Chapter 832: The City Falls
There is such a person who is very alert, good at judging the situation, and can always make the most beneficial choice for himself in different situations. Hu Maozhen has this trait.
Seeing the broken city and the frightened looks of his soldiers, Hu Maozhen knew that Jinan City was difficult to hold. Even if the Ming army was lured into the Urn City trap according to the plan, the Ming army could still enter from the gap.
If you can't hold it, why fight again, if you are destined to defeat yourself, why follow Li Chengdong to the black, just for the ethereal king?
Looking at the Ming army that was about to pour into the gate of the urn city, and looking at the frightened faces of his subordinates, Hu Maozhen turned around, "Everyone, the general has already descended to the Ming Dynasty, and he has already agreed with the Ming army to attack Jinan inside and outside, as a meeting gift for everyone to return to the Ming Dynasty." Now is the time to use us! Everyone take out the white towels that were given to you and tie them around your left arm! This is an agreement between me and Ming Jun Li Dashuai, if there is a white towel, they will treat us as their own people! ”
"Ma Liu, Ma Qi, you take a team of brothers to the inner gate of the urn city, you must guard the passage into the city for the Ming army entering the city, go quickly!" Hu Maozhen ordered in a deep voice.
"General!" Ma Liu was about to speak, but was pulled by his brother Ma Qiyi.
"Don't you understand, the situation is unfavorable now, and the Lord is really going to surrender!"
Ma Liu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly, without asking any more questions, he led his subordinates to kill the inner gate of the urn city.
"The other brothers followed me, went up the city wall along the horse road, and killed Li Chengdong!"
Hu Maozhen shouted, and rode towards the inner side of the city wall, with hundreds of families following him and a large group of soldiers behind.
In the West Gate Tower, looking at the Ming soldiers who had entered the urn city, Li Chengdong's face showed a crazy look.
When you enter the urn city, you will enter the trap, so let Lao Tzu entertain you well!
Li Chengdong, as the prince of the Manchu Dynasty, of course has a lot of henchmen, although he was afraid because of the rupture of the city wall, the green battalion soldiers who were ambushed on the urn city still faithfully carried out Li Chengdong's order, and the arrows rained down and the bricks and stones also rained down on the Ming army that entered the urn city.
In a short period of time, dozens of Ming cavalry were knocked off their horses, but the Ming army ignored it and rushed towards the city.
If you want to enter the city, the city is your graveyard! Li Chengdong had a cruel smile on his face, but the next moment his eyes widened, and the inner gate of the urn city was not closed as he ordered, but the sound of a fight was heard.
"What's the matter with the gates?" Li Chengdong asked sharply.
"It looks like our people are killing!" The people around him hesitated, "Then, isn't that the Qianhu Maliu under General Hu Bing?" How did he kill his own people? “
Li Chengdong's head buzzed, and he suddenly understood. It's over, Hu Maozhen saw that the Ming army had broken the city, and he was really going to surrender!
Before Li Chengdong could think about what to do, the shouting of killing suddenly became loud, Li Chengdong turned his head to look, and saw Hu Maozhen rushing onto the city wall with a group of people viciously, and cut down people when he saw them.
Before they knew what was going on, many of the Green Battalion soldiers were cut down in a pool of blood by their "own family".
In many cases, the internal strife caused by one's own family is more serious than the strong attack of the foreign enemy, because the foreign enemy is clearly standing there, and you just have to fight. And the rebellion of the internal enemy will cause a lot of noise, so that the soldiers under them do not know who their own people are, and they do not know whether a knife will be stabbed from behind the next moment.
From the moment Hu Maozhen led the army to the city wall, the morale of the green battalion soldiers in the city was completely zero. Many people are at a loss and don't know what to do, and many people are carefully guarding their side with weapons, not knowing who the enemy is.
Although the number of Li Chengdong's army in the city is far more than that of Hu Maozhen, the city wall is already narrow, and no matter how many troops can be placed, the Ming army has continued to attack the city along the gap and the urn city.
Even though Li Chengdong shouted out his throat, the green battalion soldiers were still defeated and retreated, and the army in ambush on the urn city could no longer care about attacking the Ming army that entered the urn city.
"Lord Wang, I can't hold it, let's withdraw quickly!" The guards beside Li Chengdong persuaded Li Chengdong hard, which made Li Chengdong's angry heart settle down a little.
There is a strong enemy outside and a rebellion inside, this Jinan really can't hold it! Li Chengdong was also a decisive person, and immediately fled along the city wall towards Dongcheng with the guards around him.
The purpose of Hu Maozhen's attack on the city wall is to kill Li Chengdong, only by killing Li Chengdong, his participation in luring the enemy will not be exposed, and when the Ming army enters the city, he is the hero of the Ming army's attack on Jinan, and there is hope that Li Yi will fulfill his original promise.
Therefore, regardless of the other Hu Maozhen, there was only Li Chengdong himself in his eyes, and he chased after him with hundreds of guards.
In the hole of the city gate, Shen Lian, who opened the city gate, stood against the wall, looking at the torrent of iron horses rushing in from his side with satisfaction. With a white towel tied to his arm, he doesn't have to worry about being hacked to death by his own people.
"Brother Sanli, don't be afraid, we will be our own people in the future!" Shen Lian said to Hu Sanli, who was trembling beside him, with a smile on his face.
Hu Sanli smiled stiffly, full of bitterness. He originally wanted to take the opportunity to escape after opening the city gate, but he didn't expect the Ming cavalry to rush over so quickly, and there was no chance to escape.
What shocked him even more was that the inner gate of the urn city was not closed as agreed to trap the Ming army, and the seven brothers killed the defenders of the inner gate and opened the city gate to make way for the Ming cavalry.
It seems that the general is really planning to surrender, Hu Sanli smiled bitterly.
"Li Chengdong is leaving, take your life!" Hu Maozhen shouted and chased after Li Chengdong.
In normal times, Li Chengdong thought that he could crush Hu Maozhen to death with only one hand, but now he didn't dare to turn back, if he let Hu Maozhen, a dog thief, be entangled, it would be difficult to escape from Jinan.
There were only a few dozen personal soldiers left behind him, Li Chengdong hurriedly got off the city wall, as long as he escaped from the east gate, he could go to Zhangqiu to join Hong Chengchou's army.
In the East Gate City, Li Yuanyin stood alone on horseback with a gun, and a little farther away stood hundreds of green battalion soldiers.
Seeing Li Yuanyin, Li Chengdong was overjoyed, "Yuanyin, my son, hurry up and block Hu Maozhen's house for my father!" “
Li Yuanyin didn't answer, just gently instigated the war horse, and when Li Chengdong ran angrily, the war horse was horizontal, blocking Li Chengdong's way.
"My surname is Jia, not Li!" Cold words burst out of Li Yuanyin's mouth, and Li Chengdong was stunned and his heart was cold at the same time.
Seeing that the spear in Li Yuanyin's hand was stabbing towards him like a poisonous dragon, Li Chengdong, who could have dodged it, was reluctant to dodge anymore, and let the spear pierce into his body.