Jia Liu was eager to resolve the battle, not because he was afraid that Shu Hed would come and take the credit, but because he was worried that Shu Hed would order a massacre of the city.
As soon as Qianlong's central government's highest determination of "rebellion or rebellion" came out, it undoubtedly opened Pandora's box and completely loosened the moral bottom line of the Qing army.
There is also the living example of Jia Liu, the prime minister who was dismissed for preventing the massacre of the city. It is certain that once Linqing City is breached, tens of thousands of innocent people in the city will definitely be massacred.
This time, no one will stand up and order the sword to be sealed.
In order to avoid the tragedy, Jia Liu had no choice but to seize Linqing City before Shu Hed arrived, while he, the laid-off prime minister, still had some power.
To be persuaded to surrender is not to give Wang Lun a way out, but to give a way out to the thousands of ever-victorious troops, and also a way out to the tens of thousands of people in the city.
Although he was mentally prepared for Wang Lun's refusal to surrender, Jia Liu's heart still ached when Wang Lun ordered people to hang up a banner on the city wall that read "The mountains and rivers are about to reach the land of China, and the sun and moon reopen the Great Han Dynasty."
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He was familiar with this banner, it was the slogan of the Red Turban Army's uprising in the late Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
Wang Lun changed one, "Song" to "Han".
The complexity of my heart is just like the couplets that the rebels hung on the bunker: "Wearing your hair for eighty days to show loyalty to Taizu's seventeenth dynasty; One hundred thousand people died together to save the Ming Dynasty for three hundred miles."
On the top of the city, looking at the Qing troops outside the city who were preparing to attack the city, Wang Lun changed out of his royal robes and put on the doctor's robes he had worn when treating people in the early years. He looked at the endless sky and clasped his hands together.
, chanting to the congregation who looked at him with great piety in the city and below: "A vacuum hometown, no biological parents. Exterminate the Qing Dynasty and kill the Hu, and the sun and the moon will come back! There is a saint in my heart, protect my good home!"
"There is a saint in my heart who protects my home!"
The ever-victorious army composed of thousands of Qingshui followers roared in unison.
Their weapons were poor and their situation was dangerous, but when the leader appeared in front of them, their originally low morale suddenly revived.
What he saw in front of him and what he heard in his ears made Jia Liu have to face up to the combat effectiveness of the Ever Victorious Army again.
He knows that faith can be infinitely beneficial.
It can be predicted that even after the city is broken, the Qing army will be greeted by extremely brutal street fighting.
Jia Liu glanced at the military advisor Fan Wei beside him, who sighed slightly and shook his head.
It seems to be saying that there is no way to avoid death.
"Siege the city!"
Jia Liu issued an order to attack the city.
As the horn sounded, Shandong Green Camp, Zhili Green Camp, Hedao Green Camp, the Eight Banners Forbidden Army, Solon outside the Pass, and the Mongolian cavalry rushed towards Linxin City according to their pre-war deployment.
The morale is high and the fighting spirit is strong.
Especially the officers who led the troops, each of them looked extremely active, completely different from the way they used to be when they were defeated by many enemies.
Because, an hour ago, they received a secret order to divide the vassal treasury's silver evenly after breaking the city.
The premise is that no random killings are allowed.
All consequences will be borne by Master Jia Jia alone.
After Yang Jingsu, the Chief Minister of Zhili, learned about this incident, he persuaded Shikai Xiandi with good intentions. This move was likely to be impeached by the imperial censor. By then, the emperor would investigate him. Even if he destroyed Linqing City and destroyed the Qingshui Sect, he would probably get something in return.
It was also the emperor's angry rebuke, and even complete dismissal from office.
"Ning Chaotang scolded me for being domineering, and Emperor Ning scolded me for excessive rewards, but he didn't want the people of Shandong to scold me like Jia Jia Shikai, the butcher!"
After saying this, Jia Liu hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered to the seniors in the meeting: "The ancestors of Shikai were also Han people. Although we are now Manchuria, we really can't bear to kill the Han people to get promoted. If
If we can protect the people in this city, even if we are sent to the frontier, we will feel at ease."
Yang Jingsu was stunned and didn't say anything for a long time.
After a bombardment, the Qing troops attacking the city arrived at the city wall.
Jia Liu did not choose to continue to consume the Qing army this time, but directly ordered Zamul to lead the team to blow open the city gate.
After the same loud noise, the north gate of Linxin City was blown down. The prepared Qing troops jumped up from the ground and swarmed up along the collapsed city wall.
Just as Jia Liu expected, a fierce street fight took place.
The Evervictorious Army relied on streets and alleys and sturdy residential buildings to resist. Although the Qing army was equipped with advanced equipment and used muskets and bows to continuously kill the Evervictorious Army, under the stubborn resistance of the Evervictorious Army, it was not possible to break through the city for half an hour.
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Seeing this situation, Jia Liu had to order the fire even though he was reluctant.
Fires quickly ignited throughout the city, and the hot weather coupled with the scorching flames finally forced the victorious army to retreat into the city.
Some of the victorious troops retreated to civilian houses and were surrounded by Qing troops, but they still refused to surrender. Qing soldiers set fire to the houses until the houses were completely burned down, and no one from the Qingshui congregation inside came out to surrender.
Shandong General Soldier Wei Youyi heard that Wang Lun might be hiding in a large pawnshop, so he personally led hundreds of officers and soldiers to search for Wang Lun in the pawnshop.
As a result, more than a hundred members of the Qingshui Church stood firm here and fought hard to resist the Qing army. There were even a dozen women who used wooden sticks and hoes to fight the Qing army.
Under the fierce attack of the traitor Yan Fengyuan, the pawnshop was still lost. All the Qingshui cultists who were guarding the place were killed, but Wang Lun was not found. Only Wang Lun's younger brother Wang Zhu was found among the corpses.
When Jia Liu was wearing armor and advancing into the city surrounded by his personal guards, a member of the Qingshui Cult suddenly jumped from a roof that was burned into a shelf, rushed towards Jia Liu with a knife, and was beaten to death on the spot.
This method of attack frightened Jia Liu, so he stopped going deep and established a frontline headquarters on the spot to urge all ministries to eliminate the remaining enemies in the city.
As the street fighting progressed, the Changsheng Army and the Qing Army fought for every street and every house. Except for the Suolun soldiers and the Chang Wei Army, the rest of the Qing army had average hand-to-hand combat capabilities, and were even killed by the Changsheng Army.
However, although the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, the ever-victorious army was completely trapped in fighting on its own. Without unified command, they were destined to be eliminated one by one by the Qing army.
"Sir, according to the testimony of the people, Wang Ni lives in a mansion named Wang in the city!"
After Jia Liu, who was sweating profusely, learned this information, he immediately shouted: "Debu, Yingjitu!"
"The end is here!"
The two will be out at the same time.
"I order you two to lead the troops to attack Wang's house quickly, and be sure to capture and kill the thief Ni Wang Lun!"
"嗻!"
Without saying a word, Deb and Yingjitu led the troops to rush to the Wang family mansion. When they arrived, they found that the mansion was very large and there was a five-story building in the courtyard.
Since there were many Qingshui followers gathered outside the gate, Yingjitu discussed with Deb and let him lead a dozen people to climb in through the courtyard wall, hoping to capture Wang Lun alive while the Qingshui followers' attention was attracted to the gate.
Since Yingjitu did not recognize Wang Lun, Liu Huan, the former deputy marshal of the Changsheng Army who had surrendered, infiltrated with him.
This team of Qing soldiers climbed over the wall and first killed several Qingshui cultists who discovered them, and then rushed directly into the courtyard. Not long after, they really discovered that the thief Wang Lun was discussing something with a few people.
Before Wang Lun could react, Yingjitu and the others rushed forward, cut down several rebels, and caught Wang Lun. But just as they were about to retreat, dozens of Qingshui Cult members rushed out from both sides and rescued Wang Lun.
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Yingjitu was not willing to accept the great achievement and ran away. He led his men to fight with the Qingshui cultists. As a result, he and the bandit marshal Meng Can who arrived had a struggle on the ground. In the end, Yingjitu was stabbed in the throat with a dagger by Meng Can.
When Liu Huan and others saw that the British guards were killed in the battle, they did not dare to fight, so they hurriedly climbed over the wall and escaped.
"What?!"
When he learned that Yingjitu had been killed in battle, Jia Liu was heartbroken, took off his hat and vowed to avenge Yingjitu.