Since Duoduo ordered to attack the north gate day and night, the situation in Jiangyin has become increasingly severe. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

During the day, it is good to say that the firearms of the Suzhou New Army, with the arrows of the defenders, can barely resist the offensive of the Qing army, but at night, the accuracy of the firearms is greatly reduced, and the two thousand Suzhou New Army guards the entire north gate, and they have to take turns to change shifts, which is indeed overstretched.

On the night of the first day, the Qing army climbed the city wall three times, and in the end, it was Yan Yingyuan who led the righteous people to drive the Qing army out with numerical superiority.

For this reason, the Jiangyin army and people once again paid a heavy price, and in only one night of fighting, Yan Yingyuan's righteous people were killed and wounded more than 5,000 people.

Even the reinforcements that entered the city also suffered heavy losses, with a total of 15,000 reinforcements, and only more than 12,000 soldiers who could still go to the battlefield held out for less than a day.

This is how to defend the city, the arrows of the Qing army, but whether you are a peasant army or a regular army.

On the second day, the Qing army concentrated its artillery and carried out artillery bombardment for half a day at the northwest corner of the city wall, where a small section had been blown down, so that the gap that was originally less than three meters wide was expanded to seven or eight meters.

Then the Qing infantry rushed up, through the fire network of artillery, braving the rain of arrows on the city wall, constantly attacking this gap.

The grenades brought by the Suzhou New Army have run out, and the barrels of the Fur Rang machine guns have also been scrapped in continuous high-intensity battles, and the firepower of the flintlock pistol alone is not enough to suppress this group of crazy Qing soldiers.

At the end of the battle, the flintlock musketeers replaced their bayonets and engaged the Qing army near the gap, engaged in a white-knuckle battle.

"Lord Wang, if it goes on like this, it won't be long before we can capture Jiangyin tomorrow morning at most." Xu Dingguo had a smile on his face.

"How many more soldiers do we have?" Duoduo asked suddenly.

The Qing army continued to attack desperately, and Duoduo naturally saw it in his eyes, and at the same time understood that the casualties were definitely not small.

"In addition to the 10,000 cavalry that was transferred, we still have 60,000 infantry troops available." Xu Dingguo replied.

100,000 troops, less than 10 days, losses as high as 30,000, this is still against a group of civilians, if the entire Jiangnan people have such a strong heart of resistance, the Manchu Qing want to unify the Central Plains, it is almost impossible.

"Keep attacking!" Duoduo gritted his teeth.

Obviously, such losses have exceeded his expectations, and now this Jiangyin has already become a quagmire trapped in the Qing army.

At this time, in the city, a group of civil officials led by Lin Zhiji, the county governor, felt that Jiangyin City could no longer be defended, and the Qing army let go of the encirclement on three sides, and everyone also felt that they could take this opportunity to lead the people to break through and retreat.

"The lower officials are not afraid of Qinggou, but as a parent official, they have to consider the people, and the people of Jiangyin can't cut off the incense!" Lin Zhiji burst into tears.

"What Lin Zhixian said is not unreasonable, it is not easy for the people of Jiangyin to resist so far, and this official does not object to you breaking through, but this official has decided to stay and live and die with Jiangyin." Zheng Chenggong said.

He was the reinforcement who entered the city later, and he also knew that the people of Jiangyin had suffered heavy casualties, if he didn't let the remaining group of women, children, old and young break out, when the city was broken, the people of Jiangyin might really be killed by Duoduo.

"If you want to break through, it's not so easy, you know, there are 10,000 Tartar cavalry outside, a group of women, children, old and young, how can they outrun the pursuit of the cavalry?" Yan Yingyuan reminded.

"That's it, Yan Dian, you lead the remaining young people in the city to cover the people to break through, and I will continue to lead the army to guard the north gate, block the main force of Duoduo, and buy time for you." Zheng Chenggong said.

Now that the breakthrough is a foregone conclusion, someone is always needed to contain the opponent's main force and buy time for the retreat.

There are still about 30,000 young people in the city today, and after several days of great battles, there seems to be an atmosphere of soldiers, 30,000 young and strong against 10,000 cavalry, not to mention victory, to gain time, cover the people to the south can still do.

"I, Yan Yingyuan, have sworn to live and die with Jiangyin since I was guarding Jiangyin, since General Zheng has decided to stay, how can I live alone? Let Chen Mingyu lead the young man to break through. Yan Yingyuan said.

Chen Mingyu's eldest brother was killed by the Qing army's arrows in the battle to defend the city, and Chen Mingyu himself also broke an arm when he was fighting with the Qing army.

"I'm not leaving, anyway, I'm alone now, I'll die on the battlefield as soon as possible, and go to the Netherworld to reunite with my family as soon as possible." Chen Mingyu insisted.

The hatred of Qing soldiers in his heart has overshadowed the desire to survive.

"I fled from Liaodong, and my family was all poisoned by the Tartars, and now I have the opportunity to avenge my family, and I won't leave." A teenager who had fled from the north said loudly.

In the past, Da Ming had been fighting with Li Zicheng, and he had no time to care about the Manchu side, so he naturally had no chance to take revenge, but now he was at war with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, even if he died in battle, he had to seek justice for his family.

"I'm not leaving.......... either"

Soon, many people decided to stay, and these people more or less had enmity with the Qing soldiers, either for a long time or for a new hatred, and the remarks that stayed for a while once again gained the upper hand.

"In this way, Yan Dianguan hurriedly went to count them, in short, all the old and young women and children left, and the young and middle-aged people took the initiative." Zheng Chenggong said.

The Qing army is still attacking now, and it continues to discuss, for fear that it will delay time, so Zheng Chenggong asked everyone to take voluntary measures.

It didn't take long for the statistics to come out, and there were 10,000 young people, who decided to stay and guard Jiangyin together with Yan Yingyuan and Chen Mingyu.

The remaining 20,000 young people, under the leadership of Wang Sheng, were ready to cover 100,000 people and break through in the direction of Wuxi.

There were 130,000 people going out of the city at once, and even if they left quietly, they would soon be discovered.

When Duoduo learned that the people in the city had broken through, he quickly ordered the 10,000 cavalry to pursue it, while the remaining main force was unusual, from the previous main attack on the north gate to the east, west, and north siege.

The defenders in the city plus the remaining young and strong, there were only more than 20,000 people left, and in order to deal with the siege of the Qing army on three sides, Zheng Chenggong had to divide his troops again.

The north gate is the most dangerous, and Zheng Chenggong left 10,000 people here.

The east and west gates were well fortified, with 4,000 men stationed in each, barely able to cope with it, and the remaining 2,000 soldiers stayed at the south gate just in case.

Because the people of Jiangyin broke through at night, the offensive and defensive battle of this night was even more intense, although the Qing army sent troops to attack the east and west gates, but the main direction of attack was still at the north gate.

From the initial attack of 1,000 people, to the back of 5,000, until before Fo Xiao, Xu Dingguo personally went into battle, led an army of 10,000, and launched a fierce attack towards the north gate.

Seeing that the Qing army was advancing from the gap, Chen Mingyu, who was already seriously wounded, but insisted on staying, personally led 500 young men to form a trap camp, or armed with a plate axe, or a short knife, or with a flat pole, to fight to the death with the enemy.

was helplessly outnumbered, and finally let the Qing army gain a firm foothold at the gap, and Chen Mingyu was also killed by a spear through the chest.

At this point, in the early morning of the third day of the Qing army's continuous onslaught, the north gate of Jiangyin was taken.