Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 221 Extremely arrogant
Everyone likes to watch the excitement, especially the big excitement.

And the excitement is so great, can it be bigger than watching the current emperor duel with others? Absolutely not!

For this reason, many people are actually looking forward to this duel with the current emperor. However, they would never expect their side to play tricks, secretly ambush the troops, and kill the emperor under the pretext of single combat.

For ordinary people, they don't care what you do to achieve any purpose, they are very simple, and it is really embarrassing to do things one on one. Such a person can keep his word in front of so many people in front of the two armies. Can his words be believed in the future?

The rebels came from the coalition forces, not those directly affiliated with Sha Dingzhou and Li Zicheng, and they didn't know who led them. After seeing this scene, they all started to boo.

This situation is absolutely rare on the battlefield!
But who told them that they were just a loose coalition, and who told them to challenge the current emperor to the death, only to end up playing tricks?

As for the subordinates of Sha Dingzhou, Li Zicheng and others, some looked angrily at the booing by the friendly troops, and some were very ashamed.
At this stall, upon hearing an order from Chen Yongfu, the officers and soldiers of the Longwei Battalion who rushed out under his command unfurled their bows and nocked arrows, shooting at the fleeing ambush soldiers.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

"what……"

On the coalition side, when they saw the ambush soldiers who were fleeing back, all of them fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, they were all shocked.

You must know that at this time, the imperial horses were about a stone's throw away from the ambush soldiers who fled back, about a hundred steps.

At this distance, it is definitely not an easy task to shoot down the armor-piercing ambush soldiers. The so-called piercing the Yang with a hundred steps is used to praise the marksman. But now, it is basically certain that all of the imperial officers and soldiers in front of them are archers.

You know, if one or two in the army are sharp archers, it doesn't really matter. Which army doesn't have some good archers?
However, in the imperial army on the opposite side, the officers and soldiers who came out to break the ambush this time were all sharp archers, which was absolutely shocking. Just these people, there are nearly three hundred people, right?

At this time, the coalition forces couldn't help but have an idea: The imperial officers and soldiers are so powerful, and they don't know how many sharp archers there are in the entire army. How can they fight this battle?
At this time, Chen Yongfu led his men to inspect the battlefield. After finding no other problems, he turned back to pay the emperor's order.

Fang Zhenghua, on his side, couldn't help but be speechless after seeing the scene just now. How much did he look down on Lord Long Live, and actually wanted to kill Lord Long Live after he only ambushed fifty armored soldiers? Don't they know that Long Live Master killed more than 100 white-armored soldiers by himself?
It’s really no use worrying!
After Emperor Chongzhen received Chen Yongfu's reward, he asked Fang Zhenghua for one of his spears, and then rode out alone.

Needless to say, this is a duel.

The imperial officers and soldiers naturally understood how strong the emperor's fighting power was. The emperor took the initiative to fight, and of course they cheered for him. Although civil servants such as Fan Jingwen and Du Yinxi wanted to persuade him, they were stopped by Fang Zhenghua. These civil servants, who had never seen the emperor take action, could only look at the emperor's back worriedly.

On the coalition side, several leaders gathered together and were discussing what to do?

For Sha Dingzhou, Yunnan is his foundation. If Kunming loses this battle, he will have to flee abroad, which is definitely not what he wants.

For Li Zicheng, he had been defeated again and again, defeated to the farthest border of the southwest, and his military morale was unstable. Although he is mentally strong and can withstand escape, he can no longer accept failure, otherwise none of his men will follow him.

As for King Tataka, although he can escape back to Togo, he will lose this battle and may not get what he was promised, and those who oppose him in the country may also take the opportunity to attack him.

When he carries out reforms in the country and implements a series of policies, it is inevitable that some people's interests will be affected and there will also be political opponents. In fact, in the original history, he was assassinated twenty years later.

You can't challenge the emperor to a duel and kill him, but since he is so big and the imperial army is there, they can most likely see what the outcome will be!

Just when they didn't know what to do, suddenly, Sha Dingzhou pointed forward with his hand and said: "Look, the current emperor is out!"

Upon hearing his words, Li Zicheng and Prince Long, who were not paying attention, both turned their heads to look. Sure enough, they saw a man and a horse coming towards them from the imperial army formation. Needless to say, looking at this posture, it's time for a duel.

Understanding this, Li Zicheng quickly said to him, King Long: "Fortunately, he still accepted the challenge, go and kill him!"

Sha Dingzhou was also excited, as if he saw his hope of becoming the king of Yunnan again, and quickly said to him, Prince Long: "As long as the current emperor is killed, the promised things will definitely be fulfilled!"

However, King Talong shook his head and said: "The ambush is gone, I won't go!"

He is the true king of a country, and he cherishes his life very much! In the past, he rode war elephants and had ambushes. He felt that everything was foolproof. The money and food he earned were not in vain. Now that the ambush was gone, and he had seen so many sharp archers in the imperial army, he felt a little uncomfortable. Stable, I don’t want to go.

King Long's statement immediately made others anxious. Li Zicheng and Sha Dingzhou tried to persuade him, but Prince Long refused to agree.

While they were panicking and in chaos, Emperor Chongzhen was riding alone and was already a stone's throw away. Then he shouted loudly: "Don't you want to challenge me to a duel? I'm here!"

Sure enough, the current emperor is here to challenge him!
When Li Zicheng heard this, he quickly said to him, Prince Long: "Look, the emperor didn't dare to come for a duel before. He had to wait until the ambush was cleared and he felt it was absolutely safe before he came out. What does this mean? It shows that his abilities are limited! You If you go to war, you will definitely win!"

"Yes, yes!" Sha Dingzhou also hurriedly agreed, "If you go out on a war elephant, the elephant's trunk can knock him off his horse, so why are you afraid that you can't defeat him?"

King Talong looked at Emperor Chongzhen in the distance, and finally shook his head and said: "I'm not stupid. He is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and has a distinguished status. If he is not sure, will he come to die?"

This is obvious. If he were the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he would not be able to challenge him no matter how much money he was given. You know, he is the most noble emperor in the kingdom of heaven. He has many generals under his command. Will the emperor be needed to challenge him in a one-on-one battle? Unless all his men are dead and he has to go on the field, he may go on the field for a one-on-one duel.

On the coalition side, those who had been booing before saw that the current emperor had really come to challenge him, but Prince Long on his side did not dare to challenge him, so they started booing again.

To them, heckling once is just heckling, and heckling twice is still heckling. They wanted to vent their shameless behavior.

However, King Long is obviously a principled person. If he is not sure about something, he will not go if he doesn't want to do it, and it is useless to make noises. When asked anxiously, he asked Li Zicheng and Sha Dingzhou: "You think the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is so incompetent, then why don't you challenge him yourself?"

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen, after issuing the challenge, waited for a while and found that those few people were actually talking there, as if they were giving each other away, but no one dared to come out to challenge.

As a result, he became angry, pointed the spear in his hand at the opposite side and shouted loudly: "What, are you afraid? You don't dare to come in a one-on-one duel without conspiracy?"

Just a man and a horse, standing in front of the two armies, no one is needed to pass the message on his behalf, and no one dares to challenge the point of the gun. This momentum makes people feel intimidating!
On the battlefield, who can compete with him?
At this moment, more coalition soldiers feel that the current emperor seems to be invincible, the imperial army is invincible, and there is absolutely no future for rebellion!
When Li Zicheng saw that the emperor had knocked down their momentum, he immediately became anxious.

When two armies are fighting, what is most important?

Morale!

The military is already relatively at a disadvantage. If the military has no fighting spirit, then it’s a waste!
This battle cannot be lost no matter what!
So, he immediately said to Sha Dingzhou: "You go, you and Prince Long go to fight with the emperor. Is that okay?"

Sha Dingzhou: "..." After being speechless for a while, he came back to his senses and said, "I'm going too. Is it still a duel in front of the battle? Will the current emperor agree?"

Li Zicheng ignored his words and asked King Long: "He will go with you. There is no excuse for this!"

After hearing this, Prince Talong looked at the Ming Emperor and then at Sha Dingzhou, thought for a moment, and finally nodded.

Two against one, it still works!

So Li Zicheng took a few steps forward on his horse and shouted loudly to Emperor Chongzhen: "You are extremely brave. If you want to challenge us, our King Talong and King Yunnan will challenge you to a one-on-one challenge. If you agree, we will challenge you." If you don’t agree, don’t think that you are really that good at fighting, and you can go back as you please, Yunnan is not the land of the imperial court!”

He didn't blush at all when he said this shameless remark, but it aroused boos from many people on the coalition side.

We said we were going to challenge one another. What does the word challenge mean? Don’t you understand?
Not only is this man blind, but his heart is also blind!
When Sha Dingzhou heard what Li Zicheng said, he also shouted: "That's right, if you don't dare to fight, get out of my territory!"

While speaking, he hurriedly said to his men: "Where is our war elephant? Hurry up and bring one over. I also want to ride on the war elephant to fight!"

In Yunnan, as long as there are powerful chieftains, they will probably raise some war elephants. At most, it is a question of how many war elephants there are.

In the original history, when Li Dingguo occupied Yunnan and Guizhou to fight against the Qing Dynasty, he also had war elephants under his command.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard Li Zicheng's shouting, he immediately sneered. Do these people really think that their combat power is stronger than the white-armored soldiers of the Qing Dynasty?

So, he pointed the tip of his gun and shouted loudly: "Don't be nagging, you three, just come together!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the other chieftains in front of the rebel formation, then pointed his gun at him and shouted again: "And you, for your own selfish interests, regardless of the life and death of the people, insist on launching an army to rebel, then I I’ll give you a chance, come together, I’ll take it!”

"I'm going to challenge many people. I won't involve the people. I'll give you this opportunity to rebel!"

The coalition forces were shocked when they first heard the emperor's words.

They did not expect that the emperor not only agreed to Li Zicheng's request, but also took the initiative to add Li Zicheng. This was equivalent to three against one.

I think back then, when Lu Bu was so powerful, the three heroes fighting against Lu Bu was not what Lu Bu wanted. But you, an emperor, who is more powerful than Lu Bu, actually offered to fight three heroes one against three?

Li Zicheng actually didn't want to fight, but after hearing the emperor's words, even though he was blind in one eye, he could still fight.

Therefore, as soon as he heard that he could get more people and felt that his chances of winning were better, he was ready to agree immediately to avoid the emperor's regrets.

Unexpectedly, before the emperor finished speaking, he launched a new provocation, and even asked all the rebellious chieftains to fight.

Is this a pick?

Li Zicheng looked back and said, "Hey guys, this is going to be a fight between twenty and thirty, right?"

He was shocked, and naturally others were equally shocked.

All the toasts in front of the formation looked at each other, and then they all had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Is the emperor so arrogant that he wants to fight them too?

At this time, no one thought that the emperor was very powerful, because it was beyond their understanding. How could it be possible to defeat so many of them in one fight?

They could only come to one conclusion: the emperor was arrogant, too arrogant!
Li Zicheng heard Daxi and quickly turned around and shouted loudly: "Everyone has heard it. It is the emperor's request. If we don't comply, we will be disobeying the order. Today, let us go together. The chance is gone." Lost, time will never come again!”

He was afraid that when the emperor's officials knew about it, they would definitely stop it, and then the fight would be impossible. When the emperor is full of energy and talks big words, follow him immediately to prevent him from going back on his word.

With so many people working together, they can capture the emperor alive. When the time comes, with the emperor in hand, we can talk about it!

After hearing this, Sha Dingzhou also smiled happily and said: "If you had the guts, if you had known this, why would you have laid an ambush?"

Then, he hurriedly urged his men: "War Elephant, hurry up, War Elephant!"

Although there were many people, he still had to ride a war elephant to fight.

At the same time, he waved to the left and right and shouted loudly: "Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and go to fight, lest the emperor regrets it. If you don't seize such a good opportunity, you will create a fart rebellion!"

After hearing his words, many chieftains who were watching no longer hesitated and drove their horses out of the battle. There were even a few chieftains who, with the same idea as Sha Dingzhou, changed to a war elephant and rode out.

Seeing this scene, he, King Long, was stunned: Why did things suddenly become like this?

The coalition soldiers were in chaos, there was no military discipline at all, and there was a lot of discussion, just like a vegetable market.

"I thought the emperor was a hero, but unexpectedly, he turned out to be a madman!"

"You can't say that. Didn't you hear what the emperor said? He wants to fight against many, so as to save ordinary people from the danger of swordsmanship. The emperor is still good to the ordinary people!"

"But how can he fight when there are many people? He will fight anyone he can't win. Isn't he a fool?"

"Yes, it's arrogance!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)