Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles away. Even if Wei Zelong wanted to conceal the news that Xicheng had been compromised by the Ming army, he had no way to hide it, because the messenger said the news that made him scared in public. Compared to ordinary generals, Wei Zelong actually knew more.

The reason for launching such an attack was that no one of the civil servants and generals, including the emperor, could defend the capital, so he placed his hopes entirely on being able to successfully hostage Min Ruoxi and her son and daughter, in exchange for the Ming army's retreat.

But what no one expected was that the plan should be a perfect plan, which failed extremely thoroughly, and worse, Xicheng did not resist for even three days.

Without the Fire Phoenix Army's suppression, Xicheng could not resist the Ming army's attack for three days.

In the capital city, there were only 50,000 Fire Phoenix Army left. This time, I brought out 40,000. The remaining 10,000 Fire Phoenix Army in the city were concentrated around the inner city, protecting the safety of the inner city, and the combat effectiveness of the city defense force in the outer city was obviously worse than I thought.

Now that the troops are withdrawing, I wonder if it is still time to come? Wei Zelong has no idea. The only thing he knows is that if he cannot retreat to Shangjing City quickly, Shangjing City will be completely captured, which will only take a few days.

If the city is not destroyed, the soldiers still have a little support. Once the outer city is broken, even the smallest fig leaf is torn off.

But attacking is not easy, retreating is even more difficult. Wei Zelong looked at the Ming army's sun and moon flag flying in the distance, and the bitterness on his face became stronger and stronger. In the past few days, the Ming army seemed to be defeated by the Chu army and retreated step by step. From the south city of Shangjing, he retreated for more than 20 miles in three days and arrived near Nandaying. But in fact, they were not defeated by themselves, they were retreating in a planned manner.

It seems that they knew what was going to happen early in the morning, so they lengthened the front line step by step, and what they were trying to do was to encounter greater difficulties when they retreated.

In other words, the Ming army did not want to return to the capital with all their strength.

The joy of repelling the Ming army with high morale over the past three days has become a shadow over the head, and it is possible to pounce anytime and anywhere.

Zhou Jiyun laughed happily in the tent of the Ming army's central army. Over the past three days, he retreated step by step. The dissatisfaction of the soldiers and the resentment of the generals made Zhou Jiyun's joy increase at this moment.

"General Yang, it's time for us to gain something. We have been happy for several days, and now it's our turn." Zhou Jiyun smiled so hard that he couldn't stop, "Please ask General Yang to order."

Yang Zhi waved his hand: "General Zhou has been in command these days. I just came back and was not familiar with the situation. So General Zhou should coordinate the whole situation. Don't let Wei Zelong run away."

Zhou Jiyun was stunned, "This is a bit difficult."

"It's not big, he already has home back and forth." Yang Zhi said with a smile.

Zhou Jiyun widened his eyes, "So, will all arrangements be launched?"

"Of course, Your Majesty's Fire Death Camp is now inserted behind them, and everything is under control." Yang Zhi said proudly.

Zhou Jiyun turned around suddenly and looked at the generals standing like a tree pole under the tent. The conversation between the two of them was confused and did not understand the true meaning of the inside, but one thing was that he heard it clearly, counterattacked and completely killed Wei Zelong.

The continuous retreat of several days made each of these arrogant soldiers feel a sense of depression and resentment. Now when he heard the news of a counterattack, his eyes immediately shone, and everyone was ready to do a big fight.

This is the rhythm of beating the dogs who fell into the water! The west city has been broken, and they have restrained the strongest power in Shangjing City in the south city. Although the final contribution is indispensable, it is easy to kill the enemy and break the city by themselves.

Everyone was very happy, only Zou Ming was in pain because General Yang was back, but the command power was still in the hands of Zhou Jiyun. He had just offended him. Now he has the power of military power. I am afraid that this time he will not have the chance to eat meat again. I just hope that he can give himself a sip of soup.

The generals stared at Zhou Jiyun with bright eyes, and only Zou Ming looked at his toes with a little dejected look.

"Zou Ming!" A voice sounded in his ears. He raised his head and saw Zhou Jiyun's smiling face. "Pili Camp has been holding you back as a reserve team these days, for this moment, General Zou, are you ready?"

Zou Ming felt like he was thrown into the world and then hit him on his head with a squeak. Looking at Zhou Jiyun's smiling face, he suddenly felt a fever on his face. Grandpa Tian, ​​he really judged a gentleman's belly by his villain's heart. It turned out that the previous depression was just for today's Yang. What's ridiculous is that he was still cursing others behind his back.

"I am ready and can attack at any time!" He was a little excited. As soon as he spoke, his voice was so loud that everyone was startled.

"Pili Camp is the vanguard, and the middle attack is assaulted. The thunder cavalry of the thunderstorm cooperates with the battle of the Pili Camp. Guanning and Han Huafeng are the left and right wings. General Yang also asks you to lead the cavalry of our headquarters and the cavalry of General Yan Jiang to detour behind them and meet with the Fire Death Camp."

Yang Zhi nodded and bowed, "Abide by the order!" Although he was a general, he had just handed over the command to Zhou Jiyun, so he should naturally obey the other party's orders at this time.

"I will lead the main force to press the rear, wrap Wei Zelong's dumplings, and then swallow him in one bite." Zhou Jiyun waved his fist vigorously.

Zhu Ci stood in the lobby with his body covered in clothes, and below, hundreds of officers from the general to the lieutenant were arranged in a row. On one left and right, there were two men and women in casual clothes, but Yinggu and Huo Guang. After solving the Yanglingyi incident, the two returned to Shangjing South City without stopping.

"Everyone, the Xicheng has been captured by the Ming army." Zhu Ci's voice was a little deep. As soon as he finished speaking, a low commotion came from the hall. What does the Xicheng breaking mean? Everyone here naturally knew what it means.

"General Wei led his army to fight outside, and he was defeated by the Ming army. The Great Chu is about to be finished." Zhu Ci's face was gloomy. "For the plan to go to the capital, for the life plan of the wealth and life plan of everyone here, and for the life plan of tens of thousands of erlangs under my command, this general has decided to surrender to the Ming army, and the Emperor of Ming has generously agreed to the request of this general."

Before Zhu Ci could finish his words, more than a dozen people in the hall had changed their faces. Suddenly, their bodies suddenly rose up. Instead of attacking Zhu Ci, they ran out of the hall.

Just as we started, the lights of swords flashed in front, back, left and right. Some people who were originally standing around them suddenly drew their swords and slashed at the people who were intending to leave.

In the hall, blood gushed in the blink of an eye.

Zhu Ci continued without changing his face: "I wonder what other opinions do you have?"

What can you have? Those who have different opinions have now fallen into a pool of blood. Those who stay are either Zhu Ci's confidant or a fence-ridden faction. At this time, can it be possible to resist?

When things got to this point, these people breathed a sigh of relief, and their tense nerves relaxed.

Flags were waving on the south city gate, and the soldiers were as if they were facing a great enemy. A strong crossbow was pushed to the top of the city, the covers were removed, and the bowstrings were stolen. The archers were ready to fight. The walls were filled with rolling stones and wooden trees. The officers led the patrol team to patrol the city, monitoring the soldiers' every move.

At this moment, not only were Zhu Ci's 10,000 defense soldiers in the south city, but also had spies in the Ming army's hidden clothes in the city. They had been gathered, and there were private armed forces from the wealthy families who surrendered to the Ming people.

Of course, they were not here to resist the Ming army's siege. In fact, what they had to be prepared for was Wei Zelong, who was about to retreat.

Wei Zelong was still trying hard to bring more soldiers back to Shangjing City, but unexpectedly, the road to his return to the city had long been cut off. Even if he arrived in Nancheng, the only thing waiting for him was the closed city gate.

The wealthy families of Xie's family were very powerful in the middle and lower-level officers of Shangjing. The officials heard that the infiltration of the officials was quite powerful. The loss of Xicheng was largely due to the rebellion of these low-level officers.

No matter how wise the generals are, every command they have to be implemented by these grassroots figures. When most of your grassroots subordinates have rebelled against you, no matter how wise the leader is, he will only be the one who is a wise leader.

When the sun sets west, rolling smoke and dust came from the distance. After a moment, a rolling wave of soldiers continued to flow from the sky. Wei Zelong's troops finally appeared outside the southern city. Compared to the neat military appearance when they sent troops, they could only be described as extremely embarrassed at this time. Wei Zelong cut off his tail to survive. After abandoning the army of the broken rear, he led his troops back and forth. The journey of more than 20 miles was not close or far. But at this time, the Chu army had no morale. He didn't know how long the army of the broken rear could withstand. Now, only by returning to the city can he have a little security guarantee, giving him enough time to revive the army.

But the main city gate of the South City Wall had several small city gates, and without exception, they were tightly closed.

Several cavalry rushed over, and the officer immediately shouted loudly: "General Wei led his troops back to the city and quickly open the city gate."

The answer was that the arrows on the city were like rain, and several cavalry were shot into hornets' nests and fell from the horse. The fire phoenix army, which was still fluttering in the wind on the top of the city, fell from the flagpole, and replaced by a large sun and moon flag.
Chapter completed!