That Qing army spy was sent out when Ye Guiru occupied Tonghe Fort. This was Zhong Zilu's order.

There are two purposes, one is to sneak into the city and notify the internal response of Fengrui Battalion stationed in the city, and the other is to gather all the defenders in the city to the east city to disrupt their original deployment.

Moreover, only by reporting the true situation would the spy be more confident about sneaking into the city.

This plan is interconnected layer by layer, both inside and outside.

Wait until all the defenders in the city gather towards the east city.

On the contrary, it makes it easier for them to start.

A small group of people dressed as militiamen approached the south gate. At this time, several militia groups were gathered in the city. Such a group of people would not attract the attention of others.

The garrison guarding the city gate didn't pay attention, and they didn't ask until these people came closer.

These militiamen did not stop, but walked forward while talking back.

As the two sides got closer, these spies pretending to be militiamen suddenly took action.

Because most of the defenders were transferred outside the east gate and there were not many guards here, these insiders captured the south gate in an instant.

The Fengrui Battalion who came from the commercial building outside the south gate immediately came in to strengthen the security of the south gate.

"No, the enemy's target is the south gate!" When Dang Wengong reacted, gunshots from the south gate had already sounded.

Dang Wengong was a little flustered, so he hurriedly led people to the south gate in person.

At this time, the large force of Fengrui Battalion had not arrived yet, so they set up barricades on the streets inside the south gate to block the defenders in the city.

Dang Wengong led his men to charge several times, but failed to break through the opponent's defense.

The streets were too narrow and the Red Flag Army could not move.

The flintlock guns used by the Fengrui Battalion have a similar range to the cap guns used by the Red Flag Army garrison, but the reloading speed is slower.

At this time, noises from the direction of the pier were also heard. The Fengrui Battalion successfully captured the pier, and large troops began to land on the pier.

Ju Shizhen personally led the troops and galloped towards the south gate.

Dang Wengong also heard the movement at the South Gate Pier, felt bad, and accelerated his attack on the city gate.

"Brothers, follow me. We must not let the Qing army enter through the south gate." Dang Wenggong became anxious and rushed forward with his garrison, braving the enemy's fire.

At this time, he could no longer think about casualties. He led his men to shoot and approach the inside of the city gate.

The charging Red Flag Army soldiers fell one by one.

"Bang..." Dang Wengong felt his body was hit.

He looked down and saw that he had been shot in the abdomen, and blood was flowing out.

Dang Wengong actually put his gun on the ground and did not fall down.

"Rush, take back the city gate, for the sake of the family inside the city." Dang Wengong endured the exhaustion before death and shouted loudly.

Most of the soldiers in the Chongming garrison are locals, and their families are in the city.

They all knew in their hearts that their families would suffer after the official troops entered the city. After the Red Flag Army entered the city, a series of policies to benefit the people made these people very clear who they could follow to live a good life.

"Kill..." At this time, a group of militiamen came to support, and the strength of Dang Wengong's men was strengthened.

He did not continue to charge, but the soldiers around him were rushing forward. The militiamen also rushed forward.

The soldier in front fell, and those behind him took over.

The cultural instructors of the garrison brigade were sent by the headquarters. They had a set of lesson plans for educating soldiers. The first was to remember the bitter and sweet, and preach the tyranny of the Qing Dynasty.

In private, the instructors would also tell the soldiers about the Qing army's brutal policies towards rebel soldiers and their families.

Ordinary people can still survive, but they soldiers and their families will not have a good outcome.

The Fengrui Battalion's previous massacres in Jiading and Taicang were also used by cultural instructors to educate soldiers.

I have to say that the cultural instructors of the Chongming Garrison are very dedicated.

"Boom..." Several grenades exploded behind the Fengrui Battalion's bunker, immediately weakening the blocking firepower.

The corpses of hundreds of garrison soldiers were already lying on the street. Behind these corpses, a figure stood out very conspicuously. He was holding a gun in both hands, standing there half-kneeling, motionless, as if he were a monument.

Zhao Pengcheng walked to Dang Wengong's side and wanted to help him close his eyes, but he stopped after all.

"Teacher Zhao, the party leader died." Ling Zhentang, the leader of the second squadron, said with choked sobs.

He and Zhao Pengcheng had just arrived at the south gate with support. The soldiers of the garrison retook the city gate and successfully closed the city gate before Fengrui Battalion arrived, but Dang Wengong died.

"Let the party captain stand here and watch us repel the enemy. Captain Ling, if you lead the people to the city, the south gate will be left to you. You must hold it. This city gate was bought by the party captain with his life.

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Zhao Pengcheng said with tears in his eyes.

He was originally just a weak scholar on Dongfan Island. His experience in the militia made him fall in love with military life.

However, his father, Zhao Guodong, hoped that he would become a civil servant. As Zhao Guodong served as a daily assistant beside the head of state, it was not difficult to find a job for him, not to mention that the Chinese were now in short supply of people everywhere.

Moreover, Zhao Pengcheng's ability is not weak. After all, he studied hard for ten years.

In the end, the father and son gave in to each other, and Zhao Pengcheng joined the army and became a cultural instructor.

After just two months of training in the army, Zhao Pengcheng was assigned to the Red Flag Army.

The Red Flag Army is a special entity among the Guards, and its needs for cultural education are more urgent than those of other armies.

Zhao Pengcheng's performance in the cultural teacher training class was very outstanding, so he was assigned here. Zhao Guodong was with Dong Liang in Fujian at that time, otherwise he would not have agreed to his son joining the Red Flag Army.

Because the Red Flag Army's combat area is far north of the Yangtze River, too far from the base camp, and the surrounding situation is very complicated. Both the Manchu Qing court and the Taiping Army are threats to the Red Flag Army.

Soon, militiamen cleaned up the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle, while Dang Wengong's body was left in place.

Every soldier passing by him would cast admiring glances at the captain.

Outside the South Gate

Ju Shizhen is scolding her mother.

"Come up to me and take back the city gate. Damn it, these idiots can't even hold the gate."

His soldiers and horses were less than a hundred steps away from the city gate, and the city gate was suddenly closed.

This feeling was very uncomfortable, as if I had just raised a gun and found that the beautiful girl beneath me was actually a man. I felt extremely sick in my heart.

But at this time, the difference between "charge with me" and "charge with me" becomes apparent.

The Fengrui Battalion is indeed tough, but without preparation, it is not that easy to break through a closed city gate.

"Boom, boom, boom..." At this time, the artillery on the city wall also began to fire.

The shrapnel fired by the artillery caused the charging sharp battalion to fall in pieces. No matter how Ju Shizhen urged, the soldiers behind slowed down.

Ju Shizhen could only let his men build fortifications in the dock area and search for materials at the dock to build siege equipment.

After failing to steal the city, they could only attack by force, but this attack could not be brutal, and Ju Shizhen was not a reckless man. He planned to wait for Ye Guiru's army to arrive before attacking Chongming County.

But I waited and waited, but I couldn't wait for Ye Guiru.

The houses around Baoxi Village have been set on fire, but the militia in the village is still resisting.

"Damn it, is this just a militia of a hundred people?" Ye Guiru cursed.

He hated his men for not living up to expectations. Nearly 2,000 people fought against a hundred militiamen. Not only did they lose more than two hundred corpses, but they also fought so slowly. It had been nearly an hour, and the resistance in the village was still there.

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"Come in, don't let anyone go, leave no one alive."

In a large courtyard in the middle of the village, Wu Cheng summoned the remaining militiamen to his side.

"I, Wu Cheng, am sorry for everyone. Today, we can't survive because the village is surrounded."

When Wu Cheng said he would hold on for half an hour, he had foreseen the current situation. He knew that his people would not be able to evacuate. The village was too small and would be easily surrounded by the opponent.

He and his men relied on the houses in the village, moved around, and finally persisted until now.

It had been an hour. There were only a dozen people left around him. Because they were spreading the resistance, he didn't know if the others had died in the battle.

"Captain, don't say anything. We won't survive, but our family can survive. We are all men, and we must give up the chance of survival to our wives and children." said a middle-aged man. This man has dark skin and a mouth.

He was a little crooked in appearance and was known as Wu Waizui. But people should not be judged by their appearance. Before life and death, this man had already seen through.

"Wizi said well, but we can't all die. Wu Xiaolin, you hide in the cellar, everyone can't die in vain. You are still young and have never tasted the taste of a mother-in-law. If you are not discovered by Qing Gou in the end

, From now on, report the deeds of the big guys to the top, and you can also tell them to your children." Wu Cheng explained to the youngest militiaman in the team.

These were his last words.

Ye Guiru's men surrounded the big house from all directions in the village. This was originally the landlord's compound in the village. Because the owner had been punished by the Red Flag Army for his many evil deeds, the yard was temporarily empty here and was planned to be changed to the brigade headquarters in Changping later.

Canghe Academy.

Wu Cheng did not expect that he would die here today.

"Bang..." He stood inside the courtyard wall and fired a shot. The Qing troops outside the wall immediately fired a volley in his direction. The dense bullets sent a burst of smoke and dust out of the wall, but they could not be seen at night.

That’s all.

Wu Cheng has come down from the wall.

With a "boom", the courtyard door was knocked open by the Qing army with logs.

The Qing troops outside poured in like a tide.

But Wu Cheng and others had no bullets. They could only hide in a room in the courtyard, wait until the Qing troops who searched the room came in, and launch a sneak attack with bayonets. Before they died, they had to pull a Qing soldier on their back.

In one courtyard, more than a dozen militiamen once again held back two thousand Qing troops for half an hour.

Ye Guiru suddenly found that he was blinded by anger. He should not stay here to waste time, leaving hundreds of people behind would be enough to eliminate the opponent.

From the beginning, the other party was deliberately irritating him and making him lose his mind.

Wu Cheng succeeded. His repeated provocations made Ye Guiru furious and vowed to destroy the militia. He did it, and the militia was finally wiped out by him.
Chapter completed!