Although Mancheng was famous in Mancheng, it was not just the Eight Banners of Manzhou, but also the Eight Banners of Mongolia. ΔΔ Jiangning had the Eight Banners of Mongolia in the city, but the number was very small, with only more than 400 people. The Han people in the outer city could not distinguish between Manzhou and Mongolia, so they called them the soldiers of Manzhou, and only the Qing army knew the difference between Manzhou and Mongolia.

During the battle of Zhenjiang, more than 400 Mongolian Eight Banners soldiers also participated in the battle. As a result, more than 100 soldiers from Manzhou ran back, but none of the Mongolian soldiers could come back. As a result, rumors spread all over the city that the Mongolian soldiers were abandoned by the Manzhou people and Guan Xiaozhong and abandoned them on the battlefield. After hearing this, the fierce Mongolian woman was so angry that she ran to Guan Xiaozhong and cursed around his house. Guan Xiaozhong, the admiral of Jiangnan, could only let these Mongolian women curse. There was no way, who made him just a Han army, but the Mongolian Eight Banners, who were the Mongolian Eight Banners, was one level higher than him.

The Qing Dynasty ranked the top, Manchu, followed by Mongolia, followed by Han army, and the rest were Han people. Even if the other party was just an ordinary female family member, he would not dare to offend them even if he was loyal. After all, the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty was a Mongolian, and the emperor was even the nephew of the Mongolians!

In addition, after such a big defeat, Guan Yizhong was afraid to scold these Mongolian women, otherwise the matter would have gone big, and he would have died at the hands of the court. In the end, Shuoerhui came forward to say hello to the people of the Mongolian Eight Banners, increased the pension a lot, and gave some benefits to calm the storm.

Last night, the inner city was in motion, and all the women in Manchu and Mongolian in the city listened carefully. The people in Niulu kept knocking and pulling people from house to house, as the flag boys who were eleven or twelve years old, and all the old guys who were over 60 years old went to the city. But that was not enough. In the end, the Baoyun slaves under their jurisdiction were brought to the armory and asked them to choose one of them at their own hands, and then they hit the city.

Tong Haonian asked people to count that there were less than 3,000 people in the old and young, and the robber slaves, but there were four gates in the city to guard. After the division, the troops were far from enough.

Just when Tong Haonian was anxious because the defenders were not strong enough, a group of Mongolian women asked to go to the city to help defend. These Mongolian women were all decent, wide-waisted, and were not as weak as Han women. Seeing that Tong Haonian seemed to doubt whether they could kill the enemy, a Mongolian woman snorted slightly, picked up the bow and arrow of her husband during her lifetime and shot towards the city gate. An arrow hit the plaque hanging on the city gate, which shocked Tong Haonian and the soldiers.

I heard that after the Mongolian army women came to the city, the women of the Eight Banners were not willing to be outdone. The married sister-in-law, the Weilun (daughter-in-law) and Sharigan (daughter) at home also rushed to the city gates everywhere, yelling to fight like men.

The Eight Banners stationed in Manzhou, Jiangning Mancheng, are the Zhenglan Banners, which belong to the Lower Five Banners. The women married in the banner have been heard and seen since childhood, and they are used to how their husbands and brothers kill Han people, so they have contempt for the Han people in their bones. In addition, their sons, husbands, brothers, and fathers are mostly dead under the hands of the Han people. They also know that once Mancheng is broken, they will definitely not have a good end. So they are holding the same thoughts as those women in the Mongolian army at this moment, that is, they would rather die in battle like men than be defiled by those lowly Han people.

What is surprising is that many women in Manchu are skilled in bows and horses, and have good archery skills. So many women go to the city to help defend, so the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers on the city naturally share the same hatred and their morale is high.

Tong Haonian sighed that Manchu and Mongolian women really responded to the Han saying, "Women are not as good as men."

About 4,000 Qing troops who surrendered in the inner city were driven to the city, and they were divided into several groups and sat on the ground and stood on standby. After the attack order was issued, the first batch of surrendered troops would be given weapons and armor to attack the city. If they could not take it down, the second group would be raised again, and this cycle would be carried out.

Because the number of soldiers in the city is only a thousand, Zhou Shi was determined to win the city, but he was not careless and formulated a siege plan. The sixth town was placed on the west and north of the city, with the main attack direction in the Qing Gate. The fifteenth town and the new town made a restrained attack on the east and south.

In the early morning of the 11th, dozens of artillery unloaded from the gates of the outer city and inner city were dragged to the Qing sect in the city. Under the cover of fierce artillery fire, the Taiping Army supervised the surrendered army in all directions at the same time. However, after the battle started, the Taiping generals watching the battle found that the city had much more guard forces than the previous estimate of a thousand people, and there were many female soldiers holding bows and arrows on the top of the city.

The Taiping Army forced the surrendered troops to launch three attacks in a row, but were all repelled by the defenders on the city and killed thousands of them. The last group of surrendered troops were pushed up by the corpse at the city, one after another. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and the intensity of the battle even exceeded Fangshan ambush.

Due to the difficulty of attacking the front, the surrendered army suffered too much loss. Zhou Shixiang ordered the surrendered army to retreat and rest, allowing the assault team organized by the Taiping Army to launch a rotational attack on the city with a scale of 100 people. These assault teams were mostly worn with heavy armor and did not climb the city. They only lured arrows from the city to consume their arrow branches. The city guard flag soldiers and the female soldiers in the city had no combat intervals and could not get a rest. They were exhausted without eating for a day, but they were still gritting their teeth and holding on.

At this moment, the Man soldiers and female soldiers at the Qing Gate suddenly saw the Taiping Army retreating, and then a person walked out of the other party's camp, with a female donkey behind him, and a naked man sitting on the donkey.

"Listen to the city, this is your prince Yue Le!"

None of the soldiers on the city knew Prince An. Seeing that the prince was dragged to the city by the Taiping Army like a monkey, they were all sad and angry, and even more desperate. Yue Le had no expression on the donkey. He was already numb.

At this time, the man shouted again: "My boss is willing to give mercy. Zhuner and others surrender. After surrender, you can be released to Jiangbei!"

When the soldiers and women on the city heard that the Ming army was allowed to surrender and let them go back to Jiangbei, they immediately saw hope of survival. Many people relaxed and did not want to fight again. The reason why they persisted until now was that they were afraid that Jiangning would become the second Guangzhou city. Now that the other party is willing to give them a way to survive, how could they still be willing to fight this dying stubborn resistance?

Tong Haonian refused to surrender, saying that it was a conspiracy of the Ming army. If they really wanted to put down their weapons and open the city gate, the Ming army would rush in and slaughter them. The Manchu soldiers and the elderly also said that the army was not trustworthy and must not fall into their tricks. If they really wanted to open the city, it would be a disaster immediately. The flag soldiers and women were awake and no longer dreamed of surrendering to survive. Seeing that the Manchu soldiers did not surrender, the Taiping Army immediately resumed artillery attacks, but did not organize a new round of offensives.

Under the city, Zhang Huangyan frowned and asked Zhou Shixiang: "If the Tartars really surrender, will the Duke really let them cross the river?"

"A real man said something, it is difficult for four horses to chase after. If they really descend, I will let them cross the river." Zhou Shixiang rubbed his hands, "The premise is whether they can swim across the Yangtze River." (To be continued.)8
Chapter completed!