The tragic level of the battle was far beyond Li Shitou's imagination.

The Qing army, who was forced into a desperate situation, launched a fierce counterattack.

This is probably what the fight of trapped beasts says. There is no reserve of force, and the swords are all for death.

Although the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army were well-trained, they seemed a little overwhelmed in the face of this mad dog-like attack.

The Ming army finally won the victory, but it was a tragic victory.

The Hu Ben Army suffered more than 2,000 casualties in this battle, which was a heavy loss.

Of course, all more than 10,000 Green Camp soldiers were killed, which was a breath of anger.

There is no problem in defeating the main force of the Green Camp head-on and taking over Changzhou City.

Li Shitou was in a hurry to march, but he didn't want the peach to be picked by Zheng Chenggong and his son in the end.

After all, this was exchanged for the lives of the soldiers of the Hu Ben Army.

There are probably less than 5,000 old, weak and disabled soldiers left in Changzhou Prefecture City, which Liu Quan'an left as a guarantee before.

Once defeated, he would retreat to Changzhou Prefecture City and make conspiracy.

Unfortunately, Li Shitou didn't give him this opportunity and shot him to death with one arrow.

When Li Shitou ordered people to hold Liu Quan'an and others' heads to call the door outside Changzhou Prefecture City, the Qing army on the top of the city was frightened.

"General Liu, General Liu's head...is General Liu's head, right?"

"Ming thief, the Ming thief is too cruel. It seems that General Liu is defeated."

"What Ming thief, it's the Ming army. Is he looking for death if he doesn't change his words yet?"

"Yes, yes! It's the Ming army. We are still guarding a city today. It's better to surrender."

The Qing soldiers looked at each other and basically reached an agreement.

It is difficult for them, five thousand old and weak soldiers to guard one side of the city gate, let alone guard the city gate.

They won't do this kind of thing that hits stones with eggs and moths to fire.

Besides, the commander of the first army was dead, so what else did they insist on?

As for whether surrender can survive, they cannot guarantee that they can only gamble.

Judging from previous examples, as long as you surrender without resisting, the Ming army would generally only kill the chief evil and would not kill the accomplices.

If they fight to the death and are finally captured, they will definitely not be able to escape death in the end.

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When the Qing army opened the city gate, Li Shitou did not have too many surprises or surprises.

If there were no brothers who died or injured, he would have been more happy, right?

However, the good news is that after Changzhou was defeated, Su Song was a bandit blocked to a dead end, and there was no barrier to speak of.

It is only a matter of time before the city is broken.

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In Songjiang Prefecture, the prefect Qin Ruofu was in a very heavy mood.

Judging from the current situation, the Ming army's offensive was thriving, Changzhou Prefecture had been broken, and Su Song would be directly exposed to the siege of the Ming army.

There are enemies everywhere, how can you fight this battle?

Qin Ruofu was already moved and was about to run away.

Now that Yangzhou has been lost, even if you run away, you will not be able to take the land route.

Qin Ruofu planned to escape to Huai'an by sea after a little bit of planning.

It is best if Huai'an can be kept, but if it cannot be kept, you can return to Xuzhou or even Shandong.

However, this is inevitable that he will be charged with abandoning the ground and running away. With the character of Emperor Shunzhi, he will probably be arrested and taken to the capital and beheaded.

Therefore, Qin Ruofu must find a good scapegoat and put all the blame on the scapegoat.

Only in this way can he escape unstoppable.

After thinking about it, only Tongzhi Zhao Guangde is the most suitable.

This person has always had disagreements with Qin Ruofu? Qin Ruofu saw that he was unhappy for a long time, so he took this opportunity to take the blame.

His specific plan was like this. In order to guard Songjiang, he led his army to camp outside the city to prevent the Ming army from exploding the city wall and successfully entering the city.

With his back to the strong city, the Qing army still had the power to fight. But just when he led his troops to fight to retreat to the city, Tongzhi Zhao Guangde refused to open the city gate because of his personal grudges.

In this case, Qin Ruofu can only lead his troops to break through? He can only wait for death if he continues to stay.

After a lot of fighting, he finally made a bloody road? He retreated all the way back to Huai'an.

And it was later proved that Qin Ruofu's choice was correct.

Because Zhao Guangde not only ignored Qin Ruofu's safety by personal grudges, but also secretly communicated with open and thieves, and then opened the city gate and gave it to the city.

Qin Ruofu passed the whole plan in his mind and found that it was perfect.

After all, Emperor Shunzhi didn’t know what the situation in Songjiang City was like? He didn’t believe whatever Qin Ruofu said.

Even if Emperor Shunzhi had some doubts in his heart, he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

As for Zhao Guangde, he would definitely be killed by the Ming army.

Dead people will not speak to defend themselves.

The more Qin Ruofu thought about it, the more he felt that he was very smart.

What to do if you stick to it? Isn’t it nice to run away?

As long as you cheat on both sides, you can not only be guilty of making a contribution, but you can also make a fortune. Wouldn't it be beautiful?

After thinking about it, Qin Ruofu arranged people to prepare for the escape from the sea.

He needed at least three large lucky ships? Because he not only had to load his confidant family on board? He also had to take away all the money he had earned from his post in the past years.

Ten years of Qing magistrate? Hundreds of thousands of snowflakes.

Su Song is an extremely prosperous place? Is every inch of land valuable? Qin Ruofu has earned at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver over the years.

With this money, he will be enough to support himself in the rest of his life? Even if he is dismissed from office by Emperor Shunzhi, it doesn’t matter.

Moreover, in Qin Ruofu's opinion, Emperor Shunzhi would not do this.

Even if you are acting, you have to show your ministers.

If the "loyal ministers" are so harsh, wouldn't other ministers be disappointed?

If this continues, will anyone still be loyal to the Qing Dynasty?

Qin Ruofu admitted that his methods were disgusting, but he could only be shameless if he wanted to survive in this troubled world.

In order not to let Zhao Guangde and other officials notice it, he was still concerned about city defense matters on the surface.

Inquire about everything in detail.

In fact, he is ready to run away at any time.

As for surrendering to the Ming army? Qin Ruofu had thought about it.

But after thinking about it carefully, he seemed to have nothing to offer to Ming Jun.

Then even if he surrendered, he would not get much benefit.

Even the Ming army might have arranged their own people as the prefect of Songjiang? To promote Qin Ruofu to secretly surrender? It completely emptied.

Moreover, Qin Ruofu was not optimistic about the Ming army.

Although the Ming army is now in a state of unstoppable power, it is about to restore half of its territory. But this is only temporary.

In the early days of Yongli, there was also a great momentum. How could it be that the battles in the end were falling apart?

The Ming army seemed to have the possibility of collapse from beginning to end? Because the interests of its forces in various parties were uneven, to put it bluntly, it was impossible to pee a pot.

They can share hardships, not wealth and honor.

Once life gets better, there will definitely be internal strife.

So Qin Ruofu still planned to stand on the side of the Qing army.

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Chapter completed!