"Make it up." Li Zicheng called softly.

Snowflakes were floating in the air, and a heavy snow came unexpectedly, and the deep mountains became colder. Li Zicheng no longer had the reputation of breaking the king in the past. He was at this time under the Daxue Mountains by the Dadu River. This dangerous and remote area belonged to Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty and under the Tianquan Liufan Zhaoyaosi, but now it is classified as Huding County, Xikang Province, Han Dynasty.

The current situation is even more embarrassing than when he fled from Xi'an to Zhongnan Mountain. His troops are fighting less and less. Now all the brothers under Li Zicheng's hands are less than 300. What's even more fatal is the current situation.

Chuanzhong is no longer tenable. They have been fleeing for the past few months, but every time they arrive at a place, it will take no time for the official army to come to the door, and they have to break through and run away. Every time they break through, many brothers will be captured and killed. Every time they escape, many people will escape.

They fled all the way to the snowy mountain and hid in this most remote and desolate place. Although they temporarily left the pursuers, the cold weather and poor supplies made them more and more difficult.

Li Zicheng was upset. After he was defeated by Qin Liangyu, he wanted to lead his troops to Yunnan and Guizhou. The rebellion of Yunnan and Guizhou chieftains gave Li Zicheng a glimmer of hope, but who expected that the rebellion of several provinces would be quelled so quickly.

In Sichuan, not only are there many troops stationed, but there are also a large number of reserves and village militias. The villages and villages are jointly defended, and every family is Baojia, making Sichuan like an extremely tight net. They will be reported wherever they go and it is difficult to hide.

Li Zicheng's nephew, a tiger, Li Guo, came back dejectedly.

Three days ago, Li took more than 30 old brothers out to collect grain. However, after three days, he went out, but he did not bring a grain of grain back. When he went there, he had thirty-seven people, and when he came back, only twenty-one people were left.

"Uncle, the land has been relocated to the land. The imperial court has set up prefectures here and sent troops to garrison. There are also reserve troops and township troops. There are militias and policemen below. Each village has militias and weapons. There are also soldiers on all major roads. Especially now, people in various places have ID cards and leave the county boundary, and there must be roads for township police stations. If they leave the palace, they must be stamped by the county police branch. Not only should they enter the city, but they must also be investigated while walking."

After they went down the mountain, they wanted to buy grain, but when the people in the village below saw their strange faces, they bought a lot of grain. They immediately asked to check the ID card, but they naturally didn't, so they didn't buy it for convenience. They went to another village, but the other party also wanted to check the ID card. Li Guo took out a large incision of silver and wanted to solve it with money. As a result, the other party hesitated for a while and then took it away, and then said that they agreed to sell the grain.

Just when Li Guo was relieved, who knew that the village chief secretly sent someone to report to the village. The township chief immediately brought the police from the police station and the militia team to the militia. The two sides fought, and Li Guo and his men had a total of 37 old brothers. They were even at a disadvantage.

The militia and police were familiar with each other. They were suddenly attacked, equipped with muskets, grenades, etc. After a battle, Li Guo lost sixteen brothers and escaped in a panic.

Seeing Li Guo’s embarrassing appearance, Li Zicheng couldn’t blame him.

Now they are incompetent, lack of bows and arrows, their brothers are not morale enough, and they can't even have enough food. They hide from Tibet all day long, and there is no combat power.

Even Li Zicheng had eaten wild vegetables for several days.

"Kill a horse!"

Li Zicheng waved helplessly.

"Uncle, we only have less than a hundred horses left now. There is not enough manpower. If the official army comes, we will not be able to escape without a horse." Li Guo said hurriedly.

"The family has been out of food for two days. The mountains are covered with heavy snow. It is difficult to catch prey, and it is difficult to get some wild vegetables. There is no food to eat. Everyone is over. Besides, we don't have food to feed our horses."

Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi and some old brothers came over.

When they saw Li Guo's appearance, they also realized that they were returning empty-handed again this time, and they couldn't help but sigh.

"King of Chuang, we can't wait for death. If you want me, just find a smaller village and let's take some food to fill our stomachs."

Li Zicheng said hesitantly, "If this happens, it will be exposed."

He also did not expect that the government army would pursue so closely that even such a remote place would be kept firm.

"Damn it, Sichuan is now suppressing bandits everywhere to quell the rebellion, and the counterfeit poles in various places have been wiped out one by one. Or we would take the initiative to go down the mountain to accept the recruitment. Otherwise, we could have wiped out one or two small poles, robbed some food and grass, and even added some people."

Li Zicheng and others felt the drastic changes in Sichuan. Li Zicheng had also entered Sichuan before. Less than ten years ago, Sichuan had just experienced the She'an Rebellion, and there was chaos everywhere. There were big poles along the way, small poles were as messy as hairs. Bandits, horses, and even chieftain soldiers. They all formed camps to defend themselves and even plundered each other. The water was very muddy. At that time, countless people followed the army and the local government could not stop them.

But now, this place is completely different. Not to mention plain areas such as Chengdu, even the remote places beside the Dadu River under the Daxue Mountains, the government has extremely strong control.

The bandits in the villages could not see them, and the guards in each village were strengthened, and many new roads were built. Every other section there was a castle, which contained military stations, post offices and warehouses, etc., as well as special patrol teams patrol roads, and each village also had its own militia joint defense teams.

Especially this identity card and road strip, leaving them without any escape.

"King of Chuang, the investigation is tight in the southwest. Hundreds of thousands of elite imperialists in the Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces gathered, especially in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. There are officers and soldiers everywhere, all of them are elite elites in the imperial court. In addition, Sichuan and Hunan provinces are also full of soldiers, including local garrisons, and reserve military militia joint defense teams, etc. The investigation is very tight in all roads. Let's see the number of people now, let alone encounter regular official troops, even if they meet the rural joint defense team and militia team, we are not their opponents."

Li Zicheng was in a state of confusion, and could not stay in Sichuan, and other southwestern provinces could not go. It was not right to leave, nor was it stay. What should I do?

"Looking westward, it was a little looser, but there was Daxue Mountain there, which was full of snow all year round, not to mention that it is the cold winter of the twelfth lunar month now. We have no food and grass and no clothes, so we can't get through Daxue Mountain."

The beard on Liu Zongmin's face has not been taken care of for a long time, and it is as messy as a handful of thatch. His eyes are less energetic, "But you can't sit like this and wait for death. Now there are rumors outside that Luo Rucai has been captured by the official army, and there are still portraits of the King of Chuang and us posted everywhere outside."

At this time, a voice whispered, "Why don't we go down the mountain and surrender."

Unexpectedly, this sentence did not arouse the anger of the King of Chuang and others. Everyone was surprised to be silent.

After a long time, Liu Zongmin sighed, "I heard that all the Mongolian tribes in the northern grasslands had surrendered to the court, and the Jurchens had moved their capital to the extreme north. Now the rebellion of the southwest chieftains has been put down again." He sighed again, "It seems that the destiny of the Han Dynasty is, and Liu Jiye is the true emperor, and the world is stable."

"After the chaos, there will be a great rule." Tian Jianxiu suddenly said.

Li Zicheng felt more and more bored. But he understood that what everyone was talking about was the truth.

In the past, they had not been defeated, but no matter how powerful they were, they would have a chance to breathe and re-emphasize their banners and call them up. But now, all regions are safe, and no people are willing to support them, and no one is willing to follow them.

They regarded them as thieves and as thieves. Wherever they went, the people would close their doors and close their villages like thieves, with swords and arrows facing each other. The court became more and more forced, and officers and soldiers were defending each other everywhere, like a net of heaven and earth.

In the past, the world was chaotic and they were like fish in water.

And now, the water is gone, and they have become a group of fish in the desert.

"We are all famous people on the list, and the court will not let us go." Li Zicheng said.

Liu Zongmin said again, "Why don't we kill the horses and have a full meal, and everyone will part with each other, separate, and find a secluded place. Change their names and surnames, and then become an ordinary citizen?"

Li Zicheng sighed again, the people's hearts were dispersed and the team could not be led. Even the second-ranked figure like Liu Zongmin had the intention to leave, and there were still a few more people in the team willing to continue.

"What do other people mean?" Li Zicheng looked at Yuan Zongdi and others.

Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.

But silence is a default, and it can be seen that everyone is tired of this kind of escape without a chance to stand out.

"Well." Li Zicheng nodded, "But I also have a saying that it is justified that everyone does not want to escape again. If the Tao has changed today, the world has changed, the world has stabilized, and the destiny has returned to the Han Dynasty and Liu Jiye. We will continue to rebel, but there is no way out. It is also a way out for us to hide our name. However, I advise everyone to go to the west of Yuexue Daxue Mountain. Although it is now the territory of the Great Han Dynasty, its control is definitely not as good as that of Sichuan. If we go there, we will be safer if we hide our name."

"If there is a situation, we can also flee west." Li Zicheng said again.

After a conversation, it also determined the final fate of the trespasser army.

"Slay a few horses, let's have enough food first, and then everyone climbs over the snow-capped mountains, and then breaks up after they get there, and they all go to the ends of the world!"

Everyone returned to the temporary camp with a heavy mood. Liu Zongmin personally selected two thin horses and pulled them to slaughter.

When the fire was born, large pieces of horse meat were thrown into the pot and stewed. More than a hundred people who hadn't eaten a full meal for a long time gathered in front of the pot, baking on the fire while smelling the aroma of the meat in the pot.

Everyone ate this horse meat meal very vigorously and silently. They all ate voraciously, but few people talked.

Everyone knows that although it will not part with you today, it is a breakup meal.

A few miles apart, a team of horses was approaching quietly. They were all riding white horses, wearing white cloaks, and even the horses were wearing white cloaks.

The leader raised his hand, and the knights behind him stopped their horses.

"That group of thieves are right ahead, everyone dismounted and quietly touched them."

This is a special cavalry team of Jinyiwei. Not long ago, they received a report that a robber went down the mountain to rob in Luding County. The joint defense team fought with them and killed sixteen robbers. The police officers from the county police branch who arrived later found something on the robber's body at the scene. They initially suspected that these people were not ordinary robbers, but should be a robber's defeated soldier.

As soon as the Jinyiwei, who was pursuing Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai and other rebel relics received the news, he immediately forwarded the information to the Jinyiwei special investigation team in Lushan County, which was closest to, so that they could go and investigate immediately.

The special detective captain at this time had no idea that the bandits with more than 100 people appeared in his telescope, not just ordinary bandits, but the last bandit capital of the rebel army.

"If there is any resistance, kill it on the spot!" The captain gave an order in a low voice, then pulled out the loaded short gun and was the first to touch it. (To be continued.)
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