Chapter 165 Ultimate Duel
Dangtu County Town.
It is also Taiping City.
Li Zicheng stood on the wall of Qingyuan Gate and looked ahead expressionlessly.
On the north bank of the moat, a huge army was standing in line with the Xiangcheng River. Countless soldiers in red uniforms lined up, carrying bayonets with bayonets on their shoulders, adjusting their positions with neat steps. Behind these soldiers were the black holes of countless cannons, and all the guns pointed at Dangtu City. Although they did not see the divine power invincible general cannon that had long been mythized, the deterrence brought by nearly two hundred cannons still made Li Zicheng feel heavy oppression.
In front of the formation, under the twelve dragon flags and a yellow umbrella, a figure riding a rhino was slowly moving forward, and soon stopped less than half an inside and outside the city wall.
"Li Zicheng!"
Yang Feng on the rhino's back shouted.
He had completely blocked Li Zicheng in this small town.
He didn't expect that Zheng Chenggong could be said to be unstoppable. Two cavalry brigades and two infantry brigades had already crushed the Shun Army. In fact, just one heavy cavalry brigade counterattack easily defeated the Shun Army, which was attacking Tianmen Mountain by Hao Yaoqi. When the main force of the Ming army completed crossing the river, even the Shun Army led by Yuan Zongdi and others was defeated. Not only did it force nearly Wan Shun Army to surrender at the end of his life, but it also took advantage of the situation to seize the bridgehead on the south bank of Guxi River.
This is a strategic point.
Going down the river from Nanjing, you must cross the two floating bridges of Nanjin and Rainbow across the Guxi River in the south of Dangtu City, otherwise you will not be able to fly over the river two or three hundred meters wide. The upper reaches of Guxi River are endless lakes and swamps, and it is impossible to bypass. In history, the Taiping Army had fought many bloody battles with the Qing army in this area. Zheng Chenggong's troops were facing the Guxi River floating bridge, which was equivalent to completely blocking the passage of Li Zicheng's escape south, blocking him and his subordinates' remaining troops in Dangtu City.
When the army led by Yang Feng landed on Caishiji and went south across Xiangcheng River, the last elite army of Shun was completely trapped in the cage.
And outside them were 70,000 Ming troops.
The rest is to siege the city.
This was the easiest thing for the Ming army. When the artillery of the Invincible General of the Divine Power arrived, the city wall was blasted open and rushed in. There was no city wall that could stop them yet.
But Yang Feng didn't want to do this.
"Li Zicheng, the famine in the northwest, and others have no choice but to rebel and survive. I have indeed lost the people. However, you have caused trouble to the world for more than ten years and caused millions of innocent people to be killed. It is also a serious sin. Today, things have come to this point. You have no way out. Why do you have to commit more murder? I promise that if you put down your weapons and surrender, you will be pardoned except Li Zicheng. Everyone will move to Liaodong and give them land to make their own lives. If you don't believe me, you can swear to the sky, and if you go against the sky, you will hit the lightning."
He shouted loudly.
The rhino's horn was equipped with a clear sound to the city wall.
"You are also my subjects. In the past, I was deceived by treacherous people and did not know the sufferings of the people. I have caused you hunger and cold to be a crime for me. I have issued an edict to blame myself! Now I have issued an edict to divide the fields of the world to the people, so that those who have farmed have their own fields and those who have their own food. Moreover, Taizu gave immortal seeds, planting and harvesting in the north several times that of the old ones. My Ming Dynasty will never worry about famine, and the prosperous era is expected. Why do you resist stubbornly and not surrender quickly? I should be the same as you and the people."
Then he shouted again.
At this time, most of the Shun army on the city wall were already whispering.
Even the generals looked at each other.
Only Li Zicheng stood there looking at him expressionlessly.
"Li Zicheng, where are my sons?"
Yang Feng shouted.
Li Zicheng waved his hand on the city wall.
Immediately afterwards, Chongzhen's four sons were pushed forward, and the four of them did not suffer. Li Zicheng was good to them when he was in Beijing. Originally, he fled in history, so he didn't care about these trivial matters. In the end, two of the four sons of Chongzhen died in the chaos. Zhu Cixuan went to his grandfather Zhou Kui, and then asked Zhou Kui to betray Dorgon. Only the fifth brother escaped and lived in seclusion until Kang Mazi was taken out and executed by Lingchi. But this time, Li Zicheng had already withdrawn from Beijing in an organized manner. Moreover, because of the special situation of the three parties, their brothers were very useful to Li Zicheng. After all, the situation at that time was a three-legged tripod. Yang Feng was in the north to fight Dorgon and he would ensure safety, so he would not kill them to stimulate Yang Feng. After evacuating Beijing, he always carried it with him. Zhu Cixuan was still the King of Song he was granted. The other three also had titles. Anyway, they were usually kept in a small yard and just brought it out for fun when they were bored.
It was also with them at this time.
"I promise that even if you don't surrender, you won't implicate your family."
Yang Feng said.
A group of generals beside Li Zicheng looked at him carefully, and the latter waved his hand gently, so the four brothers of Zhu Cixuan were sent out of the city, and the Shun Army, whom they escorted, retreated back to the city. The four brothers immediately ran to Yang Feng, knelt down in front of his rhino, and kowtowed to the ground and shouted at their father.
Unfortunately, their father had already been occupied by the magpie nest.
Yang Feng has no feelings for them, but being able to bring them back alive is worthy of his own pocket.
"I have forgotten my teachings in the past? How could Taizu's descendants surrender to the thief? You should be a model for your brothers. Even if you die in battle, you will be worthy of the ancestral temple! Your position as a prince has been abolished and will not be re-enacted in the future. I should be another place to enfeoff your country!"
Yang Feng said to Zhu Cixuan.
The latter cried and thanked him.
At this time, Yang Feng's son was already born in Beijing.
Although they were all born from Chongzhen's body, they were still the one who had just born psychologically. Of course, the throne could only be passed to this son. As for the four brothers of Zhu Cixuan, one prince was enough. At this time, the Ming Dynasty had enough places to be crowned kings. In this chaotic era, all the royal families of the Ming Dynasty were almost completely cleaned up by Yang Feng. There were a lot of people who died, and the remaining ones who were not dead had not resisted the Qing army or Li Zicheng, which made Yang Feng use this as an excuse to simply abolish it. Although they were actually very innocent, as the descendants of Taizu, they were trapped in the thief realm and the whole family committed suicide and did not raise an army to resist. This was completely unfaithful and unfilial. The emperor abolished your title and abolished it, and in the end there were not many people who survived, that is, the three Tang Fulu who fled to Fuzhou and the King of Gui.
By the way, Li Zicheng is also a great achievement.
Otherwise, the burden of the royal family will always be on the back of the court, which will make it much more comfortable to clean up.
As for the future...
In the future, Yang Feng is preparing to drive all these princes to the colonies, such as Southeast Asia, Japan, and India. In short, the farther they are, the better they will be, giving them enough privileges to exploit the peace-loving people in the colonies.
Including the four in front of you.
Of course, the Zhu Cixuan brothers would not know that their beloved father had planned to exile them for thousands of miles. At this time, he was in an emotional state and did not think much about it. They hurried to the Ming army.
"Li Zicheng, make a decision whether to fight or slow down!"
Yang Feng shouted immediately.
The generals beside Li Zicheng looked at him with anticipation.
Li Zicheng sighed.
He knew that everything was over and the hearts of the people had completely dispersed. In fact, it was over when Hao Yaoqi was defeated and returned to Dangtu. In a desperate situation, coupled with the terrifying combat power of the Ming army, the courage of these soldiers who had been dominating for more than ten years had been completely destroyed. These old brothers could continue to stand here with him, even if they could be loyal enough, such a place where they were all enemies would be able to survive for a few days, not to mention that the people in the city would not do it, and the generals and soldiers under his command who had completely lost their fighting spirit would not do it.
But he was unwilling to give up!
He looked at Yang Feng outside the city.
"Dog Emperor, do you dare to step forward?"
He suddenly shouted.
A group of personal soldiers beside him immediately shouted in unison.
"What's the point!"
Yang Feng sneered.
Then he activated the rhino to come forward. There were no cannons on the wall of Dangtu. There were originally a few, but they were searched to guard Yangzhou. Of course, the Shun Army could not carry a cannon weighing thousands of pounds when it fled. There were only small cannons and Franchise. This thing was not the same in Yang Feng's eyes. He moved forward less than fifty meters away from the wall. Then he stopped to look at Li Zicheng on the wall. At such a distance, both of them could see each other clearly, and they just looked at each other quietly.
The air seemed to freeze at this moment.
Suddenly...
Well, it's not the singing!
Li Zicheng reached out and snatched the rotor from the hands of his personal soldiers to fire the musket. He aimed at Yang Feng without hesitation. A bullet hit Yang Feng's chest with a crisp sound. At the same time, a little spark collapsed, the bullet was instantly bounced away by thick stainless steel. Yang Feng just shook it slightly. Li Zicheng threw away the empty gun without hesitation and grabbed another personal soldiers' hands. He also pulled the trigger at extremely fast speed. Then he didn't even look at the result, and continued to snatch one gun after another and aimed at Yang Feng and fired.
The latter sat upright on the rhino without any dodging, and the five-mm stainless steel and bulletproof mask immunized him for all bullets.
After ten shots, Li Zicheng stopped.
"It's my turn."
Yang Feng said lightly.
Then he slowly pulled out the oversized cannon, pulled the trigger and pointed it at Li Zicheng fifty meters away.
Li Zicheng held the arrow pile with his hand, and did not hide, but just looked at him quietly.
The next moment, Yang Feng pulled the trigger violently. As the gunshot sounded, a projectile of more than 30 mm diameter shot out, accurately hitting Li Zicheng's left chest. The huge impact force instantly shattered the gilded mountain armor on his body, and then penetrated his heart. Emperor Yongchang of Dashun, who had been in the world for more than ten years, successively breaking through the three capitals of the north and south, causing the mountains and rivers of Daming to change color, Li Zicheng flew backwards and hit the female wall behind him. Then he slid down against the female wall, lowered his head and closed his eyes immediately.
Chapter completed!