"Feng Xiang, you go to the south gate to prepare for the siege. Everyone draws lots to decide the order of siege, and as long as they find that the soldiers on the city wall are resting or eating, they will immediately launch the siege, do not fight hard, and achieve the purpose of harassment, and withdraw if they get a little cheap. Yang Xiaoshan decided to use wheel warfare, taking advantage of the initiative on the battlefield in his own hands, giving full play to the advantage of his large number of people, and mobilizing and harassing the Qing soldiers all over the city.

"Let the logistics burn meat every day, so that the soldiers can eat meat for three meals, and eat a large portion!" Yang Xiaoshan added that at this time, we must muster everyone's energy, and we must not let morale drop.

At the beginning, in the face of the Taiping army's resolute siege of the city, Xianghou still felt funny, what trick did Long Hair play? But after a long time, he couldn't laugh, because the Taiping army's siege of the city was never broken, and the four city gates were attacked in turn. He did not dare to rest, and kept going back and forth between the four gates, so tired that he almost vomited blood.

The other Eight Banner soldiers were also uncomfortable, because what they could fight was a regular army of more than 4,000 people, and the other villagers could only help, and their ability to fight was almost none. The Taiping army fought extremely cunningly, they took advantage of the moment when the defenders were lax, fought a time difference, killed a few defenders and retreated, and did not give the defenders a chance to gather and counterattack at all.

The Taiping army can be replaced by a large number of people, and it is said that you can rest if you rest, but the defenders on the city cannot be replaced. When the Taiping army attacked the city, they stayed at their posts, and when the Taiping army withdrew, they still had to hold their posts, and when the Taiping army attacked during dinner, and when they rested against the city wall, the Taiping army attacked again.

At this time, the defenders were not only physically tired, but also mentally tired, and the string in their heads was always tight, for fear that an inattentive Taiping army would attack. The tense atmosphere has been hovering over the city, and many people are about to collapse.

"General, you can rest first, you haven't closed your eyes for two days, and you can't support it if it goes on like this." Huo Vice Dutong stepped forward to support Xianghou's almost unstable body and persuaded.

Xianghou is really a little unbearable now, his eyelids drooped involuntarily, his face was gray, and his two eyes didn't dare to look at the sun, for fear that he would faint. "Okay, you keep an eye here, I'll go lie down for a while." Xianghou also knew that he should rest, and his body no longer allowed him to persist like this.

The departure of Man Cheng Xianghou couldn't escape Yang Xiaoshan's eyes, he had just rotated with the outline. The originally auspicious banner on the city wall was empty, indicating that he had gone to rest. This was a good time to attack, and the looks of those defenders seemed to be at their limit, one by one listless, and their morale was very low.

"When the time comes, blow the trumpet of attack and let everyone launch a general attack on the city at once. Pass my orders, this time you are not allowed to take a step back, you must take it. Yang Xiaoshan said in a deep voice, he knew that this was a rare opportunity to launch an attack at a time when the defenders' will was at its weakest.

Because of the rotation, the morale of the Taiping army was much higher than that of the Qing defenders, and their mental and physical condition was much better than theirs. In the past few days, I have been eating meat every day, and I have more oil and water in my stomach, and my strength is greater than usual.

This round of charging almost rushed down the city. But the luck of the Qing army seems to be better, although they have suffered countless casualties, but every time they see it, they are almost breathing, and they can always recover. Relying on boiling water, rocks, and rolling wood, he barely blocked the Taiping army's offensive again.

When Yang Xiaoshan saw this situation, he was anxious, knowing that he must not let out this breath now, this is the time to divide the winner and loser, and he must rush forward at all costs.

"Take the full body armor, I'll do it myself!" Yang Xiaoshan commanded.

"Shizi, this can't be done, this is too dangerous!" The guards next to him immediately persuaded.

"Only in this way can we muster everyone's courage, and my handsome banner must be seen by every brother who is besieging the city!" Yang Xiaoshan decided to personally mount the horse himself and give the defenders of the city the final blow.

Surrounded by guards, Yang Xiaoshan climbed the ladder, and just after climbing a few steps, several rolling logs fell down. Fortunately, Yang Xiaoshan reacted very quickly, and immediately lay on the ladder and dodged.

After climbing a few more steps, a Manchu woman threw out a bucket full of boiling water, but fortunately, Yang Xiaoshan was wearing a helmet and heavy armor, and there were no gaps in his body, so he was not burned by the boiling water.

There were still a few last steps to reach the city wall, when another large rock fell on the head. Yang Xiaoshan quickly drew his sword and deflected the stone. Then he took a sharp breath and jumped up the wall at once.

As soon as the Taiping army saw that the handsome banners of the former army commander were all on the city wall, they were extremely excited, and one by one they rushed to jump on the city wall like a tiger descending the mountain, and fought with the defenders.

After a fierce battle, the Taiping army gradually occupied the various battlements on the city wall. Yang Xiaoshan did not dare to slack off, and immediately led people to rush down the city wall, trying to open the city gate. But he stopped at once, and in front of him were three old men with white beards, old enough to be his grandfather, but now they also came to the battlefield with spears.

Looking at these three old Eight Banner soldiers, Yang Xiaoshan instinctively felt a kind of unbearable, but he immediately put aside this unbearable, at this time, if he slowed down for a while, a few more brothers under his command would die. "There can be no woman's kindness!" Yang Xiaoshan gritted his teeth and shouted, "Death to those who stand in my way!" ”

The three old Eight Banner soldiers couldn't hold their spears firmly, and where was Yang Xiaoshan's opponent, they fell under Yang Xiaoshan's sword in one round.

The city gate was finally opened by Yang Xiaoshan, and there were calls inside and outside. Outside was the cheers of the Taiping Army, while inside was the desperate wail of the Eight Banners. The Taiping army poured into the city like a tidal wave, and there were cries of killing and screams everywhere.

Jiangning general Xianghou committed suicide by drawing his sword in despair, and Huo Longwu, the deputy commander, and Zengfu, the assistant leader, were killed while defending the city. The city was finally broken by the Taiping army.

"Shizi, do you follow the old rules?" Luo Xuan, who had just followed into the city, asked Yang Xiaoshan.

Yang Xiaoshan was silent for a while, nodded painfully, and said: "According to the old rules, the whole city is under martial law, and the sword will not be sealed today!" ”

The surrounding Taiping troops couldn't understand Yang Xiaoshan's mood, they cheered, they only knew that the blood debt had to be paid with blood.

A massacre began, and nearly 30,000 Manchus in the city fell to the ground, which is also the place where later generations accused the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, saying that they were inhumane and indiscriminate. But this is war, for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom this is an unprecedented victory, for the Manchus, this is a brutal massacre, this is a zero-sum game, there is no win-win situation, depending on what position you stand on.

Yang Xiaoshan couldn't stop it, because the blood of the Taiping army was too much, so many corpses of brothers lying under the city wall, should they take revenge? To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself. When the Manchus put butcher knives on the necks of the Han people and asked them to shave their hair and dress up as Manchus, they should think that when the Han people turned over, they would cut off their braids in the same way.

"At least I gave them a chance to live! It was the Qing court's long-standing discrimination and oppression of the Han people that caused today's tragedy. Yang Xiaoshan muttered in his heart.