Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 872
The attack on Yangzhou did not happen overnight. The Ming army planned to capture the hills outside the west city, and dug water canals so that warships could rush directly into the moat. With strong military pressure, they forced changes in the city and captured Yangzhou city.

Duoduo knows that the biggest threat to Yangzhou is not the Ming army outside Yangzhou city, but after the First World War in the south of the Yangtze River, the Nanming court has returned to the stage of fighting for the world. The Han gentry under the rule and the Green Battalion composed of Han people brought violent shocks.

In order to prevent changes in the city, Duoduo, who was not good at defending the city, fully absorbed the experience of the Ming army generals, especially Wang Yan and Jiangyin Chen and Yan.

Duoduo was defending the city, and all four cities were guarded by Manchukuo. He personally guarded the west city, Mele Erzhen Kakamu guarded the south city, Jiangshui division commanded Bashan to guard the east city, and Mele Ezhen Ge Chuha guarded the east city. The northern city and the high mountains outside the western city were handed over to Huisai, the son-in-law of the Aixinjueluo family, while the general Asiha was in charge of patrolling the city, strictly preventing the Ming army from spying, and those who went out at will were to be killed immediately.

In the city, the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, such as Guan Zhongzhong, Liang Huafeng, Tong Yangliang, etc., can only be reduced to subordinates, and the other green camp generals will not be reused, but will be monitored instead.

Although such a move made the generals of the green battalion dissatisfied, it did prevent part of the possibility of changes in the city.

The Ming army wanted to attack the mountains and dig ditches, and the Qing army on the city could see it at a glance. Naturally, Duoduo could not let the Ming army do it easily. The Qing army cavalry in Yangzhou rushed out of the city from time to time to interfere. The two sides carried out a long seesaw outside the city. .

An isolated city cannot be guarded for a long time, so in addition to operating Yangzhou in Jiangbei, the Qing army also had an important city in Hefei.

Hefei and Yangzhou are the horns of each other. Yangzhou threatens Nanjing and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, while Hefei threatens the waist of the Ming army and threatens Anqing and Wuhu to cut off the connection between Huguang and Jiangnan.

Guarding Hefei is Ma Guanghui, the admiral of Jiangbei. He was originally the admiral of Beizhi.

The Qing court instead asked Duoduo to personally lead the encirclement and suppression. As a result, Duoduo had no way to deal with the tactics of the rogues.

During the encirclement and suppression period, Ma Guanghui recruited bandits and gradually grew bigger. After the Battle of Nanjing, the Qing court found that he had 5 people, so he was transferred to Hefei.

When Li Guo interspersed between Hefei and Yangzhou, Ma Guanghui knew that the Ming army was going to attack Yangzhou, which made him very worried. Once Yangzhou lost, Hefei would be in danger.

"Junmen, Prince Yu's envoy to ask for help has arrived for three days. Lord Zhen Guo urged him twice to send troops to rescue Yangzhou as soon as possible."

It was Ma Guanghui's subordinate general Yi Yonggui who spoke, and the Zhenguo Gong Xikute he was talking about was Aixinjueluo Xikute, the eldest son of Nurhachi's third son Abai.

Now the Qing court's control over the Han generals is not as good as before. In order to control the Han army, Dorgon not only sent the Han generals to Beijing as hostages, but also sent a large number of royal families to enter the green camp to assume the role of supervising the army.

Ma Guanghui stood on the Hefei city tower, silent for a while, and he also hesitated for a long time about this matter.

"What do you think sir?" He turned his head and looked at a scribe behind him, "Do you think we should rescue Yangzhou?"

The reason why Ma Guanghui asked this question was because he had already learned that Li had over 3 people, cutting off the connection between Hefei and Yangzhou, while he only had 5 people, and he had to leave troops to guard the city, and divide the troops to rescue them. However, Li Guo also said, what if Jin Shenghuan, who took over the defense of Anqing, stole Hefei?
The scribe is Ma Guanghui's staff Li Youlong, who acts as a military adviser. In the previous campaign to encircle and suppress the rogues, he suggested that Ma Guanghui wantonly recruit the rogues, which caused the number of Ma Guanghui's men to increase from 2 to more than 5. He also secured the seat of Admiral Jiangbei.

Li Youlong took a step forward, bowed and bowed, "Junmen is the admiral of Jiangbei in the Qing Dynasty. Since King Yu asked for help, he naturally sent troops to rescue him. I was demoted by the imperial court to be Chief Qian, how to rescue him now, please be careful!"

After speaking, Li Youlong took a step back and stood behind Ma Guanghui.

When besieging bandits and ambushing Ding Weichang, Li Youlong persuaded Ma Guanghui to be self-respecting. Now that he listened to his earnest words, Ma Guanghui naturally understood what Li Youlong meant.

The 14 Ming army launched the Jiangbei Campaign. Ma Guanghui would not have been afraid before, but now Nanjing was defeated first, and then Azig died in the battle. The Qing Dynasty lost two kings in succession. Whether you can save yourself or not, Yangzhou will be a dish of the Ming Dynasty sooner or later. Unless Dorgon in the north sends troops to support it, there is basically no possibility of resolving the siege by relying on Hefei.

Ma Guanghui thought for a while, but he still needs to hold the horses in his hands. If the loss is too great, even if he wins, the Qing Dynasty will restrict him and gradually deprive him of his military power. After thinking about it, he turned around and said, "Mr. That's right, since King Yu asked for help, the governor must help, but he must also consider the situation in Hefei to prevent the Ming army from attacking Hefei from east to west, so Hefei must keep enough troops to defend Jin Shenghuan."

As he spoke, he stopped and looked at Yi Yonggui, "Let Zong Yi take the lead and lead 5000 troops to rescue Yangzhou!"

"Junmen!" Ma Guanghui looked at Yi Yonggui, and he felt that the situation was not right. After hearing his words, he immediately exclaimed, his voice changed a little, and his face looked like he had eaten a mouthful of shit.

Ma Guanghui knew what he was going to say, if 5000 people went to save Yangzhou, wouldn't that be courting death?He waved his hand to stop Yi Yonggui's subsequent words, "You are not an overlord, I didn't let you rush to the city of Yangzhou, as long as you can restrain Li Guo, how to do it depends on the situation."

Yi Yonggui understood, his pale face recovered, he understood what Ma Guanghui meant, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Master, I got it."

After Ma Guanghui gave the order, he was still a little worried, and said to Li Youlong: "What if the Duke of Zhenguo checks?"

"The military gate sends a few beautiful women, and then asks people to prepare more food and wine, and deliver them every day, so that he has no time to check, isn't it enough?" Li Youlong smiled slightly, "These royal families can't be with their ancestors now. We compare."

Ma Guanghui understood and waved for someone to do it.

Duoduo sent a total of two envoys. In fact, after Sizhou was occupied, he sent a wave to inform Dorgon. However, at that time, he only reported the military situation, indicating that he could not withdraw, and did not ask for help.

After Beijing Dorgon discussed with Daishan, he finally decided to abandon Yangzhou and evacuate Duoduo to Huaibei, but he did not expect it to be realized in the end.

When the first report of the beating reached Beijing, Dorgon realized that the Ming Dynasty had been plotting for a long time, and Yangzhou might be doomed. He immediately gathered troops to go south to support, but before all the troops were mobilized, a Ming army in North Korea fell to the ground. Killed Liaodong and carried out a harassment. After that, there were urgent reports from Beizhi, Shandong and other places. A small group of Japanese pirates plundered the coast and destroyed the rice fields, but they did not fight the Qing army.

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