The action of attacking Caozhou City began to take action on the third day that He Sanjiang and they stopped under Caozhou City.

The siege of the He family's army was more professional than that of the Dashun army, which brought great pressure to Liu Zongmin's defenders, and it was only five days of siege that Liu Zongmin was so difficult to support left and right.

And as the soldiers of the He family army who were scattered out to regain the lost territory returned one after another, the expression on Liu Zongmin's face became more and more heavy.

It's a pity that the artillery team of the He family's army has been scrapped under the continuous use of artillery in the defense of the city at that time, and the firearms supply from Dayuan Island is not something that can be transported in a short time, otherwise their He family's army's attack on Caozhou City will be fierce, and it will also put more pressure on Liu Zongmin's department.

However, when the siege operation reached the ninth day, Liu Zongmin, who was stationed in Caozhou City, finally couldn't hold it anymore, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon of the ninth day, a first unit of the He Jiajun stayed in Caozhou City for more than half an hour, and then Liu Zongmin personally led his personal guards to fight at any cost, and suppressed it.

At this time, Liu Zongmin's army of 50,000 troops lost more than half of the soldiers in the case of occupying a geographical advantage, although it also made the He family army lose about half of the troops, but with the weakening of the forces of both sides, the He family army as the besieging side of the city more and more highlighted their siege skills.

After no longer having an advantage in numbers, in the face of the huge city wall, Liu Zongmin's army was only more than 20,000 soldiers defending the city, but in the unpredictable siege operations of the He family's army, the left and the right, the south and the north, were played around, and the lack of troops was used by the other party to the fullest.

At this time, Liu Zongmin had already retreated, under the influence of the experience of being defeated again and again with Li Zicheng and getting up again and again, Liu Zongmin was never so firm in fighting to the death, and from the moment He Jiajun came back, Liu Zongmin was already prepared in his heart.

The messenger sent to ask for help has not heard from him so far, even if Dashun Guozhong sends reinforcements to help, with the siege strength shown by the He Jiajun at this moment, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold out until the day when the army rushes to help.

Therefore, Liu Zongmin, who already had the idea of staying in the green mountains and not being afraid of no firewood, was finally ready to give up Caozhou, which had just arrived and had not yet sat hot in the position of Caozhou General Army.

The action of breaking through was set by Liu Zongmin on the evening of the tenth day, after all, the strength of their Dashun army was already at a disadvantage at the time of the field battle, if they broke through during the day, I am afraid that they would be defeated by the He family army on the way to break through.

However, to Liu Zongmin's surprise, the resistance they encountered in breaking through was unexpectedly weak, as if the He family army outside the city had never thought that they would break through.

It wasn't until he retreated more than 20 miles west in the dark overnight that Liu Zongmin had time and opportunity to straighten out, and he was almost about to disperse into a loose team.

However, when he escaped from Caozhou City, he was frightened for a long time along the way, but he did not usher in the strong pursuit of He Jiajun, and at this time, Liu Zongmin's hanging heart was half lost.

Not daring to stay too long, after hastily reorganizing the team, and not even caring about the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers who were scattered behind him, Liu Zongmin led the team and continued to move towards the west at dawn when the sky was white.

Until the retreat to the Dongming County seat, Liu Zongmin finally put down the last half of the hanging thoughts, at this time when the soldiers were reorganized, he found that in order to escape from the Caozhou territory as quickly as possible, he originally added the disabled soldiers and still had nearly 30,000 troops, and finally entered the Dongming County only more than 20,000, and the rest of the thousands of soldiers were left behind by themselves in the non-stop rush along the way.

In the next few days, relying on the original more than 10,000 Dashun soldiers in Dongming County, as well as the unscathed city, Liu Zongmin had a little more confidence to garrison Dongming County and stalemate with He Jiajun.

In the night breakthrough a few days ago, He Jiajun did not make a pursuit posture unusually, and even made Liu Zongmin a little suspicious, whether he was too pessimistic, in fact, He Jiajun himself also suffered heavy losses, and the siege strength was also lacking, otherwise how could he not take such a good opportunity and watch his side escape from Caozhou's territory.

Finally escaped, after a few additions, Liu Zongmin's mind was alive again, and he also knew that this time he would give Caozhou City to He Jiajun, and Li Zicheng, the leader of Dashun, would definitely reprimand himself, if he lost the territory of Dongming and other counties, I am afraid that even if he is Li Zicheng's confidant general, he will not escape responsibility.

Therefore, whether it is for the sake of His Majesty Li Zicheng's face or for his own future, Liu Zongmin cannot flee back to Luoyang like this and become the laughing stock of others.

Liu Zongmin guessed well in some places, He Jiajun didn't make too many moves about the breakthrough of the Dashun army that night, and he did release water on it, but what he didn't guess correctly was that the reason why He Jiajun didn't pursue was not because they didn't have such strength, but because they didn't want to do it.

When the He Jiajun rebelled against Dashun, if they were really hostile to the Dashun Dynasty, the losses that could be caused by the chess pieces arranged by Hongmen in Dashun would definitely be much greater than the current Dashun attack on the He Jiajun.

However, the intention of the Hongmen base camp was never just to weaken the strength of the Dashun Dynasty, their ultimate goal was just not to want the Dashun Dynasty to cause greater damage to the Ming Dynasty, which was strong and embattled, and then let the huge empire fall apart when Hongmen was not ready to wait, and in the end the most benefited could only be the protagonist in the history that Li Tianyang once knew, the Qing Dynasty established by the northern barbarian Jurchen.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty fell to the point where it is now struggling is that they fought on two fronts, and there were powerful and barbaric Qing people who coveted it outside, and there were inexhaustible slaughters, wildfires and first-class peasant armies of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

If any of them no longer exists, with the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, the depth of its heritage, and the various conditions that the people still want, I am afraid that he can easily defeat the remaining other opponent, and then continue their dynasty extension.

Therefore, after He Sanjiang and Liu Zongmin retreated and achieved the goal of recapturing Caozhou City and the surrounding territory, they did not want to see the Dashun Dynasty lose too much on their side, and then they were seized by Sun Chuanting and others of the Ming Dynasty on the other side of the Yellow River and defeated Dashun.

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