The naval division was defeated, and the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou fell into death, but with the advantage of artillery, they easily held the siege of Duoduo's heavy troops.

A victory somewhat diluted the gloom of the defeat of the naval division, and gave the Yangzhou army and people a glimmer of hope from the new.

In the city, the soldiers were cleaning up the corpses and packing up the equipment, while Wang Yan took He Gang and the guards to patrol and defend.

"General, the subordinate has something unclear, and I ask the general to give advice." While walking, He Gang asked suspiciously.

"Lord He, is it just for the sake of throwing food outside the city?" Wang Yan stopped and looked back at He Gangdao.

"The general is aware of everything, and the lower officials are doing this." He Gang nodded, and said with doubts: "There is already a shortage of food and grass in the city, but the general ordered someone to throw food to the Qing soldiers outside, there must be some deep meaning." ”

When Wang Yan heard this, he walked to the wall, supported the city with one hand, and looked at the Qingying in the distance and said, "How can you know the battle of Songmeng Hezhou?" Ben Jiang has no deep meaning, but he is just a man who eats the wisdom of the people. ”

"The general is talking about the Battle of Diaoyu City." He Gang followed Wang Yan to the side of the city wall and said, "The lower official doesn't know about this, and I ask the general to solve my doubts." ””

"During the sixth year of Baoyou in the Southern Song Dynasty to the first year of Kaiqing, the Mongolian Khan Meng Ge once again raised troops to the south and besieged Diaoyu City for several months, but he could not attack it repeatedly." Wang Yan said slowly, as if he was talking about Diaoyu City, but he seemed to be talking about Yangzhou at the moment: "Meng and Song repeatedly tug-of-war on the city, casualties are quite large, the Song army defenders in order to show their determination, with the weight of 30 catties of fresh fish two tails, and more than 100 steamed cakes thrown to the Mongolian army outside the city, and submitted a letter to the Mongolian army, saying that even if it is defended for another ten years, the Mongolian army will not be able to capture Diaoyu City." Shortly thereafter, Meng Ke was wounded by the Song army and finally died, and the Mongolian army returned in vain. ”

"Today's Yangzhou City, but it is somewhat similar to the Battle of Hezhou, but it is not the same." Wang Yan continued: "The similarity is that in the face of Hu Qi's southern invasion, they have not been able to attack for a long time, and the difference is that Diaoyu City has really enough grain and grass, while Wuyangzhou is already short of materials. ”

He Gang listened carefully and did not interrupt Wang Yan's speech.

"The situation is different, and the purpose of Ben throwing food out of the city is naturally different." Wang Yan expressed his intentions: "Ben will deliberately use the tactics of his ancestors to humiliate Duoduo, and the result is nothing more than two. First, Duoduo mistakenly thought that Yangzhou was abundant in supplies and that it was useless to besiege the city, so he attacked with anger. Second, just like Meng Yuan, he had no choice but to retreat. However, with Ben General's understanding of Duoduo, this fang will definitely not be willing to retreat, and it may attack much more. In this way, our army can rely on artillery to kill and injure the northern captives again, and when their morale is slack, they may win a first-line opportunity for Yangzhou. ”

"If the general's plan is successful, Yangzhou has a great possibility of turning the crisis into safety." After He Gang listened to Wang Yan's words, his heart couldn't help but light up, Yangzhou is not hopeless.

"That's it!" Wang Yan waved his hand and said, "Let's patrol the city defense with Ben!" ”

"No!" He Gang saluted.

The sun was setting in the west, and the figures of the two were stretched out in the afterglow, and they were going from the east city to the west city, facing the setting sun, as if leading to the last light.

Outside the city, in the tent of the Qing army, there were bursts of angry roars.

"Ten more years!"

This is a naked humiliation of the encirclement of the Qing army.

After Duoduo finished reading the line of big characters written by Wang Yan on the silk silk, his gloomy face suddenly turned into the color of pig liver, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.

"How can this be true? Wang Yan Pifu, deceive people too much! Duoduo's emotions were out of control again, and in a fit of rage, he flipped the desk in front of him again, causing the arrows to scatter all over the ground.

When the generals of the Qing army saw him furious, they immediately bowed to the ground one after another, and persuaded in unison: "Don't want Wang Yan's plan, please take your body first, the Qing Dynasty can't do without the prince!" ”

Since the siege of Yangzhou, Duoduo has repeatedly failed to break through, but he has been humiliated by Wang Yan, and he has long regarded it as the first shame in his life, and it has become a knot in his heart that cannot be untied.

When he heard the words of the generals, he also knew in his heart that Wang Yan deliberately provoked him and wanted him to attack the city again, causing a large number of casualties to the Qing army.

Although Duoduo knew it in his heart, he couldn't swallow that evil breath, and he knew that Wang Yan intended to provoke him, but he still couldn't help but send a large army to attack the city again.

"Yangzhou City actually threw out 100 catties of rice, 100 pieces of flour, and a chicken and duck, which shows that there is enough grain and grass in the city, and the siege is not a plan to break the enemy." Duoduo tried to calm himself, and then said what he thought in his heart: "The 300,000 troops of this king, gathered here, consume every day, not much less than Yangzhou, and if it continues like this, it will definitely not last for a long time." Now that the siege plan is no longer appropriate, this king should still take the strong attack on Yangzhou as the best policy. ”

Wang Yan has become a demon in Duoduo's heart, and if he doesn't get rid of it, his heart will not be happy.

A group of Qing army generals, seeing that Duoduo wanted to attack again tomorrow, were suddenly shocked in their hearts, and hurriedly persuaded them: "Lord Wang, without artillery support, the strong attack will increase casualties." Although the minions are willing to fight hard and share the worries of the prince, the morale of the soldiers in the camp is exhausted, and the minions are also powerless! ”

Today's battle made a group of green battalion generals feel uneasy, and they were not willing to lose all their soldiers and horses under the city of Yangzhou.

"Can't be surrounded! It can't be attacked! A Yangzhou can't be defeated, so how can you face the regent with this king! Seeing that the Green Battalion was reluctant to fight, Duoduo immediately said in annoyance.

In the face of Duoduo's anger, the generals in the tent immediately bowed their heads.

When everyone in the tent fell silent, a soldier suddenly reported outside the tent: "Lord Qiqi, the envoy of the court has arrived outside the camp." ”

Hearing this, Duoduo's face couldn't help but shudder, he had not had time to write the report of the defeat of the Daming Water Master, and the imperial court envoy would definitely not come to commend him, and it would definitely be a reprimand.

Duoduo was rewarded, although he was very helpless, but he could not let people prepare incense cases, and he led the generals to meet the envoys of the court.

The messenger was none other than Zhan Ba, a scholar of the Qing Court who was pinched by Wang Yan.

Ever since he was let go by Wang Yan, he has always had insomnia.

At first, he was worried that Wang Yan would fall into the hands of the Qing soldiers, but after hearing that Wang Yan had fled to Henan and joined Gao Jie, Zhan Ba's heart was a little rested, but who knew that he was relieved not long after, and heard the news that Wang Yan was besieged in Yangzhou.

Zhan Ba was afraid that the city of Yangzhou would be broken, and Wang Yan would fall into the hands of Duoduo and betray him, so he was frightened all day long, and he was suddenly imprisoned one day, and the whole person was emaciated because of it.

Just when Zhan Ba was feeling tormented, it happened that Dolgon wanted to pass on the edict to Duoduo, and Zhan Ba asked for this errand and went south to Yangzhou, so as to act at the opportunity.

Duoduo and the generals greeted Zhan Ba, and then welcomed him into the tent and set up the incense case to receive the order.

Zhan Ba unfolded the edict and read it as he spoke: "The edict to the general of Dingguo and the prince of Shuoyu Duoduo said: You and others will start from Henan first, and the general of Dingguo and Prince Azig of Shuoying will set off later. Prince Jinying and others to Jiujiang, along the way broke the thieves, forced Zuo Mengeng to surrender, took Anqing, and made peerless contributions to the imperial court, where are the soldiers of Ran'er and others? You and other heavy troops surrounded, it took tens of thousands of dollars, but it didn't break for two months, but you have the face to love Xinjueluo! Now that Prince Ying has been ordered, he will go down the east of the river, and you can still respect the previous will, quickly break Yangzhou, and hunt Nanjing! ”