On the north bank of the Yellow River, under the slope of the northern foot of Jiuli Mountain, the Qing army made great trumpets and drums, and more than 2,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners, under the cover of artillery shells, rockets, and earth-shaking thunder, rushed through the smoke and dust, and crashed headlong into the Ming army's front.

The fierce Eight Banners soldiers tore a gap, and the Ming troops on both sides hurriedly fired and knocked down the Eight Banners, but they could no longer stop the Qing army from rushing into the front.

At the foot of the mountain, the sound of killing shook the sky, and Dolgon had been attacking for six days in a row.

On the mountain, the Ming army flintlocked, flashing with flames, and the Qing army holding a shield was beaten backwards and rolled down the hillside, and a flame burst from the earth-shaking thunderstorm blew up the Qing army, and the hillside was covered with the corpses of the Qing army.

Although the Qing army had the advantage of combat power and had more experience than the Ming army, the Ming army had a large number of people, occupied a favorable geographical position, and had sufficient equipment, and the blood flowed like a river at the foot of the mountain, and more than 3,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners had died, and the losses were heavy.

At this time, the Qing soldiers rushed to the front of the Ming army's defense line, and the bombardier threw the earth-shattering thunder at the Ming army's front.

The Qing army rushed into a gap that was broken by the shells along the messy rocks and the earth pit created by the explosion, and as soon as several Qing soldiers rushed up, they were met with sharp spearheads that stabbed the Qing army in the abdomen, pushing them back and rolling down the hill with screams.

The Eight Banners armor soldier who wore chain mail inside and cotton armor on the outside immediately roared loudly, and returned fire with the weapon in his hand, cutting down the Ming army with a spear.

Yan Yingyuan only heard the gap, the full soldiers shouted loudly in Yiyu, swung the spear of the Ming army with their shields, rushed in without fear of death, and hurriedly roared, led the guards to throw a few earth-shattering thunders, and joined the battle group.

For a time, the two armies were in short arms, and Qing troops rushed up on the defense lines everywhere, and the sound of killing shook the four fields.

In a few gaps, the two armies continued to exchange deaths, and the Qing army continued to roll down the hillside, but more Ming troops were cut down by the Eight Banners.

Hand-to-hand combat made the Ming army lose the advantage of equipment, and began to be killed by the Qing army to retreat.

Yan Yingyuan split a white-armored leader with a knife, and his body fell backwards on the boulder, and the leader suddenly pounced again, slashing it with a knife, startling Yan Yingyuan hurriedly raised his knife to block, and used the knife to hold the leader's sword, but this Ru Mao blood-drinking leader was extremely powerful, with a hideous face, and pressed the knife down.

Yan Yingyuan struggled to resist, but the blade was getting closer and closer to the center of his eyebrows, and the surrounding Ming troops were all fighting with the Qing army, and they were all too busy to take care of themselves.

For a while, Yan Yingyuan's forehead was sweating, and when he was in crisis, the left wing of the front suddenly broke out into a shout.

"Niang Xipi!" A burst of country sounds in the ears, the morale of the Ming army on the front line was immediately boosted, and the leader was shocked, and when he looked up, he saw a group of old people in the Fengjie army, and suddenly rushed into the front.

Yan Yingyuan felt the pressure of the knife light, and took advantage of the opportunity of the leader's distraction, hurriedly freed up one hand, quickly pulled out a dagger from the leader's waist, and quickly stabbed into the neck.

The dagger pierced the cotton armor under the iron helmet, stabbing the entire neck in the side, blood gushing out, and the leader fell to the ground in pain.

Yan Yingyuan pushed away the corpse, stood up with a knife, and a group of short and fierce Ming troops came to the right flank, and they slashed and killed the Qing army while shouting and scolding this "Lose your mother", which was very violent.

These are all veterans of the Ming army who have seen the Great War in Jiangbei, and they were integrated into the forbidden army by Zhu Cihong, but they are not afraid of the Qing army.

At the bottom of the hillside, He Luohui pointed to the battlefield on the mountainside and said urgently: "Lord Wang, Wu Risheng and Wang Yi's men and horses have come to save Liu Zhaoji." ”

Dolgon put down the clairvoyant mirror, but he was not in a hurry, but waved his hand, "Let Bayan go up!" ”

"Lord Wang, adding oil to the war is a taboo for soldiers!" He Luohui was a little anxious when he heard this.

Dolgon's eyes widened, and he said undoubtedly: "This king asked you to give orders!" ”

When He Luo saw this, he could only salute, "Wow!" ”

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Outside Xuzhou City, the artillery array of the Ming army and the naval warships on the big river lined up to bombard Xuzhou City.

On the artillery array, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the warships on the river opened fire on the side in turn, and the recoil of the cannons made the hull shake slightly, and the hull was covered by white smoke.

The artillery of the Ming army retreated, and more than ten catties of shells smashed into the city wall, the wall bricks were shattered, and the soil fell with a clatter.

Zhu Cihong stood on the tall watchtower, in front of him was a tofu-like Ming army array, and Xuzhou City in the distance was trembling by the Hongyi cannon, and even Zhu Cihong on the watchtower could feel a trace of fluctuation.

Zhu Cihong's heart beat wildly, although he is the emperor, he doesn't often see this kind of picture.

The pride of war can only be experienced by experiencing it firsthand.

On the city of Xuzhou, there was constantly the sound of bricks and stones collapsing, and the Qing army in the city could only scream and exclaim again and again under the obscenity of the cannons.

After several days of shelling, Zhu Cihong could already see from the clairvoyant mirror that many wall bricks in Xuzhou City had collapsed, revealing the soil embryos inside.

"Dolgon is blocked on the north shore, and I will go to Xuzhou today." Zhu Cihong's face flushed a little, and he turned his head and asked, "When will the attack start?" ”

The scene in front of him made Zhu Cihong's heart surge, and he couldn't wait.

Taking Xuzhou City before the ice froze, the Ming army had something to rely on, and in this way, the Ming army stood on the front line of Xuzhou.

Once the rear of the Qing army was threatened, Dolgon was forced to withdraw his troops, and the Ming army could take the opportunity to cover up and seize Shandong, and even kill to Beizhili.

Therefore, for the Ming army, the key to the battle was to block the Qing army's two-way reinforcements, and then quickly pull out the city of Xuzhou.

It was not an easy task for Zhu Cihong to organize a northern expedition of more than 300,000 troops, and the Ming Dynasty almost exhausted its savings for nearly two years.

Zhu Cihong was unwilling to miss the great opportunity, and the Ming army was more than 300,000, far more than the Qing army. What if Dolgon and Geng Zhongming came, didn't Da Ming have the strength to fight?

Shibei should be impressed for three days, the Ming Dynasty has shrunk for five years, Zhu Cihong is still relatively confident in himself, and all the way to the north, the Qing army is also very usual.

This is the scene where Zhu Cihong has begun to imagine, he defeated the main force of the Qing army, restored the foundation of his ancestors, and entered Beijing in the middle of the welcome of the people of Beijing.

Just when Zhu Cihong's words fell, there was a sudden "bang" on the city of Xuzhou in the distance, and a section of the city wall was like a sack full of rice grain was cut open, and the rice grain inside suddenly gushed out.

On the city wall, Nikan was instantly frightened, and a cold sweat broke out behind him, he instantly pulled out his knife and roared in Manchu, "The barbarians are going to attack the city, defend!" ”

No one answered, at the moment when the city wall rose smoke and dust, Gao Mingheng let people blow the horn, beat the rapid war drums, and the Ming army in the wilderness suddenly let out a tsunami-like shout, rushing towards Xuzhou City like a flood peak.

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At the northern foot of Jiuli Mountain, Dolgon sat down and his war horse suddenly became a little restless, and the Qing army also heard the shouting and killing sound from the south.

The sound crossed the Nine Mile Mountains and reached Dorgon's ears, still buzzing.

This made Dolgon's heart tremble, and he judged that Xuzhou might be at the last moment, and he looked anxiously to the west, but his view was obscured by the hillside and low hills.

"Heluo Society! You're on it too! Suddenly, Dorgon waved his horsewhip and shouted angrily.

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Xuzhou city wall gap, dense Ming army and Qing army to fight in formation, on both sides of the city wall, the Ming army climbed up with ladders, the battle was extremely fierce.

At this time, the morale of the green battalion was close to collapse, only the banner soldiers were still fighting to the death, and there were not many Qing troops resisting, but they occupied a favorable position, and the earth-shaking thunder was thrown into the crowd from time to time, withstanding the continuous attacks of the Ming army.

The gap was originally a small slope, but with more and more dead Qing and Ming troops, the corpses were piled up high, making the slope steep, but the Ming soldiers still climbed up, and finally the first Ming army occupied the high place, but was soon poked to death by the Eight Banners with spears.

At this time, the second Ming army and the third Ming army rushed up again, and the Ming army gradually occupied the high place and began to drive the Eight Banners soldiers downward.

Near Xuzhou City, nearly 300,000 troops fought, blood flowed like a river, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The fiercest place of the battle was still at the collapse of the city wall, Nikan blocked the four gates, and as long as the Ming army captured the collapsed place, the army could quickly rush into the city.

Zhu Cihong used a clairvoyant mirror to watch the fierce battle there, and suddenly the Ming army, which was originally blocked outside the gap, poured into the city as if the floodgates had been opened. Zhu Cihong almost jumped up excitedly, "Haha~ It's in!" ”

Looking at the other ministers in the car, their cheeks were also red, and they wanted to write a poem excitedly.

But just when everyone was excited, in the wilderness west of Xuzhou, suddenly the sound of hooves rumbled, raising a piece of yellow dust.

A fierce horse army is driving the scattered Ming army, like a monstrous wave, washing over.

"Haha~" On the city, Tong Tulai found reinforcements, immediately raised his head and smiled, just about to speak, Wang Zhiren stabbed him with a spear, directly stabbed him in the throat, and stabbed him to death at the head of the city.

On the wilderness, Bolo grabbed the reins of the horse, observed the battlefield, and saw that the Ming army was storming Xuzhou, and suddenly saw the watchtower in the distance, and suddenly pinched the horse's belly, "Kill!" ”

There were only 10,000 cavalry of the Qing army that rushed in, but the Ming army was completely unprepared, and the horse army crashed into the Ming army, which immediately caused a rout in the rear.

When Zhu Cihong was overjoyed, he suddenly heard a strange sound in the west, turned his head to look, and the scene in front of him suddenly made his eyes almost pop out.

A group of Qing army horses, bypassing the Ming army besieging the city, rushed into the auxiliary soldiers and people behind, and was driving the rout, like a tide, surging towards the watchtower.

The civil officials above were instantly shocked, Shi Kefa's face turned pale, his body trembled, and he hurriedly shouted, "Quick, take Your Majesty away!" ”

Several high-ranking officials rushed forward to take Zhu Cihong away, but Zhu Cihong had red eyes, waved his sleeves and struggled, and spoke solemnly, but his voice was still a little trembling, "Let the forbidden army resist, I will never retreat!" ”

The Qing army and the horse army were like a bamboo, getting closer and closer to the watchtower, and the panic spread instantly.

"Your Majesty, the elites are all on the north shore, or participate in the siege of the city, Your Majesty has a golden body, you must not afford to lose, retreat to the ship first, and then come to clean up the situation is not too late!" Shi Kefa couldn't help but say, and all the ministers rushed up.

Zhu Cihong heard that he just retreated to the boat, not struggling, and tears flowed from his pale face, and he was at the mercy of the old minister, and hurriedly retreated to the canal······

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