Chapter 322: Thousands of Miles of Pursuit and Killing (6) The Rogues Escape
The escape of Li Zicheng and others was soon discovered by Liu Fan, and due to the current situation, Liu Fan did not have much strength in his hands to stop the escape of Li Zicheng and others. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info But he was so escaped by Li Zicheng and other culprits, he was unwilling, after thinking about it, Liu Fan still gritted his teeth and sent the cavalry battalion with heavy losses to pursue.
Liu Fan's task to the cavalry battalion was very simple, not to annihilate the Liukou, but only to slow down the speed of Li Zicheng and the others' escape, so that Liu Fan could have enough time to draw his hand to pursue.
The escape of Li Zicheng and others brought the morale of the Liukou army to a freezing point, and in the face of the siege of the officials and troops on all sides, the Liukou were desperate. After escaping without forgetting, he could only put down his weapon and be captured. With the hordes of rogues laying down their arms and surrendering, there was no suspense in the battle at this point.
In order to pursue Li Zicheng and the others who fled as soon as possible, Liu Fan also made arrangements in a timely manner, and sent someone to summon Song Cheng and said, "Song Cheng, you take the pioneer battalion and the first and second battalions to be responsible for receiving prisoners and cleaning up the battlefield." Xiaohu, gather the pro-barracks and reserves, come with me! ā
After the simple arrangement, Liu Fan took the remaining soldiers to continue to chase and kill to the east, Liu Fan was ruthless, and he wanted to do his best in a battle to completely exterminate the Liukou, knowing that this henchman of the Ming Dynasty was in great trouble.
The combat reserve team and the pro-soldier battalion just now did not participate too much, so there was still some spare strength, otherwise Liu Fan would not dare to take the exhausted Broken Army to pursue the cavalry of the Liukou.
Because too much time has not passed, coupled with the entanglement of the cavalry battalion, Li Zicheng and the others did not escape too far at this moment. Liu Fan led the soldiers and soon saw the figure of Liukou.
Facing the pressing of the captives, Li Zicheng and the others were greatly frightened, seeing that the situation was becoming more and more dangerous, Li Zicheng couldn't help but say, "King Chuang, this Liu Fan is really too difficult." If this continues, I am afraid that sooner or later we will all be caught up and killed by the officers and soldiers. In my opinion, why don't we split up and run away! There may be a silver lining to this! ā
Gao Yingxiang shook his head and said, "If we catch up, we will fight with Liu Fan, I, Gao Yingxiang, have never been afraid of anything in my life, it's just a big deal." It's just time to be a companion with the dead brothers on the Huangquan Road! ā
Li Zicheng knew that Gao Yingxiang was still blaming himself for abandoning his companions just now, so he hurriedly persuaded, "King Chuang should not be discouraged, I think Liu Fan is cruel and ruthless, but he is not a person who loves to kill, and I heard that the captive army has rules and never kills prisoners." Brothers are dead with us, but surrender is not necessarily a chance to live. Now we only have the opportunity to rescue those brothers who were captured by the officers and soldiers in the future! ā
Gao Yingxiang was silent when he heard this, and only after a long time did he nod with difficulty: "Hongji, maybe you are right, we can't die now." In this way, you and I and Bingzhong each choose a path to escape. Whether you can survive or not depends on your own creation! ā
Zhang Xianzhong couldn't bear it anymore, and when he heard Gao Yingxiang's words, he immediately said loudly, "Okay, then my old Zhang will choose the north." King Chuang, Brother Li, take care. If we survive, the three of us will have a good time drinking and talking again tomorrow! ā
After Zhang Xianzhong left, Li Zicheng also left after him. The Rogue Horse team, which had been gathered together, immediately split into three groups and scattered and fled. This made Zhou Ce, who was in charge of the pursuit behind him, very annoyed. Who to chase and who not to chase, Zhou Ce didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only stop and wait for Liu Fan's arrival.
Fortunately, the distance between Liu Fan and the cavalry battalion was not too far, and it didn't take long for Liu Fan to converge with the cavalry battalion. Hearing Zhou Ce's convergence, Liu Fan immediately asked, "Zhou Ce, do you know where Li Zicheng went?" ā
"Li Zicheng?" Zhou Ce was stunned, and then meditated for a long time before he said uncertainly, "It seems to be going to the east, and I don't see the details too clearly." You know the Overseers are all dressed in similar clothes, and I can't tell if they're so far away! ā
"Idiot" Liu Fan scolded, and then said, "Then go east!" If you can catch one, you'd better pray that you see that it's Li Zicheng, otherwise you'll feed me a month's worth of horses! ā
There is a reason why Liu Fan wants to kill Li Zicheng first, compared to Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong, Li Zicheng is the one who is the biggest threat in Liu Fan's heart. Gao Yingxiang was born recklessly and has little ambition, although Zhang Xianzhong is cunning, but there are some elements of casualness in his character, at most he is only a grass king. And judging from what they have done in history, although Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are both anti-thieves, Zhang Xianzhong is more than 100 times stronger than Li Zicheng.
Zhang Xianzhong was born in a poor family. Smart and stubborn since childhood, he followed his father to do a small business and sell jujubes. He worked as a catcher, and then came to Yansui Town as a border soldier. After becoming a soldier, Zhang Xianzhong fought bravely and made many achievements. But because of his strong nature and love to fight, he almost lost his life. Later, the rebellion was also a helpless move under oppression. No matter how Zhang Xianzhong did evil, when the Qing army went south, Zhang Xianzhong resolutely stood up and led his troops to resist the battle, and was hit by a stray arrow in Xichong Phoenix Mountain and died.
And what about Li Zicheng? He rebelled because his wife had committed adultery with someone else. Li Zicheng's first wife, Han Jin'er, was not a good person. When I married Li Zicheng, it was the third time I got married, and the first two times I was divorced because of adultery. Li Zicheng knew that Han Jin'er was debauched by nature and married her, but he was completely to blame. One killed and rebelled because of righteousness, but the other killed and rebelled because of greed for beauty, and the two were sentenced.
After the success, the two of them did very differently. Li Zicheng has an army of one million, and he obviously has the opportunity to dominate the world, but because of cruelty and tyranny, he first killed Cao Cao Luo Rucai, who saved his life many times, for the sake of power, causing the old camp to leave Germany. He unjustly killed the visionary Li Yan and completely lost the support of the people. After the occupation of Beijing, the eyes became more and more empty. connived at Liu Zongmin to rob Wu Sangui's concubine Chen Yuanyuan and kill Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang. forced Wu Sangui to lead the Qing soldiers into the pass and self-destruct the city wall, becoming a sinner of the nation. One of the main culprits in the slaughter of thousands of Han Chinese. After being defeated by the Qing army, he fled thousands of miles away, and finally died at the hands of a nobody, which is a pity, hateful but not pitiful at all!
In the face of the powerful and almost invincible Qing army, he did not flee shamelessly like Li Zicheng, but rose to the challenge, and finally although he was defeated and died, he was not a hero. For the entire nation, although Zhang Xianzhong has made mistakes, he deserves the title of national hero, and he is ten thousand times stronger than those Donglin Party with itchy scalps.
In comparison, although Zhang Xianzhong is a rogue, he has some merits. But Li Zicheng is an executioner who does not deserve any sympathy, a sinner of the nation. Liu Fan can't wait to deal with it quickly, how can he let him go easily? (To be continued.) )