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

There are ten thousand cavalry alone!

This guy took a few coated slaves and fled from the north gate on horseback. Before he could cross the moat, he saw hundreds of cavalry approaching.

Tong Yangjia hurried back to the city. He did not dare to run around the city wall, because except for the northern 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 walls on both sides were also captured by the Datong Army. Then they rushed along the city wall and helped the friendly troops who were climbing the ladder to climb the city. The defenders were unable to resist, and section after section of the city wall was breached.

The morale of the defenders collapsed and they began to flee in large numbers.

There were also some garrison generals who knelt down and surrendered with their troops. But they are not considered defectors. If they fight to this extent, even if they defect, they will be classified as prisoners of war.

Tens of thousands of defeated troops fled toward the north gate. Tong Yangjia was blocked by the defeated troops and had to turn his horse around again and try to escape from the north again.

Lu Xiangsheng led the cavalry to charge outside the north city. After cutting down several people with his own hands, the thousands of defeated soldiers in front of him all knelt down and surrendered. He immediately rode his horse towards another city gate. Tong Yangjia's horse was too conspicuous, so Lu Xiangsheng went straight towards this guy.

Tong Yangjia was so frightened that he turned around again and collided with the rout of troops. After knocking over two people one after another, the war horse completely lost speed.

Lu Xiangsheng led the cavalry to rush over. The defeated soldiers who had already knelt down and surrendered were afraid of being trampled by the cavalry team, so they rolled and crawled towards the base of the wall.

"Spare your life!"

Tong Yangjia shouted in horror.

Lu Xiangsheng rushed to his side and shouted: "Get off your horse, kneel down and surrender!"

Tong Yangjia quickly dismounted and knelt on the ground obediently: "I have important military information to tell you. I want to see His Majesty the Emperor of Datong!"

Lu Xiangsheng ordered: "Tie them up."

On the city wall, Meng Xiongbi fell to the ground and pretended to be dead. Not far from him was the boiling golden juice that had been knocked over. He felt nauseated, suppressed his nausea, and opened his eyes to peek at the situation around him.

Seeing that all the enemy troops around him were running away, Meng Xiongbi immediately took off his armor and tried to disguise himself as an ordinary soldier.

"There's a Tatar official over there!"

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

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

The civilians were inexplicably excited. Hundreds of people shouted to pursue him, and finally blocked him in an alley.

"Don't kill me, I'm a Han!" Meng Xiongbi knelt down and shouted.

The peasants were laughing and laughing. Since there was no rope, they took off their belts and tied up Meng Xiongbi.

Sun Dingliao hid in a residential house. Most of the people in the city had been expelled, and there was no one in this big house. He found some clothes, took off his armor and put on some clothes, and then cut his braid, but unfortunately he couldn't cut off the hair on the back of his head.

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

"vomit!"

Sun Dingliao retched for a while.

There were corpses floating in the well. It was the Qing army expelling the people and insulting women. A woman committed suicide by throwing herself into the well to preserve her chastity.

He had been dead for more than ten days. He had been soaked in well water and looked like a giant. His belly was bulging like a pregnant woman who was ten months pregnant.

Sun Dingliao trampled the belly of the corpse, and all the internal organs and filth came out. The stench made him unable to bear the stench.

"There's someone in the well!"

shouted a Datong soldier.

Everyone gathered around the well and poked their heads into the well to take a look. They were instantly smoked and their heads retracted.

"vomit!"

Several soldiers vomited on the ground beside the well.

The leader of the team wiped his mouth after vomiting and said: "Throw a rope and pull the person up. Let the villagers come over to clean the well and put up a sign. Don't drink the well water during this period."

…

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

There were only two injuries, both from hot oil burns.

Luckily it was just hot oil, not boiling oil.

The worst case was that hot oil splashed into the cracks of the helmet. After taking off the helmet, half of his face was covered in blisters. The military doctor was afraid of infection, so he scraped off the blisters completely, burned the wound with a soldering iron, rinsed it with alcohol and then applied gold sore medicine.

The appearance is broken.

"How is the actual combat?" Zhao Han asked.

Zhu Youdong replied: "Shields are not as useful as in daily drills when hitting a dense formation, and broad swords cannot break the enemy's armor. Your Majesty, the Iron Man Army can replace blunt weapons, such as maces, hammers, and iron rods. Shields can be used. No, it’s better to use blunt objects with both hands.”

"Okay," Zhao Han thought carefully, "I will use a chain hammer in the future. The large chain hammer held in both hands can hit the edge of the shield even if the enemy has a shield. The spiked hammer head can hit the enemy's head over the shield. After the distance is shortened, it is inconvenient to swing the long-handled chain hammer, so I hold the iron chain with my hand to hit the person. The hammer handle is also equipped with spikes at the end, which can break armor. When there is no time to turn around, it can be used to swing backwards. Stab.”

Zhu Youdong thought about it carefully and felt that this long-handled chain hammer was really powerful. He held the handle of the hammer, put on his plate armor and swept out, fearing that no enemy would dare to approach.

Not long after, Lu Xiangsheng came in with the prisoners.

"Your Majesty, this is Tong Yangjia, the commander-in-chief of the city defense of the Puppet Qing Dynasty," Lu Xiangsheng said. "Tong Yangxing, who specializes in making artillery for the Puppet Qing Dynasty, is his brother. He said he has important military information and wants to see him."

Zhao Han smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, sit down."

Lu Xiangsheng was wearing armor and it was inconvenient to sit down, so he simply stood aside.

Tong Yangjia knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I have military information to tell you. Please spare my life."

Zhao Han sneered: "Are you still bargaining with me at this time? Does the important military information you call mean that Dorgon's reinforcements are coming?"

Tong Yangjia was stunned. Could anyone have exchanged information for his life before him?

Not only did the Datong Army guess that Dorgon was coming, but the fifth division that had retreated to Yingzhou was already rushing towards Shangqiu under the leadership of Jiang Liang.

Even if Zhao Han failed to capture Shangqiu, he could still set up camp and wait for Xiao Zongxian to arrive, then confront Dorgon with three divisions.

Zhao Han glanced at Tong Yangjia and said, "Drag him down, chop him, and burn the body. The head is covered with lime, and he sends cavalry to each city and orders the garrison to surrender. The real Tatars who were captured, and the Jiangqing Those who were false Tatars for more than one year were not required to be interrogated for their crimes. All prisoners were beheaded and sent to each city. For prisoners who had been surrendered for less than one year, all generals were beheaded, and the lower-level officers were interrogated for their crimes. As for ordinary soldiers who were captured, they were temporarily classified as criminals. , and only after the land is divided among other common people, the offenders can divide the land and settle down. Within five years, the offenders must serve the government for free, and they are not allowed to hold public office, but the offenders are not guilty of their children. "

"Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

Tong Yangjia was so frightened that he peed. He really peed, and his crotch was dripping wet.

He was a Manchu civil servant. Although he had fought in battles, he had never fought in a battle.

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

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

With each cut, a burst of cheers erupted. Tong Yangjia was last in line to be beheaded. His whole body was as paralyzed as boiled noodles, and he could not even kneel straight. The executioners had no choice but to stab him to death with random shots, and finally cut off his head on the body.

The heads of these people were left behind, their bodies were all burned, and even the bloody ground was on fire.

Civilians were organized to clean up the city, especially wells. If there were dead bodies in them, they had to be cleaned repeatedly and lime was sprinkled for disinfection. The water from the wells was not allowed to be drunk for a short period of time.

The expelled people of Shangqiu City are returning home one after another. After settling in, they can take their homes and shops back home.

There must be someone pretending to claim it, but it doesn't matter.

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

The gaps in the city wall were quickly refilled with earth and rocks. Dorgon's reinforcements are coming soon to fill the gap and defend the city, waiting for the enemy's morale to drop before the decisive battle.

The Datong soldiers, peasant soldiers and rebels who died in the battle were registered and cremated into ashes on the spot.

The plague in Shandong is serious, and in Guide Prefecture in Shandong, the epidemic should not be taken lightly either.

Although there are doctors carrying out prevention and treatment, hundreds of Datong Army officers and soldiers have been infected, and even more rebels and hungry people have been infected!

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

The quartermaster replied: "I haven't calculated it clearly yet, but I roughly estimate it to be 20,000 to 30,000 shi."

Zhao Han breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, the enemy did not defeat the enemy and burned the food and grass before falling into the city."

Food is the most important thing now. There are too many people in need of relief, and Zhao Han can hardly hold on anymore. Even if Dorgon's main force is killed, he will not be able to lead the army northward. At most, he will occupy Shandong and Henan.

As for Beizhili, they can only send a small group of troops to attack, and they will take as many cities as they can.

Moreover, there is no food to carry out immigration work, so Shandong and Henan have to continue to be desolate, and local refugees must be resettled first.

…

Ningling.

The dragoons carrying a bunch of Tatars and traitor heads to Ningling County to persuade them to surrender happened to run into the detective horses sent by Dorgon.

The Ningling County guard was in a dilemma. He only had a few hundred soldiers at his disposal, and the other soldiers were sent to defend Shangqiu by Tong Yangjia. To the south is the main force of Zhao Han, who just won the battle, and to the north are the tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops brought by Dorgon. Which way should this guy follow?

In a dilemma, the guard fled alone on horseback, intending to hide his name with a few hundred taels of silver.

Love so and so!

Dorgon was so angry that he didn't say a word when he learned that Shangqiu had fallen and that Tong Yangjia's entire army had been wiped out.

Shangqiu has such a strong city wall and such a wide moat. Two bastards, Tong Yangjia and Sun Dingliao, only lasted eleven days. They are simply a bunch of losers!

In ancient times, it was commonplace to defend a fortified city for months, or even a year or two.

Dorgon only asked Tong to hold on to the task of raising armor for half a month, but he couldn't hold it even for half a month.

A group of senior Manchu and Qing officials stopped in the north of Ningling County, staring at each other, not knowing what to say.

Jierhalang sighed and said: "We can't fight anymore. Shangqiu City has fallen. Let's rush here now to fight the siege. If we can't break the city quickly, the enemy will have reinforcements. Then we will be attacked from both inside and outside, and from front to back." "

Jierhalang has a conservative personality. Huang Taiji has sent troops many times before, but he always opposed it because he felt that the fight was uncertain.

Dorgon didn't say anything, but he still couldn't understand why Shangqiu City was gone?

Even if a hole is opened by artillery, there are so many defenders in the city that they can still hold on for a day or two. As long as he persists for a day or two, his main army will arrive!

Man Dahai said: "Where can we go without tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops? When Shangqiu fell, the city wall must have been destroyed by artillery. We also have artillery, and we will continue to bombard the gap. It will take a few days to open it again. By that time , tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops are rushing in, and the other side will definitely not be able to stop them. Don’t think about it anymore, just fight all the way through."

Jirhalang retorted: "If dozens of enemy artillery are mounted on the city wall and they are firing at us from a high position, what should you do?"

"This..." Mandahai was speechless.

Kong Youde couldn't help but said: "It's better to deploy suspicious troops here, and go to Shandong with the main force to annihilate the enemies in Shandong."

Man Dahai said: "The enemies in Shangqiu will definitely come after us."

Kong Youde said: "It's best to chase us. We can fight in the wild. It's easier than going to Shangqiu to attack the city."

Dorgon nodded and said: "This plan is feasible. Going to Shandong is fake, but luring the enemy's main force out of the city is real. Let's annihilate the enemy in the wild!"

"Prince Regent! Prince Regent...whoosh...urgent military situation!"

This is the Qing Dynasty's Shandong battle report, which was originally sent to Kaifeng Mansion. After learning that Dorgon was marching towards Shangqiu, he quickly chased after him from Kaifeng Prefecture.

Dorgon opened the battle report and was speechless for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Dodoro died in the battle, and half of the Eight Banners Army in Shandong has been lost."

Everyone was stunned and thought they heard wrongly.

Jirharang swallowed and said: "Ten kings died in battle...could it be that some generals defected before the battle, and the ten kings were killed by surprise?"

Dorgon shook his head: "Fighting openly, the two armies are of equal strength. If we count the surrender of troops and generals, Duoduo still has the upper hand. Datong... the soldiers of the pseudo-tong are indeed very powerful, and they are not comparable to the Ming border troops."

Mandahai was also dumbfounded this time. Although he looked down on Duduo, he felt that Duduo was a waste in fighting. However, the two armies fought openly and lost despite their superior strength. There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Datong Army.

"Withdraw," Jierhalang said, "withdraw to the north of the Yellow River, and order Azig to withdraw from Shandong as well. We can only defend important cities, otherwise if we withdraw too slowly, tens of thousands of Eight Banners troops may be surrounded!"

Mandahai was still unwilling to give in and said: "We have to fight again!"

Dorgon thought for a while and said: "Retreat temporarily and wait for the enemy to catch up. Extend their front line and then look for opportunities to cut off their food routes. You can always seize the opportunity!"

Jierhalang agreed with this idea, and Mandahai could not object, and it was unanimously approved by the Manchu nobles.

They withdrew their troops that day, and when they retreated to Chenliu, they received military intelligence again.

This time it was military information sent from Liaodong. After reading it, Dorgon couldn't help but rub his eyes and read it again carefully.

What the hell happened when the enemy troops reached outside Shenyang City?

That was the absolute rear, and it was one of the capitals of the Qing Dynasty. Did the enemy fly over?