Chapter Seventy-Six: The Fall of Xi'an
Because Li Zicheng knows very well that after conquering Xi'an, he is no longer the same as the peasant rebel army from the previous rogue family, but has truly become a prince, and there will even be a moment of domination of the world in the future, judging from the current situation, this hope is still very great.
And if he wants to achieve this goal quickly, he must first stabilize people's hearts, and in Xi'an City, how can he quickly stabilize people's hearts, you know, they have besieged Xi'an City for dozens of days before, how can the people in the city surrender with peace of mind?
But if Dong Xueli is subdued, it will be different, you must know that Xi'an City was originally Sun Chuanting's territory, and after Sun Chuanting handed it over to Dong Xueli, and in the hands of Dong Xueli, he resisted the invasion of the army for so long, it can be said that the most trusted thing in Xi'an is Dong Xueli, with Dong Xueli's surrender, the city can be quickly stabilized, and he can quickly sweep the Quartet.
In addition to this reason, Li Zicheng also admired Dong Xueli very much in his heart, with more than 10,000 people, he actually resisted the siege of more than ten times his troops, and if he was willing to surrender, he would immediately have another general in his hands who could fight well.
Looking at Li Zicheng, who was not far from him, Dong Xueli hoped to cut off his head with a knife and avenge the dead Sun Dashuai, but at this time, he had already lost the slightest strength, and he was reluctant to even stand, and he could only sigh helplessly in his heart.
Immediately, he looked at Li Zicheng with round eyes, and said with a smile after a long time, "Hahahaha, Li Zicheng, you are a little lowly pawn, you actually want me to surrender to you, it's just a pipe dream, don't think that you can be whimsical for a while, tell you, that's delusion, I'm going to die today, but, I'm still waiting for you on Huangquan Road, you remember, there will always be someone who will avenge me for Sun Dashuai, okay, I won't tell you, after saying so much, grandpa is also tired, Li Zicheng, We'll see you on Huangquan Road. ”
After finishing speaking, I saw Dong Xueli use his last strength, lift the big knife, and slam it on the top of his neck, a stream of blood fell to the ground, and Dong Xueli died on the spot.
Looking at Dong Xueli, who was lying on the ground, his eyes were still wide, Li Zicheng sighed lightly, and then said to the guards behind him, "Come on, don't embarrass him, find him a good coffin, and bury him well, such a loyal person deserves our respect." ”
Just when Dong Xueli killed himself in the city, a special team not far from here was walking with difficulty, among them, there were old and young, men and women, the largest number was some children and some women, and on the side to protect them was a group of soldiers with broken clothes and armor, scars all over their bodies, this team was the people who broke out of Xi'an City, and the leader was Dong Xueli's son Dong Qi.
Before the city was broken, Dong Qi obeyed Dong Xueli's order, gathered all the families of the soldiers in Xi'an City, and then took a thousand soldiers who were still able to fight, and the soldiers who were slightly injured opened a gap from the north gate, and escaped with difficulty, but fortunately, because of the collapse of the southern city wall, the army transferred most of the troops to the south, and the defense of the north was relatively lax, but even so in the battle, there were still more than 300 soldiers killed, and some family members were lost.
At this time, although they were not close to Xi'an City, when the Dongzi flag hanging at the head of the city fell down, Dong Qi couldn't help crying, because he knew that when the flag fell, it was also the time when his father was damaged.
In the direction of Xi'an, Dong Qi knelt down heavily, and after kowtowing three times, he immediately walked away with the team without looking back, but he secretly swore in his heart, "In this life, he will definitely avenge his father." ”
"My lord, where are we going now?" A veteran asked.
Hearing the veteran's question, Dong Qi looked at the north without thinking about it, and said, "To the north, let's go to the north, where it will be our new birthplace." ”
"How could it be like this, how could it be like this, I didn't expect my Hao Shaoqi to become like this again." It's been almost two days, and in the past two days, Hao Shaoqi has tried to collect the rout countless times, but every time he has been interrupted by the damn Mongolian cavalry, and a few times, he was almost caught.
At this time, Hao Shaoqi muttered in his mouth, but he couldn't help but think of the last time he was defeated by the official army, it was also like this, he was chased by the official army and had no way to enter the sky, and finally had to take refuge in Li Zicheng, but this time, when he failed again, he didn't think about returning to Li Zicheng's army, because he knew that even if Li Zicheng could bypass him, Niu Jinxing, who lost his son, would not let him go.
"The general must not be discouraged, you must know that since ancient times, people who want to achieve great things must suffer from the unbearable suffering of others and endure the unbearable shame of others, so that they can laugh and say in the end, achieve great causes, the general is just careless now, and the future will be long, and in the future, he will definitely wash away the shame." Seeing Hao Shaoqi's dejected appearance, Mr. Tong couldn't help but persuade, but even he had no confidence in his own heart when he said these words.
Mr. Tong, as an informed, capable, and knowledgeable person, sees the current behavior very clearly, although the current general trend of the world, although it still seems to be chaotic, but it is no longer the kind of before, the era when any person can rise, and now it is the time for the Ming Dynasty to divide the world with Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong in the southwest.
If Hao Shaoqi wants to rise, then he can only occupy Yulin, and then he can take advantage of Li Zicheng to compete with the imperial court, rapid development, but now, I didn't expect to be defeated by a yellow-haired boy, let alone rise, now even whether he can survive is a problem, every time he thinks of this, Mr. Tong can't help but complain, he wonders if he is a lifetime of unlucky fate, the previous owner is because of the defeat and thus affected himself, and then he was saved by Hao Shaoqi, originally wanted to support Hao Shaoqi to make a career, but he didn't expect that Hao Shaoqi, who just wanted to come out, would completely fail in such a place.
"Sir, sir save me, I know that sir is a peerless talent, you are the living Kong Ming, the contemporary Liu Bowen, please Mr. must save me." At this time, Hao Shaoqi had long lost the high-spirited momentum of Yulin City, and was replaced by a villain with a pleading look on his face in order to survive.
"Hey, don't worry, general, it's been two days, if it doesn't happen to the subordinates, as long as we hold out until the evening, there will be nothing to do, you know, although they defeated us, don't forget, we are the people who invaded the army, aren't they afraid that the army will come to retaliate?" Seeing the poor Hao Shaoqi, Mr. Tong said comfortingly.
"Ah, yes, okay, since that's the case, then let's hold on until" Hao Shaoqi heard Mr. Tong's words, a smile just leaked from his face, and before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a person shouting loudly, "Here, the Ming army is chasing, there are many people, run." ”
In the past two days, although Hao Shaoqi was interrupted by Chitu and others several times to gather the soldiers, he was still followed by more than 200 people, but after hearing the news of the Ming army's arrival, these people couldn't sit still anymore, like headless flies, running in all directions in a panic.
And Hao Shaoqi, who was already a frightened bird, didn't even think about it at this time, and pulled Mr. Tong to run in one direction, but this time their good luck ran out, and they didn't run far when they heard a burst of laughter from the woods next to them, "Hahaha, I didn't expect that someone really threw themselves into the net, okay, Tuta, if you receive the reward tonight, I invite you to drink, and the best wine." ”
As he spoke, Hao Shaoqi and the others saw more than a dozen war horses running out of the surrounding woods, all of which were fully armed knights on horseback.
Seeing these people, more than a dozen guards who protected Hao Shaoqi, suddenly wanted to draw their swords and prepare to make a move, but these knights were all people from the grassland, not to mention anything else, the stunt of a glove horse can be described as a hundred tests, and I saw that the more than ten guards had not had time to take out their weapons, and they were trapped tightly by a hemp rope, and then, these people felt a huge force coming from the hemp rope, and their bodies involuntarily flew to the side.
At this time, Yulin can be regarded as the most lively time in history, all the people walked out of the house, came outside, and looked at the captured captives, because, in the past two days, Chitu and others have strongly followed Shi Lei's intentions, killing less and taking more prisoners, so in addition to the seven or eight thousand people killed in the battle, the remaining more than 10,000 people, nearly eighty percent of them were arrested, because the prison place in Yulin City was too small, and many prisoners were put in the open space in the city, which also opened the eyes of the people of Yulin.
"My lord, is there too many captives this time, you know, Yulin is a small place, and it can't support so many people at all, do you want to find a way." Sitting in Shi Lei's room, Jia Hanqing said with red eyes. Jia Hanqing has been appeasing the people since before the war, and after the war, he has been even more tired in order to deal with these miscellaneous matters, and until now, he can't sleep for three hours a day.
Hearing Jia Hanqing's words, Shi Lei shook his head, "Lao Jia, it's easy to say anything else, but people can't let it go, especially these are young and strong men, not only will I not let these people go, but I will also recruit more people to come in the future, you know, other things, whether it is food or money, materials are easy to get, only this person is the most difficult." ”
Collect, collect, collect