Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 303 The Three Wang Brothers

When Dai Zhifan attacked the city wall, the momentum of the Ming army reached its peak. When he was dragged down from the city by his personal guards, the morale of the Ming army also declined, and finally retreated like a tide.

This siege battle lasted nearly an hour and a half, and finally ended with the retreat of the Ming army. The Ming army attacked on three sides, with nearly 4000 casualties, and nearly 2000 casualties in the south. The rest were losses on the east and west sides. One city hammer was lost, and nearly a hundred siege ladders were lost.

Wuchang City also suffered nearly 3000 casualties, of which Nancheng lost 400 people from the Green Battalion and 45 from the Eight Banners.

Regardless of the Ming army or the Qing army, the losses were relatively serious, but both Wang Yan and Tong Yanghe felt that they had taken advantage of it.

The Qing army repelled the Ming army, and Tong Yanghe thought it was understandable to win the victory, but Wang Yan also had Wang Yan's reason. He didn't expect to be able to attack Wuchang in one go at the beginning, so retreating was nothing, because he had already surrendered to the Qing army. The soldiers showed their muscles and let them see the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

He just wanted to tell the Green Battalion soldiers that even if they did not surrender, the Ming army could still take Wuchang, and this had achieved its goal.

In today's battle, Wang Yan didn't use all his strength. He was afraid that if he pushed too hard, it would stimulate the fighting power of the Qing army and cause a lot of casualties to the Ming army. Moreover, he didn't want to get a dilapidated Wuchang.

Although Wuchang was defeated, it was still handed over to He Tengjiao, but strengthening He Tengjiao would do more good than harm to Wang Yan.

In the future, He Tengjiao will sit in Wuchang, but he will be able to develop in Hunan with peace of mind and recharge his energy, so that his soldiers will not be forced to fight again and again without breathing, and eventually become a tired army.

On the tower of the south gate of Wuchang, Tong Yanghe was finally relieved when he saw that the Ming army retreated to the camp. He believed that after today's battle, the mind of the green camp would be stable, and the next thing to do was to see if Azig could break the Wuchang city. , came to support.

In fact, Yang Wenfu, the commander-in-chief guarding the east city, and Sun Dingliao, the admiral of Huguang guarding the west city, did not feel strong pressure because the Ming army launched a feint attack on these two sides, so they felt that there was great hope in defending Wuchang. Then he decided to continue to serve the Qing court.

Yang Wenfu fought to be able to raise the flag. Sun Dingliao surrendered to the Qing government in the Battle of Dalinghe, and was incorporated into the Eight Banners afterwards. Therefore, he has a high degree of loyalty to the Qing government. Serve.

Liu Kaiwen, who was not attacked by the Ming army in the north, defended the road in Jingnan. Seeing that the Qing army repelled the Ming army's attack, he also began to favor Tong Yanghe.

The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Raising the flag is indeed a wonderful move in the hands of the Qing court, and it quickly gathered the morale of the green camp.

It's just that although it is good to raise the flag, you have to live long enough to be compiled into the Eight Banners, otherwise your own life will be lost, and the lives of your family members will be ruined, and even the entire clan may be uprooted.

For people at this time, it is important to get promoted and make a fortune, but the continuation of the family and the prosperity of the clan are far more important than the official position.On the south wall, after the Green Camp cleaned up the battlefield, the corpses of the Ming army were thrown down the city, while the corpses of the Green Camp were hoisted up and neatly placed. There were a total of [-] people. Twenty percent of the people.

After clearing the battlefield, the soldiers leaned against the wall to rest one after another, but the three Wang brothers looked at the dead soldiers of the green battalion with serious faces.

Wang Chang was a little shocked and said: "It's only been half a day today, and so many people have died. If the Ming army does not hesitate to attack every day, our people will die within five days." "Yes. ~" Wang Guangtai nodded, then looked at Wang Guangen and said, "Brother just stopped me and my third brother from chasing and killing Dai Zhifan, I'm afraid I saw this." battalion, and said a little worriedly: "Yes, the Ming army did not try its best to attack the city today, and the naval warships did not participate in the battle. Wang Shiheng just hoped that this battle would remind us not to choose the wrong direction."

"Then how should we choose, should we contact the Ming army to surrender?" Wang Chang said, "However, it is indeed a pity to give up the opportunity to raise the flag!"

Wang Chang and Wang Guangtai originally insisted on surrendering, but after knowing that Tong Yanghe was going to lift them up, they also hesitated.

They wanted to surrender to the Ming army at the beginning, mostly because they were not proud of being in the Qing army. They couldn't understand the Eight Banners, so they understood the benefits of the Eight Banners better.

"It's nothing to regret~" Wang Guangen said: "Tong Yanghe is not Wang Shiheng. Wang Shiheng guarded Yangzhou back then with the support of 80 people in Yangzhou. But even so, half of the 80 Yangzhou people died, especially the young and strong men." Only more than 3 people died. Although there are some young men in Wuchang City, most of them are strong men captured from various prefectures. As long as Wang Shiheng attacks at all costs, Wuchang City will not be able to defend for a long time." Wang Guangtai said in awe: "Then the elder brother means to surrender?"

Wang Guangen nodded and said: "Our family members are all in Wuchang, no more than Tong Yanghe and Sun Dingliao. It would be unwise to fantasize about raising the flag since we know we can't keep it, and it's not Tong Yanghe's responsibility to raise the flag. Yanghe has the final say, but in the end it depends on what the regent wants. Jin Shengheng won a large area of ​​Jiangxi provinces and counties for the Qing court without spending a single soldier from Manchuria. People are much taller, and the Qing court said it was going to raise the flag for him, hasn't it been raised so far?"

Wang Guangtai and Wang Chang couldn't help nodding their heads when they heard the words, and then clasped their fists together and said, "The Qing court really can't believe it. We should also consider our family members and not take risks. Since the eldest brother has already decided, then the eldest brother will tell us what to do!"

"In today's battle, the Ming army also saw the strength of our three brothers. Now it is the right time to surrender to the past, but Tong Yanghe doesn't trust us. The city gates are handed over to the Eight Banners and the governor's mansion to guard, but there are still some trouble."

"Are you worried that if there is a fire, you will lose some brothers?" Wang Guangtai turned his eyes and said, "Why don't I contact the other green camps and ask them to contribute."

"No!" Wang Guangen waved his hand and said, "Our department suffered the heaviest loss today, while the others did not suffer any losses. They probably thought that the Ming army was nothing more than that, and imagined that they could hold Wuchang and be incorporated into the Eight Banners, and they would not surrender with us at all. , on the contrary, it is very likely to betray us."

"Then what should we do? We only have more than 5000 people left now. If another one or two thousand people die, I'm afraid they will surrender and we won't even be able to get a general." Wang Chang said angrily.

Wang Guangen narrowed his eyes and said: "Don't worry, I will send people out of the city to contact the Ming army first tonight, and tomorrow I will freely offer the strategy of the city."

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