When Gaoyou Shijia was defeated, there was no more wars in Yangzhou or soldiers to defend.

Falling is a foregone conclusion.

Gansu Town General Li Qifeng and the army supervisor Gao Qifeng led more than a hundred remaining soldiers to escape by luck, but knew that the bandits would definitely take Yangzhou after the victory. If they entered the city, they would be considered a turtle in a jar, and they would not dare to escape into Huaixi. At Gao Qifeng's suggestion, Li Qifeng had to lead the remaining soldiers to Taizhou east of Yangzhou to escape.

Hu Shangyou, deputy general of Dazhou, Sichuan, was even more embarrassed. He fled in a hurry. When he was stolen, he realized that there were only 20 or 30 people on the left and right. He wanted to stay and gather some defeated soldiers, but he was afraid that the thieves would chase him, so he had to go to Yizheng to defeat him.

At this point, the two generals who had been together in "collusion" since the 14th year of Chongzhen went their separate ways.

What is heartbreaking is that neither Li nor Hu sent anyone to Yangzhou to inform the news of the defeat, so the Ming army was defeated by Yangzhou City and was not aware of it.

The prefect Tan Wendao was even raising food and grass for the army. Whether inside or outside the city, whether rich or civilians were buying New Year's goods for the New Year, and it was a happy and peaceful time, as if everything that happened in the north had nothing to do with this important town at Huaizuo.

On the 27th, Fang Youyou had dozens of defeated soldiers to the city, and the news of the defeat spread wildly. Yangzhou Prime Minister Tan Wendao almost fainted on the spot in fear. Then he ordered the whole city to be martial law and sent someone to cross the river to Nandu immediately to report to the south.

The people in the city were panic. The rich and gentry had their own way to clear the government office and went out to the south gate. They did not dare to stay in Jiangbei and wanted to cross the river. Even the ferry crossings by the river were crowded with people, and the long convoy reached more than ten miles.

Seeing that there were too many people to cross the river, the crowd quickly turned back and returned to the city.

Those who left the city and those who returned to the city collided, which made the south gate so thrust.

At this time, more than a hundred thieves could break through the city!

The prefect Tan Wendao was helpless and allowed the chaos to continue. At the critical moment, Zheng Yuanxun, a Jinshi of the Qing Office of the Ministry of Personnel, took the initiative to summon several large households, each of which had dozens of people as strong men to defend the city. Under his personal leadership, he forcibly dispersed the crowds entering and leaving the city and closed the south gate, which made the chaos disappear.

The people who had heard of the news outside the city also rushed into the city. After confirming that the thieves had not arrived, Zheng Yuanxun opened the north gate for three hours and sent more than 10,000 people to flee.

Yangzhou is prosperous and there are many salt merchants, but most of these salt merchants are not in the city, but outside the city.

Therefore, some people say that Yangzhou is rich in the garden outside the city;

There are many people in Yangzhou, ten miles away from the outskirts of the city.

At the 28th day of Si (about 10 am), a large flag with the character "Huai" came to the official road and came to the city.

Looking up the city, there were dense thieves under the banner, all the infantry and cavalry, and all the formations were in line.

Such a scene only makes people in the city numb.

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The Huai Army went all the way to Yangzhou City, and did not burn, kill and loot the big and small gardens outside the city, but instead focused on seizing the city.

Along the way, Lu Si was "riding a horse". Although he could not ride, it did not affect his sitting on the horse. He could only have a rein in front of him.

The one holding the reins was not Sun Wujin, but Cao Yuanma team, a Liaodong Hanzi, named Qibao.

Gaocheng, Yangzhou, made Lu Si think of what his uncle said to him a month ago, and couldn't help but sigh that the world is full of things. Who would have thought that the poor boy in the countryside who was unwilling to come to Yangzhou a month ago is now leading thousands of people to seize this important town in Huaizuo.

The soldiers of the Huai Army had different mentalities, some were excited and some were taciturn.
Chapter completed!