Chapter 143

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War is so ruthless and cruel, no matter how solid a city is, who must defend it. One thought is wrong, and at the same time, it is destined to pay the price of blood.

Outside Jiangyin City, the original sound of the cannon that shook the mountains seemed to be far away in the current general heart, or it was not loud enough. However, at this moment, a fierce military horn suddenly sounded outside the city gate, but it sounded to him extremely loud and novel, and it seemed to be a little poignant.

Like the surging crowds inside and outside the city, Mr. Qianzong seemed to have been immobilized, and he forgot what he had to do for a while. Until the tide of war horses knocked on the earth, the thunderous shouts of killing broke through the sky, and the lost exclamation of the lookout post at the head of the city, "Long hair is coming!" "The flow of people was chaotic at a moment's notice. The people who went out of the city were anxious to retract back to the city, but the people in the city were still at a loss, and they couldn't decide whether to go out or go back.

At the head of the city, due to the misjudgment of the direction of the Taiping army's attack, some of the Qing soldiers, who were originally small in number, were also drawn by the garrison to support the precarious south gate, and the total number of people left here was no more than a hundred. If there were no trumpets and horses' hooves to wake them up, most of the soldiers would still lean on here, and those who sat there stretched their necks, their eyes were all facing one direction, listening carefully to the sometimes fierce and sometimes silent cannon sound in the distance, and also thinking about their own thoughts. Experienced soldiers can even imagine how cruel the battle for those places is by virtue of the ups and downs of the cannonball, and can also guess which of the two sides is superior or inferior. In fact, in their hearts, they had already understood what the final result was, otherwise, the guards and the families of the magistrates would not have slipped away immediately.

These green battalion soldiers were originally supposed to be fearless warriors, serving as soldiers, pinning their heads to their belts in exchange for the meager income that the family urgently needed, and they were also mentally prepared when they left their homes and entered the army. It is a pity that they have been mixed in the complicated affairs of the local area for a long time, and they have become accustomed to eating for nothing, taking for nothing, and occupying for nothing, and they have learned to use even a little power in their hands to reap never-ending benefits. Military discipline is lax, training has become a rare novelty, and they never seem to have imagined the fight with real swords and guns. This qiē is not illusory, it is precisely a chronic disease that has been formed by the Manchu Green Battalion for many years.

Of course, if there are many people, and there is a strict supervision of the officials, the soldiers and brave men can fight for each other. It's just that don't fall behind, once there is a situation where the general trend has gone, the soldiers are definitely oiled on the soles of their feet, and one runs faster than the other.

When these soldiers, who had already had a premonition of a bad situation, were suddenly awakened in a daze, and saw a large number of horses roaring and galloping in the night, and then heard the strange horn that shook people's hearts, their first thought was that the city gate was still wide open, and it was over! If it was the infantry of the Heavenly Army that rushed over in the distance, the soldiers defending the city might be a little more steady, but the worst thing is that it was all cavalry, and the spirit of the soldiers was quickly on the verge of collapse.

Out of a knee-jerk reaction, the defenders of the city didn't care who the black pressure below was, and began to shoot arrows indiscriminately at the city, throwing a few sundries that could be reached at hand. Subsequently, some of the soldiers ran down the city naturally and unnaturally, maybe they wanted to guard the city gate with Master Qian, or they could find a convenient condition for the last moment to slip away.

At the gate of the city, Mr. Qian, who came to his senses, jumped up from the stone bench, holding a heavy money bag in one hand and pulling out his waist knife in the other, "Close the city gate, close the city gate quickly!" He screamed. Seeing that some of his soldiers began to kick and beat, and some soldiers actually swung their knives to slash the panicked crowd blocked in the doorway, and were trying to close the two heavy gates, he relaxed a little, and while tying the money bag to his waist, he planned to organize the subordinates who gathered to prepare for a decisive battle with the heavenly army.

But he turned his head and saw a small sedan chair that had just been discarded by the sedan chair drivers at an inopportune time, "Damn, who didn't have long eyes put the sedan chair here, quickly throw it aside for me." In annoyance, he kicked the sedan chair over.

With a scream, a fat woman rolled out of the overturned sedan chair, and the jewelry box that was originally held in her arms also fell out, and the jewelry was scattered all over the ground. At the critical moment, it was really the father who died and the mother got married, and everyone took care of their own people, and the family members who came out with the fat woman ran away on their own. Even the bumper belt was frightened, and there were jewels rolling all over the floor in distress, and the fat woman screamed and cried, lying on the ground and reaching out to pick up the scattered treasure.

A few soldiers who drove the crowd saw the jewels scattered on the ground, their eyes suddenly lit up, and they immediately pounced and started to scramble. A soldier who did not grab anything maliciously stepped on the fat woman's hand, and with the fat woman's miserable wail, he finally got a pearl that fell from the fat woman's hand with satisfaction. However, he was only happy for a moment, and his head was opened in the sound of gunfire in the cave of the city gate.

Zou Guojian and the Demoman rushed into the city gate against the flow of people, and at this point, the explosive bag in the Demoman's arms had lost its meaning. Zou Guojian, who took the lead, swung six rounds of guns to knock down two Qing soldiers who tried to close the city gate, "The heavenly army has occupied the city!" He shouted loudly, and was the first to leap over the gates. What happened to be met in front of him was the Qing Demon who stamped on a woman on the ground with his foot, and he raised his hand to put the Qing Demon down with a shot, "Leave a few to guard the city gate, and the other brothers hurry up to seize the city and protect the brigade into the city!" He turned his head to give orders to the Demomen behind him, bending down to support the fat woman on the ground. At this moment, he suddenly felt a cold wind hit the back of his head. He subconsciously tilted his head to the side, and a sudden chill on his left shoulder was followed by a piercing pain.

A demoman who then rushed up knocked down the head of the Qing Demon who came out from behind the sedan chair next to him and attacked Zou Guojian, and hurriedly supported Zou Guojian, who almost fell, "Captain, you are injured!" “

Zou Guojian pushed away the soldiers who wanted to bandage himself, "Leave me alone, help this woman to the side first, don't affect the team's entry into the city." Then, gritting his teeth, he reached for the explosives bag that the demoman was holding, stood firm against the city wall, commanded a few soldiers, and firmly controlled the city gate.

The Red Army cavalry of the brigade stormed the eastern gate. After Chen Yucheng, who was in the lead, rode his horse into the city, he did stop in a circle of horses as he and Tan Shaoguang promised, "Zou Guojian, good job!" He shouted at Zou Guojian, who was guarding a few explosive packets and standing against the city wall.

Zou Guojian smiled. The ease with which he completed the task made him feel that his body was really tired, and the wound on his shoulder and back was also heartbreakingly painful, and the blood had already glued his shirt to his back, and his body shook a little, his legs were weak, and he finally collapsed

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