Two days passed quickly, and the time agreed with Xiao Chaogui was almost up. Yang Xiaoshan led Li Linluo and the three of them to erect a big banner on the bank of the Guijiang River and set up a formation.

"There is no wind, no rain and no fog today, how can this be attacked?" Lin Fengxiang muttered in a low voice, and he still didn't understand Xiao Chaogui's intentions. The last time I attacked was before dawn, and I lost so badly. It's almost noon now, and the weather is so good that you can notice a fish swimming by on the river.

"Don't complain, we have to trust Xiao Junshi's arrangement." Li Kaifang comforted Lin Fengxiang and said, in fact, he was even more puzzled in his heart, Yang Xiaoshan asked his vanguard to hold a long plank by himself, what does this mean, it is difficult to let them swim over with a long plank? Li Kaifang couldn't figure out the truth in this.

Since Luo Gang joined the Taiping Army, he and Yang Xiaoshan have always been partners in the team, and they have a good relationship with each other. He also reminded Yang Xiaoshan in a puzzled whisper: "Brother Xiaoshan, this plank can't be built without a soft rope." ”

"I know." Yang Xiaoshan smiled mysteriously and said confidently.

Luo Xuan was not at ease, and reminded him again, "People who know how to swim across the river are troublesome and a waste of time." What's more, even if the plank is used as a safety guarantee, it is a bit long, and if it is folded in half, it can allow twice as many brothers to swim through. ”

"Brother Luo, this plank is not used like this, you can wait and see." Yang Xiaoshan knew that Luo Outline had good intentions, but Xiao Chaogui had explained it before, and he couldn't reveal a word, so he could only sell it here.

Luo Xuan didn't speak, and looked at Yang Xiaoshanzai carefully, and saw that he was in the chest, so he didn't speak. Although he was full of suspicion and the second monk was confused, he trusted Xiaoshan and knew that Xiaoshan would not joke with the lives of his brothers.

On the other side of the Guijiang River, the Qing camp discovered that the Taiping army was going to cross the river, and at the same time set up a position to meet their attack.

"What are these bandits doing? Why don't you just line up and not fight? "Arjinga couldn't understand what the Taiping Army meant. It's been almost an hour, and the Qing army has also stood with the Taiping army for an hour, and the Taiping army doesn't seem to have any intention of attacking. It's past noon, and everyone is already hungry, they don't know that Yang Xiaoshan on the other side has let the team eat before the formation.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." Su Baode cautiously ran over, knelt down and pleaded: "The little ones have been standing for a long time, and this is all past the meal, and the brothers are a little unable to hold on. My lord, do you want us to eat first? ”

"You're right, let your group hold on a little longer. When we're done with the meal first, you can eat it again. Arzia replied slowly.

Su Baode was almost angry after hearing this, this commander really doesn't treat them as people. You know we're hungry, aren't we? Su Baode was angry, but he didn't dare to attack, so he could only hold back in his heart and retreat.

Yang Xiaoshan's side also noticed that the Qing army had changed, and it seemed that only the regimental training was standing guard on the shore on the other side, and the other Qing soldiers were gone.

"Xiaoshan, I'm afraid these Qing soldiers are going to eat, now is a good time to attack!" As the vanguard of the attacking team, Li Kaifang is more sensitive to changes in the situation. Li Kaifang couldn't hold back his excitement at this time, and hurriedly came over to ask for battle.

"Li Junshuai, you're right. But it was still not time to agree to attack, be patient. Yang Xiaoshan rejected Li Kaifang's suggestion.

"Xiaoshan, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, please make a decision immediately。。。。。。" Li Kaifang still wants to fight for it.

Yang Xiaoshan waved his hand and said: "Li Junshuai, believe me, there is a better opportunity below, you can rest assured." ”

Li Kaifang saw that Yang Xiaoshan's words were conclusive, and it was difficult to distinguish them, so he could only retreat with questions.

Lin Fengxiang on the side came up, "What do you say?" Can you attack? ”

Li Kaifang shook his head and didn't speak. Lin Fengxiang complained: "Which one does this Xiao Junshi sing?" It's not left, it's not right, when will it be killed? ”

Just when Lin Fengxiang was complaining, a team appeared behind the Qing army. This team is very strange, although they also wear turbans and hair shirts, but the colors are very inconsistent, blue, gray, yellow and all kinds of colors. The weapons in their hands are also full of flowers, many of them are farm tools, sickles, axes, dung forks, and all kinds of things, but their military flag is indeed the military flag of Xiao Chaogui of the Taiping Army.

"My lord, the bandits are coming from behind us!" Su Baode crawled over to report, which was incredible.

"How is it possible, does this bandit have wings, can he still fly over?" Arzia didn't believe it at all, he put down the food in his hand, and went out of the barracks to look at the place where he had reported to Subaod. "It's broken, it's really the flag of the Taiping Army, it's just that the costume is a little strange and not uniform, but there are quite a few people, about two thousand people."

"Su Baode, you take the group practice to resist for a while." Al Jing'a was also a little flustered in his heart, where did so many Taiping troops come from? I don't know anything about it.

"Yes." Su Baode took the order to retreat with a bitter face.

Arjinga also instructed his entourage: "Let the artillery team turn the muzzle of the cannon and fight back this ragtag army first." Arzel defined this force as a ragtag army of the Taiping Army.

In fact, he guessed correctly, this force was a member of the God Worship Sect in the Dali Mountains on the border of Yong'an. Because they were located in the mountains and far from the gold fields, they received information about the uprising many days later than the other teams. When they finally organized later, the Qing army had occupied the main road to Jintian, they could not pass, so they could only temporarily stationed in Dali to wait for the opportunity, this team from the beginning of two or three hundred people, with the continuous addition of hungry people, has grown to more than two thousand people today. The leader is called Huang Yiyun, a local barefoot doctor in his forties, who lived in Bauhinia Mountain for a long time before the uprising, and is an old brother who worships God, and is an acquaintance of Hong Xiuquan, Feng Yuanshan, Yang Xiuqing, Xiao Chaogui and others.

Huang Yiyun has a strong ability to see a doctor, but when it comes to leading troops to fight, he knows that his ability is limited. If it was one or two hundred people, he could still grasp it, but now such a big battle must be commanded by Xiao Chaogui to ensure victory, so Huang Yiyun asked his cronies to bring a message to Xiao Chaogui and let him lead this team of more than 2,000 people.

"My lord, what about the Taiping army on the other side?" The entourage was not at ease and reminded him.

"Stupid, they haven't even prepared the pontoon bridge yet, and it will take a while to cross the river, let's get rid of the bandits behind them first." Arzia shouted at his attendants.

The entourage didn't dare to reply, and hurriedly retreated.

"Boom, boom." The cannon of the Qing army rang out, and the "motley army" was really afraid of the firepower of the cannon, and gradually retreated, not daring to step forward. But the discerning person can see that they are not afraid to go up, but like wild beasts preying on it, waiting for a suitable time.

The artillery of the Qing army was triumphant and arrogant for a while. After a few rounds, the cannon stopped. The earthen artillery of the "miscellaneous army" sounded, but it was not to attack the Qing army, but it was like firing some signal.

A spectacular scene appeared on the Gui River, more than a hundred small wooden boats came out of nowhere, they were close to each other in a dense manner, only a meter or two away from each other, lined up in a dozen rows in the middle of the ferry, and stopped on the river after lowering their anchors. These boats were originally intended to be used by the Dali Sect members to go to Jintian, but they could not be used in this way today.

"Brothers, put the planks in your hands between the boats, build a pontoon and rush over." Yang Xiaoshan finally waited for this moment and roared loudly.

At this moment, everyone finally understood that the long plank prepared in advance was for this purpose. Many small wooden boats are like "bridge piers", and these long planks are used to pave the "bridge deck".

Li Kaifang immediately rushed forward with people, and the morale that had been accumulated for so long finally broke out at this moment. The long planks are paved all the way, and it is not stable to walk on them, which greatly improves the efficiency of crossing the river.

Seeing this scene on the river, Al Jing'a gasped, he never expected that the Taiping Army would play this game.

"Turn the cannon over and blow up all these little wooden boats!" Arjina commanded angrily.

Not long after the order went down, a commander of the artillery team came over and reported: "My lord, no. The barrels are all red, and the shells can no longer be fired, and if they hit again, they will explode. ”

"What about the archers and spears? Give it all to me! Arjinga hurriedly commanded.

"My lord, our archers and spears were suppressed by the archers in their boats, and they couldn't shoot smoothly into the river." One of the retinues came back and reported the bad news to Arjinga.

The archers on the small wooden boats on the Guijiang River were Orions in the Dali Mountains, and their crosshairs were much higher than those of the Qing soldiers, and the Qing soldiers were no match at all when they shot at each other.

"My lord, Su Baode's group practice seems to be almost unbearable." Another piece of bad news. Su Baode's regiments were originally limited in combat strength, and now they are still hungry, full of complaints, and have no intention of fighting. Facing the Taiping army twice as large as himself, he couldn't resist it at all.

"My lord, the Taiping army on the other side is about to rush over!" Another piece of bad news. Li Kaifang's vanguard had already laid wooden planks, and more than a dozen pontoon bridges made of wooden boats were lined up, and the Taiping troops quickly passed. Their shouts were already faintly heard in the Qing army camp.

"Withdraw, give me all the withdrawal to Yong'an City!" Arjinga's will had collapsed, he had no idea that he would be defeated so badly today, and the moat-like ferry was broken by the Taiping army.

Soon the two Taiping armies met successfully at the ferry, Su Baode was captured alive, and his 1,000 regiments were all wiped out. After betraying Su Baode, Arjinga fled back to Yong'an City with his own team in disarray, and all their baggage fell into the hands of the Taiping army.

"My lord, spare your life! I'm also Han, and I'm forced. While begging for mercy, Su Baode scolded Al Jingana in his heart for being a shield, and he was abandoned like garbage at the critical moment.

"Shut up, you traitor!" Huang Yiyun stood up and scolded Su Baode. Many of the relatives of the hungry people in his team were killed by this Su Baode.

"Pull him down, light a sky lantern, and offer flags to the dead brethren!" Xiao Chaogui also hated these villains who acted for the tiger, and sentenced Su Baode to death.

Su Baode was incontinent after listening to the feces and urine, and was pulled down like a dead pig. The executioner stripped him naked, wrapped him in magu, and soaked him in an oil tank. Then he hung him up and set his feet on fire with fire. Su Baode watched as the flames rose from the soles of his feet, and they were burned little by little, until they reached his whole body.

Finally took the ferry, and the Taiping army celebrated the victory happily by the Guijiang River that night. After receiving the strong support of the Dali team, the problems of insufficient food, grass, manpower, and siege materials were all solved at once, and everything seemed to be victorious.

When everyone was immersed in the atmosphere of joy, Xiao Chaogui got a letter from Yang Xiuqing in Jintian, and the person who delivered the letter was very anxious, and after handing the letter to Xiao Chaogui, he was almost so tired that he fainted.

"Xiaoshan, come and see what the letter says?" Xiao Chaogui didn't know a few words, and hurriedly called Yang Xiaoshan to come and see.

Yang Xiaoshan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly opened the letter, which was the handwriting of Yang Xiuqing's clerk Lai Wenguang. After Xiaoshan finished reading, his face was not very good, "In the letter, Yang Junshi said that Jintian is in danger, let us capture Yong'an City as soon as possible and take over the transfer of the brigade." ”

Xiao Chaogui listened, and the joy in his heart disappeared suddenly. He knows his eldest brother Yang Xiuqing too well, and knows that he is really in trouble, otherwise he will not be a person as deep as he has to do it as a last resort. Definitely will not write this letter to him.

"Outline, Xiaoshan, you lead the team to set off from the waterway first, and immediately go to Yong'an. The waterway is fast, and this time you will be the vanguard of the siege. Everyone else also hurried back to prepare, the sooner the better, and everyone rushed to Yong'an City as soon as possible. Xiao Chaogui knew that the matter was urgent, and immediately gave the order to attack Yong'an.