The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 220 The Death of Li Zicheng

Chapter 218

"Pengfei, Li, where did he go?" Li Dingguo asked.

Liu Pengfei immediately told what he knew,
Hearing this, Lu Changle turned around and asked the headhunter beside him: "Old Uncle Yu, what do you think?"

Xie Bancheng's family has a great career,
Not only has its own guarding team, but also hunting team,
There are many mountains around Tongcheng,
To prevent wild beasts from descending from the mountain to harm the crops,

During the slack season, he would go into the mountains to hunt the delicacies for Xie’s family to eat.

The headhunter of the hunting team is Yu Gui, nicknamed Old Yutou.

Old Yutou thought for a while, and said with certainty: "Brother Fei said that the thieves have horses and a lot of luggage on their backs. They will most likely take the road of Kamikaze, and other roads are not convenient for horses."

"They walked for about half an hour. Is there a path?"

"Yes" Old Yutou had already guessed that the new uncle would ask this question, and quickly replied: "There is a narrow path behind Qingmu village, which is used by local herb pickers to go to the mountain to collect herbs, and it can only accommodate one person." People barely pass, take this road, and you can stop them at the kamikaze frame."

Li Dingguo didn't even think about it, and immediately said: "Let's take a small road, Old Uncle Yu, thank you for leading the way."

This time, Li Dingguo is determined to win.

Old Yutou hastily responded with a no-brainer,
Leading the way on a big green mule.

The team has horses, but he is not used to riding them.

Jiugong Mountain is located in Tongcheng, Hubei.
The middle section of the Mufu Mountains across the border of Hubei and Jiangxi, at the junction of Hubei and Jiangxi provinces,
With an area of ​​196 square kilometers, majestic and precipitous, with charming scenery,
During the Chunxi period of the Southern Song Dynasty,

Zhang Daoqing, the founder of the Yuzhi Taoist School, held the emperor's imperial decree,

Set up a teaching altar in Jiugong Mountain, built Sangong and Twelve Courtyards,

Make Jiugong Mountain one of the five famous Taoist mountains in China,

Many people who believe in Taoism like to make a pilgrimage here.

For Li Zicheng,

Enter Jiugong Mountain,

It's not a pilgrimage, nor is it seeking a celestial relationship,
but to escape.

Li Zicheng couldn't remember how long he hadn't been in such a mess.
After withdrawing from the capital, I wanted to find a place to recuperate.
Unexpectedly, Dorgon, Wu Sangui and the others,

After taking thallium iron, I became addicted and chased after it.

Those men with sharp guns and gallant cavalry,
Especially those Dorgon's Eight Banners cavalry,
Strictly disciplined and fierce, Li Zicheng organized troops to stop him many times,
Every time I was beaten to pieces,

The sites laid down in the past have been snatched away one by one,
Back and forth, desperate,
Prepare to drill into the mountains to temporarily avoid the limelight.

Looking at the panic-stricken and demoralized subordinates,

Li Zicheng was very sad.

Entering the capital for the first time, the common people lined the road to welcome,
Punish corrupt officials, open up warehouses to help the people, and the praises are raging, what a scene;
Occupying the imperial palace, staying overnight on the dragon bed, hugging left and right, how happy;
How beautiful it was when I entered the capital,

How embarrassed I was when I escaped from the capital,

Li Zicheng remembered very clearly that when he left the capital,
Someone put a string of firecrackers on the city wall and yelled to send off the plague god,
Why do people hate themselves so much,
Did Liu Zongmin tacitly allow Liu Zongmin to pursue stolen goods and subsidize wages regardless of good or bad?

Or is there no restraint on the soldiers who just find any reason to rob and smash civilians and bully civilian women?
The capital became a watershed for Li Zicheng,

Before entering the capital, many people sang songs to welcome him,
After entering the capital, he slowly became dissatisfied,

Especially this time being hunted down by Wu Sangui and Dorgon,

No one tipped off,

No one took the initiative to deliver food and lead the way,

Some squires also organized militia groups to attack secretly,
This road not only did not restore vitality and revive,
There are fewer and fewer people,

When entering the mountain,
Li Zicheng asked Tian Jianxiu to count the number of people.
There are only seven people in 410.

After hearing this, Li Zicheng was silent for a while without speaking.

At the most beautiful time, the soldiers under his command plus the people occupying the territory,

Let alone millions of people,
Compared with that time, one is in the sky and the other is underground.

Fortunately, Li Zicheng was not discouraged yet,
Although the number of people is small, but I still have more than 100 goods brought from the capital,

Many of them are priceless treasures collected from palaces and officials' homes.

As long as you get through this hurdle, you will have no problem making a comeback.

With money in hand, don't panic.

Just when Li Zicheng was thinking about how to get back to the top,
There was a sudden sound of beating and cursing from behind, as if someone was fighting,
The movement is not small,
Li Zicheng frowned, and asked, "Let's go and see what's going on, what time is it, are you still making trouble?"

When Li Zicheng saw two people fighting,
The brows frowned even tighter.

It was Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi who fought,

They are the most trusted and capable assistants around Li Zicheng.

Liu Zongmin is Ruhou, the general of the Zuoying system,
Yuan Zongdi was the Marquis of Mian, a general of the Right Battalion,
Li Zicheng's right-hand man,

The two scuffled into a ball on the ground, swearing at each other while beating:
"Yuan Zongdi, you are a goddamn thief, you have lost a battle, and you dare to show your prestige in front of your master Liu!"

"Hey, Liu Zongmin, it's all about you, a flirtatious whore, you didn't touch Wu Sangui's concubine, why did we end up in this land?"

"Get lost, didn't you rob the Shangshu family's daughter-in-law?"

"I slaughtered her whole family, so I don't have any worries, what about you? Otherwise, that thief Wu Sangui would have chased her so hard?"

"Everyone is happy, and they said that these things are worthless. That Chen Yuanyuan is also favored by the emperor. If you have the ability, go and tell him."

Seeing the two talking more and more outrageously,

Li Zicheng, who is a bit like an old cat burning his beard, couldn't bear it anymore.

Shouted loudly: "Stop!"

Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zongdi saw that it was Li Zicheng,
Not daring to argue, stood up quickly,

Like two children who did something wrong, they dare not look at Li Zicheng's eyes.

Li Zicheng sighed, and persuaded: "Grasshoppers strung together, brothers who are born and died, there is no need to hurt your friendship over trivial matters."

"As the saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood"

"With the wealth in our hands, there are not only green mountains, but also mountains of gold and silver."

"Now is a troubled time, where there is money, there are people"

"You are all waiting masters, and you are still fighting on the ground, what's the point?"

Liu Zongmin bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "What the emperor said, the minister is guilty"

"The minister is also guilty." Yuan Zongdi also bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

That's a marquis who was conferred personally in the imperial palace of the capital, so it shouldn't be too embarrassing.

Li Zicheng nodded and encouraged the two of them, "Okay, we're all on our own, don't say anything polite, and we will work together in the future, I believe."

Before he finished speaking, Tian Jianxiu on the side suddenly pushed Li Zicheng, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, be careful, the enemy is attacking!"

As soon as the voice fell, only the sound of swish swish sounded,
A sharp arrow strikes from all directions,
And the sound of bird guns,
The crowd watched the left and right battalion generals fight,

Negligence of precautions, who would have thought that there are still people ambushing in these mountains and mountains,

Caught off guard, many people were killed by arrows on the spot.
Li Zicheng came back to his senses, and he didn't care whether his clothes were dirty or not.
Hastily shouted: "The enemy is dark, we are clear, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, see the show, leave two loads of wealth scattered on the ground, to distract their attention"

"Zongmin, Zongdi, immediately organize manpower to break through"

After fighting for many years, Li Zicheng is very experienced in dealing with such attacks.
Judging from the strength of the bow and arrow, the enemy should not be an official army,
There is a good chance that it is a local militia who wants to take advantage of the fire,
If it was in the past, it would definitely organize a counterattack with manpower,

Let them see who they are messing with,

Not now, and I don't know when the crazy Wu Sangui and Dorgon will arrive,
If they catch up, there is only one dead end,
忍，
Throw the two loads of goods on the ground, and those mud legs will rush to pick them up,
You can also take the opportunity to run away,
It's a disaster.

Liu Zongmin got on his horse, pulled out his sword and shouted, "Brother Zuoying, open the way with me."

With an order, dozens of heavily armed men jumped on their horses,

Follow Liu Zongmin straight forward to kill,
Not to be outdone, Yuan Zongdi jumped on his horse and shouted loudly: "Brothers from Youying, follow me to break through the siege!"

I don't know how many people are on the other side,
I don't know which direction to ambush,

One more person to explore the way, one more hope,
It's better than sitting still.

Two teams are like two wounded wolves,

Murderously charged forward,
There was a faint look of cruelty in the eyes of many people,

There is a thought in my heart: I can't beat Wu Sangui's elite soldiers, Jianlu's iron cavalry, can't I also deal with a group of mud legs?
When you rush into the enemy's formation, you must kill them.
Get rid of this bad breath in your heart.

The person in ambush was none other than Li Dingguo who caught up with him and set up an ambush in advance.

Li Dingguo is very familiar with Li Zicheng's methods,
Before coming here, I emphasized discipline again and again,

Seeing someone cut a sack and throw gold and silver goods,

Immediately issued an order: "Repeat once more, only killing the enemy is allowed, and no looting of property is allowed. Anyone who violates the order will be killed!"

The people present agreed repeatedly.

Everyone has seen my uncle's force,

On the way, my uncle also said that everyone present can reward the goods paid according to their merits.

Good performance, big reward,
If you don’t obey orders, apart from rectifying the Fa on the spot,
Don't even think of the family members living in the whole city,

Who dare not listen?

Li Dingguo ordered loudly: "Guo Quan, strike the gong, follow the plan"

"Okay, brother"

Soon, the sound of the gong sounded, and the ambushed people rushed from all directions to Li Zicheng's men who had entered the ambush circle.
Seeing ambushes all around, Liu Zongmin felt even more anxious.
Pushing the horse forward, trying to kill a bloody path,
I just wanted to urge my subordinates to speed up and rush out before the enemy encircled me.

Before he could open his mouth, he suddenly felt the horse under his crotch suddenly fall forward,
It seems that there is a great force to throw myself out,
Looking around, I'm terrified,
At some point, there was a tripping rope on the ground,

Liu Zongmin was not prepared at all,

fell firmly to the ground,

My whole body is in severe pain, and I don't know if I have broken any bones.
Before Liu Zongmin got up, three spears suddenly protruded from the grass,
Qi Qi inserted into the position of Liu Zongmin's heart,
Pulling out together again, black blood flowed from the corner of Liu Zongmin's mouth,

He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out.
Tilting his head, he just fell down on this strange land,

With eyes as big as a bull's-eye,
As if he couldn't believe it, he died so uselessly.

Yuan Zongdi on the other side didn't have much luck.
His horse was tripped by the bridle rope, he saw the opportunity,

He landed uninjured,

But it was Li Dingguo,

Holding a machete in his hand, Li Dingguo rushed forward and chopped off Yuan Zongdi's right hand within three strokes.
arms cut off,

Yuan Zongdi finally recognized Li Dingguo,
He still wants to make friends, but Li Dingguo is not interested in him at all.
He beheaded him casually,

Then with the nursing team and Xiangyong, they rushed towards Li Zicheng with a murderous look,

Watching the brothers and subordinates around me fall down one by one,

There are fewer and fewer people around,
There are more and more enemies,

The voice of "capture Li Zicheng alive, get promoted and get rich" became louder and louder.
echoes in the valley,

The general situation is gone,

Li Zicheng looked up to the sky with a long sigh, threw the golden knife in his hand,
He resolutely swallowed the highly poisonous Hedinghong prepared in secret, and committed suicide by taking the poison.
Fighting for many years, making countless enemies,
If you take poison, you can die with dignity.

I heard from the old man that the emperor cannot see blood when he dies, otherwise it will be bad for the world and future generations.
　I'm so annoying recently, the reason is,

　　Sister-in-law Bing is about to give birth.

　　one head two big

　　
　
(End of this chapter)