"Anyone who presents Li Zicheng's head will be rewarded with one hundred thousand taels of silver and his sins will be pardoned!"

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The deafening shouts echoed in the valley, even the mountains and forests were shaken, but what was even more shocking was the people's hearts, making everyone who heard it feel uncomfortable and shaken.

Bounties were placed on not only Li Zicheng, but also the generals below Li Zicheng, General Quan, and the so-called General Guoyi, and General Weiwei. Their heads were worth fifty thousand taels at most and ten thousand taels of silver at least. They even had names and surnames.

The leader was rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.

What kind of impact will such a reward have on the wandering thieves?

For Li Shuangxi and Li Qiang who were in the battle formation, they had no time to take into account the bounties offered by the officers and soldiers. After all, the officers and soldiers were chasing them blindly. What was annoying was that the officers and soldiers did not bother them at all.

Instead of giving the opportunity to fight, they would shoot with short spears from a few feet apart. They would be gone with one blow and would never hesitate to fight.

If you retreat, they will pursue you; if you fight back, they will retreat. While retreating, they will turn around and fire their guns.

"Kill with me!"

Li Qiang brandished his sword and shouted, taking the lead to kill the pursuing Ming army.

Because the distance was a little far away, Su San was not in a hurry to take action. After all, the distance was too far and the short spear couldn't hit him at all.

When the two sides were about a hundred steps apart, Su San and others who were originally pursuing them immediately turned their horses around and retreated without looking back, while Li Qiang chased after him.

As the two sides approached, gunshots rang out again.

Amidst the intensive gunfire, the soldiers around Li Qiang screamed and fell off their horses from time to time after being shot. At the same time, Su San, who had no mercy, ran across a semicircle while running, struck with his backhand, and faced the opponent.

He followed the thief to kill him, and even if he fought back, he never fought, but shot the thief from a distance with his pistol.

But in just a moment, Li Qiang only had five or six hundred cavalry left by his side, and the official army had more than a thousand people. But even so, Li Qiang was not afraid at all. He shouted and led the cavalry towards him.

After a while, there were only dozens of cavalry left around Li Qiang, but he was still rushing left and right, fighting to the death. When Li Shuangxi led the cavalry over, he was already seriously injured.

His body was gradually failing. When he saw Li Shuangxi, he said loudly:

"Shuangxi, we must delay the enemy so that they cannot pursue the Holy Driver!"

Li Shuangxi said:

"Brother Qiang, the holy driver has gone far, please follow me and retreat quickly!"

At this moment, Li Qiang was shot again in the back and fell off his horse.

"Quickly, protect Brother Qiang and retreat!"

While shouting, Li Shuangxi led his cavalry towards the officers and soldiers. Because they had not yet had time to reload their ammunition, the two sides fought in the valley for a while. Li Shuangxi finally broke out by luck, but at this time he led the cavalry.

However, most of the men and horses were dead or injured. Not far away, there was a narrow mountain road blocking the way.

Seeing that he couldn't see it anymore, Li Shuangxi could only return to fight again. There were less than a hundred cavalry left by the soldiers around him. The cavalry led by Su San was chasing him. They already knew that he was Li Zicheng's adopted son, so they immediately shouted loudly.

"Whoever presents Li Shuangxi's head will be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver and his sins will be pardoned!"

"Whoever presents Li Shuangxi's head will be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver and his sins will be pardoned!"

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"Battle chief, are we just going to watch like this?"

The subordinate's question made Su San smile.

"The trapped beast is still fighting. Let's try shouting a few times. Five thousand taels... is quite a lot!"

Quite a lot indeed!

How much is their military pay?

Five thousand taels, even in Jiangnan, can buy hundreds of acres of land!

There must be brave men under heavy rewards. There are people in this world who don't love silver, but most people love silver. There are many such people among these thieves.

Looking at the officers and soldiers approaching like a tide, and listening to the shouts coming from the other side, Li Shuangxi, who was riding a horse, could feel the strangeness of the soldiers around him. The soldiers beside him were holding knives and watching warily.

The cavalry around them had different expressions, and they seemed to be thinking about something.

The knife in Li Shuangxi's hand was full of gaps and he was shot in the left arm. He looked at the soldiers around him and said:

"Since I can't fight anymore, and I can't give it to the official dog, you should hurry up and escape!"

He turned to the west again and shouted:

"Father, I can no longer follow my father in this life..."

Just when he was about to swing his sword towards the officers and soldiers, he suddenly heard someone shouting.

"Now that we've come to this point, the general might as well lend his head to our brothers!"

The Li Tianzhang he was talking about was the leader of Li Shuangxi's command. As he spoke, he had already picked up the knife in his hand.

"Brothers, the general's head is worth five thousand taels, how can each of us get dozens of taels of silver! King Chuang has been forced to this point, and he will definitely not be able to stand up. We can't die with them! I am willing to leave.

If you don’t stop him, I will definitely kill Li Shuangxi!”

Li Shuangxi stared at Li Tianzhang in shock. He was also from Shaanxi! How could he do such a thing.

"You, you, I will kill you, you thief..."

As he was talking, Li Shuangxi slashed at him with his sword, and more than a hundred remaining soldiers immediately started to kill each other. Although the soldiers around Li Shuangxi tried their best to protect him, they were at a disadvantage from the beginning because of their small number. Especially...

After the injured Li Shuangxi cut down several rebel soldiers, he himself was hacked to death by Li Tianzhang. Although his soldiers desperately rushed towards the rebel soldiers and hacked at them for a while, they were eventually killed by the surrounding rebel soldiers with random knives.

"It's really, really an internal fight..."

Su San and his subordinates had never seen such a scene before, and they were all surprised. Even Su San was stunned for a while before he reacted.

"This, this is how it becomes..."

When he was surprised, Li Tianzhang had already cut off Li Shuangxi's head quickly, then rode towards the army, dismounted from his horse and knelt down.

"The criminal Li Tianzhang meets the general. This is the head of Li Shuangxi, the adopted son of the thief leader Li Zicheng!"

Staring at the bloody head and the unwilling eyes, Su San's gaze fell on Li Tianzhang again. Although he was not ashamed of his character, he still said.

"Well, with this head, not only will your sins be forgiven, but the five thousand taels of silver reward will also be cashed in!"

5,000 taels of silver may seem like a lot of money, but to the court, Li Shuangxi's head is worth so much money, not to mention that this is just the beginning.

Now that we have Li Shuangxi’s head, are other people’s heads far behind?

The troops of Dashun Army who followed Liu Zongmin and retreated to the mountains did not break up on the road, although many people were killed by the officers and soldiers during the retreat. However, the officers and soldiers chased and killed the defeated Dashun Army for more than 20 miles.

When it was almost dusk, in order to avoid an ambush by the bandits, we stopped chasing.
Chapter completed!