At this moment, it was already the second watch in the dead of night, and the people and wealthy businessmen in Xiangtan City slept peacefully one after another in anxiety. The long-haired outside the city only fired a cannon during the day, but did not attack the city, which made the city feel a little more relieved, thinking that maybe the long-haired was just passing the army.

Xiangtan West Gate Zhanyue Gate at this time slowly opened, a group of Qing troops from Huanglong Lane, through the windmill and then to Shanshu Lane, and then quietly from Zhanyue Gate out of the city. The wealthy merchants in Xiangtan, who were still asleep, did not know that the Qing army of Deng Shaoliang, who had sworn to defend Xiangtan a few days ago, had abandoned them and left them to the long-haired thieves outside the city.

After leaving the city gate, Deng Shaoliang beckoned the Qing soldier Ma Mohei to go forward, bypassing Majialing and coming to the Tongmu Bridge in Tongzi Bay. When looking back, the Taiping Army camp in Hutouling in the north was the same as Xiangtan City, and there was still no movement, Deng Shaoliang twisted his beard and said secretly proudly: "If the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the fathers and elders of Xiangtan will be sorry, and one day, this association will lead the troops back to avenge you." ”

When the Qing army arrived at the bridge, they began to cross the bridge one after another, and when they stepped on the bridge plank, Deng Shaoliang faintly sensed a hint of danger. The dense reeds on both sides of the bridge have withered and yellowed, the cold wind blows, rustling, the moonlight in the sky appears and disappears, the moon is dark and the wind is high and kills the night, Deng Shaoliang only feels a tightness in his heart.

Just as Deng Shaoliang rode on horseback and stepped on the ground, a rocket from Mapo not far from the bridge shot into the sky, and a cannon was tied to the arrow, which exploded with a bang after flying into the air.

The Qing army went up to Deng Shaoliang, down to the ordinary soldiers who were still stunned, the woods and reeds on the shore of Tongzi Bay seemed to be a trick, countless torches were raised, shouting and killing together, and countless Taiping troops wrapped in red turbans were like divine soldiers descending from heaven and killed.

The Qing army was shocked, unprepared, and was rushed into the formation by the Taiping army, and in an instant the two armies were already close to each other, and the firearms of the Qing army became useless. The green battalion of the Qing army has always been not good at hand-to-hand combat, at least before the appearance of the Hunan army, few green battalion soldiers of the Qing army can take advantage of hand-to-hand combat with the Taiping army, not to mention that at this time, the Qing army was suddenly attacked, only dense firelight hit in the dark, and I don't know how many long hairs were killed, and morale instantly dropped to the lowest point.

Deng Shaoliang was at the head of the bridge, and there were two hundred old subordinates beside him, these people dared to fight hand-to-hand, but they were now following Deng Shaoliang's side, and they could not reach the front line. When the Xiangtan Green Battalion in front of them retreated, it had become a rout, and they threw away their armor and rushed to the Tongmu Bridge, just wanting to cross the bridge and flee back to the city. This impact disrupted the formation of Deng Shaoliang's veterans, and the Taiping army chased and killed, Deng Shaoliang knew that the defeat was decided, so he had to order his subordinates to break off, and he took a few people to seize the bridge first.

When fleeing back to Zhanyue Gate, Deng Shaoliang looked back, fortunately, the Taiping army only cared about chasing and killing the Qing troops who were scattered and fled, and they didn't have time to catch up, so they hurriedly ordered their subordinates to open the city gate and enter the city. When the city gate was half opened, a horse team of the Taiping Army in the western suburbs arrived, these horse teams were about hundreds of people, each holding a torch and steel knife, flying like the wind swept in, Deng Shaoliang's soul was scattered, he had to hit the horse from the crack in the city gate into the city, and shouted while running: "Close the city gate!" Close the gates! ”

But the Qing army that had not yet entered the city was also crying for their father and mother to rush into the city, but in the panic, the city gate could not be closed, but opened wider and wider. The Taiping army horse team arrived, and instantly chopped over dozens of Qing soldiers at the gate of the city, and rushed into the city with a loud shout, and the Zhanyue Gate of Xiangtan fell.

After the Taiping army horse team, a large number of foot soldiers also followed, the Taiping army was divided into several teams to break into the city, the front team entered the Huanglong Lane along the cedar lane, the windmill flat, and then divided the troops, the right team went straight to the city, the left team rushed to take the Gongji Gate, and the county government was seized by Sizhou Ann Lane and Banshi Lane, and the rear team was deployed outside the small east gate. The Taiping army attacked and occupied Xiangtan, and there was no confusion in the dark, so that the path was clear as if they were going home, and it was obvious that they knew how to go early on.

Deng Shaoliang ran to the county office, but before he could get off the horse, the shouting of killing behind him came again, and he had to beat his horse and break into the county government to hide. The left team of the Taiping Army chased after them, unceremoniously rushed into the county office, and then searched and killed separately.

Su Ji led more than 20 boy soldiers to fall in Zuihou, and when they arrived at the gate of the county government, the Taiping army that had poured in in early had already started to kill. Su Ji was secretly annoyed, he led people to follow the team, and tried to catch up with the front team several times, but was always scolded by the pawn chief, "The hair has not grown, stay behind!" "Zuihou finally rushed to the county office, and everyone has almost been killed, and it seems that his team of boy scouts is working in vain again.

One of the boy scouts under him looked at each other and said, "Two Sima, what should we do?" They were almost killed by their brothers. ”

Su Ji pulled out the steel knife and said angrily: "I don't believe in evil, let's take a detour to the back alley to outflank us, maybe we can catch a few!" At that moment, a group of boy scouts shouted in unison, turned their heads and walked out of the gate of the county government, and went around the back alley.

When I arrived in the back alley, I saw several Qing soldiers leaning against the wall on a human ladder, and two Qing army officials riding on the wall were about to climb down. Su Ji's eyes were quick, and he threw the torch in his hand, burning the Qing army who was taking the ladder below, and shouted after him, raising his knife and slashing over.

Several Qing soldiers were caught off guard, and they couldn't take a hand to defend themselves by taking the ladder, and they were cut down by Su Ji when they boarded, and the ladder collapsed when they boarded, and more than 20 boy soldiers rushed up behind them, and the bamboo spears and sickles were slashed and stabbed indiscriminately without heads.

The two Qing court officials at the head of the wall were startled, and a general dressed in military uniform shouted: "Duke Qi, don't panic, it's just a group of yellow-haired boys, see that Ben will fight his way out!" With that, the general shouted, drew his sword, jumped down from the wall, and stabbed one of the scouts in the thigh, and the scout fell to the ground with a thud.

Seeing this, Su Ji shouted angrily, raised his knife and slashed over, he only remembered in his heart that Li Yiwen had taught him, hand-to-hand combat is about courage, the more brave you are, the more afraid the enemy is, even if you cut you, you don't have much strength.

The Qing general was taken aback when he heard it, and he didn't have time to make up a sword to kill the boy soldiers in front of him, and raised his sword to fight back, only to hear the sound of Zheng, and the swords collided, Su Ji lacked strength after all, and the steel knife in his hand was knocked out by the Qing general, but the Qing general's saber was not much better, the steel knife was heavy, and it was cut on the back of the sword, and the saber could not withstand the force, and it was broken into two.

Seeing that the sword was broken, the Qing general was a little flustered, Su Ji ignored the numbness of the tiger's mouth, and shouted: "This guy's sword is broken, let's go up together!" After that, he didn't want to fly over, hugged the thigh of the Qing general, and wanted to knock him down, who knew that the Qing general had a lot of strength, stood as steady as a rock, and hit his elbow hard, hitting Su Ji's back, Su Ji only felt that the Venus in front of him was rising, and he almost let go of his hand. He took a deep breath and clasped his hands tightly, but he didn't let go.

At this time, when a group of boy scouts saw that their two horses were so heroic, and they didn't know where they got the courage, they all surrounded them with a shout, hugging their feet, holding their hands, and strangling their necks, and wrapped the Qing generals in a dense layer.

Naqing Jiang panicked in his heart, threw away one, and came another, Zuihou couldn't move his hands and feet, but he couldn't stand up, at this moment, he only felt a pain between the thighs in his back, he roared, couldn't support it anymore, and fell forward.

It turned out that between the entanglements, a boy soldier raised a bamboo gun and stabbed the Qing general in the back of the crowd, and finally stabbed him to the ground.

Half of Su Ji's body was pressed to the bottom, and the Venus in front of him was chaotic, and he shouted: "Crush me, pull him away!" The scouts were startled, and then they turned the Qing general around, untied their belts, and tied the Qing general firmly.

The official at the head of the wall was shocked, and he sighed and said to the north: "Your Majesty, the minister can't be loyal, and the minister will die a death!" With that, he drew a short sword and wiped his neck.

The body fell, and the boy soldiers exclaimed, "Oh, I killed one, it's a pity." "I still want to capture him alive."

Su Ji stood up tremblingly and scolded: "A group of bullshit guys, more than 20 people caught two people and injured a few, if you meet a large group of demons, I will see what you will do!" Fuck, I forgot what I taught you on weekdays?! It's really a bunch of rice buckets, I only know how to eat ......" Su Ji scolded happily, and all the boy soldiers lowered their heads, but he completely forgot that he was also in a hurry just now, if it wasn't for luck, he came up and cut off the Qing general's sword, and I don't know how many people they would lose.

Su Ji didn't know at this moment that the Qing court official who committed suicide on the wall was Qi Wuzhi, the commander of Xiangtan County, and it was Deng Shaoliang, the general of the Qing army, who was caught by a few of them. Deng Shaoliang, a sworn enemy of the Taiping Army and a good general in the Qing Army, was caught by more than 20 half-year-old teenagers in the back alley of the county government, and was shot in the back of the unlucky stock, which was really a loss of face.

After a night, when the people of Xiangtan opened the door tremblingly, a group of long-haired thieves wrapped in red turbans had the final say in Xiangtan City. The long-haired thieves were polite, and did not harass the people, they were busy cleaning up the battlefield last night, and a team of long-haired soldiers drove over and occupied Xiangtan City.

More than ten long-haired gongs walked through the streets of the city, shouting as they walked, telling the people in the city not to panic, and to keep their own business, saying that the Taiping holy soldiers were ordered by heaven to crusade against the demons of Hu Nu and would not bully the people and villagers, but if there were holy soldiers who did evil, they could go to the county government to report and would be severely punished.

Outside the Yamen Gate of Xiangtan County, Xiao Yungui turned over and dismounted, walked straight to a few station cages outside the Yamen, and pointed to a member of the Qing General locked up in the first station cage and asked: "This person is the Qing Demon Deng Shaoliang Deng Demon Head?" ”

A person behind him said with a smile: "It is Deng Shaoliang, deputy general of the Chuxiong Association, Deng Xietai." "The person who spoke turned out to be Xiangyin Jinliang Zuo Zongtang!