In 1853, Wei Ze went down the river to Tianjing City, but Wei Ze soon chose to retreat and retreated all the way to Anqing. At that time, Wei Changrong, who was in charge of guarding Anqing, felt that Wei Ze was too timid to run away if he didn't take such a big credit.

Now Wei Changrong understands that Wei Ze's approach back then was absolutely correct. As the commander of the First Army, as Wei Ze's most trusted general, who dares to share in the great battle exploits of conquering Guangzhou City, Wei Changrong will definitely not let go of that person. This is true for the comrades in the army, let alone the people of the Heaven and Earth Society.

"Nope!" Wei Changrong said almost entirely on instinct. However, after finishing speaking, Wei Changrong also regretted it a little, not because of his conscience, but because Wei Changrong felt that maybe heaven and earth would have some use value. Moreover, after all, Luo Outline is a famous leader of the Heaven and Earth Society, and in the process of occupying the two Guangzhous, Luo Outline will definitely make a great effort. So he quickly retracted Fang Cai's words, "Let the people of the Heaven and Earth Society wait first and invite Deputy Chief of Staff Luo." ”

Luo Xuan soon arrived at Wei Changrong, Wei Changrong smiled and said, "Brother Luo, there are people from the Heaven and Earth Society outside asking to see, I don't know what you think?" ”

Hearing this news, Luo Xuan had completely understood Wei Changrong's thoughts. Luo Xuan was not angry at all because he was the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society before, so he felt that Wei Changrong was unwilling to let the Heaven and Earth Society interfere in the attack on Guangzhou City. Wei Changrong's ability to specifically invite Luo Outline to discuss this matter is enough to prove Wei Changrong's respect for Luo Outline. For this respect, of course, Luo Outline will not be embarrassed.

Luo Xuan said: "They must have come to us to intervene in this attack on Guangzhou City, so we might as well meet them, stabilize these people from the Heaven and Earth Society first, and don't let them interfere." After we take Guangzhou City, we will officially meet with them. ”

Wei Changrong has never had much contact with the Heaven and Earth Society, and after hearing this, he felt that the construction of the Luo Outline was more operable, and it was too much to not give the Heaven and Earth Society. Thinking of this, Wei Changrong smiled and said, "Brother Luo, it seems that you are very confident in the combat effectiveness of our army!" ”

Luo Xuan laughed, "I have seen Ganzhou City with my own eyes, and I still have something to worry about." Now as long as we drag the Heaven and Earth Association for two or three days, and when we take Guangzhou City, whether the Heaven and Earth Society will come to join the gang, or if they want us to help them attack other places, it is a matter for us to have the final say. So now it's better to stabilize them. ”

Wei Changrong said to Luo Xuan seriously: "Then ask Brother Luo to negotiate with these brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society." Anyway, they know that you have returned to Liangguang, and many people must still be willing to follow you. ”

Of course, Luo Outline was happy to obey his fate, and after meeting the people of the Heaven and Earth Society, it was really as Luo Outline expected. Chen Kai, Li Wenmao, and Chen Xianliang, who were forced to withdraw from Guangzhou, were originally going to enter Guangxi along the Xijiang River and attack Wuzhou. Knowing that the Guangfu Army had reached the city of Guangzhou with lightning speed, he naturally hoped to join the gang.

After receiving a response from Luo Outline asking them to "wait a few days for the time being", the envoy was a little surprised, but he did not have to join the battle of the Liberation Army immediately. The two sides agreed that the two sides would meet in three days, and the envoy left the military camp of the Liberation Army.

The next day, June 6, the Liberation Army officially began to attack the city of Guangzhou.

In its report to the British mainland, the British embassy in Guangzhou wrote, "...... An army dressed in European uniforms suddenly arrived at the city on 5 June, and immediately launched an attack on the city in the early morning of 6 June...... They had excellent artillery and used very advanced shells that exploded as soon as they hit the ground...... This army attacked the west of the city of Guangzhou, captured the city wall in less than three hours, and began to attack the city in depth...... The infantry tactics of this unit were also excellent, they first occupied the main road in the city, divided the Qing army defending the city of Guangzhou into two parts, and then continued to divide and encircle the Qing army...... Several counterattacks by the Qing army failed under the fierce return fire of this army's artillery and infantry, and they used French-made 12-pounder howitzers, and their infantry was observed to have an overwhelming advantage over the Qing army with fire cap technology. All infantry were equipped with bayonets instead of the spears common in squadrons. In addition to the fire skills, this unit was also equipped with melee weapons such as the Hand 1EI, and the combat coordination of the troops was very smooth, and by 1 o'clock in the afternoon, this unit completely occupied the walls of Guangzhou City and blocked the city gates. Began to purge the Qing army in the city of Guangzhou...... Up to now, there is no heavy artillery used by the squadron attacking Guangzhou. Up to the battles that had already been observed, this squadron was no less combat-ready than any European regular army, and judging by their uniforms, they also adopted the rank system. What is certain is that this army has the same military system as the European armies, and it remains to be seen where they came from......"

On June 6th, half a month later is the summer solstice. Even before the day when the day was longest and the night was shortest, at about 7 p.m., the sun was still hanging brightly in the western sky. Of course, the staff headquarters of the First Army of the Guangfu Army had learned basic geographical knowledge, and everyone knew that it could not last long when the light was good, and the Qing army strongholds in Guangzhou were basically wiped out or charged. Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, gathered his troops that were still able to control zhì to the vicinity of the yamen of the governor of Liangguang for the final resistance, and correspondingly, the battle of the Guangfu army to attack the yamen of the governor of Liangguang was also in full swing.

Liang Changtai, the commander of the artillery brigade, led an artillery company and dragged six 12-pounder mountain howitzers to block the main gate of the Yamen of the Governor of Liangguang.

Liang Changtai, who was boiling with blood in the roar of the cannon, couldn't help but scold: "No covering shooting!" Grandma's, if it weren't for the order of the governor, he couldn't destroy the archives in the Liangguang Governor's Palace, wouldn't I know how to flatten this broken place! ”

After scolding his own restrictions, Liang Changtai turned to his subordinates and scolded angrily: "Don't use blasting bombs!" TM is just a few tens of meters away, you dare to use a blasting shell, in case a shell bounces back on the wall, let's go to the west together? What did you listen to during class? What about the death of a dozen brothers in the shelling, and they died in vain? Use grape bombs first! Use grape bombs first! And then break through the wall with a solid bullet! ”

Under Liang Changtai's angry reprimand, the artillerymen quickly understood. They hurriedly took out the blasting shells from the cannon and began to act according to Liang Changtai's command.

Although his mouth is not dry, in fact, Liang Changtai is not angry at all. As an artillery brigade commander, he knew too well what role the artillery he led played in the battle, and he made many great achievements. In the battle to conquer Ganzhou, the artillery made a meritorious service. In this attack on Guangzhou, the artillery swept away the Qing army at the head of the city like a leaf in the autumn wind, allowing the infantry to occupy the city wall bloodlessly. In the face of the Manchu strongholds, the artillery wielded their devastating combat power, and beat the Qing troops in those seemingly fortified strongholds to the ground.

The effort to conquer Guangzhou in one day can't be run, so he scolds and scolds, but in fact, Liang Changtai cares about the lives of his subordinates. By this point, the reckless attack was pointless. Keep going step by step, don't make any mistakes, and everyone will live to see the victory.

Compared with the Guangfu Army, which had already attached great importance to the casualties of the troops, Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang who was trapped in the yamen of the governor of Liangguang at this time, was like ashes. He had known Wei Ze's bravery for a long time, but Ye Mingchen was not an immortal, according to his knowledge of war, Ye Mingchen thought that Wei Ze's troops were an army that was not afraid of death. Such a force is terrible, but Ye Mingchen believes that as long as the Qing army in Guangzhou City is rewarded heavily, and the battle is strictly supervised. Using the strong walls of Guangzhou City, it was still able to withstand Wei Ze's attack.

It wasn't until he personally engaged Wei Ze's troops that Ye Mingchen realized that he was very wrong. The Qing army had no ability to verify whether Wei Ze's army was not afraid of death, and under the precise attack of the flowering shell, the Qing army at the head of Guangzhou collapsed in a very short time.

The Qing army in the city did not have time to readjust its deployment, so it completely lost contact with Ye Mingchen, and Ye Mingchen could only gather the surrounding troops to the Yamen, the governor of Liangguang, to carry out defense. In the distance of the city is the sound of dense qiang cannons, and in the near distance is the sound of dense qiang cannons. The whole city of Guangzhou seems to have entered the Spring Festival, and there are explosions everywhere, the smell of gunpowder smoke everywhere, and the shouts of human beings everywhere.

When an explosion came from the entrance of the Liangguang Governor's Ya, Ye Mingchen was discouraged. The imperial court's report mentioned that the high-ranking Manchu officials who fell into the hands of Wei Ze did not end well, and the ministers, admirals, and governors of the Qin mission were all dead. Ye Mingchen also tried to make people break through, but not long after, the general with the soldiers turned into a corpse and was carried back. Ye Mingchen was quite down-to-earth, he knew that he was going to set a new record for the rank of the Manchu Qing officials killed by Wei Ze.

As a scholar, Ye Mingchen knew that what he should do at this time was to prepare a glass of poisoned wine, and then calmly began to write a suicide note. He opened his mouth several times to order someone to prepare the guy who went on his way, but he couldn't speak. Perhaps at this time, the imperial court suddenly sent troops to rescue, or perhaps Guangdong's regimental training forces suddenly killed behind Wei Ze's troops, killing Wei Ze's army to the ground. All kinds of thoughts came one after another at this time, and even the British sent troops to fight against Wei Ze's troops, and these thoughts that Ye Mingchen would never appear on weekdays appeared.

But the cannon outside was getting louder and louder, denser and closer. The Qing army officer in charge of defense only reported with a crying voice that "the anti-thief broke through the xx" and "our army xx lost", and finally the officer knelt in front of Ye Mingchen with blood on his shoulder, crying, "My lord, the anti-thief is coming into the yamen!" When the mountain was exhausted, the situation that Ye Mingchen was looking forward to reversing the situation was never born.

When the Qing army officer in charge of defense did not appear for a while, and the sound of qiang artillery gradually stopped. Ye Mingchen desperately tried to convince himself that the thieves couldn't support it when they ran out of food. But his body betrayed Ye Mingchen's thinking, and he began to tremble uncontrollably. In fact, Ye Mingchen already understood deep down in his heart that the Qing army defending the yamen of the governor of Liangguang was only afraid that it had been destroyed at this time. But he just rejected the idea. Because admitting defeat means that the time has come for Ye Mingchen to be loyal to the Manchu Qing.

"Those who surrender will not be killed!" "Capture Ye Mingchen alive!" The two slogans sounded in the courtyard of the yamen of the governor of Liangguang, and at the same time there was a hurried pace.

All Ye Mingchen's illusions were completely shattered at this time, he stood up tremblingly, knelt down towards the city of Beijing, and lowered his head deeply against the ground. "Hooray!" Ye Mingchen cried.

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