Soon after the stone village was taken down, it had not been cleaned up, and the corpses and blood stains scattered everywhere in the village were shocking, but Chen Bangyan heard that the stone village had been taken, but he couldn't wait, so he called Liu Shun and others into the stone village.

Chen Bangyan is not an official who has never seen the world, he has become accustomed to this kind of bloody scene, and the corpses that guarded Guangzhou back then were also like a mountain, and there was no timidity.

At this time, he walked calmly in the stone village, surrounded by gunsmoke, many houses in the village were ignited by the flames of war, and were "crackling" burning, repeatedly black smoke rose miaomiao, and the arrows inserted in the ground, and the discarded weapons could be seen everywhere.

The group came to the center of the stone village, the ground was covered with blood, and there were countless corpses of Qing soldiers lying on their stomachs, some of them died on their backs with a spear inserted in their bodies, and some were lying on the cart with several blood holes behind them.

Zhang Youde, who was directing the cleaning of the corpse, saw the group coming, hurriedly wiped the blood on his body with his hands, and immediately greeted him, with a smile on his face, "Cabinet Department, Governor Town, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, and this stone village has been taken." ”

Seeing that he was proud, Liu Shun patted him on the shoulder, his face was full of approval, Chen Bangyan smiled, "I heard that Commander Zhang even killed that Manchu forehead Hui Sai?" ”

Zhang Youde touched his forehead, "That guy wanted to escape, but he was grabbed by the last general and cut directly with a knife." ”

In fact, Chen Bangyan would prefer to be able to capture Hui Sai alive and learn some about the situation in Yangzhou City through him, but since he killed him, then forget it.

Chen Bangyan bowed slightly, and said as he walked: "You have made a great contribution, and this pavilion will ask His Highness for merit for you." ”

Zhang Youde listened, grinned with joy, and hurriedly saluted and thanked him, Chen Bangyan waved his hand, and then said to the people behind him: "The stone village has been laid, and the red-clothed cannons will be transported up immediately, and the Xicheng will be bombarded to prepare for the siege." ”

Chen Yujie, who was following behind, hurriedly took a few steps forward, "Xiaguan has already arranged it!" ”

Chen Yujie is the nephew of Xu Guangqi and Xu Ge, the chief instructor of the Ming army's artillery team, commanding many long artillery battles.

It was precisely because he had commanded the artillery battle in Yangzhou that Wang Yan sent him to Yangzhou to command the artillery team of the Ming army.

As he spoke, everyone had already walked to the east wall of the stone village, and Zhang Youde immediately stepped forward and led everyone to go up and watch the west city of Yangzhou together.

At this time, the Qing army at the head of the city was preparing to defend the fortifications, and the stone village was condescending, so that the defense of the west city could be seen at a glance.

Chen Bangyan first looked at the city with his naked eyes, and saw countless figures shaking above and below the city, so he stretched out his hand back, Zhang Youde understood, and took out the clairvoyant mirror inserted in his waist, but saw that it was full of blood, so he hurriedly wiped it under his armpit, and then handed it to Chen Bangyan.

Scanning the city with a clairvoyant mirror, the Qing army was urging the people to put bags of sandbags on the city, strengthen the city walls, pile up artillery emplacements, and it seemed that the city was also being built fortifications.

Chen Bangyan moved the circular vision to the city, and saw that the intersection of the streets was all lined up with sandbags by the Qing army, he smiled, and handed the clairvoyant mirror to Liu Shun, "Duoduo is going to fight to the death with us in Yangzhou!" ”

Liu Shun took the clairvoyant mirror and observed it for a while, then put it down but sneered: "Don't worry about the cabinet, Duoduo wants to die in the net, but the people in the city may not be willing to die with him." ”

Zhang Huangyan, who was standing on the side, also said: "Most of the guards in Shizhai are the elite of the Qing army in Yangzhou, consisting of more than 1,000 bannermen and many coats. Duoduo wants to rely on this elite man to defend the stone village, as long as we can't take it, the morale in the city will naturally be high, but once we take it, the Yangzhou defenders will inevitably be angry, this is like a duel between two spears, we cut off his hardest spear head, and we can easily break the wooden gun. ”

Chen Bangyan agreed with Zhang Huangyan's analysis, and couldn't help but turn half of his body and listen to him continue, "Duoduo uses the elite to defend the stone village, the elite is undefeated, and the other centaurs naturally have no other thoughts, but now that the elite is defeated, I think that the people in Yangzhou City are already in turmoil, as long as we can break into the city, the battle situation is slightly unfavorable, and the Qing army in the city will inevitably collapse, or surrender." ”

Many generals and officials in the Ming army obviously agreed to this opinion.

Chen Bangyan thought about it and nodded, "Zhang Jianjun is right, now Yangzhou must think that the people's hearts are in turmoil, and this cabinet can't give Duoduo time to recalm the army's heart, and must immediately put pressure on Yangzhou." ”

Saying that, Chen Bangyan muttered, "The artillery bombardment should be quickly put in place, destroy the fortifications of the Qing army in Xicheng as soon as possible, and then hold on to the night, and then shoot some persuasion letters into the city, disturb the hearts of the troops in the city, and finally dig the canal faster, it is best to connect the moat in these two days!" ”

When everyone heard this, they knew that the time to capture Yangzhou was coming, and their hearts were quite excited, and they all saluted and obeyed the orders of the governor.

Chen Bangyan raised his hand, so that they didn't have to be polite, and then turned around, "If any of you have a task, go and do it immediately, it's all hard, and when Yangzhou is defeated, this pavilion will give you a wine to celebrate." ”

In the group, Chen Yujie and the others listened, hurriedly bowed, took a few steps back, and then hurriedly turned around and ran down the wall.

After everyone left, Chen Bangyan stared at the city wall for a while, took a deep breath, and said as he walked down: "Go!" Let's see how the sailor is preparing? ”

Although there are still more than 40,000 Qing troops in Yangzhou City, although the number is numerous, they are actually all miscellaneous cards, either green battalion soldiers full of fresh recruits, or veteran soldiers left behind in the four towns of Jiangbei.

Most of the newly recruited green battalion soldiers were strong men captured by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or homeless bandits came from Zhao'an, and they had the same characteristics as the old soldiers left behind in the four towns, that is, they were good at fighting against the wind, but not at fighting against the wind.

The army in the city, whether it is training or equipment, is not as good as the Ming army, only a few bannermen and coats in the city can have some combat power, and some of the old soldiers left behind in the four towns, but because of the old, these soldiers are very capable of fighting, but they have also become slippery heads in the army, there are benefits, when the battle situation is favorable, these veteran soldiers are fighting bravely, and their combat power is amazing, but if the situation is not right, they must be the first to run. The Ming and Qing wars have been fought for so many years, and if they are not smart, they will not survive now.

Chen Bangyan agreed with Zhang Huangyan's analysis, coupled with his own opinion, when the stone village was defeated, he was no longer optimistic about the Qing army in Yangzhou.

This is not only because he saw the weakness of the Qing army, but also because for the siege of the city, the Ming army has made sufficient preparations, from the siege of the city in August to the middle of October, the Ming army has besieged Yangzhou for nearly two months, and has long been ready for a general attack.

The Han people are good at attacking cities and pulling out villages since ancient times, for siege and defending cities, the Ming army has enough experience, cities like Yangzhou, the Ming army has attacked many times, although Yangzhou City is tall and strong, but there are also his defects.

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