Li Ruolian turned around and stared at Qin Liangyu.
"General Qin, what's going on? Is this a delaying tactic by the Jurchens?"
Qin Liangyu also looked bewildered.
"That's impossible, isn't it? Since ancient times, delaying tactics have never involved having one's own Khan personally lead the troops."
As for the last of the three, it was naturally Li Zicheng.
He clapped his hands and laughed, "Generals, don't overthink it. Since Yue Tuo says he wants to surrender, let's bring him over."
"Once he gets close, whatever his plans are, it'll all be for nothing."
"If he refuses to come over, it means he's playing tricks. We should retreat back to the army and then unleash a barrage of cannon fire."
"Isn't that settled then?"
Li Ruolian and Qin Liangyu exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement.
"You're right, kid."
"Who cares what Yue Tuo's plans are? Let's get him here first!"
So Li Ruolian called out loudly, "Yue Tuo! If you are truly sincere, then come over in person!"
Yue Tuo naturally wouldn't object.
He said to the dozens of dumbfounded servants behind him, "What are you all standing there for?"
"Aren't you coming with me right now?"
To maintain secrecy, Yue Tuo didn't even reveal a single piece of information to his personal servants.
These people were naturally very confused.
But since Yue Tuo had urged them, they subconsciously followed along.
The Jurchen soldiers on the city wall were also bewildered by what they saw.
They simply assumed that Yue Tuo was incredibly audacious and wanted to demonstrate his courage by walking up to the Ming army generals.
They cheered even louder.
"Well done, Great Khan!"
The closer Yue Tuo got to Li Ruolian's side, the louder the cheers became.
Even those of Amin and the others who did not climb the city wall were filled with excitement.
"What did Yue Tuo do? Could it be that he fought his way in and out of the Ming army seven times?"
"That's probably unlikely. It's more likely that his words left the Ming army speechless."
They all started imagining it, eager to see for themselves.
But before they could even climb the city wall, the cheers of the Jurchen soldiers abruptly stopped.
This left them completely bewildered: "What's going on now?"
"Could it be that the Ming army, lacking martial ethics, suddenly turned on Yue Tuo and killed him?"
They never expected that the Jurchens would suddenly fall silent simply because Yue Tuo had come before Li Ruolian and the others.
He actually dismounted and bowed down.
His buttocks were sticking out extremely high, showing no sign of being sweaty.
He's just a clown.
Upon witnessing this scene, the Jurchens were naturally speechless.
Even the Ming army was dumbfounded.
"What are these Jurchens up to?"
"Do the Jurchens have some strange custom that requires people to kowtow upon first meeting them?"
Although they were closer, standing on flat ground, they couldn't see as clearly as the Jurchens on the walls of Shengjing.
So they don't really know what happened.
At this moment, Qin Liangyu came out and stared intently at Yue Tuo.
What did you just say?
Yue Tuo took a deep breath and repeated what he had just said.
"I am willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"
"So that the generals may know that when I last visited the capital to pay my respects to the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty, I was impressed by his demeanor."
"It was only because I was entrusted with a mission by the Great Khan that I could not fail him, which is why I did not defect to the Ming Dynasty."
"This time, the Ming army came to Shengjing, and I was elected as the Khan of the Later Jin."
"Then naturally we must open the city gates and surrender, to save the lives of the entire Manchu people and to fulfill my own filial piety."
These words were entirely Yue Tuo's own thoughts. He hadn't slept a wink last night, pondering them for a long time.
He finally managed to say a few words.
At first glance, it doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it.
Qin Liangyu turned and exchanged a glance with Li Ruolian, then hurriedly said:
"Yue Tuo, if you truly wish to surrender, you should simply open the city gates and let our army in!"
Yue Tuo quickly replied, "General Qin, rest assured, I have already made preparations."
After he finished speaking, he immediately turned his head and shook his robe in front of the city wall.
He also shouted, "Open the city gates quickly and welcome the royal army into the city!"
This was the secret code he had agreed upon with Dai Shan before leaving the city.
Upon witnessing this scene, Dai Shan's lips twitched incessantly, and his heart turned icy cold.
But in the end, he still said, "Someone, open the city gate."
The soldiers guarding the city were all dumbfounded.
"Banner Master, what did you say?"
"The Ming army is eyeing the city covetously outside. If we open the gates now, our Shengjing will be..."
"Didn't you hear me?" Daishan roared. "Open the gates!"
The Jurchen troops on the city walls all came from the two Red Banners, and almost all of them were Daishan's old subordinates.
When they heard their banner leader say this, they recalled Yue Tuo's behavior not long ago.
Suddenly, I understood something.
"Could it be that Khan Yuetuo and Banner Chief Daishan have already decided to surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"
"this……"
They stood there stunned for a moment, unsure whether they should obey the order.
But at that moment, Daishan drew his sword from his waist and cut down several bondservant men nearby.
"What? Are you planning a rebellion?"
Seeing Daishan's actions, the garrison finally stopped hesitating.
"Forget it, since the Aisin Gioro clan is going to surrender anyway, why should we risk our lives?"
"Let's just open the city gates!"
Immediately, someone bowed and said, "Banner Master, please wait a moment, we will go down and open the city gate right away!"
A moment later, Qin Liangyu, who was outside the city, saw the gates of Shengjing slowly open and couldn't help but cheer.
"The Jurchens have indeed surrendered!"
She immediately turned around and said to Li Ruolian, "You take men to keep Yue Tuo under guard, and I'll take men into the city right away!"
Li Ruolian remained in a dreamlike state, nodding blankly.
"General Qin, rest assured."
Qin Liangyu was indeed a little worried upon seeing this, but Li Zicheng walked over with a smile.
"General Qin, you may lead your troops into the city. I will go and guard Yue Tuo."
Qin Liangyu then smiled and nodded.
"well!"
She waved her hand sharply: "Men, charge with me!"
Qin Liangyu took the lead and rushed to the front. Seeing this, the white-pole soldiers also rushed over.
Before long, the vanguard of the Ming army entered Shengjing City.
Only then did Amin and the others finally realize that something was wrong.
They hurriedly gathered their own troops, hoping to retake the city gate.
However, due to Yue Tuo's arrangements, their troops had already returned to their camps to rest, waiting to take over the city's defenses the next day.
In such a rush, it was impossible to assemble troops.
The Ming army successfully took control of the city walls and then opened several other city gates in succession.
As the Ming army outside the city gradually poured into Shengjing City.
Even the most die-hard Jurchens finally realized that the Later Jin dynasty was finished.
Amin slumped to the ground, muttering, "How could this be? How could this be?"
At this moment, the Ming army charged in and, seeing the armor on Amin's body, exclaimed with delight, "This must be a Jurchen prince! We must capture him alive!"
Upon hearing this, Amin immediately tried to draw her knife and commit suicide.
"Damn it, Dai Shan and Yue Tuo, father and son, have both surrendered. I can't follow their example!"
But his servants held him back tightly.
"Banner Master, you can't die!"
"If you die, then... then who will be left to rebuke Daishan and his son?"
These coatings actually have their own little schemes.
If Amin were to die like this, the Ming army, in their fury, might just kill them all.
But if the Ming army captures Amin alive, then they will have a chance to survive.
They advised in unison, "Chief, as long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn!"
Amin gave a wry smile.
"At a time like this, what's the point of saying 'the green hills remain'?"
However, he also voluntarily put down the precious sword in his hand and moved it away from his neck.
The bondsers breathed a sigh of relief and rushed forward, throwing the precious sword aside.
The nearby Ming soldiers seized the opportunity to swarm forward and pin Amin down.
"Quickly inform the two generals that we have captured a Jurchen banner chief alive!"
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