Everything changed too quickly, so fast that Li Zicheng, who had always been full of confidence, couldn't react at all.

The Ming Dynasty was like a phoenix reborn in Nirvana, which swept away the great trouble that had been a disaster for decades, the Manchu Qing outside the Guan. Although he has never fought with the Manchus, he has listened to their rumors for so many years, and he has also dealt with those Ming troops who have fought with the Manchus. Naturally, you can understand how strong that army is!

The new army of the Ming Dynasty was already so strong that it was invincible. A seemingly random armed march crushed his army of 100,000 and recaptured the Xuanda line. How can such an army be fought? How do you put it right?!

And now, that powerful army almost poured out of the nest and rushed straight towards Chang'an Mansion. He Li Zicheng, but King Li Chuang could only choose to flee in a hurry, and he didn't even have the courage to fight in the city!

He did not dare to defend the city. The city of Shenyang, which was held by more than 100,000 Manchu troops, could not hold out in front of the Ming army for ten days, and was burned to ashes by a fire!

He did not dare to fight in the field. The 100,000 elite Manchu soldiers outside Ningyuan City were wiped out in a battle, and they didn't even cause too much damage to the Ming army!

Li Zicheng felt as if he had had an extremely terrifying nightmare. He has worked hard for so many years and has experienced the test of life and death countless times. But when he was about to achieve immortal feats, he was poured a bucket of cold water that was cold to his heart. Everything is like a flower in a mirror, a moon in the water, and disappears in an instant.

"How so?" Li Zicheng narrowed his eyes, his body trembled slightly, and his big hands with thick joints held the saber between them. His eyes were full of pain and he looked at the Chang'an Mansion not far away, and muttered in a gloomy voice.

He established the Great Shun Dynasty in this city, and sat on the throne that he had never dreamed of before. His life was at its peak here. However, all of this is lost.

Faced with the surging powerful Ming army, Li Zicheng had to give up this magnificent fortified city painfully. Once again, he took his men and horses back on the journey of the past world.

"That's it." Li Zichang sighed, raised his head to look at the clear blue sky, and squirmed the corners of his mouth. whispered to himself, "This city, leave it to Daming." ”

After all, this is where his most glorious moments are held. Li Zicheng couldn't bear to burn them all in one fire. In the end, he chose to leave the complete city to Daming. Of course. Everything that can be taken away inside, such as food, gold and silver utensils, and people, will definitely not be left to the officials and soldiers. Doing these things, they are all professional. After all, I've been doing it for so many years, and I've long been extremely proficient.

By the time Gao Yang came to Chang'an Mansion with a large army, it was already empty. There was nothing left for them.

"The looting is really clean enough, and it deserves to be a professional rogue." Riding a horse on the wide avenue of Chang'an Mansion, looking at the silent houses all around, even the doors have been demolished. Gao Yang shook his head slightly and laughed.

"Maybe I'm used to living a poor life. Of course, everything that can be taken away is taken away. Origin responded.

"Hmm." Gao Yang nodded, and glanced at the sergeant behind him who was walking in a neat pace. hooked the corners of his mouth, chuckled and said, "They run, we chase." This is a realistic version of the game of officers and soldiers catching thieves. ”

"Hmm." The origin responded, "It's indeed a real version of a live-action game." ”

"Okay." Gao Yang shook his head slightly, "You're quite humorous now." Rest here for a few days, and then we will leave after the officials of the court have established the basic administrative system. ”

The Ming court is much smarter now. When Gao Yang set off with the army, the officials they appointed directly followed the army with their staff and subordinates. There is no safer place than in the midst of an army.

After the officials and soldiers regained a lost territory, officials appointed by the imperial court would soon be able to restore the administrative power of the Ming court in the city.

Gao Yang's army didn't stay in Chang'an Mansion for too long, so Gao Yang went to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda to take a look. Wait until the follow-up garrison army drives to Chang'an Mansion to take over the task of defending the city. Gao Yang continued to lead the army south, pursuing all the way in the direction of Tongguan.

Li Zicheng left Chang'an Mansion with hundreds of thousands of people under his command. All the way through Weishui, Tongguan, across the Yellow River. Again entered the chaotic Henan.

When Chongzhen was fifteen years old. Li Zicheng led a large army in Zhuxian Town, southwest of Kaifeng, and used the tactics of encirclement to send reinforcements, defeating the last main force of the Ming army in Guannei. completely defeated the last living force of the Ming army in the Central Plains. It laid the most solid foundation for his future development.

Now that a few years have passed, Li Zicheng, whose mood is very different from that of the year, has returned here again.

"King Chuang, you can't run away like this." In a dilapidated temple in Zhuxian Town, Tian Jianxiu, who was full of tiredness and anxiety, came to Li Zicheng's side and shouted loudly.

Li Zicheng, who was in a depressed mood, glanced at him coldly, his face was dim and gloomy reflected by the orange-red bonfire, and he said in a deep voice, "Can't run?" So what can we do? ”

Of course, Tian Jianxiu could feel Li Zicheng's terrible mood, but the current situation of the peasant army made him completely unable to worry about this. Directly in front of so many generals in the temple, he shouted: "Let's abandon Tongguan, Luoyang, and Xingyang all the way!" Now they all run to Kaifeng. Where are we going?! ”

This side of Henan is the most chaotic place in the entire Ming Dynasty at the moment. Almost all the cities and villages have been breached. Years of war have led to no harvest in the fields, and there are not even a few people on either side of the dilapidated official road.

Following Li Zicheng, the hundreds of thousands of people who came out of Chang'an Mansion were an astronomical number of people eating horses and chewing every day. In the case of no supplement. The supplies they were carrying were being consumed rapidly.

In order to maintain the remaining morale of the army, Li Zicheng had no choice but to keep the food supply of the displaced people. Give all the supplies to the old battalion soldiers.

The homeless people have no sense of belonging, and they will inevitably choose to leave if they have nothing to eat. When he left Chang'an Mansion, there were hundreds of thousands of people. Now there are less than 100,000 people who followed Li Zicheng and them to Zhuxian Town!

Without these huge numbers of cannon fodder, it would be even more impossible for the veteran battalion soldiers under Li Zicheng to have the courage to face the powerful Ming army. At the same time, everyone began to be not optimistic about Li Zicheng's future development. During this time, many old battalion soldiers even quietly chose to leave with horses, gold and silver.

Tian Jianxiu's words can be regarded as poking Li Zicheng's sore feet.

Li Zicheng, who had a gloomy face, stood up suddenly, staring at Tian Jianxiu with cold eyes. The big calloused hand has even reached for his saber!

Li Guo, Li Yan, Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others on the side saw that the momentum was not right, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade them, and finally calmed Li Zicheng down. Tian Jianxiu, who regained his composure, also hurriedly admitted his mistake to Li Zicheng. He was also chased by Gao Yang.

"Huh~~~" Li Zichang breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance on the side. calmed down a little, and asked with a hopeful face, "Two military advisors, what should we do now?" Is there another way out? ”

Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance glanced at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. After shaking his head slightly, Song Xiance stepped forward, smiled bitterly, and arched his hand and said, "Return to the king's words." We don't have a way to go now. ”

"How so?!" Li Zicheng frowned, and asked suspiciously, "The world is so big, is there no place for us to go?" ”

"Returning to the king's words." Niu Jinxing on the side continued: "The Ming army that followed us was forcing us to run at all. After a pause, he explained in detail, "We are carrying hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and we are extremely slow to move. If those Ming troops wanted to fight, they would have already caught up with us. Don't even cross the Yellow River. But they hung so far away, putting pressure on us from a hundred miles away, forcing us to flee all the way. ”

"Why did they do it? What are the officers and soldiers thinking? If you can fight, why not? Before Li Zicheng could speak, Tian Jianxiu on the side hurriedly interjected and asked.

"We don't know what this Ming army thinks." Niu Jinxing, whose face was full of frustration, continued, "They are forcing us to go all the way, as for why they are doing this, no one knows now." ”

Gao Yang wanted to force these people to be road sweepers, to clean up the high-ranking families, imperial relatives and princes who hindered the development of the Ming Dynasty everywhere. With the peasant army's style of being swept everywhere he passed, Gao Yang didn't need to get his hands dirty at all.

This idea can be called a big rebellion in today's era, Gao Yang didn't say it, and others naturally wouldn't know about it. Even if Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance are very intelligent, even if they want to break their heads, they will not be able to understand this kind of thing.

The strength between the two sides is completely unequal, and Li Zicheng is also an old man. What kind of army can fight, and what kind of army can't move. He knew it in his heart.

If it were another Ming army, he Li Zicheng would have already gathered all his strength to fight the other party. Where will it be like being chased like now, like a wild dog that has fled into the wilderness.

It's just that he knows it very well in his heart. Can't beat that Ming army. Rashly putting it right can only end up being defeated and killed. Now Li Zicheng can only choose to keep running away and then running away.

Fortunately, the Ming army didn't know why, and it didn't mean to exterminate them. Just follow it from a distance.

"Actually." Finding that the atmosphere in the temple was a little gloomy, Song Xiance pondered slightly for a moment before speaking softly, "It's not like we don't have anywhere else to go at all. ”

"Huh?!" Song Xiance's words immediately attracted everyone's attention!

Li Zicheng suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Song Xiance's hands. His eyes lit up as he looked at him, and his voice trembled slightly, and he shouted, "The military advisor saves me!" ”

Niu Jinxing on the side lowered his head slightly, and a hint of resentment flashed in the depths of his eyes. Since ancient times, literati have been light, and Song Xiance can come up with a plan, doesn't it seem that he is much inferior? !

At this moment, the hatred in Niu Jinxing's heart instantly reached its peak. (To be continued)