Hearing that the long-haired thief was coming, the people outside the city immediately became in chaos and rushed to the direction of the city gate. It has to be said that the Qing army did a better job of discrediting their opponents, they were afraid of the people being thieves, so they portrayed the Taiping army as a long-haired demon who killed people without blinking.

At this time, the news was closed, and the transmission method was still very primitive, basically only official announcements, gongs and shouts, or gossip passed on by the people. After the official proclamation was posted, there were very few literate people, and the literate scholars hated worshipping God and worshipping foreign religions.

The propaganda offensive of the Taiping army was much weaker, and basically only the places they passed through understood that the Taiping army was not as unbearable as the Qing army said, but now they passed through only a small number of areas in Guangxi and Hunan, and the people were still very afraid of the Taiping army, so as soon as the shouts of thieves came out, they all poured into the city, and the green battalion soldiers of the Qing army's sentry post outside the city could not stop them.

The Qing troops stationed at the shed sentry saw the chaos of the scene, pulled out their knives and grabbed a look outside the shed outpost, only to see dozens of Qing soldiers not far away throwing off their armor and dragging flags rushing wildly, and then looking at the past There were several groups of soldiers on the way to Jinpenling, which seemed to be the rout of the Qing army.

The general roared, led a few Qing soldiers to separate the crowd of people, greeted him, and shouted from afar: "Which soldiers and horses are you?" ”

Zhou Zhaoyao shouted while running: "Master, we are the soldiers and horses under the command of Zhu Xiezhen in Jinpenling, the long-haired thief has come over, Jinpenling has been lost, the Lord of Xiezhen has been killed in battle, the brothers have been scattered, the long-haired thief is chasing after him, everyone flee quickly." ”

Hearing Zhou Zhaoyao's local accent, and seeing that they were all wearing the uniforms of Liuyang Township Yong in Jinpenling, and the banner was also correct, the Qing army dispelled most of the doubts in the general heart, and after Zhou Zhaoyao and others got closer, one of the soldiers under his command said loudly: "Master, they are really Liuyang Xiangyong of Jinpenling, the first few are my fellow villagers, I recognize them." ”

As soon as these words came out, he was even more relieved, and ordered people to fly to the city, followed by the people who drove the people into the city as soon as possible, and brought a few people to meet the rout of Jinpenling into the city.

Several groups of routs arrived one after another, there were always hundreds of people, and the people who spoke noisily spoke with a local Hunan accent, and the general hurriedly took these routs to Jinji Bridge.

When they arrived at the bridge, hundreds of people who entered the city crowded the stone bridge, and the Qing army Qianzong who guarded the Jinji Bridge was still investigating one by one, saying that he was careful not to put in the long-haired thieves and spies.

In the chaos, Li Yiwen quietly ordered He Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao to say a few words, and the two of them immediately started to coax the new army of the Pao Brothers' Association, clamoring to enter the city, and then squeezed forward, and the scene became even more chaotic.

The thousand general was furious, pulled out and stood on a big car, and shouted condescendingly: "You defeated army, and then shout indiscriminately that Lao Tzu will chop you one by one!" If you want to enter the city, you have to abide by Lao Tzu's rules! ”

It turns out that the so-called rules of this thousand general managers are nothing more than that the people who enter the city must pay some money to enter the city, Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong, these defeated soldiers are clamoring to enter the city, which has ruined the good things of this thousand presidents, no wonder people are going to cut and kill with knives.

Li Yiwen signaled everyone to be patient for the time being, and after Mr. Qian saw that he bluffed, all the villagers quieted down, waved the steel knife in their hands with great satisfaction, and shouted: "Damn, you defeated troops will have to pay three eldest sons if you want to enter the city!" No money to take a detour! "Liuyang Xiangyong has a low status in the Qing army in Changsha, and is often bullied by the green battalion soldiers, otherwise they will not be allowed to do such a dangerous thing as going out of the city to defend Jinpenling, that Qian Zong also said that this group of people is really Liuyang Xiangyong, thinking that letting them enter the city is even haode, what is the group of defeated regiments shouting about?

But many people can't pay the three pennies to go to the city to pay filial piety, and they are all crowded to cry and worship, Li Yiwen and others are full of righteous indignation when they see it, these demons only know how to bully and oppress the people, and they are really not as good as pigs and dogs. …,

Before the Qianzong voice fell, I saw more than ten people running behind, both the people and the rout, crying and shouting: "The horse team of the long-haired thief has been killed!" ”

The thousand general manager raised his eyes, and sure enough, he saw the dust and smoke on the official road from a distance, and a large number of horse teams could be seen faintly killed, "My mother! That Qian always frightened his legs weak, rolled down from the cart, lost all his majesty just now, and took the lead to run to the city gate, and then shouted: "The long-haired thief is coming, go back to the city!" Run! The people, the Qing army, and those "routs" who had long been impatient rushed to the city gate.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, several guerrilla and general-level military attachés of the Qing army led the troops to guard there, and after letting the people enter the city, they hurriedly called the Qing army and the rout soldiers outside the city to enter the city quickly, and a staff general shouted: "Damn, the escape is so slow, hurry up and enter the city to help defend the city, and close the city gate!" ”

Li Yiwen and others walked into the city gate of the black hole, only to see more than 300 Qing soldiers guarding the city gate at the city gate, and there were dozens of large cars waiting on the side, the cars were full of mud, stone, sand and wood, thinking that the Qing army was waiting for people outside the city to enter the city, they would fill the entrance of the city gate with wood, mud and sand, so that they would not be afraid of thieves rushing to the door.

Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong saw that most of their subordinates had entered the city, and each took a few glances at the Qing army in the city, the Qing army in the city was as chaotic as the outside of the city, but the two high points in the south of the city seemed to have few soldiers and horses garrisoned by the Qing army. These two high points, one is the Kuixing Tower slightly west of the city wall in the south of the city, and the other is the Tianxin Pavilion in the east of the south of the city.

This Tianxin Pavilion Tianxin Pavilion is built by Fujun Yang Xi in the eleventh year of Qianlong, there are two cities inside and outside, the outer city is divided into two moon cities in the north and south, there are 11 cannon holes in the moon city, the city wall is 33 meters high, and the pavilion is 48 meters high, it is an important military defense fortress in the south of Changsha City. Kuixing Tower is also as high as more than ten zhang, both places are guarded important places, although there are many artillery positions on it, but there are not many soldiers.

"Fuck, what are you looking at? Come in quickly, and help Lao Tzu go to the city! The general lifted the whip and gave Li Yiwen a whip, and shouted: "If you want to live after losing the battle, you will give Lao Tzu to defend the city, and the Admiral will bring the army over immediately, what kind of fucking dog will grow hair?!" ”

Before the words fell, in a flash of the sword, the head of the general rolled away, and the blood in his neck spurted out wildly, Li Yiwen cut off his head with a knife and then pulled off the cool hat on his head, revealing a red scarf wrapped around his head, and shouted: "The Taiping Holy Soldier is here!" Kill the demons! ”

This shout stunned the Qing soldiers beside him, and Li Yiwen and hundreds of others roared and removed their hats and braids on their heads, revealing their red turbans, and drew their knives to kill the Qing soldiers beside them.

More than 300 Qing troops at the gate of the city were caught off guard, they didn't expect that the Liuyang Xiangyong who was scolded by them at the right time had become Taiping long-haired thieves in the blink of an eye, and the leaders were all veterans of the Taiping Army's Guangxi uprising.

The Qing army was terrified, and I didn't know how many long hairs had mixed into the city, and they all went to the city to avoid, and more than 100 people who pushed carts were also scattered, and the streets in the city were full of Qing troops and people running around to avoid thieves, and for a time the whole south of the city was a chaotic scene of chickens flying and dogs jumping.

After killing the Qing army at the gate of the city, Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong glanced at each other, both of them looked at the high points on the east and west sides of the south of the city, nodded to each other, and understood each other's intentions. …,

Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong are both worthy of being future generals, and the two of them are keenly aware of the fact that if they don't take advantage of the chaos of the Qing army and have not yet organized their troops to capture Tianxin Pavilion and Kuixing Tower, even if they take the city gate, they will not be able to defend it. If the Qing army arrives and occupies two high grounds, it will be extremely unfavorable to the Taiping army, and maybe they will have to withdraw from the city at that time.

Lin Qirong didn't say a word, and led the men and horses to attack and kill Kuixinglou, Li Yiwen roared, and also led people to attack and kill along the stone steps of the city wall, and the two generals quickly divided their troops to Tianxin Pavilion and Kuixinglou to kill.

Although there are not many Qing troops in the two places, there are also two or three hundred people stationed in each place, and the noisy killing generals at the city gate made the Qing army of Tianxin Pavilion startled, and turned around to look at the city, only to see a large group of soldiers who were pressed by the red pressure bravely killed up the stone steps of Tianxin Pavilion.

"The hairy thief has been killed!" The Qing army roared, and more than a dozen Qing soldiers armed with spears immediately rushed over, and there was a burst of stabbing at the bottom of the stone steps.

The spears of the Qing army were more than a foot long, and the two Taiping soldiers who were in the lead were caught off guard and were stabbed on the stone steps. The Taiping army has a big knife in its hands, which is not as long as the spear of the Qing army, and it can't be grabbed in a hurry, and the stone steps are narrow and crowded and can't be used, and it is extremely passive to be blocked on the stone steps. Throw the big knife at me in the back! ”

The Taiping army in front of him shouted, looked at the spear that was stabbed, let the tip of the spear pass, grabbed the spear body fiercely, the two Taiping soldiers in front and behind pulled it together, and the Taiping army in the back row threw the big knife in their hands one after another, and the Qing army foot soldiers who were blocked on the stone steps were either dragged down the city and fell into pieces, or they were slashed by the big knife that flew up, and the spears that stabbed over were much less.

The Taiping soldiers in the front row saw the opportunity and rushed forward with a loud roar, and several Taiping soldiers rushed up the stone steps and started hand-to-hand combat with the Qing army at the head of the city. Dozens of Qing troops surrounded the entrance of the stone steps, and the Taiping army that came up first was like a fierce tiger, fearless in the face of the enemy army several times its size, and the big sword in its hand flew and kept rushing forward to kill.

It wasn't until he was stabbed and shot several times that he fell to the ground and died, and one Taiping soldier even had a knife in the abdomen, and his intestines flowed out of his body, still flying towards the enemy in front of him.

It was precisely because of the fearless rush of several Taiping soldiers in the front row that the Qing troops surrounding the stone steps were scattered, opening a gap for the comrades who followed up one after another.

After Li Yiwen rushed up with his bare hands, he picked up the spear of a fallen Qing army, stabbed a Qing soldier to death, and was fighting when he heard the Qing army roaring loudly in the corridor of Tianxin Pavilion: "Shotgunners prepare!" ”

Li Yiwen looked up and saw that dozens of Qing soldiers armed with muskets were neatly arranged behind the railing on the west side of the Tianxin Pavilion on the city wall, and the muskets of the black hole hole were aimed below.

Li Yiwen shouted loudly: "Clear Demon Musket! Hide, everyone! ”