Inside the south gate of Xingtang County, Xia Guoxiang and Wang Pingfan took hundreds of knights and hid in a deep compound. This place should have been the residence of wealthy businessmen or gentry in Xingtang County before, but it was now occupied by everyone and served as the last stronghold of resistance.
Outside the house, Wang Yue and Shen Tuo were standing at a street intersection not far away, discussing something.
"Are you sure? Are you Wu Sangui's general?"
Shen Tuo said dissatisfied: "I am from Ye Bushu, why don't you understand this bit of information?"
Wang Yue grinned and said: "Haha, that's good, we can also catch a big fish in this final battle!"
Seeing Shen Tuo's slightly dissatisfied expression, Wang Yue patted Shen Tuo on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I say, Old Shen, you still can't change your temper. Don't get angry so easily. After this battle is over, , I will arrange a marriage for you and let you temper your temper!"
Shen Tuo said: "Let's forget it. You are still living alone. Where can you tell me about your marriage?"
Wang Yue laughed loudly, then pointed to the house in front and said, "Okay, I think I'll let the soldiers break down the door with thunderbolts, and then hit it with a blunderbuss to end the war as soon as possible."
"good!"
Soon, Shen Tuo and Wang Yue mobilized twenty swordsmen and shieldmen to step forward and deployed six thunderbolts at the entrance of the house. Thirty steps away, hundreds of birds with bayonets were gathered. Gunslinger.
As the fuse was lit, an explosion sounded in the blink of an eye, and the thick wooden door of the house was immediately blown into pieces.
"Come in!"
Shen Tuo roared and led hundreds of gunmen into the yard, while Wang Yue stood behind and raised his arms and shouted: "Come in and kill!"
Soon, Zhai
The roar of bird guns and screams came from the courtyard.
Xia Guoxiang was directly shot by the gunmen of the new army who rushed in. Wang Pingfan was luckier. When he saw his subordinates in front being killed, he fell to the ground directly. Then when he was about to get up to fight, he only felt a pain in his lower back. , and then several bayonets pierced his body, and Wang Pingfan died in the yard in agony.
Soon, Wang Yue and Shen Tuo led their troops to "clean up" the house. All the bandit soldiers gathered by Xia Guoxiang and Wang Pingfan were killed, and no one was spared.
At the same time, Liu Yan and Miao Shao led the guard battalion into Xingtang County. Miao Shao rode his horse and asked: "Mr. Ge, 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 women and children from the old camp in the city. Inform the soldiers of each camp not to involve the women and children in the old camp of the bandits in the killing. These people can be dispersed and settled after being transformed in the future." Go everywhere.”
"Got the order!"
Then Liu Yan and Miao Shao led their troops to the outside of the county government office, where soldiers from the guard camp had surrounded the county government office.
Liu Yan said: "I don't know if there are any big fish in here, let's attack it first!"
"yes!"
Miao Shao immediately shouted: "Attack!"
boom!
It was still the thunder that opened the way. Explosions occurred one after another at the gate and courtyard wall of the county government. The originally tall courtyard wall was directly blown to pieces and collapsed in several places. The gate was directly blown to pieces. .
"Come in!"
The officers and soldiers of the guard camp roared and rushed into the county government office. The rogue soldiers inside fell to the gunfire like bereft dogs.
At this time, Niu Venus has changed
Putting on common people's clothes, when he saw the New Army soldiers rushing in, he raised his hands and ran out. Just as he was about to shout that he was a common people and wanted to get through the pass, he was recognized by a bandit holding a flag who was running away. He shouted: "Traitor, how dare you surrender to the army!"
The bandit Zhang Qian directly chopped Niu Jinxing to death. Poor Niu Jinxing never imagined that he would die in such a way.
Then the bandit Zhangqi felt a pain in his heart and threw himself to the ground with a scream. A gunman from the Guards Battalion rushed past the corpse, and more soldiers from the Guards Battalion also rushed towards the body. Rush inside.
At this time, in the back hall of the county government office, Gu Junen put on a Taoist robe, but held a sword in his hand. He opened the door of the back hall with a decisive expression, looked at the soldiers of the New Army Guards Battalion who rushed in, and then said nothing. He killed himself with a knife.
Bai Mingxun, the right commander of the Guards Battalion who led the team in, looked at Gu Junen's body and said disdainfully: "Quite loyal!"
As soon as they finished speaking, Liu Yan and Miao Shao walked in with a large group of guards. At this time, the fierce battle inside and outside the county government office was coming to an end. The rogue soldiers and horses in the county government office had basically been wiped out, leaving only a few scattered soldiers who were being killed. In pursuit.
Liu Yan looked at Gu Junen who fell on the ground. A gunman found a waistband from his body and presented it to Liu Yan.
"Gu Junen?"
Liu Yan was very surprised. Wasn't this Gu Junen supposed to be dead in history? It seems that because of his arrival, the fate of many people has indeed changed a lot. Gu Junen did not die early, but was forced to death by his own army today.
"Have you found Li Zicheng?"
Miao Shao shook his head and said: "No one has been found in the county government, but my subordinates have gone to all 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 down in the county government office and ordered each battalion to report the progress and results of the battle.
After more than half an hour, Liu Yan received news about the killing of Gu Kecheng, Xia Guoxiang, Wang Pingfan, and Niu Jinxing, and news about the capture of Wu Sangui alive, but there was no news about Li Zicheng and Li Laiheng.
Liu Yan was a little unable to sit still, thinking that Li Zicheng had escaped again, when a messenger came quickly and said loudly: "Mr. Qizhengge, I found a corpse among the corpses on the east wall. The bodies of Li Zicheng and Li Laiheng!"
"Are you sure it's the two of them?"
The messenger said: "Confirmed! Several generals have confirmed it with many captured bandit prisoners, and also found waist tags, seals and other items on the two corpses."
"Let's go and have a look!"
Determining whether Li Zicheng was dead or not was a top priority right now, and Liu Yan naturally had to confirm it with his own eyes.
Soon Liu Yan and Miao Shao came to the east city wall with their brigade of guards. At this time, Chen Xun, Qian Qian, Xu Ming, Wang Yue, Shen Tuo and others had already heard the news and came over, and were pointing around the two corpses. .
"My subordinate has met Mr. Ge!"
Liu Yan waved his hand, then walked to the two corpses and looked at them carefully.
According to the "Biography of Li Zicheng in the History of the Ming Dynasty": "Since he became a man, he has high cheekbones and deep cheekbones. His eyes are pointed and his nose is straight, his voice is like a jackal, his nature is guessing and tolerant, and he kills people every day, cuts them to pieces and disembowels them."
This means that Li Zicheng has prominent cheekbones, deep sunken eye sockets, eyes like an eagle, and a nose like a scorpion (
Huobi means raising the nose, which is the same as when we say that Westerners have high noses and deep eyes), and their voices are like jackals. He is sexually suspicious and cruel, and kills, cuts off his feet and dismembers his heart every day.
At this time, Liu Yan saw a corpse wearing a summer felt hat, which indeed had a high nose and deep eyes. The other corpse was naturally Li Laiheng, and his appearance was consistent with historical records.
Liu Yan sighed slightly, it was natural that Li Zicheng would not regret his death, but it was a pity for Li Laiheng.
Although Li Laiheng was also the backbone of the bandits and did a lot of things that harmed the people in the early days, after the Jiashen country was in trouble and the Manchus entered the Pass and went south, Li Laiheng changed his previous nature as a bandit and instead led his army to fight against the Qing army. History The famous Kuidong Thirteen Families were the anti-Qing forces led by Li Laiheng. One group persisted until the Kangxi period, which shows the tenacity of Li Laiheng's troops!
"Forget it, considering that Li Laiheng is also a historical hero who resisted the Qing Dynasty, I don't need his head."
Liu Yan thought to himself, and immediately ordered Li Laiheng to be buried alone. The generals were very surprised, but they still implemented it.
At this moment, another man came to report: "Qi Ge Lao, the soldiers of the middle camp captured Hong Chengchou in the treasury in the city!"
"Old Qi Zhenge, hundreds of remnants of thieves were found in the arsenal in the city. There seem to be big figures among the thieves inside. Our soldiers are attacking fiercely!"
Liu Yan was a little surprised. The so-called big shots in the bandit army were being held to death and arrested. Who else was there?
Even Li Zicheng's wife, Mrs. Gao, was abducted by Gao Jie. She is probably now working as an "official wife" in Nanjing. So what other big shots are there in the city?
So Liu Yan ordered his people to take Hong Chengchou first.
He 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 others came outside the arsenal and saw that the place was filled with gunpowder smoke. The courtyard outside had been captured. The corpses of at least a hundred rogue soldiers lay scattered in the courtyard.
But what surprised Liu Yan was that most of these bandit soldiers were women!
"woman?"
Liu Yan frowned slightly, and suddenly thought of someone: Red Lady!
"No way?"
Liu Yan had always thought that the so-called Red Lady was a fictional character among the people. So it turns out that this person really existed in history?
So Liu Yan immediately ordered to stop the attack, then looked at the dilapidated arsenal courtyard and shouted loudly: "My Lord Liu Yan, who is the leader inside, come out and meet!"
A moment later, Li Yan walked out of a house in the courtyard, then stood in the rubble-strewn courtyard, cupping his hands and saying, "Student Li Yan, I have met Duke Lu!"
"Li Yan!"
Liu Yan secretly said: "I should have thought of the red lady's husband!"
"It turned out to be Mr. Li. Now Li Zicheng has been defeated and died, and your so-called Dashun has been completely destroyed. I think that Mr. Li is still dedicated to the people among the bandits, so I decided to let you go, but I have to After the transformation by the imperial court, I wonder what Mr. Li would say?"
When Li Yan heard that Li Zicheng was dead, he swayed suddenly, as if the world was beginning to collapse, so Li Yan subconsciously wanted to reject Liu Yan, but when he looked back, he saw the red lady looking at him from the window, feeling in his heart He suddenly softened.
Seeing Li Yan's hesitation, Liu Yan said: "There are still people in the city now
There are hundreds of thousands of thieves' families. I intend to disperse these people to serve the people, but there are no suitable candidates. If Mr. Li is willing to surrender and has been transformed by the court, he is not a candidate. How about it? "
Naturally, Liu Yan would not be stupid enough to directly hand over hundreds of thousands of thieves' families to Li Yan's command, but how to arrange these people in the future, after all, Li Yan is a practical person who knows the basics, which can be regarded as a help.
In addition, Li Yan in history is indeed a talent. He was a great help to Li Zicheng at the beginning. Li Yan also directly condemned Li Zicheng's cruel behavior of harming the people many times, and was gradually disgusted by Li Zicheng. Finally, after Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Li Yan was secretly executed.
But now, after listening to Liu Yan's words, Li Yan thought about the red lady behind him and the hopeless Dashun, and then he clasped his fists and said: "Li Yan, I beg the Duke of Lu to stop the military revolution. Li Yan is willing to be a prisoner." !”
"Ha ha!"
Liu Yan laughed loudly, and the new army soldiers rushed into the arsenal, disarmed and escorted away all the remaining bandit soldiers.
Li Yan and Hong Niangzi were also brought to Liu Yan. Liu Yan comforted the two with kind words, and then ordered people to take Li Yan and Hong Niangzi to the county government to be detained in isolation until the situation in the city was stabilized. Together with Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, they settled down and settled down.
