Since seeing the powerful power of the Taiping army's artillery and rifles, the people in Taizhou City have already known the end of Taizhou City, and the rich and inferior gentry in the city are in panic, in order to keep their family wealth, they chose to cooperate with the Qing army, and it is conceivable how the Taiping army will treat them after the city is broken. But the poor people of the city rejoiced, and their hard days were coming to an end. But Dahonga felt relaxed at this moment, the city was broken and nothing more than a martyrdom, who could not die in decades of life? But what Da Hong'a didn't know was that in the history of another time and space, he also died at the hands of the Taiping army, but he died in Henan.

Just when Dahong'a and the Qing army at the head of the city were waiting for the Taiping army to attack the city with artillery fire, they found several people with white flags coming from the forward position of the Taiping army. These people were all wearing the uniforms of the Qing army, and it seemed that they should be generals who were captured by the Taiping army. Da Honga wondered a little, could it be that Long Hair still wanted to persuade himself to surrender?

The Qing soldiers raised their hands high, signaled that they had no weapons, walked to the city and knelt on the ground, and cried loudly for the first person: "Can the marshal be in the city?" The small Zuoying Qianzong Zhao Debiao came to talk for Changmao. "Dahong Azi Houan, everyone in the army called him Anshuai.

Da Hong'a sat under the city gate building, and after listening to the report of his subordinates, he snorted and said coldly: "Let them go back, this commander doesn't want to listen to the words of the rebellious ministers and thieves!" ”

The generals and ministers of Taizhou City are all slightly changing, and now there is a huge disparity between strength and weakness, which can be said to be the winner and loser, since Long Mao intends to persuade him to surrender, most people are still unwilling to die in the city like this. People are like this, when you suddenly see a glimmer of life in despair, you don't want to die so much, and the more you don't want to die, the more timid you will be.

On the side, Wang Youling, the governor of Zhejiang, has been standing uneasy on the side, he has been studying hard for ten years, and he has been in the officialdom for more than ten years before climbing to today's position. It's a pity that this governor of Zhejiang is a hot potato. His predecessor Zhejiang governor Wu Wenrong was lost due to Shaoxing and Ningbo, and the entangled pirate counterattack on Ningbo was also defeated by the Taiping army, and Zuihou Dinghai was also occupied by the Taiping army across the sea.

After the fall of Shaoxing, Ningbo, and Dinghai, Wang Youling only got Taizhou to take office, and he had no soldiers or generals in his hands, so he had to obey the orders of Dahong'a, the general soldier sent by Li Tingyu, because people had soldiers and food in their hands.

Several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River were continuously sent by the Taiping army. The civil and military generals have died very heavily, and many official positions have been changed by several people, if the Taiping army breaks through the city today, Wang Youling knows that the governor of Zhejiang should also be replaced. But at this time, the Taiping Army suddenly sent someone to spread the word, and Wang Youling was also an old man. immediately knew that the Taiping army wanted to go down to the city without blood, and it was very likely that they were here to persuade them to surrender. For a while, Wang Youling's heart was pounding. If you agree to the surrender of the Taiping army. Maybe you don't have to die. Since the beginning of the year, the Taiping army has been flourishing day by day, Wang Youling has also seen that the Qing court is not as good as day by day, and after hearing that Xu Naizhao and other officials of the original Qing court have surrendered, they have also been reused, and sometimes he is also thinking about what will happen if he changes the court. But this thought has been deeply suppressed in my heart.

Last night, when he learned that the battle of the night attack out of the city failed, Wang Youling knew that he could not do anything, so he convened his staff to discuss countermeasures.

One of his staff members was a former friend of his, surnamed Hu Guangyong. The word snow rock. This Hu Xueyan was poor when he was young, helping people herd cattle for a living, a little older, and was recommended by someone to be an apprentice in the surname Qianshi, which was appreciated by the owner and promoted to run the street. During the Daoguang period, Wang Youling donated Zhejiang salt to the envoy, but he had no money to enter Beijing. Later, Hu Xueyan had a discerning eye and decided that his future was extraordinary, so he funded Wang 500 taels of silver and asked Wang Youling to quickly enter Beijing to get an official position. Later, Wang Youling funded Hu Xueyan to open a money village in Hangzhou, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, after the long hair came, Hu Xueyan had to follow some rich businessmen to flee south in a hurry, but fortunately he walked fast, otherwise he would have fallen into Hangzhou City. Later, Wang Youling went to Taizhou to serve as the governor of Zhejiang, and recruited Hu Xueyan as his staff, so that Hu Xueyan had been following Wang Youling in Taizhou to help the Qing army take care of money and food.

After listening to Wang Youling's current situation, Hu Xueyan first said: "The Taiping army is too strong to do anything, so the owner should have made a plan early." ”

As soon as Hu Xueyan's words came out, the people in the house were shocked, although the people in the house were Wang Youling's henchmen, but Hu Xueyan had already changed his mind not to call the Taiping Army a long-haired thief, but to refer to the Taiping Army, which shows that he actually deliberately leaned towards the Taiping Army and did not want to add bad words.

Wang Youling frowned and said: "Xueyan, I am waiting for the king's luck and the king's worries, why do I make my own plans?" ”

Hu Xueyan said frankly: "The owner also said that the disparity between strength and weakness, the victory and defeat have been divided, and now it is said that the martyrdom is already a death for death, and there is no value, and the famous officials of the Death Festival within this year do not know how many, if the owner only wants to be martyred, in fact, there is no need to do anything." ”

Wang Youling's face was slightly red, as he said, the Taiping army's destruction of the city was already a certainty, if he had the will to die, why should he be looking for his staff to discuss countermeasures? Only then did the staff in the house understand that their proprietor was unwilling to die like this.

Hu Xueyan treated Wang Youling like a friend, and he didn't care about Wang Youling's embarrassment at the moment, and then said: "This time it was the Taiping West Wang's department that came to attack Taizhou, this person acted differently from other long-haired thieves, and he didn't force people to donate money, and he couldn't help but destroy Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. I heard that Lord Xu Naizhao Xu has been appointed to Suzhou County under his command, and the owner doesn't know if he intends to vote for Taiping? ”

Wang Youling's face changed, and he said in a low voice: "Xueyan must not talk nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears." ”

Hu Xueyan smiled faintly and said: "The owner has already sent henchmen to guard the surroundings, why be afraid? Dongjia, you have been in Taizhou for nearly a year, and you have been suppressed by Da Hong'a and Li Tingyu, and you have no political achievements to do. In order to defend the city, Dahonga and others forcibly conscripted the people to work hard, forced the people to pay donations, and the people's residences within more than ten miles outside the city were burned to the ground, and the rest of the countryside was taken captive by the soldiers. Moreover, now that there is a Taiping uprising, all parts of the country have responded, and the trend of chaos in the world has been completed. If Taizhou is lost, the owner will no longer have a place to stay, so why not make another decision as soon as possible? ”

Wang Youling sighed and said, "It was also a helpless move to help Da Hong'a defend the city at the beginning. Then Wang Youling asked in a low voice: "Xueyan, even if you want to vote for peace now, I'm afraid there is no way." ”

Hu Xueyan said with a smile: "Looking at this Taiping West King's behavior is quite in the style of the Holy Lord Mingjun, this time the Taiping West King's department is moving south, and this first battle will be dealt with with a gentle strategy, and someone may come to persuade him to surrender tomorrow." ”

Wang Youling felt a little unbelievable and said: "The Taiping have already taken the advantage, and it is easy to break the city, will they still send people to surrender?" ”

Hu Xueyan nodded and said, "I will." But if the king of the west does not send people to surrender, blindly bullying the weak, it means that he is not the master, when the city is broken, we will lead the henchmen of the owner to fight out of the city together. If you can't get out, you'll just die together. ”

recalled Hu Xueyan's words last night. Wang Youling's heart really jumped suddenly. The king of the West of Taiping really sent people to surrender. However, seeing that Da Hong'a meant that he didn't want to surrender, Wang Youling couldn't help but secretly scolded Da Hong'a in his heart with many officials, this old boy wants to achieve a good reputation for martyrdom, so why bother to bury the lives of people in a city?

At that moment, Wang Youling stepped forward and said: "An Shuai, these people in the city seem to be our generals, it is better to take them to the city." It's okay to ask the long-haired thief about the truth or the truth, if there is any big rebellion, we just don't listen to it. ”

Wang Youling's words are extremely tactful, since the Qing army fought against the Taiping army. If the Qing army had the intention of recruiting the Taiping army, when they wanted to contact the Taiping army, they would mostly order people to go in disguise and come to persuade them to surrender as blatantly as the city. But at this time, Wang Youling spoke smoothly, not admitting that the people under the city were here to persuade him to surrender, but to ask these people about the reality of the enemy army, so that people had nothing to say.

After Dahong'a muttered for a while, he ordered someone to put down the bamboo basket and send a few people up to the city for questioning.

Zhao Debiao, the general manager of the left camp, came to the city, and when he saw that he arrived at Hong'a, several people fell to the ground and cried loudly. Dahong'a wanted to give these captured soldiers a little color first, but when he saw that these people were all wounded and crying sadly, his heart softened, and he sighed: "The next time there is a corner, I will cut myself off, so as not to live and be humiliated!" ”

Zhao Debiao cried: "An Shuai, the villain was blown unconscious by the long-haired thief's artillery, and he was captured when he woke up, it's not that the villain doesn't want to fight to the death." ”

The ferocity of the Taiping Army's artillery is known to the generals in Taizhou City in the past few days, Da Hong'a snorted, which can be regarded as pardoning Zhao Debiao's guilt, and asked lightly: "How many long-haired thieves are there?" Who leads the troops? ”

Zhao Debiao knelt on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, but said: "The long-haired thief is known as a hundred thousand people to attack, and there are many thieves and generals who lead the troops, and the biggest one I heard is Li Kaifang, one of the four generals under the command of the Puppet King of the West. ”

Da Hong'a nodded and said: "It turned out to be Li Kaifang who went down to Wuchang, captured Jiujiang, occupied Jiangning, and took Hangzhou. ”

Zhao Debiao continued: "Today, the thief Li Kaifang saw us and ordered us to come and pass the word. ”

Dahong Ah snorted coldly and said, "There is no need to say anything about the great rebellion. ”

Zhao Debiao hurriedly said: "An Shuai Mingjian, it's not a big rebellion, if the thief's words without a king and no father want the villain to pass on, the villain will not obey him." ”

Wang Youling also persuaded: "An Shuai, since Mr. Zhao Qian said so, let's listen to what Changmao has to say first." ”

Da Hong'a snorted, waved his hand slightly and signaled Zhao Debiao to continue, Zhao Debiao said: "The thief Li Kaifang only said that we were seriously killed and injured outside the city last night, and the bodies of the brothers are still outside the city. ”

Dahonga sneered: "Longhair wants to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the city when we open the city to collect the corpses, and some ghost tricks are not afraid of being ridiculed." ”

Zhao Debiao said with a difficult face: "An Shuai, then Li Kaifang also said, if the big handsome don't have to be suspicious, now that there is a huge disparity between strength and weakness, it is easy for him, them to break the city...... " Speaking of this, Da Hong'a snorted heavily, but Wang Youling said: "Since it is not a big rebellious statement, you can continue to say it." ”

Zhao Debiao continued: "Li Kaifang also said that he respected the commander as a hero who fought against the foreigners back then, and he boycotted the war for three days, so that the city could clean up the corpses outside the city, which is a kind of respect for the marshal." ”

Da Hong's heart moved slightly, when he fought with foreigners, although he won, but then he was degraded, I can't imagine that the generals of the Taiping Army still remember this brave year, he was born as a martial artist, and he likes others to praise his martial arts, and also thinks that if the Taiping Army wants to break the city, it only needs heavy artillery to fire together, and the city wall of Taizhou City is afraid that it can't be stopped, and it is indeed not necessary to ruin his reputation in this move.

Wang Youling secretly sneered, the Taiping army was really calculating, and the people who came did not mention the matter of persuasion to surrender, first put a layer of gold on Da Hong's face, and slowly drew it, and it was really prepared. At that moment, Wang Youling did not break it, and after a few words of persuasion, Dahonga finally agreed to strike for three days and collected the corpses. (To be continued......)