Sure enough, only an hour later, the Qing army launched an attack on the head of Zhendingfu again, the focus of the attack was still the north city, and a group of green battalion soldiers launched a fierce attack on the head of the city again, above the city, the soldiers and civilians of Zhendingfu continued to launch counterattacks, preventing the Qing army from climbing, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle at the beginning.

Song Jiaxing, Zhao Xin, and Han Gang from afar looked at the situation in the city, Song Jiaxing's face was full of heaviness, if he didn't come to Zhending Mansion, he couldn't imagine that the war had been so tragic, and he could smell the rancid smell of the corpses under the city from miles away, according to the current casualty rate, the casualties paid by both sides were only more than twenty or thirty thousand, right?

"Lord Song, now there are only a small number of soldiers in the right town of Nanjing in the city, and the others are the Fubiao battalion and the Ming army of Zhendingwei that the Governor has organized in the city, in addition, a group of elites have also been recruited, but, according to the consumption of these days, I am afraid that these six or seven thousand soldiers have already been killed and wounded, and the casualties in the city of Zhendingfu have already exceeded 10,000 people......"

Zhao Xin said in a low voice.

Zhao Baishi on the side said: "Over 10,000 people? I'm afraid there are 20,000 people! You must know that these people's combat effectiveness is low, far from being comparable to the elite of the Manchurian Eight Banners, if it were not for the support of musketeers, Zhending City would have collapsed long ago, of course, the Qing army is now paying a lot more casualties than us, after all, we are defending the city, and the Qing army is attacking from the back, so naturally the price paid is even heavier! ”

Song Jiaxing nodded and replied: "I'm afraid that the Zhending Mansion will really not last long, the casualties in the city are too great, and the consumption is too great, the rolling wood, the stones, and even the bow and crossbow have been consumed, I looked at the people on the head of the city, and even some are fighting with wooden sticks, and the damage to the wall of the northern city is so serious, once the gap is opened, the city wall will collapse in pieces......

Everyone was silent, once the Zhending Mansion fell, it would be the last moment, without the Zhending Mansion as a barrier, these soldiers today would definitely not be able to stop the Qing army's attack, even if there were muskets, it would be useless!

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!"

A scout rode over on a fast horse and said urgently: "My lord, just now our scout circled around Zhending Mansion and found a situation ......."

"What's the situation?"

"There is no trace of the yellow flag around Zhending Mansion, only the yellow flag and some of the elite of the white flag are left to lead the green battalion soldiers and homeless people to attack the city!"

The scout snapped.

"What? You say the yellow flag is gone? Doesn't that mean now that the strength of the Qing army has been greatly reduced? ”

Zhao Xin was shocked.

The scout hurriedly replied: "It's true, our scout has been surveyed several times and confirmed that it is correct, but there is no trace of the yellow flag, and he grabbed the tongue of a green battalion and asked, only to know that just before dawn yesterday, the yellow flag had already marched in the northeast direction, and never came back!" ”

Went to the northeast? Several people looked at each other, I don't know why, the battle of Zhending Mansion has reached a critical moment, and the yellow flag actually went to the northeast?

Song Jiaxing's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly smiled: "I understand, before I set off, Brother Yifan had already ordered Dong Xi of Dongchang Mansion, ordering him to lead the main infantry of Nanjing Right Town to advance towards this Dezhou, besiege Dezhou, and then threaten Jingzhou, echoing Zhending Mansion, now I'm afraid that Dong Xi has already arrived in Dezhou, and may even have taken Dezhou City!" ”

Several people are in high spirits, now not only Song Jiaxing came to support, even Dong Xi has already led the main force to attack Dezhou Mansion, you must know that Dezhou is only two hundred miles away from Zhending Mansion, and Jingzhou is only more than 100 miles away from Dezhou, marching with all their might, even if it is infantry, it will only take one day to arrive, and now there are strong reinforcements on the side, what else is there to fear? Even if you can't keep the Zhending Mansion, at least you can do a big job in Zhili.

Song Jiaxing continued: "Now the only thing we have to worry about is whether the defenders of Dongchang Mansion can withstand Duoduo's attack, after all, now Duoduo's 100,000 troops are stationed in the Daimyo's Mansion, and the food consumed every day is nearly 1,000 stones, and the grain and grass of the Daimyo's Mansion will be used up long ago, if the Zhending Mansion can't take it down, then he has only two ways to attack Dongchang Mansion or Weihui Mansion, Weihui Mansion now has a sail of tens of thousands of Tianwei troops in it, according to the city, stable as Mount Tai, only Dongchang Mansion, it is really ......dangerous."

Zhao Xin said in a loud voice: "Whatever, Lord Song, now that the troops with the yellow flag have gone to Texas, the elite combat power of the Qing army is only the Zhenghuang Banner and the Zhengbai Banner, the two together, it is only seven or eight thousand people, and the rest of the green battalion soldiers and homeless people are not to worry at all, and even if the Zhenghuang Banner and the Zhengbai Banner, after half a month of fighting, they are already exhausted, it is better for us to seize the opportunity to do a vote, maybe we can defeat the opponent in one fell swoop!" ”

Zhao Baishi pursed his lips and replied, "Defeat the Qing army? How dare you think about it! Even if they are poor, they still have 30,000 troops, plus more than 40,000 displaced people, even if we add the 1,000 elites brought by Lord Song, we are only more than 2,000 people, and you want to defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop? What's more, Ao Bai is extremely brave, which of us can beat him? ”

Song Jiaxing said in a deep voice: "It's necessary to do a vote, even if they can't defeat the Qing army, they must not dare to launch a fierce attack on Zhending Mansion easily, and give Mu Feng and them a little respite, as for Aobai, hehe, maybe I am not his opponent, but if he wants to defeat me, it is not a simple matter, there are no two or three hundred rounds to decide the winner!" Now is not the best time for us to make a move, first recuperate, and wait until the evening, when the Qing army is tired, it is time for us to shoot, but I have come with five hundred muskets, and all the muskets in the entire second town have been requisitioned by me! Twenty boxes of bullets, they must be fed! ”

However, what disappointed Song Jiaxing and Zhao Xin was that God didn't give them so much time to rest, and the soldiers and civilians at the head of Zhending Mansion could barely support it, after all, He Qingtian led four hundred elites into Zhending Mansion, and for a while, the strength increased greatly, and the green battalion soldiers were still unable to climb to the top of the city to gain a firm foothold in a short period of time, but the city wall of the north city of Zhending Mansion could not support it!

Song Jiaxing and Zhao Xin sent scouts to the front, and then they hid in the mountains with the main force to repair, the sky had not yet darkened, and just approaching dusk, they heard a loud noise from the direction of Zhending Mansion!

Bang!

The earth shook the earth, even if it was ten miles away, Song Jiaxing still felt that the earth was shaking!

Song Jiaxing was taken aback, jumped directly on the war horse, ran up a hill with the reins, and looked into the distance, only to see the dust in the direction of Zhending Mansion - the city wall collapsed!

(End of chapter)