Ming Zuo

Chapter 1417 Li Zicheng's End
"What did you say?"

Withdrawing all the way east from Xi'an, Li Zicheng was still in a good mood despite losing streak.

During the 17 years of war against bandits, he has developed an optimistic attitude when facing difficulties.

In Li Zicheng's view, this time's defeat is no different from the previous ones.

In the worst case, continue to fight mobile, and sooner or later you will find a chance to make a comeback.

Until he received the desperate news.

"Your Majesty, the leftists from Shandong have seized Wuchang and cut off the river. We... have nowhere to go."

Dashun's monarchs and ministers gathered together, all of them lost their minds in shock by the news.

When we retreated from Xi'an, everyone discussed it.All the way to join forces from all over the country, concentrate their forces and then go down the Yangtze River to seize the south of the Yangtze River.

After seizing the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River and saving enough money, food, soldiers and horses, they will deal with the Qing army.

Azig was furious, but also terrified.No longer daring to neglect, speeding up the march.

This is the important town closest to the border of the empire in the Lianghuai region, and there are plains all the way east from here, which is very convenient for cavalry to maneuver.

"The great river stretches for thousands of miles, so the left thief may not be able to cover everything, right?"

More than ten days later, Azig led the Qing army to catch up from behind, and the time left for Li Zicheng and others was running out.

Dorgon warned that Li Zicheng must be eliminated as soon as possible.Otherwise, the previous crimes will be investigated together.

This undoubtedly slowed down the speed of action, and also facilitated the pursuit of the Qing army.

Standing by the Yangtze River, watching the Imperial Navy warships cruising back and forth on the river, Li Zicheng finally understood that Yuan Zongdi was not lying.

Duoduo decided to capture Fengyang, and then looked for opportunities to see if he could raid Huai'an or Yangzhou.

To this day, Li Zicheng has long lost his original character as a rogue.

Liu Zongmin had a bad temper and yelled and cursed.

There are dozens of cannons on a ship, which is completely beyond their imagination.

"Could it be that you are greedy for life and afraid of death? How can a mere warship block the way of my hundreds of thousands of troops?"

Yuan Zongdi's complexion was very ugly.

The black cannonballs slammed into the vicinity at an incomparable speed with shining flames.

Li Zicheng didn't believe in evil, and even sent someone to try it once.

It was a big ship he had never seen before.

From Dengzhou, Chengtian, De'an, all the way to Hanyang, there were four consecutive battles, and the Shun army was defeated miserably.Numerous supplies were discarded along the way, and the casualties could no longer be counted.

"I sent soldiers and horses to attack everywhere for more than ten days in a row, looking for a place to cross the river. However, the navy of the left thief is extremely powerful, and they only need a warship to defeat us. This big river is really hard to cross! "

Lu Zhenfei had no choice.

More than 20 Shunjun soldiers were soaked in the mud soup, in a panic.In addition, the food and grass have been almost consumed, and morale has completely dropped to the bottom.

With pursuers behind and interceptions ahead, Li Zicheng completely lost the space to move around.

His arrival put Lu Zhenfei, governor of Daming Fengyang, into a desperate situation.

Amid the deafening explosions, most of these soldiers were killed on the spot, and the few who were still alive hurried away.

Based on the principle of attacking first and then suffering, Dorgon started planning.

These people who have been tossing and turning on land for a lifetime, the best warships they have ever seen are just tank boats in the inner lake.

Why did Duoduo appear here?
Or about the empire.

There is only one reason.

Azige was scolded by Duo ErGun.

The black muzzles on both sides of the warship have been facing this side. As long as anything dares to appear on the river bank, it will be attacked.

He tried to calm himself down and think about what to do.

Seeing the power of the imperial artillery with his own eyes, Li Zicheng completely gave up the idea of ​​crossing the river.

In Fengyang now, the Qing army is eyeing it in front of it, and the Lianghuai military region of the empire is behind it, and it has become a sandwich biscuit.

But now Li Zicheng has proclaimed himself an emperor and established a country, and he is very concerned about the emperor's airs.Therefore, you have to take everything with you when you march all the way.

One bad news after another.

When the sails are full, it seems that a cloud mountain is moving fast.

After breaking through Tongguan, Duoduo followed Dorgon's order, returned to Henan, and began to sweep all the way.

He was still thinking about what to do.

On the first day of April, Li Zicheng was surrounded by the Qing army in Elong Town.

When attacking northern Shaanxi, Azig sent Wanbu to the Mongolian grassland to extort war horses and grain. Dorgon finally found out about this.

Yuan Zongdi was very honest and said what he had to say.

Macheng is just dozens of miles away, and the Dabie Mountains are also faintly visible.

As a result, when the dozen or so soldiers had just set foot on the river bank and hadn't pushed the boat in their hands into the water, a cannon rang out three miles away.

Under such circumstances, Li Zicheng had no other choice but to leave his camp and go south, going to Huguang first.

Li Zicheng felt despair for the first time in his life, and his body trembled involuntarily.

"General Liu doesn't know that each of Zuo Zei's warships has dozens of cannons, all of which can fire that kind of explosive shells, hitting them far and accurately. As long as our people get close to the shore, they will encounter Attack. Not to mention people, even a piece of wood can’t go into the water.”

As soon as he reached Huangpi, Niu Jinxing quietly left the team and became a shameful deserter.

He set his goal at Fengyang.

In the past, when he was chased and intercepted by the Ming army, he was always able to make up his mind, abandoning the old, weak, sick, disabled and luggage, and leading the elite soldiers and horses to leave.

What he didn't expect was that this time Azig's pursuit was very brave, and he was no longer procrastinated as before.

At the same time, Duo ErGun also gave Duo Duo a secret order.

As a result, the weather was unfavorable, and the spring rains came sparsely, which made the roads muddy and difficult to walk on.

But he couldn't go on in this life.

A bigger crisis befalls him.

Let Doduo look for the opportunity, find the weakness of the empire, and be ready to do it at any time.

Another Qing army led by Duoduo suddenly appeared and completely blocked Li Zicheng's eastward advance.

Listening to his narration, Shun Jun's entire body was icy cold.

This is not the Nanming in history, at least it can get some support from the south.

The plan was very good, but I didn't expect it to be cut off by the empire.

After more than ten years of war, the land of Henan has long been withered.After Duoduo marched, he did not encounter any obstacles, and the speed of advancement can be described as rapid.

But Li Zicheng could no longer take care of this.

"Zuo Menggeng, you are trying to force us to die!"

This famous official who took over as governor of Fengyang after Shi Kefa felt powerless in the face of the current situation.

The next day he led his troops to set off from Hanyang, all the way to the northeast.

Since he couldn't cross the river, he planned to go to the Dabie Mountains first.Use the complex terrain of the mountain to avoid the edge of the Qing army.

Wait until after a little rectification, and then find a good solution.

Obviously, in Dorgon's view, Li Zicheng's demise has become a foregone conclusion.The next opponent of the Qing Dynasty will become the empire.

He didn't want to become a foreign slave, so he simply asked the empire to surrender.

And this time, the empire is no longer on the sidelines.

With Huang Sanhu's order, Jian Zong'an led the Sixth Division and two other security divisions and immediately stepped forward to take over Fengyang's defense.

This smoothed out the concave part of the empire's border, and forced Doduo to stop.

(End of this chapter)