More than 100,000 bandits who besieged Fengyang in Zhongdu were wiped out again. The news came back to the capital and naturally celebrated the city. Since the Chongzheng Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty's economy has developed rapidly, and the people in the capital have benefited the most. They naturally hope that the emperor will eliminate the bandits as soon as possible. The people in Liaodong and the southeast coast, including Jiangnan and even the southwest also benefited a lot. They were also happy, but the central and western regions of the Ming Dynasty were in a bleak state.

It’s not that Zhu Cijiu did not take into account the people in the central and western regions. He moved away all those who could move away. The remaining ones were either civilians in the royal family or serfs controlled by the royal family and local tyrants. These people were either the families of the rebels or the surroundings of the rebels. Now that the rebels are defeated, it would be strange that they can be happy.

Of course, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were in a worse mood than them. Gao Yingxiang's troops were completely wiped out, which could be attributed to bad luck. Who told them to leave Ziwu Valley? That place was originally a valley, and there was no place to run away at both ends. Luo Rucai's troops were completely wiped out, so it had nothing to do with luck. Luo Rucai did not run to the narrow valley. The court must have had methods they could not imagine, so that Luo Rucai had nowhere to escape!

Therefore, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were both extremely frightened after receiving the news. They chose the first of the 36 strategies, and walked away as the best strategy, fled in a panic to escape to the places they thought were safe.

Li Zicheng thought the safest place was naturally the mountainous area at the junction of Henan and Shanxi. Last time they escaped the encirclement of King Lu Yan. There are still many copycats left there. Just pull gold, silver, treasures and food over there. It can be said that they can move in with their luggage, which is convenient and fast.

At this moment, Li Zicheng was setting up camp near Xingyang and was preparing to recruit soldiers and do a big battle. After receiving the news, he immediately set off and fled to Huaiqing Mansion.

However, before he arrived at Huaiqing Mansion, news came from the front that King Lu led an army of 150,000 to attack Jiyuan from Zezhou, just blocking him directly. If he continues to move forward, he will soon run into King Lu.

If you want to say who the rebels are most afraid of, it must be King Lu. That guy is a butcher. He kills people faster than killing pigs. He just hits him in his arms. What a joke!

Li Zicheng was so scared that he immediately changed his direction and fled to Tongguan. He was about to escape back to Shaanxi. Although there were Qin troops there, they had been guarding Xi'an. As long as they did not provoke them, they would not take the initiative to kill people.

Is the Qin army really as gentle as Li Zicheng thought? Of course not. If Sun Chuanting had not been restricted by his secret orders, he would have led his army to Henan to suppress the thieves. However, at this moment, he received a new secret order to defend the line of Tongguan and prevent the rebels from fleeing into Shaanxi. Therefore, before Li Zicheng arrived in Tongguan, news came from the front that the Qin army was guarding there!

"Damn the hungry thief, why are these Gua Pi running away?" Li Zicheng couldn't help but curse in dialect, and then turned around and ran away. What a joke, the Qin army was more terrifying than King Lu's hero, and it would be better to hit King Lu's hero than to hit them. Of course, Huaiqing didn't dare to go. As long as he had a choice, King Lu's hero would not go. He ran to the south and prepared to meet with Zhang Xianzhong before talking.

Zhang Xianzhong is better than Li Zicheng. He had long guessed that the officers and soldiers would block the passage to the mountainous areas where Henan and Shanxi were bounded. Just kidding, they are not fools. Can you escape to the same place twice? Li Zicheng fled north, and he fled south. What he thought was to cross the Yangtze River first, rob in Huguang for a while and then flee into Sichuan from Chongqing.

As a result, he ran to the Yangtze River and took a look and gave up the idea. There were countless Ming army warships stationed across the river at some time. Although most of them were small ships and there were not many lucky ships, he didn't even have small ships. How could he fight with others!

If the Yangtze River cannot pass, he can only enter Sichuan directly from Kuizhou Prefecture. As a result, he met another fierce man, Ma Xianglin.

How powerful is Ma Xianglin? If it were purely for martial arts, Qin Yiming and Qin Gongming would probably not be his opponents. In other words, his skills were even better than the most powerful general of the Later Jin Dynasty. He was even more powerful than Manguertai when fighting. In history, he had fought bloody battles with the Later Jin Iron Cavalry in Hunhe. In history, he recorded this in history books: the bloody battle in Hunhe, the arrows in his eyes were still drawn, and the soldiers were still stormed and chased the thieves. The soldiers were shocked to retreat. One of his eyes was shot blind. He could still pull out the arrows and continue fighting, killing dozens of Later Jin cavalry. In the end, the army of Later Jin retreated. Is it fierce?

Zhang Xianzhong was also in trouble. When he met this evil star, Qin Liangyu and Ma Xianglin were his nemesis. In history, he ran away when he heard the names of the mother and son. When he met for the first time, he didn't know how powerful Ma Xianglin was, so he hit him head-on, and naturally he was beaten to the point of being beaten by Ma Xianglin!

The Yangtze River in the south cannot pass, there are evil stars blocking the way to Kuizhou Prefecture in the west, and there is an army of 300,000 led by the little emperor in the east. Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to run north.

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong fled south and the other ran north, and finally "meeted" in Xiangyang. Of course, this kind of meeting was not what they hoped. If they were not forced to have nowhere to escape, how could they gather in Xiangyang?

Zhang Xianzhong had known how powerful Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were, so he did not propose to continue going north or flee to Shaanxi, but Li Zicheng didn't know how powerful Ma Xianglin was. He heard that there were only more than 30,000 people on Ma Xianglin's side, so he immediately encouraged Zhang Xianzhong to join forces to fight Ma Xianglin and flee to Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong shook his head like a rattle. What a joke? To provoke that evil star. So what if they are 200,000 people? They may not be afraid of you. Besides, they still have a city. If they really can't do it, they will be able to seize the city and guard it. If they come, 200,000 people will not be able to rush over. At that time, when the little emperor arrives, they will attack each other. If they are dead, they might as well be in Xiangyang.

Xiangyang is an important town of the Ming Dynasty. The city is high and the trenches are deep. 200,000 troops are guarding it. Even if there are 500,000 Ming troops, they may not be able to attack. In addition, they just robbed King Fu, King Xiang and King Chu, and there is sufficient food. Even if they have been in charge for two or three years, it will be fine. He doesn't believe that the little emperor can spend two or three years here. How much food should the 500,000 army consume in a month, and how much military pay is, where did the imperial court get so much money and grain.

He didn't know that the Ming Dynasty was already rich now. His understanding of the Ming Dynasty was still a few years ago. Based on the situation a few years ago, it was estimated that the little emperor would withdraw at most for one or two months, and then they could be free and free again.

Li Zicheng looked at the tall city walls of Xiangyang and was finally convinced by Zhang Xianzhong. In this era, he really couldn't imagine anyone who could defeat such a powerful city.

So the two of them entered Xiangyang City together, strengthening the city defense while recruiting troops and preparing to welcome the arrival of the Ming army.
Chapter completed!