Quzhou general, Tang David, not a gentleman's son, has a record to be seen, once led 4,000 green battalions to cooperate with the children of Sanxiang to resist the long hair, stood out, was appreciated by the imperial court, accumulated military merits and was promoted to the third rank of generals, under the command of the general of Hangzhou, divided into Quzhou City.

The imperial court has soldiers who can fight, if a single Eight Banners soldier or a single green battalion soldier, they have had a good record, but it is difficult to say if it is pinched together, it is not a sentence 'urine can not be in a pot' can be said clearly, what Manchu and Han problems, the problem of domination, the problem of respect and inferiority, any Mars can break the head, in the eyes of the world, the eight banners are not as good as the green battalion, the green battalion is not as good as the township Yong, the court on the contrary believes that the eight banners are better than the green battalion, and the green camp is better than the township brave. The allocation of resources in the imperial court is basically wasted, the military system is chaotic, how can it fight?

The long-haired attack on Quzhou, it seems that the people are united, Tang David has a mirror in his heart, if he is long-haired, at the combination of the two departments of Qi and Han, there must be an accident, this Quzhou city defense, can be described as solid, can also be described as brittle as paper, the structure is not strong, not external forces can be strengthened, no one can solve it, obey the order!

The performance of the first round of attacks of the long hair exceeded imagination, and the heavy hand was laid at the beginning, and the tentative attack was exempted, and the long hair has become a master of the battle for many years, and the soldiers of the court are becoming more and more useless. This made Tang David a little desperate for sticking to Quzhou City, and the battle entered a wave of peaks in the afternoon, although it was not as thrilling as in the morning, but it was shocking for a long time, and it was necessary to collapse himself.

"Bang bang!" Outside the city, the long-haired soldiers retreated like a tide, and Tang David probed to inspect.

"Huh?" The long-haired soldiers retreated to the forward position and did not stop, and the flag died down, regrouped the formation, and went directly to the direction of the camp.

"Report to the general, all the long hairs have returned to the camp, and there is no one soldier in front of the battle."

"Oh?"

People say strike while the iron is hot, why did this long hair suddenly let go when the battle was in full swing? Well! It must be that reinforcements are coming, and the urgent order is to release the ...... of Tanma along the official road in the direction of Jinxian.

Until dark, there were no reinforcements, and I didn't even get a message, as if the imperial court had vacated Quzhou Mansion, what was this?

"Shouldn't it?" The general frowned.

There were also disputes within the Taiping Army. On the one hand, he thought that he would fight in the starry night, take Quzhou City, and make a quick decision, if not, he would immediately pull out the camp and return to Tianjing; On the other hand, it is believed that Quzhou City will be in the pocket sooner or later, and it should be fought steadily and steadily, and the supply problem should be solved first.

Everyone regretted the first round of battles, and the difference of a millimeter showed that this Quzhou city was not impregnable.

In the end, Fan Rujie decided that the weather would turn cloudy and there would be signs of rain, so he would stop attacking Quzhou City within three days, and send 10,000 soldiers and horses every day to buy grain from the surrounding villages.

Fan Rujie also has a back hand, that is, with the camp of an old man, good at the skills of the furnace craftsman, often repair and create some weapons and the like, this person can cast cannons, if there is artillery siege is much simpler, boom twice, smash open the city gate, a rush in is over, no trouble.

When entering the Panyang Lake river network area, due to the bulkiness and carelessness of loading, the three cannons all overturned into the water, which made Fan Rujie's heart ache for a long time.

The requisition of grain is forced by the situation, and it is also a cover for people's eyes.

It is expressly ordered that the grain collection team must act as two pawns or units above the brigade level, and must not be left alone.

Establishment of the Taiping Army: five people; Five for two; Four taels are pawns; One hundred and four men; Five pawns are brigades.

In view of the rampant musket cavalry, but it has been verified that the number is not large, it is guaranteed that there are more than 200 soldiers on every trip.

The Pingtai military order is forbidden, and there is a degree of relaxation, and it is indeed a good fighting division.

As soon as the spring equinox passes, the light rain is dripping, and people say that 'the spring rain is as expensive as oil, and the autumn rain flows everywhere', which refers to the inland climate in the north, but not in the southeast coast.

At this time, the rain was slippery and not easy to attack the city, and it was not easy to logistics and transportation, and the old soldiers had experience that it was not easy to fight with muskets, and they were safe for three days.

The volunteers did encounter difficulties, not because of the musket problem, but because of insufficient training in the field, cold and damp, and their bodies were not adaptable, so they gritted their teeth and persevered.

I didn't see the long-haired grain team for three days, the long-haired stopped attacking the city, and scattered to the township to collect grain.

Fortunately, the rain had stopped at this point, but it was foggy.

A team of musket riders appeared in the bandit Jiwa mountain pass, which is not far from Quzhou City, not far from the long-haired camp, everyone knows that this is a place to rush in and out of the mountain pass, the mountain bandits are dirty, and the world is chaotic, who still cares about this place?

The Volunteers remembered that today was the day of the agreed supply.

"Look!" Xiao Changmao pointed to the intersection and said to Zhang Yingquan: "It's Wu Nengjing, Wu Leader them!" ”

Weird? The last time we saw each other, it was infantry, and in a blink of an eye, it was all cavalry? One by one, they still look good, and they have obviously been trained. There are fifty-one people, a lot of people, and Zhang Yingquan is completely relieved.

Roar Six helped, transported the supplies to the bandits, to talk about things in the deep mountains and wilderness, and several people were the head of the snake, Zhang Yingquan and Xiao Changmao, throwing their arms, Roar Six Ye personally accompanied, who is the leader of the bandits in this meeting? If the insider doesn't say it, the outsider will guess wrong.

In addition to supplying gunpowder, lead bullets, grenades and some necessary items, Zhang Yingquan improvised an item five days ago, what is it? Poncho!

In the early spring of the south of the Yangtze River, it is warm and cold, fighting in the field, sleeping in the open air, how can you do it with poor equipment?

A few years ago, when the Zhan family ran a caravan in Nanyang, Zhang Yingquan commissioned the purchase of two barrels of rubber raw materials, originally wanted John to carry out vulcanization tests for great use, in fact, he didn't know at all, now the West has invented vulcanized rubber, he knows that this invention is not complicated at all, just like smokeless gunpowder, it is a coincidence, whoever picks it up is who's isn't it?

When Zhang Yingquan was in Nanyang, it was impossible to know the great use of rubber, and when he saw the locals using it as paint, as a material for repairing ships and shipbuilding, he suddenly remembered, why not try it? But the Zhan family only set sail in the second half of the year on this ship, and they can't wait.

Is the paint line? There are lacquer trees in the mountains, and white liquid also flows, and the paint brush can also be waterproof on the cloth, but after drying, it becomes a hard shell, and it will rot when it is kneaded, he asked John to carry out vulcanization treatment, don't say it, it is really good, if it is compared with vulcanized rubber, its wear resistance, strength, and barrier performance are almost good, but it is painted on cotton cloth, and after hot pressing and shaping, it can be done when a rainproof cloth.

This time, Zhang Yingquan brought dozens of ponchos made in a hurry, the so-called poncho is a rainproof cloth, draped behind the back, tightened at the neck, and can be blocked in front and back, also called a cloak.

The volunteers were all moved! That's a hundred times stronger than that robe.

"Big shopkeeper, I want to borrow someone from you," Wu Neng said.

"Borrow whom?"

"Little Long Hair!"

"You want to?"

"In the past few days, Changmao has behaved strangely, and I can't detect the details, I want to go in and investigate, but if I am interrogated, I may show my feet, and people who are not familiar with the Taiping Army will cooperate. There are many people in Guangxi who listen to the accent, and the small long hair is suitable for ....... ”

"Little Long Hair, are you afraid?"

"Hey! I just came out of them, so what's there to be afraid of? ”

"Take a trip with the martial arts leader?"

"Whoa!"

Without further ado, let's go now.

Wu Neng and Xiao Changmao, put on the Taiping military uniform, wrapped their heads in red cloth, carried knives, and hid two grenades to break into the Taiping Army camp, it is not difficult to enter the camp, familiar people can enter with a nod, and they are not familiar with shaking the waist card, or impatiently pointing to the camp tent they want to go, and sometimes they can also mix in. What's more, the waist cards confiscated a few days ago, you can just find two to pass unimpeded, after all, there are more than 20,000 people, how can they all know each other?

The layout of the Taiping military camp is similar to the layout of the Qing army, divided into the front army, the rear army, the left army, the right army, and the middle army, the so-called Chinese army tent, that is, where the central commander is, is generally a five-five system, star-shaped distribution, nothing new.

The little long-haired door is clear, as if he is at home, chatting when he sees people, asking this and that, no one doubts the Guangxi accent, in fact, the two Cantonese dialects sound the same to outsiders, there are more than half of them, they are people from other provinces, and they have everything, but the main backbone seems to be the children of Liangguang, Wu Neng has been stationed in Guangxi, he can understand, he can say one or two sentences, and more than three sentences will leak the bottom, so just shut up.

Summarize the information: 1. Tomorrow the grain collection will be stopped, and there will be combat operations; Second, some Taiping soldiers had already infiltrated the city pretending to be homeless people, waiting for the opportunity to instigate the homeless people to make trouble, and the password was 'Shuntian' and 'Yingtian,' with a few inches of yellow cloth on the placket of the clothes to distinguish them; third, there were craftsmen behind the middle camp who were rushing to work, making siege weapons, and there was a dull sound of artillery in the distance before entering the camp.

"Lean in and take a look." Wu Neng actually pulled the little long hair.

In front of the big tent of the Chinese army, the guards are tight, and there is no reason not to approach.

Suddenly, an old man with a few sergeants, pushing two big guys to the front of the Chinese military tent, the rain has just passed, the road is soft, the wheel prints are deep, many soldiers come forward to help.

"Turn around, turn around, and tomorrow I can directly drag the livestock." A small colonel is in command.

"Is it a cannon?"

"Hey! Two more. That's what, just the two of you, come over and help, push hard. ”

I stepped forward and touched it, and it was really good, it was a cannon, two newly cast brass cannons.

This is a siege weapon! In the past, when Wu Neng actually joined the army, he saw this kind of red-clothed cannon, it is said that it was left by the Ming army, this cannon has a long range, great power, on the current city gate, two cannons can smash out a hole, three or five cannons will be blasted open, the city wall is also powerful, the bricks and stones are flying sideways, and there is no way to stop.

After the artillery was in position, everyone sat down to rest.

"This cannon, can you use it without giving it a try?" Xiao Changmao asked in a Guangxi dialect.

"I've tried, the movement an hour ago, it's not thunder, it's a test cannon!" Lao Dao was a little complacent: "It's not the first time you have operated a cannon, and the three cannons that fell into the lake are far inferior to these two." ”

"If there had been this cannon three days ago, I would have been sitting in the city for afternoon tea by now."

"These two cars are gunpowder, that's all there is to it, it's hard to say about attacking the Forbidden City, it's enough to attack Quzhou City. These two cars are buckshot, which is about the same, not enough to be recast. The poor road is now handed over! ”

Wu Neng actually pretended to lean over inadvertently, and found that the gunpowder car was full of clay pots, he quietly put a grenade between the gunpowder cans, put the pull ring on a nail with an exposed head, as long as the car was moved, the grenade would roll, automatically pulled, and took out another grenade, put it under the other wheel, stuck the pull ring in the wheel seam, and the wheel was pulled as soon as it turned, double insurance. The little long-haired is clever, stepping forward to take cover, and distracting with gibberish.

The soldiers and horses who went out to collect food returned one after another, and meals were prepared in the large camp, and two meals a day during the truce were the rule, and the long-haired soldiers were also pitiful.

Wu Neng actually took off the red envelope with Xiao Changmao, and shook his head out of the camp .......