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At the same time, the north gate of Changsha City.

Local officials such as He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, Fu Shangrui, the governor of Piyuan, and Dao Zhangkuang, the superintendent of the army, as well as Wang Jincai, the chief soldier of Changsha, and Liu Chengyin, the chief soldier of Wugang, and other local or guest generals were nervously watching the scene outside the city from the top of the city.

At present, the sky has not completely darkened, standing at the head of the city can see the general situation outside the city, only to see outside the north gate, a large number of troops are busy camping, from their banners can be seen, this is not the Ming army, but the Qing army. If you go around to the small west gate or the big west gate, you can also see that the Xiangjiang River in the west of the city is moored with dense sailor warships, and there is also an army camped on the west bank, and the green flags fluttering on the warships and camps also show their identity.

This Qing army was sent by Duoduo to attack the vanguard of Changsha from the waterway, including Manchuria with the blue flag, Gongshun Wang Kong Youde's department, Henan Green Camp Zhang Yingxiang and Yuezhou and Wuchang naval divisions, a total of more than 17,000 people and horses, according to Duoduo's explanation, the main commander of this vanguard army will be Kong Youde, this appointment made the blue flag Melle Zhangjing Lanbai not very convinced, but also let Kong Youde be grateful to Dai De and swear to serve. More than an hour ago, the advance of the Qing army arrived at the city of Changsha.

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As early as this morning, He Tengjiao received a warning signal from Zhu Dadian's fast horse. When he learned that a Qing army was coming to Changsha by bypassing the defense line of Huguang Town, he immediately felt the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly ordered the major city gates to be closed and the whole city to be under martial law, and to seize the time to organize the army to defend. Near noon, Liu Chengyin, the chief soldier of Wugang, and Wang Yuncai, the deputy commander of Changde, led the men and horses of the headquarters to arrive at the city of Changsha, claiming that they had received an order from the supervisor Zhu Dadian to return to Changsha to cooperate with the defenders in the city to defend it. Of course He Tengjiao would not refuse, after all, more people would have more strength, and immediately opened the city gate and let them into the city. In this way, the defenders in the city included more than 13,000 people from the Changsha General Soldier Wang Jincai's department, He Tengjiao's Dubiao battalion and Fu Shangrui's Fubiao battalion of more than 8,000 people, Liu Chengyin's more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, and the remaining 8,000 men and horses in Changde Town led by Wang Yuncai. There is also Wang Yuncheng, the chief soldier of the water division, with a total strength of more than 40,000.

With such an army in his hands, He Tengjiao's heart became more solid again, but the development of the situation after that surprised him.

In the afternoon, when the Qing army arrived at the city of Changsha, He Tengjiao sent Wang Jincai, Liu Chengyin and Wang Yuncai to lead the elite of their headquarters to fight, hoping to give it a head-on blow when the Qing army's foothold was not stable. Unexpectedly, after the two armies officially clashed, Kong Youde first ordered the men and horses of the headquarters and Zhang Yingxiang's troops to contain Liu Chengyin and Wang Yuncai's troops on the two wings of the Ming army. At the same time, he ordered Lan Bai to lead the Manchurian soldiers with blue flags to launch a fierce attack on Wang Jincai's department in the center. The Manchurian soldiers, who had been aggrieved for two days, finally burst out again with strong combat effectiveness, and it took about half an hour to defeat Wang Jincai's troops with a crisp and neat central breakthrough. And swept towards the wings like a whirlwind cloud. After the Chinese army collapsed, the morale of Liu Chengyin and Wang Yuncai's troops immediately collapsed, and they retreated like an avalanche.

Fortunately, the Qing army did not chase after it, and after taking advantage of the situation to cover up for a while, they withdrew to the north of the city and began to camp. The defeated and retreating Ming army retreated and fled to the southeast of Changsha City, and only entered the city from Liuyang Gate and South Gate in shock when she found that the Qing army did not pursue her. At this time, the warships of the Qing army's naval division on the Xiangjiang River also demonstratively fired several shots at the defeated Ming army, although they did not cause many casualties, they were frightened.

With more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, the Qing army army and land division, which was more than 10,000 men, suffered such a defeat in less than an hour. He Tengjiao, who was watching the battle from the city tower, was shocked after taking in the whole process. Although it was not the first time he had suffered defeat, the cruel reality once again ruthlessly hit his psychological bottom line. After this short battle, He Tengjiao's fear of the Qing army in his heart once again overwhelmed the self-confidence that had just risen, and he no longer dared to fight casually, and ordered the major city gates to be closed and strictly guarded.

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"You incompetent Nikan, do you dare to fight again? Hahaha...... "Take advantage of the time when the army is encamped." Many Manchurian cavalry left their own formations one after another, galloped to a hundred paces away from the north gate, excitedly provocative, and burst into bursts of arrogant laughter. Some of the Green Battalion soldiers also joined in the fun. He cursed all kinds of swear words in the northern dialect, and even put down his weapon, unbuttoned his pants and peed in the direction of the city gate.

Looking at the actions of the Qing army outside the city and listening to the beastly screams for several miles, the panic on the faces of the Ming officials and Ming officers and soldiers at the head of the city was more than angry, and the devastating victory of the Qing army just now had already severely damaged their self-confidence.

But not everyone can control their temper, after a while, Wang Yuncai, the deputy chief soldier of Changde Town, heard the green battalion soldiers outside the city scolding their eighth-generation ancestors by name, and finally couldn't help but erupt, stretched out his hand to the soldiers around him and shouted: "Huh! Bring Lao Tzu's bow, Lao Tzu has to shoot those donkeys! ”

The green battalion soldiers outside the city obviously knew which local officials and generals there were in the city, so they scolded them absolutely unambiguously and named them one by one. Not only Wang Yuncai, but also He Tengjiao, Fu Shangrui and other feudal officials and Liu Chengyin and other generals were not spared. So when Wang Yuncai broke out, Liu Chengyin was also so angry that he was like thunder, and he also shouted to get a bow.

"Wait!" He Tengjiao stopped Wang and Liu, who had already put the arrow on the bowstring, although they were also trembling with anger, but as the governor of a province, he still maintained a minimum of calm, "Our army has just lost the battle, and we dare not start the incident lightly!" What if you shoot a few prisoners? ”

As soon as He Tengjiao's words fell, there was a bigger commotion outside the city, mixed with a faint cry of pleading and crying. Everyone looked down the city, only to see that the Qing army pushed a dozen or so people tied up with flowers to a position a hundred steps away from the city gate, and pressed them all to their knees. Take a closer look at the dozen or so people who were kidnapped, wearing the armor and clothing of Ming army officers, obviously captured by the Qing army on the way to defeat just now. At this moment, most of these captured grassroots officers of the Ming army have lost their former spirit, their faces are pale, trembling and even begging for mercy, only one of them gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, and another person scolded the Qing soldiers around him with angry eyes, and after being kicked by the Qing soldiers, he quickly struggled to get up.

"Listen to the puppet local officials and generals at all levels in the city! The Qing Dynasty is obedient to the king's order, and you are limited to surrender the city to the Qing Dynasty before dawn tomorrow! A Qing officer wearing red cotton armor and a black peaked helmet, who appeared to be one of Kong Youde's subordinates, rode on horseback and shouted at the city behind the row of kneeling captives, "If you resist stubbornly, after my Qing king's division breaks through the city, these people will be your fate!" ”

The Qing officer pointed at the kneeling captives with a horsewhip as he spoke, and after speaking, he shouted at the Qing soldiers holding the big knife behind him: "Behead!" ”

A flash of sword light flashed, and the blood rain was like a scoop, and more than a dozen heads fell to the ground. Immediately afterwards, some Qing cavalry tied the Ming captives who had stripped off their clothes and armor behind their horses with ropes, and deliberately galloped back and forth on the sand and gravel ground in front of the defenders at the head of the city. Listening to the terrible screams of the Ming prisoners, the Qing soldiers present all laughed loudly.

Looking at the scene in front of him, He Tengjiao frowned, the muscles on his face trembled from time to time, the generals either gritted their teeth, their eyes were red or their faces were stunned and at a loss, while most of the civil officials' faces were full of panic, and some of the timid ones were even trembling in their legs.

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Outside the north gate, Kong Youde, Lan Bai and Zhang Yingxiang were on a small high ground while observing the situation in Changsha City, talking and laughing.

"I have long heard that He Tengjiao and the military generals in Changsha City are just a group of mediocre people, and what they said is true when I try it today!" Kong Youde straightened his beard and said happily, "It took less than an hour for our army to drive back to the city, and I didn't dare to fight easily!" ”

Lan Bai also laughed heartily: "What the King of Gongshun said is very true, if it weren't for the fact that our army had been exhausted after a long day's march, this city would have been taken by our army!" ”

Today's battle made Kong Youde and Lan Bai rediscover that familiar feeling, this is the original Ming army that they are extremely familiar with. After the easy victory, while the two enjoyed the joy, they also almost had a sense of unreality about the bitter battle that was close to yesterday.

"However," Zhang Yingxiang suddenly thought of something, his smile gradually closed, and said, "Gongshun Wang, Lord Melle Zhangjing, although the Ming army in the city is not vulnerable to a battle, but the pseudo-Ming general soldier Pang Yue is by no means a good type. In the near future, his troops and horses should also return to Changsha, and we still need to deal with it carefully. ”

Lan Bai snorted disappreciatively, and said: "The total number of the Ming Dog Pang Yue's troops is only 20,000, and there are a large number of auxiliary soldiers, relying on the camp fortifications built in advance, they may be able to succeed for a while. When they return to Changsha, Prince Yu will also lead the main force to join our army, and at that time, our army will attack from both sides, and it will be a dignified confrontation, and these 20,000 people are afraid that it will not be enough for our army to kill! ”

Although Kong Youde is burly and rugged, he is by no means a careless person, and after hearing Zhang Yingxiang's words, he gradually put away his smile, pondered for a while, and said: "What Mr. Zhang said is also reasonable. At the time of departure, Prince Yu had instructed us to block Pang Yue's troops outside the city before he arrived with the main force, and completely annihilated this great trouble of the Qing Dynasty. A few days ago, when he fought with him, the king found that the combat effectiveness of his troops was by no means comparable to that of the Ming dogs in the city. In order to live up to the great trust of Prince Yu, we really have to prepare early and deal with it carefully. ”