Chapter 814 Li Zicheng is captured

As a trusted general under Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin led the first wave of vanguard troops to the city walls of the Ming capital.

Just as he was about to send a few brothers to investigate the situation, he heard screams like pigs being slaughtered from the top of the city wall.

However, Liu Zongmin, who had killed countless people, quickly analyzed that it was not someone killing a pig to celebrate, but someone was being tortured.

"Damn it! What is the Ming Dynasty doing? Zhang Laowu, take a few smart brothers to investigate, and then come back and tell me immediately."

Meanwhile, on the city wall, Xiong Ba threw a man who looked like a nobody to the ground and said in a cold voice, "I thought you were a man of integrity, but you couldn't stand it in just a short moment."

The other civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty shuddered when they saw the miserable appearance of these people.

This brute was so brutal that he actually crushed the human bones inch by inch. He didn't even notice Lord Li on the other side. He fainted three times from the pain after crushing just one leg bone.

On the contrary, Emperor Chongzhen's eyes lit up and he felt very relieved. Through history books, he discovered that these guys had finally betrayed the Ming Dynasty. Even now, they had probably already established contact with the bandit army outside the city.

After taking a quick look at the faces of other officials, Emperor Chongzhen suppressed the murderous intent in his heart. After dealing with the rebels and the Qing army, he would clean up this chaotic court.

After lunch, the bandits outside the city began to shout towards the top of the city wall, swearing at everyone, including cursing Emperor Chongzhen's ancestors for eighteen generations.

Chongzhen was so angry that he could only look at Xiongba next to him, hoping that this brother could teach those villains a lesson.

There are only a few thousand bandits outside at most, which is not enough to scare the army in the city so much that they dare not attack.

Moreover, all the disciples of Tianxiahui are strong and powerful, so it should not be a problem for them to defeat the vanguard of the enemy army.

Xiongba had the same idea. He didn't think a group of ordinary people could pose any threat to him.

If he keeps staying in the city, how will he be able to establish his authority in front of his subordinates?

As the city gate opened, Xiongba rushed out with his men and a part of the Ming army.

Liu Zongmin looked at the group of nondescript guys opposite him and couldn't help laughing jokingly:

"Where did you come from, you scoundrels? If you are here to surrender, this general may consider accepting you for your contribution in opening the gate.

But if you don’t know the real thing, then you can only turn it into dust.”

Xiongba raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a cruel smile. He used his light skills to move his feet and arrived in front of Liu Zongmin in an instant.

Before the rebel vanguard general could even draw his sword, he was knocked off his horse by Xiongba's palm.

Immediately afterwards, the disciples of the Tianxiahui charged into the enemy army with red eyes, brandishing steel knives and accompanied by shrill screams.

It was only then that the bandit troops realized that they seemed to have become the same civilians whom they had wantonly slaughtered when they had swept through those towns before.

Liu Zongmin, who had been pinned to the ground by two Tianxiahui disciples, looked at the scene in horror.

"This... How is this possible? Everything is over, it's over!"

You have to know that as a vanguard force, they are not cannon fodder. Most of them are old brothers in the camp with rich combat experience.

As for the rest, they are mainly young and middle-aged people, but now they are being killed like insects.

Emperor Chongzhen on the city wall was so excited that his blood boiled and he kept saying good things. If he didn't know his own situation, he would probably have picked up his sword and went down to kill a few bandits.

The faces of the civil and military officials standing behind the emperor began to turn bitter. They didn't know where Chongzhen found these villains from.

If there are such powerful people helping the emperor in the future, their status in the court will plummet.

In less than half an incense stick of time, all the bandits were killed. Only a few who were riding fast horses noticed something was wrong and escaped fast enough.

The Ming army that came out to join in the fun had not yet come to their senses before the enemy army had already been defeated.

Xiongba stepped on a small hill of corpses and shouted, "Everyone listen up, follow me to attack the thieves' camp and capture the rebel leader Li Zicheng alive!"

After saying that, Xiongba rushed towards the northwest.

As for the captured rebel vanguard general, he was directly sent to Emperor Chongzhen.

Liu Zongmin was still in a daze when he was taken before Emperor Chongzhen.

The result was of course no surprise, he was directly executed by slow slicing.

Xiongba and his disciples from the Tianxiahui all used Qinggong to hurry on their way. Even those with low cultivation levels could run quite fast.

In less than half a day, the main force of the rebel army was seen.

First, he let his men rest for a while in the nearby dense forest and eat something to fill their stomachs, so that they would not have too much strength to swing their swords when they started killing.

As the new master who was about to replace the Ming Dynasty to rule the world, Li Zicheng was in high spirits. As he watched the sky gradually darken, he thought of the beauties that his men had sent to him some time ago.

It was really thanks to the Ming Dynasty that he was expelled, otherwise he, Li Zicheng, would not have been able to embark on the road of rebellion, and now he can even be compared with the Ming Taizu.

If Zhu Yuanzhang knew that this anti-Ming villain dared to compare himself with him, he would definitely be the first one to climb up and strangle him to death.

After sending away several of his advisers, the only thing on Li Zicheng's mind was how to spend the evening with the beauty.

As one of the few people in the rebel army who had the freedom to do things on his own, Li Yan sighed helplessly.

Since King Chuang won every battle, he has become more and more like a tyrant. Forget about conquering the entire Ming Dynasty. He has not even taken the capital, but he has already started enjoying himself.

Can this kind of person...really bring hope to the world?

At this moment, shouts of killing were heard from outside the military camp.

Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion, who was originally holding the beauty and preparing to discuss the philosophy of life, was frightened and immediately ran out of the tent in panic.

"What happened? Why is there so much noise outside? It's because the enemy is trying to sneak into our camp!"

The soldier who was asked shook his head and said in a panic, "My lord, I don't know either!"

Helplessly, Li Zicheng, who had lost interest, took a group of his trusted men and prepared to see who dared to cause trouble for his army of hundreds of thousands.

As a result, before he had even reached halfway, Li Zicheng discovered that several strangely dressed guys in front of him were slaughtering his men wantonly.

The enemy swung his machete without even hitting anyone, but he actually cut a small soldier of the Chuang Army into two pieces.

However, there are more than one enemies who can do this. Some are even more exaggerated, killing more than a dozen people with just one sword.

Even the experienced Li Zicheng was frightened by this strange method and took several steps back, almost falling to the ground.

Li Zicheng's trusted subordinates were not much better than him. They were even mentally prepared to escape as they had done before.

Although the current rebel army is said to have hundreds of thousands of people, everyone knows that most of them are young and strong people who have nowhere else to go.

To put it bluntly, these hundreds of thousands of troops are just a mob and can be easily dispersed in a fight.

Li Zicheng came to his senses and immediately ordered all troops to counterattack and wipe out all the invading enemies.

Then, in order to ensure the survival of the force, Lord Chuang Wang rode away from the dangerous area with his trusted men on horseback, and was ready to make a comeback at any time.

After charging back and forth throughout the bandit camp, Xiongba finally saw dozens of cavalrymen in the distance and a smile appeared on his face.

According to the confession of a captured high-ranking member of the rebel army, it was the rebel leader Li Zicheng.

Before long, the entire bandit camp turned into a sea of ​​blood and corpses.

The disciples of Tianxiahui have never been good people. In order to help their leader fight for the world, most of them already have blood on their hands.

In addition to those who escaped, there were more than 100,000 bandits who knelt down and surrendered.

Xiongba nodded with satisfaction, then dragged Li Zicheng, whose hands were crippled, towards the capital of the Ming Dynasty.