Chapter 92: The Fall of Zhaoqing
In the afternoon, Liu Shibo personally took Ding Zhuang in the city to the city wall to help, and after a brutal slashing, the east gate was still in the hands of the Ming army
The big families in the city have brought wine and food to the city wall****, just when Liu Shibo was going to drink some wine and rest tonight, he suddenly heard that the south gate and the north gate, which had been calm, suddenly broke out with a monstrous shouting and killing, and then saw two teams of cavalry with bright heads from the south gate and the north gate respectively into Zhaoqing City, Liu Shibo was stunned, and the officers and soldiers at the east gate were also stunned
"Master, master, the name of the merchant in the city is ****, in fact, it is to deceive the opening of the city gate, master, let's go, master! Let's go to His Royal Highness Zhaoqing, and if you lose it, you will lose it! "The master is going to pull Liu Shibo away when he comes
"Master Zhao, you have been with me for three or four years, and there are still more than a dozen taels of silver in my account, you can take it and run for your life, leave me alone" Liu Shibo's eyes were red but he turned around without a look
Master Zhao opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he sighed at Liu Shibo's back, and then left the city wall of Zhaoqing City quickly
Just when the two city gates were gradually controlled by the Qing army, Li Chengdong outside the east gate personally led his troops to launch a final attack on Zhaoqing City
Kong Youde, who was outside the city, looked at Li Chengdong with a confused face, and laughed contemptuously, Li Chengdong didn't know why the south gate and the north gate were suddenly taken, or why only the east gate was not taken, but he had to lead his troops to attack the east gate
Kong Youde deliberately did not let Nei Ying help Li Chengdong take the east gate, because the first time Kong Youde saw Li Chengdong, he knew that this person must not be a person who was peaceful, in other words, he looked unpleasant and wanted to clean him up
Since the Qing army had entered the city, the morale of the Ming army at the east gate had dropped sharply, and the power of example was infinite, with the first soldier to go, followed by the second, the third, and finally Li Chengdong Although there were some losses, the losses were not large
Li Chengdong took his own soldiers to climb the city from the ladder and began to attack the city, but when Li Chengdong came up, the Ming army was almost finished, and there was not much fighting, so only Liu Shibo was left to sit on the city tower alone
A group of soldiers surrounded a civilian official wearing a five-grade official uniform, and they didn't know what to do, but fortunately they met Li Chengdong and handed over this hot potato
Li Chengdong looked at Liu Shibo and found that the goods were already glazed, but when he saw Li Chengdong, a person who was dressed differently from the people around him, he finally reacted - pointing a sword at Li Chengdong
However, as soon as Liu Shibo stood up, he felt that the world was spinning, and his eyes rolled and the computer was automatically turned off, after all, after beating the drum all night and fighting all day, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he must be in shock, and the Qing army took over Zhaoqing City without any suspense
Zheng Jue was outside the city with Jingyuan's cavalry to help the farmers outside the city harvest crops and then transport them into the city, Zheng Jue was watching the horse-drawn harvester dashing, suddenly saw several horsemen covered in blood running from the direction of Zhaoqing
"My lord, it's not good, Zhaoqing is lost" Zheng Jue saw it carefully and found that the person who came was the personal soldier he sent to deliver the letter a few days ago
"What's wrong with Zhaoqing? How are Ze Sheng and Governor Liu? Zheng Jue jumped off his horse and walked over to the soldier and asked
"My lord, Zhaoqing is lost! General Sun is said to be afraid that a few arrows in his body will be more than auspicious, and Governor Liu is afraid that he will also be martyred" Zheng Jue heard what his own soldiers said, and only felt that the world was spinning, and only one sentence repeatedly appeared in his mind, Ze Sheng died? No way!
Zheng Jue stood up abruptly and stumbled into the carriage, "Go back to the General Soldier's Mansion!" In order to increase his speed, Zheng Jue has changed to a two-by-passenger four-wheeled carriage, and the speed has increased very quickly
When Zheng Jue returned to the General Soldier's Mansion, Zhu Youlang and Old Man Ma were already waiting there
"Big brother, Zhaoqing is lost, Zesheng is angry!"
Zhu Youlang didn't say anything, patted Zheng Jue's shoulder and said, "I know everything, it's okay, let's prepare to defend the enemy, let's take revenge on Zesheng in person!" ”
"Hmm"
The orders of the General Military Mansion were issued one after another, and the entire Jingyuan entered a state of combat readiness, "Ma Ge Lao, you go back to Wuzhou to prepare first, Wuzhou and Jingyuan have become horns, and they will definitely be able to defeat the Tartars!" "After Zhu Youlang became a prisoner, Ma Shiying should have become the first assistant of the cabinet, although there were many voices of opposition, but it didn't take long for the Qing army to come, and the voices of opposition went down
"Old lady, you can't go in, let's go first" Zheng Jue and Zhu Youlang were discussing preparations for war, and suddenly they heard a noise outside the room, and the soldiers of the General Military Mansion came in and said
"Your Royal Highness, my lord, Mrs. Sun is here, I have to see you, my lord......" Zheng Jue closed his eyes painfully and said
"Auntie, please come in."
"No"
Zheng Jue saw a white-haired old lady walking in on crutches, and first bowed to Zhu Youlang
"The old man pays a visit to His Royal Highness the Prison State"
"Old lady, excuse me, do it"
Zheng Jue obediently walked in front of Mrs. Sun, when Zheng Jue carried the black pot to Ze Sheng when she was a child, Mrs. Sun did not treat Zheng Jue as an outsider, and directly trained her
"Brother Jue, I heard that something happened to Ze Sheng?" Mrs. Sun asked in a trembling tone
"Who...... Who told you? Zheng Jue had a trace of cold sweat on his head, Zheng Jue knew that the person sitting in front of him at this moment was a mother who wanted to know whether her son was alive or dead, but because of this, Zheng Jue couldn't bear to tell her the truth, for fear that he would be sad
"You say that, what really happened to Ze Sheng?" Mrs. Sun's face was a little more worried, but she seemed to affirm something, and her tone eased a little
Zheng Jue's sweat flowed, and he found that he had made a mistake and missed it, and he couldn't hide it, so he had to tell the truth
"Aunt Sun, you are an elder, I can't lie to you, and I'm not qualified to lie to you, I won't tell you that something happened to Ze Sheng, but I haven't gotten the exact news yet, don't worry, I'll notify you as soon as there is news."
"Really?" Mrs. Sun's face gradually softened
"Really, when did I dare to lie to you"
"Okay, you guys should be busy first, if there is news from Zesheng, you must notify me! Your Highness, the old body retires"
Zhu Youlang and Zheng Jue looked at the back of Mrs. Sun who was far away, and could only sigh uncontrollably, the grain outside the city has not been fully collected, it seems that this time part of the grain is going to be burned in the ground, and the Qing army cannot be cheapened in vain
What Zheng Jue wants to know most now, in addition to Ze Sheng's situation, is how the Qing army entered Zhaoqing, if it was Li Chengdong's few pieces of material alone, it would not be possible to be so fast, but there was no other news coming back, Zheng Jue had to have a little more fear and fear for the upcoming Qing army
Since the news of the fall of Zhaoqing came, the entire Jingyuan to Wuzhou, the speed of harvesting was accelerated, and the soldiers and horses of the whole city began to adjust and change the defense, and the whole Guangxi was actively preparing for this battle, and in a certain sense, this battle decided the fate of Guangxi and even the Ming Dynasty