On March 13, Li Xiucheng crossed the sea from the upper reaches of Wuhu, took advantage of the fog to raid Zeng Guofan's camp, Zeng Guoquan led the cavalry to resist hard, but Chen Yucheng got the opportunity, broke out of Wuhu County, which was surrounded by Zeng Guohua and Li Xubin, killed the two generals, and came to meet Li Xiucheng, Zeng Guofan was defeated, and got on the ship of the sailor under the desperate resistance of the generals, but the grain, grass, silver and ordnance on the land were all lost, Zeng Guofan was ashamed, and tried to commit suicide by jumping into the water, and was rescued by the generals. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Rong Lu heard the bad news delivered by the scout clearly, Mu Ran waved his hand, and asked people to step back, Tang Deshan is now a thousand presidents, with a short beard on his upper lip, which looks not so jumpy, after hearing this bad news, he couldn't help but jump to his feet, "Lord Commander, what can I do now!" We haven't captured Dangtu yet! "Rong Lu is now the general soldier of Ganzhou Town, and he was awarded the general of Wuchang, so Tang Deshan has this title.

Rong Lu shook his head, "Twenty percent is tricky and insidious, but it is normal for the marshal to fall for them, fortunately, the sailor was not damaged, it is a great fortune, it seems that we should change the target of the attack." ”

"My lord, where should we go?"

"Let's go to Moling Pass! I don't believe there's a lot of guarding! Rong Lu stood up, "At this time, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng must not know that we are in Dangtu, let's march day and night, pretend to cross the river and flee north, and then secretly run to Moling Pass to kill a few rebels and relieve hatred!" Hehe, Li Xiucheng will hide from the world, won't I Ronglu either? ”

"Wow! Listen to the adults! ”

"After the new rain in the river city, the apricot blossoms are deep in Moling Pass."

Moling is an ancient town with a history of more than 2,000 years, after Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, in order to show his supreme authority, there were five tours, two of which passed through present-day Jiangsu. In 200 B.C., Qin Shi Huang returned from his fifth tour, and when he arrived in Jinling, several accompanying Wangqi sorcerers saw that the mountains around Jinling were steep and beautiful, and the terrain was dangerous, so they said to Qin Shi Huang: Jinling has the spirit of the son of heaven. Qin Shi Huang was greatly displeased when he heard this, and ordered people to dig Fang Mountain. Let the Huai water flow through Jinling, dissipate the earthy gas, and change Jinling into Moling. "Mo" means forage, which means that it should not be called Jinling. It can only be reduced to a horse ranch. In the Southern Dynasties, Sui and Tang dynasties, it was used as the "southeast pass of Ningyi". Status is very important. During the Song Jingde period, the town was built, and the Yuan Dynasty set up the inspection department and taxation. In the Ming Dynasty, it was placed as a pass in the southern suburbs of Gyeonggi, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was listed as one of the three major towns of Jiangning Prefecture, which was extremely important to guard the southwest.

The two Taiping soldiers guarding the gate gossiped under the few apricot blossoms planted in front of the pass, and fought everywhere these days. This area under the control of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is sparsely populated, not to mention business travel, and there are not even many people who visit relatives and friends, so the space is very free, and the commander who was stationed here a few days ago is also mixed up in the house in Guanli all day long.

"I said Fifth Brother, what did you say the commander was doing in his house in the middle of the day?"

"I'll tell you quietly, don't tell me about it," the eldest fifth brother looked around, but didn't find anyone. He bit his ear with the young soldier under the almond tree.

"Scared! Fifth brother, what you said is true! The young soldier was obviously shocked and screamed.

"Silence! Can I still lie to you, fifth brother! The fifth brother pressed the mouth of the little soldier, "Listen to the brother who serves the commander in the house, there will be no mistake!" ”

The little soldier broke free from the shackles of the fifth brother, "But isn't it forbidden for us to drink in heaven, and if you drink alcohol, you will have to cut off your head!" ”

"Hey, forbidden? That's the rule for us little goods, which big man in Tianjing City doesn't drink, it's just not a public, he still needs some face, and his arms are like us commanding adults. Isn't it also hiding in the house every day to drink, but sometimes when I go out to inspect the customs, I smell of alcohol and I am dizzy. ”

"Right now, we can't come here, either in Wuhu or Jiangbei. I'm not afraid of a demon harassing us. The fifth brother comforted the little soldier who couldn't believe that he was in a state of dementia.

There seemed to be a lot of people coming in front of the pass, because the fifth brother heard the footsteps, and the fifth brother became excited, "It's time for our two brothers to get rich today," the fifth brother said to the muffled soldier with drooping ears, "Someone has passed the pass." Let's make some oil and water and buy a few taels of meat for the tooth sacrifice! The fifth brother jumped up, took Xiaobing's hand and jumped out of the shady place covered by the apricot blossom branches, looked to the west, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"What is this? Clear Demon! "That fifth brother shouted in horror, and almost fell to the ground, how could the Qing Demon of this place come to Moling Pass at this time!" Hurry up, call someone, call someone! The little soldier hurriedly picked up the whistle in his hand, and a sharp voice sounded outside the Moling Pass, and the gate was in a panic.

"These long hairs, they are really bold, they didn't send any scouts, and there were no figures on the official road, but let us come all the way, and it went very smoothly." Tang Deshan shouted at the Qing army to push a few cannons forward, "Lord Commander, the rebels in Jurong City didn't enjoy this artillery, but let the rebels in this Moling Pass take the lead!" ”

Rong Lu nodded, "Moling Pass is a small earthen village, the artillery bombardment is over, and when the rebellion on the pass is dispersed, our musket team will be sent again, be careful, these artillery pieces are still in Ningbo, where do I want to come over with the queen's handwriting!" Don't break it. ”

"Don't worry, I have to ask someone to take care of this precious thing every day, who made this cannon light and fierce? It's enough to catch up with Hai Dongqing's ruthlessness! While the two were talking, the artillery over there had already gone up, and the artillery lit the fire message, and with a deafening boom, several huge sparks exploded on the Moling Pass.

The commander of the morgue town guarding Moling Pass, who was secretly drinking in the private house, finally rushed out, estimated that he was still slightly drunk just now, and even the turban on his head was crooked to the side, and the two personal soldiers helped him up to the city wall, and before the commander could carefully look at the Qing demon under the pass, there was another roar of artillery, and the gate tower on the city was blown down a corner, and the fire burned on the city tower, the dust and sawdust fascinated the eyes of the commander, and one of the personal soldiers who was holding the commander was hit in the back of the head by a falling drill, and lay on his back on the ground, Blood flowed all over the ground, and he couldn't live when he saw it, and the commander was so frightened that he was in a cold sweat, and he was half awake from the wine, but his courage was also frightened, and he struggled to stand up, and under the background of the raging fire on the city gate, he crawled down the city with a roll.

After a few shots, half of the walls of Moling Pass collapsed, the gate fell to the ground, and a few Taiping soldiers who had no time to escape fell to the ground with broken hands and feet, moaning weakly, "The fire is here, Deshan, take your brothers into the pass, and don't leave any of them!" Rong Lu coldly opened his mouth and ordered.

"Wow! Brothers, let's go into the city and kill the rebels! Tang Deshan took an American-made musket and shouted to command the Qing army to enter the pass. (To be continued.) )