Chapter 449: The defeated soldiers retreat and meet on a narrow road
Chang Xiao still remembers the expression on Queen Zhou's face when she said those words to him with anger and resentment a few days ago. That painful expression is etched in Chang Xiao's heart.
Chang Xiao couldn't remember the specific words without thinking about them, but one of them, Chang Xiao remembered it particularly deeply. It was Empress Zhou's words asking him to cut Li Zicheng into pieces. From that moment on, Chang Xiao felt in his heart
Li Zicheng is dead!
Li Zicheng moved secretly, and the route he took to transport gold and silver happened to be not far from where people from the Dragon Worship Cult gathered. Both of them chose a secluded and uninhabited place. Although it was a coincidence, it was an inevitable encounter. This made Chang Xiao early
One step predicted Li Zicheng's movement.
So Chang Xiao even temporarily gave up on the capital, but chose to wait for Li Zicheng halfway. Huang Taiji's entry into the capital would definitely cause chaos in the capital. There were still many rebels in the capital. After all, Chang Xiao had few people. Now
It may not be possible to achieve anything in just a moment. Rather than killing Li Zicheng first, on the one hand, it will be a worry. On the other hand, Chang Xiao can also plunder all of Li Zicheng's dragon veins into his own hands and master them.
With these dragon veins, Chang Xiao was able to suppress Huang Taiji in terms of the number of dragon veins. For others, the benefits brought by dragon veins are illusory luck. This may not be of much use to others, but for those who have the Dragon Worship Cult
It's quite different for Chang Xiao.
After Chang Xiao determines where these dragon veins belong, he will build a dragon temple on it and recruit believers. This will allow him to gain several times the power of faith. How powerful such a power is is what Chang Xiao wants to know.
I feel scared even thinking about it.
Therefore, whether public or private, Chang Xiao wanted to block Li Zicheng and bury him in the suburbs of the capital forever!
Li Zicheng marched forward with 40,000 troops and horses to rendezvous with his treasure transport brigade, bringing with him nearly a hundred carts of treasures and the 40,000 troops and horses behind him. He could go anywhere in the world, and it wouldn't take long for him to gather again.
One hundred thousand troops and horses, or even more men and horses.
Li Zicheng looked back at the capital city that was about to disappear from sight, at the prosperous place, and at the Dragon Palace, the supreme throne in the world. Huang Taiji's riding boots must have stepped into the capital of the Ming Dynasty at this time. It won't be long before the dirty
His boots will trample on the carpet of the palace that originally belonged to him, Li Zicheng. Li Zicheng secretly made up his mind that he will return soon. At that time, he will wipe the soles of his shoes with the blood of Huang Taiji, and this defeat is just his fault.
It's just a moment before true glory, and his future is still infinitely bright.
Li Zicheng's men and horses moved forward for dozens of miles, and finally arrived at the place where he had planned to hide the treasures. There should be three hundred carriages parked here, including one hundred carriages of goods, two hundred carriages of food supplies, and
Thousands of soldiers, with these he can lead the army wherever he wants.
However, Li Zicheng couldn't believe his eyes, because there was no carriage or soldier here. It was so empty that it made Li Zicheng feel cold in his heart.
Could it be that he was deceived by his own men? Those soldiers took the treasure for themselves and transferred it elsewhere?
The corners of Li Zicheng's mouth were trembling slightly at this moment, and the anger in his heart was building up, but he had no target to vent to. In fact, his heart was bleeding at the moment, and was being stirred back and forth by a sword.
These treasures were not only money and goods, but also women he had robbed from the palace. Among them was a beautiful woman who he fell in love with at just one glance, Chen Yuanyuan. While he was running here, he didn't feel it.
He felt too much humiliation of failure. On the contrary, what Li Zicheng thought about most was Chen Yuanyuan's charming face and her tender body that he had not had time to taste.
Who would have thought that when we got here, everything would be empty.
For Li Zicheng, without the property, he could still loot again. Without the beauty, Li Zicheng was so heartbroken that he almost hit the wall, but after all, it was just a plaything. He could find it again, but the food for the two hundred carriages could never be
No, the food for these two hundred carriages is enough for several days for his 40,000 troops. Without this food, his tens of thousands of troops will collapse in an instant. There are people in the world who can starve, but
There are absolutely no soldiers who can go hungry.
At this time, the soldiers who saw that there was no food here began to feel uneasy. Originally, they were defeated and fled all the way. Although they could not be said to have lost their armor, the psychological gap was also very huge. They did not carry anything with them at all.
There was too much military ration, and some soldiers even threw away their own rations to make room to carry the property looted from the capital, because they knew from their leaders that besides the capital, there was food not far away.
Waiting for them, even their leader lost food and took away a lot of wealth. This is the best proof!
But when they arrived here and found that there was no food, the soldiers' minds immediately changed. They themselves plundered a large amount of property, and they were already thinking about spending money. They had no intention of following the army. This was different from a group of paupers who had no food to eat.
It's different together. Now every member of Li Zicheng's army is a millionaire who has suddenly become rich. He has wealth that he has never seen in his life. Many soldiers have left the army and have never had to worry about money problems in their lives. To do this,
It is undoubtedly difficult for an army to continue to fight to the death. It is better not to encounter setbacks. Once encountering setbacks, people's hearts will inevitably change!
Chang Xiao had faced such a problem in the past. When the soldiers of the Chang Family Army killed and plundered the bandits, they were all extremely wealthy. Chang Xiao used a move to upgrade their equipment to perfectly solve this problem of spending money. Wasn't Li Zicheng
I don't know about this problem, and there must be a way to solve it. Unfortunately, Li Zicheng obviously doesn't have much time to deal with this problem now.
At this time, a general beside Li Zicheng spoke in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the army sergeants only carry a day's worth of food, and some even carry half a day's food rations. If we don't find food as soon as possible, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be in chaos."
Li Zicheng understands this truth better than anyone else, and his heart is trembling now!
Li Zicheng was most frustrated by two things in his life. One was that his wife committed adultery and he was a cuckold. At that time, he was so angry that he killed the adulterer and the adulterer with a knife, thus becoming a prisoner and embarking on this journey.
On the road of rebellion, the other thing is the current one. He was deceived by his direct generals and lost all his money, including hundreds of carts of property, dozens of beauties who were alluring to the country, and 40,000
Several days of rations for the army, such a huge amount of wealth can be said to be tempting for a person. Even a pig can probably have weird thoughts. Why was he so careless and didn't think of this?
Just when Li Zicheng was filled with self-pity and anger but had nowhere to vent, a group of people slowly walked out from the dense forest in the distance.
This group of men and horses are dressed in black and have black armor. The armor is all made of thick iron plates, which are invulnerable to swords. They are wrapped around the body. Each of these soldiers has a calm demeanor and is very powerful.
The leader was a guy wearing bright silver armor. This armor seemed to be made of pure silver. Even though it was pitch black in the middle of the night, it still looked bright and dazzling under the moonlight. Not only was the person wearing such armor, it was him.
The horses sitting down were all wearing bright silver armor. Each man and one horse were so majestic that they even overshadowed the thousand black armors behind them.
When he saw this suit of armor and the high flag with the big Chinese characters written on it, Li Zicheng's eyes felt as if a needle had been pierced into his eyeballs. The bright silver color was like a burning stick.
The red iron burned hard into Li Zicheng's heart!
Li Zicheng didn't understand. Shouldn't this army be on the side of the capital at this time? There is absolutely no reason to chase a defeated soldier like him. Chang Xiao's enemy should be Huang Taiji now!
Soldiers in the Fire Dragon Army and Li Zicheng's army began to scream in surprise.
These soldiers were full of fear for the Fire Dragon Army. The Fire Dragon Army did not appear on the field often, only twice. Once, it cut Li Zicheng's army vertically, and almost entered the imperial tent and killed the Dashun Emperor Li Zicheng.
, and the other time he plowed through Huang Taiji's cavalry and killed the Qing army that was in full force when they breached the city gate. These two appearances were really amazing and left a deep impression on Li Zicheng's soldiers.
, so profound that even dreaming about this army would make me wake up crying!
Behind the scenes, the Fire Dragon Army has a name called Plow Vampire. The Fire Dragon Army is like a big plow, and there is blood everywhere it goes!
It is inappropriate to say that Li Zicheng's army's legs trembled when they saw the Fire Dragon Army, because not only did their legs tremble, but their hands also trembled.
If it weren't for their large number, these soldiers would probably disperse in a hurry.
Chang Xiao never had the habit of talking nonsense when fighting, and the same was true for leading troops. When Li Zicheng's army appeared in their sight, Chang Xiao rode forward on his horse. The horse was not moving very fast, and walked slowly, and every step seemed like a step.
It weighs a thousand kilograms, and when it falls on the ground, it makes a huge thunder. Chang Xiao has one person and one horse. The target is very clear, that is Li Zicheng.
Then a very strange scene occurred.
When he was a thousand steps away from Li Zicheng's army, Chang Xiao didn't stop. At the distance of 800 steps, Chang Xiao still didn't stop. Five hundred steps...three hundred steps, two hundred steps. At this time, Chang Xiao still didn't stop. He was just like that.
The horse is approaching Li Zicheng step by step!
Li Zicheng retreated. Li Zicheng had seen the power of the firearm in Chang Xiao's hands. Facing Chang Xiao, Li Zicheng didn't know how to deal with it, so he could only choose to retreat! As soon as Li Zicheng retreated, Li Zicheng's 40,000-strong army also
Follow and retreat.
The scene in front of them was that Chang Xiao, one man and one horse, frightened Li Zicheng's 40,000 troops and retreated like an ebb. Such a scene has never happened before in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
Li Zicheng took dozens of steps back and then thought of something. He waved his hand quickly and said, "Let me shoot him to death!"
A kind of crossbowman suddenly remembered that the bow and arrow in his hand were not vegetarian.
For a moment, the bowstring rang suddenly and wildly, and then countless arrows shot toward Chang Xiaochan like meteors, so many that they covered the sky and the sun, covering Chang Xiao's figure.
However, Chang Xiao still did not stop. Countless arrows jingled against Chang Xiao's bright silver armor and the armor of the horse that Chang Xiao sat down on. Chang Xiao's armor was filled with gold essence.
When these ordinary arrows hit it, even the tips of the arrows were deflated and collapsed. At most, they only left a faint scratch on the armor, unable to penetrate at all.
Chang Xiao walked forward proudly under the rain of arrows. These arrows could not stop his pace at all. Such momentum, although Chang Xiao alone was enough to suppress Li Zicheng's 40,000 troops.
For a moment, Chang Xiao moved forward slowly, leaving arrows all over the ground behind him, but Li Zicheng's army kept retreating, retreating full of fear. It seemed that Chang Xiao was the real advantage, and Li Zicheng's army
One side is the disadvantaged side.
Changxiao's horse suddenly raised its hooves and galloped wildly without any warning, heading towards Li Zicheng's army and towards Li Zicheng who was hiding and surrounded by the advancing soldiers.
Chang Xiao's move immediately frightened Li Zicheng's army, especially as Chang Xiao's horse raised its hooves, the fire dragon army in the distance also started to move, galloping towards Li Zicheng's army.
Li Zicheng's army immediately fell into chaos. Sometimes, the more chaotic it became, the more hopeless it was.
Facing Chang Xiao head-on, facing the Fire Dragon Army that was about to attack, the soldiers who were the first to bear the brunt were all running around in shock, and in an instant, the soldiers trampled on each other.
Chang Xiao then took the lead and charged into Li Zicheng's army.
For Chang Xiao, this is just a massacre, but for the soldiers who face Chang Xiao, Chang Xiao is a nightmare, a nightmare that ends all nightmares. The difference from other nightmares is that...
After a nightmare, they will eventually wake up, and Chang Xiao will never wake up from this nightmare!
Chang Xiao walked all the way, like an arrow, piercing the blood and smoke along the way. Wherever Chang Xiao passed, there were corpses and blood everywhere. Chang Xiao had one man and one horse to lead an army of 40,000.
A deep red blood trail was plowed out.
The 40,000-strong army cannot choose a single soldier who can stop Chang Xiao in the slightest, and the 40,000-strong army cannot even choose a man who has the courage to face Chang Xiao!
Li Zicheng was horrified and retreated all the way. Although he was surrounded by a large army, Li Zicheng could not feel the slightest bit of safety. On the contrary, he even felt that he, including his own army of 40,000, was surrounded by Chang Xiao alone.