"I say that the wolf is coming every day, but the wolf is finally here today!"

Taiping magistrate Li Zongmo felt that his life was very hard. He was from Huaihua, Changsha, Hunan. He finally got a magistrate who was short of a magistrate. He asked for thousands of requests to be assigned to a good place like Zhejiang.

When I arrived in Zhejiang, I begged my grandfather to take my grandmother everywhere. I finally got assigned to Taiping County, Taizhou Prefecture. It is said that although Taiping County is not as good as northern Zhejiang, it is also a top-notch place in Zhejiang. Even if I don’t work hard to make money, I can still get thousands of taels of silver in a year. Moreover, the county is full of auspiciousness, Taiping, and Madam is peaceful.

However, Li Zongmo only felt that Taiping County was not peaceful at all. He took office in the second year of Xianfeng. In the third year of Xianfeng, there was Li Daliu and Li Xiaoliu's change. He personally attacked the rebellion with Zhang Shouge to quell the rebellion. In the fourth year of Xianfeng, Jinqingzha gathered thousands of people due to a dispute over water discharge. When he rushed over, he was almost scared to death by the crowd.

But the fellow servants told him that in which year the Jinqingzha had no dispute over the water discharge, the artillery battle even evolved in the first year of Xianfeng, which was attended by tens of thousands of people. Taiping County is really not peaceful!

But how can these changes be compared to this year's Yueqing Red Thief Rebellion?

The Red Thief Rebellion began in the twelfth lunar month last year. At first, Li Zongmo didn't care, but few soldiers sent by Taizhou Prefecture to Yueqing came back one after another. Not long ago, General Niu Deshun even said that he would pacify the full temperature in three days, but he compensated himself. More than a thousand soldiers only ran back three or four hundred.

Taiping's military affairs became more and more urgent day by day. Although Li Zongmo had made a lot of money in the middle, he was really restless in the face of the Red Trouble who might have gone north and couldn't sleep at night.

On the 21st of this month, the county people were rude and rumored that the red scarf thief Liu Juehu led thousands of troops to attack Taiping County. He hurriedly asked for help from Taizhou Prefecture and Huangyan Town. He also invited fellow Hunanese people to run around Hangzhou, but he realized that there was a false alarm afterwards.

Huangyan Town, which was sure to be a false alarm, finally took action and immediately sent 600 reinforcements to reinforce Taiping County. However, it was better to be a coincidence. They arrived in Taiping County yesterday, and today the Red Thief's brigade really came from the west.

Li Zongmo felt that his magistrate was doing too uneasy. He finally wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked Zhang Shoubei on the side: "Zhang Shoubei. Will the government station send reinforcements?"

Huangyan Town is stationed in Huangyan and Taizhou Prefecture is stationed in Linhai. From the terrain, reinforcements can be sent in a short time. However, Zhang Shouge has been with him since the second year of Xianfeng, so he has no scruples when speaking: "The magistrate, there is no need to rely on the reinforcements sent by Huangyan and Fucheng. A few days ago, they deliberately mentioned the lessons of the fall of Wenzhou Town."

What lessons are worth learning about the fall of Wenzhou Town? The senior officials of Huangyan Town and Fucheng studied for a long time and came to a conclusion that they must never go out of the city to fight. Chi Jiangong was north of Yongjia, and Zhuo Dalin and Panshi's defeat was that they did not know the enemy's situation and went out of the city to fight with the Red Turban Army, resulting in the loss of the entire army.

In the most critical battle in Chashan, Wenzhou Town should not send troops out of the city to rescue Ruian City. As a result, the Southern Baixiang was defeated by the Red Troubles. Instead, they should fight on their own, guard the hardships and let the Red Troubles have no gaps to attack.

Therefore, Zhang Shoubei continued, "It's no chance to count on reinforcements! The magistrate, you have to prepare more rewards. There are 2,500 soldiers in our city. There is still hope to repel Liu Juehu in a battle of life!"

In terms of grade, the garrison is a fifth-rank official, much higher than the magistrate. However, in actual operation, the magistrate, not to mention commanding a garrison, even commanding a garrison, is fine. Therefore, Li Zongmo immediately promised: "As long as you guard the county town, I will not hesitate to do so!"

As he was talking, Shoubei Zhang shouted outside the city: "Is the Red Thieves Team here?"

Li Zongmo looked out of the city and saw red flags waving all over the mountains, but the red scarf thieves under the city surrounded the entire county town in silence.

The Red Thief under the city is different from Li Daliu and Li Xiaoliu's troops who were suppressed by Li Zongmo. The military discipline is solid. Although the brigade lurks behind the terrain, Li Zongmo thought of the scene where he was besieged by thousands of farmers at Jinqingzha last summer.

It was a feeling of coldness. Looking at the red scarf thief in front of him, he thought of the scene where the river bank was asked to dig out the Jinqing Gate and block the front and back. At that time, he suspected that the next moment he was either beaten to death by an angry farmer with a hoe or squeezed into the rolling turbid waves.

But after looking out of the city, Li Zongmo could only see a hundred red scarf thieves erecting bird guns and cannons, preparing to attack the county town.

He breathed a long time, but the cold sweat on his back could not disappear. After a while, he said, "Next, I will guard the city with Zhang Shoujie. The red thief will never go down the city wall until he retreats!"

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"What's going on?" Liu Chang's expression was very serious: "Didn't it mean that there are only more than a hundred Taiping camp soldiers and hundreds of militia groups in Taiping City? Why are so many clear demons emerging?"

Huo Qiu told Liu Chang: "Yesterday, six hundred reinforcements were sent from Huangyan, and they just entered the city. In addition, there were three or four hundred remaining soldiers from Niu Deshun, and the Qing Yao transferred the Taiping Camp outside the city into the city."

The Taiping Camp is the head of the camp directly under Huangyan Town, with about 700 soldiers, but less than 200 were stationed in the county town, and the rest of the troops were stationed in various flood areas in the county. However, last time Li Zongmo heard that Liu Chang's army was attacking, he withdrew most of the soldiers and soldiers outside the city to the county town in advance.

"That's it that there was a big mistake in our information?" Liu Chang's expression was still very nervous: "There are two thousand to three thousand Qing demons in the city now?"

"Yes!" Lu Ziyun told Liu Chang's detailed battle: "But the combat power is not strong, the Pioneer Company was the first to kill, and the Qing Yao bullied them only one company, and sent five or six hundred people out of the city to deal with them, but the draw was tied. Ping Hai Company rushed over to reinforce and directly beat the Qing Yao back!"

Liu Chang nodded. The Pioneer Company and Pinghai Company are the weakest infantry company in the entire Hongjun system, but if these two companies can defeat the Qing army back to the county town, I believe the Qing army's combat effectiveness in the city will not be too strong.

What we can worry about now is that there are more than 2,000 Qing troops in the city, with a strong force, and they are equipped with a large number of artillery, red-clothed cannons, camp cannons, and mountain-splitting cannons left from the early Qing Dynasty.

"I repeat that Taiping battle is not allowed to be defeated, and a draw is not allowed. Only a complete victory!" Liu Chang took out the telescope and looked at the configuration on the city. Apart from the Ruian County, which had a little luck, it was the first time he attacked such a county: "When the main force of Wanjun Company and the Dragon Gun Battalion arrived, we will launch an attack immediately!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Yun Tianzong, who was called "Nanxi Shuangyun", both officers Lu Ziyun came up to ask for battle: "Check, although there are two more Qing demons in the city, it is enough to use our Nanxi Camp!"

Lu Ziyun even assured Liu Chang: "We have not participated in a war since the establishment of the Niu Dao Company, but please feel free to be confident. Our company must be a real Niu Dao Company, so let our battalion attack first!"

Huo Qiu also said from the side: "The Dragon Gun Battalion needs to protect its team's baggage and heavy artillery. At least it needs to be here at times. Before that, let our Nanxi Battalion try our skills!"

"Okay! Your Nanxi Camp will try first!" Liu Chang issued an order: "You must pay attention to controlling casualties!"

"Understood!"

Unlike the city's defenders equipped with dozens of large and small artillery artillery, the only ones who arrived on the battlefield are the artillery companies of the Nanxi Camp, as well as a Minni rifle squad as the backbone force.

The four artillery pieces were originally placed west of the county town. After Huo Qiu's order, the artillery company began to move towards the small mountain west of the city, responsible for covering the Niudao Company and walking in front.

The defenders quickly noticed this. They opened the city gate, and a Qing army of five or six hundred people quickly rushed out. The red cannons and camp cannons at the city gate also began to bombard the west. Soon, the bird guns and guns were raised.

"I really want to take our Nanxi Camp as a piece of tofu!" Huo Qiu immediately issued an order: "The Second Company of Nanxi is responsible for guarding the inspection site, Nanxi Company, follow me!"

The advance of the artillery company was not blocked by the artillery shells without any accuracy on the city, but they opened their positions on the spot: "Prepare, prepare! Solid bullets, solid bullets! Prepare!"

The Niu Dao Company, who was responsible for guarding the artillery, also launched a shooting queue. The three infantry platoons spread out three straight horizontal lines on the spot, slowly advancing, forming a mighty platoon: "Let's fight when you get closer!Let's fight when you get closer!"

The Niu Dao Company equipped with a flintlock rifle has many veterans who have participated in the Shanghai Xiaodao Society Uprising. They said calmly: "Let's fight when you get closer, and then when you get closer!"

The Qing soldiers came so quickly. As soon as they left the city, they cast their bird guns, and the bullets slid past Zhou Xiuying. She carried the saberk to command the entire saberk in a perfect rhythm.

"Kill!" About two or three hundred Qing troops came over with a tide-like attack. Zhou Xiuying seemed to have not seen the Qing army with twice as many troops than the Niu Dao Company. Until she could clearly see the word "做" on the Qing army's robe, she tried her best to slash forward: "Aim! Let it go!"

"put!"

The raindrops of bullets caused the first round of killing in the formation of the Qing army. The Qing army in the front row suddenly defeated a large area, but the subsequent infantry still rushed over loudly.

However, their formation was soon broken by the artillery company that followed the Niudao Company. Four solid bullets almost landed in the Qing army's formation, knocking down two or three people in succession. At this time, the Niudao Company had already started shooting freely.

With the advantage of the flintlock rifle, the firepower of the Niudao Company exceeded the more than 200 Qing troops on the opposite side, but the two troops began to collide and began a white war.

"Niu Dao Company! Get the bayonet!" Zhou Xiuying was the first to carry the saber to break into the enemy formation: "Come with me!"

She was carrying the saberatta in the fragile Qing army, and she was so powerful that she was dancing like a silver ring lightning bolt that she cut down three or four Qing soldiers one after another.

The entire Niu Dao Company directly stabbed the Qing army's formation with a bayonet, but it was even more fatal from the Qing army. Nanxi Lian successfully detoured and formed a situation of front and back attacks. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!