According to Li Zicheng's arrangement, everyone got the order and rode away.

Tens of thousands of people, including Da Shun's family members and other non-combatants, marched towards Huangshaling together. How fast could it be? Even with Song Xiance leading the troops on the side to direct them, at this time, under the pursuit of the Hu people, the speed was in a panic.

On the contrary, it is very slow.

The Qing army could only be delayed for a moment. Li Zicheng personally led the troops and ran towards Guishan. When passing by Shangzhou Prefecture, Li Zicheng glanced at the closed city gate of Shangzhou Prefecture from a distance. The gate was full of defenders.

The local braves and people were like this when Zhou Wenwei was the prefect. What has changed after the Dashun Dynasty fought in these years?

Li Zicheng had no time to think about all this. When the army arrived south of Liu Wan, he saw that the Shun army at Liu Wan was retreating steadily. The Manchu and Qing troops were rushing out of Liu Wan and outflanking Liu Zongmin at the foot of Guishan Mountain from the other side.

Li Zicheng shouted, "If the thieves rush out of the mountain pass and charge with fast horses, the tens of thousands of people behind us will only end up being slaughtered. Everyone, follow me and fight back!"

Immediately, Li Zicheng took the lead and rushed towards the barbarians. Liu Tichun followed Li Zicheng and shouted loudly, "Follow me to protect your majesty!"

Most of Li Zicheng's old battalion cavalry on the three walls had turned back at Shanhaiguan. At this time, there were only a few thousand cavalry in hand. They all followed Li Zicheng and charged forward with their horses.

With Li Zicheng personally leading the charge, the aggressive Manchu and Qing soldiers' offensive was immediately stopped.

The two armies were fighting fiercely on the line between Guishan and Liuwan, with the sound of bowstrings, shouts of killing, screams, and the sound of firecrackers. However, at a height not far to the north, hundreds of cavalry stood motionless.

The first few, wearing beggars and fine white-trimmed cotton armor, looked at the battle group in front of them with calm expressions.

Since entering the Pass, the Eight Banners no longer have to fight in person most of the time. Even those who are less successful are still behind the army to supervise the battle team.

The Manchus were originally a small nation, with only a few hundred thousand men, women, old and young, and one less person died. As the Ming Dynasty surrendered more troops, let them fight each other. Anyway, all the people who died were Han people.

The Eight Banners soldier at the head looked at the battle group and said in a stiff accent, "The bandit army only tried to escape along the way. This time Li Zicheng's army had already fled to the south, so why did they suddenly turn back?"

An Eight Banners soldier rode over and said to the leading Eight Banners soldier, "Jueji Beizi and Liu Wan were already captured. Unexpectedly, the thieves suddenly came back with a large army and our army was blocked again."

The leader of the Eight Banners, named Jueji Beizi, said, "I have seen it here. The man in front of me with gilt armor and a horse head decorated with red tassels must be a senior official of the Shun Army."

The Eight Banners said excitedly, "I will take someone to take his life."

Jueji Beizi said, "The terrain ahead is narrow and our army cannot attack with all its strength. Zhahaqi, please arrange archers to shoot the thieves' heads off their horses."

The Hu man named Zhahaqi chirped and summoned a dozen Eight Banners sharpshooters, who hid behind the formation and all bent their bows to aim at Li Zicheng.

Hao Yaoqi held Li Zicheng's banner, followed Emperor Dashun, and rushed with the army. Wherever Li Zicheng went, the Manchu soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were killed and dispersed.

After Li Zicheng became the king of Xiangfan, he had not been in battle for a long time. At this time, he rode his horse to charge, and his pride was renewed. Although the situation was dangerous today, he might not be able to escape.

Since the Battle of Shanhaiguan, all the pent-up energy in Li Zicheng's heart turned into murderous intent on his sword, and he charged forward with the most ferocious attack.

At this time, a general of the surrendered Shun army suddenly pointed at Li Zicheng and shouted loudly, "That man is Li Zicheng, the hypocritical emperor!"

Before the words fell, the sound of bowstrings sounded

Suddenly, a dozen sharpshooters, under the command of Zahaqi, fired arrows at Li Zicheng, and the sound of piercing the air reached his ears in an instant.

Li Zicheng had been in battle for a long time and had fought with the Ming army for more than ten years. He had already developed good skills. At this time, relying on his subconscious avoidance of danger, he suddenly fell to the right, hooked his left leg on the saddle, and his body was almost 90%

It hangs on the side of the horse.

It seemed that he was older, maybe he had been away from the battlefield for a long time, and his body was a little slower to avoid. Before landing on the other side of the horse, he received an arrow in his left arm, and a few of the other arrows flew into the air.

A black horse in the middle of the crotch.

The black horse neighed, and the momentum of the charge was greatly reduced. Li Zicheng avoided the hidden arrow, jumped up suddenly, and got back on the horse. He pulled the reins and turned around and entered the military formation. A dozen sharpshooters

When he nocked his arrow again, Li Zicheng's target was no longer there, and only Hao Waiqi's big flag was seen gradually moving backwards in the crowd.

Soon Li Zicheng retracted all the troops and horses that rushed out back to Liu Wan, and only relied on Liu Wan's terrain to defend.

When the black horse persisted until it reached the center, it finally gave out. Blood foam overflowed from the horse's mouth and nose. After shaking for a few times, its legs gave way and fell to the ground. Li Zicheng squatted down and stroked the black horse's face, looking at the black horse.

The horse's eyes blinked and gradually lost their luster, and he felt very painful in his heart. "This horse has been fighting with me for more than ten years. I don't want to die here today."

It took a long time for Li Zicheng to stand up. With tears in his eyes, Liu Tichun said behind him, "Your Majesty, you have been hit by an arrow."

At this time, Li Zicheng saw an arrow hit his left arm. He took off his armor and saw that it was blocked by the iron lining and only had some broken flesh. Although there was blood on the armor, the injury was not serious.

, the imperial doctor immediately bandaged it.

Li Zicheng suffered many arrow wounds over the years. When he first entered Shangluo Mountain, he was also hit by an arrow in the back. The people regarded Li Zicheng as the great savior against the Ming Dynasty. The villagers of Wangjialou accepted them as eighteen people.

There, he fell in love with Lanzhi, a lady from the Wang family, and received the kindness of Wang Yuanwai's family.

Now that my old friend has passed away, the situation in the world has also changed drastically, and everything in the world is like a dog in the white clouds!

When retreating from Beijing, I was attacked by barbarians in Zhending and received an arrow. Now I received another arrow.

Li Zicheng endured the pain in his body and stood in the formation to encourage the army to fight. As he watched the Shun army soldiers fall one after another, he suddenly felt a deep sense of exhaustion in his heart.

The battle continued until darkness enveloped the valley. The Shun army huddled at Liuwan and just defended, while the Manchu and Qing troops gradually retreated.

Liu Zongmin, who was defending Guishan on the other side, took advantage of the darkness to see Li Zicheng and said, "Your Majesty, the army may not be able to support it anymore. There are not many old brothers left. Now the morale of the army is low. The military formation has almost collapsed several times today."

Li Zicheng seemed to be ten years old. His left arm was bandaged with cloth. He looked at Liu Zongmin tiredly. He saw that Liu Zongmin was covered in blood and his armor had several knife marks. It was probably Liu Zongmin who took the lead and was able to last until dark.

Tonight is the last moment, Liu Zongmin said, "There is no danger to defend this place. The Hu people's Eight Banners cavalry did not participate in the battle today. If the cavalry charges, our army will definitely collapse."

Li Zicheng sighed, "I think back when our army of 17 cavalry entered Jinzhong Mountain, even though the Ming army surrounded us a hundred times, everyone had high fighting spirit and believed that we could win. Now, although there are tens of thousands of troops, but against the Hu's more than 10,000 forwards, it is

With their defeat exposed, they could only barely hold on to their battle formation without escaping."

Liu Zongmin said, "Your Majesty, make a decision quickly!"

Li Zicheng asked, "Two Tigers, how is the retreat of the army?"

Liu Tichun said, "The mountain roads are covered with snow. Today, the military advisor only led half of the people across Huangsha Ridge."

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Zi Chengdao said, "It's too late. The army must retreat to Huangsha Ridge immediately and use the mountains to hold on. If we delay here for a while, no one can leave."

Liu Tichun didn't know, "But we still have tens of thousands of people, Your Majesty, what should they do?"

Li Zicheng gritted his teeth and said, "That's all, that's all. I can't just watch my brothers die here. Now you quickly take the remaining troops south and go to Xiaoyi Town overnight to surrender the army."

Liu Tichun said, "Am I a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Your Majesty wants me to surrender to the bandits?"

Li Zicheng said, "I know that Erhu is a loyal man. I have been to Xiaoyi Town. Wanjun is an army of my old friend. It is better for you to surrender to him to fight against the Hu people than to die here. The army is now trapped in

Although there are many people and horses in this place of death, it is a drag. If we had not died here and you came to look for me again when we arrived in Henan, I think Wan Jun is a gentleman and will definitely let you go."

Liu Tichun was still hesitating, and Li Zicheng scolded, "The barbarians are cruel. After all, we are Chinese in the south. Time is precious. Don't miss my opportunity to fight."

Hearing this, Liu Tichun knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and loudly said, "Long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty, and I, Liu Tichun, accept the decree!"

After saying that, he took the order and came out, riding his horse towards the south of Yuling. At this time, the morale of the soldiers and horses in the south was very low, and they all fell down in the snow.

These people followed the brigade. They fled south yesterday and went north today. The Tatars were close in front of them. Now it was dark and they were ordered to go south again. They were on the road from noon to now without even a bite of food. Someone shouted, "No."

Let’s go, I can’t walk anymore!”

"What is Your Majesty doing? Why do you keep walking here?"

Liu Tichun had no choice but to say loudly, "The barbarians are coming. Anyone who can move, please get up and go south quickly."

Only some people got up and followed Liu Tichun, while many others just sat on the ground panting without even looking at him.

"Your Majesty personally fought against the barbarians to delay time for everyone. Everyone, please get up and follow me!"

Seeing that there were still many people sitting on the ground, Liu Tichun could only retreat southward with those who got up.

Until late at night, everyone in Li Zicheng's camp was still discussing whether to withdraw to Huangshaling overnight. Li Zicheng insisted on staying a little longer. If he retreated at night, Liu Tichun and others who were retreating to the south would be in danger. The Hu cavalry would go south tomorrow.

In pursuit, the half of the troops heading south would only be able to catch up in a moment.

While everyone was still discussing, soldiers suddenly came to report, "Your Majesty, it's bad, the thieves attacked at night."

Li Zicheng and others were startled and immediately left the camp. They heard loud shouts of killing from the north, and a line of light in the night quickly passed through the position and penetrated towards the east.

Li Zicheng said, "No, the thieves are about to break through the northern position. Zong Min, please lead your troops to stop them immediately."

Liu Zongmin responded and was about to leave when suddenly another soldier came to report, "Your Majesty, the camp in the north has been destroyed and the defenders have fled."

The situation suddenly changed. At this time, darkness shrouded the whole northern part of Liuwan and at the foot of Guishan Mountain. Fires broke out everywhere, and shouts of killing rose into the sky.

The soldiers could not see clearly how many enemy troops were coming. The army had been fleeing for several days. Although the Shun army had a large number of troops, its morale was low and they could not muster strong resistance. Li Zicheng gathered the Chinese army to be wary of the Manchus in the northwest of Liuwan.

There were soldiers and horses, but there was no movement in the northwest.

Soon another horseman came and shouted, "It's not good, the barbarians broke through the northern defense line and went straight towards Huangsha Ridge."

Li Zicheng said, "No, the thief seems to have noticed something."
Chapter completed!