Under the city of Guangzhou

A group of leaders of the Heaven and Earth Society looked at the tall city wall not far away, in their lifelong cognition, they had never thought that a city was so difficult to fight, more than 100,000 people surrounded Guangzhou City day and night for nearly half a month, and there was no progress at all.

Guan Ju smiled bitterly: "In the past few days, except for Brother Li's martial arts disciples who attacked the city wall once, there is no rest of the results, and even the Qing army has not killed a few!" It's a shame, our army might as well attack other prefectures and counties. ”

Li Wenmao sighed: "It's a pity that there are foreign guns on the city wall to ambush, so that more than a dozen of my apprentices died, I must avenge this revenge, I will not go anywhere, just fight Guangzhou!" After breaking the city, I have to dismantle Ye Mingchen into eight pieces. ”

He Liufeng hurried over and told the news he had just gotten: "The Han army has arrived in Dongguan, straight thief!" That's too fast, isn't it? Brothers, what do you think we should do? ”

How far is Fujian to Guangzhou, everyone knows!

Li Wenmao exclaimed: "Fujian is hundreds of miles away from Guangzhou, even if it usually takes half a month to arrive, how can the Han army come so fast, will it not be able to fly?" ”

He Liu scolded at the Qing soldiers on the city wall: "It's not that these Qing soldiers are useless, the Han army has not encountered a single resistance since it invaded Guangdong, and the Qing soldiers collapsed along the way, and the Han army came to Dongguan all the way, I heard that there are still many officials who open the city gate to surrender, why Lao Tzu has never encountered such a good thing, and the Qing Dynasty officials who have been caught are either seeking death or begging for mercy, and none of them are willing to surrender." ”

Guan Ju and others felt the same way, and scolded the Qing army officials.

If you scold alone, and your opponent can't hear it, it's definitely boring. Everyone closed their mouths one after another, and everyone looked at Chen Xianliang in unison. This is where his prestige is the highest and he is the oldest.

Chen Xianliang looked at Guangzhou City. He looked at a few brothers and asked, "Do you really plan to take refuge in the Great Han Kingdom, to tell you the truth, originally I wanted to capture Guangzhou and seek a future for you, but now that I have lost my troops and lost my generals, I think this Guangzhou cannot be captured by our own strength, and I will not be ridiculed when I join the Han army." Now I have the idea of retiring, we are all brothers, you can say what you have planned. ”

Guan Ju. Li Wenmao and the others looked at He Liu again, he was the one who encouraged them to join the Han in the first place.

Stunned by the brothers, He Liu shouted: "Everyone looked at what I was doing, we swore to live and die together, I want to join the Han army, but I value brotherhood more, if you don't want to join the Han army." Then I won't go. ”

Li Wenmao felt that the brothers had not yet seen the situation in the world, so he motioned for everyone to be quiet, and analyzed: "Now that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupies a corner of Sichuan, it does not want to make progress; The Han Dynasty is in full swing; The Qing Dynasty was in decline. Not only in Guangzhou and Fujian, but also in Jiangxi, I often heard the news of the Han army's victory, and I can't think of three or five years. Guangxi Province and Yunnan Province will also be occupied by the Han army, what should we do if we don't take refuge in the Han army? The Hunan Yankees are now deadly fierce. I heard that even the Taiping army was defeated at their hands, and then there was no place for us in the whole south. Do you want to run to Myanmar? ”

Seeing that the brothers nodded again and again, Chen Xianliang sighed secretly, let go of the thought of becoming a country in his heart, and asked, "What about the brothers?" The six brothers He and Li Wenmao are willing to join the Han army, and you can also talk about it. ”

Although Guan Ju is rough, he is eager to be utilitarian, and he said his thoughts loudly: "My old Guan is also willing to join the Han army, and now that Li Yun is the emperor of the neutral country, it is the time to recruit talents, and I can also have a certain official and a half-position, which is better than the previous messing in the township, besides, now the discerning people know that the Han army will dominate the world sooner or later, and it is not uncomfortable to follow others to mix." ”

Chen Xianliang reluctantly smiled: "Brother Guan is reasonable, what do you mean, Brother Chen Kai?" ”

Chen Kai had long known Chen Xianliang's intentions, he didn't dare to look him in the eyes, and whispered: "Brother Li is right, the Han soldiers are strong and strong, if we don't take refuge in them, sooner or later we will be defeated by them, and it is better to surrender now than to surrender at that time." ”

Liang Peiyou saw that there were still a few brothers who showed disapproving looks, and said: "There are also many brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society in the Han army, I heard that the Yawang brothers are already in a high position, and the Jiao Liang brothers are even more ranked as the governors, in the Han Dynasty, this governor is the meaning of the governor, as for Su Sanniang, everyone knows each other, or we borrowed troops to avenge her husband, she is even more terrible now, and she has become the queen of the Han Dynasty!" I think that if you give birth to a son, you will be the future emperor, it can be seen that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty does not reject us, with these backers to rely on, what else is there to worry about! ”

Chen Xianliang saw that none of his confidants and friends came out to object, and said secretly: The general trend has gone.

"Since everyone is willing to join the Han army, then we will go to Dongguan together to meet Zuo Dashuai, no matter how Zuo Dashuai treats us, you should not resist, so as not to be misunderstood."

He Liu was shocked: "Brother Chen is saying that Zuo Dashuai wants to take us in?" ”

Li Wenmao said with a smile: "Of course, you think that if you take refuge in the Han army, you will be the king of the mountain, didn't Brother Wu Hong say that all the people who defected to the Han army will be scattered and reorganized, that is, the heroes of Liangshan will not be divided by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and they will go their own way." ”

He Liu didn't expect that he had just been a marshal for a few days, and he would be absorbed before he could enjoy it, and he didn't know what kind of position the Han army would arrange for him.

Seeing the chaos of the scene, Chen Xianliang coughed loudly and said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, let's go to Dongguan to visit Zuo Dashuai, these hundreds of thousands of brothers can't go with them, the hall master and above the leaders and leaders each bring a thousand people, follow me to meet the Han army, as for the rest of the people will be commanded by Chen Kai and Huang Dingfeng, the two brothers will temporarily postpone the siege and wait for the unified command of Zuo Dashuai." ”

When the party first attacked the city, Ye Mingchen was worried for a few days, and then when he heard the frequent reports of the generals in the city, his heart was relaxed, and he felt that the chaotic people were chaotic people, if they would attack the city, then what would they do with the city wall?

Bai Gui sneered and said: "My lord has made a great contribution to defending Guangzhou, and when he is the minister of military aircraft, he will serve the saint, but don't forget our subordinates." ”

Ye Mingchen waved his hand smugly, and said meaningfully to Bai Gui: "I am still a long way away from the military aircraft, and according to the usual procedure, I am going to be the governor of Liangjiang." The Governor is eyeing me as a governor! ”

Bai Gui hurriedly bowed his head and said flatteringly: "My lord is too worried." Now that the two rivers have fallen to thieves, how could the emperor let a hero do such a thankless thing. To be promoted, it is also to be promoted to the governor of Zhili! ”

"I hope so, now that Guangzhou is isolated from inside and outside, I don't know if the Han army has invaded Guangdong." Ye Mingchen suddenly asked Laicun: "Did I ask you to send a message to Hunan Governor Luo Bingzhang?" ”

Matters related to his own life, of course Lai Cun did not dare to slack off, and replied: "I sent Lu a few days ago, and I still ordered someone to detour to Guangxi from the waterway, and take a safe road, I believe that in a few days, we will be able to reach Changsha." ”

Bai Gui looked unnatural. said to Ye Mingchen: "My lord, recently foreigners have frequently driven warships to the city of Guangzhou, I don't know what they mean?" ”

Ye Mingchen snorted and scolded: "These foreigners are usually uneasy and kind, but now they are so active in helping us defend the city, and they even sent people into the city a few days ago, willing to unload the cannons on the ship and lease them to us, but I sternly refused." Unexpectedly, they still didn't give up, wandering outside Guangzhou all day long, and they had to let the defenders in the city divide a part to guard against them. ”

Bai Gui sighed secretly, foreigners are troublesome. took out an official document and said to Ye Mingchen: "The assassination of foreigners last month has been investigated, and it was done by a few people known as the Ten Tigers of Guangdong, and three people have held funerals one after another in the past half a month. Four others were wounded by gunshot wounds and were treated by a number of doctors. It seems that they are not having a good time either. ”

Lai Cun stepped forward and said, "Do you want the last general to send someone to arrest them?" ”

Ye Mingchen sighed, and said with interest: "Forget it." These people have a high prestige among the people, and if they rashly inflict harm, the people's resentment will inevitably boil, and it was just in the past, but now Guangzhou is in danger, isn't this adding fuel to the fire! ”

Lai Cun hurriedly nodded in agreement and complimented: "What the adults said is very true." ”

Dongguan County

Chen Xianliang, Guan Ju, He Liu and more than a dozen people sat in the lobby nervously, waiting for Zuo Zongtang, the marshal of the Han army, and they were all silent for a while, and there was only the sound of panting and drinking water in the lobby.

"Zuo was delayed due to trivial matters, so the heroes have been waiting for a long time!" Zuo Zongtang walked into the lobby with a spring breeze on his face, learned the appearance of the people of the rivers and lakes, and arched his hand to the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Congregation.

Chen Xianliang and the others hurriedly got up and returned the salute, and said in unison: "It is right for the little ones to wait for the big handsome." ”

Zuo Zongtang turned around, took the main position, and said with a smile: "Zuo He De can let you help you, I didn't expect that in just half a month, several heroes gathered an army of 100,000, and the merit is great, if the emperor knows the way, he will definitely be rewarded!" ”

Chen Xianliang said humbly: "These are the merits of the emperor, the people admire the benevolence of the emperor, so they are willing to follow us to do things, with the commander in command, we have the backbone." ”

Zuo Zongtang decided not to test again: "Do you have any plans?" If he joined the Han army, Zuo Zong would definitely accept it. ”

Li Wenmao, He Liu, Guan Ju and others glanced at each other, and they all got up and bowed: "We are willing to join the Han army, please accept it!" ”

Zuo Zongtang put his mind at ease and said with a smile: "Ha Luha, okay, since you are willing to participate in the grand event, without further ado, we will immediately go to Guangzhou and capture Ye Mingchen alive." ”

"My lord, it's not good, the banner of the Han army has appeared under the city, and it seems that most of the Han army has appeared." Lai Cun rushed into Ye Mingchen's office early in the morning, shouting.

"Slap" Ye Mingchen's brush fell on the table, and he didn't care about reprimanding Laicun for calling Shorthair Han Jun, and stepped forward and asked, "What?" Shorthair has attacked Guangzhou! Last month, the prefect of Meizhou didn't come to report, and the short hair didn't move! Why did you arrive in Guangzhou in just a few days, and the army along the way was all pigs, and it could also block the short hair for ten days and half a month! What short hair will be in Guangzhou? ”

Lai Cun was taken aback, took a few steps back, and cried: "It's true, the last general can see clearly, the newly arrived rebels are dressed in red clothes and white pants, all holding the big banner with the character 'Han', and there are flags such as 'Zuo' and 'Li' in the middle. ”

Ye Mingchen laughed angrily and scolded: "Zuo Zongtang's descendant is really shameless, he also accepted him as a disciple because of Lin Gong, how could he do such a rebellious thing!" Lose the face of our readers. ”

Lai Cun whispered: "The Han army is different from ordinary anti-thieves, do you want to let foreign soldiers enter the city, they are good at using guns and cannons, they will definitely be able to defeat the Han army and keep Guangzhou." ”

Ye Mingchen had no master, and he only felt that what Lai Cun said made sense, so he nodded and said: "You ordered Xiao to go and let the officers and soldiers defend the city desperately, and said that the foreign soldiers would immediately enter the city to assist in the defense, and all the meritorious personnel would be rewarded with ten taels of silver and five taels." ”

Laicun secretly pursed his lips, bowed and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”

Bao Ling looked at the Han army with an ugly face, the first time a Chinese questioned him like this.

Li Shixian repeated what he had just said: "Our Han army is attacking Guangzhou, please drive the warship farther away, so as not to be injured by mistake, if you do not retreat after 2 hours, our Han army will regard you as an enemy." ”

“shit！ Are you threatening me? Bao Ling asked angrily, he felt that this was insulting him.

Li Shixian put down the official document and said disdainfully: "You can think so!" ”

Ignoring the stunned translator and the thunderous Bao Ling, he went straight back to the Han army camp.

Ye Mingchen stood on the city wall and looked at the foreigner warships that were getting farther and farther away, stunned, and kept chanting: Foreigners are unreliable, foreigners are unreliable...... (To be continued......)

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