200,000 Ming soldiers against 250,000 raiders. This should have been a battle of equal strength.
But unexpectedly, the battle was one-sided.
100,000 Yulin Royal Guards and 8000 Jinyiwei!
These two new forces were simply like a max level account abusing noobs in the novice village!
"The Ming army is so powerful?”
Yuan Zongdi was stunned.
What was going on?
He had fought with the Ming army for many years and knew them very well!
How could the Ming soldiers guarding the capital become so powerful in just a few days?
Could it be…
Yuan Zongdi raised his head and looked at the temporary checkpoint. He saw a young man in a bright yellow dragon robe standing proudly on the city wall.
Although they were a few kilometers away, Yuan Zongdi could vaguely sense that all these changes might have something to do with the figure!
At the Ten Mile Pavilion checkpoint, Zhu Cixuan looked at the situation in front of him and hesitated.
Should he kill all of these Revolutionary Army soldiers? If someone surrenders, should we take them in?
If he refused to accept the surrender, it would arouse the bandits 'resistance, and his army would inevitably suffer losses…
Recruiting this group of people could quickly expand the army under him.
Whether it was to suppress the other peasant uprisings or to deal with the Jianyi outside Shanhai Pass, they were all useful.
At the very least, they could also be used as laborers to build roads and dig ditches for the Ming Dynasty…
200,000 to 300,000 laborers was a huge fortune!
However, this could also bring about hidden dangers!
Because Zhu Cixuan couldn't guarantee that this group of raiders would rebel again one day.
After an intense psychological struggle, Zhu Cixuan made a decision!
"Pass on Zhen's decree-"
"Kill all the bandits, leave no one alive."
Only then could they comfort the people who were being persecuted by the raiders!
When Li Zicheng first established the raider army, in order to boost morale and intimidate the Ming army, he had massacred many cities. There were 12 recorded massacres.
The most famous one was the Ningwu Massacre!
If he didn't kill all these raiders, he wouldn't be able to give an explanation to his subjects who had died!
At the same time, it could also intimidate the world, forcing others to think carefully before they wanted to revolt!
"Kill all the bandits! Leave no one alive!"
"Kill all the bandits! Leave no one alive!"
"Kill all the bandits! Leave no one alive!"
The 400 thousand strong army started to fight intensely in the Ten Mile Pavilion battlefield.
"Hahahaha! Delightful! Delightful!"
Qi Jiguang reined in his horse and laughed loudly!
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On the other side, Li Zicheng and his horse were frantically fleeing towards Changping Camp.
"As long as we reach Changping Camp, I still have a chance to turn the tables! I am the true dragon, the Son of Heaven! He is destined to ascend the throne and become the emperor!"
His hair was disheveled as he galloped on his horse, and he no longer had the high-spirited look from before.
However, even in the current situation, he was still dreaming of being the emperor!
"Giddyup! Go!"
The whip in Li Zicheng's hand whipped the horse's butt crazily as it continued to accelerate.
The warhorse beneath him was already so tired that it was foaming at the mouth, but he did not care at all.
If it was possible, he wished he could grow wings on his warhorse!
This was because tens of thousands of Yulin Royal Guards were chasing after him.
The 500 elite cavalrymen that he had brought out earlier had long been killed.
"Thief Li, don't leave! Today is your doomsday!"
The Minister of War, Cao Jin, shouted as he chased!
He was originally ordered to block the enemy's retreat, but he did not expect to catch a big fish.
This was a good thing that fell from the sky. The opportunity to be promoted was right in front of him. How could he let it go!
This was Li Zicheng!
The leader of the Dashun rebels!
If he could capture this person alive, it would be a great contribution!
After chasing for the time for an incense stick to burn, Li Zicheng's warhorse finally couldn't take it anymore and fell to the ground, twitching crazily.
On the other side, Cao Jin's group's warhorses were running much slower than Li Zicheng's warhorses, and they still had the strength to chase.
"Bastard! Damn it!"
Li Zicheng was furious. He stabbed the warhorse to death and then fled.
However, it was all in vain.
How could a human's legs outrun a warhorse?
In less than ten breaths, Cao Jin led hundreds of elites and captured Li Zicheng alive.
"Hey, Thief Li, the day you rebelled, you were destined to have today's outcome!”
"Men, tie this fellow up and drag him back to the capital to await His Majesty's judgment!”
The battle at the Ten Mile Pavilion checkpoint had also come to an end.
More than 200,000 raiders were wiped out!
Including the raiders who had been killed by various traps, cannons, and firearms, the number of casualties had exceeded 350,000!
On Zhu Cixuan's side, the Yulin Royal Guards had lost 10,000 men.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards had lost 2000 men, the capital garrison had lost 10,000 men, and the recruits had lost 15,000 men!
This was a great victory!
If Zhu Cixuan had not ordered the annihilation, the losses would have been even lower, but there were some things that had to be done!
Even if they had to pay a price, it was worth it!
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