A fire broke out in the woods, Liang Huafeng led 5,000 Qing soldiers, ran to the north, and only when he came out of the woods did he encounter the outflanked Guangwu battalion, and the two armies almost had no formation, killing at the edge of the woods.

The hills that Liu Shunxuan chose are not big, more than ten low hills are connected, and at most 10,000 soldiers are hidden, and he has the advantage of troops, so he is not afraid.

This battle was not between two companies, one ran out of the woods, and the formation had long been out of order, and the other came in a hurry, and there was no time to line up, both of them cooperated with small units to start a chaotic battle.

Nearly 10,000 soldiers fought fiercely together, swords and swords, the sound of killing was slow, and there were constantly soldiers being cut down, but overall, the Ming army had the advantage, one was more elite, the other wanted to block, the other wanted to escape, and the will to fight was different.

At this time, a shout of killing shouted from the south, thousands of soldiers armed with swords, shields, and spears were killing around the edge of the woods to the battlefield, Liang Huafeng was immediately in a hurry, forced back a Ming general with a knife, and shouted loudly: "If you don't want to die, rush out!" ”

Because it is not a tight formation, the two armies are fighting together, the Qing army wants to escape, and it is difficult for the Ming army to block them all, as soon as Liang Huafeng spoke, the Qing soldiers around him immediately forced the opponent away, and rushed north, and the Ming general Tian Hualong grabbed a Qing soldier who wanted to escape, pulled it back and slashed it over, and then immediately shouted, "Catch up!" Kill me! ”

Part of the Qing army is still fighting, part of the stumbling run, nearly a thousand Ming troops chased and killed, constantly someone was hit by an arrow in the back, a Qing general was hit by an arrow, fell to the ground, the two Qing soldiers immediately set him up on the left and right, and fled with his life.

The Ming army was chasing and killing, and suddenly there was a sound of hooves in front, raising a cloud of yellow dust, and a Eight Banners soldier patrolling along the canal galloped over.

Although there are less than 100 horses, it is quite powerful, the sound of hooves rumbles, the dust is rolling, the chasing Ming general saw this, and immediately waved his hand, "Stop, stop chasing, move closer to me!" ”

Although there were more than 1,000 Ming troops, they did not dare to hold it up.

The woods on the hills burned for two days and two nights before the fire gradually went out.

Liu Shun chose this place, first, there were 4,000 cavalry in Yangzhou, and he had to be on guard, and second, there was a forest, which could be used to build a pontoon bridge.

Now that the woods are burning, he has to take materials from other sources, but when the woods are burned, pontoon bridges are erected.

Chen Bangyan left 10,000 horses on the east bank of the Grand Canal, and the rest of the men and horses all crossed the river and moved to the west bank.

With nearly 70,000 Ming troops, naturally there was no need to be afraid of 4,000 cavalry, so the army advanced to the city and directly set up camp.

The camp was busy, and Chen Bangyan led Liu Shun, Zhang Huangyan and others to ride out of the camp and go around the city to observe the defense of Yangzhou.

Everyone rode up a small slope, condescending, Chen Bangyan looked at the moat in the distance, pointed at the moat with a horsewhip and asked: "Yangzhou is the hub of Caoyun, after the reconstruction of the Manchu Dynasty, the Jin merchants also focused on operating Yangzhou, the moat can supply ships in and out, can the sailor warships sail directly into the moat?"

The Ming army attacked the city several times, all of which took advantage of the naval army, drove directly into the moat, and used the ship's tower to be level with the city wall, or even higher than the city wall, and directly landed in the city, so Chen Bangyan first thought of this method.

Liu Shun has been in Yangzhou for a long time and is familiar with the situation, he beat his horse close to Chen Bangyan, "Supervisor, Duoduo thought of this early, when the last general first besieged Yangzhou, he asked Guan Xiaozhong and Liang Huafeng to scuttle all the sailor warships, blocking the entrance of the moat, and the section of the Grand Canal near the east city of Yangzhou, there were also shipwrecks at both ends. ”

Liu Shun groaned, "The last general once sent people to salvage, but the Qing army had already prepared and arranged heavy artillery on the city, so that the last general lost nearly 100 people, but the sunken ship was not salvaged." ”

The Manchu Qing Dynasty finally got some sailors, but Duoduo was willing to sink them all, and it seems that he has the determination to defend Yangzhou.

Chen Bangyan frowned slightly, "As soon as the heavy artillery arrives, we will immediately bombard the city, and we can find a way while bombarding the moat!" ”

"Let's go! Back to camp! After speaking, Chen Bangyan pulled the reins and led many people down the mountain to break.

The strength of the Qing army in Jiangbei has 100,000 people, mainly stationed in Yangzhou and Hefei, two important towns, and the Ming army used about 140,000 troops this time.

This made Duoduo feel the pressure, and he could only rely on Yangzhou to fortify the city and hold Yangzhou to wait for the situation to change.

At the beginning, his 300,000 troops besieged, Wang Yan was able to defend Yangzhou for three months, he now has more troops than Wang Yan, and the equipment is not less than Wang Yan, and the Ming army besieging the city is only 80,000 people, he has no reason not to compare with Wang Yan.

Now that I think about it, the change in the fortunes of the Qing Dynasty started from Yangzhou, Wang Yan thwarted the Qing Dynasty soldiers, and only then did he recover the disadvantage step by step, then he could also thwart the Ming army's attack in Yangzhou, so that the Ming army would not think about the Northern Expedition in a short time.

Yangzhou is a knot in Duoduo's heart, he attaches great importance to this battle, it can be said that he is going all out, and he is also looking forward to this battle.

The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that Wang Yan didn't come in person, which made him very angry, feeling that he was despised by Wang Yan and his self-esteem was trampled on.

After the Ming army occupied Sizhou and he couldn't retreat calmly, Duoduo thought about a duel with Wang Yan, and he himself thought about how to return the sentence "keep it for another ten years" and humiliate Wang Yan once, but the other party didn't come.

This can't be blamed on Wang Yan, the Ming Dynasty is complicated, Tang and Lu are not good at stubble, and both of them have a certain prestige, in case of a coup d'état after he leaves Nanjing, it will be more than worth the loss, so Wang Yan will definitely not leave Nanjing easily before he completely controls the situation of the dynasty, or removes Tang and Lu.

The Qing army near Yangzhou has all withdrawn into Yangzhou, at this time the drawbridge is hung high, the city gate is closed, there is a green battalion soldier with a gun standing between each battlement on the city wall, and there are cavalry running on the city.

At this time, Duoduo stood at the head of the city, looking at the Ming army that was camping outside the city, and his heart was mixed.

"Lord, although Yangzhou is strong, we have no popular base, and the morale of the army is also unstable. Even if we can't enter Yangzhou City, we can contain it on the outside, and we can share some of the pressure. Guan Xiaozhong stepped forward and whispered.

Duoduo listened and did not answer immediately, he wanted to turn the tide of the war with his own strength, but he knew that this idea was very ridiculous, and he also understood that the reason why Wang Yan could defend Yangzhou was mainly that 800,000 Yangzhou people lived and died together, but now the minions and Diao people in Yangzhou City did not stab him in the back, so he burned high incense.

Duoduo nodded, "Then send someone to urge and urge, whether you can send reinforcements, how to save Yangzhou, let the regent judge." Don't put your hopes in the outside, cheer up the king, and strictly investigate the minions who collaborate with the enemy. ”

Guan Xiaozhong and others received orders again and again, and in a short time, the suspension bridge of Yangzhou Xicheng was put down, the city gate was opened, and several fast horses galloped out, and so on out of a few hundred steps, a team went west to Hefei, and a team ran north to Beijing.