Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 323

Jining Prefecture City.

Shang Kexi, who fled all the way here, was surrounded. He stood on the city wall and looked at the Ming cavalry who were besieging the city on all sides, with despair in his eyes.

I thought I could be rescued by fleeing to Jining, but who knew that Jining had become an empty city after fleeing all the way here, and Zhishun Wang Geng Zhongming, who was supposed to lead [-] troops here, had already evacuated here, leaving an empty city alone, and There was no food and grass in the city, and the people all abandoned the city to flee famine.

The men and horses were exhausted from running all the way, and before they could leave, the Jinwu cavalry of the Ming army had already caught up.

"My lord, we only have 98 riders left."

98 riders, all men and horses are tired and hungry, guarding an empty city alone.

"Kill a horse and have a full meal first." Shang Kexi said.

Jining is a scattered state under the administration of Yanzhou Prefecture. In the early Ming Dynasty, Jining City was still called Rencheng. It was located on a high-lying fishing mountain. It was an old city built with earth. The brick wall was rebuilt, and in 18 years, Jining Prefecture was changed to Jining Prefecture, and the prefecture governed Rencheng, leaving only three counties.

Up to now, the name of Rencheng County has been gradually abolished, and people no longer call it the county seat, but directly call it Jining Zhoucheng or Zhoucheng.

The current Jining Prefecture City is fairly complete. It is an irregular square, three feet eight feet high, two feet wide at the top, four feet wide at the base, ten miles and thirty steps in circumference, with bricks on the outside and soil on the inside. There are military and horse roads on both sides of the four gates.

There are towers, forts, parapets, crenels on the city, moats below, suspension bridges outside the four gates, Haizi in the four corners of the city walls, the outer city, polder gates and outer moats.

If Geng Zhongming's [-] soldiers are still there, then with this brick city and the Yanzhou Eight Banners army not far away, they can completely not be afraid of the Ming army.

But now, Geng's second child has run away.

There was even no food and no one in the city.

He only has 98 riders left, which is not enough to keep four goals.

A deep sense of despair rose in Shang Kexi's heart. Looking at the bright flag outside the city, he couldn't help recalling the years when he fought under that flag.

At that time, he and his father and brother were unwilling to be reconciled to the raging gold, and they joined the army to resist. They joined Mao Wenlong and joined Dongjiang Town. He fought in Dongjiang Town for ten years and accumulated meritorious service all the way to the deputy general of Guanglu Island.

Looking back on those ten years, it was the most passionate ten years in his life, and it was also the ten years when he had the most ideals in his life, and he was even willing to die for his ideals.

Those were the most meaningful ten years of his life.

He rebelled against Hou Jin, fought for the Ming Dynasty, fought for the Han people, and fought for loyalty.

He is worthy of his fellow clan in Liaodong and the imperial court.

If Mao Wenlong hadn't been killed by Yuan Chonghuan at the discretion of Yuan Chonghuan back then, Dongjiang Town had frequent internal strife afterwards. Although he had been obeying the imperial court's orders and suppressed the rebellion for the imperial court, in exchange for it, Shen Shikui, the general soldier of Dongjiang, wanted to kill him unjustly.

He was forced to surrender to Houjin, and hundreds of members of his family died for the sake of the Ming Dynasty.

Looking back, those dusty memories became clear again.

Looking at the bright flag, Shang Kexi actually had a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty?" The Ming thief is about to attack. "I have already divided the brothers into four gates, but there are too few of us."

Shang Kexi didn't panic at all, he looked at the middle officer who followed him from Dongjiang back then, "Second Geng deliberately wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, and put me to death. Kong Youde missed in Xia Town before, so he must be aware of the strength of the Ming army, but Deliberately not mentioning a word, let me act as the striker, ha ha."

"Your Majesty, brothers cover you to break through and go back. You must impeach the two thieves Kong and Geng to the court."

"late."

"We ran out with only one horse. We were exhausted all the way. Now that there are so many bright horsemen outside, it is impossible to escape back to Yanzhou.

This is where I end up! "

"Your Majesty, brothers cover your escape. I will change clothes and armor with you to attract the Ming army."

"It's useless."

If he had known that Jining was an empty city, he would not have exhausted his last bit of strength to come here, and if he fled in other directions, there might still be a glimmer of life.

But now trapped here, there is no chance.

"I used to fight for the Ming Dynasty for ten years, and I deserved the kindness of the king and the country. Later, I was forced to flee to Houjin, and Emperor Taizong treated me with great kindness. I was awarded the title of king by a general, and now let me die here. .”

"After I die, you cut off my head and surrender in Kaesong, maybe the Ming army can spare my life."

Outside the city, Ming rides a Mercedes-Benz, and the red flag is hunting.

The desperate Shang Kexi drew his sword.

"My lord, it's really impossible, let's surrender together!"

Shang Kexi refused.

"I used to be a Ming minister, but it was long ago. I crossed the sea and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty 12 years ago, so I am no longer a Ming minister. The Qing Dynasty treated me well, so how can I be capricious."

"Now the only way is to die to repay the kindness of the Qing Dynasty, and to die to show my ambition."

Shang Kexi still has family members and generals in Haizhou, Liaodong. He also has seven sons, and the youngest son has just been born. If he surrenders now, the people in Haizhou will definitely not be spared.

Say it.

Shang Kexi swung his sword and killed himself.

The horns outside the city were loud, and Mingqi shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhong Jun held Shang Kexi in his arms and wept. He had followed Shang Kexi for more than ten years, but he did not expect this to end.

Shang Kexi's eyes were dull and scattered.

A generation of heroes died in the empty city of Jining.

Holding Shang Kexi's corpse howled, the Chinese army summoned the remaining dozens of cavalry.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to come down."

"I also don't want to descend!"

"My wife and children are all in Liaodong."

The dozens of riders are all Shang Kexi's most confidant servants, and they are all silent when they hear the words.

"Let's burn it for the king, so that the Ming thieves don't insult the king's body!"

Dozens of Liao cavalry silently went to fetch wood and so on.

There are only two paths before them. Jiangming may survive, but his family members in Liaodong must die.Or commit suicide like Shang Kexi, and exchange his own life for the lives of his family members.If they die, they can still get the name of being killed in battle, and their wives and children can still get pensions.

Outside the city, Zhang Mingbin and Zhu Shengli led the cavalry to attack, and they rushed all the way to the city without any resistance.

Just when he was wondering, thick smoke billowed from the city.

When several cavalry climbed up the city wall with hook cables, opened the city gate from inside, and rode into the city, none of them encountered any resistance.

Finally, they saw the burning fire and the smell of barbecue coming from the state government office in Jining Prefecture.

fire out.

The Jinwu cavalry found 98 charred corpses, judging from the armor and other fragments, these were Shang Kexi and others who had fled into the city.

Set fire to himself?

Zhang Mingbin didn't quite believe it, so he sent people to continue to search the whole city. As a result, the horses were also found, and 98 horses were found.

"Really dead?"

"Looks like he's dead."

"Where is Geng Zhongming from Jining City?"

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After searching for an hour, they concluded that Shang Kexi was indeed dead, and set fire to himself.

Containing the half-burned corpse, Zhang Mingbin ordered people to rush to the rear to report victory.

Completely wiped out 8000 troops of Tartar King Zhishun Shang Kexi, and even forced Shang Kexi to set himself on fire in the city of Jining.

　happy New Year!
　　Thank you Fengyu Wufei, Mingyue Buzhou for your reward, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)