After Hong Tianguifu disappeared in the Tianwang Mansion, it was like a hole in the sky, Hong Tianwang was furious and killed several generals of the Royal Forest Army, and strictly ordered the various departments from Nanjing to Suzhou to set up a card to investigate, and handed over the matter to his brother Hong Renji to personally handle it, and strictly ordered Hong Renji to find the young king at all costs, Hong Rengan also recently disguised himself through the layers of checkpoints and went straight to Li Xiucheng's front line in Jinkuicheng.The Taiping Army's political foundation outside Nanjing was weak, and the Fire Wolf Special Operations Team was almost unimpeded, but when it passed through Changzhou, it encountered strict interrogation by the guard guards, because Gu Yunfei had already set up camp not far from Changzhou, so the defense on the position was very tight.There were less than 100 people in the sentry, all of them were cold weapons of knives, guns and spears, Huang Feihong always endured again and again in order to avoid trouble, and finally a sentry discovered the intention of the sack and ordered Huang Feihong to open it for inspection.Huang Feihong escaped with the shell gun and handed it to the sentry, where had the sentry seen this kind of thing, and thought it was some kind of dry tobacco bag, so he fixed the barrel on his head and looked left and right, and with a loud "boom", the sentry's head was completely cut off in half, and Bai Huahua's brain splashed Huang Feihong's body.Huang Feihong was also the first time to use the shell gun at such a close distance, and like the defenders of the Taiping Army, the members of the Fire Wolf Team were also stunned, and then all pulled out the shell guns and pressed the trigger towards the Taiping Army like a wooden stake."
Bang, boom, boom" more than 50 people shot at the same time, it only took a short half a minute, more than 100 sentries all fell under the guns of the fire wolf group, after this battle, the fire wolf group was full of confidence in the sharp weapon in the hand, and then through the sentry post, the slightest exposed place on the gun to shoot, did not give the Taiping army a chance to react, and even in a post of the Taiping army also blocked a nearby reinforcement of thousands of people, more than 1,000 people beat more than 50 people What is the concept, it is completely surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, Seeing that the people of the fire wolf group were holding a small box like a cigarette bag and a pot, the Taiping army didn't know what it was, and it was completely intensively charged, who knew that the small box could emit earth-shattering power, a bullet the size of a peanut kernel, but put a five-foot strong man on the ground, and it was a continuous shooting, after killing and wounding more than 500 people, the Taiping army thought that the fire wolf group was a god descending from the heavens, and left the knife and stick in his hand and scattered and fled.After Qiao Zhiqing finished telling Wang Shumao, Wang Shumao was skeptical, and he refused to believe that there was the kind of firearm Qiao Zhiqing said in this world, even if it was a foreign gun, it could only be fired three or four times a minute, where was there something big with a box that was more powerful than a foreign gun, and it could shoot continuously."
Bang", the firelight splashed everywhere, making Wang Shumao shudder in shock, Qiao Zhiqing was holding a cigarette bag and pot-like box in his hand, and there was still a trace of white smoke in his mouth, and the flower pots placed at the door in the living room had been broken into slag."
It's true," Wang Shumao pointed incredulously at the iron box in Qiao Zhiqing's hand.Qiao Zhiqing smiled and nodded, turned off the insurance, and handed the shell gun to Wang Shumao's hand, Wang Shumao opened his mouth wide and played with the shell gun back and forth, and his mouth was full of admiration, like a child getting a beloved toy, and he couldn't see the general's demeanor and demeanor at all."
Brother Wang, I'll give you this gun for self-defense, I brought a total of more than 100 this time, and the generals at the level of the sentry commander of the left division and the rear division will be issued one each."
Qiao Zhiqing looked at the childlike nature floating on Wang Shumao's face, and couldn't help but chuckle."
It's such a good thing, how can such an iron box be so powerful."
Wang Shumao studied for a long time and couldn't see the reason.Qiao Zhiqing took out another handful from his arms, disassembled the shell gun in front of Wang Shumao, and explained to him in detail the role of each part, as well as the firing principle of the bullet, as the commander of the first army, he couldn't even understand the guy who was eating, it was really unspeakable, and let the little soldier know that he would not laugh to death.When the war came, Li Xiucheng was far from being so relaxed, and he was kneeling in the military tent with Chen Kunshu and other division-level generals to greet Hong Xiuquan's holy decree."
As a minister of the Celestial Empire, you are not worried about military orders, and you don't want to abide by Changzhou and strictly guard against it.But privately sent troops south, causing the Qing demon to enter my Tianjing as if into a no-man's land, even the young king was also taken away by the Qing demon, this is the great shame of the Celestial Empire, special Linger and others to wear the crime of meritorious service, exterminate the Qing demon of Jinkui City, welcome back the young king, if there is a little bit of difference, you will be dismissed and investigated. ”Hong Renji closed the Heavenly King's Divine Decree, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Xiucheng, whose legs were weak, and asked all the generals to get up quickly.Li Xiucheng broke out in a cold sweat, and bowed his head in shame again and again to confess, Hong Renji smiled and comforted, "King Zhong doesn't have to be like this, the young king is lost, it's normal for the king to be in a hurry, everyone must keep it a secret, if the soldiers below know about it, it will definitely be in turmoil, and it will be difficult to clean it up at that time." ”The generals in the military tent nodded their heads again and again, and secretly scolded in their hearts for following Li Xiucheng on a broken ship, I don't know what he had to offend Qiao Zhiqing for, the two families had been safe and sound before Li Xiucheng's arrival, but now they have fallen into the situation of being scolded by the enemy on their backs and scolded by the king."
Ganwang, what the hell is going on, the young king is not deep in the Heavenly King's Mansion, how can he run to Jinkui City in a good manner" Li Xiucheng was still very puzzled, his face was full of doubts, and the rest of the generals also had the same expression."
The king doesn't know about this matter, but the Qing demon left a note in the palace of the young king, which says that the young king was captured in Jinkui City, so the king of heaven specially ordered the king to come to the rescue, this matter must not have the slightest mistake, otherwise you and my brother will definitely be in danger."
There was unspeakable pressure in Hong Renji's words.Li Xiucheng nodded, helped Hong Renji to sit down on the handsome seat, and explained to him in detail the arrangement of soldiers and horses on both sides.Jinkuicheng was originally defended by more than 10,000 Qing troops, but according to the latest battle report, Qiao Zhiqing personally brought more than 10,000 soldiers and horses from Suzhou to reinforce the city, all of which were equipped with the latest foreign guns and artillery, and the situation was not optimistic.In his early years, he emigrated to Hong Kong for many years, and after the prime minister came to power, he promulgated China's first bourgeois constitutional program and proposed a variety of reforms involving the political, military, and economic systems, taking the first step in the practice of China's reform ideology, and playing a great role in the later Wuxu Reform Law.After listening to Li Xiucheng's analysis, Hong Renji certainly knew the trickiness of the matter, but he really couldn't understand how Qiao Zhiqing did what he had always wanted to do but couldn't do, with an army with such modern equipment, and they had not moved in Suzhou, you must know that as long as Qiao Zhiqing led these soldiers and horses to the north, he would not be able to resist all the troops of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which was really strange.Hong Renji couldn't help but be a little curious about Qiao Zhiqing in his heart, and wanted to meet this open-minded young handsome man in person."
King Zhong, tomorrow you stabilize the soldiers and horses first, this king wants to go to Jinkui City to ask for a meeting with Qiao Zhiqing, first inquire what conditions he wants, if the negotiation fails, we will not be too late to do it."
Hong Renji expressed his opinion to Li Xiucheng.Li Xiucheng pondered for a while, and replied uneasily, "The Qing Demon has always been untrustworthy, and the status of the king is noble, if you take risks easily, I am afraid that you will encounter accidents." ”Hong Renji smiled bitterly and said, "It's not in the way, this king has also heard of Qiao Zhiqing's name, many of his generals are from our Taiping army, if he uses the means of villains, I am afraid that he will be ashamed, this king believes that Qiao Zhiqing will never destroy his reputation." ”Li Xiucheng hesitated, thinking of Gu Yunfei and Chen Bingwen who surrendered to Qiao Zhiqing, he couldn't help but blush, and said ashamedly, "In this case, Ben Shuai will not persuade you, Ganwang will be careful tomorrow, Ben Shuai will personally lead his troops and horses to fortify around Jinkui City tomorrow to take care of your safety, the young king is related to the national fortune of the Celestial Empire, and please ask the god king to fight on the basis of reason, no matter what conditions Qiao Zhiqing proposes, try to stabilize him first, don't anger him and hurt the young king's life." ”Hong Renji nodded with a serious expression, and the two discussed the defense situation of Nanjing City, which is really not optimistic, it is really Chen Yucheng who recaptured An Qingcheng and focused all the attention of the Hunan army there, and the military situation in Nanjing City has improved, but Zeng Guoquan is still stationed in Yuhuatai and has not withdrawn his troops.At dawn, Hong Rengan went out of Wuxi City alone, and went straight to Jinkui City, Li Xiucheng then sent a large army to attack, and set up a local regiment ten miles away from Jinkui City, with flags fluttering, war drums and thunder, and dozens of company camps."
Dashuai, there is a long-haired thief outside the city who comes alone on a horse, clamoring to see you, do you see it or not" Qiao Zhiqing had just eaten early in the morning, and there were guards guarding the city outside the county office to spread the word anxiously."
Oh, it's kind of interesting, the little prince's father finally sent a messenger to negotiate the conditions."
Qiao Zhiqing laughed at Wang Shumao beside him.Wang Shumao was also happy, and said with confidence, "Owner, we are now strong and strong, and the Taiping Army is just fish and meat on the board, what is there to talk about with them, just today with the envoy to sacrifice the flag." ”Qiao Zhiqing shook his head and chuckled, "The two soldiers are fighting, if you don't kill the envoy, this envoy dares to come alone before the big battle, it is definitely not a rat, if we kill him, we will not be laughed at by the people of the world to death." ”Wang Shumao laughed a few times, nodded in agreement, no longer angry, and the Taiping army for many days, he really didn't care about the combat effectiveness of the Taiping army, and he was no longer as passive as before.He didn't know that Qiao Zhiqing was still calculating a bigger game of chess in his heart, Li Xiucheng was just a small flag, and it was easy to eat him, but it didn't mean much
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