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The terrain around Sanyuanli is still quite conducive to rebellion. Because in the northeast of Sanyuanli Village, there is a fairly famous Baiyun Mountain. Although it is not precipitous, it is a mountain, the mountain is very wide, there are more than 30 peaks, the total area is more than 20 square kilometers, and the highest Mount Davis is 382 meters above sea level. Although it is not high, it can overlook the whole city of Guangzhou and the Pearl River in the distance, which can be regarded as a better shape than Yangcheng.

Lu Siyuan and Wei Shaoguang are both natives of Guangzhou, and they still grew up at the foot of Baiyun Mountain, so they naturally know that the topography of Baiyun Mountain is important. If the Qing soldiers are allowed to go, the change in Sanyuanli will be over. So at the beginning of the civil uprising, nearly 20,000 villagers were coerced to Baiyun Mountain, and they were stationed in Mingchun Valley, Santai Ridge, Fei'e Ridge and other places, and also set up a Chinese army camp in Baiyun Temple on Davis Ridge. Led by Lu Siyuan, Wei Shaoguang and Zheng Hong, who claimed to be a monk of Putian Shaolin Temple, Fengming, they formed a rebel leading group of Sanyuanli people. In addition, more than a dozen Jinyi guards dressed as warrior monks served as the backbone, and less than 5,000 of the nearly 20,000 people were organized into six infantry battalions, including a 500-strong foreign gun battalion, which practiced day and night on Baiyun Mountain, waiting for the Qing Heavenly Soldiers to come to encircle and suppress.

If you just look at this group of mutants on Baiyun Mountain, it can be said that they have fallen into a Jedi, although there are more than 20,000 people, and there are nearly 5,000 brave people, but they are trapped in the lonely mountain, and they are really sitting and waiting to die. The Qing army only needs to surround it on all sides, cut off traffic, and when the people on the mountain run out of food, they can naturally reap the full success.

However, the current situation in Guangdong does not allow Xianglin to be so calm. It is likely that there is still an unknown number of anti-Ming elites hidden on Lantau Island! Although the Guangzhou general Mu Tern has ordered the commander of the Guangdong Navy Division, Lord Rain, to supervise the troops to attack - but who still knows the foundation of the Guangdong Navy Division? When Guan Tianpei was there that day, he lost so ugly in Humen. This Lord Ryan's ability is not at all a grade higher than Guan Tianpei. It would be hellish if he could kill Zhu Jishi. One can only hope that the battle on Lantau Island will drag on for some time. Don't let Zhu Jishi's army run around the coast of Guangdong!

Xu Guangjin, Mu Tern, Ye Mingchen and others were very worried that Zhu Jishi would take the opportunity to attack the Qiongzhou Mansion that was hanging overseas! If a government is gone, it will be difficult to protect the top of these feudal officials. So they all urged Xianglin to finish off the mutinants in Sanyuan as soon as possible, and then divide their troops to Qiongzhou Mansion to strengthen their defenses.

Therefore, the strategy formulated by Xianglin is to suppress painfully, painfully! I just don't know if it's the pain of clearing the soldiers, or the pain of becoming a people?

On February 13, 1847, the first confrontation between the two was held in the Sanyuanli area at the foot of the mountain west of Baiyun Mountain. Change the people's side. The overseers were Zheng Hong and Wei Shaoguang, who ordered a battalion of foreign guns, two battalions of hand-to-hand soldiers descended the mountain, and three battalions of soldiers spread out in a forest with their backs against Baiyun Mountain. There were no horizontal lines or columns, but they were scattered in the forest, lurking against the trees. In front of them was a country road into Baiyun Mountain.

The officers and troops who took the lead had just arrived in Guangdong from Huizhou to raise the standard of the Zuo Battalion, and they were the elite of the land route of the Green Camp in Guangdong. Led by a general Xu Zhongying, a member of the Han Army, he was born as a martial artist in the second year of Daoguang. It can be called a skilled bow horse. As an official, he is also considered incorruptible, and he does not deduct military salaries much. The more than 800 officers and soldiers under his command also train from time to time - uh, what the hell is the Green Battalion soldiers! It is unrealistic to expect people to practice every day like Ji Shijun. It is not easy to do it in ten years.

However, Xu Zhongying's use of troops was very rough, there were almost no rules, and he did not send people to reconnoiter the enemy situation around him, so he took more than 800 people under his command to go to Baiyun Mountain along the country road. The reason for this situation is not unrelated to the Manchu Qing Dynasty's martial arts examination system for selecting military attachés.

The martial arts of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and Zhu Jishi's military academy in Ap Lei Chau were different, not so much in the selection of officers, but in the selection of sports stars, the main subjects were horse riding, archery, dancing with a big sword, and holding a stone chain...... It's all a trick of performing arts, and it has nothing to do with training troops to fight. Of course, in addition to taking the physical education test, the written test is also to be tested, and the test is the four books and some military books. For example, "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Wu Zi's Art of War", "Liutao", "Sima Law", "Three Strategies" and so on, although the art of war is very haode, but these tactics are not used to command small troops at the battalion and sentry level, let alone the method of arranging troops in modern warfare. It is no exaggeration to say that the officers elected by the Qing Dynasty with martial arts are actually athletes who can't lead soldiers to fight.

"Don't shoot! No shots, no shots! ”

"The muzzle of the gun is xiangshang, don't put it down......"

"Wait for my command......"

In the woods, on the position of the Mutant Foreign Gun Team, several Jinyi Guard officers who temporarily served as company commanders were constantly reminding their subordinates not to fire. These officers are all veterans who have participated in the battle of Xindang, and they have also been auditors in the Apleizhou Military Academy for three or two months. Knowing that the effective range of the muskets was very close, and that the muskets were used by peasants who had only recently laid down their hoes, it was impossible to hit them at a slight distance. And they can't be expected to reload repeatedly, just put the enemy into a shot!

Zheng Hong was holding a Western saber in his hand, and the knife edge was held high - the order to shoot asked him to come down, as long as the saber was put down, 500 foreign guns would be fired immediately! At this time, the future King of Yanping of the Ming Dynasty was already sweating profusely with nervousness, and even the palms of his hands holding the saber were wet.

He's also the first to take part in a real war! The previous group fight in Borneo was not a war at all.

Wei Shaoguang, who commanded the hand-to-hand combat soldiers, was calm, holding a big knife in his hand, squatting behind a big tree, waiting for the gunshot. He was not a newcomer on the battlefield, having fought with the British Marshal Hugh in the Opium War five years earlier. Goff had fought and beaten Hugh. Goff set up an ambush and drove the British back to the Sifang Fort - looking at the Qing Dynasty, such a brave general, I really can't find a second person! But Dao Guang Dusk Jun didn't know the hero, and he didn't even give it to an official, it seems that the number of the Qing Dynasty is really exhausted.

"Master (referring to Yanping Hou), 50 yards!"

Zheng Hong's side, a brocade guard dressed as a monk who had been an auditor at the Yaleizhou Military Academy, knew how to visually measure the distance, and saw that the Qing army had entered the effective firing range, and hurriedly reminded.

"Bring it closer!" Zheng Hong gritted his teeth and prayed silently in his heart, so that the gods and Buddhas of Mantian would bless him with the ability to establish miraculous feats this time - he is currently the head of the generals under Zhu Jishi, but if he wants to keep this position, he can't rely on qualifications alone.

"40 yards!"

"Okay, right now!" With a loud roar, the saber was lowered.

"Flatten the muzzle! Aim for the Clear Dog Brigade! Fire! ”

Before the orders of the officers of the brocade guards were finished, crackling gunshots rang out!

This platoon of guns is very inaccurate! Due to nervousness, many people did not wait for the muzzle to be flattened and then randomly pulled the trigger, and even if the muzzle was flat, most of them did not aim. However, there were still two or three hundred projectiles colliding with the Qing army brigade that was swaggering into the army!

Suddenly, people turned on their backs and made a mess!

If the people in these three elements are rabble, then the army of the Qing Dynasty is not even as good as the rabble, and it was suddenly shot by a row of guns, how can it not be chaotic? The brigade of more than 800 people dispersed at once, and the Qing soldiers who were not hit lost their weapons and turned around and ran. That "athlete" general Xu Zhongying is a little brave, he just walked in front of the team, and more than a dozen people around him were knocked down by the platoon guns, half of them died, and the rest were howling! He, a general, was not spared, he was shot on his right arm, and immediately stained his clothes with blood, and he couldn't move one arm, so he could only pull out his saber with his left hand and shout loudly for his subordinates to fight to the death.

"Kill!"

The shouting of killing sounded, not the Qing officers and soldiers shouting, but the people in Sanyuan began to charge! First of all, it was the hero of Wei Shaoguang, who rushed with his spear over his head. Seeing this jiashi, those Qing officers and soldiers who had not yet run on the battlefield also ran away, and the big swords and spears were thrown to the ground. Only Xu Zhongying and more than a dozen Qing soldiers who were wounded by smoothbore guns were left to repay Jun's kindness on the battlefield!

The heroic sacrifices of these Qing officers and soldiers did not change the views of Mu Teen, Xu Guangjin, Ye Mingchen and Xianglin, who were watching the battle from afar, on the Manchu Green Battalion.

"Alas! Green camp, the fruit is useless! (To be continued......)