It was getting dark.

Bolo stood at the head of Yangzhou and looked north, and Dolgon left without news for him. He stood at the head of the city and watched the banner of the Great Qing gradually fade away.

To be sure, after seeing the pits outside the Xiying Gate, he thought it would be wise for the regent to retire. But he was the defender of Yangzhou, not the regent of the Qing Dynasty.

The food in Yangzhou City is very sufficient, so let's wait a few more days

After retreating from Jiangnan to Jiangbei, Bolo has been waiting for the siege of the Ming army in Yangzhou City, and has made full preparations.

"How about giving up Yangzhou?" He considered the big picture and finally came up with this strategy.

Yangzhou is too close to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Ming court soldiers pointed out, and Yangzhou City should be the brunt. The Qing court was dragged on the southern side of the Huaiyang battlefield, where there were too many waterways to wield the advantage of cavalry.

Across the river, this year Jiangnan banned rice from leaving the country, and the lowest rice in Nanjing fell to one or two and a half yuan and one stone, and the rice in Yangzhou was never lower than three or two stones. The rice in Beijing has been fluctuating around four taels of silver and one stone.

Despite all the difficulties, we must not give up Yangzhou.

Bolo quickly vetoed his idea. The Ming court soldiers refer to Huguang, the Qing Dynasty loses Huguang, the Ming court soldiers refer to Yangzhou, and the Qing Dynasty abandons Yangzhou.

After the rain stopped early this morning, it didn't rain again all day.

The supervisor said that the summer flood season has not yet arrived.

The weather in the south was disgusting, and Bolo made a tour of the south and west gates of Yangzhou and returned to the mansion.

The Ming army has not attacked the city for some days, and the Ming army has never attacked the city at night, so you can sleep well tonight

The sky is clear.

At that time, the wind blew away a layer of clouds in the sky, and the soldiers guarding the city looked up and saw several stars overhead.

At the end of the day, a group of soldiers rushed through the city from outside the southern city wall with torches.

A group of people arrived at the governor's yamen, and the general, who was a Han Chinese, shouted to the guards who were napping: "There is an urgent military situation, please inform the governor."

Bolo's entourage was full of people, and a group of people woke up from their daze. A Niu Lu stood up and frowned: "What's the matter, the adults have been busy these days and haven't closed their eyes, and they have just rested." ”

Mr. Qian looked nervous and said, "The thief is coming to attack the city."

Manren Niu Lu didn't believe it, and sneered: "Didn't you just wake up from your dream, when did the Ming thief come to attack the city at night?" ”

"That's true, the Governor saw that the Ming army dug countless tunnels in the west camp yesterday, worried that the Ming thieves were digging tunnels to attack the city, and specially ordered the four cities to arrange water tanks covered with cowhide to listen to the underground movements, and I will only hear that someone is digging soil under the southern city wall" Han people looked anxious and spoke like a cannon.

He spoke very quickly, and the people heard it inexplicably. Fortunately, there were people in the guards who were proficient in Manchu and Chinese, and he explained in detail that several Manchus understood what he meant.

"Really?" That Niu Lu looked at the Han people and was skeptical.

"I hear you clearly"

The military situation was urgent, and Niu Lu didn't dare to delay and went to the mansion to report. He is only the first level here, but the attendants of the inner palace heard that it is military intelligence, and the road is smooth.

So Bolo was woken from his slumber.

After hearing about the emergency military situation, he immediately got up and ordered hundreds of his own soldiers to go to Nancheng.

The day before yesterday, he watched thousands of iron horsemen fall into the tunnels of the Ming army, which were long and deep. Since then, he has been distraught. The Ming army had such an excavation ability, why did it never attack the city through tunnels?

The group followed the Han people who came to report the news to the south gate, and under the towering city wall, there was a water tank covered with cowhide every few dozen steps.

The Han man Qianzong stepped forward quickly, leaned sideways and put his ear on the cowhide to listen.

Bolo walked not far away and stared at him.

The Han man listened for a moment, frowned and got up and said, "It's weird, it seems that there is no more."

Niu Lu, who was guarding the gate of the Governor's Palace, came with him, and when he heard this, he stepped forward and reprimanded: "Be bold, how dare you lie about the military situation"

The Han people were terrified, knelt down and said, "Your Excellency, there was indeed a sound just now."

Bolo waved his hand and motioned for Niu Lu to retreat, and ordered: "All battalions are careful to listen and come to me as soon as there is any movement." He preferred to believe that the Han man Qian always lied to him.

Hundreds of soldiers came out of the ranks, each holding a water tank, listening to the movement underground, but there was nothing special for a long time.

Bolo did not give up, and ordered the four soldiers to carefully monitor the underground.

The torches were lit downstairs in Yangzhou City, and some people inevitably scolded that Han man for having a lot of troubles, and he could find something for everyone if he had nothing to do.

Tossed for a long time, nothing appeared. When Bolo returned to the Doge's Palace, he was awakened from his sleep, and when he returned, he was completely sleepy, and sat alone by the fire, restless

It is too suspicious that the Ming army did not attack the city through tunnels. He didn't believe that the people who could dig so many tunnels couldn't dig a tunnel into the city.

I don't know how long he sat there, but he was in a trance, and someone came to the governor's palace to report the military situation.

The person who came was Niu Lu, who was patrolling the city wall, and after seeing Bolo, he announced: "The villain is now approaching the city wall."

Bolo had an alarm in his heart and asked, "How many people are there?" ”。

"I couldn't see clearly in the dark, and there were at least a few thousand people from the sound of footsteps"

"Take me to see it"

Bolo walked out of the Doge's Palace for the second time, and tonight was restless, and he had a sense of foreboding.

Before he could get on his horse, he heard a loud sound of a landslide cracking in the south, and the earth trembled.

Bolo's ears were buzzing, the house in the Governor's Mansion seemed to be shaking, and the entire Yangzhou City seemed to be spinning.

The war horse in front of him neighed, raised his hooves, and was about to gallop, presumably frightened. The soldier hurriedly grabbed the reins tightly, and the soldier was so strong and strong that he grabbed the horse so hard that it could not get out.

"What's wrong, what did you give birth to?" Bolo's brain was dizzy.

In the middle of the night, the whole Yangzhou city was awakened, and the legs and feet flew flexibly into the courtyard to listen to the movement outside.

A shout came from the southern city: "The thieves are coming to attack the city"

Bolo grabbed a war horse, turned on his horse, and headed for the southern city. He had only walked more than a hundred steps away, and Nancheng burst out one after another shouting: "The Ming army has entered the city." ”

"Has the Ming army entered the city?" Bolo was frightened in his heart, and sure enough, there was still an authenticity.

The soldiers rushed up and protected him, a Jurchen Niulu came to meet him, saw Bolo's banner, dismounted and knelt on the side of the road, and said: "The thief used gunpowder to blow up the gap in the wall of the south gate by more than ten zhang, and the soldiers and horses are killing in."

"Block it for me" Bolo didn't say a word, urging the horse to go to the southern city.

The streets were filled with people running wildly, and a large number of Qing soldiers were awakened by the sound of the explosion just now, and they were dressed and armoured.

The closer you get to the southern city, the more routs there are, and every few moments you will hear the sound of birds.

Bolo didn't know how many Ming troops had entered the city, so he just urged his horses forward, and the road was completely congested three miles away from the South City Gate. Bolo was anxious in his heart, and rode his horse and shouted: "Where is the Jiala, where is the Jiala's Ezhen in the southern city?" ”

A military general knew him, and he rushed to the front to say: "Jiala'e Zhen was blown up on the city wall."

Bolo's eyes were red, and he ordered: "You must resist me and drive the Ming army out of the city."

As he spoke, he heard someone shouting in the distance: "The south gate is lost"

Bolo looked up into the distance, the fire was shining on the south gate, and the sound of fighting came out, and he saw that the Qing soldiers with torches were being driven to the west city and retreated.

The rout threw off their armor and rushed in.

"Dodge" Bolo pulled out his long knife and "retreated to the latter to slash"

It's a pity that the number of personal soldiers he brought out was too small, and he beheaded three or five people in a row, not only failed to stop the decline, but was pushed to the center of the city by the flow of rout.

The Qing soldiers in the barracks all over the city came out in formation, and some ventured to the southern city, most of them still waiting for orders from the governor's palace.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, Bolo knew that it was useless for him to be at the front line, and now that the troops and horses could not find the backbone, he had to rush back to the governor's palace to dispatch in the center

"It's a pity that the regent has withdrawn, if the army is still outside Yangzhou, it can attack the Ming army camp to contain it." Bolo thought of countless ideas on the way home, and his heart grew heavier and heavier.

There are more than 100,000 Ming troops besieged outside Yangzhou City, and at least 20,000 Ming troops have entered the city, and this Yangzhou City is afraid that it will not be able to hold it.

A group of generals gathered in front of the governor's palace, and when they saw Bolo returning, they each came to greet him.

"Breakout" Bolo waved his hand on his horse, and in that moment, he changed his mind.

"Breaking through the siege of Yangzhou City can't be defended"

"All the departments gathered troops and horses to break through to the north gate"

A few Manchurian Jiala's foreheads didn't say anything, turned around and left.

The flames of war in the southern city continued to spread into the city, and there were battles on almost every street. The people closed the door tightly, for fear that the war would enter the courtyard and cause trouble.

But there are some things that can not be avoided if you want to, and it is not just who ignites the house, but several flames in Yangzhou City.

Bolo ordered the Manchurian cavalry to open the way, open the north gate and kill outside the city.

There were four or five thousand Jurchen cavalry in Yangzhou City, and after leaving the city, they broke through from the gap between the north camp and the west camp, and a large number of foot soldiers took off their heavy armor, leaving only the weapons in their hands to follow behind.

The Qing soldiers fought out of the north gate, and the Xiying gate was opened by the Ming army.

The Ming army surrounded three and lacked one, and Bolo did not encounter interception after leaving the city, and when the cavalry broke through the camp, the Ming army's north camp and west camp each killed a team of soldiers and horses to chase and kill the foot soldiers who were left behind.

Bolo turned back and saw that a large number of soldiers and horses were intercepted behind, and he personally led the cavalry back to respond. He ordered his relatives: "Go to Gaoyou City to find the regent for help" Then, without hesitation, he turned around and killed the Ming army that blocked the attack.

He can give up Yangzhou City, but he can't give up the Jurchen soldiers. After entering the customs, the conquest continued, and the 100,000 Jurchen soldiers became fewer and fewer, and the generals of the Eight Banners realized the importance of the Jurchens.

From a distance, the flames in Yangzhou City soared into the sky, and the fighting sounds between the south city and the west city gradually subsided. There are also torches pouring out from the north city gate, I don't know if it is Manchu or Han.

The battlefield shifts from inside the city to outside the city. The sky gradually brightened, and the daytime was conducive to the escape of the Qing soldiers and the pursuit of the Ming army.

Bolo took the lead, the Jurchen cavalry showed their might, the elite of the Ming army were all in Yangzhou City, and the pursuing government soldiers gradually couldn't resist.

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