Chapter 398 Hu Ming commits suicide
Yang Yanzhang, who was leading the horse, had the momentum of riding alone to break the camp. He waved his spear in his hand, and the guards in Yining City fell down in large numbers.
Hu Ming looked at Yang Yanzhang's power and had no intention of turning back. He directly led his guards to escape in the direction of the city. No matter how fast Yang Yanzhang was, he still needed to chase and kill the defeated soldiers. They just needed to run away. In comparison, they were even faster than Yang Yanzhang with two legs.
As for the defeated soldiers under Hu Ming's command, Hu Ming didn't care at all at this time, and now the formation is so chaotic that even if he wants to, he may not be able to command the defeated soldiers.
Therefore, he only asked the flag officials to give orders to those camps that were relatively close to him to withdraw the city. As for whether they could see it, they would not be able to control it.
Yang Yanzhang and the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry still needed to rush behind, so they gradually distanced themselves from the escaped defeated soldiers, and Hu Ming ran in the front, and at this time he was approaching the city.
"Open the city gate!!!"
Before the Hu Mingren arrived at the city gate, he asked his generals to shout loudly, "Supervisor Hu is here, quickly open the city gate!"
"Swoosh swish swish swish~"
After Hu Ming's generals finished shouting, the city gate not only did not open, but instead rained a wave of arrows from the generals on the top of the city, and immediately shot the unprepared soldiers under Hu Ming's command. The general who took the initiative to call was even more taken care of by special care. Four or five egg-sized and arrows for bed crossbows directly nailed the general to the spot, not even leaving a whole body for him.
After shooting a wave of arrows, Xu Boyuan quietly poked his head from the city wall and shouted loudly to the bottom: "You guys said that you, the defeated generals are of no use except to attract the enemy, so please fight to the end at this city."
"We will help you on the walls, so please rest assured."
"What?"
Hearing Xu Boyuan's shout, the hearts of the people in the city began to float instantly. The Red Flame Dragon Knight was so fierce that they were fighting to the death at the city. Isn't this going to let them die in vain?
"These damn things, the old men are fighting under the city. If they don't provide support, they will even cut off our retreat."
A burly camp leader looked at Xu Boyuan above, spat fiercely, and cursed loudly: "Brothers, why should we work hard for them to work hard like this kind of mess!"
"Yes, Brother Bo Yi is right!"
Another battalion owner also echoed: "Since they voluntarily give up on us, there is no need for us to work hard for them."
"Anyway, we didn't attack the court, so we might as well surrender to the court directly. Even if the court settles the score later, it would be better than dying under this city."
"I'm right. I can die, but I can't take my brothers to die together."
The battalion leader who had spoken before, said, "I am a general. At worst, I can let the prince cut me off. It is much better than dying under this city with his brothers."
After saying that, the battalion leaders did not hesitate and directly took their soldiers away from the city wall, then threw all the weapons in their hands aside, looking like they were slaughtered.
"How could this happen if it's a bastard?"
Hu Ming looked at the appearance under the city wall and couldn't help but feel a little shocked and angry. If he hadn't been cautious by nature and asked his generals to go out and call out, he would have probably been the one who had been nailed to the ground now.
I had known that the aristocratic families in the city were short-sighted, but I didn't expect that they could be so short-sighted. If the soldiers under my command could not enter the city, what would they use to defend Yining City with the 20,000 people in the city?
Moreover, these people are really brave. After they show their flag, they dare to shoot and kill their generals. It is obvious that they are coming for them. If they do this, aren’t they afraid that the teacher will ask them to settle the matter?
These...
"wrong!!!"
At first, Hu Mingzhen thought that the city was from a family, but he was a top general. In just a moment, he realized something was wrong.
Even if the people on the top of the city are from a noble family, they want them to fight to the end of the battle under the city, they will only close the city gates and prevent them from entering. They will not and should not take the initiative to attack them, let alone say those words.
Those words didn't seem to make them fight to the end, but were more like forcing them to surrender directly to the court.
"The city wall was taken away? Those aristocratic families in the city are really a gift!"
Hu Ming immediately came to a conclusion, but he just cursed in his heart and did not dare to speak out. Now there are many people who have given up on surrendering to the aristocratic families in the city. If he tells the news that the city wall is taken away, he may not only not be able to save those people just now, but will instead allow some people who are desperate about the situation to continue to surrender.
"Go to other city gates."
Hu Ming gritted his teeth secretly. There was an inner supporter of the court in the city, which he did not notice, but even if there were, their number would definitely not be too large.
There were 20,000 troops left in the city. It would be fine if they didn't notice that they had taken down the northern city wall for a while, but I didn't believe that they could take down the rest of the city gates.
As long as you can enter the city and gather the remaining soldiers, things may turn a little, but the outer city will definitely not be able to defend it, so you can only retreat to the inner city.
Hu Ming, who had made a decision in his heart, did not hesitate at all. He immediately bypassed the city gate and walked along the city wall to another city gate in the north city.
"Swoosh swish swish swish~"
Hu Ming and his soldiers came close to the second city gate. Before he could even shout, another wave of arrow rain shot from the city wall. However, because the arrow rain was shot earlier this time, and Hu Ming was prepared for it, it did not cause too many casualties.
"Hahaha, the surname Hu, this road is not accessible!"
Liu Ruqian's fat face was poked out from the city. Looking at Hu Ming who was embarrassed below, Liu Ruqian smiled extremely rampantly at this time. During these days, he was suppressed by Hu Ming and was just pretending to be an ventilator. At this time, he let out a vent of anger.
"Liu Ruqian?"
Hu Ming looked at Liu Ruqian on the top of the city in a little shocked and angrily, and suddenly became furious, "Bastard, I should have killed you that day!!!"
After seizing Liu Ruqian's power, he originally wanted to kill Liu Ruqian to eliminate future troubles, but because some aristocratic families in the city had a good relationship with Liu Ruqian on weekdays, they asked for a few love for him. In addition, Liu Ruqian's reputation in Yining City was quite good, Hu Ming used his fame to gather some people to defend the city, so he saved his life. Unexpectedly, he was retaliated by Liu Ruqian, who he looked down upon at all.
This person knows very well about Yining City. Now that he turns against him, most of the weapons in the city will fall into the opponent.
"It's a pity that there is no if in the world."
Liu Rugan curled his smile and stood at the top of the city and looked at Hu Ming with a condescending look, "And what if you killed me that day? Do you really think that you can win if you kill me, Liu Rugan?"
"Do you really think that the sky has no eyes?"
Hu Ming, who was anxious because he was worried about military equipment, had no intention of quarrel with Liu Ru at all. He turned his horse's head and continued to rush towards the city wall in the south with his soldiers. However, as he ran along the way, his soldiers were fewer and fewer soldiers under his command.
Originally, there were only a few thousand soldiers left, and most of them were his personal soldiers. It can be said that one of the tens of thousands of soldiers was left.
Hu Ming knew about this situation, but he had no choice but to grit his teeth and run towards the south wall.
When they were about to arrive at the Nanmian City Gate, Hu Ming was instantly happy because the guards at the Nanmian City Gate immediately opened the city gate the moment they saw them coming, which means that the Nanmian City Gate was still in their hands.
"This city wall is still in our hands. As long as we enter the city, we can survive!!!"
Seeing hope, Hu Ming, the shouting loudly cheered up his morale, "Start up and enter immediately..."
Hu Ming shouted and his voice suddenly became smaller because he found that the city gate, which had been completely open, began to close gradually. At this speed, they had no time to arrive in front of the city gate, and the city gate had to be completely closed.
"Why close the city gate? Don't close the city gate! We are our own people, our own people!!!"
Hu Ming took the lead, and rushed towards the city gate while shouting loudly. However, after only twice, he stopped because the sound of horse hooves came in his ears. At this moment, he finally understood why the South City Gate was closed.
Hu Ming, who was riding on the horse, looked back a little bit. Behind them, the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry had already chased after them. It should be only a small part of the number of people, and at most it was more than one thousand riders.
But now, except for the personal guards who followed him, the rest were all scared and defeated troops. Not to mention a thousand cavalry, even five hundred cavalry could not stop him.
"Is the situation over?"
Hu Ming felt a little sad. He had been wasting too much time around the three city gates in a row, so that the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry, who was chasing the 80,000 army, could draw some of his troops to chase him.
At this moment, facing these thousands of red flame dragon cavalry, Hu Ming felt like he was at a loss.
"If you don't go out of the city, why should you do this?"
Looking at the closed city gate, Hu Ming rushed back to the formation with a bleak horse. If he fought this battle as he said at first, he would not be able to hold on. Even if the Red Flame Dragon Knight was strong, he would consume more than half of his troops.
Unfortunately, Liu Rugan was right, there is no if in this world.
"After I die, you don't have to fight to the death, just surrender."
Hu Ming glanced at the personal guard who had been with him for many years and shook his head reluctantly, "If you have the opportunity to see the teacher in the future, please transfer to him, and the students will embarrass him."
After saying that, Hu Ming took off his helmet and, without waiting for his personal guard to dissuade him, he committed suicide.
"Hu Shuai, Hu Shuai..."
Several personal guards standing beside Hu Ming could not stop him and directly caught Hu Ming's loss of consciousness falling from his horse. He couldn't help but feel sad, "Life and death are the same as death. If the commander dies, how can we be in the world?"
After placing Hu Ming's body smoothly on the ground, they did not hesitate at all and directly drew their swords to follow Hu Ming's footsteps. All the bodies fell beside Hu Ming, as if death was protecting him.
Looking at the corpses of Hu Ming and several personal guards, the remaining guards were silent for a moment, but their relationship with Hu Ming would not have allowed them to be buried with Hu Ming. Therefore, they gave the last military salute to Hu Ming's corpses, then put down their weapons, knelt on the ground and asked to surrender to the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry that was rushing towards him.
The battle between the Red Flame Dragon Cavalry and the Yining City Guards lasted for more than an hour in total, but it took almost a day for the Yuzhi Army to collect prisoners of war.
After learning that Xu Boyuan had captured two city gates, Mo Zizai asked Han Qu to collect prisoners of war while allowing Yang Yanzhang to enter the city, completely defeating the rebel forces in the city and directly taking over Yining City.
After everything was almost busy, it was getting a little late. After all, Yang Yanzhang rushed over with a body.
"Prince, this is Hu Ming's body."
Yang Yanzhang bowed and said a little ashamed in his tone, "I couldn't take care of him when the battle lasted. I didn't expect that he would commit suicide."
"I committed suicide."
Looking at Hu Ming's corpse, Mo Zizai shook his head gently and said, "Although he has a little too much, he is his own master after all. Since he is dead, then forget it."
Mo Zizai had no habit of whipping corpses, and Hu Ming did not make him hate this, but it was obviously impossible to make him treat Hu Ming's corpses well, so he casually said: "Take him together with the bodies of the other soldiers and transport them to the mass grave."
"If someone helps him restrain himself, let them restrain him. If no one restrains him, let's forget it, there is no need to worry about him."
"Here."
Yang Yanzhang responded, and had no objection to Mo Zizai's handling. But how to deal with the aristocratic families in the city, he needed to ask Mo Zizai for instructions, "Prince, what should we do with the aristocratic families in the city?"
"Check it out, those who actively support Hu Ming will be punished for rebellion and will be punished."
Mo Zizai thought for a while, and then continued, "As for those who were forced to support Hu Ming, check their past actions. If they have good reputations, they should be treated with ease. If they have bad reputations, they should be treated as compromisses. They should be confiscated and exiled. There is no need to be ruthless to them."
Because the empress's new policy has been decided, there is no need for Mo Zizai to kill these aristocratic families and then divide the land and land.
As long as they implement the new policy, they will score points sooner or later. As for whether to score early or late, there is little difference for Mo Zizai.
Of course, Mo Zizai just said that if he didn't kill anyone, he would have to copy his family. He had spent so much money into the accelerator, and now he was almost over, so he pointed to these aristocratic families in Yuanling County to get him back.
Chapter completed!