"Liu San! I'm going to fight the Cantonese bandits, you hurry up and go with us!" Outside Liu San's house, someone shouted.

"Good! I'll tell my family, I'll be there soon! Go first! Liu San shouted outside. Soon, he heard the shouting people outside walking briskly. Liu San held a wooden stick tightly in his hand, and finally let go of his heart.

"Brother, what should I do?" Liu San's younger brother Liu Wu asked.

Liu San whispered to his younger brother: "What are you arguing about? The militia still has the Liberation Army, and none of us will help! Besides, I'm just a little cop, what can I do? ”

On the day of January 9, starting in the early morning, the explosion began at the west gate. The elite of the militia took the lead in the attack, and the weak Guangfu Army finally gave way to the West City Gate after some resistance. The large army began to withdraw into the city.

At this time, the area around the former Wuzhou prefect's yamen had been transformed into a small fortress, with both the government and the army as its core. Of the 14oo people left behind, 8oo personnel are guarding here. 6oo personnel guarding the pier.

According to the prior agreement of the Anti-Guangfu Army Alliance, the boat army was responsible for attacking the Shuimen Wharf in the south of the city at this time, and the militia was responsible for annihilating the Yamen of Wuzhou, which was guarded by the Guangfu Army. The exhibition of things is a little off, the west of the city and the south of the city are the west of the city to fight first, and the other is that the Guangfu army defending the west of the city was not surrounded in the west of the city, they opened a gap in the siege of the militia with fierce firepower, and went straight to the yamen of the Wuzhou prefect.

Except for the Guangfu army on the water gate in the south of the city and the wharf, the other Guangfu troops guarding the city gate chose to retreat to the Yamen of Wuzhou prefect. Although the militia failed to achieve the goal of dividing and encircling and annihilating the Guangfu army, they managed to surround the Guangfu army in two places, the water gate in the south of the city and the prefect's yamen. Except for these two places, there are no other armed forces of the Liberation Army in the entire Wuzhou. At least from this point of view, the battle was a big win at this point.

"Didn't you catch a captive?" Li Shouchang asked a little surprised. He thought that such a surprise attack could have an effect, at least a lot of damage to the Guangfu army, but he didn't expect that the Guangfu army would all run away and not a single prisoner was caught.

"They must have been wounded, and I saw blood on the city!" Li Shouchang's personal subordinates hurriedly said.

"What? Can't you even see the corpse? Li Shouchang asked. The two sides fought fiercely for a while, and the fire rang like bursting beans, and the core troops under Li Shouchang suffered more than 20 casualties in a moment. Li Shouchang could not hold on, and he immediately ordered the other troops to go up and continue the attack.

If it is really said that Li Shouchang has deep feelings for these people, then it is naturally not. Li Shouchang's so-called cherishing brothers is because these people are all paid. The death of those people is equivalent to the loss of all the money that was previously invested in them. Those people were injured, although the investment has not been lost for the time being, but the value of these people is worth considering. The first is whether they are mortally wounded, and if they are mortally wounded, then there is no help. The previous investment is over. If it is not a fatal injury, then you should also consider whether you still have combat effectiveness after the injury. If his subordinates lose their combat effectiveness, the previous investment will still be wasted.

In short, feeding the militia is a very expensive investment project, and Li Shouchang refuses to give up the militia in his hands, and a big reason is that his investment is far from making a big profit. No one wants to do a loss-making business.

Li Shouchang thinks so, and other militia investors think no differently. Therefore, the Guangfu Army was able to easily make a gap in the front line formed by thousands of militia groups and withdraw to the city with the wounded comrades.

However, the battle situation at this time was very favorable in Li Shouchang's opinion, and the number of enemies was scarce, and they were surrounded again. With more efforts, they can easily capture Wuzhou City. The city walls of Wuzhou have resisted too many enemies, and it is not easy for the Guangfu Army to really take Wuzhou City on its own. With such an idea, Li Shouchang immediately organized a regimental exercise to attack the Yamen of the Wuzhou prefect, where the Liberation Army was entrenched.

Li Shouchang wanted to rebel, and of course he was mainly secretive in advance, and he didn't even dare to sue some of his elite troops. Now that they have the chance to win, naturally the more people in the team, the better, and this is why the policeman Liu San was greeted. However, the policeman Liu San obviously had no intention of rebelling with Li Shouchang, he closed the door and ordered his family not to get involved in anything.

Soon, Li Shouchang also felt such a problem. In the past, when Wuzhou was besieged, the vassals of the militia groups were at least on call, if not enthusiastic, and they could be pulled to the city wall to be responsible for guarding. The core troops of the four major militia groups are about 1,000, and the vassal troops are 3,000, which is more than 4,000 when it is full. Now less than 2,000 people have actually joined the team, and more than half of them have not chosen to join the attack on the Liberation Army. This made Li Shouchang feel that something was very wrong.

At this time, Li Shouchang ordered the four major militia groups to surround the area of the Wuzhou Governor's Mansion controlled by the Guangfu Army from four aspects: east, west, south, and north, and then all the militia groups immediately went to pull people over. If more than 3,000 people from 4,000 people came, Li Shouchang could still feel that he had a spectrum in his heart, but now that less than 2,000 people came, he really felt weak.

Fortunately, at this time, the sound of gunfire finally came from the south of the city, and Li Shouchang knew that the boat army was also engaged in fire with the Guangfu army at this time, and he also felt a lot more stable in his heart. He immediately ordered his subordinates to start pulling people, and at the same time told the other militia groups to quickly bring in the peripheral personnel of the militia groups on weekdays. After sending out all the people in his hands, Li Shouchang went to find Liu Wensheng, the former commander of the official army at the head of the city, "Lord Liu, when will the cannons on the city be transported to the city?" ”

Li Shouchang completely disagreed with the combat effectiveness of the officers and troops, and did not expect them to be able to charge into battle. Li Shouchang only hoped that the officers and soldiers would be able to use the artillery at the head of the city, which was the only military equipment that the militia had not received formal training. Others, from fire qiang to broadsword and spear, the level of the backbone personnel of the militia is not below the official army at all.

After Liu Wensheng heard this, he said with a bitter face: "The Cantonese bandits actually welded the muzzle of the cannon with molten iron, and now all the cannons in the city are useless!" ”

"What?" Li Shouchang was stunned. He dared to rise up in rebellion, and drew up a military plan in which the purpose of seizing the city walls was to seize artillery. The militias themselves have fire, but no artillery. Without artillery, there is no way to attack a strong defense. But the Cantonese bandits actually scrapped the artillery without saying a word.

Li Shouchang didn't dare to believe Liu Wensheng, he hurriedly ran to the nearest artillery, and when he saw the muzzle, it was still a black hole, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said angrily to Liu Wensheng: "When is this happening, do you still have the heart to joke?" ”

Liu Wensheng took a stick in his hand and inserted it into the barrel. It was only inserted for less than a long time, and it was blocked by something. Liu Wensheng said with a bitter face: "Mr. Li, I'm not bluffing you, you can see for yourself if it is blocked by molten iron!" ”

Li Shouchang also tried it with a tong, and only then did he realize that there was something blocking it in the barrel. smashed the strip into it vigorously, and the sound of gold and iron intersecting came out, and Li Shouchang had to believe at this time that the cannon really couldn't be used.

But Li Shouchang still didn't give up, "Lord Liu, are all the cannons like this?" ”

Liu Wensheng grinned and lamented: "I have already sent someone to check, and all the cannon muzzles have been welded with molten iron!" ”

"Then ......, can it be repaired?" Li Shouchang asked with great anticipation.

"How can this be repaired? These cannons are completely useless! Liu Wensheng replied bitterly.

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