Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 886
At the foot of the earthen village, Liu Shun saw Ming soldiers rushing up to the stone castle through the binoculars, and a member of the Ming army cut off Hui Sai's commander-in-chief flag with a single knife, and then took a large banner embroidered with turtles and snakes from the soldiers. , waving twice to insert into the wall, he immediately put down the binoculars, clenched a fist with one hand, and swung upwards.

Seeing this, the Ming army in the main formation was as excited as a general, and cheered immediately. The guns behind Liu Shun were raised and then lowered, undulating like waves on the sea.

The cheers of the Ming army did not start from the fort, but when the Ming army on the fort had not completely controlled the stone fort, the Ming army below howled, which even set up the Xuanwu camp that rushed into the fort. If he was being chased away, it would be embarrassing, it would be embarrassing, and he would not be able to hold his head up.

Cheers and shouts spread from the west slope to Shizhai, and soon reached the ears of Duoduo on the west city.

This made Duoduo's heart suddenly lifted, and he couldn't help stepping forward, putting one hand on the wall, looking up the slope with his eyes, trying to see the situation in the stone village clearly.

It's a pity that the Ming army attacked from the west, and the view from the city was blocked by the earth slope. Duoduo and others couldn't see clearly the situation of the Ming army attacking the village.

It was precisely because they couldn't see, and the cheers of the Ming army came again, that made the Qing army worried. Many generals of the Qing army, like Duoduo, couldn't help but walked to the city wall, leaning on the pile to look at it. All exuded melancholy.

With the stone fortress, the Ming army could not threaten Yangzhou, and the Qing army in Yangzhou city would not have much sense of urgency. On the contrary, once the stone fortress was lost, Yangzhou city would fall under the Ming army's front, especially if the Ming army took the red clothes With the gun mounted on a high slope, you can overlook the west city, and Yangzhou's defense will fall into an extremely passive situation. The impact of these consequences will inevitably lower the morale of the Qing army.

"My lord, last night we sent out more than 50 Folang machines and [-] elite soldiers. The Shizhai has sufficient troops, and there are Foremen Huisai guarding them. It should be no problem to deal with the Ming army for half a month. Your lord need not worry too much. "

Baya Latiao Zhangjing Sukesaha with the white flag, although he heard the cheers of the Ming army, he still offered a word of comfort when he saw Duduo's expression.

Duoduo also felt that after the four gates of Yangzhou were blocked, he sent troops overnight to replenish the strength of Shizhai to the initial level. After the loss, he can take the opportunity to break through the stronghold, but he is afraid that the Ming army will play some new tricks, and the mountains and plains are filled with cheers one after another, how can he not be worried?
"Not good!" When Duoduo was getting anxious, Guan Xiaozhong suddenly pointed at Shizhai and exclaimed, "My lord, Shizhai has been defeated!"

In fact, many generals of the Qing army have been looking at Shizhai all the time. Needless to say, they can see it themselves.

Duoduo just lost his mind, and looked up the high slope anxiously when he heard the sound, and saw the east gate of the stone village on the high slope opened at once, and there were more than a thousand Qing troops wearing bamboo hats and mandarin jackets, mixed with hundreds of soldiers in white armor. Banners rushed out of Shizhai in a panic, rushed down the high slopes all over the mountains, and fled to Yangzhou.

In Shizhai, the Ming army was still fighting with the remnants of the Qing army. The two hundred-household teams, abandoning the remnants of the enemy in Shizhai, did not go down the fort wall. According to Zhang Youde's order, they rushed along the fort wall from left to right.

Ezu Huisai escaped from the east gate, heard the cheers all over the mountains and plains, looked back at Shizhai, and saw Ming army firearms soldiers with plate helmets and red armor on the fort wall of the east gate, and the Qing army who escaped from the east gate. , no one organized to drive away the Ming army on the wall of the fort, and all of them just scrambled to escape. Several Qing soldiers ran out of the fort gate, and were shot dead by the Ming army gunners on the wall, and the remnants of the Qing army behind them didn't care Regardless of the timing of the Ming army's reloading, he fled out of the fort gate in a hurry.

At this time, several white armors fled in a hurry. The Ming army on the fort was still changing their medicines and had no time to shoot, but the main force fighting inside the fort finally came after them.

When several musketeers chased them out of the door, they immediately knelt on one knee and raised their guns to shoot. Several white-armored men fell on the two of them in an instant, and another man was hit with a bloody hole in his leg, and immediately fell to the ground. He had already run away. Seeing this, the two white armored soldiers paused, gritted their teeth, turned around and set up the injured white armor, and then fled in a hurry.

The musketeers who finished shooting immediately stood up and reloaded the ammunition. At this moment, a huge shout sounded, and Zhang Youde led the troops to chase out from the gate of the fort and began to cover and kill the defeated army.

All the generals in the past dynasties, the favorite thing to do on the battlefield is to cover up and kill the defeated army. This is a kind of relaxing and joyful thing for one's own side, while making the opponent cry.

For a while, the Ming army followed the defeated Qing army, chasing them all over the mountains and plains. Some Ming soldiers fired guns while chasing, hitting the back of the Qing army, causing them to rush to death. , From then on, the Qing army was chopped down to the ground, and the body of the Qing army rolled a few times on the slope that was not steep, and then there was no movement.

Doduo in the city saw this scene and saw that Shizhai had lost his hand. He angrily punched his fist on the wall, and shouted angrily with red eyes, "Hurry up and prepare the hanging basket, and then send the sentry boat to fetch people over."

The four gates of Yangzhou were blocked, and the only way for the Qing army to survive was to run down the slope, swim across the moat, and then let the Qing soldiers hang them into the city, or enter the city through the water gate.

The moat of Yangzhou is relatively wide, and the Qing army still has a lot of small boats in it, mainly for patrolling at night to prevent the Ming army from filling the river, or to use it carefully to enter Yangzhou.

Hearing Duoduo's roar, the Qing general in the city hurriedly let the ropes be lowered down the city wall, and then let the sentinel ship sail to the moat to pick up the defeated army.

At this time, Hui Sai was escorted by more than a dozen soldiers and fled. His bowl hat was gone, and his bald head showed a small pigtail, which made him look a bit embarrassed.

On the battlefield, for the convenience of commanding, the generals wear very conspicuous clothes, the purpose is to let the subordinate soldiers see him and facilitate commanding, but if the subordinates can see him, the enemy will naturally target him easily.

Later, with the development of the command system, this method gradually changed. Officers' uniforms, armbands and other things that indicate their identity became smaller and less conspicuous, because they were afraid of being targeted by the enemy and killing their own officers.

At this time, although Huisai lost his official hat, he was still very conspicuous. Apart from being surrounded by more than a dozen people, the main reason was that he wore a yellow mandarin jacket over the black official robe, which was like a traffic light. It's so eye-catching, it's hard to see it.

The sentry boats of the Qing army were scarce, and not many people could get across at once. The broken soldiers who ran to the river were in a state of confusion, scrambling for the ferry.

The last Ming army crashed into the defeated army, and then slashed and killed, forcing the Qing army to jump into the moat again and again.

Zhang Youde saw Hui Sai's figure, who was being escorted by personal guards and wanted to board the ship, and immediately scolded: "Tartar, where are you going to escape!"

After he finished speaking, he led dozens of Ming troops to swarm up, slashing left and right with swords, cutting down all the routs of the Qing army blocking the way, and soon caught up to him. Several soldiers from Huizhai turned around to resist, Zhang Youde Several musketeers behind them raised their guns and fired immediately, instantly knocking down the Qing army who wanted to stop them.

At this time, one of Huisai's soldiers jumped onto a sentry boat, swung a knife and drove all the defeated soldiers into the river, then turned around and stretched out his hand to pull Huisai onto the boat. Huisai also reached the river, stretched out a With only one hand, his body leaned towards the moat, but just when the two hands were about to join hands, Hui Sai felt that a big hand suddenly grabbed his braid, and then dragged desperately, dragging his body that was about to board the boat. return.

He was frightened out of his wits and was about to struggle when Zhang Youde slashed across, a white light flashed and blood sprayed, Hui Sai's body was separated immediately, Zhang Youde grabbed his braid and lifted his head up.

Other generals of the Ming army, if they seized the full soldiers, they might leave them alive and hand them over to their superiors, but the generals who fought from Yangzhou, in this situation, generally killed if they could, and if they couldn't kill, they would kill them if they couldn't find an excuse, unless it was Wang Yan repeatedly explained, otherwise there would be no survivors in their hands.

In a short while, following the pursuit of the Ming army, the defeated Qing army by the moat either boarded the sentry boat or jumped into the river by themselves. The army also began to shoot at the Ming army by the river, killing several Ming soldiers immediately.

Zhang Youde held the head in one hand, and immediately brandished the saber in the other, shouting loudly: "Withdraw!"

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