After the sky turned white again, the rising sun again shone in the city of Chang'an, where fireworks billowed everywhere and screamed. Because of his contribution to the design and capture of Huainan military generals, Wang Shenchao, a member of Gwangju, who dropped out of the ranks of the brigade officer (official), also led a team of troops to fight in a certain street in Shengpingfang, east of the city.
I saw him with a three-eyed gun in one hand and a group card in his hand to hide, like a flying antelope jumping out from behind a half-cut wall; another thumping serpentine turning and passing through the sporadic flow of arrows. The street, trembling with clinking tail feathers, rushed to the wall at the entrance of the street.
Suddenly, Wang Shenchao quickly raised his three-eyed blunderbuss in his hand, and hit the sharp edge of the group card hard, while smoke burst out of his fingertips, and an enemy soldier who leaned out with a knife cracked his chest armor one after another. Lean back.
Then, like a conditioned reflex, he raised his card again, blocking a spear from top to bottom, but with the other hand he threw the empty three-eyed blunderbuss, hitting the third enemy head-on. On the soldier's face, I saw red and white splashes falling to the ground.
And the successful impact he took the lead was also like an invisible signal. Amidst the loud whistle, more figures in blue-gray robes and armor, overturned the obstacles in the street and the ruins of roadside houses, shouting. Kill and break through this section of enemy fortifications.
And under the cover of the crackling fire blasts, the archers of the officials and army who were originally hiding along the streets and on the roofs and pavilions, but were exposed because of Wang Shenchao’s tentative impact, seemed to have been brought down by the house. Withered branches and leaves are in general, falling down among the splashes of debris and dust.
Therefore, after more than half an hour, the remnants of the officers and soldiers entrenched in this street can only helplessly leave behind many corpses and wounded prisoners, and hurriedly fled to the street to seek support and shelter.
From the Xingqing Palace and Anyifang near the East City, they have been fighting and retreating here. They have also been fighting alternately for two days and two nights. The flags and bugles of the officers and soldiers who fought with them were also Cut down or seized more than a dozen faces.
And in this kind of complex environment where it is impossible to invest too many people at once, but can only be relatively cramped space and complex passages, which constitute street fighting conflicts; all kinds of firearms that can be thrown and emitted have played unexpected effects. Become the backbone to support them in the fight.
At least compared to the spear spear that was obviously inoperable and the crossbow that was interfered with, the portability of these firearms, the continuity and durability of these firearms in the hands of the battle, but it easily overwhelmed the official army.
They can even rely on a dozen or so shots of various fire blunders, or a few explosive bombs and kerosene bombs, to easily suppress and deter the officers and soldiers of a whole street from entering, or they can easily carry out the break-off operations that are transferred into the middle.
Sometimes they even have an illusion for several times. As long as there is enough medicine supply and replacement of firearms, they can rely on exploration and layout to resist endless enemies.
Wang Shenchao thought about it this way, swallowing a hard compressed ration, and using his sour teeth to chew it up and grind it up and swallow it raw; but unexpectedly he cried out and begged for mercy and begged in a dead end alley. In the middle of the game, I ran into a group of people who were crouching and shivering on the ground in shabby clothes;
Then group after group of fugitives passing through the street in an endless stream attracted the attention of the Taiping sergeants who were standing or sitting or leaning under the eaves of the street or resting in the corridors.
The reason is very simple. Although these refugees are wearing old and tattered clothes, the size and the obvious slender figure of hands and feet show that they are painted gray on their faces and exposed skin. Most of them are female surnames. exist.
"What, these all escaped from Pingkangli? If the officers and soldiers burned, killed, looted and looted, even these long-sleeved, well-dancing and exquisite courtyard people could not escape the harm?."
The school lieutenant who received the report afterwards couldn't help but his expression suddenly became a little strange, and he even had a strange thought on the spot, maybe this servant was deliberately attracting people.
As a tradition in the Taiping Army, many sergeants and veterans of the middle and lower ranks, after obtaining the corresponding standards for starting a family, took the initiative to marry those women who came from Jiaofang Xingyuan.
The reason is also very simple. Although they are generally born humble and fall into the dust, they have some good knowledge and literacy, and they are more considerate and interesting than most ordinary women and know how to serve people.
Therefore, when they get rid of Chaoqin Muchu due to the Taiping Army, and welcome the fire pit they are sent to, and regain the opportunity of self-reliance with dignity and dignity, they can often have enough gratitude and long-term attachment;
Then, for the Taiping sergeants of the same background, they have sympathy for the same fate and the harmony of tolerance. Therefore, as long as they apply for a change of household registration, it is easy to live together with each other.
And put aside the episode in this matchup. In the Mingde Gate facing the Suzaku Street in the south of the city, Zhong Yi, the second army general of the first army, as his deputy, also looked at the other army general, Chai Ping, with a calm expression on his face:
"Zhong Lang, the defenders in this city are wastes that can't be supported... I'm afraid they are not all cultivated by the easy days in this city, and they have no spirit and fighting spirit..."
"Before, they were forced to hold on to the wall and still reluctantly dealt with it. Now that the official dog has come into the city, they have dropped the city defenses and have to run away, not to mention the cooperation of working together and helping each other in the same boat! !"
"Do we still need to stay in this city to join us?... It's better to bring people who are willing to follow, wait and ask to go early, so as to save some vitality. Don't be mistaken by temporary affection and kindness. ..."
"What are you talking about, staying in this city to help stabilize the situation, isn't it for the arrangement of the chief governor?"
Chai Ping hadn't spoken to a general next to him, but he suddenly felt angry: it was Zhang Guiba, who had stayed with Meng Kai in Chang'an for a long time, and persisted until he finally returned.
"Naturally, I don't know anything about everything; the foresight of the chief governor is naturally inferior to my generation..."
Zhong Yi also said unmovedly:
"However, the current situation and situation have changed. Even if our military wants to continue to stabilize the situation, it must be the object of mutual assistance. Now that it has been three days, there is still this in the city of Chang'an. Kind of hope?"
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden loss of voice in the military account; then Zhong Yi continued to say:
"Naturally, I know your worries and heart knots. There is still a brigade outside the city, Hu Qi, who is eagerly watching. I am afraid that the journey back will not be easy; but if you stay here again and delay, it will not just be difficult on the road. The loss avoided is the overturning of the inner and outer clips..."
"Is this what you think and mean? It is a good choice and the best solution to be reasonable and reasonable..."
At this time, Chai Ping finally spoke:
"However, this is only based on the selection and best result of the advance army itself; it is not the best choice and result in the overall situation of the Progressive Pass of the Metropolitan Government, do you understand?"
"The Great Qi Friendship Army in the city may not be trusted and dependent, but you can still believe in the follow-up plan of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the immediate correspondence of the colleagues in Lantian County and Wuguan Road in the south..."
"Well, my aptitude is limited and can't be as far as you think. You are the leader appointed by the governor; then I will die with the gentleman and see what the final result will be... "
Zhong Yi was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and he couldn't help but retreat along the steps with a long sigh.
In another place, the Queen Cao, who originally wanted to hold on to one or two in Ouchi, was indifferently opened by the right Yintai gate and led troops to invade. In the end, she could only lead the disabled to retreat here with the Taiping Army’s support. It also seemed to be a lot of old age at once, and no longer the previous high spirits.
After all, among the generals in the city where King Huang stayed, Ge Cunshu hurriedly gathered a crowd in his home to fight, he was dead on the spot and was passed on before the first battle. And the ambassador of the various guards and the left-behind envoy, Jing Zhaoshao and Yin Mengkai also did not know what to do in the disturbance.
As for the other imperial inspection envoy, General Zuo Jinwuwei, and Luo Du, who led the Kwantung reinforcements, stayed behind Huang Siye. Although he received her order, he did not intend to follow it at all, and led troops in the city to take his own initiative. The matter is gone.
As a result, in the end, Meng Juehai, the guardian of the same state who was lying on a sick bed and recuperating from his wounds, and the right-leading general Wei Wei, was shocked and brought the gathered guards to hang up and kill the private enterprises near the Ouchi Zhonggong. The eunuch who was a chaotic eunuch rescued the concubines and the two little kings trapped in the Wanchun Temple, and then took the lead to fight them out.
As a result, when he finally stopped, the whole person had become a bloody man; of course there was the flesh and blood of the enemy he killed, but there were also his wounds that broke and soaked the blood inside the whole body. .
After such a fierce battle, this general who was nicknamed "Flying Mountain Tiger" was in battle, waiting for half his life if the old wounds relapsed on the spot, but he could only dying on the bed to linger.
As a result, there are now more than a hundred soldiers from the Weihe Mansion and hundreds of Gongchen troops, the Inner Hall guards of the Lizheng Hall and the Cao family's soldiers. Then the fate and future of the family members in the palace headed by her and other weak and old women and children even pin their hopes in the hands of this Taiping advance army from afar.
"Come on, dress up with me..."
Thinking of this, she had made a decision, and stood up again to speak loudly to the female officer who was by her side.
After that, Empress Cao washed off the dirty makeup and replaced the muddy skirt that was rubbed against the tattered skirt. Dressed in a uniform, she came to the other part of the city with her face facing the sky, and she was holding the child in front of her. Those concubines who don’t cry or sob in their hands, suddenly said sharply:
"Look at what you look like, will you just sit and wait for death!!!"
"It's better to just leave you behind, or let me go on a journey before, it's better than falling into the hands of those enemy captives, trying to survive and die..."
Upon hearing this, the crying and choking of those women stopped as if they were put on a rest; even the two little kings who would cry in the breasts of their nurses after they were young, could not help but fell silent.
"I don't want to say that I have suffered a second time now. If I still want to live, I don't want to be abandoned by others, then I will change this imperial outfit that is getting in the way..."
Empress Cao then continued to sternly said:
"It's here that people put up the curtain and change it. Anyway, people will not lose a piece of meat after a second glance, but if it becomes a burden and loses life, there will be no hope in the future..."
And on the far side of Mingde Gate facing Suzaku Long Street, Cui Anqian, who has moved here with the army horses attacking Ouchi, is also very dissatisfied:
"It's the third day. It's already the third day. Why haven't you taken Nan Guo's side? Couldn't it be such a wide and unobstructed long street that can be seen to the end at a glance, really no one can reach the end..." (End of this chapter)