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Chapter 34 Soldiers approaching the city

"What a panic!"

Hou Xuanyan looked at the people in the room and shouted angrily.

With the enemy in front of him, he doesn't have the time and leisure to soothe people's hearts.

"Leave a team to escort a few back home, and the others follow me to the city tower."

"Where does the thief come from?"

The soldier replied as he walked: "It's from the north, and I don't know how many people there are."

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said, "That should be the Qing soldiers besieging Jiangyin, Liu Liangzuo's people, I just don't know if Boluo is here."

As one of the four towns in Jiangbei, Liu Liangzuo was the first to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and fought everywhere for the Qing Dynasty. He was a loyal traitor. They used up the money and tutored a group of elite soldiers in their hands. They fought everywhere, and they were like pushing each other until they met Yan Yingyuan, Jiangyin.

Yan Yingyuan has been guarding a small town for two months, and Liu Liangzuo has no way to deal with him.

Before leaving, Duoduo ordered Bellboro to go and assist. Boro did nothing when he arrived in Jiangyin, so he took off Liu Liangzuo's pants and beat him to pieces.

This not only did not shame this general who had just been ashamed of his moment, but instead aroused his fighting spirit and insisted on making great contributions to his master. He was not a waste.

But Yan Yingyuan is indeed a talented person, and he defended himself with the help of the village soldiers.

From this we can see that his talent is indeed much better than his father Hou Dongzeng.

"If you pass the order, Xia Wanchun leads troops to defend the East City, be careful to guard against the Qing soldiers from Taicang coming to besiege the city. Li Chengdong, a dog thief, may also come. The national treasure in the south was chased by Wu Zhikui and was almost fled to the territory of Hangzhou. It's okay for the time being. Wu Yi is blocked by us in Taihu Lake, and we are not afraid of something happening in the West City Tower. Qin He, follow me to the North City, I want to see what these beasts are using to attack my Suzhou."

During these days, Suzhou City has opened its city gate to accept refugees from the north and has become the destination of fugitives in the south. Now that the Qing soldiers have arrived, the city gate must be closed, and many refugees who have not yet had time to enter the city have been blocked outside the city.

They were sandwiched between the Qing soldiers and the towering Suzhou city walls, screaming in horror, not knowing where to escape.

Seeing this, the Qing soldiers who were sieging the city drove them away and slowly approached the city wall.

Hou Xuanyan climbed the city tower and happened to see this scene.

"Why don't you shoot arrows? Why don't you shoot guns?"

There are several artillery artillery on the walls of Suzhou, but they are old. These artillery artillery were originally used to prevent Japanese pirates when they were prevalent, and many of them were already rusted.

A city guardian who looked like a scholar stood up and shouted loudly: "You can't shoot arrows, you can't shoot artillery! The people under the city are all the people of our Ming Dynasty, just like you and me, they are all Han people."

The people under the city had already run to the city, kowtowing on the ground, begging the defenders to open the city gate and let them in.

Behind them, the Qing soldiers grinned and kept slashing down. These people only knew to kneel down and beg for the city gate to open, and did not dare to resist at all.

Suddenly, a Qing soldier shot into a woman's arms. When he pulled it out, he was carrying a baby on the tip of the gun. Blood flowed down the gun, and he seemed to be unable to survive. In this way, the woman was still kowtowing and begging for mercy, wanting the Qing soldier to show great compassion and return the child to him.

These refugees would not think about it at all. They could not escape death even if they opened the city gate, and the whole of Suzhou would die with them.

The Qing soldiers who picked the baby with guns shouted wildly: "Open the city gate, otherwise this will be your end."

Although Hou Xuanyan couldn't hear what he was calling, he could guess eight or nine points when he looked like that.

"Shoot the arrow!"

Seeing that the soldiers were about to rush across the moat, Hou Xuanyan roared and the small official rushed out again. He ignored Hou Xuanyan's official position and said sternly: "Who is surnamed Hou, do you want to massacre your compatriots?"

The defenders who had already been Zhang Gong were, after all, a group of untrained soldiers who had just gathered together. After hearing the roar of the little official, they stopped.

The Qing soldiers carrying the ladders were carrying the people and were about to approach the city wall.

"Xu Yuanbao!"

"exist!"

"If anyone violates military orders, he will be killed without mercy."

The little official Yiran was not afraid. He believed from the bottom of his heart that he was right, and had no idea that he was about to kill people all over the city.

"I see whoever dares to shoot arrows will be the sinners who slaughter their compatriots."

He was greeted by a thick and black mace, with the face still holding the argument-making face, and his head was shattered.

"Cum me!"

The huge stones and wood were constantly blooming among the Qing soldiers and refugees through throwing tools. The refugees who were asking for the door to open finally knew to stand up and run away. They were harvested in batches of wheat when facing the Qing soldiers' scimitars.

From beginning to end, no one resisted. Hou Xuanyan watched coldly, and the unbearableness gradually disappeared.

The Qing soldiers were just tentative attacks. When they saw the despicable tricks that took over the people, they failed. They were like a tide, and they retreated in an orderly manner.

The defenders on the city were unclear, and when they saw the Qing soldiers retreat, they cheered. Hou Xuanyan intended to indulge them in celebration, without pointing out or stopping them.

Looking at the dark heads in the distance, they had already begun to set up camps. Hou Xuanyan knew in his heart that a fierce battle would last for a long time.

In the Qing army's central tent, all the generals sat in front of the case, surrounding Boluo. Only Liu Liangzuo had injuries on his butt and dared not sit, but stood aside. Most of the other people looked at him with joking eyes, and he was ashamed and dared not speak. Because this time, all of them were Manchu generals except him.

As Duoduo's number one thug, Boluo rarely lost since he entered the pass. He had long developed the idea that Han people were wasteful. In his opinion, the main reason why Jiangyin could not conquer was Liu Liangzuo's incompetence.

He originally planned to conquer Jiangyin himself, but who knew that he suddenly heard the news that Suzhou was lost.

Compared with Suzhou, Jiangyin's small county was insignificant. So he led his troops to Suzhou.

In addition to the Manchu warriors taken away by Duoduo, the Jurchens who could fight in the Jiangnan area were all brought by him.

He picked up a carefully cooked piece of meat with a knife and put it in his mouth, which melted in his mouth. He stretched out his big oily hand and grabbed a handful of the beauty who was serving the plate.

"You Han people will enjoy it. A piece of meat can make this taste."

The beauty next to him was the Jiangnan woman he had captured, so how could he bear his Lushan claws?

But she was beaten up and did not dare to cry out for pain, for fear of being abused again, and tears rolled in her eyes.

"Transport the red-clothed cannons to the city and attack the city tomorrow." He said, scanning the generals in the tent, and snorting coldly, "Break Suzhou, like Yangzhou, the city will be massacred for ten days!"

The Jurchen generals all showed excitement and screamed.
Chapter completed!
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