Early the next morning, Duoduo sent down the military order for the whole army to pull out the camp to the south, approaching Yangzhou City for ten miles and camping. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, he ordered Beleni Kantong to lead more than 10,000 Mengbaqi soldiers to gallop south, press Yizhen, and force Liu Liangzuo, who fled to Yizhen, to surrender.

In addition, Li Chengdong, a general, was sent as an envoy to Gaoyou to persuade Admiral Li Benshen and the general Yang Chengzu to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Li Chengdong, Li Benshen, and Yang Chengzu were originally all subordinates of Xingping Bo Gaojie. After Gao Jie's death, the three of them commanded Gao Jie's subordinates. Among them, Li Benshen is Gao Jie's nephew, and Gao Jie's son Xingping Boshizi and his wife Xing are all in Li Benshen's army. Duoduo promised before Li Chengdong's departure that as long as Li Benshen and others were willing to return to the Qing Dynasty, their respective official positions would remain unchanged and they would still command the original troops. The son of Gao Jie is still named Xingpingbo, of course, Xingpingbo of the Qing Dynasty.

Finally, he ordered Gongshun Wang Kong Youde to lead his subordinates to collect ships to form a naval army, waiting for an opportunity to go up the canal and seize the dock outside Yangzhou City, which was controlled by the Ming army, where a large number of ships were gathered. However, this was not an easy task, because Duoduo knew that the Daishan army that had come to attack the camp had a large number of warships, and they would not allow the Qing army to approach Yangzhou along the canal. Therefore, while Duoduo asked Geng Zhongming, the king of Huaishun, to assist Kong Youde, he also allocated more than 20,000 green battalion soldiers to Kong Youde who surrendered. Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were born on Dongjiang Phi Island, and many soldiers under them came from the Dengzhou Water Camp, so they were no strangers to the water army.

The Qing army of 100,000 approached Yangzhou, camped on both sides of the northwest, stood on the wall of Yangzhou, and could vaguely see the huge camp of the Qing army ten miles away.

In addition, several hundred Qing cavalry units galloped outside the city of Yangzhou, roaring back and forth. The most arrogant Qing army rode straight to the moat, laughed at the city wall, and then rode away before the Ming army in the city could react. The Ming army on the city wall was stunned and shocked to change color.

Standing at the head of the city and looking at it, there were beacons everywhere and gunsmoke everywhere, which was the Qing army burning, killing and looting.

Yangzhou at the end of the Ming Dynasty was already extremely prosperous, and Siyeli was densely populated. The Qing army came suddenly, and there were always people in the surrounding villages who did not have time to flee into the city of Yangzhou.

Seeing the arrogant appearance of the Qing army, the Ming army on the city wall of Yangzhou was all frightened, but there were also those who had commendable courage. Liu Zhaoji, the commander-in-chief, actively asked Shi Kefa for orders and led his troops out of the city to kill the Qing army and rescue the people. Shi Kefa was a little moved at first, and after discussing with his staff, he categorically rejected Liu Zhaoji.

Liu Zhaoji was not angry, and he couldn't resist Shi Kefa's order, so he came to Ren Siqi to discuss. Among the generals in the battalion, Ren Siqi has become the faint leader of the generals because of his earl title and many soldiers and horses. In Liu Zhaoji's opinion, as long as Ren Siqi is willing to tell Shi Kefa, Shi Kefa should not reject his face.

But what surprised Liu Zhaoji was that Ren Siqi actually agreed with Shi Kefa's order, is this still the same Su Lubo who brazenly attacked the Qing army camp a day ago without gaining a firm foothold?

"Uncle, can we just let the Qing army be arrogant?" Liu Zhaoji shouted angrily.

"General Liu, don't worry, it makes sense for the Inspector to give such an order." Ren Siqi said with a smile, although the camp of the Qing army is located on both sides of the northwest, and he has not camped outside the county seat where he is stationed, because the east of the county is the canal, Kong Youde's army has not yet taken shape, of course he does not dare to come to the city to be arrogant, but Ren Siqi has also heard about the movements of the Qing army.

"General Liu, think about it, the Qing army outside the city is all cavalry, we don't have many cavalry in Yangzhou, there are fewer soldiers sent to fight, there are more soldiers sent, people don't want to fight with you at all, you can't catch it, if it's too far away from the city wall, you are worried that it will be surrounded by the Qing army from the camp. So this battle can't be fought. ”

Liu Zhaoji naturally knew the truth of what Ren Siqi said, he actually had the idea of sending troops together with the Ladaishan army and letting Ren Siqi bear the responsibility of sending troops without authorization.

Daishan's firearms are sharp, as long as he can annihilate even a group of Qing troops wandering outside the city, he can divide dozens of heads. That's thousands of taels of silver, and after making war exploits, his official position may be able to rise to a higher level. Yesterday, the Daishan army received 150,000 taels of silver with white flowers, which made the generals really red-eyed.

But since Ren Siqi said so, Liu Zhaoji knew that his abacus had failed, so he could only go back in a huff.

Ren Siqi's reluctance to send troops naturally had his own considerations, and annihilating a small Qing army cruising outside the city would not benefit the situation at all. Moreover, the Qing army sent many small groups of cavalry to gallop outside the city, not necessarily without the idea of luring the Ming army out of the city. Although he didn't know why the Qing army didn't immediately attack the city, Ren Siqi also knew that they must be brewing bigger moves. Now there are only more than 100,000 Qing troops outside the city, and the Ming army of Liu Liangzuo, Li Benshen and other troops has not surrendered. Maybe the Qing army planned to destroy these Ming troops around Yangzhou first, and then go back to Yangzhou with all their might.

However, the later the Qing army attacked the city, the more beneficial it was to the Daishan army. Because the current Daishan Army is fully expanding its strength.

On the wharf square of the inner canal, a big flag fluttered high, and a civil official wearing a blue official robe sat under it, which was Shen Tingyang, who was responsible for recruiting strong people. Shen Tingyang was the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple in the Hongguang Dynasty, and he was a civil official of the fifth grade, although he did not go to the imperial court to serve now, but the official body was still there.

On Shen Tingyang's side, dozens of staff members from the General Shogunate were busy, all of them were from the General Staff Department and the Logistics Department, and they were temporarily transferred to assist Shen Tingyang.

In the huge square, thousands of people gathered, all of whom had come to apply.

A war closed the four gates of Yangzhou and cut off the livelihood of many ordinary people, especially those who relied on the docks to carry their livelihoods. The gates were closed, and there was no more goods for them to carry, and they could not earn copper coins. But who doesn't have a few mouths to be fed, and if they don't work, they won't have money to eat.

Now the Daishan army recruited strong men to help defend the city, promising to give 100 copper coins a day, which is more than the money they earned as coolies on the docks. Although it is dangerous to defend the city, it is possible to earn money to make a living, and the person in charge of recruiting the Daishan Army said that after being selected, in addition to 100 copper coins a day, he will also take care of a lunch, and if he makes a meritorious achievement, he will also be rewarded with silver. For example, if you kill a Qing soldier, you will be rewarded with 50 taels of silver, and if you kill or wound a person, you will be rewarded with 10 taels of silver. The silver of the white flowers has swayed many people's eyes, and many self-confident brave people have signed up, if they can cut off a few heads of the Qing army, then this life will not be worry-free!

In addition to recruiting strong men, the Daishan Army also recruited literate scholars to supplement the shortage of clerks in the shogunate, and now there are so many things that the original staff are simply too busy. However, the treatment for scholars is much lower, each person is only willing to give 50 copper coins per day, of course, this kind of treatment can't recruit those who read poetry and books, and Dai Shanjun doesn't plan to recruit them, just want to find some people who can read and write.

Outside the crowd, Shi Kefa's staff Yan Ermei silently watched the recruitment scene of the Daishan Army in full swing. Compared with the vigorous and resolute actions of the Daishan army, the efficiency of the cultural management system under Shi Kefa's jurisdiction is much lower, first of all, they did not even raise enough money, although there is still a large amount of money and grain in the Yangzhou treasury, but after rewarding Ren Siqi with 150,000 taels, there is not much silver left. And it is also necessary to distribute money and food to more than 20,000 troops in Yangzhou City, and a huge team of bureaucrats needs to pay salaries, and the money and grain in the government treasury do not dare to move at all. Who knows how long Yangzhou will have to defend, if one day the money and food cannot be distributed, the army will have to be chaotic.

However, it was not easy to collect money and food from the rich merchants, and so far only 10,000 taels of silver had been raised, which seemed to be a lot, but it could not do anything at all, because after being deprived by layers of officials, it would certainly not be more than one-tenth of the strong men that could be used to recruit strong men. Although the recruitment of strong men has not yet been carried out, from the situation of everyone competing for this position under Shi Kefa's curtain, Yan Ermei can almost see the results.

Looking at the vigor of the Daishan military system, and thinking about the twilight under Shi Kefa's curtain, Yan Ermei suddenly had a feeling that maybe it was not the supervisor Shi Kefa who could hold Yangzhou and turn the tide, but the Su Bo Ren Siqi and his subordinate Daishan army. (To be continued.) )