In the south gate of Xingtang County, Xia Guoxiang and Wang Pingfan took hundreds of horsemen to hide in a deep mansion compound, which was supposed to be the mansion of wealthy merchants or gentry in Xingtang County, but at this time it was occupied by everyone as the last stronghold of resistance.

Outside the house, Wang Yue and Shen Tuo were standing at a street corner not far away, and the two were discussing something.

"Are you sure? Is it Wu Sangui's general? ”

Shen Tuo said dissatisfiedly: "I don't accept my background at night, can't I understand this news?" ”

Wang Yue grinned and said, "Haha, that's good, we can also catch a big fish in this last battle!" ”

Looking at Shen Tuo's slightly dissatisfied expression, Wang Yue patted Shen Tuo's shoulder and said with a smile: "I said Old Shen, you still can't change your temper, don't get angry so easily." After this battle, I will tell you about a family affair and let you sharpen your temperament! ”

Shen Tuo said: "Forget it, you kid is still alone, where can you tell me about your family!" ”

Wang Yue laughed, then pointed to the mansion in front of him, and said, "Okay, I think let's let the soldiers break the door with the earth-shaking thunder, and then hit it with a bird gun, and end the war as soon as possible." ”

"Good!"

Soon, Shen Tuo and Wang Yue mobilized twenty sword and shield men to step forward, deployed six earth-shattering thunderbolts at the gate of the mansion, and thirty steps away, hundreds of bird gunners who had already loaded their bayonets were gathered.

As the fuse was lit, an explosion sounded in the blink of an eye, and the thick wooden gate of the house was shattered.

"Rush in!"

Shen Tuo roared and led hundreds of birds to rush into the courtyard, while Wang Yue stood behind and raised his arms and shouted: "Rush in, kill!" ”

Soon, otaku

There was a roar of birds and screams one after another in the courtyard.

Xia Guoxiang was directly shot by the new army bird who rushed in, and Wang Pingfan was lucky, when he saw that his subordinates in front of him were killed, he fell directly to the ground, and then when he was about to get up and fight, he only felt a pain in his lower back, and then several bayonets stabbed into his body, and Wang Pingfan died in the courtyard in this way.

Soon, Wang Yue and Shen Tuo led their troops to "clean" the house, and all the thief soldiers gathered by Xia Guoxiang and Wang Pingfan were killed, and none of them were spared.

At the same time, Liu Yan and Miao Shao led the guard battalion into Xingtang County, and Miao Shao asked on horseback: "Ge Lao, where are we going?" ”

"Go to the county office!"

Liu Yan then added: "In addition, Li Zicheng's old camp is here, there must be a lot of old camp women and children in the city, inform the soldiers of each battalion, don't implicate the women and children of the old camp of thieves in the killing, these people can be dispersed and settled in various places after being transformed in the future." ”

"Order!"

Later, Liu Yan and Miao Shao led their troops to the outside of the county ya, and the soldiers of the personal guard battalion had already surrounded the county ya.

Liu Yan said: "I don't know what other big fish are in here, let's attack it first!" ”

"Yes!"

Miao Shao immediately shouted: "Attack! ”

Rumble!

It was still a thunderstorm to open the way, and the gate of the county government and the courtyard wall exploded one after another, and the originally tall courtyard wall was directly blown to pieces, collapsed in several places, and the gate was directly blown to pieces.

"Rush in!"

The soldiers of the guard battalion roared angrily and rushed into the county office, and the thieves and soldiers inside fell under the bird's gun like a lost dog.

At this time, the bull Venus has changed

Dressed in the cloth clothes of the people, he saw the soldiers of the new army rushing in, so he raised his hands and ran out, just about to shout that he was a common man, and wanted to get through the pass, but he was recognized by a thief who ran away head-on, and shouted: "Traitor, dare to surrender to the officers and soldiers!" ”

The thief took the flag and directly slashed Niu Jinxing to death, poor Niu Jinxing couldn't imagine that he would die in such a way.

Then the thief felt a pain in his heart, and fell to the ground with a scream, and a guard battalion bird strode past the corpse, and more soldiers of the guard battalion also rushed inside.

At this time, on the back hall of the county office, Gu Junen changed into a Taoist robe, but he held a war knife in his hand, opened the door of the back hall with a resolute expression, looked at the soldiers of the New Army Guards Battalion who rushed in, and then without saying a word, he directly drew a knife to kill himself.

Bai Mingxun, the general of the right side of the guard battalion who led the team to rush in, looked at Gu Junen's corpse and said disdainfully: "It's quite loyal!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Yan and Miao Shao walked in with a large team of guards, at this time, the fierce battle inside and outside the county government was coming to an end, and the thieves and horses in the county government were basically annihilated, leaving only sporadic thieves being hunted down.

Liu Yan looked at Gu Junen who fell to the ground, and a bird handler found a waist tag from his corpse and presented it to Liu Yan.

"Gu Junen?"

Liu Yan was very surprised, shouldn't this Gu Junen be dead in history? It seems that because of his arrival, the fate of many people has indeed changed a lot, this Gu Junen did not die early, but was forced to death by his own army soldiers today.

"Have you found Li Zicheng?"

Miao Shao shook his head and said: "I didn't find it in the county office, but my subordinates have already gone to the camps in the city to inquire, as long as Li Zicheng is still in the city, there will definitely be news." ”

Liu Yan nodded, then sat in the county office, and ordered each battalion to report the progress and results.

After more than half an hour, Liu Yan successively received the news of killing Gu Kecheng, Xia Guoxiang, Wang Pingfan, and Niu Jinxing, and received the news of capturing Wu Sangui alive, but there was no news of Li Zicheng and Li Laiheng.

Staying in Liu Yan was a little unable to sit still, and when he thought that Li Zicheng had escaped again, a herald ran over quickly and said loudly: "Elder Qiyu Pavilion, in the pile of corpses on the east city wall, the bodies of Li Zicheng and Li Laiheng were found!" ”

"Are you sure it's the two of them?"

The herald said, "Sure! Several generals have already confirmed many captured rogues and captives, and they have also found waist tags, seals and other items from the two corpses. ”

"Let's go, let's see!"

Determining whether Li Zicheng is dead or not is the top priority at the moment, and Liu Yan naturally has to be sure with his own eyes.

Soon Liu Yan and Miao Shao came to the east city wall with the escort of the brigade, and at this time, Chen Xun, Qian Yan, Xu Ming, Wang Yue, Shen Tuo and others had already heard the news and rushed over, and were pointing around the two corpses.

"My subordinates have seen Elder Ge!"

Liu Yan waved his hand, then walked to the side of the two corpses and took a closer look.

According to the record of "The Biography of Li Zicheng in the History of the Ming Dynasty": "Since he has become a person, he has high cheeks and deep cheeks, eyes and noses, a voice like a jackal, a sexual guess and forbearance, and a daily murder and heart-to-heart play." ”

It means that Li Zicheng has prominent cheekbones, deep sunken eye sockets, eyes like eagles, and a nose like a scorpion (

The nose is the nose up, and we say that Westerners have a high nose and deep eyes), and the sound is like a jackal. Sexual suspicion is cruel, and every day he kills people and cuts off his heart.

At this time, Liu Yan saw a corpse with a summer felt hat, and it was really a high-nosed and deep-eyed appearance, and the other was naturally Li Laiheng, and his appearance was also consistent with the historical records.

Liu Yan sighed slightly, Li Zicheng naturally didn't regret his death, but Li Laiheng was a little pity.

Although Li Laiheng is also the backbone of the thieves, he also did a lot of things that harmed the people in the early stage, but since the Jiashen State was difficult for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to enter the south, Li Laiheng changed the temperament of the previous rogue, and instead led the army to resist the Qing army.

"Forget it, for the sake of Li Laiheng who is also a hero of the anti-Qing Dynasty in history, this is not the first level."

Liu Yan secretly said in his heart, and then ordered someone to bury Li Laiheng alone, and all the generals were very surprised, but they still carried it out.

At this moment, another night did not come to report: "Elder Qiyu Pavilion, the soldiers of the middle battalion have caught Hong Chengchou in the treasury of the city!" ”

"Elder Qiyu Pavilion, in the arsenal in the city, hundreds of remnants of thieves have been found, and there seem to be big names among the thieves inside, and the soldiers of our army are attacking!"

Liu Yan was a little surprised, now the so-called big people in the thief army are dead and caught, who else is there?

Even Li Zicheng's wife Gao was abducted by Gao Jie, and it is estimated that she should be an "official wife" in Nanjing now, so what other big people are in the city?

So Liu Yan ordered people to take Hong Chengchou first

was imprisoned in the city prison, and he rushed to the arsenal with Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Chen Xun and other generals.

Soon, Liu Yan and the others came to the outside of the arsenal, only to see that the place was already filled with gunsmoke, the courtyard outside had been captured, and at least hundreds of corpses of rogue soldiers fell in the courtyard.

However, to Liu Yan's great surprise, most of these rogue soldiers were women!

"Women?"

Liu Yan frowned slightly, and suddenly thought of someone: Red Lady!

"Won't it?"

Liu Yan has always thought that the so-called Red Lady is a character made up by the folk, it turns out that there is really such a person in history?

So Liu Yan immediately ordered to stop the attack, and then looked at the already dilapidated arsenal courtyard, and shouted loudly: "My father, Liu Yan, who is the leader inside, come out to meet!" ”

After a while, I saw Li Yan walking out of a house in the courtyard, and then stood in the rubble yard, arching his hand and saying, "Student Li Yan, I have seen Lu Guogong!" ”

"Li Yan!"

Liu Yan said secretly: "I should have thought of it, the husband of the red lady!" ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Li, now Li Zicheng has been defeated and died, and your so-called Dashun has also been completely destroyed, this Gongnian is still dedicated to the people among Mr. Li's thieves, so he decided to let you go, but it has to go through the transformation of the imperial court, I don't know what Mr. Li said?"

When Li Yan heard that Li Zicheng was dead, he suddenly shook, as if the heavens and the earth were beginning to collapse, so Li Yan subconsciously wanted to refuse Liu Yan, but when he looked back, he saw that the red lady was looking at him in the window, and his heart suddenly softened.

Liu Yan saw Li Yan hesitate and said, "There are still in the city now."

Hundreds of thousands of thieves' families, my father intends to scatter these people in various places for the people, but there is no suitable candidate, if Mr. Li is willing to surrender, and after the transformation of the imperial court, he is not suitable to be a candidate, how about it? ”

Liu Yan is naturally not stupid enough to directly hand over hundreds of thousands of thieves' families to Li Yan's command, but how to settle these people in the future, Li Yan is a practical person who knows the roots, and it can be regarded as a help.

In addition, Li Yan in history is indeed a talent, and he helped Li Zicheng very much at the beginning, and Li Yan has also condemned Li Zicheng's tyrannical behavior of mutilating the people many times, so he was gradually disgusted by Li Zicheng, and finally after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Li Yan was secretly executed.

And now, Li Yan listened to Liu Yan's words, and thought about the red lady behind him, as well as Dashun, who had no possibility of resurrection, so he hugged his fists and said: "Li Yan, I implore Lu Guogong to stop the military revolution, Li Yan is willing to be a prisoner!" ”

"Haha!"

Liu Yan laughed, and the soldiers of the new army rushed into the arsenal, disarming and escorting all the remaining rogue soldiers inside.

Li Yan and the Red Lady were also brought to Liu Yan, Liu Yan comforted the two of them with kind words, and ordered someone to take Li Yan and the Red Lady to the county government to be detained separately, and wait for the situation in the city to be stabilized, and then sent and resettled with Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui.