Look at the situation is not right, Luo Yang can only lead the guards to return to Hanzhong quickly, although they are cavalry, extremely fast, but, just into the city, the cavalry of the Hui army then arrived, the banner is flying, people neighing horses, more than 1,000 elite horse teams, has surrounded the west of Hanzhong City, in the rolling smoke, the infantry of the Hui army also quickly arrived, at about 12 o'clock at noon this day, the Hui army was overwhelming, besieging the city on all sides,

There were more than 40,000 Hui troops, lined up into horse and infantry teams, layer by layer, under the scorching sun, without any retreat, and the Hui army behind was set up in camps, and in front, some artillery had been erected.

Of course, these artillery pieces are what Luo Yang is worried about, but when he observes them in the telescope, he breathes a sigh of relief, but they are just shotgun guns like guns, there are no cannons, and the equipment of the returning army is also quite poor.

The Hui army is under the city, and the Taiping army is in the city, forming a confrontation situation, with tension and imminent attack.

Qiu Yuancai and the others all climbed the city tower, observed the situation below, and shouted loudly: "Hey, brothers of the Hui Army, we are the Taiping Army, and we are all fighting demons, why are you surrounding my Hanzhong City." ”

The Hui army below first ignored it, and then cursed loudly, making Qiu Yuancai disgraced and angry.

Soon, a general came out of the Hui army, this person was of medium stature, with a majestic face, and an extremely ordinary attire, but as soon as he came out, it caused all the Hui soldiers to cheer, and then, several more people, surrounded by two generals, also came to the city tower,

The Hui generals led by the Hui army waved their hands, and the more than 10,000 Hui brothers in the west of the city were suddenly silent, "Well, the long-haired people in the city listen, immediately open the city gate, greet us, and surrender to us, otherwise, we will kill the city, and none of them will be left alive." ”

"Who are you?" Qiu Yuancai asked,

"I, hmph, Generalissimo Ren Wu of the Shaanxi Hui Army."

Ren Wu, Luo Yang heard it clearly beside him, and was very shocked,

This is the leader of the Shaanxi Hui Army, according to the introduction of the Hui prisoners of war, Ren Wu participated in the Hui uprising in Guizhou, Yunnan, and absconded back to his hometown after the defeat, and Hao Mingtang became the initial promoter of the Shaanxi Hui Army uprising, in the case of the intensification of contradictions between the Hui and Han ethnic groups and the Manchu Qing government, he in order to instigate the Hui uprising, in order to show that there is no way out of the will to die, he actually killed his wife, wife and children, such a person, what kind of person,

Ren Wu proudly introduced to the Taiping Army in the city, and the two generals around him were two brothers, one was Bai Yanlong and the other was Bai Yanhu.

These two people, Luo Yang also got the news when he interrogated the prisoners of war of the Hui Army, the eldest brother Bai Yanlong was a martial artist of the Qing Dynasty, Bai Yanhu, according to Luo Yang's historical knowledge, should be one of the commanders of the last eighteen battalions of the famous one, and later retreated to the territory of Imperial Russia, the ancestor of the Dungan tribe, this person is also resolute, wise and brave, and ruthless,

"Since they are also anti-Qing rebels, why do you encircle and threaten my Hanzhong City." Qiu Yuancai crossed his arms, quite majestic,

"Don't talk about this, you long-haired thieves have always been capricious." Ren Wu cursed: "It is said that they are fighting the Qing soldiers together, but you are free here, so that we can return to the army and the Qing soldiers to the death, isn't this a conspiracy." ”

Qiu Yuancai was speechless for a while,

"Also, our Hui brothers, in Yangping Pass and Sword Pavilion, were attacked by you and suffered heavy casualties, so Ben Shuai sent tens of thousands of brothers to wash Hanzhong City in blood and avenge our brothers." Ren Wu pointed at Qiu Yuancai and shouted angrily: "If you want to know that it is powerful, immediately roll down and open the door and surrender." ”

Qiu Yuancai was also furious: ", the people who beat you in the Sword Pavilion and Yangping Pass are not our Taiping Army, but the people who originally came to the Wing King, and they are not all the way with us." ”

"Hmph, not all the way, are they Qing soldiers, or regimental training, not your long-haired army." Ren Wu said arrogantly and unreasonably,

Qiu Yuancai's nose was crooked: "Hey, Generalissimo Ren, listen, this king emphasized again, you and I are two armies, jointly opposing the Qing Dynasty and destroying Manchuria, they are friendly troops, and my Taiping Heavenly Army has never taken the initiative to hurt your soldiers and people, grass and trees, and the Sword Pavilion and Yangguan Dao Pingguan are not our people." ”

"No, Kaesong surrenders."

At this time, Qiu Yuancai's sister shouted on the side: "My brother doesn't lie to you, think about it, it's not that we haven't dealt with each other, you know the people of our Taiping Army." ”

Before Ren Wu could speak, there were many Hui soldiers below who shouted wildly, cursing the Qiu family's sister with dirty words, and when the Qiu family's sister heard this, she was also so angry that she opened her mouth and scolded back,

"Fight, kill." Tens of thousands of returning troops shouted and killed,

Qiu Yuan finally stopped the anger of the Taiping soldiers in the city, "Hey, Generalissimo Ren, think about it, where you have suffered a loss, where should you go to win back face, to be reasonable, you should lead your men and horses to Yangping Pass, to the Sword Pavilion, don't bully the soft and afraid of the hard, it's not the one who came to find your friends." ”

"Hmph, you long-haired thieves, aren't you Han thieves, Sichuan's long-haired are not long-haired." Ren Wu looked at the city with contempt, and suddenly ordered: "Kill." ”

The Hui army under the city bombarded the city with earthen guns and other objects, or shot indiscriminately with bows and crossbows, and in an instant, ammunition and arrows fell on the city wall, and there were many Taiping casualties.

Qiu Yuancai was extremely angry and shouted loudly, calling on the soldiers of the Taiping Army to resist: "The Hui army is unreasonable and betrays the covenant, and all my Taiping army brothers can be killed." ”

The fierce offensive and defensive battles occurred in an instant, and tens of thousands of returning troops, shouting, and persecuted the city together, or shooting, or shaking the battlements with long ropes, struggling to climb, and some of them, carrying the ladder up the city,

There was nothing to say, Qiu Yuancai immediately led the soldiers and resisted together.

In the city of Hanzhong, the total number of troops is not much, although Qiu Yuancai has five or six thousand people, but there are a few assigned to the city to fortify the tunza, and the regular troops in Hanzhong are only more than three thousand.

The offensive of the Hui army is extremely tenacious, the religious fanaticism stimulates the spiritual fighting spirit, in the first ** attack, there are countless casualties, but there is no stop, really go forward and follow, is beaten down a batch, and rushes up a batch, the momentum is violent, frightening,

The Taiping army knew that the Hui army was ferocious and barbaric, and the bloodbath meant that no matter whether they surrendered or not, they would die, so they naturally fought to the death, and Luo Yang was also among the battles, however, he saw that the situation was critical, and suggested to Qiu Yuancai that the people of the whole city should be deployed to defend it.

"The people will do it." Qiu Yuancai didn't care,

Luoyang galloped down the city, led thirty soldiers into the city, reasoned with the people of the city, appealed, the people heard that it was the army to attack the city, first panicked and then cried, and then angry, and then, almost all the young and middle-aged people brought sticks, furniture and other things, crowded up to the city,

"If the army returns to break the city, there will not be a living person left, and it will be defended if it dies."

"Yes, even if you die, you have to hold on."

Many of the Han people in Hanzhong City fled from other parts of Shaanxi to get lucky, and when they knew the slaughter methods of the Hui army, they immediately surged and went to the city to help fight.

Thousands of people joined the battle, and quickly strengthened the precarious city defense of Hanzhong, in the troubled times, experienced the pain of genocide, the fighting spirit of the people was extremely resolute, and many people were even braver than the soldiers of the Taiping Army, shouting and shouting, bravely taking the lead,