After Hou Dong once reprimanded his two sons, he calmly went down to the city. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info guarding his family Ding Yimin has already fled, there are no defenders on the head of the city in Dongcheng, and the sound of the Qing army hitting the city gate can be heard clearly.

can't delay any longer, since the city of Jiading is broken, and it has affected the people of this city, let me Hou Dong apologize for his sin with death! Hou Yu once jumped into the river.

But for a person who knows how to water, how easy is it to drown himself, Hou Yu once fluttered involuntarily in the water, and heard the rampant laughter of the Qing army in his ears.

"Look, look at the clothes that are a big official, you have made a meritorious service!" A Qing soldier shouted in northern words, then jumped into the river with a puff, pulled Hou Dongzeng's hair and pulled it out.

Can't you even die if you want to? At this moment, Hou Yuzeng's psychology was extremely desolate. The numb was tied by the Qing soldiers' ropes, pulled behind the war horse and staggered and ran, and then dragged to the Jiading County Ya, where they were penetrated into the cell.

His clothes were torn to shreds, and his legs were ground and bloody when he was dragged by a war horse, but he didn't feel any pain at all. Looking at the light at the door of the cell, Hou Dong's heart was like ashes.

The shouts and screams were faintly heard, and Hou Dong knew that it was the people of the city who were being ravaged and slaughtered.

I don't know how long it was, maybe half a day, maybe only an hour, and suddenly the sound of firecrackers outside rang out, "The Ming army has come in!" The cheers came faintly, and a bright light flashed in Hou Dong's desperate eyes, where will the Ming army enter the city at this time? Could it be that Yue Guogong's army failed?

Hou Yu once endured the pain in his legs and climbed up, holding the iron fence with both hands to look out, but in the layers of prison, where could he see the situation outside. The desperate heart rekindled the flame of hope, and the brain was running fast. There is no Ming army that can rush to Jiading so quickly, except for Ren Siqi's Chongming army! And those who dared to fight hard with the Qing army had no semicolon except for the Chongming army. But didn't Ren Siqi leave with the army a few days ago? Could it be that he didn't go far at all, but lurked near Jiading! But since he didn't leave, why did he watch Jiading being attacked by the Qing soldiers. At this moment, Hou Tong was in a state of confusion, and his mind was full of questions that needed to be asked to Ren Siqi in person.

After a long time, the prison gate slammed open, and Hou Xuanyan, Hou Xuanyan and Hou Xuanjie, two sons of Hou Dongzeng, broke in crying. Seeing that his son was safe and sound, Hou Tong couldn't help but cry.

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In the county official hall, less than half of the more than ten squires who once led the righteous people remained, and five or six people sat on an official chair on the left side of the official hall. Hou Tong sat silently on the first chair on the left, and Jinshi Huang Chunyao sat beside him.

When the Qing soldiers broke through the northern city, Huang Chunyao's righteous people suddenly scattered, he and his brother Huang Yuanyao retreated into the city, the city was full of panicked people, Huang Chunyao's brothers had nowhere to go, and finally fled to the Xilin Nunnery, where they studied in their early years, and asked for a pen to write: "The widow Huang Chunyao cut himself in the Xicheng monk house on the first day of July in the first year of Hongguang. Alack! You can't enter the Xuanli Dynasty, and you can't hide yourself when you retreat. Reading is not beneficial, and learning is not successful. Undying, this is just the heart! The atmosphere of the other day is restored, and the Chinese scholars will see the light of day again, and those who talk about the world should know it in their hearts. “

When he finished writing, he found that his brother had already tied two ropes to the beam, and he chose one to hang around his neck, and was fluttering there.

Huang Chunyao smiled bitterly, climbed on the stool and put his neck into the rope, and was about to kick off the stool, when he suddenly heard the sound of fire in the city, and someone faintly shouted, "The Ming army has come in!" Could it be that the war has taken a turn for the better? Huang Chunyao hurriedly withdrew his neck from the rope and jumped down to hug his younger brother's legs, who were still fluttering.

"Yue Guogong, let the governor arrive!" Huang Chunyao stopped thinking about it, turned his head to look, and saw a young military general wearing a unicorn uniform walking into the official hall, followed by two burly guards with weapons in their hands.

Yue Guogong Ren Siqi! Huang Chunyao hurriedly stood up, and the other squires also stood up one after another to salute Ren Siqi.

Ren Siqi's purpose in convening the squires was to discuss what to do in Jiading City in the future.

After this battle, the main force of Li Chengdong's troops was basically eliminated, Li Chengdong was shot off his horse by Li Yuanyin and captured, and his subordinates fell into the vast sea of Chongming Army and tens of thousands of people in Jiading, more than 8,000 people were killed, and only a small number of people were able to escape from Jiading. The people of Jiading hated the evil green battalion soldiers, even if many green battalion soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered. The well-equipped Chongming army is the firm backing of the people, whenever there are green battalion soldiers trying to gather resistance, the Chongming army will use muskets to defeat them, and then the pikemen will sprint and kill these green battalion soldiers who have lost the leader of the array.

It wasn't until nightfall that the fighting gradually stopped. Early the next morning, Ren Siqi invited the surviving leaders of the righteous people, that is, the squires, to discuss what to do in the future.

"What is there to discuss, now that Yue Guogong is leading the army to recover Jiading, it is natural to renovate the city defense, recruit righteous people, correct weapons, levy food and salary, and prepare to fight again with the Qing army!" Hou Yu stood up and said angrily.

"Well, what Lord Hou said makes sense, I recommend Yue Guogong as the commander, Lord Hou as the supervisor of the army, reorganize the team, gather the righteous people of the county, and send troops to attack Taicang Prefecture." A gentry chimed in.

"What kind of fight is Taicang Prefecture, if you want to fight, you will hit Suzhou Prefecture. Gather the troops into Suzhou and meet with the righteous people of Suzhou! Another gentleman shouted.

Huang Chunyao didn't speak, but carefully observed Yue Guogong's expression, and found that when everyone said impassionedly about entering the army, he saw Yue Guogong Ren Siqi's brows frowning slightly. After these few days of fighting, Huang Chunyao has a deeper understanding of raising troops to fight, fighting a war is completely different from reading and writing articles, this kind of ability is not something that anyone can have, nor can he pull up a group of people to fight!

"I don't know what Yue Guogong thinks?" After everyone discussed for a while, Huang Chunyao asked Ren Siqi respectfully.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to lead the troops out of Jiading and return to Chongming!" Ren Siqi stood up, and his words made everyone uproar.

"Yue Guogong, now that Jiading has recovered, it is the time to forge ahead, why did you say the words of retreating?" Hou Tong asked with a grim face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, although our army won a battle this time, it also wiped out nearly 10,000 Qing troops. However, it was only the ordinary green battalion soldiers who were eliminated, and the Manchu Qing still had more than 200,000 troops in the south of the Yangtze River, including more than 40,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners. The wealth of Jiading Taicang is crowned in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty will never allow this place to fall into the hands of the Ming army. I estimate that in a few days, the Manchu army will attack from Hangzhou, and it will not be the luck of the people that the Jiading army will be in trouble.

Although our army is victorious, its strength is only a few thousand, how can it compete with the Manchu iron cavalry? The Manchu Qing Dynasty had just entered the south of the Yangtze River, and the army was in full swing, and it could not be matched at this moment. What we have to do is to conserve our troops, accumulate strength, and wait for the right moment. ”

"Hmph, it's a nice thing to say, it's not that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death, and I don't dare to fight with the Manchurians. What is the use of soldiers such as the imperial court? Hou Yu once said disdainfully.

"Brother Hou is cautious!" Huang Chunyao hurriedly stood up, stopped Hou Dongzeng from continuing, and turned to apologize to Ren Siqi.

"It doesn't matter. I will fight in Tongling, fight in Yangzhou, and rescue Jiading, whether I am greedy for life and afraid of death, the world will naturally have a conclusion. Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, cannot be discussed by those who read a few books, write a few articles, and sit and discuss the Tao. Ren Siqi's cold words came out, and he was so angry that Hou Yu was like thunder.

(To be continued.) )