The city of Shanghai County was densely packed with members of the Little Knife Society, and for most of them, they had been looking forward to the Taiping army for a long time, but from morning to noon, the Taiping army had only opened fire intermittently, and there was no sign of any attack.

Liu Lichuan couldn't help frowning, and asked left and right, "What the hell is the Taiping Army doing?" What the hell do you want to do? ”

"This" Chen Alin pointed down uncertainly: "Generalissimo, please see, the Taiping army is only in the early 3,000s, and the artillery is only about a dozen, while the Qing army is 4,000, maybe you are not completely sure?" ”

"Joke! Not sure why you came? Did you deliberately put two cannons on our minds? Lin Afu said disdainfully: "Generalissimo, the Taiping Army's actions are not clear, the so-called abnormal things must have demons, we can't put our fate in the hands of others, we should break through immediately, leave Shanghai first, and then say, the Qing Demon and the Taiping Army are holding each other back, no one can spare their hands to deal with us, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

In addition, taking advantage of the chaos, we can take advantage of the opportunity to rush into the concession, kill a few foreigners to avenge the collusion with the Qing Demon, and then take some entanglement from those rich people who are not benevolent, and fly away from now on, let me go freely. ”

"Well, the purpose of our uprising is to rob the rich and help the poor, this statement has won my heart!" Liu Lichuan agreed very much and shouted hello.

"Wait!" Zhou Xiuying objected: "It is necessary to be cautious in robbing the rich and killing foreigners, but it is not difficult to guess the intention of the Taiping army, Xu Naizhao has another half of the men and horses in Jiading, if the Taiping army suddenly rushes out when the city is fighting, and attacks are flanked on both sides, the Taiping army will be defeated, therefore, the Taiping army must first divide its troops to attack Jiading, and only rescue us after solving our worries, everyone wait, if you don't contact the Taiping army, you will attack rashly, it will only disrupt their steps." ”

"Humph!" Lin Afu snorted coldly: "We have a number of how many people the Taiping Army has, he sent 3,000 people, and he needs to defend the city, where will the troops come from to attack Jiading?" The eldest sister listened to my advice, and if she doesn't leave at this time, she will regret it! ”

"Eh~~" Chen Alin waved his hand: "You can't say that, the night before yesterday, the Taiping Army broke the foreigner coalition army, nearly a thousand people didn't run away, whether it was exaggerated is unknown, but there is no doubt about the victory, and Xu Naizhao's grain team was robbed again, and the current Jiading should also have a food shortage, so it is not impossible for the Taiping Army to break Jiading, not to mention that the virtual is real, the real is virtual, who can be sure that the Taiping Army really only has more than 4,000 troops?"

Taking a step back, the prerequisite for our breakthrough is to cooperate with the Taiping army, and now the Qing army and the Taiping army are not moving, and if the unilateral breakthrough is not received by the Taiping army, I am afraid that the brothers will not only suffer extremely heavy casualties, but also easily lead to misunderstanding by the Taiping army, so I think we should wait. ”

When the news of the Taiping army's total annihilation of foreigners came, no one believed in the knife meeting, and the foreigners were close to the myth of invincibility in their minds, but Wang Feng came with troops yesterday, and the foreigners did not take him seriously, and they found out that the Taiping army returned hundreds of foreigners' corpses, which they couldn't believe it!

This is also the reason why Liu Lichuan and Lin Afu are in a hurry to follow, the Taiping army is so strong that it is terrifying, they are more and more worried about being annexed, of course, it is essential to get a vote before leaving.

Liu Lichuan turned his head to look at his subordinates, and what made him secretly angry was that most of the soldiers agreed with Chen Alin's statement, after all, the requirements of the grassroots are not high, and they have no ambitions, they can eat enough to make a small fortune by the way, and the most important thing is to survive, and obviously, the price of risking a breakthrough is too great!

Liu Lichuan could only reluctantly wave his hand: "Wait, just wait, if there is no change before dark, no matter what, I have to break out tonight!" ”

The Taiping army led by Wang Feng in the city is waiting, the knife club led by Liu Lichuan in the city is also waiting, and the Qing army is waiting for reinforcements from Jiading, and not long ago, Xu Naizhao received the news of the rout of the whole army, which was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day that shocked him!

"How is it possible, how is it possible?" The official uniform of the Qing Dynasty was thick and heavy, wrapping the whole body impermeable, wearing it in the hot summer requires a strong will, and then stimulated by the news of defeat, Xu Naizhao was like a water man, soaking wet, wiping the sweat from the corners of his forehead over and over again, and walking back and forth in the county hall.

The subordinate officials were also like mourning, their faces were full of anxiety and nervousness, and they also repeated the action of wiping sweat.

The county commander looked at his colleagues, and finally couldn't help but say: "My lord, it seems that Jiading can't hold it, while the bandits haven't come yet, let's hurry back to Taicang." ”

"Your Excellency!" Another official took over and said, "There are only more than 1,000 troops in the city, and the food can only be eaten until tomorrow, please don't hesitate!" ”

"yes, yes"

All of a sudden, the hall was full of urging, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for the Qing army, can still be regarded as a stubborn son, give a chance to reform and atone for the crime, but the Qing Dynasty officials are caught and killed, since the Jintian Uprising, the Qing Dynasty officials killed up to the governor of the first grade, down to the governor of the ninth grade, no one can count how many!

The officials sitting there all felt a cold swish on the back of their necks!

Xu Naizhao's face was full of struggle, he fled without a fight, and most of them would be dismissed from his post and punished, but for defending the city, it was clear from the officials under him that he had no confidence.

"Anyway, the defeat at the hands of the bandits is far more than the official alone! Xu Naizhao gritted his teeth, and at this moment, a soldier ran over and shouted from afar: "My lord, it's not good, the bandits have surrounded the four gates of Jiading." ”

"Plop!" With a bang, Xu Naizhao's eyes were dark, and he fainted on the spot!

"How did the bandits come so quickly?"

"How should this be, the bandit kills without blinking!"

"Quick, help Lord Xu up!"

In the blink of an eye, the lobby cried dad and mother, the officials were in a mess, some ran out, some cried on the ground, and a few of them had a conscience, and after a while of pinching people and pressing their chests, Xu Naizhao finally woke up.

The governor of Jiangsu is the official of the second grade, Xu Naizhao has been in charge of many places, and has dealt with foreigners, so he has seen the world, since he was forced to a dead end, after the initial panic, he miraculously recovered his calm.

Xu Naizhao rolled his dim eyes and swept away, and said impatiently: "What are you crying about?" Can crying can make the bandit cry away? The matter has come to this point, only a desperate fight can have a chance to live, the big deal, today we are all loyal to the emperor, and we can also be loyal to the name, and follow the official to the city to see. ”

Xu Naizhao pushed everyone away, stood up violently, and put on a fearless appearance, but the hem of his official robe trembled slightly, showing that his heart was not as strong as it seemed.

Where did the officials have the heart to pay attention to the details, they all helped each other to get up, and walked out behind Xu Naizhao.