Chapter 60: The Capture of Chenzhou (I)
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Shuli spread out the map, pointed to a piece on the map, drew a circle with his finger, and said: "Master handsome and kind, please look, this is Chenzhou City." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe awkward mouth of this row of mountains is the crown pass. Song Jiadong and Li Jiachong that Huang Shuchang said are here, and here! It is about seven miles away, and a little south of the middle is Dingguan Pass. ”
With the explanation of calligraphy, Chen Tianshi understood the names of places marked on the map.
Not bad! If there is really such a secret passage, which can go from Songjiadong to Lijiachong by crossing Dingguan Pass, then the painstaking arrangement of the Qing Demon in Dingguan Pass will be reduced to an ornament and become a laughing stock for the Taiping Holy Army. But is there really such a long secret passage? Even if there is, can it pass a large number of people? Even, is this Li Guanlong credible? What if it was a spy sent by the Qing Demon to lure my holy army into the secret passage, and then set an ambush trap?
For a while, his heart was like electricity, and these thoughts flashed in Chen Tianshi's mind one by one. As the commander of the first battalion, it is necessary to consider comprehensively.
Huang Feixing seemed to know Shi Shuai's thoughts, and suggested: "Shi Shuai is a good person, this matter is very important. It is better to draw a few brothers from each brigade, follow me and Li Guanlong, find out the bottom, go to investigate first, it is indeed feasible, and the division commander and good man will report to Commander Luo, and lead the soldiers of our former division and battalion to sneak into Li Jiachong and capture Chenzhou City in one fell swoop. ”
"That's it! Without further ado, as you said, let's go and find out first, but I'll go with you personally. Chen Tianshi had no other way but agreed.
At that moment, out of the mine, Li Guanlong led dozens of people such as Chen Tianshi and Huang Feixing, dressed up, and walked in the direction of Songjiadong.
Three hours later, outside an abandoned cellar in Li Jiachong, Chen Tianshi stood there with a look of ecstasy!
"Haha, this secret passage can really lead directly to Li Jiachong from Songjiadong! It was the Emperor of Heaven who helped my Taiping Holy Army break through Chenzhou City! Leave a few of you to wait here, scout carefully, and the rest will follow me back to the Tibetan Soldier Cave and quickly assemble the division!" ”
Li Guanlong and several soldiers of the Taiping Holy Army waited patiently in the cellar.
I don't know how long it took, I suddenly heard footsteps coming from the depths of the cellar, and after a while, Chen Tianshi, the commander of the Taiping Holy Army, appeared with Huang Feixing and led the troops, crowded in Li Jiachong with torches. Li Jiachong's dozen or so families were awakened, and all Huang Feixing led the troops to gather in a courtyard, and sent several guards to temporarily prevent them from going out, so as not to leak the news.
Li Guanlong was asked how Liu Daiwei and other miners captured Chenzhou City when they started the incident.
"How else can I capture it, take advantage of the darkness, take a rope to climb the city wall, sneak into the city, and break it!" Li Guanlong thought that it was so simple, didn't you Taiping Holy Army attack so many county seats, don't you know?
"What? Such a siege! Can it be successful? Chen Tianshi couldn't believe that after more than a month of continuous fighting, he had mastered many siege methods, but he had never heard of such a simple and hasty approach. It seems that the garrison of Chenzhou is so lax that it allows Liu Daiwei and other miners to attack it so casually.
There is still some time, and Commander Luo will lead the troops to arrive later! Just now when he came out of the Tibetan Soldier Cave, Chen Tianshi had already sent someone to report to Luo Outline, asking the commander to lead the reinforcements and attack the city together.
At the same time, Chen Tianshi immediately ordered the soldiers to take local materials, find some ropes and iron hooks, make some simple wooden ladders and other equipment, and wait for the commander's attack order.
It was already the middle of the night, Li Guanlong yawned, he really admired these Taiping Holy Army, all of them were in good spirits, making wooden ladders, checking shotguns, preparing gunpowder, etc. Think about the fact that before their miners attacked the city of Chenzhou, they slept until midnight, and then they were woken up, yawning and hurriedly attacking, and they didn't even have wooden sticks ready, but the guards in the city were even more unprepared at that time, and before they could climb the city wall, they scattered in a hurry.
If only he could break through Chenzhou City this time and capture the general Ji Lamin who killed Leader Liu, it would be regarded as avenging Leader Liu! By the way, there is also the dog officer Chen Shijie who chased him three times and twice.
Thinking about it, Li Guanlong fell asleep in a daze.
"Guanlong, wake up, our holy army is ready to start attacking the city!" Huang Feixing's anxious shout came from his ears. Li Guanlong hurriedly got up and followed Huang Fei out of Li Jiachong.
only to find out that I don't know when, Li Jiachong had gathered thousands of Taiping Holy Army. Even the burly and tall Chen Tianshi was surrounded by another big man who was about fifty years old, with a respectful look, Li Guanlong was puzzled, but he vaguely heard Chen Tianshi even calling for words such as commanding the adult's clever plan. Only then did Li Guanlong know that this big man was the commander of the Taiping Holy Army, and his momentum was really amazing.
Out of Li Jiachong, only three or four miles, has arrived at the north gate of Chenzhou City. The tower at the north gate is not high, but the guards on the tower have obviously discovered the large group of sergeants rushing out in the direction of Li Jiachong, and began to sound gongs and drums to signal warnings.
Li Guanlong looked at the crowd of people on the city wall, and when he was having a headache about how to attack it, he suddenly heard a loud roar behind him: "All my holy army brothers, the Qing Demon is in front." The Emperor of Heaven and the Holy King taught us to slay demons and eliminate demons, so that we can witness the Great Way of the World and go to heaven in the future! For the sake of the Emperor of Heaven and the Holy King, for our own sake, kill! ”
Li Guanlong looked back and saw that it was the sturdy commander, holding a long knife in his right hand and waving it above his head, ordering everyone to rush forward and kill. Suddenly, hundreds of soldiers of the Taiping Holy Army, armed with long hairs and brand knives, rushed to the city wall after him, leaning against the city tower one by one.
The Qing soldiers on the city wall raised their shotguns, and just as they wanted to shoot down, the lead bullets from hundreds of shotguns under the city had already hit. Some unlucky ghosts, who were slow to react, were struck and fell from the city with a scream; There are also some clever and cunning people, hiding behind the battlements, and no longer dare to raise their heads and shoot down.
Under the cover of the fire of hundreds of shotguns of the Taiping Holy Army, the crowd of rushing people soon reached the corner of the wall and climbed along the wooden ladder to the top of the city. When the shotgunners in the back saw that the friendly troops had begun to enter the city, they abandoned their shotguns, picked up the long hair next to them, and rushed towards the city wall. Due to the twists and turns of the mine, it was impossible to carry firearms such as cannons, so they could only use people to rush to the city.
Li Guanlong followed some holy soldiers to stand behind, and he was also in a passionate mood, fantasizing that he would soon be able to crisscross the battlefield like the holy army! Suddenly, a deafening sound of artillery bombardment suddenly sounded at the city tower, and four artillery pieces opened fire on the city, shooting in all directions, just in the crowded place, causing dozens of Taiping holy soldiers to be killed and wounded at once. Seeing that the artillery was so powerful, Li Guanlong's originally excited mood was like pouring cold water and cooling down. This artillery is so terrifying, how can flesh and blood resist it? I couldn't help but secretly worry about the Taiping Holy Army.
The Qing soldiers on the city wall saw that they had lost their shotguns, and they showed their heads one after another, fighting with the Taiping holy army that climbed to the top of the city. Seeing the artillery on the city tower roaring and injuring countless people, it was also a cheer, and the morale was greatly increased! Some armed with shotguns, occasionally fired at the city, and for a time, dozens of soldiers who rushed to the city were killed and wounded, and it was difficult to capture the city.
Seeing this, Li Guanlong's mood was even more depressed, and he secretly guessed that although the Qing army had few people, it occupied the city and had sharp firearms, which was far from being as cowardly as he imagined. On the side of the Taiping Holy Army, the firearms only have bird guns and some guns, and there are no large artillery, so I am afraid that if they want to capture Chenzhou City today, it is unlikely.