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Chapter 365

When Zhu Shichang saw Li Guohan's head blooming, Geng Yi lay in a pool of blood and kept thrusting. He was so scared that his legs became weak. He knelt on the ground with a "thump" sound and kowtowed to Jiang Yan repeatedly: "Give up your life, don't kill me, I'm willing to surrender!"

Seeing that Li Guohan and Geng Yi were killed instantly, Vadak knew the power of the tiger wing's own short gun. As the saying goes, a hero will not suffer any loss at all, so Vadak didn't care about the image of the prince, and squatted on the ground and hugged the back of his head with his hands, indicating that he surrendered.

The courtyard was filled with the bodies of Qing soldiers, and blood flowed into a small river. In Datong City, the Eight Banners Army of Vadak heard the sound of guns from the Admiral's Mansion, and someone immediately organized people to kill the Admiral's Mansion. However, when they arrived at the gate of the Admiral's Mansion, they saw that the gate was closed, and countless archers and musketeers appeared on the walls of the courtyard.

Bird guns roared and arrows were falling like rain. The Eight Banners soldiers who rushed outside the compound were immediately knocked over a large area.

But the Eight Banners soldiers of this era are still an elite strong army. After being shot by the defenders, the Eight Banners Army quickly came back to their senses and organized an attack at random.

Manchu archers opened their bows and shot a row of arrows at the wall of the courtyard. Only a scream was heard. The soldiers of Datong Green Camp at the wall were shot and fell from the wall.

At the same time, a group of elite Eight Banners soldiers threw out ropes and flew up to the wall. The Eight Banners soldiers began to climb to the city quickly. Some Eight Banners soldiers held the beams that had been removed from somewhere and violently hit the gate of the Admiral's Mansion. A group of Eight Banners Han soldiers even brought down Fran aircraft from the city and prepared to launch a shelling attack on the walls of the Admiral's Mansion.

Jiang Yan's Green Camp Army was no match for the Eight Banners Army at all. Soon, the Green Camp Army guarding the Admiral's Mansion suffered heavy casualties.

Just when the Admiral's Mansion was about to be captured by the Green Camp Army, the gate opened itself, and a loud roar came from inside: "If you want your prince to survive, just leave the city obediently!"

The Eight Banners soldiers looked into the gate and saw that Wang Yongqiang, who had already changed to Ming general armor, held Vadak hostage and slowly walked out of the courtyard. A short tiger-winged gun in his hand was pressed against Vadak's temple.

"Call them to withdraw! Get out of Datong City immediately! Otherwise, my fingers will move and your head will bloom!" Wang Yongqiang pushed the gun barrel forward, pushing Vadak's temples a pain.

Vadak knew that as soon as the rebel general pulled the trigger, his head exploded. So he shouted anxiously: "Brothers outside, listen, and leave Datong City."

Seeing that the soldiers outside did not respond, Vadak shouted anxiously: "I am the prince, I order you to withdraw!"

After all, Vadak was the Prince of Doro of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing soldiers outside did not dare to act rashly, so they began to retreat step by step. Jiang Yan, surrounded by a group of personal soldiers, walked out of the mansion with the Green Camp soldiers.

The Eight Banners Army took a step back, and the Green Camp soldiers took a step forward. Both sides retreated and advanced, and gradually retreated to the gate of Datong City.

Outside Datong City, there were also the Qing army of Meng Qiaofang and Geng Yi's Super Biao Camp, Zhu Shichang's Fubiao Camp and other Qing troops, and about 15,000 Green Camp troops. When these Qing troops learned about the changes in the city, they immediately rushed outside Datong City to want to save their master.

But Jiang Yan took Meng Qiaofang and Zhu Shichang to the city gate tower, and asked the two to shout to the Green Camp Army under the city.

Being pushed onto the forehead by the musket, Meng Qiaofang shouted anxiously: "I am Meng Qiaofang, the governor of the three sides, and I order you to retreat!"

Zhu Shichang also shouted: "I am Zhu Shichang, the governor of Shanxi, and I order you to retreat!"

Jiang Yan shouted: "As long as your soldiers exit the city, we close the city gate and send you out of the city."

"I order you to exit the city quickly!" Vadak shouted, "I am the prince. If I die, none of you slaves will survive!"

Hearing Vadak's shout, the Eight Banners soldiers had no choice but to withdraw from the city.

Seeing that all the Eight Banners soldiers withdrew from Datong, the Datong Green Camp soldiers immediately closed the city gate and pulled up the suspension bridge.

"Our people have withdrawn from the city. General Jiang, you should let us go, right?" Vadak said.

Jiang Yan ordered, "Come on, send Zhu Shichang and Meng Qiaofang out of the city with a hanging basket. Let's stay in the city for the time being, this Qing prince."

"Jiang Yan! You thief are untrustworthy!" Vadak roared angrily.

Jiang Yan sneered: "Prince, we can guarantee that we can save your life, but I am not stupid. I won't bet on all the chips at once, right? I have to keep my hands on everything."

"Jiang Yan! You thief! If you don't let me go, our Qing Dynasty soldiers will arrive. We will kill Datong City without leaving any armor!" When Vadak was taken down, he still shouted at the top of his lungs.

Jiang Yan sneered repeatedly: "The Qing Dynasty soldiers? Bah! At Bali Bridge, 110,000 people were beaten by 60,000 people and almost wiped out the entire army. His capital was almost impossible to save, and he could still come to Datong to act wildly? I don't believe it!"

After Vadak was taken down, Jiang Guan turned to the Green Camp soldiers and shouted: "Brothers, we were all officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. In the 17th year of Chongzhen, the emperor was in trouble and we had no way to go, so we had to surrender to the Jiannu Tartars! Now the Ming Dynasty King's army is in northern expedition to Yanjing, and Jiannu is defeated. It is time for us to return to the Ming Dynasty!"

After saying that, Jiang Yan took off the six-petal steep iron helmet from his head, pulled out his knife and cut off his braid. The green camp soldiers in the city took off their hats and cut off their braids.

The green camp soldiers in Datong City were transformed into Ming army. Although Fan Yongdou, led by the Eight Great Imperial Merchants, was in the capital, most of his sons Fan Sanba and Fan Jiaye were in Datong City.

Anyway, Jiang Yanjun soldiers rushed into the shops of Dashengkui Store, searched through boxes and cabinets, and the soldiers rushed into the Fan family courtyard. Fan Sanba was captured by soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, and all his wives and concubines turned into the soldiers' spoils.

Because Duro Prince Vadak was also detained in Datong City, the Qing army outside the city was afraid of rats and did not dare to attack the city.

"Meng Jiantai, what should we do?" Zhu Shichang looked at the impregnable Datong City and asked Meng Qiaofang.

Meng Qiaofang sighed: "Mr. Zhu, the most urgent task is to ask the capital for emergency, saying that Datong Jiang Guan rebelled, and Datong has fallen into Minggou's hands."

"Master of the Taiwan Strait, but the beacon tower is controlled by the rebels. How can I send a letter to the capital?" Zhu Shichang asked.

Meng Qiaofang said: "The beacon tower is in the hands of the thieves, and there are only eight hundred miles to speed up, and the quick horse is sent to deliver the letter."

"That's all!" Zhu Shichang lamented, and he suddenly screamed as if he was thinking of something, "Master Manufacturing, our family is still in the city!"

So Meng Qiaofang and Zhu Shichang made people shout at the city wall and asked Jiang Guan to send their families out of the city. Needless to say, Jiang Guan flatly rejected Meng Qiaofang and Zhu Shichang's request.

It took about 700 miles from Datong to Yanjing. The Qing army's 800-mile fast horse arrived in one day. In the evening of that day, the fast horse that delivered the letter entered Yanjing.

After the news of Jiang Yan from Datong was sent to the capital, Fulin and the civil and military officials of the Qing court were immediately stunned. Now, the Qing Dynasty's retreat was completely cut off, Shengjing had fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and Datong's retreat was also cut off. Bad news came one after another, and another probe came to report that the navy fleet arrived at Shanhaiguan and bombarded Shanhaiguan.

The Mongolians of the outer vassals took the opportunity to rebel, and even the naturalized Tumot tribe, which was surrendered by Huang Taiji, turned against him.

The Tumote tribe has always had a very good relationship with the Ming Dynasty. Later, he was afraid of being beaten by Huang Taiji and Yuetuo and surrendered to the Dajin. However, now the Qing Dynasty is not strong enough, and the Tumote tribe, which has always been incompatible with the Korqin tribe, took the opportunity to rebel.

Guihua City (now Hohhot) is a city on the grassland. If the Qing army wanted to escape from Zhangjiakou and flee westward, naturalization was the only way to go. Whether it was to go to the outer vassal Mongolia or to Qinghai and Yarkand to the west, naturalization was the only way to go.

It can be imagined that if the Qing Dynasty gave up on the capital and fled to the grassland from Zhangjiakou, there would definitely be no siege weapons at hand. Moreover, there were no trees on the grassland that could be used to build siege weapons. If a naturalized city was stuck on the grassland, the Qing army would not have thought about going there.
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