.A bright yellow flag was flying at the head of Huaian City. The flag was covered with dust and there was a hole in the middle. However, this flag clearly showed that Huaian City was still in the hands of the Ming army.

This city that the manchus thought could be taken down in at most two days has been held for four days. Every time the city was about to be broken, the military and civilians in the city would immediately burst out with the greatest force and drove out the Qing people entering the city. The Qing army siege even felt that the city was becoming more and more difficult to invade. Even the gaps bombarded by cannons, the Ming army would nail it to it like nails, making it difficult for the Qing army to attack.

Looking at the casualties every day, Duoduo, Shuksah, Tan Tai, Luke Dehun and other Manchu nobles were about to bleed. Most of the included Han troops were guarding against the Ming army at the city of Xuzhou. When they came to Huai'an, they were all the backbone of the Manchu people. Although the eight Han banners and the eight Mongolian banners suffered heavy casualties, there were more than 2,000 bodies discarded by the eight Manchu banners alone.

Duoduo had already issued an order to massacre the city. He wanted to use the blood of the people of Huaian City to kill the chickens and scare the monkeys. The Han people still have at least hundreds of cities in the south. As long as one ten of them could hold on like Huaian, they could dry up the blood of the Qing Dynasty. Only by killing all the Han people, the Qing Dynasty could unify the world. As for the Han people's surrender to the officials, they would kill less and win over the hearts of the people, Duoduo would have long left it behind.

However, when the city was massacred, the Qing army attacking the city was of great strength, the Huaian Prefecture knew that there was no way to survive. Some wealthy families in the city were still surrendering, and at this moment they were also very stance to break the family and resist. Not only did they take out a lot of money and grain for military use, their own guards also sent them to defend the city. Tens of thousands of people in the Huaian Prefecture worked together to defend the city more steadily.

In just four days of fighting on the city, Ye Yu has become a veteran. He is following four young and strong men who have just joined the army. He is said to be young and strong, but in fact only one of them can be considered. The other three are one of them, one of whom is just fifteen years old. But the two are enough to be Ye Yu's father, who is already in his forties.

Only the young man, a few years older than Ye Yu, was holding a spear in his hand. The other three were holding their own weapons. The two old men were holding a hoe in their hands. The front of the hoe had already been lit. The weapon in the young man's hand was better, which was a harpoon, and the four sharp teeth emitted a cold light. If it was hit, it could produce four blood holes on the person's body.

At present, the four people were looking at Ye Yu with respect and listening to him talk about the skills of defending the city.

"Brother Xi, Jiang Wazi. You two are standing on both sides of the mercenary. As long as there are Tartars coming up, use the weapons in your hands to stab you hard. Remember, you two want to stab at the same time. The Tartars are powerful. If you stab him by one, you will hide. If you ask the Tartars to come up, we will all have life worries. Remember?"

"Don't worry, sir, we remember." The young man surnamed Xi and the young man surnamed Jiang nodded vigorously.

"Dad Xi, Dad Jiang, your hoe is not easy to use for the time being, so just keep it next to you. When the Tartars start climbing the city, you can just throw the stones and rolling wood on the top of the city down. If there are too many enemies, you can call Aunt Xi behind. Aunt Jiang and the others will quickly bring the hot oil, pour it down, and then throw the torch down, burn these dogs and Tartars to death."

Dad Xi and Dad Jiang also nodded quickly. He threw the hoe on his hands tightly and picked up aside. One of them picked up a big stone. Ye Yu waved his hand quickly: "Don't be so anxious. If you have the strength, you have to wait until the Tartars attack the city. Let's rest now."

"Yes, sir." Dad Xi and Dad Jiang put down the stone in their hands awkwardly. They were embarrassed to laugh. The young man surnamed Xi and the young man surnamed Jiang looked red. He became angry for their father.

"By the way. Don't stretch your body out when defending the city. The Tartars' arrows are so powerful. If you accidentally get the arrow, you will die."

The four of them nodded quickly this time. In the past few days, the Ming army guarding the city at the top of the city was not half killed or injured. At least one-third died under the arrows of the Tartars. The four of them had organized the lifting of wounded and corpses. Naturally, they all knew.

"Sir, how can you see the Tartars siege the city if you don't stick your body out?" asked the young man surnamed Xi.

"You don't have to worry about this. I will carefully observe the movements of the enemy. In short, as long as you obey the orders, you can kill more Tartars. You are safe."

"Yes, sir!"

A sound of iron armor rubbing came, and more than ten personal soldiers hugged a military general and a civil servant. Seeing these two people, the nearby officers and soldiers hurriedly saluted, Ye Yu and his four subordinates were no exception. After the general walked over, Ye Yu said, "Did you see it? That is General Liu and Prefect Xu. With General Lord here, our Huai'an must be as stable as Mount Tai."

"That's right, that's right." Mr. Xi and Mr. Jiang nodded desperately. Most of the people they could see the government were yamen runners. No one could say how old the general was. However, they knew that the ruler of the entire Huaian City was the general. The noble prefect would also temporarily surrender to the general.

Xu Hongyuan was appointed as the prefect of Huaian Prefecture for only a few months. He was originally a co-magistrate of the Hebei Administration. Huaian was often flooded. Xu Hongyuan organized manpower in Huaian to dredge the lake for 70 miles, and the water fell into the fields and led the people back to their business. In the hearts of the people of Huaian, Xu Hongye was undoubtedly a good official. Liu Zeqing's remaining troops occupied the city and caused chaos. After Huang Degong captured Huaian, the former officials of Huaian died and were demoted. Xu Hongyuan was not implicated because of his concentration in water affairs. He was promoted to prefect because of his contribution to water management.

"Sir, the hearts of the army and the people in the city can be used, and they can protect Huai'an. They are all the achievements of the general's commander."

"Where, where, without the assistance of the prefect Xu, I would not be able to organize so much manpower and material resources. If this can be successfully defended by the city, I would definitely report the contributions of the prefect to the court."

After the inspection, both Xu Hongyuan and Liu Zhaoji were very satisfied and optimistic. Although many soldiers were rushed to join the people and their weapons were not neat, their troops were several times the beginning and their morale was high. They were still sufficient for rolling wood, rocks, tinder oil and other supplies. Of course, these newly organized people could not fight in the field, but defending the city could cause great losses to the Qing army.

Liu Zhaoji had originally made up his mind that he would commit suicide by tying his sword as soon as the city was broken, which was considered to be his loyalty to the country. In just a few days, Liu Zhaoji's confidence became more and more powerful. Before he wasting all the materials and young people in the city, the Qing army would not want to enter the city. All this was thanks to the inconspicuous civil servant in front of him. Without him, the defenders would not be able to mobilize so much manpower and material resources. Liu Zhaoji's words of asking for me for Xu Hongyuan were not false.

Xu Hongyuan sighed. He used to be dedicated to rectifying river affairs, but was not proficient in the knowledge of the officialdom. Unexpectedly, not only avoided disasters, but also lost all over the world and was promoted to the prefect of Huai'an. Xu Hongyuan had the temper of a nerd. As soon as he served as an official, he would benefit the people. Even if he guarded the city, most of the young and strong in the city would probably be killed or injured. Huai'an, who had just recovered a little vitality, would be severely injured again.

If it weren't for the pressure of the Tartars' massacre, Xu Hongyuan might not have been willing to organize the whole city to send it to the top of the city. This is not because Xu Hongyuan had the idea of ​​surrendering to the Tartars. If the city was really broken and he committed suicide by committing his own family, it would be worthy of the court and his conscience.

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The drum sounded below. Liu Zhaoji lay down at the battlement at the top of the city and looked down. The Qing army under the city was moving back and forth. It seemed that the Qing army below was about to launch an attack again soon. This was the fifth day of the Qing army's attack, but Liu Zhaoji was not panicked at all.

"Mr. Xu, the Tartars are about to attack. The city is dangerous. You can go down to the city first."

Xu Hongyuan knew that he could not help staying at the city, so he bowed: "The officials are going down first. The safety of the city depends on the adults, and the generals should take care of themselves."

Liu Zhaoji stared outside the city, with a smile on his lips: Tartars, come on, no matter how many, this handsome guy will make you feel bloody.

In the city's general's tent, Duoduo was giving these rebellious Manchu generals: "Four days, the small Huai'an city blocked my 60,000 army for four days, and suffered 10,000 soldiers and generals. The Manchu warriors were killed and injured by more than 2,000 people under the city, but they still couldn't get a city. Incompetent, it was simply incompetent. Oboi, Luke Dehun, are you all your energy on the woman's belly? Tan Tai, Shuksahe, and you, where did your former bravery go?"

A group of nobles in Manchu were scolded by Duoduo so that they could not raise their heads, especially Oboi. He believed that he was brave and brave. However, when he attacked the city yesterday, he was clearly rushing into the city, but was driven out by a group of farmers who looked like mixed weapons. If he had not run fast, he would have died under a hoe and a wooden stick. This was a great humiliation.

There were also unsatisfied generals slandering in their hearts. If you want to play with women, Prince Yu is not as good as you, but you, even the concubine of the Grand Secretary. These days, you didn’t pick two beautiful Han women who were snatched from nearby to extricate their anger. They were just a senior official and crushed people to death. Moreover, Duoduo is the younger brother of the regent. After defeating the battle, Duoduo is probably fine. They are inevitably scapegoats. Of course, no one said this.

"Prince Yu, today I will personally rush to the battlefield with my son from Zhenghongqi, and I will definitely take Huaian down." Luke Dehun said.

"Prince Yu, Zhenghuang Banner never falls behind others. Today I am willing to compete with Luke Dehun. If I go to the city later, even if I lose, I will let Prince Yu punish him. I will have no objection." Oboi responded.

"I inlaid the yellow flag..."

"I inlaid the red flag..."

The other seven banners expressed their willingness to attack the city today. Only Haoge led the generals of Zhenglan Banner without saying a word. Haoge was the eldest son of Huang Taiji. When Huang Taiji was still alive, who would not flatter him? After Huang Taiji died, the troops of the Shang Sanqi still supported Haoge ascended the throne. They had a dispute with Dorgon before they gave the throne to Fulin. In a blink of an eye, Dorgon became the regent of the emperor and the leader of the kings. Haoge was suppressed below and was still dissatisfied with Dorgon, so how could he be convinced by Duoduo?

Duoduo glanced at Haoge with his eyes, and the other generals also looked at Haoge one after another. For a moment, a tense atmosphere filled the tent.
Chapter completed!