After Jiang Ning left Jiangxia, he took Yu Wan's handwritten letter to find Xie Liang, the general of Suizhou. After much persuasion, Xie Liang borrowed 10,000 troops for him.

Suizhou is nearly two hundred miles away from Xishui. Jiang Ning's army ran for three or four hours before reaching the destination, and set up an ambush circle before the arrival of Shunjun.

In the early morning of the next day, Yuan Zongdi really led 10,000 elite troops to smuggle Xishui. However, when the peasant army was halfway through, the sound of artillery fired on the other side suddenly made thousands of arrows, knocking the Shun army out of sight.

The Ming army had been ambushing for a long time and was waiting for work. The Shun army came and went trekked with exhaustion. The final result was imagined. The two sides fought for more than an hour, and the peasant army lost more than 5,000 people. Finally, under the leadership of Yuan Zongdi, fled in panic!

Both routes returned in disgrace. Li Zicheng was so angry that he was so angry that he glared at him, dragging Liu Zongmin and Yuan Zong the second person down and each beat a hundred military sticks.

"What a fucking group of trash, I can't even deal with a young boy!"

Li Zicheng slashed the desk in front of the county hall in half with a knife, and sat down with a pale face, which scared the ministers, civil and military officials and civilians to kneel down on the ground with trembling trembling, and did not even dare to breathe.

Niu Jinxing shook the sunny fan in his hand, and walked back and forth with a serious expression, "Maybe we underestimate this opponent too much. From his ambush in Xishui, we can see that this person is very difficult. We should not take him lightly."

"You are there to fire the hindshot!" Li Zicheng furiously threw the cup and roared, "I want him to die! Lingchi dies!"

There was only a few left in the army, but in just a few days, tens of thousands of elite troops were lost. The other party was still a young man in his early twenties. Even when facing the Qing cavalry, he had never been defeated so badly. Li Zicheng's resentment was conceivable.

Niu Jinxing raised his eyebrows and said slowly, "Your Majesty, please stop thunder. According to the Ma Lai report, all the soldiers and civilians of Jiangxia have abandoned the city and left and retreated to Ziyun Mountain in the suburbs of the city."

"It's true?!"

Li Zicheng's face changed drastically and his gloomy and dry eyes shone in an instant. In order to seize Jiang Xia, he had lost enough. Unexpectedly, the other party took the initiative to hand over the capital. Of course, he was so happy that he couldn't stop talking.

"Immediately, order the three armies to set off immediately, take down Jiangxia and go straight to Hanjing!"

"Prince, please wait." Niu Jinxing waved his hand quickly, "Once we go deep alone, Yingshan will become our only retreat and a place to store grain. This place must not be lost. Some of the troops must be left here."

Li Zicheng's eyes rolled and nodded heavily, "Li Laiheng, you bring 30,000 troops to stay in Yingshan. I hope you won't let me down again this time!"

"My grand nephew thanked the emperor for his kindness!"

After this defeat, Li Laiheng was beaten dozens of times by Li Zicheng's personal hand. He was so angry that he almost became very happy after receiving the heavy responsibility of protecting food.

Because he knew that Yu Wan had another plan to withdraw his troops from Ziyun Mountain and would definitely attack Yingshan County. At that time, he would definitely let this arrogant boy experience his strength.

When Li Zicheng ordered the gathering of the entire army, Niu Jinxing suddenly walked over with fierce eyes and whispered to him, "Master, before we attack Hanjing, there are still a group of people to deal with."

Li Zicheng changed into the battle robe he wore when he was wearing the marching army, frowned slightly and said, "Does the Prime Minister refer to the people of Yingshan County?"

Niu Jinxing bowed and said, "There is no more wise than the emperor! In order to travel lightly, we can only carry military rations for ten days. If we cannot get Hanjing within ten days, the food and grass in Yingshan City will be crucial!

In recent years, natural disasters have been causing constant man-made disasters, and the people in the city have long been unable to eat. What's more, because of our plunder and plunder, the people have long held a deep grudge. If they work with the Ming army and the outside world to take the opportunity to cause trouble, it would be too late to regret it, so..."

Although Niu Jinxing didn't finish his words, Li Zicheng had already understood the meaning. He said slowly with a gloomy face, "Then kill them all!"

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In the evening, Xujiazhuang, Yingshan County.

The weather this year is extremely abnormal, hotter than at any time in previous years and colder than at any time in previous years.

God will naturally fail to give his food if he doesn't appreciate his face. But he can survive this year by relying on the previous grain storage. However, the vicious "monarchs from all walks of life" have repeatedly come to plunder, and the villagers have long been unable to extricate themselves.

In this world, how can we tolerate living people?

I heard that since Anqing came to power, the people have gained a good harvest and had no worries about food and clothing. When will such a living Bodhisattva come to Yingshan?

Just as the villagers of Xujiazhuang were looking at the bare terraces and were worried about their livelihood, an officer riding a tall horse roared over, bringing explosive good news.

"Dear blind dates, Emperor Dashun, who has helped the suffering, is here to save the people! Please go to Fuyilin, south of the city to collect official grain. If it is too late, you can't get it!"

...

This burst of roar spread throughout the village like thunder, and the villagers were stunned for a long time before they realized it!

"There is no way to go, and there is no way to go!"

"Sure enough, the one who loves people the most is Long Sui Wang Zhuang!"

"Open the door to welcome the King of Chuang. The King of Chuang will not pay food when he comes!"

...

The villagers of Xujia Village were so happy that they were full of energy. In less than a stick of incense, everyone rushed to Fuyilin with the dustpan and rice bags.

Among all, a young girl of sixteen or seventeen years old was particularly eye-catching.

Although she dressed very simply, her face was stained with a lot of mud and her lips were extremely pale and chapped, her big watery eyes were very adorable.

The girl walked among the crowd with an old woman with silver hair. More than half an hour later, the villagers came to Fuyilin on the outskirts of the city.

Fuyilin is ten miles north of Xujiazhuang, and there is a dense and vast forest of camphor trees. When they arrived, it was already crowded. Fortunately, it was not too late, and the grain truck of the King of Chuang had not arrived yet.

After a quarter of an hour, a wave of poor people came one after another, all of whom were waiting for the arrival of life-saving straw.

"I've said a long time ago that the King of Chuang is not trying to steal our food, but the military food is not redirected. Now I'll give it back to everyone."

"Indeed, today the most popular people will be the King of Chuang and others. You will have no worries about food and drink for those who are great and smooth!"

"Two brothers, I seem to smell a scent of lamp oil, as if it was from the Fuyi Forest!"

"I also smelled it. Strange, how could there be lamp oil in this place where the bird doesn't poop..."

Just as everyone was talking, there was a sudden burst of cannons outside the forest, and hundreds of shells slashed through the woods and fell into the crowd!

The bomb emitted a huge flame, burning the dead branches and leaves covered with lamp oil in the forest. The raging fire instantly spread throughout the forest, and everyone was trapped in the sea of ​​fire.

"Ah! We're fooled by these beasts. Li Zicheng is going to kill us!"

"Escape everyone!"

The fire became bigger and bigger, and the "crackling" burning objects were mixed with the shrill screams of many people. They were burned to death, choked to death, and countless people were trampled to death.

The panicked people instantly dispersed from birds and beasts, and they dragged their children to the forest.

However, just as they ran out of the forest, the long-awaited cold arrow swept over like a heavy rain. Everyone had just escaped from the sea of ​​fire but died immediately on the spot!

...

The fire became more and more powerful, and the massacre outside continued. The girl's grandmother had been smoked to death by the thick smoke. She held the gradually cold body and cried helplessly.

The fire became more and more prosperous, and corpses were lying around. The strong burnt smell made the girl extremely suffocate. Just as she was about to faint, the girl was suddenly grabbed by a slender jade hand and disappeared into the sea of ​​fire...
Chapter completed!