At the beginning of the morning sun, the pleasant and soothing sun shines on the devastated Yangzhou City, the former glory is gone, a few months ago the streets were full of dead people, the whole city could not even find a complete house, in the sky, from time to time flew a group of black crows, one by one to eat the belly bulging, the whole city was filled with the lingering smell of blood.

Wang Lanping stood on the ruins of the Governor's Mansion full of broken bricks and rubble, the soldiers were busy digging out the corpses under the rubble, and beside Wang Lanping, there were more than 20 corpses of Shi Kefa's own soldiers neatly stacked, most of which were smashed beyond recognition by the collapsed walls.

Xu Dingguo, the commander of the Yangzhou garrison who had woken up, couldn't care about the pain on his body, and kept digging in the ruins, silently saying in his heart: Don't find it, don't find it, don't ......

"Here, here"

Suddenly, someone pointed to a corner of red clothes that were pressed by broken bricks, and shouted loudly, this is the official uniform of the Ming Yipin Officer, who else in Yangzhou can wear this official uniform except Shi Kefa.

Xu Dingguo hurriedly ran over, trembling his hands, laboriously picking up the broken bricks, his eyes were closed, and Shi Kefa, who was pale, was lying quietly in front of him, and he had been out of breath for a long time.

"Supervisor, it's too late for the end" Xu Dingguo burst into tears, knelt down on his knees, and all the surrounding Yangzhou soldiers also knelt down.

Wang Lanping walked over, feeling guilty, lifted his armor, and kowtowed three times to Shi Kefa's body, Shi Kefa deserves the admiration and memory of the world, the place where he fell is the handsome hall of the Yangzhou Governor's Mansion, and he did not leave a step until he died, and truly coexisted with Yangzhou City. Loyal martyrs for thousands of years, heroic spirit lasts forever.

"The old superintendent of Yangzhou. Unexpectedly, he was martyred here, and Lan Ping was grief-stricken. The elder of the pavilion died in battle, the Ming Dynasty lost its pillars, and the three armies lost their commanders, where is the secretary of the army? ”

"The Lower Officials Are In"

"Six hundred miles rushed to Nanjing, the eighth day of October in the year of Jiashen, more than 70,000 people besieged Yangzhou, Yangzhou Governor Shi Kefa resisted according to the city, and killed 5,000 enemies under the Tongsi Gate, it was night. Yi drove 200 artillery pieces to collapse the west city, the city defense was lost, Shi Kefa led the troops to retreat into the city, fought in the streets for a day and night, killed 50,000 enemies, Yangzhou 30,000 defenders only 2,000 remained, Shi Kefa martyred in the hall of the superintendent, Shi Gong's virtue through the ages, Shi Gong's loyalty. Brilliant Ming, the soul of Shi Gong, the name of history, Nanjing garrison Governor Wang Lan Ping's bones. Buried in the place where Shi Gong's soul returned, the soldiers of the three armies begged for the court's grace and commendation, so as to show future generations. to inspire the subjects of the world"

The clerk wrote them down one by one.

When the officers and men around heard this urgent report, they wept silently.

Xu Dingguo actually understood why Shi Kefa would rather die than leave Yangzhou. All this is to complete Wang Lanping's annihilation of Tatar and use his example as bait. gave the champion army this world-famous fighter plane, in order to make Nanjing's ****** glorious again, Zhongxing Daming, he only wanted to die to repay the world.

Xu Dingguo did not blame Wang Lanping's actions, as a general, he knew that this was also a difficult decision of last resort and could maximize the killing of the ground and minimize his own casualties.

Now I heard Wang Lanping's military report to the imperial court, but there was no word about the achievements of the champion army, which was enough to comfort the tens of thousands of souls.

Xu Dingguo knelt on the ground, turned around, arched his hand at Wang Lanping, did not speak, and his gratitude was overflowing.

Wang Lanping stood up, helped Xu Dingguo up, and said, "General Xu, Shi Gong's future affairs will be handed over to you, the war is urgent, everything is simple, since he would rather die than leave here, let's fulfill him, come here, break the ground on the spot, and let the elder of the pavilion enter the ground for peace."

Xu Dingguo nodded tearfully.

At this time, the commander of the Huaiyuan battalion made Fang Guoan come quickly.

"Report, Commander, the champion army has assembled at the West Gate, and can launch an attack on the Tatar camp at any time."

Wang Lanping nodded, turned his head to Xu Dingguodao, "Old general, it is advisable to chase after the poor man, I will leave here, take care"

Xu Dingguo suddenly changed his color, "Shi Gong died in battle, how can I survive as the commander of the Yangzhou garrison, let me go too, the old man still has three thousand brothers in his hands, I am willing to go with the general to comfort the old heroic soul of Shi Ge"

Wang Lanping turned over and got on his horse, "You have shed enough blood, leave some blood for the Yangzhou soldiers, old general, take care"

Xu Dingguo's heart fluctuated violently, and he arched his hand with difficulty, "May the general's banner be victorious"

Wang Lanping waved his hand, "Let's go!" ”

Outside the west gate of the ruined Yangzhou City, tens of thousands of soldiers of the champion army were arrayed in front of the city gate, the battle flags were stained with blood, and the whole army was silent.

Wang Lanping rode through the array, there were only so many left, and overnight, how many loyal souls did not return home.

Last night, there was a bloody battle, 50,000 beheadings, and the losses of the champion army itself were also terrifying, but fortunately, the commanders of the battalions were still alive.

Wang Lanping asked Fang Guoan, who was following behind, "How much is the loss?" ”

Fang Guoan's expression was solemn, and he sighed, "I'm afraid that there are no less than 10,000 people, especially the 6,000 people in the Fengzi Battalion guarding the West Gate, there are already less than 800 brothers left."

Simon had endured the internal and external attacks last night, and the battle was the worst of the camps, and if they had not been so stubbornly blocked here, last night would not have been able to accomplish this great accomplishment.

Ci is not in charge of the army, even though Wang Lanping is heartbroken by the death of tens of thousands of soldiers in the champion army, but he can't show it, a general has achieved ten thousand bones, as a general, he can't let his soldiers see any of his decadent color.

All the soldiers and horses of the champion army are here, the total strength does not exceed 20,000, under the sun, the battle flags are flying, the morale is high, and the aftermath of the great victory is still there.

Wang Lanping didn't give an order, he was waiting.

Finally, several fast horses came galloping from outside the city, which was the sentry of the champion army.

"Report, Commander, it has been found that there is still no fighting in the Ming army position in the area of Jinniu Mountain, and the entire camp is safe and sound."

Wang Lanping breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the 50,000 horses of Dinghuai Hou were still stationed there, guarding the side where Kong Youde fled to the west.

With this guarantee, Wang Lanping finally gave the order for the whole army to attack.

"Fengzi Battalion, Song Xian, Song Dali, and An Yuan Battalion Chen Wanliang, order the three of you to set off immediately, go around to the north side of Kong Youde, and fortify Zhaoguan where he fled north, and not let a single soldier go over."

The three of them came out to answer, "Yes!" ”

"The rest of the generals. Follow me straight to Kong Youde and the Chinese army Dazhai, I know. You are all tired, but the Tatars are even more tired. Although their strength is twice as large as ours, but it is only a group of frightened remnants of the enemy, you, you have just killed 50,000 Qing soldiers, don't let the knife in your hand stop, take advantage of the victory to pursue, set off"

The soldiers of the whole army, the armor is shining, and the battle flag is whistling. Looking for Kong Youde's return route, they swarmed away.

**

Qing army camp

Kong Youde hung his head and sat on the steps in front of the handsome tent, and the surrounding battalion governors were all scattered, everyone was expressionless and indescribable.

Who would have thought that an army of 70,000 would be able to fight like this under the cover of 200 cannons, and this defeat would be too unexpected.

"Report, big handsome. The Ming champion army has been killed towards the camp, and the sentry cavalry has detected that at the key road crossing on the north side, a large number of soldiers and horses of the Ming army appeared. Fortifications are being constructed"

Kong Youde was so shocked that even the helmet in his arms rolled to the ground, "What? Kill it here, quick. Resist the enemy, resist the enemy"

The Qing generals were also shocked when they heard this. The haze of death last night still hung over their heads, and they heard the words 'champion army'. Their scalps were numb and they were panicking.

Kong Youde knew that he couldn't be chaotic now, the siege defeat was small, at least nearly half of the troops were still preserved, victory or defeat was a common thing in soldiers, and he could make a comeback if he had the opportunity.

"Panic, panic what?" Kong Youde calmed himself and shouted loudly, "The camp is indestructible, we still have 40,000 soldiers who can fight, where are the reinforcements of Zhao Dutong and Prince Yu?" ”

"Half an hour ago, the sentry came to report, saying that it had passed Xinghua County, Gaoyou Prefecture, and it was half a day's journey away."

Kong Youde's heart is a little decided, as long as he holds on for half a day, he can attack the champion army inside and outside, and turn defeat into victory.

At that moment, Kong Youde took out all the silver salaries in the army, and scattered them to a clean light, he wanted to use the silver to stabilize the army's heart, and he could hold on for half a day.

But at this moment, silver is nothing for a group of frightened Qing soldiers, and gold and silver are not as important as their lives, and the fear of war and fear of the enemy fills the whole battalion.

The whole camp of the Qing army is divided into three, Kong Youde's Chinese army camp is in the middle, the terrain is the highest, the other two battalions are placed on the left and right, into a three-legged momentum, the left battalion is full, the right battalion is stationed in Mongolia, the deep ditch outside the camp is high, the horse pit is vertical and horizontal, and the antlers are all over the place, and it is not too much to describe Kong Youde's camp with solid gold.

But there is one point that Kong Youde miscalculated, the position is dead, only the people are alive, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, and the strongest position cannot play his effect.

**

The champion army of the peak of the army is lined up outside the Qing army camp, and they will use their flesh and blood to break through the camp of the Qing army, and the life-and-death battle of the champion army is close at hand.

Wang Lanping personally broke through his armor and went into battle, with a silver-white steel spear in his hand, and his battle armor was impressive, leading the main general of the whole army to immediately stand in front of the whole army.

The position of the Qing army is as solid as iron, but the people's hearts are harder than iron, the will is stronger than steel, and the fighting spirit soars straight to Xiaohan.

Wang Lanping did not give the soldiers time to breathe, he understood the truth that morale is a thing that declines and then exhausts, and only at the moment when the blood rushes through his head, can he take advantage of the situation to make another miraculous feat.

Wang Lanping galloped in front of the battle, and he wanted the whole army to see and hear that in this battle, the whole army lived and died together.

"Soldiers, the mountains here are the mountains of the Ming Dynasty, the water, the water of the Ming Dynasty, you are the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, every inch of land here is left to us by the ancestors of the Han people, we can't keep the ancestral foundation, we are in vain for the sons of the Han family, soldiers, when the soldiers are not only for food, but also to protect the land and guard the township, this is the duty of the soldiers, although the death is especially honorable, not to die in front of the battle, it will die of shame, and the horse leather shroud coffin will return to the hometown"

After some agitation, the whole army boiled, everyone regarded death as home, and the song of war with a majestic tune and reverberating sounded in the army, which was filled in by Wang Lanping when he left Nanjing to go north to resist the Qing Dynasty in order to inspire the army.

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Looking north of the river, the wolf smoke is billowing and covering the vastness.

All the people mourn, full of horses, how young people endure the national mourning.

Looking south of the Yangtze River, the mountains and rivers are still majestic.

Han Jialang, holding up a knife and gun, raised his whip and crossed the river.

The Ming Dynasty is not prosperous, the people are prosperous, and the horse leather shroud coffin is returned to the hometown.

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A war song echoes repeatedly in the champion army, the song is magnificent, ambitious, 10,000 people sing together, 10,000 people are concentric, this is the most cohesive power, brothers are in, love is in, how can it be said that there is no clothes, with the son, how can it be said that there is no clothes, how can it be said that there is no clothes, how can it be said that there is no clothes, brothers are in the same hole.

Wang Lanping mentioned Ma Jiang, and the four hooves of the war horse were majestic, "Open the cannon!" ”

This is thanks to Kong Youde, when he fled in the morning, he left a large number of artillery pieces on the mountain that could not be taken away, there were more than 30 guns, although they were seriously damaged by the Qing soldiers, but because the Qing soldiers fled in a hurry, the damage was not complete, and some of them just burned the gun carriages, and the champion army simply used horse-drawn people to carry these behemoths to the outside of the Qing army camp, so that you can also taste the taste of being artillery.

The artillery shook together, the sawdust outside the Qing military camp flew, the rows of antlers were blown apart, the simple horse rejection wall outside the camp was suddenly blown into the sky, the thick wooden fence was scattered, the power of the artillery is the stake, especially this flat-firing artillery, no wonder Yangzhou is so strong that the city wall did not support for three hours.

In the Qing barracks, there was a mess, the rampaging shells swept away all obstacles on the road ahead, like mowing grass wiped half of the right battalion into the ground, stumps and broken arms flew all over the sky, and even more unlucky were those Qing soldiers who were directly hit by the shells, after a burst of blood rain, not even a complete limb could be found.

This kind of artillery bombardment was a fatal blow to morale, and the Qing soldiers only hated their short legs one by one, and ran to the back in a swarm, and the right battalion immediately fell into chaos, and the whole army was scattered.

Seeing that the time had come, Wang Lanping pointed at the steel gun and shouted, "Break the enemy!" ”

A white dragon rushed out like a whirlwind, he was Wang Lanping, and he personally went into battle in this battle.

As soon as the soldiers of the champion army saw the main general, they were even more unwilling to lag behind, and for a while thousands of horses galloped, shaking the earth, and the whole army of the champion army swept away towards the Qing army camp.

Kong Youde, who was in the big tent of the Qing army, looked at all this in front of him, and all his thoughts were lost, and the defeat was irretrievable.

"Counterattack, counterattack, block Wang Lanping for me" Kong Youde jumped like thunder.

The commander of the right battalion ran so much that he didn't even have a helmet, and staggered up from the bottom of the mountain, "Commander, withdraw, the general trend of the army has gone, and there is no power to return to the sky, so withdraw quickly"

Where is Kong Youde's road to run, when he went south, the army was full of might, and he threatened to set foot on the Jianghuai, but he didn't expect to sink into the sand under the city of Yangzhou, and almost the whole army was wiped out, where could he go? Even if he runs away from here, will Duoduo let him go?

"Bastard, dare to mess with my army's heart, left and right, pull down and cut it, I want to hold on for half a day, but you only hold it for half an hour, what do I want you to do, cut it, cut it, order the left battalion to move closer to the right battalion and block Wang Lanping"

Several soldiers stepped forward and pressed the governor to the ground, and in front of Kong Youde, their knives fell.

Just when the human head hit the ground, Kong Youde was stunned, and as the right battalion was defeated, the left battalion also began to be chaotic, and the flow of people poured up to the Chinese army camp.

Wang Lanping rushed back and forth in the Qing army, brave and invincible, the tip of the spear flew around, picked off the throat of the Qing soldiers, sprinted with the gun, picked up the Qing soldiers on the tip of the gun and threw them into the enemy formation, swept the spear vigorously, shook several people away from the horse, and the soldiers of the champion army were all more than the enemy, following behind the fleeing Qing soldiers, covering all the way.

Kong Youde staggered, and Liu Zhiyuan, the superintendent, hurriedly supported him, and said anxiously, "Marshal, quickly order the withdrawal of troops."

Withdraw, where to retreat.

"No, you are not allowed to withdraw, you must defend the camp, you must defend until the reinforcements arrive.

Kong Youde's Chinese army, all composed of Han people, these people joined the Qing court, suffered from injustice, Kong Youde is their backbone, only the king of Dingnan can make them live like people, so the combat effectiveness and cohesion are also the strongest in the Eight Banners, as long as Kong Youde does not retreat, more than 10,000 of them will definitely not go, no one will want them to be in the Qing Dynasty, once they surrender to the Qing, they will be captured for life, and they can't go back.

Kong Youde didn't care about those who followed the Manchurian Eight Banners and the champion army to rush up the mountain, and directly ordered that ten thousand arrows be fired together, whether it was the Manchu people or the champion army, all of them were shot to death.

For a moment, the mountain was covered with arrows, roaring and falling, and one hundred and ten people were nailed to the ground in an instant.

Wang Lanping waved his steel spear, and the arrows fell off the horse one after another, but the rain of arrows was too dense, and the pain spread all over his body, and four or five sharp arrows were inserted in the white horse, which lifted Wang Lanping off the horse.

Seeing this, Wang Lanping's personal soldiers immediately rushed over and took their shields to block the arrows.

Behind the shield wall, the commander of the Huaiyuan battalion made Fang Guoan stunned, and the commander Wang Lanping was hit by three arrows in his body, and his whole body was covered in blood.

"Governor, you ......"

Wang Lanping pushed away all the pro-soldiers, pulled a shield and was about to rush up, shouting, "Leave me alone, don't give Kong Youde any respite, attack it" (to be continued.) )