The arrival of the Hunan barracks more than doubled the strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army. This is by no means a simple matter of doubling, and the deterrent effect of 200,000 people being released to the city is far greater than twice that of 100,000 people. The opening of the Qingliu Pass ensured that the supply of materials and soldiers could be continuously transported to the front line. Hou Xuanyan has sufficient capital, and it is completely up to him to decide how to fight this battle. Zilharang can only passively accept it, and has no choice.

He even broke through the siege was wishful thinking, and he could only tremble in the city.

Hou Xuanyan didn't know the reality in the city, and made up his mind to learn from Li Er, who attacked Wang Shichong in Luoyang, and surrounded the living forces of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. What the Manchu Qing are most afraid of now is to defeat his troops, and in the land of projectiles outside the Guan, even if the reproductive ability is good, how many Tartars can be raised? Kill one less one, kill one less pair and one less pair, they can't afford it! And almost all the two blue flags in the city are there, and it is no exaggeration to say that there are two of the eight banners on which the Tartars are based, and they cannot afford to lose.

With such a big incense bait as Zierharang and the two blue flags, Hou Xuanyan is not afraid that he will not be able to catch reinforcements from the Manchu Dynasty, as long as someone arrives, on the endless plains of Jianghuai, it is the best hunting ground for the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Hou Xuanyan hugged Xia Wanchun's shoulders and said with a smile: "Brother Duan, when I returned to Beijing last year, I promised your sister and my younger siblings to let you go home and reunite with your family. Haha, I'm afraid I'm going to break my promise and get fat this time. This time the Northern Expedition has exhausted the treasury, and if it is not successful, the consequences will be unimaginable, and I have made up my mind not to fight outside the Shanhai Pass, even if the sky falls, I will not withdraw my troops. "The past few Northern Expeditions ended without a problem, which has always been Hou Xuanyan's heart disease, this time he dealt with Zheng Zhilong, pulled out the last thorn, and he can let go of his hands and feet without worry.

Xia Wanchun's sister Xia Shuji is the daughter-in-law of Hou Xuanyan's third uncle Hou Qizeng, and from this relationship, he can also be regarded as Xia Wanchun's brother. His younger brother Hou Xuanxun is dead, but looking at this, Xia Shuji has no plans to remarry, and has been living in his own house and serving his in-laws with peace of mind. With Xia Yunyi's old pedant and rigid appearance, I am afraid that it is impossible to allow his daughter to remarry in this life.

Although Xia Wanchun misses his masked sister Xia Shuji and father Xia Yunyi, he is a person from a country greater than his family, otherwise he would not have recruited a team called Huazi on his wedding night and rushed to Taihu Lake to help in the war. After listening to Hou Xuanyan's words, Xia Wanchun shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Fortunately, the words of the commander Xu have always been unbelievable, otherwise he would really be disappointed." ”

Before the battle formation, Hou Xuanyan repeatedly promised the soldiers who had fought for a long time to take them back to their hometowns. It has been more than two years since the summer went to the cold, and the soldiers who were out of the battle rarely had a time to stop. This incident has become an anecdote that everyone knows in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the grandfather of the country, who has reached the peak of popularity, can believe anything he says, but he can't believe it when he takes you home.

Having said that, Hou Xuanyan was exposed in public, and he still blushed a little. He scolded with a smile: "It's not that Lao Tzu doesn't count, it's really forced by the situation, and the plan can't catch up with the changes." My family has carved beams and paintings, jade plates and delicacies, and beautiful wives and concubines, none of which have had time to enjoy, and they are not like you, who have been fighting for nine days out of ten days. Let me hear who chews the root of the tongue and ruins Lao Tzu's reputation, Lao Tzu has more than 300 catties of strength when he steps down. ”

The surrounding soldiers were not afraid of Hou Xuan's performance at such a time, and only when his face was ugly did the whole army be silent. From Xia Wanchun onwards, except for Yan Yingyuan, they all laughed together. Hou Xuanyan was not annoyed, and arranged the defense area with a smile, since the siege is a long-term job, it is necessary to arrange the troops.

Seeing that Hou Xuanyan had started to do business, the giggling generals got together together, and their expressions slowly returned to not smiling.

The city suddenly increased by 130,000 horses, Zilharang's face became more and more ugly, and the promised reinforcements of the Qing court were delayed, which made him fall into despair.

As a loyal fan of Huang Taiji, Dolgon's relationship with him is not very good, and Zilharang knows it. But at this point, he still trusted Dorgon to prioritize and send troops to support him.

There were not many battles with the Northern Expeditionary Army, and every time they were defeated, Zilharang admitted that the Northern Expeditionary Army under the city was very powerful, but he did not think that he could not fight against it.

A fresh breeze blew, and the cool breeze that poured into the armor woke Zilharang from his contemplation, and the Northern Expeditionary Army under the city was changing its station, which had been surrounded on three sides, leaving the north wide open. is a military general, he knows that he is afraid of the trapped beast and fights, so as to give himself a way to live, so as not to make the 70,000 people in the city desperate. But at this time, it was surrounded on all sides, and it seemed that the defenders in the city were eaten.

Ji'er Harang patted the city tower and said in a deep voice: "Hou Xuanyan is too deceitful!" I want to see how you beat Fengyang. The herald ordered the city to search for the remaining Han people, and all of them were driven out to help us defend the city, and there could not be a single idler. ”

The surrounding Manchu generals were all pale, and panic had spread in the city before the war had even begun. There is not enough food in Fengyang City, there is no gunpowder, and even the rolling stones are small stones that women can move. No one knew the situation in Fengyang City better than them, and such a city had never expected to be attacked by the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The young women of the city, who were driven to carry stones and trees to the city, were pitiful to these delicate little ladies, whose husbands were reluctant to let them do even the rough work at home, but now they had to do the work that was too laborious to be young and strong. A few steps away, there were Qing soldiers with rat tails, standing aside with whips, waving the whips in their hands from time to time, whipping these women. It had just rained in the city, the roads were muddy and slippery, and a woman in ragged clothes was laboriously carrying a piece of wood with a big belly. Suddenly, the soles of her feet slipped, and the young pregnant woman fell to the ground, and the women around her hurriedly put down what they were holding and helped her up.

An elderly mother-in-law touched her belly, wiped the sweat from her forehead with her mud-stained hands, wiped her face full of mud, and said with a long sigh of relief: "It's okay, the child is fine." The women burst into a whisper of joy, and suddenly there was a loud whip and a soldier approached.

The old woman stood up, stood in front of the pregnant woman, and said with a smile and flattery: "This military master, she is pregnant and can't do any more work, we are willing to move for her, so you can be kind and let her go back." ”

She was missing three teeth, her skin was already loose, and her smile was humble, but it was also kind. I don't know how many Fengyang children have the impression that the kind grandmother next door should look like.

A Manchu sentence came out of Qing Bing's mouth, his face was very dissatisfied, and he whipped the old woman. The whip of the tartar is extremely powerful, even a man who chews nails and chews iron, and he will die on the spot if he eats ten whips. The old woman is old, and she is tired every day, where can she afford such a whip. A whip went down, hitting the cheek, and the old woman vomited blood from her mouth and fell to the ground, seeing that she was not alive. The eyes on the old woman's face are round, and it may be the mouth of the lively and familiar alley before the Tartars came...

The women screamed, stunned by the brutality. The Tartar was still angry, and beat the pregnant woman to death with three whips in a row. Between the legs of the young pregnant woman, a pool of blood slowly spreads, and the wind is filled with the sorrow of the slaves who have lost their country!

The Qing soldiers around him were unmoved, and even showed a cruel smile, and stepped forward to drive the remaining women to continue working.

The strong men of Fengyang Mansion were all driven to Qingliu Pass to work as coolies, and later Zierharang listened to Su Bandai's words and beheaded them all and threw their heads down the mountain, wanting to deter the Northern Expeditionary Army. Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream. By the time these women leaned against the door for their beloved's return, their husbands had already been slaughtered at Qingliuguan, and what was even more pitiful was that they had to continue to work as coolies for their enemies.

Ji'er Harang didn't expect this move to completely annoy Hou Xuanyan, and a fire burned them clean, and the Jinling lock and key Qingliu Pass were captured in this way. Ji'er Harang can be regarded as lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot, and lost the most dangerous level in front of the most Fengyang Mansion in one fell swoop.

Nowadays, there are few men in the city, and women, children, and the elderly are forced to come out of their homes to work as coolies for the Qing soldiers.

Standing on the city tower and looking down, Fengyang, the central capital, is now like hell, and there are women with open skin and flesh everywhere lying on the ground crying. These poor people, as long as they do not rise up for more than a certain period of time, will not be dragged down and executed. The city was littered with corpses of disobedient soldiers, and the Tartars did not kill them, but hung their corpses at the door of each house to warn them of the fate of disobedience.

In front of a high-gate compound in Fengyang, dozens of corpses were hanging, all of them were old and weak, women and children, the oldest was gray-haired, and the youngest was babbling. A few young women, disheveled, and a young girl, did not escape this terrible fate. Looking at it like this, the courtyard should have been ruined, but there were four teenagers gathered in the inner courtyard at this time.

The four of them surrounded a small stove, and they did not dare to make a fire in the furnace, and if there was smoke coming out, the Qing soldiers would definitely come in and search again. The corpse hanging at the door was their best shield, and the man at the head was not very old, with a dark complexion, and said with a frown: "The dog Tartar is becoming more and more inhumane, we must spread the situation in the city and let the governor know that the people in the city are in dire straits." But the guards in the hateful city are too strict, and you all tell me what is the best way to do it. ”

It turned out that these four people were the spies of the Hidden Elephant Battalion, and the one who spoke just now was their leader, named Zhang Yuanhua, although he was young, he was one of the old team members selected by Hong Yixun from Suzhou. They had been hiding in the city for a long time, and they could still send some news to the front line some time ago, but after Fengyang City was besieged, it was difficult to take action. These days of inquiry, they already know what is going on in the city. If the Northern Expeditionary Army outside attacked with all their might, Fengyang would not be able to hold it for three days at all, and maybe it would be broken in one day. Just because although this city is majestic, the gold and jade are ruined on the outside, and the inside has long been rotten. The food, equipment, and soldiers needed to defend the city are not available here.

A spies with a round head and a slightly chubby body said: "Big brother, now the Tartars' troops are obviously insufficient, Fengyang City is square, with four walls in the south, east, and west, I think there must be some of them that are guarded by wheels." From that section of the wall, it should be possible to go out of the city, and when the time comes, go to the camp to meet the commander, so that he can send his troops quickly. "Except for the elder Lin San, these spies are all teenagers. Hong Yixun likes the young man's cleverness, and he dares to fight, and he doesn't have many concerns.

"What you said is an idea, but I don't know how to defend the dog tartars, if we find the wrong one, won't we fall into the net." Lin San, an older spy, said while wiping the knife in his hand.

Zhao Hong, who was next to him with his ear against the wall, suddenly waved his hand, and the room suddenly fell silent, and after a while, a wail sounded. Soon, the sound died down, and several spies knew that it was the Tartars who were executing people outside the walls again. Across this wall is a deep alley, which used to be a passage for people to go back and forth, but now it has become a place of execution. There was no murder outside the wall, and there was so much blood that it soaked the wall, turning a large part of the wall from yellowish white to dark red.

After Zhao Hong signaled the people to go away, Zhang Yuanhua stood up and said angrily: "This group of beasts! ”

"There are exactly six of us, and each of us will climb out of a wall in the city tonight, and one of us who is lucky enough to escape from the city and inform the governor of what is going on in the city. It's a big deal that the six of us are dead, and it's better than watching the Tartars do these unconscionable things here every day. Xie slapped the ground in surprise and whispered. He is a native of Lishui, Zhejiang, and among the six brothers, he is the fairest-skinned, and is also called Xiaobai.

"Xiaobai is right! Big brother, let's do it. Although Lin San is the oldest, the group, including Lin San, is used to calling Zhang Yuanhua the eldest brother, but Zhang Yuanhua calls him the third brother. Fortunately, they discussed each other clearly, the four of them were born and died for so long, and they had already given each other's lives to each other, and their feelings were deeper than that of their own brothers.

Zhao Yuanhua pondered for a moment, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Brothers, if this is the case, we are likely to all die, and even if someone lives, at most one will live." Have you thought about it? ”

Except for Zhao Hong, who was sticking to the wall and sentry, everyone else patted their chests and swore an oath.

Zhao Hong had a straw in his mouth and gestured to indicate that he agreed.

Zhang Yuanhua's blood and qi surged, his face turned red, he pulled out the short knife of the Hidden Elephant Camp and stretched it out to the middle, and said, "Okay! The four of us brothers are to die tonight, and from now on the rivers and lakes are destined to be left alone, no matter which one survives, remember to take care of your three brothers' fathers and mothers! ”

The three short blades stretched out together, the tips of the knives touched together, and the four of them glanced at each other, and they all saw the determination in each other's eyes.

The four young people here, at the most splendid age, live and die, just for the righteousness in their hearts.

Broken horse and spear Le Yanran, a hero from ancient times!

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