"As Dongmei expected, against the thief army, you have to rely on this musket, one shot per person, far better than the sword brand bow and arrow, even if it is not as good as the thief army, depending on the number of people, you can drown the thief army directly!"

In the big tent in the north of Chenzhou Mansion, Yue Chaolong's face was flushed and he was extremely excited. This battle started with the courage of the people of Hunan, plus the battalions of Yongzhou Town Association and various places, a total of 40,000 or 50,000 people, nominally under the control of the governor of Huguang, but the actual command was in the hands of Garbi, and the front line was actually dispatched by his small capital division, which had a commanding spirit of reprimanding Fang Xuan.

With the guidance of his nephew Yue Zhongqi, plus Li Wei's staff officers, as well as Nian Qianyao's foundation in Hunan, and Hu Qiheng's efforts in this way, Yue Chaolong gave face-to-face instructions to the people of each county, and sent out the battlefields on all sides, led by people such as the county and the county magistrate, and attacked on their own. Although the casualties were heavy, they also pressed the thief army back to the city. As soon as he thought of this feat, his heart was extremely hot, and he couldn't help but express his most sincere condolences and heartfelt gratitude to the missing Hu Qiheng and Li Wei.

As long as he captures Chenzhou, his Yue Chaolong's achievements will definitely surpass his nephew, and he will no longer be burdened by his brother Yue Shenglong's reputation. 【1】

The cannon rumbled, but it was like a scoop of cold water, poured on Yue Chao's dragon head. Su Xianling has not yet been taken, and the general artillery he dragged from Changsha Yuezhou and other places can only bombard Su Xianling instead of Chenzhou City.

"Transfer the people of Hengzhou to attack Suxian Ridge again! Now the officers and soldiers are so useless, it's really shameless! ”

He shouted at the subordinates of Yongzhou Zhenbiao, and the original plan was to capture Suxian Ridge by Yongzhou Zhenbiao, but he hit his head and bled in front of the enemy.

On Suxian Ridge, he couldn't lift his head after being bombarded by artillery, and Xie Dingbei had to convene the wing chief sentry commander to discuss countermeasures.

"Of course you have to take that cannon......"

The subordinates were very unanimous in their opinions, the artillery threat of the Qing soldiers was too great, but their own side had no power to fight back, and they were waiting to be killed, which was not the tradition of the British and Chinese army.

"Two miles of land, it is too dangerous to go deep alone."

Xie Dingbei subconsciously refused, in his opinion, this matter was difficult to do even if it was a strong army. At this moment, he only sighed that the Tiger Ben Army was in a hurry, and there should have been four eight-pound guns in the battalion according to the establishment, but now there are only eight eight-pound guns in the entire Tiger Ben Army, and all of them are concentrated in the military headquarters for direct use, otherwise the eight-pound guns will be pulled up to bombard, how can they not be so passive now.

"This matter should be borne by our Heavenly Punishment Society."

Jiang Dedao said in a deep voice, and the other wing chiefs were short of breath, but they all nodded heavily.

"On the east side of Qingpu Jiuxing Bridge, there are two statues, which are the two heroes described in the "Shengwu Jin Biography", Lang Songliang and Zheng Hongyuan, and their achievements are what we want to do."

Jiang Dedao's tone made Xie Dingbei's scalp tingle slightly, as if he had regarded himself as a dead person.

"To be so famous?"

Seeing that everyone's eyes were eager, Xie Dingbei asked cautiously.

"That's natural, Commander Xie should also know that in our Yinghua Army, there is the Holy Martial Society, and there is the Heavenly Punishment Society. The Holy Martial Society just wants the soldiers to abide by their duties and fulfill their duties, and more work has to be done by our Heavenly Punishment Society. ”

Speaking of the Heavenly Punishment Society, Jiang Dedao's tongue is much more clever than before.

"The difficult things that go beyond the duties of the soldiers, only our Heavenly Punishment Society can bear the ......"

Jiang Dedao opened his mouth, and the sentry commander of the Holy Martial Arts Association was not convinced, and just wanted to speak, but the second half of the sentence was spit out, and there was no more speech.

"Violent things that go beyond the conscience of ordinary people can only be borne by our Heavenly Punishment Society."

Speaking of which, the Wing Commanders and Sentinels were all thinking of the commandos who were the first to enter the city when the city was broken, and they were all members of the Heavenly Punishment Society, who not only wanted to charge ahead, but also killed people without blinking, in order to open a wide passage for the army. The Anglo-Chinese army is not as good as the Qing soldiers, and only a few strong-minded people can do it when they shoot and wave knives at the people who are blocking the road, and these people are naturally attributed to the Heavenly Punishment Society.

"Although I have only entered the Holy Martial Society, I also feel that the Heavenly Punishment Society is glorious, since I can leave such a good name, I must lead the team to attack."

As soon as Xie Dingbei's words came out, everyone was shocked, after three days of fighting, everyone no longer realized that the head of the battalion from this general had any different intentions, but at this time he wanted to take the initiative to take the risk, and everyone couldn't figure it out.

But Xie Dingbei is the head of the battalion, and he has the final say on military affairs, he wants to go crazy, and his subordinates can't stop him. Jiang Dedao is the instructor of the Heavenly Punishment Society in the camp, and he is bound to win the position of the captain of this commando, and now that he is snatched away by Xie Dingbei, he feels that a feast has stirred up uninvited guests, and he is very uncomfortable.

"Are you still thinking that I Xie Tatar might throw it over!?"

When gathering people, Xie Dingbei asked Jiang Dedao about his nickname in private, and Xie Dingbei naturally knew it.

"I just can't figure it out."

Jiang Dedao is a straight person, what do you have to say. Just now, his younger brother Jiang Qiudao begged him not to go with tears in his eyes, but he scolded him and retreated. In the past, this kid was more enthusiastic than him in the war, but when he really said goodbye to life and death, he finally showed weakness, and he was thinking about the kid not being angry, and he really didn't deserve to enter the Heavenly Punishment Society.

"What is the Heavenly Dao pursued by the Heavenly Punishment Society?"

Xie Dingbei changed the subject.

"Originally, I would only read from the script, but now I understand......"

This problem is exactly the itch of Jiang Dedao, and he has a lot of experience.

"The Shengwu Association only talks about serving the country with loyalty, and talks about famous generals such as Li Mu, Yue Fei and Qi Jiguang, but there are also some famous generals, although everyone admires them, they are still not included in the Shengwu biography, such as Yanghu and Zhang Xun. Yanghu is benevolent and righteous, when he dies, the enemy army is crying, Zhang Xun is loyal and righteous, killing concubines and sharing food, the things on their bodies, good and evil are difficult to distinguish, and they are not something that can be summed up in the words of loyalty and serving the country. ”

"Of course, we are not famous generals, but the king of heaven said that heaven has ten thousand positions, each of which is contained, and the duty of a warrior is to be loyal to the country, but the root is to carry out the punishment of heaven. Everyone has a death, I want to make this death more valuable than others, so I have to enter the Heavenly Punishment Society, and I have to ponder the Heavenly Dao of martial artists. ”

Xie Dingbei paused for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "I understand, the imperial courts of all dynasties have worked this capital crime, and they have divided a number of ways to die, but the king of heaven ...... But through the way of heaven, he worked the reward of death, and also divided a number of ways to die, which is not a knight. ”

Jiang Dedao was speechless, and when the official came out, his mind was really full of rewards and punishments, and he actually looked at the Holy Martial Society and the Heavenly Punishment Society from this perspective. But...... This is also true, when they enter the Holy Martial Society, they feel that they are higher than ordinary people, and when they enter the Heavenly Punishment Society, they feel that they are higher than the Holy Martial Society, but the reason is that they have the qualifications to go to danger first and die before others.

In fact, Xie Dingbei didn't say what he said right, and all dynasties have also worked death rewards, dividing them into levels such as dead official affairs, dead state affairs, etc., and then giving all kinds of commendations, but they are basically limited to generals, and they are determined after the fact, but they are not like this Holy Martial Arts Society and the Heavenly Punishment Society, which not only cover all officers and soldiers, but also make a decision first.

Xie Dingbei asked Jiang Dedao very sincerely: "If I die, what ceremony will the Heavenly King bury me?" ”

Jiang Dedao was surprised, this Chengcheng Qing general, who usually said that he had a two-faced face, was so loyal to Yinghua, he really couldn't understand.

However, the question still has to be answered, hearing Jiang Dedao say that it will naturally be a military funeral with the gift of the Heavenly Punishment Society, written in "The Legend of Shengwu Jin", and compared with the glory enjoyed by Lin Tangjie, the commander of the Cangwu Battalion who died in Wuzhou before, Xie Dingbei smiled with satisfaction.

Seeing that Jiang Dedao's doubts were obvious, Xie Dingbei raised his eyebrows and said: "Of course I also spare my life, otherwise I will not serve the Heavenly King, but I have also complained about the Tartar court for a long time, and the Yinghua New Dynasty has given such a world to martial artists, I really want to show my martial ambitions." It's just that everyone doubts me, so I can't help but wash the taste of this old saying with blood and give my children and grandchildren a clean slate. Now that this life can be exchanged for more, what am I waiting for? ”

Seeing that there were tears in the corners of his eyes, Jiang Dedao sighed, and said in his heart, I won't block the bullets for you then, let you die as you deserve.

"Heavenly Punishment Society, move forward!"

For more than 200 days, the officers and soldiers of the Torture Society gathered, and there was no generous shout, no passionate oath, only this short and decisive sentence. Seeing his brother set off with this team, Jiang Qiudao's tears rained down, it was difficult to know the life and death of these more than 200 people, and his brother was the captain, so it was difficult to survive.

The assault team set off against the rumbling of artillery, and the flying gunners and sharpshooters followed behind to cover, protruding to a mile, and thousands of Qing soldiers had gathered on three sides to besiege them. The sharpshooters hit the officers, the flowers bombed the dense crowd, and then the rounds of guns passed, and these Qing soldiers suddenly dispersed, and it was clear from this reaction that these were all green battalions.

More than 200 people drove straight into the field like this, and the process was unbelievably smooth, when the gunners of the artillery position dispersed in a hurry, Xie Dingbei and Jiang Dedao almost couldn't believe their eyes, until everyone took turns with sledgehammers and sealed the fire doors of the more than ten cannons with iron nails, and everyone felt like they were in a dream.

"These green battalion soldiers, are they like this......

Xie Dingbei's forehead was sweating, and this punch smashed into the cotton pile, and the resolute and awe-inspiring "posture" before seemed to be too much.

"There are thousands of corpses on the ridge, and we have all become monsters with lightning in our eyes and fire in our mouths."

Jiang Dedao was also very embarrassed, and the "last words" when he separated from his younger brother were probably still steaming, and when he saw the hasty figure of those gunners running away, he vaguely understood the reason. It's very simple, these Qing gunners have long been frightened. Before, a ** soldier rushed up, and another ** retreated, and they could still stand here and fire cannons, which was already their psychological limit.

"Let's go! Min Yong is coming up! ”

Gunshots rang out from the left and right sides, which was completely different from the Green Camp shotgun, and both of them changed color when they heard it.

On May 11, Li Xian led the army to Yizhang, and the battle of Chenzhou was already a battle between the Hunan people and the Huben army, and the green battalion of the Qing army completely withdrew from the battle sequence.

(To be continued)