After Hong Xiuquan raised his troops, he almost took most of Qingzhou without blood, but there were still a few counties and counties that stubbornly resisted Hong Xiuquan, the largest of which was Kong Rong of Beihai State. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, the reason why the Beihai Kingdom was able to develop and grow under the strong suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not because of Kong Rong, but because of Zong Ze, who had just entered Qingzhou some time ago. Under the leadership of Zong Ze, the Beihai Kingdom successively thwarted several attacks by the Taiping Army, and the prestige was greatly shaken, and there were constantly teams that resisted the Taiping Dao to defect, and now there are 25,000 regular troops in the entire Beihai.

However, the gun shot the first bird, the momentum of the Beihai Kingdom was so huge, it quickly attracted the attention of the upper echelons of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and because of Li Xiucheng's defeat, Hong Xiuquan's prestige was greatly hit, and he urgently needed a victory to cheer people's hearts, so the isolated and fiercely resisting Beihai Kingdom naturally became the best choice for Hong Xiuquan Liwei.

Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, personally led an army of 100,000 to attack Beihai State, and Zong Ze led the army to fight, but finally returned with a great defeat due to the overwhelming number of Taiping soldiers, losing seven or eight thousand soldiers and horses. Zong Ze had no choice but to hold on to the city and wait for the opportunity.

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Looking at the endless Taiping military camps outside the city, Zong Ze sighed and shook his head helplessly.

Wu Anguo, the deputy general on the side, persuaded: "Zong Shuai doesn't have to be discouraged, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, and there are 100,000 stones of grain and grass, then Yang Xiuqing wants to break the city, let's go in the next life!" ”

Zong Ze glanced at Wu Anguo and said with a wry smile: "I'm not worried about Beihai Kingdom, but the entire Han Dynasty, since the Hong rebellion, our contact with the outside world has been cut off, and I don't know how far this group of rebels has been raging now?" ”

Woo woo ~ woo woo ~ While the two were talking, the horn of attack sounded again in the camp of the Taiping army under the city.

"Damn, these crazy people are here again!" Wu Anguo spat and scolded viciously.

Zong Ze shouted: "Brothers, quickly prepare to defend against the enemy, the Taiping army is not strict in military discipline, once the city is broken, they will inevitably slaughter the city to vent their anger!" “

"I wish to fight to the death with the general, the city is in the people, and the city is ruined!"

Concerned about personal interests, all the defenders at the head of the city shouted in unison, and under the command of Zong Ze, they stood in their positions, bent their bows and arrows, and prepared for defense.

In the camp of the Taiping Army, Yang Xiuqing stared at the Beihai Kingdom city wall five miles away with an eagle on his face, and only turned back to the big man behind him for a long time and said: "Shi Wengong, although you have only joined my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for four months, but you are a good martial artist, even the British King Chen Yucheng is willing to bow to the wind, and he is the first brave general of my Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. “

Before Shi Wengong could speak, a big man on the side interjected and said: "The East King also underestimates my master too much, just a Beihai City, I can take it when I rise out of the horse." ”

Yang Xiuqing was immediately overjoyed, "Okay, Zeng Sheng, I will appoint you as the main general of the siege, if you can take Beihai City, I will promote you to be a general!" ”

Zeng Sheng was overjoyed and said: "King Dong, you are optimistic, within half an hour, I will take down the head of Zongze Kong Rong and return triumphantly!" ”

Yang Xiu Qingce immediately stepped forward and shouted at the tens of thousands of Taiping troops: "Brothers and sisters of the Heavenly Kingdom, the villains of the Beihai Kingdom do not respect the will of the Yellow Heavenly God. This king has received the will of the gods, and after the city is broken, he must baptize the wicked people in the city! ”

Roar roar roar ~

Tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers all let out a crazy shout, and what Yang Xiuqing said just now was high-sounding, which actually meant that after the city was broken, it could be looted in the city without any restrictions.

Zeng Sheng turned over and dismounted, walked at the front of the team, and waved his two knives in his hands, "Brothers, for the great cause of heaven, kill!" ”

"Kill, break the city!"

Under the leadership of Zeng Sheng, tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers were in high spirits, or carrying ladders, or shields, or spears, or bows and crossbows, and rushed towards Beihai City like a tide.

Zong Ze stood high at the head of the city and ordered in a deep voice: "Crossbowmen release arrows!" ”

In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired at the head of the city, and countless sharp arrows broke through the air, and the Taiping army under the city was suddenly shot by the people on their backs, and the dead were everywhere.

However, the Taiping army was outnumbered, and even though it was suppressed by bows and arrows, it still persevered, shouting and rushing forward, and in a short time tens of thousands of people crossed the moat. More than 20 ladders, in a blink of an eye, were raised by tall trees and snapped under the city wall.

"Quick, let go of the rolling wood!" Zong Ze shouted loudly.

With Zong Ze's order, countless sandalwood and flying stones were smashed down from the city.

Bang bang bang!

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of Taiping soldiers were smashed, all of them were smashed until their brains burst and blood splattered.

Seeing the heavy casualties among his subordinates, Zeng Sheng suddenly became furious, holding two knives in one hand and a shield in the other, and climbed up in the rain of arrows, getting closer and closer to the wall.

"Hey!"

Zeng Sheng roared angrily, jumped forward, and suddenly climbed the city wall, the silver light of the double swords in his hands flashed, and he cut down five or six Han soldiers in an instant, "Haha, this head is my Zeng Sheng!" ”

"Donglai Tai Shi Ci is here, look at the arrows!"

Zeng Sheng's voice did not fall, but he saw an arrow flying through the air with the sound of the howling wind, only to hear the sound of "duh", which hit his throat.

Zeng Sheng's eyes widened, and he fell down the city with an incredible look, and fell into a pile of meat on the spot.

When Zong Ze looked back, he saw a big man about nine feet tall holding a five-stone strong bow, looking coldly at Zeng Sheng, who had fallen from the city.

"A strong man is good at archery, can you report your name?"

Tai Shi Ci smiled slightly, and said to Zong Ze Shili: "The grass people have a single name and a word of mercy in Taishi, the ancestral home of Donglai, the former mother has received the favor of Kong Beihai, and the grass people heard that Beihai is in danger, so they specially came to help!" ”

Zong Ze exclaimed: "Knowing the kindness, the strong man is a true hero!" ”

Tai Shi Ci smiled shyly, "Master Zong has won the award, I'll wait to kill the bandits who retreated from the city first." “

Zong Ze suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "What Taishi Zhuangshi said is extremely true, I will wait for the enemy to retreat first!" “

The morale of the Taiping army under the city was greatly reduced because of Zeng Sheng's death, and Tai Shi Ci's arrows were not missing, and the arrows were aimed at those brave leaders and shot them one by one. The siege momentum of the entire Taiping army was suddenly greatly reduced, and many soldiers were afraid to move forward, for fear that they would go to the underworld to report before they could enjoy the blessing.

Shi Wengong watched for a long time behind the battle, and said helplessly with a long sigh and a fist to Yang Xiuqing: "King Dong, the morale of our army has been discharged, and it is impossible to take Beihai City today, let's withdraw for the time being!" “

Yang Xiuqing looked at the Han soldiers who were showing off their might at the head of the city with a gloomy face, and said angrily: "Okay, just let these fools live a few more days." “

Listening to Yang Xiuqing's words, Shi Wengong immediately turned around and shouted to the escort officer: "Quickly Mingjin and withdraw the troops!" “

The sound of bells and bells sounded, and tens of thousands of Taiping troops besieging the city retreated like a tide as if they had been granted amnesty.