Let's say that after Wang Yan led the main force to attack Jingzhou, Zhang Kuang, together with Wang Ji, Xie Kuang and others, hurried to strengthen the city defense, and countless materials for defending the city were piled up on the city wall.

A few days later, Mandazhuang led 2,000 Ming troops from Wuchang to Yuezhou, and said: "Luckdehun led 40,000 Manmeng elite cavalry, and has rushed to Wuchang. ”

At this time, Man Dazhuang judged that the Qing army might go to the south bank of the Yangtze River to attack Yuezhou, so he wanted to abandon the ship and enter the city to defend, but after Zhang Kuang discussed with Wang Ji, he decided to let Man Dazhuang stay outside the city to contain and harass the Qing army.

Man Dazhuang entered Dongting with 2,000 Ming, and placed the boat on Junshan Island, thirty miles away from Yuezhou, and temporarily stationed troops here to prepare for war with peace of mind.

In less than a day, the forward cavalry of the Qing army had already appeared outside the city of Yuezhou, and dozens of Manmeng elite horsemen showed off their might under the city, and after shooting the city with arrows, they left on horseback.

Seeing this, the servant Zhang Kuang knew that the army of Lekedehun would arrive within a few days, and the soldiers on duty completely sealed the four gates, and decided to defend Yuezhou City.

At this time, in order to strengthen the confidence of the defenders, Zhang Kuang not only carried the coffin to defend the city and did not go down to the city tower, but also ordered the soldiers to invite the statues of Zhang Tianshi, Chenghuang God, Zhenwu Emperor, and Guan Gong to go up to the four gates, offer them with incense, and defend the city with the army and the people.

For the defenders, Zhang Kuang accepted the words of the general Wang Ji, and ordered the army and the people to divide the land and defend it, with ten people as a team, guarding a stack, and rotating day and night. Each team has a small flag, giving two unifications, a big flag for 100 people, and a cannon for Franc.

At night, a light is lit every five days, and Zhang Kuang and Wang Ji patrol day and night.

In this way, in the city of Yuezhou, the east gate was guarded by the same knowledge Xie Kuang, the command made Wang Ji guard the north gate, the servant Zhang Kuang guarded the south gate, and the thousand households Han Zhaowu guarded the west gate.

10,000 brave soldiers, 20,000 strong, all went to the city to guard.

On the 10th of February, Luckedhun led more than 40,000 people to kill the city, he looked at the city of Yuezhou from afar, the soldiers and horses patrolled the city, it was very strict, and he looked at the tall statue of the god standing on the tower of the city, and his heart was suspicious.

The next day, 30,000 green battalion soldiers transferred from Jiangxi arrived, and he ordered the Qing general Xu Yong to attack the city.

The Qing soldiers marched in with wooden planks, large tables, and cowhide covers, and the defenders of the city smashed down with rolling stones and thunderwood, and used artillery and arrows and crossbows to scatter the wooden planks and large tables of the Qing soldiers, and retreated in a hurry.

On the same day, the Qing army set up a large camp under the city of Yuezhou, and the soldiers rushed to Yuezhou, they were very tired, and they snored and slew, and the Qing generals saw that the four gates of the city were blocked, so they did not send people to patrol the sentry.

It was the third watch of the night, when the Qing army was sleeping, suddenly heard the sound of cannons, the sound of killing shook the sky, Lucke Hun was shocked, rushed to the outside of the tent, only to see a Qing camp in flames, immediately furious, with the cavalry to kill, to rob the camp of the Ming army all killed.

The cavalry rushed to the front of the camp, and the Ming army that set fire to the northwest fled, and Luckd was overjoyed to see this, and hurriedly urged the troops to chase after him, wanting to drive the Ming army into the lake, but he killed to the lake, but ushered in a burst of artillery fire, and the Ming army he was chasing had already stepped on the warship parked on the shore.

Lucketthun knew that this Ming army was not the defenders in the city, but the Manda Zhuangye on Dongting Lake.

Man Dazhuang succeeded in the sneak attack, burned a large number of supplies of the Qing army, and was overjoyed, laughing loudly with his subordinates, and sailed into Dongting.

Every night after that, the Manda Zhuang will drive a boat to the outside of Yuezhou City, or send troops ashore, or bombarded with artillery, so that Lucke is not very annoyed, but the Qing army is not good at fighting, although there are ships but not good at fighting, several green battalions drive boats to fight, are all defeated by Man Dazhuang, Lucke Hun has no choice, so he had to evacuate the Qing camp from the shore of the lake ten miles to the village.

On this day, Lekde saw that the defenders of the city were eating, and urged Xu Yong to attack the city again, and the Qing soldiers set up dozens of ladders to rob the city, and the defenders burned it with fire oil, and killed the Qing soldiers in the city with their commanders, and the Qing army was defeated again in the siege.

The siege of the city failed one after another, and Luckedhun was furious and bombarded the city with artillery, and most of the walls were destroyed, but only the city tower was unharmed.

Seeing this, Luck couldn't help but angrily reprimand the artillery team, but his general said, "There are gods on the castle tower, and the soldiers dare not offend." ”

Lucke was furious when he heard this, came to the artillery array, angrily beheaded three people, and then personally operated the cannon, angrily attacked the statue of Zhang Tianshi at the east gate, and fired three cannons, none of which hit, and he was suspicious in his heart, so he gave up.

After attacking for a few days, they still couldn't make a contribution, and Lucke was anxious, when a subordinate suddenly said, "Someone from Jingzhou is coming!" ”

Lucked ordered people to come to him, and regarded him as Geng Jimao, the son of Geng Zhongming, and couldn't help but be shocked, saying: "Where is your father?" ”

Geng Jimao cried and said: "The Ming army fell into Jingzhou, and my father thought that the Holy Dynasty was loyal. ”

Lucke heard the words, sat down depressedly, and then asked about the pass, and knew that Geng Zhongming and Zheng Siwei, a total of more than 40,000 people, only two hundred yellow-armored Han horsemen stood out, and the rest were all wiped out, and he suddenly became angry, vomiting blood and fainting.

Seeing this, all the Qing generals in the tent were in a panic, beating their chests and pinching people, and only half a ring rescued Luck Dehun.

At this time, with the fall of Jingzhou, Luck Dehun's goal has changed greatly, he originally wanted to surround the Ming army in the Jingzhou area, and then encircle and annihilate it in one fell swoop, but now it has become, to rescue Changde's Baijia Han Eight Banners.

The next day, the Qing soldiers attacked the city again, and Luckedhun personally raised his sword to supervise the battle, and said that those who were unfavorable in the siege would be beheaded.

Seeing this, the generals of the green battalion were solemn, and did not dare not urge the troops to fight to the death, and in addition to the green battalion soldiers, Luckedhun also sent more than 500 people from the Eight Banners to fight in the city.

Originally, the lives of the people were noble, and Lucked was reluctant to use them to fight siege warfare, but at this time he had realized the crisis in Changde and had to use the most elite soldiers and horses in order to break Yuezhou as soon as possible.

At this time, 500 Manchurian warriors, wearing brocade clothes and cotton armor inside, covered with two layers of heavy armor, tied with double swords and double axes, under the cover of the green camp, climbed the city wall, they wielded their double swords, and they were very brave.

The defenders resisted with shields, stabbed with spears, and bombarded with fire, but they could not be hurt.

For a time, no one in the city could stop this Qing army, and the defenders were all cowardly, and the commander of the Houyong battalion made Tongzhi Xie Kuang see this, and his heart was very anxious. ”

When the defenders heard this, they stabbed him in the face, and some of the defenders struck him with hooks and sickles, hooked his legs, and picked his armor, killing several people.

However, there were 500 people in Manchuria, and the defenders could not kill them all for a while, but they relied on swords to be difficult to injure, and gradually fought on the city wall.

The defenders of Yuezhou were not elite, and the Houyong battalion was formed by the soldiers of the green battalion, and the 20,000 strong soldiers had never experienced the battle array.

Such a man and horse, from a distance, can be targeted, but to be short-handed, it is obviously not possible, especially in a cruel tug-of-war, the weakness will be immediately manifested.

At this time, Xie Kuang saw this, and couldn't help but be anxious, and the Houyong camp around him had the potential to break and flee, he saw that the city wall was about to be lost, and suddenly shouted to the retreating Houyong camp: "Do you want to live this life, do you want to be ashamed all the time?" Let's look at your head, what face do you have to see your grandparents? Now the Tartar is in front of you, why don't you work hard, be ashamed of shaving your hair, and be a hero! ”

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