Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 417
After killing for a long time, Zhou Yuji's mount was cut down by Li Zicheng's soldiers.

He didn't give in, he packed his clothes, took out two steel knives that had already been rolled, continued to fight, and once again cut several people with his hands.

Because Zhou Dazong was too brave, no one dared to approach him within three feet of him.

In the end, it was Liu Zongmin who went up with the wound, together with three or four soldiers, managed to knock Zhou Yuji down to the ground and captured him alive.As for the rest of the soldiers, they fled in all directions.

After so many days of tenacious resistance, Ningwuguan was finally conquered by Li Zicheng.

When Zhou Yuji was escorted to Li Zicheng, King Chuang also loved talents and asked Zhou Yuji if he would surrender?Zhou Yuji cursed, spit on Li Zicheng's face with bloody saliva, and said, "Your is a thief, you are responsible for the country's grace, I, Zhou Yuji, a man of seven feet, Jing Tianwei, how can I surrender to you."

Li Zicheng became furious and ordered Zhou Yuji to be tied to a bamboo pole, and then he was driven into the air and shot at him with random arrows.King Chuang was so angry that he shot an arrow himself, which hit Zhou Yuji's forehead.Although General Zhou died long ago when he was shot through by Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng's arrow skills still won applause.

Hearing the compliments from the people below, Li Zicheng was not happy. He looked at the Ningwuguan city in front of him with a gloomy face, gritted his teeth, and said, "How dare Zhou Yuji insult this king, and how dare this Ningwuguan city?" How many people dare to resist like this, kill me, kill them all, leave no one behind."

Liu Zongmin was Li Zicheng's most capable subordinate. After hearing what he said, he didn't even frown. He led the army into the city with blisters all over his face, and started a large-scale massacre.

Zhou Yuji's wife, Mrs. Liu, was also a person of integrity. She led all the old and weak servants and maidservants in the mansion to fight against the peasant army with kitchen knives, and all of them were hacked to death by random knives.

The voice of resistance in the city became smaller and smaller, but the bloodshed increased, until the last person was killed by Liu Zongmin, and there were no other living people in the whole city except the peasant army. "History of the Ming Dynasty" records: Suitu Ningwu, infants and children are spared!
When Liu Zongmin ran to Li Zicheng covered in blood, King Chuang asked, "Is it all finished?"

Liu Zongmin said: "Yes, big brother, kill all chickens and dogs!"

"Good job!" Li Zicheng patted Liu Zongmin on the shoulder and said, "Order all the soldiers to repair Ningwuguan for a month. Go and count the soldiers and see how many people we have now?"

"Yes!" Liu Zongmin bowed to Li Zicheng, then raised his head to say something, but saw that Zicheng had already entered the city with his entourage, so he didn't give Liu Zongmin a chance to persuade him.

"Alas!" Liu Zongmin sighed, and thought to himself: Big brother, big brother, why are you getting more and more timid, the Ming Dynasty is right in front of us, as long as we work hard, we will get the beautiful rivers and mountains of thousands of miles.But, why do you always rest and recuperate? When will you arrive in the capital?

Regardless of the exhaustion all over his body, Liu Zongmin began to count the soldiers that day.The more points the more shocking, the loss of soldiers in each battalion and each team is astonishingly large.

It wasn't that they were killed by the guards of Ningwu Pass, but those soldiers with ideals and aspirations left quietly and spontaneously after seeing Li Zicheng's brutal massacre of Zhou Yuji and the people in the city.

The city of Ningwuguan was broken, and Li Zicheng's troops had been reduced to 50, excluding those who died in battle and lost soldiers.

Liu Zongmin didn't know whether to report this result to Li Zicheng directly.

Logically speaking, if this kind of thing happened, the boss should know immediately, but now the boss has no ambitions, if he finds out about this situation of the sharp drop in troops, will he be too frightened? Headed to Beijing?
When Liu Zongmin was thinking wildly and didn't know what to do, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing came to him and asked him as soon as they met, "Zongmin, I heard that the results of the soldiers' count have come out?"

"Yes!" Liu Zongmin usually looks down on this prime minister, thinking that as a prime minister, this guy is very unkind and has no so-called virtues, but Niu Jinxing is a talented person who can really help Li Zicheng , so he didn't show too much distaste for Niu Jinxing.

The relationship between these two people can only be described as ordinary.

"What's the result?" Niu Jinxing asked eagerly.

Liu Zongmin shook his head first, and then said: "There are still 50 people, half less than when we set off from Chang'an, and there is no way to replenish the sick along the way. I am wondering whether to tell King Chuang!"

"Don't wait!" Niu Jinxing also realized the seriousness of this problem, waved his hand and said: "Now the Lord is depressed, if he heard the news, he must have no desire to compete for supremacy."

Liu Zongmin asked: "Then what should we do?"

Niu Jinxing said: "Wait a moment, I'll go see King Chuang and persuade him to enter Datong!"

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After listening to Niu Jinxing's suggestion, Li Zicheng paced up and down the hall with a cloudy expression. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Prime Minister, I will not hide it from you. What I mean is that we have already occupied the After leaving Shaanxi and Shaanxi provinces, why not wait for Dorgon and Emperor Chongzhen to fight to the death?"

"The road to the capital is far away. There are still two important military towns of Datong and Xuanfu ahead. Even if we conquer these two towns, the soldiers will be almost dead by then. How can we attack the capital?"

What Li Zicheng said makes sense.

Niu Jinxing clasped his hands and replied: "My lord, you are wrong. Although there are two important military towns in front of you, Datong and Xuanfu, as far as I know, when Zhou Yuji was guarding Taiyuan some time ago, the troops in these two places were withdrawn by at least five. Cheng came to support Taiyuan, and now we go, the strength of these two towns is not to be feared. In addition, the king has just captured Taiyuan, and the three cities of Kexinzhou, Daizhou and Ningwuguan, maybe our soldiers are still there. When we arrive at Datong Mansion, the defenders of Datong Mansion will run away when they hear about your reputation, Your Majesty!"

No matter how Niu Jinxing persuaded him, Li Zicheng did not agree.

As a result, 50 troops were stationed in Ningwu County on the spot.

King Li Chuang's ambitions faded little by little. Every day, he would make people look around for civilian girls for fun, or he would invite a few close officials to drink together, completely ignoring state affairs.

Sometimes Liu Zongmin got the opportunity to go up to persuade him. Li Zicheng said: "Wouldn't it be a hundred times easier to conquer the princes of the world with the courage of the Qin Dynasty when the world is in chaos?"
Liu Zongmin left without a word.

After another ten days, Li Zicheng not only had no intention of attacking Datong, but even looked for craftsmen everywhere to let them return to Chang'an to build a palace as his royal palace.

Liu Zongmin forcibly remonstrated, but Li Zicheng rewarded him with twenty big boards.

So far, no one dared to say a word about attacking Datong Mansion in front of King Chuang.

However, even so, God still favors this hero who has lost his will.Suddenly news came: Datong Mansion surrendered.

What's more, Nima sent a lower form ingeniously, expressing his willingness to accept Li Zicheng to Datong.

Now, Liu Zongmin was so happy that he almost jumped up. After getting the news, he ran to Prime Minister Niu Jinxing's residence immediately and said, "Prime Minister, what is this?"

The soldiers who searched outside the city were under the control of Liu Zongmin, so he could see the surrender form sent by Datong Mansion immediately, but he did not dare to open the surrender form and read it privately.

"Also ask the prime minister to go with me to play the king, let him send troops as soon as possible, the opportunity is not to be missed!"

Niu Jinxing smiled, and said to Liu Zongmin: "It seems that General Liu didn't get enough of the [-] big boards last time. I want to reward you with another [-] big boards, don't you?"

Liu Zongmin said: "Prime Minister, stop joking and follow me." No matter whether Niu Jinxing agreed or not, he dragged him out and into the mansion where Li Zicheng lived.

After Li Zicheng got the surrender form, he looked at Liu Zongmin and Niu Jinxing in surprise, and asked, "Jiang Yu, the commander-in-chief of the Datong Mansion, why did he surrender to the widow? Is there any fraud in it?"

Liu Zongmin's forehead darkened, and he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, now you are still considering whether your life is fraudulent or not. What can be wrong even if you have sent all of the downlists? If you are really worried, I will lead 1 people over there first. Time has controlled the entire Datong Mansion, you are not too late in the past, and you will be safe!"

Of course, Li Zicheng had no reason to object to this method, he could only agree.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin led 1 people, crossed Shuofang City overnight, and went straight to Datong Mansion. After controlling Datong Mansion in an instant, he sent someone to notify Li Zicheng to let him live in it.

Jiang Yu, the general officer of the Datong Mansion, knelt down to greet Li Zicheng in person, and Li Zicheng even put on a show and almost beheaded Jiang Yu on the grounds that he had betrayed his master and forgotten his country.

Fortunately, Niu Jinxing stopped him in time and said, "Your Majesty, although this person is hateful and shameless, he cannot be killed. If you kill Jiang Guan, even if the general Xuanfu has the heart to surrender, he will definitely not dare to get close to you in the future." ah!"

Li Zicheng spared Jiang Guan's life this time.

Surrender is also a contagious disease. For example, shortly after Jiang Guan, the chief military officer of Datong Mansion, surrendered, the surrender form of Wang Chengyin, the chief military officer of Xuan Mansion, was sent to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng pretended to be coercive with a wry smile, and said to Liu Zongmin: "This Jiang Tuan surrendered because he was from the same hometown as the widow. I don't know why Wang Chengyin surrendered to the widow instead of serving the Ming Dynasty who has been favored by the country in other generations?"

Liu Zongmin said: "I'm afraid I'm afraid of your prestige, Your Majesty."

In this way, Li Zicheng repeated his old tricks and quickly occupied the Xuan Mansion. At this moment, the city of Beijing has come under his nose.

Zhu Changyuan, who was thousands of miles away, was both angry and inexplicably happy when his subordinates reported to him the news that the Xuanfu and Datong soldiers had surrendered to Li Zicheng.This complicated mood was finally summed up into one sentence, in his words: "Just now when he invaded the opponent's wild area and beat Papa Lan, Li Zicheng was scared to death. , This is really Nima's gift and super god."

(End of this chapter)