Chapter Ninety-Six: Hu Linyi Attacks Wuchang
Hu Linyi saw that the Taiping army's defense of Wuchang was very tight, and several attacks were fruitless, so he summoned several battalion officers of the Hunan army to discuss, brainstorm, and think of a way to capture Wuchang as soon as possible.
Hu Linyi didn't want to be kicked out of the prison by the thieves as soon as he became the governor.
Taqib was called down when he was attacking the city, and when he came to the tent, he was still panting, and shouted as he did it: "Don't worry, my lord, there are not many defenders in the city, and it seems that Changmao has not attacked Wuchang on a large scale, only blame Yang Pei for being incompetent, leaving only 2,000 people to defend Wuchang, so that the anti-thieves can succeed, and I will be able to break through this city in less than two days." ”
Yang Zaifu was convinced of Taqibu's words, and added: "I'm afraid that the upstream Changmao army will enter to reinforce Wuchang, so that we will be attacked by the enemy on our backs, and the army's heart will be unstable, so we will inevitably be in chaos without a fight, so we should find a way to defend the upstream danger, or let Yang Pei intercept the Changmao reinforcements." ”
"Phew...... Greedy for life and afraid of death, Yang Pei's guy is the most shameless, he will only hide in the rear to avoid the war, if you Yang Zaifu are afraid of death, go to him and ensure that your life is safe and sound! Peng Yulin sneered at Yang Zaifu.
Yang Zaifu was furious, took out his waist knife and pointed at Peng Yulin, and scolded: "What did you say surnamed Peng? Believe it or not, I slashed you with one sword, and forgive me that you are no match for me. ”
Peng Yulin also drew his saber, took a few steps back, and shouted, "Come on!" Look who beheaded whom! ”
The corners of Hu Linyi's mouth bubbled anxiously, and he said to the rest of the commanders and battalion officers: "You go outside and wait for a while, I have something to say to the two of them." ”
The general of the Hunan army shook his head and sighed and walked out of the tent, there was nothing he could do about Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin, and the two didn't even say hello when they met, and sat together for a meeting. It is bound to be attacking each other, drawing swords against each other. That's not a good sign.
Hu Linyi ordered three glasses of wine to be prepared, and he put his finger to his mouth. Learn from the people in the rivers and lakes to put a drop of blood into it, and then kneel in front of Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin:
"Now the world is in chaos, the court officials are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they can't take on the heavy responsibility of quelling the anti-thieves, and now I am counting on the two of you to work together to turn the tide, I think about it day and night, and I haven't thought of any good way for a few nights, I just hope that the three of us can drink this cup of blood wine and be connected by blood. Love each other like brothers, you are so hostile, no one pays attention to anyone, how can the battle of the Hunan army be fought! There are the expectations of the imperial court, and there are more than 10,000 high hopes of the Hunan army soldiers, you think what I say is reasonable, so you will do it according to me, and if you think that the major affairs of the imperial court are not as good as personal grudges, you will kill me. Duel each other again! ”
Seeing this situation, Yang Zaifu and Peng Yulin panicked for a while, and they didn't know what to do, so they hurriedly helped Hu Linyi up left and right. The two of them dripped blood into the wine, raised their glasses, and said in unison:
"Valued by the Mongols. I'm ashamed, please! ”
When the Hunan army came in, they saw Hu Linyi, Yang Zaifu, and Peng Yulin talking and laughing. Confused, I didn't understand how the governor had reconciled the two of them.
Hu Linyi lifted his spirits. Loudly announced: "It's better to ask for others than for yourself, Yang Pei's dog official is greedy for life and afraid of death, there is a Jinkou Town thirty miles away from Wuchang City, which is the only place for the upstream to enter Wuchang, I plan to send troops there to intercept the Changmao reinforcements, who is willing to take on this task!" Being harmed like this by Yang Pei, Hu Linyi couldn't help but burst into foul language.
Zhou Fengshan, who had been promoted to a division, stood up and said: "I am willing to lead my men and horses to defend Jinkou, as long as I still have a breath, I will never let the Changmao reinforcements approach Wuchang one step!" ”
"Good! I order you to lead 3,000 sailors and 2,000 land divisions to move to Jinkou, and you must support our army to capture Wuchang! Hu Linyi felt that Zhou Fengshan was enough to take on this role.
"Humble command!"
On the city of Wuchang, Wei Jun stood solemnly, he was the leader of the Taiping army's sneak attack on Wuchang, and also the commander of the Eastern Expedition, the king of the East just ordered him to attack Hubei, in order to repay the last Hubei defeat only hate, boost the morale of the Taiping army, he led three thousand elite soldiers all the way to gallop, or take the dry road or waterway, less than half a month to go around to Wuchang, the Qing army was defenseless, scrambling to flee, so Wei Jun effortlessly entered Wuchang, the capital of a province.
Qin Rigang, the prime minister of Tianguanzheng, waved the battle report in his hand and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the Heavenly Army, the reinforcements have broken through Yueyang yesterday, the Qing Demon Yang Pei fled to Hunan, the Qing Demon under the city is rampant for a while, everyone don't have to be afraid, you can let them lose their armor after three days!" ”
Wei Jun saw that the Hunan army under the city was moving again, and ordered: "Prepare stones and oil, the Qing army is going to attack the city again!" ”
Taqib selected three hundred dead soldiers in the camp, each with a white cloth wrapped around his head, and Hu Linyi personally poured a bowl of wine for each of them.
Tazib, also wrapped in a white cloth, held up a bowl and shouted: "Brothers! This time, I took the lead in attacking the city, each person has fifty taels of silver for settling in, and the dead have one hundred taels of silver for the pension, and they invaded Wuchang, and each of the living people was promoted to the third level, but if someone comes back without breaking through Wuchang, I don't need to say, you also know the end of the road, and if you regret it, get out of the city, and drink this bowl of wine if you don't regret it! ”
Seeing that Taqib was going into battle in person, Hu Linyi seemed to have a certain heart of death, and persuaded in a low voice: "Why should Lord Admiral be like this, it doesn't matter if Wuchang can't be attacked, but if something happens to you, I can't explain it to Disheng!" ”
Taqib rolled up his sleeves, revealing the four big characters of 'Jing Loyal to the Country' on his left arm, and solemnly replied: "The repeated defeats of the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are because of the fact that the officials took the lead in escaping, can I Taqib do the same today!" I hope I can break through Wuchang this time, then I will die, and I will be worthy of the promotion of the marshal! ”
Hu Linyi knew that these four words were engraved on the shoulder of Taqibu when he was promoted to admiral because he killed Zeng Tianyang, and when he remembered the scene at that moment, he was even more hesitant and sad, but he couldn't stop Taqib, so he could only hold his stout body, pat Taqib's back hard, and whispered: "You must come back alive!" Three Wuchang Cities are not as important as your one Taqib! ”
Tazib led three hundred dead men to the front of the siege procession, waiting for the order to besiege the city.
Hu Linyi drew his sword and announced loudly: "If someone is greedy for life and afraid of death this time, look back!" Cut and decide, I erect the flag here, Xu Jin is not allowed to retreat, those who cross the flag, cut and decide! ”
"Siege!"
Tazib was shirtless and held a broadsword: "Kill! ”
"Kill!"
Qin Rigang said solemnly: "This time the Qing Demon is not good, Guozong still made a plan early!" ”
Wei Jun pointed in the direction of Taqibu and ordered: "Prime Minister Qin, you lead a hundred foreign spear teams to fight the people who are wrapped in white cloth on their heads, I think they are unusual!" ”
"Yes," Qin Rigang waved at the foreign gun team on standby. (To be continued......)
PS: Xie Lu Xie mourned Wu Huaxia's monthly ticket, which was instantly full of dynamic codewords.