Compared with Zeng Guofan's urgency, Yang Xiaoshan calmed down, and looking at the deployment of the Hunan army outside the city, the Hunan army was estimated to be about to start. They condescendingly placed dozens of cannons, which had completely suppressed the artillery fire of the Taiping army in the city, and in addition, their tunnels had been dug under Tianjing City, and it seemed that the general attack was about to start.

Yang Xiaoshan knew that Tianjing would inevitably fall to the enemy, but he would not sit idly by, and the Kingdom of Heaven would have to make a comeback, provided that he had to break out with the Young Heavenly King.

Zeng Guoquan is the ninth brother of Zeng Guofan, known as the Nine Marshals, he was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the siege, and the greatest credit was left to his family, Zeng Guofan still has his own little caution.

Zeng Guoquan's other skills are average, this ability to dig tunnels is first-class, he has dug several tunnels outside the Taiping Gate, and the high gunpowder is enough for tens of thousands of catties.

"Brothers, kill all the long hairs and rob all the gold and silver!" Zeng Guoquan shouted the final mobilization order. At such a time, the Hunan army no longer hid and tucked out, and shouted out their most primitive ideas.

With a loud bang, the Taiping Gate shook outside the mountain, and the ensuing smoke covered the sky, and the vague Middle East city wall was blown open a hole of more than 60 meters.

The death squads of the Hunan army rushed towards the gap, these death squads were all rushing to reward them, Zeng Guoquan advanced the pension in advance, and the human family sent the money back, which was used as funeral expenses.

Yang Xiaoshan knew that Taipingmen was the main direction of attack of the Hunan army, so he put most of the elites here, with guns and cannons, and Li Xiucheng served as the commander-in-chief of the position.

It was expected that the city wall was blown open, and under the fierce guns of the Taiping army, the first batch of Hunan army death squads were almost wiped out, and those who did not die and fled back were also punished by Zeng Guoquan on the spot.

The gap is a meat grinder, and the Hunan army has been charging by death squads, and everyone has the idea that they are the last wave of lucky ones, and they all fall in the gap in waves.

But there were too many Hunan soldiers, Li Xiucheng ran out of the last bullets, and the Hunan army was still rushing inward in waves. The Taiping army died one less and one less, and the Hunan army was still flowing, and finally the Taipingmen fell.

With the support of the French gunboats, the sailors of the Hunan army blasted open the two gates of Shuixi and Hanxi, and Hong Renji led his troops to defend to the death, killing and wounding many Hunan troops, and finally because they were outnumbered, the two gates of Shuixi and Hanxi were lost.

Yang Xiaoshan sat in the Dongwangfu command and dispatch, the offensive of the Hunan army was more fierce than he imagined, but the tenacity of the Taiping army was even more unexpected to him, from morning to noon, although the gate of Tianjing had all fallen into the hands of the Hunan army, but the Taiping army relied on the defensive arrangement of the previous lanes, taking advantage of the favorable conditions of the familiar terrain, and the Hunan army carried out an extremely fierce street battle. The Hunan army paid a very tragic price for every step forward.

Zhu Hongzhang, the middle forward of the Hunan army, aimed at the Tianwang Mansion and wanted to capture Hong Xiuquan alive (the Hunan army did not know that Hong Xiuquan was dead), but he lost most of his troops before he rushed to the Tianwang Mansion and had to retreat to replenish his troops.

Under the command of Yang Xiaoshan, the Taiping army was in a team of dozens or hundreds of people, relying on every building in Tianjing as a cover, and fought to the death with the Hunan army. Most of them are the elder brothers of Liangguang, and they are also the most loyal warriors in the kingdom of heaven.

On the Qinhuai River, the army commander Lao Li and more than 300 brothers repelled the Hunan army's attacks again and again by virtue of the terrain. The battle had been going on for more than two hours, and with hunger and pain, the Taiping army gritted its teeth and persevered. When the battle came to this point, Lao Li looked at the few remaining brothers, the faces that were so thin as anything, black, miserable, bloodstained, and his lips were purple and cracked, it was too miserable, it was really too miserable!

"Lao Li, the East King told us to retreat." A young pawn came to report.

"If you don't withdraw, whatever else you want to withdraw, let's all die together." Li Junshuai pointed to the rows of wounded beside him, all of whom were seriously wounded, and they couldn't walk at all.

"You go back and tell the king of the east that my Lao Li is willing to be martyred for the kingdom of heaven, and our more than 300 brothers are willing to die together." Li Junshuai is a simple old man, he did not panic at all in the face of death, and he had a straight and unyielding look of death.

"Surrender or die! Surrender or die! "The Hunan army on the opposite side of the Qinhuai River could not be attacked, and wanted to lure the Taiping army.

"Brothers, how do we get back to the demons?" Li Junshuai said loudly.

"Kill the demons! Defend the kingdom of heaven! The remaining dozens of Taiping soldiers shouted together.

Zhu's 3,000 men and horses were carried to death by more than 300 people of Li Junshuai for half a day, and the other side had no resistance under the last round of shelling. When they cautiously held foreign guns and crossed the Qinhuai River, they had to find the lone Taiping army to take revenge.

A flash of fire rose into the sky, and Li Junshuai and more than a dozen wounded people sat together, raising fire and setting themselves on fire, there was no trace of panic in their eyes, let alone a plea for mercy and survival, only a calm view of death as home.

The battle continued into the evening, and the Hunan army, which was overwhelmingly superior in numbers, gradually grasped the initiative in the battle, and the Taiping army's Chaoyangmen, Shencemen and other gates were lost one after another, and the fall of Tianjing was inevitable.

Yang Xiaoshan led more than 1,000 heavenly soldiers to wander around the battlefield, commanding reinforcements, and always looking for loopholes in the enemy and looking for opportunities to break through.

"Uncle Dongwang, why haven't we broken through yet?" The young king Hong Tianguifu was always protected by Yang Xiaoshan, and he also felt the danger of death at a young age.

"Now that Tianjing is surrounded by the Hunan Legion, we can't rush out during the day, so we can only wait until night." Yang Xiaoshan still kept calm at such an urgent moment, the arrangement of the Hunan army was very tight, and he didn't see any flaws.

"Xiucheng, you go to Hong Renji and the Hong family brothers, and let them go to Qingliang Mountain. Don't go back to the palace. Yang Xiaoshan knew that after the Hunan army entered the city, it would definitely target the palaces and grab the spoils. And Qingliang Mountain is the commanding height of Tianjing City, and there are several fortifications, which can withstand for a while.

Yang Xiaoshan decided to stay in Qingliang Mountain until nightfall before breaking through.

Qingliang Mountain brought together the last group of civil and military ministers of the Heavenly Kingdom, but Hong Renda and Hong Renfa did not come, they were reluctant to take away the many treasures in the palace, and wanted to take them together, but they were caught and killed by the Hunan army, and they were empty.

Yang Xiaoshan took out the last bit of military ration for everyone to fill their stomachs, immediately changed into Hunan army clothes, checked the equipment, and followed himself to prepare to break through.

There was chaos in the city, the Hunan army was grabbing the spoils, and Yang Xiaoshan walked around the city with a team of more than 1,000 people without attracting the attention of the Hunan army.

Yang Xiaoshan's heart was in his throat, fortunately he had been an undercover agent in the Qing court, and he knew the password of the Xiang army very well, so he never revealed his identity.

However, the North Gate, Shuixi Gate, and Xiaonan Gate are very tightly guarded, not only must have a password, but also have to show a number plate, and the inspection is very strict, Yang Xiaoshan does not dare to take risks easily, as long as one of the more than 1,000 people is exposed, everyone has to die.

So Yang Xiaoshan took this group of people around the city in a big circle and came to Taipingmen, where he finally found an opportunity to break through.