Under the city of Guangzhou

A group of leaders of the heaven and earth came to look at the tall city wall not far away. In their lifetime, they never thought that a city was so difficult to fight. More than 100,000 people surrounded Guangzhou City for nearly half a month, but there was no progress at all.

Guan Ju smiled bitterly: "There are no results left in the past few days except for Brother Li who is good at martial arts attacking the city wall once, and there are not even many Qing troops who have killed! It's so embarrassing that our army might as well attack other prefectures."

Li Wenmao sighed: "It's a pity that there are foreign guns lying on the city wall, killing more than a dozen of my disciples. I must avenge this revenge. I won't go anywhere, so I will attack Guangzhou! After the city is broken, I have to remove Ye Mingchen from a huge chunk."

He Liufeng rushed over and said the news he had just obtained: "The Han army has arrived in Dongguan, thief! This is too fast! What do you think you should do, brothers?"

Everyone knows how far it is from Fujian to Guangzhou!

Li Wenmao was surprised and said: "Fujian is hundreds of miles away from Guangzhou, and it takes half a month to arrive even if it is usually there. Why can't the Han army fly so quickly?"

He Liu cursed at the Qing soldiers on the city wall: "It's not that these Qing soldiers are useless. Since the Han army invaded Guangdong, they have not encountered a single resistance. The Qing soldiers were defeated along the way. The Han army came to Dongguan smoothly. I heard that many officials opened the city gate to surrender. Why have I never encountered such a good thing? The Qing officials who caught either seek death or beg for mercy, and none of them were willing to surrender."

Guan Ju and others felt deeply the same and scolded Qing military officials.

It must be boring to scold me alone but the opponent cannot hear it. Everyone shut up one after another, and everyone looked at Chen Xianliang at the same time. Here he has the highest prestige and the oldest age.

Chen Xianliang looked at Guangzhou City, looked at several brothers and asked, "Do you really plan to surrender to the Han Kingdom? Let me tell you the truth. I originally wanted to conquer Guangzhou and find a future for you, but now I have lost troops and generals. I think Guangzhou will not be able to be captured by our own strength. Joining the Han army will inevitably be ridiculed. I am now thinking of retreating. Everyone is brother. Just say anything you have any plans."

Guan Ju, Li Wenmao and others looked at He Liu again, and he encouraged them to join the big man.

He was staring at by the brothers and was covered in hair. He Liu shouted: "What do you think of me? We have vowed to live and die together. I want to surrender to the Han army, but I value brotherly friendship more. If you don't want to surrender to the Han army, then I won't go."

Li Wenmao felt that his brothers had not seen the situation in the world clearly, and signaled everyone to be quiet and analyzed: "Now the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom occupies a corner of Sichuan and does not want to advance; the Han Dynasty is like the Zhongtian; the Qing Dynasty said that rivers were low, not only in Guangzhou, but Fujian was defeated repeatedly, and even in Jiangxi, I often heard the news of the Han army winning battles. I can't think of three or five years, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces will also be captured by the Han army. What should we do if we don't surrender to the Han army? Hunanese people are so fierce now. I heard that even the Taiping Army was defeated in their hands. At that time, the entire south will not have a place for us to stand. Do we want to run to Myanmar?"

Seeing the brothers nodded repeatedly, Chen Xianliang sighed secretly, put down his thoughts of becoming a country in his heart, and asked, "Where are all brothers? Brothers He Liu and brothers Li Wenmao are willing to join the Han army, so you can tell me too."

Although Guan Ju was rough, he was utilitarian and anxious, and said loudly: "I, old Guan, are willing to join the Han army. Now that Li Yun established the country and became emperor, it is the time to recruit talents. We can have a certain position even if we are in the country, which is better than being in the village before. Besides, anyone with discerning eyes knows that the Han army will unify the world sooner or later. Isn't it uncomfortable to be with others?"

Chen Xianliang forced a smile and said, "Brother Guan is right, brother Chen Kai, what do you mean?"

Chen Kai had known Chen Xianliang's plan for a long time, so he didn't dare to look him in the eyes and whispered: "Brother Li is right. The Han Dynasty is strong and powerful. If we don't surrender, we will be defeated by them one day. It would be better to surrender now than to surrender now."

Seeing that there were still several brothers showing disapproval, Liang Peiyou said, "There are many brothers from the Tiandihui in the Han army. I heard that the Yawang brothers are already in high positions, and the Jiao Liang brothers are even more in the governor. In the Han Dynasty, this governor means governor. As for everyone who knows Su Sanniang, we lend soldiers to avenge her husband. She is even more amazing now and has become the queen of the Han Dynasty! I think that giving birth to a son is the future emperor. It can be seen that the Han Emperor does not reject us. With these backers to rely on, what else can I worry about!"

Chen Xianliang saw that none of his confidant friends came out to object and said intimately: The situation is over.

"Since everyone is willing to surrender to the Han army, we will go to Dongguan to welcome the Zuo Marshal. No matter how the Zuo Marshal treats us, don't resist, so as not to be misunderstood."

He Liuxing said: "Brother Chen said that Zhuang Zuo wanted to incorporate us?"

Li Wenmao smiled and said, "Of course, you think you will be the king of the mountain after surrendering to the Han army. Didn't the Wu Hong brothers say that all those who surrender to the Han army will be disbanded and reorganized. Even the heroes of Liangshan were separated by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and went their separate ways."

He Liu didn't expect that he would be recruited after just a few days of being a marshal and was not satisfied. He was very upset and didn't know what position the Han army would arrange for him.

Seeing the scene chaotic, Chen Xianliang 'cough' loudly whispered, and said loudly: "Everyone, let's go to Dongguan to visit General Zuo. These more than 100,000 brothers cannot go with you. The leaders and leaders above the hall master each bring 1,000 people to welcome the Han army. As for the remaining people, the two brothers Chen Kai and Huang Dingfeng will be commanded by the two brothers, to temporarily suspend the siege and wait for General Zuo to command unifiedly."

When the party first attacked the city, Ye Mingchen was worried for a few days. Later, when he heard the city's generals frequently reported victory, he felt relieved and thought that the chaotic people were chaotic people. If they could attack the city, then why should they build a city wall?

Bai Gui smiled flatteringly and said, "My lord will be the Minister of Military Affairs and serve the emperor at that time, don't forget us subordinates."

Ye Mingchen waved his hand complacently and said to Bai Gui meaningfully: "I am still a long way from military aircraft. According to ordinary procedures, I am going to be the governor of Liangjiang. It is the governor who is eyeing me as the governor!"

Bai Gui hurriedly lowered his head and said, "My Lord has been worried. Now both rivers have been trapped by thieves. How could the emperor let a hero do such a thankless thing? If you want to be promoted, you will be promoted to the Governor of Zhili!"

"I hope so. Now that Guangzhou is isolated from both inside and outside, I don't know if the Han army has attacked Guangdong." Ye Mingchen suddenly asked Lai Cun: "Do I ask you to send your advice to Hunan Governor Luo Bingzhang?"

It was related to my family and fate, so Lai Cun did not dare to neglect it. He replied: "I sent it out a few days ago. I still ordered someone to detour from the waterway to Guangxi and take a safe road. I believe that in a few days, I will reach Changsha."

Bai Gui looked unnatural and said to Ye Mingchen: "Sir, foreigners have frequently driven warships to the city of Guangzhou recently. I wonder what they mean?"

Ye Mingchen snorted and cursed: "These foreigners are usually uneasy and are so active in helping us defend the city. A few days ago, they sent people into the city and were willing to unload the cannons on the boat and rent them to us. I refused harshly. Unexpectedly, they did not give up and wandered outside Guangzhou all day long. They had to let the defenders in the city take part in the defense."

Bai Gui sighed inwardly, foreigners were in trouble, and took out a document and said to Ye Mingchen: "The assassination of foreigners last month has been found out. It was the attack of several people known as the Ten Tigers of Guangdong. In the past half month, three people have been held one after another, and four people have been gunshot wounds. Many doctors have been invited to treat it. It seems that they are not having a good time."

Lai Cun stepped forward and said, "Would you like to send someone to arrest them?"

Ye Mingchen sighed and said indifferently: "Forget it, these people have a high prestige among the people. If you rashly harm them, you will inevitably be resentful. In the past, it would be fine. Now Guangzhou is in danger. Isn't this adding fuel to the fire?"

Lai Cun quickly nodded in agreement and complimented: "What the lord said is very true."

Dongguan County

Chen Xianliang, Guan Ju, He Liu and more than a dozen others sat in the lobby nervously, waiting for the Han army commander Zuo Zongtang. They were all silent for a while, and there were only sounds of breathing and drinking water in the lobby.

"Zuo has delayed the trivial matters, so he has made all the heroes wait for a long time!" Zuo Zongtang walked into the lobby with a long breeze on his face, and followed the way of the people in the martial arts world, bowed to the leader of the congregation in the world.

Chen Xianliang and others hurriedly stood up and returned the salute, saying in unison: "It is best for you to wait for the commander."

Zuo Zongtang turned around and became the main position, and smiled and said, "Why can you help me with me? Unexpectedly, in just half a month, several heroes gathered a hundred thousand troops. It's a great achievement. If the emperor knew about it, he would definitely be rewarded!"

Chen Xianliang said modestly: "These are all the contributions of the emperor. The people admire the emperor's benevolence, so they willingly follow us. With the commander of the commander, we will have the backbone."

Zuo Zongtang decided not to test again: "Do you have any plans? If you join the Han army, Zuo Zong will definitely accept it."

Li Wenmao, He Liu, Guan Ju and others looked at each other, and all stood up and bowed: "We are willing to join the Han army, please accept it!"

Zuo Zongtang felt relieved and smiled, "Haha, okay, since you are willing to participate in the grand event, we will go to Guangzhou immediately and capture Ye Mingchen alive."

"Sir, no, Han army flags appear under the city, and it seems that most of the Han army will appear." Lai Cun rushed into Ye Mingchen's office early in the morning and shouted.

"Pa" Ye Mingchen fell on the table without even caring about scolding Lai Cun to call Shorthair Han Army, and stepped forward and asked, "What? Shorthair attacked Guangzhou! Last month, the prefect of Meizhou came to report, Shorthair was not aware of it! Why did it arrive in Guangzhou in just a few days? The army along the way was all pigs, which could also block Shorthair for ten or half a month! Why did Shorthair be in Guangzhou?"

Lai Cun was startled, took a few steps back, and cried, "It's true, I can see clearly that the newly arrived rebels were wearing red clothes and white pants, each holding the "Han" flag, and there were flags such as "Left" and "Li" in the middle."

Ye Mingchen laughed in anger and cursed: "The young man Zuo Zongtang is really shameless. Mr. Lin even accepted him as a disciple. How could he do such a rebellious thing! He lost the face of us scholars."

Lai Cun whispered: "The Han army is different from ordinary thieves. Do you want to send foreign troops into the city? They are good at using guns and cannons, and they will definitely defeat the Han army and save Guangzhou."

Ye Mingchen was silent and thought Lai Cun was justified. He nodded and said, "You ordered Xiao to let the officers and soldiers defend the city to the death. He said that foreign soldiers immediately went to the city to assist in the defense. All the meritorious personnel gave 10 taels of silver, 5 taels of silver as rewards."

Lai Cun curled his lips in secret and bowed, "I will obey the order."

Bao Ling looked at the Han army's envoy with a ugly expression. The first time a Chinese questioned him like this.

Li Shixian repeated the words just now: "Our Han army is attacking Guangzhou. Please drive the warship farther away to avoid accidental injury. If you do not retreat in 2 hours, our Han army will regard you as enemies."

"[***]! Are you threatening me?" Bao Ling asked back angrily, feeling that he was insulting him.

Li Shixian put down the official document and said contemptuously: "You can think so!"

Regardless of the stunned translation and the furious Bao Ling, he returned to the Han army camp.
Chapter completed!