"He is lawless, there is still us in his eyes, and there is no court!" In Huzhou City, the prefect Qu Shengchao was full of anger: "This Lin Zhe not only did not stick to Changxing, regardless of the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, he fled by the way, and now he is threatening to attack our Huzhou, he is going to rebel!" ”

Hou Anlin, the Tongzhi of Huzhou Mansion on the side, also said with anger on his face: "My lord is right, this Lin Zhe is really lawless, thinking that he has won a few battles, he doesn't know the height of the sky, and now he doesn't get the warrant from Lord Futai, he dares to lead the troops to flee south without authorization!" ”

"And I heard that Lin Zhe passed everywhere in Changxing and Guangde, it was all extortion, in the name of raising military funds to enrich his own pockets, if they were allowed to enter the city, it would be repaid, and the people in the city were afraid that they would be ruined!"

Qu Shengchao snorted: "We must not let them enter the city, besides, Lin Zhe did not receive the leader of Lord Futai this time, so we don't care about them!" ”

At this time, Hou Anlin showed a hint of fear on his face: "What if Lin Zhe really wants to attack the city!" ”

"How dare he? As long as he moves a little, I will give him a hard hand, these Qiu Ba don't give them a little ruthlessness to see, I really don't know how thick the sky is! Qu Sheng said. ww.w.yan+kuai.c.om

And when he said this, he was also thinking that he didn't know when he would be able to reach Beijing when he handed over the impeachment of Lin Zhe some time ago.

Since Lin Zhe led the army to Changxing last month, he smashed and blackmailed the big families in Changxing, forced by the knives and guns of the Yu camp, although those big families were reluctant but also obediently contributed tens of thousands of taels of silver, but after this gave the silver, they turned around and launched their own relations, and the liaison was ready to impeach Lin Zhe.

And Qu Shengchao's nephew's daughter-in-law's maiden family is a big family in Changxing County, and he immediately complained to Qu Shengchao's side, Qu Shengchao heard that Lin Zhe was blackmailing a big family in Changxing, and after setting up a checkpoint, he was furious, and directly wrote an excerpt to impeach Lin Zhe.

However, there was no reply after the impeachment fold was handed over, this Lin Zhe led the army to Huzhou City, Qu Shengchao was not so angry at first, he just wanted to avoid Huzhou City being looted by the Yu camp, and he did not get the official document from above saying that Lin Zhe was going to lead the army to garrison Huzhou, so he simply refused Lin Zhe's request to enter the city.

Of course, at that time, he didn't plan to completely tear his face, but still sent people out of the city to say that as long as the remaining camp was stationed outside the city, then the city would immediately send grain, grass, wine and meat out to reward the army.

However, it was known that Lin Zhe was on fire now, and Lin Zhe was originally unhappy because of the excessive losses in the first battle of Si'an, and he was always unable to enter the city when he went north before.

At the same time, what did Lin Zhe do when he went south to Huzhou? Rest is one thing, but on the other hand, it is also to stabilize the defense of Huzhou, he came to Huzhou to hold the capital city of Huzhou, and has the strategic task of guarding the southward passage of the Taiping army.

Now that he was rejected by the government in the city, these many aspects added up to make Lin Zhe angry all of a sudden.

Lao Tzu fought to the death, and now he came to help you defend the city, but you didn't even let Lao Tzu enter the city, which is worth it!

Lin Zhe was angry, and he didn't care about officialdom and morality, so he directly opened the city gate of Huzhou Mansion within a limited time, otherwise he would know to come in!

However, Qu Shengchao is not frightened, he knows that those Qiu Ba don't look at each other and speak very bullishly, but there are few who dare to openly rebel, besides, the status of civil officials is much higher than that of military generals in recent years, although he is only a prefect from the fourth grade, but the officialdom status is actually much heavier than Lin Zhe, the candidate of the fourth grade, and the supervisor of Yuying.

That's why he had the courage to refuse Lin Zhe again, as for the siege, you should attack Lao Tzu!

But he underestimated Lin Zhe, or he didn't know Lin Zhe well enough!

Lin Zhe has never cared about the rules of officialdom, and he doesn't care about the bullying and deception in the officialdom, in this troubled world, he believes in only one thing, that is: having soldiers and guns is the king, and everything else is scum.

As long as he, Lin Zhe, has a strong military force at hand and can continue to win victories on the battlefield, then he will speak even unscrupulous capital.

Before and after he led the Yuyao County Yongying to defeat the Taiping army three times with a total of nearly 10,000 troops, killing and capturing 4,000 Taiping troops, it is unceremonious to say that Lin Zhe can be said to have ensured the security of Changxing, Guangde and other places by himself, thus defending the strategic security of northern Zhejiang.

That's why Lin Zhe has the confidence to mess around in the place, because he knows that even if Huang Zonghan knows, at most, he will accuse him of two innocuous words, and then he will continue to rely on him to fight the Taiping Army.

Half an hour later, the city gate still did not open, Lin Zhe looked at the location of the city gate tower with a single-pass telescope, and saw a lot of Qing troops coming up!

Hmph, it seems that the heart of the Yellow River is not immortal!

Lin Zhe snorted coldly: "Order the Second Artillery Company to open fire!" ”

With Lin Zhe's order, the artillerymen of the Second Artillery Company moved quickly, these artillerymen rushed all the way, originally thought that they could go into the city to rest, drink wine and eat meat at this time, but they didn't expect to be blocked out of the city, even the ordinary big-headed soldiers were holding their breath in their hearts.

On the tower of the city gate, Hou Anlin, a fellow intellectual, watched the artillery of the Yuyao County Yong Battalion outside the city move, and immediately showed a panicked look: "My lord, they ...... They're going to **! ”

Qu Shengchao also showed an unbelievable expression at this time, but he still managed to calm down: "Don't worry, then Lin Zhe is just scary, give him a hundred dares and don't dare to attack the city!" ”

However, Hou Anlin on the side couldn't believe what he said, because the actions of the artillerymen of the Yuyao County Yong Battalion outside the city were not scary, but really loading ammunition.

"My lord, why don't we let them in?" Hou Anlin was afraid.

Qu Shengchao gritted his teeth, and just when he wanted to say no, there were suddenly several loud noises outside the city, and then he saw several white smoke rising from the artillery positions of the Yongying camp in Yuyao County outside the city!

"They...... They really opened fire, how dare this Lin Zhe, how dare he! Qu Shengchao had already roared in his heart, but his face turned pale, and he clearly saw the cannonballs falling on the city wall!

And those green battalions and Eight Banners soldiers on the city wall looked at the Yuyao County Yong Battalion outside the city that really opened fire, and there were no shells that really hit them, but the gravel caused by the cannonballs hitting the city wall was telling them, and the other side really opened fire, not just to scare them.

So, in the next moment, the Qing troops at the head of the city retracted their heads one by one, and the timid ones even turned around and fled.

Outside the city, Fu Linyang, the company commander of the Second Artillery Company, watched his three artillery pieces accurately hit the city wall, revealing a satisfied expression.

It seems that the skills of his brothers are quite good, not only hitting the city wall, but also skillfully not hurting anyone, just hitting the city wall, this kind of artillery skills is enough to make him proud.

Fu Linyang was different from those angry officers and soldiers of the Yu Battalion, although he was also angry in his heart, he also knew that the siege was just to scare those people in the city.

Therefore, the landing point of this first round of shells is very important, not only to make the people in the city feel that they are really fighting, but they can't really kill and injure the Qing troops in the city, so Fu Linyang quietly ordered his artillery commanders, don't aim at the city tower, just hit other city walls.

If you don't beat it accurately, you will kill and injure those Qing army officials in the city gate tower at once, and it will not end well.

As the Yongying of Yuyao County really opened fire, the face of Qu Shengchao, the prefect of Huzhou, instantly turned extremely pale, and listening to the sound of the rumbling cannon, he almost didn't even stand firm.

roared in his heart, how dare this Lin Zhe really open fire, why should he?

However, he was roaring in his heart, but he couldn't say a word, and Hou Anlin on the side hurriedly said: "My lord, open the city gate, otherwise they will really come in!" ”

Qu Shengchao was already stunned at this time, and only woke up after hearing Hou Anlin's words, he didn't have time to think about anything, although he was full of anger towards Lin Zhe in his heart, he still had to speak: "Quickly let them stop firing the cannon, let's open the city gate!" ”

At this time, Qu Shengchao didn't know if Lin Zhe would really attack the city next, but he knew that since the other party dared to really open fire, I am afraid that he would not have much scruples, whether the other party really attacked the city or made other moves, he was afraid that he would not be able to fall well at that time.

The city gate was opened and slowly opened, Lin Zhe did not show any joyful smile, but his face was full of disdain: "It's all cheap bones, and you can't recognize the truth if you don't get beaten!" ”

Then he said: "Order the troops to enter the city, the first regiment will first control the city gate and city wall, and the second regiment and artillery will cover, and all resistance will be killed!" ”

Yuyao County Yongying is ready to enter the city, and Bi Yutong, the general office of Yuyao County Yongying, entered the city alone, and he wants to represent Lin Zhe to negotiate with the officials in the city, including the follow-up Yuyao station, military supplies and other matters, and of course, more importantly, convey a message to them.

"When our army enters the city, please don't do anything to misunderstand our army, and all your soldiers and soldiers at the north city gate must be evacuated, and our army will be responsible for the follow-up defense."

Bi Yutong was not as angry as the other officers of the Yuyao County Yongying about the Huzhou government's refusal to allow them to enter the city, so he said it calmly, but he was also afraid that these Qing troops and officials in the city would treat the requirements of the Yuyao County Yongying as a fart and create unnecessary trouble for the Yuyao County Yongying when they entered the city in the future.

So he personally emphasized this sentence to Qu Shengchao: "My soldiers and thieves have been fighting for months, and they are very sensitive to some hostile actions, and I also ask Lord Fuzun to restrain the soldiers in the city, otherwise, my family superintendent said: If there is any change, all will be killed!" ”xh118