Yang Sichang calmly read the letter in his hand again. There was nothing wrong with the format, signature, or subsequent printing of the letter.

But Yang Sichang didn't care at all, but snorted coldly: "It's just a letter asking for help. It's not difficult to write. Go back and tell Magistrate Gou that our army is currently fighting against the Qing army and will never let the Qing army go south."

, please don’t worry."

"Eunuch Gao!" Seeing that Yang Sichang was unmoved, the person asking for help looked at Gao Qiqian with hope. Apart from Yang Sichang, only Eunuch Gao had the right to mobilize troops, so he put all his hopes on Gao Qiqian.

Regarding my father-in-law, I hope he can show mercy and save Jinan.

However, what was waiting for him was a ruthless blow. Gao Qiqian scolded the attackers with a voice like a duck, to the effect that you don't want to serve the country and are greedy for life and afraid of death. If there is any slight disturbance, you will find excuses to ask for support. If it is disrupted,

Who is responsible for the deployment of the Ming army?

The person who asked for help was scolded bloody, and was finally kicked out. Looking at the long knife on his neck, the man looked dejected.

"Sir, Mr. Huang has failed to live up to his trust." After saying this, he burst into tears.

Naturally, the civil servants in the Gou Prefecture did not know the situation on Yang Shangshu's side, and they were preparing intensively for the second round of attacks by the Qing army.

After the first day's tentative attack, the second day was the real attack by the Qing army. Early that morning, the Qing army organized several teams and launched successive attacks on Jinan City. These people were still before the Qing army.

The looted civilians were driven up the city wall by the Qing soldiers, and then were thrown down the ladders by the troops at the top of the city with various rolling logs and stones, and died tragically at the bottom of the city.

Looking at Minzhuang who was dying one after another, Yue Tuo's expression did not change at all. He just looked at it quietly, as if the dead and injured soldiers had nothing to do with him.

"General, do you want me to lead a charge with my brothers?" Seeing that the Ming army on the city wall was gradually beginning to lose strength, Ma Zhan suddenly asked with excitement.

Yue Tuo waved his hand and said: "Although our soldiers in the Qing Dynasty are all warriors with one against a hundred, the number of our soldiers is too small, so we should let Ming Gou consume all the rolling logs and stones on the city top first.

Let’s talk about it later.”

Ma Zhan paused, nodded, and then stopped talking. The battle continued like this. The corpses outside the city gradually covered the entire ground. Most of those lying on the ground were civilians who were attacking the city. Of course, there were many among them.

The few Ming soldiers guarding the city either accidentally rushed out of the crenellations by using too much force, or their weapons or clothes were torn off the city wall by the attackers.

Even so, after two days of continuous fighting, the defenders of Jinan City also suffered hundreds of casualties.

Seeing the Qing army's corpses covered under the city, all the generals were overjoyed. In the past two days, the Ming army had killed a large number of Qing troops with minimal casualties, which greatly boosted the spirits of the soldiers defending the city.

However, Shandong's censor Song Xuezhu and others were not happy. They knew deeply that the current siege was just the beginning. Once the rolling logs and stones at the top of the city were exhausted, the war would be the most brutal.

Early on the third day, soldiers were standing on the walls of Jinan City. Compared with the previous two days, their faces looked a little more tired. Continuous fighting had made them feel physically and mentally exhausted.

"Sir, I'm afraid the Qing army is about to start attacking the city." At this moment, the Qing army on the opposite side began to stir up a commotion. Walking in front was still a group of ragged civilians, who were escorted by the Qing army towards Jinan City.

The direction came over, eyes full of despair. Those who walked a little slower would be whipped or even killed mercilessly by the Qing army.

Regarding the death of their companions, these people didn't even bother to look back, as if such things had become commonplace.

"Siege the city!"

At this moment, Yue Tuo's Chinese army banner suddenly issued an order, followed by a burst of drums, which was the order to attack.

As the drums sounded, the Qing army immediately went crazy. They beat the captured young men hard and sent them across the moat.

As long as these people cross the bridge, they will not be able to come back alive even if they don't want to attack the city. There is no way to retreat. Therefore, although they are unwilling to do so, they can only keep climbing up the ladder.

"Brother, don't kill me, don't kill me. I am also a citizen of the Ming Dynasty." At this time, a young man finally climbed to the crenellation. When he saw a spear stabbing his chest, the young man suddenly shouted loudly.

begged.

A complicated look flashed in the soldier's eyes, and the spear he thrust out paused slightly in the air.

Just because of this hesitation, Qing Zhuang immediately grabbed the spear and quickly climbed towards the city wall.

"Looking for death." At this moment, the patrolling soldiers saw someone climbing up the city wall, rushed up in a hurry, and chopped the young man to the ground with a knife.

"What are you doing? This is a battlefield, and there is no mercy. Once you let him up, the people in this city will die because of you." The patrolling soldier scolded.

It was only then that the soldier realized his mistake and burst into tears. This was his first time going to the city and his first time killing someone. Before that, he had only undergone a short period of training.

He has always been kind-hearted and would be frightened even if asked to kill a chicken, let alone kill someone.

"General, I was wrong, I was wrong, but he really wanted to live..." The soldier guarding the city was named Ma Bin. He was a descendant of a poor family in the city. Because there were no other strong men in the family, he was sent to

Come up.

"I know, but being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself. Think about your parents and brothers and sisters. If the Qing army attacks, they will all die in the hands of the Qing army." The soldier said seriously.

"I understand." Ma Bin said with a sad smile. This brother was right. War is a matter of life and death. If you let the enemy go, who will let yourself go?

At this moment, another Qing soldier climbed up, holding a long knife in his hand and slashing at Ma Bin with a roar.

"Do it!" Seeing that he was still in a daze, the soldiers patrolling the city immediately blocked the Qing army's long sword with a knife.

"Ah!" At this moment, Ma Bin, who was just waking up from a dream, hurriedly thrust out the spear.

The Qing soldier had just climbed up the city wall with one hand when he was stabbed in the chest by Ma Bin and screamed as he rolled down the ladder.

"Ah..., I killed someone, I killed someone!" Although Ma Bin understood the cruelty of war, killing someone with his own hands was completely different from understanding it mentally. At this time, his eyes were filled with horror.
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