Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty when the emperor

Chapter 564
No one dared to say a second word about Zhang Xianzhong's final decision. This is where Zhang Xianzhong's strong character lies.

One thing is on the table, he said let it be discussed, and others can discuss it casually.But once he set the tone, others would not dare to contradict him, otherwise he would definitely be asking for bad luck.

Xu Yixian has followed Zhang Xianzhong for many years, so of course he knows His Majesty best.Knowing that Zhang Xianzhong is a chivalrous man, he was a policeman when he was young. He has extraordinary skills and loves to fight injustice, so he was nicknamed Huang Hu.

But Zhang Xianzhong is by no means a reckless man, he has a lot of strategy, otherwise he would not be in the position he is today.The 72nd Battalion of the Thirteen Rebel Army had been washed away by the waves for so many years, and now he is the only one left. Even Li Zicheng, who is well-known, has now fallen apart.

Compared with other civil and military officials, although Xu Yixian dared to speak and Zhang Xianzhong believed in this think tank, he was not an idiot, not to mention that Zhang Xianzhong was different from before. After all, he was an emperor. The same is true, so seeing that His Majesty has sealed his mouth, he dare not say any more.

Liu Jinzhong, commander of the Beijing camp, went outside and ordered that Li Zicheng and the more than 4000 vanguard soldiers who surrendered with him were all tied to the execution ground and their heads were to be beheaded.

The more than 4000 generals saw that it was broken, and the plan to surrender according to the order seemed to be in vain. Zhang Xianzhong saw through it. What went wrong? Zhang Xianzhong and his group are too difficult to deal with. The clothes are seamless, where can we see the flaws?

Even Hou Ye Li Zicheng is doomed, this time he will lose everything.But this can be regarded as being loyal to His Majesty. Your Majesty has treated us with great kindness. As a general, he will die, and it is worthwhile to lose his head with Lord Hou!

Therefore, none of the four or five thousand soldiers will be cowardly.

Of course Li Zicheng was more complicated than they thought. He knew Zhang Xianzhong best. At the beginning, his heart was shocked, but after thinking about it, he guessed what Zhang Xianzhong played for him, so he had a clue in his mind.

At 5000:[-] p.m., the beheading was about to begin, and the executioners were all generals of Onishi soldiers. Four to five thousand people had their heads beheaded collectively. This scene was quite shocking.It's just that this is in the army, and of course ordinary people can't come and watch.

The supervisor was none other than Liu Jinzhong, commander of the Beijing camp. According to Zhang Xianzhong's instructions, he was closely watching Li Zicheng's actions and expressions.

But at this moment, Li Zicheng had no expression on his face, nor did he act abnormally. The executioner stood behind him holding a big knife, and Li Zicheng faced it calmly as if nothing had happened.

Three cannon blasts made it possible for the head to fall to the ground. After thinking about two cannon shots in succession, Li Zicheng remained expressionless and indifferent. None of the four or five thousand soldiers who were with him to be beheaded pretended to beg for mercy.

Liu Jinzhong saw that Li Zicheng was really good. These thousands of vanguard battalions should be his old troops. It is true that there are no weak soldiers under the strong generals!
Seeing that the third shot was about to be fired, Liu Jinzhong came to Li Zicheng with two generals and a few personal entourages.

Li Zicheng didn't even look at him, as if they didn't exist at all.

Liu Jinzhong looked at him and said, "Li Zicheng, do you have any last words? Do you have anything to say to our Majesty, or to my concubine Li Gui? If you have something to say, I will definitely bring it with you. If you don't want to say it, just say it." There is no chance."

"Who are you?" Li Zicheng glanced at him, and threw out such a sentence calmly.

"I'm Liu Jinzhong, the official salutes the commander of the Beijing camp."

"Oh General Liu, Zicheng really has a few words to say. Your Majesty, why doesn't Zhang Xianzhong come to see me?"

Liu Jinzhong smiled, "Your Majesty has just arrived in Kuizhou, and he is busy with many things. Maybe he doesn't have time. If you have something to say, please tell me. Someone Liu will definitely bring the original flavor of what you said."

"Then there is General Liu. To die in Kuizhou today is the greatest regret in my life, Li Zicheng. If I die in battle, or by the sword of the faint king Zhu Yousong, I will die without regret. But so far, I, Li Zicheng, never dreamed that other people might not understand me, Li Zicheng, but he, Zhang Jingxuan, doesn't understand me after so many years, alas, it's so sad! Zicheng's death is a small matter, and the pitiful thousands of soldiers who follow Zicheng."

As Li Zicheng spoke, he looked at the soldiers who were tied up to execute thousands of people with him, and said sadly: "Brothers, it is Zicheng who harmed you. I blame Zicheng for seeing the wrong person. I, Li Zicheng, am sorry for you. If there is an afterlife, I, Li Zicheng, would like to be an ox or a horse, and then repay my brothers."

"Don't blame the lord, we swear to follow the lord, this time we are willing to die with the lord, we can only blame the Daxi king Zhang Xianzhong for his ignorance, if there is an afterlife, we are still willing to swear to follow the lord!" These generals said one after another.

Li Zicheng nodded, because Li Zicheng had anticipated this possible move a long time ago, so he had prepared for the worst on the way here, and after thinking of this, he also unified his voice.

When the crowd calmed down, Li Zicheng closed his eyes: "General Liu, Zicheng's words are over, the general can order the operation."

"Don't you have anything to say to Concubine Li Gui?"

Liu Jinzhong thought this way: Li Na is Li Zicheng's own daughter. Li Zicheng led the rebellion to defect to Zhang Xianzhong this time, isn't it because of her daughter?
Li Zicheng raised his face and said, "Of course there is, but I am sorry that Zicheng can't tell General Liu. Even if the little girl Li Na can't come, if you want to talk about Zicheng, you can only tell Jingxuan."

"Bold Li Zicheng, how dare you mention the names of your empress and Your Majesty?" Liu Jinzhong was furious.

"Hahaha, your empress is Zicheng's daughter, and Zhang Jingxuan is your Majesty, not Zicheng's Majesty. If he is Zicheng's Majesty, why would he want to kill himself indiscriminately without even refusing to meet him? Is this the way of the king?"

Liu Jinzhong really couldn't answer Li Zicheng's words, so he had to take people back to his prison shed.

"The time has come, fire the cannon!" A general began to order the third cannon to be fired. According to the regulations, with the sound of the cannon, Li Zicheng and others will all be killed in the past few days.

But at this moment, a shrill male duck's voice sounded.

"Your Majesty is here—"

Zhang Xianzhong led a team to the execution ground. From now on, the third cannon will always be the future tense.

"Brother Li?" Zhang Xianzhong said in surprise, "I heard that Brother Li is coming, and I just walked around the barracks, what's going on?"

Liu Jinzhong hurriedly replied with a pretentious salute: "Responding to your majesty's words, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. Some people suspect that Li Zicheng led the crowd to surrender with fraud. He hacked Feng Shuangli with a knife and occupied our four cities. My minister was ordered by the king of Dingbei." To avenge General Feng and others."

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong already knew everything that happened in the execution ground, including what Li Zicheng said, but he is still pretending. After hearing what Liu Jinzhong said, he shook his head and said, "Neng Qi, who did you listen to? Others don't know, Brother Li I understand best, he will never surrender to Zhu Yousong, he has no choice but to hide it from Zhu Yousong? I completely trust him, come on and untie Brother Li."

"Your Majesty, what should we do with these thousands of people?"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "These people must have been adapted by Zhu Yousong, the faint king. I have no shortage of such people now. I will kill them all and leave no one behind!"

Someone came to untie Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng heard Zhang Xianzhong's words, and said: "Jingxuan, if this is the case, let's kill Zicheng!"

"Brother Li, why did you say that?" Zhang Xianzhong stared at Li Zicheng's face, not without surprise.

"Jingxuan, you know that I, Li Zicheng, love soldiers like a son, and never kill a single person. These people are all Zicheng's old troops. They follow Zicheng all the way, go through life and death, and come to surrender Jingxuan and serve Daxi. Why does Jingxuan tolerate it? Is it self-contained and can't tolerate them?"

Zhang Xianzhong laughed, "Oh, hahahahaha, so I misunderstood. If so, let's loosen all the ties and pardon them."

"Zicheng Xie Jingxuan on their behalf."

The four or 5000 people that Li Zicheng just mentioned shouted in unison: "Thank you for your kindness, from now on, I will swear allegiance to your majesty together with the prince."

Zhang Xianzhong happily stroked his beard, "A strong general has no weak soldiers. To be honest, I just played a joke on you and others. You and Brother Li came to join me. How can I do harm before I am happy? Since It’s right if you come, and you will be incorporated into our Daxi Army, you will be rewarded for your achievements, and you will be successful for your mistakes.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." Thousands of people shouted again.

"Brother Li, I knew you would definitely come. I don't blame you for cutting Feng Shuangli with a sword. How about I make you the King of One Word and Shoulder Shoulder?"

Standing shoulder to shoulder is not an ordinary throne, it is equivalent to sitting on an equal footing with Zhang Xianzhong Of course, this is only on the surface, in fact he must be under Zhang Xianzhong, but for Li Zicheng, this is of course a step up to the sky, and he can't ask for it.

"The little girl is saved now, Your Majesty is truly a god!"

Li Zicheng was delighted, and quickly knelt down, flattered: "Your Majesty, my humble minister Li Zicheng, thank you Lord Long for your kindness."

(End of this chapter)