When the rear army led by Li Zuoche, Tang Erniu, and Tong Qiangsheng arrived with a large number of baggage, it was almost dusk, and the fighting, fire, and gunfire in the city were still continuous, but the east gate and the west gate had been captured by the Taiping army, and there were still governor's yamen, several treasury and the north gate in the city that had not yet been fully controlled.

When Xiao Yungui saw the arrival of the rear army, he immediately ordered Lin Qirong and Li Yiwen to lead the Taiping New Army to guard the important place at the south gate, guard the prisoners, and collect all kinds of materials.

He ordered the Taiping veterans of Tianxin Pavilion and Kuixing Tower to withdraw, and after a fight, there were still more than 100 people left in the two places to fight, plus 200 swordsmen in the new army and 200 guards around him, a total of 500 elite Taiping troops, led by him Xiao Yungui, ready to reinforce the clearing in the city.

When Xiao Yungui ordered Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu to gather the people and prepare to set off, they saw several fires rising in the northeast corner of the city, Tong Qiangsheng pointed over there and exclaimed loudly: "It seems that the granary of the Qing Demon Mansion in the city is located!" ”

Xiao Yungui was stunned for a moment, and then scolded: "Who the hell set fire to the grain? ”

Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong had already gone down to the gate of the city, and they also saw the fire, Li Yiwen hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, that side has not yet been cleared, it seems that the Qing demon was forced to set fire to the granary." ”

Xiao Yungui immediately flew on his horse, held a knife and shouted: "Li Yiwen, Lin Qirong, you two are staying here, I will personally lead the troops to save the granary, if the grain in the city is burned out, the big guys will have to starve!" Don't care about the small group of demons on the road, let's go straight to the granary! ”

At that moment, Xiao Yungui hurriedly rushed to the granary in the northeast corner with more than 500 famous swordsmen, and from time to time there were small groups of Qing troops and Taiping troops still fighting bloodily along the way, but the Qing army was no longer in a climate, and there were already several teams of Taiping soldiers escorting a large number of Qing army prisoners to the south of the city and returning.

Xiao Yungui stopped a pawn commander and asked, "What's the situation ahead?" ”

The pawn clenched his fists and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, Lord Lin and Lord Li are besieging the remnants of the Qing Demon on the side of the granary, and there are still Qing demons on the side of the Governor's Yamen, Lord Zeng and Lord Ji are besieging the Governor's Yamen, and I heard that none of the big officials of the Qing Demon have escaped from the Yamen, and they are all in the Yamen." ”

Li Zuoche was overjoyed and said, "King Xi, let's go and arrest the demon official." ”

Xiao Yungui scolded: "What do I want those wine bags and rice bags for? It will only waste food, and now we have to help Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's hands, and food is what matters. "At the moment, urge the soldiers and horses to rush to the northeast.

Walking through several streets, I saw the corpses of the Qing army killed everywhere, dozens of Taiping soldiers were examining the corpses, and if they found that there was still gas, they made up for it, and the bloody breath was so smoked that people couldn't open their eyes. Xiao Yungui didn't look at it much, killing the wounded soldiers of the Qing army may also be a relief for these Qing soldiers, the Taiping army really does not have extra manpower and material resources to treat these wounded soldiers of the Qing army, rather than letting them wail and bleed to death, it is better to give them a good time. This is the cold war, and there is nothing to say but death or death.

When Xiao Yungui rushed to Changsha Guancang with his people, he saw that the fire here was already very big, and the heat wave was coming, and they couldn't get close, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang both had dark faces, and they were shouting loudly to order the Taiping soldiers to fight the fire everywhere. The fire was so big that all they could do was make sure it didn't spread to other houses.

Xiao Yungui jumped off the horse, the second general hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the ground, Li Kaifang said hatefully: "The Qing demon is cunning, he led the troops to guard here early in the morning, and when he saw that we were in a very urgent conflict, they couldn't resist it, so they set fire to the grain." ”

Xiao Yungui stared blankly at the flames that were several feet high, and was speechless in a daze, without these grains, it would be impossible to expand the source of soldiers, and the people who fled in the city would also have to be relieved, what should I do if there is no food? What the hell did the son of a bastard come up with such a vicious idea? …,

Lin Fengxiang saw that Xiao Yungui's face was gloomy, just looking at the flames but not speaking, after he and Li Kaifang arrived, the Qing demons immediately set fire, and after they rushed up, the group of Qing demons guarding the granary all surrendered, but the granary was ignited by fire oil and could not be rescued, and could only watch the grain being burned, Lin Fengxiang felt deep remorse in his heart.

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Lin Fengxiang heaved heavily, turned around and rushed to the Qing officers and soldiers who were kneeling on the ground, and was about to cut down the first Qing officer with his head held high.

"Stop!" Xiao Yungui shouted in a deep voice: "It will be useless for you to kill him now, so that he will fall into the reputation of a thief fighting to the death!" ”

Lin Fengxiang put away the knife and stepped aside, Xiao Yungui stepped forward, only to see that the official was wearing a zombie costume that he had seen on TV before, relying on Xiao Chaogui's knowledge, Xiao Yungui probably also recognized this person who was wearing a coral top, a nine-python five-clawed robe, and a brocade chicken embroidered on his chest, wearing the official uniform of the Qing court from the second grade, this person's official position is not small.

In the firelight, I saw that this person was not bad-looking, but his face and lips were pale, although he straightened up, his brows kept trembling, and he was obviously still a little scared.

Xiao Yungui coughed lightly and asked, "What's your name?" What is the official position? Why do you set fire to the grain? ”

The official tried his best not to tremble, but he still stammered a little: "You, you and other thieves, how can you ask the name of this official?" These are official foods, and it is better to burn them than to fund them! ”

Xiao Yungui touched his nose, drank softly, gave Li Kaifang a look, and then shouted: "Dog officer, you are looking for death!" Cut it for me! ”

Li Kaifang saw Xiao Yungui's eyes, and knew in his heart that if he really wanted to kill this person, he would let Lin Fengxiang do it, and he would not stop him, so he immediately took out the knife, turned the back of the knife, and slashed it with a loud shout.

Li Kaifang's big knife had not yet fallen, and the official was already so frightened that his body was weak and he fainted. Xiao Yungui snorted heavily and sneered: "I thought he was really a tough guy, but it turned out to be an embroidered pillow, haha." ”

Then Xiao Yungui turned his head and asked a Qing soldier next to the official, "Which of you is this dog official?" If you don't want to die, just say it! ”

The Qing army didn't want to be loyal to the emperor, and after Xiao Yungui asked, he hurriedly replied: "This lord is Weng Tongjue, Weng Fantai, the political envoy of Hunan. ”

Xiao Yungui sighed, what Weng Tongjue, Lao Tzu didn't know, and immediately ordered Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu to carry the fainted Weng Tongjue, escort a group of prisoners, and prepare to lead the troops to the governor's yamen. He didn't know that this Weng Tongjue was the eldest brother of the later Guangxu Emperor Weng Tonghe, and he was unlucky enough, he was about to be transferred to Beijing, but the new Hunan political envoy Pan Duo had not yet arrived, so he had to wait for delivery in Changsha, but he didn't expect Changsha to be broken and taken prisoner.

Following Xiao Yungui's orders Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang to lead the troops to continue to attack the north gate, only more than 100 people were left on the granary side to take care of the fire, just don't spread, it's all burned like this, and you can't take your life to save it.

Outside the governor's yamen, I saw Zeng Shuiyuan and others leading troops to surround the governor's yamen, and they were attacking more than once, the Qing army in the yamen and the soldiers outside who were about to collapse seemed to be different, and the muskets, bows and arrows inside were very dense, and the Qing army fought to the death and did not retreat, Zeng Shuiyuan and others even attacked several times in vain.

After Xiao Yungui led the troops to arrive, he watched for a while, frowned and muttered for a moment, and after calling Li Zuoche to whisper a few words, Li Zuoche took dozens of people to go.

After Zeng Shuiyuan and Ji Wenyuan came up to salute, Ji Wenyuan scolded in Guangxi Hakka: "Holding that horse, the Qing demon here is really brave, and he will not retreat in a fight to the death. ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "It's okay, the trapped beasts are still fighting, if this Qing Demon Governor Luo Bingzhang gets this group of people to guard the South Gate, how can we easily conquer the South Gate?" Our brothers' lives are also precious, they have already spread their wings and cannot fly, and they can't let their brothers be in danger. Everyone rested for a while, and when Li Zuoche came back, we had our own way to clean them up. ”…,

After several soldiers and horses gathered, they surrounded the governor's yamen, and at this time the moon had already reached the treetops, and the shouts and gunshots in the city were still fragmented and intermittent.

After a while, Li Zuoche brought people back, only to see dozens of people wrapped in cloth in their hands, and a large stench overflowed when they got closer.

Zeng Shuiyuan covered his nose and frowned: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, what is this?" ”

Xiao Yungui also pinched his nose and said, "Dry horse manure!" Li Zuoche, do as I say. ”

Li Zuoche received the order loudly, so he wrapped the cloth head and the outside of the horse dung with hay, dipped it in fire oil, and after igniting it under the torch, more than a dozen horse dung fireballs ignited and were thrown into the courtyard wall of the governor's yamen in all directions.

After the dry horse manure was lit, thick smoke came out, which made people's snot and tears flow together, Xiao Yungui remembered that he went back to his hometown in the countryside with his father when he was in junior high school, and he had done such a prank, and he couldn't help but smile while sighing.

The Qing army in the courtyard of the Yamen Mansion found that something was wrong, so some people rushed out to pick up the horse manure bag and throw it out, but they were already seen by the Taiping army lying on the courtyard wall, and the bows and arrows and muskets were placed indiscriminately, and after the Qing soldiers fell a few people, the rest of the people shrank back.

Li Zuoche, this kid, kept leading people to light the horse manure bag and threw it in, and after throwing more and more, more and more people only heard coughing inside, and the Taiping army outside laughed in unison, even Zeng Shuiyuan couldn't help laughing: "The king of the West is really anxious and wise, this horse manure was originally used to make wolf smoke, but I didn't think it could be used like this." ”

Xiao Yungui's face was pale, and he smiled and said, "If the rats don't come out, smoke them out!" He followed him and shouted: "Tell the Qing demon inside, surrender quickly, or you can avoid death!" ”

The Taiping army on the wall shouted, but the Qing army inside still ignored it, and after more and more smoke, it seemed that it began to run out, and after half an hour, more than 100 horse manure bags picked up by Li Zuoche were thrown in, and the entire government was shrouded in thick smoke.

Li Zuoche frowned and said, "King Xi, the Qing demon still refuses to surrender, I'll go pick up some horse manure again." ”

Xiao Yungui saw that his "clever plan" was useless, and said angrily: "Dog Qing Demon, if you still refuse to surrender, blast open the courtyard wall and rush in for me!" ”

Just as the soldiers of the Taiping Army buried the red medicine under the courtyard wall, the vermilion gate of the governor's yamen creaked open, and one of the people inside shouted: "I am willing to surrender, don't shoot and shoot arrows!" ”