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Chapter two hundred and thirty seventh siege but not attack

In March of the first year of Jingyou, Linhuai City.

After some massage, Hou Xuanyan's fatigue was wiped out. The professional ones were indeed different. With the new little military doctor, he relieved his previous fatigue.

Hou Xuanyan stood up, raised his hands, and the little military doctor stepped forward to put on his armor. Seeing that he had been busy for a while, Hou Xuanyan was so tired that he was sweating on his forehead, he couldn't help but smile: "Little Yangzi, your physique is not good. If you want a wife in the future, you will be poked and scolded you for being useless. If you meet someone who is more stingy, you may say that you have a silver-shaped gun tip. Will you be embarrassed at that time?"

Yang Fujin lowered his head and smiled embarrassedly, laughed dryly, and did not respond.

Hou Xuanyan liked the new military doctor very much, and left him a small bed in the tent to let him live with him, so that he could treat him at any time. Unfortunately, this new man was the opposite of Hu Bawan. He was the queen of everything, and Hou Xuanyan didn't care. Anyway, the person was sent by Ma Shiying, and after the investigation of Qianxiang Camp, the eight ancestors were all innocent, so they could be sent to him.

Three days have come, and the renovation day is over. Next is to attack Fengyang City.

The three armies outside had already been packing up, and the soldiers of the Houtu Camp were ready to go. The moment Hou Xuanyan opened the tent, the soldiers in front of the tent clasped their fists and shouted loudly: "Supervisor!"

Hou Xuanyan swept away the haze of the previous few days and said while walking: "Zhongdu Fengyang is the place where Emperor Gao of Taizu was the dragon-rise. Emperor Gao of Taizu took us Han people to drive away the Mongol Tartars more than two hundred years ago and restore the Han throne. This is a feat that has never been seen in the past. Now you and I are lucky to have this opportunity and make this contribution again. When we attack Fengyang this time, we will be blessed by Emperor Gaozu, and we will win the flag and kill all the Qingdogs in Zhongdu!"

"The army is invincible when it is established in the Northern Expedition!"

"The army is invincible when it is established in the Northern Expedition!"

"The army is invincible when it is established in the Northern Expedition!"

...

Stepping on Chaolu, the army opened the Linhuai gate and headed straight to Fengyang, which was waiting for the battle.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the metaphor of "Danfeng Chaoyang" and used the meaning of "Fenghuang Mountain's Yang" to name this land Fengyang. In September of the second year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to use Linhao as the Zhongdu to build cities and palaces, such as the capital. From then on, a huge Zhongdu project that used millions of people to collect national supplies and consumed millions of silver began here. In the seventh year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the Zhongdu Mansion to Fengyang Mansion. In the same year, the prefecture was from the ancient Haozhou City to the newly built Mingzhong Capital. This was a new city of the same age as the Ming Dynasty, but it was not a small city.

Some people say that Fengyang City Tower is majestic, and once wrote: the eaves are covered with three layers, the buildings are hundreds of feet long, the wings are towering, the eclipse is vast, the system is grand, and the scale is magnificent. When you climb here, you will see the river, the Huai Lake is lingering and the lake is vast, and you can see the mountains in the middle of the city are covered with mist, and you can see them appearing outside the clouds, smoke and water.

Hou Xuanyan rode a horse to look out at Gaogang, and the Fengyang Drum Tower with the words "The Eternal Eternal" was blocked in front of him, just like a small hill. Such a thick city wall is difficult to be bombarded by artillery. The city is surrounded by water, and the moat is as wide as a big river and a big river. The water is green, and it looks like a deep pool. With the suspension bridge, it is really difficult to break through this city.

There are six gates in Fengyang City. Jiergalang is short of staff, so the defense must be light and heavy. Hou Xuanyan relies on his large number of people, leaving only one north gate on three sides. With the sound of the trumpet, more than 100,000 people built bridges to attack the city. A crowded crowd rushed to the city tower. Although this was not the last line of defense for the Qing soldiers, as long as Fengyang City was broken and the two blue flags of Jiergalang were wiped out, the Qing Dynasty would be like a lamb to be slaughtered and would no longer be able to fight against the Northern Expedition Army.

Jirgalang obviously knew this, and defended it very hard, personally went to the city wall to supervise the battle. At this time, the Qing Dynasty, who had no his own arsenal, lost Zheng Zhilong's assistance, and the sea was blocked by the Songjiang Navy, so it was impossible to buy gunpowder from the Franjets. So although they had some inferior artillery and ammunition they produced themselves, they could no longer use sharp red cannons to defend the city.

Hou Xuanyan looked at the battlefield on the first day in the distance and sneered in his heart. The Qing Dynasty had reached the time when the sun set, and it was not far from death. In the past two years, they had occupied the Central Plains, and they had harmed many Han people. What was hateful is that if there weren’t countless traitors, these people would have been driven back to the exterior to hunt in animal skins. Now they are still a person who cuts the luxurious Han people’s clothes into ridiculous clothes, live in the courtyard of carved beams and painted buildings, and enjoys the life of slaves like clouds and wives like clouds.

Yan Yingyuan rushed over with a very obvious worry on his face. He took a breath and vomited heavily, then stood still and said, "Duke, it is not a solution to continue fighting like this. I think Fengyang is so difficult to attack, so it is better to surround him and not attack."

Hou Xuanyan lowered his head and pondered. Yan Yingyuan said something. To put aside the eagerness to recover the Central Plains, the Qing Dynasty should be more anxious at this time. If the troops were to be transferred, trapped Fengyang's 70,000 Qing soldiers and Jiergalang from Ji'erang, and then waited for the rabbit to attack various reinforcements, then the most uncomfortable thing in the Qing Dynasty. The Shuizi Camp was 100,000 people in Fujian, Jiangnan could be said to be foolproof, and there was also a Hunan Army camp of 130,000, which was the town of Peng Zhuze in the southwest. These people could be transferred north at any time. If it were not for the huge military expenditure, Hou Xuanyan would have been transferred to the north long ago.

"It's a good idea to surround the points and attack support. Li Shimin surrounded Wang Shichong, who was in Luoyang, and completely defeated his power. In this way, I can send an order to let Xia Wanchun lead his troops north, and we will also use Li Er's tricks."

The drum beat of retreating soldiers sounded, and although the Northern Expedition Army was stunned, the strict military discipline still allowed them to withdraw in time. Jiergalang did not stop the cheers of the Qing soldiers, but his brows frowned and looked no smile at all. Su Bandai stepped forward and said happily: "Prince, the Ming army retreated again, haha, we will win again!"

Jirhalang looked angry and raised his hand and whipped Su Bandai's face. A red blood mark was shocking. Su Bandai did not dare to scream the pain, and was so scared that he knelt on the ground.

"Idiot! Think about it yourself, when was the last time we won? Just like you, a pig-brained man, able to command troops to fight?" Jiergalang, as the prince of the Qing Dynasty, was one of the most powerful people in the pseudo-Qing court. His thunderous anger also made the Qing generals around him suddenly realize that they had indeed not won for a long time...

Last time? Was it when Prince Yu Duoduo was still there?

Hou Xuanyan, who tried the waters, had already seen that the end of the hard attack was absolutely unhealthy. With one order, 130,000 Hunan soldiers were about to head north.

Outside Fengyang City, a large net had already formed, waiting for reinforcements from all directions to come to the trap. To his surprise, there were no reinforcements in the early Qing Dynasty that could come to Fengyang. The entire territory of Shandong was captured by the Northern Expedition Army, which scared the Manchu nobles in Beijing. Shandong was close to the capital of the capital, and they were trying their best to find a way to fight back to Shandong. No one could care about Fengyang for the time being, after all, it was still far from Beijing.

Jirgalang's messenger couldn't get out at all. He had seen the situation clearly in Fengyang, and wanted to break through but was unwilling to give up Fengyang. Just when he was hesitating, time passed day by day...
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