On the dirt slope, Hong Yun'er shook her head and said: "It's a pity that our forces in Zhili are too weak, after the last assassination of the British and French missions, Bai Zetang and the helmsman of the Intelligence Department in Zhili suffered heavy losses, and the remaining manpower is only enough to inquire about the news, and there is no ability to do anything for the time being." ”

After Xiao Yungui paced back and forth for a few steps, his big hand waved suddenly, clenched his fists and said resolutely: "Someone must be sent into the palace to be an undercover agent, someone must be able to lurk in the heart of the Manchu Qing, the matter is man-made, if we know that there is danger and do nothing, God will also abandon us!" ”

Hong Yun'er put her hands around her chest and said with a shallow smile: "It is necessary to send people into the palace, and you can do as much as you can." Following her, Yang Fuqing and Citi Jun, who were still fighting in the distance, nodded and said, "What we should do now is to clean up the mess here." ”

Xiao Yungui waved his cloak, took a few steps forward, and stood upright on the dirt slope like a statue, looking at the tragic battle situation of Yang Fuqing's pursuit and killing of the Citi Army, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Just act according to the plan here, and order Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng to act!" ”

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However, it was said that Yang Fuqing commanded the soldiers and horses in Chunhua Town to pursue the Citigroup, and the Citi Army fled to his Fangshan camp, where there were still the remaining soldiers and horses to respond, and the Citi Army could only retreat to Fangshan.

Chase to the foot of Fang Mountain, west is the ancient Moling Pass, and the south of the mountain is Fang Shan Dai. In ancient times, Nanjing to the north, there was the Yangtze River, which was also a golden waterway, and then to the north there were two waterways, Hangou and Chaohu, one east and one west to communicate with Jianghuai; To the south of Nanjing, it is the weak link of waterway transportation, and Jinling is higher than the Taihu Lake basin of Sanwu, and there is no river circulation. At the end of the Han Dynasty, when Sun Wu ruled Jiangnan, for the needs of war, the Wu people were artificially transformed to occupy the heavens and the earth. Connecting the rivers of Nanjing with the Taihu Lake system has become the only way to make up for the natural defects.

The Wu people named the project "Breaking the Gang and Desecration", which is the real digging of mountains and broken ridges. Fangshan is the end point of breaking the post, and there is a Fangshan Tai in the south of the mountain. A dai is an earthen dam that crosses a river. The middle of the broken post is high, the two ends are low, it is necessary to pass through the guò up and down the fourteen dais, the Taihu boat can be lifted to Jurong layer by layer, and then go down to the Fangshan Mountain, enter the city through the Qinhuai River, and finally enter the Wu Palace.

Due to the choke of traffic arteries. Fang Shan has been involved in the war many times. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Sun Ceding Jiangdong fought the first tough battle in the ancient Moling City, not only hung the color, but also did not capture the city. His main opponent, the indigenous warlord of Nanjing, was not only good at fighting. He was also the first Buddhist in Moling.

At that time, the county seat of Moling was in Moling Pass, west of Fangshan. Folklore has it that Zhen Rong was chased to Fangshan by Sun Ce. fell off the horse and died, leaving behind the place name of the horse stream. In fact, Sun Ce's strong attack was unfavorable, so he had to bypass Moling and go straight to Qu'a, the old nest of Liu Xuan, the boss of Zhenrong. Zhenrong later fell out with his boss Liu Xuan and died of infighting. The name of Fang Shan really appeared in the history of the war in the Liu Song Dynasty. Liu Shao, who killed Emperor Wen of Song, ordered the destruction of Fangshandai to prevent the Eastern Army from entering Jiankang in order to resist the attack of his younger brother Liu Jun (later Emperor Xiaowu).

After Yang Fuqing's troops arrived at Fangshan, he also knew that this place was easy to defend and difficult to attack. At the same time, if the Citi Army retreats to Moling Pass or defends Fangshan Dai and Fangshan Main Mountain, it will make Yang Fuqing feel very uncomfortable, but fortunately, the Citi Army has always been short of food, grass and equipment, and now its morale is greatly depressed, and it should not be difficult to take this place by storming. Yang Fuqing had already made up his mind that he must solve the problem of the Citi Army's henchmen at one time, and immediately loudly ordered all units to reorganize their formations and prepare to attack the mountain.

Yang Fuqing's Taiping army began to reorganize in the rumbling war drums and horns, and the spear team, the broadsword team, and the musket queue were completed, they were the only remaining elite soldiers and horses in the East Temple, and the people Yang Fuqing brought back from Tianjing this time were all elite henchmen, and most of the newly recruited soldiers and horses in Jiangxi in the East Hall stayed in Jiangxi to guard.

In the billowing smoke and dust, the Taiping Army in the East Hall shouted a neat slogan: "Fengtian punishes demons, kills evil and retains righteousness!" "According to the formation, he slowly began to lay down the array at the foot of Fang Mountain, like all the mixed forces of cold and hot weapons, the array of Yang Fuqing's division was still the front end with a musket formation, the back was a spear formation, the flanks were the broadsword team, the two wings were cavalry distribution, and some scattered archers were in the musket formation as the second long-range strike force.

After the formation was completed, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and seeing the lineup of the Taiping Army in the East Palace, the Citi Army on Fang Mountain suddenly became agitated. Chen Rong and Lu Wei finally escaped back to Fangshan, Deng Xiang died in the chaos, and the two led more than 1,000 remnants of the army to flee back to the mountain, and more than 10,000 people of the Citigroup Army who stayed on the mountain were all shocked when they saw the return of the defeated army.

"Damn Yang Fuqing really dares to use a knife to kill, let's fight with them!" "There are grievances and complaints, there is revenge, and we are not easy to bully!" "People are dead, you can't swallow this breath, fuck it!" These unruly men in the past saw that their families were suffering, and they naturally became excited. But when the war drums and horns of the Taiping Army in the East Hall sounded, everyone was quiet again, and when the dust settled and the Taiping Army was clearly seen in its strict and solemn lineup, the Citi Army began to drum in their hearts.

After Chen Rong returned to the mountain, he fell off his horse, sat on the ground and gasped, and then shouted and asked, "Where is Aunt Zhai?" Where is he? The general who stayed behind replied, "Brother Zhai disappeared in the morning. Chen Rong spit on the ground with a mouthful of thick phlegm and cursed: "Zhai Huogu, fuck it, you dare to yin Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants you to look good!" ”

Lu Wei then dared to come, with a bloody face, a bloody knife in his hand, and a gray face was very wolf, and stepped forward to Chen Rong and said: "Brother Chen, now is not the time to talk angry, Yang Fuqing, this thief, is determined to exterminate us this time, he should order the big guy to form a formation quickly and guard the mountain, as long as it stays until night, let's take advantage of the night to break through and don't leave!" Lu Wei was still a man of some intelligence, and he instantly thought of a way to deal with the current dangerous situation.

Chen Rong came to his senses at this time, but when he saw the lineup of the Taiping Army, he also muttered in his heart, and said with some hesitation: "Brother Lu, there are more than 50,000 people in Yang Fuqing's department, and they are surrounding Fangshan, can we hold it?" ”

Lu Wei was very anxious, and said loudly: "Brother Chen, if you can't defend it, you have to defend it, if you escape from the mountain now, you can't escape Yang Fuqing's cavalry no matter what, and it will be difficult to gather people's morale if you escape like this!" ”

At that moment, Chen Rong did not hesitate, so he ordered the remaining more than 10,000 Citi troops on Fang Mountain to guard the passages up the mountain everywhere, and prepare to fight Yang Fuqing.

Yang Fuqing saw that the Citi Army on the mountain began to riot, and called a brigade commander and ordered him to bring people to pass the word and ask the Citi Army to abandon their weapons and surrender, as long as they agreed to accept the reorganization, Yang Fuqing could save their lives.

After a bag of cigarettes, Yang Fuqing's message was brought to Chen Rong, and Chen Rong was a little moved, after all, he didn't know the outcome of the fight, and if he surrendered, he could still have a way to live!

Seeing that Chen Rong hesitated again, Lu Wei immediately jumped up and raised his knife to drive Yang Fuqing's messenger down the mountain, Chen Rong said angrily: "What are you doing here? Isn't it going to cut us off? ”

Lu Wei sneered: "Brother Chen, you are too naïve, have you forgotten how the Northern King tricked the soldiers and horses of the East Hall into the Tianjing City and then slaughtered them?" What is the difference between our surrender now and those dead East Temple soldiers? Yang Fuqing's ruthlessness is no worse than Wei Changhui! And we were killed so many by them, is that all? Finally, anyone on the entire mountain can surrender, but a few of us can't! Other soldiers Yang Fuqing can still accept it, but Yang Fuqing has to kill a few of our leaders! ”

Chen Rong came to his senses after a stir, stood up and raised his knife and shouted: "Fuck it, let's fight with Yang Fuqing!" ”

Seeing that the Citi Army refused to surrender, Yang Fuqing didn't say anything, and with a wave of the flag, the Taiping Army slowly pressed on, and began to attack the mountain amid the rumble of muskets and mountain splitting artillery.

Although the Taiping Army is several times larger than the Citi Army, it has always been attacking the mountain, and the Citi Army is an army that fights to the death, and it can withstand the enemy under desperate battles. The two sides fought for more than an hour, and the mountain was covered with the corpses of soldiers on both sides, and the blood flowed down the mountain road, making the mountain road even more slippery.

After a long battle, Yang Fuqing's Taiping army always won with a large number of people, and under the various departments taking turns to kill, the Citi army on the mountain gradually showed fatigue.

The two brothers, Tan Xing and Tan Fu, grabbed Chen Rong with sharp knives and covered in mud and blood, Tan Xing said loudly with a bitter face: "Brother Chen, the brothers can't support it, or let's break through and escape!" ”

Lu Wei shouted: "No! You have to keep watch until dark! At this time, the brothers can still hold on with one breath, if we waver in the slightest, it will be a big defeat immediately! We can only wait until it gets dark to break through, otherwise none of us will be able to escape! ”

Tan Fu said angrily: "We are asking Brother Chen, what did you jump out of and say?!" The leader of the Citigroup Army is still Brother Chen, not you Lu Wei! ”

Lu Wei was furious and drew his sword and shouted: "Do you want to shake the morale of the army?!" ”

Tan Xing was not to be outdone: "You poor sour show has long known that you are as unkind as Zhai Huogu!" ”

Chen Rong stood up and shouted, "What are you doing?!" Stand back for me! ”

Lu Wei turned to Chen Rong and said, "Brother Chen, the matter is urgent, please order those who retreat to be killed!" ”

Before the words fell, I saw Lu Wei's head flying into the sky, blood splashed on Chen Rong's face, and the surrounding Citi Army guards were all shocked, only to see Tan Xing standing in front of Lu Wei's headless corpse with a bloody blade and sneering: "Brother Chen, this kid must be with Zhai Huogu, let's not listen to him, our brothers have to lead their own soldiers and horses to go first, you can make up your own mind!" After that, the two brothers Tan Xing and Tan Fu took their personal guards and separated from everyone and left.

Chen Rong looked frightened, slowly sat down on the ground, the left and right guards hurriedly supported him, and several small leaders asked eagerly: "Leader Chen, what should we do?" "Leader Chen, you have an idea."

Chen Rong smiled bitterly and said: "Let's disperse, let's disperse, we have always had our own ghosts, people's hearts are not aligned, it's ridiculous to learn from others to kill officials and rebel, that's what we deserve!" Seeing Chen Rong's appearance, several small leaders glanced at each other, and they all shouted that they each scattered with their own men and fled. (To be continued......)