Signed to Zhu Cihong, Prince of the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 237 Chapter 237, Li Dingguo's final request, Zhu Cihong perishes Daxi

Li Dingguo woke up.

When he awoke, it was not yet fully light.

There were still bursts of pain in the back of his head, which made it somewhat difficult for Li Dingguo to recall.

what happened?
Zhu Cihong's voice came: "You wake up, it's still in time."

Li Dingguo raised his head when he heard the sound, his eyes met Zhu Cixiang's, then he moved down slightly and saw the water ladle still dripping in Zhu Cixiang's hand.

Li Dingguo wiped his wet face, and immediately looked at Zhu Cihong suspiciously.

Zhu Cihong threw the water ladle aside with a calm expression: "Say goodbye to your father and king."

Startled, Li Dingguo turned around and found Zhang Xianzhong's body.

Beside Zhang Xianzhong, the commander of the guards and the other two chief guards could not kneel down.

Li Dingguo scrambled to Zhang Xianzhong's side, hugged Zhang Xianzhong's cold and stiff corpse, feeling sad for a moment, couldn't help crying loudly.

The sun gradually rose, and the sun shone on Li Dingguo's body, but his heart was extremely cold.

Finally, Li Dingguo said, "Why didn't I die?"

Zhu Cihong said: "Because your father begged for you."

Li Dingguo said: "He wants me to join the imperial court?"

Zhu Cihong was a little surprised: "You also know this?"

Li Dingguo laughed bitterly: "This is what my father told us a long time ago. He said that if one day Li Zicheng or Jiannu seized Beijing and went south, let us join forces with the rest of the imperial court, just like the Shuhan and Soochow alliance. generally."

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "Then what is your plan?"

Li Dingguo said: "Do I have a choice?"

Zhu Cihong said: "Everyone can make their own choices."

Li Dingguo was silent for a long time, and said: "I want to take my father's coffin back to Yan'an and let him return to his homeland."

After hearing this sentence, Fang Gongqian hastily winked at Zhu Cihong, apparently disagreeing with this matter.

Zhu Cihong ignored Fang Gongqian, but said: "Yan'an is now Li Zicheng's territory. If you walk in the Central Plains, you will be fine, but after entering Shaanxi, your safety will not be guaranteed."

Li Dingguo said slowly: "Li Zicheng and my father are allies after all, so I don't think it will be too embarrassing for us."

A token was thrown in front of Li Dingguo.

Zhu Cilang said: "With this token, you can freely travel in the territory controlled by the imperial court. Lao Fang, give him a little silver as travel expenses."

Although Fang Gongqian was unwilling, he still took a 500 tael bank note and placed it next to the token.

Li Dingguo's expression was slightly moved, and he looked up at Zhu Cihong: "Aren't you afraid that I will organize a new rebel army after I go back?"

Zhu Cihong smiled: "You have been defeated by me twice, do you think I will worry about this?"

Li Dingguo nodded, stood up, bowed his hands to Zhu Cihong and saluted: "I will come back when I finish my filial piety for my father."

Under Zhu Cihong's watchful eyes, Li Dingguo and the other three made a very simple coffin with door panels and bed panels, put Zhang Xianzhong's body into the coffin, borrowed a carriage from Zhu Cihong, and dragged the coffin away.

After Li Dingguo left, Fang Gongqian couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, this person is the second-in-command who removed Zhang Xianzhong in the Daxi regime. It's a pity to let him go like this."

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "It's okay, didn't he say he would come back?"

Fang Gongqian had the urge to roll his eyes: "Your Highness, these people are all traitors of Ming Dynasty, and what they said to the court is not reliable at all."

Gao Dejie suddenly said: "No, Eunuch Fang may have misunderstood, I think he should come back."

Fang Gongqian looked at Gao Dejie suspiciously: "Why is General Gao so sure?"

Gao Dejie smiled: "Maybe because we are all soldiers?"

Fang Gong snorted dryly: "Then what if he doesn't come back?"

Gao Dejie coughed and spread his hands: "Then pretend I didn't say anything."

……

Zhu Cihong laughed: "Okay, don't talk about it, hurry back to Jiujiang, there are still many things to do."

This time, in order to catch Zhang Xianzhong, Zhu Cihong sent out almost all the troops, and carried out a dragnet search in a radius of hundreds of miles.

Even Zhu Cihong himself led the army to set off after hearing the news of Zhang Xianzhong's haunting, which is why Zhu Cihong appeared so quickly after the villagers reported the news.

He really didn't want to watch Zhang Xianzhong run and run like Li Zicheng again!
Fortunately, Zhang Xianzhong finally died under Zhu Cihong's hands, which made Zhu Cihong very satisfied.

Zhang Xianzhong is dead, will Li Zicheng be far behind?
Oh, and of course Dorgon and Jierhalang.

On Zhu Cihong's liquidation list, there is still a long list of names.

Without a word all the way, I returned to Jiujiang City.

After Zhu Cihuang's order was issued, other Ming troops who went out to search also returned one after another.

It is worth mentioning that due to the expansion of the search area, although the other Ming army did not capture Zhang Xianzhong, they captured a large number of soldiers from the Great Western Army, which greatly increased the number of prisoners this time.

After simple statistics, a number was reported to Zhu Cihong.

"About 1000 people were beheaded, and about 5000 people were captured. A total of 4 enemy troops were wiped out, and the number of enemy troops who successfully escaped was between [-] and [-]."

Zhu Cihong nodded again and again, obviously quite satisfied: "Very good, very good."

After this battle, the main force of Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime was completely defeated. Although Zhang Xianzhong still controlled the vast territories of Hubei and Jiangxi in name, in fact Zhu Cihong only needed to drive straight in, and naturally these places would surrender.

Zhu Cilang picked up a pen and drafted a letter of success to the Chongzhen side, which was sent away.

Afterwards, Zhu Cihong issued an order, and the whole army continued westward.

As expected, after learning about the situation of the Jiujiang War, many territories controlled by Zhang Xianzhong announced to bring order out of chaos and return to the rule of Ming Dynasty.

The smoothness of the battle made everyone smile.

In just half a month, the main force of the Ming army led by Zhu Cihong successfully arrived at the "capital" of the Daxi regime - Wuchang City.

The gate of this city was already wide open, and the flag of Ming Dynasty was raised above the city. Countless people cheered and jumped for joy, warmly welcoming the arrival of the army of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cihong let out a long breath and whispered to himself.

"Finally got a complete..."

On this day, the Ming army entered Wuchang City, and the Daxi officials in the city surrendered and handed over the Daxi Yuxi, as well as Zhang Xianzhong's "Queen", "Prince", and "Princess".

The Onishi regime officially declared its demise.

(End of this chapter)