The roaring cannon sounded, and the Qing soldiers who had not yet rushed to the city dodged the molten iron and fierce fire, but they did not dodge the shells.

The Manchu Eight Banners are in Liaodong, and they have long been accustomed to seeing cannons defending the city, and they are not afraid. But the Han Qing soldiers behind couldn't parry, although they knew artillery, but when they really arrived at the battlefield, they listened to the loud sound that tore the sky and the earth, and they were terrified.

Duoduo looked at the Shura battlefield in front of him without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

When he was six years old, he was named Heshuo Ezhen, and at the age of thirteen, he commanded the white flag. When he was fourteen years old, he followed Huang Taiji to fight in the east and west, and was accustomed to seeing mountains of corpses and a sea of blood.

"Pass the order, and those who retreat will be killed!"

The fierce and burly Manchu banner soldiers, riding on horses with large swords in hand, patrolled behind the battlefield, and cut down dozens of Qing soldiers who wanted to escape one after another. Driving pigs generally drove them to the city of Changzhou.

More than a dozen people in the Qing soldiers formed a team, holding a ladder in their hands, and rushed forward with their heads down. Although the city of Changzhou was well prepared, it could not be covered by full firepower after all, and soon a cloud ladder drove to the wall. The city walls of Changzhou are not high, and there is no feeling of Suzhou in the sky, and there are many Manchu bannermen who are good at riding and archery to shoot arrows at the city.

The city screamed one after another, and the people kept coming up to the city, carrying the wounded down to the city for healing. Yan Yingyuan gave an order, and the giant shield that had been prepared long ago was erected, and the two small soldiers pushed a shield. The others, under their cover, pressed their long poles against the ladder and lifted them out.

Of the eight men in the southeast corner, seven were hiding behind their shields, and seven of them worked together to push the generals against their shields.

Wu Shixun saw the ladder of the Qing soldiers erected, looked at the seven companions again, stomped his feet and picked up the long pole, and pushed it out by himself. The Qing soldiers on the cloud ladder looked at him with a cruel smile, his already red eyes, glowing with a faint red light, which frightened Wu Shixun's hands and feet cold.

Suddenly, a force came from behind him, and Hou Xuanyan, who had patrolled here, was guarded by his own soldiers, held the bumper bar, and hit him on the ladder.

Wu Shixun looked back and stammered, "My lord." ”

"Stunned dry bird! Bump. ”

Wu Shixun's eyes were full of tears, and he was so nervous that his voice was slightly sharp, and he shouted loudly and picked up the bumper bar. Seeing that the ladder was about to fall, the Qing soldiers saw a crack in the city wall, and inserted the knife in their hand with concentrated force. Under the difficulty of the ladder, the response was broken, and the Qing soldiers were stunned in mid-air, unable to take a step forward.

Looking at the terrible Qing soldier's helpless eyes, Wu Shixun suddenly felt that this fierce wolf-like alien race was very funny, with tears in his eyes, sweat beads fell on his face like beans, and he smirked.

Hou Xuanyan grabbed him by the collar, pulled him back, lifted the rolling stone under his feet, and scolded: "Smirk at the egg, smash it for me!" ”

A stone was in the middle of the head of the Qing soldiers, and the brains burst out, red was blood, white was brains, splashed on the city wall, and the body fell vertically down the city tower.

The seven scholars below, unlike the others who raised shields, only knew how to hide behind the shield and tremble, and did not know how to move their shields to protect their companions and throw stones and wood.

A banner soldier under the city had sharp eyes, and an arrow shot over, Hou Xuanyan was on the side of his body, and the arrow grazed his palm, bringing a piece of flesh and blood on the back of his hand.

The soldiers behind Hou Xuanyan tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, and Hou Xuanyan held one end in his mouth and wrapped it around his hand. Ignoring the burning pain in his palm, he picked up another piece and threw it out of the city. Wu Shixun was already in tears, and behind him were thousands of troops of different races, and he looked at the commander in front of him. Most of the sun had set, and only a little bit of brilliance shone on Hou Xuanyan's young and handsome face, and his eyebrows were full of perseverance and courage that he had never seen.

At this moment, Hou Xuanyan, in the heart of this Suzhou scholar, is like a god.

He screamed strangely, worked hard to be brave as he had ever been in his life, and lifted the rolling stone and smashed it down.

At this time, Qin He shouted loudly: "Commander, the Qing army is attacking too fiercely, and there are already Qing dogs climbing up to the city in the west." ”

Hou Xuanyan pulled out the sword in his waist, the tip of the sword was upward, and shouted as he walked: "What are you panicking, come up and stab one to death." ”

Having lost the advantage of the city wall, the handover of short soldiers made the Qing soldiers obviously more courageous. Yan Yingyuan commanded the defenders, relying on the superiority in numbers, and fought them back with difficulty. Hou Xuanyan hurriedly came, poked a sword in the heart of a seriously injured Qing soldier, and asked, "How is it?" ”

Yan Yingyuan's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice: "Duoduo's name is well deserved, and we can't resist it if we fill in our lives like this." ”

Hou Xuanyan used his sword to turn around in the heart of the Qing soldiers, then pulled out the sword and said: "The so-called one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion." He is the strongest offensive this time, as long as he resists, they have no choice. Behind us is Suzhou, and some of them are capital and other consumption. ”

Yan Yingyuan nodded, and continued to look around the city, directing the soldiers guarding the city to prepare to change guards.

The smell of blood under the city of Changzhou wafted and blew to the Qing army, and these generals were all excited.

Duoduo's face was flushed, and he didn't mean to stop at all, seeing that it was getting late, he said in a deep voice: "Light the torch, fight at night tonight, and you will definitely take Changzhou!" ”

Taking advantage of the slowdown of the Qing army's offensive, the repaired soldiers under the city climbed up to the city tower after eating and drinking, and replaced the robes that had been guarded for half a day.

Hou Xuanyan came to the city, where there was a temporary barracks, which gathered the entire Langzhong of Suzhou Prefecture. Take off your helmet, take off your breastplate and sit down in the hall. His own soldiers immediately helped him remove the strips of cloth from his hands and took the prepared herbs for disinfection.

Changzhou officials, who were helping in the city, saw that Hou Xuanyan was injured and gathered one after another. Gu Shouzheng's hands were bloody, obviously helping Langzhong to heal the wounded, he was still like this in a prefect, and no one dared to stay in the yamen, so they all ran to the city gate.

Hou Xuanyan pointed at Gu Shouzheng and said, "Second uncle, immediately draft a chapter for me, just say that Duoduo's army is in Changzhou and can't hold on to us." Please ask Your Majesty to control Hunan, control the soldiers and horses of southern Jiangxi, Huguang, Guangdong, Yunnan, and Guizhou, and go up from the northwest of the Yangtze River to recover the lost territory. He Tengjiao of Huguang is now strong and strong, and raising soldiers for thousands of days is today. Let's just say that I am willing to send troops from Zhejiang to Fuzhou to meet Your Majesty. Since the fall of Shenjing, Wu thief switch, there is no better opportunity than now, the rise and fall of Sheji in this battle, please Your Majesty must not be delayed. ”

Wei Yuan, the chief soldier of Changzhou, stepped forward and said: "Commander, the battleships under Zheng Zhilong's command are like clouds, and the fierce generals are like rain, why don't you mention him?" ”

Hou Xuanyan smiled, and said in his heart what kind of character this Zheng Zhilong is, he knew it clearly last time. But now that there are many people, he will definitely not say what is in his heart, in case it reaches Zheng Zhilong's ears, it will be detrimental to his future plans.

"Just write the recital according to my wishes, this governor has his own considerations, don't say more!"

Gu Shouzheng kept it in mind, turned around and ran towards the yamen, and the faces of the other officials showed strange expressions. In their opinion, the court refused to send troops last time, and this time I am afraid it will be in vain.

Hou Xuanyan took in their reactions, and the corners of his mouth hooked, with a sinister smile.