Just as Shi Kefa was trying his best to transfer Hu Maozhen and Guo Hu into the city to assist the few defenders in defending Yangzhou, a bad news came.

On the 21st, Li Qifeng, the No. 3 person in Yangzhou City after Liu Zhaoji, together with Gao Qifeng, the supervising army, led 3,000 Ming troops out of the city to surrender to the Liaodong Army.

Immediately afterwards, Hu Shangyou and Han Shangliang, the commanders of the two Sichuan soldiers, and Zhang Tianlu and Zhang Tianfu, who defended the West Gate, also chose to go out of the city and surrender.

The only act they had a conscience on their part was that they did not open the city gate for the Liaodong Army.

The reason why these people risked their lives to surrender to the Liaodong Army was because they discovered one thing, the Liaodong Army wanted to kill the remnants of Gao Jie, who had done a lot of evil, not the "petty" Ming army.

Yang Chengying accepted them and let them lead the army temporarily. Wait for the south to come down, and then arrange a place for them to go.

The thirteenth year of Chongzhen, the second year of Dashun Yongchang, the twenty-second day of the first month.

The night of the fourth watch is thick, and in Huaisi Town, the cooking camp sets up a large pot and earthen stove, and the cooking soldiers who get up early make a fire to cook and prepare meals for the soldiers who are about to go to battle.

This is very close to Yangzhou City, even the smoke of the enemy and us can be seen clearly, in the past this is a rich town, encountered soldiers, only a dozen families remained.

These people were poor old men who couldn't walk, and they were frightened when they first encountered the Liaodong army, thinking that they would definitely die. ap.

Unexpectedly, the Liaodong Army did not embarrass them, not only did they not embarrass them, but also let them live with the cooking camp, and the food, clothing and cooking soldiers were the same.

The only thing the old people had to do was to show the cooks where the water was good, where the water was bad, and which road led to which.

Gradually, the old people's faces were shiny, and they also got up with the cooks, busy with cooking.

Yang Chengying also got up early, but instead of going for a morning jog, he stood on the dirt mountain, quietly watching into the distance.

"Your Highness, it's time for breakfast."

Bahana carried the food on a tray and whispered as he placed the tray on the table.

Yang Chengying turned around and invited Bahana to dine together: "Come, sit! You can go on a trip and eat together."

But when I saw the extra bowl of porridge, I knew that my words were superfluous.

Bahana laughed and said, "Your Highness won't invite you, and I'll be cheeky to eat together."

"Haha, I like your upright personality, like the first time I met you." Yang Chengying said as he sat down opposite Bahana.

"yes." Bahana said in a tone full of memories, "After so many years, I still remember the events of that time clearly."

Recalling the past, Yang Chengying couldn't help but smile: "If reunification is imminent today, it is actually a new beginning for us."

"It's hard to fight the country, and it's even harder to defend the country." Bahana was quite touched by this, "More than 200 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has become what it is now."

He was referring not only to Nanming's unreasonableness, but also to the "cheekiness" of Li Qifeng and others, who knelt on the ground and begged in order to survive by exploiting the loopholes in Yang Chengying's words.

During the entire southern expedition, the only decent one was the little-known Zhu Xianzheng, and the rest were all about to collapse at the touch of a button.

Even if he resisted, he was as timid as the rest of Gao Jie.

I don't even have the courage to give it a go.

"Maybe it's providence." Yang Chengying picked up the steamed bun and ate a few bites, and drank another mouthful of gruel.

"Marshal, General Wu is in a hurry!"

Wu Sangui was ordered to guard the front line, and his urgent report must be very important.

Yang Chengying frowned, waved his hand and ordered the guards to let the signal soldier go: "Report quickly."

Wu Sangui's signal soldier ran to the dirt mountain, took out the letter and said to it: "General Wu ordered me to report to His Highness, the situation ahead is special, please make a decision quickly."

When Yang Chengying heard the word "special", his heart suddenly rose, and he hurriedly took the letter and opened it, shouting "" in his heart.

Wu Sangui said in the letter that it may be because Shi Kefa transferred Hu Maozhen and Guo Hu into the city, which caused the rest of Gao Jie's dissatisfaction, and Li Benshen led the army to follow Hu Maozhen

Entering the city, the two sides were united at the west gate.

The fire outside the West Gate was soaring, and some scouts risked their lives to get close to reconnoitre, and found that the situation at the West Gate was no longer under control.

Yang Chengying didn't plan to finish reading it, so he immediately got up: "Blow the assembly call, the army will be arranged in advance, and the troops will attack Yangzhou City and the rest of Gao Jie in four ways."

From the moment Yang Chengying arrived outside Yangzhou, military deployment was arranged.

The 10th Division of the Fifth Army, with the assistance of the Mongolian Karaqin cavalry, attacked the East Gate, and the deputy commander Hu Yousheng commanded in front of the East Gate.

The 11th Division, with the assistance of the Mongolian Tumut cavalry, attacked the West Gate, and Wu Sangui commanded in front of the West Gate.

The 12th Division, with the assistance of the Mongolian Chahar cavalry, made a detour to attack the south gate, and the supervising army Zu Kefa commanded it in front.

Bahana led the military headquarters and the troops directly under the military department, followed Yang Chengying's 1st Mountain Division at the north gate, ready to attack at any time.

These are just deployments, the direction of the offensive after the offensive begins.

The rallying horn sounded, and the armies quickly moved.

The first thing to do was heavy artillery bombardment.

Under the cover of the cannons, pieces of torches approached the trenches dug by the Ming army, and the planks prepared for the realization were laid on top of the trenches.

When the cannon was discharged, the sparks that burst out flashed and shone on the faces of the soldiers of the Liaodong Army who passed quickly, all of which were calmly terrifying.

In the dark night, the sound of horses' hooves abounded.

A large number of Mongol cavalry made a detour and attacked the rest of Gao Jie's Ming army from the flank. Wielding their sabers, they simply cut into the chaotic Ming army formation, slashing and killing.

They have not yet learned the labor-saving stabbing and picking of the Liaodong cavalry, as well as riding the wall. All with his own blood bravery, slash and slash as much as he wants.

If it was a tight military formation, they would never do this, but now they are facing a mess of Ming soldiers.

Yang Chengying stood on the dirt mountain, quietly looking ahead, he knew that he would not wait until dawn for the battle to be decided.

Gunshots rang out in exchange for screams. Some knelt on the ground and begged for their lives, but they were also drowned by the rain of bullets and bullets that flew in.

Yang Chengying is not a murderous person, but let him choose, whether to raise hundreds of thousands of wolf cubs who can't be fed, or directly eliminate future troubles forever.

He did not hesitate to choose the latter.

Because in addition to rations, there are also corresponding rewards.

The reward is a lot for his own people, how can he give it to outsiders.

The Liaodong army rushed out and, under the cover of artillery fire, attacked the Ming army in the north of the city.

According to intelligence, this is Li Benshen's troops.

In the face of life and death, he seems to show a strong will to survive, and intends to fight a decisive battle with the mountain division of the Liaodong Army from the front.

However, their ideas were clearly in vain. If they form an army formation like Li Zicheng's and still have the power to counterattack, it is completely futile to fight back in a chaotic manner based on survival.

As the sky grew brighter, Wu Sangui's signal corps came running: "Our army has taken advantage of the chaos at the West Gate and taken the West Gate in one fell swoop."

"Tell Wu Sangui that after entering the city, only the Ming army will be killed, and the people will not be disturbed." Yang Chengying's tone was very stern, "If there is a violation, behead!"

"Yes."

The signal corps stepped back quickly.