Chapter 563: Li Zicheng's Death (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 the most.

It was dawn, and what Li Zicheng was even more afraid of was dawn.

After dawn, countless enemies will appear from all directions again.

Li Zicheng has now fallen into a terrible desperate situation.

On April 13th, it was dawn.

The Hu Ben Guard 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 overcome countless dangers, and even when I was only eighteen cavalry left, I had never been so desperate. However, now the terrible despair is uncontrollable in my heart.

Ding Yunyi, Ding Yunyi, this is the most terrifying opponent in his life!

I have met him on the battlefield countless times, but failed countless times. I seem to have no ability to resist in front of him.

Why? Why is this?

Li Zicheng could never give his own answer

The enemy was everywhere, and everyone in Dashun, whether it was officials or soldiers, showed fear on their faces.

Even Li Zicheng clearly saw the fear on the face of Liu Zongmin, who had always been fearless.

Liu Zongmin was also scared, and Liu Zongmin was actually scared. Li Zicheng smiled bitterly in his heart.

"Brothers!" Li Zicheng decided to give his subordinates a last anger: "I am with you, and I am with you regardless of life or death! Now, there is an enemy in front of us. I know that the possibility of victory is not high, but I will charge with you and fight for a bloody path for us. We can start from scratch!"

But he found that his words did not seem to have any effect, and the fear on the soldiers' faces was not eliminated at all.

"Zongmin, I appointed you as the forward!" Li Zicheng suddenly raised his voice: "Go and fight to the death with the officers and soldiers!"

Liu Zongmin also knew that this was the time to decide life and death. He called out loud to his subordinates: "Brothers who are not afraid of death will all go to kill the officers and soldiers together!"

Morale has barely increased a little, and Liu Zongmin waved his hands and said, "Kill!"

A large number of thieves followed their generals to rush out. But in fact, the ending they faced was exactly the same no matter how many times they rushed:

What awaits them was the muskets of the Hu Ben Guards.

Amid the gunshots, the thieves fell one by one; in the gunshots, Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, and all the generals of the thieves saw despair.

Endless despair.

The smoke of gunfire was filled with smoke and gunfire, and the thieves fell into a pool of blood. This place had become a naked slaughterhouse.

Terrible war, terrible killing.

The only thing Li Zicheng could do was watch it happen to him without any help.

The repeated charges resulted in repeated despair. The soldiers of the Tiger Guard holding muskets were expressionless and killed the enemies who were trying to rush up.

Li Zicheng has even been able to see his doomsday coming.

Liu Zongmin tried his best. He repeatedly urged the retreating soldiers to rush forward, and repeatedly commanded his subordinates to charge with the enemy's terrible muskets.

But all this seems so in vain.

"My thief!" Liu Zongmin suddenly shouted and rushed forward with his two swords.

Whether he is brave or ignorant, in short, when he was halfway through, countless muskets hit him. Li Zicheng saw with his own eyes that his bravest subordinate was shot down by the muskets, and then he was flooded by the steps of countless people.

Liu Zongmin, a native of Lantian, Shaanxi, was originally a forging worker, and was in charge of Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng was defeated by the Huben Guard commanded by Ding Yunyi in Tongguan, Shaanxi. He and Li Zicheng led 18 other cavalry to break through and hide to Shangluo Mountain. The following year, the following year, helped Li Zicheng break through Brazil, and entered the disaster area in Henan. The momentum was greatly boosted. In the 16th year, the peasant army divided into two routes in the south and north, crossed the Yellow River to the east, and headed straight to the capital. Hou Zongmin assisted Li Zicheng to lead the northern army through Datong and Xuanfu to the city of Beijing. On the night of March 17, the peasant army commanded the northern route to capture the outer city. On the 19th, he conquered the capital. Chongzhen committed suicide.

After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he implemented the "payment assistance" policy and established the "People and Funds Office", which was ruled by Liu Zongmin. The amount of money assisted was "100,000 yuan in the middle hall, 70,000 yuan in the Jingtang or 530,000 yuan in the Jingtang, 530,000 yuan in the Taoist department, 30,000 yuan in the Hanlin department, 30,000 yuan in the Hanlin department, and 30,000 yuan in the subordinates, and 10,000 yuan in the subordinates.

On April 13, Hu Ben Guards killed Liu Zongmin in the capital.

Liu Zongmin's life ended like this.

As soon as Liu Zongmin died, the entire Dashun Army was completely in chaos.

Li Zicheng wanted to fight again, but was persuaded by Niu Jinxing, Gao Yigong and others.

The situation on the battlefield did not allow him to continue fighting.

Li Zicheng failed, this time Li Zicheng failed completely.

Almost all the Dashun Army died in the general attack of the Hu Ben Guard, surrendered, captured, Niu Jinxing, Gao Yigong and others fought to the death to save Li Zicheng from the battlefield and hid in the capital.

At this moment, Li Zicheng's mood was extremely dark. He never thought that he would suffer such a terrible failure.

The countless failures before did not cause him a heavy blow like today. He was able to escape danger and make a successful comeback every time.

But this time, a voice told him countless times in his heart: It’s impossible, it’s impossible again!

He no longer wants anything, but just hopes that he can escape this disaster safely this time, and then leave the capital and find a place where no one is in seclusion and spend his 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 subordinates were being hunted down, but he had no choice but to hide here now like a mouse.

It was dawn and it was dark again, and the shouts of killing gradually became smaller.

Only darkness can make Li Zicheng feel a little more at ease.

"Your Majesty, Wang Qingheng's home is ahead." Gao Yigong said quietly at a house in front.

"Don't call me Your Majesty in the future, call me elder 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 assistant minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, and Ding Yunyi's brother-in-law."

"Ding Yunyi?" When he heard this name again, Li Zicheng's face suddenly changed, but he could not show his fear in front of his subordinates: "Do you want me to hide from Ding Yunyi's brother-in-law?"

Gao Yigong persuaded: "Brother, Wang Qingheng and Ding Yunyi are not from the same place. That time Ding Yuanzhao broke out of the capital, which was the secret Wang Qingheng told us, and we almost caught him. And among all the surrendered Ming Dynasty officials, he was the one who showed 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, as long as we control him in our own hands, he will have no way to inform and sell us."

Li Zicheng nodded helplessly

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you have suffered!" When Wang Qingheng saw Li Zicheng, he indeed showed his loyalty. He cried loudly: "Your Majesty, after the enemy entered the city, I went everywhere to find you, but there were chaos everywhere, and I couldn't find Your Majesty. Seeing that the sky was pitiful, I bless Your Majesty with safety and safety."

Seeing Wang Qingheng's true feelings reveal, Li Zicheng's heart also relaxed: "Wang Qingheng, you are very good. After I get out of trouble, I will definitely reward you heavily."

Gao Yigong looked around carefully: "Wang Qingheng, will the enemy find this place?"

"General Quan is safe." Wang Qingheng replied very affirmatively: "After all, I am Ding Yunyi's brother-in-law. Even if they have the courage to find this place, they would not dare to come here."

Li Zicheng then breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm a little hungry, so I'm looking for something to eat for me."

"Yes, yes, your Majesty wait."

But in a moment, a large basin of rice had been delivered. Wang Qingheng felt a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, there is really nothing to eat at home now, so I can only feel wronged that Your Majesty will fill your stomach for the time being."

Li Zicheng also knew that what he was telling the truth.

Since the Dashun Army entered the city, they have blackmailed everywhere, and the families of these officials have long been extorted. Now Wang Qingheng is still able to take out these foods.

After all, I have to blame myself. I can only swallow the evil I have done by myself.

"Your Majesty, I am hungry, I will eat a bowl first." Wang Qingheng said as he served a small bowl of rice first, and then ate it in a few bites.

Everyone like Li Zicheng knew that Wang Qingheng did this not to mess with the rules, but to reassure them that there was no medicine here.

Since this, everyone has also relaxed.

"Thank you for your hard work, these are already very good." Li Zicheng comforted a few times. He was so hungry in his stomach that he didn't care about the style of "Your Majesty". He served a bowl of rice and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Niu Jinxing and others were already hungry, so they were no longer suspicious of Wang Qingheng. They ignored the etiquette of "monarch and ministers" and held the bowl and swallowed the rice into their stomachs.

Li Zicheng's mood improved a lot when his stomach was full. At this time, Wang Qingheng ordered someone to have tea again.

Li Zicheng took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl, and sighed: "I couldn't think of that, I, Li Zicheng, dominate the world, and in the end I have to rely on a Ming Dynasty official to protect him."

Seeing that all the people drank 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 surrender to you in order to save my life. But you? Keep extorting me and asked me to pay 300,000 taels of silver as soon as I opened my mouth. Where can I find it?"

Li Zicheng's expression changed rapidly.

Wang Qingheng sneered and continued, "I can't hand over it, so Liu Zongmin sent people to threaten me every day and threaten me. If I hadn't been greedy for life and fear of death, I would have turned against you long ago! God is still fair. He actually sent you to me and made such a great contribution in vain!"

Gao Yigong stood up with a "wow" and said, "Wang Qingheng, what do you want to do?"

As soon as he said that, his expression changed and he covered his stomach: "Wang Qingheng, what did you eat?"

"There is nothing in the meal, otherwise I won't eat it either!" Wang Qingheng stepped back to the door, and a dozen servants holding weapons flashed behind him. Wang Qingheng then said with confidence: "It's just that I poisoned me in the tea. Li Zicheng, you all go with peace of mind. King Wu Lie has an order. If you capture and kill you alive, you will be rewarded with countless rewards. You will be promoted to the three poles! And you, that's all my capital for promotion and wealth. I have to thank you for that!"

Li Zicheng stood up shakingly, his hand reached to his waist, but he lost his strength. He fell to the ground, black blood flowed out of his mouth, and his body was twitching continuously.

And the people around him are exactly the same as him.

"Kill them!" Wang Qingheng screamed. Then, he was the first to take a knife and rushed forward.

The servants rushed up with weapons and chopped Li Zicheng and others who fell to the ground into meat sauce. Li Zicheng once thought about his countless ways of dying, but he never thought that he had died in the hands of a villain.

Maybe this is the greatest punishment God has done to him

Li Zicheng, whose original name was Hongji, was a young man who liked guns, horses and sticks. After his father's death, he went to the post station in the Ming Dynasty responsible for passing the imperial court documents as a post station. The post station system in the late Ming Dynasty had many disadvantages. Zhu Youjian reformed the post station in the first year of Chongzhen to streamline the post station. Li Zicheng was cut off for losing official documents, lost his job and returned home, and owed debts. In the winter of the same year, Li Zicheng was sued by Ai Zhao to Mizhi County by Ai County because he could not afford to pay the debts of the juren Ai Zhao. County magistrate Yan Zibin "traveled in the city and was to death." Later,
To be continued...