A desolate horn sounded in the humid and hot suburbs, and the semi-shrouded setting sun was as big as a disk.

The Mongolian horse, known for its endurance, snorted and slowly approached the city with the reins of the Eight Banners Cavalry.

At the top of Changzhou city, the soldiers on the watchtower were beating hard. They stood on the stage and breathed a sigh of relief, shouting loudly: "Enemy attack!"

Without him shouting, everyone was waiting for the city tower. When he heard the shout, he unconsciously held the weapons in his hand.

In a corner of the city tower, there were eight inappropriate soldiers. Although they were wearing armor, they were at a loss. These eight were scholars who were boating on the boat and picking fish in Taihu Lake. One of them was a little brave and encouraged his companions and said, "Don't be afraid, don't let the marquis look down on us." Although the other seven people, although they talked a lot and gave advice on the country on weekdays, were now scared to the point of being ashamed of the earth and could not speak.

The vanguard cavalry obviously had great experience in siegeing the city. They stopped their horses' hooves eight hundred meters away. This was the range that Ming army artillery could attack. They dispersed in one word, and from behind them, various siege weapons were slowly pushed out.

Duoduo rode on a horse, staring at Changzhou City with bright eyes on the small hills on the outskirts of Changzhou City. When the siege car drove to the city, there was still no movement in Changzhou City.

He sneered and said, "What are my skills in Hou Xuanyan? It turns out that he is another Shi Kefa. The Han military strategy says that one move will decline again and then become exhausted. Changzhou's city is not high, there are no high mountains and ridges, and there is no deep river moat. If you pass the order, the whole army will attack fiercely and take Changzhou in one fell swoop."

Shi Kefa defended Yangzhou, and the army passed away to the city. The dignified Yangzhou City was not even a day before. Now the Changzhou defenders were not in a state of movement. He only thought that the soldiers and horses in the city were afraid of war and did not dare to repel their attacks.

Hong Chengchou shook his head behind him, leaned forward and said, "Prince, we have all our troops and horses to come to Changzhou. I am really worried that the thieves will go up the river and attack Jiangning. It is better to ask the old thieves to bring a group of troops to Jiangyin, which can prevent the thieves from going up the river and besiege Changzhou."

Duoduo held the horse whip, pondered for a moment, and said, "What Lord Hong said makes sense. Let's do it. Take the troops of Cao Cunshi to attack Jiangyin."

Hong Chengchou took the order and left. After a while, a Qing army in the left army followed him to the north. The others quickly filled the vacant vacancy and advanced under the city of Changzhou.

A personal soldier rode on the horse and approached and asked, "Sir, Prince Yu is about to take Changzhou. We are leaving at this time. Wouldn't we just put the ready-made credit?"

When Hong Chengchou stood, he bent over and got on the horse, and he became more energetic. His horsemanship was good, and he said to his young servant, his current confidant: "We just lost to Hou Xuanyan half a month ago. If we follow the attack on Changzhou, with my official position, we will definitely win the second-class credit. The prince is the first in the city, and I, Hong Chengchou, are the second. In this way, who will be convinced in the army?

I am not a Manchu, and now I am an official, I am the pinnacle of the Han people. How can I not know how to advance or retreat? It really makes everyone in the army complain, that is the way to die. When we are in the Manchu court, we should not only see the pros and cons of doing things for foreign races."

The personal soldiers followed him for many years, and their friendship had long surpassed that of the master and servant. After hearing Hong Chengchou's words, although they did not believe them, they would no longer ask questions.

Hong Chengchou was squeezed into the horse's belly, and the horse was in pain. He moved his four hooves and ran forward. Feeling the sound of the wind whistling by his ears, Hong Chengchou sighed in his heart, and he had nothing to say. With his understanding of Duoduo, his understanding of Hou Xuanyan during this period, and his experience in the life of Rong Ma, he felt in his heart that Duoduo might not win. If I, Hong Chengchou, won, won the credit and made a complaint, and the blame would inevitably fall on me. Since that is the case, it would be better to leave here early. Xu Shu did not stay in the Red Cliff and avoided the 800-mile fire, so I, Hong Chengchou, should not stay in the city of Changzhou and be unkind.

When we returned to Changzhou City, the whistling sound was the long horn. Accompanied by the long horn sound, countless small black dots came densely from all directions in the Qing army formation under Changzhou City, gradually gathered into a tide of anger, surging fiercely, rushing towards the city walls.

Duoduo laughed and turned around and said, "The Han people in Changzhou are so scared that they dare not fight back. Let's drink hard in the city tonight."

A flag leader behind him licked his lips and said in Manchu: "Prince, I think Yangzhou is not ruthless enough, and these Han people still don't have a good memory. We are worse than breaking the city tonight..."

Duoduo smiled grimly and said, "The city is massacred, no one will be left this time."

Finally, the Qing soldiers rushed to the city. The heavy rain for a few days made the moat high, but it was still impossible to compare with Suzhou. The Qing soldiers easily set up wooden boards as a floating bridge. Yan Yingyuan stared at the city without blinking, and Ren Dabing was in the face without saying a word. Until now, his eyes widened and shouted loudly: "Youhuo Iron Box!"

The iron fire bed hidden in the city wall poured the melted iron into the fire iron box and threw it into the giant wooden ox cart near the city and the cart. The high temperature of the iron not only caused the Qing soldiers to lose their attack ability, but also made the fire-proof raw cowhide and other objects on these terrifying siege equipment burn.

The last time Hou Xuan in Suzhou did not have these things, this time the preparation time was sufficient, and the supply of money and grain was continuous, so he had prepared various methods of defending the city. Yan Yingyuan also changed his bird guns to cannons from a pauper in Jiangyin City, and was able to use the best city guarding equipment in the world to fight the Qing army with a dignified battle.

The Qing soldiers under the city were burned to death by these iron, and the scent of burnt meat was everywhere. This was not the end. Soon, as the flags flashed on the top of the city wall, many yellow cabinets were pushed out in front of the wall of the city wall. The front end of the yellow cabinet suddenly spit out long flames. The flames fell into the Qing soldiers under the city and immediately attached a piece and burned violently.

This is called a hot turret cabinet. It was invented by the Han people hundreds of years ago to defend the city. Its principle is actually very simple. The so-called hot turret cabinet is oil. At that time, it was called hot turret oil. Those yellow cabinets were made of cooked copper, with injection ports on it, which can continuously inject oil and then have a wind drum, which can compress air. Everyone in the middle is corroded, and the water cannot be destroyed, which has a great lethality.

For a time, hundreds or thousands of Qing soldiers were burned to charcoal. Many people whined and jumped into the moat. The city was filled with smoke and fire and could hardly breathe.

Duoduo, who had been observing the battle situation, frowned and said viciously: "The whole army attacks, continue to rush!"

Yan Yingyuan was not surprised to see the Qing soldiers not retreating but advancing, and they kept coming from the rear army.

"A gunner ready!"
Chapter completed!