Zu Dabi was caught in a dilemma.

Retreat?

Taking advantage of the fact that Taizhou Wei had not yet closed the siege, retreated from the north gate, and then crossed the Yellow River, with the cavalry deployed by Qingjiangpu, it should not be difficult to retreat. How can you explain it to Dolgon? As soon as Huai'an City is lost, Dolgon's deployment to contain the Northern Expeditionary Army at both ends will be invalid, relying on Yancheng alone, it is difficult to support alone, once it is completely overturned, and the crime will be punished in the future, it will also be a mortal situation.

But if you don't retreat, it's still a dead end, as soon as Taizhou Wei appears at the south gate, the soldiers will wake up to the fact that they are deceiving them and losing trust, once the soldiers don't trust the commander, the consequences are unimaginable. Except to die here, Zu Dabi couldn't think of any other way out.

He didn't want to surrender, not because he was loyal to the Manchus, but because his family was held by Dolgon in Shuntianfu, and if he surrendered, his family would be affected, including his brother Zu Dashou.

Time is pressing, and this difficult choice makes Zu Dabi extremely anxious.

At this time, the Taizhou Wei forward had already begun to climb the city wall early.

Seeing that people kept falling from the city wall, Zu Dabi finally realized that he couldn't let his descendants die in Huai'an!

Zu Dabi quickly ordered, withdraw!

Remove?

Naturally, it was not the whole army that withdrew, but Zu Dabi went down to the city with his personal guards, led his descendants to quickly wipe out the rebels on the main street, and then withdrew with his own descendants and Han Eight Banners.

As for the Huai'anwei and Dahewei soldiers on the city wall...... Then it can only be left to the destiny of each one.

……。

The fighting on the walls was still brutal.

You can't stop killing people with red eyes, because if you stop, you will die yourself.

It was Wu Zheng who put an end to this bloody fight.

To be precise, it was the two sentences that Wu Zheng made the soldiers shout loudly.

The first sentence is "Zu Dabi escaped".

The second sentence is "King Wu is here, and those who descend will not be killed".

When the defenders heard this, they turned their heads to look at the location of the city tower, where Zu Dabi originally shouted "Zu is with you", and found that it was empty.

This psychological gap suddenly made the soldiers depressed and empty.

And when they heard that King Wu was in front of them, they realized that if they resisted again, they were afraid that if they were different, they would be a big matter and a big matter for the family members in the city.

As a result, there was no longer a will to fight.

When Wei Wei of Taizhou in Xicheng returned to the south gate, Wu Zheng was already standing on the city tower.

The two teams met in victory, and the soldiers fell into a frenzied cheer.

Slogans such as "Long live Taizhou Wei", "Long live the Northern Expeditionary Army", "Long live King Wu" resounded throughout half of Huai'an City.

At this time, I am afraid that the remnants of the enemy will no longer have the heart to resist.

……。

Zhao Shi died.

In fact, his injuries were not serious, the arrow in the abdomen was not deep, and the timely stop of bleeding was not enough to be fatal.

But he died.

It was not that when Zu Dabi led his descendants to break through the main street and flee north, he was killed by Zu Dabi's descendants.

But he did die.

Killed by angry "rebel" soldiers.

It is comforting that he swallowed his last breath in the crook of Wu Zheng's arm.

When Wu Zheng saw him, all his limbs were cut off.

But the "rebel" soldiers tied his mouth tightly for him, preventing him from dying of blood loss prematurely, what kind of hatred is this?

When Wu Zheng held his neck, Zhao Shi's consciousness was not lost, and he could still laugh, which was extremely weird.

"Lord Wang...... You're finally in town ....... ”

Wu Zheng was surprised, "Brother Zhao, you shouldn't be here...... As far as I know, you should be the same governor of Huzhou Prefecture. ”

Zhao Shiwei smiled: "It's not been for a long time...... A year ago, I joined Changlin Wei ...... I also blame me for being greedy and only thinking about promotion...... I thought to myself, with Taizhou Wei in the south, I should be in Huai'an City...... There is no danger. ”

Wu Zheng nodded sadly, "Human nature...... No one doesn't want to be promoted. Only...... You don't seem to be out of luck...... It's okay, you can live, I can cure you, even if it's gone...... Limbs, you can be a thousand households, or even a commanding envoy...... This king promises! ”

Zhao Shi shook his head, his eyes became confused, "Actually, I was able to escape at that time...... There are more than 100 long forests guarding me...... But I don't dare to escape...... I killed thousands of innocent ....... ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Shi's eyes suddenly widened, looked at Wu Zheng and said, "Lord Wang, I swear...... I asked Chang Linwei to break the stalemate and provoke a war before, not out of selfish intentions...... I just wanted to help you break this damn ....... ”

Wu Zheng nodded vigorously and said, "I know...... I believe it! ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Zhao Shi let out a long breath, "I have a request...... ”

Wu Zheng hurriedly said: "You said yes." ”

"Please give me a knife."

Wu Zheng was stunned and said hurriedly, "Brother Zhao, you are really saved, although you are disabled, you don't lose much blood, and Taizhou Wei has a military doctor ......." ”

Zhao Shi shook his head and said, "I originally wanted to be promoted, but at this time, I realized what was the use of promotion...... Carrying thousands of lives, living has become a torment, it is better to die, a capital crime. ”

Wu Zheng was silent, and then said in a deep voice: "If you want revenge, even if you can't tell who killed you, it's okay...... You should know that this king has a way to know, once it is found out, no one will be left! ”

Wu Zheng did not coax Zhao Shi into saying this, but from the heart. This has nothing to do with right and wrong, good or evil, only about feelings, Zhao Shi compared to those unfamiliar "rebels", who to support and who to give up, Wu Zheng quickly made a choice.

It's not that Wu Zheng has deep feelings for Zhao Shi, in fact, in Wu Zheng's heart, Zhao Shi is a real villain.

But it is precisely because Zhao Shi, who is a real villain, did not die under the enemy's knife when he served the country, but was mutilated by the so-called "own people" to this extent, which made Wu Zheng have a kind of depression and impulse to destroy everything in this city.

What kind of world is this way that has created a group of such people?

As Zhao Shi said, in fact, his true intention to provoke a fight was not out of selfish thoughts, in fact, at that time, if it were not for his "poisonous plan", the end of the rebels would not have been much better, or even worse.

"I don't blame them...... They have lost their relatives, and in the end, they have not killed me with a single sword, so that I can still see the prince alive...... I should thank them for their kindness. ”

Wu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slowly, "It's okay, it's a ...... I've been blessed for you. ”

"I hurt ......." Zhao Shi looked at Wu Zheng with pleading eyes, "Lord Wang, for the sake of the love of five years ago...... For your sake, you still call me an old man...... Help me......! ”

This is not the first time, a tingling pain flashed in Wu Zheng's heart, once, that woman, didn't she also beg for herself like this?

Wu Zheng looked at Zhao Shi's bloody and blurred tragic scene, sighed, and said, "You...... Are you sure? ”

Zhao Shi grinned slightly, and muttered vaguely: "The heart is dead...... Nothing more. ”