In troubled times, the army is your life.

Although Wu Shengzhao sighed in front of Wu Zheng to win sympathy, Wu Shengzhao only bent his knees to the strong.

If Wu Zheng fails this time and the army under his command is damaged, then the strength is not enough to subdue him, so do you still need to follow him?

You are not allowed to make any more requests to the Shaoxing Mansion and sell at the price?

But the question is, what if Wu Zheng really wins?

How will you explain it then? Could it be that he led his army outside the east gate to sit back and watch a battle from beginning to end?

When the Ming artillery exploded, Wu Shengzhao had the urge to attack.

But when it was found that the follow-up Ming army did not successfully break through the city, Wu Shengzhao's impulse quickly disappeared.

What you need to do is the icing on the cake and send charcoal in the snow.

Wu Shengzhao decided to continue watching the battle.

In Suzhou City, the Qing army did have reinforcements arriving.

But reinforcements were not enough to boost the morale of the defenders.

The people who followed were the main reason for the high morale of the defenders.

The person who came here was the famous traitor, Hong Chengchou, who was the military university of the Southern Governor at that time.

This guy was originally in Beijing.

Because of Shunzhi's importance to him, he was appointed as the crown prince Taibao, the secretary of the military department and the right capital of the Imperial Palace, entered the inner court to manage military affairs, awarded the secretary of the academy of scholars, and became the first Han prime minister of the Qing Dynasty.

But last year, Dolgon's "head shaving order" aroused strong resistance from the Han people in Jiangnan, and Dolgon could only send Hong Chengchou to replace Duoduo to Jiangnan to extinguish the fire, and appointed him as a military scholar to appease the governor of the south.

Now Luck Dehun went to the Jiangxi battlefield, Hangzhou was recovered by the Ming army, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation and carried out the Northern Expedition.

This made Hong Chengchou a little unable to sit still in Yingtianfu, if Suzhou was lost, then Yingtianfu would be surrounded by the Ming army and become a lonely city in the south of the Yangtze River, so it would be impossible to explain to the Qing court.

So, after careful consideration, Hong Chengchou personally led 10,000 Yellow Banner Eight Banners Army to support Suzhou.

In Hong Chengchou's view, this may be a small wave under the general trend, although it is dazzling, but it is like a meteor flashing away.

In his opinion, Da Ming is dead, and no matter how stubbornly he resists, it is just in vain.

In that case, why not go with the flow?

Hong Chengchou decided to crush this little ant in person, so as to nail another iron nail for his position in the court.

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On the second day, the fighting was still fierce.

After all, the south gate, which was repaired overnight, could not withstand the artillery fire of the Ming army, and it was shattered in an instant.

But the artillery fire of the Qing army on the city wall was the same as the abuse on the head of the Ming army.

The cavalry is still storming the south gate, and the infantry is still fighting to the death.

Human life is just a number at this moment.

Even if he was the pillar of the family during his lifetime, or he was the son of man, a husband, or a father.

Wu Zheng was already not moved at all, and the battles big and small had already made his nerves bigger.

His only thought now is why he hasn't launched an attack in the east yet, Wu Shengzhao, you must not live up to my expectations of you.

Another day passed.

The city walls were still in the hands of the Qing army.

Even with the support of artillery, the battle losses of the Ming army were still greater than those of the Qing army.

In the two-day attack, the casualties of the Ming army have reached 3,000 people.

That's almost half of the total number of soldiers who took part in the war.

Such a war of attrition is very cruel, and the comparison is who can't resist it.

But it was this afternoon that Wu Zheng finally knew why the defenders in the city were so desperate to resist.

During the siege, the defenders kept falling off the walls.

A few lucky ones fell into the pile of corpses under the city wall, and if they were lucky enough not to die, they became prisoners of the Ming army.

From their mouths, Wu Zheng finally knew that Hong Chengchou had arrived in Suzhou City.

That night, Wu Zheng did not gather the generals, but just stayed in the tent and sat alone.

"Lord Yu, I found Wu Shengzhao's department, and I camped dozens of miles west of Zhenyi Town."

"Is there any movement to march?"

"Nope. According to local villagers, Wu Shengzhao's department has been stationed for two days. ”

After hearing this, although Wu Zheng was angry, he was finally relieved in his heart.

If Wu Shengzhao's troops surrender to the enemy, the enemy's strength will rise sharply, and now at least it can be determined that Wu Shengzhao's troops have not surrendered to the enemy, which is the biggest good news.

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said: "Send a message to Wu Shengzhao for this official and tell him that there is Hong Chengchou in Suzhou City. ”

"Yes."

Wu Zheng didn't know if he could let Wu Shengzhao attack the city, but Wu Zheng wanted to try, and at the same time told Wu Shengzhao that there were people like Hong Chengchou in the Qing court, and there would be no future for him Wu Shengzhao.

It can't be delayed any longer, and if it drags on any longer, he will face more and more Qing troops coming in.

Moreover, news has come from Shaoxing Mansion that Taizhou Mansion has been lost, and the Qing army has marched to Wenzhou Mansion, and at the same time there are already forwards approaching Shaoxing.

I know that my time is running out, although Shaoxing Mansion has 15,000 troops, but in the face of the forces of Duoduo and Luckdehun's division, I am afraid that I will not be able to resist.

It is necessary to capture the city of Suzhou as soon as possible, deter Ying Tianfu, and attack the enemy to save it, so as to encircle Wei and save Zhao.

Wu Zheng began to gather the camp of the dead.

……。

In the city of Suzhou, the government of Dongcheng has been requisitioned by Hong Chengchou as a line.

In the face of dozens of civil and military officials, Hong Chengchou, who was four out of fifty and had a thin face, said in a deep voice: "After two days of defense, our army relied on the strength of the city wall, and was actually attacked by the enemy several times, and today it was almost lost. ”

Since the surrender to the Qing court, Hong Chengchou never thought that the Ming would win.

Instead of letting thousands of people in the world suffer in this war, it is better to let the Qing court dominate the world, and the so-called long pain is better than short pain.

"The subordinates don't dare!" The officials bowed their heads in response.

A civil official said: "Your Excellency, since your Excellency personally led the army to help, the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city is high. In the opinion of the following officials, a partial division should be sent out of the city to attack and harass the Ming army outside the city, so that the enemy's position can be disrupted. ”

A military attache came out and said: "Scholar, the Ming army conquered Hangzhou and Jiaxing, and then forced Songjiang Mansion, morale is booming, if you go out of the city to fight with it, I am afraid the result may not be as expected." ”

The civilian official turned around and cross-examined: "General Dong is to increase the morale of others and destroy his own prestige, does General Dong think that the morale of the soldiers and civilians in the city is not as good as that of the enemy outside the city when the university scholars come to Suzhou City to supervise the battle?" ”

The military attache said angrily: "The last general is a matter of facts, what does this have to do with the scholars coming to the city in person?" ”

Another military attache echoed: "The last general thinks that what General Dong said is extremely true, going out of the city to fight in the field, you must divide the time, we can think of it, the commander of the enemy army outside the city can also think of it, if you encounter an ambush, I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses, please think twice." ”

Hong Chengchou said coldly with a straight face: "You don't have to go out of the city. I want to see how the enemy will attack the city tomorrow. Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk about the deployment of the Japanese city defense and how to deal with the enemy. ”