Chapter 6 (5) From Song Jiang to Li Kui

After Li Zicheng left, he joined the army and served under Mei Zhihuan, the governor of Gansu Province. He became a general banner with 50 soldiers under his jurisdiction. Soon thereafter, Li Zicheng chased and killed the peasant uprising army. On the battlefield, he showed his skills and beat Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang to the ground. This official was the lowest rank among military officers in the Ming Dynasty, but no matter how low the official rank was, he was still an official. So Li Zicheng was elated, and followed behind the horse's buttocks of the general kingdom, and continued to suppress the peasant army.

The officers and soldiers marched across Lanzhou, marched eastward, and arrived at Jin County. This Jin County is a bit weird, when the team came here, they didn't see the magistrate leading the elders of the town to welcome them, there was no flower drum team, there was no Yangko dance, and there was no delicious pig and sheep served to everyone.At that time, Li Zicheng couldn't stand it anymore. What was going on? The officers and soldiers were fighting, bleeding and dying. You little Jin County magistrate didn't say you came out to welcome him with money. Isn't this clearly a bully?

The officers and soldiers are raging and are about to attack Jin County.The magistrate of Jin County had no choice but to hang a hundred taels of silver from the city wall, saying: Jin County is small and the people are poor. Now there is no grain in the city, and there is only so much silver. You can figure it out. One hundred taels of silver, although not much, is better than nothing, so the first group of brothers who arrived in the county divided up the one hundred taels of silver. The brothers in the back didn't get anything, and they were extremely unbalanced, so they gathered under the city of Jin County to make a noise, but this time the county magistrate said nothing and didn't show his face. The brothers felt that they had lost face and were angry. Go down, shout loudly, simply break Jin County, rush into the city, find out the county magistrate and beat him up, and then the brothers start to search from house to house, if you don't believe it, you can't find gold and silver.

The brothers were busy, at this time, the general came to see the situation, and immediately became angry: what are you doing?Disturbing the people and beating the county magistrate, are you treating yourself as a peasant rebel army?Do you still have Wang Fa in your eyes?Take them all for me! Caught the 6 most troublesome ones, and punished them with military law. Three of the six troublemakers were Li Zicheng's sworn brothers, so at this time, Li Zicheng absolutely could not stand by and watch. So Li Zicheng stepped forward to intercede for his brother: Wang Canjun, look at this matter, although the brothers are wrong, but everyone’s starting point is still good, isn’t it for... right, Wang Canjun, just look at me Forget about it, forget it.

General Wang Shen said coldly: "Li Zicheng, you have to be clear. You are an officer and soldier, not a peasant uprising army. You can't do whatever you want. These few troublemakers are really black sheep. If you don't kill them, why are you here?" Zhengjun law, marching orders? Li Zicheng became anxious when he heard this: Wang Canjun, please think twice, if you want to use your brothers' lives to gain authority, you are afraid that your brothers will not follow you. Wang Guo stared: "Bold Li Zicheng, are you going to rebel?" Rebellion is rebellion, who is afraid of whom?Li Zicheng became angry, and he climbed up and shouted: Brothers, Wang Canjun doesn't care about his subordinates, and wants to sacrifice the heads of his brothers to the flag. Today it is these brothers who are beheaded, and tomorrow it will be you and me. Can we sit and wait for death?

Encouraged by Li Zicheng, the 300 officers and soldiers present clamored together. Wang Guo was furious, and rushed towards Li Zicheng with his sword.He came at the right time, Li Zicheng went forward to meet him, and took the first stab, and then he heard a flicker, and one of Wang Guo's arms had already flown into the air. Wang Guo was stunned, and saw Li Zicheng's face was cold and serious, and he stabbed him in the lower abdomen with a knife. Wang Guo was killed, and the county magistrate of Jin County was also unlucky. He was dragged out by his brothers and beaten to death. When Gansu Governor Mei Zhihuan heard the news and hurriedly sent people to chase after him, Li Zicheng had already fled into the wilderness with the No. 300 rebels, officially broke away from the ranks of officers and soldiers, and became a part of the peasant uprising army.

After this time, Li Zicheng returned to the sea like a dragon, and returned to the mountain like a tiger, and no one can control him ever since.