Jiang Jianxun replied: "That's nature, how can the last general lie to you?" Gao Bizheng sat down under the city wall and said to Jiang Jianxun: "Do you think the words of the Long Live Lord are accurate?" Jiang Jianxun said angrily: "What are you talking about?" Long live the Lord will only use a letter to deceive you and me, and not send rescuers at all? With that, he sat down with his ass.

Gao Bizheng waved his hand and said: "Hey, where do you want to go, what we said is not a matter at all, reinforcements will definitely come, but what I am most afraid of is that Long Live Lord's expectations for the battle of Yucheng are too high, so the main army will be cut off here." Jiang Jianxun said: "You and I are both military generals, you are still my superiors, but you are always afraid of being afraid, afraid of a hammer?" Gao Bizheng also shouted: "Long live the Lord sent reinforcements, I'm afraid that the Long Live Lord will come over in person, if it's just because I care about my old Gao's life and death, but he has three long and two short, what can I do?" ”

Jiang Jianxun scolded with a smile again: "What should I do? Of course you're remarried! Gao Bizheng was said to be in a hurry, and got up to chase Jiang Jianxun, Jiang Jianxun hurriedly said: "The eldest brother listened to the younger brother's explanation, it was just a joke, but although the plan of the Long Live Lord was not explained to us in the letter, there must be a reason for it." We must have confidence, not to mention that his old man has always been a last resort! Gao Bizheng, who stood up, stopped and thought about it, then stretched out four fingers to look at Jiang Jianxun and said, "You're right, Long Live Lord is very shrewd, count it for four days, don't count the difference." After speaking, he touched his head and asked, "Do you think we can make it?" ”

Jiang Jianxun first shook his head, then nodded and said: It can be done. Gao Bizheng shook his hand and scolded: "I can be a fart, but if it drags on for a while, it's a moment, take care of the special mother." Let's go, hurry up to the city and go to Dolgon! With that, the two of them went back to the city to command the battle.

On October 24, the 16th day of the Battle of Yucheng had passed, and there was only one day left before the last time Zhu Si said, but Liu Zhiyuan's superior artillery fire collapsed the western city wall at this time, with a width of more than ten zhang. Gao Bizheng, who was holding on to the artillery fire, invited Jiang Jianxun and said: "The city wall has been blown down, you come to supervise the battle, I will lead people to meet it and plug the gap!" After speaking, he was about to leave, but Jiang Jianxun grabbed him and said: "You are the commander of the army, you should stay, and I will take someone down." ”

Gao Bizheng didn't get away, so he yelled urgently: "Hey! There's no time to negotiate the price, you kid is a good material, my brother can't compare to you, I'll do the thing of blocking the city wall! You stay and continue to rule the whole picture. After that, he threw off Jiang Jianxun and left, Jiang Jianxun shouted behind him: "Big brother! Gao Bizheng laughed without replying: "Don't think that you take advantage, when the city is broken, neither you nor I can escape, we will all die, what are you fighting for morning and night?" ”

While speaking, Gao Bizheng led the men and horses to the gap in the west city wall with two plate axes, and when the Qing soldiers had not yet rushed up, he first ordered the soldiers to repair the city wall, but Liu Zhiyuan's artillery fire concentrated on the bombardment of the destroyed city wall. Gao Bizheng's team paid many casualties, but the plan to repair the city wall still fell through. UU Library

When Dolgon saw that the city wall had collapsed, he was very sad, and he said to the generals around him: "It is a good thing that the wall has been blown down, but who built this ruined city, and how did he make such a wide moat?" The Ming army put away the drawbridge again, how can our army pass now? With that, Dorgon looked around at the princes and generals. It turned out that this Dolgon was bent on gaining time to break through the Wangbian Gate of Xicheng, and he did build a lot of wooden boats, but after more than ten days, not only did he not touch the city gate, but all the equipment he built was destroyed in the attack.

Seeing the gap in the city wall of more than ten feet, Dolgon insisted that there were few boats to cross the river, so he could only do it in a hurry, how could he not be mixed? Looking at the road from his own phalanx to Yucheng, the ground was full of crashes and sawdust from boats and boats that were destroyed by Ming artillery fire. He began to regret that he shouldn't have put all the ships he had built into the battlefield in the first place, and now that the city was really broken, he didn't have time to build new ships.

Just when Dolgon was scratching his head and Fan Wencheng didn't have a move, Prince Duanzhong Bolo came up with an idea for him: "Uncle, the distance between the destroyed city walls on the other side is wide, and our army has no time to build more boats." According to the little nephew's opinion, there are so many instruments damaged by the Ming army's artillery fire on this road, let's immediately choose the front and let them pick up broken wooden planks to cross the river on the way to charge. The soldiers are very fast, and once it falls into night, the Ming army will definitely repair the city wall, so that our efforts these days will be in vain. ”

Everyone thought Bolo had a good idea, but the striker was too difficult to be a striker. Braving artillery fire while charging and picking up or dismantling the logs from destroyed siege equipment to use as swimming tools, the danger is much higher. However, as Bolo said, once the city wall cannot be broken today, the Ming army will definitely concentrate its forces and speed up the repair of the city wall after nightfall. It is absolutely impossible to wait for your own side to build a boat and start attacking again.

When Dolgon heard this idea, he immediately shook his spirits again, and he said to everyone: "Well, this idea is really good, General Liu continues to bombard the west city wall, and must stop the crazy people on the other side from repairing the city." Ordered Ao Bai to lead 3,000 infantry armor to pick up and disassemble wood along the way, and swim across the siege! Wakda was the back team, leading the 7,000 people to follow. Once the city gate is opened, the drawbridge is lowered, and then Shuo Sai is ordered to lead 20,000 cavalry into the city to destroy the Ming army. This battle will not leave a single living mouth for the Ming army! ”

Before the city was captured, Dolgon had already issued an order for a massacre, which was not good news for Gao Bizheng. Liu Zhiyuan continued to fire artillery to prevent the Ming army from repairing the city; Ao Bai led 3,000 infantry armor to brave the artillery fire of the Ming army, and picked up rags while advancing. The follow-up Qing troops were also actively prepared, especially Wakda, who did not need to charge immediately, had already scattered his 7,000 men and went around looking for life jackets. Fortunately, he found the few remaining wooden boats in the whole army, and sent them to Dolgon, who said: "Okay, keep it, although Aobai is brave in the three armies, presumably he may not be able to take it down with only one of his charges, and send someone to tell Aobai that the lone king already has a few wooden boats here, so that he can use them at the right time." ”

At the collapse of the city wall, a group of soldiers still repaired the city wall regardless of life and death, but the falling cannonballs not only caused casualties, but also destroyed the little achievements that the Ming army had made great sacrifices to repair again. "Big brother, the Tartars seem to be preparing to swim across, what should we do, the enemy's artillery fire is still suppressing us, we can't get out!"