Ding Shunming is a typical backbone bureaucrat of Qi. He worked diligently and was loyal to Qi. When he completed their cause that benefited the country and the people, he did not forget his own interests. However, in the bones of such people, he was still engraved with the imprint of loyalty to the emperor, the country, and the country, and the country to die.

Therefore, while doing his best to resist the Ming Dynasty's attack in Laizhou Bay, he tried his best to protect the country of Qi, but on the other hand, he sent his children from his family to Ming Dynasty to find a way out for the family.

Now that Ding Jishan has lived up to his responsibilities and contacted the people in the Ming Dynasty, the family's survival is naturally safe. During this period, Ding Jishan even transferred the family wealth over the years to the Ming Dynasty through secret channels. In this way, the family will not fall into nothing when they reach the Ming Dynasty.

Ding said that he was very glad of the transactions with Ming merchants at the time. He exchanged the market for the technology of Ming people. Now the Ding clan has mastered a lot of high-end technology to build bridges. Ming Dynasty attached great importance to technical talents, which is very different from Qi State. Therefore, even if the Ding clan members will find it difficult to make any difference in the officialdom in the future, they can still live a good life with this.

After doing all this, he felt that he could put down all his worries and start to fight for the survival of Laizhou and the survival of Qi.

The family can leave, but they cannot leave themselves, and their eldest son cannot leave either, because they are all officials of the Great Qi Dynasty and are deeply grateful to the country. Now, only by dying from the country can we live up to the emperor’s trust over the years!

Ding Shengming crossed the Laizhou Bridge in such a contradictory and entangled mood and farewell to his nephew Ding Jishan. This farewell is probably forever. Ding Jishan goes west, and he goes east, parting ways and goes his own way.

Xu Junsheng stood alone on the river bank and watched the river flow quietly downward. This was another tributary of the Hong River and the most important river in Laizhou, Lai River. At this moment, countless soldiers were digging on the river bank and filling the bags of gunpowder into the bank. With the order to detonate these red blood, the water of the Lai River would break through the bank in an instant and become a wild horse that broke out from the border.

Unlike the planned transformation of the two counties of Laizhou into mudflats, this time, the ones who carried out this plan were his personal soldiers. After everything was completed, these personal soldiers would be stationed here. The last time they dug the river, they still retreated in an orderly manner, but this time, he was preparing to have a sudden attack.

He has limited resources at hand, so using river water as a weapon is also a good choice.

As for how many Qi people would die if they did this, he didn't care at all. Since the country was about to be destroyed, every Qi person would have the awareness of dying for the country. As long as he could withstand the attacks of the Ming people, all the sacrifices were worth it.

The sound of horse hooves under the river bank came straight towards the river bank. Without looking back, Xu Junsheng also knew that this must be Ding's statement. In Laizhou, only he could ride a horse without any scruples to break through his personal guard circle, and the personal guards dare not take any action.

"You're crazy!" Ding Xunming, who turned over and got off the horse, was muddy all over his body, and even his hair and beard were covered with mud. He rode directly to Xu Junsheng, grabbed the other party's collar with his chest, and scolded with a ferocious face.

Xu Junsheng waved his hand and signaled the nervous guards on both sides to retreat. He reached out and grabbed Ding Shengming's wrist. He twisted it gently and let Ding Shengming loosens with a grin.

"I'm not crazy, I'm very calm." He looked at Ding Shengming and said word by word.

"If you dig the Lai River, the Jiangnan will be gone, all will be gone." Ding Shengming shouted hoarsely: "There are still 20,000 soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people over there. The Lai River breaks the dam, and they will not be buried."

Xu Junsheng smiled, pointed to the upper reaches of the river, and said lightly: "Mr. Ding Jun, how many people are there from here to the entire Honghe area?"

Ding's statement was stunned.

"This area is the core and important part of our Daqi. Tens of millions of people gathered on both sides of the Honghe River. If the Ming army breaks through here, then this area will no longer be ours. Tens of millions of people will become slaves of the country. How many people will die? If you don't know what it means to Daqi, how many people will die?"

"What are the people?"

"The country has been destroyed and the family has been destroyed, and no one is innocent." Xu Junsheng smiled: "This country has raised them for more than a hundred years. Now it is time for them to contribute to this country. Hundreds of thousands of people die. If the safety of this area can be kept, it will be valuable."

Ding Shengming's hands were trembling slightly, staring at Xu Junsheng's smiling face, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word.

"Mr. Ding County, you have been an official in Laizhou for many years and have feelings for the people here. But now is not the time to act emotionally. When it is time to make a decision, you should make a decision. Be indecisive and cannot save Laizhou or those people." Xu Junsheng looked at Ding's statement and comforted him.

"Above history books, you and me will be infamous for thousands of years!" Ding Shengming said in pain.

Xu Junsheng was silent for a moment before saying, "Mr. Ding County, if Qi State falls into ruin, will you and me, the important officials of Qi State be infamous for thousands of years? On the contrary, if we win this battle and Ming Qi will win against our Great Qi, then history books will be written by us. Today's battle may be the masterpiece of our two of us who have made a decision, and they will win a great victory at a very small price. At that time, we might be remembered forever."

"Hundreds of thousands of people!"

"I will not let them die in vain." Xu Junsheng said: "Only when the Ming army attacked the south bank of Laizhou and fought fiercely with the troops we stayed there, I would blow up the dike and flood the south bank, and there would be countless Ming troops buried with them. They would die well."

Seeing Ding Shengming's body shaking, as if he could fall down at any time, Xu Junsheng waved his hand and signaled the guards to step forward to support Ding Shengming.

"Minister of the County, take care of your health. In times of crisis, we still need to help each other and overcome difficulties together!" Xu Junsheng said. "It's very windy and cold here. You'd better go back first. A large number of people flock to the north shore. All the matters in the county need to be clarified one by one. I have a headache when I see the civil affairs. Please keep the secrets of the matter here. Even the people closest to you are not allowed to disclose only a word."

The south bank is flat, while the north bank is full of mountains and dangerous terrain. Xu Junsheng has already stationed heavily in all places where large-scale troops can be garrisoned. If the Ming army wants to conquer the north bank, they can only garrison troops on the south bank and then use their water power to attack. However, when the south bank becomes a country of terrain, they will have nowhere to go. If they can severely damage the Ming army in this operation, it will be difficult for the Ming army to organize a decent attack in a short time.

In order to defend the mouth of Honghekou, Xu Junsheng had already done his best to bear the infamy that thousands of people were criticized. He did not even write this to the emperor. Such a thing would only make the emperor embarrassed. As a minister, he would just take the blame for it himself. Even his old boss Xian Bisong and Guo Xiancheng did not know about it.

Whether it is success or failure, let yourself take care of everything.

Seeing the last bag of gunpowder buried, Xu Junsheng left the place with confidence, leaving only one of his own personal guards to guard here.

In Crab Bay, the war has reached its last moment. After half a month of force, Zhu Ruofan finally lost all the positions on the two clamp arms. The defensive positions on both sides of the bay were also removed by the Ming army. Now, he has only the last level to guard the Crab Bay. After this level was captured by the Ming army, the gate to Laizhou was completely opened.

Standing above the level, he could clearly see the entire bay. The Ming people were clearing the obstacles in the bay. The ships that were sinking in the water were tied up with cables after being dived by the Ming army's water ghosts. Then the huge warships were emitting thick smoke and howled toward the outside. The ropes were gradually pulled closer, and the sinking ships were slowly dragged away from the distance and heading towards the deep sea.

Some large merchant ships sailed in, and after they put down the ropes, the people on the boat shouted and turned the winch, and thousands of kilograms of cement triangular cones were fished out from the bottom of the water and placed on the big ship.

The Ming army cleared the bay very quickly. Every day, they would advance a long distance. At this speed, their large warships could sail into the bay in a few days.

Of course, he no longer cared about these things. On the opposite side of him, dozens of artillery had raised the black hole gun at him. Behind the artillery, the Ming army was fully armed and ready to start the attack.

A buzzing sound came from the sky again, and the gloomy Ming army airship came again. As black shells fell from the sky, the sound of explosions suddenly sounded in the levels.

Almost at the same time, artillery nowhere began to roar.

On the level, all the soldiers were lying on the ground or pressing against the wall, almost hearing nothing in their ears, and seeing almost nothing in front of them. The violent explosion, the smoke and the fire that soared into the sky, instantly completely enveloped this small barrier.

When Zhu Ruofan shook his head desperately to wake him up and rubbed his eyes to make him see more clearly, the figure of Ming army had already appeared on the city wall.

"Kill the enemy!" he howled, raised the big knife in his hand, and rushed towards the shadowy enemy in front of him.

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