Dark clouds covered the land, and thunder shook the sky.Zhang Zongyu looked at the dark clouds in the sky and prayed secretly, and led the cavalry out of the city again, but avoided the east gate where foreign guns gathered, but interspersed with the west of the city to meet the Taiping army who were feinting outside the city.When the Taiping army at the west gate was a thousand meters away from the city gate, they saw the black sharp knife raging yesterday.But the Taiping army had already been prepared, and quickly formed a phalanx to block it with bows and arrows.In the face of the dense rain of arrows, Zhang Zongyu attacked five or six times in a row on the broad front and did not find a breakthrough, roared, and decisively ordered to withdraw to the city.The momentum of the Taiping army instantly rose, and they shouted wildly and rushed forward.Until a hundred meters away from the city wall, the Qing army did not fire a single round of ammunition.The Taiping army suspiciously advanced forward another fifty meters, but there was still no gunshot, and they were instantly overjoyed, and without any scruples, they straightened their chests, pulled out their waist knives and attacked at the last distance."
Archers prepare" and "put" the commanders of the Qing character army on the city wall shouted one after another, and after the Taiping army attacked a range of twenty meters, he gave the order to shoot.There is also a room of bows and arrows left by Huang Wenjin in the treasury in this city, and the Qingzi army from the Twist Army is no stranger to this thing.A rain of arrows fell from the sky, and the Taiping army that rushed to the front was suddenly pierced into hedgehogs, and the speed of the first wave of attacks instantly weakened a lot.However, then the Taiping army also launched a fierce counterattack, quickly lined up in an arrow array under the city, and fired a volley towards the city wall.The Qing army was suppressed for a while and could not raise its head, and the siege troops of the Taiping army continued to lift the ladder of the siege city, rushed through the last distance, and arrived at the foot of the city wall.The Qing army on the east gate was in an even more difficult situation, and in the face of the volley of foreign guns of the Taiping army, there was no chance to raise their heads at all.After Zhang Zongyu led the cavalry back, the Taiping army in the direction of the east gate had already set up a ladder and began to climb the city."
Withdraw."
Zhang Zongyu gave an order to the soldiers at the east gate, and the military orders on the city wall spread one after another, and the Qing army gave up resistance, tore off the city wall, and retreated into the city.The Taiping army, which was bravely climbing the city outside the city, was at a loss for a while, and the Qingzi army, which was still throwing stones and pouring fire oil just now, completely retreated in the blink of an eye.The soldiers thought that there was some ambush, and tiptoed on the ladder to check for a long time, and then they were really sure that the Qingzi army had really withdrawn, and there was no man left."
Victory, victory, victory" When the handsome flag of the Taiping Army fluttered in the wind on the city wall, the cheers suddenly resounded through the heavens and the earth."
Big brother, we have won, and the city wall has been taken down by us."
Li Shixian shouted excitedly and hurriedly ran into Li Xiucheng's handsome tent.Li Xiucheng had already seen the Taiping army cheering all over the city wall clearly with a telescope, but he sat in the handsome seat for a long time without saying a word."
Shixian, what do you say this Zhang Zongyu is thinking, although they have no ammunition, they didn't do two rounds of resistance, they all retreated, it's really strange" Li Xiucheng vaguely felt a worry in his heart, and always felt that Zhang Zongyu could not admit defeat so easily."
Big brother, what are you worried about, the city wall has been taken down by us, what capital does Zhang Zongyu's stinky boy have to fight with us, it's just fish and meat on the board, let us slaughter it."
Li Shixian puffed up his chest proudly, and finally spit out the sullenness of the past few days, "I hope so." ”Li Xiucheng sighed, accompanied by Li Shixian, after leaving the tent, he stepped on his war horse and headed towards the east city gate.At this time, the sky was gloomy all morning, and suddenly remembered a few thunderbolts that pierced the sky.For a while, the huge raindrops seemed to wash away the shame of the Taiping army, and they fell in response, enveloping the entire city of Huzhou in a dense rain like a bead curtain.The corpses of the Taiping soldiers outside the city gate were also washed away by the rain, and the blood mixed in the rain was like a river of blood, and it rushed towards the moat.In the heavy rain, several divisions of the Taiping Army have begun to dig trenches, clean up the battlefield, and let their brothers and friends settle in the ground.Li Xiucheng arrived in the city, stood under the attic of the city wall, looked at the misty rain on all sides, and his heart became impetuous.Only he knew in his heart that the flintlock pistols used by the foreign rifle team could not hit the sparks at all when the flint was damp during heavy rain.In other words, the Taiping army had an advantage in numbers at this time, and it was completely the same as the Qing army in terms of equipment.God is not washing away the humiliation of the Taiping Army, but obviously helping the Qing Army."
Why is it raining here" Li Xiucheng raised his eyebrows coldly at the sky, and secretly roared in his heart.At noon, the rain was obviously a little lighter, but the misty continued to continue.The Taiping army dug all the brothers who died in the previous two days and buried them, and the streets near the city wall were completely controlled by the Taiping army.The encirclement and suppression of the Qing army began, and the troops marched into the city in confusion.The war-torn residents of the city had just sent Huang Wenjin away, and now they were once again facing the ravages of a new Taiping army."
The hairy thief is here again, the hairy thief is here again."
The citizens on the street watched the Taiping soldiers wearing turbans enter the city again, and hurriedly ran to tell each other, and each house closed its door.The Taiping army was aggrieved for a few days, and after entering the city, they were like wild horses that had escaped from the reins, and they didn't know what discipline was, so they scattered in all directions, rushed to the street, and when they saw big families, they smashed the doors en masse, and they were in a hurry to stuff anything valuable into their arms.Huzhou City was wailing all over the field for a while, and the Taiping army was burning and looting everywhere.When the Taiping army rushed into an official road, they immediately discovered that there was something unusual here, and none of the shops on this official road had doors and windows, and all of them were sealed with wooden sticks.The 500 or so people looked around vigilantly, all of them behind the streets.Suddenly, the second-floor windows on both sides of the street opened in unison, and rows of archers peeked out of the windows."
Put" an order, I don't know from which side of the legend, the Taiping army on the street this time frightened to find that they have been in a dense rain of arrows, there is no way to avoid it, after a heart-rending wail, from the street and the end of the street rushed out of two teams of Qingzi soldiers and horses, all with bright sabers to kill.The rain completely drowned out the shouts of the Taiping army, and with only a stick of incense, five hundred Taiping soldiers were scattered on the street.In the evening, the dark clouds in the sky finally completely dispersed, but the sun was approaching the western mountains, and only the gray and yellow afterglow shone obliquely on the earth.The sound of fighting in the city was still rising everywhere, and the Taiping army did not even enter the inner city a step, and paid the price of blood every time they took a street, but they did not even find out the whereabouts of the Qing army, and only carefully guarded around the streets.In addition to the Taiping army defending the city wall, a total of more than 200,000 men and horses entered the city, but even the 10,000 Qingzi army could not do anything.Some of the generals of the brigades didn't even know where their soldiers were, and the city was in chaos, screaming and screaming, and they didn't know whether the Taiping army was ambushed again, or the common people were looted and bullied again."
Report, Dashuai, there is an urgent military intelligence from Yixing outside the city, saying that he wants to meet Dashuai."
The herald went up to the city wall and hurriedly shouted outside Li Xiucheng's military tent."
Yixing" Li Xiucheng was anxiously waiting for Li Shixian's news in the military tent, but he didn't expect to wait for Yixing's military situation, and hurriedly ordered the herald to bring Yixing's people into the tent.After the sound of footsteps outside the tent, a young man soaked in rain walked briskly into the military tent."
What military situation do you have to report to Yixing, what happened again" Li Xiucheng's words were nervous, Yixing is the only way for him to go north to Nanjing, if something goes wrong, then he really has no way to advance or retreat, and he is blocked in Huzhou."
Tell the general, the little one will come from Yixing in the morning, dare to ask where the marshal Huang Wenjin is, this matter is critical, and the little one will tell him directly."
The young man didn't know Li Xiucheng, and he didn't know the news that Huzhou was besieged by the Qing army, thinking that Huzhou was still in the hands of Huang Wenjin."
Huang Dashuai, he has already died, this king is Li Xiucheng, you see if you are qualified to listen to your military situation" Li Xiucheng glanced at the young man coldly, and frowned."
The villain should be damned, the villain should be damned."
The young man hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, and hurriedly said, "King Zhong atoned for his sins, it's like this, the Qing Zi Army led the army to break through my Yixing four or five cities the day before yesterday, when the villain came in the morning, the Qing Zi Army had surrounded Yixing, the situation was unknown at this time, I am afraid that Yixing is in danger, please send troops to rescue the King of Zhong quickly." ”"Yixing is besieged by the Qing army, are you sure" Li Xiucheng's eyes widened anxiously in an instant, and he asked the young man."
King Zhong, how dare villains joke about this kind of thing, they are indeed Qingzi Army."
Oops."
Liu Xiucheng's heart chuckled, and he immediately connected the events of the past few days, no wonder Qiao Zhiqing asked Zhang Zongyu to stick to Huzhou and not rescue, it turned out that he was wrapping himself like a dumpling."
You go down first, and this king will convene the generals to discuss the matter."
Li Xiucheng hurriedly ordered the young man to retreat, and let the heralds quickly gather the division commanders to the military tent in the city.Until the night fell, there were bursts of gunfire in the city from time to time, and just now the Qing army took the initiative to retreat, and when they were ambushed in the streets and alleys, each person could have six or seven bullets.As soon as the Taiping army entered the city, it was like a blind man entering the alley, and he couldn't find where the north was, and was dizzy by the Taiping army in the east and west, and almost every street was paved with corpses.The most fierce battle was still on the four sides of the palace, where Huang Wenjin poured out a lot of strength and used bricks and stones to build a solid base.If he didn't bring his troops out to meet him that day, the Qingzi army would want to take this place, and I am afraid that half of them would be killed or wounded.Wang Zuo's musket brigade was ordered to cooperate with the entire division headquarters to encircle and suppress this place, and Li Shixian personally sat in command of the formation, because the flint of the gun needle was drenched in heavy rain, even after the weather was clear, it was very inconvenient to start a fire, and nine times out of ten could not hit the sparks.After finally aiming at the target, he pulled the trigger, but he fired a dumb gun again and again, and was almost hit as a live target by the Qingzi army on the opposite side.The Qing army was able to hide the foreign guns in a dry place just now, and did not lose their firepower.It has been two hours since the attack, but only one street to the south of the palace has been captured, and it is still fighting repeatedly with the Qing army, and the dead and wounded corpses have covered the entire street."
The dawn is just around the corner, Qiao Dashuai won't lie to me, he won't lie to me."
Zhang Zongyu sat in the palace, looking at the new division that had exhausted his last strength, and kept reminding himself in his heart
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