Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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When it rained, the mountain road became slippery. To be on the safe side, Song Hu had to slow down his soldiers and horses.

The rain slowed down Song Hu's speed, and it also slowed down Li Zicheng and Mu Tianbo's speed.

The marching speed of the three parties slowed down in unison.

"Order the entire army to go as fast as possible while ensuring safety!" Song Hu looked at the team that had slowed down, and couldn't help becoming anxious.

He yelled loudly at the orderly beside him.

The messenger who followed Song Hu hurriedly ran back with Song Hu's order.

It rained heavily for three days and three nights. Song Hu's army carried a lot of warming materials and medicines, so there were not many non-combat casualties.

But Li Zicheng's team did not have so many supplies and medicines.

Some people in Li Zicheng's army kept getting colds and fevers, and these sick people were directly abandoned by Li Zicheng.

For Li Zicheng, these people are a burden to him. In order to survive, Li Zicheng will not care about the life and death of these people.

For a while, the number of Li Zicheng's team was reduced again, and they came directly to the stall of 1 people.

This is nearly ten times worse than the number of people Li Zicheng entered Yunnan.

In the middle of the night, Li Zicheng's camp was set up on a flat ground.

Li Zicheng sat in the simple tent with a gloomy face.

"Damn it, these chasing soldiers didn't intend to save us at all." Li Zicheng sat on the main seat, yelling and cursing non-stop.

"Brother, these pursuers didn't intend to save us at all. But, what can we do? Now that it's raining continuously, we can't go fast. I'm afraid that we will be overtaken by these pursuers sooner or later." Liu Zongmin said solemnly .

Although Liu Zongmin came from a humble background, he has been with Li Zicheng for so many years, and he also knows some things about marching and fighting, and now he can see many things clearly.

"Okay, don't say these words for now, go to bed early, and have to hurry tomorrow morning!" Li Zicheng waved his hands at the people in the big tent with an irritable expression.

The people in the big tent withdrew from the tent, leaving only one Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng sat in the tent and kept sighing, the fire in the tent was burning quietly.

It's just because it's not too dry, so the smoke is relatively large.

In this place of Yunnan, although it does not snow in winter, if it rains, the temperature will drop.

Li Zicheng is fine, at least he still has a waterproof tent.

However, the soldiers under him were not treated so well.

Especially when escaping, in order to speed up, some things were thrown away.

In addition, there were not many camps in the army, so now many people can only eat and sleep in the open, living in simple camps built with branches and leaves.

This kind of tent is called a soil nest. A hole is dug in the ground and a roof is built on it to prevent rain.

A group of about 20 soldiers came to Li Zicheng's side in the rainy night.

These soldiers were Ye Bu Shou sent by Zhao Daniu's vanguard. These Ye Bu Shou found Li Zicheng and the others this morning, and they followed Li Zicheng all the time.

Those who fell behind in Li Zicheng's team were almost all captured by these nights.

"According to the interrogation, these people are not from the Mu Palace at all, they seem to be Li Zicheng's soldiers.

This Li Zicheng used to be a thief. After being defeated by His Majesty, he fled all the way, but he didn't expect to run here now. "The leading soldier whispered as he walked forward.

The rain hit the raincoat on his body and flowed down the sides of the raincoat.

These soldiers were wearing raincoats, waterproof cowhide boots, and woolen military uniforms under the raincoats. They were not afraid of the cold at all.

"Brothers, these people are just some rogues, let's first find out their camp and find out their exact number.

The large army is still two days away from us. During these two days, we must bite these people to death.Wait for the big troops to come up and try to wipe out these thieves. "The leading soldier turned around and shouted at the soldiers behind him.

The sound of the heavy rain covering the soldier's voice could not be heard very far.

Taking advantage of the darkness, these soldiers groped towards Li Zicheng.

In the silent rainy night, these soldiers came outside Li Zicheng's camp.

"The thief is worthy of being a thief, but he didn't even arrange a sentry post, what a thief!"

The leading soldiers touched around Li Zicheng's camp, swaggered around in a big circle, but didn't see a sentry post.

It's not that Li Zicheng didn't set up a sentry post, Li Zicheng set up a sentry post, but the soldiers on guard deserted after standing there for a long time.

How could these thieves stand guard in the heavy rain in such a cold day?

These nights, he walked around Li Zicheng's camp and left before dawn.

During the period before dawn, the rain in the sky not only did not decrease, but increased a bit.

Li Zicheng lay on the bed, his eyes suddenly opened.

"Hoohoo!"

Li Zicheng sat up, panting heavily.

Li Zicheng's forehead was covered with sweat, and his clothes were wet with sweat.

Just now Li Zicheng had a dream. He dreamed that he was in Henan.

He dreamed that when he met Zhao Wen in Henan, he dreamed that his army was defeated by Zhao Wen, and he was captured alive by Zhao Wen.

The sound of rain hitting the tent reached Li Zicheng's ears, and Li Zicheng's mood became much calmer.

"How could you have such a dream? How could you have such a dream?" Li Zicheng kept muttering to himself.

In the dream, he was stepped on by Zhao Wen. He crawled under Zhao Wen's feet, begging for mercy, but Zhao Wen didn't give him any chance, and directly trampled him to death.

Li Zicheng stood up and came to the door of the tent.

The rain didn't stop, falling on him.

Li Zicheng looked at the rain in front of him, and said to himself: "Shouldn't I rebel? Is it a mistake for me to rebel?"

The night was thick, and no one could answer his question. Li Zicheng didn't know where he was heading home, nor how many years he had left to survive.

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Chapter 760 The Running Li Zicheng

The night gradually disappeared, and the light reappeared between the sky and the earth.

The rain has not stopped, and the air is very humid.

Li Zicheng was wearing a coir raincoat and riding a war horse on the slippery mountain road.

The mountain road was very narrow, Li Zicheng jumped off his horse after walking for a short time, and led the horse forward.

After Zhao Daniu's vanguard did not receive the report at night, their speed increased a lot and they chased towards Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng didn't realize the crisis was coming, and now he didn't send Yebushou to spy on the surrounding enemies.

In this kind of heavy rain, even if Li Zicheng sent soldiers out, it would be useless.

The rivers in the mountains swelled amidst the continuous rain, and Li Zicheng and the others carefully waded through one river after another.

In the afternoon, the soldiers and horses sent by Zhao Daniu were less than a day away from Li Zicheng.

The sky began to darken, and Li Zicheng pitched his tent as usual.

A smoky fire was lit in Li Zicheng's tent, and Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and others sat around the fire.

A copper kettle hung over the fire, and the water in it was gurgling.

Li Zicheng held a teacup, picked up the copper pot, and poured himself a cup of hot water.

The hot water dispelled a lot of Li Zicheng's cold.

"Uncle, the army has run out of food!" Li Guo looked at Li Zicheng and said with a heavy face.

The rations in Li Zicheng's army were finally exhausted, and finally there was nothing left.

Li Zicheng looked at Li Guo, as if he already knew about this matter, and his reaction was very small.

"What should we do now? This is Yunnan, not the Central Plains. If we were in the Central Plains, if we ran out of food, we could just find a village or town, and the food would come.

But here, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous. Who knows where there are villages and food.If we don't think of a way, I'm afraid we will be finished before Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses catch up. "Liu Zongmin looked at Li Zicheng and said with a dull face.

"I know what you're talking about, but where do we get food now? Can we get food now? In this wilderness, where can we get food?" Li Zicheng asked back with a teacup in his hand.

Li Guo and Mr. Liu, you fell silent and didn't say anything more.

The thick smoke in the fire became more intense, and Li Zicheng moved the stool under his butt back.

The three were silent, and none of them spoke.

At this point, Li Zicheng is at the end of his rope.

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"Hurry up, tomorrow morning, we must take those people down!" An officer in a raincoat shouted to the orderly behind him.

The orderly who followed him hurriedly ran back and passed on the general's order.

The army he led was a little faster and moved forward.

When the sky was completely dark, the soldiers began to set up camp.

These soldiers are the vanguard sent by Zhao Daniu.

The meals of these soldiers were very good, and they ate all kinds of canned meat.

These soldiers were sitting in the tent, eating heated canned food, replenishing the energy in their bodies.

The mental state of these soldiers is simply not comparable to that of Li Zicheng.

Because of the large amount of meat supplements, these soldiers have very good physical strength and good spirits. Although these escaped people marched in a hurry almost every day in the recent period, they did not fall behind due to lack of physical strength.

The soldier finished his supper and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, before the sky brightened, the soldiers began to move.

The number of these soldiers was about 5000. Under the leadership of the officer, they chased Li Zicheng.

Ye Bushou, who was sent out, had a clear picture of Li Zicheng's movements, so these soldiers didn't have to be afraid of losing Li Zicheng at all.

At noon, these soldiers finally caught up with Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, leading the horse with his left hand, and marched slowly between the mountain roads.

The rain was flowing down the coir raincoat, Li Zicheng's face was serious, and he didn't say a word.

Today, Li Zicheng's army has no military rations, and it can't last for a few days now.

Li Zicheng didn't know where to get food, and he didn't know how to get through this difficulty, so he could only keep his head on his way.

"What sound?" Li Zicheng stopped suddenly and looked behind.

Behind him are his soldiers and horses, who are sickly and without the slightest energy.

Li Zicheng vaguely heard dense footsteps, but judging from the appearance of the soldiers behind him, the dense footsteps were definitely not from these soldiers.

"Did I hear it wrong? There are only my soldiers and horses behind, nothing? Maybe I'm too sensitive!" Li Zicheng shook his head and continued on his way.

"Report, the enemy army is less than two miles away from us!" He arrived in front of the officer overnight.

"Haha, finally caught up, finally caught up!" The officer laughed loudly, and then shouted at the orderly behind him: "Order the whole army, speed up!"

The speed of the army was much faster, and the soldiers mustered all their strength to chase forward.

It didn't take long before the soldiers finally saw the dragging troops behind Li Zicheng.

When the people behind Li Zicheng heard the movement behind them, they hurriedly stopped and looked behind.

I don’t know if I don’t read it, but I’m startled when I see it.

I saw one team after another of soldiers appearing behind them.

The officer came to the front of the soldiers and yelled at the thugs who were in a daze in front, "Listen, people in front, kneel down and surrender and don't kill them, otherwise you will be shot!"

The officer's voice spread to the front, and the rogue soldiers in front fell into a brief silence.

After seven or eight breaths, these silent soldiers became chaotic in an instant like a frying pan that had exploded.

"Run, the enemy is catching up, run!"