The next morning, Li Baoshan led a squad of military guards to the north city gate.
At this moment, everyone inside the city was in a panic. Whether commoners or soldiers, they were all deeply afraid of the rebel army outside the city.
Those soldiers had almost no morale to speak of, each one standing guard at the city gate and on the walls in extreme tension.
When Li Baoshan arrived before the gate, the Taiping Army outside the city had already gathered beyond it, which made the defending soldiers even more nervous.
However, when they saw Li Baoshan come over, their tension eased a little, and one by one, they looked at Li Baoshan as if they were looking at a savior.
Li Baoshan sat on horseback before the city gate, looked at those soldiers who were unfit for any great use, and shouted loudly, "Open the gate!"
"Ah!" Everyone froze for a moment.
"My lord, the rebel army is right outside the city. If we open the gate now, the rebel army outside will charge into the city!" a trusted aide beside Li Baoshan reminded him.
Li Baoshan glanced at him, then looked at the soldiers stationed at the city gate and said, "Open the gate and surrender! Hurry!"
"..."
Now everyone was even more bewildered.
No one had expected Li Baoshan to surrender.
The crowd looked at one another.
Li Baoshan frowned and urged again, "Cut the nonsense. Open the city gate!"
The group of soldiers was still standing there in a daze, but the military guards of the Shangwu Guard had already figured it out. Several guards immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Didn't you hear the lord's order? Why haven't you opened the city gate yet!"
They did not know why Li Baoshan was surrendering, but