.A bearded face on the head of the cloud ladder showed up. The hat on his head had fallen off, his smooth head was covered with fine sweat. He bit a ring-headed knife in his mouth, and his eyes were full of fierce light.

Although the wooden rolling stone that Ye Yu threw down had hit several people, it was the first time he saw a Tartar at such a close distance. He was extremely panicked. With a "bang", the big stone in his hand fell down and said with a dazed look: "Tartar."

"Bo, Bow." Two long spears slashed the Tartars' abdomen from left and right. The Tartar screamed, and the knife he was biting in his mouth loosened, and his whole body fell down and disappeared from the top of the city.

"Silly, throw it down." Lin Jian patted Ye Yu's shoulder. Ye Yu came to his senses. His heart was still pounding, pounding, and he picked up a big stone and roared to the top of the ladder. A Qing army had just poked his head out of the ladder and immediately felt a dark cloud mixed with strong wind falling above his head. He had no time to hide. The stone as big as a millstone had hit his forehead. With a "bang.", the Qing army's head cracked like a broken watermelon, blood splattered everywhere, and he couldn't even scream and fell down.

Ye Yu's clothes were covered with blood. The scene of the Qing army's head splattering just now was shaking in front of his eyes. What was strange was that Ye Yu was no longer afraid at this time, but instead laughed: "I killed a Tartar, I killed a Tartar."

The three of them steadily guarded the battlement. The Qing army's ladder was like a special passage to the road to death, but it was not so easy in other places. The offensive and defensive battle in Huai'an evolved into the most intense battle from the beginning. The Qing army completely omitted the steps of testing, especially the places where the Qing army's cannons collapsed, which became the target of key attacks. Without the protection of the city wall, the Qing army could only fill in with their lives.

Relying on the force, the Qing army adopted a four-way attack method. Liu Zhaoji led a reserve team composed of 2,000 completely veterans to sit in the city. He originally wanted to see if there was a chance to counterattack. But half an hour after the war started, the frequent urgent news from the gates of each city forced Liu Zhaoji to send this reserve team out bit by bit. After an hour, there were only the last 200 people left by Liu Zhaoji.

Another messenger stumbled in and said, "Report, Lord General. A Tartar rushed in in the west city. Lord He asked Lord General General for emergency support."

Liu Zhaoji said expressionlessly: "Tell that He Huzi, there is no one in this coach. The Tartars rushed in and drove them out by themselves. If they can't drive them out, I will only collect his body."

"Yes! The villain understands." The messenger paled, looked at the last two hundred people beside Liu Zhaoji, and said nothing. He turned around and left.

In the west gate, in front of a gap that was smashed by cannons, countless ferocious Tartars were pouring into the city along the gap. Although the Ming army surrounded the gap three layers outside and three layers outside, the front line was still slowly retreating. The Ming army's encirclement was like a pocket that was expanding outward. Once the pocket could not bear the pressure, it was immediately in danger of breaking.

Liu Zhaoji's mouth He Huzi was the deputy general of the defense of Ximen. At this time, he was desperately drawing defenders from other directions to fill this pocket. A section of the city wall was only a few dozen meters long, and more than 400 Ming troops gathered. This was already 20% of the Ximen defenders. No matter how many, other places were in danger.

The sound of horse hooves sounded. Seeing the messenger asking for help came back, He Huzi was overjoyed and asked anxiously: "Have you sent reinforcements by the General?"

"Report to the Lord. The General has something to say. There are no reinforcements. If the Tartars rushed in, the Adult drove out by himself. If they couldn't drive out, the General came over again and would collect the corpse for the Adult."

"There are no reinforcements." He Huzi's face flashed with disappointment. Then his face turned ferocious. He choked and pulled out his sword. He said to only a dozen personal soldiers behind him: "Brothers, there are no reinforcements anymore. If the Tartars rush in, the whole city will die without a burial place. It is a man who follows me and drives the Tartars out and kills them!"

"Kill!" More than ten personal soldiers followed He Huzidi and shouted in unison. They entered the battle circle. Seeing the commander himself in person, the Ming army was retreating step by step at the gap, and the Ming army broke out: "Kill!"

The swelling pocket began to tighten. The Qing army suddenly felt the pressure increased greatly. However, the Qing army burst into fierce blood and refused to retreat a single step. The casualties of both sides became more and more serious. The corpses were stacked up. In the end, both sides had to stand on the corpse to fight.

Duoduo stood on the high platform and looked at Huai'an City, which was fighting fiercely in the distance. Seeing the Qing army suddenly rising and being driven down, Duoduo couldn't help frowning. The Ming army on the top of the city was so tenacious that it was beyond Duoduo's expectations.

When Jinan City could not be captured for a long time, Duoduo thought that the Ming army had changed its nature. However, after capturing Jinan, the entire Shandong almost surrendered without fighting. Duoduo immediately realized that the Ming army was still the weak Ming army. Although Huang Degong's troops were difficult to deal with, they were just alone. Sure enough, after meeting Huang Degong in Xuzhou, the Qing army still could not chew on it. Only then did Duoduo make up his mind to bypass Huang Degong and directly attack the rear of the Ming army.

In Duoduo's view, Huai'an is not worth fearing, and maybe it can directly force it to surrender. The increase in the troops bit by bit just destroys the confidence of the defenders on the city. Even if the Ming army insists on not surrendering, as long as the cannons arrive, it will not be difficult to capture Huai'an. He is more concerned about whether the Ming army in Xuzhou will follow him out. At that time, he can counterattack. As long as he defeats the Ming army in Xuzhou, most of his mission to destroy the Ming Dynasty will be completed.

But the Ming army in front of him was like a tiny-strong who could not be killed. He actually drove out the Qing army that had attacked the city wall again and again, and Duoduo's original expectations were large. Fortunately, there were not many Ming troops in Huai'an, so Duoduo was not in a hurry. Even if the Ming army could defend the first day, could it defend the second day? The battle ended in the second day, this was still within the tolerance of Duoduo.

The sky became gloomy and the wind was getting stronger and stronger. The snowflakes were mixed with snowflakes and made people's faces painful. This caused great inconvenience to the Qing army on the siege. The snowflakes fell on the ladder and mixed with blood to form ice slithers, making the entire ladder slippery. If you were not careful, the Qing army would fall down from the ladder and climb up the ladder, which reduced the pressure on the Ming army guarding the city a lot.

In the west city, He Huzi, who got more down from the city, finally drove the Qing army out. The bodies of the fallen sides became hard in a short while, just blocking the gap. Facing this corpse wall, the Qing army had no choice but to change directions and attack.

"Send the order to withdraw the troops." Seeing the wind and snow getting heavier, Duofeng had no choice but to give the order to withdraw the troops. This coldness was nothing to the Manchus living in the north, but the wind and snow blocked the sight of the siege soldiers, and the archers became increasingly difficult to aim. Shooting an arrow would take several times the effort. The Ming army on the top of the city could completely roll the wooden stones downwards. In this case, casualties would increase greatly.

The sound of withdrawing troops sounded. Although many Qing troops were reluctant, they still retreated. Looking at the retreating Qing troops, the Ming troops on the city wall did not even have the strength to cheer. Some new recruits sat on the cold city wall in a mess, but they were immediately kicked by veterans. If they were caught in such a cold weather, their lives would be lost.

"Brother Lin, Brother Wu, we won, we won." Ye Yu still had the strength, so he jumped up excitedly, but found that Lin Jian beside him was motionless. Ye Yu felt an ominous premonition and pushed it with his hand. Lin Jian's body fell down in response. A bright long arrow was inserted into his chest, and the blood turned into a black blood clot, and his whole body was already cold.

Ye Yu looked at Lin Jian's body blankly, remembering what Lin Jian said when he thanked him: Why did you do so early? You will come and thank you after the war is over. Before the war is over, Lin Jian died first. Ye Yu's tears flowed down.

"Don't be sad, there are no immortals in war. When you see too many people, you won't feel anything." Wu Zhiming patted Ye Yu and comforted him.

"But he saved me, he saved me, he saved me..." Ye Yu repeated this sentence, tears flowing more.

Several civilians came over and wanted to carry Lin Jian away, but Ye Yu hugged him tightly and refused to let go. Wu Zhiming hit Ye Yu with a bang: "So what if you saved you? We are robes and should have rescued each other. Now he is dead. What he wants is not to see you crying. The Tartars will attack the city tomorrow. If you want to avenge him, you will kill a few more Tartars tomorrow. Now we want to seize the time and go to rest after having enough food so that we can have the energy to kill the Tartars tomorrow. Let them carry Lin Jian down so that he can be buried in peace."

"Coat?" Ye Yu then let go and asked the civilians to carry Lin Jian's body away, and gently hummed the military song he had just learned: "Why do you say you have no clothes? You are with your comrade. Wang Yuxing's army, I am with my spear, and I have the same enemies as me..."

"Do you say you have no clothes? You are in the same vein as me. Wang Yu raised his troops, and I speared and halberds. I worked with you..." Wu Zhiming also hummed.

Gradually, the Ming army, who were still alive on the top of the city, started to hum, and the whole city was filled with sad singing. The Qing army actually only had about half a day to attack the city, and 9,000 defenders had already suffered 30,000 casualties, of which 4,000 new soldiers had suffered 30,000 casualties. If it were on the front battlefield, this army would have collapsed long ago. Even if it were defending the city, if it were not for the Liao people in this army, they would have had a deep hatred towards the Tartars, they would have collapsed.

When the song reached outside the city, Duoduo felt a little uncomfortable. Although he couldn't understand what Ming Jun was singing, he also felt the sadness in the song and asked left and right: "What are they singing?"
Chapter completed!