Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 760 The Running Li Zicheng
The night gradually disappeared, and the light reappeared between the sky and the earth.

The rain has not stopped, and the air is very humid.

Li Zicheng was wearing a coir raincoat and riding a war horse on the slippery mountain road.

The mountain road was very narrow, Li Zicheng jumped off his horse after walking for a short time, and led the horse forward.

After Zhao Daniu's vanguard did not receive the report at night, their speed increased a lot and they chased towards Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng didn't realize the crisis was coming, and now he didn't send Yebushou to spy on the surrounding enemies.

In this kind of heavy rain, even if Li Zicheng sent soldiers out, it would be useless.

The rivers in the mountains surged amidst the continuous rain, and Li Zicheng and the others carefully waded through one river after another.

In the afternoon, the soldiers and horses sent by Zhao Daniu were less than a day away from Li Zicheng.

The sky began to darken, and Li Zicheng pitched his tent as usual.

A smoky fire was lit in Li Zicheng's tent, and Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and others sat around the fire.

A copper kettle hung over the fire, and the water in it was gurgling.

Li Zicheng held a teacup, picked up the copper pot, and poured himself a cup of hot water.

The hot water dispelled a lot of Li Zicheng's cold.

"Uncle, the army has run out of food!" Li Guo looked at Li Zicheng and said with a heavy face.

The rations in Li Zicheng's army were finally exhausted, and finally there was nothing left.

Li Zicheng looked at Li Guo, as if he already knew about this matter, and his reaction was very small.

"What should we do now? This is Yunnan, not the Central Plains. If we were in the Central Plains, if we ran out of food, we could just find a village or town, and the food would come.

But here, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous. Who knows where there are villages and food.If we don't think of a way, I'm afraid we will be finished before Zhao Wen's troops catch up. "Liu Zongmin looked at Li Zicheng and said with a dull face.

"I know what you're talking about, but where do we get food now? Can we get food now? In this wilderness, where can we get food?" Li Zicheng asked back with a teacup in his hand.

Li Guo and Mr. Liu, you fell silent and didn't say anything more.

The thick smoke in the fire became more intense, and Li Zicheng moved the stool under his butt back.

The three were silent, and none of them spoke.

At this point, Li Zicheng is at the end of his rope.

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"Hurry up, tomorrow morning, we must take those people down!" An officer in a raincoat shouted to the orderly behind him.

The orderly who followed him hurriedly ran back and passed on the general's order.

The army he led was a little faster and moved forward.

When the sky was completely dark, the soldiers began to set up camp.

These soldiers are the vanguard sent by Zhao Daniu.

The meals of these soldiers were very good, and they ate all kinds of canned meat.

These soldiers were sitting in the tent, eating heated canned food, replenishing the energy in their bodies.

The mental state of these soldiers is simply not comparable to that of Li Zicheng.

Because of the large amount of meat supplements, these soldiers have very good physical strength and spirit. Although these people have been marching in a hurry almost every day in the recent period, they have not been left behind due to lack of physical strength.

The soldier finished his supper and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, before the sky brightened, the soldiers began to move.

The number of these soldiers was about 5000. Under the leadership of the officer, they chased Li Zicheng.

Ye Bushou, who was sent out, had a clear picture of Li Zicheng's movements, so these soldiers didn't have to be afraid of losing Li Zicheng at all.

At noon, these soldiers finally caught up with Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, leading the horse with his left hand, and marched slowly between the mountain roads.

The rain was flowing down the coir raincoat, Li Zicheng's face was serious, and he didn't say a word.

Today, Li Zicheng's army has no military rations, and it can't last for a few days now.

Li Zicheng didn't know where to get food, and he didn't know how to get through this difficulty, so he could only keep his head on his way.

"What sound?" Li Zicheng stopped suddenly and looked behind.

Behind him are his soldiers and horses, who are sickly and without the slightest energy.

Li Zicheng vaguely heard dense footsteps, but judging from the appearance of the soldiers behind him, the dense footsteps were definitely not from these soldiers.

"Did I hear it wrong? There are only my soldiers and horses behind, nothing? Maybe I'm too sensitive!" Li Zicheng shook his head and continued on his way.

"Report, the enemy army is less than two miles away from us!" He arrived in front of the officer overnight.

"Haha, finally caught up, finally caught up!" The officer laughed loudly, and then shouted at the orderly behind him: "Order the whole army, speed up!"

The speed of the army was much faster, and the soldiers mustered all their strength to chase forward.

It didn't take long before the soldiers finally saw the dragging troops behind Li Zicheng.

When the people behind Li Zicheng heard the movement behind them, they hurriedly stopped and looked behind.

I don’t know if I don’t read it, but I’m startled when I see it.

I saw one team after another of soldiers appearing behind them.

The officer came to the front of the soldiers and yelled at the thugs who were in a daze in front, "Listen, people in front, kneel down and surrender and don't kill them, otherwise you will be shot!"

The officer's voice spread to the front, and the rogue soldiers in front fell into a brief silence.

After seven or eight breaths, these silent soldiers became chaotic in an instant like a frying pan that had exploded.

"Run, the enemy is catching up, run!"

"Help, help!"

For a moment, the thieves behind were in a mess like lambs seeing wild wolves.

Because the mountain road was too narrow, the thieves behind could only keep pushing forward.

Chaos appeared in Li Zicheng's army, and the thieves from behind rushed to the front.

The thieves in front didn't know what was going on behind them, and were constantly crowded forward by the thieves behind.

The entire mountain road was blocked.

It spread to the front in a panic, and it didn't take long before it reached Li Zicheng.

Gunshots came from behind, and Li Zicheng heard the terrifying sound again.

"Is this the sound of Zhao Wen's weapon? Zhao Wen's army is coming? Zhao Wen's army is coming?" Li Zicheng stared at the boss, looking behind him in disbelief.

"Uncle, run quickly, Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses are coming, Zhao Wen's soldiers and horses are coming." Li Guo, who was following Li Zicheng, hurriedly yelled loudly at Li Zicheng, telling Li Zicheng to run quickly.

Li Zicheng didn't care about anything, he got on his horse, flicked the whip in his hand, and rushed forward in the rainy night.

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin took their cronies and rode war horses, and hurriedly chased after Li Zicheng.

At this time, Li Zicheng couldn't care about anything else, and now he just wanted to escape from this place as soon as possible.

The thieves blocked the mountain road so much that the soldiers behind couldn't rush up.

The leading officer looked anxiously at the thieves who were blocked in front of him, his face was full of anger.

"These damned thieves have blocked the road with water, so damn it!" The officer yelled and cursed, his eyes moving on the nearby mountain.

Not long after, the officer separated some of his soldiers and went up the nearby mountain to get in front of the thieves.

Although the detour from the mountain is fast, it is difficult, especially with the heavy rain now, if one is not careful, there will be danger.

At noon, the officers finally brought the thieves under control.

The number of thieves who escaped was not many, except for Li Zicheng, very few escaped.

The officer drew 200 people from the army and escorted the prisoners back.

Two hundred soldiers with live ammunition were more than enough to escort these prisoners.

After doing all this, the officer rushed towards Jinping according to the plan he had made before.

At the same time, Li Zicheng, who had been running all day, finally stopped.

Li Zicheng sat on a rock, panting continuously.

His face was covered with scars from branches and other things, and the coir raincoat behind him was also broken in a large area.

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin looked similar to Li Zicheng, they looked like eggplants beaten by frost.

When Li Zicheng was galloping on the mountain road on his horse, the horse's feet were unstable and it slid directly down the mountain.

Fortunately, Li Zicheng jumped off the horse in time, and stopped after rolling on the ground for a long time.

However, the war horse under his crotch rolled down the mountain and disappeared.

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin were similar to Li Zicheng, and the horse under his crotch also fell to the ground.

It was raining heavily and the roads were slippery. Li Zicheng and others galloped wildly on their horses, so nothing happened.

Fortunately, people like Li Zicheng were lucky and were not killed by the fall.

"How many people do we have left?" Li Zicheng looked at Li Guo and Liu Zongmin who were sitting next to him.

Li Guo said in a dead voice, "There are only a hundred people left!"

"A hundred people?" Li Zicheng couldn't believe it.

"A hundred people? Are there really only a hundred people left?" Li Zicheng asked again.

"Uncle, the person is there, you can see for yourself!"

Li Guo pointed to the bandit soldiers on the nearby road, and said to Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng looked at these soldiers and sighed heavily, "Oh, a hundred people, a hundred people!"

"Brother, what should we do now? Where should we go?" Liu Zongmin asked.

Li Zicheng shook his head, "I don't know, and I don't know where we should go. Let's go all the way south according to the previous plan!"

Li Zicheng stood up as he spoke, and staggered forward.

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin hurriedly fetched horses from the remaining soldiers and handed them to Li Zicheng.

There are not many war horses in Li Zicheng's army, but there are also many. Li Zicheng, Li Guo, Liu Zongmin and other cronies basically have war horses.

Although the horses of Li Zicheng, Li Guo, and Liu Zongmin were thrown to death, there are still horses that can be used.

Li Zicheng took the horse from Li Guo, flicked the whip in his hand, and walked forward.

This time, Li Zicheng became more stable and did not run as fast as before.

At dusk, Li Zicheng and others came to the halfway up a mountain.

In order to avoid the pursuers, Li Zicheng had to set up camp in the woods.

Because he was too flustered when he ran for his life, Li Zicheng didn't bring any tents or anything like that.

Without these things, Li Zicheng could only dig holes in the ground and build simple nests like his previous subordinates.

In the dark night, Li Zicheng curled up in the nest, the moisture came towards Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng couldn't sleep because of the stimulation.

One night, Li Zicheng was in that half-asleep and half-awake state, which made his mental state very poor the next day.

Li Zicheng rode a war horse, and then ran forward to escape for his life.

But at this moment, gunshots suddenly came from behind Li Zicheng.

It turned out that it was the soldiers who had been sent out by the officers before, and the soldiers who came around from the mountain chased after them.

The hairs on Li Zicheng's body stood on end, and he hurriedly put his body on the horse's back, speeding up.

"Bang bang bang!"

The gunshots from behind became intensive, and the bullets flew past Li Zicheng with a whistling sound.

The cronies behind Li Zicheng were hit by bullets and began to fall to the ground.

Hearing the sound of people turning their backs on their backs, Li Zicheng didn't dare to turn his head, and kept running forward.

"Hey Law!"

The war horse under Li Zicheng's crotch suddenly neighed and stood up.

A bullet hit the buttocks of the horse under Li Zicheng's crotch. Under the pain of the horse, the horse stood up and threw Li Zicheng on the horse to the ground.

Li Zicheng took advantage of the situation and rolled away, lost all his strength, and then hurriedly stood up, ignoring any more horses, and galloped forward.

In the current situation, Li Zicheng was not allowed to look for war horses.

The gunshots from behind became more and more intense, and Li Zicheng's cronies kept falling to the ground.

"Brothers, my lord said that there is Li Zicheng, the leader of the bandits, be careful when you shoot, and don't kill Li Zicheng!" The leading soldier shouted towards the back, and then rushed forward.

Li Guo and Liu Zongmin also fell to the ground. Like Li Zicheng, they ran forward in a hurry.

Not long after, the two came to Li Zicheng's back.

"Uncle, run to the mountains, run to the mountains!" Li Guo shouted at Li Zicheng in front, reminding Li Zicheng.

After Li Zicheng heard Li Guo's voice, he hurriedly turned around and ran towards the nearby mountain.

It didn't take long for the soldiers to clean up Li Zicheng's cronies.

These cronies of Li Zicheng were either killed or captured by the pursuers.

After dealing with these matters, Li Zicheng had disappeared from the battlefield.

The soldiers asked around, but they couldn't find Li Zicheng.

"Brothers, Li Zicheng can't run very far. It's still raining now. He can't run very far. There are ten people left, and the rest follow me!" The leading soldier shouted and chased forward.

The leading soldier rushed forward with his men.

"Brothers, search separately, you go there, you go there, I will go there!"

The leading soldier ran while commanding.

(End of this chapter)