Han Shirong also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Qing army finally couldn't bear the pressure and retreated. Their artillery was also stretched to the limit, and for half an hour they could not hold out.

Han Shirong looked at the loaders lying around him, he was tired enough for them today, each cannon was equipped with three loaders, all of whom were selected to be powerful people, but just now he fired a hundred shots in nearly two hours, which is more than the training speed of one cannon in three minutes.

The battle was fierce just now, and some of the guns were red, and the loaders needed to use wet wool felt to cool down the guns, and many loaders burned their hands.

Han Shirong looked at the brothers around him and said with a smile: "Brothers, the Qing army has retreated, everyone has done a good job!" When you return to Guangdong, you must ask the King of Chu to give everyone a promotion and silver!! ”

The people around him still had the strength to cheer, and only a few faint voices said, "Thank you, sir!" ”

Han Shirong saw that these guys were also tired enough, and ordered not to alarm them, let them rest for a while, and let the soldiers of the musket battalion stand guard.

The Qing army that rushed out outside only completely escaped from this hell after two rounds of naval shelling, and Liu Liangzuo fled back to the camp in Xicheng under the escort of his own soldiers. When I returned to the camp, I found that Kong Youde, the king of Gongshun, had also escaped, this guy was covered in blood, and half of his arm was bandaged, and it seemed that he was not having a good time in the city.

It turned out that Kong Youde led 30,000 Han army flags to rush into the city, and originally thought that this battle had been decided, but he didn't expect that a group of Ming troops in strange clothes also rushed in behind, and the firearms were really sharp.

You must know that Kong Youde's Han military flag is also a firearm master on the Manchu side, but today he has seen his ancestors. The Ming army had a small cannon, which could be dragged by three people, and the firepower was still very strong, and no one could survive within 300 paces of the scattered bullets. Kong Youde didn't take it seriously at first after discovering it, and the number of firearms was too small, less than 5,000 people, and they couldn't make big waves.

But he didn't expect that it was this small fish that made Kong Youde capsize in the gutter, and the three waves he sent to block the Qing army were all repulsed by the other party, and then he found that the battle situation was not good.

This group of Ming troops actually contacted the Ming army defending the city, and took advantage of the geographical advantage and firepower to encircle all the 30,000 Qing troops who entered the city in the area of Xicheng and Beicheng.

Kong Youde is an old fritter on the battlefield, and at this time he found that the battle situation was not good, so he immediately took a few personal soldiers to rope down from the city wall and escaped with his life. After he left, the remaining more than 10,000 Qing troops in the city were leaderless, and there was no way to raise weapons to surrender, and the melee in the city was basically over.

As soon as Kong Youde, who had fled back, saw Bolo, the herald outside came in to inform him that Liu Liangzuo had also returned. Liu Liangzuo's appearance is much stronger than Kong Youde, he has always been at the back of the team and has not participated in the battle, so his clothes are quite complete.

After Liu Liangzuo entered the tent, Shuangxi knelt down and said: "Marshal, I really can't rush in, the artillery fire of the Ming army is too sharp, and the casualties of the brothers are too great." ”

Bolo's eyes stood and he said, "General Liu, this is the first time you have shirked your responsibility?" Someone came, pushed Liu Liangzuo out and cut it down, passed the head of the military camp, and did not obey the order! ”

Hearing the marshal's order, four white-armored soldiers rushed in outside the tent, escorting Liu Liangzuo to go out and cut off his head.

At this time, Kong Youde, who was on the side, hurriedly came out of the queue and knelt down, and said: "Please keep people under the big handsome knife!" ”

"Do you have something to say to the king?"

"Marshal, it's not that General Liu doesn't work hard, it's really that this group of Ming army has too strong firepower. The subordinates rushed into the city and were about to occupy the whole city, but they didn't expect that it was this group of Ming soldiers who stabbed their subordinates behind them, causing their subordinates to fail. In fact, Kong Youde was not kind enough to save Liu Liangzuo, he was not familiar with Liu Liangzuo, and he couldn't speak for him. This is Kong Youde for himself, he also came back from defeat, Bolo was defeated before he could deal with him Liu Liangzuo was defeated and came back, if Liu Liangzuo is not saved, the next unlucky one is him Kong Youde.

Bolo looked at Kong Youde, who was kneeling on the ground, and he knew this trick clearly. The killing of Liu Liangzuo just now was just to scare him, Jiangnan initially decided that there were hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers like Liu Liangzuo. It was easy to kill him Liu Liangzuo, but it was not good to cause a mutiny in the newly annexed army. It happened that Kong Youde interceded with Liu Liangzuo, and Bolo was also happy to borrow the slope to get off the donkey.

Bo Luo snorted and said: "Liu Liangzuo, today for the sake of the face of the obedient king, spare you from death, but you are not effective in fighting, and you will beat you with a hundred military sticks, can you be guilty?" ”

"The slave is guilty! The minion is guilty! Liu Liangzuo, who was alive in the dead, didn't care if he could stand a hundred military sticks, as long as he didn't die, he begged for mercy.

Nikan on the side scolded: "Han dog, don't call yourself a slave, you are not qualified to be our slave." ”

"Yes, the villain knows." Liu Liangzuo hurriedly kowtowed, and then was pulled out by his own soldiers to beat the military stick.

Kong Youde was also scared enough, this defeat can be said to be the first big defeat since Kong Youde entered the customs. There were less than 100,000 people in total, and this time it lost 30,000. Originally, Kong Youde thought that he would not be able to have good fruits to eat when he came back, but he didn't expect that there was Liu Liangzuo, an unlucky guy in front of him, and now that his head is fine, then his sin should be fine.

Bolo originally didn't intend to punish Kong Youde, compared to the new annexed army, Kong Youde can still be trusted to follow him from outside the border. What's more, this Kong Youde has the method of casting cannons in his hands, which is not mastered by these Manchurian barbarians. Therefore, we must be gentle with Kong Youde.

Bolo asked, "King Gongshun, the red-coated cannons are all damaged, how many days do you estimate it will be repaired?" ”

"The cannon is made of bronze, there should be no problem, the key is that the gunner is difficult to train, and it is estimated that it will take two months for the subordinates to recover as before."

"No, the war in Jiangyin has dragged on for too long, Prince Yu is a little anxious, Jiangyin must be solved within half a month, I will give you ten days to repair the red-clothed cannon for me."

Kong Youde has a mistake in the hands of others, so he dares to say no, and promises to be ready in ten days.

Bolo waved his hand for Kong Youde to go down and prepare. Nikan on the side said: "Great marshal, land battles are easy to fight, but the sailors in the river can't deal with them." ”

"Prince Ying has Zuo Mengeng's sailor over there, and he is now in Nanjing. I'll send a letter to Nanjing in a while to see if I can be transferred to defeat this group of Ming troops. ”

The generals of the Qing army outside the city discussed what to do next, and Qian Yong and Yan Yingyuan in the city had also met.

Yan Yingyuan is very grateful to Qian Yong, if it weren't for them, Jiangyin City would have broken today. Yan Yingyuan was ready to commit suicide just now, and it was when he saw Qian Yong entering the city that he let go of the idea of suicide.

Yan Yingyuan arched his hand and said: "This general, thank you for your rescue, dare to ask you where are the Ming army?" ”

Qian Yong has always been at the forefront of the front, his beautiful military uniform is blackened by gunsmoke, his face is also black and red, and his mouth shows a row of white teeth. Qian Yong said with a smile: "Yan Dian Shi has heard of the great name for a long time, we are the guards of the King of Chu in Guangdong, my name is Qian Yong, and I came to rescue Yan Dian Shi on the military order of the King of Chu." ”