The military official surnamed Dong said before: "If the Ming army outside the city does not have artillery assistance, these tens of thousands of troops may not be able to pose a threat to Suzhou City. Therefore, to win this battle, it only takes one word - drag. The last general believes that all forces are concentrated at the South Gate to fight a war of attrition with the enemy."

The civil servant said with a sarcastic sarcasm: "General Dong said confidently that he would fight a war of attrition with the enemy at the South Gate. How dare he ask how to consume it? Should he consume General Dong's men or the Eight Banners Army brought by the Grand Secretary? Also, what if the enemy divided his troops and attacked the city from the east, if as General Dong said, concentrating the army at the South Gate, how to deal with it and surrender at that time?"

The military general surnamed Dong was so angry that he couldn't speak. How did he answer? The answer was yes, that is, he admitted that he wanted to consume the Eight Banners Army that brought Hong Chengchou. What was he going to do?

If the answer is no, okay, your troops will consume the war of attrition after tomorrow. Will he dare to respond?

Another military officer assisted, "In the eyes of the general, the enemy's ability to rely on the benefits of artillery outside the city will not abandon artillery and divide the troops, because it is too difficult to transfer artillery, and it is very difficult to capture the two gates in the east by just ordinary soldiers. At least the Ming army cannot divide the troops to the east. Therefore, the general thought that three thousand people could be sent to each of the two gates in the east, which is enough to deal with the Ming army's worries of division."

Hong Chengchou nodded slightly and said, "This is reasonable and accurate!"

The military general surnamed Dong nodded slightly to the general Suichi Yan to thank him, and glared at the civil servant fiercely.

All of this was seen in Hong Chengchou's eyes, but he ignored it.

All he had to do was to resolve the attacks of the Ming army outside the city and rush to do so before Duoduo captured Shaoxing Prefecture.

In this way, the contribution of pacifying Jiangnan will not be absorbed by Duoduo and Boluo.

The key point is that the Ming army's vitality is consumed in Suzhou City.

In this way, I can lead my troops south to recover Songjiang, Jiaxing, and Hangzhou, and share the same scenery across the river with Duoduo.

As for the filth between officials under his command, Hong Chengchou did not want to participate, let alone care.

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But Hong Chengchou did not expect that the Ming army outside the city would show him the blood and energy of the Ming people in such a powerful way when siege the city on the third day.

From the beginning of the siege, the Ming army approached the city wall with arrows and stones and erected a ladder.

The atmosphere on this battlefield is different.

The one who climbed the ladder was Wu Zheng’s Dead Soldiers’ Camp.

They fight for money, but they don't just fight for money.

The convergence of interests makes them fearless.

This is very important.

Military morale and morale lies in unification of the upper and lower levels and the interests are consistent.

Any ideal without interests to support is a hooligan.

This sentence is truth in any era.

But this interest is big and small, justice and selfish.

The defenders on the city wall did not realize the danger was approaching.

They still used their usual methods to block the Ming army from climbing the wall with arrows, wood, stones, gold soup, boiling oil and other means.

After the first explosion, the defenders had no time to respond. The huge air wave blew overturned any object within a few feet of the surrounding area.

And then, the explosions were continuously surging, accompanied by thick smoke, and when they surged from the city walls, they could no longer be stopped.

Wu Zheng endured the sourness flowing in his eyes and decisively ordered the general attack.

The south gate was immediately broken.

The Ming cavalry rushed into the city gate in a row and fought with the oncoming Qing army in the city.

Countless Ming troops climbed the city wall from the ladder, rushed down the city, and rushed into every street like a tide.

Is the city broken?

No!

It was just that the city gate was broken.

The Qing army in the city resisted in a planned manner.

Especially the cavalry of the Han army invaded yellow flag brought by Hong Chengchou was quite powerful, but fortunately there were only 3,000 cavalry under Wu Zheng's command would probably be lost in one battle.

But after breaking the city gate, the offensive and defensive disadvantages between the Ming army's infantry and the Qing army also disappeared.

In this bloody street battle in the city, the competition was tenacity and decisive.

Wu Zheng is not afraid.

Because he brought this to the army passing by Jiading City.

The heroic souls who died in bloody battles and the wronged souls of the people who died in that city will inspire the soldiers to be desperate and fearless.

Although Hong Chengchou was shocked, he was not panicked.

He is also a Confucian general who has been through the battlefield for a long time. He is only shocked by the city breaking, but never panic.

Hong Chengchou was shocked that when did the Ming army have such strong combat power?

You know, this is a big city with 38,000 people defending it.

The Ming army outside the city not only had so many artillery, but also enough to suppress its own artillery on the city wall.

What is even more incredible is that this kind of strong aura is rare in Hong Chengchou's more than 20 years of military career. Except for the occasional occasion when he was suppressing the rebels in various places, hey, he remembered the past again when he was old.

Hong Chengchou quickly ordered the Qing army to resist according to various streets. At the same time, he deployed the 5,000 infantry soldiers of the Eight Banners Army he brought to the yamen south of the government office.

This is to prevent the Ming army from breaking forward and threatening the government office.

The second is to protect the safety of the treasury houses in the northwest of the government. This treasury is the top priority.

Hong Chengchou arranged in an orderly manner, and he still doesn't believe that the only tens of thousands of Ming troops could really defeat him.

In fact, Hong Chengchou's estimate is correct.

The Ming army was indeed in a tough battle.

The elements of the army under Wu Zheng were complex, and there was not enough time to train and fight, it was difficult to form a unity.

Xia Wanchun has more than 20,000 people under his command, which is even more mixed. As the name suggests, the so-called rebel army can understand the components of the people they make up.

Fortunately, I rushed into the city and fought each other in this house and the streets, which really fits the style of this group of people.

This is also the main reason why we can hold on.

Otherwise, to be precise, invading Suzhou City is the way to die.

It sounds like there are many soldiers, but when encountering the regular Tartar troops brought by Hong Chengchou, ten thousand Tartars were enough to be invincible.

What's more, there are garrisons guarding Suzhou.

Wu Zheng underestimated the enemy.

In his opinion, as long as the city gate is broken and the army rushed into the city, Suzhou City will be able to capture it. This may be the reason why the previous few small-scale battles won consecutive battles, or perhaps it is because Wu Zheng was too eager to take Suzhou City and go back to pay tribute to his uncle.

The battle lasted until the afternoon.

At this time, the strength of both sides was basically on the table.

Wu Zheng and Hong Chengchou have seen each other's strategy and strength clearly.

Hong Chengchou felt very calm. As long as the battle was in the evening, the Ming army would definitely not be able to hold on and would collapse.

Everyone was happy and the other was worried, and Wu Zheng began to panic.

These tens of thousands of troops are the basis for Wu Zheng's survival. If all of them are lost today, it would be difficult to turn things around again.

But the problem is that it is impossible to withdraw at all. Any army has been sent out and is stalemate with the Qing army. How can we withdraw?
Chapter completed!