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The smoke in the canyon became heavier, and more and more Qing soldiers smelled the pungent smell, nausea and vomiting, and many of them fell to the ground. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The courage of lying on the ground is not all unconscious. But the men were so uncomfortable to see that although they were still awake, they were weak, their faces were pale, and their saliva flowed unconsciously, and they were slumped and moaning on the sand.

Slowly, more and more Qing soldiers fell to the ground, leaving only more than a thousand Qing soldiers crowded around the recessed cave, not poisoned, but also extremely depressed.

And Ye Mingchen and more than 100 guards had already come to the blockage of the river and just wanted to run out of the canyon. Hundreds of Qingyong saw it, and followed them to jump into the river, hold their breath, and swim out of the canyon.

Many Qingyong couldn't hold their breath, inhaled poisonous smoke, choked on water, and was swallowed by the river. There were only dozens of strong Qing soldiers left, and they actually caught up with the guards.

Ye Mingchen looked back and saw that many Qing soldiers were swept away by the river, and there was a dull pain in his heart. But when he arrived at the mouth of the canyon, he didn't think much about it, and commanded more than 100 guards to carry and pull two wooden boats, pass through the blockage of the river, and then jump on the wooden boats, and ordered the guards and those dozens of Qingyong to hurriedly drive the boat to escape.

Within a mile, a row of bamboo rows appeared on the river, connected by straw ropes, blocking the way of wooden boats. Ye Mingchen was shocked, and just wanted to order the guards to cut the grass rope, but he heard a few bangs, but there were artillery ambushes on the side of the riverbank, and a few shots were fired, and the boat was on the side, and the wooden boat shook violently, and then it went to the side, and the boat overturned.

The guards shouted, and as soon as they gathered around, they fell into the river. With the help of the guards, Ye Mingchen had just climbed onto the shore and was soaking wet, but he saw a large group of people with red scarves on their heads holding shotguns and brand knives, rushing over and surrounding them.

It's an army of long-haired thieves! Ye Mingchen's heart swelled with powerlessness, his heart sank to the bottom, and all thoughts were lost! A fishy sweetness welled up in his throat, and in a daze, he heard someone excitedly shouting, "I have caught a big fish." Then he passed out.

Ye Mingchen, the dignified governor of Guangdong and the acting governor of Liangguang, was captured by the Taiping Holy Army in this way!

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Half an hour later, the smoke in the canyon gradually cleared, and the boats and bamboo rafts that were on fire on the river were slowly burned and washed away by the water. Downstream of the canyon blockage, a large group of Taiping Saint Army soldiers appeared, and the person at the head was Luo Xuan. He ordered people to dredge the blocked river, and at the same time sent people to hurry up and report the news of the good news to the Holy King in Guiyang.

Upstream, some of the soldiers and paiwei of the holy army led by Zuo Zongtang operated bamboo rows one after another, and the Qing soldiers who were not dead on the beach were captured and sent to the bamboo rafts, imprisoned, and all the artillery, weapons and gunpowder that the Qing army moved on the beach were carefully moved onto the bamboo rows.

"Luo checked, Zuo Mou has completely obeyed the Holy King! I don't know how he came up with this method, and he actually used this kind of branch called 'oleander', mixed with sulfur and human and animal feces to ignite together, and the poisonous smoke produced was so powerful! In this way, our holy army can completely annihilate this pure demon without a single shot! After collecting the seized materials at the end of the command, Zuo Zongtang, who was in a good mood, said to Luo Outline in front of him with admiration.

"The Holy King is very human, he has a lot of skills, you and I have not seen it. This oleander branch had been used by the Holy King when he had beaten the Demon Jiang Zhongyuan in Quanzhou before, and Luo had seen the power of this poisonous smoke at that time. Luo Outline chimed in and explained, "This oleander, the Holy King has been letting the tail of the card be collected. This time, I brought a lot of it, and it happened that Mr. Zuo chose to ambush on this cliff, so Luo remembered this oleander, so he used it, and the effect was surprisingly ideal. ”

"Yes! I didn't expect this oleander and sulfur to mix and burn, and the poisonous smoke released was so powerful! However, thanks to the peculiar terrain of this canyon and the right wind direction, the poisonous smoke accumulates in the valley, which has such an effect! If the ground is flat, it will be blown away by the wind, and it will be useless. Otherwise, the poisonous smoke of this oleander can be used everywhere. Zuo Zongtang continued.

"It's a pity that the environmental requirements are too high, otherwise with this oleander alone, you can capture Guangzhou City in one fell swoop." Luo Xuan smiled.

"That's not going to work! There are too many people in the city, if you can use this poisonous smoke, won't you poison all the people? Zuo Zongtang shook his head and replied.

"That's what Mr. Zuo said! But Luo lost his words. The last time the Holy King used poisonous smoke, he once sighed, 'I don't know whether this chemical weapon is good or bad, and I feel that it is too bad to use it to kill people'. ”

This Zuo disagrees. As long as you can destroy the enemy army, no matter what method you do, it is no different. Zuo Zongtang didn't seem to want to dwell on this issue anymore, so he changed the topic and said: "Luo Checkpoint, now that the governor of Guangdong, Ye Mingchen, has been captured by us, and all the 5,000 reinforcements he led have been annihilated. Coupled with the 3,000 soldiers of the Zhenbiao of Nanshaolian Town that were destroyed, as well as the more than 2,000 Qing demons of the Nanxiong Association and the Sanjiangkou Association who were ambushed and defeated by Chen Junshuai the day before yesterday, the Qing demons around Shaozhou have all been annihilated by our side. It's time to collect Shaozhou City! ”

"That's good! Luo will lead the troops to take the Shaozhou capital city tomorrow! In order to ambush this demon head Ye Mingchen, the soldiers of our holy army deliberately made a detour, and rushed here to prepare day and night. Luo Xuan was in high spirits, looked at Zuo Zongtang, and secretly said that this Mr. Zuo is thoughtful, and he is really a good hand in painting soldiers. With the success of his plan to encircle and send reinforcements, there are no more large Qing troops in and around Shaozhou City, and Shaozhou City is even more readily available. I can't help but feel that the Holy King's accuracy in seeing people is admirable.

A few days ago, Chen Yucheng led 4,000 soldiers of the Fourth Army of the Holy Army, and after successfully conquering Ruyuan County, he left a small number of soldiers to garrison the county seat, and then marched to the vicinity of Shaozhou.

Zuo Zongtang learned from the captured Qing soldiers of Nanshaolian Town that Liu Kaiyu, the chief soldier of Nanshaolian Town, had ordered the Nanxiong Association and the Sanjiangkou Association Qing soldiers in the northeast of Shaozhou to come to support Shaozhou, and in the south of Shaozhou, Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong, also personally led 5,000 Qing soldiers to the rescue.

He realized that this was an excellent opportunity to encircle the point and send reinforcements, so he suggested that he should lead a part of the holy army and all the pai tails, pretend to be the main force of the city holy army, pretend to attack Shaozhou City, and confuse the Qing army.

It was also suggested that the main force of the Holy Army led by Luo Xuan should make a detour through Shaozhou City, find suitable terrain in the Beijiang River south of Shaozhou, and ambush the Qing army reinforcements; The soldiers of the Holy Fourth Army led by Chen Yucheng easily made a detour to Shaozhou City, and ambushed the Qing soldiers of the Nanxiong Association and the Sanjiangkou Association who came to help in the upper reaches of the Zhenjiang River in the northeast of Shaozhou.

There was the fact that these two Qing armies were defeated by the holy army.

In this way, the Manchu court no longer had any Qing soldiers who could resist, and the entire Shaozhou Mansion was like a peeled zongzi, exposed in front of the Taiping Holy Army.

On the 21st day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, Luo Xuan and Zuo Zongtang led more than 12,000 soldiers of the Holy Army and 6,000 pai tails to successfully enter the capital of Shaozhou. More than 300 Shaozhou City Flood Control Soldiers and hundreds of Heaven and Earth Congregations in the city conspired to open the city gate and let the holy army enter the city. The remaining small number of pacesetters in Nanshaolian Town and more than 500 Fucheng flood control soldiers were led by the deputy general of Shaozhou in Nanshaolian Town, and fled less than four miles from Kaicheng, and they were intercepted by the holy army squatting in the middle of the road and captured together.

Ren Weiqi, the prefect of Shaozhou, committed suicide in the government office, and the rest of the officials and government officials were all captured.

At the same time, Chen Yucheng led his troops to capture Renhua County, northeast of Shaozhou Prefecture, after defeating the 2,000 Qing troops of the Nanxiong Association and the Sanjiangkou Association who came to help.

So far, except for Nanxiong in the northeast and Weng Yuan in the southeast corner, Shaozhou Mansion has not been controlled by the Taiping Holy Army, and most of the land in the province is occupied by the Taiping Holy Army.