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Updated: 2O12-1O-19

Although a large number of Zheng troops attacked Shugang's new annex army, the strength of the Qing army in Yangzhou also suffered great losses, and the bloody battle also forced many rotational battalion leaders to be exhausted, so after repeated weighing, Ma Qi had to abandon the Shugang Heights that were each other's horns on July 11, the 34th year of Kangxi and the third year of Wuding, and retreated to Yangzhou Siguan.

After Ma Qi retreated to Yangzhou Siguan, Zheng Kezhang did not stop, but used his old capital to exert continuous pressure on Siguan when the new annexed army was unable to fight again for a while, and the sound of guns and cannons was endless, making the Qing army in the city tired.

On 12 July, Yangzhou Beiguan first changed hands under the joint attack of the 2nd Xuanwu Division and the 1st Huyi Division.

On 13 July, the Xiguan of Yangzhou also fell to the Zheng army, and the total strength of the Qing army defending the city had dropped to less than 10,000 men, and most of the most elite battalion leaders had been lost in the previous battle. In view of this, Ma Qi could only give up Yangzhou Nanguan and Dongguan to save troops and continue to defend Yangzhou.

In order to stop the Zheng army's march, Ma Qi also cold-blooded instructed the Qing army to burn the bustling southeast and southeast passes of Yangzhou. At this moment, the Qing army is looking forward to where the reinforcements are!

However, the Qing army in Yangzhou was doomed to disappointment. On the northern front, although Chang Ning, the general of Zhengnan and Prince Gong, who was traveling south day and night, had rushed to Huai'an to take over Ambulu's military power, the troops in his hands did not increase much except for the infantry of the two leaders of the Beijing Banner -- the Zhili reinforcements allocated by Kangxi had just left the province at the moment -- in the face of the Zheng army with similar troops on the front line of Gaoyou, Changning did not have the strength to return to heaven to make a decisive decision, and he was powerless to save Yangzhou from fire and water.

As for the Western Front, Wang Weizhen, the governor of Anhui and the governor of Anhui, who had once mustered up the courage to try to leave Anqing as a desperate gamble, also had to terminate the operation because of the sudden appearance of a new Zheng army on the Wangjiang side, and instead found out the situation first and then dealt with it effectively, lest he would be copied by the sudden Zheng army on the back foot as soon as he left Anqing City on the front foot.

Since reinforcements from both sides could not arrive, the Qing army in Yangzhou, which was already a turtle in the urn, irretrievably went to the final destruction. On 15 July, after several days of renovation, the new annexed army of the Zheng army went into battle again and stormed the west gate of Yangzhou with the remnants of more than 6,000 troops.

Because the north gate of Yangzhou was rebuilt after the city area was reduced in the Ming Dynasty, the city wall is far stronger than the two southeast gates that have been used since the Tang Dynasty, and there are more battlements and corner towers than the west gate that has been used since the fifth dynasty. Coupled with the overwhelming attacks of the new annexed army in the west, Ma Qi, who was overstretched in strength, had to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and draw troops from the southeast and southeast sides, which seemed to be dangerous, to fill the northwest front.

The reason why the Zheng army did not attack the southeast was not only because the walls collapsed and the roads collapsed after the two passes were burned, but also because the Dongguan Pass was narrow and blocked by the ancient canal, and the attacking army could not be put away.

It's a pity that Ma Qi missed the hearts of the people by making a thousand calculations, and not everyone was willing to be martyred for the Qing Dynasty. On the premise of knowing that Yangzhou would inevitably fall, a few people used their brains. Of course, it is a technical task to fight back in a big war, and if you are not careful, the matter will be leaked small, and it will be unjust if you are attacked by both sides in unison. For this reason, even if a few people have the heart, they have to hesitate again and again.

However, Ma Qi's repeated transfer of troops to the northwest created opportunities for some people. So, when the rest of the troops were his most intimate subordinates, Zhang Rikang, the chief soldier of Henan Guide Town, who was responsible for the garrison of the south gate of Yangzhou, decisively sent his henchmen to hang down the city to ask Zheng Jun to surrender in order to survive.

"Your Majesty, Ma Qi's generation is about to be captured in the twilight of the Western Mountains." In the face of Zhang Rikang's request to surrender, many people in Zheng Jun raised objections, believing that there was fraud, so they advised Zheng Kezhang to act prudently. "At this moment, it is absolutely impossible to use the risk, it is more appropriate to fight steadily and steadily, and the left will recover Yangzhou in a few days."

"Your Majesty," dissented those who argued that this would be a speedy solution to the war in the city. "After days of fighting, the losses of our divisions are also not small, and now the enemies on the two fronts in the northwest have changed, so we must not spend too long under the city of Yangzhou."

Although the arrival of Changning could not make the Qing army in Huai'an immediately advance southward, the activities of the Qing army on the northern front became frequent, and in just a few days, dozens of reports of small-scale contacts and exchanges had been reported. However, compared with the situation on the northern front, what is more worrying is the western front, as long as Wang Weizhen verifies the truth of the Wangjiang front line and makes a decisive attack, the three Zheng armies around Anqing will have the possibility of being broken by each one. Once such a change really happened, the Northern Expedition would face a failure, and it was with such worries that some staff officers felt that it was appropriate to take risks in Yangzhou.

"If you fall for the tricks of the Qing captives, wouldn't it be even more difficult to attack the city?" Conservatives retorted. "The ministers think that instead of being sad at that time, it is right not to give Qingyu this opportunity."

"If you don't give a glimmer of life to the captives, you will inevitably force the captives to fight the trapped beasts, is this in line with the interests of this domain?"

The two different opinions could not convince each other, which made Zheng Kezang's big tent louder and louder, in this regard, Zheng Kezang coughed unhappily, and immediately suppressed all the voices, and then heard Zheng Kezang ask: "How is the loss of Xicheng?" ”

Sun Youlao personally went out to inquire, and after a while, he came back with a bad news to report: "Your Majesty, the losses on the side of the new annexed army are not small, and after only attacking twice, they have already lost no less than 1,500 generals, and their morale is also very low. ”

"Zhuqing understands." As soon as Zheng Kezang's words came out, those who knew the opportunity already understood Zheng Kezang's choice. "The so-called one drum is prosperous, two drums are declining, and three drums are exhausted, and I want to stand at the head of Yangzhou today, so this risk still has to be taken." Speaking of which, Zheng Kezhang ordered. "Let the Ximen side stop and rectify, reward the new annexed army with wine and meat, and tell them to fight again in an hour." The staff officer who ordered the order wanted to leave, but Zheng Kezhang made a gesture to stop him. "Let the West Gate draw out five hundred new annexes, it's useless." After saying that, Zheng Kezhang let the staff officers leave, and at the same time swept his eyes in the staff group and called them by name. "Hong Hui, you go and talk to Zhang Rikang's envoy to see what the other party wants, if it's just begging, you really have to keep an extra hand"

"Have you seen King Xia?" Grabbing the henchman who had just come out of the hanging basket, Zhang Rikang couldn't wait to ask. "What do you say on the other side, did you agree to our request for surrender!"

"My lord, the little one didn't see King Xia," Zhang Rikang was stunned for a moment, but then he understood, yes, what is Zheng Kezang's identity, just an unknown Qing army envoy wants to see him, this is not a matter of wanting to get into trouble, but he didn't have time to be upset, so he listened to the report of his henchman. "However, there is a Zheng Jun Sipin military attache who saw the small one, and it is said that what kind of staff officer he is, and the small one does not know what kind of position the staff officer is, so he must be able to speak."

"What are you doing so far?" Zhang Rikang was anxious, when did he say that these were useless. "Long story short."

"Yes." The henchman replied, and then continued to report. "The little one said that the adult changed the banner's request, and the other party said that it could be accepted, but he just asked the adult to open the city gate within the specified time, let go of the city wall, and then drive the troops out of the city."

Hearing that Zheng Junyun surrendered to sincerity, Zhang Rikang was sure in his heart, and then he thought of something, and asked worriedly: "Except for these, there is nothing?" What asked you before, how did Zheng Jun reply? ”

"The staff officer of the Zheng army said that the general soldier and the deputy chief soldier are the members of the Zheng army, and they must not be lightly awarded, if the adults are willing to surrender, they can first receive a new annex army, and after they have made military achievements, they can be awarded the commander of a division." The Qing army has been fighting with Zheng Jun for so long, and naturally knows what level the position of the commander of the capital is in the bureaucratic system of Ming and Zheng, although in terms of rank, it is far inferior to Zhang Rikang's current actual commander of a town in the name of the governor of the army, but on the one hand, there is little difference, and on the other hand, the military power in the hands of the commander of the capital may be more than the general army. "It's just that Zheng Jun's staff officer also said that he won't let the adults take charge of the old department."

"That's all?" The expected storm did not come, but Zhang Rikang breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good, that's good." In fact, it is not that Zhang Rikang is generous, but he has been mentally prepared, as a subordinate, if he does not give checks and balances at all, he still feels afraid. "Go, invite General Gu and Xu Guerrilla to them." As he was talking, the soldiers came to report, and the governor's palace sent someone to ask who had just gone to the city. "Sue them, they were sent by this official to check the trend of the sea reversal." The soldiers turned away, but another stranger approached. "Lord Lin, why are you here, there is no one over there in Xicheng?"

"Hai Reverse Mingjin has withdrawn his troops." Although the adjutant general and the general army are not the enemy's body in the system of the green battalion, the general army cannot directly transfer the deputy general, so in fact, Zhang Rikang cannot directly command the soldiers and horses of the deputy general Lin. "The Governor was afraid that something would change in Nancheng, so he transferred my department back."

"Hai Reverse has collected troops?" Zhang Rikang was stunned for a moment, but then his face burst into laughter. "That's fine, you have to take a breather, in this way, the official just got a fat chicken, which is already stewed in the pot, Lord Lin is not as good as coming early, just come together to treat the Five Organs Temple." While speaking, General Gu, Xu Guerrilla and other cadres who had just been invited by Zhang Rikang also came, so this group of people poured into the watchtower at the head of the South Gate together, but before leaving, Zhang Rikang gave his henchmen a meaningful look. "Come on, come on, there is wine today and drunk today, are we going to eat one less meal?"