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- Chapter 563: Death of Li Zicheng (Part 2)
Tian Jianxiu died, Song Xiance died, and senior officials and generals of the Dashun regime died one after another.
Now, whose turn is it?
This is also what Li Zicheng fears most.
It was getting dark, and what Li Zicheng was even more afraid of was the dawn.
After daybreak, countless enemies will appear from all directions.
Now Li Zicheng has fallen into a terrible desperate situation.
It¡¯s dawn on April 13th.
The Tiger Guards finally captured Li Zicheng's movements, and a large number of troops began to emerge from all directions. Li Zicheng knew that this might be his last battle.
I have been through countless dangers. Even when I only had eighteen riders left, I had never been so desperate. But now, the terrible despair can't be contained in my heart.
Ding Yunyi, Ding Yunyi, this is the most terrifying opponent in his life!
I have encountered him countless times on the battlefield, but failed countless times. She seemed to have no ability to resist in front of him.
Why? what is this?
Li Zicheng was never able to give his answer
There are enemies everywhere, and everyone in Dashun, whether they are officials or soldiers, has fear on their faces.
Even Li Zicheng clearly saw fear on the face of Liu Zongmin, who had always been fearless.
Liu Zongmin was also scared, Liu Zongmin was actually scared too. Li Zicheng smiled bitterly in his heart.
"Brothers!" Li Zicheng decided to give his men one last boost: "I am with you, whether life or death, I will be with you! Now, we are facing the enemy, and I know that the possibility of victory is unlikely. But I will charge with all of you and fight our way out, and we can start from scratch!"
But he found that his words did not seem to have any effect, and the fear on the faces of the soldiers was not eliminated at all.
"Zong Min, I appoint you as the vanguard!" Li Zicheng suddenly raised his voice: "Go and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers!"
Liu Zongmin also knew that this was a life-or-death moment. He shouted loudly to his subordinates: "Brothers who are not afraid of death, come with me to kill the officers and soldiers!"
Morale barely improved, Liu Zongmin hit both swords with a wave of his hand: "Kill!"
A large number of thieves followed their general and rushed out. But in fact, no matter how many times they rush, the ending they face is exactly the same:
Waiting for them were the muskets of the Huben Guards.
In the sound of gunfire, the rebels fell one by one; in the sound of gunfire, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, and all the rebel generals saw only despair.
?Boundless despair.
With gunpowder smoke filling the air and gunshots raging wildly, swarms of bandit soldiers fell into pools of blood. This place has turned into a naked slaughterhouse.
"A terrible war, a terrible killing.
The only thing Li Zicheng could do was to watch all of this happening in front of him but there was nothing he could do about it.
"Charging again and again, what resulted was despair again and again." The Tiger Guards soldiers holding muskets expressionlessly killed the enemies who tried to rush up one by one.
Li Zicheng could even see his own end coming.
Liu Zongmin still tried his best. He urged the retreating soldiers to rush forward again and again, and commanded his men to charge hard despite the enemy's terrifying muskets.
But it all seems so in vain.
"You bastard!" Liu Zongmin suddenly shouted and rushed forward with a pair of swords.
Call him brave or foolish. In short, when he was halfway through the charge, countless muskets hit him. Li Zicheng saw with his own eyes that his most courageous subordinate was knocked off his horse by muskets, and then was killed by countless people. drowned by footsteps
Liu Zongmin, a native of Lantian, Shaanxi Province, was originally a blacksmith and started his career from Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng was defeated by the Tiger Guards commanded by Ding Yunyi in Tongguan, Shaanxi Province. He and Li Zicheng led the remaining 18 men to break through the encirclement and hid in Shangluo Mountain. It started again the following year. In the thirteenth year of Chongzhen's reign, he helped Li Zicheng break through the mountains of Brazil and Yubelly and enter the disaster-stricken areas of Henan, gaining great momentum. Served as general for sixteen years. The following year, the peasant army divided into two groups, the south and the north, crossed the Yellow River eastward and headed straight for the capital. Hou Zongmin assisted Li Zicheng in leading the Northern Route Army through Datong and Xuanfu to the city walls of Beijing. On the night of March 17, the peasant army commanding the North Road captured the outer city. On the 19th, the capital was captured. Chongzhen committed suicide.
After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he actuallyImplemented the "Rate Assistance" policy and established the "Rate Town Fu Division", with Liu Zongmin in charge. It is stipulated that the amount of aid is "100,000 for the central hall, 70,000 or 53,000 for the imperial robes of the ministry, 53,000 for the Taoist department, 32,100 for the Hanlin, and thousands for the subordinates."
On April 13, the Huben Guards beheaded Liu Zongmin in the capital.
Liu Zongmin¡¯s life ended like this.
And as soon as Liu Zongmin died, the entire Dashun Army fell into complete chaos.
Li Zicheng still wanted to fight again, but was persuaded by Niu Jinxing, Gao Yigong and others.
And the situation on the battlefield did not allow him to continue fighting.
Li Zicheng failed. This time Li Zicheng was a complete failure.
Nearly all Dashun troops died, surrendered, and were captured in this general attack by Huben Guards. Niu Jinxing, Gao Yigong and others used eight cavalry to fight to the death to keep Li Zicheng from leaving the battlefield and hiding in the capital.
At this moment, Li Zicheng's mood was extremely gloomy. He never thought that he would suffer such a terrible failure.
Countless failures in the past have never dealt him such a heavy blow like today. Every time, he was able to turn danger into safety and make a successful comeback.
But this time, a voice told him countless times in his heart: It¡¯s impossible, it¡¯s impossible again!
He no longer desires anything extravagantly, he just hopes that this time he can escape this disaster safely, and then leave the capital, find a place without people to live in seclusion and spend this life.
But the world is so big that he can¡¯t even leave the capital now!
The roar of muskets and the shouts of soldiers were still ringing everywhere, including countless miserable calls. Li Zicheng knew that his men were being hunted, but he had no choice. Now he could only Can hide here like a mouse.
It was daybreak, and it was getting dark again, and the shouts of death gradually became quieter.
Only when it gets dark can Li Zicheng feel a little more at ease.
"Your Majesty, in front is Wang Qingheng's home." Gao Yigong quietly pointed to a mansion in front and said.
"In the future, don't call me Your Majesty, please call me Big Brother." Li Zicheng smiled bitterly: "Wang Qingheng? Why is this name so familiar?"
Gao Yigong hurriedly replied: "That is the son-in-law of Ding Yuanzhao, the right minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, who is also Ding Yunyi's brother-in-law."
"Ding Yunyi?" When he heard the name again, Li Zicheng's expression suddenly changed, but he could not show his fear in front of his subordinates: "Do you want me to go hide with Ding Yunyi's brother-in-law?".
Gao Yigong persuaded: "Brother, Wang Qingheng and Ding Yunyi are not the same people. The time Ding Yuanzhao broke out of the capital, Wang Qingheng tipped us off. We almost caught him. And before surrendering at all Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, he was the most loyal."
Niu Jinxing also persuaded: "There is no other way now. If we don't find a hiding place as soon as possible, we will be caught by the enemy sooner or later. Regardless of whether Wang Qingheng is really loyal or not, we only need to control him Here, there is no way for him to inform and betray us.¡±
Li Zicheng nodded helplessly
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have suffered!" When he saw Li Zicheng, Wang Qingheng indeed showed his loyalty. He cried loudly: "Your Majesty, after the enemy entered the city, I went everywhere to find you, but There are rebels everywhere, and I can't find your majesty. I'm so sorry. May your majesty be safe and sound."
Seeing Wang Qingheng's true feelings revealed, Li Zicheng felt relieved: "Wang Qingheng, you are very good. When I get out of trouble, I will definitely reward you heavily."
Gao Yigong looked around carefully: "Wang Qingheng, will the enemy find this place?"
"Don't worry, General Quan." Wang Qingheng replied very firmly: "I am still Ding Yunyi's brother-in-law after all. Even if they are very brave, they would not dare to find this place."
Li Zicheng then breathed a long sigh of relief: "I'm a little hungry, please find me something to eat."
"Yes, yes, your Majesty, wait a moment."
Within a moment, a large bowl of rice was brought in. Wang Qingheng felt a little embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, there is really nothing to eat at home now. I can only grieve your Majesty to fill your stomach temporarily."
Li Zicheng also knew that he was telling the truth.
Since the Dashun Army entered the city, they have been extorting money everywhere. These officials' homes have been empty for a long time. It is amazing that Wang Qingheng can still provide these food.
¡°In the final analysis, you still have to blame yourself. You have to swallow the sins you have done.
 "Your Majesty, I'm also hungry. I'll have a bowl first." Wang Qingheng said as he poured a small bowl of rice into his stomach first.
People like Li Zicheng knew that Wang Qingheng did this not to break the rules, but to reassure them that there was no drug involved.
Since then, everyone has felt relieved.
"Thank you for your hard work, these are already very good." Li Zicheng comforted him a few times. He was really hungry, and he didn't care about the appearance of "Your Majesty". He filled a bowl of rice and ate it.
People like Niu Jinxing had been hungry for a long time. At this time, they had no doubts about Wang Qingheng. They ignored the etiquette of "monarch and minister" and swallowed the rice with a bowl in their hands.
With his stomach full, Li Zicheng felt much better. At this time, Wang Qingheng ordered tea to be served again.
Li Zicheng took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl, and sighed: "I didn't expect that, I really didn't expect that. I, Li Zicheng, dominate the world, but in the end I have to rely on an official from the Ming Dynasty to protect me."
Seeing those people drinking the tea one by one, Wang Qingheng quietly took a step back: "Yes, I am an official of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, after you entered the city, I had to submit to you in order to save my life. But you? Keep talking to me I am extorting money and asking for three hundred thousand taels of silver. Where can I find it?¡±
Li Zicheng¡¯s expression suddenly changed.
Wang Qingheng sneered and continued: "If I can't hand it over, Liu Zongmin will send people to intimidate and intimidate me every day. If I weren't greedy for life and afraid of death, I would have fallen out with you a long time ago! God is still fair, and he actually sent you away When he came to me, he made such a great achievement for nothing!"
Gao Yigong stood up with a bang: "Wang Qingheng, what do you want to do?"
As soon as he said the words, his expression changed and he covered his stomach: "Wang Qingheng, you, what did you put in your rice?"
"There's nothing in the meal, otherwise I wouldn't eat it!" Wang Qingheng stepped back to the door. A dozen servants with weapons suddenly appeared behind him. Wang Qingheng then said with confidence: "It's just me in the tea." It's been poisoned. Li Zicheng, you all can go in peace. King Wu Lie has ordered that if you are captured and killed, you will be rewarded with countless rewards, and you will be promoted to the third level! That!"
Li Zicheng stood up unsteadily. His hand reached for the waist knife, but he lost strength. He fell to the ground, black blood flowing from his mouth, and his body was twitching continuously.
And the people around him are exactly the same as him.
"Kill them!" Wang Qingheng hissed. Then, he was the first to grab a knife and rush forward.
The servants rushed up with weapons and chopped Li Zicheng and others who fell on the ground into pieces. Li Zicheng had thought about countless ways to die, but he never imagined that he would die at the hands of a villain.
¡°Perhaps, this is God¡¯s biggest punishment for everything he does.
Li Zicheng, formerly known as Hongji, was fond of guns, horses and sticks as a young man. After his father's death, he went to work as a postman at a post station in the Ming Dynasty responsible for delivering official documents. The post station system in the late Ming Dynasty had many shortcomings. Zhu Youjian carried out reforms and streamlined the post station in the first year of Chongzhen. Li Zicheng was dismissed because he lost official documents, lost his job and returned home, and was in debt. In the winter of the same year, Li Zicheng was sued by Ai Zhao to the Mizhi County Yamen because he could not pay his debts. The county magistrate Yan Zibin "wandered around the city with weapons and was about to kill him." After being rescued by relatives and friends, at the end of the year, he killed his creditor Ai Zhao. Then, Li Zicheng killed his wife Han Jin'er because of his adultery with a villager named Gai Hu. Wife. With two lives at stake, the government had to ask questions, and he had to die if he was sued, so he and his nephew Li Tai went to Ganzhou, Gansu Province to join the army in February of the second year of Chongzhen. At that time, Yang Zhaoji was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Ganzhou army, and Wang Guo was appointed as the staff general. Li Zicheng was soon promoted to commander-in-chief of the army by the kingdom. In the same year, he killed the general Wang Guo and the local county magistrate in Yuzhong due to payment arrears, and launched a mutiny.
In the third year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng led the crowd to defect to the leader of the peasant army, and then defected to Gao Yingxiang, named the Eighth Army general. In six years, after the leader Wang Ziyong died of illness, more than 20,000 of his followers were taken in. Later, he joined forces with the leader of the peasant army Zhang Xianzhong and others, defeated the Ming general Deng Qi in Lin County, Henan, killed his general Yang Yuchun, and then moved to Shanxi and Shaanxi. In the seventh year, they defeated Chengcheng in Shaanxi Province, Qianzhou in Gansu Province and other places. Later, they were defeated by Zuo Guangxian, the general of the Ming Dynasty, in Gaoling and Fupingjian. In the eighth year, he and the leaders of various peasant armies gathered in Xingyang, Henan Province to discuss strategies for dividing and orienting their troops. Then he moved to Jiangbei, Henan, and then entered Shaanxi, where he killed Ai Wannian, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, and others in Ningzhou. Xuan defeated the Ming army again in Zhenning, forcing the commander-in-chief Cao Wenzhao to commit suicide.
After Gao Yingxiang was captured and killed, he was promoted to King Chuang. Leading the troops to "attack the enemy by marching", they adopted the tactics of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, avoiding the real and attacking the weak, and even lowered Jiezhou, Longzhou, and Ningqiang. The Xuan soldiers entered Sichuan in three groups and were defeated repeatedly in Zhaohua, Jianzhou and Mianzhou.The Ming army killed Hou Liangzhu, the general soldier of the Ming Dynasty.
In the twelfth year, he joined forces with the resurgent Zhang Xianzhong to break Zhuxi, and moved to cut off the Ming army's food route. Later, he assisted Luo Rucai in defeating the Ming general Yang Shien's troops in Xiangyouping. In the thirteenth year, Zuo Liangyu, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, was defeated in Fang County, reentered Henan, defeated Yongning, and killed Zhu Cai, king of Wan'an. He joined forces with Yidou Gu, the leader of the local peasant army, and numbered hundreds of thousands to conquer Yiyang. Entering the Lu family, you will get Niu Jinxing, and you will rather give advice and use it as a counselor. Na Li Yan's policy of equalizing the land and exempting him from taxes won the support of the people. There is a song "Welcome King Chuang, but don't pay for the food".
In the spring of the fourteenth year, he moved to surround Luoyang, and the defenders were able to coordinate and break the city, and killed Zhu Changxun, the king of Fu. Xuan commanded his troops to surround Kaifeng, but failed to defeat them after several attacks. He then went south to Dengzhou and joined forces with Luo Rucai, who had escaped from Zhang Xianzhong, with millions of soldiers. Later, he took the Ming army on four routes to Xincai, Henan, and mobilized Xiangcheng. He sent elite troops to ambush him on the way, causing the Ming army to be defeated and flee. They executed Fu Zonglong, the governor of the Ming Dynasty. On the 20th of the first month of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen in Xiangcheng, he attacked Luoyang and killed Wanli. The emperor's son, King Fu Zhu Changxun, brought some deer from the back garden and cooked them with King Fu's meat. It was called "Fu Lu Feast" and was shared with the soldiers. He is known as the "Generalissimo of Civil and Military Advocacy for Upholding Righteousness to Heaven". After that, within a year and a half, the provincial capital Kaifeng was besieged three times but failed. The last time the Yellow River burst its banks and destroyed Kaifeng. He successively killed Fu Zonglong and Wang Qionian, the governors of Shaanxi. In October, he defeated Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, in Jiaxian County, Henan Province. In January of the 16th year, Li Zicheng was called "King Xinshun" in Xiangyang. In March, he killed Luo Rucai, the peasant leader who joined forces with him. In April, he killed the rebel general Yuan Shizhong. In May, Zhang Xianzhong conquered Wuchang and established the "Daxi" regime. In October, Li Zicheng broke through Tongguan, killed the governor Sun Chuanting, and occupied the entire province of Shaanxi. In January of the 17th year, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, taking Li Jiqian as the Taizu, and the founding name of the country was "Dashun".
In the same month, Li Zicheng marched eastward to Beijing, broke through Ningwuguan, killed Zhou Yuji, the general guarding the pass, and captured Taiyuan, Datong, Xuanfu and other places. Ming Dynasty officials Jiang Rui and Wang Chengyin came to surrender one after another, and even attacked Juyongguan and Changping on March 17th. In the middle of the night, Cao Huachun, the eunuch guarding the city, took the lead in opening the Guangning Gate on the west side of the outer city, allowing the peasant army to enter the southern suburbs of today's Fuxing Gate. On the 19th, they broke through the capital.
He only dreamed of being an emperor for twenty days in the capital before he was shattered by the Tiger Guards.
On April 12th, the city of Beijing was captured. On the night of April 13th, he died at Wang Qingheng¡¯s home, ending his life. Li Zicheng never thought that such a result would occur. He never thought that he would die in the hands of a villain, but all of this happened anyway. Perhaps Li Zicheng was very unconvinced when he died.
With the death of Li Zicheng on April 13, Beijing finally returned to the hands of the Ming Dynasty! - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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