"I can't hold it, Xu Shilang!"

At the head of the Jingshi City, Wu Sangui, who was covered in blood and gunsmoke, approached Xu Zhi, who was sitting in the Jingshi, and said to him anxiously.

"If you can't keep it, you have to keep it!"

Xu Zhi didn't seem to hear the meaning of Wu Sangui's words, since he wrote to His Majesty that he had left the Beijing Division unsuccessfully, and was left in the Beijing Division because of this, he had never thought about leaving the Beijing Division alive.

Therefore, in the past half a month, he has been sticking to the front line of the city defense, ignoring his own life and death, desperately squeezing the potential of the soldiers defending the city, and at the same time not forgetting to organize the remnants of the people in the city to defend the city together, but he hopes to prove to Chongzhen that his choice was wrong.

Even if he actually knew that with their current strength, where could they really hold on to the end surrounded by more than 200,000 Qing troops and make the Forbidden City of Jingshi stand tall, but he did his best without hesitation.

Except for himself, in fact, he didn't know that these civil and military ministers below had already begun to plan the retreat after the city was broken, and there were those who were eyebrows with the Jurchens under the city, and there were those who were secretly preparing to evacuate.

At this time, in addition to many ignorant people who were still towards the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, they were encouraged by Xu Zhi and joined the guards on the city wall, and there were also many people who evaded Xu Zhi's call, cowered and hid at home, quietly waiting for the outcome of the war, and contributing their loyalty and money to the final victor.

"Chengpo is estimated to be a matter of waiting for the past few days, it's time to prepare a plan to assassinate Wu Sangui!"

Hou Yu also did not expect that the perseverance of the original Ming army was still so tenacious, with a strength of no more than 40,000 people, it was enough to resist the attack of the Qing people for more than half a month, although there are also more than 200 years of the Ming Dynasty has been consolidating the defense of the Beijing division and other merits, but in the same way, without the selfless sacrifice of the soldiers of the Ming army in the city, it will not let the Qing people have not been able to knock on the gate of the Ming Dynasty.

However, a disadvantage is a disadvantage after all, many times what is seen on the battlefield is strength, and it will not change because of a person's strong will, although in these days, Hou Yu also admires Wu Sangui's talent and ability, but an order is an order, and the task they should do must be completed.

"Woo!!!"

"Woo!!!"

"Knock Knock Knock !!"

There was a sudden commotion outside the city, all kinds of horns and drums sounded, and then the sound of slashing and tearing on the city was getting closer and closer.

"ACTION!!"

Hou Yu gave an order, a group of thirty-six people quickly rushed towards the door, there were no pedestrians on the street, except for occasional deserters running from the direction of the city wall in a panic, and then disappeared into the alley of the Ming army.

As early as the time when they were hiding in the dwellings, Hou Yu and the others had already understood the surrounding terrain and Wu Sangui's next arrangements, so the sound of fighting on the city wall gradually increased, and when he slowly came over to the city, Hou Yu and the others did not march in the direction of Wu Sangui's original garrison, but ran directly to the vicinity of Wu Sangui's mansion to ambush and wait for the arrival of the other party.

The closer they got to know Wu Sangui, the more Hou Yu gradually understood his own tasks, Wu Sangui's own ability is really good, at least in Hou Yu's opinion, his ability to arrange troops is indeed a few steps higher than that of himself and others.

And the other party has not rebelled against the Ming Dynasty so far, and he often takes the lead in the fighting and fighting in the city, and has won the hearts of the soldiers under his command.

But although there is some pity for the other party in their hearts, this does not mean that Hou Yu and they will really let them go, as soldiers, their noble will for duty and mission is only stronger than these Ming soldiers, not weaker.

The sound of slashing and cries came from all corners of the city, and at the same time, Hou Yu's ears were like the sound and vibration of the dull and dense horse's hooves trampling the ground.

After squatting outside the Wu Mansion for more than two hours, there were chaotic sounds everywhere in the city, but Hou Yu and the others did not move at all, and they were not worried that the other party would abandon their old nest and escape from the city.

Sure enough, after the sky finally began to darken, a group of nearly thirty or forty people sneakily began to open the back door of the Wu Mansion, and then drove out batches of carriages that had been prepared long ago, and then gradually disappeared on the dim road.

"Let's go!!"

Hou Yu and they observed all this in the dark, and when the other party began to act, they followed the other party's movements, and followed them step by step.

Even if it was dark in the city, it still could not be quiet, after the city gate on the north side of the city was opened by the Jurchens, more and more Jurchen soldiers excitedly poured into the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and unscrupulously burned and looted in it, causing groups of lambs and other people to roar and scream in fear.

In other city walls and strongholds that are still insisting on fighting, the reason why the soldiers of the Ming army can still persist in fighting is only that they must ensure a way out and let themselves live.

Following the carriages that came out of Wu's house, Hou Yu and the others came to the vicinity of the east gate of the Jingshi, and right there, there was a Ming army with hundreds of people, cleaning up the ruined battlefield.

"Where's your lord?"

After the convoy converged with this Ming army, the leading general Xia Guoxiang saw no trace of Wu Sangui in the joint army, and hurriedly asked.

"My lord took a group of people to the prison of the Criminal Department to save Inspector Hong from prison!!"

The general of the Ming army who was sitting at the side gate of the east gate hurriedly replied.

"Ridiculous!!"

Xia Guolian changed color one after another, not that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, but at this moment, when Qing soldiers might rush over to occupy the city gate at any time, he, the general, did not think about how to save himself first, but ran to save others.

God is so ruthless, the more he worries about anything, he will date what will happen, Xia Guoxiang and they just converged, and it didn't take long for a large Qing cavalry with a size of two or three hundred people to appear near the city gate, and they let out a whistling sound in their mouths, and they killed them so straight.

"Array!! Xia Guoxiang, as Wu Sangui's most trusted general, had no time to worry about Wu Sangui's safety at this time, so he could only take out the long knife at his waist first, and raised his knife to greet him with a loud shout.

"Phew!!"

"Ahh

"Herod!!"

The two armies collided head-on, and the flesh and blood battlefield began.

(End of chapter)