Chapter 658 Who will save me? The bandits are coming.

Author: Taofu

Li Zicheng frowned. Li Xin looked at Xin'an County, which was quiet without even a reply, and his face was as dark as water. This is too abnormal. Yesterday, they simulated many possibilities. As soon as they read the surrender letter, Sun Chuanting became furious and shouted:

"The situation is not at odds with the rogue bandits."

Then they led the army to resist bravely and fight to the death. They could accept this result.

Or maybe the officers and soldiers in the city, after hearing their surrender, burst into tears one by one, shouted that we are willing to surrender, and then opened the city gates to welcome King Chuang's army into the city. They could also accept it.

Or, the soldiers wanted to surrender, but Sun Chuanting didn't want to surrender, and then the two sides had a dispute, and Chuang Wang's army took the opportunity to cover up and kill them. It depends on the battle. They had already planned in their hearts, but the only thing they didn't consider was this weird silence.

, as if the whole city was cursed, causing the whole city to fall into silence.

Li Xin frowned and asked the soldiers to shout the surrender words again, but no one answered, and the whole city seemed to be dead silent.

"Something's wrong!"

Li Zicheng frowned slightly, then looked at Liu Zongmin who was eager to try, "Brother Zongmin, attack the city!"

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin cupped his hands and then raised his hammered sword and shouted: "A certain family takes orders."

After saying that, he waved his hand and shouted: "The soldiers of the vanguard battalion obey my orders and rush for me. The first one to rush to the top of the city will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and fifty liters of millet!"

"Kill!"

There is a saying that a brave man must be rewarded with a heavy reward, one hundred taels of silver and fifty liters of millet. This is already a sky-high price for the bandits. With millet, they can eat millet. The yellow millet, grains

The grains are plump, and as soon as you open the lid, you will see a shiny layer of oil. Just looking at it will make you appetite, and just thinking about it will make you salivate.

After Liu Zongmin's encouragement, all the soldiers' eyes turned red, and they shouted at the top of their lungs, waving swords and spears in their hands, as if they were going to fight to the death.

The army quickly rushed to a hundred paces away from Xin'an City. Liu Zongmin asked the horse to slow down a little. This distance was already within the shooting range of firearms and hard bows. The son of a rich man could not sit down in the hall. He is not the man from Donggou Valley in Lantian County back then.

The second-in-command of a little bandit is now the second-in-command of an army of 400,000 bandits.

His current status is very noble. With such a high status, how can he personally take part in danger? You must know that when he led the troops to charge, he always shouted, "Come with me, but now it has become that you are charging for me."

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Liu Zongmin's army came to cover up the attack, and they were already at the gate of Xin'an City. At this time, the previous defense should have been muskets, bows and arrows, rolling stones, and hammered logs.

But now there is nothing, and the whole city is quiet. At this time, Liu Zongmin's heart is tightening. Based on his knowledge of Sun Chuanting, he is a little confused now about what kind of medicine Sun Chuanting is selling in the gourd?

How could there be no resistance at all? With Sun Chuanting's character, he would rather die than surrender. However, when the troops came to the city, there was still no resistance. Could it be that there was some big conspiracy behind the scenes, an empty city plan?

Many conspiracies and conspiracies emerged in Liu Zongmin's mind. If there were no conspiracies and conspiracies, how could Xin'an City still be undefended now? Liu Zongmin's heart was clenching. It was because Sun Chuanting's reputation was so great that he had resisted eight attacks by King Chuang.

It was so strange that a powerful enemy suddenly ceased its activities. There must be something Liu Zongmin didn't know about it.

However, Liu Zongmin did not order to stop the siege, but quietly retreated the elite and allowed the cannon fodder to bear on them. Human life is worthless now, especially ordinary bandits. Ordinary bandits are simply refugees. Are refugees valuable?

That's too worthless. The hundreds of thousands or millions of people in the Ming Dynasty are not enough to make Liu Zongmin feel distressed, but the elite will make Liu Zongmin feel distressed. These elites are all veterans who fought with Liu Zongmin.

On the battlefield, there can often be one against five, or even more. These are the core of Liu Zongmin's forward army. As long as this core is there, even if Liu Zongmin's team is completely crippled, Liu Zongmin will be able to create another one within a few months.

A rogue band of this size.

This is also the reason why every time Li Zicheng was beaten, he would fall on his back, but he could quickly recover his strength.

Because Li Zicheng’s core team was not injured.

Liu Zongmin quietly withdrew his elite troops. At this time, the rogue bandits swarmed up and came to the gate of Xin'an City. Liu Zongmin kept staring at this place. He wanted to see what tricks Sun Chuanting was selling and what tricks he was playing.

At this time, the rogues used ladders to build ladders and used big pillars to hit the doors.

Boom, boom, boom!

Without anyone defending, the city gate was directly knocked open, and the people who took the ladder climbed to the top of Xin'an City without any damage. Then they found that there was no one here, only a pile of burned out torches.

"Commander, there is no one in the city!"

"Commander, there is no one in the city!"

Liu Zongmin frowned and shouted: "Look carefully, are there no Qin soldiers from Sun Chuanting, or are there no residents?"

After hearing this, someone shouted from inside: "Sir, they seem to have run away. Our people rushed into many homes and found that all the cooking pots in their homes were missing."

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin raised his eyebrows: "Run away? Sun Chuanting ran away with everyone in the city?"

Liu Zongmin rushed into Xin'an City on horseback, and then found that all the people in the city had disappeared, and all the big iron pots at home had been moved away. This was obvious.

You must know that a large iron pot is considered an important property of this family in this era. Most people have passed down a pot for several generations.

Therefore, the most important items for moving in this era are the big iron pot and the quilt for sleeping. If you still have enough energy, bring some other things. Therefore, when watching period dramas or historical dramas, you often see a person carrying something on his back.

He holds a big pot because that big pot is indeed his entire wealth.

Liu Zongmin rushed into Xin'an City and found that there was only an empty city left in Xin'an City. Liu Zongmin shouted angrily: "Search, we must search everything here."

Liu Zongmin shouted loudly. After hearing this, the bandits in the city began to search from house to house. As a result, the whole city was really empty, empty and empty.

Liu Zongmin yelled angrily, and at this time Li Zicheng also brought his army in. Seeing this empty city, Li Zicheng frowned and looked at Liu Zongmin and said, "Liu Zongmin, what's going on?"

"King Chuang, we were tricked by that bastard Sun Chuanting. He ran away with his people overnight!"

"Ran!"

Li Zicheng frowned and shouted, "Has the whole city run away?"

Liu Zongmin said: "Not a single one is left, and all of them have disappeared."

"How could this be?"

Li Zicheng looked at Liu Zongmin with a dark face and said, "I can understand that Sun Chuanting ran away with the Qin army, but he took away all the 80,000 people in Xin'an County?"

Niu Jinxing frowned and said: "Even if the people are taken away, Sun Chuanting is still very popular, but no matter how popular he is, it would be too much to take the whole city with him. He thinks he is from the Three Kingdoms period."

Liu Bei, even if he is Liu Bei, we are not Cao Cao. King Chuang, the people have weak legs and walk slowly. Even if they go ahead for a while, as long as we send cavalry to chase them, we will definitely be able to catch them back."

Li Zicheng heard this and said, "What if Sun Chuanting ambushed him on the way?"

Niu Jinxing said: "Securing the fortified city, Sun Chuanting's Qin army is indeed powerful, and can give full play to the power of his musketeers, but fighting in the wilderness, his Qin army is helpless, how can it be the opponent of our cavalry? The cavalry

A battle can be won."

Li Zicheng nodded when he heard this and said, "Yes, this is true. Then, brother Zong Min, please come and take a look."

Liu Zongmin cupped his fists and said: "I have the order!"

Among the entire Li Zicheng army, Liu Zongmin had the most cavalry, so the pursuit mission was handed over to Liu Zongmin. At this time, Liu Zongmin clasped his fists and said: "King Chuang is waiting here in Xin'an City. I will go and capture Mr. Sun Chuanting alive.

Dedicated to King Chuang."

"Hahaha... Okay, I have Zong Min, just like Liu Bei and Guan Yu, Cao Cao has Xia Hou, thank you Brother Liu for your hard work."

Liu Zongmin cupped his fists and said, "King Chuang, wait a moment!"

After that, Liu Zongmin mounted his horse and shouted: "Cavalrymen of the Pioneer Battalion, follow me and capture Sun Chuanting alive and the Qin army alive!"

"Capture Sun Chuanting alive, capture the Qin army alive."

The cavalry looked up to the sky and roared, followed by Liu Zongmin waving his hands and saying: "Chase!"

The next moment, the entire cavalry battalion rushed out frantically, chasing after Liu Zongmin.

At this time, someone asked: "Commander, where should we pursue?"

Liu Zongmin glared at him and said: "Xin'an City has only two gates. One is the south gate, which leads to Luoyang, the direction of the main force of our army, and the other is the north gate, which leads to Mianchi. After passing Mianchi, you can flow to Shaanxi.

You can even turn around and go to Tongguan to join Lantian. Where do you think Sun Chuanting will go?"

"Go to Mianchi."

Liu Zongmin nodded and said: "Yes, chase in the direction of Mianchi!"

The army set off at an extremely fast speed. The horses' hooves trampled the ground and smoke billowed up. Liu Zongmin led 20,000 cavalrymen and chased directly towards Mianchi.

Drive, drive, drive...

After chasing all the way for a full hour, someone said: "Sir, Mianchi is less than thirty miles ahead. They have already reached Mianchi, right?"

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin said with a dark face: "So what if we enter Mianchi, the city wall of Mianchi is not as strong as Xin'an, and if these 80,000 people enter Mianchi, the Mianchi County Magistrate will probably have to quarrel with Sun Chuanting for a while. Let's take the opportunity to break out at this time."

, win in one battle! We can also capture Mianchi County along the way, why not!"

After hearing this, the soldier said: "The commander must have thought carefully."

"Stop patting my horse, quickly lead your men to chase him, and tell them whoever can catch Sun Chuanting, whether dead or alive, will be promoted to the third level. I will personally ask for credit from him and King Chuang!"

After hearing this, the soldier clasped his fists and said, "Yes, I will give the order right now!"

Soon Liu Zongmin's order was passed on, and all the soldiers understood it clearly. The person who captured Sun Chuanting alive would be promoted to three levels in a row, and would also have the opportunity to show his face in front of King Chuang. It can be said that as long as this step is done well, the next step will be to achieve success.

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Thinking that the cavalry was pursuing faster, at this moment the former army scouts reported that twenty miles away from Mianchi County, they saw a large group of people migrating.

After hearing this, Liu Zongmin's eyes immediately lit up and he shouted: "Rush, catch up with these people, don't get away from them, chase them!"

Liu Zongmin shouted angrily, and the cavalry army moved forward crazily. Mianchi County was twenty miles away, which was ten miles away in front of his own cavalry team. Ten miles away, that was too short. It was just a matter of a kick of oil, ahem... a kick of horse.

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To be continued...