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Late that night, the wind and rain were raging, and it was the moment when the typhoon landed as Feng Yunshan guessed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was pitch black.

Under the Zhenhai Tower in the north of Guangzhou City, tens of thousands of righteous soldiers carried simple ladders in the dark, tied to long ropes with iron hooks, and rushed to the city wall in the face of heavy storms and rains.

At the head of the city, the 2,000 Manchu Qing banner soldiers and 3,000 green battalion soldiers who had been awakened early also braved the heavy rain and led thousands of people to be on guard, fully armed. The outside of the North City Gate is relatively high, and the Righteous Army has always taken the North Gate of the North City and the Small North Gate as a key attack area, so the Guangzhou General Mu Tern and the Governor Bai Gui have always focused their forces on the North Gate.

There were originally only 5,000 Manchu Qing banner soldiers and nearly 10,000 green battalion soldiers in Guangzhou, and 3,000 green battalion soldiers were lost at Niulangang at the earliest. A while ago, under the fierce attack of the rebel army, especially in the artillery bombardment, nearly 1,000 Manchu Qing banner soldiers and 3,000 green battalion soldiers were lost. Now there are only 4,000 Manchu Qing banner soldiers and less than 4,000 green battalion soldiers left in the city, but a while ago, the Guangzhou general Mu Teen asked the gentry in the city to organize 20,000 people to go to the city tower to assist in the defense, and for a time it seemed that the city was heavily defended.

The rebels began to siege the city. In the darkness, the sound of shouting and killing rang out, and the sound of the storm was actually drowned out.

The Qing army only heard the killing cries under the city, but they could not see anyone. The lanterns were hurriedly lit, but many of them were extinguished by the rain or wind, and did not add much brightness. It's just that I vaguely feel that the people under the city are all black.

A Qing guerrilla at the head of the city hurriedly ordered an attack.

Some shotgunners tried to light the arquebus, but they were either wet in the rain or blown out by the wind, and could not light it at all. Some of them hid behind the battlements and set them on fire, but they were extinguished by the rain before they could shoot. So there were only a few scattered shotguns on the castle tower, and they opened fire.

The guerrilla generals hurriedly ordered the people to smash down the city with stones and bricks. This was very effective, and as thousands of stones fell, screams continued to be heard under the city walls.

The shotgunners also put down their guns, changed their bows and arrows, and fired indiscriminately at the city. Although it was dark and it was not clear, it could be judged from the screams of the city that there were many dead and wounded.

The press rub in charge of the defense of the north gate made Shen Dihui rush over, soaking wet. Shen Dihui has only been promoted from the Dao platform for a short time, and he is very loyal. He didn't expect that the thieves would take the opportunity to attack the city on this stormy night. Although this is not conducive to defending the city, it is even more detrimental to the siege. Ordering more than 1,000 people to help defend the city, Shen Dihui looked nervously at the city in the night, hoping that the thieves would retreat as soon as possible.

The Qing army arranged six or seven thousand people to defend the more than 2,000 battlements on the northern city wall. That is to say, each battlement was guarded by three people, the flag soldiers shot with bows and arrows, slashed the thieves who climbed the city wall with long knives and spears, and the green battalion soldiers and the people were smashed down with stones.

At this time, the rebels under the city were carrying stones and bows and arrows, and many people still climbed to the top of the city, which frightened the Qing army for a while, but the Qing army was too tightly protected and were all killed in the city.

At the same time, the terrain is slightly lower just outside the east gate.

Due to the heavy rain, the river has backflowed, and the city wall has been flooded several feet deep. More than a dozen wooden sailing ships shaped like ancient building ships appeared outside the city wall, slowly approaching the city wall.

Qing Yong, who patrolled the city, braved the wind and rain, tried to open his eyes, and shone with the crackling lanterns beaten by the rain, but the already dim lights were watered by the rain, where could he see how far? After a random look and a curse for the ghost weather, Qing Yong retracted under the battlements of the city wall to hide from the wind and rain.

There were hundreds of holy soldiers and soldiers crowded on the tall wooden sailing boat, but the leader was Lin Fengxiang. The cabin is also covered with a thick layer of earth to prevent the planks from igniting and from being blown over by the wind.

After a while, the wooden sailboat shook, and Lin Fengxiang knew that this was the ship that had landed on the city wall.

This kind of wooden sailing boat with a wooden high platform in the middle is specially modified, which was intended to be used to enter the trench from the river and attack the two water gates in the south of Guangzhou City, but did not expect the heavy rain to accumulate water, and was suggested by Xu Xu Xiangguang to use it in the east city wall on this land.

The short ladder installed on the ship's high platform is not only strong and firm, but also slightly movable to facilitate the adjustment of the angle to connect the battlements on the head of the city, and the vertical beams are installed, through which the holy soldiers can easily climb to the top of the city.

And there are four thick ropes on the boat, Lin Fengxiang ordered people to tie the four thick ropes to the wooden sticks, throw the wooden sticks, and a holy soldier on the boat next to him took the wooden sticks, tied the ropes firmly on the boat, and then, with a series of ladders and planks laid on the ropes, tied firmly, forming a stable wooden bridge.

Seeing that the holy soldiers were almost busy, Lin Fengxiang ordered to secretly lower the ladder and start attacking the city.

The iron hook at the end of the ladder buckled the green bricks on the city wall and fixed it. The Taiping Holy Army climbed up the ladder from the high platform of the wooden boat.

But the sound of the ladder leaning against the city wall also woke up the Qing soldiers on the city head, and there was an exclamation on the city wall: "Enemy attack!" Thieves are attacking the city! The Qing soldiers got up one after another, spears, bows, arrows, and spears in hand, and began to attack the holy soldiers on the cloud ladder near the top of the city.

Lin Fengxiang followed behind the two holy soldiers, holding a long knife in his hand, and personally went into battle. He and the first two holy soldiers jumped on the city before the Qing soldiers arrived, and the three of them formed a row to meet the Qing soldiers who rushed over.

The first five Qing Yong to rush forward were each holding a bow and arrow, and after a few steps, an arrow came at him, hitting one of the holy soldiers in the chest. The other four Qingyong three held spears, and one took a waist knife and stabbed at Lin Fengxiang.

The holy soldier who was shot by the bow and arrow at the front grabbed the battlement, struggled to lean against the wall, and used his last strength to let his body and the spear in his hand stab at the Qing soldier who rushed at him. Poof! He was stabbed with three spears, and with only a low scream, he fell to the ground. However, before he died, the spear in his hand also pierced the abdomen of the Qing Yong who was holding a waist knife.

Lin Fengxiang was dumbfounded, and when the spears of the three Qingyong had just been stabbed out, the long knife in his hand slashed horizontally, hitting the neck of one Qingyong and the shoulder of the other.

Qing Yong, who was separated from his throat, threw away the waist knife in his hand, grabbed his hands into the sky for a while, and staggered and fell to the ground. Qing Yong, who was struck in the shoulder, screamed in pain, could no longer hold the spear in his hand, and fell to the ground, but was stabbed in the chest by another holy soldier who followed closely behind, and fell to the ground.

The remaining Qingyong, seeing that Lin Fengxiang was brave, couldn't help but be timid, and took half a step back, but Lin Fengxiang was stabbed backhand by Lin Fengxiang, who rushed up, and stabbed the side waist with the tip of the long knife.

The last remaining archer was a bannerman, who barely shot an arrow and was in the process of surprisingly killing a thief. Suddenly found that the four people in front of him were all killed by the thieves in an instant, and in a panic, even the bow fell to the ground, while exclaiming: "The thieves have killed it!" And he ran back.

At this time, behind Lin Fengxiang, four holy soldiers jumped onto the city wall. Rush forward and protect both sides of the battlements.

With the shouts of the banner soldier, some of Qing Yong were afraid of the thieves and retreated. A guard in the distance heard this and hurriedly led more than a dozen people to rush over. Lin Fengxiang led four holy soldiers to meet him and stopped the Qing soldiers from fighting.

Behind, more and more holy soldiers rushed up to the city tower, and more than a dozen people were squeezed in a few breaths. rushed to both sides, expanding the gap in the defense of the Qing soldiers on the head of the city, so that more holy soldiers could enter the city.

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"Summoning the Tiger at the End of the Han Dynasty", the writing is good, and Shangsanjiang recommended it. When can I go to Sanjiang, it's good that I named Sanjiang Koushui, and I haven't even been on Sanjiang, alas!