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Xiangyang, which is located in northern Hubei and on the bank of the Han River, has been "the place where soldiers must fight" since ancient times, and its moat with a width of 60 zhang and the tall wall city make it have the name of "Xiangyang of iron", and it is precisely because of this that after the "thief" in the Hubei half of the country, Wu Wenrong, who was the governor of Huguang, temporarily set up the place of the line in Xiangyang. tried to use the high wall and wide river of Xiangyang as a screen to block the "rebels".

However, even though he was based on Jiancheng, Wu Wenrong was still full of sadness, but at this time, he was full of sadness and couldn't stop sighing.

He felt that he had been cornered, since he was transferred to the governor of Huguang two months ago this year, he went to Xiangyang to take over the seal, at that time, most of Hubei had fallen into the hands of the "Han rebellion", and as for the provincial capital Wuchang, it was captured by hundreds of strange soldiers, and what he was most worried about in the day was that the thieves would fight against Xiangyang.

However, that worry seemed to be a bit unnecessary, and after it conquered Wuchang, those thieves stopped moving. But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the bad news came here - the Wuchang thieves sent troops to seize Yuan'an County, and then the bad news came one by one, Dangyang, Yichang and other places successively fell into thieves, because the thieves rebelled against the culprit, he naturally wanted to avoid its edge, chose to sit in Xiangyang, and prepared to fight in the city.

But who knows, that banner man, Hubei Governor Chonglun actually participated in a copy to the emperor, saying that he was hiding in Xiangyang City and did not dare to fight, this Chonglun is really not a thing, the thief is so strong, isn't he trying to preserve his strength? The emperor didn't send anyone to investigate, so he directly issued an order, accusing himself of being slow in using troops, so that the Han rebels had the tendency to force Jingzhou with troops, so that he had no step down.

Forced by the holy order, Wu Wenrong had to take tens of thousands of soldiers to the south of the Yangtze River and march to Yicheng in order to attack the "Han rebellion".

"Damn Chonglun!"

Thinking of this, Wu Wenrong scolded hatefully, he hated Chonglun for forcing himself to this role, and what he was more afraid of was that if he couldn't repel Han Rebellion and let Han Rebellion successfully seize Jingzhou, when the time came, Jingzhou would be lost, how could he give a mission to the emperor.

If Jingzhou is taken by the Han Dynasty, when the time comes, tens of thousands of banner people will die, and the time will ......

Thinking of this, Wu Wenrong shuddered violently, and he subconsciously shrank back into the chair.

At this time, the tent door opened, and a cold wind rushed in, Wu Wenrong frowned irritably, and he looked up to see that it was Wang Fagui, his staff, so he asked.

"Renping, how's the situation outside?"

Wang Fagui hurriedly replied.

"There's no movement in the long hair, it's just ......"

Wang Fagui hesitated for a moment and then said.

"The soldiers couldn't stand the cold food, so they demolished a few houses, took firewood to cook rice, and killed a few people in the process......"

"Isn't it just killing a few people?"

Waving his hand, Wu Wenrong said.

"A few people, a few rooms are nothing, the soldiers work hard, not to let the people live a peaceful life!"

In Wu Wenrong's view, it is common for soldiers to kill people, since ancient times, marching and fighting, these things are always inevitable, even if the soldiers rape and plunder are also common, he changed the topic and asked.

"Renping, what do you think of the situation in our army?"

Wang Fagui looked at the adult's face and said cautiously.

"My lord, I forgive you for saying that if the reinforcements don't come, my army may not be able to support it!"

Wu Wenrong's face changed, and after a long time, he sighed again.

"Renping, I know what you said is implementation, but I can't help it, this man is very difficult to stop!"

"Didn't your lord already play the emperor and transfer Hu Runzhi from Guizhou! He is known as a soldier, and if he wants to come here, he will definitely be able to help the adults......"

Hearing him say this, Wu Wenrong sighed.

"Guizhou is thousands of miles away from Hubei, the mountains are high and the roads are difficult, I don't know when Runzhi can reach here!"

After speaking, Wu Wenrong stared at Yue's light again, and was silent for a while. He said it a long time later.

"Although Hu Runzhi is a scholar, but quite talented, he suppressed bandits in Guizhou, and also made a deal, although some people accused him of killing too much, but he can govern the solemn peace in one place, but it is not admirable, if he can be here, he can indeed help the old man, but now ......"

Wang Fagui saw that the adult's face was becoming more and more ugly, and hurriedly comforted.

"Your Excellency, don't worry too much, the soldiers are still all relying on you? If the adults are too worried, won't our army have no hope of breaking the enemy? ”

Break the enemy?

What to take to break the enemy?

Thinking of this, Wu Wenrong's heart was filled with fear, and he suddenly felt that not only did he not have any hope of breaking the enemy, but even the hope of survival was extremely slim.

Looking at the depressed face of the adult, Wang Fagui suddenly felt an ominous omen in his heart. At that moment, the shouts of the heralds were suddenly heard outside.

"My lord, a thief ship has been found on the river!"

"Suddenly......

Like a huge dustpan propelled through the air, the people on the city wall felt only a thrill when the cannon as big as a human brain slashed through the air, but it was only a matter of breathing, and a burst of explosions came from behind them, and with that explosion, several houses were shattered.

The people on the city wall are all pale looking at the roaring gunboats outside the city, the cannons are fired from the boats, the boats are sloops, if there are foreigners on the city walls of this Yicheng, they must be able to recognize that the ships on the river are the popular Carter sailing ships off the coast of North America. Simple and fast to manoeuvre, Carter sailboats have been widely used in North America as pilot vessels, anti-smuggling vessels, various offshore law enforcement vessels, and military patrol boats.

The current small sailing boat, which has a displacement of no more than 100 tons, is cheap and easy to build, and it is the first type of ship built by the shipyard in Wuchang, and more than 100 shipwrights have built four sailing boats in less than 20 days under the guidance of a shipwright hired from Shanghai.

Although the ship was not large, it was equipped with four 32-pounder caron guns. At this time, the caron guns on these four sailing ships became the main force to attack Yicheng.

Standing at the head of the city, looking at the rumbling Western gunboats on the river, and then looking at the camps of the Han rebels within a few miles outside the city, and then looking at his own side, the soldiers on the head of the city were all trembling under the bombardment of the Han rebels, all of them were frightened, and his heart couldn't help but send out a burst of anger.

Just when Wu Wenrong was angry, Wang Fagui knelt down in a panic.

"My lord, why are you still here, let me find it, hurry up, it's too dangerous here!"

As if in response to his words.

"Bang ......"

Suddenly, a battlement at the city wall was smashed by cannons, and the flying bricks and stones injured several warriors on the city wall, and the warriors immediately fled.

When Wu Wenrong, who was almost hit by a flying stone, was pulled down from the city by Wang Fagui, he only felt extremely sad in his heart, and the offensive of the Han rebellion became more and more fierce, not to mention anything else, just looking at the cannon that kept falling, he felt that his team could not parry, this low wall of Yicheng City was broken, how long could it be blocked?

The cannon outside the city rumbled, and Wu Wenrong, who was in the mansion, was full of fear in his heart, he was already desperate, seeing that these tens of thousands of soldiers bravely faced Han Rebellion, not only did they not fight back, but they didn't even have the strength to parry, how could they not make him desperate.

Outside the city, Linus, who was observing with the army, looked extremely complicated, because in his opinion, it was not a battle!

Yes, it's not a battle at all!

Although the third regiment of the siege was formed into a square formation, ready to attack at any time, the Qing army defending the city did not have any desire to fight at all, but just numbly defended the city, waiting for their attack! The Qing army was waiting, and the third regiment of the siege did not have the idea of waiting, they lined up in a square under the cover of artillery to begin the siege of the city, hundreds of meters away from the city gate, two 32-pounder caron guns were constantly bombarding the city gate.

"Is this what they are fighting for?"

Although the ranks of the rebels looked extremely neat, Linus frowned, and in his opinion, this army also had too many problems and was too conformist.

At this moment, a burst of cheers suddenly came from the city gate.

"The gates are broken......

"The gates are broken......

Mu Guan ran into the mansion with a frightened face and reported to Wu Wenrong.

"Big ...... My lord, the city, the city is broken......"

"Oh......"

Nodding slowly, Wu Wenrong waved his hand and asked the Mu official to go out, the Mu official looked at the adult in surprise and walked out puzzled.

Reaching out to take out a long sword with a decoration greater than practicality from the wall, Wu Wenrong slowly pulled out the sword, threw away the scabbard, he looked the sword pill up and down, more often, this sword is just a decoration, after all, he is a civil official, and at this time, looking at this sword, an idea rose in his heart.

Perhaps, it's time to use this sword!

Thinking like this in his heart, Wu Wenrong put the sword across his neck, and at the same time, old tears flowed from his face, but at this time, he no longer complained about being forced by Chonglun, and left Xiangyang Chongdi, just muttering in his mouth.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers are incompetent, it's really a traitor, and the ministers can't be the enemy......"

When the sound fell, his hand was straining, and he slashed between his neck, blood gushed out of his neck instantly, and the sword fell down with a "clang", and Wu Wenrong lay down.

A moment later, Wang Fagui ran in in a panic and shouted loudly.

"My lord, my lord, the thief is attacking the city, the thief is going against the trend, let's ......"

The words stopped suddenly, and what caught his eyes was a scene that frightened him, only to see that Wu Wenrong had fallen in a pool of blood, and the scene in front of him was only frightened Wang Fagui's scream of "ah", and the person fell to the ground, staring at Wu Wenrong who was killing himself, and his mouth just kept muttering.

"Big, Adult......"

On March 15 of the third year of Xianfeng, the Han Righteous Army broke through Yicheng with 5,000 soldiers, Wu Wenrong, the governor of Huguang, killed himself in the camp, three days later, Chonglun, the governor of Hubei, abandoned the city and fled, the prefect of Xiangyang hanged himself to apologize, and the city of Xiangyang fell ...... (To be continued.) )