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Although Mi Liuxin and Shengbao did not believe that the 30,000 horses and horses in the Jiangbei camp would be wiped out overnight, judging from the momentum of the main forces of the Taiping army that were pouring around Tianchang, at least they had already concluded that Tominga was gone. As the battle for Tianchang became more fierce and brutal, the Taiping army seemed to be bound to win, while the original advantage of the Qing army in Tianchang gradually became lost.

Mi Liuxin had no choice but to set his sights on Chuzhou.

Sheng Bao sent him a harshly worded letter of reprimand to Li Zhaoshou, who he thought was still in Chuzhou, and after some angry scolding, he demanded that Li Zhaoshou must hand over Chuzhou within a limited time.

With Mi Liuxin's deployment, if Chuzhou remained in the hands of Li Zhaoshou, then the alert troops he sent north of Chuzhou would not dare to move lightly to reinforce the Tianchang front. Unlike Katsubo, he doesn't believe in promises, he only values facts. Although he has only been in China for a year, he seems to have a general understanding of these Chinese who claim to have thousands of years of civilization and are complacent, and in his opinion, they just prefer to do a set of words and a set of small things in their hearts, but they are all soft bones such as falling with the wind and grass on the wall.

At this time, Zhang Yuanlong, the main general of Chuzhou, who succeeded Li Zhaoshou, was precisely one of the soft bones that Mi Liuxin thought. He actively participated in and planned Li Zhaoshou's rebellion, and when he heard that the Jiangbei camp had collapsed in an instant, he began to feel weak again. He was afraid of the momentum of the Red Army, and feared that once he made a gesture of surrender, he would get the same fate as the Jiangbei battalion. He was even imagining that maybe King An, the "living immortal" of Yangzhou, would have been able to calculate their dirty behavior a long time ago, and just waited for them to continue walking.

However, when he received the letter originally sent by Shengbao to Li Zhaoshou, and then heard that the Qing army was about to attack Chuzhou, the imminent imminent urgency made his rebellion take over. The defenders of Chuzhou had only more than 10,000 people, although the former city defense commander had accumulated grain and grass and made serious preparations for war. But since the arrival of Li Zhaoshou, except for the rush to surrender, there is no preparation before the war. Especially this city defense army, although there are only a few old brothers from Guangdong and Guangxi, more of them are local children of Anhui Province. These soldiers can't say that they haven't seen the dirty side of the local officials of the Celestial Empire, but they still see that their hometown is very different from before, and it is precisely because of this that they give up the temporary comfort of their home and pick up swords and guns.

Zhang Yuanlong, Li Yun, Ren Qian, Han Xiufeng, and others clearly knew that if time dragged on, the army they had not fully mastered would most likely ruin their own bright future.

At this time, Ren Huabang arrived outside the West Gate. Zhang Yuanlong was a thief, and he immediately panicked. Ren Huabang was the person of their Blue Banner, but he had already learned from Zhou Degui's mouth that it was Ren Huabang and others who assisted Gong Blind to annex the Blue Banner, and led the chief leader Liu Yongjing to die in Luzhou.

Zhang Yuanlong finally chose a road, which was the most stable for him now, that is, to immediately welcome the Qing soldiers from the north of the city into the city.

"They couldn't let the men and horses of the self-defense army enter the city, they were dissatisfied with the king of the north, and took the initiative to abandon the outpost camp and retreat, so that the Qing soldiers could go all out to deal with my Chuzhou." On the one hand, Zhang Yuanlong ordered Li Yun to continue to deceive and deceive the soldiers who were still in doubt in the west of the city, and on the other hand, he sent Han Xiufeng to quickly contact the Qing soldiers and personally opened the north gate.

Xu Shuanglai led the first Xieshun to rush into Chuzhou.

Just as Zhang Yuanlong feared, not only did the north of the city start a spontaneous resistance, but some of the heavenly troops in the east and south also quickly ran to reinforce the north of the city as soon as they saw that the north gate was on fire.

Chuzhou has become a sea of blood and fire, and the sound of gunfire and shouting and killing has become one.

Ren Huabang, who was blocked by Li Yun outside the West Gate, waited for Gong Deshu. But looking at the sky-high fires in the city, the endless sound of guns and cannons and the earth-shaking shouts of killing, they could only look at the city and sigh.

The contempt and distrust of the Self-Defense Forces caused by Wei Changhui from top to bottom has played an extremely important role at this juncture. Ximen originally had some doubts about not letting the Self-Defense Army enter the city, but did not understand the truth, but under Li Yun's bewitchment and instigation, especially seeing that the North Gate had been taken by the Qing army, he believed that the Self-Defense Army was the same party of the Qing army. Not only did they not open the city gates, but instead they lit cannons and bombarded the self-defense forces under the city.

"The Qing Demon is coming up from the north!"

Gong Deshu, who had to withdraw from the range of artillery fire, received another alert from Niu Hongsheng, who was in charge of guarding in the north.

"Deputy commander-in-chief, what should I do?" Ren Huabang unwillingly glanced at Chuzhou City, which was close at hand, and stomped his foot hatefully.

"Withdraw!" Gong Deshu looked up to the sky helplessly and sighed, and then looked at Ren Huabang, "I will lead the main force to retreat the same way, and you will lead some light cavalry to the south to pick up the men and horses who may escape from the city." In addition, according to the instructions of His Royal Highness the King of the North, you quickly send someone to His Royal Highness the King of Tongyu An to inform them of the situation in Chuzhou. ”

Before Xu Yongnian, the defender of Dongcheng, led two brigades to the north gate, he met some of the defenders of Beicheng who were fighting and retreating.

"Zhang Yuanlong and Han Xiufeng have dedicated the north gate, and the Qing demons have poured in in large numbers, their firearms are too powerful!" An officer with blood on his face staggered to Xu Yongnian and cried out in pain.

"Brigade Commander Zhao, we can't withdraw any more, the defenders of each gate will be reinforced immediately, and we must counterattack them no matter what!" Xu Yongnian held the crumbling Brigade Commander Zhao, turned around and shouted, "Brothers, if you don't kill the Qing Demon, the people of Chuzhou will suffer a catastrophe, for the sake of heaven, kill it, and never take a step back!" ”

"Kill!" More than 1,000 soldiers of the Heavenly Army waved their swords and guns and rushed forward without hesitation, and fierce street battles began. With the gradual addition of the Heavenly Army from all over the place, the figures of the unyielding Heavenly Army soldiers can be seen everywhere on the streets and alleys and within the courtyard walls, and there are scenes of fighting everywhere.

Xu Yongnian, a middle-aged farmer who put down his hoe from Guangxi, killed Tianjing, and killed all the way to Chuzhou, does not know a single big character, and can have today's glory completely by virtue of his courage. He once served as the king's guard side by side with Lin Fengxiang, he didn't have the intelligence and talent of other generals, and he couldn't even command tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of troops to appease the party, but what he knew was the kind of responsibility he should bear. The Celestial Empire put him in Chuzhou, and he held the belief of coexisting and dying with Chuzhou.

Like any ordinary soldier, he began to swing the broadsword in his hand, roaring and lunging at the enemy that appeared in front of him.

Again, it was an asymmetrical battle. Under the powerful firepower of the Qing army, countless soldiers of the Celestial Army shed their last drop of blood for their ideal kingdom of heaven.

Around Xu Yongnian, the guards also fell down one after another, and he saw that Brigade Commander Zhao, who was almost unsteady, was shot again and fell to the ground. He was shot a few times, but he didn't know, he just felt that the big knife in his hand had become extremely heavy.

"Capture him alive, this is a long-haired bandit leader!"

Xu Yongnian followed the direction of the sound and saw Han Xiufeng, who was dodging behind the loyal and righteous rescue soldiers, waving a big knife and screaming.

"Kneel down to avoid death!" More than a dozen loyal and righteous rescue ** soldiers were obviously interested by the "bandit leader" in front of them, they no longer let go of their guns, and used more than a dozen bayonets to force Xu Yongnian, who was covered in blood.

Xu Yongnian's blood-dripping broadsword propped up the ground, looking at the approaching demons, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He really knelt down, but instead of facing the Qing demon he despised and the Manchu minion behind him, he staggered and knelt to the south, kneeling to the Tianjing in his mind.

He didn't say anything, but swung the big knife in his hand with all his might, and this treasure knife that had been washed by the blood of countless Qing demons was finally swung towards his own neck. This simple peasant general, with his own special actions, expressed his incomparable loyalty to the Celestial Empire.

"Damn......" The soldiers who were loyal to save ** swarmed up, and the bayonets were on Xu Yongnian's body that was already lying on the ground, frantically venting their disappointment and resentment.

The entire city of Chuzhou was almost engulfed in the skyrocketing flames, and although most of the area was no longer active by the Celestial Army, the gunfire and killing did not stop. Countless families were looted, and countless innocent people died in the flames. The unimaginable fierce resistance of the Heavenly Army triggered the crazy revenge of Xu Shuanglai's loyal and righteous rescue soldiers.

The last of the defenders of the eastern city retreated to the gates. More than 100 soldiers gave up the opportunity to save their lives when they left the city, and they filled the city gate hole with batches of gunpowder, and ignited the explosives in full view of the loyal and righteous rescuers who surrounded them. No one said a word, they just wanted to use their last move to tell their opponents who were flashing puzzled expressions in front of them that the Heavenly Army would soon return.

In the huge explosion, the once strong east gate of Chuzhou turned into rubble, and with the rise, there were more than a hundred heroic spirits of the Celestial Empire!

Ruilin, the commander-in-chief on the right, entered Chuzhou. The scene of Chuzhou City made him quite sad for a while, not because of anything else, but even when he followed Zhang Yuanlong's guidance, when he arrived at the original Chuzhou Mansion of the Chuzhou City Defense Headquarters, most of it had already been swallowed up by the fire, and the corpses of soldiers on both sides were everywhere inside and outside the courtyard, so that he didn't want to find a place to settle down quickly.

"This is the Chuzhou you dedicated to this official?" Ruilin glanced at Zhang Yuanlong fiercely, "This is a ruin!" ”

"Handsome, villain......" Zhang Yuanlong looked at the fierce light in Ruilin's eyes, and couldn't help trembling. He himself didn't expect that after so many days, there would be so many dead friends of the Celestial Empire in Chuzhou.

Ruilin no longer cares about him, if it were in the usual way, things like Zhang Yuanlong would have been eliminated on the spot. Alas! Not now, the court still has to reuse these bastards to make an example for others.

"In accordance with the orders of Lord Qincha and President Su Wan Bing and President Ma, Lord Shengbao, this official conferred the rank of chief soldier on Master Zhang and Li Yun, and the three adults Ren Qian and Han Xiufeng, and cooperated with this official to eliminate the long-haired bandits. You immediately organize your own good military horses as guides, first lead your subordinates to take Pukou, and then capture Chaohu. Ruilin said with his hands behind his back, and suddenly pointed at Zhang Yuanlong again, "The court treats you well, don't be half-hearted." ”

When Zhang Yuanlong, who was complacent in his heart, heard this, his head was full of sweat, "Big ...... Dashuai, the villain will be the slave of the Qing Dynasty in the future, and he will swear allegiance to the Qing Dynasty. Don't worry, Pukou is ready to be captured, even Chaohu can't resist the powerful offensive of our loyalty and righteousness. ”

Ruilin looked at Zhang Yuanlong, who was wagging his tail like a dog, and smiled with satisfaction......

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