The Taiping soldiers who returned were all lightly wounded, and none of the seriously wounded escaped. Even if they were slightly wounded, almost everyone was colored, and they couldn't tell whether it was their own blood or the blood of the enemy, one by one, squatting under the wall, looking sluggish, and their morale was reduced to the extreme.

The war blackened Hong Xuanjiao's face, she was also covered in blood and mud, she regretted why she was not resolute at that time, if she took out the identity of God's sixth daughter to force Qin Rigang and others, they would not dare not listen to her. Looking at the wounded soldiers in this village, her heart was like a knife, and the pain was unbearable, the Taiping army had never failed in large and small battles since the uprising, and it was herself who suffered for the first time, and this defeat could have been avoided.

"Click!" A loud bang pulled Hong Xuanjiao out of her depressed mood, and a terrible scene appeared. The rope of the hanging gate was actually broken.

"It's not good, there are spies!" Hong Xuanjiao was shocked, Xiang Rong, this old thing was too poisonous, and he actually took advantage of the chaotic stalls of the Taiping Army to mix in the spies, and broke the rope of the camp gate when everyone was not paying attention.

Hong Xuanjiao forced herself to calm down, at this time, as the top general of this team, everyone pointed at her, "Don't panic, don't panic." Hong Xuanjiao kept reminding herself.

"Everybody untie their headscarves and see if there are any spies with braids!" Hong Xuanjiao ordered, what to do now is to find the spy first.

Sure enough, among the wounded soldiers of Qin Rigang's team, a few people looked panicked, with frightened expressions on their faces, and they immediately got up and ran desperately towards the gate of the village.

"Spies, shoot them!" Hong Xuanjiao roared angrily.

"Brush! Brush! Brush! "The female soldiers standing on the wall of the wall shot arrows of hatred at the spies who fled for their lives. Several spies were hit by arrows in their backs, and fell to the ground screaming.

"Everyone retreats to the camp on the mountainside, and a few of you send the Qin army marshal to the camp on the top of the mountain, so that you can take care of it." Hong Xuanjiao knew that the four camps at the bottom of the mountain must not be able to hold it, the artillery of the Qing soldiers was powerful, the gate of the village was also destroyed by spies, the Qin army was unconscious, and everything had to be decided on his own.

"Xiaolan, Xiaoyu, you two go to the logistics warehouse behind Dongling to see if anyone can inform Yang Junshi, and immediately send reinforcements to Dongling." Hong Xuanjiao knew that this was probably not much hope, but she still ordered her two personal soldiers to try. In this battle, Yang Junjun sent almost all the soldiers, and Xiao Chaogui, who was closest to him, was also four or five days away, but there was no way to do it, and the dead horse became a live horse doctor.

Fortunately, Hong Xuanjiao decided to do it quickly, and they had just withdrawn from the camp. Xiang Rong's brigade was killed, and if it was delayed, he might not be able to leave.

Hong Xuanjiao led everyone to stabilize their position in the camp on the mountainside, and she methodically commanded the heavenly soldiers to defend the camp, and arranged some details of the change of defense.

A heavenly soldier on the wall of the wall walked in: "The marshal, a team of Qing soldiers are two hundred meters outside the gate of the village with a white flag, saying that they want to negotiate with the marshal." ”

"They're going to negotiate with us?" Hong Xuanjiao was a little surprised, this old man is really full of tricks.

"Yes, they're just outside the gate."

"Okay, I'll take a look." Hong Xuanjiao thought for a while.

"Marshal, you can't go! That surnamed Xiang is scheming, I don't know what tricks to play, you can't take risks yourself. The commander of the surrounding division said anxiously.

"It's okay, I'll take a few more guards, they didn't keep me so far away, this is at the gate of the village, I'm not afraid of them making trouble." Hong Xuanjiao smiled, revealing a strong confidence in her words.

"Hold up my banner, go, and ride out together." Hong Xuanjiao ordered the guards.

Hong Xuanjiao's big flag with red borders on a yellow background had a big golden character of "Hong" on it, and they went out of the village gate unhurriedly. Sure enough, there was a team of Qing soldiers at the gate of the village, and the one led by them was holding a white flag.

As soon as the Qing soldiers saw a group of heavenly soldiers walking out of the gate, they immediately became nervous. The Qing soldiers led by him waved the flag in his hand, with a sense of superiority on his face, and said very pretentiously: "Lord Admiral is here, listen to the bandits, my Lord Admiral wants to give you a lecture!" ”

The Qing soldiers in front were scattered in two rows, and a huge honor guard umbrella was propped up in the back, and Xiang Rong under the umbrella pretended to cough twice, paused and said loudly: "Bandits, you are surrounded by us, and there is a huge difference in strength. Look at the cannons under the mountain, as long as I give an order, your little camp will also be in vain. ”

Xiang Rong's tone was threatening, but the bandits on the other side didn't seem to say anything, and he continued: "You bandits have committed the crime of rebellion, but this admiral is still willing to give you one last chance, as long as you lay down your arms and surrender to the court, this admiral can let you live for the sake of heaven's virtue of a good life." If you still want to resist to the end, there is only a dead end in the end! Now, if you want to live or die, you have to weigh it yourself. ”

"Don't think about it, old thief! We will not surrender. Hong Xuanjiao knew that this was the resolute resistance of the Qing soldiers who wanted to break the Taiping army's morale.

"You brute!" Xiang Rongqi almost pouted his beard, "Bring them up!" ”

Several Qing soldiers pressed a row of wounded Taiping soldiers and walked up, they were all seriously wounded, some were blown off their legs by artillery, some were cut off by knives, some were stabbed in the stomach by spears, they were all tied up and fell in front of Hong Xuanjiao.

"Brethren!" Hong Xuanjiao couldn't bear to look at these last warriors who fought for the kingdom of heaven, they were all good. Not only Hong Xuanjiao, but also the other guards and the heavenly soldiers on the wall of the wall were all heartbroken.

"How? If you don't surrender, I will immediately take the lives of these bandits, aren't you brothers who live and die together? As soon as you surrender, I will release them immediately. Xiang Rong pointed to a heavenly soldier who looked like a pawn again, "Let him go and let him persuade their heads." ”

The captain's arm was cut off, the bleeding had not stopped, his face was already pale, and he staggered to the front: "Marshal Hong, brothers, let's go first, go to heaven, and avenge us!" His voice was resolute and passionate, "Kill a few more demons!" ”

When the Qing soldiers behind saw him talking like this, they immediately pulled out their knives and cut off his head at once. The wounded heavenly soldiers in the back also struggled, rushing towards the nearby Qing soldiers, biting with their teeth and hitting their heads with their hands tied. The Qing soldiers were frightened, "The people of this Taiping army are all crazy!" "Although the captured heavenly soldiers were heroic and wounded a few Qing soldiers, they were finally killed.

Hong Xuanjiao's eyes almost spurted blood, her brothers fell one by one, they were so loyal to the kingdom of heaven, they didn't want to be a burden to everyone, and finally died to serve the kingdom of heaven.

"Give me a few days to think about it, surrender I don't count it alone, I want to discuss it with everyone." Hong Xuanjiao said uncharacteristically.

"That's right, the one who knows the times is Junjie, but I can only give you one day, and I'll come back tomorrow at this time." Xiang Rong nodded with satisfaction and beckoned the Qing soldiers around him to retreat to the bottom of the mountain.

"Marshal, how can you do this?" The guards around him were puzzled.

"It's a delaying tactic, we need time, time is too precious for us." Hong Xuanjiao completely calmed down, she reflected on herself, as a general, she can't be emotional, the lives of the brothers on Dongling are in her own hands, and she must not let them down.

"Go back and strengthen the wall, all the weapons are ready, we have to fight the Qing Demon to the end!" Hong Xuanjiao's eyes are resolute and resolute, and she is decisive about the railway.