Duoduo, who was leading the Eight Banner Army outside the city, did not know about Geng Zhongming's defeat in Tongguan City.

Since ancient times, the most difficult thing in siege battles was the battle between the city walls and the city gates. Now the city walls have changed hands early, so the resistance in this city is at best a problem with moss.

When I read the history books, I have never heard of a good city wall that cannot be defended, fighting street battles in the city and turning the tables, and finally turning defeat into victory.

Moreover, the battle reports that Geng Zhongming had previously reported said that the city was progressing smoothly. Although he encountered some resistance from the enemy, the men and women fought for the first place and won many heads.

Therefore, Duoduo did not take too much attention to the war in the city. Before that, Geng Zhongming led the way to capture the Tongguan city gate. Duoduo was willing to leave more time for Geng Zhongming to get more military merits in Tongguan city and earn some confiscation.

So he ordered his troops to take turns to rest and wait for Geng Zhongming's good news in the city.

But seeing that the Eight Banners Manchu and the Eight Banners Mongolian troops had been on several rounds, they had not heard the news that Tongguan had been defeated. This made Duoduo a little anxious.

It was dark early in the first month, and it was not early to go out today. I experienced a lot of messy things such as "Ma Shiyao's deceiving surrender" and "robbing the city gate" on the city. When Geng Zhongming's troops entered Tongguan City in batches to clear the enemy's troops, it was almost noon.

Now it's a few more hours passed, and the sun is turning west, but it's getting dark.

Duoduo was anxious and thought to himself: "The surrendered Han army was useless after all. After entering the city to clear Yu Ni, it was not done for most of the time. It was really useless."

Thinking of this, he no longer waited for Geng Zhongming's good news and directly ordered the entire army to be integrated into the city, and quickly resolved the stubborn enemy in the city with thunder.

The Qing army outside the city had already been impatient. In the cold weather, if they had been fighting, some activities would be relieved. Now they have been standing outside the city for a day, and their soles of their feet were numb. They were eager to quickly go to the city to resolve the battle so that they could return to the camp to keep the fire warm.

Now that we finally waited for the order, we were not willing to delay it. The troops of various tribes were immediately excited and almost howled all the way, and then rushed into Tongguan City.

The moment the Qing army entered the city was exactly the moment when Geng Zhongming's army was defeated. As soon as the Qing army entered the city, the formation had not yet been set, they encountered the Eight Banners Han Army defeated from the front.

After experiencing bloody battles in the past, he finally lost a big loss and lost. He just wanted to escape from Tongguan. He and the Qing army, who had been waiting outside the city for a day and finally entered the city and were about to show their skills, met a head-on face.

If you are fighting outside the city, Duoduo will let the archers in front of you suppress the formation. Let the defeated troops scatter on both sides and walk around the formation, and do not disrupt the formation.

However, the city is now narrow, and the vanguard troops that had already entered the city have not yet developed their formation. The troops in the back formation are still outside the city, rushing up and eager to enter the city. In this way, thousands of Qing troops are crowded in a corner of the east gate of Tongguan and suddenly become in chaos.

The formation is very important when the two armies are facing each other. If the formation is in chaos, the soldiers behind are unclear, so they think that if the front loses, it will likely cause a retreat and a chain reaction, and the battle will be lost half.

Duoduo knew that he could not be compassionate at this time. Once the defeated troops in front rushed to the formation, the situation was likely to reverse and even the entire army would be involved in collapse.

So he waved his hand and ordered the vanguard not to be polite. Anyone who dares to retreat in the battle will be engaged in military law regardless of the size of the Manchu and Han ranks or the size of the official positions.

After this order, the Qing army of the Manchus, who was in the forefront, would naturally not be polite. They stepped on each other's swords and killed each other for a while, and were killed by the Qing army blocked the door behind them.

In a short while, Geng Zhongming's Eight Banners Han Army suffered serious casualties, much more casualties than when fighting with the heroes in front.

The retreating Han army saw the Qing army behind him launching a massacre. He knew that Duoduo was really angry. In desperation, he had to turn around and kill the heroes in the city.

Unfortunately, the Han army, whose morale is in chaos, was instantly disbanded when they met the heroes.

Geng Zhongming's central army was like meat stuffing sandwiched in a pie, pulling and beating on both sides. They killed each other, fled wildly, and trampled on each other. In a short while, the central army dispersed the flesh like broken watermelons.

Geng Zhongming's relatives, regardless of whether they were his own people or enemies, fought desperately to break out of a bloody path and protected Geng Zhongming from the siege.

Because the east city gate was blocked by Duoduo's army, and the heroes were frantically counterattacking in the west. In desperation, Geng Zhongming had to defeat the south of the city.

The heroes seemed to have recognized Geng Zhongming as a big fish, and they actually divided up a team to chase him.

Geng Zhongming fought and ran all the way, but he turned around and met Mo Jiu, a dear official who had just escaped from the Supervisor's Office.

After a few simple words, I roughly understood the other party's experience, but it was not convenient to explain in detail on the battlefield. So the two sides joined forces together.

I looked at the number of left-off people. Although it was a little more than the number just now, the situation was not optimistic.

Perhaps Geng Zhongming's Qing prince's stomach was conspicuous, and soon the heroes chased him again.

Geng Zhongming thought that when a large army gathered on both sides of the east and west, it was now a pot of porridge, so he would definitely not be able to go.

The momentum of the bandit army on Mo Jiu's side was also amazing. More than a hundred elite white-armored soldiers died, but none of them ran back. Now, there are only a few hundred remaining defeated soldiers under his command, which is more than ten times the combat power of the elite white-armored soldiers. I'm afraid it's not enough for the opponent to pull it.

So Geng Zhongming ordered to follow Mo Jiu and break out in another direction. However, Geng Zhongming ignored one thing in a hurry. The direction Mo Jiu came to the south of Tongguan City. In other words, Mo Jiu had been fleeing to the north of Tongguan City.

In fact, as early as more than ten days ago, Geng Zhongming had a rough look at the map of Tongguan at Duoduo's military meeting. However, he never felt that the Eight Banners Han Army under his jurisdiction would become the main force to capture Tongguan in the end.

These days, he has been fighting with Li Zicheng's troops on the periphery, so he has carefully studied the terrain of the periphery of Tongguan, but he only took a rough look at the terrain inside Tongguan.

Now the enemy is chasing him and in a hurry, he subconsciously chose a path with the least enemy, but he forgot that the north of Tongguan City is actually a dead end.

Since ancient times, there have been four gates in Tongguan City, namely the East Gate, the West Gate, the South Gate, and the South Gate. However, there is no north Gate.

Just because the north of Tongguan is the Yellow River, Tongguan is built with a high height, and there is a steep cliff in the north, and the rolling Yellow River water is under the cliff. Therefore, not only does there be no city gate in the north of Tongguan, but there is even a city wall. No enemy can climb up from that direction.

Geng Zhongming had seen the map of Tongguan, but he forgot to do it thoroughly. The most important official positions of personal soldiers such as Mo Jiu were the whistle officers and the generals of the Qi. At such a level, he was not qualified to attend Prince Yu's military meeting, let alone see the internal map of Tongguan.

Now that the personal soldiers saw Geng Zhongming pointing out the direction of the breakthrough, they would just protect the prince and kill him.

As the saying goes, the general is the courage of the army, and the relatives have a backbone in their hearts. This has boosted the morale that has fallen to the extreme and worked together to fight to the "imagined north gate of Tongguan".

Although a lot of manpower was lost along the way, fortunately, they were in danger and rushed over several times when they encountered the enemy. After passing the central axis of Tongguan, the more they walked north, the fewer the enemy troops were. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

Next, as long as Yu Yong rises up and wins the "North Gate of Tongguan" in one fell swoop. Everyone will be born.

Mo Jiu was standing by Geng Zhongming's side and felt the most proud.

"After this battle, my position may have to move upward. Although the prince was defeated today, tens of thousands of troops were lost in Tongguan City, most of the deaths were the newly surrendered Han army. They were just a little cannon fodder.

Cannon fodder like this is boastful. As long as my Qing Dynasty’s Wuyun is prosperous, I will have as much as I want. Just a few days ago, the general of Henan, Xu Dingguo, took the initiative to send his two sons across the Yellow River as hostages and requested surrender.

You should know that Prince Yu Duoduo's army had just passed Mengjin at that time, and it was Li Zicheng who wanted to deal with it. In other words, the target of the Qing army was not Henan at all, but the Henan general Xu Dingguo, who had more than 10,000 elite soldiers, could not sit still and came to ask his wife to offer his son without hesitation. What an enlightenment is this!"

Of course, Mo Jiu never thought that he was of the same level as the newly surrendered Han army. How many years have he left his braids? This is called entering the pass from the dragon. How can he compare with these surrendered Han army?

Now that I am in trouble with the prince, I may be able to imagine the position of the battalion in the future.

Thinking of this, Mo Jiu felt a little more eager, his legs slammed his horse's belly and shouted: "Brothers, break through, right now! Come with me to grab the door!"

After saying that, he ran forward first. The relatives were not willing to be outdone. They followed Mo Jiu closely and vowed to seize the "North Gate" in one go.

The relatives rose up Yu Yong, and their morale was high. They ran north for a while. They saw that the houses gradually decreased and traces of weeds were exposed on the ground.

Mo Jiu looked at the end of the weeds, but did not see the towering city tower as imagined. The weeds in front were connected to the blue sky, and there seemed to be no city wall.

Seeing that the front was open, everyone thought to the right place. "Is it possible that the wall at the north gate of Tongguan City collapsed and was not rebuilt?"

But Mo Jiu had a sudden sensation in his heart, and had some ominous premonition, so he hurriedly urged the horse to check forward.

Sure enough, at the end of the weeds, not only did there be no city walls, but there was no more than the earth. When we opened the weeds, there was a cliff more than ten feet deep in front, and under the cliff was the Yellow River. Because it was the weather in the first month, the Yellow River had already frozen.

The entire Yellow River is full of stacks of protruding ice ridges. Looking from top to bottom, it looks like an extremely huge pig woman lying on the ground, revealing her hideous back.

Crossing the Yellow River, the undulating black mountain in the distance opposite is the famous Zhongtiao Mountain.

Mo Jiu naturally would not know that three hundred years later, a group of barbarians from the East stood on Zhongtiao Mountain, looking at the Yellow River and sighed. Although the soldiers and guns were strong and armed to their teeth, they never crossed this dangerous step.

"No———No road, nothing!" Someone in the team started to cry, and suddenly there was a constant sound of wailing in the team.

There is a natural danger blocking the road in front, and pursuers constantly attacking behind. Unless there are wings in the ribs, it will be difficult to overcome this natural danger.

Geng Zhongming's relatives seemed to have all their strength been drawn out all at once. Everyone fought hard for a day and could still charge while standing up, relying on the will to escape.

Everyone's only hope is to break the north gate and run away. Now facing natural danger, this hope is naturally self-defeating. Everyone couldn't help but collapse to the ground and no longer have the strength to stand up.

This is what people do. Sometimes they rely on a belief to support them. Once the belief is destroyed, the people will disperse. The strength I had just wanted to escape was exhausted. They sat on the ground one by one, just thinking about closing their eyes and waiting for death.

At this time, dust flew up in the distance, and Geng Zhong knew that the heroes' pursuers were coming in an instant. But now, these relatives under his command were reluctant to stand up even if they stood up, let alone resisting with swords.

I was born in Pi Island and had excellent water quality. To be honest, if it was summer, I wouldn’t have been gritting my teeth and jumping down from the cliff and plunging into the Yellow River. Maybe I could still live in death and use my life to gain a way out of life.

But now the Yellow River is frozen in a solid porcelain, and the sharp ice ridges on it are even more terrifying than the blade. If you jump down, it will be like a thousand swords piercing through it, and you will be stabbed to pieces. You can't even get a whole body.

Although Geng Zhongming was the king of Huaishun, he was actually extremely weak and the most timid.

In the original history, just because his subordinates had taken over Manchu slaves, they were afraid of committing suicide while holding tens of thousands of troops. However, King Shangkexi, who committed the same crime, was fined only 4,000 taels of silver, and lived to the fifteenth year of Kangxi.

From this we can see that Geng Zhongming is actually cowardly, but his identity as a prince in his daily life is not easy to be noticed. Now he is in a desperate situation and the situation is hopeless. He also knows that he will never be spared, and he has ambition to die.

Seeing that the pursuers approached, Geng Zhongming knew that if he was captured by the Dashun Army, he might have to be cut into pieces in the street. He was spread to various places. At that time, he would probably be extremely demanding for the pain of a knife. So he gritted his teeth and pulled out his sword and wanted to commit suicide.

Unfortunately, when the sword was placed on my neck, I closed my eyes tightly, tried it back and forth a few times, but in the end I was not willing to do it.

Geng Zhongming originally thought that someone would come forward to seize the sword to stop his relatives. But at this time, Geng Zhongming's subordinates all collapsed to the ground. They seemed to have lost all their strength and will, and they looked at each other and waited for death. They could not care about Geng Zhongming's life and death.

Geng Zhongming sighed and slowly put down his sword. It is crucial to know that the matter behind him is extremely important at this time.

Geng Zhongming clearly knew that even if he committed suicide, he would probably have his head cut off by the pursuers and took it to ask for rewards.

But at this time, I still couldn't bear to commit suicide with my sword. And there was still a glimmer of hope in my heart.

"Why do I say that I am also a prince personally appointed by Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, and the dead are the great ones. What if the pursuers respect my identity as the prince of the Qing Dynasty, I don't cut me as the head and ruin my body, it is unknown?"

Thinking of this, Geng Zhongming looked around and suddenly saw Mo Jiu who was also limping on the ground, and said in a trembling voice:

"Xiaojiu, you have been with me for many years. I treat you like a son. Today, I will just give you the last trip to me. Are you willing?"

Mo Jiu was also collapsed on the ground at this time. After hearing Geng Zhongming's words, he wanted to say something to the prince, but he had no idea. He had to nod in tears, then stood up and bowed to Geng Zhongming a few times.

Geng Zhongming took off the jade pendant from his waist as a letter, and handed it to Mo Jiu with both hands. He said, "I have been blessed with Emperor Taizong. The situation is so fast that the war is defeated like a collapse. I cannot kill the thief, and I will die more.

If the soul knows it, he will return to Liaoyang. Under the spring, he will guard the tomb of the ancestor of the late emperor. He will always be a loyal servant of the Qing Dynasty for generations!

This jade pendant is a thing passed down from my family. Although it is not worth much money, it is a token. If you have the life to return to the capital, you can hand it over to my youngest son. Then you will have some benefits."

After saying that, he realized that he had no worries anymore, so he took off the treasure bow he had with him and handed it to Mo Jiu, indicating that Mo Jiu would take action.

Mo Jiu naturally knew what Geng Zhongming meant. He said that he had been a servant for many years, although he occasionally acted cleverly, he was extremely sad at this time.

He endured the grief and took the jade pendant and the bow and arrow, walked behind Geng Zhongming, and slowly wrapped the bowstring around Geng Zhongming's neck.
To be continued...