Back to the end of Ming Dynasty to be a warlord

Chapter 383
The enemy was gathering, and Yang Chao's soldiers also slowly and automatically gathered, forming two camps, one guarding the door, and the other attacking outside. The difference was that Yang Chao's soldiers had been prepared and chased them here, while the Tatars The son suffered heavy losses and fled here.

"Zhao Kang assigns people to block all the front doors, and don't let anyone in until we catch Tudor!"

Here is the back house guarded by soldiers, who dares to say that there is no one in the front hall, the movement is so loud, the front hall must have been alarmed, if he rushes over and attacks from both sides, Yang Chao will only be defeated.

So let a small number of people guard the courtyard door, then there is a better chance to break into Duoduo's bedroom.

The attack on the front has not stopped.

But at this time the Tazi soldiers had already turned around and formed a formation to resist.

However, they were still being beaten and kept retreating, and there were constant casualties, because most of the Qing army did not wear armor, and some did not even wear shoes.

The most important thing is that their number is not too large, there are only more than 300 people in the area, and at least half of them have just escaped here.

The Qing troops retreated into the room one by one, but the situation was beneficial to them, because Yang Chao's troops could not spread out in the narrow place, and when the last Qing army also entered the room, the confrontation across the door began.

The outermost part of the Qing army is a group of soldiers in armor and holding swords and shields. They are very skilled in martial arts, and most of Yang Chao's long spear stabs were blocked.

Soon, the casualties on Yang Chao's side began to increase, because the opponent started shooting arrows through the door.

After fighting for a quarter of an hour, the door was still not captured. Yang Chao couldn't help but feel a little anxious, because he had heard battles taking place at several courtyard doors, and it was obvious that the Qing army had come to support him in the front hall.

If only there were cannons.

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing, let's not talk about cannons, even if there are bird guns, a row of guns should be able to rush in.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao's heart suddenly moved. There was no cannon, no blunderbuss, didn't he have homemade grenades?

Although it is very bulky, although it cannot be thrown far, it is very suitable to use at this time.

"Zhao Kang, ask someone to take out the grenade! Throw it in!"

Yang Chao didn't waste the grenades that Wang Pu brought, although he didn't bring many, but there were more than 100 of them, enough for a mandarin to drink a pot.

Zhao Kang also suddenly realized at this time, he had never used this kind of thing, and he didn't think of it for a while.

So they greeted at the back of the formation, and the soldiers with grenades quit the attack sequence one by one and walked to the back.

Then a soldier rushed into a lighted room and quickly produced some oil lamps.

One by one, the soldiers picked up the grenades, lit the three-inch matchlock, and threw them into the room.

The grenade passed over the heads of Yang Chao's soldiers, passed from the upper part of the door, and fell into the Qing army formation.

Soon there was a pop, followed by several howls, but another grenade was thrown in.

When the tenth ball was thrown, the Tartars couldn't stand it anymore, and they tried to close the door, but the spears stabbed back and forth, and the door couldn't be closed at all.

Knowing that thirty grenades were thrown in, the soldiers in front felt relieved, and the first soldier finally broke into the door.

Teams of soldiers rushed in, and what they saw was a messy house, with more than 100 Tartar corpses lying on the ground, half of them were not dead, but were bleeding and wailing on the ground.

These mourners were all wearing thick armor, and those without armor had been beaten to pieces long ago, and there was no good place on their bodies.

The number of Qing troops who really escaped was only 30 to [-].

Xie Fei took the lead this time, chasing those people without letting go.

When Yang Chao walked into the room, there was no one there.

This is a large bedroom. The battle took place in the compartment of the outer door, and there is an inner room inside. Where is the sleeping place? Of course, Dodo has long since disappeared, but beside a big bed, there are four women huddled in the corner, shivering.

They were surrounded by a group of soldiers with weapons pointed at them.

On the other side of the bed, there is an open window, and behind the window is a large garden.

Yang Chao couldn't help feeling regretful that the attack was still too late.

At this time, I was in the mood to look at those women, their clothes were messy, but it was hard to hide their faces.

Legend has it that Duoduo is a pervert. When he was in Liaodong, he even robbed the wife of the big traitor Fan Wencheng.

The question is whether these women were snatched by Duoduo in Yangzhou, or brought from Beijing.

"Are you from Yangzhou?"

Yang Chao asked directly.

"Are you from Yangzhou?"

After asking twice, only one woman said in a trembling voice: "The little girl is from Yangzhou, Lord Bing, please spare me!"

Yang Chao repelled the soldiers and asked them to support the battle at the gate of the courtyard. He stayed behind with a few soldiers and continued to question the women.

"Duo Duo was here just now?"

"Returning to the adults, I was there just now, but after there was a noise outside, I ran away."

The woman said timidly, and pointed to the window with her finger.

Well, Dodo did run away.

"How many people are guarding here?"

Yang Chao continued to ask.

"Usually there are 3000 people, but today there are only 1000 people, and they all went out to loot."

There are only 1000 people, and I am afraid that there are only four or five hundred people who have been killed by me. That means that there will be no more than five hundred people who attacked the courtyard gate. I have more than 1000 people, so there is absolutely no need to be afraid. What needs to be worried is that after Duoduo goes out, Will the army be rectified and come back.

However, it is also possible that Duoduo was chased by his own people and beheaded directly.

"Do you know where Shi Kefa is?"

Yang Chao had no illusions that he could occupy Yangzhou. He went into the city at night and made a sneak attack. It would be good to deal a blow to the Manchus, and it would greatly boost the morale of the army. However, it is a bit exaggerated to want to occupy Yangzhou with only [-] people.

However, Yang Chao wants to snatch Shi Kefa out. If he can snatch Shi Kefa out, firstly, it will prevent the Man Qing from using Shi Kefa to make a fuss. Being rescued from under heavy guards wasn't enough to boost his spirits. Although it was a flash after a defeat, it was better than another defeat after a big defeat.

The women shook their heads to show they didn't know.

"My lord, there are many women!"

Zhang Dun ran in with a simple and honest smirk.

"What woman?"

Zhang Dun chuckled twice: "Pretty woman."

"Let you go to Mr. Shi, what kind of woman are you looking for!"

Yang Chao glared at Zhang Dun, and followed him to the place where Duoduoguan was.

She was indeed a beautiful woman, very beautiful, not inferior to the four beauties who Doduo slept with.

They were detained in several large rooms.

Obviously these are the beauties that Duoduo robbed.

"I am Da Ming Loyalty Bo Yang Chao, does anyone know where Lord Shi Kefa Shi is?"

Even after asking three times, no one answered. Yang Chao guessed that these women didn't know, so there was no time to waste here.

So he said: "I know you were all snatched, you can go."

But these women curled up on the ground, looking at Yang Chao in horror, none of them dared to leave.

Yang Chao found that one of them was a bit more courageous. She was different from the others. She looked at Yang Chao with wide and curious eyes, without much fear on her face.

"come here."

Yang Chao picked out the woman.

The woman stood up and walked in front of Yang Chao calmly.

"Take these women and leave quickly, the tartars will come back at any time, and the duke will leave immediately!"

But the woman shook her head: "Master Zhongyi, if you let these people go now, it is tantamount to killing them."

Yang Chao wondered, "Why?"

The woman sighed: "There is a lot of chaos outside. We are all little girls. If we go out, we will be snatched away by others. Staying here is just Duoduo. When we go outside, we will be ravaged by tens of thousands of soldiers."

Yang Chao really didn't think about it from the perspective of these women. Although it is not a good thing to be snatched away by Duoduo, being caught by soldiers outside is the most terrifying thing right now. Not to mention being ravaged, it may not be possible to survive Woolen cloth.

Yang Chao asked: "You always have family members. While the chaos is still there, I will send someone to escort you home."

In fact, Yang Chao said that the feasibility is almost zero. After all, there are no less than a thousand women imprisoned in several big houses, and it is dawn when they are sent home one by one.

The woman smiled wryly: "Family, where do people like us have any family?"

Yang Chao heard that the woman's tone was not right and asked in confusion: "Who are you?"

The woman said: "I have heard for a long time that Uncle Zhongyi is also a romantic person. Don't you hear about the thin horse in Yangzhou?"

Yang Chao had an epiphany, no wonder there are so many beauties. Duoduo has only been in the city for three days, and it is unrealistic to snatch so many beauties at once. They are all skinny horses. Obviously, Duo Duo directly took a few of the people who cultivated skinny horses. It is not surprising that there are so many people.

Yangzhou skinny horses, like Qinhuai famous prostitutes, are local characteristics.

Ren Yazi bought girls one by one from a young age, and then slowly cultivated them, teaching them poetry, song, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then sold them when they grew up to the fourteenth five-year period. Unlike Qinhuai famous prostitutes, the customer base of Yangzhou Shouma Not prostitutes, but wealthy businessmen and dignitaries who were trained to be concubines.

Buying a girl and raising it until she is a teenager requires a lot of money, manpower, material resources and effort, so the risk is very high. Whether she can make money or not depends entirely on the matchmaker's eyesight, but the really famous matchmaker, They seldom fail, just like a good martial artist knows how to recruit disciples by looking at the bones of a person. At the age of three, these toothmaids can tell whether they will be beautiful in the future by looking at a baby.

So the women that Duoduo snatched were all beauties. Although I dare not say they were stunning, they were definitely first-class, and they could be concubines for wealthy families.

It's just that Yang Chao really couldn't care about them anymore, so he couldn't help sighing: "I'm powerless, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you!"

The woman sighed: "Since Mr. Zhongyi has already entered the city, why did he leave again?" In my humble opinion, the siege is the worst, because the siege is the most difficult, now that Uncle Loyalty has already entered the city, why do you want to leave instead, and give up the city?"

Yang Chao said with a smile: "You are not an ordinary skinny horse, but a skinny horse that can march and fight. To tell you the truth, my lord entered the city in a sneak attack, and the troops he brought were less than one-tenth of the Tartars' strength, but they only fought against the Tartars. Just be caught off guard, when the tartars come back to their senses, the lord will not be able to please me. So I have to run for my life before the tartars counterattack."

The woman suddenly chuckled: "Uncle Zhongyi is brave and invincible, but he doesn't want to be such a philistine!"

Yang Chao asked back: "If you are brave, you can't be a philistine?"

The woman smiled and said: "No, soldiers never tire of deceit. Uncle Zhongyi really has the talent of a general!"

Yang Chao suddenly felt that this woman was not simple, and she definitely could not be a thin horse. From the beginning to the end, there was no humbleness in her tone of voice when talking to Yang Chao, and there was no reverence in her eyes when she looked at Yang Chao, just like a friend Equal intersects the same.

"Who the hell are you?"

Yang Chao couldn't help asking.

The woman smiled and said: "Uncle Zhongyi can see it. The little girl Wei Shuzhen, the governor of Huaiyang Wei Yinwen is my father!"

Yang Chao suddenly realized that it turned out to be the daughter of a governor, no wonder talking to him was so natural, because she was the daughter of an official family.

Thinking of Wei Yinwen, Yang Chao couldn't help asking: "How is Master Wei now? And where is Master Shi?"

If you can find Shi Kefa, you can continue to fight Shi Kefa's banner and gather the scattered troops nearby. If you don't have Shi Kefa, you can only rely on yourself.

Wei Shuzhen laughed and said, "My father has already been martyred!"

Yang Chao was taken aback, Wei Shuzhen was able to say with a smile that his father hanged himself and died for the country, which made Yang Chao feel emotional, but there was still a hint of deep sadness in her eyes.

"My condolences to Miss Wei!"

Yang Chao comforted him by saying that he was full of respect for these civil servants who would rather commit suicide than surrender.

Wei Shuzhen smiled calmly: "Uncle Zhongyi has made a slip of the tongue, my father died for the country, why is there any sorrow?"

Well, this Wei Shuzhen is obviously too influenced by Confucian ethics, it is an honor for his father to commit suicide.

"I don't know if Miss Wei has any relatives in the city, I sent someone to send you there to settle down!"

Wei Shuzhen shook her head and said: "No need, my father's martyrdom for the country is a matter for ministers, and the little girl should also die for martyrdom, which is a matter for women. It is immoral to live to this point, but I want to see my heavenly soldiers counterattack Yangzhou and take the place of my life." The people took revenge, and today I have no regrets to see Uncle Loyalty. However, with the wisdom and courage of Uncle Loyalty, he did not dare to confront the Tartars head-on, and I am afraid that the little girl will not see the day when the heavenly soldiers will take revenge."

Although his face was flat after speaking, there was determination in his eyes.

Yang Chao wanted to persuade him, but he didn't speak. This woman was obviously spoiled by Tudor, and she had already decided to die.

His father was loyal to his ministers and was responsible for guarding Yangzhou. Yangzhou city was destroyed and committed suicide as a minister. Her daughter was out of integrity and wanted to commit suicide as a wife. The moral standards of the Ming Dynasty. What about military commanders?

Is he also burdened with general affairs?

Civil servants hang themselves to die for the country, women hang themselves to die for the whole country, as for generals, shouldn't they charge forward and die for the whole country?
Obviously, Yang Chao is not a general who meets the standards. Morally, he has no way to meet the standards. In fact, no one can do anything. Throughout history, there are so few people. , there is no one left.

Yang Chao couldn't help being silent.

At this time, Zhao Kang walked in and reported the military situation to Yang Chao.

The Tartars in the front yard gave up their attack and withdrew from the Governor's Palace instead.

"We also retreat and rush to Tongsi Gate immediately!"

On the western city wall of Yangzhou, there is only one city gate, called Tongsi Gate. Yang Chao's invasion went from the east city to the west city, and the only way to get out from the west city was through the Tongsi gate.

"But my lord, those belongings?"

Zhao Kang hesitated a little.

Duoduo not only robbed some women, but also a lot of property. The overall wealth of Yangzhou City may not be as good as that of capitals like the North and South Beijings, but in terms of wealth concentration, Yangzhou is really the number one.

In terms of silver alone, Duoduo has millions of taels here, filled with hundreds of boxes.

It is indeed a bit reluctant to retreat now.

Yang Chao shook his head and said, "Money is foreign to you, tell the military not to touch a penny!"

In fact, out of human affection, I should let my subordinates make some money, but once people have a few hundred taels of silver in their arms, their desperate thoughts will fade away, just like Duoduo sitting on an army of more than 20. Robbery cannot be contained.

After saying that, Yang Chao turned around and was about to leave.

Wei Shuzhen sighed: "Uncle Zhongyi is really leaving."

Yang Chao suddenly said: "Miss Wei, please take care, if you can trust me, please stay alive and wait for the Northern Expedition."

After speaking, Yang Chao strode out of the Governor's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)