In order to defend Huzhou City, Shi Langyi did something to kill deserters, and even drove the remaining more than 300 Green Battalion soldiers off the city wall, built fortifications under the city wall to act as the first line of defense under the city, and told them that if they tried to escape, then the Yu Shengjun soldiers on the city would not hesitate to shoot them.

Of course, it also gave them hope that if they held out until the reinforcements arrived and they survived, not only would they not only be spared, but they would also be rewarded.

When Shi Langyi did this, Qu Shengchao was not idle, in order to let Yu Shengjun fight with peace of mind and not give up Huzhou City halfway, Qu Shengchao showed a rare ruthlessness.

On the same day, he sent officials to arrest the Li family, who did not pull out a dime and refused to pay half a tael of silver to assist in the defense fee, and the reason was very simple, that is, to collude with the long-haired thief army.

When other big families saw that Li's house was raided, they could guess that this was Qu Shengchao killing chickens and making an example of monkeys, but they didn't expect Qu Shengchao's methods to be even more ruthless than Yu Shengjun's original in Huzhou.

Although Yu Shengjun also openly extorted money at the beginning, people generally only intimidated and threatened, but he didn't do such a thing as raiding his family and destroying his mouth.

It's just that although they all know that Qu Shengchao is making something out of nothing, just to make an example of the monkeys, but no one is upset for the Li family, and they don't want to follow in the footsteps of the Li family

On the same day, there was no need for Qu Shengchao to order, and several big families in the city were the first to say that in order to support the soldiers who fought hard in the city, they were willing to donate more or less silver.

When the next day was counted, Qu Shengchao found that the confiscated Li family's gains and the second round of donations from the wealthy merchants in the city added up to 60,000 taels.

This is far more than the 20,000 taels of mantissa scheduled for Yu Shengjun.

Okay, no wonder Yu Shengjun likes to do this kind of thing so much, it turns out to be such a lucrative thing.

Qu Shengchao smiled contentedly, and unceremoniously included 10,000 taels of them in his private room, he had worked hard for so long, and he had to pay for those hard work.

Then he sent Yu Shengjun a mantissa of 20,000 taels of defense fees, and at the same time gave 10,000 taels of silver to the green battalion defending the city as a reward.

As for the 20,000 taels of silver left, Qu Shengchao is not ready to move, who knows what will happen in the next few days, in case Yu Shengjun still wants to flee at that time, this 20,000 taels of silver may be able to keep Shi Langyi again.

If Shi Langyi hadn't left, the reinforcements of the Yu Sheng army led by Lin Zhe would have arrived in a few days, and it would be indispensable at that time, and the 20,000 taels of silver would have been used at that time.

Just when Shi Langyi and Qu Shengchao used various means to defend Huzhou City, Lin Chengting outside the city was also thinking hard about how to conquer the Huzhou City in front of him.

Looking at the more than 1,000 cannon fodder Ding Zhuang who were left over yesterday and newly captured, Lin Chengting said expressionlessly: "Since the sky is already bright, then there is no need to continue to delay, you must rush over with all your might." ”

"This time, not only those Ding Zhuang are going up, but you also lead the headquarters to step forward, as long as you fill in their moat, then it will be a great credit!"

Lin Chengting said to a Taiping Army commander who was about fifty years old beside him: "If those Ding Zhuang refuse to rush forward at that time, you don't have to be soft, just kill them on the spot!" ”

"The ministry commands!" I saw him holding a huge ring-headed knife in his hand, and after riding on a horse, he galloped out with his own soldiers and other entourage, shouting at the more than 2,000 soldiers he belonged to: "Sons, follow me, kill the demons!" ”

Immediately, more than 2,000 Taiping soldiers drove Ding Zhuang, who also had more than 2,000 people, towards Huzhou City.

However, even among these regular soldiers of the Taiping Army, only one brigade of musketeers was fully armed, and most of the other soldiers were also pushing wheelbarrows, carrying baskets and other items loaded with dirt, sand and gravel, but most of these soldiers also carried a long knife or bow and arrow on their backs.

A total of more than 4,000 people flocked to the city, which made Shi Langyi on the head of the city frown, these Taiping troops are going to be ruthless, yesterday's siege was only more than 2,000 cannon fodder, and now not only a large number of cannon fodder was sent, but also 2,000 regular army soldiers.

Shi Langyi immediately said in a deep voice: "Let the baggage battalion also go up to the city wall to strengthen the firepower." ”

Today's shape is more dangerous than yesterday, and he doesn't care about leaving any reserves, anyway, the key to defending the city is to hold the city wall, if the city wall is breached, it is useless to have reserves in the city.

"All of them, shoot freely, don't be stingy with ammunition, give Lao Tzu a hard shot!" Shi Langyi said.

Although shooting at the farthest effective range of 500 yards is quite low and will be a great waste of ammunition, but the situation is different now, and it is the most important thing to kill and wound the enemy as much as possible in the enemy's path, and the enemy must not be allowed to rush to the bottom of the city and shoot again.

As for the problem of ammunition, Yu Shengjun has been stationed in Huzhou City for more than half a year, and has hoarded a lot of ammunition and military supplies in Huzhou City, which cannot be used up in a short time, and the Mini rifle still uses lead bullets, and the first mixed regiment also has a small amount of molds, and a small amount of Mini bullets can be made on the battlefield.

Although the number of self-made Mini bullets on the battlefield is small, and the quality is far inferior to the mass-produced bullets in the arsenal, it is still possible to use them for emergencies.

With Huzhou City at its back, there is no need to worry too much about the first mixed regiment in terms of ammunition.

With the addition of the second baggage battalion, there were more than 1,300 soldiers of the Yu Shengjun who were engaged in direct defensive operations, and although it was impossible for all of them to be concentrated on the northern wall, there were still more than 1,000 troops on the northern wall.

Because Lin Chengting is surrounding Huzhou City on three sides, but this kind of encirclement is exquisite, although there are thousands of people at the west gate and the south city gate, but those are all old and weak with some practical cold weapons, Lin Chengting himself has no hope for them, at best it is just decoration.

The main force of the Taiping army was still outside the North City Gate.

The Taiping army was arranged in this way, and Shi Langyi was also relatively deployed, a large number of main forces were on the side of the north gate, and the west gate and the south gate added up to only two infantry companies.

Of course, in order to make up for the lack of troops, there are still about five hundred young men at the south and west gates, and these young men are honestly much stronger than the green battalion.

In yesterday's first round of defending the city, although there were certain casualties, but under the leadership of Qu Shengchao, it did not collapse, in view of this, last night Shi Langyi pulled out some of the cold weapons and bird guns hoarded in the warehouse of Yu Shengjun and gave them to use, these weapons were captured from the Taiping army before, although a lot was disposed of, but there are still a lot of remains.

In addition, they were also given about fifty Linde rifles, which were supplementary guns for the 1st Mixed Regiment of Yu Shengjun, and Yu Shengjun had always had the habit of hoarding supplementary guns due to the relatively large wear and tear of guns during the war in recent years.

Now that fifty Linde rifles have been taken out of the reserve, it will not affect the follow-up replenishment of the 1st Mixed Regiment, but it will greatly increase the combat effectiveness of these young people.

Qu Shengchao was overjoyed after receiving this batch of Linde rifles from Shi Langyi's hands, although he was a civilian official, he also knew that the Linde rifles equipped in Yu Sheng's army were extremely powerful, far from being comparable to those domestic bird guns, and even those foreigners' foreign guns were not as good as these Linde rifles.

Immediately, he personally selected fifty young men who were more brave and had experience in playing arquebuses, and gave them these Linde rifles, and then Qu Shengchao personally took these fifty young men equipped with Linde rifles to the north city wall to assist Yu Shengjun in defending the city.

As Yu Shengjun on the north city gate continued to shoot, Ding Zhuang, the cannon fodder of the Taiping Army who had just rushed to 400 meters, began to be killed and wounded, and when they reached about 300 meters, Yu Shengjun's hit rate was getting higher and higher, and their casualties were naturally increasing.

However, driven by the Taiping soldiers in the back, although they looked desperate, they still rushed forward step by step, hoping to rush to the moat as soon as possible, and then end this qiē.

"There are too many thieves!" Qu Shengchao looked at the Taiping army rushing towards the city wall outside the city, and said with a shocked expression.

Shi Langyi on the side still had the same expression: "It's okay, if these people can rush up, then the thief army will already attack the city directly, and will it take several days to bombard the city wall and build siege equipment?" ”

If these Taiping troops only planned to use these thousands of people to attack the city, it would be too much to underestimate their Yu Shengjun, and he knew that Lin Chengting on the other side would not be so arrogant.

Looking at the Taiping artillery and tall siege equipment outside the city, he knew that these were the real threats!

It's just that the Second Cavalry Company led by Wang Lu Yun, who left the city the day before yesterday, has no news, according to reason, they have appeared behind the enemy army yesterday, why has there been no movement, is there something unexpected?

When Shi Langyi was worried about the Second Cavalry Company, he didn't know that ten miles northwest of Huzhou City, Wang Luyun was talking to a middle-aged man.

If you look closely, you can find that the person who talked to Wang Luyun was also wearing Yu Shengjun's double-breasted officer's uniform, with the rank of major on his shoulder, and then looking at this person's appearance, it was another cavalry company commander in Yu Shengjun: Qian Niubei.

"Haha, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, Brother Wang, you are very healthy, I am relieved to see Brother Wang's body so healthy!" Qian Niubei smiled.

Wang Luyun looked at this Qian Niubei, who was still under his command in the past, and felt a little dissatisfied in his heart, looking at his attitude, he didn't treat my seniors and bosses at all, hmph, if it wasn't for my serious injury, there would be a chance for you to get up and take over the First Cavalry Company.

However, he will not keep these small personal thoughts in his heart for too long, and now that the enemy is present, he and Qian Niubei still have more important combat missions.

Therefore, Wang Luyun was also polite to him, and then turned the conversation to the follow-up operation: "Now that the enemy army has attacked the city in a big way, and the rear is empty, it is a good time for us to attack!" ”

"With the four hundred hussars under your command and me, it is naturally easy to break their rear formation and severely damage their artillery positions in one fell swoop, but Brother Wang, have you ever thought about why he would let me bring the cavalry over first!" Although Qian Niubei was a bandit in the past, he now talks like a general who laughs about war with his gestures.

Although Wang Luyun was a little dissatisfied with Qian Niubei's tone and attitude, he still said: "Oh, could it be that the handsome man has another order?" ”

Qian Niu Beidao: "This is not true, but when I was in Songjiang, the marshal once held a military meeting, and said that this battle was not only to repel Lin Chengting, the thief, but also to fight these thieves, so that they did not dare to come to northern Zhejiang for the second time!" ”

"Could it be that the commander means to annihilate the thief army!" Wang Luyun said in a slight surprise.

Qian Niubei said arrogantly: "Why not? In less than two days, the main force led by the commander himself will be able to arrive, and at that time, my more than 5,000 victorious troops will gather in Huzhou, what is the difficulty of annihilating the 10,000 thief army? ”

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