On the top of Admiralty Hill, the conference hall.
Faced with the life and death decision of the whole army, Li Zicheng didn't hesitate for long, and soon he slapped his thigh fiercely and said: "It's done! Then go down the mountain and rob the food!"
"Foster father, this is probably a trap set by the officers and the army, you must prevent it..." Li Shuangxi reminded him hastily.
Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng smiled miserably when he heard it, and even the smile was full of sadness: "Xizi, I also know this, but the question is now in our situation, is there a choice? Even if you don't go down the mountain to grab food, you can support it more. Does it make sense for ten days and a half months? So why not try it!"
"Hey—" Li Shuangxi was also sad when he heard it. This means that heroes are not free to be transported!
So after making this decision, in the early morning of the next day, the sky was just getting dark, and Li Zicheng personally led nearly 3,000 people. In addition to leaving 300 people to guard the nest, all the others came out... The success or failure in one fell swoop!
However, after the action started, it seemed that luck was still on their side. When Li Zicheng took the troops and killed them all the way down the mountain, the officers and soldiers outside performing the siege mission were actually very slack. On the way they descended, There is no ambush.
Originally, Li Zicheng was still worried. According to the ability of the mysterious Xuanjia Army special operations unit, this path should have been discovered by them long ago, so as long as a team of troops are arranged here, it will be difficult for them to rush out, but now Well…
"Everyone, work hard, step up down the mountain—" Seeing that the prospects seemed to be good, Li Zicheng encouraged him like this.
Then they went all the way down the mountain like this, and when they came to the official road at the foot of the mountain, they immediately set up an ambush, and then it didn’t take long before they saw a bunch of grain trucks on the official road, and there were a lot of them, and every grain truck was on the road. They are all bulging.
But after Li Zicheng met, his heart relaxed a little... It seems that it is really not a trap.
"Brothers rush! As long as we grab this batch of food, we will have a way to survive again!" Li Zicheng said, just taking the lead and rushing over, including the three thousand veterans and horses under his staff, all of them have their eyes bright. Called rushed up!
But when they just approached, suddenly there was a sudden change! I saw that the curtains on these grain trucks were lifted, and what was exposed inside was not grain, but they were all mysterious armies with guns and live ammunition! Including the official road further away, as well as the small road where they had just gone down the mountain, there were also dense ambushes popping up!
Obviously this is exactly what Li Zicheng expected. This is not a hope, but a trap!
At this time, the head of the official army was Sun Chuanting, governor of Shaanxi. As one of the few civilian officials who could lead soldiers in the late Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting had fought against Li Zicheng many times, and he escaped many times! So now that I can finally capture Li Zicheng completely, that kind of pride...
"Hehe, Li Chuang, the rebel! Today you fell into this net of heaven and earth, I see how you can escape!"
However, Sun Chuanting stopped in the middle of talking, because he had already thought that it was not him who commanded this battle, but someone else, so he quickly looked at Yang Shanlu beside him, and his expression was very serious. Admire: "This time I was able to besiege Li Chuang, thanks to the strategizing of the adults, the officials admire him."
But Yang Shanlu just smiled faintly when he heard it, and didn't feel much proud. By his status today, his ordinary fame and fortune are no longer in his eyes! Even the monstrous feat of capturing Li Zicheng is not too important to him.
And the reason for coming to the battlefield this time was not because he was interested in Li Zicheng. He wanted to see what kind of character Li Zicheng portrayed in the master Yao Xueyin's pen, so he came in person.
On the contrary, Li Zicheng, he also knew Sun Chuanting, at least the banner of Sun Chuanting, and then he looked at the surrounding Qin army, including more and more ferocious Xuanjia army, and then he looked at his food for the past few days. Brothers who are not full of food and even have a bit of a knife and spear in their hands, Li Zicheng sighed, but at this point, is there still a need to fight
At this time, all of his generals were waiting for his instruction, but Li Zicheng suddenly appeared more and more, and then looked at Sun Chuanting from a distance: "Lao Sun, today I am surrounded by you, Li Zicheng, I would like to gamble. Conquer the defeat, and you can take away my Li Zicheng's head without using the sword! But I only have one request... Please let go of these brethren under me!"
"Ah! Foster father must not! We can still fight!" His adopted son Li Shuangxi said in shock when he heard this.
Unexpectedly, Li Zicheng turned around and looked at him with a sad smile: "Foster father knows that you are loyal, but you don't have to comfort me anymore. I can still understand the current situation. Rebelling will only increase casualties. Now The only hope is that my head, Li Zicheng, is still worth a few dollars!"
So next, he repeated him to Sun Chuanting, that is, he was willing to surrender and gave his head! I only hope that he can let his brothers make a living.
And after hearing Li Zicheng say this, the old brothers around him all had tears in their eyes. You must know that these people have followed him for three years since Chongzhen, and many people have followed him for more than ten years. That's really brothers of life and death. , But now
However, this matter was so serious that Sun Chuanting did not dare to call the shots. He just looked at Yang Shanlu and said, "Master Hou, what do you think?"
"You tell him that you can do what he says, and after surrendering, we will give them the corresponding treatment to ensure that they will not torture the prisoners." Yang Shanlu smiled faintly.
Of course, there is a subtext in his statement! It is guaranteed that the prisoners will not be tortured, but not those with blood on their hands!
Because Yang Shanlu knows very well that for those who have been gangsters for many years, there are very few people who don’t have a few lives on their hands, even this does not include those killed in battle, so for such brutal people, Yang It's impossible for Shanlu to let them go! Having done evil for so many years, now you want to surrender lightly? Nothing so good!
So next, now that Yang Shanlu's'guarantee' was given, and Li Zicheng had no intention of fighting, in the end, apart from dozens of people who were unwilling to surrender and were killed on the spot by the official army, the rest were great. Part of it surrendered.
Then when Li Zicheng was also tied up and brought to Yang Shanlu, Li Zicheng looked at him in amazement. In his impression, the governor of Shaanxi was already a very big official. He did not expect to see him today. A bigger official than him! And still so young!
When Li Zicheng learned that this was the well-known general of Zhenguo, he was even more speechless... and his eyes on Yang Shanlu were very complicated. It can be said that this person in front of him has changed his life. fate!
For example, four years ago, the great cause of rebellion was flourishing, and the leaders of the 36th Route gathered in Shanxi... Zijinliang, the Eight Great Kings, the King of Sweeper, the Living Cao Cao, the King of Chaos, the Fallen Heaven, the Laohuihui, the King of Heaven, and the Lighter , Do not stick to the mud... What a momentum that is!
But it was this person who personally led the troops into the Central Plains and gave them a blow! The heart has a king to dominate the industry, but it is blown away by the rain! Including now, it is this person again, who has carried out the final end to him!
Of course Li Zicheng still admires him, knowing that when he started, he was just a small armor captain, so he can walk step by step to the present, he is indeed a true hero! What a hero! It is not wrong to lose in the hands of such a person.
As for Yang Shanlu, he will also give due respect to a person like Li Zicheng who has lived through the ages, and Yang Shanlu also wants to discuss certain issues with him in detail.
So next, Yang Shanlu ordered Li Zicheng to take Li Zicheng to a hut next to the official road, and the two had a separate exchange.
And no one knew what the last two said, but in the end, after Yang Shanlu came out of the hut, his face was still very solemn, and he also said: "It's a real hero, but it's a pity. Time."
And then, Yang Shanlu ordered someone to kill Li Zicheng on the spot!
This was also at Li Zicheng's own request, because both of them understood that if a leader like Li Zicheng, who is well-known in the world, if he was escorted to the capital, he would definitely be tortured and killed by a thousand swords! Therefore, Yang Shanlu didn't want to see that such a hero had to accept that kind of pain before he died, so he simply gave him a joy.
Of course, even so, it is already a miracle! And Yang Shanlu knows the meaning even more... As Li Zicheng bowed his head, when the flag of Chuangwang raised high was cut down, an era was over!
It can even be said that in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, with the destruction of the Eight Great Kings Zhang Xianzhong, Huo Cao Cao and others, the gangster chaos has already been devastated!
And now, with the final destruction of Li Zicheng's tribe and Xiao Xiong bowing his head, he Yang Shanlu can finally declare that the gangster chaos that has ravaged the Central Plains for more than ten years and endangered tens of millions of people. it is finally over! An era is over!
As for the subsequent three thousand prisoners, there is no need to say how to deal with it, but there is one point, but it needs to be mentioned, that is, for the generals under Li Zicheng, Yang Shanlu has given separate treatment!
Just like Li Guo, Gao Yigong and others. Although these people have committed many crimes against the people, in the original history, after the Tartars entered the customs in the future, they can resolutely anyway, and always insist on and the Qing Dynasty. Fight! Unswervingly until death! Maintain the national integrity of a Han!
Therefore, Yang Shanlu maintained a respect for such rebel generals, talked to them about the situation in the world, and after some warnings, he secretly sent them to the outside of the Great Wall, which is the southern part of the Great Wall in the Hetao area, and let them start. A new life.
As for other generals, needless to say, like Liu Zongmin, a butcher is naturally impossible to receive mercy.
In addition, people like Tian Jianxiu, Zhang Nai, and Wu Ruyi not only committed countless crimes against the common people during the Ming Dynasty, but also begged for mercy after the Manchu Dynasty entered the customs. , In turn, killed other rebels!
Therefore, for such scum and national scum, it is unnecessary to say that these people are all thrown into prison wagons, and only after they are escorted into Beijing, they can enjoy the treatment of thousands of dollars.
As for the other little ones, depending on the crime committed, those who should be decapitated will be decapitated, and those who should perform hard labor will perform hard labor. Anyway, they have their due end.
Including this incident, it was rushed by Liubaili. After the news reached the capital, the people in the capital spontaneously set off firecrackers to celebrate... After all, Li Zicheng's reputation is too great, but now
Even the Emperor Chongzhen in the deep palace happily drank a little wine to celebrate after learning that Li Chuang had already fallen to death...
You must know that he had seen this nasty name on the battle report countless times before, even if he wrote the three words Li Zicheng very small in order to express contempt, he still could not hide this person. The light!
This person is like the nemesis of the Ming Dynasty! Repeatedly defeated the Ming official army, the more the battle, the stronger! There is even a trend to sweep the world! Of course, in the original history, it was Li Zicheng who took the city of Beijing with his own hands, forcing Emperor Chongzhen to hang himself on Meishan Mountain and ruining Daming Jiangshan! But now
Even after hearing such good news, Liu Zongzhou, who is in charge of the Beijing Normal University Hall, cried with joy! Because he also has a deep feeling about this, let alone Liu Zongzhou's hometown, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was once ravaged by gangsters, which made it impossible to return to his home! His old mother died because of it! Not to mention the land of fish and rice, turning into a dilapidated place!
Then it was precisely because of the ravages of the gangs and the ruined national affairs that he was anxious, but could not find a good strategy for governing the country, so he repeatedly embarrassed Chongzhen, and even bothered him! But now
Even Liu Zongzhou was pleased that he read a poem by the sage "Wen Guanjun Receiving Henan and Hebei" on the spot.
Suddenly the sword came to collect Jibei, and the clothes were covered with tears at first.
But looking at the worries of his wife, he is crazy about poems and books.
Singing in the daytime must be indulging in wine, youth is a good company to return home.
From the Ba Gorge to the Wu Gorge, then go to Xiangyang to Luoyang. (End of this chapter)