In the winter of the eighteenth year of Qianlong, outside the city of Shouzhou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A black-clothed army of more than 2,000 people is surrounding this state city with high morale.

Despite the cold and windy winter march, the soldiers of the People's Army were still in high spirits, accompanied by their neat formations, and there were bursts of loud singing.

"Our team ...... to the sun"

As long as you are not a fool, you can see that this army is a mighty army and a victorious army.

At the head of Shouzhou City, Liu Huan, the governor of Shouzhou, was looking at the military formation of the People's Army outside the city with the blue brick wall.

"God will kill me!" Liu Huan looked at the soldiers who had barely gathered at the head of the city and Ding Zhuang who had been requisitioned, and compared with the army outside the city, he had to make such a desperate sigh.

Liu Huan tidied up the official robe on his body, and then helped the top on his head. A few months ago, he received news that a giant bandit called the People's Army in the mountains had become big, but he didn't pay attention to the People's Army at all. Now, only two months have passed, and this bandit called the People's Army has already slaughtered out of the mountain and surrounded the state city in such a grand manner.

Liu Huan certainly would not sit still in the face of the surging People's Army, he immediately sent a fast horse to contact the surrounding prefectures and counties, asking them to send support, and at the same time, Liu Huan also summoned Shouzhou Lian General to inquire about the preparations of his local green battalion.

The results are not optimistic, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the Anhui area has long been peaceful, whether it is the rebellion of the three feudatories or the rebellion of Geldan in the north, it has not affected the Anhui area. Long-term peace has brought about the ruin of local armaments. Fortunately, Liu Huan is also a capable official, he immediately recruited Ding Zhuang in the city to assist in the defense, and at the same time implemented a strict armor protection system in Shouzhou, which finally calmed down the panicked people in the state city.

Alas, but he is only a civil official, and there is only so much he can do. If you want to repel the bandits outside the city, you still have to rely on the performance of the generals.

I don't know how the bandits outside the city train their soldiers, this military appearance is a civilian official like him who doesn't know how to do it at all, and he also knows that it is definitely not easy to fight. This is a horizontal line, and a vertical line is also a line. What's even more terrifying is that the bandits actually have several cannons, although they don't look as majestic as the Hongyi cannons of my Qing Dynasty, but this is also a cannon! I couldn't even find a few arquebuses in Shouzhou.

I don't know if the green battalion stationed nearby has sent troops? This chaos is huge, and if there are fewer people, I'm afraid it won't help!

Liu Huan pondered there alone. Unbeknownst to him, the reinforcements he was expecting had long since been dispersed by a battalion left behind by the KPA. Even the thousand presidents with support were killed, not to mention the general managers and foreign commissioners below.

"Lord Zhizhou, the reward silver donated by the gentry in the city has been transported to the city!" President Shouzhou Lian came to the city full of sweat, and behind him, he was followed by a team of soldiers wearing uniforms, carrying two heavy wooden boxes.

"Take it down and send it! One person one or two! Tell them that they will be beheaded later, and one bandit will be counted as five taels, and if the bandits are repulsed, one person will be sent two taels! Facing the white silver in the wooden box, Liu Huan didn't look at it, as if there was a pile of stones inside.

The Manchu court learned the lesson of the former Ming Dynasty, if the local magistrate lost the city, there was only one end - that is, death. It is said that the Qing prefect has been in the Qing Prefecture for three years, and there are 100,000 snowflakes of silver. Liu Huan is a smart person, of course he knows that silver is important, but his life and future are more important. If there is an official, there will be money.

"Brothers! Silver! Lord Zhizhou said, now one person will take one tael first, and when the bandits are repelled, one person will give two taels. In the process of defending the city, kill a bandit and reward another five taels! ”

As the silver from Baihuahua was distributed to Ding Zhuang and the green camp, the morale of the city was also boosted. Quite a few people are starting to gear up. One bandit has five taels! Five taels! That's enough for a family for a year!

KPA artillery positions.

Cheng Jun is now the head of the People's Army Artillery Regiment and has six Napoleonic guns in his hands. After a period of training, the KPA's six artillery crews were truly capable of accurately bombarding enemy positions.

In front of the artillery position, the infantrymen of about 2,000 people, all carrying flintlock rifles, sat cross-legged on the ground and rested in such a neat and orderly manner. At the sound of the KPA officer's whistle, these infantry can instantly rise from the ground and immediately enter the battle state.

Rumble! Boom Boom!

Heavy shelling began, and first of all the blazing artillery fire did not open fire on the city gates, but aimed at the crowded city heads.

"How can the bandits' cannons hit so far?" The sound of explosions sounded intensively at the head of the city, and Liu Huan, who had long been hiding in a safe place to observe the battle situation, was shocked by the sudden artillery bombardment. He couldn't figure out how these artillery, which were only a little bigger than the mountain splitting cannon, could send shells to the city.

The artillery of the enemy army at the head of the city had no intention of stopping, and they began to fire incendiary bombs (that is, red-hot iron bullets) into the city. Most of the houses in Shouzhou City are wooden buildings, and the fire raged in the inner city, accompanied by billowing smoke, and overwhelming cries rang out.

The head of the city suffered heavy losses, and the inner city was in flames. Ding Zhuang, who was requisitioned, was concerned about the situation at home, and threw away the wooden sticks, knives and guns one by one and wanted to retreat from the city.

Shouzhou Lian Zong, who did not have the courage to fight against the bandits of the People's Army, was full of majesty in the face of the people who wanted to retreat!

"Don't retreat! Don't retreat! Death to those who retreat! A Min Yong who squeezed in front of Mr. Lian was cut off half of his head by the imposing Mr. Lian, and fell to the ground without even screaming. The green battalion soldiers who followed behind Mr. Lian also slashed at the people in front of him with knives and guns, killing hundreds of people in one go, and the red-eyed Mr. Lian made his subordinates stop their hands. The desperate people had no choice but to return to the city empty-handed, which was still exploding.

Shouzhou Zhizhou looked back at the blazing inner city, and then at the sparse city, knowing that this Shouzhou could not be held today no matter what.

Liu Huan's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he hurriedly returned to the mansion. Some of the family members in the palace were guarding with knives, guns and sticks, and they came up to greet the old man when he saw him come back. Liu Huan didn't look at these subordinates, directly took a waist knife from the hand of a domestic servant, and walked towards the house.

"Master, you're back!" The beautiful concubine before was anxiously walking back and forth in the hall, and when she saw Liu Huan, she pounced happily.

As a result, before he came to Liu Huan, he was directly slashed to the ground by Liu Huan. Looking at the concubine who was looking at him with unbelievable eyes, Liu Huan laughed cruelly, "What's the matter, master, I won't kill you, and I'm still waiting for the bandits to come and receive you as a bitch, son?" ”

After that, Liu Huan raised his waist knife and stabbed the concubine's head a few times. When the concubine was already unrecognizable, Liu Huan stopped panting.

When the stunned family members followed, Liu Huan sneered, "What are you looking at, haven't you seen killing?" I will go out with the master, and the master will set this state city on fire! What I can't get, the bandits can't even think of! ”

In this way, many areas that were not ignited were also set on fire by Liu Huan. Originally, Shouzhou was a sea of fire, but now it is a hell on earth!

"What's going on? Why is the whole of Shouzhou burning? Tan Ke, who was observing the results of the artillery battle with a telescope, suddenly found that the entire Shouzhou was burning violently. The soaring plumes of smoke and the huge heat wave could be felt even from a distance outside the city.

"Chairman, I don't know?" Cheng Jun, the head of the artillery regiment, will also be confused, before he asked the artillery to shoot into the city, although it will cause certain casualties, it will not set the entire Shouzhou on fire!

"Chairman, it must be the Tartars themselves who set fire to the city! Don't hesitate, you must immediately break the city to put out the fire! Lu Feiqing anxiously said to Tan Ke that he had accurately guessed the truth of the matter!

Fuck it! Tartar is really good at it!

Hearing Lu Feiqing's words, Tan Ke, who was shocked by the madness of the Tartars, gave the order to the troops to attack generally.

Under the cover of artillery, KPA soldiers in black uniforms launched an assault on the city of Shouzhou.

Bang bang bang!

The KPA infantry erected ladders and poured suppressive fire on the city.

"It's in the city! It's time to get to the city! A black-clad infantry jumped onto the city, and the soldiers below were so inspired by this scene that they cheered loudly!

"Comrades! Come on! For Chairman Chen! For the People's Army! Tang Fuhai immediately drew his saber and gave the order to intensify the attack on the city.

The speed of the KPA landing on the city suddenly accelerated, and on the top of the city, where the heat wave was raging and the smoke was filled, there were some green battalion soldiers who tried to resist stubbornly, but the KPA soldiers did not even bother to put their guns, they formed groups in twos and threes, and then used superb bayonet technology to pick the resisters to death one by one with bayonets.

When the People's Army gained a firm foothold at the head of the city, these soldiers resumed their neat horizontal column and condescendingly fired a volley at the Qing forces in the city.

With the rain of bullets from the People's Army, the Qing troops, who had been gathered under the city to launch a counterattack, suffered heavy casualties, they threw away their weapons, took off their uniforms, and burrowed into the city like headless flies.

"Quick! Bring the common people out! Tang Fuhai issued a new order.

The fires in the city are too big to extinguish the fire, and what can be done now is to bring the people out and minimize the casualties of the people.

Just when the People's Army was chrysalis into the city, Liu Huan, the governor of Shouzhou, was fighting on a street with a blood-stained waist knife, and the servants around him had already fled.

Wearing a Manchu official uniform, he was a bright light in the night, and when the soldiers of the People's Army saw him, they didn't think that a salvo would come over.

"Kill Shouzhou Zhizhou! Kill Shouzhou Zhizhou! "Shouzhou City suddenly sounded a heaven-shattering shout!

(To be continued.) )