Suddenly, a dense burst of gunfire came from outside the city, Li Yuanyin turned his head to look, only to see that the Qing army outside the city wall was fleeing in all directions, and a cavalry behind their buttocks poured a dense rain of bullets on the Qing army crowd while charging with all their might......

The Qing soldier general also stopped and looked blankly outside the city, then let out a panicked cry, turned around and fled, and dozens of Qing soldiers behind him also rushed to follow the road down the city.

Li Yuanyin looked at this wonderful scene fixedly, as if in a dream.

It wasn't until he clearly saw a military flag embroidered with the word "Ming" appear in the rushing cavalry team that he finally reacted and muttered:

"Reinforcements are coming? Reinforcements are coming! ”

The soldiers beside him were also stunned, one by one they stood stunned without any reaction, they had never seen this kind of musket that could fire continuously on horseback, until they heard Li Yuanyin's words, they shouted one after another:

"Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming! Kill! Kill! Immediately, one by one, their expressions were greatly lifted, and they all ran down the city wall and chased them to the city gate.

When Ding Shuai led a battalion to rush to the city gate, he found that the city gate had been wide open, and more than 100 Ming soldiers rushed out of the city, and quickly inquired about the battle situation in the city.

……

At this moment, Shang Zhixin, the commander of the Qing army, was eating around a small stove in the big tent of the Chinese army in the Jiangnan camp.

Squinting his eyes slightly, taking a sip of warm rice wine, Shang Zhixin breathed a long sigh of relief, grabbed a crystal elbow and gnawed it deliciously, and several generals in the tent stood tremblingly on the side, one by one.

Shang Zhixin, as Shang Kexi's eldest son, accompanied the campaign for a long time, since the beginning of the southern expedition, his experience told him that the more the Ming army garrisoned the larger the town, the easier it is to conquer, often the army has not yet been killed, the Ming army has fled, or simply surrendered the city.

What is really troublesome is that some rural villages with local autonomy often organize strong men to resist desperately, and even in some places several large villages have formed a militia group to protect them, causing a lot of losses to the Qing army.

Therefore, along the way, Shang Zhixin's attack strategy was to take the big towns directly, and then go back to clean up those nasty villages when the overall situation has been decided.

Therefore, Shang Zhixin's attack speed was particularly fast, and in just a few days, he had already reached Yulin, the last barrier east of Nanning. thought that it was another time to be invincible, and he even dreamed of the moment when he was one step ahead of Geng Jimao and Kong Youde, invaded Nanning, and captured Yongli alive.

At that time, will the emperor of the Qing court be happy and directly crown him as the prince? Then their Shang family can be a father and son and two princes! Glory to you!

Unexpectedly, it has been four days since the siege of the city, and the onslaught of more than 20,000 people not only failed to take the small Yulin City, but was also harassed by the Ming army in the periphery of the small group, and suffered heavy casualties.

And the cavalry troops who went north at the beginning did not hear from Xu Erxian, and now he has sent the last reserve in his hand up, and there are only 600 guards left around him.

Waiting left and right, he finally received the battle report that the Yulin City Gate was completely broken, Shang Zhixin remembered that he had missed the meal, so he ordered the wine and food, and sat and waited for the good news of the comprehensive purge of the remnants of the Qingming Army below.

"Made! This wine is like horse urine, it is not strong enough at all, how can it be refreshing as the Fenjiu in our hometown. ”

Shang Zhixin took another sip, slammed down his glass and cursed, and continued to gnaw on his elbow.

"This elbow is too sweet and too greasy."

"Report! …… Da Shuai...... Battle report! Battle Report ......"

A pro-soldier colonel rushed into the tent in a panic and shouted out breathlessly: "Ming army...... Reinforcements from the Ming army...... Reinforcements arrived...... West Gate, West Gate...... Lost! ”

"Huh?"

Shang Zhixin still had an elbow in his mouth, raised his head and stared at the soldier in a daze.

"What do you say? Ming reinforcements arrived? Seeing this, Ban Zhifu, the deputy marshal standing aside, hurriedly answered and asked.

"Yes...... Yes, it's ...... Simon is lost! ”

"Bang!"

Shang Zhixin dropped his elbow, jumped up with a blue face, lifted his shirt and wiped his hands, and grabbed the little colonel: "What's the matter?" Didn't Simon just send an army to go? ”

"Collapsed, all collapsed!"

"What about the rest of the gates?"

"There are no Ming troops in sight at the rest of the city gates, and there is still fierce fighting in the city." The little school trembled and responded.

"Someone, pass on my general's order, all the Chinese army's personal soldiers will gather, and the commander will personally cross the river to attack the city!"

Shang Zhixin pushed the colonel away, glared at the surrounding generals, and shouted with a blue face.

"The son of the world is not allowed!"

An adjutant general panicked and said: "The son of the world is the body of a daughter, it is not appropriate to risk the arrow stone himself!" ”

"Yes! The last general also thought that the son of the world should not take risks in person, and besides...... Moreover, the prince's army is already the last new force, and it is the responsibility to protect the baggage of the whole army, in case ......"

"Shut up!"

Shang Zhixin was furious and scolded: "You rice buckets! You say, why have so many people attacked for so many days, and the small Yulin City is still in the hands of the Ming army? Well? How did you go to war? ”

"The prince of the world is angry, and he is willing to go to the front line in person to oversee the siege of the city! If you don't take Yulin City, you are willing to come and see you! Deputy Marshal Ban Zhifu came out to respond.

Shang Zhixin stared at Ban Zhifu fixedly, this deputy marshal was the first veteran to follow his father to descend to the Qing Dynasty, and his qualifications were older than himself, this time his father sent Ban Zhifu, Xu Erxian and a group of old subordinates together, the original intention was to assist him in making meritorious contributions and taking Nanning in one fell swoop to bring greater glory to the Shang family.

Because Xu Erxian was proud of his high merits, he usually did not get along well with Shang Zhixin, so Shang Zhixin sent Xu Erxian to Xunzhou early, leaving only the old Ban Zhifu to serve as a military staff officer.

"Lieutenant Marshal? Do you really want to personally supervise the battle? ”

"Lord Shizi, if you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, and you will definitely dedicate Yulin to the son."

Ban Zhifu took off his helmet, took off his cotton robe and only left his inner armor, coiled his slender money rattail braid around his neck, made a desperate gesture, and shouted.

"Okay, good, Ben Shuai will send you five hundred personal soldiers to ride ......"

"Report ...... Da Shuai...... No...... Oh no......"

Before the words fell, another small leader of the pro-soldiers screamed and stumbled into the big tent.

"Cangchang!"

Shang Zhixin pulled out his sword, pointed at his own soldiers and shouted coldly: "What kind of system is it to be so flustered?" Aren't you afraid that Ben Shuai will kill you? ”

"Report to the big handsome...... Ming Army...... Ming Army...... Grab a boat to cross the river...... Above...... Ashore...... Already...... Kill into the camp......" The colonel knelt on the ground, shaking the rope.

"Huh?"

Shang Zhixin's sword fell to the ground and screamed.