Chapter 23 Li Zicheng is furious
The bandit cavalry did not have a single war horse, and could cross a distance of 50 steps. The cavalry of the new camp of less than 20,000 fell down the Ming army's guns and bullets. All of them were bombarded into sieves, including Liu Zongmin, a bandit general who was not afraid of life and death. Although they were lead bullets, they were also close to bullets in later generations.
The battlefield was filled with blood. A few hundred meters away from Qi Jiguang and his team, the bodies and broken limbs of the bandits were already filled with broken arms, which was a terrible sight.
In the eyes of Li Zicheng and others, the Ming army, which was completely vulnerable, has now become a unilateral massacre of bandits.
Zhu Youjian on the top of the city slowly put down the telescope in his hand, and the lives of more than 100,000 bandits would stay in the capital forever. This was the price they wanted to subvert the Ming Dynasty.
The bandit camp
"Reported that the Ming Dynasty surrendered troops were wiped out, and Tang Tong retreated and was beheaded by Liu Zongmin."
"Reported that the new military camp and the surrendered military camp were wiped out, and General Huang Hu was killed."
"What, what did you say?"
Li Zicheng, Niu Jinxing and others were waiting for the good news that the capital city was destroyed. Suddenly, the central army came to report, and Li Zicheng suspected that he had heard it wrong.
"Report to Your Majesty, the vanguard troops were wiped out, Tang Tong was killed by General Liu Zongmin, and General Liu Zongmin was killed."
"Bang..."
A crisp sound rang out, and the teacup in Li Zicheng's hand fell to the ground and smashed it, and his body trembled violently.
"Yellow Tiger..."
"I will definitely avenge you."
Li Zicheng almost shed tears. Liu Zongmin saved his life more than once. Although he sometimes did nothing but consequences, he was a strong man.
In order to protect Li Zicheng and not to implicate Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin directly killed his two wives and followed Li Zicheng to recruit soldiers everywhere.
Li Zicheng was not worried about 60,000 surrendered soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers of the 100,000 new soldiers were killed in the battle, and Li Zicheng could accept it.
They were originally without combat effectiveness, and they were all hungry people, who were made up for making a living. It can also be said that Li Zicheng used it as cannon fodder.
But Liu Zongmin is different. He was originally the leader of the camp and was Li Zicheng's confidant.
However, in order to preserve his strength, the old camp's troops did not move, Liu Zongmin volunteered to lead the new camp to attack the city, and he shouldn't have died in battle like this.
Seeing that Li Zicheng was so sad, Niu Jinxing hurriedly advised:
"Your Majesty, don't be too sad. It is impossible to fight the country without casualties. We only need a last fight to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. When we defeat the capital, General Liu will be in peace."
"Yes, Your Majesty, don't be too sad. General Liu was killed in battle to overthrow the Wudao court. When he entered the capital, I beg the emperor to bury General Liu with great care."
Under the consolation of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance, Li Zicheng wiped his tears and looked at the bandits with a fierce look:
"The generals obeyed the orders. No matter how much the price they paid today, the capital must be taken down.
Ming Gou, who was short of soldiers and major generals, wanted to block our Dashun Army with a few broken cannons and muskets. It was a dream. I want to slaughter the capital to avenge the Yellow Tiger."
"Don't worry, Master, we will definitely break through the capital and avenge General Liu."
As soon as Li Zicheng finished speaking, the bandits and generals expressed their opinions. At this time, many people were in a state of madness, and they were all looking forward to the bloody purge of the capital.
When Li Yan heard everyone's words, he was obviously impulsive. Once he attacked the capital, the first thing he did was to appease the people. How could he slaughter the capital? He hurriedly bowed and bowed:
"Your Majesty, the gunfire on the opposite side is very dense and the artillery fire is very fierce. It is best for our army not to underestimate the enemy. They have no food in the city, so we might as well bend it for a while before."
"We will attack after their morale is declining and strive to capture the capital in one go. If we break through the capital, we will never harass the people for the sake of Dashun's stability."
Before Li Yan finished speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Niu Jinxing:
"Li Yan, so many soldiers have died. Now Minggou's gunpowder may have been used up. If you don't fight now, can you wait until they recover before fighting? Wouldn't the loss be greater?"
Li Yan always felt something was wrong. As soon as he said a few words, Niu Jinxing began to criticize Li Yan, which made Li Yan's face flushed, but he couldn't find a reason to fight back.
Li Zicheng was already very annoyed. Now Niu Jinxing and Li Yan had another argument, which made Li Zicheng slammed the table and cursed:
"Don't argue, when is it all right? Just decide like this and start a charge immediately. Who can lead the rush into the city? Not only can there be a silver woman, but you can also be granted the title of marquis."
Hao Yaoqi hurriedly bowed and clasped his fists:
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. I will lead the old camp soldiers to take down the capital immediately."
"Okay, 100,000 cavalry will cooperate with the elite infantry of the old battalion. After taking the capital, I will make you king."
"Thank you, your Majesty, we are willing to fight for Dashun."
Seeing that Hao Yaoqi was about to win the title, Yuan Zongdi hurriedly stepped forward to salute:
"Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the elite cavalry to raid from the flanks and catch Minggou off guard."
Li Zicheng was overjoyed:
"General Yuan is good, let's do it. Divide the elite cavalry into two. Tian Jianxiu and you lead 25,000 elite cavalry respectively, and attack in two directions, only win but not defeat."
"Abide by the order"
After Hao Yaoqi and Yuan Zongditian Zaixu took the order and left, Li Zicheng looked at Niu Jinxing:
"Military advisor, you should contact the inner responders in the capital city immediately. When Hao Yaoqi launches an attack, let them start to act immediately, and work inside and outside to break through the capital."
"Affect the order."
Niu Jinxing glared at Li Yan fiercely and received an order to contact the inner responders in the capital. Li Yan shook his head helplessly and said to Li Zicheng:
"Your Majesty, I feel something is wrong with the Ming army today. They did not have such strong combat power before. It is better to suspend the attack. Wait until we investigate clearly..."
Li Yan also wanted to persuade Li Zicheng, but was interrupted by the angry Li Zicheng shouted:
"Li Yan, stop talking. At such a critical moment, how can we disrupt our morale? Have you colluded with Minggou and brought Li Yan down and convicted after the city is broken."
"Your Majesty, no, now it's time to use people, and you can't deal with Li Yan for the time being..."
"Your Majesty think twice."
When Li Guo and others saw that Li Zicheng was even trying to detain Li Yan at this critical moment, they felt that it was inappropriate and hurriedly stepped forward to plead for Li Yan.
But Li Zicheng glared fiercely and said:
"There is no room for negotiation. If you plead with Li Yan again, you will be punished the same as the other party."
"this……"
In order to protect themselves, no one dared to plead for Li Yan anymore and retreated one after another.
OK, Li Yan was originally thinking about it, but was beaten by Niu Jinxing, and now he was arrested by Li Zicheng again, preparing to convict him of collusion
After annihilation of the vanguard troops, Qi Jiguang, Sun Chuanting, the three generals of Sun Chengzong, did not relax. They knew that the most fierce attacks of the bandits would arrive soon.
Chapter completed!