Although some in the Shun Army took advantage of the chaos to flee, the majority continued to besiege Beijing City under the command of Li Zicheng.
One thousand men, two thousand men!
As more and more soldiers charged forward, Li Zicheng grew increasingly anxious. These were not mere commoners; he would not have blinked if fifty or a hundred thousand civilians had died, as he could always replenish his ranks by capturing another Ming Army city. But these soldiers were his elite troops—every one lost was irreplaceable.
Chapter 98