本文节选自《李自成》第二卷第二十八章的最后部分。为了便于分析,更好地领会全文,有必要对本文以前的主要内容,作一简略介绍。小说是从明崇祯十一年十月写起的。当时,农民革命运动正处于低潮,先闯王高迎祥已于崇祯九年七月被俘牺牲。曾经盛极一时的明末十三家起义军的领袖,有的死了,有的投降了,有的伪降了,只有李自成高擎着高迎祥的战旗,仍在努力奋战。他勇敢地顶住了逆流,在不得已的情况下,率领全军将士与几十倍于己的优势敌人展开了一场惊神泣鬼的大血战。这便是小说中大力铺写的潼关南原大战。这一仗,使李自成几乎全军覆没,仅仅剩下十八骑突围出来,潜伏于商洛山中。可是,李自成不动摇,不气馁,以百折不挠的精 This article is an excerpt from the last part of Chapter 28 of Volume II of Li Zicheng. In order to facilitate analysis and better comprehend the full text, it is necessary to give a brief introduction to the main contents of the previous article. The novel was written in October of the Ming Chongzhen October. At that time, the peasant revolutionary movement was at a low ebb, and Gao Xianxiang, the king of Xian Xian, had been captured and sacrificed in July of the year of Chongzhen. Some of the leaders of the thirteen rebellion in the late Ming dynasty, some died, some surrendered, and some falsely descended. Only Li Zicheng’s high flag of Gao Yingxiang was still fighting hard. He courageously withstood the countercurrent, and under the circumstance of a last resort, he led a military officer and a dozen or more times his own advantaged enemy to launch a bloody battle. This is the Shaoguan Great Battle of Shaoguan that was strongly written in the novel. This embarrassment made Li Zicheng almost completely wiped out, leaving only 18 riders to break out and lurk in Shangluo Mountain. However, Li Zicheng did not waver, was not discouraged, and was inflexible.