Chapter 371: Escape
The eunuch of the prison army readily agreed to Mao Wenlong's request, and he went back with good news to restore his life, and Mao Wenlong also agreed to no longer help Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng was disappointed again, he never expected that Mao Wenlong would be so ruthless, and he didn't even agree to the things that passed by.
"Damn it, Mao Wenlong, this capricious villain." After Li Zicheng didn't get a response from Mao Wenlong, he began to go crazy on the spot.
It's no wonder that he is in such a hurry, the rebel army has no way to retreat in Shanxi, and the only way to retreat is blocked by Mao Wenlong. If he could not be evacuated from Kaifeng or Dengzhou, he would have become the bag of the imperial army.
"King Chuang, we can't wait any longer, it's better to break through and escape now, it's better than waiting to die here!" Ying Shanjian didn't care about offending Li Zicheng, and bravely stood up and spoke.
Li Zicheng calmed down when he said this, and after a little hesitation, he said fiercely: "No matter what Mao Wenlong's attitude is, in short, this time he can't wait for death here no matter what." ”
Li Zicheng muttered to himself, and then roared angrily: "Pass the order, and start to break through tonight, distribute all the food in the army, and divide the money as well, whether you live or die tonight depends on your own luck." ”
Obviously, Li Zicheng has already begun to plan an escape route, and in the current situation of being surrounded, if he wants to escape safely, then he must have a plan.
Several generals quickly retreated to make arrangements after receiving the order, but Yingshanjian stayed alone, he went to close the door, and then asked Li Zicheng: "King Chuang, are we still fleeing alone like before?" ”
Li Zicheng nodded and said, "You can arrange it now, just bring your closest people, preferably no more than a hundred people." After the others rushed out, there was chaos outside, and we took advantage of the chaos to escape. ”
Yingshanjian didn't say much, and he immediately took the order to retreat.
Li Zicheng was left alone in the hall, looking at the blue sky outside from the window, he was speechless for a long time.
The greatest advantage of the rebel army is that the soldiers are all ordinary people, they are real ordinary people when they lay down their arms, and once they take up arms, they are murderous rebels. This is a particular headache for the imperial court, which is also the most common escape method every time the rebel army is about to perish.
That night, the city of Huaiqing Mansion was silent, Lu Xiangsheng was always paying attention to Huaiqing Mansion, he couldn't sleep at night, his heart was upset, so he simply changed into armor and was on duty with the soldiers who kept vigil.
Looking at the eerily quiet Huaiqing Mansion City, Lu Xiangsheng always had a bad premonition in his heart.
In the middle of the night, the city gate of Huaiqing Mansion suddenly opened, and then people continued to pour out of the city, and there was chaos for a while.
The sudden change alarmed the army of the imperial court, and Lu Xiangsheng was the first to get the alarm, he led the army to immediately reduce the encirclement, and blocked all the people from fleeing.
He knew in his heart that these seemed to be ordinary people, but in fact, most of them were rebels.
"Marshal, what should we do?" Lu Xiangsheng's lieutenant came to inquire in a panic.
"Pass the order, control everyone, check one by one, and only let go if you are sure that it is not a rebel. Those who can't be sure are all arrested and left for later. Lu Xiangsheng did not hesitate at all, and gave the order decisively.
This time, his mission was to take Li Zicheng's life, and he didn't want to let any of them go until Li Zicheng was caught.
Lu Xiangsheng's order soon spread throughout the army, and the imperial army surrounded all the people who fled from the city according to his order, and not one of them was allowed to leave.
At this moment, Li Zicheng had already dressed up in disguise, turned into an ordinary person, and blended in the chaotic crowd. Seeing that the imperial army didn't even let go of the people, he immediately felt bad.
"Shanjian, immediately incite a riot, remember, the more chaotic the better." Li Zicheng whispered to Yingshanjian beside him.
"King Chuang let go, his subordinates know what to do!" Ying Shanjian laughed twice, and then left quickly with a few guards.
Shortly thereafter, riots began to break out in Li Zicheng's front office, and the people in front of him became more and more agitated, and the disputes with the imperial officers and soldiers became more and more intense.
"Killed, officers and soldiers killed!" A terrible cry suddenly rang out, and then the people who were surrounded began to go crazy.
After a while, the front was completely chaotic, and the people began to fight with the officers and soldiers, while Yingshanjian and more than a dozen personal guards had returned to Li Zicheng's side.
"Lord, we can go from the other side, there are too many officers and soldiers here." Yingshan reported to Li Zicheng in a low voice.
"Lead the way." Li Zicheng responded with a calm expression.
A group of nearly twenty people quickly shifted direction, and there were nearly ten people following behind Li Zicheng. These people are some cronies, and they are also Li Zicheng's old background.
Transferred from the east gate to the west gate, Li Zicheng found that there were indeed a lot fewer officers and soldiers here, but there were also a lot fewer people.
This time, Yingshanjian didn't need Li Zicheng's orders, after he carefully inquired about the situation, he led more than a dozen personal guards again and began to repeat the old tricks.
Ying Shanjian seemed to be very familiar with this way, and after a while, he saw that it caused a riot again, and after the riot began, there was only one personal guard who returned to Li Zicheng's side, and he signaled to Li Zicheng that he could start to rush out with the crowd.
Nearly 100 small and medium-sized generals in the army protected Li Zicheng in the middle, and then rushed forward quickly, and the people on the periphery saw that the officers and soldiers were obstructing, so they secretly attacked, and soon the casualties of the officers and soldiers reached dozens of people.
Once the encirclement was broken, the people who had lost their minds and only cared about escaping began to frantically squeeze out. In the end, Li Zicheng successfully broke through the encirclement of officers and soldiers, and soon disappeared into the vast night under the escort of nearly 100 cronies.
After Lu Xiangsheng heard that there was a riot in the east of the city, he rushed over to suppress it as soon as possible, and in order to ensure that there were no accidents, he did not hesitate to kill people and shed blood. The army pressed directly on it, and anyone who dared to resist was hacked to death.
And those who had fled before, he also sent cavalry to chase them, and with his iron fist, the riot was quickly quelled.
However, as soon as the chaos on this side had subsided, he received a disturbance in the west of the city. Lu Xiangsheng frowned, he had a hunch that it was very likely that this was Li Zicheng's trick, so he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and hurriedly led the troops forward.
By the time they arrived, they found that many people had fled from the area. What made Lu Xiangsheng anxious was that it was very likely that Li Zicheng also escaped from here. Lu Xiangsheng was in a hurry when he thought of this, and sent cavalry to chase and kill again, and he also began to suppress it.