yuan Zongdi who is hiding in the grain and grass cart with hundreds of soldiers.

This time ambushes were everywhere, and Liu Fangliang led people to kill them. Lu Kai's hundreds of minions were defeated, leaving a lot of corpses. Finally, Lu Kai fled with dozens of minions.

It was Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi's intention to keep a few alive and let him lead the way, so Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi followed with their troops and passed Sandaogou smoothly, followed by Li Zicheng with his backup troops.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at the foot of Paoma Ridge, there was a sound of gunfire, ambushes everywhere, bows and arrows, horse ropes, horse traps, etc. were all used. Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi's men were defeated, and Yao Dadao was in hot pursuit.

Fortunately, Li Zicheng's men arrived in time, and after a short fight, Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi were rescued.

Li Zicheng's men were defeated and returned to Sandaogou. Yao Dadao chased them here and stopped chasing him. Instead, he gave Li Zicheng an ultimatum. Within ten days, if there is not enough 50000 taels of silver or 10 shi of grain to send When you get to Sandaogou, just wait for Tian Jianxiu's body to be collected!
Li Zicheng was furious with rage, he had never experienced such cowardice in his all-powerful life, and he planned to deploy red cannons to attack the cottage, but the hostages were in their hands, where would he get 50000 taels of silver or 10 dans of grain within ten days?
Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi suggested to Li Zicheng that they should hurry up and make a decision for His Majesty.Li Zicheng felt that he was too incompetent, but had no choice but to bite the bullet and wrote a memorial to Zhu Yousong again. Before this memorial was sent out, someone came to report, and His Majesty's imperial camp has arrived...

(End of this chapter)