The military camp also seemed to be tired, and the excitement from the beginning had passed for a while, and Qi Bu Tan was not in a hurry to break the city in one fell swoop, but ordered to go down and bury the pot to make food, anyway, the city of Hankou is now as easy as digging for things, why bother the brothers to fight hungry.

The whole city and the city, except for the diffuse and pungent gunsmoke, suddenly quieted down, Li Laiheng did not feel a little less pressure, this is just a delay in some respite time, the defeat will not be reversed because of these, Li Laiheng also felt a strong shock, immediately hundreds of artillery shelled the city to attack the city but it was the first time he saw it, and he also felt it personally, he saw that one brother after another even touched the enemy and groaned and fell, Countless brothers were frightened by this earth-shattering artillery, and immediately realized that if they just stayed in the city, they would just sit and wait to die, even if they were going to die, they would have to make the enemy pay, and an idea of going out of the city to meet the battle came to his mind, and he made a decision, and he planned to discuss with Yang Qilong, after all, there were two leaders in this city, and he was not in charge of anything alone.

But he soon found out that Yang Qilong was not on the city wall, so he devoted himself to the battlefield, and he didn't notice that Yang Qilong had gone to the east of the city under the support of a group of generals.

"Come on, go, Brother Yang, please, hurry.

Li Laiheng curbed the unhappiness in his heart, and ordered a few people to find someone, for Li Laiheng, who was born recklessly, Yang Qilong, this guy is really unkind, and it doesn't matter if he can't fight, he actually disappeared when the enemy attacked the city, and even said hello to himself.

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Yang Qilong did not have a private house in Dongcheng, seven or eight Zhong Sanlang leaders looked at Yang Qilong, and the roar of artillery from the north city made everyone shocked, for these Zhong Sanlang incense people and leaders who had never marched and fought, the shock was definitely much greater than that of the Kuidong army.

"Brothers, I'm afraid you already have a number in your heart about the current situation, Hankou will fall sooner or later, and it will be difficult for us to hold it, + Although the number of the Eastern Army is large, hum, it is not necessarily useful to have more people, it seems that we have to make plans early."

A leader nodded: "The prince is a daughter, and it is my hope that the Ming Dynasty naturally cannot be lost, no matter what, we can't die with Kui Dongjun, we have to think of a charter, as long as we can escape, there will still be a chance." ”

Several leaders nodded their heads one after another, but the rest were silent, the members of the Zhong Saburo Xianghui were complex, including the unemployed in the city, the peasants who couldn't survive in the countryside, as well as small traders, and even some bandits or low-level officials left over from the previous Ming Dynasty, etc., some were thinking about the importance of saving their lives, some were counting on saving the life of the third prince, and some were secretly indignant, to be honest, + the eastern army fought a decisive battle with the Tartars at the head of the city, And these people are discussing how to save their lives, and some of the leaders who joined the Zhong Saburo Xianghui because of the anti-Qing Dynasty really can't do it, Yang Qilong shouted the slogan of anti-Qing and Ming restoration, attracting many heroes with blood feuds to join Now, the Tartars can't be beaten under the city, at least one is killed, since they are determined to oppose the Qing, if they don't have the consciousness of sacrificing their lives, then it's a fart. Yang Qilong's face of being a dead friend and an immortal poor man made several leaders feel a lot of disgust in their hearts.

"Run? Where to flee? Yang Qilong smiled bitterly and shook his head. Fang Li Laiheng's words made him desperate to go out of the city and flee for his life. Where is their place when they get out of the city? There were Qing soldiers everywhere. Unless you cross the river to the south. It's a pity that he once assassinated the new beginning. Now Nanming has regarded him as a key offender who does not share heaven and earth. I'm afraid that as soon as I cross the river, I will be beheaded.

"So what does the Prince's Palace mean?" A few of the leaders who fled out of the city were confused. Flee and can't escape. Defend and can't keep it. So what's there to talk about? It's better to go to the city and go desperately.

Yang Qilong half-closed his eyes. I want to say a word in my heart. But when it came to his mouth, he swallowed it back. He weighed it over and over for a long time. Then he said: "Now there is a dead end in front of us. If you want to survive the danger. It's not impossible. It's just ......"

Yang Qi's eyes were raised. Constantly observing the facial expressions of each leader: "I have made up my mind. Surrender to the Great Qing. Brothers. But who and I are together? ”

Several of Yang Qilongdi's henchmen and leaders immediately echoed. Everyone looked nervously at their former comrades. The hand was already unconsciously pressed to the hilt of the knife at the waist. This matter is strictly confidential. Once leaked. It's not fun. Therefore, anyone in this room who opposes will be turned into a corpse.

There was a slap in the head of the field leader. Someone was shocked. Someone is late. someone

When it came to the killing intent of his companions, he swallowed his saliva and was afraid, Yang Qilong said to digest it, many people entered Zhong Saburo Xiangtang with the purpose of opposing the Qing, but now, the Qing soldiers are under the city, and instead of fighting with them, they will go to the Qing Dynasty, which is enough to make it difficult for most people to accept.

Yang Qilong half-closed his eyes and didn't speak, he is a careerist, careerists pursue the greatest interests, when ambitions come to naught, then they can only abandon the big and give up the small, the world can't fight, so just save his life first, maybe he can come back with an official title.

"Your Highness, you are the remnant of Chongzhen, even if you surrender to the Tartars under the situation, will the Tartar Emperor let you go? Your Highness still thinks clearly, why bother to fall into the net? So many of our brothers listen to your dispatch, and there are brothers from the Kuidong Army fighting side by side, and the defeat is undecided, so why take risks? One of the leaders stepped forward and spoke bitterly.

Yang Qilong smiled, he had already thought about this question, Kangxi would not necessarily let him have a good life, so he would accept a letter of nomination, he brushed the hem of his clothes, and said slowly: "In this case, what if we offer Li Laiheng's head and Hankou City?" ”

Offering Hankou City can show obedience, and offering Li Laiheng's head will be despised by all anti-Qing people, and doing so can just make Kangxi throw away his heart, because Yang Qilong, who calls himself the third prince of Zhu, has a bad reputation, are you still afraid of him repeatedly? Even if he is appeased, he will still oppose the Qing Dynasty, and I am afraid that no one will echo him, and only being a slave is a way to live.

"Third prince, ......... you" A collar shouted angrily, his lips trembling and he couldn't speak.

"Kill him." Several Yang Qilong's hearts had already pulled out a single knife and pounced.........

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The deafening sound of artillery roared like thunder for half a morning, and the Ming army on the south bank was also nervous, and immediately entered the first level of alert, Li Xiao, who received the report, quickly rushed from Wuchang City to the ferry, only then did he know that it was the Qing army attacking the city.

+ The Eastern Army did not send any letters asking for rescue, Li Xiao naturally could only watch the fire from the other side, for Li Laiheng, he was extremely angry, but after all, they were all anti-Qing heroes, although Li Xiao did not send troops and horses to cross the river, but he had ordered most of the troops of the Wuchang Army to be deployed on the riverbank, and let them carry their marching bags, as long as there was an accident, they would immediately force the river to cross.

The most noteworthy thing for Li Xiao is that those cannons sounded, according to analysis, there are no five or six hundred artillery pieces that will never be able to produce such a roar, which also means that the Tartar equipment on the opposite bank of the siege is extremely sharp, although the sound is still some earth cannons, compared to the new yellow powder artillery of the Ming Dynasty, it is inferior grade, but it is enough to arouse Li Xiao's vigilance.

Regarding the conspiracy of Li Laiheng and Yang Qilong, Li Xiao has reported to Nanjing, the emperor originally meant to take this opportunity to suddenly cross Jiangbei from Wuchang, and then destroy the Qing army in Jiangbei and Yang Qilong's Zhong Sanlang Xianghui members in one fell swoop, as for Li Laiheng's Kuidong Army, they will surrender if they are willing to surrender, if they are unwilling to surrender, they will be defeated in one fell swoop, but now the General Staff has been involved in the war against India, plus the incident happened suddenly, the grain and grass are not ready, so this is the change of order to let all places prepare, Let Li Xiao deal with things on the spot, if there is a chance, immediately lead his troops to the north, and the rest of the army will work together to send troops, if you can't find a chance, then simply give up and watch the tiger fight across the mountain.

Li Xiao is hesitating now, it is extremely difficult to grasp at this time, now the battle between the Qing army and the Kui Dong army has entered a white-hot stage, the time to go north must be just right, and they need to see each other again after they are defeated, just because of these artillery, but Li Xiao suddenly felt that something was not right, so many artillery, where did these Qing troops come from? Why are weapons so new? I'm afraid that the Qing army on the other side of the river is not so easy to eat.

Li Xiao took a few personal soldiers to climb the watchtower, in order to monitor the movement on the north bank, the Ming army built many watchtowers on the south bank ferry, some watchtowers are even twenty meters high, completely made of steel and cement poured, people are a little dizzy when standing on it, and the top of the watchtower is set up with a roof, naturally, there is also a large telescope produced by Haidu.

"What's going on now?" The space at the top of the watchtower was extremely narrow, and more than three people could barely turn around, except for a soldier who was a lookout, only Li Xiao climbed up, and the other soldiers were waiting on the next floor.

"Lord Yu, it's very strange, the Qing army is now burying the pot to make food, and the Kuidong army in the city has not moved, the strangest thing is that the six hundred artillery pieces of the Qing army fired together, but did not blow up the city wall, and there seems to be no results in the whole morning." The sentry stepped back and replied. Convenient for next visit