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On the wharf, there are no more ships docking, and Chen Jisheng and Mao Chenglu have moved all the ships to the other side of the river before this. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Yuanqing let out a long breath of turbidity.

Even if they can open up the tunnel to the river, they will not be able to reach the other side without a boat, and in front of the cavalry of the Houjin army, the soldiers are still like pigs and sheep, and can only be ruthlessly slaughtered.

If this is the case, it is better to stay in Zhenjiang City and fight to the end with the Houjin army, and kill one to earn one.

Li Yuanqing's eyes became more and more gloomy.

Mao Wenlong's persistence, in fact, has completely brought Mao Wenlong's troops of the Zhenjiang Guangning Army into a dead end, and there is almost no possibility of saving.

However, with the experience of escaping from Shenyang City, Li Yuanqing always firmly believes that the Houjin Army is also a human being, not an immortal, even if they occupy the complete initiative, there will be flaws in some details, and these flaws are Li Yuanqing's chance to escape.

At this time, Xu Heizi suddenly said in a low voice: "My lord, I look at the terrain here, and it is not impossible to hit the tunnel." ”

Li Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Xu Heizi.

Xu Heizi hurriedly glanced at Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing understood, waved his hand and signaled more than a dozen pro-soldiers to retreat, and only took Shang Lao Liu to Xu Heizi's side.

Xu Heizi said carefully: "My lord, you see, although this side is full of tidal flats and swamps, the roadbed of the official road is very solid. We can start from the dwellings under the city wall here, bypass the city wall, and hit the tunnel under the official road, and we don't have to hit too far, half a mile is enough. At that time, we only need to bypass the city wall, and we can take advantage of the night to break through from the east. ”

Shang Lao Liu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Yuanqing, this method is promising. If it is such a short distance, perhaps, one day is enough. As long as we can bypass the city wall, we can break through in the direction of Iron Mountain, where we are familiar with it. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, Xu Heizi's plan is really good, but there is still no way to solve the problem of the ship.

Shang Lao Liu also thought of this, and hurriedly whispered to Li Yuanqing: "Yuanqing, this, we can only quickly open the tunnel and send a few brothers with good water quality to ask Chen Jisheng for help." ”

Li Yuanqing slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

If so, it is indeed a good escape plan, but unfortunately, Li Yuanqing is not Mao Wenlong, although he has a good relationship with Chen Jisheng, but Li Yuanqing cannot guarantee whether Chen Jisheng will send a boat in the end.

Moreover, this matter, after all, is an act of desertion, if Chen Jisheng catches this handle again, then ......

Xu Heizi also saw Li Yuanqing's confusion, and hurriedly explained in a low voice: "My lord, I heard that the people along the coast have a method, if the boat loses water, you can hold a piece of wood and float with the waves, as long as you can hold on, you will definitely float to the shore." ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, and also had some understanding, if you want to flee for your life, you can't run away now, you must wait until the last moment, the Houjin army will push the earth to Zhenjiang City, at least one or two days, with the combat strength of the Ming army, it will not be a problem to resist for three or five days, Li Yuanqing actually has enough time.

"This can be done. However, keep it a secret. Also, those who do it must choose the most reliable brother. ”

"Yes." Shang Lao Liu and Xu Heizi hurriedly knelt on one knee.

Shang Lao Liu said: "Yuanqing, this matter is without further ado, we will do it tonight." ”

Li Yuanqing nodded and remained silent.

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Although he has prepared a way back for himself, in the face of the next situation, Li Yuanqing does not have any sense of ease at all.

Shang Lao Liu and Xu Heizi's plan is destined to only escape a small number of people, and the rest of the brothers may be ......

Moreover, the gentry and people of Zhenjiang City may also fall victim to misery.

If you want the Houjin army not to slaughter the city, this is simply impossible.

As for how to cross the river, Li Yuanqing also racked his brains, the best way is driftwood, but unfortunately, in the east direction, there are tidal flats, and there are not too many trees at all, and even if there are, they have been burned clean by the previous fire.

The best way is to make a simple raft from the tent under your command.

Most of the tents are made of cows, horses and sheepskins, relatively strong, changed into a raft that can carry people, it doesn't have to be too hard, it's still October, even if it is a big lifebuoy, it also has a decisive role, but unfortunately, these women work, the soldiers under their command, it is difficult to complete, and it must be done manually.

Moreover, there are not many tents under Li Yuanqing's command, only a few dozen, and many of them are now used by the soldiers.

Originally, Li Yuanqing wanted to discuss this matter with Chen Zhong, but after thinking about it carefully, Chen Zhong had a bird's temper, and Li Yuanqing still gave up this idea.

At this time, Li Yuanqing had to endure it for the time being and wait and see what happened.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, two days have passed.

Shang Lao Liu and Xu Heizi's tunnel plan has been completed, the tunnel passes through the east wall wall, and the exit hits the side of the official road half a mile outside the east wall, where there is just a big tree that has been burned, from the city wall, there is no abnormality, even if you walk to the front, if no one reminds you, it is difficult for anyone to find out.

But although the back road has been done, Li Yuanqing is not happy at all, after two days of ant moving-style advancement, Houjin's bulldozing offensive has reached the periphery of the north gate of Zhenjiang City, from the north gate of Zhenjiang defense line, only less than 100 steps.

If nothing else, tomorrow will be the day when the Houjin army will attack the city.

In the evening, Mao Wenlong held another military meeting to boost the morale of the army.

What makes Li Yuanqing unrelieved is that in this state at this time, the degree of sensitivity to the crisis is only that of a thousand general-level officers at the level of Li Yuanqing, and as for the generals, flags, and soldiers below, they are not aware of the extent of the crisis at all, and they are still immersed in the 'invincible' of the surprise attack on Zhenjiang.

This is also the most important confidence for Mao Wenlong to dare to fight to the death with Houjin.

But at this time, Li Yuanqing naturally won't say much.

Life is a life, grass and trees are spring.

In the face of the general trend, how can a mere ant compete with heaven and earth?

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As expected, the bulldozing offensive on the Houjin side began early the next morning, and it became faster and faster.

Countless Han people, under the threat of the swords and guns of the Houjin army, held shovels and hoes, and constantly pushed the Houjin formation in the direction of Zhenjiang City.

At first, Mao Wenlong couldn't bear to let the soldiers shoot arrows at the Han people, but seeing that the Houjin offensive was getting closer and closer, Mao Wenlong had no choice but to force his eyes and order the soldiers to release arrows to disperse these Han people.

However, the Houjin army was obviously more prepared, and after the offensive was spread under Zhenjiang City, they no longer ordered the Han people to dig the soil, but made some Han people young and strong, and piled piles of sand and soil bags that had been prepared long ago under the city wall.

Judging by the way they looked, they didn't even need a ladder, they just wanted to use these bags of sand and soil to build a 'staircase' that led to the city wall.

In the face of this situation, how dare Mao Wenlong have half of a woman's kindness? As long as it threatens the existence of Zhenjiang City, whether it is Jiannu or Han people, they will be shot.

It's a pity that the wild boar skins are very cunning, they are all wearing thick armor, many of them are assisted by shields, and they have been hiding behind the Han people, the Ming army at the head of the city, even if they have the heart, but they are not at all powerless, and the most shot is still the Han people, as well as a few Han army flag soldiers.

A day and a night passed, and the sandbag attack under the north gate had been piled up to almost level with the city wall, which could have caused the Houjin soldiers to rush from under the city to the head of the city.

The Great War inevitably broke out eventually.

The first to attack the city on the side of the Houjin army was a group of about 5 or 600 'heavy armor soldiers', who first wore a layer of cotton cloth inside, then put on fine scale armor, and finally put on iron shoulder armor and heart goggles on the outside, each with a small round shield, and most of the weapons were heavy knives, axes, hammers, and other heavy weapons, and the momentum was quite terrifying.

"Kill. Kill the dog. ”

Like a pack of hungry wolves, these heavily armored soldiers climbed the stairs made of sandbags and dirt bags against the sound of trumpets, and desperately struck at the top of the city.

The sand bag ladder is wide, about one or two hundred meters, which provides them with enough cushion.

At this time, the main direction of attack of the Houjin army was near the city gate, at the junction of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong.

Moreover, the Houjin army's attack was not only in the direction of the north gate, but also the west gate and the south gate, which were also attacked by the Houjin army.

"Dog's dog, look for death. Sons, rush up to me and cut them down. ”

Seeing the Houjin army rushing up, Chen Zhong had already killed the red eye, and led the elite of his headquarters to fight the Houjin army at the head of the city.

Li Yuanqing's side did not dare to slack off, and ordered Guan Canghai and Wang Haibu to take the lead in stopping the first wave of the Houjin army's offensive, and the rest of the generals were on standby at any time as reserves.

Li Yuanqing himself did not participate in the battle at the first time, but was in a safe place on the side of the city wall, carefully observing the lineup of the Houjin army.

Most of these heavily armored soldiers are Han Chinese, and they only listen to their shouting and scolding, which is no different from the Ming army.

But their skeletons are real slaves, often a dozen or twenty people, forming a circle around a real slave, frantically impacting the defense line of the Ming army's city head.

It was also the first time that Li Yuanqing had observed the real Jiannu at such a close distance.

They are not tall, at most no more than 1.7 meters, but they are all majestic, almost all of them have circled legs, broad shoulders and thick backs, and small money rat braids are like rat tails, emerging from the armor, all of them are brave.

Chen Zhong's main force was exhausted, relying on the advantages of numbers and geographical advantages, and he did not fall behind for a while, and was entangled with these heavy armored soldiers of the Houjin Army on the front line of the city wall.

But Li Yuanqing's side, the number is small, and it is a new army, and it didn't take long for it to be unbearable, and there were many casualties.

Li Yuanqing didn't dare to slack off, beckoned Shang Lao Liu and Shunzi, and quickly dispatched three total troops to go up.

This time, Li Yuanqing no longer avoided the war, he wanted to see with his own eyes and feel for himself, how strong the combat effectiveness of these Houjin troops, especially the real slaves, was.

"Brothers, hold on. Your Excellency has brought reinforcements. Kill all the Tartars. ”

Guan Canghai was already covered in blood at this time, and several openings were also broken on the iron armor on his body, and blood kept pouring out of the wounds.

He was already exhausted, but Li Yuanqing and the new force who came later gave him infinite courage and desperately entangled with the Houjin army.

Not long after, Li Yuanqing had already rushed to the front of the battle formation and came to Guan Canghai's side, "General Guan, you take your sons and daughters down first, and leave it to me here." ”

Li Yuanqing shouted angrily at Guan Canghai.

"My lord, I will not retire from my humble position. The lowly duty must fight with Jiannu to the end. "Guan Canghai has already killed red eyes, where is he willing to take half a step back.

Li Yuanqing was also angry, and said loudly to the soldiers around him: "Holy shit, tie up this bastard for me." ”

The soldiers around him did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly drove the official Canghai to retreat.

How could Guan Canghai not know Li Yuanqing's loving intentions, and his tears couldn't stop staying, "My lord, there are so many sons, so many sons...... Your Excellency, you want to avenge them......"

Li Yuanqing directly ignored Guan Canghai, and shouted loudly to order the new forces around him to move forward.

Soon, the Guancang Sea Department retreated one after another, leaving a lot of space for the city, and the position of Li Yuanqing's department was temporarily opened.

At this time, a real slave with a figure like an iron tower had already noticed Li Yuanqing here, he smiled gloomily, and with more than a dozen strong men with Han army flags, he crossed the city and quickly wrapped himself towards Li Yuanqing.

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