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At the head of the city, the offensive of this group of heavy armored soldiers of the Houjin Army became more and more intense, and the two divisions of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong almost filled with human lives, and supported them to the death, and the breakthrough range of this team of heavy armored soldiers was always controlled on the first line of the city wall, and they could not advance half a step. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The battle had been going on for most of the hour, and both sides were already somewhat exhausted, but neither could eat anyone.

At this time, a piercing sound of gold came from the direction of the Houjin camp.

These Houjin heavy armor soldiers did not have the slightest love, and quickly retreated backwards like a tide.

On Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong's side, there were no long-range strike weapons, and if they wanted to pursue, it was impossible, so they could only watch the orderly retreat of this heavy armored soldier, and even took away the corpses of many Houjin soldiers who died in battle near the city.

"My lord, the Tartar has retreated. We won, we won. Junzi's face was covered with blood, and the armor on his body was also broken a few holes, and he quickly ran in front of Li Yuanqing and shouted with relief.

Li Yuanqing also looked like a person at this time, covered in blood, he didn't know how many wounds there were on his body, he didn't know where to throw away his armor, his hair was scattered, his eyes were full of murderous intent, and he never dissipated.

"Retreated?" Li Yuanqing muttered, glancing at the retreating figure of the Houjin army not far away.

"Retreat, retreat. We held on. Junko shouted with joy.

Next to him, Shang Lao Liu, Xu Heizi, and Guan Canghai also quickly gathered around Li Yuanqing, "My lord, are you okay?" ”

"Your Excellency, are you okay?"

Looking at a pair of concerned eyes, Li Yuanqing suddenly smiled, "Lao Tzu is fine." The dog tartar wants Lao Tzu's life, how can it be so easy. ”

The crowd couldn't help but rejoice, and some of the young soldiers couldn't help but cheer.

But now is far from the time to celebrate, Li Yuanqing hurriedly ordered these officers to clean up the battlefield, and ordered the people behind him to quickly clean up these sandbag ladders.

A pro-soldier brought hot water from the city, Li Yuanqing drank a little, washed his face, the killing intent in his eyes gradually dissipated, and his mind gradually became clearer.

At this time, although the casualties have not yet been counted, according to Li Yuanqing's visual inspection, at least seventy or eighty of the Houjin heavy armored soldiers in this group were killed in the battle, and the wounded were probably two or three hundred, so it can be said that almost everyone was wounded.

On the side of Li Yuanqing's headquarters, although he repelled the first wave of the Houjin army's offensive, the casualties were probably twice as many as those of the Houjin army.

This is also something that simply cannot be helped.

Although the Ming army has a geographical advantage, they are all new soldiers, the drill is seriously insufficient, and the various ordnance and equipment are even less pitiful, almost a group of slightly trained militia, to fight against the elite of the Houjin army.

At this time, even if it cost five or six hundred casualties, it was already a great miracle that the city could be defended.

This is also fortunate that Zhenjiang is a pure new army, and the officers are all brave men, otherwise, if it was the main force of the Ming army, in this case, it would have already collapsed.

At this time, Chen Zhong, accompanied by several personal soldiers, came here, "Yuanqing, how is it?" Okay? ”

Chen Zhong's state was not much better than Li Yuanqing's, covered in blood, there was an obvious crack on the armor on his chest, and there was faint blood oozing out of it, and his face was a little pale.

"Big brother, I'm fine. How are you? Li Yuanqing said with concern.

The situation on the battlefield was too chaotic, in the face of the ferocious offensive of this team of Houjin heavy armor soldiers, Chen Zhong and Li Yuanqing were quickly cut off, and there was no chance to cooperate at all, and Li Yuanqing did not know the situation on Chen Zhong's side.

Chen Zhong smiled, "The Tartar of the dog day is indeed fierce, but Lao Tzu can't die yet." Yuanqing, let's hold it. ”

Li Yuanqing also smiled and shook Chen Zhong's big hand heavily, "Big brother, there are two if there is one." If we can hold the first wave, we can hold the second wave, the third wave. However, I see that the Tartars are mobilizing men and horses again, and their next offensive may come soon, so we must be prepared. ”

Chen Zhong nodded, "We must take advantage of this time to clear their earthen wall first." In the afternoon, they didn't come up so well. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, and the two of them separately commanded their respective subordinates to be busy.

At lunchtime, Mao Wenlong personally came to inspect the North Gate Defense Line, and when he saw such a tragic battle situation, his brows were furrowed, and he warmly encouraged Chen Zhong and Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing also got the battle situation of the West Gate and the South Gate from Mao Wenlong's side.

Although the West Gate and the South Gate were attacked by the Houjin army, they were much smaller than the North Gate in terms of momentum and numbers, and although they had some casualties, they were not as tragic as Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong's side.

Knowing that the overall situation was unharmed, Li Yuanqing was a little more relaxed.

Mao Wenlong finished his inspection and left quickly.

Looking at his somewhat old back, Li Yuanqing's heart suddenly moved.

With a hero like Mao Wenlong, he won't fail to see that the Ming army in Zhenjiang City is already at the end of the crossbow, even if it can hold on today, but what about tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?

Historically, Mao Wenlong left Zhenjiang City ahead of schedule before the battle for the defense of Zhenjiang ended.

He was in such a hurry to inspect this time, did he already have the intention of going?

Frankly speaking, if Li Yuanqing were to change to Mao Wenlong's point of view, at this time, he would also choose to flee quickly, stay in the green mountains, and not be afraid of running out of firewood.

Otherwise, if your life is gone, and you turn into loess, then what qualifications do you have to talk about anything else?

It's just that sticking to Zhenjiang, after all, was a decision made by Mao Wenlong, and it was a decision made by him after comprehensive consideration under pressure from all sides.

If, when Mao Wenlong got the news of the Houjin offensive, he could have been more decisive, and these countless good men would not have wasted their lives in Zhenjiang City. Later, when the Dongjiang Army was established, there would be more fire.

It's a pity that there are no ifs.

At this moment, Li Yuanqing's heart suddenly felt uneasy.

Mao Wenlong's approach was not wrong, but ~~~, he lost the responsibility that a man should have, and he regarded the nearly 10,000 soldiers in Zhenjiang City as a stepping stone for his loyalty to the imperial court.

But the imperial court, will it really remember these people?

Who will take care of their little family?

Who will feed their parents?

Li Yuanqing's fists were clenched tightly, his nails were deeply sunk into the flesh, and his joints were 'creaking'.

But for a moment, Li Yuanqing was suddenly relieved.

Mao Wenlong did nothing wrong.

He knew that it was a terrible mistake to defend Zhenjiang, and he wanted to correct this mistake now, even if it would cost him countless blood.

He let out a long breath of turbidity, and Li Yuanqing's eyes became clearer and clearer.

One will be successful, and ten thousand bones will wither.

For the sake of the overall situation, for the general trend, for the future, Zhenjiang City must pay such sacrifices.

And Li Yuanqing is the same, for his own future and his ideals, at this time, he has to do something against his will......

Time flies.

In the afternoon, the second wave of the offensive of the Houjin army soon arrived.

Different from the heavy armored offensive in the morning, in this wave of offensive in the afternoon, the Houjin army showed a lot weaker.

Under the cover of three or four hundred archers, a team of sword and shield soldiers of more than 100 people tentatively attacked the city wall several times, and in the face of the fierce resistance of the Ming army, they did not rush to attack again, but maintained the rhythm, it seems, wanting to use this method to consume the physical strength of the Ming army.

Li Yuanqing quickly saw their intentions, but unfortunately, the initiative of the war was always firmly in the hands of Houjin, even if he knew their intentions, Li Yuanqing did not have much to do.

The soldiers could only take turns to defend the city, and the two would keep the total strength together, one hour at a time, and switch back and forth.

Chen Zhong, on his side, also followed Li Yuanqing's example and temporarily stabilized the situation.

Seeing this, the Houjin army was no longer rash, but there were archers who released cold arrows from a distance, and maintained a confrontation with the Ming army.

In the evening, as night fell, the Houjin army quickly retreated, and the whole world seemed to be quiet all of a sudden.

Li Yuanqing was always thinking about Mao Wenlong's affairs, and he couldn't fully concentrate on defending the city all afternoon.

Mao Wenlong is understandable for doing this, and Li Yuanqing has actually prepared the back road early, all of them are half a catty and eight taels, who can say who?

However, if Mao Wenlong wanted to withdraw, Li Yuanqing had completed almost all the deductions before digging the tunnel in advance.

At this time, there was only one way to escape from Zhenjiang City, the east wall.

It is definitely not possible during the day, only at night, by the night, from the east wall to the river, cross the Yalu River, and then go to Longchuan.

At this moment, Li Yuanqing wanted to reveal the news of the tunnel he had dug to Mao Wenlong, but after thinking about it carefully, Li Yuanqing gave up this idea.

The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty.

At this time, this kind of thing is the safest thing to keep for yourself.

However, if Mao Wenlong leaves like this, Li Yuanqing himself will not get the slightest benefit.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yuanqing had already made a decision, ordered Shang Lao Liu to coordinate the defense line, and was just about to rush to Mao Wenlong's official hall, but at this time, Mao Wenlong's personal soldiers happened to come over and summon Chen Zhong and Li Yuanqing to go to the official hall to discuss matters.

Li Yuanqing faintly had a feeling, this was an indescribable feeling, hurriedly greeted Chen Zhong, and quickly rushed to the official hall.

In the official hall, Mao Wenlong was only wearing a cloth robe, and the furrows on his already old face seemed to be deeper.

Around, You Jinghe, Wang Fu, Chen Zhong, Zhang Yuanzhi and other important officers were all there, but Chen ~ Liangce and Zhang Pan were gone.

Mao Wenlong glanced at everyone and sighed: "Tonight, I am ready to leave Zhenjiang City, and you still have to stay here." ”

Everyone was stunned, but they all reacted in a moment.

Chen Zhong took the lead and said, "General, Zhenjiang City is in danger, you still need to leave as soon as possible." I, Chen Zhong, will live and die with Zhenjiang City. I only ask the general, and I must avenge my brothers. ”

As he spoke, Chen Zhong knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately.

You Jinghe, Wang Fu, and Zhang Yuanzhi also knelt on the ground, kowtowing desperately.

They are all Mao Wenlong's personal soldiers, even if Mao Wenlong wants to abandon them at this moment, they do not complain at all, but are still willing to hold Mao Wenlong's banner down.

Li Yuanqing also knelt on the ground, "General, your life is the hope of all of us." Inferior rank, willing to live and die with Zhenjiang. ”

Mao Wenlong let out a long breath of turbidity, "It's Mao who is sorry for you." Your family, I will be comforted. ”

Everyone kowtowed desperately again, and men like You Jinghe and Chen Zhong also shed tears.

Mao Wenlong was also hazy with tears, but after a moment, he wiped a handful of tears vigorously, "Chen Zhong, Yuanqing, today, I still need the two of you to help me with one last hand." ”

Li Yuanqing instantly understood what Mao Wenlong meant, and hurriedly kowtowed desperately, "I am willing to die for the general." ”

Chen Zhong also kowtowed again and again.

"Good." Mao Wenlong no longer hesitated, and waved his hand directly: "Let's go to the east gate." ”

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At night, on the wall of the East Gate, the firelight flashed back and forth.

This is the Ming army defending the city in order to prevent the Houjin army from approaching the city wall at night, and it is necessary to keep the light in the city wall area.

Then the Jin army was the same, in order to prevent the Ming army from escaping to report the news, there were sentry guards at each city gate.

Suddenly, a small section of torches in the wall of the east gate was quietly extinguished.

At this time, a small basket, carrying a figure, quickly descended under the city wall.

The figure flickered in the light, and soon disappeared into the endless darkness.

The torches on the head of the city were soon lit again, and at this time, there was a confused light rain in the sky, and under the light of the fire, a big flag not far away, 'Quang Ninh Deputy General Mao', was so dazzling......

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