Wu Yangui's face was filled with joy and he wished he could fly directly to Fenghuang Ridge, but things were so unlucky. At this time, the physical fitness of the war horse had reached its limit. Seeing that the speed was getting slower and slower, Wu Yangui broke out in a cold sweat. Wei Yang, Li Zicheng and others
It was almost the same, especially Zhang Yichuan's war horse, which fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and was about to die.
At this moment, only Li Zicheng and Du Wen's horses were still able to hold on, but they seemed to be at the end of their strength. With no choice, the few of them could only ride forward on two legs.
As he spoke, the sound of horse hooves behind him came up to him. Several soldiers raised their swords and shouted loudly, "Don't leave Li Zicheng, brothers, kill him!"
Wu Yangui swayed and almost cried. This is endless. At this moment, Wu Yangui really doubted whether Li Zicheng had robbed the living king of hell's woman. Otherwise, why would the living king of hell hold on to Li Zicheng?
"Leader Wu, running away like this is not an option. Let's disperse. This will make things difficult for the officers and soldiers."
Wei Yang was quite quick-witted. He saw that there were only seven cavalrymen chasing him. As long as they escaped separately, their chances of survival would be much greater. The officers and soldiers were not fools. For the sake of safety, they would only gather together to chase and not go too far.
Scattered. If they are spread too widely and one person chases after another, Wu Yangui and others may not be afraid.
Who can be the leader of the peasant army without any real skills? But if these people gathered together and formed a team to attack, the exhausted peasant army leaders would not dare to force themselves.
In the blink of an eye, several leaders split into two groups again. This time, Li Zicheng took the initiative to separate from Wu Yangui and joined Zhang Yichuan. Wu Yangui led Wei Yang and Du Wen to the northeast, while Li Zicheng and Zhang Yichuan headed to the northwest.
At this time, several leaders were gambling with their lives. The officers and soldiers would hold on to whoever they wanted to hold on to, whichever side they held on to would be unlucky.
The seven cavalrymen also became hesitant, "Leader of the team, do you want to separate and chase?"
"No, most of the brothers are still behind. There are only a few of us at the moment. It is too dangerous to chase them separately. Don't look at those guys escaping in embarrassment, but if I take action, we brothers may not be our opponents.
Let's do this, chase northwest, there are two people over there!"
The leader of the team made a decision instantly, and the seven cavalrymen shouted and chased toward the northwest. At this moment, Zhang Yichuan and Li Zicheng complained endlessly. Seeing the cavalry getting closer and closer, Zhang Yichuan yelled and cursed anxiously as he ran.
"Li Zicheng, what grudge do you have against the Living King of Hell?"
"Brother Zhang, what are you talking about? Li doesn't even know him." Li Zicheng glared and chopped Zhang Yichuan's heart with a knife.
Looking back, Li Zicheng couldn't help but feel trembling. If he continued like this, he would definitely not be able to escape. Looking at Wu Yangui and others not far away, Li Zicheng looked at Zhang Yichuan's back again, his eyes stern, and a trace of ruthlessness flashed through his eyes.
Li Zicheng staggered and shouted loudly to the right, "Boss Li, run quickly and leave us alone. If you have the chance in the future, you must avenge your brothers."
As soon as he shouted these words, Wu Yangui felt that his feet were weak, he couldn't take a breath, and he almost fainted from anger.
It was precisely because of these words that the cavalry behind him stopped chasing. These cavalrymen had just come to northern Shaanxi and did not recognize Wu Yangui, let alone Li Zicheng, but they knew that Li Zicheng was once the commander-in-chief of the kingdom, and was known as "General Commander-in-Chief Li".
The leader of the team looked overjoyed and immediately turned his horse's head, "Brothers, chase that way, haha, Li Zicheng, I didn't expect that this credit will bring us into trouble, grandma's... Li Zicheng, don't leave..."
The cavalry turned their horses to chase Wu Yangui. In just half a stick of incense time, Li Zicheng crossed Zhang Yichuan and climbed to Phoenix Ridge without looking back. At this time, Wu Yangui and others were still some distance away from Phoenix Ridge. Wei Yang was frightened.
His face turned pale, and he shouted to the back as he ran, "That is Li Zicheng, you have been deceived..."
Unfortunately, at this time, the two people who escaped on the other side had already entered Fenghuang Ridge. The few cavalrymen had no other choice but to hold on to Wu Yangui and the others.
Gradually, the distance got closer and closer. The Mongolian soldier on horseback drew his bow and arrow and fired an arrow at the three fleeing guys.
The arrow flew through the air like a shooting star. With a muffled groan, a strong man fell to the ground.
"Leader Wu...Leader Wu..."
Wei Yang and Du Wen shouted, full of sadness and panic.
Wu Yangui wanted to get up, but he was hit by an arrow and was too exhausted to get up at all. At this moment, looking at Fenghuang Ridge just around the corner, a desperate smile appeared on his face.
He raised his hand, his fingers covered with blood, "Brothers, leave quickly... remember, avenge your brother... avenge..."
Wei Yang wanted to help Wu Yangui, but Du Wen pulled him over. He looked at Wu Yangui deeply and Du Wen nodded heavily.
Wei Yang and Du Wen staggered towards Fenghuangling, while Wu Yangui's miserable shouts and curses came from behind. Looking back, they vaguely saw Wu Yangui hugging the leg of a war horse and letting the horse step over him.
He used his life to buy a little time for Wei Yang and Du Wen.
The moment he stepped into Phoenix Ridge, Wei Yang lay on the stone and cried bitterly.
They still remember Wu Yangui's last words, revenge. Only they know what Wu Yangui really means, not to seek revenge against the officers and soldiers, but to seek revenge against Li Zicheng.
Soldiers and bandits were fighting on the battlefield. In fact, there was no personal enmity at all. Life and death were determined by destiny, and wealth was in heaven. But Li Zicheng was really hateful.
As Wu Yangui was trampled to death by a war horse, the war came to an end.
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At the end of April in the second year of Chongzhen, the elite soldiers of the three towns, together with Liu Yingyu's troops, launched a decisive battle with the peasant army of Wu Yangui. After two days of fighting, the peasant army was defeated, with numerous casualties.
In this battle, more than 20,000 peasant soldiers were annihilated and more than 40,000 were captured, while the rest fled. In the battle, several peasant army leaders were killed, and Wu Yangui, the leader of this peasant army, also died in front of Fenghuangling.
.This battle also officially announced that Wu Yangui’s peasant army was disintegrated.
As for the officers and soldiers, there were also a lot of casualties. According to subsequent statistics, more than 10,000 people were lost in total. If Zhang Bei's cavalry had not appeared in time, the number of casualties would have increased sharply.
After the war, the officers and soldiers captured Yan'an City, and then sent troops to heavily surround Ansai City. Now Ansai City only has Yuan Ma and less than 10,000 defenders. Facing the officers and soldiers with high morale, it is only a matter of time before Ansai City falls.
Yuan Ma was a man who knew current affairs. He took advantage of the darkness to open the north city gate and led the soldiers and horses in the city to break out to the northwest. Although the officers and soldiers tried to intercept him, due to the cover of night and the chaos of the rebels in all directions, by daybreak,
Half of the thieves still managed to break out of the siege, including Yuan Ma, who was killed by everyone.