The offensive and defensive battle of Runing began, and as time passed, the Qing army in Jiangbei entered Runan one after another.

This is not only an increase in troops, but also a large number of artillery, going up the Huai River, against the Rushui, directly transported to the city of Runing.

These cannons were originally used by the Ming Dynasty to defend against the Qing army, but now they have become a sharp weapon for the Qing army to attack Runing.

By mid-February, 200,000 Qing troops had gathered outside Runing.

This time the Qing army attacked the city, unlike the previous attack, which could not be captured, so they rested and prepared for a period of time, looking for an opportunity to attack again, but kept attacking in turns every day, and the defenders in the city suffered heavy casualties, and gradually became a little overwhelmed.

Gao Yihuan took the most elite Wei army, and most of the garrison battalions left in southern Henan were type C, and there were only six type B battalions of elite soldiers, but they were not in Runing City.

The fierceness of the war, the gunpowder in the city, as well as the medicinal herbs, gradually became urgent. One or two thousand people died every day, the wounded soldiers were not treated, most of them died of infection, and a large number of corpses could not be burned, so they had to dig large pits and bury them, and the stench in the city was stinking.

At this time, the originally determined defenders began to waver, and some traitors began to fall out of the city at night and surrender to the Qing army.

In less than half a month, nearly 20,000 casualties were lost in the city, and the Qing army paid for multiple casualties.

The defenders fought hard, and the Qing army also fought hard, and the huge casualties made the surrendering troops participating in the siege dissatisfied.

In such a tragic war of attrition, the Eight Banners will not participate, and the old qualified green battalion troops have not been invested, and those who died are all newly surrendered troops.

In the past six months, the Qing army has collected more than 200,000 troops in Jiangbei, but Azig failed to capture Nanjing, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not obtain the land of Jiangnan tax.

Most of these 200,000 troops were not strong in battle, and they consumed money and food, which became a huge burden on the Manchus.

Therefore, Duoduo used the take-off and landing troops to consume the defenders, and at the same time reduced the consumption of money and grain in the Qing Dynasty, and tempered the surrendered army by the way, and selected the essence through the battle array, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

It's just that the surrendered army is also a human being, and they all have their own thoughts, and they didn't come to be cannon fodder when they surrendered.

At this time, further news from Guanzhong reached southern Henan. Duoduo learned that Gao Yihuan was king in Guanzhong, and that the Qing army in Guanzhong was either swept away or surrendered, so he knew that Gao Yihuan might be out of the customs.

In Beijing, after receiving the message brought by Meng Qiaofang, Dolgon felt very ashamed of Gao Yihuan's claim that the Qing Dynasty could not destroy him and persuaded the Qing Dynasty to stop as soon as possible.

Dolgon sent fast horses, first informing Duoduo that Gao Yihuan had cleared the pass, and then ordered Duoduo to capture southern Henan at all costs.

For a while, Duoduo was under tremendous pressure, and he was not ready to use the Eight Banners to attack the city, but now he didn't care about it so much, and the real Manchuria was used.

The offensive and defensive battle lasted for another ten days, and the walls of Runing collapsed and reached the end of the road.

In the original Chongwang Palace, Jin Shenghuan had a scruffy beard, his armor was torn in many places, and his body exuded the smell of sweat and blood, and his expression was very embarrassed.

The whole palace was empty, there were not even a single chair, and the valuable furniture had long been burned as chopping wood.

Jin Shenghuan pressed the knife, glanced at the few people standing in the hall, and sighed: "The mission of Runing City has been completed, Benhou has decided to break through and go to Chaya Mountain to block the Tartars, where I still have more than 10,000 people." ”

Prefect Yu Yinglong was wearing an official robe that had changed color, and said with a calm face: "Lord Hou has broken through, what should I do with the more than 100,000 people in the city?" The Tartars had already decreed that all cities that resisted should be slaughtered. The battle has been fought for so long, and the Tartars have died so many people, they must kill and take revenge. ”

Jin Shenghuan and several generals bowed their heads and did not speak, and they could only take away a few people in the tunnel, and it was impossible to take away so many people.

There was silence in the palace for a while, and the half-loud Jin Shenghuan said: "Yu Governor's Mansion, this is also a matter of no way, everyone dies together, there is no point." We still need to fight against the Qing Dynasty! ”

Yu Yinglong is one of the first two talents recruited by Gao Yihuan, he was reluctant to follow Gao Yihuan at first, but later after Liang Yizhang's persuasion, he took refuge in Gao Yihuan.

He is very old, there is not an acre of land in southern Henan, and every person has paid his heart.

Now that Runing has been beaten to pieces, he feels the most uncomfortable, and at this time, Jin Shenghuan is ready to give up more than 100,000 people, but he can't pass his own hurdle.

Yu Yinglong knew that Jin Shenghuan was definitely leaving, he was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "Master Hou, you keep it for three more days, I will go out of the city to negotiate with the Tartars, and on the condition of opening the city, let the Tartars allow us to let the people out of the city." Three days later, the people walked away, and the Hou Ye fled through the tunnel. In this way, the people can survive, and the Hou Ye can break through safely, how about it? ”

Jin Shenghuan was slightly stunned, looking at Yu Yinglong, but saw that he had a resolute face, and his cheeks twitched a few times, "The Tartars are cruel, they found out that Ben Hou had fled, what should you do with the prefect Yu?" ”

Yu Yinglong didn't speak, but Jin Shenghuan already knew his thoughts, and sighed: "Okay, Ben Hou is on guard for three days." ”

On the same day, in the southern city of Runing, where a section of the city wall collapsed, a civilian official wearing a tattered official robe suddenly appeared, waving a small white flag, walking out of the ruins and broken walls with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked straight to the Qing army position not far away.

The artillery array outside the city was the first to discover him, and there was an uproar.

The war was extremely cruel to the soldiers on both sides, and the Qing army died more than the Wei army, and they cheered when they saw someone in the city coming out with a white flag.

Soon Yu Yinglong was taken to Duoduo's big tent, the commander of the Qing army, his eyes were red and his mouth was foaming, and he was obviously not comfortable.

Although the war in southern Henan was not as long as the war in Jiangbei, the intensity of the war was far greater than that in Jiangbei.

During the Jiangbei War, in order to avoid casualties, the Qing army found that the city was not easy to fight, so they directly surrounded it, and then waited for the people inside to surrender, the Qing army knew that the Ming army could not pose any threat to them, there was no counterattack, it was passively beaten, so the Qing army had time, but the battle in southern Henan was different, the Qing army must quickly take southern Henan, otherwise there would be no chance later.

Duoduo turned around and looked at Yu Yinglong with red eyes, and Nikan next to him pulled out his knife and shouted angrily: "Barbarian, don't kneel when you see the prince!" ”

It is impossible to be afraid of the Tartars, but when a person is pregnant with the will to die, he is not afraid.

"Your lord, what does it have to do with me?" Yu Yinglong's face does not change color.

Nikan was furious, but Dordor stopped him with a wave of his hand.

Although Duoduo looked down on the Han people, he still admired the tough guys with backbone among the Han people.

"Aren't you here to surrender? Then how can't you kneel to the king! Duoduo and Yu Yinglong looked at each other.

Yu Yinglong was not afraid, "I am Yu Yinglong, the prefect of Runing." Today I want to negotiate with you, hoping that your army will allow us to let the people out of the city! ”

Duoduo sneered on his face, "This king has already had a military order, and anyone who dares to lead an army against the Qing Dynasty will be slaughtered all over the city." Do you think this king's words are farting? Why did the king let go of the untouchables in the city? ”

Yu Yinglong also sneered: "Your army is really inferior to Meng Yuan." Meng Yuan conquered the Song Dynasty, and he also knew that he would reduce the slaughter of the city to break up the resistance, but your army only knew about slaughter, and not a single Runing could be defeated, and he still wanted to use the slaughter to deter us, which was really stupid! ”

Nikan was furious again, and the muscles on Dodor's face twitched a few times, "Won't the slaughter of the city deter you? If you can't slaughter one, you can slaughter two, and this king doesn't believe that you are not afraid! ”

"Then your army has to have this ability, have you ever seen the soldiers of the Wei army afraid? You will only stir up hatred and meet one Runing after another! Yu Yinglong said very politely.

Duoduo actually discovered this problem, in southern Henan, the Qing army slaughtered many fortresses, but did not reduce resistance, but provoked fierce resistance.

Duoduo has also thought about the reason these days, the north side of the river is looking at the wind and falling, but the south of Henan is struggling, the main reason is that Gao Manzi does have strength.

When a city is killed by the Qing soldiers, the people in the city will first make a judgment, feeling that they cannot be the opponent of the Qing army, and the city will definitely not be able to hold it, and most of them will surrender because they are afraid of slaughtering the city.

However, if the people in the city think very highly of themselves and judge that they can defend it, and choose to defend the city, then they will be very tenacious because of the threat of slaughtering the city.

In this way, the casualties of the Qing army were too heavy.

Gao Yihuan is a hard idea, the men and horses he guards are more daring to fight, and rarely flee from the wind.

In this way, the threat released by Duoduo will not only fail to reduce resistance, but will multiply the casualties of the Qing army.

Duoduo looked at Yu Yinglong and suddenly smiled, "Prefect Yu is really good-tongued!" But just a few words, I want this king to take back the order, it's unrealistic! ”

Yu Yinglong said: "Your army allowed the people to go out of the city, and three days later, the defenders opened the city and let your army enter the city." ”

Dodor said, "Why did you open the city three days later?" What should you do if the king lets the people go, and you don't open the city? ”

Yu Yinglong said: "Because we don't worry about your army, three days is just enough for the people to escape!" ”

Is the reputation of the Qing Army so bad? The muscles on Duoduo's face twitched, "It's okay to let the people go, but this king has two conditions!" First, you open the outer city first, and then the king will allow the people to go out of the city! ”

Saying that, he paused, stared at Yu Yinglong, and said with a smile: "Second, this king wants Yu Prefect to be a staff member for this king." How is it? ”

Yu Yinglong let out a sigh from his nose, "Okay, no problem!" ”

Duoduo immediately smiled and said: "Actually, the prefect of Yu has a misunderstanding of my Qing Dynasty, my dynasty has always been a Manchu and Han family, and the slaughter of the city is just a last resort!" ”

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