As soon as he heard this, Shen Ruchao burst into tears, and intermittently told Uncle Li and them about the great changes that had taken place in Cangzhou City in the past month.

It turned out that at the beginning of the invasion of the Taiping army outside the city, Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing instructed Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Ji Wenyuan and other generals to "divide the road, rush to Yandu, and not be greedy for time to attack the city and seize the land", and its intention was very clear, that is, the Northern Expeditionary Army would attack the heart of the Qing army with lightning speed, rather than attacking the city and seizing the land. Even if the city is attacked for the supply of the army, it cannot consume too much time, let alone fight a positional battle with the Qing army. The reason why Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing wanted Lin Fengxiang to rush forward and fight quickly was to directly threaten Gyeonggi with an offensive and force the imperial court to transfer the Qing troops besieging Jiangnan and Jiangbei camps in Nanjing and various places to return to Jingqinwang, so as to effectively alleviate the increasing military pressure of the Qing army on Nanjing.

It is precisely with the orders of Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing that since the dispatch of troops, Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang In May 1853, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Ji Wenyuan, and Zhu Xiluo each led an army.

However, what Lin Fengxiang never expected was that since the beginning of the army, they have been invincible and invincible all the way, and wherever they passed, the Qing army was invincible and surrendered without a fight. Lin Fengxiang was annoyed and angry, and vowed not to stop until Cangzhou City was conquered.

It is said that the defenders in Cangzhou City have won many battles, and Shen Ruchao, who is a well-commanded governor, should be happy, however, this kind of war with the weak defeating the strong is like the princes fighting for hegemony during the Warring States Period, although the weak country defeated the strong country through the war, but because the territory is small, the consumption of resources and the replenishment of soldiers can not be compared with the strong country, so although the victory has been achieved, in fact, the national strength is declining, which is why the Qin State was able to defeat the remaining six countries one by one and dominate the world.

Cangzhou defenders and Tianping army is an asymmetrical war between weak countries and strong countries, and it is based on this that although the Cangzhou defenders repelled the attacks of the Taiping army again and again, the Taiping army is strong, and the nearby displaced people, Hui Dang, etc. have joined the ranks of the Taiping army, so that the Taiping army has been greatly enhanced from military resources such as silver money and gunpowder to human resources. On the other hand, in Cangzhou City, where there were few soldiers and few land, and the weapons and equipment were backward, when the previous war was not tight, it was still able to obtain supplies of weapons, ammunition, food, and other aspects from the neighboring Tianjin County and Jinghai County.

Now, Cangzhou City is surrounded by the Taiping army on three sides, and the rear is inactive due to the attack of the Twister Army, so it is embattled and trapped in the city.

At present, the Eight Banners Army and the Green Battalion Army in Cangzhou City, plus the regimental training of Xiangyong, are less than 3,000 people, while the Taiping Army outside the city, looking at its barracks, is not less than 30,000 people, and there are hundreds of large and small mountain splitting guns. The commanders of the Taiping army, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Ji Wenyuan, and Zhu Xiluo are all battle-hardened generals, knowing that Cangzhou City has been martial arts since ancient times, and the people have practiced martial arts since childhood, and are proficient in technical combat and fighting.

In this way, there are several cannons in Cangzhou City, and under the non-bombardment of the Taiping Army all day long, several artillery pieces have been destroyed, and they can only be in a passive situation, and several times, Shen Ruchao also spent a lot of money to recruit the dead to go out of the city to sneak attack the Taiping military camp, but the result was that the Taiping Army killed a single one, and the head of the dead was thrown under the city wall.

Fortunately, with the previous refugee refugees from Henan, Anhui, Shanxi and other state capitals about some of the long-haired army after breaking through the city is wanton killing and plundering, coupled with the previous long-haired sneak into the city/will destroy the family to relieve the family Lu Jingtian Lu Lao Mansion more than 30 people killed a clean tragedy, but also aroused the indignation of the soldiers and civilians in the city, in order to protect themselves, but also to protect their families, the soldiers and civilians have made up their minds to live and die with the city, so although the Taiping army outside the city is increasingly tight, Cangzhou City has held on to this day, but it is also the end of the crossbow, It can't last long.

When Uncle Li saw that Shen Ruchao had brought the waist knife and poison used for self-destruction with him at any time, he already knew that the critical level of the situation in Cangzhou City was no longer incredible, but there was nothing he could do, because he still couldn't make up his mind to change the course of history that had happened.

Uncle Li couldn't help but be a little upset, in order to dispel the chaotic emotions in his heart, Uncle Li diverted the conversation, looked at Shen Ruchao and said with a smile: "Lord Shen Zhizhou Shen, the real person just saw a lot of rune paper pasted at the gate, isn't it the means of the Da Luo Zhenxian you invited, why didn't he wish you to defend the city and retreat from the enemy, hehe"

Seeing that Uncle Li turned over the old accounts, Shen Ruchao's face turned red, and he snorted: "It's all strange that Ruchao was reckless that day, and failed to report to the old fairy in time, so that there was a misunderstanding, that Fang Shishi is actually Jiang Anlan's winemaking in Jinghai County, Jiang Anlan and Xia Guan are Jinshi of the same department, and have a friendship with each other, that Jiang Anlan in order to raise the name of his maternal uncle, and to avoid suspicion, so he begged Xia Guan to hire his maternal uncle to open the altar to pray for blessings, but it is just a false story, I don't want to let the old fairy misunderstand that Xia Guan is looking for someone to fight with the old fairy in the ring, It must be known that the old immortal has long been worshiped as a god in Zhili and even the surrounding state capitals, how can it be that such a villager can do it in case, but blame the lower officials for not thinking about it for a while, Meng Lang acted and annoyed the old immortals, and hoped that the old immortals would forgive their sins! ”

After that, Shen Ruchao also knelt down for the second time to confess to Uncle Li.

As soon as Shen Ruchao's words came out, on the surface, he seemed to be explaining to Uncle Li that because of his lack of brains, he only wanted to help his colleagues to let the old liar come to Cangzhou City to show his face and make a move, and he had no other ideas, but the implicit subtext was that your Uncle Li is an old fairy who has been famous for a long time, how could you have an idea and say goodbye because of such a little thing, this kind of willful approach is inconsistent with your identity, but no matter what, all the mistakes are my fault, you don't have to worry about it anymore, Or indirectly admit that you are a small-bellied and narrow-minded person.

Sure enough, Shen Ruchao's soft and hard words came out, and Uncle Li narrowed a pair of small eyes that seemed to be angry and looked at him for a while, and suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, since the words are all said, then let's turn the page, don't mention this matter from now on, don't mention it, haha"