Under the cover of night, more than 1,000 Taiping New Army members stood quietly under the bright moonlight with torches in hand, their weapons in their hands were miscellaneous, sickles, hoes, bitter bamboo guns, and even some people held stones and sticks in their hands, and only a few people had some large knives and spears in their hands.

These broadswords and spears were found in the treasury of Chaling and Youxian County, and they were all rusty, and there were dozens of bows and arrows, but many bows and bowstrings had already decayed, and they were broken into two as soon as they pulled the bow, so many Taiping New Army still used the weapons they found. This also shows that all parts of Hunan have not experienced war for many years, and the Qing court's military equipment is extremely lax.

Su Ji squeezed a wooden stick in his hand tightly, only feeling that his palms were full of sweat, but when he saw that Li Yiwen and his companions were standing beside him with torches in hand, he felt indescribably peaceful in his heart.

Suddenly, a drum beat came, and I saw dozens of horsemen galloping out on the left wing of the queue, and a knight in front of him was bare-chested, his muscles were pierced, and a huge apricot yellow flag seemed to be nothing in his hand!

Li Yiwen shouted in a low voice: "The big guy cheers up, the Fengtian Demon Banner is here!" ”

Su Ji and the new army were all in their hearts, and when they looked up, they saw that a few bright red characters on this huge apricot yellow flag were very eye-catching, Su Ji couldn't read the words, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Li, what is written on it?" ”

Li Yiwen's face was solemn, he held his head high and said very firmly: "It says that Fengtian punishes demons, kills evil and retains righteousness!" This is the handwriting of our king! Qing demons fled when they saw this big flag! ”

This flag bearer was followed by eight flag guards, each of whom held a large flag, and ran to the center of the array to stand still, although there were only nine horsemen, but the momentum was terrifying, so that the new army saw it loudly. These new troops still couldn't get rid of the true colors of the people, and they said that they were watching the show, and when they saw the benefits, they shouted good, which attracted a burst of scolding from the veterans of the Taiping Army in the array, and everyone quieted down.

After following the nine horses, there were more than ten horses galloping, the first one was a yellow turban, yellow robe, red cloak, and behind him a flag bearer Qingqi followed, the square yellow silk flag in his hand hunted and hunted, the yellow silk flag was inlaid with white edges, and there were more red letters on it.

Su Ji asked in a low voice, "Brother Li, who is this person?" ”

Li Yiwen reprimanded in a low voice: "This is His Royal Highness the West King of our Heavenly Kingdom, and the banner says that it is the Right Bi of the Heavenly Kingdom and the West King Xiao of the Righteous Army!" ”

Su Ji's eyes lit up, he stood on tiptoe, stretched his neck and wanted to see the face of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, but it was always dark, and although the moonlight in the sky was good, he still couldn't see clearly.

"Brothers! I am Xiao Chaogui, the right and righteous military division of the Heavenly Kingdom! I saw that the big man with the yellow turban came to the apricot yellow demon banner with more than ten horses, and shouted: "The front is the county seat of Liling, take here, we can spend the night in the city tonight!" Attacking the city and plundering the land, you are about to fight with the Qing Demon, are you afraid?! ”

The two hundred swordsmen of the Taiping Army in the array shouted together: "Don't be afraid! Unafraid! Hearing this uniform shout, a group of Taiping New Army couldn't help but shout along.

Su Ji only felt that the blood in his chest was boiling, and he couldn't help but hold the wooden stick high and shout with Li Yiwen.

I saw that Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, pulled out the big knife on his waist, and the Taiping Army swordsmen immediately stopped, and the shouts of the Taiping New Army also decreased.

The cold big sword was raised high in the moonlight, and Xiao Chaogui hahadaxiao said: "You don't have to say anything against your will, whoever you go into battle to kill is afraid of the fuck, no one will be afraid!" You will definitely think that these officials will only send us new troops to take the lead, and they must not treat us as your own people, and want to send us to death! What fucking bad luck! ”…,

A sentence of scolding the mother came out, and the Taiping New Army laughed in a low voice, Xiao Chaogui followed and shouted: "I, Xiao Chaogui, tell you that since the moment you joined Taiping, we are brothers and a family, and I, Xiao Chaogui, trust you, so I will personally take you to take the lead, and I, Xiao Chaogui, will never risk my brother's life!" So don't worry, leave your life to me! I, Xiao Chaogui, will personally lead you to capture the city of the Qing Demon! Following my banner, the Qing Demon will naturally collapse without a fight! Bad guys! Rush with me! ”

Xiao Chaogui said a word of Guangxi vernacular, and between the big banner behind him, the Taiping Army swordsman and the Taiping New Army let out a hissing shout together, Xiao Chaogui's words really made people's blood surge, and began to follow Xiao Chaogui's banner and rush forward. More than 1,000 people held torches in their hands, and the dense fireheads rushed straight towards Liling City.

In the Taiping army formation, Ji Wenyuan, the general of the Taiping army, said in surprise: "I can't imagine that the king of the west is thick and fine, and he personally led the new army to take the lead, first, to strengthen the prestige and courage of the new army, and second, to make the new army absolutely convinced of the king of the west." ”

Zeng Shuiyuan frowned and said: "The Qing Demon of Youxian County has fled, and the soldiers have taken it without blood, and this Liling is afraid that it will not be so easy to fight." ”

Ji Wenyuan shook his head and smiled: "Brother Zeng is too high to see the Qing Demon, how can the Qing Demon have a decent battle along the way?" And I guess that the king of the west must be completely sure that he will let the new army go out, so let's follow and prepare to enter the city. ”

Zeng Shuiyuan looked at Ji Wenyuan with some astonishment, looked at the banner of the Western King hidden in the darkness, and said secretly in his heart: "Can you even calculate the strength of the Liling Qing Demon?" ”

Sure enough, as Ji Wenyuan expected, more than 1,000 Taiping New Army rushed to Liling City with open fire, only two people high on the low earthen city wall was empty, many new troops climbed directly on the human wall, and after the city gate was opened, the Taiping New Army cheered and rushed into the city. Liling was indeed not guarded by the Qing army, and the siege of the city became a simple ceremony of climbing over the wall and entering the city.

When the Taiping New Army occupied the city and shouted and cheered, they began to believe in the prestige of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the West, and the Qing Demon was really afraid of Xiao Chaogui's banner, and it was right to fight with him!

After entering the city, Xiao Chaogui hurriedly ordered the swordsmen in the new army to restrain the people, ordered the whole army not to disturb the people, and ordered Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Ji Wenyuan, and Zhu Xikun to lead the Taiping army to take over the four gates respectively, and he led the new army straight to Liling Mansion.

When I arrived at the palace, I only got a few old and weak officials, and after inquiry, I learned that Li Guoshan, the county governor of Liling, heard that the long-haired thief had arrived, and had already avoided Changsha, the provincial capital, and the soldiers in Liling City had already fled.

After occupying the government office, the government treasury and other places, Xiao Chaogui ordered people to carefully search the government and the government office, but they found very little, Su Guoshan, the Qing demon, was smart, and the government was emptied in the morning, and the money and grain were transported to the provincial capital, and the beautiful name was called the release of grain to the provincial capital to help guard, so as to avoid the blade of the long-haired thief, and even if the Qing court pursued it, it would not be killed.

Zuihou only found a batch of blades in the arsenal, or rotten broadswords and spears, but he finally solved the problem of some new army weapons.

Didn't find money, food, weapons, Xiwang Xiao Chaogui's face didn't seem to look very good, and he asked a government official if there was a big banner family in the city, and the official had already wet his crotch and stammered to explain it clearly.

Xiao Chaogui was no longer polite, and ordered Tang Erniu to put these officials in prison, and then ordered Li Zuoche to take the men and horses to find the big banner families in the city to get money and grain. After the order, he sulked alone under the plaque hanging high in the mirror of the palace hall.

This Xiao Chaogui was actually occupied by the rich son Xiao Yungui, he vaguely remembered that he had read the information when he wrote the paper, and the Taiping Army in Liling City also went down without a fight, so he had the courage to lead a group of untrained mud-legged men to attack the city in the dark, and it was really successful in one fell swoop, which gave the new army some confidence and courage, and made the new army feel that Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, was prestigious, and it was right to follow him. …,

Xiao Yungui was depressed that he didn't find money, food and weapons, and more than 1,000 people followed him to eat, and he didn't get much from breaking through Chaling, Youxian and other places, and he didn't get a grain of grain in Liling, so Xiao Yungui launched a ruthless attack and began to attack the banner people in the city, because they were also Qing demons, and the Taiping Army would not hesitate to do it to them.

After smoking a bag of cigarettes, the hall became noisy, and I saw Tang Erniu walking up to the hall with more than ten unkempt men, only to see Tang Erniu step forward with a happy face and said: "Your Highness, I took people to the prison to detain those officials, but rescued a group of people in the prison, one of whom is still our old acquaintance." ”

I saw a fat body come forward and cry to the ground, as soon as he heard this person's accent, Xiao Yungui recognized it, isn't this person the chef Zhou Zhaoyao in Chaling?

I only heard him cry: "Lord, thanks to you coming, otherwise the villain would have starved to death in prison." ”

Xiao Yungui was a little surprised, this cook was still quite interesting, so he got up and went down the stairs to help him up and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Zhou Zhaoyao said with a sad face: "After the villain went out of the city that night, he went north overnight and wanted to take Liling to Liuyang's rural relatives' house for temporary refuge, and he didn't want to go to Liling, so he saw a few pieces of valuable antique porcelain on my body from a few hills at the city gate, and I framed the villain as a long-haired spy, and took things away, not to mention, but also put the villain in prison, saying that he would be beheaded tomorrow, but fortunately, the prince saved the villain's life." ”

Xiao Yungui sighed lightly, he couldn't imagine that the military discipline of the Qing officers and soldiers was so corrupt, killing good and risking merit was an ordinary thing in their eyes, this old Zhou was also quite unlucky, the reason was the disaster caused by the exposure of wealth, and after comforting a few words, he looked at the dozen people behind Zhou Zhaoyao and asked, "Who are these people?" ”

Zhou Zhaoyao wiped his tears and said: "Lord Wang, since you saved the villain, the villain no longer hides it, in fact, the villain is the people of the Robe Brotherhood in Hunan, these people are the brothers of our Robe Brotherhood in Liling, and they were captured by Qinggou, Qinggou Zhixian Su Guoshan said a few days ago that he wanted to appease the place, for fear that the gangs would respond to the peace, so he wanted to clean up the gang thieves, so he arrested more than a dozen leaders of our Robe Brothers' Association and sent them to prison. ”

Xiao Yungui's eyes widened, what could Brother Pao be? He knows about the Heaven and Earth Society, but he has never heard of this robe brotherhood, is there still a bubble sister? He didn't know that this robe brother would be another name for the Sichuan Elder Brotherhood, which was one of the secret gangs known as the three major gangs in the late Qing Dynasty, along with the Heaven and Earth Society and the Qing Gang.

Although he didn't know, he still smiled like a twisted fist on his face and greeted the dozen or so people, and then asked how many brothers in the robe would be and whether he was willing to serve, that Zhou Zhaoyao pulled a little man in his forties and said: "Lord Wang, this is the helmsman of our Liling robe brotherhood, He Bin, a native of Sichuan!" ”

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