Zu Dabi was in a dilemma.

Retreat?

Taking advantage of the fact that the Taizhou Guard has not yet been encircled, retreat from the North Gate and then crossing the Yellow River. With the cavalry deployed by Qingjiangpu, it should not be difficult to retreat. But how to explain to Dorgon? Once Huai'an City is lost, Dorgon's deployment to restrain the Northern Expedition Army will be ineffective. It is hard to support it by relying solely on Yancheng. Once it is completely overturned, it will be a dead end to punishing the crime in the future.

But if the soldiers do not retreat, it will still be a dead end. Once the Taizhou Wei appears at the South Gate, the soldiers will realize that they are deceiving them and losing their trust. Once the soldiers do not trust the general, the consequences will be unimaginable. Apart from dying here in battle, Zu Dabi can't think of any other way out.

He did not want to surrender because he was loyal to the Qing Dynasty, but because his family was detained by Dorgon in Shuntian Prefecture. Once he surrendered, he implicated his family, including his brother Zu Dashou.

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

At this time, the Taizhou Guard vanguard had already begun to climb the city wall with arrows and stones.

Seeing people falling from the city walls constantly, Zu Dabi finally realized that his own lineage could not die in Huai'an!

Zu Dabi quickly ordered to withdraw!

withdraw?

Of course, it was not that the entire army retreated, but that Zu Dabi brought his personal guards to the city, led his direct troops to quickly scatter the rebels on the main street, and then with his direct Han Eight Banners.

As for the Huaian Guards on the city wall and the Dahe Guard soldiers... they can only rely on their destiny.

....

The battle on the city wall is still cruel.

The person who is red-eyed can't stop because once he stops, he will die.

It was Wu Zheng who ended this bloody battle.

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

The first sentence is "Zu Dabi escaped."

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

When the defenders heard this, they turned to look at the original position of Zu Dabi who spoke loudly on the city tower, saying, "Zhu is with you" and found that it was empty.

This psychological gap immediately made the soldiers feel depressed and empty.

When they heard that the King of Wu was in front of them, they realized that if they resisted, they would be afraid that the person who was different from their bodies and heads would be small and that the family in the city would be in trouble.

So, there is no intention of fighting anymore.

When the Taizhou Guard of Xicheng detoured to the south gate, Wu Zheng was already standing on the city tower.

The two teams met successfully, and the soldiers fell into crazy cheers.

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

At this time, I am afraid that the remaining enemies will no longer have the will to resist.

....

Zhao Shi is dead.

In fact, his injury was not serious, his abdomen was not deeply shot, and his timely stopping bleeding was not enough to be fatal.

But he was dead.

It was not that Zu Dabi was killed by Zu Dabi's direct line when he led his direct line to break through the main street and fled north.

But he was indeed dead.

Killed by angry "rebel" soldiers.

It is comforting that he took his last breath in Wu Zheng's arms.

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

But the "rebel" soldiers tightly cut the slit for him and prevented him from dying from bleeding prematurely. What kind of hatred is this?

When Wu Zheng held his neck, Zhao Shi's consciousness did not lose. He could still laugh, laughing strangely.

"Your Majesty...you finally come into the city..."

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

Zhao Shi smiled strangely: "It's not long ago... I joined Changlin Wei a year ago... I also blamed me for being greedy, just thinking about promotion... I thought, with the care of Taizhou Wei in the south, I should be in Huai'an City... I am in danger without any danger."

Wu Zheng nodded sadly, "It's normal for human nature... no one doesn't want to be promoted. Only... your luck seems to be bad... It's okay, you can live, I can save you, even if you don't have it... you can still be a thousand households, or even a commander... I promise!"

Zhao Shi shook his head, his eyes becoming confused, "Actually I could escape at that time... There were more than a hundred long Lin guards protecting me... but I dare not escape... I killed thousands of innocent people..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Shi suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Wu Zheng and said, "Prince, I swear... I asked Changlin Guard to break the stalemate and provoke a war before, not because of my own intentions... I just wanted to help you break this damn city..."

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

"Thank you, Prince." Zhao Shiyouyou let out a sigh, "I have a request..."

Wu Zheng hurriedly said, "You said that."

"Please give me a knife."

Wu Zheng was stunned and said anxiously, "Brother Zhao, you are really rescued. Although you are disabled, you don't lose much blood. There is a military doctor in Taizhou Guard..."

Zhao Shi shook his head and said, "I originally wanted to be promoted, but then I realized what the purpose of promotion is... Living with thousands of lives has become a torture. It is better to die than to be a death sentence."

Wu Zheng was silent, and then said in a deep voice: "If you want to take revenge, it doesn't matter if you can't tell who harmed you... You should be clear that I have some methods to know. Once it is found out, no one will be left!"

Wu Zheng did not deceive Zhao Shi, but came from his heart. This has nothing to do with right or wrong, good or evil, but only about feelings. Compared with those strange "rebels", Zhao Shi quickly made a choice.

It’s not that Wu Zheng has a deep relationship with Zhao Shi. In fact, in Wu Zheng’s heart, Zhao Shi is a real villain.

But it was precisely because Zhao Shi, who was a real villain, did not die under the enemy's sword while serving the country, but was so cruel to this point by the so-called "one person", which made Wu Zheng feel a sense of depression and impulse to destroy everything in this city.

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

As Zhao Shi said, in fact, his true intention of provoking fire was not out of selfish thoughts. In fact, if it weren't for his "poisonous plan", the rebels would not have ended much better, or even worse.

"I don't blame them... They have lost their loved ones and have not killed me with one knife in the end, so that I can still live and see the prince again... I should thank them for their kindness."

Wu Zheng was stunned, then nodded slowly, "It's okay, I'll accumulate blessings for you."

"I feel very painful..." Zhao Shi looked at Wu Zheng with a pleading look, "Prince, for the sake of your friendship five years ago... For the sake of your call to me, brother... help me..."

This is not the first time, a stinging pain flashed in Wu Zheng's heart. Once upon a time, wasn't that woman begging her for the same reason?

Wu Zheng looked at Zhao Shi's bloody tragic phenomenon and sighed, "Are you... sure?"

Zhao Shi grinned slightly and muttered vaguely: "My heart is dead... there is no other request."
Chapter completed!