Chapter 371 A box of ambergris

Outside Funing Village, as the evening approached, the clouds in the sky were like fire, like a red ribbon. Li Zicheng stopped here, but was always a little uneasy. According to the saying, the progress in Batu Town should be very smooth, but for some reason, he always felt a little up and down. Suddenly, a strange sound made him look up and saw more than a dozen soldiers gathered not far away, making noise. Li Zicheng couldn't help but frown. He was repeatedly instructing and could not fight privately in the army.

As he walked over, the soldiers along the way quickly made way. Several leaders rushed over and saluted, "See General Li, why are you out if you are not in the house?"

"Tell me, what's going on? Why are the generals getting into trouble?" Li Zicheng ignored the leaders and asked with a cold expression. He had always been disgusted with such things. The peasant army often fought around for some small profits, and even fought hard. This led to many leaders' grudges and could not be united when fighting. Therefore, he ordered his subordinates not to do so, but if there were any problems, they would come to the top to solve them. At the moment, the battle between Batu Town was very fierce, and Funing Village, which was behind, was in an internal strife.

One of the leaders, Ruan Wenxiu, hesitated for a while and said seriously: "It's just a few small problems when I go back to the general. The brothers used to get some good things from Yuhang together, but now there is a conflict over the distribution issue."

"Huh?" Li Zicheng was very angry. It was this kind of shitty mess, and the instructions were still useless after hundreds of times. However, he was also curious about what was it that caused several leaders to conflict. Not long after, he came to a wooden box of money, looked at the things in the box, and frowned, "Ambergris? No wonder you all were so jealous!"

Ambergris is a good spice and is loved by dignitaries. This thing can be said to be very expensive, more expensive than gold. Half a box of ambergris is comparable to tens of thousands of taels of silver. Li Zicheng was puzzled, how could there be such a large amount of ambergris in Yuhang?

"Where did you get so much ambergris? Why didn't you report it before?" Li Zicheng looked at the leaders with a complicated expression. For a moment, the leaders of the leaders were numb and looked a little flustered. According to the rules, after the leaders of each department plundered the materials, they intercepted some of them and finally handed over them. Moreover, the plundered materials must be reported. Such a large amount of ambergris, who dared to embezzle them without hiding them, are already very evil.

"General, it's not that we deliberately concealed it, but there's a reason for this. This box was found in a town near Yuhang before we retreated, and then we advanced and evacuated. We didn't have time to report the materials!" Ruan Wenxiu quickly explained, otherwise if Li Zicheng misunderstood, then everyone's life will be difficult.

Li Zicheng's face finally improved a little, and then he reached out to pick up a piece of ambergris, which was just a small piece, but had a faint fragrance. Li Zicheng knew a little bit of ambergris. If it was not lit, it would not have such a big fragrance. After a moment, he was stunned and suddenly remembered something. There seemed to be a problem with this. He put down the ambergris and turned to look at Ruan Wenxiu and others, "Didn't you plunder the surrounding towns before? Didn't you find this box of ambergris before?"

Ruan Wenxiu thought for a while, scratched her scalp and said, "I searched it before, but I didn't find it at that time. Otherwise, how could such a treasure be left behind? Later, before retreating, I searched it again and found this item in an inn."

"No, you guys are fooled." Li Zicheng lost the ambergris in his hand and his face turned a little darker. "Why don't you think about it carefully? The first time I didn't find it. Obviously, this thing is not in that inn. In just a few days, I searched again, why did there be a box of ambergris? If it were you, would you risk a box of ambergris in the inn? Waiting for others to grab it?"

After Li Zicheng said something, Ruan Wenxiu and his men's faces also changed. The peasant army was stationed in Yuhang and Qiantang, and would rob the surroundings at any time. If there was something good, it was too late to hide it. Who would put it in the inn? Moreover, when I searched for the first time, there was nothing. When I searched for the second time, there was a box of ambergris in the inn. I didn't think there was anything, but now if I think about it carefully, it was a big problem. No matter how I look at it, this box of ambergris seemed to have been given to the peasant army by someone else.

Ambergris is more expensive than gold, but there is a big problem that is easy to be targeted. Anyone with a sensitive nose can find it all the way to smell it, not to mention that others still do it intentionally.

"No, it's probably planned by the Living Hell King. Ruan Wenxiu quickly organized personnel and sent people to pay close attention to the situation in the east. If there is any abnormality, immediately..." Before Li Zicheng finished speaking, a minion pushed open the courtyard gate in panic. Before entering the door, he shouted loudly: "General, something is not good, the Living Hell King's cavalry rushed over. It depends on the situation coming from Funing Village. At present, the leader Mao Dahu has already taken people to stop him..."

"What?" Li Zicheng gasped, was the Living Hell crazy? The large-scale use of cavalry in this area was to harm the war horses. No matter how surprised, the Living Hell fought over, and Li Zicheng had to deal with it carefully. Li Zicheng never thought that he would encounter such a thing, and he didn't have a good idea for a while.

The main force went to Batu Town to wipe out the remaining soldiers in the Beijing camp. Li Zicheng was also cautious and hid near Funing Village and held his troops unmoved. If the Living Hell leads his troops to Batu Town, he can still fight from behind and delay. Similarly, it is unlikely that the Living Hell will find him in a short time to fight. Funing Village is located in a remote place, and it will take some time to find him. But he never dreamed that things would be on ambergris. This box of ambergris is a group of leaders.

To the east of Funing Village, Mao Dahu is not a tiger, but a sick cat. Looking at the cavalry swarming in front of him, his head buzzed, and he still couldn't come back to his senses. Looking around, the cavalry were not fast, and many cavalry even turned over and dismounted and took swords as infantry. It can be seen that these cavalry rushed over and suffered a lot. But in this kind of place, a large number of cavalry rushed over, which was already surprising. The Living King of Hell was really a lunatic, and he could do anything.

Mao Dahu wanted to stop him, but he could stop him. He had less than a thousand people under his command, and he was already scared by the Yunfu cavalry who suddenly came to his eyes. Many people were shot down by the cavalry in the distance without reacting.

"Hurry, retreat, notify the general, you can't stand it anymore, retreat to the west!" Mao Dahu was very reckless, but he was not stupid. The group of cavalrymen were willing to damage the war horses and attacked here, and they must have had some plans. Relying on Funing Village, it was almost a dream to block these ferocious Yunfu cavalrymen. It can only be said that General Li was too confident. When Lu Weiliang and Li Yan left, they took away 70% of their troops. At present, the troops near Funing Village are limited, and most of them cannot resist it.

As Mao Dahu thought, Orge and Zhou Dingshan rushed all the way to this end, and they paid a heavy price. There was no big deal for the people, but the war horses were damaged a lot, and many war horses accidentally lost their hooves. The water town in Jiangnan sounded beautiful, but for the Yunfu Iron Cavalry, who was traversing the north, it was like a disaster. The war horses were injured, and the brothers were so moved that they cried.

The loss is huge, but the more this happens, the more you have to make Li Zicheng pay the due price. Many of Oerge's men are from Mongolian tribes. They love horses as if they are alive. Seeing Funing Village in front of you, Oerge turned over and dismounted and shouted at Zhou Dingshan: "General Zhou, go to the west quickly. Today, the man will take his brothers as a sergeant, and see what those bandits have."

Zhou Dingshan nodded seriously. These Mongolians were not only skilled in bows and horses, but also brave when they got off the horses. Perhaps this is the reason why the commander dispatched Orge's troops to come. Orge's people were warriors and heroes when they got off the horses. Zhou Dingshan walked west with his men and horses for a while, and also imitated Orge to get off the horses and become infantry. It was not like Zhou Dingshan, but there were paddy fields around Funing Village. After winter, it was very muddy. The war horses were running here, which was looking for death. Zhou Dingshan felt sorry for the war horses under his command. The war horses, like cavalry, had to be fed and trained for a long time. After each war horse was lost, it was a trouble to supplement it.

The cavalry of war horses is completely different from the infantry. If the infantry loses, it will be awesome if they train for a few months. However, whether it is a war horse or a cavalry, if you don’t work hard for a year or a half, you will not be able to form combat effectiveness. The cavalry loves horses and artillery loves artillery, the same is true.

Zhou Dingshan felt very upset. Not only did he get off the horse and became an infantryman, he also had to distribute some of his troops to take care of the war horses, so that there would be even fewer troops to invest in. The same was true for Orger. The troops were limited, but Zhou Dingshan did not worry much. As long as Li Zicheng was not a fool, he knew what to do. If Li Zicheng dared to leave a large number of troops to fight to the death, he could only say that Li Zicheng was not aware of his life or death.

Soon, the gunshots sounded, and the people under Zhou Dingshan scattered and leaned towards Funing Village little by little with the muskets in his hand. Every time the gunshots were fired, they would put some pressure on the peasant army near the village. Li Zicheng looked at the box of ambergris and suddenly had the urge to kill people. Greedy harmed people. The soldiers of the Living Hell caught up so quickly, and if they had nothing to do with ambergris, Li Zicheng dared to twist his head off.

The facts are no longer important, but what is important is how to deal with the current difficulties. Li Zicheng never thought of fighting with the officers and soldiers outside. After all, he had no confidence to fight against the tens of thousands of Xuanfu border troops head-on. The soldiers and horses under the Living King of Hell were so strong that they were the best in the nine borders. In the broken place of Funing Village, there was no way to fight against them head-on, not to mention that most of the soldiers and horses under his command went to Batu Town.

"Tell everyone to abandon unnecessary supplies and withdraw to Lin'an immediately. In addition, inform Batu Town to withdraw quickly. Once the soldiers of the Living Hell bite it, everything is over!" Li Zicheng didn't even have the intention to confront each other this time, and he didn't even fight to meet him, and became a deserter. It was not that he was timid, but that he could recognize the reality. However, he was a little unhappy in his heart. After this withdrawal, part of the materials brought from Yuhang would be discarded. In the end, all of these things were put into the Living Hell's pocket.

Since Li Zicheng knew the current affairs and retreated very quickly, Orge and Zhou Dingshan did not achieve much results. However, as soon as Li Zicheng retreated, Li Yan and others who were still blocking the troops of the Beijing camp in Batu Town immediately chose to retreat. Li Yan retreated, but one person was unwilling to withdraw. As the war reached this point, if you work harder, you can annihilate the Beijing camp in Batu Town. This is a rich contribution, how could Wang Yan give up?

Lu Weiliang ran wildly on the horse. Seeing that Wang Yan's troops showed no sign of retreat, he couldn't help but feel anxious, "Brother Wang, retreat quickly. I just got the news that the people of the Living King of Hell have come here. If you don't retreat at this time, when will you wait?"

Wang Yan glared at Lu Weiliang fiercely: "Look at the officers and soldiers, they are already defeated. Just work harder and you and I can show their faces in front of the King of Breaking. At such a critical moment, can they retreat? If you want to withdraw, Wang will not retreat. What if the Living Hell sends troops here? Wang is confident that he will kill these officers and soldiers before the Living Hell arrives..."

"Are you crazy? Our mission has been completed, and the officers and soldiers have evacuated from Wanqiu Town. Our army has evacuated safely. Why bother here? It only increases casualties? You must know..." Lu Weiliang was still trying to persuade him again. At this time, Xu Beichuan rushed over, reached out and pulled Lu Weiliang, and shook his head gently, "Brother Lu, stop talking... Since the leader of the king has decided, let's go their own way!"

Wang Yan glanced at Xu Beichuan with contempt. Humph, if this group of people hadn't done anything halfway, he might have destroyed these Jing camps. Just because they didn't say hello, they suddenly appeared, forced Jing camps to flee from Wanqiu Town to the northeast. If the officers and soldiers were still trapped in Wanqiu Town, why should Wang pursue him here?

Lu Weiliang sighed with a wry smile. Seeing that things were not done, he bowed his hand and galloped away. Wang Yan spat out in anger and shouted at the top of his throat: "Brothers, work harder, we will retreat in half an hour!"

Now the few trusted leaders around the world were a little confused. If they wanted to withdraw, they would retreat together. Why did they have to stagger a little time? How could these people know Wang Yan’s thoughts? Wang Yan is not stupid. The nickname of a gust of wind is not for nothing. His perception of danger and the speed of retreat were the best of all the peasant army units. Even if they were to go out on the spot, they would be ashamed of themselves. Just now, they said not to withdraw, but it was just anger. You, Li Zicheng, sent someone to withdraw, I, you are my father.

Wang Yan has always been dissatisfied with Li Zicheng and Li Yangchun. He has to compete as long as he has the chance. The credit he received has been disturbed by Li Zicheng. Now Li Zicheng has asked him to withdraw again. If he is so obedient, who will he become?
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