Duoduo, the king of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, entered Yangzhou City, but when he saw Yangzhou, which was already a dead city, he couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.

Nearly 100,000 soldiers were lost, tens of millions of taels of food were spent, and the most important thing was that the 200 powerful artillery pieces he had worked so hard to get were also lost in this battle, at an unprecedented cost, but only an empty city.

As soon as the king of Dingnan ran to the territory of Tianchang County, he heard that the champion army had withdrawn and Duoduo's reinforcements had also been stationed in Yangzhou, so he stopped, and in extreme panic he led five or six thousand remnants of the defeated army to find the original way to come to Yangzhou to find Duoduo to hand over the order.

Standing on the ruins of Yangzhou City, Duoduo stood with his hands in his hands, his whole body was trembling, he really wanted to kick Kong Youde who was kneeling in front of him to death.

"The slave is guilty, the slave is guilty, and he has failed the expectations of the prince, please punish the prince"

Kong Youde pounded his head like garlic, panicked.

Punish? Duoduo even has the heart to kill him, you old boy should not be too much to cut with a thousand knives, half of the strength and financial resources of the Great Qing Kingdom were squandered by your old thing in a battle, you are really generous, but Duoduo can't kill him, at least he can't face Kong Youde's radical behavior in front of a group of Hanchen and Han generals, the hearts of the Han army are on Kong Youde's side, this point, Duoduo knows.

"King Dingnan, this king handed over 100,000 elites to you, but it turned out to be like this, how can you let me explain to the court?"

Kong Youde kowtowed, his palms covered with sweat.

"The slave was careless for a while, and fell into Shi Kefa's plan to invite the king into the urn, lord, this Shi Kefa, with his example as bait, did not hesitate to die to lead my army into the city, I ......"

Duoduo pulled him up from the ground, saliva sprayed all over his face, and said angrily, "Are you a pig brain?" In vain, you are also a veteran with troops. You can't even see through this little trick? 100,000, 100,000 elites, half of this king's life was squandered by you in a war, you say this is called carelessness? Believe it or not, I slaughtered you."

Looking at Duoduo's distorted face, Kong Youde trembled with sweat in his head. "Fortunately, Yangzhou, Yangzhou has been captured, and Shi Kefa's death is enough to make Nanjing frightened"

Dordor threw him to the ground, "What's the use of this king wanting a dead city?" What is the use of Shi Kefa? Tell you, if the regent knows about this, more than 100 members of your family will die."

Kong Youde's soul was scattered, and he hurriedly crawled to the feet of Duoduo, crying. "Prince, save me, save me, I am loyal to the Qing Dynasty, so many years to the prince, you saddle the horse and horse, everything is from where, please the prince must try to protect my Kong-style door, protect the life of the slave"

When Duoduo saw his old face, he thought of the pain of a hundred thousand elites being ruined. Save you, who will save you.

"Kong Youde. Remove him from the post of commander of the Southern Expedition, come and send the king of Dingnan back to Beijing and hand it over to the regent for processing."

Duoduo turned away and ignored him.

"Lord Wang, you can't. You can't hand me over to the regent."

"Get out!"

Kong Youde was escorted away by his own soldiers, and at this time, Aixin Jueluo. Nikan came happily, he had been temporarily transferred from the tent of Azig who had gone west to conquer Dashun, and was now under the rule of Duoduo.

Nikan is in high spirits. Young and promising, he is a rare rising star in the Qing court royal family, about the same age as Wang Lanping, don't look at his age, but his military exploits and qualifications are much stronger than Wang Lanping, this is not only with his noble bloodline of love Xinjueluo, fighting in Liaodong, conquering Korea, and after entering the customs, he assisted Dolgon to clear out the Ming Dynasty, Dashun and a large number of bandit forces around Beijing, and made great achievements.

Later, he followed Prince Ying to the west of Dashun, stayed in Taiyuan Mansion, and when the battle in Yangzhou had not progressed, Duoduo asked the imperial court to transfer him to Sizhou to participate in the battle of the Southern Expedition.

Nikan waved his hand and told his entourage to step back.

"Uncle Fifteen, why do you want to be more a slave to control your anger, according to the little nephew, this matter is not a big deal"

Duoduo was the fifteenth son of Nurhachi, and he was Nikan's uncle by generation.

Duoduo's anger did not subside, and he snorted softly, "No big deal? You said lightly, boy, don't be schadenfreude, uncle can tell you, you and I are in the same boat now, if the imperial court decrees a thorough investigation of the war in Yangzhou, you can't eat and walk around."

Nikan slapped his trouser leg with the horsewhip in his hand, as if nothing happened, and said with a smile, "Don't scare me, if you want to kill my head, it won't be my turn to kill my little nephew."

"Kill the head? Joke, this king is ********, who dares to kill me, how? You don't want to fold it to the court, do you?"

Nikan smiled, "Uncle, you also underestimate your nephew, am I the one who stabbed the knife in the back, besides, what good is this for me" As he spoke, Nikan leaned in and said softly, "Uncle, don't take things too seriously, you forgot, Yangzhou City can be at our feet, the Yellow Dragon Banner of the Qing Dynasty is planted in the city of Yangzhou, this is obvious to all, fighting, how can there be immortals, isn't it just 100,000 soldiers, these years, three-legged toads are not easy to find, two-legged soldiers, all over the ground, what do you say, my fifteenth uncle?" ”

Duoduo was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: Good boy, it turns out that you have already guessed the mind of the fifteenth uncle.

"This, you want to turn defeat into victory?"

Nikan waved his hand hurriedly, "Don't, it's such a big hat, my nephew can't wear it, I didn't say anything, and you didn't hear anything."

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Suddenly, Duoduo shouted, "Come to the court, report to the imperial court, the Qing warriors, the world is invincible, the slaves Duoduo, live up to the hope of the saints, live up to the expectations of the regent, the slaves have been in the first year of Shunzhi on the tenth day of October, capture Yangzhou City, behead the Ming Governor Shi Kefa, break the enemy 80,000, in addition, the slaves want to ask the emperor and the regent for guilt, Yangzhou battle, the Eight Banners warriors fought bravely, the army attacked the city, the front and back street battles for ten days, the whole city of Yangzhou is a million soldiers and civilians, the soldiers and the people are mixed, and the soldiers and men are mixed together, and the slaves are not distinguishable, but they ordered to kill the whole city, and the heart of the Jiangnan resistance to the Qing Dynasty, After the war in Yangzhou, the slaves were not well fed and the troops were poor, so they asked the emperor to issue a decree, and the quasi-slaves returned to Huai'an to recuperate, waiting for another battle.

Yangzhou, who wins and who wins, no one can tell, Wang Lanping beheaded 100,000 Qing soldiers and returned, it seems to be victorious, but Yangzhou is also lost, Duoduo to 100,000 elite price in exchange for an empty city, seems to be defeated, in fact, after this battle, there is no Ming army in the Jianghuai area.

But there is one person who must have failed, and he has been defeated.

Kong Youde and a few personal soldiers just walked out of Yangzhou when they were caught up by a few fast horses.

"King Dingnan. Prince Yu sent a small one to see him off, prepared a pot of water and wine, and wished the prince a smooth journey."

Kong Youde was very calm, and snorted, "Those who should come will always come, Prince Yu can be regarded as giving me face." Okay, give it to me, Brother Lao told the prince to try to take care of the slave family."

Kong Youde drank into his stomach, and after a while, he stood up and got off the horse, and several of his personal soldiers who followed him were also killed.

Subsequently, Duoduo added another sentence in the good news, and the king of Dingnan took the lead. Died in the battle under the city of Yangzhou.

The current Yangzhou City is useless to Duoduo, tens of thousands of troops are here, they want to eat or drink or not, seeing that the winter snow is coming, the whole city can't even find a decent house, and the Ming army is too ruthless, and the walls are clear. The whole army could only retreat to Huai'an to recuperate.

**

Wang Lanping's army retreated to Zhenjiang Water Village. This was originally the base camp of the Ming Yangtze River Water Division, and it was the station of Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity of the Ming Dynasty. Before leaving, I didn't forget to put a big fire in this water village, which burned so that the water village was empty, and there was nothing left.

When the hungry champion army retreated here, Wang Lanping was still unconscious, and the army was temporarily led by several commanders. Returned from Yangzhou, and didn't have time to bring anything back.

Wang Lanping's whole body was full of high fever and did not go away, and he was confused from time to time, and vaguely, Jiangbei spies came to report, saying that Xu Dingguo and more than 2,000 Yangzhou soldiers were surrounded by Qing soldiers, suffered heavy losses, and were captured in battle, and Xu Dingguo had surrendered to the Qing soldiers.

The champion army, no one is disgusted by this news, General Xu led the army to fight alone, and he was able to hold on until the champion army crossed the river, he was already everyone's savior, who could criticize him again for why he would surrender.

After staying in Zhenjiang for a few days, Wang Lanping's high fever finally subsided, at least he was able to sit up, and the three arrow wounds on his body were slowly recovering.

But the current situation Wang Lanping is a little worried, no matter how many Qing soldiers are killed, Yangzhou City is indeed lost, not only Yangzhou is lost, but the entire Jiangbei defense line is also lost, Shi Kefa died in battle, Xu Dingguo surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the Yangzhou soldiers were wiped out.

At the turn of the Ming and Qing dynasties, coinciding with the global Xiaoice period, winter came early, the temperature was very low, and all the trees withered early.

The river wind is very strong, blowing the whole body cold, the champion army is still in autumn when it goes north, this will, it is almost winter, the whole army is still wearing thin military uniforms, in the desolate water village, the soldiers light piles of bonfires, and sit around with weapons to keep warm.

The important generals of the whole army of the champion army sat around Wang Lanping by the bonfire, not far away, the river was surging, and the north of the river was hazy.

Song Dali stood up, slapped the sand on his buttocks, and said angrily, "Master Hou, we have been crossing the river for five days, what are you doing here, I haven't eaten or drunk, my crotch is hard from the cold, I can't wait for this crime, we have been fighting hard for a month, so many brothers have died, but we have to suffer this bird crime, what do you want, those officials and masters in Nanjing eat and drink spicy food, why, we have to go back"

Zheng Sen tugged at him, "What are you anxious about, when will you return, the commander has his own opinions, sit, sit down"

Song vigorously shook him off, looking impatient.

Fang Guoan held a branch in his hand, fiddled with the fire in his eyes and said, "Commander, Brother Song's words are a little rougher, but he is not wrong, we can't wait any longer, the food in the army is a matter of these two days."

Cao Dingjiao said, "Well, the people who were sent ashore to buy grain these days haven't bought much grain, and when Liu Kongzhao left, he robbed all the area, and the common people hated it more when they saw our officers and soldiers than when they saw the bandits, and they scolded people wherever they went."

Song Dali clapped his hands, "Then that, I heard it, let's work hard, but it stinks on the street, where to reason?"

Chen Wanliang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "The world is difficult, people's hearts are not ancient, and their mouths grow on other people's bodies, what can I do, it's just a pity, my five thousand brothers can't even go home with corpses."

When Song Dali heard this, his heart also hurt, "But no, Song Xian, how many rabbit cubs are still alive in our Fengzi camp?" ”

"It's all dead" Song Xian sighed, his face full of regret for the eight thousand soldiers of the Fengzi Battalion.

Fengzi battalion is the heaviest loss of a battalion in the champion army, when crossing the river, the whole battalion of heavy cavalry plus Xiao cavalry a total of about 8,000 cavalry, and Zhang Wenchuan a battle, was disabled and then from Yangzhou recruits to supplement some recruits, now it is gone, there may be less than a thousand horses left, it can be said that the whole battalion is annihilated.

'Cough, cough'

Wang Lanping leaned on the stone, every time he coughed, his body couldn't help but tremble, he was too seriously injured, although the three arrows were not fatal, but this injury would not be healed for a while in this kind of place.

"Don't make any noise!" Wang Lanping's face was full of sickness, and he coughed while clutching his chest, "Song Xian, you, how are your injuries?"

Half a month ago, Song Xian was trapped in Zhang Wenlian's army, with three knives and four arrows in his body, but fortunately, he had a big life and did not die.

Song Xian hurriedly got up and came behind Wang Lanping, patted him on the back and said, "I'm fine, Governor"

As he spoke, Song Xian lifted Wang Lanping's collar and glanced at the arrow wound, he couldn't help but be stunned, gasped, and the wounds festered.

Although there are military doctors in the army, the medicinal materials have long been used up, and if there are injuries, they can only stand up, and they have been suffering for a day, and there are more wounded soldiers in the army, and these days there are wounded soldiers who die almost every day due to lack of medical treatment.

Song Xian didn't dare to apply, so he hurriedly changed his face, pretended to be okay and covered the wound again, and asked casually.

"Commander, when do you plan to return to Nanjing?"

Although the champion army fought in Yangzhou, it was still the army of the Nanjing garrison yamen, and their station should be in the city of Nanjing, of course it was not okay to stay here all the time.

Wang Lanping moved casually, and the cold sweat in his head came down, and he propped his hands and leaned up.

"Don't worry, go back like this, our fate is not as good as Shi Kefa, I have already sent someone to send a letter to Nanjing to Zhang Huangyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, he will find a way to pass this pass for us"

Zheng Sen knew this Zhang Huangyan, "He? How can he help me? ”

Wang Lanping said, "Losing the city and losing the land, such a big thing, the court has to find a substitute for the dead ghost, let's hit the tip of the gun, I asked Zhang Shangshu to pave the way for us in the Manchu Dynasty civil and military first"

Song Dali was anxious when he heard it, "Most of the world has been lost, who is responsible, why do we have to die if we lose Yangzhou, Emperor Lao Tzu is blind, how many Tatars have our champion army killed, oh, now that the Tatars have retreated, Nanjing is not in danger, but we are looking for us to settle the account of Yangzhou, and there is no heavenly reason"

Wang Lanping glared at him, "The emperor is also something you can scold when you open your mouth?" What's the use of saying this, Yangzhou is lost if it is lost, and this responsibility cannot be shirked"

Song Dali said angrily, "Then, let's wait for Emperor Lao Tzu to kill here?" ”

Wang Lanping said, "You sit down for me, the emperor is in the deep palace, how can he know this, I am only afraid that Ma Shiying will fall into the well and take this opportunity to get rid of us, so I asked Zhang Shangshu to help us find the emperor to petition first."

Song Xian has seen Emperor Hongguang, looking horizontally and vertically, this grandson doesn't look like an emperor, how can he have the slightest emperor spirit, it is too difficult to count on him to be sage.

Song Xiandao, "What the emperor does, it's not up to Ma Shiying to listen, what ideas can he have?"

Suddenly, Song Dali clapped his hands, "Damn, since everything is dead, I am willing to cut my body, dare to pull the emperor off the horse, simply, let's rush directly into Nanjing City, and slaughter Na Ma Shiying with one knife, Governor, by the way, you sit on the dragon chair, let's ......"

Wang Lanping didn't expect this kid to be stunned like this, but since he said it, it was just right to try everyone's reaction, so Wang Lanping couldn't say a word.

The surrounding generals were not surprised by Song Dali's words, as if there was a trace of pleasure when they heard this, and their blood rushed to their brains when they thought about it, besides, this emperor is not uncommon now, who said that there are no two days, there are seven or eight emperors this year, and there are Chongzhen Emperor, Shunzhi Emperor, Dashun Li Family Three Emperors, Daxi Zhang Emperor, God knows how many will come out in the future.

In the troubled times, what is the emperor, the strong soldiers and strong horses get it, everyone in the Ming Dynasty is robbing, why do we have to die for the Zhu family, the brothers are dead, not to mention, it is not good.

But among this group of people, only Zheng Sen was really angry, he stood up suddenly, pointed at Song Dali and said, "Song Dali, you dare to rebel?" (To be continued.) )