After Gou Xingwang led everyone into the county office, the Qing army had already arrived. Now there is no way out, and everyone has to fight to the death with the Qing army. Only the remaining more than 100 Ming Restoration troops blocked the gate of the county government.

At this moment, a large number of cannons suddenly sounded outside the city, and no less than hundreds of cannons were being heard. Not long after the cannon sounded, the Qing army's offensive was no longer fierce. On the contrary, many Qing troops began to retreat outside the city. Gou Xingwang and others who watched it were inexplicable, and no one could figure out which one the Qing army was singing.

Looking at the Qing army that had all withdrawn, Gou Xingwang didn't understand what was going on for a while, and thought that the Qing army was coming to persuade him to surrender. As a result, after waiting for a long time and not seeing anyone coming, Mao Shoudeng was slashed by the Qing army in the retreat just now, and is now bandaging.

Gou Xingwang said: "You stay here, I'll go out and have a look." After speaking, Gou Xingwang took the two people Zhuang out of the gate of the county government. When I looked outside, I found that not only was there no Qing soldiers in front of the entire county government, but even on the streets of the city, there was not a single Qing soldier, as if the Qing soldiers had never come to attack the city at all.

A Minzhuang said: "What the hell, the Qing army was obviously going to kill us all immediately, why did they suddenly disappear?" Another Min Zhuang said: "Maybe the Qing army suddenly woke up, we are all Han Chinese, and they are unwilling to fight us." ”

The previous Minzhuang said: "All the nonsense, if they can wake up, when will they not wake up, but wait until this time to wake up?" Gou Xingwang said: "Don't speak, let's go to the direction of the city gate and see if the soldiers are gone." ”

So Gou Xingwang took two people and walked cautiously all the way to the city gate. When he was just halfway there, Gou Xingwang suddenly said: "Listen, is there another shouting and killing sound?" The two Minzhuang suddenly listened carefully and said, "General, there is really a shouting of killing, it can't be that the Qing soldiers are attacking from behind us." They attacked from behind, haven't they already entered the county government now? ”

Gou Xingwang was also taken aback, but then thought about it. Then he said: "Impossible, even if they attack from behind, but in a county town, how can they shout so little." And just now they are about to attack the county government, isn't it superfluous to come and attack now? Just when the three of them didn't know how to guess at all, suddenly a Ming Restoration Army ran from behind.

From afar, he shouted, "My lord, someone is attacking the city." Gou Xingwang was startled and said, "Who is attacking the city?" Where did they go? How many Qing troops were there? ”

The soldiers of the Restoration Army took two breaths before saying: "My lord, it's not the Qing army that is attacking the city, it's our people who are attacking the city, and our people are attacking Wuchang City." Gou Xingwang thought that the soldiers were confused, and said: "You dare to be so honest, how big is Wuchang City, how can you say that you can fight." Unless it is His Highness who arrives with a large army, who.... ”

Gou Xingwang suddenly came to his senses and said, "What did you say?" You say our people are attacking Wuchang City? The soldier of the Restoration Army nodded and said: "Yes, my lord, just now some people ran to say that they ran to the edge of the Yangtze River, only to find that someone was attacking the city in Wuchang." Now the fire in Wuchang City on the opposite side is soaring, and it seems that they have all attacked Wuchang City. Do you think, isn't it only our Restoration Army that can attack Wuchang City now? ”

Gou Xingwang suddenly turned around excitedly, rubbing his hands together while walking back and forth: "Yes, now only our Restoration Army will attack Wuchang City." Since it was the Restoration Army attacking, it must be His Highness that they have arrived. Our reinforcements arrived, and we were saved. ”

Speaking of this, Gou Xingwang suddenly said loudly to the soldier of the Restoration Army: "Do you know? Your Highness has come with a great army, we have reinforcements, we are saved. When the soldiers of the Restoration Army heard this, they also figured it out. Immediately cried excitedly: "Our reinforcements came, we were saved." When he had finished speaking, he fell to the ground and began to cry.

The two people on the side looked at Gou Xingwang and the soldiers of the Restoration Army with blank expressions. It took a long time before he cheered happily and said, "We are saved, our reinforcements have arrived." Then he ran frantically to the county office, shouting as he ran.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Fuming Army did not dare to let Gou Xingwang stay here, and hurriedly helped Gou Xingwang to return to the county office. By the time Gou Xingwang returned to the county office, the entire county government had fallen into a carnival. It was a carnival, but everyone was crying.

Gou Xingwang is also full of emotion now, and he feels like he is dying. Gou Xingwang now understands that the reason why the Qing soldiers retreated was because they saw Wuchang City attacked by the Ming Restoration Army, and they were leaving a way back for themselves. But Gou Xingwang didn't dare to be careless, it was useless to deploy defense, after all, there were only a hundred people in the Restoration Army in Hanyang City now, and all of them were wounded.

But Gou Xingwang still sent a few Minzhuang out to inquire about the situation, and after a while, Minzhuang came back and said: "General, now the Qing army outside the city has all returned to the barracks, and there is no one outside at all." I just looked at it on the city wall, and the Qing army's water village was under fire. The one that hit is called a ferocious, and if there were anyone, it would probably be blown into meat scraps. ”

Gou Xingwang asked again: "Then how is it in Wuchang City now?" The man said: "I don't know what it is, but the entire Wuchang City is full of flames, and there are people on the city wall who are constantly fighting." ”

Gou Xingwang hurriedly said: "What's the use of saying this? What is the situation of the Qing army now? Where have our armies gone? The Minzhuang scratched his head a little embarrassed and said, "General, I patronized and watched the excitement, but I didn't see it clearly." ”

Gou Xingwang was helpless, and at this time, Mao Shoudeng had already bandaged it, and said to Gou Xingwang: "My lord, why don't you go and take a look, if there are any changes, it's easy to arrange." Gou Xingwang said: "But, if I leave, the Qing army will come to attack AM again?" ”

Mao Shoudeng said: "It's okay, I'm here to watch, now there are only a hundred of us, and the rest are some women and children, if you really come to the Qing army, you may not be useful here." Then Mao Shoudeng said: "Actually, adults don't have to worry, since the Qing army retreated just now, and now the battle in Wuchang is so fierce." The Qing army will not come to attack us until the battle on the other side is over. ”

Gou Xingwang thought about it for a while, and also felt that what Mao Shoudeng said was reasonable. What's more, he himself really wanted to go out and find out about the situation. Then he said, "Okay, I'll go out and have a look." Be careful, too. ”

Gou Xingwang came to the city wall, and there were corpses everywhere along the way. The Qing army had all returned to the barracks, and there was silence everywhere in the entire city of Hanyang. Some of the houses that had been set on fire were still on fire, with occasional crackling sounds.

Gou Xingwang looked at Wuchang, who had completely fallen into the shouting and killing sound on the other side, and seemed to think of Hanyang a few days ago. Now there are countless corpses piled up under the city, and if you are a timid person, I am afraid that you will already be frightened just standing here.

In the darkness of the night, there was a sudden sound of footsteps, and the sound of more than one person's footsteps was heard. After a while, a conversation came: "My lord, it looks like Hanyang City has been broken by Qing soldiers, and there are no Qing soldiers outside the city for a long time. There was no sound of fighting in the city, and it is estimated that all the brothers of the First Army were martyred. ”

Then another person said: "Hey, it's a pity, I was thinking that I could save a few people." As a result, all of them had already been martyred, so we had to go back and choose a place to prepare to cross the river with the army. ”

The Fuming Army, which came out with Gou Xingwang, suddenly said: "That bastard is talking nonsense, Lao Tzu is still standing here, and he actually said that Lao Tzu was martyred." The people in the city were also frightened, and immediately shouted, "Mom, I've met a ghost." ”

Gou Xingwang's thoughts were also disturbed, and he suddenly said angrily to the city: "Which army are you sons and daughters, are you such a scout?" Twittering along the way, are you deaf when you are a Qing army? Get out of here. The people from the city came out, and there were five or six people in all.

These people stood under the city, cowering and looking at the three Gou Xingwang in the city. One of them said, "Who are you?" Why are there only three of you standing here? We are the soldiers of the Marine, and we have come to check on the state of the defenders in the city. ”

Gou Xingwang groaned: "Water Master? There are only 3,000 sailors in our Restoration Army, why did they suddenly come to Wuchang? Where are you sailors? The people under the city said: "General, we are the Dongting Lake Water Division, and we just happened a few days ago." ”

Gou Xingwang said to himself: "Dongting Lake Water Master? This is the sailor of the Qing army. Then he shouted to the people under the city: "I see, how many of you have come?" Is His Highness besieging the city on the other side? The people under the city couldn't answer this question, after all, it was just a small soldier, and said: "General, there are not many people who came this time, and we don't know who the people who are attacking the city on the other side are." ”

Seeing this, Gou Xingwang said: "Take how many people you are here now, you should enter the city as soon as possible." Seeing this, the Fuming army next to him said: "General, no, let them enter the city so easily, what if they are pretending to be the Qing army?" ”

Gou Xingwang said: "Even if you don't pretend, can't the Qing army attack it?" If the Qing army hadn't retreated just now, would we still be able to block the Qing army's attack? If it is really the Qing army, the big deal is that they will die after they come in, what are you afraid of? ”

At that moment, the two soldiers of the Restoration Army couldn't refute it, and said secretly: "Yes, there are only a hundred Restoration Army, where can you still stop the Qing army from attacking the city?" But the next facts proved that the worries of the two were unnecessary. It didn't take long for the people under the city to enter the city one after another. Gou Xingwang and the others secretly counted about a thousand people. These people, of course, are the Dongting Lake water division arranged by Zhu Youdong to come over to reinforce Hanyang City.

After confirming that these people were all Restoration Army, Gou Xingwang was relieved. After all, no one wants to die if they can live. The sailor also said some about the situation on the other side, and Gou Xingwang knew that Zhu Youdong was really coming with a large army on the other side, and he was really attacking Wuchang at present.

After Gou Xingwang knew the situation, he thought for a while and said, "Now that the battle situation in Wuchang City is now, it is estimated that there is nothing wrong. The Qing army outside Hanyang City is now a big variable, and we have to find a way to solve it. Mao Shouden said: "How do you want to solve it?" Today, the Qing army has more than 50,000 troops, and we only have 1,000 people. ”

Gou Xingwang smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Sometimes, defeating the enemy does not necessarily require an army, but the best strategy is to attack the heart. After listening to Gou Xingwang's words, Mao Shouden said: "My lord wants to persuade him to surrender? Gou Xingwang said: "What's not to do? Now that the Qing army has lost Wuchang, they are now rootless, and it is best to persuade them to surrender at this time. ”

Outside Hanyang City, the strength of the Restoration Army and the Qing Army is very different. The Qing army had more than 50,000 troops, and nearly 30,000 people, and the strength was so disparity, Gou Xingwang still insisted on persuading him to surrender. The others couldn't stop him, so they had to go with him.