Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 49 Defeat Tai, Control the West City
Wang Yan defeated Li Suitai and made him flee in a panic. Soon after, the [-] defeated troops gathered under the Ximen City also killed the Qing soldiers who were eager to leave the city. They were blocked near the Ximen and could not escape Yangzhou.

Originally, in the Qing army, whether it was ordinary bannermen, Niulu Ezhen, or even Jialazhangjing, they all only cared about fleeing with their belongings.

At this time, with the arrival of the infantry of the Ming army, their way out of the city was cut off, and they gathered near the west gate and did not dare to go forward. However, this stop and gathering gave the generals of the Qing army the opportunity to regain control of the Qing army. The chaotic Qing army slowly regained some order.

Just as the Qing army slaughtered the city and aroused the resistance of the people of Yangzhou, the Qing soldiers who were unable to leave the city gradually realized their situation.

The Qing soldiers burned, killed and looted in Yangzhou City. They killed countless people and raped many Han women. If they fell into the hands of the Ming army, they would all be killed by the angry Ming army.

At this time, the Qing army, which was only concerned about their own escape, began to explode with extraordinary combat power after the way out was blocked. Under the command of the generals of the Qing army, they suddenly fought with the Ming army at the city gate.

Wang Yan saw that the Qing army and the Ming army were fighting evenly, and even had a slight advantage, and he couldn't help feeling anxious.

At this time, there were at least six or seven thousand Qing troops trapped in the city, and Wang Yan simply did not have the ability to wipe out so many Qing soldiers in a short time.

If Duoduo's reinforcements arrive and cooperate with the Qing soldiers inside and outside the city, the advantage that the Ming army has just gained will disappear, and there is even the danger of being forced to death again.

Wang Yan really wanted to drive the Qing army out of the city, but he knew that the nearly [-] Qing soldiers outside the city would not give him time at all, so after some weighing, he let the Ming army go to the city, let go of the city gate, and let the trapped The Qing army in the city went out of the city.

After the Ming army received the general order, part of the infantry stepped up to the city wall while fighting and retreating, and part of them retreated to the side of the city gate with the cavalry to make way for the Qing soldiers.

The Qing army, who had been desperately fighting for a way out, froze slightly when they saw the Ming army suddenly step aside.Some of the Qing soldiers who were on fire chased after them and continued to fight with the Ming army, but they were quickly cut down to the ground, while another part of the Qing soldiers saw that the way out of the city had been moved by the Ming army. Immediately poured out of the city gate.

Seeing this, the rest of the Qing army naturally refused to fight the Ming army, and chose to flee outside the city gate.

Naturally, Wang Yan would not let the Qing army escape so easily. The Ming army occupying one side of the city and the lower city immediately threw a rain of arrows at the Qing army crowded near the city gate, shooting out rows of birds, making the escape The Qing army fell instantly.

Some Qing army generals understood Wang Yan's sinister intentions, and hurriedly stopped the Qing soldiers around them, wanting to command the troops to capture Ximen, but the Qing soldiers were chaotic after all, and every Niulu's soldiers and horses were mixed together.

When there is no way out, they can still gather around these generals. Once there is a way of escape, they will not listen to their words.It's not their own Ezhen, why do they obey orders?
At this time, on the road leading to the city gate, Qing soldiers were shot down from time to time, but after all, most of the Qing soldiers managed to escape outside the city through the rain of arrows.

Their success made the rest of the Qing army no longer able to hold back, and they all flocked to the west gate.

Every Qing soldier reported the idea that he could escape, believing that he would not fall.They died like this, and the Qing army blocked by the west gate escaped in a short while, leaving a piece of Qing army corpses full of arrow feathers on the ground.

Outside the city, in the tent of the Qing army commander, Duoduo heard the report from the sergeant sent by Li Shutai, his face turned cold, and he was furious in his heart, and he kicked the sergeant to the ground.

After some venting, Duduo calmed down. Although he looked down on the Han people in his bones, he still had a certain understanding of Li Soltai's ability.Now even Li Sutai couldn't withstand the counterattack of the Ming army in the city, presumably the situation has reached an extremely dangerous situation.

There are few people in the real Manchuria, and if you want to subdue the Han people, you must maintain enough troops, so every real Manchuria cannot be easily lost.

The Zhengbai Banner in the city is the elite of Manchuria, and Duoduo, as the owner of the banner, naturally cannot tolerate their mistakes.

Now that the Ming army has successively controlled the south gate, the east gate, and the north gate, and is about to seize the west gate, Duoduo immediately became worried about the Qing army in the city.

A group of Han generals were quickly recruited into the command tent. Duoduo looked around at the crowd and immediately issued a series of military orders.

"Zhang Tianlu led his troops to attack the South Gate!"

"Zhang Tianfu attacks the East Gate!"

"Yang Chengzu, Hu Shangyou, and Han Shangliang attacked the North Gate."

"Li Benshen followed me to attack Ximen!"

"Li Qifeng attacked the place where the city wall collapsed in the northwest corner!"

"Cha!" Duoduo issued several military orders in a row, and many Han generals in the tent quickly responded: "I will obey the orders of the prince and general!"

Seeing that the generals responded, Doduo immediately waved his hand, and all the generals took a few steps back, and finally turned around to leave the tent. Doduo hurriedly put on his armor under the service of his personal guards.

More than two hundred riders from Wang Yan pursued Li Shuitai relentlessly, shooting his guards off their horses continuously during the chase, even Li Shuitai also stuck several feathered arrows behind him.

Li Shitai, who was escorted by more than [-] cavalry when he left the city, was alone at this time, but just when he was about to despair, the Duoduo army from the Qing army camp finally appeared in front of him.

The chasing Zhongyi Battalion cavalry saw nearly ten thousand Qing soldiers approaching, they could only let out a long sigh, slowed down their horses, and turned back to the city.

Not long after, they bumped into the Qing soldiers who had fled from the west city, and lost several people in the battle. In the end, they had to bypass the Qing soldiers and enter the city from other directions.

At this time, almost all the Qing soldiers in the city had fled, and the remaining stragglers were useless as evidence.

The gate of the west city was closed again, and Wang Yan sent cavalry to clean up the remaining Qing soldiers in the city, while all the infantry went up to the city, preparing to defend against the counterattack of the Qing soldiers.

At this time, the role of the officials and aristocratic families rescued by Wang Yan was revealed.

Most of the people in Yangzhou gathered at the south gate, which facilitated the reorganization of officials and recruited young and strong guards to guard the city.

Yangzhou was besieged on all sides, and the people couldn't get out. After the city of Yangzhou was destroyed, it was almost slaughtered by the Qing army. Such consequences made everyone fearful for a while.

The blood on the streets of Yangzhou is still wet, and the corpses have not been cleaned up. There is no room for everyone not to work together to defend Yangzhou.

Qu Congzhi asked people to bring weapons and cotton armor from the treasury, and distributed them under the city. Groups of young and strong took up weapons, and followed the local prestigious gentry in Yangzhou to climb the city wall, or rush to help the other three gates.

Duoduo rescued Li Shitai, knowing that there were still six or seven thousand Manchurian elites trapped in the city, he was in a hurry. He didn't care about pursuing Li Shitai's crime of dereliction of duty, so he hurriedly let him return to nutrition and injury, and then urged Li Benshen's [-] soldiers The army is in a hurry.

After a while, he met the Zhengbai Banner and the defeated soldiers of the Han Army's Zhenglan Banner who escaped from Yangzhou!
From the mouth of the defeated army, Duoduo knew that the Ming army had controlled Ximen, and he was suddenly angry.

The defeated army was already in disarray, so Duoduo let them go back to camp, and he thought, taking advantage of the Ming army's unstable foothold, to break through Yangzhou again.

Not long after, Duoduo's army arrived outside the west gate, but they saw that the city gate was closed tightly, and there were thousands of Ming soldiers gathered in the city, their faces suddenly became ugly.

Just as Wang Yan took down the west gate, he didn't even have time to prepare the defense equipment, and the Qing army came in a hurry, just carrying some long ladders, without making other preparations.

Both sides were not fully prepared, but Wang Yan, who was defending the city, undoubtedly had the upper hand. Duoduo also knew that it would not be easy to break through Ximen, but he still waved Li Benshen to attack Xicheng.

He Gang and Li Taizhen gathered some more people along the way, and they barely got together 500 people, and they came to the northwest corner of Yangzhou City, where the city wall collapsed.

Seeing that the gap was three feet wide, Li Taizhen was shocked for a while. Li Taizhen quickly asked someone to report to Wang Yan, and He Gang went to Nancheng to recruit Qingzhuang to support him. He led his soldiers to use broken bricks and earth to build a simple city wall.

The soldiers were sweating profusely, and while they were busy, Li Qifeng led an army of [-] soldiers, but they had already arrived.

　Thank you for your support, the author really went home this time.

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