"Everybody, come out! Let's fight away the Liberation Army and welcome back the officials and soldiers of the imperial court! ”

"Let's go and kill the Liberation Army! Kill a soldier and reward ten taels! Kill an official and reward 100 taels! Give back the fame! ”

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Before noon, such shouts were everywhere in Wuzhou City. In addition to the range of the artillery and artillery of the Liberation Army at the head of the Water Gate in the south of the city, the militia mobilized all the propagandists to hype up the city.

The people in Guangxi are fierce, the Taiping army relied on the old brothers of Guangxi to fight to Tianjing City, and the militia in Wuzhou City was able to hold the enemy's siege many times over the years, whether it was the Heaven and Earth Society or the boat army, there were tens of thousands of people participating in the siege every time. So there are some young and vigorous teenagers who join the team in high spirits.

But more Wuzhou citizens took a very cold attitude towards this propaganda, such as the policeman Liu San, who strictly ordered his younger brothers not to go out to participate in the fighting. Liu San's reason is very simple, "You listen to these people shouting like this, the reward is terrifying." If they hadn't relied on themselves to have no way to deal with the Liberation Army, would they be willing to offer such a price? When you go out to fight, you might as well join the side that will win! ”

Liu San's view of such an old age was agreed by his father and elder brother, and although Liu San's younger brothers were at the age of strong blood, they did not have the impulse to know what to do after the blood surged. The young men among the people of Wuzhou have accumulated a lot of combat experience in the past few years. I have defended the city, fought battles, seen the siegers killed, and seen the defenders killed. Knowing the cruelty and horror of war, they learned how to avoid death.

Having such rationality is naturally a good thing for the people, but it is not good news for the militia groups. Li Shouchang can be said to have exhausted all his strength and used all his abilities. He even piled up boxes of gold and silver and large strings of copper coins on the streets, hoping that the citizens of Wuzhou would be carried away by the bounty after seeing these riches. But the people were carried away, and the people had to see the money first. At this time, every house is closed, every household is locked, and no people take the initiative to go to the street to watch the excitement.

"Go again, go door to door! Be sure to let them come out to fight! Li Shouchang shouted angrily to his younger brother who was in charge at this time.

"Big brother! Why do you bother? This almost took out all our belongings! Li Shouchang's younger brother objected aggrievedly to Li Shouchang's request, "Besides, fighting a war is also a matter for several families, why do we have to make so much effort?" ”

In the face of his younger brother's opposition, Li Shouchang just smiled bitterly, but he couldn't say a clear reason. It's not that Li Shouchang didn't understand it, but he thought it too clearly, so he knew that he was afraid that he would frighten his younger brother if he said it.

In the morning, faced with all the destroyed artillery, Li Shouchang tentatively asked Liu Wensheng, the general of the official army, if he found a blacksmith to repair it quickly, if he could repair the artillery. Li Wensheng told Li Shouchang that these cannons had been scrapped, and that it took longer to repair them than to melt them and forge them into new ones.

Liu Wensheng had no reason to deceive Li Shouchang at this time, and Li Shouchang's eyebrows immediately wrinkled into a pimple.

Why did the Liberation Army scrap all the iron cannons on the city? They definitely don't want to let these iron cannons continue to work!

What did the Liberation Army use to defend the city? With their own cannons!

What about the Liberation Army's own artillery? In their barracks!

A series of thoughts flew lightning in the mind of Li Shouchang, the leader of the militia group, and these thoughts were in the same vein, and soon pointed to a conclusion. The Liberation Army has been guarding against a rebellion in the city!

This conclusion did not surprise Li Shouchang, it is said that Wei Ze also participated in the siege of Wuzhou, but at that time Wei Ze was in the west of Wuzhou, from the direction of Guangxi. Now the Liberation Army is moving north from Guangxi, eastward, and then south. After making a big circle, he attacked from the east of Wuzhou, and finally brought the city to its knees with both air and ground force. If these veterans didn't think that someone would attack them from behind, they would be underestimating them.

The Guangfu Army has rich experience in warfare, and Li Shouchang is not a young man who has never fought a war! In his feeling, this time the incident has greatly deviated from Li Shouchang's original idea. In the original plan, Li Shouchang and the others attacked everywhere, divided the already weak Guangfu Army into several small combat units, and annihilated them one by one with a superior force of 6:1.

In reality, several units of the Liberation Army easily broke through the encirclement and returned to the base. At this time, the two key points of the Wuzhou Governor's Yamen and the Shuimen Wharf in the south of the city have been firmly guarded by the Guangfu Army. These two areas were already heavily fortified, and the troops of 14oo men were used to defend these two areas, which immediately seemed more than enough.

At this time, Li Shouchang immediately asked the blacksmith in the city to go to the city to see if the artillery could be repaired, no matter what Liu Wensheng said, Li Shouchang felt that he should do things with a clear conscience. What if Liu Wensheng looked away, or was the blacksmith highly skilled and had his own way?

After making this arrangement, Li Shouchang immediately asked the Qing army to send troops to fight with the militia. He said sternly: "Lord Liu, if we can't capture the place where the Guangfu Army is stationed in the city at this time, and after the news leaks, the Guangfu Army in Guangdong will rush over along the Pearl River, what do you think will happen to us?" Naturally, I don't need to talk about it, the whole family business is ruined. But does Lord Liu think that the Liberation Army will let you go? ”

Liu Wensheng is not a fool, of course he can see the situation clearly. There is no artillery at the head of the city, if even the recovery army in the city and the water gate can't be cleaned up, when the reinforcements of the recovery army arrive, these people will have no chance. Liu Wensheng said: "Mr. Li, of course it's okay to let these people fight, but you have to take care of this silver and big smoke first!" ”

It's nothing to use silver to stimulate morale, but it's the first time Li Shouchang has heard of using smoke to stimulate combat ability. But Liu Wensheng is extremely confident, "When the big smoke is delivered, someone will dare to fight immediately!" ”

Professionals and non-professionals are different, Liu Wensheng let a group of big smokers in the official army take a few puffs casually, just cured the addiction, but did not completely satisfy them. The big smokers were able to stand firm, and they were able to hold their guns. What Liu Wensheng said next was very simple, if he wanted to have fun, and if he didn't have to worry about cigarette money in the future, he would play the second life, and rushed up to break through the barricades guarded by the Guangfu Army in front.

In the direction of Liu Wensheng's finger was a barricade made of sacks filled with earth and sand. The Liberation Army had already prepared these sacks, and after receiving the news of the enemy's attack, they completed the construction of the barricades almost in the blink of an eye. In front of the defense system composed of the yamen and barricades of the Wuzhou prefect, the militia paid 200 casualties, and they could not even get close.

But the officers and soldiers did not know this, and they finally suppressed their addiction at this time, and their consciousness was not completely lost. I heard that as long as this battle is over, I will no longer have to worry about cigarette money in the future, and I will immediately be in high spirits. Of course, the gang all asked for a few more puffs before they attacked. Liu Wensheng glanced at Li Shouchang, and Li Shouchang immediately opened the box with the big smoke, and the eyes of the group of big smokers were straight. Next to the box filled with cigarettes was a box full of silver and copper coins, and the greedy eyes of the smokers added a little more fervality.

Liu Wensheng shouted hysterically: "Brothers! Knock down that post, and all this smoke and silver are yours! It's up to you whether you want to do it or not! ”

"Oh!" "Oh!!" "Hit!" "Hit!" The officers and soldiers of the Great Smoker shouted together.

In the passionate shouting, Li Wensheng hurried to Li Shouchang's side and whispered: "Mr. Li, I will hand over these 2oo people to you first." You hurry up and let the militia take the lead in fighting, I will hand over the people to you, and the rest is up to you! ”

Of course, Li Shouchang didn't want to let go of this opportunity, commanding the charge of four or five hundred people was also something that had never happened to Li Shouchang, at least at this moment, he suddenly had a feeling that he had become a general commanding thousands of troops.

However, half an hour later, Li Shouchang looked at the battlefield with hundreds of people lying in a daze, and the whole person seemed to be petrified. Not only Li Shouchang, but all the militia leaders who witnessed the battle turned pale, and some people looked left and right blankly, but their eyes were almost completely unfocused. These people have never really participated in large-scale battles, and they know nothing about modern warfare.

Just now, when the team of more than 400 people rushed towards the barricade that looked ordinary and very thin, the indomitable ruthlessness made the people watching the battle feel enthusiastic.

Such a charge would certainly be met with enemy rifle fire, and everyone in the militia knew that this was how they resisted the attack of the Heaven and Earth Society and the Boat Army. However, with the experience of Wuzhou City, the barricade on the opposite side, which can accommodate at most more than 4o people side by side, cannot withstand the attack of more than 400 people. Maybe there will be dozens of casualties along the way, but the rest of the people will rush to the barricades and be able to climb over, and at that time, relying on the advantage of numbers, they can win anything.

This is the idea of all the upper echelons, including those who are attacking. The attacking gang has been promised a big reward, and even if they are unfortunately killed, their families will be taken care of. Of course, the charging guys weren't so pessimistic. Whether it is agitated by smoke or silver, it is a cause. Attacking with so many people, blending in such a "huge" team, in itself, gave them a sense of security.

Then, when this team rushed to a place more than ten meters away from the barricade, it suddenly fell into the all-round fire attack of the Liberation Army. The so-called all-round blow is not only from the front, the rifle fires from the frontal storm, but the effect is very limited. The greatest casualties to the militias and officers and soldiers were artillery and hand 1ei. The artillery position of the Liberation Army "ploughed" the entire team in a very short time, from the middle of the team to the tail of the team, the whistling shells smashed the bones of human beings, tore human **, fell heavily to the ground, and then exploded. Shrapnel flew in all directions, limbs were severed, and torsos were pierced. Within four or five minutes, the second half of the militia and the official army was turned into a slaughterhouse.

In the first half of the game, they were attacked by Hand 1ei, and the strong Recon grenadiers threw the heavy Hand 1ei into the ranks of the militia and the official army, and each explosion was like a scythe of death, spinning and harvesting the lives of those around them. Coupled with the fierce rifle fire, the dense queue of more than 400 people instantly turned into a dense procession of more than 400 dead and dying people in the street.

Just such a blow completely shattered the fighting spirit of the militia and the official army. Some of the militia members were so frightened that their pants were wet, and some of the militia members sneaked back to their homes and never dared to come out again.

Li Shouchang was certainly scared enough, but he knew very well that his family business was in Wuzhou, and if he couldn't win this time, the Li family was destined to end up in a ruined situation. Therefore, he couldn't accept it in his heart, and Li Shouchang could only grit his teeth and give an order, recruiting people in the entire Wuzhou City, and he must take the position guarded by the Guangfu Army.

Soon, there were shouts in Wuzhou City encouraging people to come out and participate in the war.

Throughout the afternoon, however, Li Shouchang and the other vigilante groups did not recruit any manpower. Not only did they fail to recruit manpower, but the vassals began to quietly break away from the ranks of the leaders of the four major militias. They can't even maintain their original staffing size.

When night began to fall, some people had already secretly run to the south of the city, where the fighting was not fierce, hoping that the Guangfu army would accept their surrender.

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