Chapter 774
When Ding Kuichu saw Chen Bangfu running away, he felt that Jiao Lian had a ghost. Since Zhu Yue didn't listen, he would clean up his family and escape from Guangzhou by himself.
When he ran away, the Ming army, who was originally going to enter the city, saw him, so he was reluctant to enter the city.
Jiao Lian took Zhu Yue's order to mobilize troops. He finally got thousands of soldiers. Suddenly, in the western suburbs, the Ming soldiers rushed westward. When asked about the reason, the deserters all said that the Governor and the King of Guangdong ran away.
This shocked Jiao Lian and hurriedly scolded: "This is a rumor. Your Highness is still in the city, so quickly turn around and return to the city!"
The deserters didn't hear at all. Seeing him blocking him, they all bypassed Jiao Lian, and poured over the rocks like a flood.
This made Jiao Lian very anxious, but he had no choice but to turn around and call him, "Go! Come and enter the city quickly!"
The thousands of soldiers and horses behind him did not move, and the leader of the general said, "Your Highness and the Governor have both escaped, why should we enter the city and die!"
After speaking, thousands of soldiers and horses immediately dispersed and fled westward with the deserters.
In the blink of an eye, Jiao Lian saw that there were only a few riders beside him, which made him cry without tears, which made him sigh to the sky, "The one who ruined the affairs of Guangzhou is Ding Kuichu!"
After speaking, he pulled out the reins of the horse and led several cavalry to Guangzhou.
The troops outside the city scattered, and the defenders in the city didn't care about it when they saw it, and they opened the city gates and fled.
If there is a big Guangzhou, more than 100,000 troops will be destroyed by their own people before the Han army can attack.
Jiao Lian rushed to the west gate and saw the soldiers and horses in the city crowded out. He couldn't help but feel anxious. At this moment, a team of elite soldiers suddenly came out with Zhu Yue, Su Guansheng and others.
It turned out that Zhu Yue was in the palace, and first received a report. The defense on the Pearl River was not yet perfect, and the Han navy had arrived, and the defense was defeated. Then he learned that Ding Kuichu had escaped, and the soldiers and horses inside and outside Guangzhou were rushing to flee, and had to abandon Guangzhou and leave the city in panic.
"Your Highness!" Jiao Lian shouted loudly and stepped forward.
Zhu Yue burst into tears, "I regret it when I was in the past!"
Jiao Lian sighed and said, "Your Highness, your affairs have come to this point. You should leave Guangzhou quickly, station in Biwuzhou, gather the defeated troops, and contact Qu Fujun to fight again!"
At this moment, the group fled in panic and hurriedly evacuated Guangzhou.
During the chaos in Guangzhou, Zhao Ming had already led a large army to approach Guangzhou from Dongguan.
The vanguard, Chaoxian, led three thousand cavalrymen and arrived at the city of Guangzhou first. Because they were all cavalrymen, they were temporarily stationed in the southern suburbs.
At the same time, the navy also passed through the unsettled waterway and arrived outside Guangzhou City.
The next day, Zhao Ming finally led a large army to the city of Guangzhou, and at this time the Ming army in Guangzhou had almost fled.
Zhao Ming pulled his horse in the southern suburbs, and the flag behind him was raised and lowered. After three consecutive times, the Han soldiers who were advancing gradually stopped.
Two months ago, the Han army evacuated from Guangzhou. The scene at that time is still vivid in my mind, and now Zhao Hansan is back.
Looking at the towering city walls, the Han soldiers couldn't help but sigh that this was the place where they had fought. If they had not been defeated before, they would definitely not miss this time.
"King, according to the investigation of the humble rank, Zhu Yue has fled westward, and the soldiers in Guangzhou are empty, and there are not many left!" The Chao pointed at Guangzhou first, spat, and said to Zhao Ming beside him: "Will the king beat or caress?"
Zhao Ming looked at the defenders on the city with a sharp look and smiled: "Most of the defenders fled, and the defenders in the city did not have the courage to compete with the Lone King, so there was no need to fight. Just recruit them and try to surrender!"
Seeing this, the Dynasty waved to a general, "Send someone to ask the grandson in the city to open the city and surrender!"
An officer immediately led two cavalrymen out of the battle, galloped to the moat, and said loudly: "Listen to the people in the city, the King of Han has an order, and ordered you to open the city and surrender quickly, otherwise you will break the city and you will definitely be killed!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the suspension bridge was lowered and the city gate slowly opened. A large number of officials in a breeze robe led a large group of officials out of the city and walked towards the Han army formation.
"King, the city gate is open!" Dang Shousu said happily.
Zhao Ming looked with the situation and saw that the city gate slowly opened. After a large group of officials left the city, a group of soldiers followed him out of the city and lined up on both sides of the city.
At this time, the general who went to call, ran back and turned over and dismounted, "Report to the king, the defenders in the city open the city gate and surrender to the king!"
As expected, Zhao Ming was still very happy.
This time, his victory over Guangzhou without any blood fully demonstrated his wisdom and judgment.
At this time, when a group of surrendered officials walked to the front of the formation, they were stopped by the Han army, and only one of the leading officials in the breeze robe was allowed to advance to Zhao Ming's horse.
If Guangzhou had surrendered before, Zhao Ming would have dismissed and greeted him. Now that he surrendered, he would not have the treatment.
When the visitor saw Zhao Ming standing proudly on the horse, he was extremely mighty, he couldn't help but kneel down and salute, "Guangdong governor Gu Yuanjing, pay homage to the King of Han."
Zhao Ming narrowed his eyes and had some impression of this person. He supported Shaowu with Su Guansheng, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after his failure, and later promoted Li Zidong with Li Yuanyin and others to make Li Zidong anyway, and Li Chengdong surrendered to the Qing Dynasty after his failure.
Zhao Ming nodded slightly and said majesticly: "Gu Fantai, I am willing to serve the Imperial Palace!"
Gu Yuanjing bowed his head and said, "I am willing to serve Your Highness and surrender the city. I have long sealed the vassal treasury, and ordered the yamen runners and soldiers to patrol the streets, arrest the riots, restore order in the city, and organize officials left behind in Guangzhou to welcome Your Highness into the city!"
Zhao Ming couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Since Gu Yuanjing, after Zhu Yue escaped, restored order in Guangzhou, avoided chaos in the city, and organized all the officials who had not left to come to surrender to the Han Dynasty, the meaning would be different.
Although Guangzhou was within reach of the Han army, it was Gu Yuanjing's contribution to being able to fully accept Guangzhou.
Zhao Ming immediately turned over and dismounted, helped Gu Yuanjing up, and then another touching kill.
"Gu Qing comes to surrender, the lonely king is like an arm!" Zhao Ming held his hand and praised the business: "Gu Qing will not be able to handle the affairs of Guangdong in the future!"
Gu Yuanjing was overjoyed and couldn't help but feel secretly satisfied. Others ran out of the city, but he not only did not run, but wanted to go into the city.
The Han army in Guangzhou could have been defeated, but Zhu Yue and Ding Kuichu were in the city, so it was not his turn to come and surrender.
This is reverse thinking, otherwise there would be no contribution to Guangzhou's decline.
Now it is equivalent to his contribution to Guangzhou to the Han army. This contribution is not small, and he will definitely be able to receive corresponding rewards.
Gu Yuanjing was overjoyed and hurriedly expressed his opinion: "I will definitely serve Your Highness to die!"
Zhao Ming then said, "The Lord is very pleased. After entering the city, the Lord will hold a banquet to pay for his merits!"
Gu Yuanjing smiled and said, "Your Highness, after entering the city, I will give you a great gift to you!"
Chapter completed!