Yangzhou City withstood the siege of Gao Jie's army last year, making it impossible for other towns that coveted Yangzhou's wealth to enter Yangzhou.

Among them, there is the good fighting of the local villagers, and it is also related to the wealthy merchants and great families in Yangzhou.

These warriors who are raised in the wealthy business circle, the children of the great family, as long as they are slightly rectified, they are a combatable army.

In the city of Yangzhou, with the massacre of the Qing army, many wealthy merchants and big families were using the courtyard wall to resist the Qing army.

Wang Yan led his team to rescue these nurses and family members trapped in the courtyard from time to time, and the team continued to expand.

At the same time that Li Taizhen rescued He Gang, Wang Yan also rescued another Yangzhou Tongzhi Wang Zhangjue, Jiangdu Zhixian Zhou Zhiwei, Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy Yang Zhenxi, Artillery Commander Chen Yujie, and other officials trapped in Yangzhou.

Every official was rescued, and the troops in Wang Yan's hands increased by one point, and the Qing soldiers in the city were slow to respond to the changes in the situation in the city because they plundered separately.

Zhang Tianlu took Shi Kefa back to the Qing army camp, asked for credit from the Qing court Prince Yu Duoduo, and reported that a Ming cavalry in the south of the city rushed into the city of Yangzhou, and the Qing army knew that there had been changes in the city.

Duoduo thought that the Ming army on the south bank came to help in a big way, and suddenly became vigilant, and hurriedly sent people to the south of the city to inquire about the situation.

For the 1,000 Ming troops who entered the city, Duoduo didn't pay much attention to it, after all, Yangzhou was broken, and a thousand men and horses couldn't make any big waves, but the life of Manchurian in the city was very precious, and he still decided to let Li Shuotai lead the three Han troops of Jiala to enter the city under the blue banner, just in case of accidents.

When the Qing army outside the city reacted, Wang Yan also changed his strategy in the city, he didn't expect the Qing soldiers in the city to be so lax, so that he almost wiped out the Qing soldiers in the north and east cities, leaving only the west city that was the first to be breached, and a large number of Qing troops were left to loot.

Unconsciously, Wang Yan had gathered more than 4,000 defeated soldiers, and the young men of Yangzhou who took up arms could not be counted for the time being.

The Qing soldiers slaughtered the city, did not give the people of Yangzhou a way to live, and if they did not resist, they would be killed, so whether it was a rich businessman, a big family, or an ordinary person, they were all aroused to resist.

In this case, Wang Yan's goal has also changed from saving people at the beginning to recapturing Yangzhou City.

He asked Wang Zhangjue, who was familiar with the situation in Yangzhou, to lead a part of the villagers to seize the east gate, and asked Zhou Zhiwei, the governor of Jiangdu, and Yang Zhenxi, the envoy of Lianghuai Yanyun, to seize the north gate, and he ordered the Ming army in the city to move all to the west gate and drive the Qing army out of Yangzhou.

Duoduo led the army from Henan, along the way the Ming army or fled in a hurry, or looked at the wind and surrendered, when the soldiers arrived in Yangzhou, they thought it was a hard battle, the siege of the city for several days did not attack, but did not expect that the cannon arrived, the city was broken in one night and one day, the Qing army was smooth, so that Duoduo was arrogant, thinking that the Ming army was vulnerable.

After the city of Yangzhou was broken, Duoduo didn't care about the remnants of the Ming army in the city, so he only let 7,500 people under the Manchurian Zhengbai Banner enter the city to plunder, wait for the real Manchurian to rob almost everything, and then let other traitor troops enter the city to drink soup, so there were not many Qing troops in the city.

This provided an opportunity for Wang Yan to counterattack, and he ordered the loyal cavalry to be gathered, and the horses along the streets went straight to Xicheng, with nearly 4,000 Ming soldiers behind him.

Li Shutai entered Yangzhou on the order of Duoduo, but he did not pay too much attention to the situation in the city, his men and horses entered Xicheng, and saw the white flag Qing soldiers robbed in Xicheng, carrying the robbed finances in large bags and small bags, and suddenly his eyes were red, and he did not wait for Li Shutai to order, and the Han army that entered the city was scattered in a hurry and joined the ranks of robbery.

There are nearly one million people in Yangzhou City, but there are no less than 200,000 young and strong soldiers, although they are not all armed now, but with Wang Yan's counteroffensive, many people also moved to Xicheng, and cooperated with the Ming army to recover Xicheng.

At this time, Wang Yan's cavalry rushed to the streets of Xicheng, slashing and killing the Qing soldiers who were robbing, and the Qing soldiers in Xicheng really reacted from the looting.

The real Manchurian combat power was terrible, at that time because they were strong in cavalry, but they could not ride horses when they entered the city to rob, and the large bags and small bags they robbed also affected their performance.

People die for money, birds die for food, those Qing troops who are unwilling to give up their property are hacked to death by the Ming army, and the remaining Qing soldiers see this, and immediately retreat to the west gate.

They have already robbed a lot of treasures, so naturally they don't want to die in the city, they only want to bring their belongings back and enjoy themselves, where is there any fighting spirit.

Li Shuitai entered the city with three Jiala Han army with blue flags and more than 4,500 men and horses, but there were less than 100 horsemen who were still around at this time.

At first, he didn't think so, after all, his subordinates grabbed the property, and he, the deputy commander, was naturally indispensable to a piece of filial piety from his subordinates, but as the real Manchurian continued to retreat to Ximen, he began to notice the seriousness of the situation.

It's just that at this time, his men and horses have already dispersed into the city, and they can't assemble again at all, and Li Shutai suddenly felt anxious in his heart.

"Thou!" Looking at the Qing soldiers who were constantly pouring out of the city, Li Shutai immediately made a decision, pointed at a guard beside him with a horsewhip and said: "Quickly go and report to Prince Yu, the Ming army in the city seems to have a counterattack, please send a large army into the city quickly and level the Ming army in the city." ”

"Wow!" The Qing soldier answered, and quickly ran out of the city.

After Li Shutai finished his order, he asked the people around him to gather the Qing soldiers, but he was not ready to clear the Ming army in the city, but to defend the west gate before Duoduo sent reinforcements.

He didn't know the reality of the city, and he didn't dare to venture in, but as long as he guarded the city gate and controlled the passage of the army into the city, it would be a great achievement.

Just as Li Shutai was about to go to the city, on the street connected with the city gate, there was a sudden burst of people on their backs, but it was Wang Yan who led the cavalry to kill.

On the narrow streets, the cavalry of the Zhongyi battalion was on a rampage, and the Qing soldiers could not dodge at all, so they were immediately knocked into a piece, and after landing, they were trampled to death by the cavalry behind.

"Kill!" Wang Yan rode a war horse, rushed in front of the army, and shouted loudly: "The army follows me and drives Jiannu out of Yangzhou!" ”

"Kill!" A group of cavalry shouted in unison and rushed to the city gate, and the Qing army could not stop it at all.

Whether it is the real Manchurian Zhengbai flag that entered the city first, or the blue flag of the Han army, they are all Manchu cavalry, equipped with long knives and bows and arrows, and rarely have pikemen, plus the Qing soldiers at the city gate are already chaotic, and they are eager to get out of the city one by one, where can they stop Wang Yan's cavalry.

"Fight with Ben!" Li Shutai could only bite the bullet at this time, draw out his war knife, and take his personal guards on top, "The army must not panic, those who retreat, behead!" ”