Less than a month after Li Zicheng broke through the capital, he was already in chaos, but now Zhou Zheng is back again, and it is even more chaotic.
Countless people ran on the streets, a mess, too many people followed Li Zicheng, trying to run out of the west gate of the capital.
Zhou Zheng's army has broken through three doors, and the army has surrounded and suppressed on three sides.
And Li Zicheng had already ran out of the west gate, took the people, and fought his horses desperately, rushing towards Shaanxi.
Cao Bianjiao's cavalry were deployed on both sides, watching from a distance.
The lieutenant next to him observed for a while and said sideways: "My lord, Li Zicheng has already come out. He was followed by dozens of carriages, hundreds of servants, women."
Cao Bianjiao sneered in his eyes and said, "Don't worry, let him run for a while."
The lieutenant said: "My lord, there is an order to conquer Xibo, and all the people who were searched by Li Zicheng will stay."
Cao Bianjiao pulled the horse rope with both hands and said: "I know, with so many carriages, Li Zicheng is also dizzy, even infantry can catch up!"
The lieutenant suddenly stopped talking. It was true. With so many things, the carriage was heavy and difficult to carry. Normal people would abandon it and run for his life alone. This Li Zicheng is really ridiculous!
After waiting for a long time, after vaguely hearing the sound of killing in the capital, Cao Bianjiao guessed that he was almost done, and said in a deep voice, "Kill me, don't let any of them go!"
"Yes!" a group of lieutenants responded loudly.
Cao Bianjiao's cavalry suddenly ran out from the hidden place, murderous like a dragon, and cut Li Zicheng's escape team straight into several sections, especially those carriages, under the hurried state, overturned again and again, and scattered countless gold and silver jewelry.
Cao Bianjiao immediately shouted, "Wang Zhenyong, be optimistic about these, others, kill me!"
A group of people quickly surrounded the gold and silver jewels to prevent others from snatching them.
Cao Bianjiao's army immediately turned around and pursued Li Zicheng.
There were not many people brought out by Li Zicheng, listening to the chase behind, he fought hard and rushed towards Shanxi eagerly.
After pursuing it, I don't know how long it took. Suddenly, 10,000 or 20,000 people rushed out on both sides of the road.
"My lord, it's Wu Sangui, Tang Tong, Bai Guangen..." the lieutenant shouted, riding a horse.
Cao Bianjiao also recognized it. He took only five thousand people, and said calmly: "Cross and shuttle left and right, and disperse them for me!"
Cao Bianjiao's five thousand cavalry were divided into two groups, like sharp swords, traversing and cutting through the army of Wu Sangui and others, and did not rush to pursue Li Zicheng.
Wu Sangui and Tang Tong were extremely tenacious at this time. With more than 10,000 people, they abruptly resisted the cavalry impact of Cao Bianjiao and bought Li Zicheng a lot of time.
Cao Bianjiao's cavalry did not dismount, and would not fight with Wu Sangui. His task was to free Li Zicheng, and the cavalry would not be wasted to Wu Sangui and others.
Wu Sangui and others did not entangle themselves, and when they felt that the time was almost the same, they decisively scattered their hands and fled.
Cao Bianjiao's cavalry pursued, leaving as many people as possible.
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Zhou Zheng had been standing behind watching the capital. Seeing the army broke the door, he put down his binoculars and said, "Enter the city!"
He fought forward, and the army behind him immediately followed.
Man Gui surrounded the palace, did not rush in immediately, but was waiting for Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng came quickly, dismounted and led people into the palace, and at the same time shouted anxiously: "Where is His Royal Highness? Take me there!"
The palace had long been in disarray and chaos. Several internal prisons appeared, crying and leading Zhou Zhengxiang to the west gate of the Qing Palace.
Before Zhou Zheng arrived, Zhu Cihong, Li Zhong and others were guarded by more than a dozen guards and appeared not far from Zhou Zheng.
When Zhou Zheng saw him, he quickly stepped forward in panic and surprise, and raised his hand and said: "The minister Zhou Zhengyun is late, and please forgive the prince."
Zhu Ciyu's face was pale, and he was very frightened. Even if he saw Zhou Zheng, the corners of his mouth were trembling, and he couldn't say a word.
When Li Zhong saw Zhou Zheng, he felt relieved, and said to Zhu Cihong quickly: "His Royal Highness, Zheng Xibo has done a good job in rescuing the driver. Quickly talk about being flat."
Only then did Zhu Cihong calm down a little, and said in a trembled voice: "Zheng Xibo has been able to save the car, and this palace has many rewards."
Li Zhong turned to Zhou Zheng and said: "Zheng Xibo, Your Highness is frightened, please rectify the palace, please return to the palace to rest."
Zhou Zheng said quickly: "Yes. Shangguan Lie!"
Shangguan Lie was Zhou Zheng's personal follower, followed by Zhou Zheng, with a solemn expression on his face, and raised his hand: "The end is here!"
Zhou Zhengdao: "This official has ordered you to be the commander of the Forbidden Army, and immediately clean the palace and remove all gangsters!"
Shangguan Lie said: "Yes!"
After he finished speaking, he turned to several subordinates and said: "You guys, lead two thousand soldiers, guard the outer court, you guys lead three thousand soldiers to patrol the inner court, but if there are suspicious people, you will all be killed!"
The six people all came out, raising their hands and saying: "The last general will take his life!"
These were all cronies who had followed Zhou Zheng for ten years. They turned around and took the army to arrange for them.
Only then did Zhu Cihong and Li Zhong feel relieved, with stiff smiles on their faces.
Zhou Zheng watched Zhu Cihong's body still trembling, and stepped forward and said: "His Royal Highness, the minister will escort you back to the palace."
Zhu Cihong nodded slightly, the palace is not safe now, and he is uneasy without Zhou being by his side.
Zhou Zheng took people and escorted Zhu Cihong back to Zhongcui Palace. Zhu Cihong is not the emperor yet, so he can't live in Qianqing Palace.
Lu Xiangsheng and others are outside, sweeping the capital, and at the same time the army is mobilized, preparing to conquer the important areas of Gyeonggi, such as Beizhili, in preparation for him to come out of Beijing to suppress bandits.
Zhou Zheng escorted Zhu Cihong to the Zhongcui Palace, and Li Zhong found a trustworthy court lady in the prison and waited for Zhu Cihong to wash and change her clothes.
Outside, Li Zhong also changed his clothes and returned to the gate of Zhongcui Palace.
Li Zhong was still in shock, watching Zhou Zheng reluctantly smiled and said: "This time it is really thanks to you, or else my Royal Highness and I will die here."
Zhou Zheng carried his hands on his back and smiled and said, "I am under the edict of the first emperor to conquer the rebels.
Li Zhong also smiled. He didn't know what Zhou Zheng was going to do next. He was flustered and asked cautiously: "A thief, will you come again?"
Zhou Zheng glanced at him and said, "You can feel at ease with me."
Li Zhong immediately felt relieved, and said repeatedly: "That's good, that's good."
Li Zhong didn't know what to say for a moment, but he couldn't calm down after looking inside. Life and death cross, in a short time, it is really difficult to calm down.
Seeing Li Zhong staring inside, Zhou Zheng suddenly said: "His Royal Highness, I will leave it to you."
Li Zhong was startled, a little confused about the meaning of Zhou Zheng's words.
At this moment, there was a cry from outside, Zhou Zheng and Li Zhong turned their heads and saw Zhou Yanru and a group of people rushing over very sadly.
"His Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, the ministers are late..."
"His Royal Highness, the minister is guilty..."
"His Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, you can be well..."
Zhou Yanru took more than a dozen people, all in a very embarrassed figure, with disheveled hair and ragged clothes, as if they had endured a lot of torture.
They just glanced at Zhou Zheng and knelt in front of the door, howling and crying.
The corner of Zhou Zheng's mouth twitched, Zhou Yanru's play was better than him this time, and the timing was just right. (End of this chapter)