On December 8, the righteous army led by Gong Chuntai came to the territory of Liuyang County, Wenjia City in Liuyang County, Hongjianghui in Jingangtou, Hongjianghui in Liling County and other places, and about 3,000 people came to vote for Gong Chuntai. After walking all the way, there was a steady stream of people who came to join the Hongjiang Society, and the team arrived at Fenglinpu, and the team has expanded to more than 25,000 people.

There were more people, and things came, first of all, the Eighth Route dock officer couldn't figure out how many soldiers he had. It is okay for these dock officers to recruit members and engage in secret activities, but to ask them to lead the army to fight is obviously too demanding of them.

Gong Ren told them to first build up their own organizations, and the top priority at the moment is to stabilize the cadre contingent first. They had no choice but to send officers to the lower levels, the lower than the dock, the lower than the battalion, the lower than the battalion, and the lower platoon. This battalion and that battalion, this squad and that battalion, often the soldiers cannot find the officers, and the officers cannot find the soldiers.

Angry, Liao Shubao scolded, led a few cronies to run around, and scolded the dock officer for leading his team.

When it was time to eat, there were more things, and all the dock officials came to Wei Zongquan, who was also in charge of money and grain, to ask for money and grain. Wei Zongquan has not yet established an effective logistical support organization, and he is short of money and food, and he is very busy, and there are still many people who cannot eat food and vegetables.

When it comes to sleeping at night, it is even more troublesome, and you can't live in the houses of ordinary people, so there are always many people sleeping outside without bedding. In the evening, when the cool breeze blew in December, many people got a cold, and when they woke up in the morning, either this person coughed or that person was uncomfortable.

Seeing the situation of the troops, Gong Chuntai was also very anxious, discussed with Gong Ren and Wei Zongquan, and decided to take Liuyang County as soon as possible, first, to encourage the morale of the people, second, so that the troops could obtain sufficient food, weapons, and ammunition, and third, to take a good rest.

As soon as Gong Chuntai made up his mind, the straw sandals came to report again, and Jiang Shoudan gathered the three parties of Qishan, Daguangdong, and Xidong, a total of more than 10,000 people, and had begun to attack Liuyang County. Liao Shubao was so angry that he scolded: "It's just such a piece of fat, and let Jiang Shoudan rob it, what are we coming all the way for, isn't it for Liuyang County!" This Jiang Shoudan, why don't you discuss it with us, it's too uninteresting. ”

Gong Ren said: "This Jiang Shoudan, he is too light on the enemy, is Liuyang County easy to fight, and if you join forces with us, you will have more strength, and you will have more hope of victory, which is more certain than fighting by themselves." Wei Zongquan was also a little anxious, and shouted: "Once they take Liuyang, they won't be robbed of all the money and food, so what will we eat, we are still waiting for the rice in Liuyang County to go to the pot." We're not on it yet. ”

Gong Chuntai immediately issued an order, sent troops to Liuyang County, struck while the iron was hot, and took it in one fell swoop.

As soon as I heard that Liuyang County was beaten, the crowd was excited, especially those who carried baskets and cloth bags, and they were secretly happy in their hearts.

Liao Shubao was so angry that he asked everyone to throw away all these messy toys, so as not to affect the morale of the army. The dock officials were busy conveying orders and urging their subordinates to hurry up and carry them out, but it was not so easy to carry out this simple order.

Tang Qingying stabbed Gong Ren and said with a sneer: "Brother Gong Ren, do you think such a team can fight? Gong Ren frowned and said: "It's chaotic, it's too chaotic, this is the army, it's just some ordinary people." Alas - it can only be left to fate, in such a short time, it is simply too late to train the troops. As long as Liuyang is defeated, the team takes a breath and trains again, it may be much better. Tang Qingying smiled again and said, "Unless Liuyang City is muddy." ”

Before the large army arrived at Liuyang County, they heard gunfire in the direction of Liuyang County.

I don't know who shouted: "Run, it's too late, there's nothing." "Everyone ran along, and the team ran forward in a chaotic manner. Some people were trampled off their shoes by the ones behind, bent down to find their shoes, and the ones behind couldn't dodge, and suddenly overwhelmed the people in front, and the people behind them pressed a bunch of them. Some people ran and ran, and in a daze, they ran into someone else's ranks, and the officers in that team did not recognize the soldiers.

The monks, under the leadership of Master Demo, were unusually calm, and they silently chanted: "Everything is empty, transcendental, wholeheartedly protect the Dharma, kill the Qing Demon ......" They moved forward in an orderly manner, as if the actions of the ordinary people in the world had nothing to do with them.

Master Demo told the story to the monks and Hongjiang members, whether they had time or not. He said: "Even if gold coins are sprinkled in the sky, they cannot satisfy their desires, and desires are less happiness and more suffering."

Once, the father of a young bhiku died, leaving him some possessions. At first, he said that he didn't need the money, but then he felt that it was better to live a worldly life, so he became dissatisfied with his monastic life and became thinner and thinner.

Bhikku told the Buddha about this dissatisfaction, saying that if he had the money his father had given him, he would be able to live a comfortable life. The Buddha advised him that the world is not content, even kings with great powers. The Buddha then told him the story of the king of the Buddha, who was the holy king of the four kings and the god of the heavens, and enjoyed the reverence of these two kings. On one occasion, after living in Telita for a while, he wished that he would be the sole ruler of Telitane and not that he would rule the country together with the emperor. However, he was unable to fulfill this wish, and still had to govern the country with the emperor, and because he could not fulfill his desires, he quickly grew old and weakened, and died soon after.

After listening to the Buddha's admonitions, the young Bhikkhu decided to remain in the sangha and strive to be free from the bondage of desire. ”

Gong Chuntai led a large army to Liuyang City to take a look, strange, Jiang Shoudan's soldiers, the living and the dead could not be seen, only to see the city everywhere bloodstained, tattered ladders, tattered clothes, flat baskets and rag bags, thrown everywhere.

After a while, Jiang Shoudan's straw sandals found Gong Chuntai and said that Jiang Shoudan couldn't capture Liuyang County, so he had retreated, and asked Gong Chuntai to give them this bad breath. Gong Chuntai shook his head and said: "Jiang Shoudan, Jiang Shoudan, if you don't have the strength, why do you want to fight together, why be so anxious!" ”

Gong Chuntai stabilized the troops, called Liao Shubao over, and asked Liao Shubao to organize a team to attack Liuyang County.

Liao Shubao looked up at the head of Liuyang City, although he was bold by nature, he couldn't help but "knock" like a small drum in his heart. The city wall of Liuyang County is 4 zhang high, the wall is solid, the battlement, the city tower, the corner tower are complete, the black city gate is thick and strong, and it is tightly closed. There was a moat outside the city, the river was five zhang wide, the black water was unfathomable, and the suspension bridge leading to the city had long been hung high. I don't have artillery or explosives, and I don't have ladders and wooden boats, so how can I attack Liuyang County?

Uncle Liao called the first, second, and third road dock officials and asked them, "How do you plan to cross the trench and how to go up the city wall?" ”

The first, second, and third way dock officials, you look at me, I look at you, with a blank face, obviously they are also big girls in the sedan chair - the first time.

Gong Ren came over and suggested: "The moat is generally not deep, you can find a few people to go down and try the depth, if the water is not deep, you can ask someone to set up a ladder in the water, and ask the soldiers to go down the ladder and go up the trench." There must be a ladder to attack the city wall, and there is a bamboo forest nearby, so you can ask people to cut down bamboo nearby, and tie a few more ladders to use when crossing the trench to attack the city. ”

Liao Shubao said: "Just listen to you." So he arranged for a few people to go down to the moat to test the depth, but fortunately, the water was not deep, so he asked the first, second, and third dock officials to quickly organize people to cut down bamboo, tie up ladders, and prepare to attack the city.

At one time in Liuyang City, people shouted and neighed, and there was chaos.

At this time, there was no movement on the city wall of Liuyang County, and no one could see it on the battlements, city towers, and corner towers, like an empty city, only above the county seat, and occasionally a crow flew over, croaking, passing over the head of the righteous army, and flying into the distance.

Gong Ren said to Tang Qingying: "Look at this Qing army dog officer guarding the city, he is enough to be a thief." If they all stand on the city wall and bluff, they must be weak-hearted, and if they all hide in the battlements and skillfully arrange, this is the most terrible. I feel that the siege will be a tough battle, a vicious battle. ”

Tang Qingying said: "According to what you say, Brother Gong Ren, is it that we will not fight this battle today." ”

"The arrow is on the line, I have to send it, let's see the siege situation first!" Gong Ren said.

The siege began. Liao Shubao held a big knife in his hand and walked in the front, followed by the first, second, and third road dock officials, and then behind were the members of the standards, battalions, teams, and the Flood River Association. They armed with broadswords, spears, shotguns, spears, and ladders marched in a dense line, and for a time the dust was flying, covering the sky and the sun, and the momentum was huge and magnificent.

Monk Demo led the monks to recite: "If you know cause and effect, you can not fall into the three evil paths, know the cause and effect, and remove the barriers of bigotry." Those who know cause and effect cultivate the Dharma of Heaven and Heaven, and those who pass through cause and effect cultivate the Dharma of renunciation. Only when the two concepts of cause and effect are added together can we believe and act on the Mahayana Bodhisattva path. The Qing Dynasty will kill itself if it commits many injustices, and it is only a matter of time before it ends......"

Before arriving at the trench, the Hongjiang members lowered the ladder, and people went down to the trench one after another, some of them smashed on the bodies of others, and some of them were unstable on their feet, and they fell on their backs and splashed muddy water. Everyone dripped waist-deep water, and when they reached the other side, they hurriedly erected a ladder and scrambled to climb up the trench. When many people arrived at the city wall, they began to erect ladders to the wall, rushing to climb up the empty wall.

At this moment, countless human heads and countless black hole muzzles suddenly appeared on the city wall, and with an earth-shattering platoon of gunfire, seventy or eighty people in the Hongjiang Association fell, followed by another row of gunshots, seventy or eighty people fell again, and another row of gunshots rang out......

Confusion began in the ranks of the Hongjiang Society, and people retreated one after another, and Liao Shubao shouted, "Don't retreat—don't retreat—" but his shouts were no longer effective. Several dock officers also brandished guns to prevent the members from retreating, but after shouting for a while, they saw that it didn't work, and they had to retreat with the large army.

When they came to the edge of the ditch, some of them could not find the ladder, so they jumped down, and you pressed me, and I pressed you, and crossed the ditch, and some of them spread their legs and ran. Frightened, confused, shouting, running, the ranks were out of control.

Gong Ren and Wei Zongquan hurriedly led the new force to catch up and closely monitor the city gate. Fortunately, the city gates were not opened, and if the Qing army rushed out, the situation would become even more unpredictable and out of control.

When Liao Shubao arrived in front of Gong Chuntai, he shook his head helplessly, stomped his feet and said, "Our team is too chaotic, and the weapons are too poor. Let me lead those paths and attack them again. Gong Chuntai was silent, stroked his black hair, and with an unusually heavy heart, quietly stared at Liuyang City, which was high and deep, and looked at the miserable scene under the city wall.

There were dead bodies all over the front, pools of blood, countless flat baskets, broken ladders, the dying wailing in pain, the seriously wounded slowly crawling this way, and the lightly wounded falling into the trenches and unable to get up......

Gong Chuntai shook his head, he was speechless for a long time, and after a while, he asked Gong Ren: "I heard that you have fought a few big battles, do you see what we should do?" ”

Gong Ren said: "My personal opinion is that although we have a lot of people, we have not been trained, and our weapons are poor. The fortified city has been unable to be attacked for a long time, and the army is taboo, so it is better for us to retreat to Nanshi Street first, sort out the team, attack or defend, and then make a decision. ”

Gong Chuntai glanced at Wei Zongquan again and said, "What do you say? ”

Wei Zongquan sighed and said, "I don't have any good way, just listen to Gongren." There is our Hongjiang Club in Nanshi Street, which is just the right place to reorganize the team. ”

Liao Shubao shouted: "You can't let the boiled duck fly, we finally got to the city of Liuyang, don't attack the city and kill him personally, don't take his food and share his money, just leave in vain, isn't it too cheap for them?" ”

Gong Chuntai waved his hand and said: "If Liuyang City is easy to fight, Jiang Shoudan would have captured it a long time ago, and what nonsense are we still talking about here, it's decided." Let's retreat to Nanshi Street first, repair the team, and then it's not too late to attack Liuyang. ”

Although Liao Shubao was not happy in his heart, since the governor had decided so, it was not good to say anything. So Gong Chuntai commanded the rescue of the wounded, assembled the team, and withdrew to Nanshi Street.

Before the rebels could attack Liuyang again, the Qing army suddenly concentrated its forces south on the 12th to attack Hongjianghui in Nanshi Street. There was no danger to defend Nanshi Street, and Hongjianghui had to retreat to Niutouling.

This Niushiling is a relatively high hill close to Nanshi Street, there are many stones on the mountain, bamboo forests, trees are relatively few, the team of more than 20,000 people have climbed the mountain, it seems that there are many small people in the mountain, only to see dense Hongjiang members everywhere. Gong Ren overlooked the surrounding hills from the mountain, and found that the nearby hills were dense and lush with bamboo forests, which were just right to deploy the army.

Gong Ren found Gong Chuntai and said: "It's not okay for us to crowd on Niushiling, it's too dense, so it's better to divide into several teams to go to a few small hills below." First, it can block the enemy's attack, and second, it can also avoid too many people on Niushiling, so as not to be shelled by the enemy. ”

Gong Chuntai stroked his beard and thought about it for a while and said, "Our combat effectiveness is not good, and we can't be too scattered. Besides, we have the highest hill here, and the terrain is dangerous, and the upper and lower strikes are like a bamboo, just enough to strike at the enemy fiercely. ”

Gong Ren said: "Our firepower is not good, although the mountain is high, what is the use? Only close combat, hand-to-hand combat, can show our strengths. Without further ado, it will be too late to occupy a few nearby hills. ”

Gong Chuntai waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind, don't intervene anymore." Don't you see, the team is already building temporary fortifications according to my orders? ”

Gong Ren saw that the rebels were digging temporary fortifications in accordance with Gong Chuntai's orders, using shovels and pickaxes they found. However, because there are too many stones on the mountain, although the Hongjiang members have a lot of strength, they have not dug a few decent trenches, and most of the Hongjiang members are still exposed on the mountain.

Liao Shubao took a leather whip and led dozens of relatives to run over, loudly urging the dock officials from all walks of life, asking them to hurry up and repair the fortifications.

Gong Ren nervously watched the enemy situation on several nearby hills, and he saw that the new Qing army was very different from the previous defense. Dressed in brand-new yellow uniforms, the bayonets of their new rifles gleaming in the sun, they were well-trained, stooping down in rows and carrying guns, covering each other, using the cover around them, they leapt forward quickly, and soon occupied several nearby hills.

Tang Qingying asked: "What kind of team is this, why haven't I seen it before?" Gong Ren sighed and said, "It's bad, I have met the new army, this is the new army with the strongest combat effectiveness of Qing Gouzi, and it is the most vicious guard dog of Qing Gouzi." They trained their troops in complete accordance with the training methods of Germany and Japan, with Yuan Shikai training at a small station in the north and Zhang Zhidong in Wuchang in the south. This battle is not easy to fight. ”

Tang Qingying leaned tightly next to Gong Ren, and a military belt was tied to the tight little padded jacket, with a small pistol and a scimitar stuck in the belt. She pursed her lips, looked lukewarm, and said, "Different is different, look at people, and then look at us, how can this battle be fought?" ”

Gong Ren said: "The organization and training of the army is not a day's work, and our Hongjiang Association still has a long way to go if it becomes a new-style army." ”

The mountain began to shoot at several hills below, but because there were fewer guns on the mountain, there was a shortage of bullets, and there were dense bamboo forests on the nearby hills, and the distance was far away, so the sporadic shooting did not have much effect at all.

After occupying various small hills, the enemy quickly approached Niushiling, and the worst thing was that five or six of the enemy's artillery began to bombard Niushiling. In the explosion of "boom-boom-boom", the rebels, who had almost nowhere to hide, were killed and many people were injured.

The rumbling of artillery and the huge casualties seriously shook the morale of the rebels, and the rebels, lacking combat experience and military training, began to run around the hills. When the shells fall from this side, people start running to that side, and when the shells fall from that side, people run to this side again. The running of a few hundred people caused panic among several thousand, and the panic of several thousand people caused great confusion in the hearts of the entire rebel army.

The Qing army did not seem to be in a hurry to attack, they approached Niushiling, using various weapons, and constantly fired at the densely populated places on the mountain, especially the Makqin and Gatling heavy machine guns, the range was long, the speed was fast, and the bullets were dense, and the rebels fell one after another under the shooting of the Qing army.

Liao Shubao saw that he couldn't take advantage of this kind of fighting, held a fast gun in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Heroes who are not afraid of death, Hongjiang members who are not afraid of death, follow me!" Gong Ren, Tang Qingying, and Wei Zongquan followed, eight dock officials followed, and hundreds of the most determined people followed. They advanced to the forefront and used inferior weapons in their hands to launch fierce fires with the Qing army.

Gong Chuntai led dozens of cronies running back and forth on the mountain, trying with all their might to stop the chaos on the mountain, shouting loudly, reprimanding, whapping, and directing the panicked Hongjiang members.

A few of them calmed down and went to the forward positions with weapons in hand, but most of them began to retreat and retreated towards the place that the Qing soldiers had not yet occupied behind the mountain.

The enemy's shelling continued, and the mountains were littered with the dead bodies of Hongjiang members and pools of blood, and the rest were no longer running, and they were concentrating on the forward positions one after another. Gong Chuntai checked the number of people, and found that there were less than 1,000 Hongjiang members who could participate in the battle, while the new army under the mountain had about 3,000 people, and their guns were fast and their ammunition was sufficient.

There are a few people in the Hongjiang Club who are particularly good at marksmanship, especially Tang Qingying, who has no missing bullets and hits, so Liao Shubao ran to Tang Qingying, patted her on the arm and said: "This brother is really good, it turns out that I still look down on you a little, it seems that it is a big mistake." Really, it's not young or old who have the ability, and you're not much worse than me. ”

Tang Qingying glanced at him with some disgust and said, "What are you talking about all this nonsense, if you are idle and uncomfortable, just pick up more bullets for me and check the number of people for me." ”

Liao Shubao smiled and said, "Don't say that I will check the number of people for you, I can call you a little grandfather at this time." It's all like you, and it's much easier for me to be the commander of the former battalion. ”

The Qing soldiers fell in front, and those behind continued to rush forward, and some of the health guards with crosses in the middle of the march quickly removed the wounded. And behind them, there seemed to be a Qing army directing the troops to advance and retreat with trumpets and small drums. Their charge became more and more fierce and well-organized each time, forcing the Hongjiang members to retreat one after another.

Gong Ren said to Liao Shubao: "Do you see the way out?" Liao Shubao said: "They look like an army, but we look at ordinary people with guns." ”

Gong Ren nodded and said, "If we had thousands of well-trained troops, this battle would never have been fought like this. Liao Shubao said: "Aren't you talking nonsense, how can we have time to train the army, how can we have so many guns." ”

The guns were filled with smoke on Niushiling, the guns were rumbling, the guns shook the sky, and the rebels fought from morning to noon, and from noon to dusk, and finally there were only more than 200 people left, and the ammunition was almost gone. After a day of smoke and fire, even hunger and thirst, Hongjiang members were all dark-faced, physically and mentally exhausted, and most of them were hung with flowers.

The Qing army was also extremely tired and temporarily stopped the offensive. There was a deathly silence on Niu Shiling, except for some wounded people who couldn't help but let out a **, the members really didn't even have the strength to speak.

Gong Ren saw that the Hongjiang Society on Niushiling had reached the critical point of life and death, and hurriedly called Wei Zongquan, Liao Shubao and the remaining dock officials to Gong Chuntai and asked, "Gong Dudu, what do you say?" ”

Gong Chuntai's face was covered with dust and was extremely haggard, his eyes opened a slit weakly, shook his unkempt black hair, and asked everyone, "What do you say?" Liao Shubao said in a rough voice: "The team has played like this, fight hard, fight one is enough, fight two to earn one." ”

Everyone kept their heads down and remained silent.

After pausing for a while, Gong Ren said: "If we continue to fight, there is no actual political and military significance, while the enemy is not yet encircled, let's withdraw quickly." Stay in Qingshan, don't be afraid of no firewood, our lives are worth more than their lives. We still have Xiao Kechang's Anyuan workers, and Feng Naigu's elders' association, what are you afraid of, you can make a comeback! ”

Wei Zongquan said: "I agree with Gongren's opinion, keep these revolutionary fires, go back to organize Anyuan workers, and work again!" ”

Gong Chuntai was speechless, thought for a while, and said: "There are still more than 100 miles back to Anyuan, and when I go back, I pass by Shangli, and the straw shoes say that Shangli No. 10 has been lost." Shen Yigu has no news, and I don't know what happened to him? Along the way, I am afraid that the Qing army has already fortified layer by layer, and we have so many wounded, I am afraid it will be difficult to go back. Among the three parties in Liuyang, only Feng Naigu has not broken his muscles and bones, and he is close to us, why don't you go to Feng Naigu first, catch your breath, and then make plans? ”

Gong Ren said, "That's the best." Wei Zongquan also nodded. Only Liao Shubao was unhappy and said: "The team is like this, what face do you have to go to see Feng Naigu, go to him at this time, I don't know if he will accept us." ”

Gong Chuntai said: "I can't take care of it so much, they are all members of the Elders' Association, and they are all Ma Fuyi's subordinates." I believe that Feng Naigu will not die without help. ”

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