Zhu Ruofan clearly felt that after a night, the intensity of the Ming army's attack suddenly increased. If a night was just a silent attack like the wind and drizzle, then after a night, it suddenly turned into a storm and thunder mixed with thunder and lightning. In just half a day, the two Ming troops completely cleared Zhu Ruofan's defenses on the periphery and met in the southern city of Laizhou. In fact, Zhu Ruofan is now surrounded by all sides, because the Honghe River is also a Ming person.

Standing on the top of the city and looking at the Ming army who were preparing to attack the city in the distance, Zhu Ruofan knew that life and death might be the next moment. The Laizhou Bridge still existed on the Red River. Although the Ming army controlled the Lai River, it did not blow it up. It was probably because it had regarded Laizhou as a treasure and was unwilling to destroy it, or it was keeping this bridge to give itself a thought, so that it would use this bridge to escape back to the north bank when it could not resist, which would also be regarded as reducing the difficulty of their attack.

He would never retreat to the north bank. Zhu Ruofan pressed the hilt of his waist. If he gave up, the river water in the Lai River upstream would break out of the dike like wild horses that broke out of the border. This would cause heavy losses to the Ming army. However, above the Lai River, there were more people in Laizhou. The Ming army was only tens of thousands at best, but the people in Laizhou counted in units of 100,000. More importantly, even if the river was dug and released, for an organized army, they could make the most correct and fastest decision in the shortest time. They had airships in the sky, which could make them a warning for a long time in advance. However, ordinary people did not have this condition. After a flood, the Ming army might not die, but the people in Laizhou would definitely not survive.

I could not convince Xu Junsheng to give up such a plan to kill a hundred enemies and lose ten thousand of himself, so I could only let myself stick to the last moment and die, and I would never see it again. The invisibility is pure.

In the distance, a high lookout tower had been set up on the Ming army's position. Suqian and Lu Dayuan stood on the lookout tower and were also looking at the southern city of Laizhou. These two armies, one from the former Western Army of Chu, and the other was adapted from the elite Qin. Neither of them were the local army of the Ming Dynasty, but they were the two armies that Chu and Qin Feng could fight the most.

"It seems that this guy doesn't plan to retreat anymore." Lu Dayuan put down the telescope in his hand and told Suqian beside him.

Suqian nodded, "It's a respectable guy. He probably wanted to exchange his last struggle for that insignificant opportunity."

"Or it's just asking for kindness." Lu Dayuan said: "He is a local general in Laizhou."

"I was wondering if he knew that Xu Junsheng's arrangement on the Lai River embankment had been destroyed by us, would he still be so persistent?" Suqian smiled. "To be honest, I really want to send someone to inform him now, run away, don't struggle here."

"This is really a good idea." Lu Dayuan's eyes lit up. "This guy acted like a mortal stance to trap beasts and fight with persistence. It will cause us great trouble. More importantly, I don't want this guy to die passionately on the South Bank. No matter what, such a hero will still inspire Qiren's heart of honor and disgrace and determination to die. Do you think that a general who retreats without fighting against a strong enemy and a general who faces a strong enemy to fight to the end. I think the one in front is more beneficial to us."

Suqian clapped and said, "It seems that the heroes have similar views. What we want to hit Qi people is confident. Even if the general is a fierce lion, if all his subordinates become gentle lambs, then this lion is probably not able to do anything."

The two looked at each other and laughed.

On the north bank, above the tall city tower, Xu Junsheng and Ding Shengming were also watching the battle situation on the south bank at this moment.

"General Xu, it's time for Zhu Ruofan to retreat to the north shore. The Ming people did not blow up the bridge. That was to give Zhu Ruofan a way to escape and order him to retreat," Ding Xianming said loudly.

"I have never given the order to keep him to the death." Xu Junsheng said in a cold voice: "He can decide when to withdraw from the North Bank. The reason why he doesn't leave is that he doesn't want to leave."

"Then send reinforcements," Ding Shengming said angrily: "The river surface was blocked by the Ming army, but the Laizhou Bridge is in our hands. We can send reinforcements over."

"How many people have passed, how many people die?" Xu Junsheng shook his head and said, "The terrain like Nancheng will help the Ming army maximize their firepower advantages. I will not invest my limited manpower in the battle that will definitely lose. On the north bank, we can use the terrain here to give the Ming army greater damage."

"Then are you watching Zhu Ruofan die in battle?" Ding Shengming said angrily.

"He seeks benevolence and gets benevolence." Xu Junsheng was still calm, "Every general of the Great Qi must have the awareness of Zhu Ruofan. If he sticks to more Ming troops in the south city, we will get more results."

"Have you issued an order to explode the dam?" Ding Xianming said in a trembling voice.

"This morning, my personal guard Xu Guo has already set off." Xu Junsheng took a deep breath: "If everything goes well, there is still an hour, which is probably the most intense time when the Ming army attacks Nancheng, and the flood will arrive as scheduled. Usually, the Ming army has airships, which can be warned a lot in advance and win a lot of time for them, but when they are fighting fiercely, when Zhu Ruofan is entangled with them desperately, I want to see how much they can escape."

A fierce look swept across the Ming army gunboats that were unscrupulously storming on the river. Xu Junsheng continued: "When the water of the Lai River does not rush from the river, but comes from other places, I want to see if these Ming army gunboats can still be as good as they are now."

"Countless people..." Ding Xianming had not finished his sentence, but had been cut off by Xu Junsheng.

"In the face of crisis, every Qi person must have the belief of sacrificing himself for his country, whether he is a soldier or an ordinary person."

Ding Shengming could only sigh and remain silent.

Xu Junsheng was calm like a stubborn stone. He raised his telescope again and looked at the south bank. The two countries and the two armies were facing each other, but the Qi army still had many things made by the Ming people. For example, the telescope used by senior generals of the Ming army was imported from the Ming country during the peace period between the two countries. Of course, it is impossible to obtain such things from the Ming people now, and the Qi people have not been able to produce such good things by themselves.

"I actually sent someone to persuade Zhu Ruofan to surrender." Xu Junsheng sneered, "If he could persuade him to surrender, he wouldn't have been on the south bank until now."

Hearing Xu Junsheng's words, Ding Shengming quickly raised the telescope in his hand and looked at the south bank. He saw a Ming cavalry holding a white flag high and leaping over the open battlefield and running towards the city.

Ding Shengming deeply felt that Xu Junsheng said this. Zhu Ruofan knew Xu Junsheng's plan to blew up the dam. If he was afraid of death, he would have withdrawn long ago. The Ming army's persuasion to surrender was destined to return in vain.

"Guess if Zhu Ruofan will kill the envoy of the Ming army?" Xu Junsheng asked.

"No," Ding said decisively, "Although Zhu Ruofan is a military general, he has a gentlemanly spirit."

"If it were me, I would kill this person to establish his authority." Xu Junsheng said disapprovingly.

No matter what Xu Junsheng thought, Zhu Ruofan actually opened the city gate openly and let the Ming cavalry enter. This way, his enemies Suqian and Lu Dayuan were also worried about it.

Zhu Ruofan held his waist knife, watched Long Xinghu Bu walk towards his Ming cavalry without fear, and smiled and said, "I let you in, not want to listen to your advice to surrender to me, so you don't have to worry about it. I let you in, just want you to see that my subordinates and I have the determination to die. After I go back, I tell your general that if you want a city, I will exchange enough lives for you."

Zhu Ruofan's voice was sonorous and powerful. On the city and under the city, Qi soldiers who heard his words raised their weapons and shouted angrily. Their power was so strong that the Ming army knights were very brave and had a great psychological advantage. At this moment, their faces changed slightly.

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, the Ming army knight bowed to Zhu Ruofan and said, "General Zhu has already seen the style of General Zhu. The Ming army is invincible in the world, but it has always admired the warriors the most. So today, I am not here to persuade him to surrender. How could we use such things to insult people like General Zhu?"

Zhu Ruofan said strangely: "Since you are not here to persuade the surrender, what are you here to do?"

The Ming army knight smiled and said, "My general, Jean Mo, wants to tell General Zhu that you don't have to die here in vain. Your General Xu's blow-up of the embankment and lure the water of the Lai River back to the south of the Honghe River to hinder our army's plan. It has gone bankrupt. Now the most critical section of the Lai River embankment is under our control. The gunpowder buried by Xu Junsheng will never explode."

The voice of the Ming army knights was also very loud, so loud that everyone around could hear it clearly. As soon as they said that, not only did the smile on Zhu Ruofan's face solidify, but all the Qi soldiers around him also turned into wood sculptures.

After a while, Zhu Ruofan said with difficulty: "What are you talking nonsense?"
Chapter completed!