The main force of the Taiping army followed Xiao Chaogui to Yongzhou, and Yang Xiaoshan led a partial division to Daozhou. Xiao Chaogui had a smooth ride along the way and was not intercepted by the Qing army. He is still lamenting that this time his luck seems to be good, and it seems that Yongzhou seems to be at his fingertips.

But the truth is very cruel, the water outside Yongzhou suddenly rose. Xiaoshui, which was not very wide, suddenly became a lot wider. You can't get through without a boat, but all the ships of the Taiping Army have been discarded, where are the ships?

Xiao Chaogui had to requisition civilian boats, but the ships had already been requisitioned and transferred by Bao Qibao, the governor of Yunnan, and the Taiping army only requisitioned a few small wooden boats as much as they could, which was not enough for the army.

Someone asked why the admiral of Yunnan could appear in Yongzhou, Hunan, which is also the place where Xiao Chaogui was back. This Bao Qibao was originally going to Yunnan to take up his post, but the Taiping army had signs of marching into Hunan, and the imperial court temporarily arranged for him to be an errand in Hunan.

This time, Xiao Chaogui was unlucky. When the sky meets the rising water, there is no more. The location is favorable, Yongan is blocked by Xiaoshui and there is no more. And there are no more admirals who temporarily bumped into other provinces. The time, place and people were not at all, Xiao Chaogui organized several forced crossings of Xiaoshui, but they were all bombarded back by Bao Qibao with cannons.

"King Dong, this Yongzhou is not easy to attack." Xiao Chaogui embarrassedly reported the current situation to Yang Xiuqing.

Yang Xiuqing was also very depressed, the current situation, not to mention the siege, even Xiaoshui couldn't get by.

"Let's replenish some supplies to the surrounding people first." Yang Xiuqing sighed and said helplessly.

"The people on this side of the river were driven to Yongzhou City by the Qing army, and their houses were burned. I'm afraid it's not easy to replenish our supplies. Xiao Chaogui replied.

Yang Xiuqing was speechless for a while, bad things happened one after another. He was more worried about the pursuers behind him, and he was only four or five days away. If they merged with Jiang Zhongyuan's team again, there would be more than 6,000 people, and their strength should not be underestimated.

"Xiaoshan, how is your situation over there? Hopefully that's good news. Yang Xiuqing pinned his hopes on Yang Xiaoshan.

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Yang Xiaoshan took his men and horses to Daozhou, and he was really frightened along the way. This Shuangpai town is indeed as Jiao Er said, the terrain is particularly dangerous, especially the winding mountain road on the cliff, just walking is already a cold sweat. If you encounter an enemy ambush here, it is really a fool's errand.

"I can't imagine that there is no Qing army here." Yang Xiaoshan secretly celebrated in his heart, this luck is too good. After walking, Xiaoshan decisively left five hundred men to garrison here.

In fact, this can't be blamed on Admiral Yu who fled, when he fled to Daozhou, and then counted the number of soldiers, there were only 200 people, and there were no troops allocated to Shuangpai Town.

Knowing that the Taiping army had crossed Shuangpai Town, they were about to arrive in Daozhou. Admiral Yu thought of escaping again.

"Wang Zhizhou, the Taiping army is currently a great enemy, and this place cannot be defended. Yu led the troops to resist the enemy outside the city and fought to the death! Admiral Yu's words were impassioned, and those who didn't know his details might still be moved by his careless words.

Wang Zhizhou glanced at him and thought, "You don't know your nickname for taking off the rabbit?" I want to take the opportunity to slip away. It turned out that Wang Zhizhou had prevented him from running away in advance and blocked the city gates.

Admiral Yu was loyal to the imperial court, and the officials were very moved. But at the moment, you and I have a total of 500 soldiers, and we are really powerless to resist the enemy outside the city, so we still stick to it and wait for help, this is the way to resist the enemy. He also asked Admiral Yu to inspect the various city gates to see what was not in place, so as to cheer up our army. Wang Zhizhou politely rejected Admiral Yu's request. Wang Zhizhou is a magistrate, he has the duty to guard the land, and he does not dare to leave here easily.

When Admiral Yu saw that his little trick was discovered, his old face turned red, and he had to agree to go to the city wall to have a look.

"Who guards the West Gate, why isn't there even a person standing guard?" Yu Wanqing was inspecting at the west gate and was surprised to see that the city wall was empty.

It was not easy for his subordinates to find a villager who had some unfavorable legs.

"Guerrilla Qu, where is my qian? Tell him to come and see me quickly. Yu Wanqing said angrily.

"Report to your lordship, Qu Guerrilla went to fight long hair outside the city." Xiang Yong hurriedly replied.

"Damn, isn't that my excuse? This kid actually used my excuse to slip away! Yu Wanqing was very unhappy in his heart, and said silently. What about Mr. Tang? Also went to the outside of the city to grow hair? Yu Wanqing asked again.

"Yes, the two went together." Xiang Yong replied.

"I didn't expect them to have longer legs than themselves, so they slipped away without saying hello." Yu Wanqing was a little anxious, he was already out of the rabbit, and he couldn't imagine that these grandsons could run faster than him. There is really what kind of leader has what kind of subordinates.

"No, you have to hurry up, if you don't run, you won't be able to run away." Seeing that his subordinates were like this, Yu Wanqing immediately made up his mind. He ordered his men to open the west gate and ran away with his two hundred men.

I have to say that Admiral Yu slipped away in a timely manner. As soon as he walked on the front foot, the Taiping army arrived in Daozhou on the back foot. Looking at the wide-open city gate in the west, Yang Xiaoshan's mouth smiled crookedly, where is this siege is simply sending the city.

Of course, Yang Xiaoshan did not relax his vigilance, and first let the outline take more than two hundred people in to test it, but it turned out that there was really no one inside. Only then did Yang Xiaoshan feel relieved and boldly let the team drive into Daozhou.

"What! Admiral Yu ran away? The Taiping army came in from the West Gate? When Wang Zhizhou learned the news from the front line, it was like five thunderbolts.

"My lord, let's hurry up and leave, Longhair is coming to our east gate." His subordinates persuaded one after another.

"Nope! We can't go, the old man, as an official of the imperial court, has the duty to guard the land. Now that the city of Daozhou is broken, the old man has been eating the court for many years, and he should die to serve the court and be loyal to the country. "Wang Zhizhou is right, he really looks like a loyal minister who is ready to sacrifice his life for the country.

"I jumped." Wang Zhizhou made a move to throw himself into the river, but this action was too slow, and he notified everyone in advance. Of course, the person next to him had enough time to hold him and shouted: "Lord Zhizhou, you can't, you must not die." ”

"I'm going to die, let me die!" Wang Zhizhou failed to throw himself into the river, and pulled out his sword to pretend to wipe his neck. But because the action was too slow, he left enough time for rescue, and was robbed of his sword by his subordinates, and he couldn't commit suicide.

"Hey, it's providence that you don't let me die. The old man can only go with you. Wang Zhizhou, who failed to commit suicide, put on a helpless look, I want to be loyal to the country, and you won't let me die.

Literati are more hypocritical than martial artists, and if they want to run, they have to pretend to be pretentious and make two gestures. is also running away, and there are many people who "get rid of the rabbit" Governor Yu.

"Report the victory to the King of Heaven and the King of the East, Daozhou has been owned by my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." Yang Xiaoshan easily took Daozhou, and the banner of the Taiping Army planted on the city wall fluttered in the wind.