Xie Ming

Chapter 196 Li Zicheng Arrives

After standing guard on the city wall all night, Xiao Lang and his group looked tired.

Peizhong tried to persuade Xiaolang and Zhizhong to go down and have a rest with kind words, but the two became so depressed that no one was willing to move.

"Old Xiao, stop talking about me!"

"You can do it if you want. I'm not the one who can mess things up for everyone!"

"If you can't even endure this little bit of hardship, then all my training for the past month or so has been in vain!"

Zhizhong turned around and retorted, not only did he not get discouraged, but he also teased Xiao Jingchuan.

"Pei Zhong! Did you see that?"

"This is such a high spirit!"

"We can handle it! Haha." Xiao Lang spread his hands and turned the conversation to Peizhong.

Seeing this, Sun Peizhong shook his head and smiled bitterly, looking speechless!

Just when I was trying to have fun in the midst of suffering, I was amused.

suddenly!

The soldier on duty on the front wall turned around and shouted!
"General!"

"The two scouts ahead are coming back!"

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan reacted quickly. He jumped up from the spot, took two steps towards the top of the city wall, and looked into the distance.

Not long after, two sentries in the distance rode their horses at full speed and approached the city gate!
"Report——!"

"Report!"

"General!"

"The bandit army is coming!"

"The vanguard is less than twenty miles away!"

"They are all cavalry. The rear and front troops combined have about 7,000 to 8,000 people!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Lang concentrated and gritted his teeth.

"Okay! Got it!"

"Go quickly and investigate again and report back!" Xiao Lang said sternly.

"Yes!" With fists clasped, the two sentries yanked the reins hard, turned their horses' heads to the left and right, and without stopping, they kicked the horses' bellies and galloped towards the northern horizon again!

After the scouts walked away, Xiao Jingchuan took a deep breath, slowly stretched his arms, and stretched his body!

"Changting!" After stretching, he suddenly spoke.

"Here!" Changting replied quickly.

"quick!"

"Quickly send people to spread the news of the enemy's arrival to all the four gates!"

"Everyone in the army, immediately get ready for battle!"

"Tell the brothers below to pay close attention to me!"

"Damn it, it's time to fight to the death!" Xiao Lang ordered.

"Yes!" Chang Ting received the order, flew down the corridor, rushed out, and rushed to various gates to pass on the message!

Two quarters of an hour later!

Early in the morning of May 5th, at the first quarter of the Mao hour (15:).

On the horizon of the wasteland to the north of Baoding City, the figures of Li Zicheng's front cavalry gradually appeared!

Another moment passed!

Dense black dots emerged from the horizon, and a huge cavalry team emerged layer by layer like a black tide overflowing a dam. It was as terrifying as waves and was coming in an overwhelming manner!

The neighing of the horse gradually became audible, and it galloped away, raising a cloud of dust!
The vast earth began to tremble gradually from far to near as the war horses galloped!
This force became more and more obvious as the cavalry got closer.

Xiao Lang stood in front of the city wall, touching the wall tiles, and could clearly feel it!
Li Zicheng, the King of Rebellion, was escorted by 8,000 cavalrymen as he retreated southward.

In a blink of an eye, the road was completely open to the wasteland in the north of Baoding City!

Beside Li Zicheng, Song Xiance and Jin Niuxing stood on his left and right respectively.

Liu Zongmin also followed from behind and stayed at the rear of the central army.

The vanguard troops gradually arrived at the north gate of Baoding City!
Seeing that the city gates were closed, two cavalrymen suddenly rushed out from the cavalry formation and headed towards the north gate.

"Open the door! Open the city gate quickly!"

"Why are you closing the gates and blocking our army from passing?!" "Who is the governor of Baoding now?!"

"Open your dog eyes and look carefully, what is this?!"

"The flag of King Dashun is here!"

"Why don't you open the city gates quickly to welcome the royal division?!"

The two sentinels on horseback of the bandits were extremely arrogant and their words were quite shouting.

Hearing this, Xiao Jingchuan stood in front of the city wall, snorted coldly, and followed his hand wave.

suddenly!

On the left and right ends of the entire northern section of the city wall of Baoding Prefecture, flags were suddenly erected high and waving in the wind!
Behind the gate, two Dashun soldiers raised their eyes and looked up, and were immediately horrified!
"what!"

"Ming, Ming military flag!"

"This is the Ming army's dragon flag!"

"Erhu! You have good eyesight! Look at what is written on the yellow flag of the commander-in-chief next to the dragon flag!" The Dashun sentry was still talking in panic.

"Ah! Okay, it seems to be Xiao. Yes, it is the word Xiao!" another replied.

"You, you guys!"

"You defeated soldiers, why are you rebelling again?"

"Ming dog!"

"Just wait and see how my Dashun troops will flatten Baoding Prefecture!" The leading sentry raised his finger and pointed at Xiao Lang's nose and cursed.

Hearing that this scoundrel was seeking his own death, Xiao Jingchuan was too lazy to deal with it personally, so he turned his head and exchanged glances with Peizhong.

Sun Peizhong at the side gritted his teeth and held his breath. He wanted to take action, but Xiao Lang did not give him the order, so he could not move.

Now that Xiao Lang has given the hint, there will be no ambiguity.

Just look at him drawing the bow and putting the arrow on it, pulling the bow to its full length, it only takes a moment!

With a whoosh sound, something breaks through the air!
The arrow shot out from the city wall!

The gun pierced the throat of the man who was cursing! He was shot dead instantly!
In an instant, the little thief Dashun fell off his horse backwards!

"what!"

The other rider was horrified when he saw it!
With a loud shout, he quickly retreated backwards in panic!
"Cowardless rat!"

"Go back and tell your King Chuang that I, Xiao Jingchuan, am waiting for him here!"

"I have something important to discuss!"

"If he doesn't show up, you won't be able to retreat south!"

Seeing this, Xiao Lang chased after him and shouted loudly!
As he finished speaking, the soldiers on the northern section of the city wall also began to shout!
"Mighty! The Ming army is mighty!"

"The Ming army is mighty!"

Li Zicheng's withdrawal to the southwest this time originally gathered more than 40,000 troops near the capital!
But Wu Sangui and the Jiannu soldiers were chasing after them, and their forces were strong and they became more courageous as the battle went on!

They pursued and dispersed most of them near Fangshan!

As a result, Li Zicheng had no choice but to flee south in a hurry with only 8,000 cavalry!

To be honest, after all, he was born a bandit. He can't fight a tough battle, but he still has the ability to escape!
A quarter of an hour later, there!

In front of the mound ten miles north of Baoding Prefecture!
"Report——"

"Report!" The sentry of the front army rushed to the rear army with the news!

After gradually approaching the core of Li Zicheng's army, the sentry jumped off his horse, knelt on one knee and reported.

"Your Majesty! Something terrible is happening!"

"There's a rebellion in Baoding ahead!"

"The front army sentinels explored the city and saw Ming army dragon flags planted all over the city walls!"

"Looking at the guards, it seems that they have quite a few of them, and they are waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out!"

"Right now, the city gates are closed!"

"The soldiers who went to negotiate were also shot dead by cold arrows!"

"Listen to the withdrawn sentinels!"

"Tell me, tell me that the commander on the tower announced his name, and his name is Xiao Jingchuan!"

"He also said that if we want to retreat south along this road, tell Your Majesty to go in person, and he will have something to talk about!" The sentry reported tremblingly.

Hearing such arrogant words, how could Li Zicheng not be angry!
Then he stepped forward on his yellow horse, raised his hand, and lashed with the whip several times, all of which hit the sentry immediately. The unfortunate fellow was beaten so hard that his body was covered with countless blood. He fell to the ground, screaming in pain, and rolling from side to side!
(End of this chapter)