Shi Kefa saw that he didn't speak, so he didn't ask much, after all, Wang Zhuangyuan was an expert in this regard.

However, there has always been a question pressing on Shi Kefa's heart, and he is relieved.

Shi Kefa said, "General Wang, since you have set a policy of encirclement, why did you repeatedly obstruct Kong Youde's march route, don't you just want him to come to Yangzhou earlier?" ”

Wang Lanping had already seen Shi Kefa's thoughts, and laughed, "I can't bear to let the child trap the wolf, Kong Youde has been in battle for a long time, and he must have figured out my personality and the way of using soldiers, he knows that I am a person who is unwilling to sit still and only dare to defend the city, so ah, he is coming with such a momentum, if I don't send troops to attack and disturb, this will make him dare not attack in a big way"

Shi Kefa nodded sideways, "This is also true, but you have put Yangzhou in a predicament by doing this, you look at the outside of this city, the Tatars are all over the mountains, seventy or eighty thousand people are all concentrated in the West Gate, as soon as you move to harass him, he will come all the way, specializing in the West Gate, the pressure on the West Gate is too great, but the rest of the gates are not moving"

Wang Lanping helped Shi Kefa to walk down the city, "Our troops are insufficient, if Kong Youde surrounds the four gates to attack, it will be more difficult for us to defend, it is better to attract him to a point, in this way, think about it, although Kong Youde has a lot of troops, but he can't be opened at all, although we have few troops, we only need to defend one door, and beat him to tears."

"Well, I see, General Wang's soldiers are really not something that I, a person who doesn't know the army, can guess, but why is Kong Youde obedient, although Shi doesn't know soldiers, he also knows that it is much better to attack the four gates than to take only one point."

"That being said, do you know where my three battalions are outside the city?"

Shi Ke**** was stunned, shook his head and said, "No, I don't know"

"Even you don't know, and Kong Youde doesn't know anymore. My 20,000 men are haunted outside the city, and no matter how bold he is, he will not dare to divide his troops lightly, and he will not need to divide his troops by relying on the superiority of artillery."

Shi Kefa said, "Then, how long are we going to hold on to him before letting him in?" ”

Speaking of which. A trace of uneasiness appeared on Wang Lanping's face again, he didn't know what the outcome would be, no one could predict it before the war ended.

At this moment, an earth-shattering sound came from the northwest corner.

Shi and Wang's eyes widened at the same time.

"It's not good, it's not that the city wall has collapsed!" Shi Kefa's face turned pale.

The two of them ran towards the city quickly, and they met Xu Dingguo in a panic.

"Oh no, two adults, the northwest corner wall can't withstand the artillery fire. Collapsed a big hole"

Sure enough, when the three of them came to the city, half of the nearly five-zhang high city wall had fallen, and there were scattered bricks and stones everywhere, and the Qing army's cannons bombarded directly into the city from the collapsed gap, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately panicked when they saw this.

Wang Lanping pulled Xu Dingguo's arm, "Hold on, at least keep it for me for an hour"

Kong Youde, who was outside the city, saw that the city wall of Yangzhou had finally fallen. He jumped to his feet with joy, brushing his beard and laughing. "Okay, Liu Liangzuo really didn't lie to me, he broke through the city wall in two hours, Shi Kefa, Wang Lanping, I see what you are blocking. Come, suspend the attack, shoot into the city to persuade them to surrender, give them one last chance, and give them an hour to surrender."

Kong Youde knew the strength of Yangzhou's city defense. Fighting hard will also be a great loss for himself, now that the city wall of Yangzhou has collapsed, the city will definitely not be able to hold it, Shi Kefa knows the current affairs, and the surrender of Kaicheng is a result that is beneficial to both sides.

More than a dozen Qing cavalry galloped to the city, and a letter of persuasion was shot into the city.

When Shi Kefa got these letters, he casually threw them aside and said to Wang Lanping, "General, this is the case, do what you planned."

It's impossible to surrender, and then there is no chance of winning by defending the city, and there is only one way left, abandon the city.

"No hurry, wait"

Xu Dingguo and Shi Kefa didn't know what Wang Lanping was waiting for, especially Xu Dingguo, he knew very well how much impact the fall of the city wall would have on the soldiers defending the city, and now the Ming soldiers on the city head were all frightened, they all knew that the Qing soldiers could rush over at any time, and no one could guarantee how long they could hold out without the protection of the city wall.

"If you don't leave now, if you wait for the Tatar to rush in, you won't be able to leave if you want to"

Xu Dingguo was sweating profusely, and the two lords couldn't be trapped here.

Wang Lanping was also angry, "My order is for you to hold on for another hour, send someone to send a letter to Kong Youde, and tell him that Yangzhou is still the city of the Ming Dynasty, and if he wants it, he will exchange 100,000 lives for it."

Xu Dingguo went down to pass on his orders with anxiety, and he ordered several soldiers to cut off ten heads from the corpses of the Qing soldiers under the city, tied them to the back of horses, and threw them in front of the Qing army, which meant to show the other party that he would rather die in battle than surrender.

Kong Youde smiled coldly and ordered another siege.

This time, Kong Youde mobilized more troops, more than 15,000 people, and the black pressure poured towards the city wall from all directions, and the main attack direction was naturally the gap where the three-zhang wide city wall collapsed.

"Hold the city, not a step back" This is Xu Dingguo's military order, and it is also Wang Lanping's death order.

At that gap, the soldiers on both sides climbed over the bricks and stones all over the ground, and the slopes on both sides were crowded to the airtight, and people were constantly squeezed to the ground, and in the blink of an eye they were trampled to death by their feet.

Fire thunder, explosives were thrown downward, and the Qing soldiers fell in piles, but this could not stop the offensive of the Qing soldiers at all, there were too many people, and Liu Liangzuo's 5,000 Han troops were also mixed in.

More than 10,000 Qing soldiers were like a tsunami, wave after wave, fiercely washing the city wall of Yangzhou.

On and off the city, the corpses are piled up, Xu Dingguo gradually feels powerless, the west city wall of more than four miles is surrounded by the Qing soldiers from beginning to end, everywhere you can see the Qing soldiers are struggling to climb up, the arrows are as dense as a weaving net, especially at the gap, in the blink of an eye, there are more than a dozen soldiers falling, there is no shelter, the soldiers on both sides can bite each other's necks as soon as they bow their heads, such a tragic defense of the city, he is the first time to experience.

Seeing this, Kong Youde was greatly annoyed, and the city wall fell. Most of the Ming army's hearts fell, and they couldn't attack it like this, and this group of governors were all a group of pigs.

"Protect the military camp and take the city wall" Kong Youde was furious and sent his elite troops.

The 5,000 Guardian Battalion quickly joined the battle, and these people were all Kong Youde's family soldiers. In terms of combat effectiveness, absolutely everyone can block ten with one.

With the addition of the guard camp, Xu Dingguo was even more difficult, and there were constantly Qing soldiers jumping up to the city from the ladder, and the Qing troops on the city wall also followed the long ladder one after another, but fortunately, Xu Dingguo was not a vegetarian, and threw the Qing soldiers down again and again.

The city wall has fallen into a tug-of-war, and the gap over there is gradually declining, and in the face of a steady stream of Qing soldiers, the Ming army blocked in the mouth may break and flee at any time.

It's almost an hour. Xu Dingguo was almost considered time, and immediately rushed down the city to find Wang Lanping.

"Let's go, if you don't leave, it's too late, the Tatar soldiers are endless, you can't wait any longer, the two adults are going out of the city soon"

Shi Kefa also knew that the situation was critical, "General Wang." It's almost, you get out of town."

Wang Lanping didn't speak. Pulling the horses of his own soldiers, he galloped towards the city, and the two hurriedly followed.

"General Wang, it's too dangerous over there to go."

In a blink of an eye, Wang Lanping had come to the city. Look out of the city through the battlements.

In the distance, Kong Youde's banner was still swaggering in the wind, looking so calm.

After watching for a while, Wang Lanping went down to the city and ordered Xu Dingguo Road. "Even if you hit him on the head, you have to repel the Qing army, if you don't hurt him, he won't be pressed by the whole army, do you hear clearly?"

Xu Dingguo doesn't know what Wang Lanping wants to do, the war is over, you can't tell us your deployment, so that we can fight calmly and calmly.

At this time, Shi Kefa finally understood, yes, if Kong Youde was not forced to the wall, it would be impossible for his army to rush into the city, unless......

Shi Kefa suddenly clenched his fists and said to Wang Lanping, "General Wang, I understand your intentions, okay, I admire your courage, you go, go quickly, and leave the rest to me."

Wang Lanping said, "You? How do you do that? ”

Shi Kefa arched his hand in the direction of Nanjing, "Kefa, as the governor of Yangzhou in the Ming Dynasty, should live and die with Yangzhou, as long as I am here, Kong Youde will definitely attack with all his strength, you can let go and do what you should do."

Wang Lanping knew that this old man was bent on being loyal to the Ming Dynasty again.

"That's not good, Inspector, you are a very human minister, if something happens to you, the world will shake."

Shi Kefa's expression was very tough, and he beckoned to the soldiers around him to bring his banner.

"Because of this, I shouldn't leave here, it's my duty, you go quickly, there are more than 20,000 soldiers in the city, you leave me 5,000, and you take the rest out of the city"

The fierce battle outside the city was even more tragic, and Wang Lanping didn't have time to think about it, either he fought the Yangzhou soldiers to completely anger Kong Youde, or gave Kong Youde a mouthful of food, causing him to have to pounce on the whole army.

After comparing the two, Wang Lanping gritted his teeth, "Okay, the superintendent has this courage, the younger generation admires it, hold on, I will definitely come back"

Wang Lanping beckoned to the Yangzhou generals, "You, open the south gate and move closer to Zheng Sen, no matter what happens in Yangzhou, you are not allowed to turn back."

When the generals saw that the overseer refused to leave, they all knelt down and bowed three times.

"Let's go!" Shi Kefa flicked his sleeves.

Everyone parted in tears.

Wang Lanping turned over and got on the horse, and bowed his hand to Shi Kefa, "Supervisor, take care"

Shi Kefa saw that everyone was gone, and also ordered Xu Dingguo Road.

"Erect the superintendent's Daxu to the West Gate Tower, let the hole thief see, the old man is here, Yangzhou is there, if you want to take Yangzhou, step on the old man's body first"

Xu Dingguo saw the attitude of the superintendent, and did not persuade him.

Shi Kefa dressed up, walked calmly, and walked towards the city full of artillery fire.

"Overseer, danger!"

"Get out of the way, why is the old man afraid of death"

Above the city, Yangzhou Governor Shi Kefa's banner roared and waved, this move, the officers and soldiers defending the city instantly seemed to have beaten chicken blood, the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and the old supervisor was with them.

Seeing Shi Kefa climb to the top of the city, many Ming soldiers surrounded him, and some took shields.

Shi Kefa's face was fearless, pushed everyone away, and walked back and forth on the city, "Leave me alone, your duty is to guard the city, go, go to fight"

The bloody battle continued, and no matter how much the Qing army attacked, it never took a single step forward.

"Big handsome, look, look. Shi Kefa's banner, that old guy actually went to the city to supervise the battle in person."

Liu Liangzuo was panting like a cow, so excited that he couldn't close his mouth, he wanted to capture Shi Kefa alive, it was better than defeating 100,000 Ming troops, this person was a benchmark figure in the Ming court.

Kong Youde looked closely. Really.

"Order, all the front troops are pressed up, I see how long you can keep Shi Kefa"

The 30,000 Qing troops swarmed up, and Shi Kefa simply asked people to move a chair and put it on the city tower, looking at it from a high position.

Another hour passed after the fierce battle, and in the face of the Qing army's crowd tactics, Xu Dingguo knew that the city was not far away.

At this time, Wang Lanping took advantage of the Qing army's all-out attack on the west gate, and he had quietly touched out of the south gate. The army gathered towards Zheng Sen's department.

The two armies quickly turned, and the battalions of the champion army scattered outside the city also rushed back at this time, and the men and horses of each army gathered together, with no less than 40,000 troops.

Zheng Sen had been waiting impatiently in this mountain for a long time, and the sound of Yangzhou artillery made him itch his heart, and he didn't know how the battle was going in the city, and because he didn't have a military order, he didn't dare to attack rashly.

At this time, I saw the governor Wang Lanping rushing out of the city. Zheng Sen was greatly surprised, he thought that the city had been breached. But when he saw that the commander was not chaotic, he felt a lot more at ease, but when he looked around, there was no Shi Kefa.

"Inspector, why didn't Inspector Shi rush out? What is the situation in the city? ”

Wang Lanping didn't bother to pay attention to him, and beckoned all the generals to surround him.

In Wang Lanping's plan. Shi Kefa is the most important chess piece, if he doesn't show up at the head of the city, how can he let Kong Youde's whole army that he cares about pressing down, as the governor of Yangzhou, he has no right to leave Yangzhou City, as for whether Shi Ge Lao can survive this war. Leave it to fate.

The generals gathered around Wang Lanping and squatted down.

Wang Lanping picked up a branch and drew a simple map of Yangzhou on the ground.

"Generals, success or failure is here, today we will give Kong Youde an urn to catch turtles, it won't be long before Kong Youde's 70,000 troops will all enter Yangzhou City, all the generals must fight with all their might, and don't let him out of a living Qing army."

Everyone was a little surprised, it turned out that the governor had such a big appetite, and he only told his plan until the battle was fought, but this idea was not too difficult, and he wanted to eat 70,000 people with 40,000 people in one bite, no matter how he heard it, it didn't feel real.

Among all the generals, only Zheng Sen had the experience of being alone, and when he heard the words of the commander, a trace of uneasiness immediately appeared on his face, and he frowned and muttered, "But, how could Kong Youde put all his troops into the city, and those who have always used troops will echo inside and outside to cope with all changes, how can he Kong Youde not know the benefits and disadvantages?"

A smile appeared at the corner of Wang Lanping's mouth, "Of course he won't take the bait without incense bait."

Zheng Sen lowered his head and thought deeply, and suddenly his eyes widened, as if he had thought of something, and said in a shocked voice, "Could it be that the incense bait is Shi Ge Lao?" ”

As soon as he said this, everyone's faces were surprised, and they all looked at Wang Lanping.

Wang Lanping sighed lightly, and did not deny it, "That's right, Shi Lao and I have set a strategy to catch turtles in this urn, he has already planned to do so, everyone, don't let down the hard work of the elder Ge."

Everyone was silent, so the old minister was willing to take such a big risk, how not to let him be respected.

Wang Lanping patted the shoulders of the left and right two, pointed to the ground with a branch and said, "Whether you can turn Yangzhou into the grave of 70,000 Qing troops depends on you, if the Qing army is in the middle of the plan, Shi Lao will set a fire in the city, as long as the fire in the city starts, we will kill it together, Song Dali, Song Xian"

"In, in!"

"After the fire broke out, the two of you led the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to the west gate as quickly as possible, cut off the retreat of the Qing soldiers, and blocked the west gate at all costs."

"Yes!"

"Dingyuan Camp Cao Dingjiao"

"In!"

"You lead the soldiers and horses of your headquarters to enter through the south gate, block the south gate, and drive the Qing soldiers towards the north gate."

"Yes!"

"Anyuan Camp Chen Wanliang"

"In!"

"You lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to enter from the east gate, and after blocking the east gate, you will also drive the Qing troops to the north gate."

"Yes!"

"Huaiyuan Battalion Fang Guoan, you lead the people of the headquarters to follow Song Xian, I don't dare to clear how many troops there are in the west, you have to stop him at all costs to reinforce the city"

"Yes!"

All the generals were ordered, Wang Lanping stood up, "Everyone understands, remember, don't take prisoners, after this battle, I want to kill the Tatars for five years and dare not go south, I want them to see the banner of the champion army and tremble, brothers, the name will go down in history in this battle, if it is not successful, it will become benevolent, the champion army, famous all over the world"

All the generals threw their armor and knelt down together, and said in unison, "The champion army is famous all over the world" (to be continued.) )