Zhou Xiuying grabbed Huang Bo's arm to prevent him from leaving. Her cheeks became rosy with anger, "Why don't you let me lead troops to attack the city? Why can your division commander go, but I can't do it as a regiment commander?"

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Huang Bo was so annoyed that he couldn't help it. He shook her hand away and said honestly: "You are a big girl. If you are not at home, you can have blind dates and teach your children to embroider. No one will talk about you when you are on the battlefield, but you go to attack the city."

What's it like? How can I explain it to your father if it's that fragrant or jade thing?"

"Don't think about it. What does this have to do with my father? I am the commander of the Ninth Division. The Ninth Division is attacking the city. How can I be left out? You think I am a woman. Let's compare it with each other." Zhou Xiuying

He struck a pose and waved to Huang Bo.

When the people around him saw this formation, they all started booing, whistling, and clashing weapons with each other... After a while, they formed a circle around them.

Seeing Zhou Xiuying's serious look, Huang Bo suddenly felt a feeling he had never experienced before. His mouth was dry and his heart was beating disobediently. He pressed his chest hard and Huang Bo said harshly: "I tell you, I

Ping Sheng has never bullied a woman, and I hate people who bully women the most. Okay, I promise you that you will join the siege army tomorrow, but you have to be with me and follow me, otherwise I can't protect you.

you."

Zhou Xiuying's face turned redder and she said shyly: "Who asked you to protect me? I can't protect you."

In the Chinese army's main tent, Li Yunzhong is discussing with Zuo Zongtang the matter of attacking the city tomorrow.

Li Yunzhong looked at the Hangzhou city defense map sent by Zhao Laoqi. The more he looked at it, the more angry he became. He slapped the table and said angrily: "Send the order, the artillery will blast the city wall all night long! This national beam is really shameless. Not only did it fabricate our army in the city

The massacre of the city scares the people, and they constantly recruit civilians to participate in the defense of the city. This greatly increases the difficulty for our army to break the city. There are 600,000 to 700,000 residents in the city. If all of them are mobilized... Hey, what can Mr. Zuo do?"

For a while, Zuo Zongtang couldn't think of any good solution. He lowered his head and frowned, thinking deeply.

Zhao Laoqi had already thought of a countermeasure. Seeing the King of Han looking at him, he said slowly: "Why don't we extend the artillery fire and bombard the city of Hangzhou to give the people inside a warning."

When Zuo Zongtang heard that the city of Hangzhou was to be burned down, he immediately dissuaded him, saying, "No, once the fire breaks out, it will be difficult to extinguish. Hangzhou will inevitably be devastated. Not only will the reputation of the King of Han be benevolent and righteous, but the people of Hangzhou will also work harder to defend the city. It is really not worth the loss."

, Your Highness should think twice before acting!"

Li Yunzhong also felt that this method was inappropriate. Even if Hangzhou was captured, all he would get was a pile of ruins. He rejected the proposal: "This method is indeed inappropriate. Is there any other way? According to the plan, the city will be captured tomorrow.

If the common people in a city help the Qing army in street fighting, aren't our troops really going to massacre the city?"

Zuo Zongtang replied: "If we can send some people to sneak into the city secretly and put up notices to appease the people, it will be easier to break the city."

Li Yunzhong looked at Zhao Laoqi and asked, "Did the Intelligence Department send any special agents into the city before?"

When this question was finally asked, Zhao Laoqi was so frightened that he immediately bowed down and apologized: "The ministers were negligent for a moment and did not give instructions on how to proceed to the city. I am afraid that they are also at a loss in the city now."

Li Yunzhong was speechless. It seemed that he had to establish a special force as soon as possible. He did it as soon as he thought of it. He ordered Zhao Laoqi: "Immediately recruit people with skills from the entire army, such as: martial arts, lock picking, wall climbing, makeup... focus on recruiting.

Those who are strong in martial arts can be of great use to me if they form a special force."

Zhao Laoqi saw that the King of Han paid great attention to it and did not dare to stay in the tent. He replied: "I will go and do it now. I dare to ask Your Highness how many people should be recruited."

"Just three hundred people first!"

After leaving the camp, Zhao Laoqi breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeves, and secretly wondered: Why did one look from the King of Han make him tremble with fear?

"Brother Zhao, is the King of Han inside?" Li Chunfa saw Zhao Laoqi standing outside the tent and thought that the King of Han was not there.

"It turns out to be Commander Li. Do you have something to do with the King of Han? The King of Han is inside, but if you don't have something important to report, I advise you not to go in, because the King of Han is not in a good mood at the moment." Zhao Laoqi wanted to please Li Chunfa, not only because

This man was a brother of the King of Han, and because he was the commander of the First Army, the task of forming a special force was placed on him.

Li Chunfa retreated and asked Zhao Laoqi for advice: "It's not an important matter. The King of Han recently ordered my First Army to dig tunnels. The progress is not going well, so I just want to ask your highness whether we should continue."

Zhao Laoqi gave him a self-seeking look and advised: "I advise you to go in. The King of Han is discussing this matter with the general. If it delays the King of Han's plan, neither you nor I can afford to suffer."

Looking at Zhao Laoqi's back, Li Chunfa mustered up the courage to turn around and enter the tent.

"Your Majesty, please give me a courtesy call on General Li Chunfa."

"Come in!" Seeing Li Chunfa's sullen face, Li Yunzhong asked, "Is the digging of the tunnel not going well?"

Li Chunfa immediately turned gloomy and replied: "I will send people to dig a tunnel five miles to the left this morning. Unexpectedly, as soon as I dug five or six feet, water will appear in the ground. I will send people to use wooden boards to block it."

, continue to dig forward, thirty feet away from the city wall, there are many large rocks buried underneath..."

When Li Yunzhong heard this, he knew that the method of digging holes and blasting would not work. He waved his hand and said: "Okay, I understand. Since the tunnel cannot be dug, forget it. You go back and prepare for the siege tomorrow!"

Seeing Zuo Zongtang frowning and obviously unable to think of any good solution, Li Yunzhong sighed and said in frustration: "It seems we still have to attack by force!"

"Hangzhou still has a water gate. How about your highness send people who are good at water to sneak into Hangzhou from under the water gate, contact the police, and post notices in the city to disturb the enemy's military morale." Zuo Zongtang only thought of this method and came up with it as an emergency.

Li Yunzhong nodded in agreement: "It just so happens that Cui Apu and others came to seek refuge, so let them sneak into the city."

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Listening to the banging of cannons, Zhang Guoliang tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he got up and took a few soldiers to inspect the city wall.

"Junmen, why are you here? If something happens in the middle of the night, how can you explain your humble position to the people of the city?" Feng Zicai watched Zhang Guoliang coming up from the city ladder from a distance, and stepped forward to say hello in three steps.

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Zhang Guoliang said with a smile: "Nangan is too worried. I was unharmed during such a fierce offensive and defensive battle during the day. How could I be hit by blind artillery fire at night? How about the brothers who are keeping watch on the city wall?"

Feng Zicai looked at the soldiers who were hiding together in twos and threes to avoid the cannon, and sighed: "You can't trust this cannon. You can't tell when it will be blown up. The brothers are so scared that they don't dare to sleep. Don't worry, the military will be fine. Nothing will happen!"

Zhang Guoliang warned cautiously: "Don't be careless in Nanqian. The Li thieves in the city are full of tricks. I suffered from him when I was the leader of Xiangyong."

Feng Zicai, the leader of Xiangyong, suddenly became interested and asked: "I heard that the military sect fought against the rebels when they first started to rebel? If the military sect doesn't mind, I would like to hear it."

Looking at the eager eyes around him, Zhang Guoliang was not worried about exposing his own ugliness. He found a safe place to sit down and called to everyone: "Come over and sit down. The cannons can't shoot here. I'll explain it to you slowly!"

The nearby soldiers heard that there was a story to be heard, and many people gathered over. After a while, thirty or forty people gathered around.

Zhang Guoliang slowly recalled: "Four years ago, I was a rebel, and together with the short-haired general Luo Gangda, we robbed houses and robbed the rich and gave to the poor. At that time, Luo Gangda was still called Awang, Awang, I, and Su Sanniang were from Guangxi.

The famous... green forest hero, one time Sanniang invited us to attack

When we were fighting in Yong'an, I didn't receive any news because I had something to do. After they came back, they thought I was treacherous and not in contact with each other. It happened that Mr. Li Dianyuan of Xunzhou Prefecture was recruiting people, so I joined the army and became a village warrior. You don't know, right?

Li Yunzhong, the pseudo-Han king, was even captured alive by me."

Feng Zicai asked anxiously: "Junmen captured a big shot like Li Yunzhong for the first time against the rebels. It can be seen that the rebels under the city are by no means the opponents of the army. What happened next?"

Zhang Guoliang regretted: "Unexpectedly, Li Yunzhong was rescued by his accomplices on the way to Xunzhou Prefecture. On the same day, tens of thousands of people rebelled and attacked Pingnan County... In this way, I fought with Li Yunzhong dozens of times, winning more and losing less.

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Chapter completed!