Chapter 568: Liu Zongmin died
Dead friends are not dead and poor, Liu Zongmin counted on Gu Kecheng's cavalry to save them, and Gu Kecheng also wanted to use Liu Zongmin's Chinese army to get rid of Wang Fuchen, who was chasing after him.
In fact, when they are in a desperate situation, the first thing people think of is themselves, taking advantage of Liu Zongmin's Chinese army to delay the pursuit speed of the cavalry of the Jingbei Army, and then using the impact of the cavalry of the already side, to fight a bloody way and escape back to Zhuxian Town.
Gu Kecheng fought this idea, and he did the same, although most of the cavalry in the headquarters was lost, he still crossed Liu Zongmin's Chinese army with more than 5,000 cavalry, and the rolling hooves of the horses trampled on the corpses of countless comrades, and then turned around with lightning speed, and went straight to the camp of Zhuxian Town.
The cavalry has abandoned themselves, and even did not hesitate to attack the main formation in order to survive, which made the military horses under Liu Zongmin's command extremely angry, and at the moment when they saw Wang Fuchen's cavalry rushing up, no one thought about going to Li Zicheng again, but knelt down in front of the cavalry of the Jingbei Army in pieces.
Liu Zongmin and Li Guo, who had already fallen into the siege, saw that their subordinates were killed by the Jingbei army and had no power to fight back, and their hearts kept dripping blood.
The Shun army that surrendered was not only the cannon fodder that was coerced, but also many of them were veterans who had followed them for many years, and some elite veterans they valued also surrendered to the Jingbei Army one after another.
The rout of the cavalry and the surrender of the elite subordinates in an organized manner crushed Liu Zongmin, and at this time he only felt that the world was spinning, and his mind was blank.
Liu Zongmin and Li Guo's pro-soldier battalion have been surrounding them, and at this time, the only thing they can control is their pro-soldier team.
These soldiers were also loyal, even though there were fewer and fewer companions around, but they still gathered tightly around their commander, their eyes fixed on the officers and soldiers who were getting closer and closer on the periphery, but their slightly trembling hands and legs showed their fear and uneasiness.
In the earth-shaking shout of "those who surrender will not die", countless Shun soldiers who lost confidence dropped their weapons and chose to surrender, and it was Li Zicheng's confidant Zuo Guangxian who took the lead in kneeling on the ground.
Wang Guangxing was loyal to Li Zicheng, and was smashed into a meatloaf by Gao Jie, who was killed from the right wing.
Zhang Neng, who had already taken off his armor and was lying in the pile of corpses and pretending to be dead, saw the opportunity even faster, and when he saw that the officers and soldiers had given him a way to live, he immediately got up and shouted that he wanted to surrender to the officers and soldiers.
In the encirclement, only Liu Zongmin and Li Guo's personal battalion and more than 4,000 veterans brought by Li Zicheng from Shaanxi remained.
The surrounding Jingbei army and the surrender army surrounded the remnants of the Shun army like an iron bucket, and one after another the Shun army who refused to surrender were killed on the spot.
Faced with the threat of death, Tian Biao, the leader of Liu Zongmin's personal soldiers, finally said to Liu Zongmin and Li Guo tremblingly with a knife: "Leader Liu, Leader Li, we can't rush out, we really can't rush out....... Why don't we come down! ”
Tian Biao was Liu Zongmin's apprentice when he was a blacksmith in his hometown, and the two have been friends for almost fifteen years.
Hearing his old brother say that he was going to surrender to the official army, Liu Zongmin smiled bitterly, neither blamed him, but also did not agree, just clenched his fists, and looked motionlessly at the Jingbei Army and the Shun Army that were attacking around him.
Li Guo's expression was relaxed, with a bit of expectation and unwillingness in his expression, sometimes his teeth were clenched, and sometimes he looked up in the direction of the Shunjun camp in Zhuxian Town.
With the sound of dense firearms and the sound of knives and spears entering the flesh, most of the Shun troops who were still surrounding Liu Zongmin's command were defeated, some were killed on the spot because of resistance, and more because they were afraid, and finally chose to surrender.
Liu Zongmin and Li Guo's personal army also began to have casualties at this time, these people can not be described as disloyal and brave, even Tian Biao, who had just prayed for Liu Zongmin to surrender, was strangled together with the approaching officers and soldiers with knives.
"Brother Liu, come down! The prime minister is as benevolent as the sky, and he will definitely forgive you, with Brother Liu's bravery, I can't say that the prime minister can still reuse you. ”
"Li Guo, Li Zicheng didn't listen to the words of the Song military division, insisted on the northern expedition to Heluo, failed the battle and was the first to run the camp, and before that, he booby-trapped Leader Luo and Leader He for selfish desires, such a treacherous person, do you have to be martyred for him?"
Wu Ruyi, Zhang Neng and others all looked at Liu Zongmin and Li Guo, who looked miserable, with unbearable expressions.
"Hehe, loyal ministers don't matter to the two masters, although Li Zicheng and we are monarchs and ministers, they are actually brothers, betraying the lord and seeking glory, you can do it, I can't do it, I am defeated today, and I am just dead."
“……!”
Zhang Neng and the others were also the main generals of the Shun army, and they were robbed of a sentence by Liu Zongmin, and their faces suddenly turned red, and they didn't dare to say anything more.
"If you refuse to surrender, then kill them all."
This is the Central Plains Governor Wang Zhong has personally led his own soldiers into the encirclement around Liu Zongmin and Li Guo, although the Jingbei Army won a big victory, but because there were too many prisoners, the Qinglongbei battlefield was also really chaotic, the skirmishes continued, and even a part of the cavalry of the Shun Army was pressed by the cavalry of the Jingbei Army under the wall of Li Zicheng's camp, Wang Zhong did not want to waste time for a mere Liu Zongmin and Li Guo.
"Wang Shuai, Liu Zongmin and Li Guo have a very high prestige among the rogues, second only to Li Zicheng, if they can recruit these two, it will be beneficial to us to integrate and surrender the rogues."
Wu Ruyi came to Wang Zhong very doggedly, he was transparent, he knew that Wang Zhong was Li Xingzhi's confidant, and since he had chosen to surrender to the imperial court, he had to show his worth, so he had no shame in comparing his colleagues yesterday to thieves.
"What General Wu said is reasonable, but Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng, in the name of the foreign trust monarch and minister, really have the righteousness of brothers, how can they be persuaded to surrender? still killed them, all of them were loyal, but Li Guo is Li Zicheng's nephew, so he still caught them alive and sent them to the handsome. ”
Wang Zhong sighed, he thought that he had already saved people, if this matter was put on him, Wang Zhong thought that he would rather stain the battlefield with blood than betray Li Xingzhi, so he ordered to continue the attack.
"Lao Tzu fought with you."
Tian Biao's body is already covered with bloodstains, for him, Liu Zongmin is his sky, Liu Zongmin said that he wanted to fight, he would fight, Liu Zongmin said that he wanted to fall, he would surrender.
"Stop...... On the other side is Wang Shuai in person, the so-called people will die, their words are also good, the birds will die, their songs are also mourning, Liu and Shun Wang have the righteousness of brothers, never do this unrighteous thing, today is defeated, Liu has nothing to say, and asked Wang Shuai to promise Liu a certain thing, Liu These brothers are all good men with one as ten, I hope Wang Shuai will leave them ...... life. ”
Liu Zongmin Huo Ran raised his knife, glanced at Tian Biao, who was still unwilling on his face, and the remnants of his own soldiers, and then slashed the blade to his throat.
"Lao Tzu has killed countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials, broken through dozens of cities, and slept with hundreds of women, this life is worth it, Brother Li, I Lao Liu is one step ahead."
"Poof......!"
The sound of a long knife entering the flesh sounded, and a bloody arrow spurted out of Liu Zongmin's neck, and he tried to look at Tian Biao again, but he no longer had the strength to raise his head, and with a "boom", Liu Zongmin's burly body finally fell to the ground.
"Leader Liu......!"
Tian Biao looked at Liu Zongmin's fallen body, roared desperately, and then lifted the long knife to cut his throat as well.
"Poof...... Poof......! ”
The remnants of Liu's personal soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, their eyes gradually became firm, and then they raised their swords and spears one after another and stabbed them into their chests.