To Yang Chao's surprise, Mrs. Xing didn't mention Li Chengdong at all, and she didn't even know that Li Chengdong was arrested by Yang Chao.

"Uncle Yang, is this city undefensible?"

Mrs. Xing is most worried about this issue.

Yang Chao shook his head slightly, at this time he didn't think about the problem of whether the city could be defended or not, according to his experience in Haizhou, he thought that he could defend for at least ten days and a half months, and there was no problem at all to support until his reinforcements arrived.

Mrs. Xing was a little relieved, then hugged her son and invited Yang Chao to her inner hall.

It was still taboo to enter the widow's house, but Yang Chao had no such concerns at all, and followed Mrs. Xing in generously.

Mrs. Xing lived in a merchant's house, although it was not a garden, but it was also quite luxurious, with hundreds of rooms.

The merchants fled before the siege, so the house was given to Mrs. Xing's mother and son, and they were kept to protect them by Gao Jie's most central general.

This house is located in the new city, close to the city wall, a wall of the outside, is the bustling Dadongguan wharf, Yangzhou merchants from the Yangtze River into the canal, or from the north to the south, the first time is to get off the boat from Dadongguan, and then into the city.

Looking at the location of this house, it is estimated that it is such a businessman.

Walking through the second hall, through a round arch, and into the backyard of the house, Mrs. Xing walked all the way to a place that looked like a firewood house in the corner and walked in.

Yang Chao didn't know what Mrs. Xing meant, so he followed in.

This is a utility room, in which some crockpots, old furniture and other items are piled up randomly.

But when a cracked empty tank was removed, a three-foot plank of wood was exposed.

Madame Xing had the plank lifted, revealing a small hole that only allowed one person to enter.

"What is this?"

Yang Chao didn't understand what Mrs. Xing meant by letting herself look at things.

Mrs. Xing didn't answer directly, but said: "Uncle Zhongyi, this cave can lead to the outside of the city!" ”

Yang Chao immediately understood that this hole was Mrs. Xing's last hole card, and if the city was broken, she planned to get out of the city from here.

The reason why she told Yang Chao was to show a kind of trust, and it was obvious that she still intended to be tied to Yang Chao.

Yang Chao took her affection and said, "Thank you Madame for your trust." However, Madame may have a lot of worries, there is enough food and grass in the city, enough to feed for more than three months, and it is more than enough to hold out until the reinforcements arrive! ”

Mrs. Xing shook her head: "Loyal and righteous uncles must not be so careless. Whatever is pre-planned is immediately established, and if it is not pre-planned, it will be wasted. ”

Then he lamented: "Xingping Bo just didn't listen to the words of the concubine at the beginning, and rushed forward, which led to a failure!" ”

When the Qing army attacked Sizhou, Gao Jie threw almost all of his troops into a desperate gamble, and the result was a complete defeat. There was no chance of redemption, and Mrs. Xing suggested that he divide part of the main force in Xuzhou, and if Sizhou was defeated, he could retreat from Xuzhou to Yangzhou.

However, Gao Jie was reluctant to hold the territory in his hands, so he planned to gather all his forces to defeat the Qing army.

Yang Chao arched his hand: "I have been taught below." ”

However, there is no intention of accepting the suggestion at all.

Mrs. Xing couldn't help sighing, and then wanted to invite Yang Chao to a light meal, Yang Chao said that he had just eaten, and the military affairs were urgent, so he would not delay the time. I'm going to say goodbye immediately.

Mrs. Xing insisted, and Yang Chao had to sit at the same table with her and her son, but she was impatient.

Zhao Kang took 500 elite soldiers and personally sent Li Yuanyin to the Gaojie military camp, where more than 3,000 people had gathered at this time.

It seems that Li Chengdong's subordinates have collected a lot, and at the same time, they saw many people with large bags and small bags, and obviously looted a lot of property.

At this time, everyone saw that only Li Yuanyin came back alone, and several middle-aged generals immediately asked.

Li Yuanyin told them that Yang Chao beheaded Li Chengdong by military law.

Immediately, these people exploded.

Zhao Kang also announced that Yang Chao asked Li Yuanyin to temporarily take the post of Li Chengdong's commander-in-chief. Commander of the rest of the generals.

A few old guys were immediately unconvinced.

"Hmph, Li Yuanyin, no wonder you tricked your eldest brother into seeing that Yang Chao, I'm afraid you have already reassured him. Want to get me? ”

Li Yuanyin sighed: "General Du, I, Li Yuanyin, have a clear conscience, this is Uncle Yang's order, don't you believe it, just ask." ”

Du Yonghe snorted coldly: "Don't take Yang Chao to suppress Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu is not afraid of him." ”

Then his eyes were horizontal, glaring at Zhao Kang and the others. His eyes were full of ruthlessness: "Lord Yama, what are you waiting for, don't do it yet!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a burly, muscular iron armor bulging with muscles and beard on his face immediately pulled out his knife.

"Stop!"

Li Yuanyin shouted.

"Du Yonghe, do you want to rebel?"

Du Yonghe sneered: "Rebellion? Are our brothers still afraid of the opposite? ”

Zhao Kang didn't say a word, the soldiers behind him lined up in a wall formation, allowing the enemy to surround him, except for the outermost soldiers, the other soldiers were facing forward, not looking at the enemy on the left and right and behind him at all.

Zhao Kang also did not plan to change the formation, once the battle started, he was confident that he would take down the hundreds of people and the main officers in front of him.

Finally made a move, Du Yong and the leather armor elites on both sides suddenly rushed up.

Zhao Kang was not afraid at all, and the soldiers behind him immediately came up and immediately pressed over.

Li Yuanyin sighed: "Yuantai, Jianjie, do it!" ”

He suddenly shouted at the two young generals who had been hiding at the back, these two people were named Li Yuantai and Li Jianjie, and like Li Yuanyin, they were Li Chengdong's adopted sons.

Li Chengdong is a very strange person, when he rebelled, he slaughtered many large families, that is to those large families who are pampered, but he likes the white and fat children very much, and takes in many people, these three people are the best among them, and they have survived many years of war.

The attack behind him, coupled with the fierce attack of Yang Chao's elite soldiers in front, he was brave and unstoppable, and as soon as the spear entered and exited, he took away a life, and soon Du Yonghe's hundreds of elites were killed, and the rest all ran away.

"Big brother, what should Yan Keyi do?"

Yan Keyi was the big man nicknamed Lord Yama, who was pressed to the ground by several soldiers at this time, struggling.

Li Yuanyin shook his head lightly, slowly walked towards Yan Keyi, and waved away a few soldiers, but Yan Keyi didn't struggle.

"Uncle Yan, you and my father-in-law and brother, how dare my nephew make a mistake. Although Uncle Zhongyi let his little nephew command the whole army, how dare my nephew be good at it, so please ask Uncle Yan to come out and lead us. ”

Li Yuanyin's words were earnest.

Yan Keyi sighed: "Hey, what's this trouble!" If you can't get it, you should come, listen to you. ”

Yan Keyi immediately obeyed.

Li Yuanyin said: "That nephew is bold, and the enemy does not dare to shirk at present." ”

"Spare your life, Yuan Yin, Uncle is also angry for a while, and Uncle also thinks it is appropriate for you to take us. From now on, you will be the chief soldier. ”

Du Yonghe didn't charge forward just now, but was easily captured by Li Yuantai and Li Jianjie when he hid behind.

Li Yuanyin didn't speak, slowly walked in front of Du Yonghe, and suddenly stabbed in.

Then he ordered the whole army: "Du Yonghe intends to rebel and be killed by the general, if there is anyone who learns from Du Yonghe, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

Li Yuanyin said, his expression was decisive, although there was still a trace of unbearability between his eyebrows, but a slashing general had been born.

At this time, a huge cannon roared suddenly, shaking Yangzhou City again.

Zhao Kang could hear that the voice was coming from the gap.

So he immediately said to Li Yuanyin: "Chief Li Bing, you first straighten out the soldiers and horses, and go down to the officials to take a look!" ”

After speaking, lead the troops to the gap.

Yang Chao also heard the rumbling cannon, and he was bored to deal with Mrs. Xing.

However, hearing the sound of the cannon, Yang Chao was relieved, his location was in the east of the city, so there was no way to distinguish the distance of the cannon, and when he heard the cannonade, he didn't suspect anything else at all, he just thought that the Qing army had fired again.

This shows that the Qing army gave up attacking the gap, and the biggest gain of the artillery bombardment is just to open one more gap, Yang Chao just needs to divide the troops to deal with it, of course, this is also a disadvantage, Yang Chao has to divide the troops to defend, but it is not so easy to open a gap, the Qing army bombarded the gap, but the result of the bombardment, now the artillery is fired again, and the dawn may not be opened, as long as the day dawns, Yang Chao will be easy to defend, and Yang Chao predicts that Wang Pu's reinforcements should arrive tomorrow.

Counting the time, it was already two days late, and if Wang Pu hadn't arrived, he would have been punished.

"Uncle Zhongyi, the concubine has something to ask for!"

When Mrs. Xing heard the sound of the cannon, she was a little flustered, and finally began to get down to business.

Yang Chao nodded: "Madam, please say, you're welcome." ”

Mrs. Xing said: "Ask Uncle Yang, if the city is broken, please protect the dog, he is the only blood and blood of Xingpingbo, if there is a loss, the concubine really has no face to face Xingpingbo." ”

In Yang Chao's heart, there is no concept of city breaking at all.

There are more than 100,000 Tartars, and the elite is only 30,000 Eight Banners, and once their elite arrives, even if they don't have the ability to attack the Tartars, there is no problem in defending the city, otherwise there is no need to fight.

So Yang Chao said casually: "Madame, don't worry, this lord swears to protect the son!" ”

Mrs. Xing was satisfied.

After another moment, suddenly the eastern part of the city was also a little flustered, and Yang Chao felt that something was wrong.

Someone went out to check, and came back to say that a shell had landed on a house and smashed down the courtyard wall.

But there was only one shell, and Yang Chao didn't care about it in his heart, it must have been a stray bullet, but it was really amazing that it could be hit here from outside the city, and he felt that the quality of the red-clothed cannon of the Tartar was really good, I don't know if they made it themselves or robbed it.

At this time, Mrs. Xing had already asked people to withdraw the banquet, but Yang Chao was still left to drink tea.

Yang Chao was about to refuse, when suddenly a soldier broke in, it was one of Yang Chao's personal soldiers.

"My lord, it's not good, the Tartars have entered the city!"

Hearing this news, Yang Chao couldn't help but be shocked, and he didn't expect it at all, how could this happen!

Immediately did not dare to stop, with a hundred personal soldiers who followed him, he immediately rushed to the edge of Xinnan City, and at the same time asked the personal soldiers to explain the situation in detail.

It turned out that the Tartars had really entered the city, and it was from which gap they entered, and the most elite Bayara of the Tartars attacked, and many of the men who defended the gap suffered heavy losses, and they were already heavily surrounded. (To be continued.) )