Thinking of this, Luo Gangyang froze in place and thought for less than a minute.
"Let's go to Ximen." Luo Dagui ordered the soldiers around him.
Most of these soldiers were old soldiers who followed Luo Gangzhong to fight out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and they obeyed Luo Gangzhong's words.
Since the East Gate and the North Gate have been turned against each other, they can't play much of a role now or in the past.
Although Luo Gang was known for his martial prowess at that time, he often charged into battle.
But he comes from a martial arts background, is well-informed, and is a wise warrior.
Since this is already the case, why die in vain?
For the current plan, we should pick up the Crown Prince of Heaven, summon the brothers from the South Gate and the West Gate, and break out.
Where there is life, there is hope.
The Taiping Army fought all the way from Guangxi to Jiangning, and fought thousands of miles, and learned the essence of movement.
When he returned to the street in front of the government office, Luo Gangyou happened to run into Luo Hao, who had just been sent out to pick up Hong Tianguifu.
"What's wrong, where are the people?" Luo Dayou saw Luo Hao looking depressed there and knew something was wrong.
Since it was Luo Hao who rebelled, he must have kidnapped the prince.
Luo Gang is not stupid. It is a great achievement that Hong Tianguifu was delivered to the hands of the Qing court.
How could a villain like Huang Hao give up such an opportunity?
Forget it, let him go, Lao Luo has done all he can to his Hong family, Luo Dayou thought in his heart.
As expected, Luo Hao said with a mournful face: "The prince has disappeared. Some servants said that he was taken away from a side door by a few personal female guards."
"Forget it, let him go!" Luo Gang said in a deep voice.
Now Luo Gangyou has to think about his brothers.
Luo Gangma immediately sent someone to the south gate to convey an order, asking the guards at the south gate to abandon the south gate and meet outside the west gate.
Luo Gang knew that there must be Qing troops blocking the way outside the west gate. If they could not gather a certain amount of strength, they might not be able to rush out.
The shouts of killing in the distance are getting closer and closer, and Luo Gang must get to the west gate before the enemies from behind pursue him.
I originally wanted my men to bring some of the food and grass in the warehouse, but now I obviously don't have time.
With his personal guards, Luo DaGang rushed all the way to the east gate.
Fortunately, the west gate was still there, and the Qing troops outside the city did not attack the city.
Luo Gang then gathered the defenders of the East City under the city gate.
Most of the soldiers were in the dark and had no idea what was going on.
Luo Diyuan doesn't have time to explain now, or even to mobilize and boost morale.
He had people collect the supplies hoarded at the city gate and directly ordered an attack outside the city.
After leaving Ximen, he had several options: go south to Nanyang, west to Henan Prefecture, or go north through the Songshan Mountains in the west of Henan Prefecture and into the Taihang Mountains.
The road to the east has been completely blocked. There are many dangerous mountain passes between Nanyang and Ruzhou, and it may not be possible to get through.
The road to Henan Prefecture in the west is also open, from where he retreated earlier.
So he could only choose the third way, heading north to Taihang to join the Feiyan Army.
Luo Dayou originally dismissed Jiangsu Tiandihui's invitation, but now it has become the last straw for him to save his life.
It was quiet outside the west gate. At this time, night had completely fallen. Outside the bow and arrow range of the city gate, the Qing army lit a large number of bonfires, lighting up the only way out of the city.
But there was no sign of the Qing army. Luo Gang knew that those people must be hiding where the firelight could not reach.
If he wanted to break out of the city, he would have to pass through the bonfire area.
At that time, the Qing army can hide in the dark, shoot arrows and shoot guns.
Then the Taiping troops who rushed out became targets.
"Brothers, the Qing army is hiding in the darkness behind the fire. Let's rush out quickly and fight with them hand to hand." Luo Dagui was worried that his men would panic when encountering unknown dangers, so he simply put the Qing army's plan aside.
Tell the soldiers.
The sword player of the Taiping Army walked at the front holding a shield, and the others followed closely behind the sword player.
Everyone left the city gate one after another and formed an array outside the city.
The Qing army obviously hid far away, and even the Taiping troops arrayed outside the city did not dare to attack.
Luo Dagui was no longer prepared to wait for the soldiers in Nancheng. He could already faintly hear the shouts of killing from behind.
"Rush, fight your way out!"
"Come on..." The shouts of death sounded together, as if the shouts could help the soldiers break through the darkness and eliminate the fear of the night.
As the Taiping soldiers rushed through the fire, the sound of arrows piercing the air was heard in the darkness.
Immediately, sporadic gunfire sounded, and dots of firelight lit up in the darkness.
The Qing army, which had been waiting patiently, began to shoot.
Although the Taiping soldiers were mentally prepared, the arrows still caused a large number of casualties.
The number of improvised sword players was too small, and the number of arrows available at the moment was limited.
Luo Gang, who was following in the center of the team, raised his sword and loudly encouraged the soldiers around him.
The Taiping soldiers quickened their pace again and rushed forward.
Many people rushed into the darkness.
"Puff puff..." The sounds of metal piercing flesh were heard, accompanied by the screams of the soldiers.
I couldn't tell whether it belonged to the enemy or one of my own.
More and more Taiping troops rushed into the darkness.
Now it's fair to everyone and everyone can't see clearly.
The soldiers waved their weapons randomly. Some gunmen fired into the darkness, regardless of whether they hit one of their own.
In the darkness, Luo Gangyuan shouted loudly: "Brothers, rush forward, don't fight."
It's not that you are timid towards the enemy in front of you, but that the enemy behind you is gradually approaching.
Luo Gangxu had already judged that the enemy's strength in the darkness was not comparable to his own.
But in the dark, you have to kill randomly, and you don’t know when the fight will last, so you might as well rush over.
As he said that, Luo Gangwen and the soldiers gathered tightly around him walked around from one side of the battle group.
In the darkness, Luo Gangyao could not completely control his soldiers.
I can only resign myself to fate, and if I can keep up with the next one, I will count as one.
Luo Gang had no energy to count how many men he had. He led the soldiers following him through the Qing army outside the west gate and ran all the way, then turned north at an intersection.
He remembered that the messenger from the Taihang Mountains said that he could contact them if he entered the surrounding areas of the Taihang Mountains.
The defenders at the south gate failed to escape in the end. As soon as the siege began, Huang Hao led his men to the south gate.
While the other party didn't know, he killed the guards loyal to Luo Gang and recruited the soldiers from the south gate.
After the Qing army occupied four city gates, they sealed off the entire Ruzhou City.
The Qing troops who arrived were all guest troops from other places. In these troubled times, the entry of guest troops into the city would inevitably mean robbery. The guest troops would leave after the battle, and there was no psychological burden at all on looting.
That night, the Qing army and some surrendered Taiping troops searched the city for the remnants of Luo Guangda.
Of course, this is just an excuse.
After the war is over, these undisciplined armies will always take the weak civilians as their targets.
The doors of every household were kicked open. The ferocious Qing soldiers rushed into the houses and searched everywhere. The people could only hide in the corners and tremble.
"Ah!" A woman screamed. A small leader of the Qing army pulled a woman's hair to the water tank.
The woman was wearing the clothes of an old woman, her face was smeared with pot ashes, and her appearance was invisible. But her slender, white wrists gave her away.
The leader poured a ladle of cold water on the woman's face, washed away the ashes, and revealed a girl's face.
"Hahaha, I'm still a baby, and I can't even try to escape my grandpa's eyes with this little trick."
He said, ignoring the girl's struggles and kicks, and carried her on his shoulders as he walked towards the room.
A middle-aged man rushed over with a kitchen knife in hand.
"Beast, let my daughter go, she is only twelve years old!"
The little leader didn't even look at the middle-aged man. Behind him, a Qing soldier holding a red-tasseled spear lunged forward, and the spear accurately penetrated the middle-aged man's chest.
After finishing it, he rotated it with both hands, and scarlet blood dripped down the red tassel.
"Twelve years old is good. Grandpa helped her open the ladle. The little boss said with a cruel smile to the middle-aged man who was still not dead.
"Well done, grandpa will let you play when he's done playing." The man said to his subordinates again.
After a while, the heart-rending screams of the girl and the wild laughter of the little boss came from the room.
This night, Ruzhou City turned into a region, and evil spirits roamed everywhere.
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Luo Gangyang fled all the way north. In the end, only a few hundred people were able to follow him, most of them were his old guards.
Along the way, they took small roads and robbed several rural landowners, obtaining some supplies and clothing.
The cold wind was biting, and Luo Gangyou and his men were running all the way. Some brothers got sick, so Luo Gangyou left some money for those people and asked them to dress up as refugees and find a place for treatment. If they wanted to find him in the future, they would come to the Taihang Mountains.
Just stumbling around like this, he was also chased by the Qing army.
Finally, he escaped to Shanxi and entered Zezhou Prefecture, which was already on the edge of the Taihang Mountains. Here Luo Gangyou met people from the Taihang column.
What happened in Henan was reported to the headquarters of the Taihang Column through the intelligence personnel of the Intelligence Department.
Dong Shuheng, who was here, was very surprised. He did not expect that the Taiping Army would be betrayed by his own people in Henan.
Dong Shuheng understood Huang Hao's name after hearing it.
Now Huang Hao is just a nobody in Dong Shuheng's eyes. If he hadn't encountered this incident, Dong Shuheng would have forgotten this person.
Unexpectedly, this person is still alive. He is really a weakling who cannot be killed.
News of Luo Dayou's escape to the north was also passed back by intelligence personnel.
The person handling the situation in Zezhou was naturally sent by Dong Shuheng here.
Luo Gang and his party were taken to Licheng, which is under the jurisdiction of Lu'an Prefecture in Shanxi Province and is also the bridgehead to the southwest of the Taihang Column. The first regiment of the Taihang Column is stationed here.
At this time, Luo Gang and his men looked like a group of beggars. There were so few of them that he couldn't even defeat the counties along the way.
Especially when he was in Henan, he was chased by the Qing army one after another. Yinggui seemed to hate him so much that he set up checkpoints all over the north just to catch him.
Luo Gangyou could only walk on small roads, and even climbed mountains and ridges to avoid checkpoints.
Only when he saw the people from Feiyan Army did he feel relieved.
According to the information Luo Gangxian received at the beginning, this group of Feiyan troops was very powerful. They used to be the Nian army in northern Anhui, but later they broke into the Taihang Mountains.
It defeated the Qing army's encirclement and suppression many times, and even captured Baoding Fucheng for a time, which made the Feiyan Army famous for a while, and heroes from all walks of life came to surrender.
The leader of this group seems to be a woman, so their army calls itself the "Feiyan Army".
Luo Gang also knew that this army was related to the Jiangsu Tiandi Society.
He was also from the Heaven and Earth Society, so after escaping this time, he thought of defecting to the Feiyan Army. At least everyone had the same goal.
Luo Gang and his party were taken to Licheng for resettlement, which was under the jurisdiction of the Feiyan Army.
Because before Luo Gang entered the city, he saw the outpost at a strategic location outside the city.
There are also checkpoints for soldiers standing guard. Those soldiers were wearing black short uniforms and looked very energetic.
They carried muskets on their backs, and Luo Zhiyuan seemed to have seen the muskets before.
Luo Gang thought for a while and remembered that this kind of musket was the same as that used by the Huaihai Navy.
As a general, when fighting the enemy, you must pay special attention to the opponent's equipment.
Luo Dayou suddenly had a bad thought in his mind.
It seems that these people just have different colors of military uniforms than Huai Haijun.
Other places look more and more alike.
After entering Licheng, Luo Goutou was taken into a military camp.
While on the way, Luo Gangyou also took a special look at the scene in the city.
He felt there was order here.
Although it is winter, the shops in the city are all open, and there are still people coming in and out of teahouses and restaurants.
Even when entering the checkpoint, Luo Gangyou even saw caravans lining up outside.
Luo Gang was right. The ironware, ceramics and other things produced here in the Taihang Column were indeed traded with outsiders. Those caravans were from surrounding counties and counties.
The surrounding prefectures and counties did not dare to actually blockade the Taihang Column because they could not withstand the Taihang Column's revenge.
However, the Taihang Column only occupied some counties in the mountainous areas and generally did not expand outward.
In this way, a tacit understanding was reached between the Taihang Column and the surrounding imperial and local officials.
It would be impossible to maintain this prosperous scene if we were completely isolated from the outside world.
Of course, this is also closely related to the standardized management model of the military government.
The military government in each place regards prospering the local economy and increasing food production as two important tasks.
All merchants will have a different feeling once they enter the grounds of Huaihai Haijun. This feeling is respect.
Including the military government, they all respect businessmen from the bottom of their hearts. Of course, the premise is that you abide by the laws of the Huaihai Navy.
Just by looking at the scene on the street, Luo Dingyin could tell what the management level of this place was.
Luo Gang and his party were taken into the military camp, where they took a shower and had a meal. Everyone was given new clothes.
Soft shirts, thick sweaters, and knee-length cotton coats are really comfortable to wear.
Doctors came to help treat those who were sick. However, no matter what questions Luo Dayou asked the receptionist, he never got a direct answer, especially when he asked how to accommodate them.
The man only said that he would be sent to the headquarters and someone would talk to him, but he remained silent about anything else.
After a day's rest and several hearty meals, Luo Gangyang felt much more energetic.
The food in the army here also amazed Luo Gang. Luo Gang also saw the food of ordinary sergeants. They actually had meat to eat every day, although most of the time it was salted fish from the seaside, but it was still meat.
A carriage came to the military camp and picked up Luo Gang.
His brothers all stayed in this military camp.
Going alone?
Luo Gangzhi instinctively resisted, but looking at the soldiers around him who were receiving him, they were all armed with live ammunition.
Luo Dayou suddenly felt like he had fallen into a trap.
However, now he seems to be unable to resist.
He could only take a gamble. As long as the other party did not wear the same pants as the imperial court, then at least he was not his enemy. As for which force the other party really belonged to, he also had a guess in his mind.
Sitting in a carriage traveling on the mountain road, Luo Gangyang didn't feel any bumps. On the one hand, the wheels seemed to be soft, and Luo Gangyang knew they were made of rubber.
There used to be such a carriage in Tianjing, and Luo Gangyang also knew that it was produced by Huai Haijun.
On the other hand, through the car window, he saw that the roads in the mountains were all flat, like a whole slab of stone. No, this seemed to be called cement.
Huaihai Navy is also allowed to sell this thing to outsiders.
The car drove for a long time and finally entered a valley.
This place is really a good place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack!
Moreover, the valleys between the mountains can be cultivated and have water sources.
As long as the mountain pass is blocked, it will be difficult for the enemy to attack.
People who are blocked in the valley will not be deprived of food or water.
It would have been better if I had come to Taihang and sealed off the mountain passes, so that I could develop production in the mountains with peace of mind.
Advance to attack, retreat to defend!
What a Feng Shui treasure place!
After thinking about it, the carriage took him into a small town and brought him to a courtyard.
ps: Luo Dayou is a rare hero in the Taiping Army, but he was not taken seriously in history and died too early. Otherwise, history will inevitably leave more writings about him.
Although there are two updates now, they are both large chapters with nearly 5,000. It is the same as the previous three updates. So Dugu is not lazy! Dugu is a hard-working little bee! Buzz buzz...