When Liu Huan fell, Chen Zhongwu indeed arrived, leading reinforcements.

Although Zhang Dake was brave, he was unable to support him by an arrow on his left leg. He was beaten by Chen Zhongwu. The Qing soldiers who had just rushed to the top of the city resisted desperately, hoping to buy time for the follow-up troops.

Chen Zhongwu ordered the archers to shoot arrows at the Qing soldiers who were still climbing on the ladder to block the Qing soldiers' reinforcements, and then commanded his spearmen and swords and shields to rush towards the Qing soldiers on the top of the city.

The Qing soldiers, who were at a disadvantage in numbers, could not stop them and retreated one after another. Some climbed down the ladder, while others jumped down from the city. Zhang Dake was protected by his confidants, but he was lucky to retreat from the ladder.

...

The two places that were broken through by the Qing soldiers were defeated by Chen Zhongwu and Luo Zhaocheng, respectively, blocking the gap, and finally not allowing the Qing soldiers to develop in depth.

The tug-of-war that was broken through and then recaptured was staged everywhere on the city walls around Sanshui. Although the Qing soldiers almost grabbed the city gate several times, they were all beaten back.

After fighting for a whole morning, the Qing soldiers did not get any benefits except for the two thousand soldiers who were killed or injured, and the Ming army still firmly controlled the city.

Li Chengdong felt that he could not fight any longer. The fighting will of the Ming army was completely beyond his expectations. The situation of collapse in the past did not appear. Instead, there were many scenes like the Ming army jumping from the city with Qing soldiers in their arms and dying together. What a strong desire to die, so that they could make such a strong and tragic action?

What magic did the Emperor Yongli cast on the Ming army that made the Ming army have such strong combat power overnight?

He was really puzzled.

However, if Zhu Youlang knew what he was thinking, he would definitely answer him like this: "Nothing is just a head."

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In addition to the unshakable will of the Ming army, there were not many arrows, only one day of food and grass, and there were only four thousand soldiers who had to be killed and killed, and their morale was seriously affected. Even if the Ming army suffered the same casualties as him, he could not afford to fight with him. No matter from any aspect, if he continued to fight, he would definitely not get a good result.

"Brother, a team of Ming troops came from Guangzhou, with about a thousand people." Just as Chen Jitai was about to order the withdrawal of troops, the scout came to report.

"Retreat! Yin'er, you lead the troops to cut off the rear and are responsible for monitoring the Ming army. Sun Zhongming gathers the wounded and retreat immediately. Lord Yuan, send someone to deliver a letter to Meng Wenjie, and ask him to send troops to quickly respond to this commander!"

"As for the order!" Everyone took the order and went their separate ways.

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Retreat is also very knowledgeable. If you retreat in a rush and unorderly manner, you will easily be taken advantage of by pursuers.

Li Yuanyin was well versed in military tactics and led a thousand troops to cut off the rear. He stepped back and monitored the Ming army while retreating, so he slowly retreated with the sport that he could set off to fight a battle at any time.

The person who came out of Guangzhou to reinforce was Zhang Biao, the second son of Zhang Jiayu. Seeing the Qing soldiers retreat, he was not in a hurry to chase him, but just followed him from afar.

Seeing that the Sanshui crisis had passed, Chen Jitai remembered the emperor's imperial edict, and quickly rectified his troops and left Luo Zhaocheng's troops to defend the city. The other three generals led all five thousand troops to fight and caught up with Zhang Biao.

...

When Li Chengdong retreated, he subconsciously looked at the direction of Zhaoqing. He felt a little regretful. Although he felt sorry for losing his troops, Ding Kuichu's wealth was not obtained. It was a pity.

Just last night, Ding Xu came again and brought a letter from Ding Kuichu, saying that when Marshal Li captured Sanshui and the troops were approaching Zhaoqing, he was willing to fulfill his preface and offer Zhaoqing.

Li Chengdong replied to him and expressed his gratitude to him that he would be willing to govern Guangdong and Guangxi with him after the matter was completed.

"Hmph, I want to govern Guangdong and Guangxi together? I think beautifully! Unfortunately, if Sanshui is captured and the army is coming to Zhaoqing, will this old boy's wealth and beautiful wife and concubine be my own?" Li Chengdong thought to himself.

In fact, Ding Kuichu did indeed defect to Li Chengdong with his family wealth in history, but he did not want to defect to him and was chopped off by Li Chengdong that night. His wife, four concubines, three daughters and two daughters were all stripped of her naked, becoming a toy in Li Chengdong's tent.

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Qu Shixi received the emperor's order and hurriedly got up to Guangzhou, but she didn't expect to be greeted by Jiao Lian halfway.

After listening to Jiao Lian's reposted order, Qu Shixi felt a little confused: "Why is the emperor so sure that Ding Kuichu would surrender to the Qing Dynasty? Without evidence, Is it really good to arrest the chief minister of the dynasty without authorization?"

Despite his doubts, Qu Shixi was not ready to object, because he was extremely disgusted with what Ding Kuichu did in his daily life. He did not say anything about selling official positions and titles, but he did not have much respect to the emperor. He decided on his own big things and could not tolerate others' opposition. This was not the act of a loyal minister, but was a powerful minister.

"It is probably a crime that the emperor gave him to secretly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. The emperor's real purpose should be to eradicate this powerful minister and clear up obstacles for his own governance." Qu Shixi thought so.

But unexpectedly, after they saw Ma Jixiang and conveyed the emperor's will, Ma Jixiang really grasped clues about Ding Kuichu's surrender to the Qing Dynasty.

"Mr. Qu, before the emperor went to Guangzhou, he asked me to secretly monitor Ding Kuichu. Just before the emperor left, Ding Kuichu's confidant family member Ding Xu left the city. I sent someone to follow him and found out that he had gone to Huizhou. According to the spy report, Ding Xu did go to Li Chengdong's camp, but he knew nothing about what he had talked about." Ma Jixiang said.

"Oh? What about now? Where is Ding Xu?" Qu Shixi didn't expect that the emperor had already made arrangements. It would be great if it was difficult to obtain the evidence of Ding Kuichu's surrender to the Qing Dynasty. So he asked hurriedly.

"Ding Xu went to Sanshui, and the spy was following him." Ma Jixiang said.

"Okay, when he comes back, he will arrest him quietly and take the first trial. It is of course best if he can obtain the evidence. In addition, Lord Ma, immediately let your people secretly surround the Ding Mansion and be ready to take action at any time." Qu Shili ordered.

"Yes, Lord Qu." Ma Jixiang nodded and responded.

Since the emperor ordered Qu Shixi to preside over the overall situation in Zhaoqing, Ma Jixiang naturally obeyed the order.

"General Jiao, you should go back to the barracks immediately, rectify the troops, and be prepared to face the enemy." Qu Shizi said to Jiao Lian.

"Yes." Jiao Lian agreed and turned around and left.

Qu Shixi didn't go anywhere else, but secretly took charge of the commander-in-chief of Ma Jixiang's Jinyiwei, and even Lu Daqi and Li Yongmao did not inform him. You must know that Ding Kuichu is not an ordinary person, but the chief assistant of the dynasty. His energy is extraordinary and he must consider all aspects clearly.

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Ding Xu returned to Zhaoqing and was quietly arrested by the Jinyiwei as soon as he entered the city gate. The letter Li Chengdong wrote to Ding Kuichu naturally fell into the hands of the Jinyiwei.
Chapter completed!