"King Gu! King Gu! His Royal Highness King Gu! ”

"Dog demon soldiers, Lao Tzu fought with you! King Gu, wait for me to avenge you! ”

The unfortunate death of Wu Ruxiao, a tough typical hawk of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, did not bring the earth-shattering battle of Shence Gate to an end, on the contrary, because of the hearts of the army, the Jiangyin Taiping Army brought by Wu Ruxiao also broke out with a higher fighting spirit and combat effectiveness under the resentment and sadness, shouting the slogan of avenging Wu Ruxiao and charging forward, brandishing machetes and axes with red eyes and fighting with the Wu soldiers in the inner door, desperately fighting with white blades.

Inherited from Wu Chaoyue's training style, every elite battalion of the Wu army attaches great importance to close combat training, and it is not uncommon for people to die by mistake in bayonet combat training, and they are no strangers to the white-knuckle combat of fighting with knives and knives, but because Wu Ruxiao's army rushed too fiercely, the soldiers of Wu Jun were still killed and retreated in embarrassment, so that more than a dozen Wu Ruxiao soldiers rushed into the inner gate Yongdao, failed to hold the exit of Yongdao, and was suddenly pulled back by the Taiping Army Some of the situation, forced to fall into a hand-to-hand hard battle in the narrow Yongdao.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, the soldiers of Wu Ruxiao in the back took the opportunity to move forward, either rushing into the right gate to help the friendly troops fight white-knuckle battles, or rushing to the left gate to fight with the Wu army for control of the exit of the road, slashing and stabbing, the sound of roaring and shouting came and went, and blood flowers continued to splash in the crowd of people fighting on both sides, and the fight was dark and inseparable.

The fierceness of tonight's fierce battle is destined to rise unlimitedly, and at the critical moment, Li Rongfa's army also made an important breakthrough, killing the rebel soldiers in front of the melee, seizing a large area of position space and boosting morale at the same time, and the rebel rear team that hurriedly came up to reinforce was also directly broken and scattered, and the rebel army Wu Jianying and Fang Youcai, who were already lacking flag signs and difficult to command, were in chaos together, and the middle and upper generals could no longer effectively command the soldiers to go up to the front to meet the battle. Li Rongfa's army was killed and killed in a complete chaos, the soldiers could not find the generals, the generals could not find the soldiers, they could only dodge and flee to both sides in a mess, Li Rongfa's army was full of morale, and miraculously killed the inner door of the Shence Gate, and joined the battle for the city gate and Yongdao, and also further expanded the scale of the Shence Gate battle.

The same is true of the battlefield above the city gate, relying on the help of the rebel Liu Yulin Department, although the Wu Army Changliang Department miraculously relied on more than 20 flying ladders to successfully ascend to the city, and once killed the Taiping army on the city wall in a hurry, and retreated, but with the gradual relaxation of the Taiping army in the city, and the Taiping army on the eastern section of the city wall of the Shence Gate came to reinforce, the battle on the city soon fell into a tragic melee with bayonets, and the warring parties fought each other with knives and guns for the precious position space, fighting each other for their lives. The same fight was dark, the sun and the moon were dark, the stalemate was tug-of-war, and no one was willing or afraid to take half a step back.

In such a situation, the second elite battalion of the Wu army that rushed into the urn city of Shence Gate naturally fell into an embarrassing situation, and wanted to rush forward and was blocked by the friendly troops in front, and there was no road to go to the city to participate in the battle, so they could only crowd inside the urn city and wait for the stalemate to break, and the fighters appeared.

Fortunately, Hu Huaizhao, a veteran of the Wu army who has experienced a hundred battles, is experienced after all, and after probably learning about the stalemate situation ahead, Hu Huaizhao not only did not rush into the last elite battalion, but on the contrary, he also gave an order to command the ordinary battalion soldiers under Xu Shugang to dig a blasting cave on the eastern section of the city wall of Shence Gate, preparing to strive to blow up a gap in the eastern section of the city wall of Shence Gate, open more roads, and also cut off the direct contact between the enemy of Shence Gate and the enemy on the eastern section of the city wall. As a result, after receiving the order, the general general of the ordinary battalion of the Wu army, who had been killed, did not delay, and immediately frantically excavated the city wall under the command of the deputy battalion officer, and the enemy on the city never expected that the Wu army would bomb the city when it had basically taken the city gate, and no one noticed the danger under the city for the time being. Therefore, Wu Jun's excavation progress was extremely fast, and it only took a few minutes to chisel through the wall bricks and touch the rammed earth layer wrapped in the wall tiles. To the surprise of the Wu military engineers, there was exactly a crack in the rammed earth layer behind the wall bricks they dug up, which could be caused by natural disasters such as foundation subsidence or earthquakes, mountains and rivers, which could help them save countless time and energy!

At the same time, Li Xiucheng had ordered all the mobile reserves he could use to be transferred to Shence Gate to participate in the battle, and at the same time, relying on the good road traffic in the city, the Taiping army in the city was already on alert. On the Wu side, due to the serious lack of preparation in advance, Wu Chaoyue could only hurriedly personally lead three battalions of troops to leave the headquarters, and transferred 2,000 people from Qian Wei's army, and organized about 3,500 troops to gallop to Shence Gate to participate in the battle; The 6,000 troops led by Cao Yanzhong had only just left the battalion, and it would take at least more than three hours to rush to Shence Gate to participate in the battle; The sailors led by Wang Fu and Xu Lai did not have time to arrive at Xiaguan to land and obey orders, and were still on the way to maneuver. Therefore, the outcome of this battle is still unknown, and there is still hope for the Taiping Army.

The omnipotent Heavenly Father gave his believers enough opportunities, and Li Xiucheng, who had been commanding the overall situation in the Zhongwang Mansion, never lost confidence, but at this critical moment, an urgent report suddenly came from outside the door, saying that Hong Xiuquan suddenly sent Qin Rigang to lead the army to surround the Dongwang Mansion next to the dry West Gate, and directly rushed into the Dongwang Mansion to arrest Yang Xiuqing, who had been under house arrest for a long time. Li Xiucheng was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly asked, "Are you sure that you are going to arrest the East King Nine Thousand Years Old?" Did you say the reason, why did you suddenly arrest the East King? ”

"Confirm!" The messenger who came to report nodded vigorously, and said: "When our army in the city that controls the streets stops the army of King Yan, King Yan Chitose personally came forward to ask us to make way, and showed the holy decree of Long Live the Heavenly King and said to invite the East King Nine Thousand Years to meet at the Heavenly King's Mansion, but I didn't say what the reason was. ”

Li Xiucheng patted his forehead angrily, and Li Shuxiang next to him said: "Zhongwang Chitose, this matter is not strange, the East Wangfu is not far from the dry West Gate, and now the situation is so critical, long live the Heavenly King Out of prudence and stability, it is not surprising that the East King Jiuqiantose is temporarily invited to the Heavenly King's Mansion to be detained." ”

"Of course I do." Li Xiucheng replied angrily, and said hatefully: "But it's not necessary at all!" Worried that the king of the east has different intentions, just send dozens of reliable soldiers to keep an eye on him, why arrest people with such fanfare? Shake the morale of the army and hit morale, let our soldiers know about this, and some people will definitely think that Tianjing is about to end, so long live the king of heaven must first catch the nine thousand years old of the East King! ”

Li Shuxiang sighed, and also knew that once the news of Hong Xiuquan's sudden decision to arrest Yang Xiuqing spread in the army, it would definitely seriously hit the morale of the army and affect morale. But when things came to this point, Li Shuxiang could only continue to comfort: "Zhongwang Chitose rest assured, martial law has been imposed in the city, and it is difficult to transmit news in the market, no matter how much Yanwang Chitose arrests people with great fanfare, as long as he doesn't set fire to the Dongwang Mansion, not too many people will know." ”

"Ignition and cannon?!" Li Shuxiang's words of comfort inadvertently reminded Li Xiucheng of a major event, which made Li Xiucheng shake his whole body at first, and then hurriedly ordered: "Quick, send someone to contact Yan Wang Chitose!" Tell him that I don't care how he arrests and takes people, but he must not set fire to the Dongwang Mansion! Don't make too much noise! ”

"Chung Wang Chitose, there's no need for this, right?" Li Shuxiang was a little puzzled and said, "King Yan was ordered to arrest people, why did he burn King Dong's house for no reason?" ”

"Hard to say!" Li Xiucheng's face was grim, and he said: "Qin Rigang, that person is already a bit of a second-hearted, and he has been imprisoned in the prison for so many years, and it is also because the East King Jiuqian-year-old looked at him unpleasantly, and he deliberately rectified him after losing a battle, he has held a grudge for so many years, and now he finally has the opportunity to take revenge, and he can do anything!" ”

After that, Li Xiucheng urged again, but insisted on sending an envoy to contact Qin Rigang, but not long after the envoy was sent, the bad news came first-the direction of the East Wangfu in the northwest actually really lit up! As a result, after receiving the news, Li Xiucheng, who had a fairly mild temper, suddenly turned into an angry lion, and scolded: "Qin Rigang, I will lose your mother!" When is it now, you still set fire to Lao Tzu in the city! Do you think that the hearts of the people in the city are not panicked enough, and the morale of the army is not shaken enough?! ”

Of course, Li Xiucheng only later knew that he had wronged Qin Rigang - the fire in the Dongwang Mansion was not set by Qin Rigang, but Yang Xiuqing himself! Hearing that the fierce battle was raging in the north, and hearing that Qin Rigang rushed into his house with the army, Yang Xiuqing was naïve in politics and understood that his end had come, in order not to be tortured and humiliated, so Yang Xiuqing, who still had a bit of heroism, simply chose to set fire to himself! It's a pity that Yang Xiuqing's movements were a little slower, and as soon as the fire was burned, Qin Rigang's soldiers pulled out the room where the fire started, and he was not buried in the fire, and at the same time, the fire was too big, and Qin Rigang's soldiers couldn't put it out, so there was a fire in the East Wangfu.

It doesn't matter who set the fire, the important thing is that the morale of the army has indeed been affected, I heard the sound of guns and cannons in the north for a while, and saw the sudden fire in the city, there is no place in the south of Nanjing, such as Shuixi, Jubao and Tongji, where the army is not panicked, people's hearts are fluctuating, rumors are spreading, and the Wu army outside the city has also entered a state of combat readiness, scouts are constantly active at the gates of Nanjing, and the morale of the Taiping army is plummeting, and the wavering people are becoming more and more shaken, The rebel generals of the Taiping Army, who had already had secret contacts with the Wu army, stepped up contact with their confidants and pro-party, and were always ready to surrender to the Wu army, and even prepared to turn against the friendly army.

On the contrary, because of the distance, the Taiping army on the side of Shencemen was not affected by the fire in Dongwangfu, and at the same time, because Fang Haizong, Yuan Dehou and Chen Decai and other mobile troops of the Taiping army rushed to Shencemen to participate in the battle, the morale of the Taiping army on the battlefield of Shencemen also got a certain encouragement and rebounded, and soon killed Wu Jianying and Fang Youcai, the two rebels, and fled into the dark place in the city, basically shattering the hope that the Wu army should be killed in the city again. The main forces were also freed up to deal with the Wu army and Liu Yulin's rebels, who barely occupied a section of the city wall.

In the melee, the left and right sides of the inner gate of the Shence Gate have long been full of corpses, but the soldiers of the Wu army and the Taiping army are still fighting fiercely at the exit of the Yongdao, in order to regain control of the Yongdao, and in order not to give the Wu army a chance to enter the city, the soldiers of the Taiping army have been rushing forward one after another, holding a variety of hot and cold weapons to constantly charge forward, and the Wu soldiers in the narrow corridor to do a life-and-death fight, and relying on the absolute superiority of the troops, a considerable number of Wu soldiers have been dragged to death, and many times the Wu soldiers have been forced to rely on throwing grenades to relieve the pressure, to protect the space of the position, the sound of gunfire and explosions is always continuous, wave after wave, but the Taiping army soldiers have never stopped, not giving the Wu army any chance to gain a firm foothold.

Or in the melee, I don't know if it was the middle-level general under Li Rongfa who suddenly had an idea, shouted loudly and ordered his soldiers to collect all the flammable materials that could be collected, and threw them to the exit of the left Yongdao Road in the inner door as much as possible, not seeking to hit and injure the soldiers of the Wu army, but only to pile up into a mountain, as a result, the soldiers of the Wu army did not notice the danger for a while, and the feet in front of them were soon covered with combustibles, and as a result, when the general of the Taiping Army ordered a large number of torches to be thrown, trouble came, and the exit of the left Yongdao began to catch fire. The soldiers of the Wu army who were blocked by the flames could only retreat one after another to avoid being burned alive, while the soldiers of the Taiping army woke up one after another and began to throw combustibles and torches and oil to the exit of the road as much as possible, and the fire was raging, which soon burned the road of the Wu army into the city, and the pressure on the soldiers of the Taiping army was greatly reduced, and they cheered and set fire harder.

Seeing that the tactical effect of arson on the left and cutting off the road was extraordinary, the Taiping soldiers on the right naturally followed suit, ignoring that there were still companions fighting with the Wu army in the city gate and corridor, shouting and just throwing all the combustibles that could be collected to the exit of the road, and even demolished countless houses on the nearby streets in order to obtain wood, but after the fire rose, the Wu army had no way to enter the city directly from the Yongdao, so they could only shoot and throw grenades through the sea of fire, wasting ammunition and weapons in vain. The Taiping army cheered and continued to set fire to the road, while carrying sandbags and artillery to completely block the city gate and corridor.

There is also a troublesome thing, after the pressure on the Yongdao side was greatly reduced, the Taiping army immediately freed up their hands to deal with the rebels in the city Liu Yulin, Liu Yulin's rebels were not high morale, and they were defeated and retreated after being attacked by countless former companions, and the ordinary battalion of the Wu army in the city was not equipped well, and there was no way to quickly kill and retreat the enemy, so the position space of the Wu army in the city was quickly compressed and smallened, and there began to be signs of being expelled from the city by the Taiping army.

Seeing this situation in the telescope, Li Rongfa, who was the first to lead the army to quell the rebellion, of course danced and smiled, but when Li Rongfa yelled and forced the army to move forward with all his might, bad news suddenly came from the eastern section of the city of Shence Gate, saying that it was found that the Wu army was digging the city wall under the city. Just smash the stone ash bottle, throw the torch and pour the oil on the fire, and smash the powder keg down for me! ”

"Second Highness, it's gone." The messenger said with a sad face: "Just now, in order to reinforce the battlefield of Wengcheng, we have sent all these things, and a barrel of gunpowder and a pot of fire oil are gone. ”

"Then you didn't say it earlier?!" Li Rong was so angry that he first kicked over the messenger who had wasted precious time, and then shouted: "Send the oil and gunpowder to the city wall immediately, the more the better!" The sooner the better! ”

The soldiers rushed to give the order, and a batch of gunpowder and oil were also hurriedly sent to the city wall, and Li Rongfa, who had already roughly asked where the Wu army's explosion hole was, did not blink his eyes, and kept staring at that location with a telescope, and kept praying in his heart, "Heavenly Father bless!" Heavenly Father willing! Be sure to be in time, be sure to be in time! Heavenly Father willing! Heavenly Father, you must bless you! I'm just a little bit away here! ”

"Boom ——!"

In order to ensure that the city wall could be blown down in one fell swoop, Wu Jun used 80 catties of Dana explosives with nitroglycerin as the main raw material in this blast! Eighty pounds of Dana explosives exploded violently, and the Nanjing city wall, which was blown down three times by the Taiping army and the Hunan army with black powder during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in history, was like magic, first the ground shook a few times, and then the city wall jumped violently, and collapsed in the deafening explosion, revealing a huge gap no less than ten zhang wide, and countless Taiping soldiers crowded on the city wall and under the city suddenly disappeared forever in the rubble and dust!

"Kill ——!"

Hu Huaizhao, a veteran of the Wu army who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, roared loudly, and the last elite battalion of the Wu army outside the Shence Gate also rushed wildly, rushing towards the gap in the city wall that was still shrouded in dust and smoke. Before that, more than 3,000 soldiers of the Wu army led by Wu Chaoyue had already rushed to the gate of Shence with torches, and lined up to the rear of Hu Huaizhao, ready to enter the battlefield at any time to provide backup and help for Hu Huaizhao's army.

At this moment, the hand of time also pointed to 11:56 that night.

Twenty-three minutes later, at 0:29 in the morning, the news that the eastern section of the city wall of Shence Gate was blown up by the Wu army was sent to Li Xiucheng, although he had a certain psychological preparation when he heard the loud noise before, but after confirming the bad news, Li Xiucheng still stumbled and almost fell, and finally helped Li Shuxiang to stand firm, Li Xiucheng wailed helplessly, "Tianjing City is over." ”

"King Chung Chitose is relieved, don't be in such a hurry." Li Shuxiang didn't have much confidence to comfort him, and said: "Let's not say that we still have hope of plugging the gap, even if we can't block it, we can fight with the demon soldiers in the street, and at the same time rush to repair the defense line of the sheep and horse wall in the city, and continue to block the attack of the demon soldiers." ”

Li Xiucheng smiled bitterly and lamented: "It's good that it's so easy." ”nt

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