Shi Yide ran fifty miles in one breath before stopping, and only 217 were left to search for the troops. The Jiangnan Admiral Headquarters and nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in Xuzhou Town were wiped out in just half a day. Looking at the few more than 200 people around, and looking at his disheveled hair, Shi Yide suddenly felt sad...

He lifted the sword in his hand and wiped it into his neck. Fortunately, the personal soldiers around him were quick and he grabbed the sword first.

"Military! No!"

"The burial master lost his land, and the 10,000 troops were completely lost in my hands. How can I still look like? Take the sword!"

"No military service!" Everyone surrounded Shi Yide and persuaded him hard. A deputy general who escaped with him even tried to persuade him that victory and defeat was common among military strategists. Although he had been defeated in this battle, Suzhou, Wuxi and other cities were still in the hands of the Qing court. In addition, there were more than 10,000 troops in two towns in Jiangbei. Moreover, the main force of Susong Town was also rushing back here. The situation was not at the worst. As the admiral of Jiangnan, Shi Yide still had the chance to turn defeat into victory.

After being persuaded by everyone so hard, Shi Yide finally gave up his suicide, but he suffered a great blow to such a crushing defeat. Moreover, the place is not safe now and must leave as soon as possible. After a little rest, Shi Yide took the more than 200 people to Changzhou and rushed to Changzhou two days later. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the battle of Sangjiazhuang, Su Song's Qing army was defeated, and Jiangnan Admiral Shi Yide fled in a panic. The battle was spread throughout Jiangnan in just a few days. Governor Gali was very scared when he heard the news, and Zhang Boxing in Suzhou was even more shocked.

"General Qian Town, the Admiral of the Division was defeated. What should I do?" Zhang Boxing found Qian Dachang at the first time. At this time, Qian Dachang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. In the battle of Sangjiazhuang, he not only lost the headquarters of the Jiangnan Admiral, but also lost 300 of his subordinates in Xuzhou Town. Now the troops in Xuzhou Town in Suzhou are only 2,000, and the other 3,000 are the Eight Banners soldiers of General Jiangning. Although Shi Yide handed over the command of the city defense to Qian Dachang before leaving, the one who could really command Qian Dachang was the soldiers in his hands. As for the Eight Banners soldiers, it was absolutely impossible for him to obey his command.

"Mr. Zhang, don't be anxious. I have received the battle report. Although the admiral of the army failed in the first battle, the main force of our army in Jiangsu is still there. Besides, Suzhou City is high and thick and well prepared. Even if the rebels are lucky enough to win, they will never dare to attack Suzhou City. Please rest assured," Qian Dachang comforted, but he scolded Zhang Boxing in his heart. If Zhang Boxing hadn't been urging troops to send troops, how could Shi Yide suffer such a defeat? But even if he cursed in his heart, it would never be revealed on the surface. Zhang Boxing is a governor and a civil servant. In addition, he has a great face on Kangxi's side. If this old man is unhappy to participate in his own book, it would be a big trouble.

“So seriously?”

"Take it seriously, Lord Zhang, don't worry, our army will have no problem protecting Suzhou. As for those thieves and the main force in Susong Town, it is not a problem." In order to appease Zhang Boxing, Qian Dachang could only reply like this.

After hearing Qian Dachang's promise, Zhang Boxing felt relieved this time, but when he pondered for a moment, he spoke again.

"The rebels are now very powerful. Although Suzhou is not at the moment, the rebels are storming Susong, and the people of Susong are suffering! Qian Zongzhen, can you think of a way to solve the dangers of the people?" As soon as Zhang Boxing said this, Qian Dachang almost jumped up. What? At this time, you are still thinking about the people of Susong? Even if you are a clean official, you can't cheat people like this! It's so outrageous. It's better to protect Suzhou City. Who can still care about the lives and death of the people in Susong?

Fortunately, Zhang Boxing just said this and had not yet proposed to ask Qian Dachang to send troops to fight against the thief. Otherwise, Qian Dachang would not have turned against the other party on the spot.

It was finally difficult to send Zhang Boxing away. After the others left, Qian Dachang was restless in the house. For some reason, he always felt a little frightened, as if something was going to happen.

A few days later, an astonishing news came, and Ningbo rebels gathered 50,000 troops to drive towards Suzhou. When Qian Dachang learned the news, he couldn't believe his ears.

"What? 50,000? Where did so many people come from the Ningbo rebels?" Qian Dachang asked urgently.

"It is said that Ningbo has added troops, and there are indeed 50,000... No! Even more. If you don't believe it, go to the city wall to see it yourself."

Qian Dachang's face was gloomy and sunny. According to the news that he received, Ningbo sent only more than 20,000 troops this time, and half of them were navy troops, but now 50,000 people suddenly appeared. Could it be that Ningbo has really increased its troops?

Immediately, Qian Dachang went to the top of the city wall. When he stood at the height of the city wall and looked north, he saw that there were crowds of people in the distance, which was estimated to be more than 20,000. Looking at the same in the east, the same was true even if these people were not 50,000. There were countless flags waving in the huge thief formation.

Seeing this scene, Qian Dachang's face turned pale. He had boasted in front of Zhang Boxing that the Ningbo rebels did not dare to attack Suzhou, but in a blink of an eye, the Ningbo army arrived outside Suzhou City. At this time, Zhang Boxing and Eight Banners Ginseng Ferler, who heard the news, rushed to the scene. When they saw the Ningbo rebels such a military formation outside the city, they were also stunned.

"Mr. Zhang, hurry up! Close the city gate! Block the city gate! Come! Come! Come quickly to the Governor and General!" Ferler shouted in panic. Because Zhang Boxing loved the people as his son, although the people who fled to Suzhou these days still brought great pressure to Suzhou, Zhang Boxing has not completely closed the city gate, and only two city gates were left under the advice of Qian Dachang and others.

But now, the Ningbo rebels are at the city, and these two city gates must be closed even if they are not closed. Otherwise, how can the Ningbo rebels take advantage of the situation to rush into the city and come to Suzhou to defend?

At this time, who can take care of the others? Even Zhang Boxing has to stand aside. Besides, Ferler is a bannerman, not a Han official like Qian Dachang. At a critical moment, Ferler issued an order directly regardless of Zhang Boxing and Qian Dachang's two Shangguans present.

Zhang Boxing had no choice but to do anything about this, and Qian Dachang pretended not to know, and soon the city gate was closed and blocked. The people who stayed outside the city and had not had time to enter the city cried and begged the city to open the door and let them take refuge.

But it is impossible to enter the city. In the end, these ordinary people were forced to take their children around the city when they saw things. As for the Ningbo troops in the distance, they did not attack these people, but just sent a small group of troops to drive them towards Taihu Lake.

A whole day, in the afternoon of the second day, the Ningbo army outside Suzhou City had basically surrounded most of Suzhou City. The Ningbo army's camp was divided into five places, with about 10,000 people each, each of which was divided into major roads in Suzhou City. In addition, the Ningbo army did not rush to attack the city, but slowly built equipment outside the city, and at the same time set up cannons and fired several cannons at the top of Suzhou City from time to time. Although it did not bring much casualties to the Suzhou defenders, the entire Suzhou City was panic when such a large army was overwhelming.

"General, the leaders were yelling to attack the city and said they wanted to see you." Outside Suzhou City, Dong Dashan was resting in the tent, and a subordinate asked for such a report.

"Haha, I'll disappear for now. Let everyone rest well. If you think it's too space, you can practice in your own camp. As for siege, do they think Suzhou City is so muddy? How can such a big Suzhou be so easy to capture?" Dong Dashan said without thinking, and waved his hand to send an order, but when the person walked to the tent, Dong Dashan called him back.

"Let's do this, just tell everyone that I'm talking about it. The siege is not yet time yet. When the time comes, they will definitely be used to make everyone calm and obey the arrangements of the military orders. If anyone sends troops without authorization, don't blame me for being rude!"

"yes!"

The subordinate responded quickly and walked out quickly. When he left, Dong Dashan couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and continued to pick up a military book next to him and read it.

In fact, the Ningbo army did not increase its troops. The Ningbo army outside Suzhou City actually had only 15,000 troops, including the thousands of new soldiers who joined the army after the war with Sangjiazhuang during the sweeping Susong these days. As for the so-called 50,000 people, it was completely a cover. It was made up of the local rebels who came to surrender everywhere after the Battle of Sangjiazhuang and tens of thousands of ordinary people.

Since the Battle of Susong, there have been no shortage of small-scale uprisings and small rebels in Jiangnan. You must know that from the late Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, civil resistance forces have never disappeared, not to mention that the White Lotus Sect and the Tiandihui have always existed. The reason why Dong Dashan was able to catch the Qing army off guard in the previous battle of Sangjiazhuang was that he used the local rebels to set a trap for the Qing army. Now, these rebels were excited when they heard that Dong Dashan recruited them to attack Suzhou. In a few days, many people came to surrender, so Dong Dashan made such arrangements. Since the camp was far away from the city wall, the Qing army could not tell the truth at all when they saw it. Unless the Qing army fought in front of them, they could know what the 50,000 army was going to do.

However, this is almost impossible. Before the first battle, the Ningbo army was still the main force of Dong Dashan among the army. Those ordinary rebels and the people were all insignificant.

After flipping through the military books for a while, Dong Dashan frowned slightly. After the Battle of Sangjiazhuang, he wanted to take the opportunity to attack Jiangyin directly and then attack Changzhou, but who would have thought that at this time, Zhu Yicheng ordered him to gather Su Song's various rebels and directly set off outside Suzhou City to wait for his orders.
Chapter completed!