Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

qFor Sun Chuanting, in this last battle, capturing Li Zicheng alive or beheading him would be the perfect way to close the palace. But now not only Li Zicheng, but also his subordinates Niu Jinxing, Liu Zongmin and others have disappeared. Can he Aren't you jumping?

Following his order, more than 300,000 officers and soldiers searched like madmen for Li Zicheng and other rebel leaders everywhere, in counties, market towns, all villages, woods in the wilderness, wells, smelly ditches, latrines, etc., wherever they could. Teams of officers and soldiers repeatedly searched wherever people were hiding.

Not to mention, they really found nearly a thousand defeated rebel troops hidden in various places, but Li Zicheng and his subordinates did not find any of them, as if they had disappeared from the world.

In fact, Li Zicheng and all his henchmen would not have disappeared from the world, but before Sun Chuanting had time to seal off Tangxian County on all sides, they had used the cover of night to sneak into the woods outside the south city, sneaking in the dark and crawling all the way. Go hide on a cliff.

The 3,000 veteran soldiers of the old battalion were the foundation for Li Zicheng's recovery. After being wiped out in one battle, he did not even have the courage to break out, so he could only leave nearly 100,000 soldiers and sneak away.

Before running away, Li Zicheng and others made various preparations, bringing enough ropes, water, food, and blankets to keep out the cold. After dawn, they connected the ropes they brought with them to long ropes and tied them firmly to rocks and trees. Go up, grab the long rope and slowly descend the cliff.

This cliff seems to be bottomless, but in fact it is only forty or fifty meters deep. It is just because of the clouds and mist that it is impossible to see the bottom, which gives people an illusion.

Li Zicheng wanted to run away, and he had already sent his close men to secretly investigate, so he didn't panic at all and made full preparations for running away.

Following him, except for Liu Zongmin and other generals, the rest were all his and the generals' close personal guards, numbering in the thousands. This was also the last resource for his comeback.

After everyone descended to the bottom of the cliff, they took a short rest and walked along a rushing stream. Two hundred guards opened the way in front, cutting down the tangled vines and weeds with their knives to clear a path for the brothers behind. .

In the dense and dark forest, everyone crawled on waist-high weeds toward an unknown mountain not far ahead, carrying water, food, ropes, blankets and other items on their backs.

Even if Liu Zongmin fled for his life, he did not abandon Cheng Yuanyuan who he had snatched. After he climbed down the cliff with Cheng Yuanyuan on his back, his guards took turns carrying her, which shows his love for Cheng Yuanyuan.

Li Zicheng and others came to the foot of the mountain out of breath, squatted by the stream to drink water, then buried the pot to make rice, and then set off after eating.

On the mountainside of that unknown mountain, the Red Lady and several of her confidants will stand on several towering old trees, holding up monocular telescopes to observe around, while the soldiers will sit in the grass to rest.

Many soldiers were suspicious. Why did their leader think that Li Zicheng would flee here?

The reason why the Red Lady judged that Li Zicheng would flee here was mainly due to her clear understanding of Li Zicheng's character and behavior, coupled with a woman's intuition.

Fleeing south, they will definitely be chased by the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers and the Sichuan Army led by Lan Fang. There will be no time to attack the county town and replenish supplies, let alone recruit troops to expand their strength.

Although the Red Lady and her 30,000 men were still under the banner of the rebels, they accepted the supplies provided by Sun Chuanting. The two sides had a tacit understanding and there was no conflict. The intelligence was also shared. Naturally, the successful news that Lan Fang led the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers and the Sichuan Army to ambush Li Zicheng was also After reading it, I learned that the combat power of Guangxi Wolf Barracks and Sichuan Barracks was not inferior to the First Royal Regiment commanded by Xu Yu, and the number of troops and artillery was twice that of the First Royal Regiment. Li Zicheng was beaten to a bloody head. flow, it’s not surprising that they retreated in embarrassment.

The red lady asked herself, even if it were herself, with Li Zicheng's strength, it would still be a disastrous defeat when encountering the Guangxi Wolf Barracks and Sichuan Barracks commanded by Lan Fang.

That guy didn't seem to be deceiving her. The future wars will be dominated by firearms.

Then, Li Zicheng could only choose to flee north. Xiangyang was empty of troops and could kill Sun Chuanting by surprise.

As for a woman's intuition, her intuition has always been quite accurate. The two combined into one, she judged that Li Zicheng would flee north.

"The boss, there is a situation at the foot of the mountain."