Chapter 167: The Fall of Wuchang City

At dawn the next day, Yang Xiaoshan went to Tuying Lu Guojin again, and he found something strange.

"Guojin, what are you messing with? Isn't this a coffin? Yang Xiaoshan asked, pointing to this strange thing.

"Shizi, this is a new weapon made according to you, a coffin explosive." Lu Guojin's honest face showed a rare look of pride.

"What did I say?" Yang Xiaoshan hasn't figured out the situation yet.

"You said to give the explosives a sealed space, so I chose the coffin and filled it with the explosives. I just tried it, and the explosion effect is indeed much better. Shizi, you are such a genius, you can think of this. Lu Guojin admired.

Yang Xiaoshan glanced at him and thought, "I'm just talking casually based on the experience of later generations." I really can't underestimate the people of this era, their brains are not stupid. This Lu Guojin is a genius, and according to my words, he can make a simple version of a cluster bomb. ”

"It's a mule or a horse, just go up and know, this siege depends on the effect of your new thing." Yang Xiaoshan patted Lu Guojin's shoulder with satisfaction.

"Guaranteed to surprise the Qing Demon." Lu Guojin said with a confident smile.

Today's weather is also relatively strong, fog is permeating the sky over Wuchang City, and the visibility is a little low, which is very conducive to siege. Lu Guojin asked people to drag a few coffin bombs to the tunnel under the Wenchang Gate, waiting for the order of the general attack.

People from all walks of life were ready to stop, and Yang Xiaoshan gave an order, and the coffin bomb under the city wall of Wenchangmen exploded at the same time, making a huge sound. The large battalions of the Taiping army all felt the shaking on the ground, and after the smoke of gunpowder, a hole more than 60 meters long was exposed in front of the Taiping army.

Chen Yucheng, who had long been unbearable, rushed over first.

This time, Yang Xiaoshan learned the lesson of Changsha, and he couldn't just attack the gap in the city wall. Now that the siege has been closed, once a general attack is launched, the Taiping army will immediately attack the nine gates of Wuchang at the same time. Chen Yucheng is in charge of Wenchang Gate, Luo Outline is in charge of Binyang Gate, Li Xiucheng is in charge of Zhongxiao Gate, Li Shixian is in charge of Zhonghe Gate, Wei Jun is in charge of Security Gate, etc.

The Taiping Army is a key point, and many points are blooming. The nine gates were in a hurry at the same time, and they beat the governor of Chang at once.

"Binyang Gate is in a hurry! Request for support"

"Loyalty and filial piety are in a hurry! Request for support"

"The neutralization door is urgent! Request for support"

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"Lord Governor, Wenchang Gate has been lost, and the bandits have come in."

The bad news finally came, and Governor Chang knew that the general situation was inviolable, and Wuchang was finally going to be attacked by bandits.

"Where is the Admiral's Double Blessing?" The recalcitrant governor also wanted Shuangfu to go to Wenchangmen to support.

"Lord Admiral, you're running away!" The man below replied.

"What? What about the Rui Zhao Inspector, the Liang Bu Political Envoy and the Wang General Soldier? Governor Chang hurriedly looked around.

"Lord Governor, all the adults have run away, you are still in charge of this Wuchang Mansion。。。。。。" Poor Governor Chang, what everyone knows, he knows at the end.

Governor Chang was like being struck by lightning, and he couldn't think of the current enemy, and these people didn't resist at all but wanted to flee for their lives.

"Let Lord Chen of the grain storage department quickly burn down the grain depot, you can't leave a grain of grain for the bandits, and the others will go home with me." The governor of Chang was like ashes, and knew that everything was over.

On the side of the Taiping army, Chen Yucheng killed from the gap in Wenchang Gate, and the battle situation was much easier than he imagined.

"There's no fraud in this, right?" Chen Yucheng also saw the bloody battle under the city of Changsha with his own eyes, and he made full mental preparations before the siege, and even prepared for death. But I didn't expect that there was no very strong resistance from the Qing army in Wenchangmen, and after a small fight, I rushed into the city.

"Are there any ambushes from the Qing army?" Chen Yucheng was thick and fine, he didn't get carried away, and sent spies to reconnoiter in front.

"Report to the commander, the Qing army is in chaos, they are all fleeing for their lives, and there are no ambushes." The spy replied.

"These damn demons still make me worry in vain, go! Go to the Wuchang grain depot to protect the grain and grass. Chen Yucheng asked the people of Wuchang who had taken refuge to lead the way and kill the grain depot in Wuchang. This is also what Yang Xiaoshan ordered in advance, no matter which way, after taking the lead in attacking the city, the granary must be protected first.

As elsewhere, the Qing army on the grain storage route was also thinking about saving their lives.

"My lord, Governor Chang asked us to burn food, when will we do it." A small grain officer couldn't bear it anymore and asked.

"Brainless thing, burn your head, burn us what will save your life?" Master Chen scolded him.

"What do you mean?" The little grain officer couldn't turn his brain around.

"Pass my order, prepare the grain ledger and the key to the warehouse, and everyone kneel at the door of the grain depot and wait for the long hair, no, the Taiping army to surrender." It is still this grain storage master Chen who has a flexible brain, he knows that if the grain is burned, their heads will definitely fall to the ground, and if they donate food to the Taiping army, at least they will have a chance to live.

"But where is Lord Chang?" The little grain officer was still a little hesitant.

"What are the Chang Adults now? He himself is in danger, do you want to live? If you want to do it, just do what I want! Lord Chen kicked the little grain official and scolded angrily.

"Okay, let's go!" The little grain officer stumbled and ran out.

In this way, Chen Yucheng led everyone to kick open the door of the grain depot and was preparing to fight. What caught his eye was a row of Qing army grain officers kneeling on the ground, guilty of pleading, the key to the account book on the ground, claiming to be guilty, and kowtowing.

"Even if you know each other, someone will lock them up first, and ask the king of the east to send them." Chen Yucheng smiled, it was so easy to keep the big grain depot in a provincial city, this is a great achievement.

The officers of Wuchang had no intention of defending, and the nine gates were successively broken by the Taiping army.

Admiral Shuangfu took off his official uniform, disguised himself as a small soldier and tried to escape from the city in the chaos.

Binyang Gate, after Luo Outline broke through, let people arrest scattered Qing soldiers. In a group of Qing soldiers who had just surrendered, Luo Outline found something unusual.

"You, keep your head up! Don't look at others, it's you, talk about you! Luo Xuan pointed to a Qing soldier with his head down and squatting on the side. This soldier is different from the others, he has boots, while everyone else is straw sandals.

This man was Admiral Shuangfu, and he raised his head in fear, and he was immediately recognized.

"It's him, Admiral Shuangfu, it's he who burned our house, and I know him when I turn into a ghost." A soldier who had joined the army from Wuchang pointed at his face and shouted.

"Catch him!" Luo Xuan immediately shouted, this is a big official of the Qing army, and he must not let it go.

The other Qing army officials were not much better, Liang Xingyuan, the political envoy, and Ruiyuan, the envoy of the inspection, were captured, the general soldiers Wang Xiujin and Wang Shoutong were killed in the resistance, and Feng Peiyuan, a scholar who disguised himself as a Taiping soldier, and tried to escape。。。。。。 All kinds of officials large and small in Wuchang City were wiped out, and Wuchang was besieged for less than 20 days, and finally the city fell.