With such a powerful cannon threat, even more people don't want to take Hanyang City. In addition, there are a total of three defense lines in Hanyang City, each of which is based on the river to build a dam. With such a configuration and deployment, coupled with two artillery positions, it is impossible to conquer it at all.

Therefore, Gou Xingwang had to let people go first and take the two artillery positions of the Qing army. Otherwise, there would be no way to attack Hanyang Castle. Now that the army has set off, Gou Xingwang can only wait for them to attack first.

Then Gou Xingwang took advantage of the moment when the artillery array was attacked, and at the same time raided Hanyang City. In this way, the Qing army could not support each other, so that there was a chance to capture Hanyang. Even if this is the case, there will not be much time left for the Restoration Army.

Once the Qing army reacts, it will defend with all its might, and then the Qing army in Wuchang will quickly come to support. The Restoration Army will face the situation of being flanked from front to back. Then there will be no chance of taking Hanyang again.

At this time, the sky is just dawning, and every time you wait for a breath is very risky. Maybe when, it will be discovered by the Qing army. Gou Xingwang kept looking at the artillery positions of the Qing army, rubbing his hands from time to time. The surrounding soldiers of the Restoration Army also squatted on the ground, and from time to time someone wiped their hands on their clothes a few times. It was due to nervousness, sweat from the hand holding the knife.

Fortunately, Gou Xingwang didn't wait long, and after another quarter of an hour, the first shout of murder sounded on Turtle Mountain, and some people continued to roar and attack the top of the mountain.

It was Zhou Linyuan who commanded the capture of Guishan, and he was also the old man of the Restoration Army. At this time, he was leading a large army to attack the mountain, and the Qing army guarding the mountain did not expect that there would be a large army attacking the mountain for a while. was caught off guard by the Restoration Army, and seeing that the Restoration Army was attacking very fiercely, the Qing Army on the mountain fled in all directions.

Because the Yangtze River waterway had to be blocked on Guishan and the grain in Hankou had to be protected, the governor of Huguang attached special importance to it. There were 1,000 Qing troops and 500 gunners on Turtle Mountain, with a total of more than 20 cannons. This lineup is enough to deal with any attack, not to mention the Phoenix Mountain artillery array next to it.

As long as the mountain could hold on for half an hour, the Qing army in Wuchang would be able to rush over to support, so the Qing army relaxed its vigilance. was led by Zhou Linyuan, and rushed directly to the halfway up the mountain. At this time, the Restoration Army was only a mile away from the artillery array, and the position of the Restoration Army had reached the dead end of the artillery.

Gao Shougui, the deputy general of the Qing army guarding the artillery array, was startled when he heard that someone was attacking the artillery array here, and waited for Gao Shougui to run out to take a look. Sure enough, there were a large number of troops attacking the mountain, and when I saw the flag, I was immediately relieved. When he saw the banner of the Ming Dynasty, he thought that the nearby people gathered to make trouble, and now he played the banner of the Ming army to find a name for himself.

Gao Shougui said loudly: "Brothers, there are some chaotic people under the mountain, they are the people who have just gathered, and they think that it is terrible to play the banner of the Ming army. How did they know that we were killing the Ming army, and as long as the Ming army touched my Qing Dynasty's heavenly soldiers, they were immediately frightened and peed their pants. ”

The noble soldiers next to him suddenly roared and said, "Yes, the Ming army came to give us credit, and if we cut off their heads, it is our silver." ”

Gao Shougui said: "Yes, kill me, I am in charge today, whoever kills a Ming army will be rewarded with one or two silver." The surrounding Qing army is also used to fighting the previous Ming army, and now I heard that killing a Ming army will cost one or two silver, and everyone is suddenly brightened. It seems that what rushed down the mountain was not the Ming army, but a silver ingot.

Encouraged by Gao Shougui, the Qing army on the mountain suddenly roared and rushed towards the Restoration Army on the mountainside. Zhou Linyuan, who was commanding the charge, looked at the Qing army rushing over, and suddenly became a little puzzled. I have been fighting with the Qing army for so long, and I have never seen anyone who can charge so much in front of the Restoration Army.

Suddenly, Zhou Linyuan also roared angrily: "Brothers, the Qing army on the mountain treats us as those soft persimmons in the past. Rush up to me and give them a long memory. Kill! The Restoration Army, which was already a little tired, suddenly rushed towards the Qing Army again.

Looking at the Ming army who dared to charge, Gao Shougui on the mountain smiled and said: "These Ming troops really don't know whether they are dead or alive, they are originally rushing up and attacking from the back." They still want to have a hard time with the heavenly soldiers of my Qing Dynasty, it seems that they really don't know how thick the sky is. Give me a drum so that the brethren may charge harder, so that the rebels may have a good look at what an army is and what a war is. ”

Suddenly, the drums of the Qing army on the mountain became more urgent, and the Qing army that rushed down the mountain became more imposing. Zhou Linyuan of the Restoration Army looked at it, and didn't say much, and shouted directly: "Let them see the majesty of my Ming Dynasty and know the strength of our Restoration Army." Kill. ”

The morale of the other soldiers of the Restoration Army was even higher, and they rushed directly towards the Qing army. The two armies suddenly collided together, and the Restoration Army was in a position of attacking on the back, and for a while it seemed that it was impossible to resist. But the charging Fuming Army didn't care about it at all, only caring about greeting the Qing army, and even exchanging lives for lives.

Although the Qing army seemed to be able to block the Restoration Army easily, the Qing army on the front line understood. These Restoration Army didn't care about themselves at all, and even if they died, they would desperately stab the knife in their hands into the body of the Qing Army. For a while, the swords on the mountainside were flying and blood flashed.

Soldiers on both sides suffered dozens of casualties in an instant. Because the Qing army was scattered everywhere before, more than 300 people have been killed by the Restoration Army. At this time, there were still about 100 people defending everywhere, and only more than 500 people attacked the Restoration Army.

On the other hand, on the side of the Restoration Army, there are nearly 3,000 soldiers, and those who go forward and follow each other just rush to the mountains. At the beginning, the Qing army relied on the terrain advantage to block the Restoration Army. At this time, there were more and more soldiers of the Restoration Army, and the Qing Army was immediately surrounded by the Restoration Army.

The Qing army that rushed into battle realized that this group of Ming troops was not a rabble as the general said. Looking at the level of elite, it is not worse than the Eight Banners. Looking at the gradually closing encirclement, the Qing army, which was still indomitable just now, suddenly began to panic a little.

But now the high guards on the top of the mountain have no intention of withdrawing troops, and the Qing army has no choice but to start gathering and forming a circle to defend. However, the Restoration Army did not entangle with the Qing army at all, leaving 2,000 people to surround the Qing army, and the other 1,000 people continued to attack the mountain.

The high guards on the mountain saw that the Ming army was not fooled at all, and they immediately couldn't care about it. directly led more than 100 Qing soldiers around him to meet the attacking Fuming army.

Zhou Linyuan, who was still on the mountainside, shouted loudly, letting the soldiers of the Restoration Army attack the Qing army's round formation. It's a long time, but it's actually only a quarter of an hour. The artillery garrison on the mountain, looking at the Ming army rushing up the mountain, suddenly said anxiously: "Why don't the artillery of Phoenix Mountain fire their artillery to support us here." ”

An artilleryman next to him said: "My lord, you see, it's not that they don't support, I think they are also very sad." The garrison turned his head and was shocked, it turned out that there were people attacking the mountain on the other side of Phoenix Mountain. Because he had been watching the side of Guishan before, plus the shouts of the Restoration Army attacking the mountain.

I didn't find it for a while, but when I found out at this time, the situation in Phoenix Mountain was already very critical. Since Phoenix Mountain is much shorter than Turtle Mountain, the Ming army over there has already attacked the top of the mountain.

Moreover, many Qing soldiers have fled in all directions, and even many gunners have already surrendered on their knees. When the garrison saw this, he immediately sighed: "It seems that we can only wait for the army in Hanyang City to come to our aid." ”

As soon as the garrison finished sighing, he saw Gao Shougui being chased by the Ming army and ran over. Gao Shougui shouted as he ran: "Quick, quickly retreat down the mountain, destroy the artillery, and can't let these Ming troops go." ”

Due to the haste of retreat, one of his feet was unstable and he suddenly fell to the ground. Gao Shougui didn't dare to stay, and rolled directly down the mountain. Fortunately, not far away, it is the artillery battalion garrison. Seeing Gao Shougui rolling directly from the ground, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Gao Shougui up.

Gao Shougui said angrily: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Go and blow up the artillery, do you really want to leave the cannon to the Ming army? ”

The soldiers of the Restoration Army who chased after him shouted: "Don't think about blowing up the artillery, if you dare to blow it up, I will kill all the people in your artillery battalion." Saying that, a few people chased Gao Shougui and killed, Gao Shougui resisted and retreated. He also roared in his mouth: "Jiang Yongning, you dare to give the cannon to the Ming army, think about what results you will have." ”

At this time, a voice came from the top of the mountain, saying: "If he gives the artillery battalion to the Ming Dynasty, I will protect him with glory, and I will no longer be a dog or a slave to the Manchurians." "It's really Zhou Linyuan who spoke.

It turned out that Gao Shougui was attacked by the Restoration Army just now, and as soon as Gao Shougui retreated, the drummer who was beating the drum suddenly had to flee for his life. The Qing army on the mountainside was not inspired by the sound of drums, and immediately panicked, and could no longer stop the attack of the Restoration Army.

Zhou Linyuan saw that the Qing army here was defeated, and immediately shouted: "Your generals have already fled, do you still want to resist?" Do you really want to accompany the Manchu funeral? ”

Those Qing troops were already a little flustered, but now when they heard Zhou Linyuan say, many people suddenly began to look left and right. Although the Qing army has hesitated, the soldiers of the Restoration Army have not stopped, and are still desperately attacking the Qing army.

The people in the back were still hesitating, but the people in front didn't want to wait, and suddenly shouted: "Don't fight, we surrender, don't fight." "Even so, there are only about 200 people left in the Qing army who can stand.

As soon as Zhou Linyuan saw that the Qing army here had no resistance, he immediately rushed to the top of the mountain with five hundred people. As soon as he arrived at the artillery position, he heard Gao Shougui threatening the garrison of the artillery battalion, so Zhou Linyuan immediately opened his mouth to stop.

Jiang Yongning originally listened to Gao Shougui's words, but he was still a little hesitant. But now that Zhou Linyuan has come with a large army, he just turned around and ran, and he can still take care of the cannon there. Gao Shougui also scolded when he saw this, and then hurriedly ran down the mountain.

As soon as the two of them ran away, the other gunners also fled for their lives. Zhou Linyuan suddenly shouted: "Hurry up and rob them, don't let them escape." "Of course you can't let these gunners run away now, if they do. The artillery positions captured by the Restoration Army are not a pile of scrap metal?

Jiang Yongning and Gao Shougui took the people and fled in front, and the soldiers of the Restoration Army desperately chased after them behind. Gao Shougui was injured in the fight just now, and before he could run a mile, he was caught up by the Restoration Army. Seeing that he couldn't escape, Gao Shougui was about to surrender immediately, but before he could shout the word surrender, he was slashed in the neck by the soldiers of the Restoration Army behind.

Gao Shougui screamed miserably, fell to the ground, and covered his neck with his hands. But he couldn't stop the blood gushing out, Gao Shougui opened his mouth wide and drank violently, but he died in a few clicks. When Jiang Yongning next to him saw it, he immediately lay on the ground and shouted: "Spare your life, I won't run, I won't run, I will surrender." ”

The gunners who were still fleeing just now also surrendered one after another when they saw this, and only the dozens of people who went down the mountain at the beginning ran away. Seeing this, Zhou Linyuan immediately escorted all these gunners back to the artillery position on the mountain. Let Jiang Yongning take the gunner to start loading and prepare to fire.

At this time, Zhou Linyuan had time to observe Phoenix Mountain, which was not far away, and saw that the battlefield was already being cleaned on Phoenix Mountain. There were also quite a few Qing gunners under the supervision of the Restoration Army, and began to clear the cannons, ready to be loaded.