Chapter 23 Capture the City
Qin He's face was gloomy and calm. He stared at Hou Xuanyan's eyes as if they were real. If his eyes could kill people, Hou Xuanyan would have been filled with holes.
Hou Xuanyan carried his hands on his back and secretly wiped the sweat from his palms on his back. He looked relaxed and freehand with a look of sitting firmly on his face, and asked leisurely: "Does this need to be considered for a long time?"
After saying that, he shook the long life lock in his hand. This wave completely shattered Qin He's defense. His family was his bottom line. In order to save his family, he decided to obey the threat of the person in front of him.
Qin He pulled out his waist knife, and Xu Yuanbao and Hong Yizhuo's faces changed drastically, protecting Hou Xuanyan's side.
"I'll open the city gate!"
"Okay, if you stop breaking, you will suffer the chaos. Today, we will restore the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty, and you will be the first contribution."
Qin He glared at him hatefully. No one liked his family being threatened. Hou Xuanyan didn't care and kicked open the wooden door on the city wall.
The soldiers guarding the city had already gathered together and waited for the command of President Qin to go to the city to quell the rebellion.
Qin He walked out of the city tower and shouted loudly to his subordinates on the city wall: "Brothers, the national treasures are lonely and poor, and they are not far from death. Open the city gate quickly to have a chance to survive."
His men were still waiting for him to order to help the governor, and he was stunned when he heard this.
The soldier sent by Tu Guobao to pass the order was furious and stepped forward and cursed: "Qin He, do you want to rebel?"
When Hou Xuanyan saw that the subordinates of the Qin generals were not all his confidants. It was time to come out to help. He pushed away the two people in front of him and said loudly: "The treasure of the country is dead. Now there are 80,000 troops from Shaoxing outside the city, ready to go. Everyone follows the Qin generals and open the city gate and let the Ming army in. It is a great achievement. If we resist stubbornly and break the city, none of us will survive!"
The commander was the confidant of the national treasure. His eyes were about to break and he was about to cut people with a knife. Qin He gritted his teeth, thrust the knife in his hand forward, and poked the soldier running towards Hou Xuanyan's heart.
The soldiers who were hesitant were panicked when they saw that the President Qin had already killed people. And they believed that the governor had died in battle, so what else could they fight? One of them had a good relationship with Qin He, looked around for a week and said, "Brothers, open the city gate and find a way out. We are Han people, why bother to fight for the Qing soldiers?"
The Xicheng Gate slowly opened, Hou Xuanyan felt relieved and took out a fire note from his arms. He lit the signal fireworks in Xu Yuanbao's hand, watching it as it exploded.
Hou Xuanyan slowly closed his eyes and listened to the Ming army rushing out of Taihu Lake and shouting and rushing into Suzhou City.
Qin He knew at this time that he had not turned around when he opened the bow. He waved his knife to cut off his braid and followed Hou Xuanyan closely.
Before the night was dark, Suzhou City was already in chaos, with roars and fighting everywhere. The Qing soldiers were fighting fiercely with the servants and guards who were in chaos in the wealthy family, but a new force suddenly poured in completely changed the balance. The gentry was extremely excited to see the familiar Ming army armor. They just thought that the king's army had already entered Suzhou, and hurriedly ordered their troops to rush out of the high-ranking families and fight with the Qing soldiers of the country's treasures in the complex alleys of Suzhou.
The battle situation has reached this point, even if Sun Wu reborn, Wu Qi can't control the situation. Tu Guobao was covered in dust and spitted, stomped his feet and said, "Go out of the south gate, go to meet Wu Shengzhao, and then take back Suzhou."
Tu Guobao raised the flag of the commander and guided his scattered soldiers and brave men in the dark night to get close to him. Many Qing soldiers gathered over and protected him and rushed towards the south gate.
The Qing soldiers of Wujiang County were chasing Wu Yi's troops under the leadership of Wusong Admiral Wu Shengzhao.
As the side of the feint attack, Wu Yi changed his tough style and ran away when he saw people.
Wu Shengzhao only thought he was at the end of his strength and was very excited, thinking that the credit was within his control.
Now that I saw the fire in Suzhou City, I realized that I had been fooled. In annoyed, I commanded my troops to return to Suzhou.
Wu Yi, who had been fleeing, was now stuck like a dog-skin plaster. He chased the Qing soldiers and fought for a while. The Qing soldiers suffered serious casualties, but Wu Shengzhao did not dare to let Suzhou ignore them. Compared with the two, he had to sacrifice part of the rear army to save the national treasure. Wu Yi took the opportunity to cover up and seize the weapons and supplies.
Under the west city tower, Xia Wanchun and his son rushed into Suzhou with the army and saw Hou Xuanyan on the city tower.
Neither of them were fighting against the enemy. They supported each other and climbed up the city tower, looking at each other with a high spirit.
"Brother Hou (Xuanyan), good."
"Fortunately, I'm not humiliating my fate."
Xia Yunyi's old face had turned red due to congestion, and his hands holding the city tower were trembling. He bent down deeply and bowed to Hou Xuanyan.
"Is this my uncle doing something? I'm going to ruin my nephew." Hou Xuanyan hurriedly helped him up.
"I worship the people and people of the Ming Dynasty, the country and the country, and it has nothing to do with our identity."
Xia Yunyi became more and more excited as he thought about it. He laughed and said, "Tonight, why worry about the failure of the Northern Expedition in the future, expelling the Tartars, and restoring our country of Ming Dynasty."
Before the laughter fell, the fathers suddenly hugged their heads and cried bitterly. The crying was heartbroken and wailed endlessly. Even Hou Xuanyan could not help but move this innocent heart for the country and the country.
But expelling the Tartars? How easy is it? Hou Xuanyan sneered in his heart. It was the scholar's opinion...
If Dorgon had not had short-sighted vision and lack of courage, he would have transferred the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty back to the north. He also forcibly implemented the shaving order, which made the heavens angry and resentful in Jiangnan. With their ten thousand remaining soldiers, it would be difficult to conquer Suzhou.
The father and son of the Xia family didn't know what he thought. The Ming Dynasty had suffered a long loss and the news of defeat and surrender was common. The good news had not been heard for a long time.
The meaning of winning Suzhou is not as simple as a victory. This is to feed the Ming gentry who was in despair a dose of painkiller.
The shouts of killing in the city gradually became smaller, especially after the Tu Guobao broke out of the southern gate, it had basically stopped.
Hou Xuanyan removed the worn-out clothes on his body, exposed the Ming armor inside, and walked downstairs with Xu Yuanbao and Hong Yizhuo.
"Mr. Hou, where are we going?"
"Gu Jia! The cake is ready, it's time to snatch the knife that cuts the cake."
Chapter completed!