Chapter 416: Fighting back to the capital

At this time, Dayun’s army camp was in chaos. Faced with the current situation, the ministers were helpless.

The king was dead, and the army was leaderless. They could only call for the withdrawal of troops.

Gan Fanren was still discussing the formation with the generals. When he heard the report from the scouts, he hurried to a high place to check.

As expected, he saw Dayun’s soldiers leaving in a mighty manner.

"They don't want to fight anymore?"

Tang Shitong sat on the chair and guessed: "Based on my understanding of the tyrant, he will definitely not withdraw his troops easily. Now that he has withdrawn his troops, something must have happened."

"The initiative is in our hands now."

"We have soldiers in our hands. We can take advantage of their unpreparedness and pursue them. If nothing unexpected happens, we may be able to take the opportunity to capture the capital."

"But, many of our soldiers are newly recruited. They have not been trained for a long time, and I am afraid they will suffer heavy casualties."

Gan Fanren thought for a moment and said: "At this time, if we don't pursue them, we will miss a great opportunity."

"How about this, let Li Zhi and Song Ci take the veterans and gunpowder there, maybe they can give us a pleasant surprise this time."

After hearing this, Li Zhi stood up immediately: "I'll go and check the troops right away."

Tang Shi also stood up straight: "Li Zhi is young and unfamiliar with the terrain here, so I'd better go."

Gan Fanren glanced at Tang Shi's pale face: "You have suffered so many injuries, you'd better take good care of yourself."

"Maybe this is just a bait thrown by Dayun, and Dayun actually has a trick up his sleeve. If so, we may need an experienced soldier to guard it. General Tang should stay."

What Gan Fanren said made sense, and with the soldiers' repeated persuasion, Tang Shi stayed.

Song Ci was very uneasy: "If this is true, then wouldn't it be very dangerous for General Tang to stay in the rear?"

Gan Fanren knew that Song Ci was concerned about Tang Shi, so he comforted him softly: "Now the soldiers in the army have been purged by me. Those who are impatient, have bad tempers, and have disloyal intentions have all left the barracks. It is very safe for General Tang to stay in the rear."

"Purge the barracks?"

"When?"

He stayed in the barracks most of the time, so how come he had never seen His Majesty purge the barracks.

"That was the time when I asked Huai Zhong to suppress the bandits."

Gan Fanren patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I will leave someone to protect General Tang. General Tang is the treasure of our Shunyi Army. If there is no General Tang, there would be no Shunyi Army today."

Song Ci was not so panicked. He calmed down and followed Li Zhi to the battle.

Gan Tian was sleeping. When he heard the horn of the battle, he woke up immediately.

[After waiting for so many days, it's finally my turn to show my skills.]

Gan Fanren carried Gan Tian to a high place, and Gan Tian could clearly see the situation of the battle between the two armies.

Gan Tian sprinkled the fire over a large area.

Some of these candles will go out, and some will not.

The amount of gunpowder was sufficient. The wings of the mechanical bird spread the gunpowder thickly. As long as it was touched by a little fire, it would explode.

The soldiers of Dayun let out a series of howling sounds, and their bodies were blown to pieces.

But the Shunyi Army was not injured.

The Shunyi Army looked at the explosion and couldn't help covering their ears and opening their mouths: "This is too powerful. Is this the gunpowder invented by General Song?"

"This gunpowder is much more powerful than before. It is really a blessing for us to have General Song."

The Shunyi Army beat the soldiers of Dayun with almost no effort.

The emperor of Dayun was already dead, and the Shunyi Army was so powerful. The mentality of these soldiers had long collapsed.

They looked at the fire falling from the sky and felt that the Shunyi Army had the help of gods.

Such powerful gods stood on the side of Shunchanyi, how could they, Dayun, win!

So many soldiers begged for mercy. Some

even volunteered to be their vanguards and open the gate of the royal capital for them.

Li Zhi would naturally not refuse such a good thing.

He took his soldiers to the royal capital to clear the obstacles.

The rich and powerful people in the royal capital had already left the royal capital, leaving only some poor people.

These poor people trembled when they saw the Shunyi Army.

A child was even scared to tears.

"Mom, mom, I'm so scared."

"The rebels have entered the city, will they kill us?"

The people looked very sad.

Until a few sharp-eyed people saw Li Zhi.

"Li Zhi?"

Li Zhi was sitting on a horse. When he heard someone calling his name, he turned around blankly and saw Hong.

Hong was carrying a bag on her back, holding her husband's hand, with a smile on her face.

"The rebels in the capital are described as extremely vicious. I really thought that the rebels were some kind of villains, but I didn't expect it to be you."

Li Zhi knew Hong.

When he was doing business in the capital, Hong often came to sew cloth bags.

She was fast and did a good job.

Although he rarely went to the backyard, he had seen Hong several times.

Later, he heard that in the capital, people from Xingyuefang had gone to his eldest brother's house to make trouble, and it was Hong who stepped in to save his eldest brother's house.

Li Zhi smiled and jumped off the horse.

"Are you going out of the city?"

Mrs. Hong clutched her bag a little embarrassedly. "Before, the capital said that the rebels were very vicious, but no specific news about the rebels was heard. I was worried that the rebels were really as the people of the capital said, so when I heard that the city was broken, I planned to take my family out to avoid the limelight. If I had known that you were a rebel, I would definitely not leave."

Li Zhi's eyebrows wrinkled into an eight character. "Nonsense, saying that we are rebels, I admit it, but saying that we are extremely vicious is completely fabricated."

"Don't believe what those fools say. My elder brother is a good man, and he is very kind to the people. You can ask the other people in the pass whether we are good people."

Hong smiled apologetically: "Yes, yes, I feel more relieved now that I know you are the rebels. I will not move my family. I will go home to cook."

Li Zhi listened and nodded with satisfaction: "You can go home and wait. Our Shunyi Army will definitely let the people live a good life."

Li Zhi got on his horse and chased and killed the remaining generals of Dayun.

Seeing that Hong knew Li Zhi, other people came to Hong's side.

"Ms. Hong, do you know the general of this rebel army?"

"This general looks scary, with a lot of flesh all over his body.

You can tell at first glance that he is not someone you can easily mess with. Let's run away!" After hearing what the neighbors said, Mrs. Hong smiled and said, "Don't be fooled by the general's burly figure and fierce face, he is a very good person."

"The world is so chaotic nowadays, it will be the same no matter where we escape to. I think we might as well close the door and wait and see."

"Maybe this rebel is a good one, and we can continue to live and work in the capital, which will save us the pain of wandering."