Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 689 Murder Sacrifice Flag

On Nantong City, green flags representing the Green Battalion are planted all over the city, and every 20 or more walls have a side that flies with the wind. There is a Franc cannon on the flag, and a commander-in-chief leads it. Under the guard, delineate the area defense.

On the city wall, there are green battalion soldiers holding spears. They stand on the edge of the wall, revealing their upper bodies and their gleaming spears.They stood side by side with the city wall, spreading to both sides until they reached the corner of the city wall. Behind the spearmen stood archers and gunners.

There are more than 9000 green battalion soldiers in Nantong City. They are all elite soldiers from the four towns of the Hongguang court. They originally belonged to Liu Liangzuo's deployment and were relatively capable of fighting.Besides them, there were five hundred red-armored Han soldiers brought by Liu Qingtai in the city.It should be said that Nantong City is very powerful, and Duoduo did have a reason for them to hold on for a month, but Liu Qingtai stood on the city wall and looked at the continuous bandits, but he lacked confidence in his heart.

Nantong is close to the Yanhe River and the Yangtze River, so water diversion is very convenient, so the moat is very wide.

This was originally a defensive advantage, but at this time it has become Nantong's death spot. After Liu Qingtai saw that the rebels besieged the city, he did not fill the river or build dikes to block the diversion canal. Instead, he dug deeper and widened it, and he knew the disaster .

"My lord!" An officer of the green battalion said beside him, "Based on the time, Prince Yu should have already dispatched troops!"

"I also hope so, but the rebels occupy Huangqiao Town and Shizhuang, and they will inevitably leave troops to stop them. We can't pin all our hopes on King Yu."

As soon as Liu Qingtai finished speaking, a soldier hurried up to the city to report, "My lord, Mr. Zhou Qian is back!"

Liu Qingtai was overjoyed and asked anxiously, "Where is the person?"

"My lord, Mr. Zhou Qian has just entered Nancheng."

Without needing soldiers to bring people, Liu Qingtai led the generals and hurried to the south city. It can be seen that he said that he would rely on himself, but in fact he was very eager for Duoduo's reinforcements.

The south of Nantong City is the Yangtze River, so Lu Wangjun did not garrison troops in the south. Mr. Zhou Qian avoided the ships of the Ming army cruising on the river, went ashore from a long distance, and walked all the way back to the city.

He was pulled up to the city wall with a hanging basket, and he sat in the tower to drink some water and rest for a while. After a while, Liu Qingtai pushed the door and entered. Several green camp generals guarding the south city in the tower immediately stood up, and Liu Qingtai couldn't help it. He frowned slightly, but he didn't care about it, he was impatient now, he grabbed Zhou Qianzong's arm first, and asked anxiously: "Did Prince Yu send troops?"

Mr. Zhou Qian saw that he was looking forward to it, so he said in a low voice: "My lord, Lord Yu has sent troops, but he went straight to Tai County. Lord Yu told you to keep your lord for a month, and Lord Yu must break through Tai County first, and go all the way. Push it flat."

When Liu Qingtai heard this, his expression froze. What is this? He just brought back such news. It would be better not to come back, so that the whole city would think about it.If the situation is good, say to keep it for a month, everyone grit their teeth and stick to it. This is hope, but if they can only keep their teeth for half a month, then this month's promise is hopeless.

Seeing that Liu Qingtai's expression darkened, Zhou Qianhu let go of his arm, and quickly said: "My lord, I came back with the envoy sent by Prince Yu, and we parted ways at the bottom of the city. The envoy has entered the pirate camp now. In the midst of the negotiations, it should be able to delay some time by using the matter of peace negotiations!"

At this point, Liu Qingtai had no other choice, and he never thought that he really couldn't pin his hopes on Duoduo.

At this time, he managed to raise his spirits, not to let the generals lose confidence, so he said: "Since the prince sent envoys to deal with the pirates, it must be able to buy us a few days, and you should use this time to make more preparations. The management is like an iron bucket, and we will work together to defend the city with the official, and after Prince Yu defeats the rebels, you and the others will be rewarded, understand?"

The generals of the Green Battalion also managed to pull themselves together. Just as they clasped their fists together and bent over, there was suddenly the sound of war drums outside, and everyone was stunned.

Didn't it mean that an envoy entered the camp and could trade for a period of time?These green camps used to be the Ming army, and they could quickly distinguish the sound of various Ming war drums. The sound of the drums sounds like it is about to start an attack?
Liu Qingtai's complexion changed, he quickly rushed out of the gate tower, and hurried to the east city.

In the entire battle of Nantong, the Ming army invested 11 people. Excluding the more than 3 people who defended in the north of Nantong, the remaining 8 people were under the city of Nantong. In terms of military strength, it was eight times that of the Qing army, which is very impressive. In fact, among the 8 people, only the 1 people brought by Zhang Mingzhen, and the confidantes of Xie Qian and the leaders of the rebel army, probably less than [-] people.

At this time, under the city of Nantong, the sentry cavalry of the Ming army roared to and fro, the battle drums in the camp were rumbling, the people in the brigade shouted horses, and the sound of drums and horns continued. Set up a big formation.

When Liu Qingtai came to Dongcheng, the green battalion soldiers on the city were waiting in full formation, and the red-armored Han army flag soldiers were shouting and urging loudly with their waist knives. It's very busy up and down.

Teams of archers, lined up, ran up the city wall with strides, and the tension spread across the city instantly.

Liu Qingtai came to the wall, put his hands on the wall, and looked down the city. He saw a temporary altar in front of the rebel formation. One person was pushed out by several rebels, and he knelt in front of him. With the knife in his hand, he chopped off the head, and then held it up high. The rebels in the formation immediately burst into the roar of mountains and tsunami, and rushed towards the top of the city in waves.

"King Lu is a thousand years old, recover Daming!"

Liu Qingtai couldn't help but turned his head and gave Zhou Qianhu a vicious look. He was slapped in the face shortly after he said this.That head must be the so-called envoy of King Yu, he didn't come here to buy time for Nantong, he was clearly here to cheer up the bandit army.

Liu Qingtai's face was so clear that he couldn't say a word for his mother's gift from thousands of miles away.

The person holding the head is Ruan Jin, a general of the Lu army, who was named Hu Bo, a pirate at sea, and was later subdued by Zhang Mingzhen. The three brothers of the family are all under Zhang Mingzhen's command, and they are Zhang Mingzhen's favorite generals.

He waited for the soldiers to yell for a while before putting down the head, and then the soldiers calmed down slowly, then he turned around and ran up the altar, presenting the head to Zhang Mingzhen, Zhang Mingzhen put the head on the tray where the offerings were placed, and then Together with the generals, they worshiped the heaven and the earth, comforted the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhang Huangyan read an essay at the end.

This peace negotiation was led by Long Wu, not to mention that King Lu did not believe in the Qing Dynasty, even if it was true, King Lu would also disturb him.

At this time, after the various ceremonies were completed, Zhang Mingzhen put the sword in his hand and shouted loudly, "Let's fight!"

"Let's go to war!" The men and horses in the formation also shouted in unison. The voice began to permeate from outside the east city and spread to the outside of the north city. The atmosphere of the army was mobilized. How about the combat power? The voice of so many people roared, but the momentum was very bluffing, which put heavy pressure on the defenders.

After shouting, many people and horses did not charge down the city. Several people and horses began to walk out of the formation and came to the diversion channel connecting the moat to board the moored warships. The rest of the people and horses all sat on the ground and waited for the military order.

At this time, on the Langshan Fort, the flag danced, and then suddenly there was a loud noise, a red cannon retreated fiercely, and a black iron bullet whizzed out, flashed past the heads of the troops, and smashed into the city. , directly smashed down a small building.

This is the gunner testing the cannon. An officer looked at it, and after gesturing for a while, he immediately ordered the other cannon: "Press down the muzzle an inch, adjust the position, and let it go!"

With a sound of "Boom", the cannon fired, and this time it hit the city wall. The stone bricks and dust on the wall were smashed and a gray cloud of dust rose up. The green battalion soldiers on the city wall exclaimed.

The dust dissipated, and a large piece of the city wall was smashed and dented. The broken bricks and the rammed earth inside the wall crashed down.

The Gao Yuan soldiers sitting on the ground were shocked by the sound of the guns, and looked up one after another. They have gained knowledge today.

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