Geng Zhongming, who was at the head of the city, looked at the Ming army outside the city, galloping unscrupulously, chasing the Qing soldiers and those old men who fled in all directions. It's just a matter of a while, and I've already killed a lot, and I can't help but turn pale.

When one of his subordinates saw it, he reminded him with a little trepidation: "Lord, you can't watch the Manchurians being killed!" If you turn back, you will be condemned by the emperor! ”

In the Qing Dynasty, the Manchurians came first, there is no doubt about it. There are at least a few hundred people who go out to supervise the work outside the city, and they are all powerful in Jinzhou City. If they were killed by the Ming army like this, they would definitely be sued by their families to the court and the emperor.

However, Geng Zhongming looked up in the distance, a group of Ming army foot soldiers had already crowded over according to the squad, but by visual inspection, there were at least 1,000 people, and in the distance, it was impossible to estimate, not sure that there were 3,000. With so many Ming troops outside the city, if they sent troops out of the city to rescue, if they were rushed into the city by the Ming army and fell into Jinzhou, they would definitely be held accountable.

Thinking so, after weighing it in his heart, Geng Zhongming shook his head resolutely.

"Geng Zhongming, open the door and let us in!"

"King Zhishun, it's good, hurry up and open the door, it's okay to open a crack!"

"Hurry up and open the door, do you know who I am? If I die here, you'll have to pay for it! ”

“……”

Suddenly, those lucky people who were sticking to the city wall and walking around the city saw that the Ming army was chasing them everywhere, and even some of them were forcing towards the city, and they were so frightened that they immediately shouted.

Among these people, there were pleading, threatening, and everything anyway, so they wanted Geng Zhongming to open the city gate as soon as possible and let them into the city.

Among Geng Zhongming's personal guards, one of them looked down, and then hurriedly reminded him: "Lord Wang, there is a family member of the Zhishun Palace, and there is a slave who seems to be a real slave with a white flag and a solid mountain......

Geng Zhongming listened, looked down slightly, and found that the ones who threatened him had a background. However, he looked up again and found that although the dozens of horsemen of the Ming army were chasing and killing, they were not far from the city gate. Experience told him that these Ming troops were still thinking of taking the opportunity to storm the city gates.

Thinking so, he sharply ordered: "No one is allowed to open the door without the order of this king's army." All on guard to prevent the Ming army from attacking the city! ”

With that, he turned away from the battlements and headed for the Arrow Tower.

On the surface, he seems to be cold and unmoved by outside movements.

However, at this time, Geng Zhongming actually sighed in his heart. The scene in front of me is so familiar!

A few years ago, he was still part of the Ming army, and at that time, Jianyu was also arrogant outside the city, but he couldn't do anything;

Only a few years have passed, and there will be a completely opposite scene, it is the turn of the Ming army to be arrogant outside the city, and he can't do anything about it.

Don't...... Could it be that he is the reincarnation of a broom star, which side of the person is, and that side will be unlucky?

Thinking of this, he laughed at himself in his heart, stepped on the arrow tower, and when he looked out of the city again, there were already more Ming Guo infantry troops. However, it was the Han Chinese slaves who caught his eye. I saw that among them, some knelt down to meet the Ming army, and cried loudly; Some people, wielding hoes and other tools in their hands, either intercepted the overseers who wanted to escape, or simply joined the hunt for the overseers.

Looking at this scene, Geng Zhongming didn't have much grief and indignation in his heart. Is it not because of my race, or is it numb after seeing too much?

Geng Zhongming, who was in deep thought, did not come back to his senses until the screams heard closer. When I looked closely, it was the Ming army that began to attack the overseers under the city walls with guns and arrows.

However, Geng Zhongming did not pay attention to this. From the moment he ordered the gates to be closed, he knew that the overseers outside the city would surely die. The Ming army has a rare opportunity to take revenge, and it will never let it go.

At this time, what he was concerned about was that there were really more than 2,000 Ming troops outside the city, and now they were assembled outside the city. Looking at the way they looked, it seemed that they were still thinking about attacking the city.

Seeing this, he immediately became nervous, passed down the military order, and asked his subordinates to be on standby.

In fact, he didn't have many troops in his hands. Although the walls of Jinzhou are high, they are also large, and his subordinates are all on the head of the city, which looks sparse and sparse, and the defense force is not strong. This point seems to have also been discovered by the Ming army outside the city, and those led by them are discussing something. He was even asking those Han people what to say, obviously, asking about the situation in the city.

"Quick, notify all the families in the city, all the men, all go to the city to defend, once the city is broken, the Ming army will definitely retaliate, none of them can escape!" Geng Zhongming was not calm, and immediately turned around and ordered to his personal guard.

When his guards heard this, they immediately rushed forward to give the order. In the city of Golden State, it is inevitable that there will be chaos.

Okay, why did the Ming army suddenly kill it?

The Ming army outside the city was led by Li Guo. Geng Zhongming was not wrong, after Li Guo arrived, he thought about whether he could take Jinzhou down. While watching the battle, he discussed with Li Dingguo, who arrived first, and even found the rescued people to inquire about the situation in the city.

"My lord, in Jinzhou City is Geng Zhongming, the king of Zhishun who was built captive!" There was a slightly older young man, who knew better, and was answering Li Guo's words, "He doesn't have many troops, probably more than 1,000 people, at most 3,000 people. They are all fake Tartars, and they were also officials and soldiers of the imperial court before, and they surrendered to Jianyu. ”

Outsiders, after all, don't know the real strength of the Tartars in the city, more than 1,000 to 3,000 people, this range is really a bit big.

"My lord, there is a lot of grain and grass in the city, which was brought by the Tartar army this time."

"My lord, it's okay, my father is still in the city, and many of our families are in the city. Save them, right? ”

"My lord, give me a knife, I have the strength, and I will also cut the tartar!"

“……”

Li Guo's questioning eventually became a gossip request from these people.

Listening to their words, Li Laiheng suddenly interjected and said loudly: "Father-in-law, do it, kill it and bring all the rebel generals back to the governor, it is definitely a great achievement!" ”

"Well, there is no stepfather here!" When Li Guo heard this, he reprimanded angrily.

Emperor Chongzhen had an order, and there was no private soldier in the army. What kind of father-in-law, lord or something, absolutely cannot appear in the army. This point was most thoroughly implemented among the three battalions of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and the army under Lu Xiangsheng.

Li Laiheng got used to it, so he called it like this, and was trained by Li Guo. Then, he pointed to the city wall and said, "We don't have siege equipment, the city wall is so high, how can we fight?" Do you take human lives to fill in? ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he saw the person who took the lead in pleading just now knelt on the ground and said to Li Guo: "My lord, the villain used to be a carpenter, and he could build a ladder and a catapult, my lord, give the villain some time......"

Li Guo shook his head when he heard this, it takes a lot of time to build a ladder and a catapult, and he doesn't have that much time.

Seeing that he disagreed, the man kowtowed again and again: "My lord, the villain's father is still in the city, please save me!" ”

Immediately, another group of Han people knelt down to Li Guo, all of whom had family members in the city, and begged Li Guo to attack the city and save people. There were at least five hundred of these kneeling people.

Li Guo watched more and more people kneel down, and suddenly, his brows furrowed. It's not that he doesn't want to attack the city, but it's impossible to take Golden State at the moment. And he has to be responsible for his subordinates, how can he easily lose his troops. You know, most of these troops are from his old brothers.

Before he could speak, suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came quickly. Before the people arrived, a voice came back: "My lord, in the direction of Lushun, I found that a Tartar army is coming, the number is unknown, but from the signs, there are at least two or three thousand people. ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Guo immediately turned his head to look in the direction of Lushun. This side is hilly, and the weather is clear, so you can see far away.

Sure enough, in the distance, there was dust. With years of experience, it can be estimated that there are definitely a lot of Tartars returning to Golden State!

After coming to this conclusion, Li Guo immediately made a decision, and immediately ordered: "Collect the troops and withdraw with them!" ”

The order was forbidden, and the Ming army did not hesitate, and immediately began to form a group, and then prepared to retreat.

At this time, Li Guo said to the people who were kneeling: "The Tartar reinforcements have returned, and we must retreat immediately." Your Excellency the Governor has decreed that you should be brought back so that you will no longer have to suffer here and be humiliated by the Tartars! ”

Hearing this, seeing that the Ming army was really ready to retreat, some people stood up, but most of them still knelt there and did not move. The leader of them said, "The villain's father is still in the city, and if the villain leaves, the villain's father will definitely die." The villain thanked the master for saving him, and the villain is not leaving! ”

The others who were still kneeling were also concerned about their relatives in the city, and finally chose not to leave.

From their faces, it can be seen that they really want to take advantage of such a rare opportunity to get out of the sea of suffering. However, with the concern of their relatives, they had no choice but to give up this opportunity.

Li Guo looked at them and couldn't help frowning.

The purpose of his leading the army this time is to take Jinzhou the best, and if he can't take Jinzhou, he also wants to let Jianyu know that Daming now has the ability to harass all parts of Liaodong. At the same time, rescue the Han people who were plundered, kill the Tartar population, and strike at the comprehensive strength of the Jianyu.

If these Han people don't leave, they will continue to work for the tartars, which is actually not in the interests of the Ming Dynasty. So what to do? Did you kill them? In this way, military orders can be carried out well.

However, if he really wanted to kill these people, not only would he not bear it, but the Governor would not have agreed to it.

Thinking so, he wanted to give up on them.

But at this time, Li Dingguo suddenly pointed to the side of the city wall and said: "I have an idea, let the bird king in the city exchange them for the Han people in the city!" ”

When Li Guo heard this, he turned his head to look, but saw that under the city wall of Jinzhou, against the root of the wall, there were still thirty or forty people lying there, dodging the shooting of the Ming army before.

Under this look, Li Guo suddenly felt happy in his heart, and immediately waved his hand to transfer the firecrackers and archers of the brigade, all aimed at those people, and then shouted loudly to the city: "Geng Zhongming, don't talk nonsense, exchange the Han people in the city for the lives of these people, if you don't agree, shoot these people immediately!" ”

Geng Zhongming, who was on the arrow tower, naturally saw the dust in the distance, and he was relieved in his heart, Jinzhou must be no problem to keep. Therefore, before, he was in the mood to watch the movement outside the city.

However, after seeing it, he suddenly sighed, and saw a little excitement brought by the reinforcements, but there was no more.

When he heard Li Guo's shouts outside the city, his eyes looked at the Han people who were still kneeling there. Although he couldn't hear their conversation, he could guess that those people must be begging for this Ming general, so there was this substitution.

Looking up at the dust in the distance, Geng Zhongming hadn't said anything yet, someone rushed over and shouted: "King Zhishun, didn't you hear it, hurry up and change people, otherwise the people below will die!" ”

There is more than one, two such people, all of whom are those with backgrounds.

And under the city wall, those who were lying on their stomachs naturally didn't dare to gamble with their lives whether the Ming army dared to enter this arrow to shoot them, so they were all shouting, asking Geng Zhongming to quickly agree to the Ming army's request.

Seeing this, Geng Zhongming didn't see any expression on him, but turned around and instructed his personal guards: "Immediately send someone to drive all those Han slaves in the city, no matter which family, out of the city." ”

His guards listened, hesitated slightly, and seemed to want to say something.

"Why don't you go soon?" When Geng Zhongming saw it, he frowned and urged, and then turned his head and shouted outside the city: "That Ming general, don't mess around, this king promised you that he has already sent someone to do it!" ”

When the kneeling people outside the city heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Li Guo loudly, and some thanked Li Dingguo.

Li Guo was actually very anxious in his heart, and turned his head from time to time to see where the dust in the distance behind him had arrived.

The army began to form a formation and slowly retreated towards the sea, while most of the people withdrew first, the archers and musketeers who threatened the overseers of the city had not retreated, and of course, those who had families in the city did not retreat, anxiously waiting for their relatives to leave the city.

During this waiting time, it was tormenting, whether it was Li Guo, or the people waiting for their relatives, or the overseers lying under the city.

Fortunately, Shang Kexi did not have any moths, and his movements were very fast, and he saw a large group of old and weak women and children being driven out of Jinzhou City. Of course, this is also because he saw that most of the Ming army had withdrawn, so he dared to open this city gate.

Under the city of Jinzhou, those old and weak women and children didn't know what the situation was, but the young people waiting outside the city were overjoyed, and even forgot the danger on the city, and rushed into the land of a stone's throw to meet their relatives.

Seeing that many people in the city were crying with joy, Geng Zhongming's face was expressionless. Only the guards who were familiar with him by his side knew that the prince was in a daze again at this time.

When Li Guo saw that the people were out of the city, he stopped staying and immediately ordered a retreat.

On the way to the seaside, Li Dingguo looked at the dusty distance and said a little puzzled: "It seems that the reinforcements from Jianyu are coming too slowly, right?" ”