Shaanxi, Xi'an.

The sound of killing in the sky over the entire city shook the sky, and the overwhelming thieves surrounded the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, like ants attacking the city.

In the siege army, the front line was naturally the hungry people who had no food rations for many days, and even the old and weak women and children who were coerced, and they filled up like waves, as if they were ready to submerge this ancient capital by the flow of people.

Behind the large group of hungry people, there was a huge army of thieves, all armed with spears, lined up in a neat array, ready to attack at any time.

In the army formation of the thief Chinese army, which was composed of horse soldiers and old battalion horsemen, a big banner with the word "Chuang" danced in the wind, and directly below the banner embroidered with black satin, a middle-aged man wearing a blue arrow coat, a white felt hat and red tassels, and a red cloak was quietly riding on the horse.

This person is Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang!

Li Zicheng is burly, with high and deep cheekbones, a high nose and deep eyes on his dense beard, and his eyes flash from time to time.

Behind him, there are literati such as Song Xiance and Niu Jinxing, as well as generals such as Liu Zongmin, Tian Jianxiu, and Li Guo.

Li Zicheng couldn't capture Fengyang Mansion for a long time, seeing that the other party was constantly changing people into battle, and seeing Yang Sichang's army in Kaifeng Mansion staring at him, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he felt that he had been tricked by the officers and soldiers, and he was kicked back and forth as a juju!

Taking advantage of the outbreak of the plague in the Central Plains, Li Zicheng suddenly raised troops to the north, joined forces with Liu Zongmin to study at Luoshan, and then went north to Shaanxi to raid Xi'an.

Shaanxi is his hometown, and it has suffered disasters all the year round, and the revolutionary foundation is very thick, and Sun Chuanting, the king of Hades, is gone, and Li Zicheng is more confident to pull up hundreds of thousands of horses in Shaanxi.

Looking at the city at this time, Li Zicheng was full of ambition at the same time, and his heart was full of hatred, Xi'an City had three enemies, one was Wang Qiaonian, the governor of the three sides who dug his ancestral grave, and the other was Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing, two traitors!

Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing are both from Yan'an, Shaanxi, Liu Guoneng is nicknamed Breaking the Sky, and Li Wanqing is nicknamed Shooting Falling Heaven, both of them are Li Zicheng's fellow countrymen and Li Zicheng's sworn brothers.

In the early years of Chongzhen, Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, etc. revolted in Shaanxi, and fought in Shaanxi, Jin, Henan, and Hubei.

When Chongzhen was ten years old, Zhu Cihong led the Tianwu army to the south to quell the rebellion, eliminated the five battalions of the old Hui Hui and other revolutionaries, and surrounded Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others, Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing took the initiative to surrender to the imperial court, were awarded the title of deputy general, and were arranged by Zhu Cihong to garrison in Huguang.

In the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng recovered from Shangluoshan, Huang Degong was ordered to lead the army north to Shaanxi, Liu Guoneng and Li Wanqing were also transferred to Shaanxi to fight, and have been staying in Shaanxi since then.

Seeing that the city was about to break, Li Zicheng was proud, and he was looking forward to how these three people knelt on the ground and begged for mercy!

It is not the first time that the army has attacked Xi'an, it can be said that it is familiar with the road, and it is a surprise attack, the Ming army has not formed an effective defense, and it is only a matter of a day or two to break the city under this kind of crowd tactics.

Sure enough, the second day's fighting lasted only half a day, and there was an overwhelming cheer from the city.

"The city is broken! The city is broken! Go in and grab it! ”

The army flocked into the city, and Li Zicheng did not delay, laughing and said: "Enter the city with your forehead!" ”

The sound of wailing in the city was endless, and the streets were full of corpses and bloodstains, Li Zicheng was accustomed to this, and ordered the old battalion to arrest Wang Qiaonian, Liu Guoneng, and Li Wanqing.

Not long after, Liu Guoneng, who was burly and covered in blood, was captured and taken to the Chinese army, holding his neck straight and not saying a word.

Without kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy as he imagined, Li Zicheng was obviously a little uncomfortable, he reluctantly smiled and said: "Brother Liu, we are fellow countrymen, why don't you surrender me and conspire for a great cause together?" ”

Liu Guoneng was stunned and scolded angrily: "I was a thief with Ruo at the beginning, and now the king is also a minister, why did you become a thief!" ”

Li Zicheng laughed and said: "As the saying goes, a thief for one day is a thief for life, why do you deceive yourself?" ”

Liu Guoneng shouted: "I'm different from you, don't talk nonsense, kill if you want to kill, and kill if you want to!" ”

Li Zicheng looked at him coldly and said coldly: "In this case, then you can go!" ”

As soon as he waved his hand, an old battalion soldier dragged him aside and executed him.

Immediately afterwards, Li Wanqing, who "shot the sky", was also escorted, and he was also unwilling to give in, shouting: "No longer a thief!" ”

Li Zicheng was stunned, then furious, and shouted: "What did you say? ”

The generals around the army were very angry and shouted: "I don't know what to do! ”

Li Wanqing broke free from the restraints, pulled out the saber of the army beside him, and killed himself.

Li Zicheng's body trembled, and he couldn't believe his eyes, why would they rather die than give in? They weren't like that before!

Song Xiance, who is proficient in mathematics, stroked his beard and said: "I have heard that the prince of the Zhu family is good at brainwashing, and he is also very good at mastering the army, it seems that this is the case, King Chuang must not underestimate this person......"

Zhang Tianlin, nicknamed "Over the Sky Star", sighed, the thirteen leaders of the thirteen families who defeated the central capital Fengyang back then, and now only himself and King Chuang are left......

The war in the city was still going on, and although Wang Qiaonian, the governor of the three sides, was a civilian official, he was wearing armor, and he still led his family to resist in the alley, and he also killed three rogues with his own hands, and was captured by the intrusive army in an attempt to commit suicide.

An old battalion soldier escorted him to Li Zicheng and shouted: "Dog officer, the king in front of you is Chuangwang, don't kneel down yet!" ”

Wang Qiaonian said angrily: "I am a minister of the Ming Dynasty and an official of the imperial court, how can I kneel to the thief!" ”

Li Zicheng stared at him and said, "I heard that during the siege of the city, those dog officials surrounded you and begged you to go out of the city to avoid the rebels, but you kicked their heads with your feet and said, 'You are afraid of death, I am not afraid of death', is there such a thing?" ”

Wang Qiaonian held his head high and said, "Not bad! Shameless thieves will be defeated! ”

"You dog official has a bit of integrity, but it's too big!"

Li Zicheng laughed, and suddenly shouted: "Come on, dig out his kneecaps, and see if he kneels or not!" ”

was dug out of his kneecaps, and Wang Qiaonian still scolded non-stop.

Li Zicheng pointed at him and said, "Dog official, in the past, you dug my ancestral grave, have you ever thought about today?" ”

Wang Qiaonian scolded: "Thief, you burned the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum against the sky, and it is light to destroy your nine clans, so why bother digging your ancestral grave!" ”

Li Zicheng was furious and said, "Cut off his tongue!" ”

Wang Qiao's mouth was full of blood, he couldn't stand steadily, and he couldn't scold, so he pointed his finger at Li Zicheng and scolded with blood.

Li Zicheng didn't believe in this evil, and ordered left and right: "Chop off his fingers again!" ”

The kneecaps were dug out, his tongue was cut, his fingers were chopped off, Wang Qiaonian trembled all over, he could no longer stand, he turned to look north and worshipped, and muttered the emperor's grace in his mouth.

Li Zicheng was even more furious and ordered to split his car to death with five oxen to split his body.

Looking at a few corpses and a place of blood, Li Zicheng frowned, obviously displeased, feeling that this dog official had dug up the ancestral grave of the Li family, and it was cheaper for him to die like this!

After being silent for a while, Li Zicheng suddenly asked, "Where are the relatives of this dog official?" Why don't you see it? ”

At this time, his nephew Li came over and replied: "King Chuang, the relatives of this dog official have committed suicide in the Governor's Palace!" ”

"Dead?"

Li Zicheng and the others came to the three-sided governor's mansion, only to see that it was empty and quiet, and after Li Zicheng and the others entered the main hall of the mansion, they suddenly looked shocked.

Several well-dressed female corpses hung in the hall and hanged themselves, which were Wang Qiaonian's wife and daughter.

Wang Qiaonian's son was lying on the ground in a green-robed civil official uniform, with a pool of blood under him, and a bloody sword in his right hand, especially blood marks on his neck.

In his arms, there are still two children who are a few years old, but they are Wang Qiaonian's grandsons.

The smell of blood spread, looking at the three corpses on the ground, Li Zicheng was finally silent......

(End of chapter)