On October 22, Huang Fu prepared to lead the rebel army to besiege Boluo County, because this Boluo County is the only way to advance eastward, and if it is not conquered, the detour is too far, in order to cooperate with this operation, a small force was sent to Huizhou Mansion to feign an attack to attract the main force of the Qing army. Frightened, Shen Chuanyi, the prefect of Huizhou, hurriedly demolished the pontoon bridge from Boluo to Huizhou to prevent the rebels from smuggling, and hurriedly recruited 200 people to guard the demolished bridge to prevent the rebels from erecting the pontoon bridge. Liang Muguang, Jiang Weishan and others, members of the Xingzhong Society, also led the Volunteer Army Einsatzgruppen stationed near Boluo County to respond to the uprising and assist Huang Fu in attacking Boluo.

At this moment, the governor of Guangdong, Deshou, was also frightened, and hurriedly ordered the governors Ma Weisi, Liu Bangsheng, the general soldier Huang Jinfu, Zheng Runqi, Dusi Mo Shanji, Wu Xiangda, etc. to quickly rush to the area of Boluo in Huizhou to reinforce, and meet with He Changqing and Deng Wanlin, preparing to fight to the death with the righteous army outside Boluo City.

The rebels arrived outside Boluo County in an orderly manner, and Huang Fushou built a pergola to carefully observe the terrain, and found that here were patches of paddy fields, a bay and a waterhole, the roads were muddy, and the paths were vertical and horizontal, which was extremely unfavorable to the attack. In front of this complex terrain, Boluo County has a circle of three or four zhang high relatively complete earthen city walls, although it does not look high, it is not strong, but this is indeed a very insurmountable moat for the righteous army without a cloud ladder. The gate of the city wall is a large wooden gate wrapped in iron sheets, and it is bombarded with Berlin, even if the gate is blown open, but inside the black city gate, I don't know how much danger is hidden.

Gong Ren approached Huang Fu and said: "Marshal Huang, there is a strong city in front and a chasing army in the back, I think this is a dead land, this battle is not easy to fight, I think it is better to bypass the city, and it is not too late to find an opportunity in the future." Huang Fu shook his head slightly and said, "I also know that at this time, this place, it is taboo to fight here, but you don't want to think about it, if we don't destroy or crush an enemy army, how can we break free from the enemy's encirclement." If we can occupy the county town of Boluo, the troops will rest a little and replenish their supplies, and we will take the initiative. This battle can only be won, not defeated. ”

Gong Ren said: "But we only have 1,600 people, and the troops attacking the county town are still weak, and how many people there are in Boluo County, we don't know yet, if they have more than 500 people, condescending on the city wall and desperately resisting, we will not be able to do it." Besides, the enemy on all sides is surrounding, and we can't fight, and there is nowhere to retreat, so it's really troublesome. Even if the county seat is defeated, the enemy from all sides will surround us, and it will be difficult for us to hold on, so we can only break through, which will be even more passive. ”

Huang Fu said: "How can I not know this, let's fight a dozen, if this bone is really not easy to gnaw, let's talk about it." ”

Gong Ren saw that Huang Fu had a certain idea, so he had to nod reluctantly, but he always felt very passive, if he didn't fight this battle and didn't reverse the passive situation in front of him, this righteous army would be trapped to death, starved to death, and dragged to death sooner or later. If you fight this battle, it is indeed very reluctant, there are too many unfavorable factors in all aspects, and seeing that Boluo County is a big trap.

Under the command of Huang Fu, the leaders had no choice but to hurry up and mobilize their troops and prepare for battle.

The troops have all moved to the bottom of the city of Boluo County, and the cannons have begun to adjust their muzzles to the gate of the enemy's city wall, some of the volunteers are looking for bamboo to build ladders nearby, some of the volunteers are sharpening their knives and wiping their guns, and some of the volunteers have taken out the rice dumplings they have brought with them, and while eating, they are casually scooping water and drinking water in the paddy fields. Some medical officers examined the wounds of the wounded, washed the dirty bandages covered with blood stains in the paddy fields, and then hung them on small branches, like white ribbon flags flying in the sky.

At the moment when the city was about to be attacked, a burst of gunfire was suddenly heard from behind, and the rebel army was in chaos, and one of the enemy's support troops had already been killed. Huang Fumeng stood up suddenly, stood on a high post, and looked over there. He saw that there were about 1,000 Qing soldiers, in a charging straggler formation, already attacking the rebels.

Huang Fu frowned and sighed, and said, "I didn't expect them to come so quickly!" We can't take the city anymore and deal with them with all our might, but the city has to be defended. Gong Ren also said: "As soon as I saw their straggler formation, I knew that it was a regular army, and it seems that these green battalions have received Western-style training, and they must not be like An Yong in those places, lined up in a phalanx, and asked us to be used as gun targets." ”

Under the command of Huang Fu, the rebel army adjusted its deployment and turned from offensive to defensive.

Under the city of Boluo, the rebels were already in the middle of the enemy's attack on both sides. On the city wall, the Qing soldiers began to shoot at the rebels, and rows of bullets fell on the ranks of the rebels, stirring up strings of water in the paddy fields, causing the moist soil on the ridges to splash everywhere. What is particularly nerve-wracking is the black gate, which may be opened when, and once opened, how many enemies will be killed.

Huang Fu had to divide a team to keep a close watch on the enemies in Boluo City.

There were more and more Qing troops coming to attack under the city, and the offensive became more and more fierce, and under the supervision of the officers, they held fast guns and rushed madly to the position of the rebels. The rebels had no danger to defend, some could only lie on the ridges, and some simply soaked in the paddy fields and shot at the Qing army.

The Qing army in front fell, and the back continued to rush forward, wave after wave, as if they couldn't finish the fight and kill it. On this long front, some places were killed by the Qing army, the rebels rushed over, and recaptured the position, just defended this place, that place was broken through by the Qing army, and did not wait for reinforcements there, this Qing army rushed over again.

The Qing army tasted the sweetness of the small victory, and its morale began to rise, but the rebels panicked and began to retreat. A retreat caused confusion on the entire front, and the retreating volunteers were pursued and killed by the Qing army, and the casualties of the rebels became more and more serious, and the situation was gradually uncontrollable.

Xiao Qingying was lying behind Gong Ren, very calm, holding a unicorn dragon that she got out of nowhere, and "banging" a shot at a Qing soldier. The soldier shook for a moment, a stream of red blood gushing out of his chest, and he slowly fell.

Le Tang Qingying jumped up all of a sudden, shouting: "Dear father, I killed one, I killed one-"

The startled Gongren hurriedly pressed Tang Qingying down and shouted loudly: "Don't die." ”

A volunteer soldier next to him was hit by a bullet from the Qing army, and a stream of blood like a spring gushed out from his head, he convulsed all over, gasping for breath, and staring at Tang Qingying with desperate and frightened eyes.

Tang Qingying was not afraid at all, took out a white cloth to cover his wound, and persuaded him: "Uncle, you bear with it, wait for a while, and the medical officer will come." After a while, the volunteer soldier didn't move, Tang Qingying leaned on his chest and listened, gave him a face with his little hand, and said calmly: "Uncle, rest in peace, we will definitely avenge you." ”

Another Qing soldier rushed up, threw Gong Ren to the ground at once, grabbed Gong Ren's neck to death, and rolled over in the mud. Tang Qingying didn't hesitate to go up and make a big cut in the back of his neck, cutting off his nerve center. The Qing soldier was like a ball that suddenly deflated, and it didn't move in an instant.

As soon as Gong Ren pushed the corpse of this Qing soldier off his body, another Qing soldier came up, Gong Ren felt a rifle and gave him a shot......

The entire battlefield was almost mixed up, the rebels and the Qing army fired at close range, two gunshots rang out, and both men fell.

The white-edged fighting between the rebels with the big blades and the Qing army with bayonets, the sound of the impact of ping-pong weapons, the sound of fluttering footsteps, accompanied by pieces of muddy splashing mud and blood, wrapped together, the white cloth inlaid with red trumpet coats almost became red, and the gray and white Qing army uniforms almost became red, and it was almost impossible to distinguish which was friend or foe. The sudden sneak attack from behind, the wail before death, seemed so weak and powerless in the chaotic battlefield, hugging each other, biting with teeth, kicking with feet, arching with heads, instinctively fighting tenaciously......

The sudden impact of a small team temporarily relieved the crisis on Gong Ren's side, and Gong Ren looked up and saw that it was Generalissimo Huang Fu who had arrived. I saw that he was holding a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, killing one on the left and one on the right. Gong Ren hurriedly shouted to Huang Fu: "Generalissimo, you can't fight like this, you quickly lead the large army to retreat, I will take a breath first and cover you." ”

Huang Fu yelled at Gong Ren: "I think, it's better for me to take a stand, you lead the army to retreat!" Gong Ren was anxious, and shouted loudly: "You are the commander of the army, the head of the army, as long as you are there, there is a team, you better withdraw quickly." I'm here to stop these Qing troops. ”

Huang Fu saw that there was only this way, so he had no choice but to nod, and let Gong Ren lead his group of people to fight first, and then shrink his own army and retreat immediately.

Fortunately, the casualties of the Qing army were not small, and they did not chase after them, and the enemy in Boluo County did not move, if the gate of Boluo County was opened, and another new force of the enemy was killed, whether this rebel army could survive or not, that is another way of saying, fortunately in misfortune, which made most of the rebels escape this catastrophe.

In the evening, Huang Fu concentrated his troops in a place called Xiaolijia Village, 10 miles from the county seat, and sent sentry posts around him to keep watch tightly, and he immediately called a meeting of the main leaders in a farmhouse.

A small oil lamp in the room emitted a light the size of a broad bean, and the light kept swaying, illuminating everyone's faces dark and yellow, and the dragons all lost the joy and excitement they had when they first came down the mountain, and they lowered their heads one by one and did not speak.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zheng Shiliang sighed softly and said: "Today's battle is not good, we have more than 200 killed and more than 100 wounded, especially those injured numbers are not easy to deal with, lightly injured numbers cannot fight, and seriously injured numbers have to be carried by someone." Not to mention continuing to fight, the speed of the march after the light has also been greatly affected. ”

Wang Longtou slapped his thigh, suddenly raised his head and said angrily: "Raise your head and puff up your chest, what are you afraid of if you lose a battle, how can you just win a battle and not defeat a war, what are you afraid of when there are fewer people, and I will summon you when there are fewer people." Generalissimo, you have to think of a way, we have consumed a lot of ammunition today, and if we run out of bullets, it will be even more troublesome, then we can only fight the enemy with my big blade. ”

Huang Fu didn't speak, he glanced at everyone, and finally stopped at Gong Ren's eyes.

Gong Ren understood and said: "The situation is indeed very serious, now the Qing dogs are surrounding from all directions, there are many of them, and there are few of us, they want us to fight hard with them." We all fought like in the previous battles, the more we fought, the more people there were, and the more guns we had, but according to the current way of fighting, we couldn't fight a few battles, and we wiped out our old roots. I think that if we continue to move towards our goal, there will be times when we can go around in circles. When we encounter a large group of enemies, we avoid them, and when we encounter a small group of enemies, we eat them, and the road is facing the sky, and we go to one side, and I don't believe that we can't reach Xiamen. ”

Huang Fu listened carefully to the gossip of the leaders, and did not interject, and only when everyone was almost finished talking did he calmly glance around everyone. Everyone knew that this was the generalissimo who was about to speak, so no one said anything, and they all looked at Huang Fu together, waiting for him to make a final decision.

Huang Fu's voice was not loud, but he said very firmly: "It is impossible to attack Boluo County now, and the intelligence just now said that Liang Muguang and Jiang Weishan's team has also failed. More than 10,000 people of the Qing army Liu Bangsheng, Ma Weisi, and Mo Shanji surrounded us and forced us to fight a decisive battle with them. The situation is indeed very unfavorable for us, and in order to get out of this passive situation, we must jump out of the encirclement of the Qing army and look for fighters. I think, just like Gongren said, we don't entangle with the Qing army here, we move towards Xiamen, the enemy blocks from here, we go from that side, the enemy blocks from there, we go from this side, as soon as we see that this battle can be fought, we will fight, and as soon as we see that this battle cannot be fought, we will avoid him......

Everyone listened carefully to Huang Fu's speech, from his calm and calm words, from his firm confidence, everyone gradually regained their self-confidence, and their hearts were slowly enriched. Finally, Huang Fu ordered the troops to evacuate the wounded, advance lightly, jump out of the enemy's encirclement, and go straight to Yonghu.

Everyone immediately split up and prepared. Gong Ren returned to his team and saw Xiao Qingying, like the soldiers, sleeping on the straw floor, I don't know if she was excited or having a nightmare, her little face was red, her little fists were clenched tightly, and she was shouting from time to time......

Gong Ren couldn't help but let out a long breath, sat down beside Tang Qingying gently, tucked her little fist into the quilt, and looked at her little face as if she didn't know her.

Such a young child, if she were in an ordinary family, she might be coquettish in the arms of her parents, but Xiao Qingying was born in troubled times, her parents died early, and Tang Caichang, who had raised her, was unfortunately killed, and only her own relatives were killed. What a miserable life for this child! In front of her, she faces one dangerous battle after another, and maybe at any moment, she will be killed by a merciless bullet. Gong Ren suddenly felt that it didn't matter whether he lived or died, but he had to let Xiao Qingying live, and he could no longer let her bear the sacrifices that she shouldn't have suffered in the fierce battle.

Gong Ren thought of this, walked out of the house, and saw the landlord Lao Han was adding grass to the cow, he followed the old man to the cow trough, and while helping the old man sift the grass with a bamboo sieve, he accosted the old man: "Uncle, how old is this year?" The old man stretched out two fingers: "2 are hanging zero." Gong Ren said, "There are 2 out of 60." ”

Gong Ren asked again: "How many children do you have?" The old man sighed and said: "No blessing, there were originally 3, 1 died of illness, 1 died of starvation, and the 1 who rebelled was killed by the Qing soldiers, and now only the old couple are left." What do you say people are afraid of, aren't they afraid of losing their fathers when they are young, their wives in middle age, and their children when they are old? ”

Gong Ren continued: "I see that your old man has a kind face and is a loyal person, do you want to give you a granddaughter?" The old man said, "Who are you talking about, is it the tomboy running around?" Gong Ren said, "Yes! The old man said, "Well, yes, I don't think I may have this blessing!" I also know that when you fight, you can't put a child in it if you have your head tied to your belt all day long, and you can't put a child in it if you say something nasty! This kid, yes, is a smart kid, I like it. ”

Gong Ren was secretly happy when he heard this, and knelt down for the old man with a "plop" and said, "Uncle, if you like it, then I will entrust this child to you." In the future, she will be your own granddaughter, she will be beaten or scolded, birth, old age, sickness and death, natural and man-made disasters, resigned to fate, I will never ask again. ”

The panicked old man hurriedly pulled up Gong Ren and said, "Hurry up!" Get up! I can't help it, I can't stand it. Originally, I shouldn't have had this child, but watching you fight all day long is really dangerous, save people's lives, and win the seventh-level floating slaughter, if I am blessed, I will admit this granddaughter. ”

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