Xu Hui followed Zhang Quanchang around Shaanxi earlier and knew the distribution of the forces of all kinds of bandits. Not to mention the distance, the nearest one is the King of the Hanshi and Scorpion who came to Zhangjiachuan, Qingshui County, Gongchang, who defeated the official army. The two of them joined the army and quickly expanded their military and horses with the new victory. They already had more than 100,000 people in Lintao and Gongchang.

These two people were not familiar with Zhao Dangshi and did not dare to contact him easily. Among them, the scorpion block was originally a four-team general under Zhang Cunmeng's troops. After Zhang Cunmeng died, he was dependent on Gao Yingxiang, but he was extremely independent. Compared to this person, he was more concerned about the whereabouts of the King of Chuang and the Eight Kings of Xiying.

Xu Hui was also a guest army and was not very clear about Shaanxi's geographical location. He only vaguely knew that there were strong enemies in Pingliang and Qingyang in the north of Qingshui, so that King Hunshi could not go beyond the line. If we reasoned, most of these powerful enemies were King Chuang and others.

With this information, it was enough. Zhao Dangshi, led by Xu Hui, attacked several treasurys at the northern end of Qingshui, plundered some money and grain supplies, and the morale of the team was restored.

From Qingshui to Pingliang, Zhao Dangshi thought that it was very likely to find the troops of the King of Chuang here, but unexpectedly, he came from Huating from Jingzhou and had almost never encountered major bandits. Occasionally, he met small-scale bandits ranging from a few to more than ten.

Although Xu Hui joined the bandits, he almost didn't speak much. Except for Zhao Dangshi, he basically didn't talk to others, and his face was often gloomy and heavy. From an official to a thief, the contrast was too huge. Zhao Dangshi understood the imbalance in his heart, and only hoped that time could gradually eliminate the grudges in his heart.

Just after crossing Jinghe, Yulu and his family suddenly increased. They saw Zhao Dangshi coming for fifty horses, and his legs were still scattered in fear, while the elderly and young patients who could not run were lying in the dust and shivering.

Hou Dagui dragged two old men back and carefully interrogated them to find out that the official army and the bandits fought in the Xiangle area of ​​Ningzhou. The official army was defeated, and the bandits took the opportunity to plunder everywhere. Then he asked about the camp name of the official army and the bandits, and the old men didn't know.

Even though Zhao Dangshi left the old man and summoned everyone to discuss, he heard the people in front of him neighing and the refugees screaming and fleeing. He looked up and saw dust covering the sun not far away, and he was probably experiencing at least a thousand-man team coming here.

His subordinates suddenly became panicked. In the past, with experience, they could hike in the forest nearby. Now there are wastelands and gravel land around them, and there are no small trees half a person tall, but how can they avoid it? Now, Zhao Dangshi has to rush to face it with his teeth.

More than a hundred people came first. From a distance, they all looked unkempt and looked in a mess. Xu Hui turned his head and whispered: "The head of the family is an official army." He was a thief for several days, but now he was confronted with his former robber as a bandit. He still felt stiff in his conversation.

After looking at it again, frowned, and added: "It seems to be a defeated army."

Zhao Dangshi nodded: "Just just now, the old man said that the official army was defeated, and this must be one of them. Since it was a defeated army, it is not worth fearing." After thinking about it, he continued, "However, you should not act rashly. They fled so wildly, look at the flying dust formation, there must be pursuers behind them."

Xu Hui said silently.

The fleeing official army saw Zhao Dangshi and his cavalry standing there, thinking they were pursuers who were circumventing, and immediately became in chaos. The ones running in front stopped their pace, followed by panic, unknown circumstances, and could not hold back. They collided with them and pounced on the back. For a moment, wailing and cursing were everywhere.

With just this pause, more than ten cavalry suddenly came from behind, stabbing the sword and the spears, and the defeated soldiers with holes in the back fell to the ground. Seeing that some of them were running away, several riders placed their guns on the horse and took their bows and shot hard, which actually had a hit rate of more than 80%.

He had not seen twenty riders reap dozens of lives in less than half an incense stick. A sense of threat that had never been seen suddenly surged into Zhao Dangshi's heart. He had been a thief for many years, and had never seen any scenes. He had experienced the duel between tens of thousands of people, but he was not as shocked as he was now. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, he would not believe that there were such elites among the bandits.

Wang Laixing looked at Zhao Dangshi uneasyly. Seeing that he looked resolute and stared at the front, he couldn't help but feel even more worried. An army that even Dang'er showed fear, if it were not for friendly forces, it would be impossible for a desperate battle today.

In less than a stick of incense, the defeated army was dispersed again. More than ten cavalrymen went out to intercept and kill. Another group was galloping towards Zhao Dangshi under the leadership of a dark horse general.

Zhao Dangshi supported Hou Dagui, who was about to raise his weapon, and he immediately rushed forward and shouted a few words.

Seeing that Zhao Dangshi and others were not hostile, the dark horse general left behind his subordinates and drove the horse alone to talk to Zhao Dangshi. After the two chatted for a while, the dark horse general then beat the horse back. Zhao Dangshi turned around and waved his hand to the delayed cavalry to greet them.

Later, Hou Dagui and others learned from Zhao Dangshi that the small-scale horse team in front of him was the army of Chuangwang who had been searching for. The dark horse general who was leading the name Dang Shousu, was under the command of Chuangwang.

When it comes to this general, Zhao Dangshi is really familiar with it. It is Li Zicheng, who was originally famous in history. However, this is not the "King of Breaking" in the future, but the general who is one of the vassals of Gao Yingxiang, the current "King of Breaking" Gao Yingxiang. In his early years, Li Zicheng and Scorpion Tuoyangkun were similar. Under Zhang Cunmeng, he was a general of the eighth team under Zhang Cunmeng. After Zhang Cunmeng was destroyed, he relied on Gao Yingxiang and said he was a general. In fact, Li Zicheng was not as independent as a scorpion, etc. His relationship with Gao Yingxiang was more like a united rather than a superior or subordinate.

Li Zicheng was able to fight, and after leading his army into Shaanxi, he continued to expand. At this time, there were nearly 20,000 troops, but there were only more than a thousand elites among them. These more than a thousand people had a name called "Old Eighth Team" to distinguish other new soldiers. Among them, they were not only brave and good at fighting, but also followed Li Zicheng for a long time and gained his trust.

Li Zicheng's army defeated Liu Chenggong in Xiangle, and the official army of Ai Wannian was killed, and his enemy Ai Wannian was also killed. As a team official in the eighth team, Dang Shousu was ordered to pursue the fleeing official army and search for the seriously injured deputy general Liu Chenggong, guerrilla Wang Ximing and others.

"It turns out that it is the elite ace under Li Zicheng." Zhao Dangshi nodded secretly. Although there are not many of these people, they are enough to be the backbone of the first army. It is not a big deal to be defeated by the official army several times. As long as these backbones are still alive, the army can regain their straits and cheer up. This is also one of the crux of the invincible bandits in history.

Gao Yingxiang and Ma Shouying had a good relationship and had joined forces many times before. Similarly, Li Zicheng also regarded Ma Shouying as a powerful partner. Therefore, when Dang Shousu heard that Zhao Dangshi was back to the camp, he immediately led the way and led the way to meet the general Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng's army base was stationed on the Jiulongchuan line of Xiangle. In addition to his army, there were also temporary riot kings, and the bandits of the two divisions of Tianxing, with a total of more than 30,000 troops.

When Zhao Dangshi and others first arrived at the camp, Li Zicheng happened to be away. Dang Shousu had his own responsibilities, so he arranged for soldiers to take everyone to the camp to wait for a while.

Hou Dagui had also been in Li Zicheng's army. When he came back this time, he did not feel the feelings of old friends for no reason. Zhao Dangshi asked him if he felt something was different. He shook his head and said, "Different, different." As for the differences, he thought for a long time but couldn't say it.

Instead, Xu Hui whispered: "After just now, the landscape changed dramatically, especially in the area of ​​the Central Army Camp, which seemed to be in the atmosphere of the government army." When he said the word "official army", his face suddenly tightened, he lowered his head and stopped talking.

Zhao Dangshi understood his meaning. Li Zicheng divided the entire army into five battalions, namely the front, middle, back, left and right. Among them, the left and right battalions were divided into King of Troubled Times, and the miscellaneous troops such as the Tianxing stationed, and everyone did not pass by, so it was difficult to judge. But the military strength of the three battalions in the front, middle and back was obvious at a glance - the front battalion was the worst, followed by the back battalion, and the middle battalion was the most elite. In fact, in terms of the number of troops alone, the front battalion occupied an absolute majority. With years of experience in the army and according to the number of camps, Zhao Dangshi estimated that there were at least ten thousand people in the front battalion, and at most a thousand people.

There were many people in the front camp, but most of them were temporarily recruiting poor people and weak soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was very poor. The main role in the battle was nothing more than adding fuel. As cannon fodder, Zhao Dangshi was sure that even if these people were killed in battle, Li Zicheng would never blink. Correspondingly, these people were treated extremely poorly, basically two bowls of porridge and brown rice every day, describing their appearance as the refugees Zhao Dangshi and others saw.

In contrast, the scene in the Central Camp is completely different. Although most of the soldiers in the Central Camp are thin, they win every meal and add some seasonings from time to time because of their victory. Their spirit is completely beyond the reach of those shaky front camp soldiers. The Central Camp includes Li Zicheng's ace "Old Eighth Team", which is the pillar and soul of the entire army. Only when these people are lost can they truly lose Li Zicheng's capital.

Xu Hui couldn't help but admire the Central Camp. Zhao Dangshi agreed, but saying "the atmosphere of the government army" is nothing. When fighting the bandits and hungry people like the front camp, which can't win? If you say that they are as elite as the Old Eighth Team, it's really a gild on the face of the government army.

I heard that there is a group of "child soldiers" composed of young men in the Central Military Camp. This is not Li Zicheng's patent. The current situation is chaotic. If you want to effectively control an army with a large number of troops, it is naturally not enough to rely on the head and a few relatives and friends alone. Therefore, you have to cultivate some confidants from childhood. In the future, whether you recognize them as adopted sons or daughters or girls, you can help stabilize your control over the army.

When Zhao Dangshi and his friends arrived at the camp, they were already feeding. They waited for a while. When the sun was dusk, no one came to inform Li Zicheng of the news. Their idleness and idleness were so idle that they couldn't sit still. Hou Dagui even used the excuse of "ventilating" and went out of the tent several times to look out of the tent.

Zhao Dangshi was also a little unhappy. He was still fighting with the official army, and it was understandable that Li Zicheng could not come back for a while outside, but you can't just leave your "great" old return Ma Shouying's envoy here and ignore it, not even giving him saliva.

Seeing that the sky was getting worse, everyone's stomachs began to roar and their emotions were depressed to the lowest point. Hou Dagui couldn't stand it, so the fish jumped up and said that he wanted to go out to argue with someone.

Before he could step out of the tent, several people came towards him. The first one was tall and upright, with a bold and heroic expression. Zhao Dangshi thought it was Li Zicheng, so he hurriedly got up to greet him. Before he could say a word, the man bowed and said, "I'm sorry for all the heroes. The government troops in Xiangle have not been calm and the military affairs are complicated. He really can't get out of the way, so he can only come and receive them."

When Zhao Dangshi saw him as a talented person, he had a local accent in northern Shaanxi. He was neither Li Zicheng nor the elder brother in the army. He did not hesitate at all and wanted to bow to him, and said, "The villain always returned to Zhao Dangshi under his command and met the general." He did not say that it was sent by Zhang Xiongfei, nor did he say that he was in the position of returning to the camp, so he wanted to secretly improve his status.

The man helped Zhao Dangshi and said, "Brother Zhao doesn't have to do this. You and I will fight against the government together, and we will face each other like brothers, without the need for those red tape."

As soon as he said this, Zhao Dangshi and others had a good impression of him and became close to him. The bandits were basically suffering. Once someone gained power, even if they were a little bit powerful, they would imitate others like the officials who bullied them. Zhang Xiongfei was a typical example. Everyone has seen too many ugly faces, and it is inevitable that such a kind of harmonious person will be admired.

The man then reported to the house: "Gao Jie, the Mizhi people, thanks to the brothers' despise, and he also has a nickname of "Crossing Mountain Harrier". Hehe, it's so embarrassing to say it now."

"It turns out to be Brother Gao. I don't know Mount Tai. I have been looking down on him for a long time!" Zhao Dangshi bowed his fists, but he became alert in his heart. He was not very clear about this person's resume in history, but he roughly knew that he was not a good person. His actions were definitely different from his smiling face at this time.

Gao Jie didn't know that he was thinking in his heart, but he still smiled: "Brother Zhao came from Huiying, but he didn't know which camp he belonged to?" Huiying was similar to Chuangying, and was formed by a combination of multiple forces. His subordinates who directly belonged to Lao Huihui were much better than other miscellaneous brands.

Zhao Dangshi was calm and said with a smile: "I am not talented, so I will do my job for Lao Huihui himself and fill in several sentry officers in the central camp."

The bandits were in chaos and had many names, but they were basically similar to the Ming Dynasty. The position of sentry officer was not permanent in the Ming Dynasty army, and usually led three or four hundred people, and there were also thousands of people among the bandits. He set up a sentry officer for himself, and Gao Jie could not find out the truth.

Hou Dagui and others are not brainless. Knowing that it is a critical moment, they all show their acting skills, either silence their heads and silence, or expressionless.

Gao Jie nodded, looked around, pretending to be surprised and said, "Brother Zhao is the whistleman, why are there only these brothers under his command?"

Hearing this, Zhao Dangshi suddenly felt sad, and sighed several times: "This time, Lao Huihui specially sent his younger brother to bring the five hundred martial artists in the headquarters to contact the King of Chuang. Although the five hundred martial artists were all brave, they were full of official troops from southern Shaanxi to northern Shaanxi. They were all in danger, but they were almost the same. They only left their younger brothers and these hard-earned brothers, and even if they fought to the death, they would wipe the corners of their eyes with their hands. "I like the King of Chuang, the general of Chuang, and the task was completed. I would fight with the remaining brothers and the official troops to comfort hundreds of spirits in the sky!"

When Gao Jie heard this, he was silent for a while and said, "Brothers, I will not give you all the hard work. When the break is about to come, I will give you justice to you brothers."

Finally, I said another sentence, and I frightened Zhao Dangshi on the spot.
Chapter completed!