"Ah, don't kill me, don't kill me!"

At this time, Hong Chengchou was also scared, and shouted at the top of his voice, tears flowed bitterly, snot and tears were mixed together, and he was embarrassed, not to mention that it was embarrassing.

Gao Yigong was also disappointed, kicked him hard, spit a mouthful of phlegm on his body, and scolded contemptuously: "How tough should it be, it turned out to be a straw bale rice bucket!" No wonder he became a lackey of the Tartars, shamelessly ......" Gao Yigong also waved his hand in disgust, and several soldiers carried Hong Chengchou and strode towards Cao Bianjiao's handsome tent.

"General, Hong Chengchou, this old thief Hong let us catch it!"

Cao Bianjiao heard Gao Yigong's voice in the tent, he was also overjoyed, and walked out of the camp, several soldiers escorted a person to appear in front of him, Cao Bianjiao also stared at Hong Chengchou with interest, this old guy used to be dignified, thick eyebrows and big eyes, beard fluttering, a body of official authority, full of elegance, but now it is like this, a rat tail braid, as ugly as it is, Cao Bianjiao feels disgusting when he looks at it.

"Lord Hong, it's been many years since I parted, but I didn't expect things to be wrong, but you and I met under such circumstances!" Cao Bianjiao said with a sneer, his eyes full of disdain.

"General Cao, General Cao, the old man begs you, don't kill the old man, the old man has a lot of Manchu secrets in his stomach, what do you want, the villain will say anything, know everything and say everything, just ask the general that you can spare the villain's life, the villain is willing to become a monk, don't ask about the world, ask the general to be gracious, read on the old love, spare my life!"

Saying that, Hong Chengchou had already taken the initiative to kneel in front of Cao Bianjiao, kowtowing desperately, as if pounding garlic.

"Hong Chengchou, how can you be so shameless, you are also a person who was born in two lists of Jinshi and has read the book of sages, I heard that when you surrendered to the Tartars, Huang Taiji's house also took a lot of twists and turns, almost everything, and finally you only defected under the wine and wealth, why is it that now in my hands, it is so soft! Do you want to cheat down! ”

Hong Chengchou was also ashamed, peeked at Cao Bianjiao, and then said with a flattering smile: "Naturally, the great general is mighty, winning consecutive battles, the Manchu Tartar is near, the little one is lost, the prodigal son turns back, is willing to return to the Ming Dynasty, swears allegiance, and hopes for the general Mingjian!" ”

"Hahaha, Hong Chengchou is really a sharp mouth, I haven't seen him for so many years, I didn't expect you to have the ability to shoot horses without a teacher, I remember that you weren't like this back then, and now you are only here to show your loyalty, is it too late, you are the first person on the list of traitors in the court, can I not kill you!"

"Ah, don't, don't kill me!" Hong Chengchou was frightened, and said tremblingly: "The villain is shameless, and he is indeed innocent, but the general, the villain served as the secretary of the military department in the Qing court, and knows many secrets, and he is by no means a useless person!" The villain is willing to help the general with advice and strategize to assist the general in eliminating the Manchu Tartars......"

"Hahaha, hahaha!" Cao Bianjiao suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and tears almost came out.

"Hong Chengchou, you are really shameless, at this time, I still want to be clever words, I am full of people who are loyal and courageous, and people who are far-sighted and far-sighted are like carp crossing the river, why do I need you to help, I use a Jinan city, so that you are almost wiped out, are you blind! Shall I be deceived by you, and come! Take this old thief down to me, take care of him, don't let him die, I will escort him back to Nanjing, and he will be punished. ”

The two soldiers immediately stepped forward to drag Hong Chengchou away, the old thief was desperately struggling, and howled loudly: "General, don't kill me, the villain knows a lot of secrets of the Qing court, Dolgon and Concubine Zhuang have a leg, and Zilharang They actually hate Dolgon very much...... Don't kill the villain, woowoo woo ......"

A soldier grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground and stuffed it directly into Hong Chengchou's mouth, Hong Chengchou couldn't speak anymore, and the soldier dragged Hong Chengchou down like a dead dog.

Outside Qingzhou City, night gradually fell, Li Chengdong arrived under the city before dusk, but the Ming army that arrived under Qingzhou City did not have any action to attack the city, the soldiers guarding began to withdraw to the military camp in the city to rest, and there were only a thousand soldiers left on the city, but when the night was thick, a huge black shadow drove out from the Ming army barracks, like a giant beast slowly moving forward. It was a hundred cannons, and the soldiers were dragging one cannon after another in the wilderness, getting closer and closer to the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city also noticed the abnormality, and they shouted and sounded the alarm.

"When! While! While! The piercing bell rang throughout Qingzhou City, and the soldiers who had just fallen asleep got up, grabbed their weapons and ran to the city.

A hundred artillery pieces have arrived less than two hundred steps under the city, began to attack, a series of rounds of rapid fire, there have been hundreds of cannonballs smashed on the city, all over the city, at this time, dozens of ignited oil balls rose into the air, in the air out of the dazzling flames, smashed into the city, it was a dozen stone throwers, the crockpots loaded with fire oil smashed into it, the fire oil was also ignited under the bombardment of the shells, the flames spread rapidly in the frightened cries of the defenders, gradually, the whole city was engulfed in the fire, And the cannon was whistling.

Many of the soldiers defending the city could not escape, they were swallowed by the flames, countless fire people ran screaming, and soon, they fell to the ground, but the trebuchets of the Ming army still ruthlessly threw the fire oil clay pots on the city, and the bombardment of the cannonballs made the fire more intense, and after half an hour, the entire city wall of several miles was engulfed in flames.

The fire is rolling on the head, the smoke is rushing to the sky, the Ming soldiers don't have to worry about the soldiers from the city to fire arrows and cannons, in Li Chengdong's shouting order, a hundred big men rushed forward with the battering ram, they roared, the huge mallet hit the city gate, only to hear an earth-shattering muffled sound, the city gate shook violently, the sand and stones on it fell in a swoop, and a zigzag crack appeared on the city wall.

The soldiers retreated again, and the battering rams slammed into the gate like a storm, and after more than a dozen times, the gate could no longer withstand the impact of 10,000 catties, and the gate was slammed open, revealing a huge black hole.

In the distance, Li Chengdong also sneered, it was so easy to capture this seemingly solid stone city, he waved his sword and ordered: "Kill into the city!" ”

The 5,000 Ming army that was ready to attack rushed forward under the leadership of Li Chengdong, like a great river rushing, wielding spears and swords into Qingzhou City, the defenders in the city were frightened by the flames, and when they saw Li Chengdong leading the army into the city, they also knelt down and surrendered.