At the end of the Ming Dynasty, I freely traveled through Yangshen

Chapter 160

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Chasing behind Zhu Cixiang and others were Li Zicheng's nephews Li Guo and Tang Tong, with a total of more than 8000 people. Because these 8000 people were all thieves, lacking vitamin A, and most of them suffered from night blindness, they guarded carefully at night. Muskets were set up everywhere, and because Zhu Cixiang was still some distance away from them, he couldn't fight back for the time being.

As a result, in the early morning of the second day, more than 8000 people arrived at the gate of Wangqingtuo City.

However, this time Wang Qingtuo was a little weird.

Li Guo and others rode to the foot of Wang Qingtuo City. There was a guzheng on the wall, and an old man was playing the guzheng on it without any distractions. However, the distance was too far, and the eight thousand soldiers below did not understand what music the man was playing. .

It was even weirder below the city gate. Several people dressed as ordinary people were sweeping the floor at the city gate, while the city gate was still wide open, looking like they were casually entering.

Good guy, Tang Tong's people were fooled right now.

"This is?"

Li Guo waved his hand upwards, causing the eight thousand Da Shun soldiers to stop. He looked at the scene in front of him, and his head didn't react for a while.

What's going on? Open the door and surrender?It's not like that, even if you open the door to welcome King Chuang, you have to find a few people to sing below to welcome King Chuang.

When Li Guo didn't understand, Tang Tong who was standing aside suddenly exclaimed, "Master Marquis, this is an empty city plan, this is an empty city plan!"

Tang Tong reacted quickly and felt that this scene was very familiar. Isn't this the scene in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms where Zhuge Liang wisely retreated from Sima Yi? He was familiar with the Three Kingdoms.

"Oh, it's the Three Kingdoms!"

Li Guo also realized it. Although he had not read many Four Books and Five Classics, he still knew the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This book was also very popular in the northwest and was adapted into a play. In the good years, the stage was still on the street. Have sung it.

"Isn't this just trying to be mysterious?"

Li Guo smiled and said to Tang Tongtong next to him, "Ask these people if they have seen those Ming people. The 2000 people we are chasing are all Ming troops. We have been chasing them all night. There is no way they will disappear here."

"Old sir, we are from Dashun. Our Emperor Dashun has taken Beijing. Now as long as you hand over Prince Zhu Ming, we will not do anything to Wang Qingtuo."

Tang Tong was very polite and shouted to the city wall, "We know that Prince Zhu Ming is here to challenge Wang Renyi. If Prince Zhu Ming surrenders, he can also become the heir apparent of the prince's family."

This morning, these 8000 people received Li Zicheng's imperial edict from the capital. The city of Beijing has been occupied by the people of Dashun. But the key is here. There are only [-] or [-] people in Beijing.

Where did the other million people go?And where are the tens of millions of taels of silver that left at the same time with millions of people?

This did not worry King Chuang to death, so the imperial edict also specifically stated that Prince Zhu Ming should be captured and forced to find out where the people had gone.

"Old man, I don't know, General Tang is also a famous general, why, you surrendered too?"

The old man playing the harp above continued to play the harp with a calm expression, "But the city gates are open. If you want to come in, then come in."

The old man was Cao Huachun, the head of the Cao family in Wang Qingtuo. He was actually extremely nervous. He was called out by Prince Zhu to perform the empty city strategy, and his old bones were tortured.

But now he can only bite the bullet and continue acting. He can't afford to offend the 8000 vicious people below, but Prince Zhu is a god, so he can't afford to offend him!

"However, you have to think carefully. There are tens of thousands of troops in my city."

After saying that, the old man ignored the 8000 people below the city gate and continued to remain silent in his own world as if they were nothing.

No one saw that Cao Huachun's hands and feet were shaking. He was showing off his acting skills!
"With tens of thousands of troops in an empty city, are you a fool?"

"Hmph, you are so brave to sing about the empty city strategy in front of E Dashun. Li Guo wants to see what medicine you are selling in your gourd!" Li Guo snorted coldly and ordered all 8000 people to enter the city. Out of caution, Li Guo's men from Dashun were in the back, and Tang Tong, a general from the Ming Dynasty, was in the front.

Seeing that more than 8000 people were about to enter the city, the servants who were sweeping the floor at the gate were so frightened that they ran in. Even the old man playing the piano above got up immediately and hurried in without falling.

Cao Huachun is not stupid. The goal has been achieved and the task is almost completed. If he stays here any longer, he will be a fool.

"Hahaha, let's all go in. Millions of people in Beijing should be right behind. They are stalling for time. They tried an empty plan for the Eda Shun Army in Beijing City, and now they want to do it again. Is the E Da Shun Army right?" Will be fooled by the same trick a second time!"

Li Guo watched and laughed, feeling proud that he had exposed the conspiracy of the old man on the gate tower of Wang Qingtuo City.

When these people entered the city gate, Li Guo ordered a search. When he saw that there was no one here, he knew that these people must be hiding.

After searching for a while, the person in front sent a message saying that no one was found.

"Could this Wangqingtuo be an empty city? But isn't this Wangqingtuo one of the most prosperous places within a hundred miles?"

Just when Li Guo realized something was wrong, he looked back and heard a creak. Wang Qingtuo's city gate was blown shut by a gust of wind at some point.

"No, there's something wrong with this city!"

Li Guo was not stupid. He realized that something was wrong with the situation, and immediately secretly sent an order to his troops to retreat first. He did not send a message to Tang Tong, obviously to let the surrendered general take a look at the situation.

Tang Tong also felt strange. There were a lot of people in this city. Why was there no one there now? It was like a dead city. This was obviously unreasonable. However, his soldiers could not find a single person. , didn’t understand what was going on.

Suddenly, Tang Tong saw a stooped old man walking at the entrance of the alley ahead. This man was the one who played the piano on the city gate tower before.

But now this old man is no longer the eunuch Cao Huachun. He is the soul of Zhu Cixiang. He can be regarded as a ghost.

"Let's go and catch that old guy and ask where everyone has gone!"

Tang Tong directed the surrounding soldiers, and immediately the soldiers rushed out more than 20 men on horseback. These men were all holding muskets and looked fierce, and they rushed towards the old man.

And the old man's footsteps also quickened, and he entered an alley, and more than 20 men on horseback chased after him, walking about tens of meters.

"Sister, it's your turn to perform!"

The old man shouted into the alley, then fled into the corner and disappeared.

"Chase, this old guy is right here!"

Several surrendered generals on horseback looked at this scene, laughed ferociously, and jumped on their horses to follow.

After entering this alley, they were stunned.

"What the hell!"

"come out!"

Because in the darkness of the corner of the alley, a huge black shadow was floating in it. Its two eyes were as black as ink, but with reflections. The hard and slightly red armor on its body appeared vaguely in outline in the darkness.

　come on,

　　
　
(End of this chapter)