Chapter 562: Death of Li Zicheng

"Li Yan?"

After Li Dingguo sighed, he asked the soldiers around him to put down their weapons. Li Yan also smiled slightly and asked the soldiers who had been loyally protecting him to put down their weapons.

"Mr. Li, there is no hope, surrender." Li Dingguo said.

Li Yan shook his head: "When I first entered Beijing, I met many loyal ministers who would rather die than surrender. Now that Beijing has been recaptured by you, don't we have loyal ministers in Dashun who would rather die than surrender?".

When he said these words, Li Dingguo knew that there was no possibility of persuading him to surrender: "Mr. Li, I respect your opinion, but where is Li Zicheng?"

"I don't know." There was a hint of sadness on Li Yan's face that was hard to detect: "The moment the city was destroyed, His Majesty disappeared."

Li Dingguo finally understood why Li Yan had such an expression on his face.

When the city was broken, Li Zicheng abandoned his ministers and was the first to run away.

When the city of Beijing was captured for the first time, the emperor of Ming Dynasty generously died for his country. But after the city was captured this time, the "Emperor" of Dashun, Li Zicheng, was the first to run away!

Shame, this is the shame of all Dashun "courtesans".

Li Yan can tolerate failure, but he will never allow such a shameful thing to happen!

"Mr. Li, are you really unwilling to surrender?" Li Dingguo asked again without giving up.

Li Yan smiled and shook his head, then smiled and held the hand of the red lady next to him.

That's his wife.

That year, his name was not Li Yan, but Li Xin. His family was considered wealthy, he was generous with money, and he was good at literature and military. He once provided grain and rice to help the hungry, so he enjoyed a high reputation in the village. He was very popular.

When the lady led the rebel army to attack Qixian for the first time, she received great assistance from herself, so the lady respected her very much. Later, they fell in love with each other, fell in love with each other, and got married.

When Li Xin returned home one time, the government arrested him for "treason" and threw him into prison. After getting the news, the Red Lady immediately led the rebel army to attack Qixian for the second time, and broke through the county seat with one move, killing

He defeated the corrupt county magistrate, opened the prison, rescued Li Xin and other imprisoned people, opened the warehouse to release grain, and then burned down the county government office.

Then they defected to Li Zicheng together, and Li Xin also changed his name to "Li Yan".

In life, they live together; in death, they also die together!

Li Dingguo sighed, bowed deeply to Li Yan and his wife, and then slowly walked out. Behind him, there was a conversation between Li Yan and his wife, nothing more than encouraging each other to die generously. Then, several sounds of falling to the ground were heard.

Li Yan and his wife are dead, but this is not what Li Dingguo cares about most. There are only two things that Li Dingguo cares about most:

The first was to immediately send reinforcements to Yiyishi, where King Wu Lie was fighting a bloody battle. He had already done this. The second was to capture Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin as soon as possible.

The battle in Beijing is not over yet. The generals of the Dashun Army are still continuing to fight with their remnants. It is not particularly difficult to defeat them. What is difficult is that no one can slip through the net!

This is what King Wulie specially explained before leaving.

On April 12, Beijing was captured and the Tiger Guards retook Beijing. At this time, only more than 20 days had passed since Li Zicheng captured the capital.

The speed is jaw-dropping!

The decisive battle between the Huben Guards and the Dashun Army was completely unfair. In the face of the Huben Guards armed with advanced firearms, the Dashun Army was simply vulnerable.

Beijing has absolutely no ability to resist in the face of artillery!

Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and other "lords and ministers" of Dashun have never been as disappointed and fearful as they are now.

Originally, in their opinion, relying on the strength of the city of Beijing, they could at least hold on for more than a year. One year? Now all this has turned into a big joke.

They couldn't last even a month!

The palace was forced to give up. Li Zicheng was very smart at this point. He knew that if he continued to stick to the palace, there would be only death.

Only by running away can we continue to have hope of survival.

But where can they run now? The enemy has entered the city and is consolidating the fruits of victory step by step. There are fewer and fewer places that the Dashun Army can control.

Moreover, the city gate is completely controlled by the Tiger Guards.

Their only hope now is to wait for the Tiger Guards to make any major mistakes.

In fact, Li Dingguo was also very anxious at this time. He could only send part of his troops to assist King Wu Lie, and most of the troops had to eliminate all resistance in Beijing as soon as possible so that this famous city could completely belong to King Wu Lie.

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Li Zicheng did not know this.

Looking at the "ministers" around him who were looking at each other in disbelief, Li Zicheng shouted angrily: "Tell me, tell me, what should we do now? Are we going to put our heads under their swords?".

No one among the "ministers" was speechless. In the end, Song Xiance had to bite the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, now we can only wait until dark to see if there is any hope."

"General Zhi is back, General Zhi is back!"

This voice rekindled Li Zicheng's hope, but when Liu Zongmin appeared in front of him, his hope suddenly turned into disappointment.

Li Zicheng knew what had happened at a glance when Liu Zongmin and the remaining defeated generals looked embarrassed.

"Brother, I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore." Liu Zongmin gasped: "There are too many enemies, and their firearms are so terrifying. I'm afraid Beijing won't be able to defend it!"

Li Zicheng wished he could give him a severe whip. Is Beijing afraid that it will not be able to hold on? Now that he has even lost the palace, do he still expect Beijing to be able to hold on?

But he couldn't get angry at Liu Zongmin now. The bravest general in the Dashun Army was his last hope.

"Zong Min, don't be anxious." Li Zicheng barely suppressed his unhappiness: "Song Military Advisor has already said that as long as it gets dark, there will be a solution."

Liu Zongmin looked up at the sky unconsciously. When will it get dark today?

Song Xiance told Li Zicheng that he would wait for dark to find a way to break out of the encirclement. However, at this time, he did not know that his cousin Song Xianji had also entered Beijing.

This seems to be a kind of ridicule. The cousin is running for his life in embarrassment, but the cousin has become a high-spirited winner!

"Li Zicheng must wait for dark to break out." Song Xianji said without hesitation: "Commander Li, please order all cities to take strict precautions and not allow one person or one horse to leave the city."

"I have already given the order." Li Dingguo nodded: "But how to capture Li Zicheng as soon as possible is a headache."

Song Xianji smiled slightly: "Actually, this is not difficult. I heard that after the bandits entered the city, they extorted money from the wealthy households and ministers in the city, which caused a lot of complaints. And the ordinary people's life was not easy either.

The military discipline of the rebel army is extremely bad, and they have lost the support of the people. Please ask the commander to issue an order immediately in the city. Everyone in the capital can arrest the rebel army and then deal with it on their own. Those who offer ordinary rebel soldiers will be rewarded with one tael of silver, and those who offer fake

The general will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins. The person who captures and kills Li Zicheng will be promoted to the third level and be rewarded with 10,000 gold coins!"

"Okay, just do what Mr. Song said." Li Dingguo laughed and said, "It's just that the reward for Li Thief is too high!"

Song Xianji couldn't help laughing either

It was finally getting dark.

Li Zicheng breathed a long sigh of relief. No matter what, he finally persisted until dark. As long as he could rush out, he would have a chance to start over.

Everyone in Dashun has been incorporated into the team, and they are still confident at this time. They were once called "robbers", and how to escape is their talent.

The enemy has not reached here so far. As long as they can get close to the city gate quickly, they will have hope of survival.

"The thieves are going to escape! The thieves are going to run away!"

At this moment, bursts of gongs and drums suddenly sounded, and then countless voices shouted together: "Catch the thief army, catch the thief army, the thief army is going to escape!"

At this moment, Dashun's army was suddenly in chaos. There seemed to be the sound of gongs and drums and flashing torches everywhere.

Li Zicheng was shocked. He thought it was the Tiger Guards who had appeared, but with the help of the firelight, he saw clearly that the people who were shouting were just ordinary people.

"Kill, kill all these hateful guys!" Li Zicheng issued this order in anger.

But the people today are completely different from the people before.

Each of them held weapons in their hands, and each of them had hatred and anger in their eyes. The Dashun Army had done something to them in the past, and now they wanted them to pay it back tenfold and a hundredfold!

"Kill the thief!"

I don't know who took the lead in shouting, and then the voice of "kill the thieves" rang out everywhere, and the people actually killed them regardless of risk.

What's even more terrifying is that among these ordinary people, there are actually many former officials and wealthy households.

These officials and wealthy households were extorted miserably by the Dashun regime, and many of them were tortured by Liu Zongmin and his associates using inhuman torture instruments.

And now, it's time for revenge!

An incredible scene appeared:

Officials, wealthy households, and ordinary people who usually have distinct classes were actually tightly united this night. To be more precise, it was Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin. It was the Dashun regime that united them!

Dashun's army may not be afraid of these people, but then the sound of muskets rang out, and they quickly approached from far away.

The Tiger Guards are coming soon!

The Dashun Army has long been frightened by the Tiger Guards. They can deal with these ordinary people, but they no longer have the courage to face those Tiger Guard soldiers!

They turned around and ran away. No matter how much the generals of the Dashun Army scolded them, they could not stop this rout.

"Your Majesty, run, run!" Niu Jinxing urged loudly.

Li Zicheng was also completely devastated, turned his horse's head and ran away, not forgetting to say: "Tian Jianxiu, stop them for me!"

Tian Jianxiu was still loyal. He knew how terrifying it would be if the enemy caught up with him, so he desperately led hundreds of people to act as Li Zicheng's army to break up his rear.

The people came out in overwhelming numbers, and countless torches lit up the night sky in the capital as bright as day.

Those who were cut off, injured, and those who ran slowly were surrounded by the Tiger Guards and the people, and there was no longer any hope of escaping.

The only thing that made Tian Jianxiu feel lucky was that the Tiger Guards were worried about accidentally injuring the civilians and did not use the firearms that the Dashun Army feared the most.
To be continued...