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On the morning of the next day, Lao Chongguang was about to go to the head of the city to patrol the defense, and the spies came to report: The long-haired bandit vanguard had arrived in Tuomuwei, south of the city, less than ten miles away from the city gate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Lao Chongguang secretly said that the bandits came so quickly, and hurriedly led a group of guards to the south of the city.

When I arrived at the South Gate Tower, I saw that Liu Changqing had arrived early. Needless to say, Lao Chongguang has already seen dozens of fishing boats with red and yellow flags docked at the Longchuanping ferry port three miles away, presumably the iron chains and wooden stakes on the Li River have been uprooted.

"The bandits are coming so fast! Liu Junmen, is there enough guards at the south gate? Perhaps to eliminate the tension before the war, Lao Chongguang asked Liu Changqing, who was beside him.

"I couldn't see it clearly last night, but it's just right now, please take a look at Futai." Liu Changqing pointed to the city wall, "The city wall of Guilin is all made of stones, and it is extremely strong. The whole city is 12 miles around the city, there are 1,340 large and small battlements, 10 city towers, 32 nests, and 22 defensive forts. The city wall is three and a half people high, the city tower is four people high, the city gate hole is five zhang deep, there can be hundreds of soldiers hidden inside, the thief army comes to attack, Liu will definitely let them suffer heavy losses. ”

When Lao Chongguang saw that Liu Changqing was so attentive, he was also determined, and couldn't help but praise Liu Changqing.

A few months ago, the main force of the Taiping army under the leadership of the Hongyang thief chieftain, besieged the city of Guilin, but also attacked the Yueyu, and then had no choice but to disperse, although the number of thieves was slightly larger, but the defenders in the city were much more than at that time. Moreover, nearly 10,000 regiments have been training for many days under the leadership of the regiment commander, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than the previous one.

Lao Chongguang served as the political envoy of Guangxi for several years and was very familiar with the city of Guilin.

Guilin deserves to be the seat of the provincial capital and the big city. During the Jiaqing period of this dynasty, on the basis of the city wall repaired by the Jingjiang palace of the previous dynasty, the reinforcement was increased and the city of such a scale was expanded. All of them are surrounded by mountains and rivers, especially the surrounding city walls, and almost most of them are built along the waterside of the Li River that extends in all directions, and the thief army cannot get close to the city walls even if they want to attack the city.

Only the two walls in the southeast and north could not be built because of the steepness of the river, so they retreated and built the walls twenty or thirty paces away from the river, so that they were a little bit of a place for attack.

The other entire Guilin Mansion City is surrounded by the water surface of the Li River, and there is a moat on this hot day, and the thief army wants to attack, but there is no place to stand. Therefore, it was only possible to attack from the front of the ten gates and the two walls to the southeast and north.

When Lao Chongguang thought about it, his heart was even more stable. In his opinion, the garrison of the city could rest assured as long as they guarded the city gate and the two city walls. Moreover, he even wondered if he should deliberately arrange a little less troops in the southeast and north walls to attract the thief army to attack from these two places and kill the enemy.

was thinking about it, but heard the thieves outside the city cheering. Lao Chongguang looked up and saw dozens of dragon flags waving in the wind in the distance, slowly approaching the south of the city. The big flag is red, and five yellow stars surround a big yellow coiled dragon that is about to take off, which is very powerful.

This must be Feng Yunshan, the chief of this thief army! Lao Chongguang secretly guessed. He didn't notice that Liu Changqing's eyes were red early in the morning, and he looked at the Panlong banner with hatred.

The houses outside the south gate of the city have long been in ruins. The thieves stopped advancing two miles from the city, and while encamping, they dispersed and seized the high ground outside the city, so as not to give the defensive forts at the head of the city a chance to open fire. Liu Changqing had already ordered that the thieves could only fire the cannon when they entered the range of the cannon.

Just after noon, the battle began.

A group of thieves pushed and pulled the artillery, carried it to the Elephant Trunk Mountain in the southeast of the city, and set up more than ten cannons. The top of the elephant trunk mountain is twenty zhang high, only more than 100 steps away from the southeast corner of the city, and it is more than half a mile away to the south gate, condescendingly, the main force of the thief army at the beginning of the year occupies here, I can't think of it, now, this thief army is doing the same trick again.

Liu Changqing was prepared early in the morning, and was busy organizing the artillery on the fort of the city tower and the city wall in the southeast corner, and took the lead in firing.

Boom, the top of Elephant Trunk Mountain was full of flames, and more than a dozen thieves who had set up artillery were hit by shells, and together with two cannons, they fell down the mountain.

"Good!" Liu Changqing's face was flushed, and he exclaimed excitedly.

Lao Chongguang was also satisfied, it seemed that Liu Chang had arrangements early in the morning, knowing that the thief army would seize Elephant Trunk Mountain, so he concentrated a large number of artillery aimed at the top of the mountain, so that the thief soldiers could not gain a foothold on the mountain.

Lao Chongguang hid behind the battlements and looked out of the city, but saw the thieves retreating from Elephant Trunk Mountain.

In a few moments, hundreds of thieves, in groups of two, one holding a table wrapped in cotton dipped in water, held it on his head, and the other under the table with a shotgun, shot at the head of the city. It's just, how can this hurt my defenders? Lao Chongguang secretly sneered and ordered the Qing shotgunners behind the battlements at the head of the city to return fire. For a while, the gunshots were like fried beans, and the banging was non-stop, but both sides had cover, and they did not cause any damage to the other side.

In the ranks behind the thieves, two more large platforms appeared, slowly moving towards the city wall. Lao Chongguang recognized this thing as the Lu Gong Car, each car has seven ladders, can be connected up, the car has several layers, each layer can accommodate 100 people, it is the oldest bulky but effective siege weapon. However, Lao Chongguang was secretly amused, because when the thief army attacked Guilin City a few months ago, he used this thing but it didn't work, can it still work today?

I was trying to let the artillery of the South Gate Tower bombard the Lu Gong car, but it was not easy for the artillery muzzle to be turned in the same direction, and now it was aimed at the top of Elephant Trunk Mountain in the southeast. The two Lu buses took the opportunity to move straight towards the south gate, and when they moved under the city gate, it was even more difficult for the city tower cannons to hit the Lu bus.

At this time, dozens of thieves appeared in Elephant Trunk Mountain, quickly set up cannons, and began to shell the city; At the same time, outside the south gate of the city, the thieves also began to launch dozens of artillery pieces and began to prepare to fire at the city tower. Lao Chongguang understood that this was obviously to cover the Lu bus, and it was impossible for this thief to attack so many artillery pieces at the same time for no reason, but it didn't produce much effect, and there was only one reason, the Lu bus was the real killer of the bandits.

The artillery on the city tower hurriedly returned fire, and the cannons flew one after another, although they did not cause many casualties, but the momentum was impressive, and Lao Chongguang was protected by the guards around him under the battlements, and he did not dare to raise his head.

I don't know how long it took, Lao Chongguang felt that his ears were about to crack open, and his mind was blown blank. How could the bandits' artillery be so fierce that they didn't worry that the barrel would be too hot and blow up? The artillery on the head of his own city was fired continuously, and it had been cooled for a long time, so Liu Changqing ordered people to constantly wipe the cannon body with a wet cloth to cool down. Lao Chongguang couldn't help but start worrying again.

Suddenly, Lo Chongguang felt something dripping on his back, "Is it raining?" No, it's sunny. He was muttering when a sudden pain in his back struck as strongly as a scorched fire.

"Ah........h......h It wasn't him shouting, but the dozen or so guards guarding him beside him were screaming, several of them were howling on the ground and rolling on the ground, and a few others, shouting and standing up, as soon as they came up, they were shot by the thieves under the city, and fell to the ground covered in blood. The guards were better, wearing leather armor and not suffering a lot. The regiment that assisted in defending the city practiced the village bravery, which was the most tragic, and some even went into battle shirtless without much clothing, and it was already chaotic at this time. Hundreds of villagers were dripping on their bodies and shouting all over the ground.

Not good! The thieves are pouring poisonous water on the towers! Just, how did they do it?

didn't have time to think about it, the severe pain hit like a tide, and Lao Chongguang couldn't bear it, so he shouted, "Oops, what's going on with ..... on your back, give... Root... Comfort... See... See? ”

An intact guard bowed, crawled over, looked at Lao Chongguang's back, his clothes were burnt and torn, and the skin and flesh were also charred and blackened, and he hurriedly untied the water bag from his body, poured some water and wet his sleeve, wanting to mark the wound with water and relieve the pain.

"Bastard!" Lao Chongguang kicked over the guard, but accidentally nodded, and several shots were fired on the city wall under the city, and the frightened Lao Chongguang hurriedly shrank his head again.

The wound hurts even more! It hurt so much that Lao Chongguang, who has always been calm and peaceful, couldn't help kicking and beating the guards. At this time, a hot air rose on his invisible back, and the more intense burning pain made Lao Chongguang can't help but scream miserably. The guard hurriedly turned over and crawled over on his knees, but he didn't dare to wipe the wound anymore, he was at a loss, and he didn't know what to do.

Liu Changqing, who rushed over after hearing the news, led a group of Qing soldiers, ran over with a cat, and asked, "What's the matter?" What's wrong with the Labor Relief Table? ”

"Back to the military gate, the giant car of the thief army under the city just now, a few long copper pipes suddenly appeared from the bottom, and some poisonous water was sprayed on the roof of the city tower, and a small part was sprinkled on Lord Futai." This guard had been hiding in the battlements, looking at the city, and was very clear about the whole thing.

"Smack!" A slap was slapped in the face of the guard, "As a guard, you can't protect Lord Futai well, be careful that Bendu cuts you!" ”

Liu Changqing turned his head to a few of his relatives and said, "Fufutai Lord go to the city tower to hide, wait for the artillery fire to stop, and then send it back to the governor's yamen!" You, what are you still doing in a daze, go and ask Mr. to show the wound to the adult! ”