Li Mou, the commander of the second division of the third battalion, had fallen asleep in the large camp outside the west city of Haizhou, but was awakened by his own soldiers in the middle of the night, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, and was a little unhappy, "What happened?" ”

"My lord, the defenders of the city went out of the city through the north gate and attacked the third regiment outside the east city......"

"What, sneak attack?" Li Mou's spirits perked up, and he got up, "At this time, the defenders still dare to sneak attack?" How's the battle going? The third regiment is not messy, right? Are there many casualties? ”

"My lord, there are no casualties," the soldiers knew the adult's thoughts, and the words were interrupted just now, the adult must be in a hurry, and hurriedly picked out the key points, "The defenders who went out of the city to sneak attack were all Han Chinese, and they did not attack the third regiment, but chose to surrender...... General Liu Jianyi has already arrived with Xu Erxian, the deputy general who went out of the city to sneak attack, just outside the big tent!"

Li Mu was stunned, "Huh? Speak slowly!"

The pro-soldiers quickly cut through the mess, and after Xu Erxian left the city, he directly led the soldiers to surrender.

"It can't be a sham, right?" Li Mu didn't expect that the Heavenly Mandate Army had just set up camp under the city, and before the battle began, someone in the city took the initiative to surrender.

"General Liu Jianyi said that it should not be a fraudulent surrender, Xu Erxian asked his family to pretend to be his personal soldiers, and they went out of the city to surrender together......" The personal soldiers paused and said: "General Liu Jianyi said that everything is decided by the general!"

"With family?" Li Mu thought silently, if Xu Erxian surrendered, he would definitely not take his family with him...... Could these family members be fake?

Xu Erxian did not surrender early or late, but took advantage of the darkness to surrender...... Is it really like he said, only in this way can he have the opportunity to leave the city with his family?

"Adult ......"

Li Mu nodded, and decided to see Xu Erxian first, "Order, let them in!"

"Yes, sir!"

After a while, the soldiers brought Liu Jianyi and a stranger in armor into the account, and both of them bowed to the ground.

"Get up and speak!" Li Mu asked Liu Jianyi and Xu Erxian to sit down on the Mazha opposite the military case, and glanced at Xu Erxian, who was not a traitor and slippery person, so he had a good impression, "General Xu, tell me about yourself in detail!"

"Yes, sir!" Xu Erxian said: "The villain started from the Dongjiang River and has been following the prince...... Shang Kexi, as a last resort, with Shang Kexi, the Qing Dynasty was surrendered, and the villain was deeply guilty......"

Li Mu interrupted Xu Erxian's words, "The Manchu Qing Dynasty has accepted you, why do you want to take refuge in Huaxia?" ”

"The villain was impressed by the might of the Mandate of Heaven...... The villain has also received leaflets distributed by Huaxia, and has long wanted to return to the roots, but has been suffering from no chance, this time the Mandate of Heaven soldiers came to the city, and the villain took his family out of the city under the pretext of 'stealing the camp'...... The adults knew that the villain had no intention of stealing the camp, but just wanted to get out, so after the villain left the city, he surrendered directly with his brothers......"

Li Mu's face remained unchanged, and he said coldly: "I heard that you went out of the city with your family?" ”

"Yes, my lord," Xu Erxian was uneasy in his heart, "The villain has long been determined to return to Huaxia, this time out of the city, no matter how the adults deal with it, the villain will not go back to work for the Tartars, so the villain will take his family out of the city......"

"How many soldiers did you bring?"

"Five hundred archers, these are the only archers in the city!"

Liu Jianyi interjected: "My lord, all of them are cavalry!"

Li Mu nodded and said, "How many defenders are there in the city?" How's the morale? ”

"Lord Hui, there are still 2,000 defenders left in the city, mainly gunners, and the real combat effectiveness is very limited," Xu Erxian said: "Seeing the mighty and majestic Heavenly Mandate Army, the defenders are scared and their morale is very low......

There are only 2,000 defenders in the city, and outside the city are two regiments of tens of thousands of Heavenly Mandate troops, as well as a steady stream of follow-up troops, so it's no wonder that the defenders are not afraid!

Although Li Mu was young, he couldn't see joy or sorrow on his face, "General Xu, do you think that Haizhou City will be unable to hold it sooner or later, so you will take the soldiers out of the city to surrender, right?" ”

"Your Excellency!" Xu Erxian lowered his head, "The villain has long wanted to surrender to Huaxia and return to his homeland, even if the general sees the crime...... It's just that I haven't had a chance to ......."

Li Mu thought for a while, and said, "Is it possible for Shang Kexi to donate the city?" ”

"Probably not," Xu Erxian shook his head with a wry smile, "Shang Kexi is the Zhishun King of the Qing Dynasty...... Unless the adults give enough price, or the city is broken......"

"A scum who betrayed his ancestors and took refuge in the Tartars, still wants the prince of China?" Li Mu said angrily: "Once the city is broken, how can the general be happy to surrender?" From the moment Ben came to Haizhou, Shang Kexi had already been sentenced to death!"

Xu Erxian was stunned, but he didn't dare to speak, just looked at Li Mu with his eyes.

Li Mu was still angry, and said with a cold face: "General Xu took the initiative to surrender, and he will not be embarrassed, and he will definitely play the emperor," paused, and then said: "Before the screening, the five hundred soldiers will be temporarily disarmed and stay in the camp for observation!"

"Thank you, sir!"

Shang Kexi was only after Tianming knew that Xu Erxian had defected to the Tianming Army, and he was furious, but a herald came to report: "Xu Erxian's house has been empty, and the gold and silver are gone......

"White-eyed wolf!" Shang Kexi punched the board in front of him, "This king trusts him so much, but he betrays this king, hum ......"

Another herald came to report:

"Lord Wang, it's not good, the Mandate of Heaven army is preparing to attack the city from the west......"

"Lord Wang, the Mandate of Heaven army outside the eastern city has set up artillery and is ready to attack the city at any time......"

Shang Kexi was big for a while, and he didn't care about asking Xu Erxian's ancestors for eighteen generations, so he hurriedly said: "Red-clothed cannon, use the red-clothed cannon to return fire......"

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

Shang Kexi personally rushed to Xicheng, and before he walked to the top of the city, he heard the "boom" sound of artillery, and he was happy in his heart, "The soldiers are really well-trained, and they started firing artillery so soon?" ”

Suddenly, I didn't think it was right, why was the sound of the cannon so close?

Could it be that the red-coated cannon exploded on the top of the city?

These bastards, let them strengthen the maintenance of the red-coated cannon, if the red-coated cannon is damaged, how can the Qing Dynasty look down on you Han people?

Directly distributed to the armoured people as slaves!

Shang Kexi pronounced the sentence on the gunner in his heart, and he wanted to go to the city to see for himself which bastard was not long-sighted, at such a critical moment......

Suddenly there was chaos ahead, followed by the screams of ghosts and wolves.

Shang Kexi was shocked, could it be that when the red-clothed cannon exploded, there were heavy casualties at the head of the city? Or more than one redcoat cannon that blew up?

He quickened his pace to see what was going on, but there was already a rout in front of him, retreating, and almost crashing into his arms.

Shang Kexi grabbed the soldier's collar, widened his eyes, and said viciously, "What's the matter? At the time of the Great War, who told you to retreat without permission? ”

"Lord Wang......" The soldier ran away with his head down, but he was shouted loudly, only to wake up, and found that it was Shang Kexi, and suddenly his soul was scattered, and he pointed to the direction of the city head, and trembled: "Oh no, no...... no"

Shang Kexi was even more angry, "What's wrong?" Tell me clearly!"

The soldier's fingers trembled, "City head...... The head of the city was shelled......"

"Shelled? What nonsense are you talking about? Shang Kexi thought that he had heard it wrong, and with a strong push, he threw the soldier to the ground, and was about to step on his feet, when the cannon rang out again, and almost in front of him, there was a commotion on the head of the city, and the sound of screams came and went.

Another group of bloodied defeated soldiers withdrew from the city, and Shang Kexi didn't bother to drive away the defeated soldiers, and walked quickly to the city.

The city was in shambles, the soldiers' bodies were lying on the ground, missing arms and legs, blood all over the ground, mixed with a mess of craters, some of the soldiers were crawling and screaming, while others were motionless, apparently dead.

Shang Kexi walked in a hurry, accidentally stepped on a pool of blood, slipped under his feet, tripped over a corpse again, stumbled on his body, and fell down while donating blood.

With the support of the guards, he finally stabilized his body, and it happened that Niu Lu really ran over, "Lord Wang......"

Shang Kexi pointed to the corpses and wounded soldiers all over the ground, and shouted: "What's the matter, how many red-coated cannons have exploded?" ”

"Lord Wang, the red-clothed cannon has not exploded," Niu Lu really managed to say a complete sentence, "This is the artillery of the Heavenly Mandate Army...... They're going to shell again, so go quickly, ......"

"Manifest Destiny artillery?" Shang Kexi seemed to understand, "You say, the Mandate of Heaven Army is bombarding the city with artillery?" ”

"Yes......"

Shang Kexi grabbed to the side of his daughter's wall, that Niu Lu really wanted to stop him, but he pushed him away, looked down from the battlement, and gasped, there were dense artillery cannons lined up under the city, at least dozens of them!

The Niu Lu Ezhen shouted loudly: "The prince is leaving, they are going to fire again......"

Shang Kexi found that the red-coated cannon didn't seem to be fired, and there was no artillery around the cannon body, "What's going on?" Why didn't the redcoat cannon return fire? ”

"Back to the prince, their artillery is still out of range of the red-coated cannon!"

"Out of range?" Shang Ke was pleased to see that although the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven outside the city was more numerous, it was very small, how could this kind of small artillery have a range that exceeded that of the red-coated cannon? "Have you tried?"

"Back to the prince, we have tried," Niu Lu said sincerely: "The red-clothed cannon was not only unable to shell the artillery of the Heavenly Mandate Army outside the city, but was hit by the artillery of the Heavenly Mandate Army, and one of them has been damaged, and the artillery suffered heavy casualties, so his subordinates had to let them go to the city to take refuge and stand ......by at any time."

The guards forcibly took Shang Kexi out of the city and to a safe place.

Shang Kexi's eyes were already gray, he almost forgot to turn, and stood in a daze for a while, until there was another explosion at the head of the city, and then he gave an order to the Niu Lu Ezhen: leave a few observers, and the rest of the men will all evacuate the city, and when the Heavenly Mandate Army attacks the city, then go to the city to defend the city!

The soldiers found a long wooden bench, Shang Kexi commanded the battle nearby, and soon after, the adjutant general Ban Zhifu, who refused to defend Dongcheng, came to report that the artillery of the Mandate of Heaven was too fierce, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties......

Shang Kexi's eyes appeared dead fish white again, it was only less than an hour, could it be that Dongchengtou couldn't hold it? What is the Mandate of Heaven going to do, is it going to break the city in one day?

His heart fluctuated, Huaxia's firearms were much stronger than those of Daming, no wonder Dolgon personally went south, and he was also defeated under Ningyuan City!

Shang Kexi was a little envious of Xu Erxian, this slippery head, did he already know that it was difficult for Haizhou City to hold on until the arrival of reinforcements?

It's a pity that he is the Zhishun King of the Qing Dynasty, and it is impossible to surrender to the Heavenly Mandate Army like Xu Erxian, that is, if he surrenders, will the emperor of Huaxia forgive his sins?

Shang Kexi understood the character of the Han people, he betrayed the Ming Dynasty, and failed to take the initiative to submit to Huaxia as soon as Hong Chengchou did...... In the eyes of Emperor Huaxia, I am afraid that all the negative words have been used on him!

What if you had voluntarily surrendered earlier?

Shang Kexi had a trace of contempt in his heart, Huaxia replaced Daming, and Daming was about the same, Huaxia was willing to give a "Zhishun King"?

Unconsciously, the artillery fire of the Mandate of Heaven gradually weakened, and it was changed to non-stop artillery, and the artillery fire extended to the city for a while, but there was only a sporadic "boom" sound.

Could it be that the Mandate of Heaven is going to attack the city?

Shang Kexi was not only not surprised, but became more nervous.