On Yanzi Ridge, Hong Xuanjiao listened to Hu Damei's report, and knew that there was no water source on the ridge, so she had no choice but to summon the leaders of the various armies to discuss.

A moment later, three female battalion commanders and two boy scout leaders arrived, among the three female battalion commanders, in addition to Hu Damei, two women were also sisters who followed the left and right of Guangxi Shouyi, one was Hu Jiumei, the wife of Lu Xianba, the left head of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the other was Xie Manmei, the wife of Chen Zongyang, the commander of the Heavenly Kingdom. One of the two leaders of the Boy Scouts was Chen Picheng, and the other was Tan Shaoguang, a native of Guiping, Guangxi.

Hong Xuanjiao sat on a big rock, and after seeing the five people arrive, she beckoned the five people to sit on the stone together, and frowned slightly: "Sister Hu is only able to patrol the mountain and find that there is no water source on the mountain, and now the Qing Demon will not come to attack the mountain even if he is insulted, he must want to wait for us to defeat ourselves without a fight after the water is cut off. ”

"West Wang Niang, what are you afraid of him doing with the demon head? Since there is no water source on the mountain, let's rush down the mountain, we boy soldiers are in front to protect you female soldiers, with us men, you don't have to be afraid. The immature children's voice came, Hong Xuanjiao saw that the person who spoke was Tan Shaoguang, who was only thirteen years old, this Tan Shaoguang, like Chen Picheng, was famous for his good fighting among the boy soldiers, and he was very bold, and he rushed to the front in every battle.

Xie Manmei held the handle of the embroidered spring knife in her hand, looked at Tan Shaoguang with a smile and said, "Yo, Tan Xiaoyutou, how old is he to be a man?" Let my sister see if she has a long beard? Good to protect us? ”

Tan Shaoguang only had some fine fluff between his lips and no beard, and his face was red after being teased by Xie Manmei, and he couldn't speak, he usually likes to eat fish, and everyone calls him a little fish head.

Hu Damei took Tan Shaoguang's hand and said with a smile: "Don't look at the little fish head is still small now, in the future, it must be a man who stands up to the sky, Shaoguangzai is right, now we still have the drinking water we carry with us, when we have a full meal, take advantage of the sharp spirit to break through the encirclement, and after the Dongjingpu is the boundary of Changsha, there are soldiers and horses under His Royal Highness the King of the West to respond, the sooner the breakthrough is better." ”

Hu Jiumei also nodded and said: "Yes, Xi Wangniang, it is better to kill the big guy and go down the mountain while the big guy still has water to drink, than to sit on the mountain and wait for death." In the early years, when Xiao Chaogui asked Brother Tian to go down to earth, he had said through the mouth of Brother Tian, "Male student Feng Yunshan, female student Hu Jiumei" words, and also casually sang a poem of "Hu Jiumei inscribed by God the Father and God", "The woman saw Hu Jingshui and remembered that she was making tea for a long time. The size of the mountain tree is not cheap, and the red flower is in the house. ”

I don't know where Xiao Chaogui, who doesn't know a few big characters, got this poem, and the poem is extremely shallow, but even Xiao Chaogui had to go to great lengths to find a poem to praise Hu Jiumei, which shows Hu Jiumei's prestige among women.

Seeing that Hu Jiumei was also in favor of breaking through first, Hong Xuanjiao no longer hesitated, stood up with the mandarin duck knife at her waist and said: "Okay, then let's start first, eat a full meal later, find the people who follow the mountain to ask for the path, and wait for it to break out after dark!" But before breaking through, we must first attack the Qing Demon under the mountain to be a suspicious soldier. Hong Xuanjiao said that the strategy of the suspicious soldiers is the usual tactics used by the Taiping army when retreating, the retreat of the heavenly kingdom, every time to advance and retreat, the sunrise team will fight endlessly, but enter dozens or several miles, close to the enemy camp and the village, so that the enemy is not overwhelmed, in fact, the arrangement is thorough, and the night has been safely retreated. When retreating, there will be many blind disabled people in the city and the wall, beating the drum and blowing the horn, and the city wall and earthen wall will set up a straw man, or a wooden tree, a bamboo hat will be put on, a flag will be planted during the day, and the lights will be bluffed at night. The enemy is often confused and does not even know that he has been retreating for several days. There are two sentences in the thirty poems of the inscription wall of the anonymous Duxiu Peak, which satirizes the Qing Dynasty generals who defended the city of Guilin: "The wonderful enemy crosses the river, and the princes sleep alone on the pillow." This tactic is known to the old longhair. …,

Chen Picheng stood up and said loudly: "Xiwang Niang, I will lead the troops to rush down the mountain now." ”

Hong Xuanjiao raised her hand and stopped: "You don't have to fight closely, we have a lot of firearms, Hu Jiumei, Chen Picheng, Tan Shaoguang, you lead five hundred people down the mountain, with knives and guns as the avant-garde, muskets and artillery in the back, grab the Qing Demon to face the firearms in front of the Qing Demon, if the Qing Demon comes to attack, then slowly retreat, so that the Qing Demon does not know the reality of our army." The rest of the people are waiting on the mountain to recuperate and prepare for tonight's breakthrough! And they all shouted their commands, and they prepared to go.

After a short time, on the Swallow Ridge, hundreds of female soldiers and boy soldiers came down the mountain, stopped at more than 200 steps in front of the Qing army's formation, and only fired at the Qing army with muskets and artillery.

After more than 200 paces, the lead of many muskets flew around, and there was no accuracy at all, and even those who fell with all their strength, but the two hundred-pound copper cannons were still a little threatening.

The Qing army prepared more earthen fortresses in front of the battle to guard against the Taiping army's guns, and at the same time used guns to return fire, but the Qing army's firearms were not as many as the Taiping army, and the momentum was the first to lose one point, and the Taiping army was condescending, and the Qing army was completely inferior.

On both sides, there was a lot of fire and smoke, guns and cannons were loud, and they each waved their flags and shouted, beating drums and cheering, and the fight was not lively, but there were not many casualties at all.

Deng Shaoliang held a monocular on top of a mound and looked into the distance, frowned and asked, "Which drama are these big-footed barbarians singing?" To say that they knew that there was no water on the mountain, they should have broken through desperately while their spirit was still not gone, but now they are only using firearms to shoot at me, wasting medicine and strength, what is the reason? ”

A thousand general arched his hand and said: "Lord Xietai, why don't you let the standard lead the troops up to explore the reality?" ”

Deng Shaoliang shook his head slowly, and suddenly laughed: "It turns out that these big-footed barbarians want to use firearms to make our army unable to hold their breath and lure us to attack the mountain. ”

A burst of firearms did not stop until dusk, but the Taiping army had dug a trench halfway up the mountainside and built an earthen rampart with a pennant on it, and occasionally fired a few shots and fired a few shots, but the Qing army just held their breath and ignored it.

When Deng Shaoliang was having dinner in the camp tent, the scouts sent back and the head of the general angry into the tent reported: "My lord, mark the north road of the patrol post, there are many people in the forest and the road to see the people snooping, mark the five horsemen to come forward and ask, those people actually have sharp blades, and the soldiers under the command are all killed, and only one person is back." ”

Deng Shaoliang said angrily: "No need to ask, these Diao people must be long-haired spies from Changsha, how many of them are there?" ”

The general said: "There are always one or twenty people, although all of them are fierce, but they are all braided, not like long-haired thieves." ”

Deng Shaoliang reprimanded: "Confused, there will be a lot of chaos in the local world, these thieves have long been secretly communicating with the long hair, you hurry up and get up with the army and the horse team to catch up, be sure to capture them all!" The general hurriedly turned around, and there was only a hundred horses in Deng Shaoliang's army, and the total number of more than fifty horsemen went to chase after him.

The sky gradually darkened, the stars in the sky were picturesque, Hong Xuanjiao barely swallowed the rough dry food, looked up at the vast sky, but a heart could not be still, and was about to set off to break through, no one knows whether this battle is auspicious or fierce, but the bloody picture of the past will always appear in his mind, although these scenes have not been experienced by himself, but they are like nightmares that can not be left behind.

"Xiwang Niang, drink saliva." Chen Picheng's voice came, Hong Xuanjiao came back to his senses, and saw that Chen Picheng's eyes were full of reverence, and his rough, jet-black hand was holding a cowhide water bag, Hong Xuanjiao took the water bag but didn't drink it: "Is the water enough to drink?" ”…,

Chen Picheng replied: "It's gone after drinking this meal, but it's still enough now." ”

Hong Xuanjiao sent the cowhide water bag back and said: "You take it, when you break through later, maybe there will be brothers and sisters injured, leave it for them to drink, I'm not thirsty." Seeing that Chen Picheng was still going to speak, Hong Xuanjiao said with a pretty face: "You don't listen to me again?" ”

Chen Picheng shrank his head, as if he really didn't dare to disobey Hong Xuanjiao's words, so he had to put away the water bag, Hong Xuanjiao saw that his face was uncertain, and asked, "What's wrong?" Is my sister my words too heavy? ”

Chen Picheng sat cross-legged on the ground, shook his head and said, "What you said makes sense, but I was wrong." It's just that I think of my uncle and he always scolds me, but I just can't make a sense, and I want to hold my breath. ”

Hong Xuanjiao smiled slightly and said: "Chen Chengying only has one nephew, so he scolded you naturally for your own good." ”

Chen Picheng pouted and said: "No, last time I and Tan Shaoguang wanted to ask the King of the West to take us to Changsha together, but we were first blocked by President Li, and then I was scolded by my uncle, who scolded me for not knowing what to do, not knowing whether to live or die, but just didn't tell me that I couldn't go on an expedition with the King of the West." ”

"Mr. Li?" Hong Xuanjiao said curiously: "Is it Li Kaifang?" Chen Picheng nodded.

Hong Xuanjiao asked with one hand, "What did Li Kaifang say to you?" ”

Chen Picheng said: "General Li said that our boy soldiers were seriously injured in the battle of Guilin, and said that he wanted us to stay and leave some good seedlings for the front army. ”

Hong Xuanjiao's eyes lit up, and he muttered: "General Li is also kind to you, and it is very dangerous to always attack Changsha. Your uncle is also worried about your safety, he only has a nephew like you. ”

Chen Picheng shook his head and said: "We have entered the Taiping, we have not thought about any safety, as long as we kill the demons, we can enter heaven after death, what is there to be afraid of?" ”

Hong Xuanjiao was stunned and didn't know what to say, patted Chen Picheng on the shoulder and said: "When you grow up, you will understand, you go to the earthen fortress in front to prepare, you are about to break through, let the brothers and sisters in front of you be more dense." ”

Chen Picheng still couldn't figure it out, so he had to grab his head and go first.

Hong Xuanjiao looked at Chen Picheng walking away, and sighed secretly: "It turns out that Li Kaifang and Chen Chengying both know that someone wants to be unfavorable to His Royal Highness the King of the West, it seems that the internal strife in the Kingdom of Heaven will not happen after the capital of Tianjing, as early as the battle of Changsha, there was a king killing the king." originally thought that the West King would die in Changsha City, but I didn't expect that Changsha would be captured by the West King, is it really because of my arrival, the butterfly effect? But sister, I don't seem to have done anything that will affect the battle of Changsha, how should I face the king of Naxi when I really get to Changsha? Do you really want to be married to him? It's ridiculous, absolutely not, sister, I must strike first! ”