Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 381
There was a sound of gold ringing in the Qing camp, and Li Chengdong was very puzzled when he heard the sound. Why did Man Dahai retreat when the offensive was fierce?

Li Chengdong looked at the loosened city gate, and wanted to rush into the city with all his strength, but the military order was hard to disobey, so he could only wave his hand, annoyed: "Withdraw~"

At the city gate, the Qing soldiers abandoned the battering ram, and the Qing soldiers near the city wall abandoned the ladder, and the siege ladder receded like a tide, and all the Qing soldiers on the high platform withdrew.

When the Ming army was fighting the most strenuously in the city, the Qing soldiers suddenly retreated, which made them a little puzzled, but they cheered immediately. After the excitement and excitement, the feeling of exhaustion hit instantly, and they sat down on the city wall one after another. on the head.

The soldiers and generals looked at the direction in which the Qing soldiers were retreating, and saw tens of thousands of horses crowding into the camp, so they felt relieved, knowing that within today, there would be no more Qing soldiers attacking the city.

At this time, when all the Qing soldiers retreated into the camp ten miles away, the gate of Guangzhou City was opened immediately. Spread out and burn all the siege equipment left by the Qing army.

The Ming army did not know why Mandahai retreated suddenly, but these weapons were a threat to the city of Guangzhou. The Ming army had to destroy them all to prevent the Qing soldiers from using them to attack the city again. in the city.

During the clearing of the camp, Li Chengdong returned to the camp, without cleaning the gunpowder smoke from his body, he came to Man Dahai's tent, and said incomprehensibly, "Commander, my humble position is about to attack Guangzhou, why did you suddenly withdraw?"

This time Li Chengdong died at least a thousand people, and he was very unhappy.

Seeing his appearance, Man Dahai narrowed his eyes until Li Chengdong clasped his fists and lowered his head, he explained leisurely: "There is important news from Baylor. When Lord Baylor led a heavy army to face Wang Yan, he cooperated with the old ministry and attacked Quanzhou and Anping, taking away a large amount of food and supplies, making the situation in Fujian very unstable, so Lord Baylor urgently called us back to Fuzhou."

Back then when Boluo was on the streets of Fuzhou, Li Changqian, Shangshu of the Household Killing Department, Huang Dapeng of Jin Qudao and other Ming officials, Wang Zilong, the commander of Jinyiwei who had taken refuge in Zheng Chenggong, happened to be among the onlookers. He was about to leave Fuzhou, but ended up in the city. At the gate, I saw Zhang Cunren's defeated soldiers rushing into Fuzhou, so I stayed in the city to inquire about the news, and soon got the news of Wang Yan's entry into Fujian, so Zheng Chenggong raided Quanzhou and Anping.

The wealth of Guangzhou City is no worse than that of Hangzhou and Jiangning, which are big cities in the south of the Yangtze River. This time, there are no Eight Banners soldiers. Breaking the city will definitely grab a lot of wealth. Not only Li Chengdong does not want to retreat, but even Tong Yangjia A bit reluctant.

After all, the Qing army has lost a lot of troops under the city. If they don’t get any benefits, they can’t explain to their subordinates, “Marshal, Lord Belle has nearly 20 soldiers, and there will be no shortage of our troops. It's a pity that I just quit like this~"

The people employed by the Manchus were Manchus first, followed by the earliest returned Liaodong Han people.

The Tong family is a well-known wealthy businessman in Fushun. The Tong family often did business with the old slaves. When Daming fought with the old slaves, the Tong family betrayed Daming and repeatedly delivered supplies for the old slaves. Family members were arrested and imprisoned. Then he rioted and robbed the prison, and led the Jin soldiers to capture Fushun.

From then on, Tong's family belonged to the old slaves and was compiled as the Zhenglan Banner among the Eight Banners of the Han Army, which won the trust of the rulers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

When Daming arrested members of the Tong clan, Tong Yangjia was still in the customs. In order to avoid being hunted down, he changed his name and surname, and served under Zuo Liangyu.

Man Dahai met him and asked him, and his attitude was much gentler than that of Li Chengdong, "It's not that the commander-in-chief doesn't want to take Guangzhou, but the situation is far more serious than you think. Except for Wang Yan and Zheng Chenggong, Jiangnan There was also a rebellion. Lord Baylor urgently needed to go back to Jiangnan, so he called the commander back to Fuzhou to sit in town~”

"Is something wrong with Jiangnan?"

After hearing the words, many Qing generals understood that they must retreat.

In the tent, Shi Fu, Xi Hongshan and other generals of the Zheng family, upon learning of this series of news, showed a trace of bitterness on their faces.

On the same day, Man Dahai ordered the Qing army to pull out the camp and return to Fujian. The Qing army put away the tents, loaded the materials into the truck, and burned the ones that could not be taken away. As for the captured villagers and women, they were all slaughtered. .

Outside the city of Guangzhou, the blood flowed into the city and the river immediately, and the smell was soaring.

Inside Tang Wang's palace, Liu Shun in armor hurriedly came outside the palace, and after receiving the notification, he immediately strode into the palace.

"Your Highness, the Qing soldiers have really retreated!"

Liu Shun came to the hall and paid homage to the Taoist priest.

"Liu Qing, please stand up!" Tang Wang was shocked when he heard the words. He first signaled his servant to give Liu Shun a seat, and then asked, "Does the Qing family know why the Qing soldiers suddenly retreated?"

Tang Wang knew the situation in Guangzhou very well. Liu Shun was more than brave, but he was not a general who could stand alone. During the defensive battle in Guangzhou, he was restrained by the Qing soldiers almost everywhere. With a little more work, Guangzhou will definitely be in danger.

Right now, the Qing troops were obviously in the upper hand, but they suddenly retreated. It could only be that something happened to the Qing court, so Man Dahai gave up the great opportunity.

Liu Shun saluted and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, I sent sentry cavalry to follow the Qing army all the way. They never stopped. They have already passed Huizhou. They must really want to return to Fujian, but I don't know exactly why they retreated!"

King Tang nodded slightly, "Aiqing has never gone down the city wall in the past half a month. It has been very hard. Since the Qing army has retreated, Aiqing should go back and rest~"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Liu Shunsui immediately saluted and was about to withdraw.

Tang Wang suddenly asked again: "Wait~ Liu Qing~ How are the corpses of the villagers outside the city handled? The weather is hot, so we must handle them properly, and don't let the epidemic break out!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I have already ordered the soldiers and civilians to dig mass graves and bury them. Most of the work has been done so far, and the rest can be completed today."

Tang Wang nodded, "Very good, the day after tomorrow, this king will go with Su Aiqing to pay homage to the souls of the dead!"

"His Royal Highness, Mr. Su Ge has something to ask to see~"

Speaking of Cao Cao, when Cao Cao arrived, a servant was reporting outside the hall.

"Since Mr. Su Ge has come, Liu Qing is in charge of the military affairs, so he will stay here for now." Tang Wang then ordered: "Let Mr. Su Ge come in."

Liu Shun sat down immediately, and after a while, Su Guansheng was brought in by the servant, his face was covered with frost, he saluted the Tang king, Liu Shun got up and saluted him.

After sitting down, King Tang asked, "What made Mr. Ge look so ugly?"

Su Guansheng took out an imperial edict from his sleeve and presented it to the King of Tang. While the King of Tang was looking at it, he said angrily: "Before, when the Qing soldiers came, they immediately abandoned me and the gentry and people of Guangdong. Fleeing into Guangxi in a hurry. Man Dahai soldiers besieged Guangzhou, we sent people into Guangxi many times to ask for help, and did not send a single soldier for half a month, and now we want His Highness to go to the position of supervisor of the country and regard him as Zhengshuo, it is shameless!"

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