.When the curtain fell, Xi'an City was shrouded in darkness. The countless bonfires away from the Dongcheng City wall were like stars. Looking from the city wall, you can see the shadows next to the bonfire. There was a big pot on the bonfire, and the sizzling sounds rolled in the pot. The sound of the Ming army and Bai Wang's troops who surrendered in advance came faintly.

Hearing the laughter from the city, Huang Sanqi couldn't help but show a hint of envy. He was a small whistle commander of the Dashun Army. He managed nine soldiers under his command. He only joined the Dashun Army five years ago. He was not his turn to grab the glory of the Dashun Army. He just knew that since joining the Dashun Army, he had a series of defeats. He finally gained a foothold, but his life was extremely difficult. The days of having enough food a year were less than February. These two months were concentrated in the autumn harvest season. Most of the time it was good to eat only six or seven points full, and there were only a few days when you saw meat.

It is even more impossible to leave the Dashun Army. If you stay in the army, you will not starve to death. If you leave the army, you may not be able to fill it up. When conquering the world, the slogan of the King of Chuang was "Equalize the land and do not pay taxes." In fact, in order to support the army, the tax rate of the Dashun Army was higher than that of any time in the Ming Dynasty. Fortunately, God appreciated his face and did not keep drought as before, and most ordinary people barely survived.

During the day, the treatment of surrendering to the Ming Dynasty was very popular. Every day, white rice, white flour and steamed buns were full, not to mention meat and fish, who would not be moved? Huang Sanqi only hated that he was not Bai Wang's subordinate. Otherwise, he must have been sitting outside by the bonfire, eating the dried food mixed with salted fish and bacon.

A gust of cold wind blew, and Huang Sanqi suddenly shivered, interrupting his reverie just now, quickly tightened his lichens, shrank his head under the battlements, and was close to his nine subordinates,

But just now, a cricket sound came from his ears. Huang Sanqi suddenly became alert, could Ming Jun come to steal the city, right?

"Gou Sheng, Er Niba, you two go over there and take a look?" Huang Sanqi quickly whispered to the two men.

"San brother, am I a little scared?" Erniba said in a crunch. They had heard the crickets whispering sounds long ago, but Huang Sanqi didn't ask just now, so they just thought they didn't hear it. Anyway, it would be better if the Ming army really stole the city, let him steal it.

Huang Sanqi obviously didn't think so. He quickly pushed the two people who called him: "I'm afraid of a ball, but why are you afraid of being a soldier? Go quickly."

"Yes." Gou Sheng and Er Niba had no choice but to respond, and sneaked in the direction of the sound just now with reluctance on their faces. After a while, they did not return. The cricket whispered just now was still there.

Huang Sanqi looked at each other with the seven subordinates in the remaining land. One subordinate couldn't help swallowing his saliva and said, "San brother, Gou Sheng and Er Niba will not be killed, right?"

As soon as they said this, everyone was chilling. The torches on the city wall illuminated the ground with limited scope. Several of them were night blind and could not see clearly even under the torches. Everyone looked around and looked at both sides, as if there were Ming troops hidden everywhere in the darkness.

"Or why we shout."

"You are looking for death. The government army has crossbow arrows. When you shout, crossbow arrows are shot. No one can survive.

"The low shout came. The man who said he was shouting just now suddenly shut up. The others quickly held their breath, afraid that Mingjun would notice him and the others and kill them. Everyone made up their minds. As long as Mingjun noticed him, shouted for surrender first.

Just a quarter of an hour passed, two quarters of an hour passed, and finally half an hour passed. Nothing happened on the city wall. They imagined that the Ming army in the land did not appear. Just now, the crickets were whispering intermittently. Huang Sanqi could no longer bear it. He clicked the two of them to check. The two looked depressed. After Huang Sanqi repeatedly urged them, the two of them crawled forward quietly.

After the two left, Huang Sanqi and five subordinates were waiting with heartache, fearing that the two would never go back or suddenly scream as before. Fortunately, this was not happening. Soon, the two came back together, and one of them said excitedly: "Third brother, it's not the Ming army. Many brothers are climbing down the wall with ropes. They are going to join the Ming army."

Everyone suddenly realized, and one of them cursed: "*** Gou Sheng and Er Niba had no loyalty. They secretly took it but didn't come back to tell us that at this moment, these two bastards might have eaten bacon, salted fish and rice and flour to make dry food."

"Brother Third, what should we do?"

"Why don't we go too." One person said quietly, and everyone fell silent together, looking at Huang Sanqi with hope. Huang Sanqi stamped his feet: "Forget it, let's go together."

Everyone cheered, and each person hurriedly hushed, and everyone stopped cheering. Everyone sneaked in the direction of cricket just now. After a while, Huang Sanqi and others arrived. Dozens of people were already climbing down the rope. When they heard Huang Sanqi and others, everyone looked at each other tacitly, and no one was allowed to do so.

When the people in front go, the people behind immediately continue to go down.

With a light "bang." Huang Sanqi's soles touched the ground and quickly untied the rope around his waist. Just when he didn't know what to do, a low shout came: "Hurry, keep up."

Huang Sanqi had to follow the crowd and walked forward in the direction of the Ming army camp. About half an hour later, Huang Sanqi and others stepped into the Ming army camp. After registering and calling, they confiscated their weapons and brought up a bowl of dry food noodles that were cooked with strong fragrance. Huang Sanqi and others ate them clean like hungry ghosts. Many people couldn't help but lick the bowl.

Only then did Huang Sanqi realize that no wonder he always felt something was wrong in the Ming army camp when he was patrolling the city. He didn't have the reason to cook food on the fire. It turned out that he was calling for the soldiers who were waiting for them to sneak out of the city. After eating this bowl of dry food noodles, many people had not finished the taste. Unfortunately, the Ming army no longer provided it, but just demarcated an area for them to camp.

The camp for them was very simple. There was only a layer of straw on the ground, and it was wrapped around it with cloth to block the wind. Everyone squeezed together to warm it up. However, Huang Sanqi found that the people around him were sleeping very sweetly. Lying on the straw, a feeling of sleepiness came. Huang Sanqi quickly fell into a deep dream. The moment he was about to sleep, a vague thought flashed in his heart. It turned out that he could sleep so peacefully without worrying.

The next day, Zhou Fengwu shook his eyes. Just last night, his subordinates had been reduced by half. This shock was extraordinary. If the Ming army had attacked the city last night, the city had been broken. On the one hand, he hurriedly reported to Li Guo, and on the other hand, he hurriedly took his personal soldiers to patrol the city wall, which stopped the wave of escape.

After receiving Zhou Fengwu's report, Li Guo was speechless. He didn't know if he should be angry. He threw Zhou Fengwu's memorial to the ground and sat dejectedly on the dragon throne.

The morning court time had passed, and there were only dozens of court officials standing in the hall. Originally surrendered from the Ming Dynasty, most of the officials who had entrusted the important tasks of Li Zicheng to go to court without going to the court. Looking at the people in the hall, Li Guo couldn't help but recall the scene of the army entering the capital five years ago. At that time, Chongzhen should have been as desperate as himself, but he didn't expect that he would turn over now.

After putting away the memorial, Gu Junen looked through it and silently handed it to Tian Jianxiu. After Tian Jianxiu finished reading it, he handed it to Hao Yaoqi. Finally, everyone in the palace read it, and everyone was filled with sadness. With such a morale, how can they guard this city?

Just as Li Guo and Tian Jianxiu and others were speechless, a guard in the hall stepped into the hall, looked around, and shouted, "The Empress Dowager is here!"

Li Guo quickly stood up from the chair and went out to meet him. Gu Junen and others hurriedly followed Li Guo. As soon as Li Guo walked to the middle of the hall, Li Zicheng's wife Gao Guiying had already walked in. Gao Guiying was the empress dowager, with only a pearl hairpin on her head and just ordinary clothes on her body. This pearl hairpin was the love gift to Gao Guiying when Li Zicheng was not in sight. It was worth less than half a tael of silver. This was not a deliberate show. It has been like this for the past five years. Therefore, Gao Guiying was highly respected by the soldiers in the Dashun army.

"I pay homage to my mother." Li Guo quickly saluted. Gao Guiying was two years older than Li Zicheng and only three or four years older than Li Guo. However, Li Guo has always respected this former aunt and current adoptive mother very much, and the gift was not artificial at all.

"Li Guo, I don't need these empty gifts today. I already know the situation outside. The situation in Dashun Dynasty is destined. To avoid more casualties, I will surrender." Gao Guiying said calmly.

Gao Guiying's words were astonishing as the sky. A buzzing sound in the hall sounded. Li Guo was stunned for a moment and cried loudly: "I'm sorry to my uncle. He made me the crown prince. I haven't been able to defend it for even a hundred days. The country that my uncle has worked hard to conquer will be thrown into my hands. How can I be willing?"

"You are not sorry for your uncle. In this situation today, even if your uncle is there, why should you take the responsibility to yourself? This country was originally from the Ming Dynasty, and it is nothing to give it to the Ming Dynasty now. Li Guo, listen to my advice and surrender to the Ming Dynasty."

"But...but...but is the uncle's revenge just forgot?" Li Guo struggled on his face.

Gao Guiying's voice became stern: "What kind of hatred? He forced the Emperor of Ming to death. Now he died at the hands of the Ming Dynasty. The battlefield confrontation was like this. In this situation, what else? The Li family's ancestral tomb has been dug up. If you continue to resist, you still want your uncle's tomb to be dug up?"

Li Guo had no choice but to say helplessness on his face: "The mother killed the child. How dare the child do this? The child agrees to surrender."

Hearing Li Guo's words, the hall was quiet. Some people wanted to persuade him but didn't know where to start. Finally, their faces became sad and they retreated silently.

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Chapter completed!