The air was filled with the smell of blood, the smell of gunpowder, and the burnt smell emitted by the human body after being burned by the fire, which was so strong that it was difficult to breathe. The blue-black smoke filled the sky. Even though the golden light of the rising sun had already shot to the top of the West Mountain, the sky above Chizhou City was still covered in gray, and the sound of gunfire and killing was gradually fading, and the fierce and cruel Chizhou offensive and defensive battle gradually came to an end.

Sitting on the burnt land with his back against the collapsed courtyard wall, He Yunlong gasped heavily, sweat kept flowing down his forehead, and ditched out of his bloody face, which was so dark that the smoke of gunpowder was still bleeding, but He Yunlong had no strength to care.

The Colt revolver in his hand had already been fired, and the Minnie gun, which had also been fired, had even broken the bayonet. They were sitting or lying beside them, and only five blood-stained soldiers were under their bodies. However, at the end of the street, there were noise and sporadic gunshots. He Yunlong struggled to stand up, but after working hard several times but failed, he could only speak, "Help me up, the demon soldiers are here again, we have to leave quickly."

Two less injured personal soldiers helped He Yunlong up with difficulty. He Yunlong looked around and found that the terrain on the right was more complicated, so he made a gesture and called a few personal soldiers to go to that direction. However, the remaining three personal soldiers were too seriously injured. They either couldn't stand up or barely stood up and fell again. After trying hard to find it useless, one personal soldiers could only say in a hoarse voice: "Zhongtian'an, we can't move anymore, you go, don't worry about us."

After looking at the three old Guangxi brothers who were unable to move, He Yunlong nodded first, and then said in a more hoarse voice: "If you don't work, just surrender, I won't blame you."

"We will not surrender." An old brother who was bleeding from his mouth said in a weak voice, "I would rather die than surrender. Zhongtian'an, take care of you."

Tears oozed out of the corners of He Yunlong's eyes, and he nodded again with sobs. He Yunlong then fled to the right. However, it was a pity that he had not walked far away, and the roar of Wu soldiers came from the corner of the street, "There are long hairs there, and a few long hairs there."

A large group of Wu soldiers wearing white tassel hats rushed over and shouted to surrender from afar. They struggled to find that the enemy was getting closer and closer. He Yunlong knew that he could not escape, so he could only help him escape with his personal soldiers from Guangxi who were running for his life and ordered: "Give me a shot, don't let me be a prisoner."

"Zhongtian'an." Both soldiers cried.

"Stop talking nonsense, give me a shot." He Yunlong roared, "I would rather die than be a prisoner of the demon soldiers!"

"Zhongtian'an, we have no guns and no gunpowder." A personal soldier replied cryingly.

He Yunlong sighed, and could only take off the broken bayonet and put it next to his neck to break it. However, his hand was weak, and he only cut the skin between his neck. When He Yunlong wanted to cut again, the Wu army soldiers had already rushed to the vicinity. A Wu army soldier with some martial arts flew up in the air and kicked He Yunlong, who was wearing the general's uniform, to the ground. Other Wu soldiers rushed forward and pressed He Yunlong and the remaining two Taiping soldiers tightly on the ground...

"Demon soldier, kill me! Kill me! I won't surrender! I won't surrender!"

The struggle was useless. After checking the waist card, he found the identity of He Yunlong as the commander of the Taiping Army in Chizhou. The cheerful Wu soldiers not only did not execute He Yunlong, but also forced He Yunlong to bandage the wound. Then they tied He Yunlong up and ties out the Chizhou City, which was covered with blood from corpses, took it to the temporary command post of the Wu army outside the city, and handed it to Feng Sanbao, the commander of the Wu army in the southwest.

Feng Sanbao, who had a righteous face in the national character, stopped the Wu army soldiers from kneeling down, ordered He Yunlong to loosen his seat, and helped He Yunlong sit down with his own hands, asking someone to bring wine and snacks for He Yunlong to eat and drink. He Yunlong, who had not been in the water for a night, refused everyone, and ate it if he could give it to him, and drank it if he gave it to him. However, when Feng Sanbao asked He Yunlong about whether he would surrender, He Yunlong had no hesitation to hit Feng Sanbao's face and cursed: "Dream! I am irreconcilable with you demon soldiers!"

Feng Sanbao, who had always kept in mind the advice of his son-in-law, was disappointed, but he still stopped the guards on both sides from attacking, and said to He Yunlong: "General He, why are you suffering? Things have come to this point, why are you still so stubborn? If you don't think about yourself, don't you want to think about your wife and children? They have been captured alive by us, and I have also given an order to ask the soldiers to treat them well, so you don't want to see them?"

"No need to talk nonsense, kill if you want to kill." He Yunlong said with a stern and righteous spirit, "Because my woman, the children I gave birth to are their lives. If you want to kill and cut them, you will be fine!"

Feng Sanbao, who was determined to make He Yunlong a role model, was even more disappointed when he heard this. Unexpectedly, Li Hezhang next to him suddenly spoke and said, "General He, we shouldn't be the one you hate the most, right? Last night, if Huang Wenjin hadn't been afraid of death and had led the army to escape first, how could you have reached this point?"

Hearing Li Hezhang's mention of Huang Wenjin who refused to enter the city to participate in the war and led the army to escape in advance, He Yunlong immediately looked angry and said with gritted teeth: "Don't worry, I will not let that dog bastard go if I have become a ghost and see my Heavenly Father. If it weren't for that dog bastard, you dog demon soldiers would not be able to attack my Chizhou City!"

After carefully observing He Yunlong's expression, he saw that He Yunlong hated Huang Wenjin's bone-wrenching expression was definitely not a fake. Li Hezhang nodded slightly. He first suggested that Feng Sanbao order He Yunlong to be taken away and temporarily imprisoned him in the prisoner-of-war camp. Then Li Hezhang said to Feng Sanbao: "Uncle, this He Yunlong is of great use and cannot be killed."

"I don't want to kill him, but what's the use of him not surrendering?" Feng Sanbao asked helplessly.

"He doesn't need to surrender." Li Hezhang said with a smile: "Just need to hate Huang Wenjin, the big hairy one."

"What does this mean by nephew?" After all, Feng Sanbao was not as ill as his son-in-law, and could not directly understand Li Hezhang's meaning.

"Uncle, what would you do if you were He Yunlong and met Huang Wenjin again?" Li Hezhang asked again with a smile.

"Of course I fought with him on the spot." Feng Sanbao replied without thinking: "The prisoners we caught have already been told that He Yunlong sent people to ask Huang Wenjin to the city for reinforcements several times last night, but Huang Wenjin refused. In the second half of the night, he led the army to run away in advance. I think He Yunlong is not a good-tempered person. If he meets Huang Wenjin, he will definitely fight with him immediately."

"Then we should give him this opportunity." Li Hezhang said with a treacherous smile: "Huang Wenjin took the army to the east. If nothing unexpected happens, he should have gone to Tongling. As long as we confirm this, we will immediately find an excuse to release He Yunlong and ask him to go to Tongling too. Then He Yunlong and Huang Wenjin fought desperately as soon as they meet. Zhao Jinfu, who guarded Tongling, was in a dilemma, and would have conflicts. At that time, Changmao's internal chaos and conflicts are everywhere. If we want to conquer Tongling City, wouldn't it be much easier for us to?"

Feng Sanbao laughed loudly and praised: "It's still the brain of a virtuous nephew. He can actually come up with such a good idea to make Changmao civil strife. However, He Yunlong is alone now. Even if he fights Huang Wenjin desperately as soon as he meets, he will definitely not be able to fight. It won't have much effect on Changmao civil strife?"

"Last night, many Chi-Superior Changmao went out of the city to escape. Many of them must have gone to Tongling. They will definitely help He Yunlong find Huang Wenjin to fight desperately." Li Hezhang smiled confidently and said: "Also, Chizhou is adjacent to Tongling. He Yunlong and Zhao Jinfu must have had a lot of contacts in normal times. Zhao Jinfu and He Yunlong's friendship is definitely deeper than Huang Wenjin. If you don't look at monks and Buddha's faces, you will think you will be more at He Yunlong. As long as Zhao Jinfu and Huang Wenjin are free from their hearts, our next battle will definitely be much easier."

Feng Sanbao was even more moved when he heard this. After thinking for a while, Feng Sanbao nodded and said, "Then do it this way. As long as we confirm that Huang Wenjin escaped to Tongling and meet with Changmao Zhao Jinfu's Fu tribe, we will release He Yunlong and let him go to Tongling to find Huang Wenjin to fight to the death. Anyway, He Yunlong is a waste of killing him. It would be better to let him play a role, and it will also show that we are kind and let Changmao know that we have hope of survival if we are caught."

"Uncle, then just send He Yunlong's family to him and lock him up." Li Hezhang suggested again: "When he released the people, he would just let his family go together, so that Tongling's long hair can see our belly, and know that we can even protect our family by surrendering."

Feng Sanbao has never liked to kill innocent people indiscriminately, so he naturally would not mind releasing a few irrelevant women and children, so he nodded immediately and sent someone to pass on orders to ask the prisoner-of-war camp to lock He Yunlong's family together and treat him as well as possible.

In this way, of course, He Yunlong, who would rather die than surrender, was sent to He Yunlong by his wife, concubine, two sons and daughters by Wu soldiers, He Yunlong, who had already been determined to die, was naturally extremely surprised. He was somewhat shaken by the crying of his wife and children. He no longer insulted the Wu army to guard him for death, and began to admire Feng Sanbao's mind. Although he did not have the idea of ​​surrender, his hatred for the Wu army was greatly reduced. He understood that the Wu army was indeed very sincere in surrendering.

What surprised He Yunlong even more was still behind. More than a day later, when his family was taken by Wu Jun to the near suburbs of Tongling by boat, Feng Sanbao summoned him again. As soon as he met, he said to He Yunlong directly: "General He, I have something to bother you. I want to send a letter to Zhao Jinfu, the Jutianan of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but there is no suitable messenger. Please work hard and take my letter to see General Zhao Jinfu and Zhao?"

"You asked me to send a letter to Brother Zhao?" He Yunlong accidentally exposed his intimate relationship with Zhao Jinfu in surprise, and blurted out: "Aren't you afraid that I will never return?"

"I didn't expect you to come back." Feng Sanbao said with a smile: "I asked you to send a letter to Zhao Jinfu, because I wanted him to see my attitude with my own eyes and let him know what the result would be if he surrendered to us. So I don't need to ask you to come back. If you arrive at Tongling, stay there."

"Aren't you afraid that I will lead the army to fight you to the death again?" He Yunlong asked skeptically.

"Of course I am not afraid." Feng Sanbao said with a smile: "If General He still wants to compete with us on the battlefield, we will be with him again. You also have this opportunity. From our scout report, some of your troops fled to Tongling and met with General Zhao."

He Yunlong was even more skeptical and wanted to speak but stopped. Li Hezhang next to him observed his words and thoughts, and he interrupted and said, "Please rest assured General He. In order to let General Zhao Jinfu and others know our sincerity in recruiting surrender, we will ask you to take your family to Tongling with you and your wife and children."

He Yunlong showed an unconcealed look of joy, but when he thought about it, He Yunlong refused flatly, shook his head and said, "I don't want to go, I have no shame to go to my soldiers, and I have no shame to take my wife and children to see them."

Unexpectedly, He Yunlong would perform so unscriptedly. Feng Sanbao was a little stunned, but fortunately, Li He and Zhang Yunsi next to him were very quick and immediately said: "That's okay. We can ask Mrs. Zun and your young lady to send a letter. General He, please choose, should you go to Tongling with your family, or let your family go for you?"

He Yunlong hesitated again, while Li Hezhang pretended to persuade: "General He, don't be stubborn. We, Marshal Feng, have a good intention. Take your family to Tongling quickly, and then find another place to settle them as soon as possible. War is the business of our masters, and it has nothing to do with women and children. Don't let them take the risk to stay on the front line anymore."

He Yunlong was even more shaken when he heard this, but Li Hezhang said without saying anything, and said indirectly: "Since General He has no objection, then do it like this. Come, please hurry up and General He and his family to prepare a ship and send them ashore."

In this way, half-supported, He Yunlong and his family of six were finally invited to the Wu army's boat. Under the protection of several Wu army naval sampans, they walked down the river and soon arrived near Tongguan Mountain in the southern suburbs of Tongling. They also brought Feng Sanbao's letters to the shore with the polite invitation of Wu army soldiers. Then soon, an army came from the Taiping Army camp on Tongguan Mountain and stopped the He Yunlong family, who was still feeling incredible, in fact, until the last moment, He Yunlong couldn't believe that the Wu army would really let his family go like this.

He Yunlong and Zhao Jinfu, the garrison of the Tongling Taiping Army, who was also named Tianan, did have a good relationship. The Taiping Army on Tongling was also quite familiar with He Yunlong. As soon as he asked about He Yunlong's identity and purpose, he immediately invited He Yunlong's family to the Tongguanshan camp of the Taiping Army. After verifying his identity, the Taiping Army stationed in Tongguanshan immediately sent someone to escort He Yunlong to Tongling to meet Zhao Jinfu. He Yunlong was very grateful, but he was extremely embarrassed, and was ashamed of being captured by the Wu army and being forced to deliver a letter to the Wu army.

The embarrassment and shame were quickly replaced by anger. When he went north to Tongling City under the protection of friendly forces, He Yunlong first confirmed that some of his remnants had indeed escaped to Tongling City. Then he accidentally learned that Huang Wenjin, who had flatly refused to enter the city to reinforce and ran away early, actually brought his army to Tongling with his army! Then He Yunlong did not make any consideration, and immediately asked the two Simas of the Taiping Army who protected him with red eyes and said, "Where is that dog bastard Huang Wenjin, is there now?"

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At the same time, Huang Wenjin was in Tongling City and was still arguing with Zhao Jinfu, the chief general of the Tongling Taiping Army for a small matter. In view of the situation, Huang Wenjin suggested that Zhao Jinfu withdraw the significantly large number of Tongguanshan garrisons as soon as possible, and not stay on the mountain and wait for death. At the same time, blow up all the copper mines in Tongguanshan, so as not to give the Wu army a chance to resume production quickly.

"Blast all the mines in Tongguan Mountain?" Zhao Jinfu's expression was very strange and said, "Huang Chengxuan, remember you have been to Tongling before? What does the copper mine in Tongguan Mountain mean to our heaven and the local people in Tongling? You should know? Are you willing to bear it?"

"Jutian'an, no matter how reluctant you are, you must explode it." Huang Wenjin said seriously: "I know that the copper mine in Tongguanshan is very important, but the foreign guns and cannons of the demon soldiers are too powerful. The battalion defense fortifications in Tongguanshan camp could not even be carried over in front of the artillery fire of the demon soldiers. Tongguanshan would definitely be occupied by the demon soldiers soon. Instead of leaving those copper mines for the demon soldiers and letting them produce copper cast cannons to attack us, it would be better to make it hard to blow it up, making it difficult for the demon soldiers to find mineral veins!"

Of course Huang Wenjin's words are correct, but what Huang Wenjin didn't know is that because Wu Chaoyue's old cave was rare in Hubei and the Yunnan copper mine was just taken down by the Wu army and the transportation was difficult, the copper mine in Tongling was still far more important to the Wu army than his imagination. Nearly half of the copper ore was actually produced in Tongling! If the Taiping Army could really make up its mind to blow up all the Tongling copper mines, then it would be impossible for Wu army to be forced to use copper coins to purify and produce brass for a while! Because Wu army must use mechanical equipment or guns and ammunition to produce metal copper that is more ductile than iron and is difficult to replace with other metals. There are also telegram lines from Wuhan to Zhengzhou and Wuhan to Changsha that Wu army is setting up, which is even more a big copper consuming.

Although the suggestion is correct, it is a pity that the copper mines produced by the Taiping Army controlled by the real estate can be transported to the Daye Industrial Base to be cast as a weapon to kill Taiping Army soldiers. Of course, the most important reason is that the profits are abundant and smuggling is rampant! As the biggest boss behind copper mine smuggling, Zhao Jinfu certainly cannot tolerate Huang Wenjin blowing up his wallet, so...

"No! Our soldiers of the Heavenly Kingdom followed the Heavenly King and the East King to raise an army to kill Qing Yao, not to harm the people, but to save the people! No one of the mines in Tongguan Mountain can be blown up. Even if one is blown up, it will leave countless people in Tongling without work! There is no food to eat!"
Chapter completed!