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Chapter 592 Under the Defense of Runan
Nearly a hundred cavalrymen of the Qing army mounted the pontoon bridge and galloped forward.

According to the experience in Jiangbei, as soon as the cavalry rushed, the barbarians on the opposite side would collapse. After the cavalry controlled the pontoon bridge, the army could quickly cross the river.

In this way, the main force behind can save the time of crossing the river and take Runing as soon as possible.

Although Guanzhong is a good place, it needs blood transfusion to recover.When Gao Yihuan entered Guanzhong, the Qing army entered southern Henan, cutting off the connection between Guanzhong and Huguang. Gao Yihuan's 10 people had no money and food supplies, and it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out.

At this time, Duoduo's words were also the current strategy of the Qing army, but after fighting all the way, the Qing army also knew that Gao Yihuan was difficult to deal with, and it would not be easy to take down Henan.

There are many mountains and forests in southern Henan, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Qing army must take advantage of the opportunity of Gao Yihuan's main force in Guanzhong to take down southern Henan.

Although with the strength of the Qing soldiers, Gao Yihuan must be the first to be unable to hold on, but the world is not only the Qing Dynasty and Gao Yihuan, there are other forces, the Qing Dynasty consumes too much, and it will also benefit the fisherman.

Therefore, the goal of the Qing army is to take down Henan and defeat Gao Yihuan before Gao Yihuan returns to the army.

There were large and small bags scattered on the pontoon bridge, lying full of corpses, and puddles of blood seeped into the water from the gaps in the planks, dyeing the river light red.

The horseshoes of the cavalrymen of the Qing army clattered through the corpses, and their noses smelled the bloody smell in the air, as if they were wild wolves aroused by animal nature, or like sharks smelling blood, one by one excitedly moved forward and pounced on the other side.

The cavalry of the Qing army rode their horses and galloped, but they didn't notice that there were several porcelain altars floating beside the pontoon bridge.

Suddenly, there were several bangs, several jets of water were startled on the surface of the water, sawdust splashed, the horses on the bridge neighed, and the Qing army fell into the icy river again and again.

The landlubbers from the north let out a miserable howl, and after thumping twice, they were swept away by the river.

On the east bank of Rushui, Nikan frowned suddenly, and could only watch Ma Jun being washed away by the river.

The pontoon bridge was blown up, and the forwards of the Qing army could only stay on the east bank of Rushui for the time being.

In the past, it might have been difficult for the Qing army to cross the river, but now the Qing army has absorbed a lot of surrendered troops from Jiangbei, and there are many people who can build rafts and sail boats.

One day later, Duoduo's main force arrived on the east bank. The Qing army set up a raft [-] miles north of Runing City to force the crossing, repelled the Wei army's obstruction, and built three pontoon bridges to cross Rushui.

At this time, in the city of Runing, the atmosphere of panic spread, and rumors spread everywhere. Many people who had just fled to Runing heard that the government had transferred many supplies and workshop looms to the west. They were afraid that the Wei army would abandon the city, so they rushed to Xicheng wanted to continue fleeing westward.

At this time, we must stabilize people's hearts and strengthen the determination of the military and civilians to guard Runing.

Jin Shenghuan had no choice but to come to Xicheng in person, and brought his concubine with him, and shouted to the people who crowded the streets, "Your Majesty's reinforcements will arrive in a few days. I am following your Majesty's order to stick to Runing City. People in the city are in the city." , the people perish and the city perish. Ben Hou’s family members are all here, what are you afraid of?”

Seeing this, the people in the city reluctantly calmed down and went home.

After returning to the government office, Jin Shenghuan called for the magistrate Yu Yinglong, saying that there must be Tartars working in the city, and asked him to organize a manpower search, and beware of anyone turning to the enemy.

The Qing army invaded on a large scale, and a large number of people from Yudong and Runing Mansions fled into Runing City. It is almost impossible to say that there is no Qing army in it.

Sure enough, when Yu Yinglong checked, he caught many suspicious people.

Unlike the Ming Dynasty, Wei Jun handed over the countryside to the gentry and clans for their own management, but extended power to the countryside.

Especially in southern Henan, because the social structure has been severely damaged, there are many exiles, and the power of the gentry and clan in the countryside is not very strong. Therefore, the government took advantage of the opportunity of dividing the land and clearing up the land to extend its power to the countryside. , Dingkou of Tunpu is registered in the register, and people are assigned to manage it, so it is easier to find out the problem.

Wang Jiaping didn't expect Wei Jun's interrogation to be so strict. He lied that he was someone who had escaped from Xiangcheng, and that he got away with a fort that was slaughtered by the Qing army.

Because eastern Henan belongs to the same level as Kaifeng Prefecture and Runing Prefecture, the counties of Luyi, Chenzhou, and Xiangcheng are not under the jurisdiction of Runing. Put it in Nanyang, and the Tunbao that Wang Jiaping said was slaughtered by the Qing army again, no one would escape, there are so many things in the city, tens of thousands of refugees need to be managed, no one has the time to keep an eye on him, so let him escape After a catastrophe, he also became the captain of a militia.

However, although he was lucky, the brains of his subordinates were not so bright, and people were pulled out and killed almost every day.

Of course, there were some people among them who were not his subordinates, but at this time, they could not be spared. Many innocent people were also beheaded as spies.

Under such circumstances, Wang Jiaping didn't dare to contact his subordinates, so he hid himself in the militia.

There seems to be a kind of magical power in this guy, and he can always avoid danger.

At this time, as the Qing army crossed the Ru River, the Qing army's infantry, cavalry, and artillery teams crossed the river continuously, encircling the city of Runing.

Although Rushui was breached and the Qing army approached the city, the Wei army had already made preparations. There were more than 5000 Wei troops in the city, and there were more than 2 militia groups. The Qing army would not be able to defeat them for a while.

After Duoduo crossed the river, Runing had become his shackles, and he was not in a hurry. Instead, he cleaned up the outlying strongholds while preparing equipment, and after the arrangement was complete, he would gnaw on the hard bone of Runing.

This time, Duoduo wrote a letter to Jin Shenghuan for the first time in his capacity as the king of the Qing Dynasty, and had someone send it into the city, persuading Jin Shenghuan to surrender, and promised a reward from the Marquis.

It wasn't that Duduo was being stingy, but that he didn't know that Gao Yihuan, a native turtle from Henan, had already become king in Xi'an and had also been conferred the title of Marquis of Jin Shenghuan.

Jin Shenghuan read the letter, sniffed it, and wrote back to Duoduo, telling him to withdraw his troops and stop fighting, so as not to humiliate himself and ruin the lives of Qing soldiers.

Duoduo was very angry after reading the letter, thinking that Jin Shenghuan was hard-boned, so he immediately ordered the Qing army to besiege Runing City from three sides.

On the fifth day of February, the defense of Runing started. The war was extremely fierce from the very beginning. The Qing army besieged on three sides, artillery fired at each other, and the infantry took turns to attack. The battle was extremely fierce.

Wang Jiaping did not follow the plan to send a signal to the outside of the city. Instead, he killed a Qing soldier in the battle of defending the city and was promoted to the head of the militia.

This is also helpless, the battle was too fierce, the Qing army rushed up the city wall, and without knowing his identity, swung a knife to kill him, so he could only fight back and killed the Qing army.

The siege battle was extremely fierce, and 2000 soldiers were killed every day. However, Jin Shenghuan and Yu Yinglong were all high officials in the city, and their families were also in the city, which invisibly stabilized the morale of the army.

If the officials don't leave, the soldiers are willing to die, and they are all ready to live and die with Runing.

At this time, Jin Shenghuan, as well as the officials in the city, had all retreated into Chongwang Palace.

The reason why Jin Shenghuan is so stable is not because he really wants to live and die with the city, but because he has a perfect plan, if he can't keep it, he will sneak away from the tunnel in Chongwang Palace.

This tunnel was used in the last sneak attack on the Qing army, but only a few people know about the tunnel, and it has always been a military secret.

Of course, this is a top secret, only a few people know it, but ordinary soldiers and militias don't know that these high officials let them work hard, but they left a way out, so they are so unconscionable~

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