Li Sizhong led the Eight Banners soldiers in front, and Li Shunzu led the Ming army to chase behind.

Both of them were from the Liaodong Li family, a military family.

Although they are of the same race, they have now become enemies on the battlefield.

After chasing for nearly two hours, Li Sizhong could no longer run.

Strictly speaking, it was not that he could not run anymore, but that the warhorse under him could not run anymore.

In order to prevent the warhorse from completely losing its fighting power, Li Sizhong pulled the reins of the warhorse to stop it from running away.

The guards around him immediately came up to him and said, "Sir, please withdraw first. We will cover your rear!"

"No," Li Sizhong shook his head and pointed at the confidant and said, "You take a few people and retreat first. Be sure to send the news of the Ming army entering the court to Jingcheng."

"And what about you, sir?"

"I'll be the last one."

"That won't work, sir. The Ming army is too numerous to count, and you are no match for them."

"Haha," Li Sizhong smiled and said, "This is an order, execute it!"

The confidant had no choice but to leave first with his three followers.

Li Sizhong lined up his troops on a narrow mountain road.

The team of more than 700 people quickly blocked the mountain road, and the Ming army pursuers were also blocked from advancing.

Li Shunzu climbed up to take a look and waved his hand to order: "Some of the cavalry will attack head-on! The rest of the cavalry will dismount and climb up the hillside to shoot arrows at the Jiannu army formation."

We encountered a strong enemy in the front and were attacked on both wings.

Half of Li Sizhong's already small number of troops disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Of course.

Very few were shot to death directly.

Seeing the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, some soldiers either surrendered directly or fled from the battlefield.

The remaining soldiers gathered around Li Sizhong and began to tremble.

Li Shunzu quickly came over to kill him.

Li Sizhong led the charge and launched a counterattack with his trusted men.

Both sides first shot all the arrows in their quivers, then drew their swords and engaged in close combat.

After losing nearly two hundred soldiers, Li Sizhong could no longer hold on.

He turned and fled with his remaining troops.

As soon as they escaped from the valley, they were caught up and surrounded by Li Shunzu.

Li Shunzu did not hesitate at all and gave the order directly: "Kill!"

Amid the rumbling of horse hooves, swords flashed and blood splattered everywhere.

The people around Li Sizhong fell one after another.

At the end of the battle, only two personal soldiers were left by Li Sizhong's side.

They were covered in wounds, and their blood had dyed their armor dark red.

Li Shunzu urged his horse forward and shouted at Li Sizhong: "Li Sizhong, when are you going to die?"

"Haha," Li Sizhong sneered, "You are such a disrespectful person. According to seniority, you should call me uncle."

Li Sizhong is the grandson of Li Chengliang and is of the same generation as Li Xingzhong and Li Xianzhong.

Li Shunzu was the great-grandson of Li Chengliang and was indeed a generation younger than Li Sizhong.

"Bah!" Li Shunzu spat. "The Li family has been blessed by the emperor for generations, and we should be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and serve His Majesty. But you surrendered to the Jian Nu, not only betraying the Li family, but also betraying the Ming Dynasty and His Majesty."

"The Li family doesn't have a traitor like you, so since we learned about your surrender, we have expelled you from the family!"

Li Sizhong laughed again and said, "The so-called clan membership is just a piece of paper. It has no meaning. I am your uncle. Why don't you kneel down when you see your uncle?"

"You stubborn guy, you're looking for death!" Li Shunzu was furious and drew his sword to chop at Li Sizhong.

Li Sizhong swung his sword to block, and the two members of the Li clan started a fierce battle on the battlefield.

Just as Li Sizhong's personal soldiers were about to help, they were hacked to death by the Ming army nearby.

After dealing with Li Sizhong's personal soldiers, the Ming army soldiers used ropes to tie the legs of Li Sizhong's horse.

They pulled hard.

The warhorse under Li Sizhong lost balance and fell to the ground.

Just as he was about to stand up, Li Shunzu's warhorse arrived.

Li Shunzu did not dismount to fight, but instead pulled the reins of his horse hard, causing the horse's front hooves to leap high.

Under the gaze of everyone, the horse's hooves landed heavily on Li Sizhong.

Li Sizhong lost his life before he could even scream.

Li Shunzu was still not satisfied, so he used the same trick again to make the warhorse keep trampling.

By the end of the trampling, Li Sizhong had turned into a pool of meat paste.

Looking at the mess on the ground, Li Shunzu did not feel the excitement and joy he had imagined.

On the contrary, he felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

At this time, the Ming army had quickly cleaned up the battlefield.

A henchman stepped forward and asked, "Sir, where are we going next?"

Li Shunzu looked forward, stared at the body on the ground for a while, and said, "Take Li Sizhong's body and join the main force."

That evening, Li Shunzu brought the body to Li Xianzhong.

At this time, Li Xianzhong had already captured Zhongcheng.

The whole process went very smoothly.

The defenders of Zhongcheng had no intention of resisting.

He opened the city gate and surrendered without waiting for the Ming army to fire.

The Eastern Army captured Zhongcheng without bloodshed.

Li Xianzhong looked at Li Sizhong's body in silence for a while, then ordered people to bury the body and erect a blank tombstone.

Then he wrote the news of Li Sizhong's death in the name of a family letter to Li Xingzhong, who was recuperating in the capital.

The next morning.

Like Li Dingguo, Li Xianzhong also sent out a large number of small troops to search for the traces of the Jiannu.

The principle of the Ming army was not to let a single Jiannu soldier go!

Even if they hide in the deep mountains and forests, we will pull them out and chop them up.

......

On the first day of May in the twenty-seventh year of Chongzhen, the news that the Ming army had entered Liao reached the temporary capital of the Jiannu: Jingcheng.

Suksaha of the Plain White Banner ran to Dorgon, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! The main force of the Ming army has entered Liao!"

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