Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 396

Taiyuan City became Li Zicheng's new stronghold, and this was the second large city that Li Zicheng conquered.Even with the artillery secretly supported by the Liao army, Li Zicheng paid the price of 2 deaths under the steadfast defense of the Ming army in the city, and unarmed corpses were scattered all over the city outside the city.

Zhang Yuan, a general in Li Zicheng's army who was called "General Hades" by the soldiers, still walked among the corpses dead in battle with a cold face.

"Gather these corpses together and burn them with a fire. We don't have time to bury them." Zhang Yuan said coldly.

"Yes..." Even the soldiers around him felt the chill on his body, and shivered involuntarily.

Under Zhang Yuan's instruction, his soldiers who were in charge of cleaning the battlefield dragged the dead bodies into piles of dead bodies.In troubled times, human life is as humble as a mustard!

"No... I'm not dead yet..." A refugee whose body was broken but still dying was also filled into the mountain of corpses as a corpse, and he tried to climb out of the mountain of corpses with the last of his strength.

However, the surrounding soldiers and refugees all looked at him indifferently, and no one was willing to go forward and tear him out.In this era, there is almost no possibility of healing for such a serious injury.Moreover, with the peasant army's current habit of desperately looting, it is unbearable to have such serious troubles to hinder it.The ugly side of human nature was exposed at this moment, but they didn't realize how cruel they were.

"Set fire." Zhang Yuan gave the order indifferently, turning a blind eye to the seriously wounded in the mountain of corpses.

Soybean oil, firewood, litter and other flammable items were thrown onto the mountain of corpses, and then a torch turned the place into a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​flames. Black smoke billowed, exuding a greasy stench...

The seriously wounded in the mountain of corpses didn't scream. They either didn't have the strength to scream, or they were already fainted by the thick smoke before the flames burned.

The cruel Zhang Yuan took out a piece of silk from his arms and covered his mouth and throat, not wanting to smell the stench.Even someone as cold as him could hardly bear such a cruel scene.

The soldiers and refugees around Zhang Yuan were even more stimulated by such a tragic scene, their stomachs were turned upside down, and their faces turned pale...

Zhang Yuan saw the burning corpse mountain, and after confirming that all the corpses had been disposed of, he left with his back to the corpse mountain and walked towards Taiyuan City, which was also engulfed in flames.

The inside of Taiyuan City is no safer than the outside, it is another kind of hell on earth.

Zhang Yuan entered Taiyuan City with his own soldiers, and saw refugees everywhere robbing women, money and food.Zhang Yuan frowned slightly, his face sank like water, but he didn't say much.

"Little girl, don't go, go with your good brother, who is delicious and hot!" When a refugee was chasing a woman, one accidentally bumped into Zhang Yuan.

"Your uncle, get the hell out of here, are you going to run away if you don't see the little girl?!" Seeing that Zhang Yuan was dressed in an ordinary way, the refugee thought he was just a small boss, and couldn't help being furious.

Zhang Yuan didn't say a word of nonsense, he drew the saber from his waist, and killed the refugee on the spot!

The refugee may not know until his death that the person he bumped into was General Hades who betrayed the Liao army and took the lives of tens of thousands of people seriously.

"Ah!" The chased woman screamed in fright when she saw this bloody scene.

Her hair and clothes were all messed up by the chasing army.

"Are you okay?" Zhang Yuan rarely came to ask.

With Zhang Yuan around, the surrounding soldiers dared not approach at all.

For the first time, the soldiers around Zhang Yuan saw Zhang Yuan showing a slightly relaxed expression, and couldn't help being surprised that his cold boss still had this side.

"You beasts and demons!" The woman was obviously frightened, filled with grief and indignation, and even slapped Zhang Yuan across the face.

This slap landed on Zhang Yuan's face, it was very loud, and shocked the soldiers around Zhang Yuan, as if the slap was slapped on his own face!They secretly looked at Zhang Yuan's expression anxiously, fearing that Zhang Yuan might slaughter all the people in this city in a fit of anger.

But Zhang Yuan was not angry, as if the slap was not his own.

"You guys take good care of her. If she loses a vellus hair, I will ask you." Zhang Yuan turned his head and said to several soldiers.

"Yes!" These soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, as long as their boss is not angry, they can talk about anything.

Zhang Yuan went straight to where Li Zicheng was with his soldiers and the temporarily rescued woman.

There were many killings and looting along the way, and blood, flames, and screams covered the fallen city.Zhang Yuan didn't show any compassion for these phenomena, he just asked his own soldiers to open the way for him.

Finally, Zhang Yuan found Li Zicheng in Taiyuan Mansion.

"Hahaha, Zhang Yuan, you came just in time. Look at the account books. There is a lot of grain in the barn, and the silver in these storerooms are all finances that will be paid to the imperial court this year. How can we It's been a while." Li Zicheng was in a good mood when he saw the great hero Zhang Yuan coming, "If I could have listened to your advice earlier, maybe I would have owned Taiyuan City long ago."

"Chuang Wang, forgive me, now that our army has won the first victory, we should take advantage of the high morale to attack Daizhou, Datong, and Xuanfu, and then go straight to the capital! We really shouldn't be indulging in the victory in front of us and be bound by ourselves!" Zhang Yuan Straight up.

"Brother Zhang Yuan, we took [-] brothers dead to take down Taiyuan City. We got so much food, grass and silver, why don't we celebrate?" Li Zicheng opened boxes of bright silver in the warehouse and said excitedly, "Now We are successful and famous, so we can completely negotiate with the imperial court, let me become the lord of a country, govern Shaanxi, northern Shaanxi, Heluo, and Shaanxi, and sit on an equal footing with Emperor Chongzhen. Brother Zhang Yuan, you will be the hero who founded the country!"

Hearing Li Zicheng's words, Zhang Yuan's face turned dark and sinking, and finally his back was like stagnant water.

He put the saber at his waist on the desk in Taiyuan Mansion in front of Li Zicheng, and said coldly: "I was willing to assist you, King Chuang, because I thought you had great ambitions, but I didn't expect you to be a bird! It is extremely disappointing! It is obvious that one step forward is the great cause of the emperor. Chuang Wang, you can sit on thousands of miles of mountains and rivers and submit to the world. Why do you have to stop and crowd in this small place? Forget it, we will part ways from now on , I will live in seclusion in the mountains and will no longer assist anyone."

Zhang Yuan put down his saber, turned around and left.

"Brother Zhang Yuan, don't you show affection at all?" Li Zicheng was a little anxious this time.

His power is developing too fast, and there are almost no reusable talents except Zhang Yuan. Even his advisers and generals in history have not had time to take refuge in him.If Zhang Yuan left, it is estimated that he alone would not be able to command an army of 20 troops!
(End of this chapter)