Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 296 The Peasant Uprising Is Over

Seeing that His Majesty was dead and shot to death by a group of mountain villagers, the guards became ferocious and used desperate tactics to kill more than a dozen village warriors in a short time.

Of course, this reckless style of play is relative to the battlefield. For these townsmen and servants, no matter how these armored Li Chuang guards fight, they will crush them.

After all, an iron armor worth a few taels or even a dozen taels of silver cannot be pierced by a pitchfork or a rake, unless you have the natural power of Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao.

Otherwise, no country in the feudal society would vigorously develop and manufacture armor, because armored soldiers have the advantage of crushing unarmored soldiers.

Soon, Wang Ruohai and the others couldn't bear the bloody scene, and ran away one by one.

But Li Zicheng's guards thought they would take Li Zicheng's body back to the army, so they didn't chase after him. Otherwise, none of Wang Ruohai's dozens of people could escape today.

Back in the camp, the sudden death of Li Zicheng, the legendary leader of the peasant uprising, dealt a huge blow to everyone, even Liu Fangliang, Liu Zongmin, Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing and others were no exception.

For a while, everyone in the camp was crying loudly, the crying was so loud that it could be heard several kilometers away.

After a long time, near midnight, many Li Chuang officers and soldiers spontaneously kept watch for Li Zicheng, dressed in sackcloth and mourning, and refused to sleep.

Then Li Zijing, Liu Fangliang, Niu Jinxing and others saw that procrastination was not an option, so they decided to set up a memorial tablet for Li Zicheng, and let the officers and soldiers in the army come to worship.

Later, a coffin was built for him, because the mountain road was difficult to walk, and he had to avoid the pursuers behind him.

So they first secretly buried Li Zicheng in a hidden place in the mountains, thinking that they would move Li Zicheng's body away when they had a chance in the future.

When everyone in the army kowtowed to Li Zicheng and offered incense, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance looked at each other and came to Li Zijing's side.

The two of them said tacitly, "Li Zijing, you are His Majesty's younger brother. Now that His Majesty has passed away, you should come forward to take power to appease the hearts of the soldiers of the three armies."

Li Zijing is Li Zicheng's younger brother, and his son Li Jin also served as the general of the rear battalion in the army.

Although he has no outstanding military achievements personally, based on his relationship with Li Zicheng and Li Jin alone, there is no one in the army with a higher status than him.

At this moment, Li Zicheng died suddenly. Apart from Li Zijing, Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance couldn't find a more suitable person to lead the rest of the Dashun Army.

"I, I can't do it. I don't have the skills of my brother. Even you guys are not as good as you." When he heard that he was asked to take charge of the three armies, Li Zijing waved his hand and refused.

He didn't have the confidence to lead the three armies, and he was even more afraid that he would die like his brother in the end.

"Besides you, we really couldn't find a more suitable candidate."

"But this Dashun belongs to my brother. Once he dies, I will take command of the three armies instead of him. It feels as if I am robbing him of his power." Li Zijing was still very worried and did not dare to take over the power rashly and replace Li Zicheng in command of the three armies.

In the end, Song Xiance came up with a good idea, which relieved Li Zijing of his worries.

"How about this, you will adopt Li Guo to Emperor Daxing, and you will give all the power to Li Guo in name, but Li Guo has not come for the time being, and you, as the uncle of the clan, will temporarily control the army for him, how about it? "

Li Guo is Li Jin, the son of Li Zijing, and the nephew of Li Zicheng, but he has a lot of names and nicknames.

Song Xiance had a good idea. He passed Li Jin to Li Zicheng, so that Li Zicheng would have a successor, and someone would enshrine his incense a hundred years later.

And in name, there is no problem with the transition of power, and no one can say anything wrong.

Li Jin was originally Li Zicheng's nephew, and he was very close to Li Zicheng. Everyone knew that if Li Zicheng had no children in his life, his country and power would definitely be inherited by Li Jin or other nephews.

And Li Jin is not here for the time being, so it is extremely reasonable for his biological father Li Zijing to temporarily hold power for him.

"That's a good idea." Niu Jinxing praised Song Xiance from the side.

"Okay, just follow what the military adviser said." Li Zijing agreed with Song Xiance's proposal.

Soon, under the leadership of Song Xiance, Liu Fangliang, Liu Zongmin and others, the rest of Chuangjun paid homage to Li Zijing, and vowed to follow Li Zijing and Li Jin to the death, just like following Li Zicheng in the South and North Wars.

In this way, after Li Zicheng's death, within a few hours, under the strategy of Song Xiance and others, the Dashun Army had a new backbone and avoided the fate of splitting.

However, no matter what Song Xiance and others did, their efforts were in vain. Li Zicheng's death made it clear that the mighty peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty was coming to an end and was about to end.

Although Li Zijing still has 4 to [-] horses on hand, it is still unknown whether he can get out of the Huguang area.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Zijing mobilized his soldiers and horses, charged out from the forest, and slaughtered all the surrounding villages to avenge Li Zicheng.

Then, according to Li Zicheng's plan before his death, they marched all the way north. Unfortunately, before they saw the Yangtze River, they encountered Zuo Liangyu's soldiers and horses first.

Although the combat effectiveness of Zuo Liangyu's troops is not very good, it can't be compared with the Chuang army at all, but after all, they have a large number of people and have a great advantage.

Therefore, although Li Zijing's troops were entangled to death on a small plain, even though they lost consecutive battles and suffered heavy losses.

Two days later, Liu Liangzuo's, Huang Degong's, and Zuo Menggeng's troops marched hurriedly, and finally came to this battlefield, joined forces with Zuo Liangyu, and attacked the Shun army together.

The Ming army had a large number of generals, with the help of the country's gentry commanders, and the supplies were not bad. Along the way, they opened up treasuries in various places and equipped the army with the weapons and armor inside.

Therefore, after a few days of fighting, the Ming army actually killed more than half of the remaining Shun army. Li Zijing was left with only more than 1 Chuang troops. Most of them were injured, and almost no one was intact.

Then the Ming army did not repair, but launched an attack non-stop. Anyway, they have a large number of people, so they can engage in wheel battles.

But Shunjun couldn't do it. He was injured, fatigued, and supplies were in short supply. His physical condition became worse and worse.

After a few battles, they died and were captured by captives.

As for the high-ranking generals like Li Zijing, most of them are also dead, only a few military generals and most civil servants survived.

At this moment, the peasant uprising was completely over, Li Zicheng and his remnant party were wiped out, and they had no chance to escape into a remote mountain, and then came out after a while to pull up a team to fight against the government army.

(End of this chapter)