Time passed little by little while waiting, and at the third watch in the evening, Chen Zizhuang officially gave the order to attack. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as the order was issued, the warships of the Rebel Army's naval divisions, which had been prepared long ago, carried 4,000 officers and soldiers towards the Jinghai Gate, Wuxian Gate, and the Oil Barrier Gate in the south of Xinnan City in Guangzhou, which were close to the Pearl River. According to the plan, they would land in this area, and then launch a tentative attack on the new southern city of Guangzhou from the south.

The situation seems to be developing relatively smoothly. Soon, this sailor led by Chen Zizhuang's subordinate Ou Huaijiong arrived on the river south of Xinnan City. At this moment, the Qing army in the city reacted. For a while, the sound of gongs, drums, and shouts on the head of the city became one. The Qing Army's sailors anchored in the nearby river also raised anchors and headed towards the Rebel Sailors, preparing to launch a counterattack. The originally quiet river was suddenly illuminated red by the torches on the warships of both sides.

"Brother, look, Qing Yu has discovered our sailor and has begun to launch a counterattack!" On a small plateau in the southeast of the city, Chen Zisheng pointed to the river south of the city and said to Chen Zizhuang.

Chen Zizhuang nodded: "Our sailor is huge, and no matter what, he can't completely hide his whereabouts. If the Qing Lu has not reacted so far, it is unreasonable. ”

"My lord," a member of the group came to report to him, "the Qing garrison at the head of the small east gate and the big east gate is moving south in large numbers. ”

When the overseer Dao Mai Erfu learned of this situation, he couldn't help but say with joy on his face: "My lord, the Qing prisoner has been attracted to the south. Is it to let the men and horses who are ambushed outside the big and small east gates immediately attack? ”

Chen Zizhuang looked at the direction of the big east gate and the small east gate, and thought of the anomalies that Chen Zisheng had raised before. After thinking about it for a while, he shook his head: "Don't rush to attack first, the battle of the sailors has not yet been cleared, and Yu Jinhu, Yang Keguan and others in the city have not moved." It's better to wait, in case you fall for the tricks of the captives. ”

When everyone heard this, they also felt that it was reasonable, so they continued to wait silently, and turned their attention to the Pearl River in the south of the city.

At this time, on the river, with the sound of a cannon, the Qing army's sailors took the lead in attacking the rebels' sailors. Although the ships of the Qing army's sailors were much smaller than those of the rebels. But in terms of size, they are much larger, and most of them are equipped with cannons. With the light of the distant fires as a reference, the Qing gunners on the warship loaded their ammunition. The first shot was fired at the rebel sailors. Although the first shot missed, the rest of the guns also opened fire, and the earth-shattering sound spread in an instant.

With a few muffled rumbles and sawdust flying in all directions, a rebel naval warship at the forefront was pierced through the deck on the spot. Swirling on the surface of the river and sinking into the water. Followed by. The other two ships of the Rebel Navy Division were also recruited one after another and began to sink. Fortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Righteous Army's Naval Division are all recruited sons and daughters of Tanhu, who have been begging for a living on the big rivers or the sea for many years, and the water quality is absolutely first-class. Therefore, after the ship was sunk, the officers and men of the Rebel Naval Division on board were almost unaffected, and climbed onto the boat behind them with a few strokes.

But the Qing army's naval division had artillery, but the rebel army's naval division had almost none, and the few old-fashioned earthen cannons could not compete with the general artillery of the Qing army's naval division. Therefore, soon after the cannon fired, it was in a state of passive beating.

Ou Huaijiong, the commander of the Rebel Army's sailors, looked at the scene in front of him, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious. If the situation cannot be opened up on the river for a long time, it will inevitably affect the entire plan to seize Guangzhou.

After a thought flashed through his mind, Ou Huaijiong called to his side: "Liu Tianyong, Lu Wang? ”

"In!" The two black, thin and lean officers of the Marine Division replied.

"There are not many Tartar ships, they are nothing more than relying on artillery to commit murder! You two took 300 soldiers with good water skills, swam over and captured the first few Tartar ships, and then I will lead the main force to support you!" ”

"Yes!"

Soon, with the sound of rushing water one after another, hundreds of sturdy figures rushed from the boat into the water, and then disappeared, leaving only the layers of ripples on the water that had not yet dissipated.

At the same time, on the opposite warship, the Qing Navy Sailor Guerrilla watched the rebel sailor ships being hit continuously, blushed with excitement, pointed ahead and shouted: "Hurry up and open fire, don't stop!" Send all those hateful Nanban people under the water! ”

Accompanied by the excited shouting of the guerrillas of the Qing army's sailors, the sound of artillery also rang out one after another, and every time a rebel ship was hit in front, it would be exchanged for bursts of cheers from the Qing soldiers.

While the two naval divisions were fighting on the river, there were more and more torches on the southern wall of the new southern city. It was clear that the Qing army in the city had strengthened its defense in the direction of the possible attack of the rebels.

Suddenly, the Qing soldiers on a Qing warship in the front right of the entire naval division queue were surprised to find that a black shadow "soared" from the water onto the boat. Immediately afterward, a series of rushing sounds sounded, and countless wet black shadows suddenly emerged from the river and rushed to the boat at an incomparably alarming speed. And several Qing warships nearby naturally suffered the same thing.

"Enemy attack!" "Enemy attack!" The Qing soldiers on the ship shouted in panic.

After getting on the boat, the righteous officers and soldiers did not hesitate at all, took off their short knives and axes from their shoulders and launched an attack on the Qing soldiers. For a time, the ship had severed limbs and minced flesh, and the Qing soldiers who were caught off guard were cut down on the deck. Although the light was not good at night, it did not affect the righteous officers and soldiers who had risen up to kill, and they all went on the boat shirtless, and as long as they vaguely saw a clothed person, it was a knife.

Seeing the scene in front of him, the guerrilla of the Qing army's sailors, who were still very excited just now, had a panicked look on their faces.

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"Good!" After seeing that his own sailors finally drove the Qing army's sailors away and leaned on the north bank, Chen Zizhuang's face finally showed a smile, "As long as the officers and men of our army share the same hatred and move forward bravely, the Tartars are just like that!" ”

When they landed on the north shore, the rebel officers and soldiers on the ship landed one after another, assembled on the shore, and carried siege equipment such as long ladders and striking logs from the ship.

And after the Qing army at the head of the city discovered the crowded rebels under the city, they immediately let out a series of exclamations. The strings of torches that flutter back and forth in the city are particularly eye-catching in the night sky.

Soon, with a burst of earth-shattering shouts. The rebel officers and soldiers who went ashore carried long ladders and officially launched an attack. At the same time, the command of the Qing officer Zuo at the head of the city also sounded one after another, and then there was an overwhelming rain of arrows rushing towards the rebels under the city.

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As the shouting and killing in the south of the city gradually thickened. The rebel officers and soldiers who were lying in ambush outside the east gate of the city clearly saw that on the east wall, a long line of torches was hurrying towards the south of the city, obviously to support the defenders of the south gate.

"My lord, the leader of Yu who led his troops to garrison the Great East Gate sent us a signal that Li Yu had personally rushed to the south of the city to support, and the Tartar troops near the Great East Gate were thin. Our army can already go directly into the city from there, as originally planned! A member of the family came to Chen Zizhuang's side to report.

Chen Zizhuang hurriedly looked in the direction of the Great East Gate. Sure enough, a series of torches were found swaying back and forth in a certain direction at the head of the city.

"My lord, it seems that the main force of the Qing Dynasty has really been attracted to the south!" The overseer Dao Mai Erfu pointed to the thinning torches on the eastern city wall and said to Chen Zizhuang, "Why don't our army take this opportunity." Into the city? ”

Although Chen Zisheng still had many doubts in his heart, he saw that Mai Erfu and the rest of the staff and righteous generals almost all had the idea of entering the city immediately, so he had to swallow the words of dissuasion for the time being, and silently waited for Chen Zizhuang's decision.

Chen Zizhuang quietly looked at the Great East Gate. From time to time, I looked at the fighting in the south of the city. He didn't open his mouth for a moment. At this moment, he is repeatedly entangled and weighed in his heart. In order to achieve the ultimate goal of seizing Guangzhou, Chen Zizhuang certainly hoped to attack the city as soon as possible, but his younger brother Chen Zisheng's previous remarks also aroused his vigilance, and a series of factors such as the delay in the return of the servant who went to post the inscription and the sudden change of messenger are indeed questionable. Moreover, there was indeed a hint of strangeness in the situation tonight, although the situation on the battlefield developed as he expected, and the Qing army was successfully attracted to the south of the city by the troops that landed on their own side. But the whole process seems a little too smooth.

However, after a long silence. Chen Zizhuang finally made a decision: "Give a reply to Leader Yu, and I will go to the outside of the Dadong Gate immediately." At that time, I will personally lead the army into the city. ”

At this time, Chen Zisheng was no longer silent, but hurriedly persuaded: "The situation in the city is not clear yet, my brother needs to take charge of the overall situation, and he must not take risks." It's better to let the younger brother lead some soldiers into the city first, and find out, if there is really no danger, it is not too late for the elder brother to lead the main force into the city! ”

Although everyone around Chen Zizhuang hoped to attack the city as soon as possible, after the long-term struggle with the Qing army before, at least they were still vigilant. Therefore, hearing Chen Zisheng say this, everyone felt that it was indeed safer to send some people into the city to test first, so they agreed one after another.

"Don't fight, two adults!" At this moment, a rough voice sounded, and everyone heard it, but it was Guo Quanzhong, the general among the righteous teachers. This Guo Quanzhong was originally a hereditary thousand households of the Guangzhou Left Guard, who was upright and brave in battle. After the Qing army captured Guangzhou, he was unwilling to shave his hair and surrender, so he led some old subordinates to take refuge in Chen Zizhuang, who was organizing righteous teachers to resist the Qing Dynasty, and then was entrusted by Chen Zizhuang with important responsibilities because he knew about the military affairs, and was responsible for commanding the largest battalion with a total of more than 4,000 soldiers.

I saw Guo Quanzhong walking up to Chen Zizhuang's side and solemnly clenching his fists and saying, "My lord, Mr. Qiao Sheng is right. The Qing captives have always been scheming, and our army must not be guarded against. However, if the Qing captives really took the bait, our army did not seize such a good opportunity, and it would be a pity, so it was necessary to send a group of men and horses into the city to test first. And Mr. Qiao Sheng rarely had the opportunity to take charge of the army alone before, so it was not suitable for him to go. Let the last general go! ”

Chen Zizhuang thought about it, but still nodded: "It's okay, General Guo should be more careful." I will allocate some more horses to you, and if you find that the situation is not right, and you must not fight, you should quickly withdraw from the city. ”

"Yes!" Guo Quanzhong clenched his fists and promised, and then said, "Can you lend a handsome flag to the last general?" With the handsome banner of the adults, it will be difficult for the Tartars in the city to distinguish the authenticity from the fake, and even if there is a conspiracy, it will be exposed in advance. ”

Chen Zisheng immediately understood Guo Quanzhong's thoughts, he was disregarding his own safety to eliminate the risk for Chen Zizhuang and the main force of the righteous teachers behind, and immediately choked in his throat, with a trace of sadness in his tone: "Brother Guo......"

Guo Quanzhong smiled heartily: "Mr. Qiao Sheng, don't worry about it, the Tartar who can kill my old Guo has not yet been born." I'm just going into the city to test the reality of the Tartars, and I'll go back as soon as I go. ”

Subsequently, seeing that Chen Zizhuang did not speak for a long time. Guo Quanzhong couldn't help but be a little impatient: "Why are you still hesitating? Without the handsome banner of the adults, the effect of our temptation to enter the city will be greatly weakened! For the safety of the whole army, for the recovery of Guangzhou. Is it rare for adults to be reluctant to even give up a flag? I'll give it back to adults when I get back! ”

Chen Zizhuang sighed and said to the generals beside him: "Take a spare handsome flag and give it to General Guo." ”

Thank you, sir! Guo Quanzhong smiled again, and then came to the main generals of the rest of the battalions, and said, "When the time comes, the brothers will lead the army to follow my old Guo, but don't follow too closely." When all of our battalion is in the city, and there is nothing abnormal in the city, you can go in again! ”

"Got it!" "Brother Guo, rest assured!" The rest of the camp owners will answer their promises.

Listening to Guo Quanzhong's big grinning voice. Chen Zizhuang was silent for a while, and there were a few crystals in his eyes when he looked into the distance.

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At the same time, inside the east gate of Guangzhou City

The Great East Gate consists of two gates. At this moment, in the opening of the second gate and in the open space behind it. There was a cavalry of more than a thousand people standing silently. Everyone is neatly dressed and ready for battle. No one raised a torch, and no one made a sound, only the occasional snort.

Li Chengdong stood at the head of the second city wall, hiding his figure in the darkness, looking ahead expressionlessly, and his adopted son Li Yuanyin was also standing aside.

"Are you all ready?" Continuing to stare ahead for a while, Li Chengdong asked Li Yuanyin.

Li Yuanyin nodded: "Return to my father." All set! ”

"That's good!" Li Chengdong smiled coldly, "His mother's." Chen Zizhuang's melon cowardice thought that he had planned seamlessly, and then we would let him have a good experience! If the southern barbarians were severely damaged this time, the soldiers of the whole army would definitely regain their courage and hold on until the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court. In this way, the two of us can be regarded as a great achievement. ”

Li Yuanyin didn't say anything, just said lightly: "Father is handsome and wise!" ”

Li Chengdong looked at the more than 1,000 cavalry and cavalry waiting under the city, and a trace of pride flashed in his eyes: most of these are his own descendants, including Tong Yangjia's 500 standard battalion armored cavalry, all of them have been in battle for a long time and are well-equipped, and they can be captured against those hastily formed rabble outside the city. If Chen Zizhuang really came to send him to death, it would be even better! I'm afraid he won't come!

"Dashuai," after a while, a herald ran up to the second city and came to Li Chengdong to whisper, "The thief army is really coming to the Great East Gate, looking at the banner, it is actually led by the thief leader Chen Zizhuang himself." ”

Li Chengdong was overjoyed when he heard this, if he could capture Chen Zizhuang in one fell swoop this time, wouldn't the rest disperse in a hurry?

"Got it, let the people in the city live and hide! If anyone reveals his whereabouts in advance, we will want his life! Li Chengdong suppressed the excitement in his heart and said to the herald.

"Yes!" The herald answered and turned to leave.

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Soon, more than 4,000 vanguard troops led by Guo Quanzhong, the general of the Volunteer Division, came to the Dadong Gate, and behind them were the remaining more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Division, keeping a distance of about 100 steps from the vanguard troops.

came to the city, Guo Quanzhong asked people to send a signal. Soon, the city gate creaked open, and a person stuck his head out of the city and shouted, "It's Lord Chen who came?" ”

Guo Quanzhong heard the voice of the people in the city, it was a guard leader beside Yu Jinhu, and the unique duck voice made people remember it firmly as long as they heard it once. But Guo Quanzhong also had a long heart, and immediately replied to the city: "Lord Chen is by my side, he asked me to ask, where are Leader Yu and Leader Zhang?" ”

"That's good!" The man's tone seemed to be a little eager, "The few Tartars of the Great East Gate have been subdued by us, but the Tartars of the other gates may have noticed an anomaly and are rushing towards the head of the Great East Gate. Leader Yu and Leader Zhang have each led a team of brothers to deal with it, so hurry up and enter the city! Otherwise, it will be too late! ”

Guo Quanzhong looked up at the two ends of the city head of the Great East Gate, and sure enough, he saw that there were two fires on the city heads in the north and south directions that collided together, and immediately, the sound of swords and soldiers colliding and screaming followed.

"Into town!" Guo Quanzhong was silent for a moment and gave the order.

After receiving the order, the vanguard of the righteous division began to rush in from the Great East Gate.

Guo Quanzhong and the guards happened to be in the middle of the team. While the people in front of him had not yet fully entered the city, Guo Quanzhong continued to observe the situation on the city walls at the north and south ends intently, and found that the two fires were gradually compressing towards the head of the Great East Gate, and the sound of swords and soldiers colliding and screaming became more intense, as if the Huashan thieves who went to block it could not bear it.

"Hurry up, brothers in the city, they can't stand it!" The voice of the "duck male voice" who shouted just now became even more urgent, and after shouting to the city, it seemed to be beckoning to his companions again: "Brothers, go and fight with the Tartars!" ”

Guo Quanzhong listened to the movement in the city, and his heart gradually became anxious, and after all the people in front of him ran into the city, he immediately called the guards around him, and urged the mount under his crotch to run into the Dadong Gate.

At this time, although the shouting and killing on the city walls at the north and south ends gradually became intense, the two city heads of the Great East Gate and the urn city between them were relatively calm, and people dressed as Huashan thieves could be seen everywhere indicating the direction to the righteous officers and soldiers who entered the city.

When the handsome flag embroidered with the word "Chen" beside Guo Quanzhong was carried into the urn city by the guards, the righteous officers and soldiers of the most advanced city had already rushed to the second city gate.

With a creaking sound, the second gate gradually opened.

In addition, some other officers and soldiers of the Volunteer Division began to run along the horse road to the first city head, preparing to control the gate according to Guo Quanzhong's instructions to prevent accidents. (To be continued.) )