How could Tong Yangjia escape, the Datong Army not only had 5,000 dragoons, but also 5,000 cavalry led by Lu Xiangsheng.

There were 10,000 cavalry alone!

This cargo fled from the north gate on horseback with a few clothed minions, and before he had crossed the moat, he saw hundreds of cavalry surrounding and killing.

Tong Yangjia hurriedly returned to the city again, he didn't dare to run around the city wall, because except for the north city wall, there were a large number of enemy troops attacking the city on the other three sides.

When the gap in the city wall was occupied by the Datong army, the city walls on both sides were also taken by the Datong army. Then they rushed along the city wall to help the friendly troops who were climbing the ladder to the city, but the defenders were unable to resist, and one section of the city wall was broken.

The morale of the defenders collapsed and they began to flee en masse.

There were also some generals of the defenders, who surrendered on their knees with their troops. But they are not defective, and even if they surrender, they will be classified as prisoners of war.

Tens of thousands of rout soldiers fled towards the north gate, but Tong Yangjia was stopped by the rout, so he had to turn his horse's head again and try to escape from the north again.

Lu Xiangsheng led the cavalry to charge outside the northern city, and after cutting down several people with his own hands, all the thousands of defeated soldiers in front of him knelt down. He immediately rode his horse and rushed to another city gate, Tong Yangjia rode his horse too conspicuously, and Lu Xiangsheng went straight to this guy.

Tong Yangjia was so frightened that he turned around again, collided with the wolf-rushing rout, and after knocking over the two of them one after another, the war horse completely lost its speed.

Lu Xiangsheng led the cavalry to gallop forward, and the routs who had already surrendered on their knees, afraid of being trampled by the cavalry team, rushed to the base of the wall.

"Spare your life!"

Tong Yangjia shouted in horror.

Lu Xiangsheng rushed to his side and shouted, "Dismount and kneel and surrender!" ”

Tong Yangjia hurriedly dismounted and knelt on the ground obediently: "I have an important military situation to tell you, and I ask to see His Majesty the Emperor Datong!" ”

Lu Xiangsheng ordered: "Tie up." ”

On the city wall, Meng Xiongbi fell to the ground and pretended to be dead, and not far from his side was the boiling hot gold juice that had been knocked over. He felt a burst of nausea, forced himself to hold back his nausea, and opened his eyes to peek at the situation in all directions.

Seeing that the surrounding enemy troops had run away, Meng Xiongbi immediately took off his armor and wanted to disguise himself as an ordinary soldier.

"There's a Tartar officer over there!"

However, the defenders of each section of the city wall all broke and fled, and a part of the Datong army came back to occupy the city wall.

Meng Xiongbi was so frightened that he hurriedly left the city wall along the slope. As soon as he escaped, he encountered a group of people entering the city, and Meng Xiongbi turned his head and jumped into the streets.

The people were inexplicably excited, and hundreds of people shouted in pursuit, and finally blocked them in an alleyway.

"Don't kill me, I'm Han!" Meng Xiongbi fell to his knees and shouted.

The people giggled, and because there was no rope, they untied their belts one after another and tied Meng Xiongbi with flowers.

Sun Dingliao hid in a private house, and most of the people in the city had already been evicted, and there was no one in this big house. He found a few clothes, took off his armor and put them on, and then cut his braids, but unfortunately he couldn't cut the hair on the back of his head.

In the middle of the afternoon, a team of Datong soldiers came in to search, Sun Dingliao first threw the armor into the well, and then went down the well carefully.

"Gross!"

Sun Dingliao retched for a while.

There were corpses floating in the well, which was the Qing army's expulsion of the people, accompanied by insults to women, and a woman committed suicide by throwing herself into the well to protect her chastity.

She has been dead for more than ten days, and she has long been soaked in well water like a giant, and her belly is bulging like a pregnant woman who is pregnant for ten months.

Sun Dingliao trampled the belly of the corpse with one kick, and all the internal organs and filth poured out, and the stench made him unable to bear it at all.

"There's someone in the well!"

A Datong soldier shouted.

Everyone gathered around the well, poked into the well to check, and was instantly smoked back to their heads.

"Gross!"

Several soldiers vomited on the side of the well.

The chief who led the team wiped his mouth and said, "Throw a rope and pull people up." Let the people come and clean the well, and then set up a sign, don't drink well water during this time. ”

……

Zhao Han moved the headquarters to the city mansion, and the three hundred plate armor soldiers had returned.

Only two were injured, both burned by hot oil.

Luckily, it's just hot oil, not boiling oil.

The worst one was splashed with hot oil into the cracks of his face armor, and after taking off his helmet, half of his face was covered with blisters. Fearing infection, the military doctor scraped off the blisters completely, scalded the wound with a soldering iron, rinsed it with alcohol, and applied gold sore medicine.

It's broken.

"How's it going?" Zhao Han asked.

Zhu Youdong replied: "The shield is not as useful as it is during the usual drills, and the broadsword cannot cut through the enemy's armor. Your Majesty, the Iron Man Army can replace blunt weapons, iron maces, iron hammers, iron rods, etc. Shields are also gone, and it is better to use blunt instruments with both hands. ”

"Yes," Zhao Han thought carefully, "In the future, I will use a chain hammer instead." A large chain hammer in both hands can smash the edge of the shield even if the enemy has a shield, and the spiked hammer head can go over the shield to hammer the enemy's head. After the distance is shortened, it is inconvenient, and the long-handled chain hammer is inconvenient to swing, so hold the chain in your hand to hammer the person. The tail of the hammer handle is also equipped with spikes, which can pierce armor, and when it is too late to turn around, it is used to stab backwards. ”

Zhu Youdong thought about it seriously and felt that this kind of long-handled chain hammer was really powerful. Holding the handle of the hammer himself, he put on the plate armor and swept out, afraid that no enemy would dare to approach at all.

After a short time, Lu Xiangsheng came in with the captive.

"Your Majesty, this is Tong Yangjia, the commander of the puppet Qing Dynasty," Lu Xiangsheng said, "Tong Yangxing, who transferred to the puppet Qing Dynasty to make artillery, is the elder brother of this person, and he said that he has important military information to ask for a meeting." ”

Zhao Han smiled: "It's hard work, sit down." ”

Lu Xiangsheng was in armor, and it was inconvenient to sit down, so he simply stood next to him.

Tong Yangjia knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the villain has a military situation, please spare the villain's life." ”

Zhao Han sneered: "Are you still bargaining with me at this time?" Your so-called important military situation, is it that Dorgon's reinforcements are coming? ”

Tong Yangjia was stunned for a moment, could it be that anyone exchanged intelligence for his life before him?

The Datong Army not only guessed that Dolgon was coming, but the Fifth Division, which retreated to Yingzhou, was also rapidly approaching in the direction of Shangqiu under the leadership of Jiang Liang.

Even if Zhao Han didn't capture Shangqiu, he could camp and garrison first, wait for Xiao Zongxian to arrive, and then use the strength of three divisions to fight against Dolgon.

Zhao Han glanced at Tong Yangjia and said, "Drag it down and cut it, and the body will be burned." The head was made of lime, and the cavalry was sent to pass the head of the city, and the defenders were ordered to surrender the city. The real Tartars who have been caught, as well as the fake Tartars who have been cleared for more than a year, do not need to be interrogated, and all of them will be beheaded and sent to the cities. The captives were cleared within a year, all the generals were cut down, and the low-ranking officers interrogated the crimes. As for the captured ordinary soldiers, they were temporarily classified as criminals, and only after the other people had divided the fields could the criminals settle down. Within five years, the offender must serve free of charge with the government, and he himself must not hold public office, but the crime is not as good as that of his children. ”

"Your Majesty spares your life!"

Tong Yangjia was scared to pee, it was real pee, and his crotch was wet.

He was a Manchu civil servant, and although he had also fought, he had never fought in battle.

Tong Yangjia, Sun Dingliao, Zhao Zhilong, Meng Xiongbi and others reunited outside the city. They were gagged and lined up in a neat line, waiting to be beheaded one by one.

On the city wall, countless soldiers and civilians watched the execution.

Each time one was chopped, there was a burst of cheers. Tong Yangjia was ranked last to be killed, and the whole person was paralyzed like boiled noodles, and he couldn't even kneel straight. The executioners had no choice but to shoot them to death, and finally cut off their heads according to the corpse.

The heads of these men were left behind, and all their bodies were burned, even the blood-stained ground was burned once.

The people were organized to clean the city, especially the wells, which had to be cleaned repeatedly and disinfected with lime, and the water from the wells was not allowed to be drunk for a short time.

The people of Shangqiu City who were expelled returned home one after another, and after they settled down, they could take them to their homes and shops.

There must have been someone who claimed it, but it didn't matter.

As long as there are no disputes, the government is too lazy to take care of it, and the city needs to replenish the population and restore prosperity anyway.

The gap in the city wall was quickly filled with earth and stones. Dorgon's reinforcements are coming, fill the gap to defend the city, and wait for the enemy's morale to drop before fighting a decisive battle.

The Datong soldiers, peasants and volunteers who died in the battle were cremated into ashes on the spot after being registered.

The plague in Shandong is serious, and the epidemic situation in Guide Province in Shandong should not be underestimated.

Although there are doctors to prevent and treat it, hundreds of soldiers of the Datong Army have been infected, and even more have been infected by the rebels and hungry people!

"How much grain and grass was seized?" Zhao Han called the quartermaster in charge of logistics.

The quartermaster replied: "It has not been calculated yet, but it is roughly estimated that there are twenty or thirty thousand stones." ”

Zhao Han breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the enemy army did not break the net and burned the grain and grass before the siege of the city." ”

Food is the most important thing now, there are too many people in need of relief, and Zhao Han is about to be unable to hold on. Even if he killed Dorgon's main force, he would no longer be able to lead the army north, and at most occupy Shandong and Henan.

As for Beizhili, they can only send a small force to attack, and they can take as many cities as they can.

Moreover, there is no food to carry out resettlement work, and Shandong and Henan have to continue to be barren, and first resettle local refugees on the spot.

……

Ningling.

The dragoons who went to Ningling County to persuade them to surrender with a bunch of Tartars and traitor heads happened to collide with the scouts sent by Dolgon.

The guards of Ningling County were in a dilemma, there were only a few hundred soldiers in the hands of this merchant, and the other soldiers were all taken by Tong Yangjia to defend Shangqiu. To the south is the main force of Zhao Han, who has just won the battle, and to the north is the tens of thousands of Eight Banners brought by Dolgon, which side should the hell follow?

In a dilemma, the guard fled on horseback alone, intending to take a few hundred taels of silver incognito.

Love whoever you are!

When Dolgon heard the news of the fall of Shangqiu and the annihilation of Tong Yangjia's army, he was so angry that he didn't say a word.

Shangqiu is such a strong city wall, such a wide moat. Tong Yangjia and Sun Dingliao, two bastards, only held on for eleven days, they are simply a bunch of waste!

In ancient times, fighting wars and defending fortified cities for a few months, or even a year or two, was commonplace.

Dolgon's task to Tong Yangjia only let him stick to it for half a month, but who knew that he couldn't hold it for half a month.

A group of Manchu high-level officials stopped in the north of Ningling County, staring at each other with big eyes, not knowing what to say.

Zilharang sighed and said: "I can't fight, Shangqiu City has fallen, let's rush now, it's a siege war." If we can't break the city quickly, the enemy will have reinforcements, and then we will be attacked from the inside and outside, front and rear. ”

Zilharang is a conservative character, and Huang Taiji has sent troops many times before, but he is against it because he feels that he is not sure about fighting.

Dolgon didn't speak, he still couldn't figure it out, why was Shangqiu City gone?

Even if it is opened by artillery, so many defenders in the city can hold out for a day or two. Just hold out for another day or two, and his main army will arrive!

Man Dahai said: "We have tens of thousands of Eight Banner Army, where can we go?" When Shangqiu fell, the city wall must have been destroyed by artillery. We also have artillery, continue to bombard the gap, and it will be able to open again in a few days. When the time comes, tens of thousands of Eight Banner troops will kill in, and the opposite side will definitely not be able to stop it. Don't think about it anymore and kill all the way. ”

Zilharang retorted: "If the enemy's dozens of artillery pieces are erected on the city wall, they will condescendingly condescend to fight us. What should you do? ”

"This ......" Man Dahai was speechless.

Kong Youde couldn't help but say: "It's better to arrange suspicious troops here, go to Shandong with the main force, and annihilate the enemy in Shandong." ”

Man Dahai said: "The enemy army in Shangqiu will definitely chase after you. ”

Kong Youde said: "It's best to chase it, and it is easier to fight in the field than to go to Shangqiu to attack the city." ”

Dorgon nodded, "This plan works. It's fake to go to Shandong, it's true to lure the main force of the enemy army out of the city, let's annihilate the enemy army in the field! ”

"Regent! Regent...... Whew...... Emergency military intelligence! ”

This is the Shandong war report of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was originally sent to Kaifeng Mansion first. Knowing that Dolgon was marching towards Shangqiu, he chased after him from Kaifeng Mansion.

Dolgon opened the battle report, was speechless for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Duoduo died in battle, and half of the Eight Banners Army in Shandong is gone. ”

The crowd was stunned, thinking they had misheard.

Zilharang swallowed his saliva and said, "Ten kings died in battle...... Could it be that there was a surrender about to defect, and the ten kings were caught off guard? ”

Dorgon shook his head: "Fighting in a dignified manner, the strength of the two armies is equal. If you count the surrender of troops and generals, Duoduo's troops still have an advantage. Datong ...... The pseudo-same soldiers are indeed very powerful, and they are not comparable to the Ming border army. ”

Man Dahai was also stupid this time, although he looked down on Duoduo and felt that Duoduo was a waste when he fought the war. However, the two armies fought in an upright manner and lost under the condition that they had superior troops, and the combat effectiveness of the Datong Army was beyond doubt.

"Withdraw," said Zilharang, "to the north of the Yellow River, and order Azig to withdraw from Shandong as well." You can only defend the critical city, otherwise the retreat will be slow, and tens of thousands of Eight Banner troops will likely be surrounded! ”

Man Dahai was still unwilling, and said, "We have to fight again!" ”

Dorgon thought for a moment and said, "Withdraw for now, and wait for the enemy to come after you." Stretch their battle line, and then find an opportunity to cut off their food routes, they will always seize the opportunity! ”

This idea, Zilharang agreed, and Mandahai could not oppose it, and it was unanimously approved by the Manchu nobles.

They withdrew their troops on the same day, and when they withdrew to Chenliu, they again received military information.

This time it was a military information sent from Liaodong, and after Dolgon read it, he couldn't help but rub his eyes and read it carefully again.

What the hell is the enemy army fighting outside the city of Shenyang?

That's the absolute rear, that's one of the capitals of the Manchus, did the enemy fly over?