The spring rain has been falling for five or six days, and finally stopped, and the spring sun shines in Yangzhou City, making people feel full of spring, and the mood is better.

The princess has now become Liu Lan's little follower, and she can't leave for a moment, and she won't bother Luo Jian and Shi Kefa anymore.

That day, I read Gu Yanwu's article in the newspaper, and after the princess returned home, she also began to pick up the pen and write, and after writing it, she gave it to Liu Lan to let her publish it in the "Yangzhou Semi-Monthly", which made Liu Lan cry and laugh.

"Sister, I can tell you, this article can only be published after the editor's review, five or six editors of the newspaper, they all need to agree before it can be done, I see that my sister's article is still immature, do you want to study more before publishing?"

Liu Lan had to tell the princess the truth, the princess's article was indeed very naïve, and it was really unreadable to be posted in the newspaper.

"Do you even have to review the princess's article?" The middle-aged eunuch spoke again.

"Everyone is equal in Yangzhou, and even the articles of the Metropolitan Governor and the Governor have to be reviewed by the editors, and if they don't agree, they can't be published." Liu Lan said dryly.

"It's good for her to go to a master, and she hopes that her article will be published in the newspaper. Sister, who do you think I should worship as a teacher? Inspector or Mr. Liu? ”

"Sister, let me tell you, our newspaper is not an article for everyone, our newspaper is used to enlighten the people, your foundation is not bad, you don't need to go to the apprenticeship again, as long as you read more, think more, accumulate more life, have your own knowledge and understanding of things, and write good articles." Liu Lan patiently said to the princess.

"That's right, sister, you have to take me out for a walk, we haven't gone to the perfume factory and garment factory you said yet."

Liu Lan was so entangled that she had no choice but to agree.

Liu Zhaoji of Xinyi finally waited for the long-lost sunny day, although he had to wait for a few days, and he could only march to Yizhou when the road was dry, but the military camp had already taken action.

The soldiers took out the white paper they had handed down, poured out the black medicine in their medicine pot and dried it, and then carefully ground it and poured it back into the medicine pot.

Yan Yingyuan's artillery unit had a heavier task, and in order to prevent the artillery from rusting, all the artillery was oiled when it rained, and now it was all wiped off one by one.

After waiting for the first division to make all preparations, it took another two days to wait, and the road was almost ready, and then the troops set off from Xinyi and marched to Yizhou.

It was about 150 miles from Xinyi to Yizhou, and Yan Yingyuan's artillery unit slowed down the march, and it rained for too long, and some roads were already soaked, and it was not possible to dry out in two or three times, and it took more than 5,000 people five days to rush to the outside of Yizhou under the pull of the horses.

Wu Sangui had long known that the Yangzhou army had rushed to Yizhou, and while sending people to Yanzhou to report to Tan Tai, he strengthened the walls of Yizhou and prepared for defense.

Yizhou City is not small, in Liu Zhaoji's eyes, it is similar to Xuyi City, and 5,000 men and horses can't besiege the city.

Liu Zhaoji, Huang Degong and other officers discussed and decided not to forcibly attack the city, but only to use firepower to attack the Qing army in the city.

Liu Zhaoji is not afraid of staying for a long time, just these five or six thousand people, there are five divisions in the rear to ensure the smooth operation, and it is not difficult to ensure it.

Liu Zhaoji set up camp three miles outside the city of Yizhou, a distance just outside the range of the Qing army's general's artillery.

Wu Sangui helplessly watched as thousands of people and horses outside the city were camping in a big way, there were tens of thousands of horses in his city, and he didn't dare to send people to attack, and he had an intuition in his heart.

By the time the first division was set up and encamped, it was already getting dark, and Wu Sangui felt that he had finally survived today.

Then what he didn't think about was that after the Yangzhou army had dinner, the artillery unit was idle, and he actually set up a cannon and fired a few shells at the city, he didn't know that this was the artillery test firing, but he felt that the Yangzhou army was too unreasonable, although a few shells didn't hurt many people, but the city didn't want to sleep peacefully tonight.

After a night of worry, Wu Sangui led his soldiers quietly up to the city tower early the next morning to see the movements of the Yangzhou army opposite.

In the camp of the Yangzhou army overnight, a high platform was erected, Wu Sangui saw at a glance, it was not shorter than the city wall, Wu Sangui couldn't figure out why the Yangzhou army was so far away from the high platform.

At this moment, Yan Yingyuan was standing on a high platform, carefully searching for targets in the city with a telescope, mainly looking for the general artillery of the Qing army.

Although the general cannon is no threat to the Yangzhou army now, the riflemen always have to get close to the city to shoot at the Qing soldiers, so the threat of this general cannon is great, and these things must be knocked out before the riflemen can get close to the city wall.

Yan Yingyuan found that the general's cannon was scattered on the city wall, which had to be fought one by one, and it really took a lot of effort, so he could only clear a section of the city wall first.

Coming down from the high platform, Yan Yingyuan told Liu Zhaoji what he had observed, and Liu Zhaoji felt that this could only be the case for the time being, and asked that people must be left on the high platform to observe the whereabouts of the Qing soldiers in the city at any time.

Yan Yingyuan returned to the artillery position about half a mile behind the camp and began to direct the artillery to aim.

This semi-direct, visible aim was much faster than intermittent sighting, and in less than five minutes, the guns were reported ready.

With Yan Yingyuan's order, thirty artillery pieces opened fire together, and a series of explosions suddenly sounded inside and outside the city wall south of Yizhou.

There are not many cannonballs that fall directly on the city wall, it is estimated that there are only one or two rounds, and those that fall outside the city wall have no impact, but those that fall into the city have blown up many Qing soldiers.

Wu Sangui has been waiting for the Yangzhou army to attack the city, and there are many people under the city wall waiting to prepare reinforcements to the city wall, but he didn't expect that the siege had not yet begun, and the cannonballs had already fallen into the city.

Yan Yingyuan personally commanded the two artillery pieces and kept staring at the position of the three general cannons that he was optimistic about just now, firing unhurriedly one at a time, Yan Yingyuan held a telescope and looked at the city wall, and from time to time issued orders to correct the shooting of Zhu Yuan.

However, now it is too difficult for the artillery to shoot at the point target, and Liu Zhaoji has been ordered to stop shooting, and the three general cannons are still on the city wall.

Liu Zhaoji saw that each artillery had already fired five or six shells, and felt that it would be a waste to fight any longer, so he stopped and did not send infantry to shoot, he was ready to do so today.

Wu Sangui saw that there was no movement at all after the Yangzhou army fired the shells, and he was a little confused about the intentions of the Yangzhou army, so he had to be stuffy in the city.

The Yangzhou army outside the city relaxed, and some soldiers actually hung their wet clothes on the wooden fence of the camp, which reminded Wu Sangui of the scene in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and thought that the Yangzhou army still used this set to lead me into battle, but there was no door.

In fact, the Yangzhou army really relaxed at the moment, except for a battalion of the first regiment that was ready for battle and was on duty, Liu Zhaoji ordered the troops to completely relax and rest, not to lead Wu Sangui to battle.

It wasn't until the third day that Yan Yingyuan finally knocked out several general cannons on the southern city wall, and Liu Zhaoji ordered the riflemen to advance to the city wall, but the shield was held firmly, and the range of some strong bows of the Qing soldiers was not close.

When the Qing soldiers on the city wall saw the Yangzhou army coming to the city wall, they immediately became nervous, and the city wall was already full of defending soldiers.

However, the Yangzhou army stopped at a distance of seventy or eighty steps from the city wall, and the firecrackers on the city wall looked at this distance, looked at the firecrackers in their hands, shook their heads helplessly, and shot a few arrows at the Yangzhou army with a few archers, but they fell to the ground more than ten steps away from the Yangzhou army, causing a burst of shame from the Yangzhou army.

The Yangzhou army quickly set up a formation, and a row of riflemen raised the rifles in their hands and began to aim at the city wall.

With the sound of a row of guns, a group of Qing soldiers fell on the city wall, and the rest were so frightened that they hurriedly lay down on the city wall, some hid behind the city stomping, and some were so frightened that they ran under the city wall, but they were driven back by the generals on the side of the city wall.

Wu Sangui had already hidden under the city wall, and when he saw the scene on the city wall, he shook his head more than once, how can he fight this battle in his heart?

The Yangzhou army saw that the Qing soldiers shrank back, but the whole team collected the troops, and on the way back, they kept singing military songs, and the passionate military songs reached Wu Sangui's ears, which made him feel extremely harsh.

This situation continued, and Wu Sangui felt that the Yangzhou army was not here to attack Yizhou City at all, but to bully him.

Wu Sangui sent someone to Yanzhou to report the situation in Yizhou to Tan Tai, and asked him to make a decision as soon as possible, because if this continues, Yizhou City will not be able to hold it.

Tan Tai, who received the report, had the intention to give up Yizhou, but the strategic position of Yizhou was indeed too important, if Yizhou was lost, the door of Shandong would be fully opened, and he could not afford this responsibility, although he was currently a popular man in front of the emperor's uncle and regent, I am afraid that Dolgon would also kill the horse by then, but he would not shed tears, Tan Tai thought to himself.

The last time Yili mentioned the loss of troops, Tan Tai had already reported to the imperial court Kuaima, and now the situation in Yizhou was critical, Tan Tai had to send Kuaima to Beijing to report again.

Last time Tan Tai's report Dolgon had already received it, although it was far from Yanzhou to Beijing, the Qing soldiers had already built a perfect post road, and it would only take four or five days to quickly defeat the horse, but Dolgon was a little overwhelmed when he heard the news.

I thought that the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty would be able to contain the Yangzhou army, but I didn't expect the warriors of the Yellow Banner to be slaughtered by the Yangzhou army in the rain, yes, it can only be called a massacre, because the Qing warriors were not able to get close to the Yangzhou army by half a step.

The news had been suppressed by Dorgon for several days, and he was really afraid that the news would spread and cause the capital to shake.

When Tan Tai's second news came, Dolgon felt that he could no longer hold back, and quickly summoned a group of ministers to discuss.

Sonny was dissatisfied with Dolgon's concealment of the defeat of Tan Tai's army, and complained a few times, and Dolgon could only bear it.

"Ministers, what can you do now?" Dorgon asked helplessly.

The ministers came up with ideas one after another, some said that they would send more troops to Shandong, and some said that they would give up Yizhou to preserve their strength, but Dolgon was very reluctant to hear it.

Fan Wencheng saw that Dolgon was about to get angry, so he walked out of the class, saluted a thousand times, and then said: "Qi Song Regent, the minister thinks that the Yangzhou army still belongs to the Southern Ming court, and my Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have signed a peace treaty, and the Yangzhou army violated the peace treaty and started a war, so we should ask the court in Nanjing for an explanation." ”

Seeing Fan Wencheng out of class, Dolgon held back his anger and patiently listened to him.

After listening to Fan Wencheng's words, Dolgon nodded thoughtfully.

"For today's plan, I had to send people to Nanjing as soon as possible, so that the Southern Ming court could force the Yangzhou army to stop attacking." Dorgon said helplessly.

"That's it, the minister thinks it's better to be sooner rather than later, and the last time he sent an envoy to Nanjing, he was able to curb the bill." Sony, after thinking about it, also said out of class.

Dolgon also considered it for a long time, which allowed Suppilon to rush to Nanjing as quickly as possible.

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