On the second day of October of the 18th year of Chongzhen, the Qing army finally arrived outside Yangzhou City. The winter of the Little Ice Age came very early, and the climate in Yangzhou on the second day of October was already very cold. The colder the weather was, the more suitable the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners soldiers. Only in the cold weather, the Eight Banners soldiers wearing triple thick armor can exert their maximum combat effectiveness.

The Qing army only surrounded Yangzhou from three sides (there is a canal to the east, and the Qing army could not). Duoduo did not rush to order an attack. After all, he knew the strength of the old opponent in the opposite city. If he hurriedly sent people up, it would be a waste of time. Therefore, Duoduo ordered a camp outside Yangzhou city. In order to avoid Li Guodong's use of tricks, the Qing army specially set up a camp on the high ground.

After the auxiliary soldiers of the Green Camp built the camp, they took the people who had been plundered from the surrounding villages and towns, forcing them to demolish the houses and build siege weapons.

Three days have passed, and the siege weapons have been almost completed, and the Qing army has not yet seen the attack.

"What the hell are the Tartars doing? Why haven't they launched an attack in three days?" Wang Quan, who was standing on the top of the city, felt very strange.

Li Guodong smiled and said, "Duoduo has experienced many battles, and he fought very steadily. The Tartars knew how powerful they were and did not dare to attack rashly. They must be waiting for the Red Barbarian Cannon."

Li Guodong at the top of the city used a telescope to observe the movements of the Qing army, and Duoduo outside the city also used a telescope to observe the Ming army at the top of the city. Duoduo suddenly saw a Ming general standing on the city gate tower. He saw that the Ming general was wearing a purple-gold phoenix-winged helmet, purple-gold fish scale armor, and a big red cloak. Only the most advanced general on the battlefield had such a dress. Duoduo judged that the person must be Li Guodong.

"Li Laoer! You are the only opponent of my Qing Dynasty in the world! Even if I, Duoduo, have dispossed most of my troops here, I would rather not cross the river to destroy Ming than destroy you first!" Duoduo gritted his teeth and said viciously.

"Prince, if the troops are too damaged and we miss the opportunity to destroy the Ming Dynasty this time, then..." Kong Youde stepped forward and said.

Duoduo glared at Kong Youde fiercely and gritted his teeth and said, "As long as Li Laoer is destroyed, even if he misses this opportunity, there will be more opportunities in the future! The Ming army is already weak, King Gong Shu, look at the Ming army can still fight now? I'm afraid there is only Li Laoer's Huai army? This thief is the backbone of the Huai army. If he can get rid of this person, he will get rid of my great troubles in the Qing Dynasty!"

"Li Lao Er has only 150,000 people, but our army has 600,000. We can still recruit people and men from around us. It is not a problem to reach one million troops. Why should the prince worry about Li Lao Er?"

"King Shun, Li Lao Er has many tricks. How many warriors did this thief kill me, the Qing Dynasty? Only by eliminating him first can I unify the world!"

Li Guodong, standing at the top of the city, also found a Qing army general on the opposite high ground. From the telescope, it can be seen that the Qing army general was wearing a white iron-inlaid cotton armor with a purple-gold heart-protecting mirror on his red side, a white cloak on his back, and a purple-gold lightning rod helmet. The armor was much more advanced than the armor of other Qing army generals, and the guy also looked at himself with a telescope. Although Li Guodong could not see the man's face clearly, it can be judged from the armor on his body and his movements that this guy was Duoduo!

"Dorgon, Dorgon, we are old opponents who have been fighting for many years. It's a pity that you are in poor health and cannot come in person, but you sent your younger brother. Maybe in this battle, Dorgon, you will taste the pain of losing your brother, hahaha!" Li Guodong laughed.

"Master General, Jiannu sent Green Camp soldiers to loot the people everywhere in the west of Yangzhou and forcefully conquer the civilians." A small officer came to report.

"Let General Shi's navy send orders to General Han and the others. After dark, the navy will carry cavalry across the canal, use cavalry to annihilate a group of fake Tartars who are accomplices of tigers, and kill Duoduo's majesty." Li Guodong ordered.

This is the convenience of the Huai Army having a powerful navy. To the east of Yangzhou City is the Grand Canal. The width of the canal is more than one mile wide, and the widest part is close to two miles. The Qing army could not surround the east. The Huai Army's night-defused and commanders could freely enter and exit Yangzhou through the water gate, and then use the navy ships on the canal to spy on information everywhere, send information into the city, and deliver orders from the city to the cavalry units left outside the city.

More than 10,000 cavalry of the Huai Army were not in the city. Anyway, the cavalry could not play any role in defending the city, so Li Guodong simply sent the cavalry out. At this time, this powerful cavalry was ambushed in several villages east of Shaobo Lake.

After receiving the order, the commander left the Tongsi Gate Tower to the west and headed to Xuning Gate to the east. After leaving the city, the canal was the canal. The commander took a small sampan and went to Shaobo Lake to pass the order.

"Jiannu felt that the 600,000 army was still not enough. He was plundering the people everywhere with the green camp soldiers and forcibly conquering the people. The lord ordered you to cross the river and advance eastward after dark, find an opportunity to destroy a few fake Tartars, and kill Duoduo's spirit." The messenger brought Li Guodong's order.

The sky gradually became dark, and more than 10,000 Huai Army cavalry stepped out of the hiding village one after another and boarded the navy ships. Among the 10,000 cavalry, three thousand heavy cavalry, three thousand light cavalry and four thousand dragon cavalry, and another team of three hundred elite cavalry and five hundred rifled rifled scattered soldiers. The war horses they rode were all the best-selling horses in Taixi. Some time ago, Zheng Sen once again transported a batch of good horses from Danluo, which made the Huai Army have the most elite cavalry in the East today.

Because of the good horses, even the light cavalry, the dragon cavalry and the scattered soldiers, their war horses were all wearing horse armor and were covered with invulnerable plate armor or breastplate. When boarding the boat and crossing the river, in order to avoid falling into the river and drowning, the armor on the people and horses were removed, and after crossing the river, they were put on armor.

After all the cavalry and horses boarded the ship, Shi Lang ordered the ship to be opened.

The navy transport fleet crossed the canal. On the river bank, an elite naval marine team of about 500 people was active on the river bank. This navy marine team was carefully selected by the elite soldiers from the night of no retention. Each of them was equipped with invulnerable vines and guns. The weapons used were powerful crossbows, self-generated muskets and hand guns, as well as flying axes, javelins, meteor hammers and other throwing weapons. The melee weapons were Miao swords and shields. The navy marines were not infantry fighting in formation, but were fighting methods that were good at assassination, whistle-touching, sneak attacks and other personal skills. Their main task was to deal with the Qing army's scouts and whistle-cavalry.

The navy marines move along the river bank and never stay away from the water. Even the most elite Qing army scouts and whistle cavalry cannot take advantage of this navy marine. The vine armor on the navy marines is completely immune to the heavy arrows of the Eight Banners soldiers. If the Eight Banners soldiers approach, the firearms of the Navy Marines can shoot and kill the Eight Banners scouts and whistle cavalry. If the Eight Banners soldiers attack with cavalry, the Navy Marine soldiers can jump into the water and escape immediately.

There are also inland gunboats that patrol from time to time on the canal, and Duoduo dared not let the precious Eight Banners soldiers get too close to the river bank. The scouts and whistle cavalry of the Green Camp are dish in front of the Navy and Marine Corps.

The Huai Army cavalry got off the ship, quickly put on armor, and then set out towards Jishan in the northwest.

Each cavalry carried enough dried food for seven days. The dry food was mainly baked hard, compacted bread, and dried dried meat. All the food was put in a small cloth bag and eaten with water when eating, which could meet the needs of seven days. If you save some food, you can let the cavalry move outside for ten days.

When the cavalry arrived on Yizhen's territory, the small county town in front had long been occupied by the Qing army. In fact, the Ming army guarding the city surrendered without fighting. The Ming army surrendered, and the people in the city had to be honestly a Shunminister of the Qing Dynasty.
Chapter completed!