What Lu Si received was a secret report from Gu Junen from Shang Kexi's army - Li Zicheng was killed in Xiangyang on May 17.

The killing of Li Zicheng was not the Qing army, but Niu Jinxing, who was named the Grand Secretary of the Dayun Tianyou Hall by him and his son Niu Qi, the prefect of Xiangyang.

No one expected that Niu Jinxing and his son would betray Li Zicheng, including Li Zicheng himself.

After rushing out of Shuanggoukou to escape from the pursuit of the Qing army's Tan Tai's army, Li Zicheng, with more than 2,000 remaining soldiers, Prime Minister Niu Jinxing, General Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang, Xie Junyi and others fled to Xiangyang in a panic.

Along the way, there were winds and cranes, and all the plants and trees were soldiers!

What made Li Zicheng most worried was not the pursuit of the Qing army behind, but whether Xiangyang was captured by the Ming army. If so, he would be unable to escape.

Fortunately, Xiangyang was not captured by the Ming army, but the other three prefectures in De'an, Chengtian, and Jingzhou were captured by Zuo Liangyu's Ming army, which had been managed by Bai Wang for several years.

Zuo Liangyu was originally planning to send generals under his command, Li Guoying, Zhang Yong and others to capture Xiangyang. At the end of March, Zuo Liangyu suddenly became ill. His condition was very urgent and he was bedridden. Therefore, the Zuo Army had to stop the military operation to capture Xiangyang.

After Li Zicheng led the remnants to Xiangyang, the prefect Niu Qi immediately ordered people to open the city gate to welcome the emperor. However, the elite troops of the Xiangyang defenders had long been drawn away by Bai Wang. The so-called Xiangjing is now just an empty shell, and even food and grass are limited.

After fleeing into Xiangyang, Li Zicheng was not even sure of his breath, and the Qing army Tan Tai's troops followed him to encircle Xiangyang City.

Li Zicheng did not expect that the Qing army would chase him so urgently. He was worried that the trapping of Xiangyang would be the same as the trapping of Xinye at the time, so he wanted to break through at night. However, this time the Qing army was ready, and Li Zicheng failed to break through successfully.

Two days later, the British Prince of Manchu Ajige led more than 40,000 Manchu and Han Eight Banners Army to pursue them, surrounding Xiangyang. The Qing army, which learned the lesson, could not allow Li Zicheng to escape from the sky this time. Li Zicheng, who had only less than two thousand imperial soldiers left by his side, was unable to organize a breakthrough.

Song Xiance, who surrendered to the Qing army, told Ajige all the false and real situations in Xiangyang, saying that there were not many soldiers in the city, so the difficulty of attacking strongly was much smaller than the original attack of Xinye.

Ajige was worried that if he led the army in Xiangyang for too long, he would attract the Ming army. In addition, his younger brother Dorgon in the capital urged him to quickly break into the thieves and return to attack the Huai bandits in Shandong as soon as possible, so he decided to attack.

Before the strong attack, Song Xiance also made a suggestion that Niu Jinxing, who was beside Li Zicheng, had long been shaken. Although his son Niu Qi was the prefect of Xiangyang, he was not a capable person and was very cowardly. Therefore, he could secretly persuade Niu Jinxing and his son to surrender. As long as the Niu family father and son opened the door, he would not lose one soldier in the Qing army.

Azignered Song Xiance's idea and asked people to shoot into the city a secret letter, saying that as long as the Niu family and son should open the door, the father could be awarded the Grand Secretary of the Qing Dynasty's inner court, and the son could be the prefect.

After Niu Jinxing and his son received a secret letter, they all believed that Xiangyang could not be defended, and that the Qing army would definitely massacre the city after it broke through the city. Now Li Zicheng is like a dog that has lost its family, and it is impossible for him to make a comeback. Therefore, for him, the people in Xiangyang City were buried with Li Zicheng, it would be better to agree to the conditions of the Qing army.

However, Niu Jinxing said that just opening the door is an insider, and the Niu family may not be able to get the Qing Fang promised a reward. If the father and son are rich, the Qing Fang will not go back on his word and must be committed to the great achievements of killing Li Zicheng.

Niu Fu was shocked and didn't know his father's intention.

Niu Jinxing gritted his teeth and said that he could have set up a seat in the government office to pretend to welcome Li Zicheng. Yu Yu hid his close confidants in the back hall, and waited for the three rounds of wine to rush out and kill Li Zicheng and others.

Niu Fu was shocked by his father's bold idea. After thinking about it, he agreed, but for the sake of safety, he said that he would put medicine in the banquet and add medicine to Li Zicheng and others, so that he would not have the chance to resist.

After the father and son agreed, they each prepared.

The next day, Niu Jinxing said that his son prepared wine and meat in the government office for food for Li Zicheng and the generals of the imperial camp. The generals fled with Li Zicheng for a long time, but they had not had any meat and fish in their stomachs for a long time, and they faded out of the birds. They did not suspect that Niu Jinxing, who had been following His Majesty, would have the opposite intention, so they did not doubt that he went to the government office.

Li Zicheng arrived with Niu Jinxing. When he arrived, he saw Niu Fu had asked someone to prepare more than a dozen tables of wine and meat. Li Zicheng nodded slightly, praised Niu Fu a few words and then started eating and drinking with the generals.

Halfway through the meal, Niu Jinxing suddenly stood up and asked Li Zicheng opposite him, "Your Majesty fled from Xinye to Xiangjing, where else do you want to escape?"

"The Tartars are surrounding me, so there is no place to escape... Old cow, but what's the solution? Tell me quickly."

Li Zicheng didn't hear the strange smell in Niu Jinxing's tone at all, and he thought that this great strategist would come up with a good way to break through for him.

Niu Jinxing sneered and said, "Your Majesty, you have abandoned the people of the world and have long been the ruler of the human race. Now I am killing you for the real master!"

After saying that, the wine glass in his hand suddenly threw it towards the ground, making a crisp sound and fell into several petals.

At the same time, I heard the sound of the armored swords and instruments coming from the back of the hall.

"Niu Jinxing, what do you mean!"

Tian Jianxiu felt a sudden heart. He knew something was wrong. He subconsciously got up but found that his legs and feet suddenly became weak and could not stand at all. He shook it and sat on the chair, his eyelids were so sleepy that he was extremely sleepy. His head was even more dizzy. He wanted to draw the knife, but he was powerless.

“The alcohol is poisonous!”

Liu Fangliang kicked the table in front of him and reached out to pull Tian Jianxiu. Not only did he not hold Tian Jianxiu, he himself was instantly weak and his head became swollen.

Li Zicheng also felt something was wrong with his body. He was so angry that he slapped the table and scolded: "Niu Jinxing, you dare to harm me!"

"Li Zicheng, it's not that my father and son want to harm you, it's because you are not worthy of being the master!"

As soon as Niu Yi retreated, dozens of soldiers with distinctive armor and long swords rushed out and slashed and slashed at the generals of the Imperial Camp on the mat.

These are Niu Qi's confidant soldiers, and only Niu Qi's orders are followed.

"Protect Your Majesty!"

Although Tian Jianxiu was dizzy and his eyes were almost closed and his head hurt, he was still a little awake. Seeing a group of sword-holding soldiers rushing out, gritting their teeth and struggling to support him, he was about to protect Li Zicheng.

Niu Jinxing shouted: "Kill them!"

Tian Jianxiu was determined to save the master, but he was weak and collapsed on the ground after taking two steps. The other generals of the imperial camp all followed the words of the Niu family father and son. Before he could stand up, several generals were chopped to the ground by the soldiers who rushed over.

Poor that these Imperial camp generals did not die at the hands of the Manchu enemy, but died at the hands of their own people!

"Dog thief!"

"Your Majesty, go!"

Liu Fangliang shouted angrily, drew his sword to block the rebels rushing up, and risked his life to resist.

When two Niu Qi soldiers who rushed up saw Liu Fangliang resisting, one of them waved his sword to chop him, but was chopped to the ground by Liu Fangliang and his sword. Another soldier waved his sword and slashed again, but his neck was cut by Liu Fangliang's sharp blade, and blood suddenly surged like a spring.

"Kill him, kill him!"

Seeing Liu Fangliang killing two subordinates in a row, Niu Qi was furious and ordered his personal soldiers to surround Liu Fangliang and slash Liu Fangliang indiscriminately.

As soon as the sound of fighting inside the house came out, Li Zicheng's personal soldiers outside knew that it was not good, but these personal soldiers also drank the medicinal wine prepared by the Niu family father and son. After "Waola" got up, many people had a medicinal attack and fell to the ground.

The Niu Qi subordinates who were drinking with the Imperial Camp soldiers also began to attack and drew their swords and slashed them. Many Imperial Camp soldiers were killed even if they could not fight back.

"Stop them, I'll save His Majesty!"

General Zuo Guoyi Xie Junyoushang was still awake and could barely run. Seeing the fight and shouting in the hall, he rushed in with a clamor.

The generals of the Shun Army protected Li Zicheng and struggled to support him. Seeing Xie Junyou rushing in, Li Zicheng wanted to run over, but his legs were weak and could only walk on the wall.

"Kill them quickly, don't let them rush out!"

When the Niu family and his son saw that the people outside could not take Xie Junyou, they asked him to lead his troops in, and they were both shocked and angry.

Niu Qi pulled out his long sword and roared: "Shoot the arrow!"

Dozens of archers suddenly appeared on the wall of the courtyard, and they opened their bows and shot at the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Camp. More than a dozen Imperial Camp soldiers were shot to death on the spot, and Xie Junyou was also shot two arrows on the back, and his body fell forward without support.

The archers kept firing arrows, and the personal soldiers brought by Li Zicheng continued to fall. At this moment, there were more than 2,000 cavalry loyal to Li Zicheng in the city, but they were all guarding the city on Xiangyang City, and they had no idea what was going on here, and even if they knew, it would be too late.

Liu Fangliang was covered in blood, and was stabbed in his arm and two arrows in his leg. The blood flowed continuously, and he still gritted his teeth and fought with the rebels.

Tian Jianxiu's eyes were full of anger, and she swayed toward Niu Jinxing. With a "swoosh", a sharp arrow shot and hit Tian Jianxiu's chest. The arrow was extremely powerful and it actually pierced the branch and shot through Tian Jianxiu's chest.

"Dog thief!"

Tian Jianxiu broke the tail of the arrow on her chest like crazy, and stumbled towards Niu Jinxing, who was hiding behind the pillar.

With a "puff", a long sword passed by Tian Jianxiu's neck, and Dashunze Hou, who had followed Li Zicheng for more than ten years, died.

The head fell to the ground, Tian Jianxiu, who had a beard and bearded face, died with her eyes open, and her eyes seemed to be still staring at Niu Jinxing behind the pillar.

"Yufeng!"

Seeing Tian Seeing Xiu being killed, Li Zicheng was extremely sad and even let out a long "ah".

The roar was so scared that the rebels who approached Li Zicheng took a few steps back together.

Niu Qi was shocked and shouted quickly: "If you kill him, if he doesn't die, we will die!"

When the rebel soldiers heard this, they immediately rushed back.

"Protect Your Majesty quickly and leave!"

Liu Fangliang waved the long sword in his hand hard. With his ability, he could capture more than a dozen people with his single sword, but now he is weak and his legs are unstable. He can be said to be bullied by a dog when he falls into the sun.

A rebel soldier took advantage of Liu Fangliang's unpreparedness and quickly slashed his right leg. Liu Fangliang was in pain but did not scream. He couldn't bear the ground with a long knife. The back hurt again, and then he was chopped to the ground. The bloody mouth cut by the long knife on his back was clearly visible even his spine.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Liu Fangliang twitched on the ground, blood rushing from the knife, but what he murmured was the King of Chuang whom he had been loyal to guard for his life, until his eyes turned completely dark.

Li Zicheng's heart was as if he was shattered, and he asked Niu Jinxing, who was hiding behind the pillar in pain: "A man, I trusted him with national affairs, why did you betray me and why did you betray me!"

The sound trembled, and the teeth were gritted.

Xie Junyou, who was shot to the ground by an arrow, also cursed: "Niu Jinxing, you are willing to be honored and you will not die well!"

Niu Jinxing hid behind the pillar with a calm face and did not dare to show up or respond.

"The thief, what else can I say when I die!"

Niu Qi shouted to the captain of the personal soldiers: "Do it quickly, otherwise I will have no place to bury me when I die!"

The rebels waved their swords and slashed again. With screams and scolding, fewer and fewer people around Li Zicheng...

The hall was full of corpses, and Li Zicheng stood in a pool of blood, pointing dozens of blood-covered swords at him.

"I didn't expect to die at the hands of you guys!"

Li Zicheng, who had weak legs and feet, knew that he could not escape death today, but he wanted to know why.

"Niu Jinxing, why did you do this? Is it because I am sorry for you?"

"Li Zicheng, you didn't feel sorry for me, but..."

Niu Jinxing finally showed his head from behind the pillar. Looking at the corpse all over the ground, looking at Li Zicheng who looked unwilling to look at him, he sighed and said, "You have today, it's all your fault. You can't blame others or me."
To be continued...