When night fell, the cold wind blew on the city, making a sound like a ghost crying wolf, which made people tremble in their hearts, and the two yellow flag soldiers of the Han army guarding the city wall curled up under the arrows and the female wall, hoping that this silent bitter cold night would pass quickly.

During the day, the artillery battalion of the new army baptized the east city wall of Yanqing Prefecture with fierce artillery fire, almost bulldozing the defensive facilities on the head of the city, the Han army suffered heavy casualties in the two yellow flags, hundreds of people were beaten to pieces, and a large number of wounded soldiers were carried to settle near the city gate.

The soldiers and horses of Manchuria, with yellow flags, hid in the houses in the city, eating dry food and enjoying the women in the city, which made the two yellow flag soldiers of the Han army hateful.

"Really?"

In the city tower, Ma Guangyuan asked Geng Zhongming angrily, only to see Geng Zhongming also gritting his teeth and saying, "It's true!" The wounded soldiers who had settled near the city gate at night had all been driven out by the Baiyintu order, and many of them had already frozen to death! ”

Ma Guangyuan remembered the whip he received during the day, and the red marks on his face were throbbing again, so angry that he pulled his braids directly, and said angrily in a low voice: "Let's work hard for the Manchurians, and we don't even want our ancestors and face, so we get such treatment?" Those wounded soldiers are all our brothers, and they are disabled for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, and they can't even get a tile to shelter from the wind! ”

Geng Zhongming's face was pale, he had never regretted it as much as he does now, if he hadn't sailed out of Dengzhou and surrendered to the Manchus, would his life be different?

"What should we do, Brother Geng, you have an idea!"

At this time, Ma Guangyuan's face was hideous, as if he had made up his mind, Geng Zhongming thought for a moment and said, "Today, Liu Yanbu

You have also seen the artillery fire, according to this, Yanqing Prefecture will not be able to support it for a few days, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken. We're going to have to think of a way out! ”

"That's good!"

Ma Guangyuan said angrily: "Since Brother Geng said this, I will say the ugly words: You and I will defend this east, why don't you directly open the city and surrender, dedicate Yanqing Prefecture to Liu Yan, and leave a way for you and me to live, how about it?" ”

Geng Zhongming hesitated: "Haven't you heard?" A few of the defeated soldiers who came back from Changping Prefecture said, how did Kong Youde die, wasn't it just that they were slaughtered by the new army after surrendering? Do you also want to follow in the footsteps of Kong Youde? ”

"This time and that time!"

Ma Guangyuan pointed to the direction of the city and said: "There are two fathers and sons, Huang Taiji and Haoge in the city, after we dedicate the city, we will lead the troops to attack the Zhizhou Yamen, success or failure is an attitude, Liu Yan will not be a killer!" ”

Geng Zhongming nodded heavily and said, "Okay! Without further ado, let's act tonight, if we wait for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that Liu Yanbu will break the city tomorrow! ”

"Good!"

Immediately Geng Zhongming and Ma Guangyuan discussed, Ma Guangyuan led his troops to set up defenses near the east city gate to block the counterattack of Manchu with yellow flags, and Geng Zhongming led his troops to open the city gate and stationed at the city gate to prevent the counterattack of the Qing soldiers.

In the night, Ma Guangyuan led 800 of his henchmen to the vicinity of the East City Gate along the road, and everyone hid around a private house and in a dark alley.

"Master, there are more than 20 Baya soldiers in front, what should I do?"

Ma Guangyuan said in a low voice: "Wait here, wait until Geng Zhongming leads his troops to kill it, and then we will do it."

Rush over there. ”

Ma Guangyuan pointed to the front, not far away, in a private house, is the place where the soldiers and horses of Manchurian with yellow flags rest, and everyone can even hear the voice of a woman wailing in front.

"After a while, the fight will start, and a few of you will be nearby to prevent fire, and then go and call the brothers of the Han Army Banner to come over to support."

Ma Guangyuan and Geng Zhongming both knew that time was pressing, and in order to prevent leaking the news in advance, both of them only gathered hundreds of absolute henchmen, and did not alarm the brigade of soldiers and horses, otherwise the transfer of the brigade of soldiers would definitely make Bai Yintu alert.

"Minions understand!"

Ma Guangyuan and the others waited in the cold wind for a while, and then saw Geng Zhongming walking down the city wall with dozens of personal guards, swaggering towards the east city gate.

Then Geng Zhongming and the others were stopped by those Baya soldiers with yellow flags in Manchuria, and Ma Guangyuan and the others couldn't hear what was said over there, just stared nervously.

Suddenly, Geng Zhongming drew his sword and attacked, and dozens of guards with helmets and armor also took action, although the twenty or so Baya soldiers were strong, but they were caught off guard, and seven or eight people fell in an instant, and the remaining Baya soldiers retreated to the city gate, and one of them directly blew the alarm horn.

"It's broken!"

Ma Guangyuan was furious and scolded angrily: "Geng Zhongming's smashing, this little thing can't be done!" ”

Then Ma Guangyuan jumped up directly and said loudly: "Rush with me, kill Baiyintu!" ”

"Kill!"

Eight hundred Han soldiers with yellow flags rushed up, and Ma Guangyuan was also desperate at this time, gritting his teeth and rushing to the houses in front, but saw the Manchurian soldiers with yellow flags rushing out of various courtyards.

Although those Manchurian soldiers

was also panicked, but the Manchurians' long-term oppression of the Han Army Banner made Ma Guangyuan and others still cowardly in their hearts, and the elite of the Han Army Banner of 800 people lost first in momentum.

"Ma Guangyuan! You slave is going to rebel! ”

In the night, Bai Yintu rushed out shirtless, carrying a steel knife in his hand, and there was a trace of blood on his chest, which should have belonged to a certain woman.

At this time, Bai Yintu saw Ma Guangyuan who led his troops to rush over at a glance, looked near the city gate, and could also see that Geng Zhongming's department was seizing the city gate, and instantly understood, and immediately said to his subordinates: "Immediately transfer troops, report to Prince Zheng and Rao Yu Beile, and quell the chaos!" ”

"Huh!"

Then Bai Yintu roared: "Kill the Han Army Banner and rebel!" ”

These Manchurian soldiers were defeated by Liu Yanbu all the way, so that they lost their troops and lost their generals, and they didn't know how much resentment was accumulated in their hearts, and even the people who looked at the Han army flag were full of hatred, and now that they had the opportunity, these Manchurian soldiers were fierce and vicious, and they almost rushed to Ma Guangyuan's department like crazy.

"Kill!"

Ma Guangyuan knew that the matter was exposed, so he could only fight to the death, struggled to take the sword that was chopped down by the vest, and then slammed it, knocking it out, and then yelled: "Blow the trumpet!" Say hello brothers, anyway! ”

"Woo~woo!"

For a time, the horns of the two yellow flags of the Han army and the yellow flags of Manchuria continued to fight, and the soldiers of each flag continued to gather towards the east city gate, and everyone panicked in the night, and then gathered under the nearest battle flag, and fought to the death with their companions who were still fighting together during the day, and the city suddenly became chaotic.

At this time, Geng Zhongming was angry

Looking at the dozen or so Bayala soldiers in front of him, these Manchurians were very strong, and the dozen or so people blocked the attack of more than 40 of their own guards, and they were never able to open the city gate.

"Archers! Where are the archers! ”

Geng Zhongming roared, and finally sent more than 30 archers from the city, and was about to shoot the Baya soldiers guarding the gate in front, but he was horrified to see that the Manchurian Blue Banner Iron Cavalry had been killed.

The more than 200 people of the Han army who had just assembled not far away were scattered in an instant by the Manchurian Zhenglan Banner iron cavalry, and suffered heavy casualties.

"On the order of Prince Zheng: Destroy the rebellion of the two yellow banners of the Han army, and kill Geng Zhongming and Ma Guangyuan!"

"Kill Geng Zhongming!"

"Kill the horse!"

At this time, Geng Zhongming heard the sound of shouting to kill him everywhere in the city, and suddenly sweated like rain, his heart was full of remorse, and he roared violently: "Since Lao Tzu is not allowed to live, then everyone will die together!" ”

After speaking, Geng Zhongming almost excitedly raised his sword and charged, leading dozens of guards around him to kill at the gate of the city, and surrounded the dozen or so Bayala regiments.

At this time, the two sides have already killed the red eyes, none of them dodge or dodge, there is no move at all, that is, you slash me, I stab you, and everyone fights for their lives.

A moment later, more than a dozen Baya soldiers all fell in a pool of blood, and dozens of guards around Geng Zhongming also fell eighteen, and even Geng Zhongming was slashed, although it was not heavy, but it also made his body bloody.

"Open the gates! Open the gates! ”

Geng Zhongming seemed to see the hope of victory, and several Han army bannermen and horses struggled to lift the heavy deadbolt, seeing that they were about to succeed, but

Suddenly, a rain of arrows was shot, and all the Han soldiers who opened the door were nailed to death at the city gate.

Geng Zhongming shouted, and was about to go up to open the door in person, but he felt a sharp pain in his back, and when he looked back, he saw a large number of Manchurian yellow flag archers pulling bows and arrows, and there was a volley of fire at his side.

"Ahh

Geng Zhongming and the remaining guards were shot into hedgehogs in the blink of an eye, and there was no one alive in the city gate.

At the same time, Ma Guangyuan and more than 100 subordinates were also surrounded, and everyone was trapped in the courtyard of a private house, where the owner of the family was a family of six, and they were all trembling and hiding in a side room.

"Master, what should I do?"

A Niu Lu Zhangjing asked with a crying voice, and the rest of his subordinates were also full of despair.

Ma Guangyuan said angrily: "Why, why didn't the Han army come to support with two yellow flags and two or twenty thousand people?" Why not! ”

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking the air, and dense rockets shot in from the outside, and immediately set the courtyard on fire.

The night wind in winter is very strong, and the winter in the north is very dry, and the inside and outside of the courtyard instantly turned into a sea of fire, Ma Guangyuan and more than 100 subordinates were frightened, and rushed to the courtyard gate, wanting to escape, and then were shot back by a more dense rain of arrows, and more than 20 people were shot directly at the courtyard gate.

Ma Guangyuan dropped the war knife in despair, and then shouted with all his might: "Lao Tzu is waiting for you underground, you all have to die, all have to die!" ”

The flames were scorching, dispelling the chill of winter, and Ma Guangyuan and more than 100 subordinates, as well as the six people in this house, were all buried in the flames.

Outside the courtyard, the faces of Zilharang, Baiyintu, and Abatai were stern

Jun looked at the sea of fire, and there were already many Qing soldiers around to extinguish the fire to prevent the fire from spreading.

"What to do with the remaining soldiers of the two yellow flags of the Han army?"

Zilharang didn't speak, but there was a hint of murder in his eyes.

Abatai pondered for a while, and said: "Kill it, now that my Qing Dynasty has been hit hard, these Han army banner people are all Han people after all, in their hearts, they have never been with us with one heart, at this time, they would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go!" ”

Bai Yintu nodded and said, "Okay! Anyway, they are all minions, and if they are killed, they will be killed, but the Han army has a large number of people in the two yellow banners, and if they are all killed, I am afraid that the troops in the city will be even more insufficient. ”

Abatai said: "What if there are enough troops? Let's sit in the hinterland of the Ming Kingdom to guard the lonely city, there is a strong army besieging the city outside, and there are no reinforcements in sight, so let's hold the day for a few days! ”

After speaking, Zilharang next to him sighed faintly, and everyone's hearts were suddenly shrouded in a layer of haze.