After Liu Zongmin said this, others immediately agreed:

"My enemy, Jiexuan is right. There is a scar on his head as big as a bowl. We will never surrender..."

Tian Jianxiu was one of the few scholars among the bandits. At this time, Liu Jinxing and others had not yet joined Li Zicheng's command, and Gu Junen had already disappeared in the rebellion.

After hearing what Li Zicheng and the soldiers said, he nodded and said:

"Brothers, things have reached this point. There is no turning back for any of us. Even if King Chuang doesn't care and takes the initiative to ask us to surrender, do you think the court can accept it?"

"Now there are only two ways before us. The first way is not to resist, but to surrender and let the court handle it. The second way is to fight to the end with the officers and soldiers, kill one to make up for the loss, kill two to earn one."

A bloody hole was made in Dang Shousu's leg by a lead bullet. He tore off a piece of his robe, gritted his teeth and wrapped the wound tightly, then moved his body and said:

"If the officers and soldiers don't have guns, they will definitely fight to the death, but now we can't touch them at all, and we can't find an opponent no matter how hard we try, we have to find a way to get the officers and soldiers to get closer to us..."

Dang Shousu was also one of the earliest leaders of the uprising. Historically, he was one of the thirteen Kuidong families who resisted the Qing Dynasty. Together with Li Laiheng and others, he persisted in resisting the slave establishment until the end.

"The rogues protect the country, and the pirates guard the country."

You may have all heard of this sentence, and it is also a glorious and tragic scene in Chinese history.

In fact, the author had very complicated emotions when writing this period of history...

Li Zicheng was forced to rebel because he really didn't have enough to eat, but later he brought millions of refugees across the land of China.

Everywhere they go, not only do they not bring any benefits to the local people, but they make the local people even more miserable.

Almost no one cultivated the land north of the Yangtze River, so they all followed him or were coerced into rebellion.

So many people want to eat, so food comes from this? Can the people who follow him really have enough to eat? Of course not.

The vast majority of innocent people were turned into cannon fodder for a steamed bun and either starved to death or were beaten to death.

It was they who caused chaos everywhere, allowing the weak officers and soldiers to fight on two fronts. Although they overthrew the Ming Dynasty in the end, they caused China to be overthrown by the barbarians.

How many Chinese men were massacred by keeping their hair uncut, such as Jiading Three Massacres, Yangzhou Tenth Day, Jiangyin Eighty-one Days, Guangzhou Massacre, flooding the Yellow River with water, etc. Countless tragedies were continuously staged in the land of China...

At this time, the peasant army that had rebelled in the early stage became the main force in fighting against the slave establishment. Their alliance with the people with lofty ideals in the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty once again gave people hope.

However, the shameless internal fighting between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party caused their efforts to be in vain.

But Li Guohao Yaoqi, Liu Fangliang Dang Shousu, Li Laiheng, Li Dingguo and other main forces in the later period of the rebel army composed another heroic song of Chinese heroes in the battle against Jiannu...

There is also Zheng Zhilong in Fujian. If it weren't for Zheng Zhilong, the gate of China would have been pried open by Western powers in the late Ming Dynasty, and China's coast would have become a colony of Western robbers.

But no matter what purpose Zheng Zhilong had, the Zheng family truly preserved the Ming Dynasty, and their merits definitely outweighed their faults.

After he surrendered, his son Zheng Sen still persisted in fighting against the Jiannu, and even drove away the far more powerful sea coachmen to regain Taiwan, becoming the last Ming army to resist the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, Zhu Cixiang in the capital sometimes felt very conflicted. If he was not a time traveler, but was just the real crown prince Zhu Cixiang, he would definitely kill all the bandits without hesitation.

But he is a time traveler and knows the history of the late Ming Dynasty. Would he not hesitate to kill all Li Zicheng and his gangsters without leaving a trace?

When reading the history of the late Ming Dynasty, he began to have no favorable impression of Liu Zongmin, and even hated Liu Zongmin for occupying Chen Yuanyuan and allowing Wu Sangui to open Shanhaiguan.

But if Liu Zongmin didn't occupy Chen Yuanyuan, wouldn't Wu Sangui definitely not surrender and become a slave? This may not be the case!

Seeing those corrupt officials, nobles and relatives of the emperor who had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty, but took the initiative to open the city to surrender and donate huge amounts of silver, I was itching with hatred.

But when Liu Zongmin brutally tortured hundreds of officials and nobles, Zhu Cihong felt so relieved and happy...

I digress, let’s get back to the main story

During the discussion between the bandit leaders, Li Zicheng did not say a word. He knew very well that there would never be another banner like Chuangwang in history.

And the culprit of all this is none other than Li Zicheng.

Although it was very difficult in Xifan, at least it was able to ensure that the camp would continue to exist.

However, he misjudged the combat effectiveness of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's men and decided to lead his troops into Sichuan, which led to the destruction of Chuangying.

Li Guo looked at his second uncle. He knew that his second uncle was feeling sad, so he did not disturb Li Zicheng, but quietly ordered someone to count how many people were still alive after breaking into the camp.

Finally, his trusted personal guard quietly told him that all active and uninjured brothers were nearby at this time. The total number was about two hundred, including dozens of wounded soldiers.

Li Guo almost fainted after hearing this. They were 30,000 brothers who entered Longnan. When they split up with Gao Guiying, there were more than 5,000 people, but now there are only 200!

Auntie and the others don't know whether they are alive or dead yet. Even if they are still alive, they probably won't exceed 500 people. After daybreak, the two armies will basically finish...

At the main tent of Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Qin Liangyu, and Lu Xiangkun were in a good mood, and they were all smiling from ear to ear.

Hong Chengchou raised his hands to everyone and said with a smile:

"General Sun Du Zhongzhenhou Lu, Li Zicheng will definitely be unable to escape this time. He can finally completely wipe out their group of bandits, which is a great gift for the new emperor to succeed to the throne..."

Qin Liangyu smiled and nodded:

"My Emperor's Holy Ming, if we hadn't newly trained tens of thousands of troops, it might still take some time to completely wipe out the bandits. I wonder if another band of bandits escaped?"

Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and smiled:

"Don't worry, Marquis Zhongzhen. Every exit is guarded by Qin troops, Tianxiong troops, and your white-pole soldiers. Unless the sky destroys them, the bandits will never be able to escape. Just wait until dawn to close the net!"

Before Sun Chuanting finished speaking, he suddenly felt his body light up and almost fell from his seat.

"Wow..."

Several cups of tea on the tea table were overturned in an instant, and everyone's expressions suddenly changed:

"No, the earth dragon moved..."

Amid everyone's screams, everything returned to calm in an instant. Except for the overturned teacup on the ground, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

In ancient mythology, the ancients believed that the earth was carried in the water by giant turtles. This idea coincides with the plate theory.

Ancient earthquakes were also called earth dragons turning over, and the ancients believed that these gods would sleep.

But at a certain time, it will wake up, or rush out of the ground, or it will turn over and continue to sleep, thus causing the earth to tremble.

Since ancient people could not understand the origin of this phenomenon, they believed it was the work of gods.

At the same time, it was also considered to be a warning from heaven and earth, so in ancient times, when the earth dragon turned over, the emperors would offer amnesty to the world.

When it came to the folk, this phenomenon became the ancient people's respect for dragons.

Because the ancient people of China were mainly farming civilization, and abundant harvests came from the cultivated land, so people respected the earth dragon more.

Since all things in nature are very sensitive to earthquakes, and earthquakes are related to earth dragons, in order to better fit the heaven and earth and predict earthquakes more accurately, Zhang Heng adopted the image of a dragon and used it on his seismometer.

Although this view seems a bit ridiculous now, this legend is not only spread in China, but also has similar legends in the myths of various countries around the world.

It can be seen that the ancient people's observations of nature were basically consistent, but they did not have the detailed classification of today's science.

Whether it was Sun Chuanting or Hong Chengchou, Qin Liangyu, and Lu Xiangkun, they all looked at each other and trembled, speechless for a moment.

Everyone has a common idea in their hearts. Li Zicheng is about to be destroyed. Why did the Earth Dragon suddenly turn over at this time? Could it be...

As a staunch supporter of the Crown Prince, Sun Chuanting dared to fight God for the Crown Prince. So he gritted his teeth and shouted:

"Quickly, pass the order from this governor. The Qin soldiers' Tianxiong army's white pole soldiers will narrow the encirclement. Li Zicheng must not be allowed to take the opportunity to escape..."

"Here!"

The messenger immediately took the order and left.

Although Lu Xiangkun looked a little pale, he still stood up and cupped his hands and said:

"Sun Du Hong Du Zhongzhen Hou, the last general will personally command the battle. Even if the sky falls, we will kill the rogues this time!"

Everyone nodded:

"General Laolu, do everything with caution!"

"Thank you, farewell!"

Lu Xiangkun handed over his hand again, and then strode out of the Chinese army tent.

Looking at Lu Xiangkun's back leaving without hesitation, Hong Chengchou secretly sighed:

"You are really a staunch follower of the Crown Prince. If those general soldiers encounter this situation, there will be chaos in the army..."

"The Earth Dragon has turned around. Is it because our lives should not be cut off?"

Li Zicheng and others who were trapped outside the canyon also felt the ground shaking, and almost at the same time shouted "Earth Dragon Turn Over!"

Most people even thought they had a chance to escape, but the ground instantly returned to calm, plunging them into despair again.

Soon shouts came from all around, and the bandit leaders immediately raised their heads to watch quietly, and found that the circle surrounded by officers and soldiers was shrinking.

Yuan Zongdi stood up and shouted:

"No, the encirclement is shrinking. We must find a way to rush out immediately..."

Tian Jianxiu was shocked and hurriedly hugged Yuan Zongdi's legs and brought him down:

"Beware of sneak attacks, sit down quickly..."

"Bang bang..."

Just as Yuan Zongdi fell, two lead bullets whizzed past his head.

It turned out that the snipers of the Tianxiong Army had been paying attention to Li Zicheng and the others, and would shoot and kill anyone who showed up.

This is the huge difference between cold weapon and hot weapon combat. People can attack from a distance.
To be continued...