Li Shixian whispered: "Let's continue to move forward, the sky is about to dawn, before that, we must rush to the city gate and join Neiying." ”

"Let's go! General Lin is right! The crowd agreed.

Chen Xinyun, the general manager of the city gate, saw his master Tan Jiyun at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward to worship: "Apprentice to meet the master!" ”

Tan Jiyun stepped forward to help his beloved disciple and asked, "Is there anything abnormal in the city gate?" ”

"Master rest assured, Li Guerrilla was knocked unconscious by the apprentice just now, just waiting for the master to come!"

Li Shixian was overjoyed, beckoned backwards, and hundreds of people, under the guidance of several disciples of the Ten Tigers of Guangdong, slowly approached the city gate, and the Qing soldiers were all with big knives around their necks, and they did not dare to make a sound.

"Move all the bricks away!" Huang Qiying took the lead in moving bricks.

"Report ...... Enlighten the marshal, the gate of the city ahead has been opened! ”

Zuo Zongtang shouted to the army that had been waiting for a long time: "Enter the city!" ”

"Kill"

The Qing army on the city wall saw the Han soldiers disappearing under the city wall, and they reacted and shouted: "The city gate is open, the thieves have entered the city, everyone run!" ”

"The thieves have entered the city!"

Waves of frightened shouts made the defenders on the city wall bewildered, and after a while, they all threw down their weapons and ran in the opposite direction.

Came to Cunshu and ran in the Liangguang Governor's Mansion, found Ye Mingchen, who was dealing with official documents, and stomped his feet and shouted: "My lord! Let's go, the thieves have entered the city! If you don't leave, it's too late, the governor and the political envoy are already out of the city! ”

Ye Mingchen got up slowly and reasonably, and took Laicun to the side hall, it turned out that he had built a "Changchun Immortal Pavilion" in the governor's yamen. It is dedicated to Lu Dongbin and Li Taibai; All military aircraft advance and stop depend on the Zhanyu.

Ye Mingchen pointed to the two immortals who were doing things in the hall, and said with a smile to Laicun: "Last month, there was an anti-thief incident. Daxian calculated, and there was nothing to do after fifteen. I didn't expect the thief to be the 16th to surround the provincial city, besiege the city for half a month, the provincial city is really as stable as Mount Tai, this time Daxian said that there is nothing to do in the fifteenth, what are you worried about? ”

Lai Cun was so angry that he stepped forward and slashed the wizard to death a few times, returned to the stunned Ye Mingchen, and cried with a sad face: "My lord is the fourteenth today, and it hasn't been fifteen yet!" ”

"Fourteen!" Ye Mingchen was stunned, and he calculated everything. I didn't expect it to be fifteen today.

"Don't go, Ye Mingchen! Capture Ye Mingchen alive! ”

Lai Cun heard the shouts of the Governor's Mansion and hurriedly pulled Ye Mingchen to escape.

Wu Shaorong, Lu Jiguang and others led thousands of righteous troops to besiege the Governor's Palace, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the defenders were dispersed, searching for Ye Mingchen everywhere.

"My lord, there is a dog hole here, as long as you drill out of here, you can get out of the city, and our army's sailor will answer at the city gate." Laicun pointed to the hole that could only be climbed by one person, and motioned for him to ask first.

Ye Mingchen's complexion turned from white to blue. turned from green to red again, and said angrily: "Presumptuous, I am a dignified governor, a first-class baron of the Qing Dynasty." How can I drill the dog hole in order to survive, and spread the word, what face do I have to be a man! ”

Come and be in a hurry. Angry and dejected, he shouted, "My lord! When is it now, I still care about fame. What should I do when the thieves come up, there are only you and me here. If you don't say it, if I don't say it, who will know the way! ”

"Life and death are small, and loss of discipline is big, you should kill me! lest I fall into reproach at the hands of thieves! Ye Mingchen felt disgusted when he looked at the dog cave, sat on the ground with his back to the dog hole, closed his eyes and waited for the call of death.

Laicun's face was ugly, he held the knife and put it down, raised and put it down, stuck the big knife in front of Ye Mingchen, gritted his teeth and said: "My lord, forgive me, I really can't start with my humble position, please make a decision yourself." ”

"You...... Why are you so troubled! Ye Mingchen looked at the big knife in front of him at a loss, and asked him to kill himself with the knife, he couldn't do it, so he could only look at the big knife that still had blood stains left in a daze.

"There are two people here! It's a Qing Dynasty official! Come and catch it! A rebel looked at the two Ye Mingchen in official uniforms and shouted to the team behind them.

Lai Cun smirked: "Providence is so! Providence so! ”

Wu Shaozhang looked at the Governor who was neatly dressed, and smiled proudly at his colleagues in the Thirteen Lines: "Yesterday, the Governor also ordered us to donate 5 million taels of silver, and today we will become our prisoners." ”

"Ha Lu Ha ......"

Lu Jiguang stopped laughing, came to Ye Mingchen, and sneered: "I heard that there is a dog hole behind the governor, why don't you go over and run for your life?" ”

"Humph! Shameless villain, you are not worthy to talk to this official! Ye Mingchen thought that he had nothing to say to these profiteers, and held his head high, as if it was he Ye Mingchen who had won.

Wu Shaorong saw that Ye Mingchen's face was dead, and ordered to the left and right: "Take the governor down, take good care of it, and don't leave at any time, if there is no accident, you will come to me to receive a thousand taels of silver!" ”

"Don't worry, adults, the little ones are looking at him even when they sleep!"

Wu Shaorong smiled at everyone: "Go!" Let's greet Zuo Dashuai! ”

"As it should be!"

Li Shixian guided Zuo Zongtang and the generals of the Han army in front: "The front is the Governor's Palace, and it looks like Mr. Wu has already been captured." ”

Zuo Zongtang looked at the flags and weapons all over the ground, and took the lead: "Let's go, let's take a look!" ”

"Wu Shaorong meets Zuo Dashuai!" Wu Shaorong led the big and small leaders to greet them outside the Governor's Palace.

Zuo Zongtang stepped forward to help Wu Shaorong and promised again and again.

"The Han army can attack the city, Mr. Wu is a great merit, I will report to the emperor truthfully!" Zuo Zongtang stepped forward to help Wu Shaorong and promised again and again.

Wu Shaorong's face was red, and he said humbly: "Ashamed, ashamed, I also dare to act by relying on the majesty of the handsome, the emperor is wise, the handsome conquered Guangzhou this time, and he will definitely be promoted to a knight!" ”

Lu Jiguang stepped forward and said with a smile: "This time, our army captured Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, and the left wing was all saved, how to deal with these two dog officers, please command!" ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled, he didn't expect to catch a Qing Dynasty official, this Ye Mingchen's official position is comparable to that of Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, and the emperor will be happy when he knows it.

"Escort Ye Mingchen to Nanjing and be disposed of by the emperor! As for that to be saved, if it does not fall. and handed it over to the rebels. ”

Li Wenmao and the others knelt down together and shouted in unison: "Thank you, Dashuai!" ”

Huang Bo ran over excitedly. reported to Zuo Zongtang: "All the remnants of the enemy in the city have been cleaned up, and the Qing army and naval division outside the city have fired a few shots at Guangzhou. also fled to Guangxi, and now our army has completely controlled the city of Guangzhou! ”

Everyone entered the Liangguang Governor's Mansion, and Wu Shaorong introduced: "Because the guards of the Governor's Mansion rushed to escape, our army captured Ye Mingchen effortlessly, and the Governor's Mansion was not damaged in the slightest. ”

When Zuo Zongtang came in, he heard others whispering about Ye Mingchen's arrest, and sighed: "The dignified governor of Liangguang, the official of the feudal territory, was actually captured next to the dog cave, he didn't learn the humiliation of Han Xin's crotch." It's really hard for him! ”

Wu Shaorong knew very well about these inconsistent officials, and said disdainfully: "This gang of moths is greedy, since the big marshal besieged the city, within a few days they will gather the squires in the city to donate money, the squires dare not speak out, more than half of the donated silver will fall into the hands of these corrupt officials, if I hadn't been vain and waited for the opportunity, I would have wanted to leave Guangzhou a long time ago." ”

"Mr. Wu has been wronged. However, this Ye Mingchen is a figure mentioned by the emperor himself, otherwise it would be impossible to hand him over to Mr. for disposal! Li Shixian followed everyone to the lobby and comforted Wu Shaorong.

"How dare you. Since it was requested by the emperor, it should be quickly escorted to Nanjing. ”

Zuo Zongtang ordered someone to hang up the map and explain to everyone: "Now Guangzhou has been captured by our army. In the first half of the year, Li Xuansuo's division of the Tenth Army captured Shaozhou Mansion, and Zhaoqing Mansion to the west of Guangzhou was the barrier of Guangzhou. Who wants to lead an army against him? ”

Huang Bo jumped out at once and said with a smile: "The last general is willing." Don't say it's Zhaoqing Mansion, it's no problem to hit your hometown in Guangxi! ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly and ordered: "Okay!" Huang Bo, you led 5,000 people to attack Zhaoqing Mansion, but the Qing army has a large army in Wuzhou, so don't act rashly, so as not to fall into an ambush! ”

"Compliance"

Zuo Zongtang pointed to Huizhou Mansion again: "Only the vicinity of Huizhou is still under the control of the Qing army, since our army has captured Guangzhou, Huizhou has become an isolated city, I don't think there is a need to send troops to attack, local officials will go out of the city and surrender!" ”

Lu Jiguang stepped forward: "I am familiar with the officials in the city, and I am willing to go to persuade me to surrender, please ask the marshal for permission!" ”

"Okay, since Mr. Lu is in charge, Ben Shuai wishes Mr. success immediately!"

Zuo Zongtang continued: "The people of Chaozhou Mansion are strong, who wants to go? ”

Li Wenmao and Chen Kai got up and said first: "There are many party brothers in Chaozhou, and the two generals are willing to go!" ”

"It's okay, Chaozhou Mansion relies on Fujian, and I will order Fujian to send troops to respond!"

……

"The Divine Decree Has Arrived"

Zuo Zongtang was an official in the Han Dynasty, and it was the first time he received the holy decree, thinking of the news he had received recently, he was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly sent someone to prepare the incense case.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: Zuo Zongtang founded the country and assisted the movement to promote sincerity, staff and military, and repeatedly made military exploits, and was specially awarded the title of first-class Yining Earl in recognition of his meritorious ......"

"Thank you!"

"Li Shixian takes the order!"

"Receiving Orders"

"The edict of the emperor of Fengtian said: Li Shixian founded the country and assisted the promotion of sincerity, and repeatedly made military exploits, and was specially awarded the title of first-class viscount in recognition of his merits......"

"Thanksgiving"

The envoy sent the holy decree and said with a sneer: "Congratulations to the two lords! The emperor was very strict this time, only those who have made military achievements can be awarded, and there were only seven marquis in the Manchu Dynasty, four earls, eleven viscounts, and thirty-one barons. ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled reservedly and remained silent.

The envoy took out an official document from his bosom and handed it to Zuo Zongtang, explaining with a serious expression: "The emperor has repeatedly instructed the marshal to send troops on the day specified on this date, and there must be no mistake!" ”

Zuo Zongtang immediately opened the official document, read it cursoly, felt that there was no problem, and replied: "Please ask the special envoy to tell the emperor that the ministers will do things according to their orders, and there will be no mistakes!" ”

The envoy bowed and bowed: "Leave the official!" ”

Zuo Zongtang turned around and instructed Li Shixian: "The emperor ordered us to send troops to Hunan on November 9, this time the Hunan army intends to fight a decisive battle with our army, and the emperor's intention is to order us to attack their rear road and contain the enemy." ”

Li Shixian thought for a moment: "The end will establish the Guangdong militia as soon as possible, but before that, can our army send troops to Guangxi and annihilate the Qing army into a formation, so that we can attack Hunan with confidence." ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded again and again: "It makes sense, it is now October 8th, and in ten days, our army will concentrate on the elite attack on Wuzhou!" ”

"Obey the order, and the end will be arranged" (to be continued......)

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