"Your name is Erzhuang, right? Come with us! Several soldiers of the begging army with yellow scarves on their heads and red scarves on their arms came to the camp in the eastern part of the city to take away a volunteer who was planning how to be promoted and make a fortune and was preparing to train for the regiment outside the city as an internal response. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The same thing happened in the various camps of the Heaven and Earth Society. That night, hundreds of congregations who had colluded with the squires outside the city were taken away in batches by the captives. Most of them are local natives in Xinhui, Heshan, Shunde and Panyu in the South China Sea, who were reported and exposed.

After receiving the news of the revelation, Feng Yunshan ordered Fan Ruzeng to quickly dispatch the soldiers of the army to quietly arrest all the congregants suspected of acting as internal responses outside the city, interrogate them strictly, and ask the people who contacted them.

But it was a few squires outside the city, and more than a dozen merchants in the city. These people were robbed by the captives after the captives captured the city of Guangzhou, so they held a grudge. As soon as the Panyu County Order sent someone to contact him in the city, he readily agreed to do his internal response, and also helped to contact the Tiandihui Righteous Army in the city.

Through interrogation, it was learned that the regimental training rebels outside the city were mainly the east and west of Guangzhou, and the leaders in the west were Gu Shiye and Ai Si, but the east was the original Panyu County Order.

Zuo Zongtang asked the squires in the city to try to contact them, and under the pretext of discussing opening the city gate and raising troops as an internal response, he invited the leaders of the two rebel armies to secretly meet under the lion hill outside the city.

As a result, Panyu County in the west was eager to attack the city, and even took advantage of the night to rush to meet with people carrying sedan chairs, and was caught by the ambushed captive army. The regimental training in the east was leaderless for a while, and no one obeyed anyone, and suddenly it became its own battle, and there was no threat.

The rebels in the west were many natives of Heshan, all the way in the name of expelling the Hakka accomplices, and after capturing Foshan Town, they scattered and stationed. Master Gu and Ai Si did not appear in person, but only sent several groups of people one after another, urging the congregation of heaven and earth in the city to respond and agree on a time.

But the people who were sent out one after another were all sunk into the sea, and there was no more news. Master Gu and Ai Si suddenly felt bad, and they were in a hurry, so they invited the Panyu County Commander to lead the Tuan Yong in the east to besiege Guangzhou City and attack the city directly.

Unexpectedly, even the Panyu County Order disappeared inexplicably. Master Gu, who got the news, his face changed greatly, and he didn't dare to wait any longer, so he immediately ordered to attack the city immediately.

On the eighth day of the second lunar month, Master Gu and Ai Si led a rebel army composed of nearly 40,000 locals in Guangfu, plus a regiment formed by 10,000 landlords and gentry from Zhaoqing and several counties around Guangzhou Prefecture to train their courage and set out from Foshan to attack the city of Guangzhou.

Then, the regiments in Panyu County in the east, totaling nearly 10,000 people, also joined the besieging of Guangzhou City.

Knowing that the army outside the city had begun to march, Zuo Zongtang hurriedly ordered people to arrange thousands of captives and strong men in the city around the schoolyard in the east of the city, where tens of thousands of heaven and earth congregations were encamped, to patrol back and forth, strictly prohibiting the heaven and earth congregations from going out and forming groups. He feared that there was a hidden conspirator stirring up trouble, so he simply left all the congregation in the camp.

After settling the Tiandihui rebels in the city, Feng Yunshan ordered martial law in the whole city. Huang Dingfeng's Second Division B, plus the captive army in the city, about 13,000 people, plus the brave and strong poor people in the city, were deployed at the head of the city.

In fact, before the Tuan Yong of Guangfu arrived in Foshan, Feng Yunshan in the city received a report from the meticulous work. However, due to the small number of troops, Feng Yunshan had to abandon Foshan Town, and basically shrank the captive army outside Guangzhou City to the city.

It was only at this time that Feng Yunshan's heart settled down.

As long as the congregation of heaven and earth in the city does not move, and the rebels outside the city do not have the cooperation of the inner city inside, with more than 10,000 captive troops, plus the defensive advantage of the city wall of Guangzhou, it is more than enough to deal with the more than 50,000 chaotic rebels outside the city.

However, Feng Yunshan did not want to carry out siege and defensive battles, which would make the city of Guangzhou, which was already damaged by the war, worse and suffer huge economic losses. What's more, in this way, the steps of Guangzhou's development were completely disrupted, and even the construction of the Cheung Chau shipyard was completely stopped.

However, Huang Dingfeng came up with an idea, which was to snipe the leader of the rebels, so that the rebels would lose their organization and collapse without a fight.

Feng Yunshan was still thinking that the Second Division was only equipped with 130 foreign guns with a company of firepower, and the rest were ordinary bird guns, which were not far away, and the firepower was lacking, so it was inevitable that they would be killed and injured in hand-to-hand combat when attacking and defending the city.

Hearing Huang Dingfeng's words, he suddenly remembered that in his own battalion, there were still 110 Dresser needle muskets and 100 Charvail's muskets as self-defense weapons, and he was immediately overjoyed, so he asked Liu Shengbang to lead 300 personal guards, with 200 foreign guns, all of which were handed over to Huang Dingfeng for unified command.

However, it was said that Master Gu and Ai Si led a group of Tuzhuang and Tuan Yong to surround the west gate and the Great North Gate in the west of Guangzhou.

Seeing the Zhengxi Gate, Master Gu remembered that he had followed the governor Bai Gui a few months ago, and it was from this Zhengxi Gate that he escaped in panic, but he didn't expect that he would attack Guangzhou City from here today. I can't help but be proud.

I saw that some of Tuzhuang and Tuan Yong were holding wooden sticks and iron forks, and some were carrying and pushing the siege ladders and climbing vehicles built in Foshan Town, rushing towards the city wall, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

When the rebels under the city rushed 20 steps closer to the city wall, there was a rapid sound of gongs and drums at the head of the city, and the begging troops behind the battlements of the city wall got up one after another, holding shotguns and shooting down the city.

The rebels under the city were densely packed, only caring about rushing to the city wall, completely unorganized, and after a cloud of smoke, hundreds of people were killed and injured under the city.

Immediately afterwards, the rebels under the city pushed out the rushing cart and pushed it towards the city gate. And Huang Dingfeng, who was at the head of the city, didn't want to use the artillery on the fort of the city tower, but he couldn't care so much at this time, so he ordered the cannon to be fired.

Suddenly, several shells rushed down into the sky with huge kinetic energy, and although they did not hit the rushing car, dozens of regimental warriors next to them were knocked to the ground. The huge power frightened the people who charged under the city into turning pale.

At this time, another burst of shotguns rang out continuously, and the dense Tuyong and Tuanyong under the city suddenly thinned out.

The equipment of the two sides is completely not on the same level, and it is difficult to imagine how Tuyong, armed with wooden sticks and iron forks and hoes, can attack the city.

After seven or eight hundred people were killed and wounded, the Tuyong and Tuan Lian under the city retreated like a tide.

Master Gu and Ai Si, who don't understand military affairs at all, were dumbfounded! I thought that there were tens of thousands of troops, but there were only 10,000 people in Guangzhou, and there were people in the city who were in the city as internal responses, and they must have captured Guangzhou. Unexpectedly, the inner should in the city could not be contacted, so I had to attack the city directly, but I found it so difficult! It seems that the siege is not as easy as you think.

At this moment, all the guns and cannons above the city suddenly stopped, and after a noisy drum sound, they all suddenly stopped.

Master Gu was wondering, and a shout sounded on the city wall: "Please Master Gu and Ai Si come forward, this king has something to say." ”

Ai Si was a little scared and didn't want to pay attention to it, but Master Gu was a "big man" who had seen the world, so he pulled Ai Si and said, "What are you afraid of, let's not step forward, just stay here three or four miles away from the city to see what this thief chief has to say." ”

But he saw more than a dozen hanging baskets placed on the city wall, and dozens of people came out of the hanging baskets and walked towards the camp in the middle of the rebels. When Master Gu and Ai Si saw dozens of people coming, they immediately relaxed and led more than 300 people to greet them.

The distance between the two sides was three or four hundred paces, and the other side stopped.

Master Gu and Ai Si saw that the other party was holding something in the shape of a shotgun, so they didn't step forward anymore, at this distance, Master Gu was very relieved, the shotgun and the bow and arrow couldn't shoot so far. He was thinking about whether at this distance, if the brother behind him rushed out, he could catch the other party before the other party fled back to the hanging basket of the city wall.

As a result, if you are within 200 steps, you will have a chance to catch the opponent before the basket is pulled up. However, they still have to withstand shotgun fire from the top of the city. Think about it, or give up, first see what the other party has to talk about, it is certain, it is not surrender, could it be that there are other things?

So he cried out, "Traitor, what do you say?" ”

The person on the other side laughed and said, "I have nothing to say about your mortal person!" ”

"Ah, aren't you the Holy King? Hurry up ......" Before the words fell, dozens of gunshots rang out on the opposite side.

I saw that the five people, including Master Gu and Ai Si, covered their chest and abdomen in disbelief, and fell to the ground after being shot.

But it turned out that Feng Yunshan asked Liu Shengbang and Cheng Dashan, who had the best marksmanship, and others, with dozens of personal guards, Cheng Dashan pretended to be himself, carried dozens of Delaisai needle muskets, and went down to the city in a hanging basket, looking for an opportunity to directly kill Master Gu and others.

Unexpectedly, the other party was not on guard at all, and let Cheng Dashan and the others get closer within 400 steps, so there was the previous scene, Cheng Dashan took dozens of guards who could be regarded as sharpshooters, shot at Master Gu and others, and killed Master Gu and Ai Si, as well as the three people next to him.

Suddenly, the group warriors were in a mess, and the remaining few old village leaders ordered the Tuyong group to practice pursuit, but when they saw that the dozens of people did not hesitate, they turned around and ran, returned to the city wall, and sat on the hanging basket to rise to the head of the city.

The group of brave people who rushed to the city wall were shot by a round of shotguns by the soldiers of the captive army who had been prepared on the city wall, and hundreds of people were killed, so frightened that the remaining 200 people hurriedly fled back.

Gu Shiye and Ai Si died tragically on the spot, and the rest of the regimental training leaders and Tuyong leaders and village elders had their own plans, and saw that the city wall of Guangzhou was tall, and the guns of the captured troops on the city head were sharp, which was difficult to match, and suddenly the people panicked, although they did not withdraw the troops and left, but the situation was also very bad.

At this time, the Hakka army led by Lin Dashan and others slaughtered Foshan Town and rushed towards Guangzhou City.

At this time, Feng Yunshan in the city also received news of the Hakka army reinforcements brought by Wu Ruxiao and Hou Er. Regardless of the joy of seeing Wu Ruxiao again, Feng Yunshan ordered Wu Ruxiao to return to the Hakka army, and agreed that on the night of the next day, the two sides would flank the Turen regiment and train the camp. (To be continued.) )