In the middle of summer, only flies are the most annoying, and the shouting and killing in the courtyard gradually stopped, and before you know it, the smell of blood and the crimson all over the ground attracted piles of flies circling.

As the last guard beside him fell, Liu Zongmin's legs were also slashed by the steel knives of the Imperial Forest soldiers, and the burly body fell suddenly, and several strong men pressed him to the ground and knelt on the ground.

The huge body was still struggling, but now it seemed so powerless and futile, Liu Zongmin's pair of ringed eyes stared at Sun Qing, and his lips had been bitten and bloody.

Sun Qing frowned, nodded on his toes, tried his best to avoid the blood flowing on the ground and the corpse lying horizontally, and said with a little regret: "Tut-tut, why bother, so many people have to die, General Quan really doesn't cry when he doesn't see the coffin!" ”

"Phew" Liu Zongmin spurted out a mouthful of bloody thick phlegm, but Sun Qing had already taken precautions and gently dodged to avoid it.

"Li Zicheng, Lao Tzu won't let you go if you're a ghost!" Liu Zongmin kept roaring.

Sun Qing shook his head, and with a right hand, an unsheathed Qingfeng sword was immediately put into his hand by the men next to him.

Sun Qingyi bent down and leaned close to Liu Zongmin's ear. "Traitor, you also have today!"

Liu Zongmin was stunned.

"It also makes you understand that our family was the head of the stall under the command of Zhang Yunhan Dugong of the Admiral East Factory. On that day, the Jingshi fell, and countless people died in your hands inside and outside the palace. Hehe, I will tell you one more thing, the idea of killing you was proposed by our family to Li Zicheng, he is already desperate, and can only exchange your head for reinforcements from Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai. So, when you get to the underworld, don't resent me. It's Li Zicheng who wants you to die! ”

As soon as the word "death" came out, Sun Qing twisted his body, and the long sword in his hand swirled, and the blade of the sword had already silently slashed through Liu Zongmin's throat.

Sun Qing's words surprised Liu Zongmin until his throat was cut open by Sun Qing's long sword, and blood spurted out. His face still had an expression of disbelief.

Turning around, Liu Zongmin fell to the ground with a bang, but Sun Qing's body drew an arc gracefully, and after standing still, he casually threw the blood-stained sword to the pro-army around him, and said coldly: "Cut off the head, annihilate it with lime, put it in a box, and send it to the palace." Please verify it! ”

The doors and windows of the huge Yin'an Hall are closed, and only the sunlight through the window lattice makes the whole hall have a little light. Li Zicheng slowly opened the wooden box in front of him with a trembling hand, and Liu Zongmin's dead head appeared in front of him.

Suddenly, Li Zicheng closed the wooden box tightly in fear, and after standing for a while, he hugged the wooden box tightly in his arms and cried bitterly.

Sun Qing stood quietly aside, silent.

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Liu Zongmin's death did not cause much of a stir in the Dashun army. Liu Zongmin's domineering, autocratic power, and jealousy of the virtuous were already notorious within the Shun army. Even the generals of the old camp such as Tian Jianxiu and Yuan Zongdi have a lot of complaints about it. He has fallen to this end, and many people are celebrating with their foreheads.

Li Zicheng's guilty edict also came as scheduled. But just like Liu Zongmin's death, it had no effect at all in the Shun army. In fact, the hearts of the people within the Dashun Army have been dispersed, and it is no longer as simple as imagined to gather together and share the same hatred for the enemy.

Not to mention. Li Zicheng put all the fault on Liu Zongmin, which also made many people extremely dissatisfied. The Great Shun Dynasty has gone from being invincible and invincible at the beginning to being in a slump now, being chased and beaten by the Qing army, is this a result that Liu Zongmin can bear alone?

Li Zicheng's envoys also rushed to Sichuan and Yongzhou at the same time with his edict. But there is no news from Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai. Zheng Zhilong's army had already divided into two routes, and began to think that the Chengtian Mansion and the Yuezhou Mansion had launched a fierce attack.

Zheng Zhilong's army was divided into two parts, one was his younger brother Zheng Zhibao, and the deputy general Xiao Gongchen led the army to the line of Xianning and Chongyang, and went straight to Yuezhou Mansion; On the other hand, Zheng Zhilong commanded the main force, avoiding the Bai Wang Department of Zaoyang and Tongbai, and attacking Duchengtianfu.

Such a deployment is also to avoid being caught in the flanking attack of Bai Wang and Henan Liu Rukui. Garrisoned on the front line of Hanchuan is Liu Tichun, Dang Shousu, Lin Yangyang and other departments of the Shun army, they have just experienced the battle of Shanxi, low morale, tired soldiers and horses and chaotic structure, coupled with the local terrain, the river is longitudinal and horizontal, which is conducive to the action of the Zheng family's naval division, therefore, the Zheng family's army is like a bamboo.

At the same time, according to the agreement with Zheng Zhilong, the Qing army in Shaanxi also took the opportunity to attack Xunyang Mansion, and the local He Jin Department resisted step by step. All of a sudden, the entire territory controlled by the Shun army was attacked from all sides, and the wind was loud.

"What about Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai's soldiers and horses? Didn't you say that you want to raise troops for reinforcements, why haven't you seen a single soldier until now! The furious Li Zicheng directly overturned the imperial case in front of him.

The generals looked at each other. Zheng Zhilong's 300,000 army attacked like Mount Tai overpowering, but the current situation made the Shun army tremble. No one thought that Zheng Zhilong had invested so much money, it could almost be called a dumping out of the nest, and it seemed that he would definitely not give up if he didn't uproot the Shun army.

In comparison, today's Shun army has long been different from the past, has not yet received the enemy, there have been a large number of soldiers surrendered and fled, less than half a month, Jingling, Qianjiang have been lost, the door to Xiangyang Mansion opened.

In such a situation, will Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai still send reinforcements to participate in the war?

When the monarch and ministers were helpless, Zhang Xianzhong's messenger and strategist Pan Duao was late. But he didn't bring with him the soldiers he imagined.

"Return to the king!" As soon as Pan Duao spoke, Li Zicheng and the generals under his command frowned. The Dashun Dynasty has been established, although it is only a year, but Li Zicheng's Yongchang Son of Heaven has been doing it for two years, Pan Duao is still known as the "King of Chuang", it is clear that the current Dashun Dynasty is not in the eyes, and the implication is that the Dashun and the Daxi court are placed in an equal position.

"King Daxi was already preparing to send 100,000 troops to rescue Huguang, but the Qing army was ready to move on the Ziyang line. In addition, the soldiers and horses of the Baojing Prefecture Propaganda Division of the former Ming Dynasty were frequently active, so in order to protect Shuzhong, the king of Daxi had to temporarily hold his troops still! ”

"Not coming? Is Zhang Jingxuan not coming? Li Zicheng asked dejectedly.

"It's not just my Great Western Army!" Pan Duao peeked at Li Zicheng's expression, but he made up his mind in his heart. "General Weide all the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult to send troops!"

"What?" Li Zicheng was shocked. Although he hated Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai in his heart, he suddenly heard the news that the two would not send reinforcements, and Li Zicheng's face changed.

These two families are not able to have soldiers and horses, only the Dashun army alone faces the Qing army and Zheng Zhilong's army, how can they hold on, this Huguang is already Li Zicheng's last territory, although there are still Liu Rukui and Liu Hongqi in Henan, but Henan is its own king, Zhu Ping'an's subordinates and Li Yan are stationed there, how dare Li Zicheng enter Henan to temporarily avoid the limelight.

Huguang fell, where else could Li Zicheng take refuge?

Seeing Li Zicheng's embarrassment and horror, Pan Duao's heart was very happy, before coming, he and Zhang Xianzhong had already made a plan, and now Li Zicheng is exhausted, but the soldiers and horses under his command are really eye-catching. Li Zicheng had no way out, so Zhang Xianzhong gave him a way out, thinking that he had no choice but to follow Zhang Xianzhong's arrangement.

"Don't worry!" Pan Duao deliberately paused for a moment, and waited until Li Zicheng was very anxious before he spoke, "Now that the Ming and Qing armies are attacking, King Chuang and I Daxi are both in the bloodline of the righteous army, and they are both under heavy pressure. For today's plan, only by joining forces can we fight against foreign enemies together! ”

Pan Duao's voice became louder and louder, and his waist became straighter and straighter.

"King Daxi may as well command the soldiers and horses to retreat to the front line of Sichuan, temporarily avoid the enemy's edge, and my Daxi can give up the line of Daning, Dachang, and Fengjie for the army of King Chuang to be stationed and recuperate temporarily. The road in Shuzhong is difficult to travel, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, easy to defend and difficult to attack, once the two armies of your and us are combined, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, they will be helpless. After that, our army can rest and recuperate, and wait until the day when the soldiers are strong and strong, and then kill out of Shuzhong and plan for a great cause! ”

Pan Duao's eloquent talk made Li Zicheng and his generals fall into silence again. After a long time, Li Zicheng nodded, "I understand the good intentions of King Daxi, so I will ask Mr. to go to the post house to rest first, and let me wait for the monarch and ministers to discuss before making plans!" ”

Pan Duao was triumphant, expecting that Li Zicheng was desperate and had no choice but to enter Sichuan, so he quit immediately.

After Pan Duao left, Gao Yigong hurriedly advised, "Your Majesty, don't enter Shu......!" ”

Li Zicheng sighed, "I don't know! Zhang Jingxuan: This is a stone! He has been operating in Sichuan for many years, how can he follow his arrangement, after arriving in Shudi, all the supply matters will depend on his face, or it will not be long before we will annex him by the army! ”

Li Zicheng's face was sad, the anxiety and sorrow of these days had exhausted him, and his sideburns had faintly shown a white color.

"It's just, if you don't enter Shu? Where else can we go? The Ming army and the Qing army came prepared, pressing step by step, but our army had already run out of food, how could we hold on to Huguang? ”

"Majesty!" Li Guo came out of the crowd, "There is still a way out now, but once chosen, my Dashun army will return to the hard times of the past, please ask Your Majesty, whether you still have the ambition to restore the former power of my Dashun." If His Majesty can take the lead and share weal and woe with us as he did back then! Then we are willing to help Bao follow His Majesty, even if we fight to the point of a soldier, there is no other word! (To be continued......)