Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 177
Luo Dai's troops did not fortify Jin Shenghuan's troops.

The camps of the two armies were separated by only a few hundred steps. Because Luo Dai was worried about Yuan Jun's surprise attack from the direction of Anqing Mansion, Luo Dai didn't even build a fence in order to take care of each other with Jin Shenghuan's troops.

Of course, Luo Dai would not have thought that Jin Shenghuan would suddenly betray him.

At this time, when he just learned from the guards under his command that someone heard the sound of cannons from outside Huaining City, he only paid attention to the situation in the direction of Huaining City.

He also didn't notice the change in Jin Shenghuan's department.

Moreover, at this time, the messengers sent by Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Menggeng for help also found Luo Dai.

"What, the commander-in-chief's central army was besieged by tens of thousands of guards, okay, I will lead the troops to rush there!"

As Luo Dai was talking, he heard the sound of landslides and ground cracks coming from his ear, and he couldn't help being greatly surprised, and quickly drew out his knife: "What's the sound, could it be that the guards have also launched an attack on my place!"

At this time, a general under Luo Dai's command ran in: "General, General Jin has brought most of the troops here."

"Jin Shenghuan! Why did he bring troops to join me? Could it be that he was also attacked by the guards and surrendered to me?"

After Luo Dai said something, he immediately ordered: "Go, follow me to see General Jin, and I will go to Huaining City with him later to help the commander in chief!"

boom!
A military officer in front of Luo Dai was suddenly hit by a bullet, but he saw the Lumi blunderbuss in the hands of Qianhu from Jin Shenghuan's department was emitting smoke.

Seeing his subordinates being chased and hacked like ducks by Jin Shenghuan's men, Luo Dai was momentarily at a loss, but soon realized that Jin Shenghuan didn't come to vote for him, he came to kill him.

"General, they, they should have betrayed!"

After a military officer said that, he pushed Luo Dai to run in another direction: "General, go!"

Most of Jin Shenghuan's troops easily broke into Luo Dai's tent of the Chinese army. In a hurry, Luo Dai had to run desperately under the escort of several personal soldiers.

Just when Luo Dai was exhausted from running and took a group of remnant soldiers to rest by a stream, Jin Shenghuan also chased up at this time and blocked Luo Dai's way.

"Jin Shenghuan! You bastard, taking refuge in the court at a time like this, are you worthy of Zuo Shuai!"

Luo Dai yelled at Jin Shenghuan, he was indeed extremely annoyed, because Jin Shenghuan's sudden betrayal destroyed his decades of hard work, so now he wished to kill Jin Shenghuan.

"I'm correcting the evil and returning to the right. What's wrong with him? Zuo Liangyu is going against the grain and intends to rebel. I, Jin Shenghuan, took advantage of him before, and was kept in the dark. That's why I was coerced into rebelling. Now that I've just woken up from a dream, I naturally want to rebel." Return to the court, Luo Dai, for the sake of being friends with you, I will give you a chance to commit suicide! But I must get your head!"

Jin Shenghuan said with a cold smile.

Luo Dai did not commit suicide, but with all his strength, he swung his knife and killed Jin Shenghuan.

Immediately, dozens of blunderbusses started firing at Luo Dai, and Luo Dai was shot several times and fell down.

Jin Shenghuan came over and slashed off Luo Dai's head with a single blow, and shouted in the sky, "Luo Dai is dead, and the rest of the rebellious left, His Majesty has an order to kill everyone except the traitors!"

The meaning of Jin Shenghuan's words is equivalent to telling these left army officers and soldiers that only by attacking other left army soldiers can they survive death.

Some left army officers and soldiers gradually understood, and began to follow Jin Shenghuan and other left army officers and soldiers to kill.

Gradually, none of the left soldiers dared to resist any more, and they all joined Jin Shenghuan's team and went towards Huaining City.

By the time Jin Shenghuan reached Huaining City, it was already nightfall.

But at this time, Li Shichun had escorted Dao Xingcheng and his army to Huaining City.

Weng Zhiqi's troops also rushed to the city of Huaining with Zhang Yuanliang's head and an army of more than [-].

In addition, it had already invaded Huaining City at this time, and besieged the First Corps of the First Guards Army, including Zuo Liangyu Zuo Menggeng, who was in Huaining City, and tens of thousands of left troops in the city.

The remnants of Zuo Liangyu have been surrounded by nearly 30 troops from the imperial court!

Zuo Liangyu had already withdrawn to the Huaining County Government Office at this time, if it wasn't because the guards had to prepare dinner and rest and adjust at this time, he would have been captured alive at this time.

At first, the voice of "capturing Zuo Liangyu alive" spread almost throughout Huaining City. Zuo Liangyu never thought that he would fall into such a situation surrounded by enemies.

But now he has almost only one breath left, he can no longer walk alone, he can only walk step by step with the support of two people, and even after walking for a while, he is out of breath.

Zuo Liangyu only felt that he had less air intake and more outflow, and he also knew that his time was short. He really wanted to die of illness, but he didn't want to commit suicide. Even if he didn't die of illness, he still wanted to go to Beijing to see how the court would deal with it. own remains.

Looking at the countless torches densely packed outside the city, almost endless, and the sound of logging from time to time and the lines that appeared when the torches flowed towards the city wall, this shows that there are still a steady stream of imperial officials and troops gathering here.

Zuo Liangyu knew that he couldn't run away, so he couldn't help but look back, hoping that the court would send someone to appease or surrender him.

He no longer has any ambitions, and he doesn't dare to have any dissatisfaction with the court anymore, and he no longer hopes that he can still be a prince. Now he only hopes to have a good death at the last moment.

But he also knew that for Zuo Liangyu now, not to mention a good death or being dismissed from office as a commoner, it was a luxurious delusion.

The smell of rice came from everywhere accompanied by the sound of mourning flute.

Fan Xiang came from the army camp, and Yuan Jixian's reputation in Jiangxi made it possible for him to guarantee basic logistical supplies even with an army of 30. This is the ending.

Of course, Zuo Liangyu also knew that he might not necessarily let Yuan Jixian rebel with him. After all, Yuan Jixian, as a civil servant in the army, was more practical than a clean official like Zhang Shenyan.

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but think of Zhang Shenyan, the big boss of Donglin who supported him from the beginning to the end. This person and Yuan Jixian are both civil servants. Perhaps relying on his mediation, he can get the court's forgiveness again.

"Where's Mr. Zhang Ge?" Zuo Liangyu asked.

"Back to father, Mr. Zhang Ge went to the north a few days ago, saying that he went to Prince Ying of the Qing army to borrow troops for his father," Zuo Menggeng replied.

Zuo Liangyu couldn't help laughing bitterly: "It's really like the tree fell and the monkeys scattered!"

After finishing speaking, Zuo Liangyu coughed again, and then simply fell to the ground again, but this time he was unable to stand up again.

Seeing this, Zuo Menggeng couldn't help but hurriedly ordered people to carry Zuo Liangyu back to the county government office. After another quarter of an hour, Zuo Liangyu couldn't even stand up and sit, so he could only stare at the ceiling above his head, and listened to There were shouts of killing coming from everywhere.

(End of this chapter)