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Outside, the wind was bitter, and the cold wind howled through the branches of the trees, causing only the branches covered with snow and ice to make a palpitating wind whistle...... Suddenly, a deafening thunderclap erupted in the silent night sky, and the heavens and the earth fell into boundless darkness again.

This thunderous sound only woke up the sleeping person from the dream, and Yang Xiuqing, who woke up, hit a fierce spirit, and the body of a snake like nephrite around him would wrap around his body, and with the light of the stars and moons reflected in the snow outside, Yang Xiuqing saw clearly the decoration in this room, and the decoration of the mahogany bed can be described as extremely luxurious.

Looking at this luxurious room, for a moment, Yang Xiuqing even thought that he was still in a dream, after all, once upon a time, he was just ploughing the mountains and burning charcoal as a business, after a moment of stunned, he only came back to his senses, he is now under the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, above 10,000 people of the East King 9,000 years old, this good day, but just the beginning, if the world is taken in the future......

Just when Yang Xiuqing was looking forward to a better future, looking forward to whether he would be able to enter a thousand years old again in that future, he heard the thunder outside, the thunder was very dense, but it couldn't be seen, what was going on?

Push away the woman beside her who has boundless charm in her bones - it is the woman offered by her subordinates, the rich lady in this Hankou city, for Yang Xiuqing, this woman is just a plaything. Putting on a piece of clothing and walking to the door, Yang Xiu looked in the direction where the thunder came, and he was stunned in an instant.

Because he clearly heard that it was not thunder, but an explosion, and in the direction of the dock, there was a constant flash, that ...... That's the shelling...... What's going on?

"Buzz ......"

The shells fired by the 32-pounder caron cannon made a deafening roar in the air, and the sound of breaking the air seemed a little dull, but in the ears of the Taiping officers and men, it became like a life talisman -- every time the shell exploded, it would always take the lives of many Taiping officers and men, and during the shelling, those Taiping officers and men had no choice but to hide in the corners and not dare to act rashly.

While the Taiping officers and soldiers on the street were hiding in all directions, two figures on the street were desperately running towards the dock, ignoring the shells that fell from time to time around them.

Blood!

Blood everywhere!

Stump and severed arm!

The more I ran to the pier, the more I felt that the street was like a Shura field, in front of a ruin on the side of the street, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, maybe when the cannonball exploded, a group of Taiping soldiers happened to pass by the cannonball, leaving such a tragic scene, so that the blood melted the snow on the ground.

The smoky streets blocked Zhu Yifeng's vision, but this did not have much effect on him, knowing that the gunners on the ship could fire two rounds of guns at most a minute, he knew that this shelling seemed to be secret, but in fact, it was just an alternate fire of shells from several gunwales, and all he needed was to seize the gap and escape to the dock.

"Lie down!"

Listening to the piercing sound of breaking the air in the air, Zhu Yifeng shouted loudly at the moment when he fell down, thinking of the little guy who had been following him.

At the moment when the young man fell, a violent explosion was heard more than ten meters away, followed by fragments, rubble and a strong shock wave passing over their heads.

The well-made suit was torn along the stitch under the action of the violent shock wave, and after the shock wave, he was almost like a beggar in his original neat clothes, and the gray cotton jacket on the young man who led the way was also torn by the shock wave, revealing the white cotton wool in it.

"This cannon cannon, it's not long-sighted......"

Zhu Yifeng, who was almost fainting with a roar in his brain, scolded, but he also understood that if he hadn't beaten like this, he might not have a chance to escape to the boat.

"Are you hurt?"

Looking back at the young man, Zhu Yifeng asked.

"No, it's okay......"

After getting a positive answer, Zhu Yifeng, who was holding back the fainting feeling in his brain, said again.

"As long as you take me to the dock and send me to the ship, I won't be able to lose you when the time comes......"

Zhu Yifeng's words were interrupted by a burst of cannons, and vaguely, he could see the night sky lit up by cannon flames in the distance, it was the artillery team of the Taiping Army, they were firing at the "Express", the "Express" was not a warship, just a merchant ship.

"Hurry up, if you don't leave, none of us will be able to leave!"

Seeing the little guy's dizzy appearance, Zhu Yifeng shouted, pulled him, and ran towards the dock.

"Buzz ......"

With a whistling sound that almost tore through the sky, the heavy cannonball whizzed through the air in a red trajectory towards the target, the red trajectory was the fireworks that erupted in the air after the fuse was ignited, and the moment the shell hit the ground, the shell filled with gunpowder exploded a spark that blew down the brick and wood houses, and the houses were reduced to rubble in the shelling. Fragments of steel flew in all directions, and the air was quickly filled with flying gray dust and shards of crimson metal.

At this time, the gunners on the "Express" were desperately loading the shells, and the rhythm of their loading and firing continued to increase, but thanks to the fact that they moved several 32-pounder caron guns on the port side to the starboard side, they were able to continue shelling towards the pier.

When the sailors on the "Express" bombarded Hankou with shells one by one, the Taiping Army artillery team hidden near the dock continued to shell the "Express" with copper cannons and earthen cannons, but the gap between the two sides was undoubtedly evident at this time, although the sailors on the "Express" were not full-time gunners, but for every sailor, the basic gunnery must be mastered, after all, there is a possibility of encountering pirates at any time on the sea, and they are shelling an area, so naturally it does not matter if they are accurate. But the gunners of the Taiping Army are different, the target they need to attack is the Express, because of the depth of the draft, so the "Express" has been berthed away from the dock 100 zhang away, and the Taiping Army's artillery team in order to hide, but also hidden outside the dock, so that the distance between more than 200 zhang, coupled with its lack of training, this shell hit the head at all, except for the "Express" around the water column, its shells did not pose too much threat to it.

Finally, Zhu Yifeng, who was rushing wildly, fled to the dock, and the dock was chaotic at this time, full of fleeing Taiping officers and soldiers, and some coolies, although they were separated by more than 200 zhang, but at the moment of entering the dock, Zhu Yifeng could still see the tongue of fire that continued to spit out from the side of the "Express" on the river.

Now what?

In the choking smoke of gunpowder, Xue Hailong took advantage of the light of the cannon on the river to look at the bandits fleeing on the dock, how did they move? Of course, this is not something he needs to think about now, and at this time there is only one thought left in his mind - escape!

But where to flee?

The cannon of the ocean ship was tearing through the night sky with its roar, and the shells smashed craters into the ground, and at the moment of explosion, they blew bricks and dirt into the sky, and then those things rained down again.

All this only shocked Xue Hailong and couldn't even think, just when his intermittent thoughts were interrupted again and again, suddenly, in the light of the cannon flames, he saw a figure, and the reason why he was able to notice that figure was all because of the unusual clothes that the person was wearing.

It's him!

Almost at that moment, Xue Hailong immediately realized that his opportunity had come, and looked at the people around him who were pale with fright, shrunken and trembling, and a sense of courage suddenly surged into his heart.

"Do you want to die or live!"

"I, I want to live!"

Xu Dayong, who was wearing a number robe, nodded hurriedly, everyone wanted to live, especially these people.

"You see, now the people on the foreign ship are fighting with the bandits, everyone listen to me, our way of survival is here, as long as we can escape to the foreign ship, we will definitely survive......"

At this time, no one thought about other issues, and no one even asked Xue Hailong why he could live on a foreign ship, people were just driven by the instinct to survive, and when they were at a loss, sometimes, they only needed someone to shout, and they would instinctively follow.

"Everyone listened to me, and they all ran towards the pier, and then they tried their best to slide the boat towards the foreign boat, remember, and while sliding, they shouted "The owner is on the ship" ......

Of course, the reason why Xue Hailong said this was not that he really wanted to save other people, but because there were still bandits on the dock, so he needed someone to cover himself, as for whether those people were dead or alive, it had nothing to do with him, for him, the most important thing was to grasp the life-saving straw.

When Xue Hailong rushed out, Xu Dayong hurriedly followed.

"I'll follow you......"

The instinct to survive made Xu Dayong realize that only by following the person in front of him could he have a chance to escape, and Xue Hailong had no objection to this, after all, the boat was not something he could row alone.

"Boss, come this way, there's a boat here, owner ......"

Xue Hailong shouted while running, and finally his shout was answered, listening to the shouts on the shore, Zhu Yifeng, who originally thought that someone was picking up him, ran closer to see that the person who answered him was the coolie on the dock.

"Is that you?"

"Owner, don't be in a hurry to explain, hurry, get on the ship......"

Just as Xue Hailong's words fell, a burst of gunfire like bursting beans had already sounded on the dock......