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The soldier who gave the order laughed and asked, "Recruits, right?" ”

"Yes."

"No wonder...... This is our regiment leader, surnamed Shi, named Kun, it is said that the name of the regiment leader was given by His Royal Highness King Wu. ”

Shi Kun strode into Chen Sheng's temporary command post.

"Commander...... What is the calling of me? ”

"How's it going in Eastside? Can it still be held? Chen Sheng looked up and asked.

Shi Kun's face tightened, and he said in a muffled voice: "My lord is embarrassed to ask...... Replenish these 600 recruits for me, no use for fart, add to the chaos! Do you know that after midnight, hundreds of enemy horsemen came to harass them, and they scared these recruits so much that they almost peed their pants. Before I came, I was met with a scaring recruit egg, such a feint, I lost more than 30 people, including seven veterans, who actually died for these raw melon eggs, which made people ...... Hey, my lord, add me five hundred veterans, no, three hundred. ”

Chen Sheng smiled and said, "You are the prince's protégé, if you don't go to your east gate to replenish recruits, where do you say to replenish?" ”

"But you can't favor one over the other, the other two doors are all replenished veterans, and all the recruits are ...... to the east gate."

Chen Sheng restrained his smile and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense, what is a stopper?" Two years ago, weren't you also a raw melon egg? ”

Shi Kun choked and said, "It's okay...... Three hundred is not good, two hundred is done, right? I promise that if I make up for my 200 veterans, I will hold the east gate for three days, and if the city gate fails, I am willing to do it by military law. ”

"Presumptuous!" Chen Sheng shouted, "What, if you don't replenish the veterans, you won't be able to hold on?" ”

Shi Kun saw that Chen Shengxiang was really angry, so he had to bow his head and didn't dare to be verbose.

Chen Sheng took a breath, softened his tone and said: "From Jiangdu to Yizhen, this way down, the loss of 5,000 Jinhuawei is nearly forty percent, all of them are veterans...... Where do you ask me to replenish you with veterans? There are only 1,002 recruits around me, and I have supplemented you with 600, and you still dislike it? ”

Shi Kun didn't dare to answer.

Chen Sheng eased up a bit, "Recruits, after a few battles, they become veterans, and they all come here like this...... Go back and be appeased. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Sheng started to say again: "General Chi has sent news from Port Town, our First Army has begun to land and is attacking Taixing, if it can successfully land, it can be connected with the Tongzhou defenders, and when the time comes, the entire battlefield will be alive and ......." ”

Shi Kun raised his head and said, "My lord, just say it, what do you need me to do?" ”

Chen Sheng nodded and said, "The key now is to try to hold back the enemy forces in the direction of Jiangdu as much as possible to reduce the pressure in the direction of Taixing...... What I mean is that your troops can break through to the outside of the city, first to the south, through the old Jiangkou to the east, to attract and contain the enemy in Jiangdu...... How, do you dare? ”

Shi Kun frowned and said, "There's nothing you don't dare...... However, our department has less than 800 people in total at the moment, most of whom are new recruits, and it may not be easy to contain the enemy's cavalry. Besides, when my department goes out of the city, who will guard the east gate? ”

Chen Sheng said casually: "I'll guard it myself." ”

Shi Kun was stunned for a moment, "Now General Fang's student soldiers guard the west gate, and the main force of our department guards the north gate...... You also said just now, there are only 1,002 recruits around you, and you have supplemented me with 600 people, so there are only 600 people left, plus your personal guards, there are less than 1,000 people, how can you defend it? ”

Chen Sheng frowned and said: "There are nearly a thousand people enough, I have my own measure...... Just say, will you take this task or not? ”

Shi Kun hesitated for a moment, and Zhengse replied: "Since the adults have made a decision, it is to obey their orders." ”

"Okay, go back and get ready, and after dark today, you'll go out of the city."

"In such a hurry?" Shi Kun was surprised, he felt a little wrong, although the enemy's main attack was on the northern city, but after all, it was surrounded on three sides, and it was still unknown whether he could successfully highlight the east gate, why was General Chen so anxious to break through by himself?

Chen Sheng said angrily: "The battle in the direction of Taixing is urgent, and it must not be delayed for an hour." ”

"Yes."

……。

Midnight.

After Shi Kun led his troops to change guards with Chen Sheng, he went out of the city gate to the south.

Maybe it's providence, it's all smooth sailing.

But when he was only twenty or thirty miles south, there was a faint sound of artillery from behind him, which shocked Shi Kun.

When did the besieging enemy have heavy artillery?

In the past half a month, from Jiangdu to Yizhen, they have basically fought with the enemy's cavalry, and they have never encountered heavy artillery, where did the enemy get the heavy artillery?

Shi Kun suddenly realized that Chen Sheng's intention to break through the siege was to deceive himself into evacuating.

Today's Jiangbei, except for the south, the rest of the direction is blocked by the enemy's cavalry, Chen Sheng let himself go south to the mouth of the old river first, that is, let himself cross the river and retreat.

Tears welled up in Shi Kun's eyes, General Chen learned from the direction of the north gate that the enemy had siege artillery, and Yi Zhen was afraid that he would not be able to defend it, but the prince and Taizhou and Wu Song Erwei were still in Huai'an, and they could not abandon Yizhen City, so they used this method to coax themselves to retreat, leaving a trace of blood for the five thousand gold Huawei.

Shi Kun looked at the faintly red sky in the north steadily, and resolutely ordered, the whole army turned around, and immediately headed north!

Even if you die, you have to die together!

……。

Shibao is a small town.

It is located in the north of Xinghua and west of Huailou Town.

The tributaries of Sheyang Lake pass through this.

Song An was here with dozens of people at this time.

Under the guidance of local guides, Song An left the trail and waterway to turn north, three or four hundred miles, and it took five days.

However, Shibao is already the last feasible place, and it is difficult to go west or north, because these two directions are the only way to Huai'an, and there are enemy troops to defend it.

But at this time, Song An was on the big white bridge, which was a stone arch bridge, about one zhang wide and a span of more than ten zhang.

The purpose of this is to wait for Changlin Wei to come from the direction of Andong in Huai'an Prefecture, and according to the news, important information has been sent from the direction of Yanzhou.

When a small sampan gradually approached from the river, Song An recognized Qian Yi on the boat at a glance.

The three of them, father and son, were personally installed in Yanzhou by Song An after Wu Zheng decided to expand the number of Changlin Wei in Jiangbei.

"Qian Yi, where is your father and brother?"

Qian Yi burst into tears, "On the way south, my father expected that the road ahead was dangerous, so he thought of sending information by water and land...... Killed by the Qing army. ”

Song An raised his head and sighed, "Your Qian family...... Sure enough, a loyal martyr! ”

Qian Yi hurriedly said: "Big stall, Dolgon has arrived in Yanzhou half a month ago, and the Qing army that came with him is 50,000 people, including the Zhenglan, the two blue banners and the eight banners of the Han Dynasty in Beijing...... Moreover, when I went south from Yanzhou, Dorgon and his army had already gone south, and it has been three days to this day. ”