The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death? On the battlefield, life for life is everywhere, the wounded cover normal people, men cover women, facing the dense Mongolian cavalry, and fight and retreat, rapid attrition, it is also extremely tragic.

When about 100 men volunteered to form a human shield to resist the cavalry, with tears in their eyes, they shouted three times to go back quickly, "Boom! With a bang, the city gate was finally closed tightly, and 3,000 people went out of the city to break through, only about 1,200 people came back, and the loss was sixty percent, and almost everyone hung the lottery.

Seeing his cavalry slashing the Taiping army left outside like chopping melons and vegetables, Monk Lingqin did not have any joy, he had never seen such an army, maybe the assembly was simple, maybe the battle formation was primitive, but it had an iron will and a spirit that was not afraid of death, his heart was silent.

Mianyu and Shengbao are also a stream of coolness straight through the upper back, as if the prey of the hunt is not the imaginary rabbit sheep, but a wild wolf, although the wild wolf can not escape the hunter's palm after all, but the long howl before death, the hideous expression on the face, the hatred in the eyes, left a deep impression on them, this is a nation that has been slaughtered hundreds of millions of people, oppressed for more than two hundred years from the hatred in the blood, and they are both silent.

It wasn't until the Mongolian cavalry collected and returned that Monk Greenqin came back to his senses and said solemnly: "None of the bandits can be left, Prince Hui, this king advises you to accept the thoughts of playing with the bandit woman, after the city is broken, except for a few chiefs, the rest of the people will be killed on the spot!" ”

Mianyu looked palpitating, nodded and said, "What the monk said is right, this king never expected it." This gang of bandits is so fierce that it can't be regarded as a human being. It is no wonder that the southern bandits have been suffering from injustice for several years, dealing with such demons. can only kill them all, and now that the bandits are newly defeated, do you want to attack the city at night? ”

"No!" Monk Greenqin waved his hand to stop: "Although the bandits are defeated, their momentum is like a rainbow, and it is easy to break the city, but it is difficult to fight in the streets, and the vision is not clear in the dark night, and the situation is unknown, which is very disadvantageous to our army." And let the bandits live one more night, and tomorrow at dawn, the whole army will attack, so as to annihilate them in one fell swoop. ”

"Good!" Mianyu turned his head and called: "Collect the team and return to the camp, cheer up the king, and don't let one of the bandits run away!" When the thief is broken tomorrow, this king and the monk will ask the emperor for the merit! ”

"Yes!" The orders were conveyed in turn, and the Qing army retreated.

It didn't take long. The city was empty, and the world was back in darkness, but Tang Caifang was only temporarily relieved, and it would be dawn tomorrow. The Qing army will launch an even more fierce attack, and now it is only the eve of the storm, compared to their own life and death. She couldn't let go of Su Sanniang's safety, so she ordered a few words. Tell the soldiers to take turns to rest, and they are in a hurry to slack. He hurried away.

"The Qing army has retreated, how is the deputy chief?" Ten minutes later, Tang Caifang came to a small courtyard, pushed open the door, and asked impatiently.

Only Lin Youniang was in the house, and she cried and said, "The master has not woken up yet, and he has begun to have a fever, Sister Tang, you can save the master quickly." ”

Tang Caifang stepped forward quickly, and saw Su Sanniang's eyes closed, her face was reflected by the dim oil smoke, lying straight on the bed, her forehead was covered with a wet cloth, and a strong smell of blood was filled with her body, and then she reached out to her forehead, and it was really hot!

Although Tang Caifang was anxious and hated to replace her, she also knew that Su Sanniang's fatal injuries came from her thighs and chest, but she didn't know how to deal with them, and she didn't even dare to touch those two wounds, for fear that Su Sanniang's blood would gush like a spring and kill her on the spot!

At that time, less than one-third of the soldiers who died on the battlefield were actually killed directly, and many of them were injured and could not be effectively treated, or died of blood, or the wound was infected and inflamed, and died of illness.

Tang Caifang knelt at the head of the bed, holding Su Sanniang's pale hand, tears flowed all over her face, and scenes of the past appeared in her heart, and it took a long time before she wiped her tears violently, turned around and said: "Young lady, if I say that if we can't hold on, you must end the life of the deputy chief manager with your own hands, you know?" ”

"I" Lin Youniang trembled violently, Su Sanniang's life was in danger, the shape outside was urgent, she didn't know, she also understood the consequences of Su Sanniang falling into the hands of the Qing army, but this is her master, she can commit suicide and kill Su Sanniang

Lin Youniang didn't squeak for a long time, her face was full of pain and struggle, Tang Caifang said coldly: "The deputy manager is innocent, if you can't do it, the deputy manager will not forgive you under Jiuquan, let alone recognize you as an apprentice." ”

"I know, I will!" Lin Youniang gritted her teeth, but tears flowed out uncontrollably again.

"Alas~~" Tang Caifang sighed and said softly: "Young lady, go and bring a basin of hot water, let's wipe the body of the deputy manager, and it is best to find another set of clean clothes." ”

This is completely a preparation for Su Sanniang to arrange the aftermath of the funeral, "Woo woo~~" Lin Youniang ran out crying!

No one could sleep this night, when it was dawning that day, Tang Caifang and Lin Youniang carried Su Sanniang to the city, Su Sanniang was wrapped in the futon, and her face was no longer so yellow, but she was still as pale as paper.

"It's coming!" Feng Mingyuan suddenly pointed forward!

On the large open land south of Linqing, there is the camp of the Qing army, about ten miles away from the city, one on the left and right, clamping the road of the Taiping army returning to the south, in the two camps at this time, the horn is sounding for a long time, the drum is bursting, a group of soldiers carrying siege equipment and artillery rush out, and the open space in front of the wall is quickly lined up in formation, and the total number of people is about 40,000.

After deducting the troops in the north of the city to choke the ferry and the troops guarding the village, the Qing army was pouring out, obviously with the intention of killing with one blow.

After a night of hurried preparations, there were more bricks, walls, stones and timber at the head of the city, which was the only thing that the Taiping army could use to defend the city except for a few bows and arrows, because the cannonballs were all gone, and they could only fight the Qing army with the most primitive equipment.

"Knock knock~~" The dull drum beat again, the siege equipment, musket team and artillery team slowly pressed forward, the flanks were guarded by the Mongolian cavalry, and the 40,000 army armed to the teeth brought heavy psychological pressure to the defenders, you know, there are only about 1,000 people who can participate in the battle!

"Brothers and sisters, the Qing Demon is deliberately driving us to death, are you afraid?" Tang Caifang suddenly asked!

"Don't be afraid!"

"Good!" Tang Caifang's expression was stern, and he said: "Killing one is enough, killing two is profitable, let's swear to the death with the Qing Demon, I hope that there is a spirit in the sky, and after eighteen years, our brothers and sisters will gather again and kill the Qing Demon!" ”

"Kill!" The warriors waved their weapons and shouted!

The noise at the head of the city reached the city, and Shengbao couldn't help but sneer: "The bandits have nothing else to do except shout a few words at the top of their voices, our army is attacking with all their might, I'm afraid that the battle will be over before noon, Lord Hui, give the order!" ”

"Hmm!" Mianyu nodded and waved violently: "Attack!" ”

The third drum sounded, the artillery of the Qing army rang out in unison, tongues of fire spewed out, the bricks on the city wall scattered and burst out, under the cover of artillery, the siege troops and the musket team rushed forward, and the battle finally began!

"Get ready, everyone, listen to my orders to shoot and fire arrows!" Tang Caifang also shouted violently, and the soldiers prepared one after another.

At this moment, Feng Mingyuan suddenly called: "Miss Tang, look behind the Qing army, it seems that someone is coming!" ”

The city wall of Linqing is as high as three zhang, standing high, looking far away, behind the Qing army camp, there is indeed a black shadow of the model, still moving.

Tang Caifang hurriedly took a look at the binoculars, and this time he saw more clearly, it was really a person, or an army dressed in dark green Western-style clothes, about 10,000 people.

"This is" Tang Caifang's voice trembled a little, at this time, what her side needs most is reinforcements, although she can't be sure which side this army belongs to, but she is sure that it is not the Qing army.

Feng Mingyuan put down the binoculars and exclaimed, "It's obviously a foreigner's military uniform, could it be that a foreigner is here?" Impossible, how can foreigners save us? ”

Tang Caifang didn't squeak and continued to look closely, she wanted to distinguish from the flag, but she only saw the red flag embroidered with strange patterns, and there was no common general name.

"Could it be him? The one surnamed Wang? I've heard the master say that his military uniform seems to be weird, and he learns the style of a foreigner! Lin Youniang suddenly made a voice of disbelief.

"Hmmm! It is really possible that Commander Wang sent someone to persuade the deputy chief to return to the division, which shows that he knows the whereabouts of the deputy chief manager, and he must have come in person! Tang Caifang nodded violently.

The more everyone thinks about it, the more likely it is that Su Sanniang is Wang Feng's sister, although she is a righteous sister, but she has exchanged posts and worshiped Guan Erye, which is no different from her own sister.

Who wants to die if they can live?

And in the positions of the Qing army, "Newspaper! A soldier hurriedly ran over and said, "Lord Hui, Lord Monk and Lord Sheng, there is an unknown army approaching at the rear of our army, only five miles away, and the number of people is about 10,000!" ”

'What? Although the Taiping army was active in the south of the Yangtze River, in fact, between Huainan and Huanghuai, the Qing court almost lost its effective rule, because the entire Huang-Huai-Hai Plain was noisy, and the landlords built polders to stand on their own.

The Northern Expeditionary Army, which suppressed the bandits, only recruited the capital garrison and the green battalion of Chahar for training, and did not give an order to the Shandong garrison.

"Damn, the twist is looking for death!" Sheng Bao immediately hit a thousand: "The two princes, they are willing to return to the camp to preside over the defense, and they will never teach the twister to cross the camp by half a step!" (To be continued......) R1292