Chapter 38: Li Zicheng's End

"At the moment of the unitary hour, Luquanzhuang in Luzhen was obtained, the thief leader Li Yan was captured, and Wang Xun was awarded this meritorious ......"

———————— "The Story of the Thief"

A month later, when the Privy Council began compiling a history of the war, it was an understatement of the war. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

This battle, because Zhu Cihong erected an artillery position on Phoenix Mountain, became a rich and colorful stroke in the history of war. But other than that, people in this world don't see any point in putting down a regime that has existed for less than a year.

They don't think about how the victory in this battle has profoundly changed the world and changed history......

They are making a new history. Create a ZTE Ming.

Everyone is proud of the future, not dwelling on the past.

The time goes back to the afternoon of June 20, 276 in the Ming Dynasty. When Li Yan fell, a cavalry general of the Flying Bear Regiment rushed over obliquely, threw out a rope noose to cover Li Yan, and laughed: "Look at my Flying Bear Regiment Wang Xun's meritorious service!" ”

Behind him, Li Nian watched this scene and sat down weakly.

"Lost...... Lost......" Li Nian muttered.

Without the resistance of the troops after the break, even the Dashun Imperial Forest Army was completely annihilated......

The only thing that has not yet been completely wiped out is Li Laiheng's troops, who have struggled to shoot and disperse all the sick soldiers one by one.

It's just that after such a period of commotion, Li Zicheng understands that the general trend on the battlefield has gone, and the Shun army is defeated in all battlefields, and there is no place for recovery.

Even the Dashun Imperial Forest Army, which originally had the last advantage and could turn the tables, failed. When Zhu Cihong and the artillery position on Phoenix Mountain were erected, the tide of the battle was completely reversed.

On Li Zicheng's side, the officials who were originally flattering and occupying smoothly called out one after another.

The most fierce one was even more Song Xiance, only to hear him keep emphasizing: "Holy Lord, quickly retreat!" The top priority is not to dwell on the past, but to preserve the present! At present, our army still has thousands of soldiers and horses, and then return to Jingcheng Pass to collect the soldiers, and order General Li Guo to lead the army to protect the entire territory of Shanxi. Then there is still a chance to turn around in this world! ”

Li Zicheng was silent, his mind was full of memories of fleeing in embarrassment after the Battle of Kaifeng. I really don't want people to feel that kind of shame a second time.

Song Xiance was anxious, and immediately pulled Li Laiheng and said, "Go and persuade the saint to leave!" As long as we still hold Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, we will have the opportunity to make a comeback, go quickly! ”

Li Laiheng understood the meaning and dumped Li Zicheng desperately.

Li Zicheng struggled for a moment, sighed, and silently obeyed.

Thousands of people, like lost dogs, ran towards Jingchengguan.

Indeed, as long as you hold the Jingcheng Pass, with this natural risk, you may not be able to stop the enemy in front of the pass.

……

An hour ago.

At this time, Jingcheng Pass is still majestic. It's just that the defense of Jingcheng Pass in the west is extremely lax.

At present, in addition to the Great Wall of Guguan in the west of this Jingcheng Pass, there is only the vast Taihang Mountain. Although there are some bandits on Taihang Mountain, they definitely do not dare to attack and disturb the defenders stationed at such a dangerous pass.

For Li Yunru, who was stationed here, the defense in the west was extraordinarily lax and dealt with the matter.

After all, Guguan is in the hands of his own people, and Pingdingzhou to the west of Guguan is also in the hands of the Shun army. What other enemies can there be in the west?

Li Yunru felt no.

Xu Deyi strode to the west gate, sweating profusely on his forehead. He was accompanied by more than a dozen soldiers, all carrying things.

When he came to the West Gate Gate, Xu Deyi greeted Li Yunru, and asked the soldiers under him to summon all the guards on the West Gate. When everyone was together, the roasted whole sheep was carried over one by one.

Looking at the soldiers in front of him swallowing saliva, Xu Deyi looked at Li Yunru with a smile on his face, and after seeing the ceremony, the two gold ingots were handed over without a trace: "This time, I have to trouble Brother Li." Gotta get out once. ”

"Good to say, good to say, want to get out of the city?" Li Yunru is very knowledgeable: "This sincerity is enough, no problem." Those few, don't worry about eating, go, open the door. ”

Xu Deyi said with a smile: "Brother Li is really interesting, this time, I really went to Guguan on the order of the general." I really don't know what the general is higher, let me go to Guguan at this critical juncture, isn't that a loss of the opportunity to fight, ahaha...... Isn't it, what a shame......"

Li Yunru nodded in agreement: "Yes, I have the most important military merit in Dashun, and if you have merit in the war, you can be promoted, and you can run errands, it's too unlucky......

"Who let me be such a Shangguan, there is really no way, no way." Xu Deyi said helplessly, hurricane acting.

Li Yunru weighed the gold in hand and nodded: "It's really unlucky...... Alright, the door is open! ”

The sound of squeaking comes to mind.

"Well, this time, thank you so much. Brother Li, let's drink together with Ming'er! Xu Deyi was overjoyed.

Li Yunru heard the wine and laughed: "Hahaha, that's okay." Zhao Si, what about this, Wang San Mazi...... Work neatly and send a few brothers ......"

Behind Xu Deyi, Xu Huanwu smiled and put away the three-eyed gun in his hand and patted Xu Deyi's shoulder: "It's okay." ”

Wang San Mazi, who was guarding the door, was puzzled: "What is okay?" ”

"Look at the back." Xu Huanwu said with a smile.

The cave opened in the gate, and a group of people slowly entered.

The first person is Qishan.

Qi Shan was stubborn and stubborn, and rushed in stride, and the three hundred guards soldiers behind him raised their Zhongxing rifles in their hands.

Xu Deyi raised his hands.

Li Yunru was both shocked and angry: "Okay, you dog thief, you dare to fornicate with the official army!" ”

Xu Huanwu picked up the three-eyed gun in his hand and raised his hand to shoot.

With a bang, Li Yunru's chest exploded with a ball of blood, and his eyes gradually lost focus and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Wang San Mazi and Zhao Si and other defenders also raised their hands......

A quarter of an hour later, the castle of Jingcheng Pass was closed again.

Inside the pass, a bloody wind blew.

Xu Deyi finally didn't have to worry about being afraid that he would die at any time.

It's just that he never expected that his ending would be like this in the end. At the moment, there is no point in relaxing like this.

Just an hour later, the battlefield in the east has changed dramatically.

This Li Maochun's Qianzong was on the east wall of Jingcheng Pass, looking at the countless Shun soldiers who ran down from the battlefield, and the expression of surprise on his face was mixed with surprise: "Emperor Dashun...... Ah no, it's Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng has an army of 100,000. Liu Zongmin, Xie Junyou, Li Yan and Li Maochun...... Which one is not a wise man. All of them are under their command with tens of thousands of soldiers, and the army is as strong as this, as if the world can take it into their hands...... But now ......"

"They're all defeated." Xu Deyi's side, a person said with a soft smile.

When Xu Deyi heard this, he immediately flattered: "It turned out that Master Gu was here...... Unable to meet the ...... The villain sins, the sins ......"

Naturally, being called Master Gu is Gu Yanwu.

Gu Yanwu hadn't replied at the moment, but under the gate east of Jingcheng Pass, countless shouts and scoldings rang out.

"Xu Deyi! You are such a big dog, you dare to seal the customs, aren't you afraid of blaming the king? ”

"From the city, I was ordered to come back to move the rescuers, not deserters. Don't seal it, let me in! ”

"I've been ordered by King Chuang, let me in! Let me in! Where is Li Yunru, the guard general of the Guannai? Let him come to me! ”

"The man at the head of the city, hurry up!"

……

"Then Li Yunru, here!" An officer strode forward, holding a spear and a head, and placed it on the head of the city wall, and under the city, countless voices were put away.

It's Li Yunru's head!

Gu Yanwu clapped his hands and said, "That flag, I look at it very much." ”

"My banner of the Ming Dynasty is here!" At this time, Xu Huanwu carried a huge Sun and Moon Dragon Banner and held it high.

The noise below the city was even more silent, and they had obviously not yet adapted to the scene.

"This well is closed...... It's changing hands again? In the corner, Xu Deyi, the former general of the Ming army who surrendered to the Shun army, smiled bitterly. But he had expected all of this.

It turned out that after the encounter at Nanuan Huizhuang, Xu Deyi led the officials and soldiers to kill the good and risky deeds was exposed. The worst thing is that after Xia Shou told Chen Lu about it, he was caught by Gu Yanwu.

Seeing Chen Lu, Xu Deyi finally told the whole story.

Soon, Gu Yanwu understood that Li Maochun had made meritorious service and really surrendered to lead the way. It's a pity that Gu Yanwu was irretrievable after knowing what had happened, and when Xu Huanwu returned to Jingcheng Pass with the token, Jingcheng Pass had already changed hands and fell into the hands of Shunjun.

Seeing this, General Gu Yan made a plan.

Soon, Xu Huanwu took a few guards and let Xu Deyi take him into Jingcheng Pass.

Xu Deyi also had a few dead soldiers of the Ming army who followed him for a few days. Fortunately, the city of Jingcheng Pass is too small, and Li Zicheng doesn't want to stay here at all.

Soon the main force of the Shun army went out of the pass, but Xu Deyi was held hostage by Xu Huanwu, a master of art. When Li Zicheng completely started fighting with the Ming army, Xu Huanwu and Gu Yanwu took the soldiers and horses of Qishan to join forces and take this Jingcheng Pass.

……

The outskirts of Luzhen were already full of Shun soldiers fleeing everywhere, and it was quite surprisingly consistent that the targets of their escape were all Jingcheng Pass.

On the road, there were Shunjun soldiers fleeing to Jingcheng Pass everywhere, so that when Li Zicheng came, he had to let Li Laiheng open the road all the way and squeeze out the road.

At first, Li Zicheng just thought that there were too many deserters blocking the road.

But as the people in front of him became more and more crowded, and the progress of opening the road became slower and slower, Li Zicheng felt that something was wrong.

"What's going on up ahead? Get out of the way of these deserters! Li Zicheng was anxious, but the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer. Since Li Zicheng ran away, Shunjun's will to fight has collapsed.

The organization and discipline of the army collapsed in an instant.

An army without organization and discipline is a flock of sheep that can only be slaughtered.

Naturally, no matter how many Shun troops there were, it was impossible for them to stop the pace of the pursuers. In this way, Li Zicheng will not have enough time to escape for his life.

How can all precious time be wasted on crowded roads?

"Your Majesty, there are people in front of you, people...... Too much! Li Laiheng sweated on his forehead, and he became anxious.

Li Zicheng gritted his teeth: "Then kill it!" Do you have knives for chopping noodles? ”

Li Laiheng's body was slightly slight, his face was straight, and he shouted angrily: "Get out of the way of grandpa in front!" Brothers, move the knife! ”

After all, it was Li Zicheng's personal guard, and Li Zicheng gave an order, even if he was a compatriot in the first battalion, he would no longer show mercy. After slashing all the way, the shadow of the city wall can finally be seen in front of you.

It's just that when Li Laiheng, Li Zicheng and others saw the scene on the city, their eyes were dark, and they almost fell down.

At the head of the city, the original guard Li Yunru hung his head high, and what was re-raised was the sun and moon dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at the familiar flag, Li Zicheng only felt that his eyes were black, and a cold rose in his heart.

"How can this be a good ......" Li Laiheng trembled and looked at Li Zicheng: "Your Majesty, what should I do?" ”

……

At this time, far away in the rear, a shout came: "My emperor is merciful, disarm and kneel on the ground and don't kill!" ”

Hearing this shouting and killing, on the city wall of Jingcheng Pass, Gu Yanwu said with a smile: "The overall situation has been decided. We can also prepare to accept prisoners of war. Shout it......"

Xu Huanwu shouted: "Listen to the traitors ahead, my emperor is merciful, you still have a chance anyway!" There is no need to surrender on your knees...... Behind you, who can capture the thief leader Li Zicheng, not only surrender but not kill, but also be exempted from crime and meritorious service! ”

"The court has recruited peace!" Under the head of the city, a Shunjun officer had a flexible brain, and immediately understood what Xu Huanwu meant.

Under the Jingcheng Pass, the overcrowded soldiers of the Shun Army heard the words and felt that a rain had fallen from the sky.

"There is salvation, there is no need to die!" The crowd was thrilled.

"The officers and military officials above said that surrender will not be killed. If you capture Li Zicheng, you can still make meritorious contributions! Another soldier understood what Xu Huanwu meant.

"Catch Li Zicheng and make meritorious contributions!"

"Catch Li Zicheng and make meritorious contributions!"

"Catch Li Zicheng and make meritorious contributions!"

……

At the head of the city, countless Ming soldiers shouted loudly.

Li Laiheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, turned around, and looked at Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng looked at Li Laiheng, looked at Li Laiheng's eyes that were both jealous and greedy, and sighed. He understood what Li Laiheng was thinking.

In front of him, there were only a few hundred soldiers scattered among them. Compared with Li Zicheng, there are still established soldiers and horses under his command, which is naturally insignificant.

But when the voice of surrender shouted from the top of the city, thousands of rebels in front of him and behind him all became Li Zicheng's enemies. Even, Li Zicheng doesn't know if there are loyal and reliable people in front of him.

"That's it......" Li Zicheng became boring: "By now, everything has been defeated." Jingcheng Pass changed hands again, what is this great shun world, and it will be explained here, it's over, it's over. Li Laiheng, in the end, I will give you a fortune! ”

After speaking, Li Zicheng lifted a short sword in his hand, trembled his hand, and swiped it fiercely towards his neck.

The blood sprayed violently, and Li Laiheng strode over and grabbed Li Zicheng's arm: "I caught Li Zicheng!" I have merit, I have merit! (To be continued.) )