Shi Tingzhu stood at the door of Yangzhou Academy (namely Ganquan Academy) with a gloomy face, listening to the rumbling sound of cannons not far away. It was the army on the east coast launching an attack at night. The area was full of elegant and refreshing gardens. Shi Tingzhu also occupied a house there and raised several famous prostitutes from Yangzhou City as an outdoor room. In a month, he stayed there for half a month, which shows his love for it. But now all this is destined to be a bubble. The yellow-clothed thieves defeated the various divisions of our Qing Dynasty Green Camp in an unstoppable manner. In a few days, more than 5,000 people have been lost. In addition, a considerable number of soldiers have disappeared. Shi Tingzhu suspected that they took off their clothes and hid in the civilian houses in the city.

Alas, the defeat was like a mountain! Shi Tingzhu sighed indescribably. He saw the yellow-clothed thief team, artillery team, and horse team, and the army was in full swing, and the number was similar to that of him. He knew that his troops were worth a lot, so he did not dare to go out of the city to fight the decisive battle. After the northern city wall was collapsed, he had hoped to rely on the rows of buildings and complex terrain in Yangzhou City to resist, consume the yellow-clothed thief, and then force him to retreat when he saw the difficulties.

But as soon as the two sides fought, he knew that he was outrageously wrong. The yellow-clothed thief was not only brave in the field (known as "invincible"), but also in the streets, the battles were quite well-organized. The gunners, bird gunners, and iron-armored spearmen cooperated perfectly, causing his subordinates to lose heavy losses and lose positions. To this day (May 14), his subordinates had killed and injured more than 5,000 people in the city, and his general Cai Shiying was injured, and Ma Degong was killed. More than 3,000 others were unknown. They were probably disintegrated. If the gap was added and the two thousand people who lost their losses after leaving the city on the first day, his subordinates had lost more than 10,000 people. The rest were panicked and basically lost the courage to continue fighting.

Alas. The soldiers and generals of the Southern Ming Dynasty were weak and their morale was depressed when they were frustrated. If they were leading the old subordinates who were traversing western Liaoning, or the troops of Kong Youde, Shen Zhixiang, Wu Sangui and others, how could the yellow-clothed thieves easily occupy a famous capital like Yangzhou? Thinking of this, Shi Tingzhu was a little frustrated.

"Master, it's time to retreat. If you don't retreat, it's too late!" Baoyi's slave led a divine war horse and reminded softly.

Shi Tingzhu looked at several battlefields in the distance, and looked at his slave who was looking at him with a earnest eyes, a little hesitant. At this time, the Qing Dynasty had just founded the country, and the military law was extremely strict. If a general of the admiral level like Shi Tingzhu lost his troops and lost his territory, he would likely be severely punished by the court. Even if Shi Tingzhu was old, he had long been in the long distance, had a strong relationship and was not punished for death, he would inevitably be punished to the end and was imprisoned and asked for punishment. Of course, with his Shi Tingzhu's relationship, if he dealt with him everywhere, he would not be able to escape. But the amount of money he had to spend was a huge amount.

"Master, stay with the green mountains. Don't be afraid of burning firewood." The Baoyi slave seemed to see his thoughts and whispered: "There are only a few yellow-clad thieves, and they will definitely not be able to occupy this Yangzhou city for a long time. If they have enough plunders, they will naturally retreat. At that time, the master will lead the army back, block the mouths of some insiders, and deal with them again. It may not be impossible to escape the danger. Why should the master throw his body of a thousand gold coins here?"

Shi Tingzhu was silent at first, but after a moment, he finally made up his mind, turned over and looked at the garden area where he was in a chaotic battle. There was his own house and several newly-secured concubines. Of course, these were not enough to make him feel heartbroken. What he felt most heartbroken was the 200,000 taels of silver hidden in his house! They were all plundered by him in the past six months, and before he could transport them away, he had to take advantage of the yellow thieves.

After a little heartache, Shi Tingzhu finally turned his head away and quietly left the academy gate surrounded by a group of personal soldiers and retreated outside the city. Before him, more than a thousand Han flag soldiers had already fought in front of the front station and retreated first. After he withdrew, more than two thousand Han flag soldiers and 4,000 Green Camp soldiers behind the hall also evacuated one after another, and the entire evacuation operation lasted for most of the night.

Before dawn, several Jiangxi green camp generals came to ask Shi Tingzhu for the next strategy, but unexpectedly they were in vain. They knew that Shi had already escaped and immediately cursed. After cursing, they also took their more than 3,000 subordinates to escape. Of course, they were quite conscientious and notified friendly troops before retreating.

The news of Shi Tingzhu's escape at the battle spreading in the city like wings. The soldiers of the Green Camp who had not resisted very effectively suddenly lost their will to resist when they heard this. They either fled back and forth without any brains, or they entered the houses on the left and right and left to rob and kill. Of course, a small number of them simply contacted the yellow-clad thieves to surrender directly.

In short, by dawn on May 15, the 28,000 Qing troops in Yangzhou had already disappeared. Except for about 14,500 people who fled one after another, the rest were either killed or injured in the battle with the East Coast army, either captured by the East Coast people, or hidden in the houses in the Yangzhou city. However, they undoubtedly had lost their establishment and no longer threatened the East Coast people.

After sending a cavalry brigade to search and pursue the escaped Qing army, General Mo Ming and Dada, surrounded by the army, moved into the cleaned Yangzhou Prefecture, and then ordered the soldiers outside the city to demolish the camp and then enter the city. At the same time, they closed the gates of Yangzhou, and sent people to search for hidden Qing soldiers. The logistics staff began to count the spoils, and the intelligence staff began to interrogate the prisoners. The Chief Luo Tiansheng, who was with the army, began to post a notice of the people in their own place and not to move around at will. Finally, he also sent people to notify the navy that was cruising on the river, and told them to closely monitor the movements in Jiangnan, especially in Nanjing. Once the Qing army had the intention to cross the north, they would immediately harass and intercept them, and at the same time quickly notified the army in Jiangbei.

Since the day the east coast fleet appeared on the river in late April, the canal transport system from Zhenjiang to the north through the canal to Beijing has been actually interrupted. Before the east coast army attacked Yangzhou, a few military and husbands also sent a few military and husbands to block the Grand Canal with spears, so that the blood transfusion artery was completely cut off. However, in this era, the Qing Dynasty had not yet formed the habit of relying on rice and grain in the south of the Yangtze River. The truncation of the Grand Canal would certainly have an adverse impact on them, but it was far from as big as imagined.

Within five days from May 15, Mo Ming has been sitting peacefully in Yangzhou City, waiting for his men to plunder, count and transport spoils in the city. There is no doubt that the harvest will naturally not be small in order to defeat such a famous prosperity in Yangzhou. According to current rough statistics, a total of more than 300,000 taels of treasury silver (including the tax silver not paid by the government treasury, county treasury and salt transfer treasury) were seized in the city, more than 700,000 taels of silver (including the tax silver that the government treasury, county treasury and salt transport treasury) were seized, more than 700,000 taels of silver, 290,000 stones of rice and grain, more than 1,000 mules and horses, more than 1,000 cloth, silk, silk, tea, porcelain, etc., and there were also a large number of antiques such as calligraphy, painting, and painting, etc. In short, this battle was a big profit.

On the afternoon of May 28, the mighty army on the east bank advanced east to Jingjiang County, Changzhou Prefecture without any obstacles. The Qing army guarding the city abandoned the city and fled. Mo Ming led his army into the city. After the army on the east bank evacuated Yangzhou with a large amount of spoils, Shi Tingzhu immediately occupied Yangzhou City as quickly as possible. At the same time, he claimed that his troops had "hard battles to recover" Yangzhou, and defeated the yellow-clad thieves and beheaded several times. (To be continued...)
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