Chapter 30: The Final Battle (5)

Where is Li Zicheng, this should be curious to many people.

The reconnaissance of the Tongguò Intelligence Bureau followed Li Zicheng with great certainty, watched him come out of the palace, and watched him rush towards the front line with his personal guards. It can be said that Li Zicheng's every move along the way was under the investigation of the Intelligence Bureau, and was also in the sight of Li Luo and others.

In such a situation, they did not believe that Li Zicheng could leave under their noses.

But the current situation is that the troops who followed Li Zicheng on the expedition seem to have abnormal expressions and behaviors. For the old intelligence officers, they naturally saw that something was wrong at a glance, and then contacted the previous situation of a herald riding a horse and leaving the team, it was easy to conclude that Li Zicheng had sneaked out of the team by himself.

Why leave? It can only be said that Li Zicheng also has a sense of danger, even if there is such a personal guard team to protect him, he still can't get rid of that feeling of insecurity. Therefore, he can only use this method of golden cicada shelling and quickly rush to the front line, which will be safer. Even, he can let a part of the troops on the front line run in his direction, and when the time comes, under their escort, his situation will be safer.

This was Li Luo's judgment, so he left the group with half of his men and horses, and chased the herald around the path. They are professional intelligence officers, so from the beginning of the implementation of the plan, they know all the big and small routes of this route, and it is still possible to take shortcuts that few people do not know. It doesn't matter how much you can't be faster, as long as you can be half an hour faster, you can probably catch up with the other party.

However, judgment is judgment, and is that really the case?

A day after Li Zicheng left, in the imperial palace of Nanjing City in the rear, a team quickly assembled and began to set off towards the front line.

They did not go directly to the front, but first went to the north, and then made a detour to the front.

It was none other than Li Ziben who took the lead.

Yes, he did feel insecure, and even felt that he might encounter an enemy ambush on his way to the front line. After all, according to his intelligence, Zhang Hongbin has a special unit capable of carrying out special battles. This army not only assassinated Zhang Xianzhong, but also kidnapped Luo Rucai's three sons, and most importantly, attacked the Daming grain depot at that time.

Zhang Xianzhong died, and the Great Western Kingdom fell apart; Luo Rucai's son fell into the hands of Zhang Hongbin, Luo Rucai began to choose to compromise, and Great Wei was thus incorporated into the republic; The grain depot of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and under the military oppression of the republic, it had to retreat, and the situation of the original three-way crusade army to discuss the republic was easily dismantled, and it was rare that there were not many people dead.

If such a unit ambushes itself on its own path and then gives itself a shot, then will it not be humiliating for its own death?

Therefore, Li Zicheng formulated a trick to hide from the world.

Let the real pro-guards, as well as the stand-ins after being disguised with special human skin masks, set off first. Then, a day later, he himself dispersed a detachment of troops from Nanjing to the north, and then began to converge ten miles away, finally completing the purpose of first north and then west, and finally reaching the front line.

It's just that Li Zicheng didn't expect that as soon as he left, a unit behind him quietly followed.

"At first, I thought that His Majesty was doing this redundantly, but I didn't expect it to be used!" The leader is none other than Zhang Liu.

Previously, Zhang Hongbin had always stressed the need to be cautious and careful, so he also arranged an assassination force composed of intelligence officers who specialized in combat missions in the vicinity of Li. This army did not follow Li Luo, but stood by in the city of Nanjing. After two days, regardless of whether Li Luo completed the task or not, they would go to the front line, after all, if Li Zicheng hadn't set off two days later, it would be too late.

According to the analysis of the Intelligence Bureau, Li Zicheng only had three to four days to control the front-line troops and give the order to attack. In fact, it is best to have three days, because after three days, the grain and grass will almost bottom out, and even if there is food the next day, it can only be some porridge, and meat may not even be available.

But who is Li Zicheng? He just wanted to arrive on the fourth day, turn these hungry recruits into real beasts, and then launch a desperate attack.

After all, the 7 million troops he led were not the main force, but a group of troops that were originally used to send them to death. In such a situation, it is only necessary to be able to make them move, so what are you doing with so much food?

With Li Luo and them leaving, the troops left behind were also on standby here in line with their duty of loyalty, and even Zhang Liu personally arrived here to supervise the battle.

But they didn't want to, after waiting for a day, when they all began to get impatient, there was a new movement in Nanjing City. These groups of troops scattered out of the city naturally couldn't hide from them, and then they quickly followed, and even arrived at their meeting place as soon as predicted.

Li Zicheng and they were assembled, while Zhang Liu and the others were already preparing for sniping.

"The distance is three hundred and seven, the wind is northeast, and the wind speed is three levels!" Specialized observers make observations, and snipers adjust the rulers as soon as possible.

"Wait, a few of the other party's guards know how to protect their masters, you see, they are directly blocked in all places that can be resisted, and they are completely using their bodies to help Li Zicheng block bullets. Nowadays, our field of vision is very narrow, and the accident rate is very high. The most important thing is that we are not yet able to be exposed, so there is only one center of our action, either we do not fight, or we will be killed with one shot, and no other possibilities are allowed! Zhang Liu signaled not to move.

"Yes!" The snipers next to him also took back their fingers on the trigger for the first time.

Zhang Liu is right, their decapitation operation is really very thrilling, in order not to bring more trouble to the brothers on the front line, they must be hit with one blow, and there must be no future trouble. And if they can't kill Li Zicheng after firing a shot, then Li Zicheng will inevitably strengthen their defenses, and when they want to continue the assassination, I'm afraid it will be impossible, even if they pay more brothers' blood at that time, they won't be able to achieve this goal.

Li Zicheng's troops began to turn, and everyone began to get on their horses and leave.

Zhang Liu naturally followed his brothers as soon as possible, and it was not easy along the way, Li Zicheng's troops continued to disperse in batches as scouts, so that they could not find a suitable sniper location.

What they didn't expect was that Li Zicheng had obviously been an emperor for a few years, and he was a little fatter, but he still maintained the ethics of a soldier. Not only did he strictly follow the rules of the march, but he also rode his horse forward, despite the damage caused by the riding skills that had begun to be a little unfamiliar. Walking past a post station, without saying a word, he changed horses and set off immediately, even if he ate and drank, it was carried out on a horse.

They came all the way until it was dark, and then they rested.

An hour later, the exhausted Zhang Liu and others finally caught up. They are also very helpless, Li Zicheng has a post station to replace horses, but they don't, if there is no special channel to buy horses for transportation, I am afraid that they will really have to lose.

Rao is like this, they also lost it for a while, otherwise they would not have eaten an hour to get here.

Li Zicheng had already led people to settle down at this moment, and in order to be in a hurry, they didn't set up camp at all, but just lit a bonfire together and fell asleep.

What makes people speechless is that Li Zicheng and the others are wearing ghost faces at the moment, covering their true faces, and then they are on duty in batches, so no one knows who among them is Li Zicheng. After all, even if it's their clothing and body shape, it's almost the same.

The most entangled thing is that during this time, whether Li Zicheng has quietly slipped away, even if the number of people is enough, there is no way to reassure, after all, there are too many things that can happen in this hour.

"Captain, Li Zicheng hasn't ridden a horse well for several years, and after riding for a day today, I'm afraid that the movements will inevitably be a little ......unnatural," someone proposed.

Zhang Liu's eyes lit up, and he immediately took out infrared night vision binoculars and watched them.

The number of people has not changed, there are still so many people, but he has observed for a long time, and everyone's movements are similar, and there is no difference between them.

Suddenly, he saw a unit resting and began to get up and change his guard. When the rising troops passed by someone, they subconsciously bypassed this person. This is not a normal bypass, but a fear of authority. Even if Li Zicheng ordered them to treat them equally, under the long-term immersion of authority, the soldiers would subconsciously avoid and fear their superiors, especially their majesty.

Therefore, it is certain that 85% of this ghost-faced soldier is Li Zicheng, and 15% of the uncertainties are betting.

Tomorrow, tomorrow will they still have a chance?

"Four hundred and two miles away, the ghost-faced soldier who is walking back, the one who has squatted down and lay down at the moment, is the one! If the wind is not strong, it will kill you with one blow! Set up the second squad of snipers, when the first squad finishes shooting, watch their actions and judge for themselves, if Li Zicheng is not that target, shoot immediately! After that, no matter whether you succeed or not, retreat as soon as possible! Zhang Liu raised his head and gave an order to the sniper behind him.

The snipers immediately divided into one or two squads, and then quickly began to aim.

The first shift, after precise aiming, pulled the trigger.

Bullets lit up the night, and gunfire broke the silence of the night.

The ghost-faced soldier let out a muffled sound, and a bullet hole appeared in his chest and head, and the entire ghost-faced mask was shattered and scattered in all directions.

He, not Li Zicheng!

Zhang Liutong guò telescope immediately discovered this.

At this time, the second squad began to shoot, and three people around were shot and fell to the ground.

Zhang Liu immediately looked over, and then breathed a sigh of relief......

Li Zicheng was indeed not shot at the first time, but the surrounding soldiers ran towards his location to protect him at the first time, and the result proved his identity. So when the second squad fired, Li Zicheng's chest, throat and head were all shot solidly.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Liu understands that Li Zicheng will definitely die!