But now, it is too difficult for the Qing army to keep the morale of the army from being dispersed in a row, against the backdrop of losing the twelve prefectures.

Especially when a prince died in Shaoxing Prefecture, this made even worse for morale.

Dorgon also knew this well, so he stayed by the Yellow River and did not cross the river. His only intention was to deter him.

After Jirgalang learned about this, he realized that he might have been cheated.

The Yixing Dynasty today is not like the Hongguang Dynasty.

At least the monarch and ministers are working together to resist.

It is already so difficult to break through the river defense, let alone attack a strong city with 30,000 defenders?

Of course, Jirgalang is not afraid of war. If he is given two or three months of calm deployment time, he will still be confident that he can make a successful calculation.

But now it is different. In a short period of time, it is almost impossible to attack a strong city with no obvious advantage in the army.

Knowing this, Jirgalang could not stop the battle.

The troops are all over, so you can't withdraw your troops, right?

Not only did he lose more than 10,000 troops in vain, the Qing court had just picked up the face, but he lost it.

Then, the next thing is clear, one-stop truce, recall, report on your duties, and dismissal from office.

Unemployment is light, and if Dorgon takes advantage of the situation, his life will be lost.

Jirgalang could only fight one thing and defeated the Wan Eight Banners soldiers.

At this time, Jirgalang was still a little sure.

The morale and combat power of the Eight Banners soldiers at this time were far better than that of the Ming army. Moreover, the Shen Ce of Yingtian Prefecture and outside the second gate of Taiping, 20,000 Qing troops had been attacking for three days, plus Tan Tai's assists in Zhongfu and Jinchuan Gate.

Jiergalang felt that if he had good luck, he might be able to break through Shen Ce and Taiping. Even if it was one, as long as he attacked, the matter would be done. At least he could explain it to the court when he returned to the capital in this way.

The new forces of the 10,000 Eight Banners were joined, and Jiergalang crossed the river to Longtan personally commanded it.

The defenders of Yingtian Prefecture suffered huge and unbearable pressure.

Jirgalang ordered that anyone who was afraid of fighting would be killed on the spot, which led to the Qing army, who was originally uneasy, attacking desperately.

Shence, Taiping Second Gate and the city walls ten miles away were all soldiers fighting between the two sides.

After one day of fierce battle, by the end of the war, Liao Zhongping's casualties in the Beijing Guards had exceeded 5,000, which exceeded the casualties in the previous three days of offensive and defensive battles.

It can be imagined that the fierce battle this day was cruel.

Liao Zhongping already felt that he would definitely not be able to stop this. He advised Zhu Cilang overnight, asking the emperor to issue an order to the Duke of Zhenguo to come and help.

But Zhu Cilang refused, not because he didn't want to issue an order at this time, but because he had already made an agreement with Wu Zheng.

In fact, since the emperor and his ministers reported that day, Wu Zheng had received the tacit approval of Zhu Cixuan and could lead his army into Beijing to reinforce.

But Zhu Cixuan could not explain this matter to Liao Zhongping and his ministers. He didn't know that four days had passed, so why didn't Wu Zheng send troops to help?

At the moment, he had to rely on himself. Zhu Cilang immediately issued an order and began to recruit brave men in the city overnight to help the Ming army defend the city.

In fact, I had already recruited once before, but that was relatively relaxed. I only recruited males aged 15 to 35, and those who were alone and widowed did not recruit. Before, those who had family members died in battle did not recruit, and those who had brothers did not recruit brothers did not recruit brothers.

But now, this limit has begun to expand to the extreme, and all males aged thirteen to forty-five are recruited.

One night, 60,000 rebels were summoned to help the four gates.

On the Qing army, the casualties of the city this day were no less than those of the Ming army.

However, there were no casualties in the Eight Banners soldiers. Although Jirgalang transferred these Eight Banners soldiers, hesitated whether to send the Eight Banners to the battlefield.

As the saying goes, there is no sight of swords and guns. Jirgalang is worried that the Eight Banners Army will suffer too much casualties and will not be able to report to the court.

But after the fierce battle this day, the Qing army could not afford the casualties as they were today.

Therefore, Jirgalang decided to take a gamble and launch a full-strength attack with absolute superior force corresponding to Tianfu.

He sent someone to inform Tan Tai overnight, and the four gates launched a general attack at the same time tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, before the sky was still on, the Qing army sieges the city.

At the beginning, Jirgalang used the heavy armored soldiers of the Eight Banners at the Shence Gate.

One hundred armored soldiers arrived first under the support of six red cannons (Qing Yi) transported by Jirhalang and the cover of three thousand Qing army crossbowmen.

This batch of heavily armored soldiers did disrupt the defense of the Ming army at Shence Sect.

Qing army artillery and crossbows that were close to fire greatly suppressed the resistance of the defenders on the city wall.

Most of the defense methods used before have lost their effect.

The casualties of the Shence Gate defenders and righteous men increased rapidly. After an hour, at least 60% of the Qing army's heavy armored soldiers were at the Jinglan and the assistance of the city carriages.

Next, the defenders were as if they were slaughtered.

The heavy armored soldiers were almost invincible. They almost did not aim at slashing and slashing, but were just committed to rushing. The Ming army could not organize ineffective defense at all.

The city wall was already crowded, and under the heavy armor, countless Ming troops were knocked down to the city wall.

Fortunately, the Ming army continued to pour up under the city to replenish it, and the city wall was like a meat grinder, swallowing life endlessly, but the manpower was finally over. At this time, the general attack of the Eight Banners Army had already begun.

Jirgalang had a plan. When he saw the heavy armored soldiers climbing the city wall, he ordered a general attack and concentrated on bombarding the city gate with red cannons.

In just half an hour, a big hole was blown open by artillery.

Jirgalon immediately ordered the remaining troops to launch a charge against the city gate.

The city gate was then captured by the Qing army, and the defenders on the city wall were already trapped in front of the upper and lower sides.

The defenders under the city fell into a tough battle.

However, in this extremely unfavorable situation, the Ming army and the people still fought to the death without retreating.

They relied on houses and buildings to deal with the Qing army.

The battle lasted until afternoon. The defenders on the city wall were first annihilated by the Qing army, and then the Ming army that resisted at the city gradually died.

The 6,000 defenders of Shencemen and 10,000 recruited men were almost wiped out in most of the day, and less than 10% of the survivors survived.

When the bad news came to Taiping Gate, almost all the king and his ministers looked like earth.

Liao Zhongping and his ministers knelt down and asked the emperor to move out of the city toward the south.

Zhu Cilang refused and vowed to live and die together with the city.

He even wanted to personally lead 6,000 imperial guards to launch a counterattack against the Qing army and regain the Shence Sect.

Of course, this proposal was unanimously dissuaded by the ministers.

In desperation, Zhu Cilang adopted Liao Zhongping's suggestion and led the imperial guards and ministers to return to the imperial city.

Liao Zhongping is authorized to make decisions on all military affairs outside the imperial city.

Liao Zhongping actually made a mistake.

In his judgment, Jirgalang would focus on the Taiping Gate instead of the Shence Gate.

Because Taiping Gate is closer to the imperial city, it is more convenient for the Qing army to attack the imperial city.

Therefore, Liao Zhongping deployed most of his troops in the direction of Taiping Gate.
Chapter completed!