The enemy was gathering, and Yang Chao's soldiers slowly and automatically gathered, forming two camps, one holding on to the door and the other attacking outside, the difference was that Yang Chao's soldiers had been prepared for a long time and chased them to kill here, while the Tartars suffered heavy losses and fled here.

"Zhao Kang assigned people to block all the doors in front of them, and before we caught Tudor, no one should be let in!"

There are soldiers guarding the back house here, who dares to say that there is no one in the front hall, the movement is so big, the front hall must have been alarmed, if you rush over, attack from both sides, Yang Chao can only be defeated.

Therefore, let a small number of people guard the courtyard door, then there is a better chance of breaking into Duoduo's bedroom.

The frontal assault never stopped.

But by this time, the Tartars had already turned and formed a formation to resist.

However, they were still beaten and retreated, and they were constantly killed and wounded, because most of the Qing troops did not wear armor, and some did not even wear shoes.

On top of that, their numbers are not very large, only about 300 people, and they have just fled here, and at least half of them are dead.

One by one, the Qing army slowly retreated into the room, and the form was in their favor, because Yang Chao's forces could not be spread in a small place, and when the last Qing army also entered the room, the confrontation through the door began.

The outermost part of the Qing army was a group of soldiers wearing armor and holding swords and shields, and they were very skilled in martial arts, and most of the spear spurts on Yang Chao's side were blocked.

Soon the casualties on Yang Chao's side began to increase, because through the door, the other party began to shoot arrows.

After fighting for a quarter of an hour, he didn't even conquer this door, Yang Chao couldn't help but feel a little anxious, because he had already heard that there were also battles at several courtyard gates, and it was obvious that the Qing army had come to support him in the front hall.

If only there were cannons.

Yang Chao couldn't help sighing, not to mention the cannons, even if there are bird guns, a row of guns should be able to rush in.

Thinking of this, Yang Chao's heart suddenly moved. There are no cannons, no bird guns, don't you have homemade grenades yourself.

Although it is very bulky, although it is not far to throw. But it's a good time to use.

"Zhao Kang, let people take out the grenade! Throw it in! ”

The grenades brought by Wang Pu Yang Chao were not wasted, although he didn't bring much, but there were more than a hundred, enough for a pot of Tartar to drink.

Zhao Kang also suddenly realized at this time. He hadn't used anything like this, and he hadn't thought of it for a while.

So they beckoned from behind the formation, and the soldiers with grenades withdrew from the attack sequence one by one and walked to the rear.

Then a soldier rushed into a room with lights on and quickly took out a couple of oil lamps.

One by one, the soldiers picked up grenades, lit a three-inch arquebus, and threw them into the room.

The grenade passed over the heads of Yang Chao's soldiers, passed through the upper part of the door, and fell into the Qing army's formation.

Soon there was a bang. Several howls followed, but another grenade was thrown in.

By the time the tenth was thrown, the Tartars could no longer hold on, and they began to try to close the door, but the spears stabbed back and forth, and the door could not be closed at all.

Knowing that thirty grenades were thrown in, the soldiers in front felt the pressure relaxed, and the first soldier finally broke through the door.

Groups of soldiers rushed in, and what they saw was a house of ruins, with more than a hundred Tartar corpses lying on the ground. Half of them were not dead, but were bleeding and wailing on the ground.

These wailing ones are still wearing thick armor, and the armorless ones have long been beaten to pieces. There is no good place on the body.

The number of Qing troops who really escaped was only twenty or thirty.

Xie Fei took the lead this time and chased after those people.

When Yang Chao walked into the house, there was no one for a long time.

It was a large bedroom, and the battle took place in the compartment of the outer door, and there was also the inner room inside. Where is the place to sleep, of course, Dodor is long gone, but by the side of a large bed, there are four women huddled in the corner, shivering.

They were surrounded by a group of soldiers with weapons pointed at them.

On the other side of the bed, there is an open window behind which is a large garden.

Yang Chao couldn't help but feel a sense of regret, the attack was still a little late.

At this time, I had the heart to look at those women, who were disheveled, but it was difficult to hide their faces.

Legend has it that Duoduo is a pervert, and when he was in Liaodong, he also robbed the wife of the big traitor Fan Wencheng, and the traitor could only endure it, probably thinking that it was glory for the master to value his wife.

The question is whether these women were snatched by Duoduo in Yangzhou or brought from Beijing.

"Are you from Yangzhou?"

Yang Chao asked directly.

"Are you from Yangzhou?"

After asking twice, there was a woman who said in a trembling voice: "The little woman is from Yangzhou, and the soldier spares her life!" ”

Yang Chao repelled the soldiers and asked them to support the battle at the courtyard gate, and he and a few pro-soldiers stayed behind and continued to ask these women.

"Was Duoduo here just now?"

"Back to my lord's words, I was there just now, but after there was a noise outside, I ran away."

The woman said timidly, and pointed to the window.

Well, Duoduo did run.

"How many people are guarding here?"

Yang Chao continued to ask.

"Usually there are 3,000 people, but today there are only 1,000 people, and they all went out to loot."

There are only 1,000 people, and there are only four or five hundred people who were killed by themselves, which means that there will be no more than 500 people attacking the courtyard gate, and there are more than 1,000 people by themselves, so there is absolutely no need to be afraid, what you need to worry about is that after Duoduo goes out, will he reorganize the army and kill him back.

However, it is also possible that Duoduo was chased by his own people and killed directly.

"You know where Scofa is?"

Yang Chao didn't have any illusions about being able to occupy Yangzhou, so it would be good to sneak into the city at night and give the Manchus a blow, which could greatly boost the morale of the army, but it was a bit exaggerated to want to occupy Yangzhou with 10,000 people.

However, Yang Chao wants to snatch Shi Kefa out, if he can snatch out Shi Kefa, the first is to prevent the Manchus from making a fuss with Shi Kefa, and the second is also a big boost, Shi Kefa is the boss after all, if he is captured, he is rescued from the heavy guards of the Ming army, this is not enough to lift his spirit, although it is a flash after defeat, but it is better than defeat after defeat.

The women shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know.

"Your Excellency. So many women! ”

Zhang Dun smirked innocently and ran in.

"What woman?"

Zhang Dian laughed twice: "Beautiful woman." ”

"Let you go to Master Shi, what kind of woman are you looking for!"

Yang Chao glared at Zhang Dun and followed him to the place where Duoduo was closed.

Indeed a beautiful woman, very pretty. The degree is not inferior to the four beauties who sleep with Duoduo.

Held in several large rooms.

Apparently these are beautiful women who have been robbed by Dodor.

"I'm Yang Chao, the loyal and righteous Bo of the Ming Dynasty, does anyone know where Lord Shi Kefa Shi is?"

No one answered even after asking three times, and Yang Chao estimated that these women didn't know either, so they didn't have time to waste here.

So he said, "I know you were all robbed, you can go." ”

But the women were curled up on the ground. looked at Yang Chao with a frightened look, and no one dared to leave.

Yang Chao found that one of them was a little bolder, she was different from the others, she looked at Yang Chao with big curious eyes, and there was not much fear on her face.

"Come here."

Yang Chao singled out the woman.

The woman stood up and calmly walked in front of Yang Chao.

"You take these women and leave quickly, the Tartars will come back at any time, and Benjue will leave soon!"

The woman shook her head: "Lord Zhongyibo, if you let these people go now, you are killing them." ”

Yang Chaoqi said: "Why? ”

The woman sighed, "There is chaos outside. We're all little women, and we're not snatched away by someone else when we go out. Staying here is just one more Duo, and when you go outside, it is ravaged by tens of millions of soldiers. ”

Yang Chao really didn't think about it from the perspective of these women, although it is not a good thing to be snatched away by Duoduo, but being caught by the soldiers outside is the most terrifying thing right now, not to mention being ravaged, it may not be possible to survive or not.

Yang Chao asked: "You always have a family, take advantage of the chaos now." Ben sent someone to escort you home. ”

In fact, Yang Chao said that the feasibility is almost zero, after all, there are no less than 1,000 women imprisoned in several big houses, and they are sent home one by one.

The woman smiled bitterly: "Home." Where is there any home for people like us? ”

Yang Chao heard that the woman's tone was not quite right, and wondered: "Who are you?" ”

The woman said: "I have heard for a long time that Uncle Zhongyi is also a romantic person, don't you hear about Yangzhou thin horses?" ”

Yang Chao had an epiphany, no wonder there are so many beauties, Duoduo has only been in the city for three days, and it is unrealistic to grab so many beauties at once, it turns out that they are all thin horses. Obviously, Duoduo directly took a few of the teeth of the people who cultivated thin horses, so it was not surprising that there were so many people.

Yangzhou thin horses, like Qinhuai famous prostitutes, are local characteristics.

Renyazi bought girls from an early age, and then slowly cultivated, educated them in poetry, songs, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and waited until the 14th Five-Year Plan, and then sold, unlike Qinhuai famous prostitutes, Yangzhou Slender Horse's customer base is not prostitutes, but wealthy businessmen and dignitaries, they are trained to be concubines.

Buy a girl, raise to a teenager, during this period of money, manpower, material resources and hard work is still very large, so the risk is very high, whether you can make money, it all depends on the eyesight of the tooth woman, but the really famous tooth woman, but rarely misses, just like the clever martial artist knows how to look at the roots and bones of the disciples, three years old to see the old, these tooth women look at the little doll to know whether it is a beauty in the future.

So these women robbed by Duoduo are all beauties, although they dare not say that they are stunning, but they are definitely first-class, and they can be concubines for big families.

It's just that Yang Chao really can't take care of them, and he can't help sighing: "Benjue is powerless, I'm afraid I can't protect you!" ”

The woman sighed: "Since Lord Zhongyi has already entered the city, why do you have to leave?" Sun Tzu said: A hundred battles are won, and those who are not good are also good; The soldiers who surrender without a fight, and the good ones are also good. Therefore, the army is plotted, and the second is to attack the city. The little woman is foolish, the siege of the city is the lowest, and the siege of the city is the most difficult, and now the loyal and righteous uncle has already entered the city, why do you want to leave, and give up the city to you? ”

Yang Chao smiled: "You are not an ordinary thin horse, you are still a thin horse who can march and fight." To tell the truth, Benjue was a sneak attack into the city, and the troops he brought were less than one-tenth of the Tartars, but he was caught off guard by the Tartars, and when the Tartars came to their senses, Benjue couldn't please them. So Ben Jue had to take advantage of the Tartars to fight back and run for his life. ”

The woman suddenly sneered: "Loyal and righteous uncle is brave and invincible, but he doesn't want to be such a philistine!" ”

Yang Chao asked rhetorically: "If you are brave, you can't be a philistine?" ”

The woman smiled: "No, the soldiers are not tired of cheating, and the loyal and righteous uncle really has the talent of a general!" ”

Yang Chao suddenly felt that this woman was not simple, it was absolutely impossible to be a thin horse, there was no humility in the tone in which she talked to Yang Chao from beginning to end, and there was no awe in the eyes that looked at Yang Chao. It's like friends fellowship on an equal footing.

"Who the hell are you?"

Yang Chao couldn't help asking.

The woman smiled: "Uncle Zhongyi still sees it." The little girl Wei Shuzhen, the governor of Huaiyang, Wei Yinwen, is the father! ”

Yang Chao suddenly realized that it was the daughter of a governor, no wonder it was so natural to talk to himself. Because she was originally a young lady from an official eunuch's family.

Thinking of Wei Yinwen, Yang Chao couldn't help asking, "What is Lord Wei like now?" And where is Master Shi? ”

If you can find Shi Kefa, you can continue to fight the banner of Shi Kefa and gather the scattered troops nearby, if you don't have Shi Kefa, you can only rely on yourself.

Wei Shuzhen smiled: "My father has been martyred!" ”

Yang Chao was stunned. Wei Shuzhen was able to say with a smile that his father was martyred by hanging, which made Yang Chao sigh, but there was still a trace of deep sadness in her eyes.

"Miss Wei's Day condolences!"

Yang Chao comforted that Yang Chao was still full of respect for these civil officials who would rather commit suicide than surrender.

Wei Shuzhen smiled calmly: "Uncle Zhongyi lost his words, my father is a martyr and a whole festival, why mourn?" ”

Well, this Wei Shuzhen is obviously too influenced by Confucian etiquette, and it is an honor for his father to commit suicide.

"I don't know if Miss Wei has relatives in the city, this lord sent someone to send you over to settle down!"

Wei Shuzhen shook her head and said, "No need." The father's martyrdom for the country is a matter of ministers, and the little woman should also be martyred, which is a woman's business. However, with the wisdom and courage of loyalty. I don't dare to compete with the Tartars head-on, and the little woman is afraid that she will not see the day of revenge of the heavenly soldiers. ”

After speaking, although his face was flat, his eyes were already resolute.

Yang Chao wanted to persuade him, but he didn't speak. The woman had apparently been ruined by Tudor and had decided to die.

His father is loyal to the ministers and is responsible for guarding Yangzhou, Yangzhou City is broken and commits suicide to do the minister's affairs, and her daughter is out of order, and she also wants to commit suicide to do her wife's affairs. The moral standards of the Ming Dynasty, those who are courtiers are courtiers, those who are women are women, and those who are military generals are military generals.

Is it that he is also burdened with things?

Wenchen hanged himself to martyrdom, women hanged themselves to the whole festival, what about the military generals, should they charge into battle and the whole festival?

Obviously, Yang Chao is not a military general who meets the standards, morally he has no way to meet the standards, in fact, no one has a way, throughout history, there are so many people, Yue Fei and Guan Yu meet the standards, so they are martial saints, and in the Ming Dynasty, there is no one left.

Yang Chao couldn't help but be silent.

At this time, Zhao Kang walked in and reported the military situation to Yang Chao.

The Tartars in the forecourt abandoned the attack and withdrew from the Doge's Palace.

"We will also retreat and rush to Tongsi Gate immediately!"

On the west city wall of Yangzhou, there is only one city gate, called Tongsi Gate, Yang Chao's entry from the east city to the west city, to go out from the west city can only go through this Tongsi gate.

"But my lord, what about the possessions?"

Zhao Kang hesitated slightly.

Duoduo not only robbed some women, but also a lot of property, the overall wealth of Yangzhou City may not be as good as the capital cities of the North and South Erjing, but in terms of wealth concentration, Yangzhou really has to be the first.

In silver alone, there were millions of taels in Duoduo here, and hundreds of boxes were sprinkled around.

Now retreating, it is indeed a little reluctant.

Yang Chao shook his head and said: "Money and foreign things, tell the military, don't touch a penny!" ”

In fact, out of favor, you should let your subordinates make some money, but once a person carries a few hundred taels of silver in his arms, his desperate mind will fade, just like Duoduo has an army of more than ten or two hundred thousand, once these people start to rob, they can't be contained.

Saying that, Yang Chao turned around and was about to leave.

Wei Shuzhen sighed: "Uncle Zhongyi is really leaving. ”

Yang Chao said suddenly: "Miss Wei, please take care, if Miss can trust her, please wait for the Northern Expedition alive." ”

After speaking, Yang Chao strode out of the Governor's Palace. (To be continued.) )