Seeing Sun Zhixian running in, Kong Youde cried even harder. He was wronged! His contribution to the Qing Dynasty was so great, he brought so many red barbarian cannons and muskets to the enemy, and he taught the Tatar soldiers step by step how to fire artillery. But now he was left in the death place of Liaocheng and was treated like Sun Zhixian doing a job like Jiang. , it’s a loss even if you think about it... And Jiang Gan may not have a way out, he is only the second minister, no, he is not even the second minister, he was "fired" by Emperor Chongzhen and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty At that time, he had no official status and was just a common man.
"Your Majesty, if you don't cry, if you don't cry, Your Majesty, I have a solution!"
Not knowing if there was really a solution or just explaining it casually, Sun Zhixian took it out in his sleeve pocket as he spoke.
Is this a clever plan? Kong Youde stopped crying and just sat on the futon and looked at Sun Zhixian blankly.
Sun Zhixian searched for a long time, but there was no kit, but there was a small porcelain vase.
"Your Majesty, look at this!" Sun Zhixian held the porcelain vase in both hands and handed it to Kong Youde as if offering a treasure. "This is the last time I went to Zhengzhou to see Huang Ama. Huang Ama asked me to bring it here. In an emergency, Entrusted to you."
"Is this just a... bottle?" Kong Youde thought to himself: Could it be that Doama stuffed the note with the clever idea into the bottle and gave it to Sun Zhixian?
"There is something good in the bottle!" Sun Zhixian said, "It is the best arsenic! Mix it with wine and drink it. If you drink one bottle, your orifices will bleed, and you will definitely die... There is nothing to be afraid of!"
"You, you, you..." Kong Youde raised his hand and pointed at Sun Zhixian, too angry to speak.
He bleeds to death from all his orifices...don't you need to be afraid?
"My lord, you don't need this?" Sun Zhixian frowned, "Have you prepared another way to die? Is it hanging or wiping your neck?"
"Why hang yourself and wipe your neck?" Kong Youde was almost furious. If it weren't for the poison given by Dorgon, he would have strangled Sun Zhixian to death now.
"Your Majesty, Huang Ama has good intentions!" Sun Zhixian shook his head, "Everyone in Liaocheng can surrender. It is nothing more than two ministers becoming three ministers, and three ministers becoming four ministers... Only Your Majesty, you old man, can’t bring down the light!”
"I, I..." Kong Youde couldn't stop crying again.
He is different from Zukefa. Zukefa surrendered over and over again as a last resort. After surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, it was of little use. Moreover, his cousin was the Empress of the Ming Dynasty and had a backing... .But what about him? How many good things and talents did he bring to the Qing Dynasty? What other good way could he die if he fell into Zhu Cixi's hands?
A thousand cuts are light...
"Your Highness, keep it," Sun Zhixian said warmly, "just in case you need it in case of emergency!"
An unexpected need...Kong Youde thought about it too! If Liaocheng really fails to defend itself, having a bottle of arsenic mixed with wine is better than being sliced open with a knife!
After collecting the arsenic that Huang Ama rewarded, Kong Youde and the servants in the palace got a gourd of good wine and took it with him, and then he was protected by a group of Zhengluqi guards in green helmets and green flags. Go down and go up to the top of Liaocheng.
What greeted him at the top of the Liaocheng city was the earth-shattering shouts of the Qufu training army!
"Blessed by Saint Kong...invulnerable!"
Kong Youde held on to the crenel made of sandbags and looked down. I saw only countless officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, about thirty or forty people forming a square formation, carrying ladders, pushing shield carts (that is, moving the shields of side carriages to the front), holding various weapons, shouting slogans, It came up like a tidal wave.
What is the value of Kong Youde's eyesight? After all, he has been a veteran for many years, and he can tell from a distance that something is wrong.
The shield chariot is strong and the weapons are new, and they all glow coldly when the sun shines on them! Moreover, everyone in this Qufu regiment is wearing armor, and those at the front are all wearing long armor - they are really strong and powerful soldiers!
What makes Kong Youde even more troublesome is that this group of Qufu soldiers did not play pure teams, but formed a flower team.
The so-called pure team means that a team of dozens or hundreds of people all use one kind of weapon-either a firecracker, a sword, or a spear. This configuration is suitable for fighting in formation, easy to command and easy to train!
The flower team combines soldiers using different weapons into a team, allowing them to cooperate with each other to kill the enemy. This kind of organization method is not very easy to use when fighting in formation, and it is easy to cause confusion. It's okay in the mountainous areas of the south, but when you get to the northern plains you have to use a sidecar.
But now it's a siege. Both sides are not in formation, so the flower team has the advantage.
"Your Majesty, fire gun..."
Just when Kong Youde was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, a military guard next to him suddenly shouted and pulled him hard several times.
Kong Youde finally came to his senses from his thoughts and took a closer look. It turned out that groups of fire-gun soldiers holding turtle-dove-foot blunderbuss and wearing "plate armor" (actually lath armor) had come up and crossed the main push. Qufu Lianjun, who was advancing in a shield chariot, stepped onto the frozen lake, rushed to a place dozens of steps away from the city wall, set up a firecracker, and was about to open fire.
It turned out that the fire gun soldiers belonging to two new army model divisions came up to conduct cover shooting!
King Dingnan quickly took his head back and ordered loudly: "What the hell are you thinking about? Fire cannons! Fire blunderbuss! Archers are also prepared for me..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crackling sound of firecrackers started to sound one after another. The intensive sound of cannonballs was occasionally mixed with a few cannon shots.
The Liaocheng offensive and defensive battle has finally entered the stage of close combat!
...
"Your Majesty, this is too far forward. How about you move back?"
Li Yan's voice of persuasion sounded again, disturbing Zhu Cixiang who was concentrating on watching the siege with a telescope.
The Green Flag Soldiers under Kong Youde still had some combat effectiveness. Although they were small in number, their combat effectiveness was not weak, and they were also forced to a dead end. They actually repelled several waves of attacks from the Ming army's attacking troops, which were mainly trained by the Qufu regiment!
However, the situation gradually became favorable to the Ming army, because the iron soldiers trained by the Qufu regiment had rushed to the top of Liaocheng for the first time and were fighting with Kong Youde's Zhengluqi soldiers.
Zhu Cixiang looked anxious and couldn't help but spur his horse forward. He was now at the front less than a mile and a half away from the city wall of the southern city of Liaocheng.
"Is there any news from Dorgon?" Zhu Cixi put down the telescope and turned around to ask Li Yan.
"Not yet." Li Yan shook his head, "Your Majesty, now we only know that Dorgon is convening all the armies in Zhengzhou, but I don't know where they will send troops? Donglu's cavalry is too powerful. Once they are sent out in large numbers, we will be in trouble all night. We can only take it back, and we can only rely on the fireworks of the pier soldiers to know the enemy's movements."
The pier soldiers are the soldiers who guard the beacon tower. In order to keep track of the movements of the Qing cavalry groups, the Ming army built many beacon towers in Huaibei, Xuzhou, Shandong, Runing, Nanyang and other places.
But so far, no beacon tower has been lit...
Did Dorgon really not move, or were several beacon towers attacked by Manchurian white-armored soldiers?
Just when Emperor Zhu was a little worried, the earth-shaking cheers rang out again.
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious! The Ming Dynasty will be victorious..."
Zhu Cihong and Li Yan both raised their telescopes and looked at the top of the Liaocheng city. They saw a flag of "The Most Holy Master Confucius" firmly planted on the wall of the southern city of Liaocheng.
A large section of the city wall is obviously under the control of the Qufu Training Iron Man Team.
At this time, a larger number of Qufu troops had gathered under this section of the city wall, scrambling to climb up.
Liaocheng has been broken!
Kong Youde had already retreated from the city wall, and returned to his palace holding a gourd filled with poisonous wine.
The arsenic given by Huang Ama has already been poured in. As long as you hold your nose and drink it down, you don't have to worry about anything.
But the problem is that Kong Youde doesn't want to drink it. After retreating from the top of Liaocheng City, Sun Zhixian enlightens him in his ear: "Prince, drink it... drink it quickly! Such a good poisonous wine, once you drink it, It will be over once and for all, so why are you hesitating? If you really want to catch me, you won't be cut into pieces by a thousand swords."
But Kong Youde just shook his head. His godson Kong Sixi came striding over at this time. When he came to Kong Youde, he bowed to Kong Youde and said: "Father, the south gate tower is lost. There are too many soldiers from the south. We really can't bear it anymore." , brothers are retreating towards the palace, I don’t know how long they can hold it? Please make an idea quickly!"
"I, I, I..." Kong Youde stammered, unable to speak.
Sun Zhixian on the side yelled: "The prince is no longer alive, the prince said, he is no longer alive...Kong Zhangjing, send your father to the West!"
Kong Youde was shocked. When did he say he could no longer live?
"Father, go away!" Kong Sixi had already pounced on him, snatched the wine gourd held by Kong Youde, pulled out the stopper, and poured it into Kong Youde's mouth.
How could Kong Youde be willing to "drink without restraint"? He pushed Kong Sixi away with all his strength and cursed: "You treacherous son..."
As soon as he cursed, he was hit by something hard on the back of his head. Stars flashed in his eyes, and his whole body collapsed. Then, cold poisonous wine was poured from his mouth... That's it, it was determined. The Southern King Kong Youde finally became a loyal hero of the Qing Dynasty!
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