Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 377
To Yang Chao's surprise, Mrs. Xing didn't mention Li Chengdong at all, and she didn't even know that Li Chengdong was arrested by Yang Chao.

"Uncle Yang, is this city unstoppable?"

Mrs. Xing is most worried about this problem.

Yang Chao shook his head lightly. At this time, he hadn't considered the issue of whether the city could be defended at all. According to his experience in Haizhou, he believed that he could defend the city for at least ten days and a half months.

Mrs. Xing was a little relieved, then hugged her son, and invited Yang Chao to her inner hall.

It is still very taboo to enter the widow's house, but Yang Chao has no such worries at all, and followed Mrs. Xing into it openly.

Mrs. Xing lives in a merchant's house. Although it is not a garden, it is quite luxurious, with hundreds of rooms.

The businessman fled before the siege, so the house was given to Mrs. Xing's mother and son, and they were kept under the protection of Gao Jie's most central general.

This house is located in Xincheng, close to the city wall, separated by a wall, is the bustling Dadongguan Wharf. Merchants in Yangzhou enter the canal from the Yangtze River, or go south from the north. The first thing they do is disembark at Dadongguan and then enter the city.

Looking at the location of this house, it is estimated that it is such a merchant.

After walking through the second hall, through a round arch, and into the backyard of the house, Mrs. Xing walked to a place in the corner that looked like a woodshed, and walked in.

Yang Chao didn't know what Mrs. Xing meant, so he followed closely.

This is a utility room, in which some earthen pots, old furniture, etc. are randomly piled up.

But after removing a cracked and empty water tank, a three-foot wooden plank was exposed underneath.

Mrs. Xing asked someone to lift the wooden board, revealing a small hole that only one person can enter.

"This is?"

Yang Chao didn't understand what Mrs. Xing meant by asking him to look at things.

Mrs. Xing did not answer directly, but said: "Uncle Zhongyi, this cave can lead to the outside of the city!"

Yang Chao immediately understood that this hole was Mrs. Xing's last trump card. If the city was broken, she planned to leave the city from here.

The reason why she told Yang Chao was to show a kind of trust. Obviously, she still planned to be tied to Yang Chao.

Yang Chao accepted her affection and said: "Thank you Madam for trusting me, but Madam may have worried too much. There is enough food and grass in the city, enough to feed us for more than three months, and it is more than enough to persist until the arrival of reinforcements!"

Mrs. Xing shook her head: "Uncle Loyalty must not be so careless, anything that is forewarned will be established, and if not forewarned, it will be abandoned."

Then he lamented: "Uncle Xingping didn't listen to my concubine's advice at the beginning, and was eager to advance, which led to the failure of success!"

When the Qing army attacked Sizhou, Gao Jie gambled almost all of his troops, but he was completely defeated and had no chance of recovery. At that time, Madam Xing suggested that he divide the main force into Xuzhou. If Sizhou was defeated, he could retreat from Xuzhou to Yangzhou.

But Gao Jie was reluctant to part with the territory in his hands, so he planned to gather all his strength to drive back the Qing army.

Yang Chao cupped his hands: "I have been taught."

But in terms of attitude, he has no intention of accepting the suggestion at all.

Mrs. Xing couldn't help sighing, and then wanted to invite Yang Chao to have a light meal. Yang Chao said that he had just eaten, and the military affairs were urgent, so there was no time to waste, and he was about to leave immediately.

Mrs. Xing persisted, Yang Chao had no choice but to sit at the table with her and her son copiously, but his heart was impatient.

Zhao Kang took 3000 elite soldiers and personally sent Li Yuanyin to Gaojie's barracks. At this time, more than [-] people had gathered here.

It seems that Li Chengdong's subordinates gathered a lot. At the same time, seeing many people with big bags and small bags, they obviously looted a lot of property.

At this time, when everyone saw Li Yuanyin coming back alone, several middle-aged generals immediately asked questions.

Li Yuanyin told them that Yang Chao beheaded Li Chengdong with military law.

Immediately, these people exploded.

Zhao Kang also announced that Yang Chao asked Li Yuanyin to temporarily act as Li Chengdong's commander-in-chief and command the remaining soldiers.

The old guys were immediately unconvinced.

"Hmph, Li Yuanyin, no wonder you bewitched elder brother to see that Yang Chao. I'm afraid you have already settled down to harm him and want to plot against me?"

Li Yuanyin sighed: "General Du, I, Li Yuanyin, have a clear conscience. This is Uncle Yang's order. If you don't believe me, go ask."

Du Yonghe snorted coldly: "Don't overwhelm me with Yang Chao, I'm not afraid of him."

Then his eyes turned sideways, and he stared at Zhao Kang and others, his eyes were full of cruelty: "Yan Wangye, what are you waiting for, don't do anything!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a burly man next to him, with a bulging iron armor and a beard on his face, immediately pulled out his knife.

"stop!"

Li Yuanyin shouted loudly.

"Du Yonghe, do you want to rebel?"

Du Yonghe sneered: "Rebellion? Our brother is afraid of rebellion?"

Zhao Kang didn't say a word. The soldiers behind him formed a wall formation, allowing the enemy to surround them. Except for the outermost soldiers, the other soldiers were facing forward, not looking at the enemies on the left, right or behind.

Zhao Kang didn't plan to change his formation either. Once the fight started, he was confident that he would face each other and take down all the hundreds of people and the main officers in front of him.

Finally made a move, Du Yong and the leather armor elite on both sides rushed up suddenly.

Zhao Kang was not afraid at all, the soldiers behind him immediately came up to meet him, and immediately crushed him.

Li Yuanyin lamented: "Yuantai, Jianjie, do it!"

He suddenly yelled at the two young generals who had been hiding at the back. These two were named Li Yuantai and Li Jianjie, and like Li Yuanyin, they were both adopted sons of Li Chengdong.

Li Chengdong is a very strange person. During the rebellion, he slaughtered a lot of big families. He liked the white and tender children of those big families. He took in many of them, and these three were the best of them. , has survived years of war.

Attacking from behind, coupled with the fierce attack of Yang Chao's elite soldiers in the front, they marched forward bravely. As soon as the spears entered and exited, one life was taken away. Soon, hundreds of Du Yonghe's elite soldiers were beheaded to death, and all the rest were killed. Ran.

"Brother, what should Yan Keyi do?"

Yan Keyi was that burly man nicknamed Yan Wangye, who was pinned to the ground by several soldiers and was struggling.

Li Yuanyin shook his head slightly, walked towards Yan Keyi slowly, waved away a few soldiers, and Yan Keyi stopped struggling.

"Uncle Yan, how dare my nephew do anything wrong when you compete with my adoptive father and brother. Although Uncle Zhongyi asked my nephew to command the entire army, how dare my nephew be good at it. Please ask Uncle Yan to come out and lead us."

Li Yuanyin spoke sincerely.

Yan Keyi sighed loudly: "Hey, what is this trouble called? If you can't get it, you should do it. I'll listen to you."

Yan Keyi immediately obeyed.

Li Yuanyin said: "Then my nephew is bold, the enemy dare not refuse at present."

"Forgive me, Yuan Yin, uncle was also angry for a while, and uncle also thinks it is suitable for you to take us. From now on, you will be the chief soldier."

Du Yonghe didn't charge forward just now, instead he was easily captured by Li Yuantai and Li Jianjie while hiding behind.

Li Yuanyin didn't speak, walked slowly in front of Du Yonghe, and suddenly stabbed him in.

Then he ordered the whole army: "Du Yonghe wanted to rebel, but he was killed by this general. If anyone learns from Du Yonghe, he will be killed without mercy!"

Li Yuanyin said with a decisive expression, although there was still a trace of unbearable brows, but a beheading owl general had been born.

At this time, there was a sudden rumbling sound of huge cannons, which made Yangzhou City tremble again.

Zhao Kang could hear the voice coming from the gap.

So he immediately said to Li Yuanyin: "Mr. Li, you need to rectify the troops and horses first, and go down to have a look!"

After speaking, lead the troops to the gap.

Yang Chao also heard the rumble of cannons, and he was bored with Mrs. Xing.

However, Yang Chao felt relieved when he heard the sound of the cannon. He was located in the east of the city, so he couldn't distinguish the distance of the cannon. He didn't suspect anything else when he heard the cannon.

This shows that the Qing army gave up attacking the gap, and the biggest gain from the bombardment was to open another gap. Yang Chao just needed to divide his troops to deal with it. Of course, this is also a disadvantage. Yang Chao had to divide his troops to defend, but opening a gap is not so easy It was easy. The Qing army blasted open this gap, but it was the result of a day of bombardment. Now that they fire again, it may not be possible to open it at dawn. It's time for reinforcements to arrive.

Counting the time, it was already two days late, if Wang Pu didn't arrive, then he should be punished.

"Uncle Loyalty, my concubine has something to ask for!"

Mrs. Xing was a little flustered when she heard the gunfire, and finally started to talk about business.

Yang Chao nodded: "Madam, please tell me, you're welcome."

Mrs. Xing said: "I beg Uncle Yang, if the city is destroyed, please protect the dog, he is Uncle Xingping's only flesh and blood, if there is a mistake, the concubine really has no face to face Uncle Xingping."

In Yang Chao's mind, there is no such thing as a broken city.

There are only more than [-] Tartars, and the elite is only [-] banners. Once my elites arrive, even if they are unable to attack the Tartars, there is no problem in defending the city, otherwise there is no need to fight.

So Yang Chao said casually: "Madam, don't worry, I swear, I will definitely protect my son!"

Mrs. Xing was satisfied now.

After a while, the east of the city suddenly became a little flustered, and Yang Chao felt something was wrong.

They asked people to go out to check, and when they came back, they said that a shell fell on a family and smashed down the courtyard wall.

But there was only one shell, so Yang Chao didn't care about it. It must be a stray bullet. It's just that it can hit here from outside the city. They made it themselves, or they stole it.

At this moment, Mrs. Xing had ordered the banquet to be withdrawn, but still kept Yang Chao to drink tea.

Yang Chao was about to refuse, when suddenly a soldier broke in, one of Yang Chao's personal soldiers.

"Your Excellency, the Tartars have entered the city!"

Hearing this news, Yang Chao couldn't help being startled, he never thought how could this happen!

Immediately, he didn't dare to stay, and immediately rushed to the edge of Xinnan City with a hundred soldiers following him, and at the same time asked the soldiers to explain the situation in detail.

It turned out that the Tartars really entered the city, and they came in from that gap. Bayara, the most elite Tartars, attacked by force. Many men guarding the gap suffered heavy losses and were surrounded heavily.

(End of this chapter)