At the same time that Zhu Youlang was vigorously arming his troops and horses, and making every effort to reorganize and run in the water division, the offensive and defensive battle of Qingyuan City had been vigorously fought for nearly a month, and when he first entered the city, Lingnan Sanzhong set up a wooden fence at the mouth of the river to prepare for Li Chengdong's attack, and Huo Shilian, one of the leaders of the righteous people, led the boat division to intercept Li Chengdong's troops who were advancing towards Qingyuan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lingnan Sanzhong originally thought that the Qing army was not good at water warfare, so almost all the sailors went to war, striving to directly repel the Qing army on the Beijiang River, but this time Sanzhong miscalculated, they met Shi Fu, an expert in water warfare, and the five thousand sailors of the Shi Fu Department were known as the most elite sailors in the Ming Dynasty in the hands of Zheng Zhilong.

The Ming Army's Volunteer Division was inferior to the Shifu Division's Water Division in terms of equipment and combat skills, and the enemy was lightly defeated, resulting in a final defeat, and the commander of the Marine Division, Huo Division, was killed in battle, and almost all the troops of the three or four thousand Water Division were wiped out.

The battle of Jiangkou made the rebel army water division defeated and lost, Shi Fu commanded the sailors to burn the Jiangkou wooden fence in one fell swoop, and then successfully arrived at the city of Qingyuan, the water division was defeated, Lingnan Sanzhong collected the remnants, retreated into the city to hold, a few days later, Li Chengdong personally led the land division deputy general Zhang Yue, Ma Bao and others to surround Qingyuan, in the face of the fierce Qing army, Lingnan Sanzhong led by Chen Bangyan, gave full play to the exemplary leading role, the whole body was armored, holding a sword in the head of the city, always insisted on the front line of the battle, day and night to defend the city, Personally oversee the battle and organize each round of offensives. As a result, every charge of the Qing army would bring a lot of casualties.

Volunteers are unpaid and have no food, all of them are to resist the capture of the righteous people who volunteered to join the army, but the maintenance of the army's combat strength is inseparable from food, the number of the righteous army is one or twenty thousand, almost all rely on fundraising or the righteous people bring their own food, the army is very short of food, Chen Bangyan, Zhang Jiayu, Chen Zizhuang and other leaders of the righteous army since the beginning of the army, only eat one meal a day, sleep at night, and share weal and woe with the soldiers, during the siege of the Qing army, in order to make up for the lack of troops defending the city, the Han children over 15 years old and under 60 years old in the city of Qingyuan are all incorporated into the garrison. Under Chen Bangyan's order, all the walls of the houses in Taiyuan City were opened to facilitate the movement of the rebel army in the city. The soldiers and civilians of the whole city were united in their hatred of the enemy, and vowed to fight the Tartars to the end. Therefore, although the Qing army attacked fiercely, the square tooth flag with the word "Ming" at the head of Qingyuan City has been standing.

Li Chengdong's veterans are all big men in Guanzhong, everyone wears armor, and is known for being good at fighting tough battles and ruthless battles. However, it was such a strong army, under his hard command and attack, it was impossible to enter the city for eight days in a row, although most of the ships of the Ming army were burned, and several forts outside the city were also occupied by their own side, but the hateful Qingyuan city gate just couldn't get in.

Its artillery fire can not be said to be fierce, but the righteous army in the city is not to eat dry food, the Qingyuan city tower is made of bricks and wood, once hit by the artillery of the Qing army, there will be a local collapse, the righteous army began, whenever the city tower was damaged, it was repaired immediately, later, a volunteer suggested that Chen Bangyan use the quilts of the residents in the city and the sacks full of chaff to spread layer by layer on the enemy tower, when the Qing army's shells hit these sacks, the impact force can be significantly reduced. Chen Bangyan ordered the defenders to test it, and the effect was excellent, which greatly reduced the attack power of the Qing artillery.

The artillery could not help the Qingyuan city wall, Li Chengdong thought of other methods, such as improving the original siege wooden building, adding it to the city wall slightly higher than Qingyuan, and using wheels to transport it directly to the city, so that the Qing soldiers could go directly to the city along the wooden building. However, the rebels poured fire oil directly, and then dropped torches from the city, burning down the Qing army's siege wooden buildings.

In half a month, Li Chengdong used several siege tactics, but they all worked, and he was embarrassed and angry, and sent a letter to Chen Bangyan in the city, in which he stated that Chen Bangyan's two sons and Yin, Yu Yin and his wife He were now in his hands, and Chen Bangyan must disband the righteous division in his hands within three days and surrender to the Qing Dynasty, otherwise, the safety of his family will not be preserved.

After getting Li Chengdong's letter, Chen Bangyan did not immediately write a reply, saying something like please don't hurt my family or give me a little more time to think about it, after reading the letter, he was silent for a moment, then picked up the pen on the table and wrote a few words at the end of the letter, and then sent it to the Central Military Hall to be read by other leaders of the righteous army.

Knowing that Chen Bangyan did not reply to the letter alone, let alone ask the envoy about the situation of his family, Li Chengdong felt very strange: Is Chen Bangyan a cold-blooded animal? didn't show a trace of concern for his wife and children! Strong doubts and curiosity prompted Li Chengdong to be anxious to know what Chen Bangyan had written at the end of the letter.

So he immediately opened the envelope, but saw a line of big characters in his eyes: "The concubine is humiliated, the son is killed, as a dead minister, the wife is not selfish!" ”

It turns out that this person has no intention of living since he started the army! For a person who handed over everything to Li Min Sheji, Li Chengdong knew very well that his family, wife and children had already become something outside their bodies. Ruthless may not be a true hero, how can a poor son not be a husband! But how many people throughout the ages have been able to cut off the bonds of family affection for all the people in the world and for those who have nothing to do with themselves?

Li Chengdong deeply admired Chen Bangyan's determination, so he did not embarrass Chen Bangyan's wife and children in the end.

The siege war continued, and as the Qing army besieged the city for longer and longer, the food and water sources were decreasing day by day, and the shortage of food and water became more and more serious.

Around Qingyuan City, the people in the occupied area learned about the situation in the city from the mouth of the righteous army who secretly went out of the city, and they smuggled food to the city, Li Chengdong got the military report, and was very angry, so he arranged rangers around Qingyuan City, killed the people who sent food, and hung the heads on the people when they were killed, in an attempt to scare the people and make them discouraged, in fact, the people were not frightened, the persistence of Sanzhong and his righteous army to resist the Tartar gave them the hope of turning over, the Qing army in Baili was strictly surrounded, and they could not enter the city, so they took advantage of the dark night, and people carried them on their backs and shoulders, Donkeys carried food to the soldiers and civilians in the city, scattered and scattered, accumulating a lot, so that the shortage of food and water in the city was temporarily alleviated.

ps: Chen Bangyan in history is not a Ming minister, but he is just a talent, but he is talented, heroic, and has a talent for civil and military affairs. He once wrote to Emperor Hongguang and stated 32 things, which is a wonderful strategy for governing the country and the world, and it can save the building. How could Emperor Hongguang have that mind? When the waste paper was thrown aside, Chen Bangyan's ambition was difficult to declare. During the Longwu period, the Longwu Emperor was amazed when he read the thirty-two things, which was the important task of governing the country at that time. It's a pity that Longwu is subject to Zheng Zhilong everywhere, a puppet emperor, and can only watch the Ming Dynasty territory fall piece by piece, but there is nothing to be done.

In the first year of Yongli in the Ming Dynasty, in the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Youlang, the emperor of Yongli, was surrounded by the Qing army Li Chengdong and Guilin, Chen Bangyan united Chen Zizhuang, Zhang Jiayu and others, raised troops to attack Guangzhou, and forced Li Chengdong to return to help with the plan of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. Although Guilin finally broke the siege, Chen Bangyan was unfortunately defeated and executed, and his sons were all killed in battle.