The walls of Guangzhou were bumpy and the blood was not dry. The Han army had been sieging the city for half a month. Many cannons on the walls of Guangzhou were scrapped due to excessive use. The most troublesome thing was that the shells were also finished. Foreigners flew away. The artillery shells made by the Qing army were not suitable for use. Three guns were fired twice, and no one was willing to control them again.

In the past few days, because the Han army repeatedly attacked the city wall, Lai Cun was not in the mood to sort out his appearance. He hurried to the Governor's Office and complained to Ye Mingchen: "Sir, brothers are almost unable to hold on. The defenders in the north of the city have suffered heavy casualties. Please send reinforcements quickly, otherwise you will not support tomorrow!"

"Reinforcements! If there are reinforcements, I will inspect the city walls in person every day!" Ye Mingchen was furious by these Qiu Ba. Not many people died. He just asked for help from him and became angry: "You ask all the sirs here, have all the troops in Guangzhou City been given to you? Could it be that the navy outside the city could enter the city?"

Governor Bai Gui looked at Lai Cun who was dissatisfied and advised: "Forgive me, Lord General, the rebels have been rampant these days, foreigners have broken their trust, and the governor is also inflamed. There are no more soldiers and soldiers in the city, and there are still five thousand navy troops outside the city, but that is our army's retreat, and it must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary."

The governor Wu Dingchang offered a suggestion: "It is better to recruit people to garrison the city. There are hundreds of thousands of people in Guangzhou and send people to spread rumors and slaughter the city. They will be able to easily summon 100,000 people."

Ye Mingchen nodded repeatedly, which reminded him of a few years ago when the British army entered the city. Hundreds of thousands of people near Guangzhou moved to the news and spontaneously drove a small boat to siege the British warships, and eventually forced the foreigners to retreat and give up entering the city.

Governor Bai Gui was quite concerned: "Short hair is different from people. They are well-known among the people, and they are afraid that the people will not believe it. Recently, the government has repeatedly raised the settlement fee, and few people have signed up to defend the city. In my humble opinion, it is still a gathering of gentry in the city to pay for money and people, so that Guangzhou can ensure safety."

Lai Cun used to admire these civil servants, but now he wanted to kick them over. After discussing this topic for a few days, he didn't make up his mind. Did he have to wait until Guangzhou fell before he could take action? They thought about it clearly.

Lai Cun first looked at the governor Bai Gui, who wanted to defend Guangzhou the most, and Bai Gui was the one who wanted to defend Guangzhou the most. Since the governor of Zhejiang withdrew from Hangzhou City, he was killed by the emperor for crimes, and the governor of Fujian died in Fuzhou in battle. The emperor gave him pension and posthumous title. Bai Gui has been determined to live and die with Guangzhou and repeatedly threatened the gentry in the city to donate silver and grain.

Seeing that Bai Gui looked ashamed and did not dare to look directly, Lai Cun looked at Wu Dingchang again. The governor was full of bad things. With Sushun's support, he was least concerned about the war in Guangzhou. He repeatedly refuted the proposal of the governor Bai Gui, made good friends with the country gentry, and stared at the position of governor of Guangdong.

Wu Dingchang smiled and said, "Don't be anxious. Unfortunately, Guangzhou General Muten and right-wing commander Toen Dong'a led a large army into Guizhou, otherwise there would be no rebels. However, there are still hundreds of yamen runners in the city, and they can still bear the storm in times of crisis."

Lai Cun's contempt flashed by. He was the governor of the capital, and his official title was above Wu Dingchang. There was no need to worry about it. When facing Wu Dingchang, he scolded him: "A person who is an official repays his kindness and appeases the people, and only cares about his own promotion and wealth, will not last long!"

Ye Mingchen saw Wu Dingchang's face flushed and was embarrassed and wanted to die of embarrassment. He spoke as if nothing had happened: "The ancients said: Those who are good at defending are good at attacking. Today we are trapped in Guangzhou. Rebels can attack without any worries. It is better for our army to open the city and attack and to slash the morale of the rebels. As long as we persist for half a month, reinforcements from Hunan and Guangxi will arrive! At that time, it would be easy to withstand the Han army's attack, even annihilate them under the city of Guangzhou."

Who can these lies deceive? I want to say something but stop. The morale of the defenders in the city is already low. If the army left the city is defeated by the Han army, wouldn’t it be even worse?

Wu Dingchang flattered: "My wise man, the thieves outside the city must be unprepared for defense. Our army retreats with one blow. It is natural to win. The enemy will not dare to continue to siege Guangzhou in the future."

Bai Gui also thought that this plan was very good. Although he had never brought soldiers, he had read several military books. In his subconscious, he would definitely win when he went out of the city to fight.

With these people agreeing, Ye Mingchen was very excited and told Lai Cun: "I heard that Jiangcun's flags in the north cover the sky, and there must be an important leader of the rebels. He ordered Deputy General Cui Datong and Guerrilla Hong Dashun to lead 3,000 Green Camp troops to go out of the city tonight to attack."

Lai Cun returned in disappointment, summoned the generals to discuss and expressed the orders of Governor Ye Mingchen.

Deputy General Cui Datong looked as if dead and cried, saying, "Since Jiangcun is the headquarters of the thief, it must be highly harsh. If the enemy is prepared, will our army not go back?"

When Lai Cun saw that he had stopped before the battle, he immediately scolded: "A bastard, there are 30,000 defenders in the city. I will lead you 3,000 people to fight. This means that the Governor has high hopes for you. After returning, he will definitely receive a lot of rewards, and it is not impossible to be promoted to general. If you don't want to go, how can you know that others don't want to!"

Cui Datong gritted his teeth and replied resolutely: "We are seeking wealth and honor in danger. Since Master Meng is interested in it, the last general will fight for it. But can we allocate the firearms in the city to the last general?"

Lai Cun nodded. As long as Cui Datong is willing to fight, the more firearms you bring, the better. He immediately smiled and promised: "All the fire regimes in the city will be allocated to you, and you will be given five hundred foreign guns. In this way, three thousand people can be equipped with firearms. You will undoubtedly win when you go out of the city. You can go down and prepare."

"Thank you, Lord Duke, can't repay you if you want to pieces!" Cui Datong and Hong Dashun immediately expressed their opinion.

Zuo Zongtang ordered the rover to monitor the movements of the defenders for twelve hours a day. The Qing soldiers took advantage of the darkness and as soon as they left the city, they were reported by detectives.

Li Wenmao often traveled to Guangzhou, knew very well about the terrain of this area, and said, "The Qing army left the city at night and came north, and must have come to Jiangcun. The last general is willing to lead his troops to block the attack halfway."

"Can there be favorable terrain nearby? The Qing army has 3,000 soldiers and horses, which shows that the visitor is not good." Zuo Zongtang was still worried about the combat effectiveness of these rebel soldiers.

Li Wenmao replied: "The Qing army walked north for two hours. There was a place called Foling City, which was a hillside. Our army was ambushing there in advance and attacking the Qing army from a high place. We will definitely gain something."

Zuo Zongtang also remembered the hillside and lowered his head to agree: "Since Commander Li is willing to lead the troops, I will ask you to lead the troops in the headquarters to attack, and Commander Guan cut off the Qing army's retreat."

Li Wenmao and Guan Ju both took the order and left.

Hong Dashun looked at the heavy rain, worried about the purpose of the trip, and quickly asked Cui Datong: "General, now it's heavy rain, can the firearms in our hands still be used?"

"It's a big deal! The ** thief besieged the city for a month, and he didn't see a rain in the world. Now we just left the city and it's so big that it's hard to walk. Why are you talking about war?" Cui Datong sulked at Lao Tian.

"What should we do?" Hong Dashun saw the team stop slowly, and the soldiers rushed to find a place to shelter from the rain, but had no idea.

Cui Datong shouted: "There is a high place in front called Foling City. We are temporarily camping there. If it is dawn and the rain continues, we will return to Guangzhou!"

Li Wenmao did not expect it would rain. The agreed time with Guan Ju was still half an hour. Seeing that the Qing army camped in the open space in Foling City, he could only order his subordinates to retreat so as not to let the Qing army discover it.

"Captain, the time is almost over."

Li Wenmao was already impatient after being rained for half an hour. He jumped up and shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill the thief!" He rushed to the Qing army camp first.

The heavy rain was pouring down, and the huge torches could not be lit. I heard the vague shouts of killing in front of me, and there was no time to argue, so I also rushed to the Qing army camp with my men.

Hong Dashun hurriedly found Cui Datong who was about to sleep and shouted: "General, it's not good! We were ambushed. The firearm in our hands failed and we couldn't resist it!"

Cui Datong jumped up and said in surprise: "If I had known that these literati were unreliable, and they did not understand military affairs and were indisputable command! Hurry up, order the brothers to retreat and retreat to the city!"

Hong Dashun was speechless. If he could take down, he would not come here.

When the two left the camp, they saw a group of Han soldiers coming towards them. They couldn't help but run away. The ground was wet and slippery. After only a few dozen meters, they became the ghosts under the sword of the Han army.

It was about to be bright, and the heavy rain had already turned into drizzle. Looking at the rows of surrendered Qing troops, Guan Jufa was overjoyed from the bottom of his heart: "I didn't expect that a heavy rain from God would help us a lot. The Qing army lost a large number of weapons and firearms, and killed a deputy general. This is a great achievement!"

Li Wenmao was also very content. The rebel army had never fought such a happy battle since its uprising. It had only suffered dozens of casualties. It had only annihilated 3,000 Qing army, and killed one deputy general and one guerrilla each. It was a pleasure to follow the Han army to conquer the world!

When Ye Mingchen heard that the Qing army was wiped out outside the city, he not only did not blame himself, but instead strengthened his idea of ​​sending troops to attack. This time, his target was not Jiangcun, but a place called Niulanggang.

Governor Bai Gui stared at Wang Zhenxiong: "The rebels' baggage is really in Niulanggang?"

"It's true that one of the leaders of the thief is my relative. He sent someone to contact me, and the generals also sent someone to check it out later. Niulangang was sparsely guarded and there were a large amount of supplies inside."

Lai Cun thought this sneak attack was feasible, so he no longer objected.

Ye Mingchen made a quick decision and said to Wang Zhenxiong: "You personally lead 5,000 people to attack Niulanggang, don't fight, I will send troops to support you in Sanyuanli, ten miles away from Guangzhou."

"The last one will obey the order"

Zuo Zongtang was celebrating the achievements of Li Wenmao and Guan Ju. Unexpectedly, the Qing army carried so many firearms and were all brought back by Li Wenmao.

"Report to the commander, the Qing army has another 5,000 troops out of the city!"

Li Wenmao was drunk and asked for his order: "The General of the Mo is willing to fight, and the Qing army must come to take revenge. The General of the Mo is ambushing again, and the Qing army will inevitably retreat."

Li Xuan whispered: "The Qing army is not good this time, and the entire army was wiped out the previous time to make the city's garrison empty. Now he sent out another 5,000 troops. The drunkard's intention is not to drink. I think the Qing army has other purpose this time."

Li Shixian smiled and said, "Since ancient times, the enemy's sneak attacks have only two purposes. The first is the place where the commander is, and the second is the place where the food and grass are. The Qing soldiers did not attack Jiangcun the last time, so this time they must have gone to Niulanggang. There are only a few thousand rebel guards there, and it is not impossible for the Qing army to sneak attack."

Zuo Zongtang was frightened and hurriedly stood up and ordered: "The 11th Army immediately reinforced Niulanggang. Li Wenmao led his troops around the flank of the Qing army, and the rest followed me to block the Qing army."

Wang Zhenxiong looked at Zuo Zongtang's army opposite and was stunned. He didn't understand why the Han army was waiting here. His IQ was reduced by fighting with the rebels in recent years.

The guerrilla Chen Guohui looked at the rows of musketeers in front of the Han army and asked in a low voice: "Sir, what should I do? Should I rush?"

"Is there an internal annihilation in our army?" Wang Zhenxiong turned his head and asked, "Why can Shorthair intercept our army's way here?"

"Report to the General General, a brigade of thieves appeared in three miles behind our army!"

Wang Zhenxiong no longer worried about the issue of internal annihilation and shouted loudly: "The front team turns into the back team, the rear team blocks the short hair and retreats slowly. Those who leave the team will be killed without mercy!"

Seeing the Qing army retreating, Zuo Zongtang shouted: "Attack! The whole army moves forward!"

"kill"

The foreign gun team ran forward and came within range.

"Bang bang bang"

Chen Guohui immediately transferred the musket team to the back of the army and lined up, shouting loudly: "Come back and shoot!"

"Bang bang bang"

Zuo Zongtang immediately ordered the infantry behind: "The rest of the troops and horses surrounded the two wings and cut off the Qing army's foreign gun team!"

In the moment of "killing", five thousand men were divided into two teams on the left and right, rushing towards the Qing army's central army.

Seeing that the Han army was fierce and the way forward was blocked, Wang Zhenxiong cheered the generals: "The Governor personally responded from the Sanyuanli in front, everyone rushed with me, and there were many rewards when they went back!"

The left-wing leader Huang Bo shouted to the brothers behind: "Hurry! The Qing army is just a silver spear and candle, and it is not useful to be seen. Everyone rushes in with me."

The Qing army led the general Huang Darong to look at the aggressive Huang Bo, and before the battle, he forced a small soldier to rush towards Huang Bo, and followed him closely.

"Puff" Huang Bo killed the Qing soldiers who rushed over with a knife, hurriedly dodged, and chopped Huang Darong's head.

"Dang" Huang Darong returned to his sword to save himself, and the two swords collided and created a string of sparks.

This thief has such great strength. Huang Darong has always claimed to be amazing arm strength, but he did not expect to meet a comparable opponent today.

Huang Bo was very surprised. The knife that originally planned to cut off the Qing army's head was blocked.

The two of them retreated secretly and looked at each other carefully.

"Kill" Huang Bo shouted and stabbed Huang Darong in the head.

Seeing the other party rolling around, Huang Bo was unreasonable and chased Huang Darong for three swords.

"Down" Huang Darong grabbed Huang Bo with one kick, and before he could step forward and make up for a knife, he was repelled by the Han army, which was a pity.

Huang Bo pushed Zhou Xiuying away and cursed: "This is not counting. You are fucking tricks. Let's fight for another 300 rounds!"

While slashing the Qing army, Zhou Xiuying cursed at Huang Bo: "Master, you can cut off the Qing army's retreat. It will be too late!"

Huang Bo raised his eyes and saw that the Qing army was defeated by the foreign gun team. He saw that the soldiers and musketeers were about to retreat to the central army, so he didn't care about Huang Darong on the opposite side and led his soldiers to attack the central army.
Chapter completed!