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Chapter 174 Seeking benevolence

Now stationed in Suzhou are Zhao Ang, the general of Langshan Town, and the eight banner gangsters, Ferler. The two units have a total of 12,000 troops. However, since the fall of Nanjing, the two have been like thunder. Especially in Ferler, the death of Jiangning General Ekson came, and he suddenly collapsed. He gritted his teeth and wanted to avenge Okson's blood, and then cried and beat his chest and stamped his feet because his family was trapped in Nanjing. Most of the time, he locked himself in the room and sat down for half a day, and didn't know what he was thinking.

Zhao Ang, the general of Langshan Town, could not get better, and his face was as if dead. He could not defend Nanjing Changzhou at all. Not to mention the Changzhou where they are, even Suzhou, which has more troops, will sooner or later be defeated.

But this is true. After Zhu Yicheng worshipped Xiaoling, he rushed down. The high-spirited Ming army attacked near Changzhou in just one day. At the same time, the rebel army in Susong, the navy in Zhenjiang, and the infantry that followed the navy first attacked from three directions. The entire 100,000 troops took only one day to surround the entire Changzhou city.

Seeing the arrival of the Ming army, Changzhou city was panicked. As for the Changzhou garrison, which had long been disintegrated in the city, there was no defensive heart at all, and was full of despair and helplessness. After surrounding Changzhou, Zhu Yicheng first persuaded him to surrender to Changzhou, but the city did not say that he surrendered nor wanted to fight. Seeing this, Zhu Yicheng directly ordered the attack on the city. The Changzhou garrison, who was already facing collapse, only barely resisted at the top of the city for half a day. The Ming army successfully climbed to the top of the city. At noon that day, the city gate was opened and the entire army broke into Changzhou.

In this regard, the Ming army completely recovered Changzhou. Except for a small number of casualties, the rest of the defenders of the 12,000 people in Changzhou City knelt down and abandoned their weapons to surrender. It was really defeated. In the end, even the generals of the Changzhou garrison Zhao Ang and Ferle were captured alive.

After taking down Changzhou City, only Suzhou was left alone in Susong. When the news of the loss of Changzhou came, Zhang Boxing was completely panicked. At this point, even if he didn't understand military affairs, he knew that Suzhou might not be able to defend. As the Ming army surrounded Suzhou from all directions, the people in Suzhou were even more anxious. Zhang Boxing didn't care about airs at this time and hurriedly ran to find Shi Yide to ask if he could find a way to turn the world around.

"Turn the world? Haha, it's too late!" At this time, Shi Yide was as calm as water, forming a huge contrast with Zhang Boxing, who looked anxious.

"Why? There are tens of thousands of soldiers in our Suzhou city, and hundreds of thousands of people in the city. They have abundant food and grass and complete weapons. The rebels will only gain the upper hand for a while. As long as we organize the manpower, can't we fight to the death with our army's loyalty, courage and fearlessness? In addition, if the general of the army can listen to me earlier and concentrate his troops to defeat the Su Song thief in front of us as soon as possible, why did he fall into the current situation?"

Until this time, Zhang Boxing was still blaming Shi Yide for not taking the initiative, but Shi Yide did not refute because he knew that he could not change the facts even if he refuted it.

"Since Lord Futai is like this, I will give it a try." Shi Yide said so, and then he didn't look at Zhang Boxing. He went out of the camp to summon troops and wanted to go out of the city to fight to the death with the enemy.

"General Shi! I am helping with the battle at the top of the city. I see General Shi defeating the enemy and returning to victory!" Seeing that Shi Yide was finally willing to fight, Zhang Boxing immediately exclaimed as if he was fed with chicken blood. But he didn't know that at this moment, Shi Yide had the idea of ​​dying in battle. As a general, he could not defeat the enemy and pacify the world for the court. Then Ma Ge was killed in a battle field with a corpse.

"Shishou! No, no!" After hearing the news, Qian Dachang rushed over and saw Shi Yide, who was about to leave the city and took the initiative to fight, hurriedly stopped him.

"Let me go, my ambition is strong, I hope Brother Qian will be successful today." Shi Yide said calmly.

"Shishou, is there no better way? If our troops stick to Suzhou, maybe... they can wait for reinforcements!" Two lines of tears fell from Qian Dachang's eyes. Of course, he understood that Shi Yide's battle was a life-threatening death, or that was the ending arranged by Shi Yide for himself.

"Brother Qian, you and I are both men who lead the troops. Now they are surrounded by enemies. Suzhou is already a Jedi. After Nanjing was taken down by thieves, the Yangtze River natural barrier has been put into the hands of the other party. How can the reinforcements in Jiangbei come over?"

"But the commander of the army, what if! What if! Don't forget that General Lan from Fujian is still attacking Wenzhou." Qian Dachang asked with a glimmer of hope.

"What if there is anything?" Shi Yide shook his head: "As for Fujian Yuanshui cannot save the near fire, let alone the current rebels will be out of protection without waiting for General Lan to come to Suzhou. Besides, do you think General Lan can break Wenzhou and go north?"

Qian Dachang was speechless. If Lan Li and Nian Gengyao could break Wenzhou, they would have broken it long ago. They would not have watched the rebels attack Hangzhou first and then take Nanjing. Now they have taken Changzhou again. As for Suzhou's loss, it will probably only take a few days.

"Shi was a crime in Susong's defeat before. The court refused to give up and asked Shi to continue leading troops with his merits. Unfortunately, Shi was ashamed and powerless to turn the world away! Not only that, he also made his brothers fall into trouble together. The so-called incompetence of a general exhausted the three armies, is it just a person like me, Shi."

When he patted Qian Dachang's hand holding the horse's head, Shi Yide suddenly smiled and said, "When I die, you can blame me for all the blame to protect the surviving brothers. What's more, as a general, Ma Jie, is my long-cherished wish. What else can I ask for if I can get what I want today?"

After saying that, he pulled Qian Dachang away, stepped on the veil and started his horse, turned around and shouted to the nearly thousand personal soldiers who followed him, "Brothers, do you dare to follow my teacher out of the city and rush out for a while?"

"How dare you!" the personal soldiers responded loudly.

Shi Yide, who was riding on the horse, suddenly laughed to the sky, took a saber from the personal soldiers beside him, lifted the knife and waved it forward: "The boys all follow me! Kill! Kill the thieves!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The city gate was wide open, and Shi Yide led his thousand men to rush out of the city and rushed towards the Ming army several miles away. Zhang Boxing, who was watching the battle at the top of the city, was delighted at first, but when he saw Shi Yide actually brought only so many people out of the city to find the battle, his face suddenly turned pale.

"He...he dares to do this! How could he dare to do this!"

At this time, Zhang Boxing understood what Shi Yide wanted to do. Shi Yide went to fight like this and was clearly seeking death.

"Stop him! Stop him quickly! Come back! Come back!"

Zhang Boxing shouted wildly at the top of the city, as the highest military commander of the Qing army in Susong, it is conceivable what consequences the death of Shi Yide would bring to the Qing army. Unfortunately, it was too late at this time. Shi Yide was ahead of the front, and nearly a thousand personal soldiers behind him followed closely, and horse hooves rushed towards the Ming army without hesitation.

Shi Yide suddenly led his troops out of the city to take the initiative to fight, which scared the Ming army besieged. But when he saw that there were only a thousand people out of the city, the Ming army was extremely confused. You should know that there were tens of thousands of Ming troops outside Suzhou City, and the army was tightly formed, and there were firearms such as cannons. Although these thousand people seemed to be indomitable when they went to fight, it was like hitting stones with eggs for the entire Ming army position.

"Arson ready!"

“It’s ready!”

"On the front, three miles... let it go!"

With the order of the Ming army, more than a dozen field cannons roared at the same time, and the cannons with huge kinetic energy flew towards Shi Yide and the thousands behind him. In the blink of an eye, several gaps were made in the queue. Many of the Qing army charged were beaten by the cannons, and the remaining flesh and blood were splattered everywhere, but those who did not hit the target continued to rush forward without even blinking.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The team of less than a thousand people burst out with an unstoppable momentum like ten thousand cavalry, and under the leadership of Shi Yide, they were getting closer and closer to the Ming army camp.

"Mirdsman is ready!"

“It’s ready!”

The commander of the Ming army in front frowned slightly when he saw this. He didn't understand what the other party's rushing forward was. However, although he admired the courage of these Qing troops, it was impossible to rush into the formation like this. As the distance became closer, the cannons that fired twice could no longer play a big role. The commander decisively issued an order for the musketeers to fight, and at the same time, the infantry in the formation were also ready to move forward to defend.

"Military Gunman, first row, prepare to... open fire!"

"Bang……."

A roulette of guns rang out, and the chargers instantly fell into the Qing army. The Qing army, who was hit by the gun, either died immediately or fell off the horse.

"Kill! Kill!" Shi Yide seemed to have good luck. Although he rushed to the front, the continuous artillery and guns did not hit him. He still waved his sabre in his hand and rushed forward. At this time, he was not far from the Ming army's formation. As long as he gave him a few more breaths, he could rush to the front. At that time, his sabre could drink the blood of the thief. If this is the case, he would be willing to die.

"Bang!"

Another gunshot, Shi Yide suddenly felt as if he was hit hard by a sledgehammer, and he couldn't help but fall from the horse backwards. When he fell in the air, he could still hear the cry of his love horse in his ears, and the sky was hanging and earth was lingering. When he came to his senses, he had already fallen to the ground.

"Kill... Kill..." Heavy pain came from his chest and left arm, and the armor could not reach the gun's shooting. Blood flowed along the wound and took away his strength. The sabre that Shi Yide had just held tightly was flying to. He struggled to get up, but he couldn't get up at all. He could only keep shouting from his mouth, but the sound was getting lighter and lighter, and a ball of blood foam could not be suppressed from surging out of his mouth.

"Kill... Kill the thief... Kill..."

With all his last strength, Shi Yide glared in his eyes, with infinite indomitable indifference, regret and desire in his eyes. He tried hard to lift his right hand and stretched forward with force, moving inch by inch... Finally, the look of his eyes gradually dissipated, his arms drooped downward, motionless...
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