"My Lord, there is no need to say more. I have made up my mind!" said Shi Tingzhu.

It's not that he is righteous, but he has no choice.

The generals under his command included Lekedehun of the Plain Red Banner, Ekesu and Bolhui of the Plain White Banner, and Luokoduo of the Bordered Red Banner.

These people are the backbone of the Eight Banners.

Sending anyone there would be equivalent to sending them to their deaths.

After he fled back to the grassland and reunited with Dorgon, Dorgon still did not spare him.

Rather than being convicted and executed, it is better to die in battle as the last resort.

As for surrender...

He did have this idea, but it was just an idea.

The things he did after surrendering to the Jiannu had made him lose the qualifications to rejoin the Ming army.

Seeing that Shi Tingzhu was willing to die, Lekedehun said some polite words and stopped persuading him.

It doesn’t matter to him whether others live or die, as long as he himself doesn’t die.

After a hypocritical farewell, Lekedehun led 8,000 cavalrymen to continue fleeing northward.

Shi Tingzhu led 1,500 cavalrymen and lined up on the south bank of the river to wait.

Soon, Li Xianzhong and Liu Zhaoji arrived with their troops.

Without any hesitation, the two men gave the order at the same time: "Kill!"

The horns blew and the sound of horse hooves resounded through the sky.

Shi Tingzhu immediately drew his sword and launched a counterattack against the charging Ming army.

He was prepared to die.

But he forgot.

Just because he wants to die doesn't mean the soldiers under his command want to die too.

After running for a distance, he suddenly felt that the sound of horse hooves around his ears was not very frequent.

Turning around, he saw only a few hundred personal soldiers charging with him.

The remaining cavalry stayed where they were, motionless, as if they were thinking about something.

After a brief hesitation, the cavalry moved.

Some people waited for the arrival of the Ming army.

Some people turned their horses around and chased in the direction of Lekedehun's escape, or fled in the east and west directions.

Others threw down their weapons, raised their hands and shouted: "Don't kill me, I surrender!"