I saw several large fist spheres flying out of the booming arms, with the spark bells and bells on the large and small protective cards that the officers and soldiers hastily raised, and bounced slightly; Suddenly, a puff of gray smoke and dark red fire exploded in the air.

In an instant, the power that erupted and burst through the heads of the crowd of gunpowder and steel shattered and tore apart the shields that they were trying to obscure, and at the same time wrapped in waves of air and scattered fragments, enveloping them in their heads, and then piercing and knocking down a large area one after another in the wailing and screaming.

At this moment, whether it was the defenders who had already defected into a large chunk under the successive explosions of dead and wounded, or the soldiers of the peace who had been swept up by debris and dust because they were too close, they seemed to be stunned and lost their voices by the power of this close proximity.

"Kill."

Zhou Ben, who didn't expect the firearm to be so easy to use, did not hesitate to hold the license and crashed into the bursting smoke ball first; Stepping on the wounded soldiers who were squirming and howling on the ground, and slashing down the last figure to stand in the midst of the acrid smoke that had not dissipated from the dream.

When he didn't know how many times he had slashed, and broke through the shrouded smoke and the omnipresent enemies on the left, he suddenly appeared at the other end of the gatehouse, only to find that there was no one to stop him.

"The Tiger Capture Monarch is mighty."

With the fanatical shouts of the Taiping soldiers who followed closely behind, there was only a narrow bloody road paved with the mutilated corpses of the defenders; The rest of the remnants of the defenders also lost their fighting spirit and morale, and turned into a rush to flee in the stairs, passages, and doorways not far away.

At this time, the shouts of the distant city became closer; Zhou Ben's blood-stained face couldn't help revealing some anxious color again; and pushed away the soldier who wanted to continue to bind his wounds; Continue to grab the knife and stride forward.

Because through the battle he had just experienced, he had vaguely realized a general thing; With the skillful use of these firearms in the Taiping army, I am afraid that in the past, which had to rely on the courage and strength of the soldiers, and the fierce and fierce battles, there will be great changes and anomalies.

"Beware of ambushes."

"Thief dares."

"What a stubble."

At this time, more than a dozen Taiping soldiers who rushed into the door to seize the gate suddenly retreated in embarrassment in the screams and roars one after another; Subsequently, Zhou Ben, who did not let the queen, see this threat and anomaly.

Just beside the crossbar of the revolving mechanism of the thick gate gate, a burly and stout military general shaped like an iron tower, wearing a black hammer armor hood and an iron luan pocket, holding two eight-edged cooked copper whips, several corpses that had been beaten and broken were already twisted and crooked at his feet.

"A certain family has no hatred, and that dog head will come to die again"

The other party roared in a deafening voice, and even left the guard and took the initiative to come forward.

I saw that with a wave of his hand, a Taiping soldier who relied on the nearest Taiping soldier blocked the weapon and broke it at the root, and even the person was thrown off and mounted on the stone wall like a burden that had been slapped open, and after sliding down, the blood in the mouth could no longer get up.

However, before Zhou Ben took the initiative to stop him with his own extraordinary courage, a few round and smoking spheres smashed into the other party first; It was smashed by the brass whip that was waved without hesitation, like a series of whips.

It's just that before the other party who couldn't figure out why he could smile evilly, he wiped the powder that had been sprinkled on his body, and was thrown back to his feet by a torch; In an instant, the enemy general who went from head to foot turned into a raging man who screamed miserably.

After a while, Zhou Ben could only watch the scorched black corpse that crashed out of the portal in a panic, and then tumbled down the stairs in the zigzag city tower, and finally stopped moving, and the defenders were faintly shouting something underneath:

"Xiang Laohu is dead."

"The Xiangzhou Tiger is gone."

Zhou Ben couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, did he really fight with the tiger; However, I sighed more and more complicated in my heart.

If this kind of thunder and fire means is pushed out in the Taiping Army, then what heroes and heroes in the world can easily be discounted with their bravery and bravery. I'm afraid that the day of shortness of breath and bending over in the future will come.

Despite thinking so, he still didn't stop moving, while making people raise the gate gate and inner gate, while leading his troops to continue to rush down the ladder. At least for now, when there is still a lot of use for his own generation, why not strive to seize the opportunity to enter the city in this first battle.

Therefore, when I went down to the lower half of the city staircase, I saw the tendency of the officers and soldiers who had gone in confusion to gather again under the shouts and encouragement of an officer and army general inside the gate; I couldn't help but be anxious in my heart, and jumped down the ladder without waiting to the end.

In an instant, he supported the regimental platoon in his hand, and crashed into this general as if a divine soldier had descended from the sky. Although the rough and difficult wound burst open again and the blood stains faded away on Zhou himself after he landed, the general who was crushed was also deflated in his chest, and there was no more breath.

And the defenders gathered around him were even more shocked by the bloody Zhou Ben's fierce momentum, and they actually dropped all kinds of instruments and knives and guns used to seal the door, and fled one after another with a strange scream.

Zhou Ben suddenly breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, and the holding card sat on the corpse that was crushed and blinded. He fought from the bottom of the city to the top of the city, from one end of the city wall to the other, and then from the gatehouse all the way down. After such a series of battles and outbreaks, Rao is a self-proclaimed bravery, and he will inevitably be exhausted.

At the same time, the soldiers, who were encouraged to follow in his footsteps, also jumped down one after another; From time to time, some people fell or fell to the ground, but they got up with grinned teeth and began to clear the obstacles and debris that had accumulated in the doorway.

In the blink of an eye, the clogged gate was opened. On the other side of the city, there was another shout of shouting.

"Captain Wang."

"Wang Tiegun...

"The iron spear of the king that can't be defeated."

Obviously, the jumping captain Wang Ziming, who was in charge of the other city gate, also led his troops into the city. This also made Zhou Ben's mind a little restless again.

In contrast, Captain Min Miao and his subordinates, who were standing in the middle of a pile of corpses in the West Central Gate, were much more low-key.

That is, there was no one to cheer him on, and no one waved the flag for him, only the dull and monotonous fighting and low roars around him, one after another in each corner and space above and below the city wall.

As the deputy, Deng Zuna also held a big bow with an iron arm, and between the humming sound of his plucking strings from time to time, the arrows pierced through the gap between killing the enemy and me, and knocked down and killed one after another tenacious or extraordinarily fierce guards at the time of danger and danger.

However, no one expected that the first person to enter the city at this moment would be Ge Congzhou's department, who was in charge of a full-scale bluff feint. In fact, even Ge Congzhou himself felt very surprised.

Because, he just asked people to push a large row under the cover, with bundles of compacted firewood and grass and bags of mulch, to fill in the moat formed by two tributaries outside the right gate of the south of the city. Then, with the crossbow arrow array and the hair rod of the shooting team, he gradually attacked the head of the city with intensive bombardment; And arrange the corresponding rush and crash frame (hastily build a spliced out of the appearance of goods), thinking that the preparation of the feint.

As a result, there was not much counterattack on the city, but the city gate was opened from the inside out, and a group of officers and soldiers in disheveled clothes and bloodstained rushed out; Then he fell to his knees with such a loud cry.

"Spare your life."

"Poor God."

"I'll wait for the will."

"Please, give me a way to live."

So, Ge Congzhou, who was greatly stunned, also made a decision. Let the surprise army (reserve), which was originally wearing the uniform of a folk man and ambush in front of the battle, and be responsible for blocking the enemy's situation and just in case, turn it into a strong attack reconnaissance team responsible for tentative tribute into the city gate.

As a result, Lin Ming, who was in charge of leading the team, easily killed through the urn city, and rushed out of the second inner gate and fence, only to meet another variegated defender who hurriedly came to support from the direction of the inner city, and was torn into a ball on the spot when he encountered it head-on.

As a result, without waiting for more follow-up reinforcements led by Ge Congzhou, he climbed to the top of the city and occupied various key points in the urn city; However, he found that the defenders who came to help had been defeated and fled by the two regiments of Lin Ming's department.

As a result, almost half a day after the Taiping army launched the attack, Xiangyang City, which was successively broken through four city defenses, inevitably ushered in the final fall of Xiangyang, which was shrouded in fireworks and roars.

-- I'm the dividing line that replaces the full stop --

At the same time, more than a thousand miles away in Chang'an City, there was also an eleventh day full of tension and subtlety after the change of ownership.

And Zhu Laosan, who was neatly draped all over his body and in a splendid burqa, was a little nervous and nervous at this time, and slowly led the team to march on the wide Suzaku Street.

He witnessed the magnificent mansions and buildings along the way; And behind the high wall at the end of the long street, there is only a corner of the magnificent and shocking palace complex, but the heart is full of flavors and deep feelings.

The rebels came in the wind and rain, went in the rain of knives and arrows, and stepped on the bones of many people from the sea of corpses and blood, and finally came to this point. If I had gone with my eldest brother, I am afraid that I would not have had this kind of encounter and experience.

"This is the royal road that only the saint can walk, I can't imagine that I will have this opportunity to be used in this life."

And Sura, the leader with a face like a curious baby and eyes that could barely move, also rode a big mule to follow in admiration, and left one dung egg after another on the white and smooth heavenly street.

However, he then saw a street at a junction along the way, there were volunteer soldiers wearing brocade robes and yellow silk hoops, escorting groups of richly dressed men, women, and children, crying and staggering through the street amid pushing and shouting.

and many small people in rough clothes, who did not shy away from suspicion and fear, followed closely and flocked to the onlookers; There was a commotion for a while; There are also a number of unclothed children covered in dust and mud, like whistling finches, singing unknown songs and slang in front and back.

"The finches come all the way, come to eat the official millet, the old man, the old man, and now the rotten grass."

"White dogs, white dogs, from house to house. Black man, black man, riding a red bed. ”

"One book, two Zhu, May and June, all maggots."

Before they could finish their hearing, their group was stopped from the long street, and at this time they were still far away from Miyagi in the distance.

"The officials and officials who came to pay homage to the king have to get off their horses and change their horses when they get here, and ask Zhu Zhenshou to forgive me, this is the rule set by Meng Dayin."

After checking the corresponding identification cards and seals, the inspector who stopped them explained one more sentence.

"This Meng Dayin, could it be that he was the original military envoy of the left."

Zhu Laosan was a little surprised and pouted behind him, and Su La suddenly took out a heavy small bag from his bag and stuffed it into the other party's hand.

"Invite this brother to have a cup of tea."

"The left military envoy won the heart of the Yellow King because of his words a few days ago, and he has made great contributions to the arrest of fugitive courtiers and officials, and now it is the period of more victory."

The inspector, who quietly stored the benefits in the cuff, also explained in detail

"Now the official worships Jing Zhaoyin and the ambassador of the patrol of the gates, now in this city, in addition to the general manager Shang, in these countless neighborhood markets, it is Meng Dayin who has the final say."