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Chen Kai led more than 60,000 rebels to the northwest corner of the city and joined Li Wenmao. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Unlike Li Wenmao's Hong soldiers, Chen Kai's 60,000 rebels not only selected from the 150,000 rebels, but also removed more than 20 artillery pieces from the arsenal of Nanhai County, and then dismantled more than 10 heavy artillery pieces from the two forts at the mouth of the Pearl River in the captured province and transported them by ship to Xicun in the western suburbs of the city. He also used ships to transport 570,000 stone of grain seized from the official warehouse in the South China Sea to Xicun, which was very prepared for a long-term siege of the city.

Then, Chen Kai ordered the rebels to set up a position, set up artillery outside the west gate, and bombarded the Manchu banner soldiers on the wall of the west city. There were two artillery guns with a long range, directly over the city, fell into the city, happened to be the Manqi military area, for a time the people in the city were panicked, the residents in the west of the city near the city wall, all fled, to avoid the artillery.

For a time, the morale of the rebels was greatly boosted. Several leaders gathered in Yaotai, the northwest suburb of the city next to Sanyuanli, and finally elected Chen Kai as the leader of the Righteous Army, that is, the big leader, Li Wenmao, He Lu and others because of the small number of soldiers, but second. However, despite the election of a big leader, the rebel armies of all walks of life are still fighting on their own, and there is no obvious adjustment of troops.

For several days, the rebel army concentrated its forces and attacked from the west, north and east of Guangzhou at the same time. Both sides were red-eyed.

The rebels were all fellow villagers or members of the Heaven and Earth Society, and they were familiar with it, and when they saw their brothers being killed by the Qing soldiers, they were naturally full of anger, and the atmosphere on the battlefield made them not afraid at all, and they just wanted to kill a few more Qing soldiers to avenge their hatred. In fact, the three leaders also know that the plan adopted is to fight against the many rebels under their command, even if they exchange three lives and five lives for one life of the Qing soldiers, the rebels will have the upper hand.

Moreover, after Chen Kai, He Lu and other troops joined the siege, the Qing army at the head of the city was obviously struggling to defend. It turned out that Li Wenmao's rebels were all congregations in the suburbs of Guangzhou, and the weapons in their hands were pitiful. Now the two rebel armies of Chen Kai and He Lu, who have snatched many firearms from Nanhai, Foshan Town, Dongxuan, Zengcheng, Panyu and other places, also set up artillery and carried guns with shotguns to shoot at the Qing soldiers at the head of the city.

The Qing soldiers could no longer stand at the head of the city unscrupulously and fire at the rebels outside the city as if they were practicing marksmanship. Since the rebels had firearms, the Qing soldiers in the city began to have casualties, and the rebels attacked at any cost, and the Qing soldiers in the city suffered hundreds of casualties every day. Even looking at the casualties of the rebels under the city seven or eight times, the Qing army began to panic! These people are a bunch of crazy people! Two or three hundred thousand madmen, it's terrible!

Even the Guangzhou general Mu Teen, who was sitting in the general's palace, began to panic, and urged the gentry in the city to form 20,000 temporary strong men and send them to the city walls to assist in the defense. He himself ran to the tower of the west gate and commanded the battle. Bai Gui also ran to the Zhenhai Tower at the north gate to boost the morale of the Qing soldiers on the city tower.

However, although the rebel army attacked fiercely, it still did not touch the root of Guangzhou's city defense. The walls are still strong. Although the Eight Banners and Green Battalion soldiers in the city tower suffered three or four thousand casualties, due to the timely replenishment of 20,000 people, the defense of the city head was tighter than before. Even if you use your life to replace Minzhuang, it is meaningless, because Guangzhou City has a population of more than 800,000 people, and tens of thousands of Minzhuang can be organized to defend the city at any time. Minzhuang can't fight in the field, but it's enough to follow the Qing soldiers to defend the city.

As the captured gunpowder was gradually depleted by the rebels, it became more and more difficult to break the city.

Lu Shunde and He Lu coincidentally ordered their rebels to try to dig tunnels, wanting to blast the city wall through the method of crypts, but before digging for two days, they found that the tunnels were full of stagnant water, and it turned out that the rivers around Guangzhou City were dense, and it was impossible to use the crypts to blast the city walls.

When the rebels were in a predicament, a congregation suddenly came to report that a large number of Qing army sailors led more than 100 sailor warships to occupy several forts at the mouth of the Pearl River in the province, rearrange the artillery, and send troops to garrison it. At the same time, a large number of local regiments were transported from warships to train villagers, equipped with firearms such as shotguns and guns, and troops were still accumulating, and ships were still transporting regimental training from the mouth of the sea.

Two hours later, several volunteer leaders from neighboring counties sent people to deliver news that surprised everyone. But it turned out that under Bai Gui's order, the gentry of Xiangshan, Xin'an, Dongguan, Xinhui, Chaozhou and other places hired nearly 30,000 villagers on their own, formed a large number of regimental exercises, and with the assistance of more than 2,000 sailors stationed in Humen, defeated the scattered rebels along the way, and carried ships from the mouth of the Pearl River in the province to rescue the city of Guangzhou.

Chen Kai hurriedly ordered the sailors who had been formed with wooden sail fishing boats to block the Qing army's sailors. However, the Qing soldiers were warships, and before they arrived at the rebel army's naval division to blockade the river, they had already docked the regiment and occupied the fort. When the wooden sailing fishing boats of the rebels passed by the fort, they were bombarded by a burst of artillery and suffered heavy losses.

The fort by the river must be occupied first so that the rebel naval division can not be blocked. However, the main strength of the rebel army was all used to attack the city, and the sending to attack the fort would naturally reduce the firepower of the siege, so that the rescue regimental warriors could achieve their goal. Moreover, these regiments slowly advanced, relying on the forts and the artillery they carried, and with the assistance of the Qing army's naval divisions, they slowly approached the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou.

Helplessly, Chen Kai sent Lu Shunde to lead 40,000 righteous troops, together with the 20,000 righteous troops sent by He Lu, to intercept the approaching Qing regiment to practice.

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In Tan Village, more than 20 miles away in the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou, nearly 30,000 regimental training villagers surrounded and escorted hundreds of wooden wheeled vehicles, slowly advancing in the direction of Guangzhou. The taller one is Ouyang Quan, the head of the regiment of the most ferocious "Dali Four Castles" in the group training, and the slightly shorter one is Chen Weiyue, the head of the regiment from the Jinshi of ZC County. The regimental training that went to rescue several counties in Guangzhou City this time was led by Ouyang Quan, the regiment commander of the most powerful "Dali Four Forts".

"Brother Ouyang, I heard that there are hundreds of thousands of mob rebels outside Guangzhou, can our 30,000 regiments really resist it?" Chen Weiyue asked.

"Brother Chen, don't panic, since we landed on Cheung Chau, haven't we defeated tens of thousands of thieves along the way? The mob was armed with iron forks and wooden sticks, and although they were numerous, they were not a cause for concern. Ouyang Quan, who had a gloomy face, replied, and the hard work all the way made him even more resentful of the riotous mob.

"I'm afraid that the mob outside Guangzhou has already robbed the sophisticated weapons, and it is no longer a wooden stick. However, if our 30,000 regiments are as well-equipped and brave as the 'Dali Four Forts' regimental warriors under Brother Ouyang, those mobs really don't have to worry. Chen Weiyue complimented enviously.

"Brother Chen doesn't have to be red-eyed. My big 'Dali Four Castles' regiment was 6,000, and each of them gave 30 taels of life money, totaling nearly 200,000 taels of silver! In addition, he spent more than 100,000 taels of silver to buy ordnance and purchase firearms. If it weren't for the generosity of the squires in the South China Sea and their donations, how could there be today's Dali Sibao group training. Ouyang Quan sighed.

"I heard that Wu Chongyao and Wu Daotai in Guangzhou City set up the "West Bureau" to donate military salaries to exterminate the rebels, and donated nearly 2 million taels of silver to the government in just a few days, which is really a model for my generation! ”

"yes. I heard that the governor has asked the emperor for Wu Daotai, and is ready to promote him to the rank of political envoy of Tongbu. You and I still have to work hard. ”

The two were chatting casually, when suddenly a large group of rebels with red scarves on their heads were killed in the woods in front of them, and they hurriedly ordered all the regiments to bravely deploy to resist.

It was the tens of thousands of righteous troops led by Lu Shunde who ambushed in the area of Tan Village to intercept the regimental warriors who supported Guangzhou City.

Although Lu Shunde's rebel army was much more sophisticated in weapons than Li Wenmao's rebel army, it was still mostly cold-weaponized, and it was necessary to get close to hand-to-hand combat. However, the regimental trainers were well-armed with firearms, and nearly one-third of the regimental warriors were armed with shotguns and opened fire at a distance of more than 100 steps.

Ouyang Quan calmly commanded the shotgunners and gun-bearers to line up in two rows, staggering and firing at the mob that rushed towards them. He also ordered more than 10,000 sword and shield men to stand on the side of the shotgunners to escort them, and finally spearmen, and then wait for the opportunity to attack. This set of formations was discovered by Ouyang Quan after groping for a long time, and it was the most suitable for fighting against the rebels in the wild.

Really! The thieves only rushed to a distance of more than forty paces in front of the shotgunners, and then they were shot and fell to the ground, and it was difficult to move forward. In a single round of fire, the thieves killed and wounded thousands of people, and the offensive of the charge was also disrupted and stopped.

The thieves on the opposite side saw that the situation was not good, and struck the gong and ordered to withdraw.

Seeing the thieves rout and retreat, Ouyang Quan's face was full of a victorious smile and ordered the pursuit. Chen Weiyue saw that the main force of the thieves still did not suffer much loss, so he easily retreated, and had some doubts in his heart, and wanted to dissuade him, but seeing Ouyang Quan's confident look, he had to give up, and led his headquarters to follow and chase after him.

An hour and a half later, I entered the vicinity of a village called Shipai. Seeing that the thieves in front of him finally slowed down, Ouyang Quan, who wanted to give up the pursuit, secretly thought that the thieves couldn't run anymore, so he gritted his teeth and decided to beat this thief army today. He announced that he would reward one or two pieces of silver for killing a thief, and ordered the regimental warriors to speed up their pursuit.

With the stimulus of the silver reward of the white flowers, the regimental warriors rushed towards the rebels like wolves. The regimental trainers who only cared about the pursuit did not notice that the battle formation that was originally lined up in several columns had long been disrupted, and at this time it had become a chaotic, long and narrow line.

Chen Weiyue, who followed the Dali Sibao Tuanyong, saw Ouyang Quan and others following the thieves and rushed into a quiet woods, and was secretly shocked in his heart, the terrain here is strange, and the thieves stopped and walked, and their movements were strange.

At that moment, Chen Weiyue made up his mind and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade Ouyang Quan. At this time, more than a dozen drumbeats sounded at the same time, and a killing shout sounded in the woods on both sides, followed by the explosion of "boom, boom", which exploded in the group of brave people. Immediately after, crackling gunshots rang out in the woods, and Chen Weiyue knew that a large number of shotguns were firing when he heard it. Seeing that the hundreds of regiments in front of him were shot and fell to the ground wailing, he hurriedly leaned down to the ground to dodge the guns. I was horrified!

There was an ambush in the woods! And there are so many firearms!