Li Zicheng's knife came completely beyond Zhang Ying's expectations, and Zhang Ying raised his knife to parry while trying to retreat. Fortunately, Zhang Ying's knife skills are not bad, and he barely held up this knife. It's just that this knife is extremely heavy, and it actually pressed Zhang Ying's knife and continued to cut down. Zhang Ying was shocked, tilted his head, and fell backwards. But the knife still slashed him in the face, but it was only framed in the end, and it was not cut deeply.

Although he barely blocked the knife and temporarily saved his life, Zhang Ying's balance and footsteps were completely messed up, and he took half a step back and sat down in the muddy water. Li Zicheng took another step forward, shouted, and the saber raised in both hands slashed down.

Zhang Ying sat on the ground, raised the saber above his head, used all his strength, and held the saber with both hands to block the knife. But I felt that my arms were sore, and I couldn't lift them anymore. If Li Zicheng stabs again, he will definitely die. But at this moment, Wang Dazhuang next to him had already reacted, and rushed straight over and swept towards Li Zicheng with a knife.

Li Zicheng had to give up chasing Zhang Ying and set up a knife to block Wang Dazhuang's blow. It's just that his feet were injured after all, and his strength was also affected, especially when he was fighting with people from the side, he was cut and almost lost his balance, and almost fell to the ground. And when he attacked Zhang Ying, he left the courtyard wall, and now after a little slowdown, several people surrounded him, and now, there are people in front of him, left and right. Some people even took the opportunity to help Zhang Ying aside.

Li Zicheng looked at the soldiers surrounding him, took back the knife, and then ignored the model army around him, and suddenly slashed towards Wang Dazhuang. But this time, his attack did not have the same effect as last time, and Wang Dazhuang, who had been prepared, took a step back, holding a knife in both hands, and blocked the blow. Several soldiers around him also killed from several other directions, and several sabers slashed or stabbed at Li Zicheng from different angles.

Li Zicheng didn't return the knife to defend but just attacked desperately, and after a while, he was hit by four or five stabs, two of which were stabbed wounds. But he still shouted: "Kill the dog officer, kill the dog officer and soldier!" "Just desperately brandishing a knife and slashing.

When the soldiers saw that he was slashing wildly, and knowing that he had been fatally wounded, and that he had only returned to the light, they all retreated half a step and stopped attacking. But Li Zicheng didn't realize it, he still shouted wildly, slashed with a knife, and finally his steps were unsteady, and he stumbled and fell to the ground. He sat up, still clutching the knife tightly in his hand, but he couldn't swing it anymore, and his mouth was still shouting out something, but his voice was getting lower and lower...... In the end, the voice finally disappeared, Li Zicheng sat there, his head hanging weakly, this powerful hero finally died.

The soldiers of the Model Army had bandages in their first-aid kits, and several soldiers helped Zhang Ying wrap the wounds on his face, wrapping his face like a cotton yarn spindle in a weaving workshop in the Jiangnan area. This knife is actually not too deep, but the knife wound left is very long, and it is estimated that Zhang Ying will definitely have a long scar on his face in the future.

At this time, the sky is gradually bright, the sun has risen, the dark clouds that have been in the sky since last night have been dispersed, the reddish sunlight is sprinkled on the vast plains, and the fog can be faintly seen gradually rising from the rain-soaked earth.

A soldier walked up to Li Zicheng's corpse and tried to remove the knife from his stiff hand, but he couldn't break his fingers. When the soldier saw that Li Zicheng's eyes were still wide open, he sighed: "King Chuang, in your life, you have drunk wine in big bowls, eaten meat in large pieces, weighed and divided gold, slept with countless women, killed countless officers and soldiers, killed elders, forced the emperor to death, and became the emperor yourself." If you want me to say, you have enough in this life, what else can't you close your eyes to? If you want me to say, King Chuang, your life is worth it, enough! ”

As soon as these words came out, the soldier was surprised to find that Li Zicheng's eyes slowly closed, and the hand that was originally clenched tightly seemed to be given away, and the soldier quickly took down the knife in his hand. Taking advantage of the morning sun, he took a closer look at the knife, and saw that the blade was full of large and small gaps, and sighed and said, "Battalion commander, this knife is useless." ”

Zhang Ying just shook his head, but didn't speak—he had a wound on his face, and speaking would pull the wound, which hurt a lot.

The soldier put the knife away, walked to Li Zicheng's side again, turned his face to Zhang Ying and asked, "Battalion commander, do you want to cut off your head?" ”

Zhang Ying thought about it, endured the pain and said, "Forget it, take the corpse back together, this person is a good man after all!" ”

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In Beijing, Emperor Hongguang once restored the system of the early dynasty, but soon after, under the pretext of illness, the early dynasty was suspended, and this suspension has been suspended for several months, and it seems that there is no intention of resuming. Compared with Emperor Chongzhen, who sleeps at night, Emperor Hongguang is much more comfortable, he always gets up late, and he has not known what the Forbidden City was like for a long time.

When the report arrived in Jingshi, Emperor Hongguang had just gotten up. The newly selected concubine was carefully combing his hair, but saw the great eunuch Lu Jiude hurrying outside the door. Lu Jiude saw that the emperor was freshening up, so he bowed down and stood outside the door waiting, but he didn't know why he couldn't stop trembling all over. Emperor Hongguang saw Lu Jiude at a glance, so he asked, "What is the matter with Gonggong Lu?" ”

Lu Jiude hurriedly came in, saw Emperor Hongguang knelt down to pay respects, and then raised a piece of good news above his head, and replied in a trembling voice: "Congratulations to the saint, congratulations to the saint!" Huguang Jiebao, Jiangsu General Army, Anping Wang Shizi reported victory, our army has recovered Xiangyang, and the battle is ...... ......"Lu Jiude was so excited that he couldn't speak for a while.

"Oh, who the hell did you kill? I'm really in a hurry! Emperor Hongguang said urgently.

"Beheaded the thieves Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin, and more than 40 other thief generals, beheaded more than 5,000 ranks, and captured more than 30,000 thieves...... Your Majesty! The thief has been eliminated, the revenge of the first emperor has been avenged, and the Ming Dynasty is hopeful......" Speaking of this, Lu Jiude couldn't help crying.

"Really!" Emperor Hongguang jumped up all of a sudden, grabbed the good news, looked at it, looked at it, and tears rolled down.

"Father, Li Zicheng is dead! Li Zicheng is dead! Emperor Hongguang said in a low voice, he was so excited that he turned around the room twice, and then stopped abruptly and said, "The corpse of the dog thief, can you send it?" You help me arrange that I will take the head of that dog thief to the Taimiao Temple to worship the first emperor! ”

Lu Jiude said: "Holy Lord, Huguang is thousands of miles away from Jingshi, and this good news was also sent over in an expedited manner of eight hundred miles. How could this body be delivered so quickly? Moreover, according to the rules, His Majesty should first send a minister to verify this military merit, and then bring back the head of the traitor. Where can there be such a fast? ”

Hongguang listened, nodded and said, "Gonggong Lu, what you said is true, but I am confused." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, just seeing the revenge of the first emperor and the eldest king, my heart was excited, and I didn't expect it for a while. This is also His Majesty's filial piety. Lu Jiude said.

"Do the elders know?" Hongguang asked again.

"The elders know about it, and now they are waiting outside." Lu Jiude replied.

The Ming Dynasty cabinet worked in the Wenhua Hall of the Outer Dynasty, which was not far from the Inner Dynasty.

"Set up the Qianqing Palace, I want to discuss with the elders there." Hongguang Road.

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