The sudden change plunged the scene into an eerie silence.
Everyone was stunned.
After a brief silence, the Royal Guards burst into a deafening shout: "Kill!"
Everyone rushed forward like crazy!
These people had already memorized Zhang Xianzhong's portrait, and they were certain and affirmative that the person who fell was Zhang Xianzhong himself!
When the Dashi soldiers saw Zhang Xianzhong fall, they immediately lost the courage to resist, dropped their weapons, and knelt down in surrender.
The Jinyiwei quickly surrounded the fallen Zhang Xianzhong.
Li Ruo Lian rushed to the scene as soon as possible.
Zhang Xianzhong was not dead yet, but there were four or five bloody holes on his body from which blood was oozing out.
If this situation continues, he will be completely dead in a short while.
"Godfather!" Liu Wenxiu fell to his knees with a thud.
He thought he could help Zhang Xianzhong escape with his cleverness, but he didn't expect that both of them took the same route!
What he didn't expect was that Zhang Xianzhong was actually walking behind him.
"It's my fault, godfather. I deserve to die. I really deserve to die!" Liu Wenxiu burst into tears.
Zhang Xianzhong lay in a pool of blood, his face as pale as paper.
His vision began to blur, and then countless fragments of memory flashed by.
He was born in a poor family and studied in a village school when he was young. Because he was always fighting, not only did he neglect his studies, but he also received many beatings.
By chance, he became a constable in Yan'an Prefecture.
Logically speaking, this was an opportunity to change his fate, but he failed to seize it and was dismissed from his post for taking bribes.
In order to survive, he had nothing to do and had to go to Yansui Town to join the army.
As a result...he ignored military regulations and committed a capital crime.
He should have been executed, but the then commander Chen Hongfan interceded for him. He was beaten with a hundred military sticks and then imprisoned.
After he was released from prison, he encountered the peasant uprising in northern Shaanxi, so he rose up in rebellion.
All kinds of experiences flashed before his eyes quickly like a flash of lightning.
In a trance, he saw the situation clearly again.
A circle of Ming soldiers with weapons stood around him.
They looked at me excitedly, as if I were prey.
Among these people were two acquaintances.
One was military advisor Wang Zhaolin, and the other was adopted son Liu Wenxiu.
Wang Zhaolin hid behind a group of Ming troops, lowered his head and dared not look at him.
Liu Wenxiu knelt beside him and cried loudly, very sad.
At this moment, he suddenly understood a lot of things.
Li Dingguo refused to surrender and was forced to rebel.
Sun Kewang also refused to surrender and was abandoned by him.
Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi also refused to surrender, and he seized power from them.
Ironically, his only trusted military advisor and son-in-law surrendered.
The most loyal one is Liu Wenxiu.
In order to give himself time to escape, he deliberately took the wrong road after surrendering to the Ming army. As a result, he was unlucky and took the same road as Liu Wenxiu.
"Haha," Zhang Xianzhong squeezed out a small sound from his throat. He used all his strength to say to Liu Wenxiu: "Wenxiu, come here, I have something to say."
Liu Wenxiu immediately stopped crying and listened attentively.
The Jinyiwei also held their breath, stared and lay down beside to listen carefully.
Zhang Xianzhong said intermittently: "There is a spy in the Dashi army. You must find a way to get rid of him, otherwise I will die with regret!"
After saying this, Zhang Xianzhong widened his eyes and stopped breathing.
After a brief silence, the Jinyiwei burst into enthusiastic cheers: "Dead, Xianthief is dead!"
"It feels so good, so good!"
"I must have a drink tonight, and I won't go home until I'm drunk!"
It’s no wonder that the Jinyiwei were happy. Zhang Xianzhong had been hiding in the mountains for nearly a year since the Battle of Chengtianfu.
The Jinyiwei spent a lot of manpower and resources but failed to find him. You can imagine the pressure they were under.
This incident was like a huge rock pressing down on all the Jinyiwei, making them unable to straighten their backs, raise their heads, or breathe.
Now that things have finally come to fruition, you can imagine how happy we are.
"Good news, send good news to the capital!" Li Ruolian began to issue orders, "Keep an eye on the corpse of the traitor, no one can touch it."
"Arrest Liu Wenxiu. He is suspected of letting the thief escape."
"All the surrendered soldiers dropped their weapons and armor and stood together, waiting for news."
"Sir, why don't you come and take a look..." A Jinyiwei came to Li Ruolian and whispered.
"What's the matter?" Li Ruolian asked.
"You... should come and see for yourself."
"What a nagging person! It's so unlucky!" Li Ruolian cursed and followed the Jinyiwei into the camp.
Walking through the front hall and coming to the backyard, the scene made Li Ruolian, who had seen big scenes, frown.
The yard is not big, but...blood is all over the yard.
The ground, the walls, and everywhere that could be seen were stained with blood.
Dozens of bodies lay in a pool of blood.
Li Ruolian roughly counted and found that the number of bodies was no less than thirty, and they were all women.
Amidst a sea of blood and corpses stood a man covered in blood, holding a child in his left hand and a knife in his right hand.
Seven or eight Jinyiwei pointed arrows and muskets at him.
"Who are you?" Li Ruolian asked in a deep voice.
"Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son Ai Nengqi." The bloody man replied.
"Who are these people?" Li Ruolian asked, pointing at the corpses on the ground.
"They were all Zhang Xianzhong's wives and concubines. I killed them all and left no one alive," Ai Nengqi replied.
Li Ruolian stared at Ai Nengqi in surprise for a while, unable to understand why he did this.
"Whose child is that in your hand?" Li Ruolian asked again.
"He is Zhang Xianzhong's son." Ai Nengqi answered truthfully.
There was no need for him to lie because many people had seen the child.
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