Li Wencong wanted to surrender but just wanted to save his life. Resistance was futile. Didn’t he see the hundreds of thousands of bandits outside the city?

Xiang Mao didn't know what surrender meant. Since the guard Li Wencong didn't want to resist, the Ming army on the city wall almost threw away their weapons and fled. Xiang Mao, who had no opinion, also followed Li Wencong's idea.

However, the wealthy businessmen, landlords and gentry in Yingcheng knew very well that once the city gate was opened and surrendered, the first thing the thieves would do was to deal with were their people.

Li Zicheng is not stupid. The most important thing is to buy people's hearts in troubled times. So Li Zicheng put forward the slogan of not paying food when the King of Chuang came, so why not paying food?

These poor people are all poor people, and they have no value absorbed from them. Instead of finding anything from the people, it is better to buy a wave of people's hearts under the banner of not paying food.

For the poor, they do not oppose Li Zicheng. Even the poor and hungry people welcome Li Zicheng's arrival very much. When the King of Chuang came, they could lead them to grab the big family.

Faced with the insistence of the guard general Li Wencong, the wealthy businessmen who fled to Yingcheng were immediately panicked. They led their servants to stop at the city gate and begged hard.

"General Li, you cannot surrender, you must not surrender! General Li, the thief is untrustworthy. Once you enter the city, you will kill us."

"Yes General Li, the lessons of the past, the lessons of the past. Have you forgotten that the bandits showed how Zhou harmed the people of Yingcheng County back then?"

"Sir Xiang, you are advising General Li not to open the city gate. The thieves burn, kill, plunder, and we will be done with the city gate. The court will not let the two of you go, two of you think twice, think twice!"

Faced with the advice of these wealthy families, Xiang Mao hesitated a little: "General Li, why don't we do it, we will fight with the thieves. Maybe, yes, this can defend the city."

Li Wencong glared at him: "Sir Xiang, you haven't seen it. How many people are outside Yingcheng? At least there are hundreds of thousands, let alone the thousands of people in our small Yingcheng. Even if the imperial army comes, I'm afraid it will not be able to resist it. Mr. Xiang. You must know what kind of fate will we end up after we are defeated by the King of Breaking the City."

When Li Wencong said this, Xiang Mao couldn't help but shudder. Thinking of the cruelty of these bandits, it made people even more chill.

Xiang Mao, who had no opinion, immediately lost his mind and decided to surrender with Li Wencong. The wealthy families in Yingcheng were scattered. Once these two stupid officials surrendered, it would mean the end of their lives.

Zhou Shiren, the richest man in Yingcheng, is a fat man with big head, big ears and big belly. The wealthy families led by him blocked the city gate. Zhou Shiren said in horror: "General Li, Lord Xiang, as long as you take the soldiers to resist, we will organize the servants to defend the city, and then recruit soldiers in the city. We may not be unable to defend the city. Although the number of these bandits is large, most of them are hungry people, and we are afraid that where will they come from?"

Zhou Shiren said something is reasonable, and it is true that there are many bandits. If you encounter an official who is trying hard to resist with the soldiers in the city, the bandits may not be able to capture the city.

After Zhang Xianzhong captured Yingcheng, he suffered a great loss in Yunmeng County. After taking Yingcheng, Zhang Xianzhong quickly expanded his territory and began to surround Yunmeng County. At that time, there were many wealthy people in Shanxi who fled in Yunmeng County. These rich people also climbed up to the city wall to help guard. Zhang Xianzhong's troops used cowhides to resist the arrows of the official army while siegeing the city. When they were about to climb to the city, the powerful official warriors on the city wall used long iron hooks to lift off the cowhides on the bandits' bodies. The soldiers guarding the city smashed the stones and killed many bandits who were siegeing the city, which led to Zhang Xianzhong who could not capture for a long time and did not dare to approach the city wall.

In Yunmeng County, Zhang Xianzhong has been attacking for eight days without taking over. It can be seen that as long as the guards are properly, the Ming Dynasty's official troops may still defend the city, and the people are not invincible in attacking.

But Li Wencong was a coward. He looked at Zhou Shiren and other wealthy families blocking the city gate and couldn't help but draw his sword. Li Wencong held the sword in his hand and roared angrily: "Why, you still want to rebel. Get out of here quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Some people are like this, they are arrogant. When dealing with enemies, they are weak and can be bullied, and have no backbone at all. When dealing with their own people, they are extremely vicious and vicious.

Li Wencong is such a person. He usually joins the magistrate Zhang Mao and has always attacked these big families. He is familiar with the way of eating and taking things. But facing Li Zicheng's army, Li Wencong instantly cowards.

Zhou Shiren was shocked. He knew that if he forced himself to stop him, Li Wencong, who was in a semi-crazy state, would really kill him. After all, the other party was Yingcheng's guard.

The advice was unstoppable, and Zhou Shiren and other wealthy families were all in a state of dismay. They knew that their family business was over. It was unknown whether the thieves could save their lives when they entered the city.

Li Wencong was full of murderous aura, of course, only when he treated his own people. He looked fierce and murderous. No one dared to come forward to stop him, and Li Wencong led his men to the city gate.

Finally, a big man couldn't help but stand up: "General Li, you open the city gate to let everyone die!"

Without saying a word, Li Wencong killed the other party with one knife, and everyone was even more frightened and made way for the way.

When he arrived at the city gate, Li Wencong ordered his men: "Open the city gate, tell your brothers to put down your weapons."

Li Zicheng was ready to attack the city, and he ordered his men to set up a ladder to make these hungry people a cannon fodder. After all, hundreds of thousands of hungry people are perfect human shields. As long as he arrives at the city, he has the ability to lead his subordinates to attack the city wall.

If you take Yingcheng, your team will be supported. Yingcheng has gathered many surrounding landlords and gentry, and a large amount of food has been stored in the city. Nowadays, whoever has food and fists will be the king.

But what surprised Li Zicheng was that before he could order the siege, the gate of Yingcheng slowly opened. At this time, the Ming army guards on the city wall also put down their weapons and accepted surrender.

Liu Zongmin rode over on horseback, and he touched his beard and laughed: "King of Chuang, I never thought that this was a group of waste. Before we could attack the city, they surrendered first."

When Li Zicheng was stunned, he did not expect that the besieging Yingcheng would be so relaxed. Just by bringing refugees to show his face, the officers and soldiers of the court were scared to death.

Li Wencong and Zhang Mao led their subordinates to open the city gate. The two knelt at the gate, and their soldiers put down their weapons and knelt on the ground to welcome Li Zicheng and others into the city.
Chapter completed!