Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 48 In the battle city, there seems to be a turning point
When the Qing soldiers entered the city from the west gate, for the convenience of the army, they removed all the strongholds of the Ming army on the street and at the city gate, so Wang Yan rushed from the street to the city gate without any obstacles at all.

Li Shuitai wanted to stop him, but the Qing soldiers around him were already in chaos, especially the Manchurians who were carrying big and small burdens and were eager to leave the city, so they didn't listen to his orders at all.

Wang Yan assembled [-]-[-] cavalry, Li Shuitai only had [-] cavalry to meet him, the rest of the Qing soldiers only rushed out of the city gate, the two armies collided, immediately killed Li Shuitai and retreated steadily.

Seeing that he could no longer support himself, the guards around him immediately hugged him and fled outside the city gate, but at this time Wang Yan's cavalry had already arrived at the city gate, how could he escape easily, leading the cavalry to cover up and kill him.

With a knife, He Gang cut off the cloth strips hanging from the beams of the five women one by one, then put them on the broken bed, checked their breath, and found that they were still alive, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

At this time, a general of the Ming army in chain armor walked into the room. It was Li Taizhen. He had already learned the identity of He Gang from the surviving Ming army in the courtyard, so he came in to meet him.

"Lord He!" Li Taizhen cupped his hands slightly and said, "I'm Li Taizhen in the Loyalty Camp."

He Gang had never heard of the Loyalty Camp, but he definitely wasn't from the original Yangzhou city.

"The imperial court sent reinforcements to cross the river?" He Gang was overjoyed and asked hastily.

Hearing this, Li Taizhen was stunned. Neither he nor Wang Yan knew that Liu Liangzuo had surrendered, so he nodded and said, "The army is still on its way to Yangzhou. We will cross the river to support when we arrive first."

Hearing that the reinforcements had indeed arrived and had already entered the city, He Gang could not help but be overjoyed and asked, "General Li, how many troops have you waited for?"

"Less than a thousand people!" Li Taizhen said flatly.

When He Gang heard that there were only a thousand people, the flame that had just ignited in his heart couldn't help but extinguished again. The Qing soldiers besieging Yangzhou were no less than 1000. What is the use of [-] troops?He Gang was suddenly discouraged.

At this time, a soldier from the Zhongyi Battalion suddenly broke into the room, and after seeing Li Taizhen, he quickly saluted and said: "General, the commander has an order to let the Ming army in the city move to the west city, drive the Qing soldiers out of Yangzhou, and take back the west gate!"

"The general will know!" Li Taizhen nodded upon hearing this, and then waved his hand: "You step back first, let the brothers in the courtyard get ready, and I will come later."

"What?" He Gang was confused by their conversation, and said in disbelief, "Are you going to recapture Yangzhou?"

"That's right!" Li Taizhen nodded, then straightened his armor and said, "The south gate has been controlled, and the general estimates that the east gate and north gate have also fallen into the hands of our army. As long as the west city is taken down, Yangzhou will be back. Under the rule of Ming Dynasty."

"Master He is going to the West City with me?" Li Taizhen glanced at the five unconscious women, and then said, "Stay here?"

"Of course I go with the general!" Although He Gang didn't know how a thousand reinforcements would turn the situation around in the city, he was willing to sacrifice his life as long as Yangzhou could be taken back.

"That's great!" Li Taizhen nodded in satisfaction, and walked out.

He Gang followed him out of the room, and then said to Dai Zhifan who was resting on the ground with an eye injury: "You stay here, wait for the girls to wake up, and then send them to a safe place in Nancheng."

"Here!" Dai Zhifan wanted to get up, but He Gang pressed his shoulders, so he had to sit and respond.

At this time, Li Taizhen had already organized the people in the courtyard. There were more than 300 people, so he hurried out of the courtyard, ready to go straight to the west gate.

Seeing this, He Gang quickly caught up with Li Taizhen and reminded him: "General Li, besides the city gate, there is another place where the Qing soldiers can enter the city."

Li Taizhen couldn't help but stop when he heard the words, looked at him and asked, "Is there another place?"

"Of course!" He Gang explained: "On the night of the 24th, the red cannons of the Qing army bombarded the west city and destroyed a section of the northwest corner. It was from there that the Qing soldiers entered Yangzhou!"

"Let's go! Go to the gap in the northwest corner!" Li Taizhen, who was planning to go to the west gate, made a decisive decision and immediately changed direction and ran towards the collapsed place.

In the big tent of the Qing army outside the city, Duoduo felt relieved after dispatching more than [-] troops from the Zhenglan Banner of the Han army led by Li Sutai.

The Ming army he wanted to enter the city was only 1000 people. With the strength of the Ming army, Li Shutai must be more than enough to deal with it.

At this time Duoduo had already focused his attention on Shi Kefa, he straightened his clothes, and went to the personal guard to bring Shi Kefa into the tent.

Not long after, Shi Kefa, who looked haggard, was brought in. Duoduo quickly asked someone to arrange a seat, and said with a smile on his face, "Mr. is in my hands now. If you can clean up Jiangnan for my Qing Dynasty, you will not hesitate to do so!"

Shi Kefa is the governor of Jiangbei, an important minister of the Ming court, and has countless disciples. If he can return to the Qing Dynasty, it will be of great benefit to stabilizing Jiangnan, especially to subdue the hearts of scholars in Jiangnan. Last try.

Yangzhou was broken in one day, and Shi Kefa was heartbroken at this time. He couldn't help recalling that since he supervised Jiangbei, he seemed to have achieved nothing, and his desire to die was even stronger.

Facing multiple choices to persuade him to surrender, Shi Kefa firmly said: "I am an important minister of the Communist Party, how can I live in vain and be a sinner for all ages! My head can be broken, my body can't be bent, the city is dead or dead, I have made up my mind. Splitting the corpse into thousands of pieces is as sweet as sugar, don't talk too much!"

Duoduo pressed his hot face to his cold butt, and the smile on his face froze immediately. Seeing that Shi Kefa was so determined, he knew that it was impossible to surrender, so he could only wave his hands to let Shi Kefa be taken away.

Duoduo is not Huang Taiji, he does not have the great talent, Shi Kefa is not Hong Chengchou, he does not have the ability to beat Li Chuang to only eighteen riders in Shangluo Mountain, nor does he have the ability to defend Songshan with thousands of remnants for half a year.

If Shi Kefa didn't surrender, Duoduo would naturally not keep him up like Huang Taiji did to Hong Chengchou. He didn't have that kind of heart, so he quickly ordered Shi Kefa's words to be cut and killed.

Just when Duoduo finished dealing with Shi Kefa and was about to close his eyes and rest for a while, suddenly a soldier came to see him outside the camp.

Duoduo asked the guards to let people in. After the soldier entered the tent, Natou bowed and gasped, "My lord! The east gate was taken back by the Ming army!"

Hearing this, Duoduo couldn't help but froze for a moment, his entire brow furrowed.

"Report! The north gate was taken by the Ming army!"

Before Duduo had time to react, there were soldiers outside the tent shouting and rushing towards the commander's tent. When Duduo heard this, he was furious: "Where is Li Sutai? Why is he eating land!"

Li Shitai, who was being talked about by Duoduo, was not feeling well at this time. There were less than 100 people around him, and the rest were rebels. Where was Wang Yan's opponent, he had already been chased by Wang Yan and escaped from the city gate.

During the fight, Wang Yan learned that the opponent was Li Shuitai, and most of Wang Yan's cavalry were from Shandong. They were almost cornered by Hetuo and Li Shuitai.Now the enemy is extremely jealous when they meet each other, how could he be allowed to escape, Wang Yan immediately dispatched more than [-] riders, pursued and killed him fiercely, vowing to kill Li Sutai and then quickly.

Just as Duoduo was about to lose his temper, the envoy sent by Li Sutai to ask for help also arrived.He was able to get in, and without caring about Doduo's face, he hurriedly reported: "My lord! The Ming army counterattacked the west city, and the servants couldn't stand it. Li Dutong asked the servants to come to ask for help. Please send the army to support the lord."

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