"Reporting to the general, Zhang Fangyi, the guard of Liumen (North Gate), led his troops to open the city gate and surrender to the rebels. Liumen has been lost. General, please make a decision as soon as possible." The messenger lowered his head deeply and said.
"Damn it, what an abominable thing. Another treacherous traitor." Shang Jiabao waved his fist fiercely and said, wishing he could kill the surrendered guards immediately.
The news from the two messengers made the Manchu generals on the city wall confused and asked hurriedly: "General, what should we do?"
At this time, shouts of killing could be heard vaguely.
"If you lose the city, you will die. If you surrender, your whole family will die."
After weighing it in his mind, Shang Jiabao shouted loudly: "All the soldiers of our Eight Banners on the city wall retreated to the inner city."
"嗻…"
All the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers in Nanji Gate responded in unison.
"Now we can only hope to hold on in the inner city for a few more days until reinforcements come to relieve the siege." Shang Jiabao thought secretly in his heart.
Following Shang Jiabao's order, the Qing troops on all the city walls retreated to the inner city like a tide.
It was Shang Jiabao's helpless move to guard the outer city wall. After all, the defensive equipment on the outer city wall was far beyond what the inner city could match.
As the entire camp guarding the city retreated, the entire outer city wall of Jingzhou City was quickly occupied by the bandit suppressing troops.
The scorching sun was in the sky, and while the Qing troops were retreating to the inner city, no one was walking on the streets in the entire outer city. Even the beggars in the city hid in broken houses to avoid being killed.
Those land hooligans who thought they could make a fortune out of the chaos were quickly cut down to the ground by the bandit-suppressing army that followed the Qing army.
Like other large cities, Jingzhou City also has an inner city, which is full of city walls.
The inner city wall is slightly lower than the outer city, and there are only two exits from the city. As a protection for Mancheng, Wengcheng was also set up inside Mancheng to strengthen defense.
Jingzhou City, Yinbin Gate (Zhengdong Gate)
"Report, report to the General. The rebels have already filled in the moat." The Qing soldiers who were observing on the city wall ran to Sun Xizheng, the guard of Yinbin Gate, and reported loudly.
"I know, continue to observe." At this time, Sun Xizheng, who was hiding in Qiao Tower, waved his hand.
"嗻..." The Qing soldiers responded and quickly retreated according to the etiquette.
"Shi Zuoling, it seems that today's battle is indispensable." Sun Xizheng said with a serious face as he defended the Yinbinmen Eight Banners Zuoling Tumen with him.
"Indeed, it is time to repay the grace of the Holy One. Today is a good time for us to make contributions." Tu Menshi said with great righteousness, just like the rebels who would fight to the death.
Sun Xizheng's excitement when he looked at Tumen seemed to be infected by him.
"Qiang..."
I saw Sun Xizheng pull out the sword from his waist, raise it up, and shout loudly: "As long as there are no thieves, I vow to live or die with Jingzhou City."
Sun Xizheng's sudden move made Tumenshi panicked and thought he was planning to do something. However, I heard Sun Xizheng’s shouting. Tumenshi immediately understood that he wanted to show it to others.
"How could such a good thing happen without me?" Tu Menshi couldn't help but think. So Tumenshi also pulled out his sword, raised it and shouted loudly:
"I swear to live and die with Jingzhou City."
At this time, the soldiers around them knew what to do no matter how stupid they were. They also raised their weapons one after another and shouted loudly:
"I swear to live and die with Jingzhou City..."
The Qing soldiers on the city wall not far from them suddenly felt excited when they heard the shouts here.
Several of them were thinking about whether they should also shout a few times, maybe there would be some benefits after this battle.
at this time
"Report..."
"Report..."
A messenger Qing soldier with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, a thin body and wearing a suit that was too wide for his body, was shouting and running quickly to Sun Xizheng's place.
"Report,...report...report...my lord."
Before the messenger had time to breathe, he immediately knelt down in front of Sun Xizheng and said hurriedly.
"Monkey Yang, what's so urgent?" Sun Xizheng asked this familiar messenger.
"Report...to your lord."
"Huh!" The monkey Yang couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Report... Sir. Nanji Gate has been lost. Please make plans as soon as possible." The monkey Yang who reported the news took a deep breath and spit it out quickly.
"What? Impossible. This Nanji Gate was guarded by General Shang. How could it be lost so quickly? The first two rebels who attacked Nanji Gate were defeated by General Shang and his men. Did you lie? Military intelligence disrupts military morale." After hearing the information from Monkey Yang, Tumenshi jumped up and cursed.
"No, sir. With a hundred courages, I don't dare to lie about the military situation. The Nanji Gate was indeed lost. It wasn't the rebels who came in. It was General Shang who retreated directly." After hearing this, Monkey Yang After Tu Menshi's accusation, he kowtowed and replied.
"Withdraw directly? Will General Shang defend the city? Who believes you, and you are not disturbing the morale of the army?" Tu Menshi made several more accusations, and his tone was unquestionable.
"Come here, drag this person who dares to lie about military information to be beheaded." Tu Menshi ordered loudly.
"Hey..., I accept your order." Two of the soldiers who were following Tumen immediately knelt on the ground and said.
"Sir, Master Shi, I am wronged! I really did not lie about the military situation! Sir, please spare my life, I really did not..."
Monkey Yang never thought that his desperate efforts to send military intelligence would lead to such a result. His body was dragged by two Eight Banners soldiers, twisting and screaming desperately.
"Both soldiers, please wait a moment." At this time, Sun Xizheng, who was standing on the stairs watching the show, suddenly stopped him.
I saw Sun Xizheng naturally cupping his fists and saluting Tumen Shi, and then said: "Master Shi, I have one more question I want to ask Monkey Yang. Can you wait until I ask Monkey Yang before killing him?"
"Do you have anything else to ask him?" Tu Menshi replied loudly and proudly, but when he saw Sun Xizheng looking at him, he lowered his tone a few more times: "Since Mr. Sun wants to ask a question, just wait until Mr. Sun has finished asking. Bar!"
"Hey, this slave takes your orders!"
The two Eight Banners soldiers dragging Monkey Yang away after receiving the order.
The monkey Yang who was released collapsed and sat on the ground. It wasn't until he saw Sun Xizheng approaching that he panicked and crawled under Sun Xizheng's heels. Holding Sun Xizheng’s heels, he cried loudly:
"Master Sun, please save me. I really didn't lie about the military situation. Even if I had a thousand or ten thousand courages, I wouldn't dare to lie about the military situation! Sir..."
Sun Xizheng looked at Monkey Yang who was hugging his thigh with tears on his face. He gently bent down and touched his head, which had only one braid, and said softly:
"I will plead for you later. First tell me what's going on!"
