Chapter 104 The Fall of the Hero
When encountering such a situation, Li Zicheng began to be a little nervous, because in the past year, he has fought with officers and soldiers several times, among which he accidentally met an officer who used a large number of bird rifles. This officer and army was very powerful, and the bird rifles in his hands were also very sharp, far more than his previous understanding of bird rifles. He fought far away and was so powerful that he could kill people two or three hundred steps away, and he was almost killed by this bird twice.
When he met such an officer and army twice, he was defeated and fled. It can be said that he lost his armor and suffered heavy losses, so he subconsciously, he was very afraid of the officers and soldiers who used this sharp bird.
This time, I didn't expect to encounter this kind of bird shot in the defenders in Zhenyuan County, but fortunately, there don't seem to be many such bird shot in the defenders. Otherwise, his men would have been killed in pieces. Now it seems that there should be a small number of officers and soldiers who use this sharp bird pins here.
Although Li Zicheng was a little worried, he thought that he had run out of food at the time. If he didn't take the Zhenyuan county, it would be difficult to get to Yan'an Prefecture, so anyway, he had to take the Zhenyuan county, so he resisted his fear and ordered to continue to attack the city.
Although there were a few rattles or the roar of small guns on the top of the city, there was no fire-gun shooting in rows. Most of the defenders still used bow-bows to fire to stop the enemy's attack the city.
After observing, Li Zicheng thought that even the number of officers and horses he feared in the city should be small enough to pose a big threat to him, so he gradually became relieved and began to launch a more fierce attack on Zhenyuan County.
After the war all morning, the exile army failed to capture the original county. Li Zicheng was a little anxious. He now had no leftover food in his hand. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, he had taken out all the food for the soldiers to eat in the morning. In order to boost morale, he concealed the news of the shortage of food, just encouraged the generals. Take down Zhenyuan County with one spirit. If this battle can't be defeated by the night, he will have no food for his men to eat in the evening.
At that time, the news of the food shortage will definitely spread all over the army immediately. At that time, things will be in trouble, so he has no time to delay here. He must take down the county within a day and then get food in the city.
So after noon, he finally couldn't help but throw the most elite cronies into the siege battle. At this time, he still had more than 2,000 elite cronies on hand. Once more than 2,000 people were involved in the siege battle, the situation in Zhenyuan County suddenly began to become critical.
After Li Zicheng put his elite into attacking the west gate, the situation was in danger at the west gate of Zhenyuan County. The defenders soon couldn't stop Li Zicheng's attack. Some civilian troops began to climb up the city wall and launched a hand-to-hand combat with the defenders on the wall.
At this time, a few soundeds suddenly rose in the city, and the sharp sound cut through the sky, flew high, and then exploded again in the air.
After the sound was launched into the air, a large number of officers and soldiers with fire-guns suddenly surged on the wall. As soon as these officers and soldiers appeared, they instantly changed the situation on the battlefield.
The exiles who had just attacked the head of the city were driven off the wall almost instantly, and then there was a series of gunshots on the wall.
Li Zicheng's elite men, who were attacking the city with all their strength, were put down almost instantly. Li Zicheng watched the battle behind and realized that he was going to be in trouble today. Unexpectedly, there was an officer and army he was most afraid of in the city. He did not show up all morning. It was not until this time that he appeared. Obviously, he wanted to It is necessary to lead him to put the elites into the battlefield and then kill his cronies here in Zhenyuan County.
Li Zicheng was so scared that he quickly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops. Now there is such a terrible army in Zhenyuan County, so it is impossible to continue to capture Zhenyuan County. If he continues, he may have to destroy the whole army here, so he would rather give up Zhenyuan County, at least keep his remaining ones first. Under his cronies, as long as these people are here, he still has the possibility of recovery. If these people are all here, he may have no chance to recover.
After Li Zicheng's men were hit by a row of guns, they didn't need Li Zicheng to order Mingjin to withdraw their troops at all. They were already panicked and turned around and ran away one after another, but the officers on the wall behind them refused to let them go at all. A row of fire-guns chased their buttocks and shot down. As a result, every After a row of guns sounded, a group of Li Zicheng's men fell on the open space outside the city wall.
In the area two or three hundred meters away from the city wall, the bodies of Li Zicheng's men were thrown everywhere, and the rest of the remnants fled out of range like birds.
However, before they recovered from their fear, there was a sound of horseshoes and a shocking shout of killing behind them. A group of more than 200 officers and cavalry roared behind Li Zicheng's troops, rolling towards Li Zicheng like a gust of wind.
Li Zicheng turned around and saw the officers and cavalry attacking behind him. He was immediately scared to death. The cavalry was well equipped. Everyone was dressed in light armor, with a riding gun in his hand, and was accelerating towards them.
At the same time, in a forest on their right, a large group of officers and soldiers gushed out at this time. They quickly gathered outside the forest, formed a wide horizontal array, and pushed forward in rows towards the remnants of Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng only felt dizzy and knew that it was bad. This time, he could not escape bad luck and was completely cheated by this officer and army.
In fact, this officer has been ambushed here for a long time. When he came to attack the city, the officers hid some soldiers and horses in the city, which led him to throw the elite into the siege, and then took the opportunity to create a lot of casualties for his elite men, and then launched a fierce attack on him.
Li Zicheng did not have many troops at this time, and there were only more than a thousand core cronies left around him. Although there were many cavalry, they had become frightened birds at this time and could no longer compete with these officers and soldiers.
The officers and soldiers appeared very suddenly. As they moved forward at a long distance, they began to fire in rows towards Li Zicheng's headquarters. The dense bullets roared by Li Zicheng's men. People kept being knocked to the ground. The horses were also shocked by bullets and began to jump around and run around for a while. A ball.
And the officers and cavalry of only more than 200 people had roared into the battlefield and approached Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng did not dare to neglect any more, and immediately began to try to break through and escape with the defeated soldiers.
Li Zicheng led the remnants and first broke through the siege in the north of the city, but at this time, an officer rushed out of the north gate of the city and stopped them from going. There was a row of guns. Several of his own soldiers around Li Zicheng were immediately shot and fell off their horses. Li Zicheng's horse was also hit and fell to the ground on the spot.
His own soldiers quickly rescued Li Zicheng and gave him a horse. Li Zicheng waved his sword and shouted that he turned around and pulled the horse. He began to try to pass around the city in the south of the city, but then he was scattered by the officers and soldiers, blocking his way.
At this time, the more than 200 officers and cavalry have caught up with Li Zicheng's remnants. These officers and cavalry are quite fierce, not to mention their horse riding skills, and they are also very well equipped. As soon as they approached Li Zicheng's remnants, 20 or 30 steps away, they first used a kind of short rifle at Li Zicheng's men. .
Before Li Zicheng's own soldiers resisted, they were overturned and suddenly became more chaotic. The more than 200 officers and cavalry then split into Li Zicheng's chaotic army like a sharp blade, stabbed straight with a gun, and stabbed many of Li Zicheng's men in an instant.
Li Zicheng was shocked and fled. At this time, he had no ability to resist. There were only dozens of generals left, but they also became frightened birds one by one. They urged them to sit down and began to run desperately.
The officers and cavalry did not relax. They stared at Li Zicheng, who was protected in the middle, and also urged the war horses to chase them wildly.
It didn't take long for Li Zicheng's own soldiers around him to be killed by the officers and cavalry. Finally, Li Zicheng was surrounded by the officers and cavalry and there was no way to escape.
Li Zicheng saw that he was under siege and there was no possibility of escaping from ascension, so he had to sigh and look at the few remaining soldiers around him and shouted, "God will kill me!" Horizontal and vertical are dead, and you will fight with them today!"
After shouting, Li Zicheng waved his favorite sword, shook the reins and shouted wildly towards the officers and cavalry...
Yu Xiaotian looked at the sword sent by Hong Chengchou on the table, gently picked it up, pressed the spring, clicked crisply, and the sword popped out of the scabbard, revealing a trace of cold light.
Yu Xiaotian grabbed the hilt and slowly pulled the sword out of its scabbard, looked carefully at the sword, and said, "It's really a good sword!" It's a pity that you used to throw the pearl secretly!" After saying that, he sighed and returned the sword to the sheath.
The destruction of Li Zicheng also completely put down a stone in his heart. Although he and Li Zicheng have never met, or even there is no direct conflict of interests, as a ruler, there is no room for manoeuvre between him and Li Zicheng, let alone become friends.
Li Zicheng's existence is a cancer for the current Daming, which must be removed to restore peace to the Central Plains, so as long as Li Zicheng does not die for a day, he can't let go of this stone for a day.