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The Qing army finally came, although since the fall of Sizhou, everyone knows that this day is just a matter of time and evening, but looking at the Jiannu camp that stretches for dozens of miles outside the city, I still feel a chill.

There were so many enemies that at night, the lights of the enemy camp spread from outside the city to the north, like thousands of stars, illuminating the night sky.

In the distant Ming Dynasty, people in this world have never seen such a brilliant night 'color' and seen this almost translucent night sky

。

From morning to night, the Jiannu in the Qing camp were busy, and the soldiers like black ants came in and out. Some people are camping, some are digging trenches, some are building lookouts, some are building pontoon bridges over the river, and some people are going around to collect firewood and water. Groups of scout cavalry shuttled back and forth, closely linking the camps together.

The wilderness outside the city has been dug up by Jiannu like the surface of the moon, and the landscape of Yangzhou has changed day by day, becoming so unfamiliar.

It seems that Jiannu has already begun to prepare for the siege of the city, and it is not good to say that Duoduo's general attack will be within two or three days.

Jiannu is not good at attacking fortifications, and they are waiting for the follow-up cannons.

A few days ago, it was raining everywhere in Jiangbei, the roads were muddy and difficult to walk, and it was not so easy for the cannons to be transported to the city of Yangzhou. However, even if there is no cannon, Yangzhou City can hold on for a few days.

At this moment, Shi Kefa was standing behind the battlement with a dull face, looking at the enemy camp outside. His mind was completely numb, and he didn't know what to do with this terrible scene.

The Ningxiang army is still in the east, and it doesn't know when it will be able to reach Yangzhou. As for Huang Degong's department, they have been out of contact for many days, and the devil knows where they are advancing. I'm afraid, I'm afraid, before the soldiers and horses of these two towns arrived, Yangzhou had already fallen.

As for Gao Jie in Guazhou, Shi Kefa no longer counted on it. In the past, he repeatedly sent people to urge Gao Jie to lead troops into the city as soon as possible to consolidate the city defense, but Gao Jie always shirked that Guazhou was the key to the battle of Yangzhou, and Guazhou and Yangzhou fought each other. As long as Guazhou is there, Jiannu will not be able to attack the city with all its might, and the Ming army will have an additional mobile force that can play an important role at the right time. If Guazhou does not exist, Yangzhou cannot be defended alone.

"Just kidding, don't you Gao Yingwu just want to preserve your strength, fear the enemy and be afraid of war, what are you doing with all this nonsense."

After Shi Kefa heard the news, he was furious and continued to send people to urge. In the end, Gao Jiesuo's 'sex' began to scold his mother, saying that Shi Kefa was a blind command, and this was to kill everyone here. One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted.

He drove the messenger back.

By this time, Gao Jie and Shi Kefa had completely turned their faces.

Shi Kefa was completely depressed this time, to be honest, without the Qin army, he had no confidence in holding Yangzhou. Without the Qin army, what use would it be with these dozen or so rabble in the city that had broken their guts?

The last time I went to Xuyi, I was always a step slower, except for the soldiers and horses in the four towns in Jiangbei, the other dozen or so troops were basically eaten clean by Duoduo

。 There are only a few hundred people left in each department, and together, there are no more than 10,000 people, and these people are now Wen Jiannu's name 'color' change, telling them to go to the city to defend, and they only need a charge, and they will be defeated.

In today's Yangzhou City, what can really come in handy is the thousands of men and horses of the Henan Army and the soldiers of the Zhongguan Battalion, and the two together are only more than 10,000 people.

With this bit of people, how easy is it to carry the 100,000-strong army of Duoduo head-on and defend the giant city of Yangzhou?

As for the conscription of the people of the city to defend the city...... The recruitment is here, even if it is reluctantly recruited, it will not come in handy! To tell the truth, the people of the city are really a little detached from me Shi Kefa now......

Just thinking about it, I saw the Henan patrol, and Chen Qianfu, the actual commander of the Henan army, walked up to the city angrily, and shouted from afar: "Elder Ge, you don't need to recruit the people's order, but you gave it?" ”

"It turned out to be Xuan Qian, that's right, it was the old man's order, what's wrong?" Shi Kefa knew that Chen Qianfu had a lot of grievances about his abandonment of Xuzhou, and he also said a lot of bad things about him below. [Please see the latest chapter of this book, please get to the favor] However, Shi Ge is very old-fashioned and doesn't care. Although this Chen Qianfu is a person who doesn't know the general situation, he can lead troops and have the means to break through, and he is a character. At this time when the country is stormy, talents are rare. Therefore, Shi Kefa still 'handed over' the army to him. First, he wanted to tell the world that Prime Minister Shi Kefa could hold a boat in his belly, and second, he really didn't know how to lead the troops. Chen Qianfu is also a civilian official, and it is better to 'hand' the Henan Army to him than to 'hand' it over to the martial artists.

"You!" When Chen Qianfu saw Shi Fa admit that it was his order, his eyes were red, and he yelled: "Yangzhou City is finished, Yangzhou is finished!" Shi Xianzhi, are you trying to kill millions of soldiers and civilians in Yangzhou? After saying that, he frantically opened his arms and threw himself at Shi Kefa.

Shi Kefa's entourage was shocked, rushed up one after another, hugged Chen Qianfu, and shouted: "Chen Xun, don't be rude!" ”

was accused by him in public, Shi Kefa's face changed, and he shouted: "Let go of Lord Chen and let him finish his words, why did the old man kill the people in the city?" ”

Chen Qianfu pointed at Shi Kefa and trembled: "Gao Jie is right, you, you, you are a typical example of being incompetent and exhausting to death." Let me ask you, how many soldiers are available in Yangzhou City today? ”

Shi Kefa: "Twenty thousand." ”

Chen Qianfu: "Okay, let me ask the elder again, can these 20,000 horses hold Yangzhou?" ”

Shi Kefa shook his head: "It's difficult, there are too many slaves, and Yangzhou City is too big."

。 20,000 horses were scattered, and the result of the deployment of defenses everywhere was that 'holes' were leaked everywhere. ”

Chen Qianfu shook the staff who hugged him and sneered: "The elder can see it, that's right, the strength of my Yangzhou defenders is really insufficient, and it will definitely not be possible to rely on them to defend a huge city." However, the city of Yangzhou has a large population. As long as the elder ascends to the heights and shouts, he can easily recruit 100,000 villagers. Jiannu is not good at attacking fortifications, although these 100,000 villagers have no way to repel the invading enemy, but it is still possible to hold for a month or two. Now, the elder of the pavilion has ordered that the people should not be conscripted to fight in the city, what is the reason for this, I don't understand. ”

Indeed, as the economic center of the two rivers, although Yangzhou City is not as large as the grand scale of Nanjing in the north and south, it is better than the mountains of materials in the city and abundant human resources. Half of the wealth of the two rivers is concentrated in Yangzhou, and the rice grain is enough for the soldiers and civilians in the city to eat for half a year. And, most importantly, the population in Yangzhou is so large that there are now 100,000 households in the city, according to the figures registered in the yellow register. At a rate of five people per household, there is at least half a million people. Coupled with the floating population and the people who fled to Yangzhou, there are now at least one million people in the city. Ten 'draws' can easily form an army of 100,000 people.

Now, Yangzhou City has been surrounded by Jiannu, the people know that there is no way out, naturally everyone is desperate, Jiannu wants to enter the city, no matter what, they have to pay huge casualties.

In fact, all the people in the city have begun to recruit soldiers and prepare to open the treasury to arm Ding Zhuang.

Chen Qianfu also thought about it, don't care about 3721 first, and add the Henan army to 20,000 horses first. As for the issue of armor and weapons, don't worry about it for now, you just need to send them to the city wall at that time, even if you hit them with stones, you can kill a few Jiannu, right?

But the dignified Shi Ge Department issued a ridiculous order at this time, ordering the troops in the city not to 'disturb' the people, and also issued a notice saying that "this time to defend the city, I will take care of everything alone, and it will not affect the people." ”

Responsibility, what responsibility do you take, is it up to you Shi Kefa alone? There are no soldiers, and you still defend a city?

Hearing Chen Qianfu's questioning, Shi Kefa sighed: "Xuan Qian, you probably don't know, the officers and soldiers who enter the city are too fierce to disturb the people, and in the past two days, the people's complaints have flown like snowflakes, and they are about to drown the old man." The reason why the old man made this decision was because of a case. Here's the thing......"

He probably told Chen Qianfu about this case, and it turned out that more than a dozen remnants of soldiers suddenly poured into Yangzhou City, and the order was immediately 'chaotic' and 'chaotic'

。 The officials and troops of the Ming Dynasty failed to fight, but they were handy in harming the people. The army is generally stationed in remote places, and when has it ever entered a prosperous place like Yangzhou, which is the first in the world. These Qiu Bayes didn't think about how to retreat from the enemy's army, but first thought about how to take advantage of this great opportunity to make a fortune in a national disaster.

After more than a dozen roads entered the city, Shi Kefa divided Yangzhou City into several defense areas to house these military horses, which can be regarded as implementing the responsibility of defending the city to the head. Naturally, it was impossible for the garrison in the city to set up tents as they did at night, and there were houses everywhere anyway, so wouldn't it be superfluous to live in tents. Therefore, the first thing everyone did when they entered the city was to let the soldiers live in the people's homes, and ordered the people to provide the soldiers with three meals a day.

It is said that the army defends the country and sheds blood and sacrifices, and it is also the obligation of the people to provide them with food and shelter. However, these soldiers live in other people's homes without any rules, trampling on and doing everything. Not to mention the wine and meat that they have to see for three meals a day, they also have to be rewarded with silver money by the people every day.

If you don't comply, you will scold when you open your mouth, and you will beat you when you raise your hand. In the end, he even directly arrested Ding as a soldier, which caused a miasma in the city and public resentment boiling for a while.

Ordinary people are oppressed by officers and soldiers, and they have no choice but to endure it. But what kind of place is Yangzhou City, half of the 100,000 households in the city are middle class, and there are a large number of wealthy businessmen and gentry, these people are all with backgrounds and have seen the world, so they are naturally not afraid of these big soldiers, so they will run to Shi Kefa to complain.

Among them, there is a person surnamed Wang Chuxiu who is a famous person in Yangzhou City, a person in the Fu Society, and is also familiar with Shi Kefa. After Shi Kefa entered Yangzhou, he also sent someone to invite him into his shogunate, but unfortunately Wang Ju shirked it on the grounds that he did not understand military affairs and was not knowledgeable. This time, because he was bullied by the army, he went to Shi Kefa to find the leader of Donglin to make his own decisions.

Wang Chuxiu is famous because of his merits, and he is a person from Donglin, he is also familiar with the scene, and he is also well-off in his daily salt business. So, a high-ranking officer moved into his house. When this officer saw that the Wang family was quite wealthy, he used his crooked brains, not only blackmailed Wang Chuxiu, ordered him to provide 1,000 yuan a day for 'spending', but also asked Lao Wang to invite a few famous prostitutes to come over for him to have fun. If they do not comply, they will fight the Latin, so that they will enrich the army with the two sons of the old king, and send them to fight on the city wall.

Wang Chuxiu is a dignified person, and when others see him, they have to call Master Wang respectfully, how can he stand this kind of anger, besides, if he doesn't care about this matter, wouldn't his two sons want to die in the city in vain, so he complained to Shi Kefa here.

Everyone is in the same vein, a person in Donglin, and there is no branch in the same spirit, and Shi Ge Lao is the leader of Donglin. The people in the party were angry, so they naturally wanted to make decisions for Wang Chuxiu.

Look at the joke, a lowly officer dares to insult my meritorious deeds, what kind of system does it become, and is there still a royal law?

So, Shi Kefa sent the general who lived in Wang Chuxiu, reprimanded him, and ordered him to move out of Wang's house immediately

。 If you dare to 'disturb' the people again, the military law will be ruthless.

Then he himself ordered a proclamation to be posted, saying that from now on all the garrisons in the city must be moved out of the houses, and that they must not extort money from the people, and that they must not take prisoners of Latin.

As soon as this notice was announced, the people were naturally overjoyed, happy, and celebrated with the whole world, running to tell each other.

Of course, so many soldiers in Yangzhou City can't live in the homes of the people, and they have nowhere to go, so they sleep on the streets 'open', and they have no combat effectiveness. But there are still far fewer nuisances to the people.

Shi Kefa: "The people's heart is the most important, if the people's hearts are 'swinging', the people resent my Yangzhou defenders, I am afraid that if we don't wait for Jiannu to fight, we will 'mess up' first, which is the first priority." If the hearts of the people are united, I Yangzhou will be safe! Since they can work together, hold the fortified city, and wait for the Ningxiang army and the Lufeng army to come to relieve the siege. Otherwise, before the two armies arrive, there will be internal 'chaos' in the city first. ”

But in Chen Qianfu's opinion, Shi Kefa's decision was simply absurd to the extreme, and before he heard Shi Ge's old general's words, he said in a loud voice: "The people can make it happen, but they can't know it, and governing the country and the people sometimes can't be soft-hearted." Everything is based on the result, and the process does not matter. Nowadays, the most important thing is to gather enough people to defend the city and appease the army. As long as Yangzhou City is defended, everything will be fine. It doesn't matter if the people suffer a little, just wait for the war to be appeased. If the city is lost, not only will I die and there will be no place to bury, but the people will not be able to escape the butcher's knife. The people are ignorant, they are all people who see small profits and forget big difficulties, and they know what big truths they have. What we lack now is soldiers, and we have to order the conscription of strong men over the age of 16 and under the age of 50 in the city to enlist in order to hold Yangzhou. Don't worry about the civil uprising, the enemy is current, and when the time is very strong, use thunder means. If there is a 'riot' or 'disorder', it should be punished as a crime of collaborating with the enemy and directly suppressed. ”

Chen Qianfu's face was full of hideousness, and he continued to shout: "The cabinet promised to buy people's hearts with small profits, although it can make the people grateful to you, but what use is it for this battle?" Ge Lao is buying a name, but he doesn't care about the life and death of the people in the city, so he doesn't think so. ”

Shi Kefa glanced at him lightly: "Chen Xunpress, you are also a gentleman from Donglin, if you don't speak for Wang Chuxiu, who are you speaking for, and what is your position?" Even such cruel and cruel words can be spoken, I see you, you are really crazy. ”

This was said in an extremely ugly way, and the Shi Kefa staff and the generals who were guarding the city standing next to him all had different expressions, some were disdainful, some were worried, and some were smiling and watching the excitement.

"You...... You are simply ambitious and talented, what do the people know, what can they understand the overall situation, Shi Xianzhi, the court doesn't know what it likes about you, so let you come to supervise Jiangbei

。 Henan is lost, Xuzhou is lost, Fengyang is lost, and this Yangzhou will also be lost in your hands. Chen Qianfu blushed with anger.

Just as he was about to argue, another general ran up to the city: "Shi Gebu." He was furious, and his face was covered with dust and sweat.

The person who came was the chief soldier of Yangzhou City, Liu Zhaoji, the commander of the Zhongguan battalion.

He is now in charge of the defense arrangement of the entire Yangzhou City, seeing that he is busy, everyone knows that he has something important to report, and at the same time he is quiet, and even Chen Qianfu no longer scolds his mother. We have no place to bury when we die, and the people will not escape the slave butcher's knife. The people are ignorant, they are all people who see small profits and forget big difficulties, and they know what big truths they have. What we lack now is soldiers, and we have to order the conscription of strong men over the age of 16 and under the age of 50 in the city to enlist in order to hold Yangzhou. Don't worry about the civil uprising, the enemy is current, and when the time is very strong, use thunder means. If there is a 'riot' or 'disorder', it should be punished as a crime of collaborating with the enemy and directly suppressed. ”

Chen Qianfu's face was full of hideousness, and he continued to shout: "The cabinet promised to buy people's hearts with small profits, although it can make the people grateful to you, but what use is it for this battle?" Ge Lao is buying a name, but he doesn't care about the life and death of the people in the city, so he doesn't think so. ”

Shi Kefa glanced at him lightly: "Chen Xunpress, you are also a gentleman from Donglin, if you don't speak for Wang Chuxiu, who are you speaking for, and what is your position?" Even such cruel and cruel words can be spoken, I see you, you are really crazy. ”

This was said in an extremely ugly way, and the Shi Kefa staff and the generals who were guarding the city standing next to him all had different expressions, some were disdainful, some were worried, and some were smiling and watching the excitement.

"You...... You're simply

It's just that the ambition is great and talented, what do the people know, what can they understand the overall situation, Shi Xianzhi, the court doesn't know what it likes about you, so let you come to supervise Jiangbei. Henan is lost, Xuzhou is lost, Fengyang is lost, and this Yangzhou will also be lost in your hands. Chen Qianfu blushed with anger.

Just as he was about to argue, another general ran up to the city: "Shi Gebu." He was furious, and his face was covered with dust and sweat.

The person who came was the chief soldier of Yangzhou City, Liu Zhaoji, the commander of the Zhongguan battalion.

He is now in charge of the defense arrangement of the entire Yangzhou City, seeing that he is busy, everyone knows that he has something important to report, and at the same time he is quiet, and even Chen Qianfu no longer scolds his mother.

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