Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 203 The will of the leader, the ants possess Xiangyang!

Chapter 203 The will of the leader, the ants possess Xiangyang!

"Excavate the earth and fill in the eastern moat."

The leader gave an order, and the messenger cavalry holding a small yellow flag immediately galloped out.

Communicate orders to each formation.

This primitive method of delivering orders may seem clumsy, but it is actually reliable!

Especially for an army like the White Lotus that lacks systematic military training, it is very down-to-earth.

Tens of thousands of hungry people began to dig earth on the spot.

Put them into sacks, and place the sacks on the cart in several rows.

After the Battle of Shendinghe, the surviving newcomers were no longer pure newcomers.

Among these people, new account owners were successively appointed.

Lead and educate the hungry people who joined later.

Repeating this way is similar to raising gu!

The White Lotus Sect has food, so there is no shortage of soldiers.

In theory, you can have as many soldiers as you want.

Food is the human heart!

The long string of grain fleets that accompanied the expedition was the source of Hong Jiaozhu's confidence.

I ate white rice and drank talisman water.

It's time to make some contributions to our religion, such as filling in the moat!

……

Zhang Liyong, the deputy superintendent, stood on the city gate tower.

From a condescending position, he judged that the number of religious bandits outside the city was no less than 7.

Although most of them are hungry people, there is no fighting ability.

If it is a field battle, 500 elite cavalry can defeat tens of thousands of hungry people, and it is easy.

But the city offensive and defensive battle is different.

Arrows and cannons are limited, but hungry people are unlimited.

King Li Chuang died less than [-] years ago, but his tactics are still timeless.

"Everyone, guard Xiangyang City. Each of you will be rewarded with 20 taels first. After 30 days, you will be rewarded with another 50 taels. You will have enough wine and meat."

"Our Xiangyang City is the best city in the world. With such a thick wall and such a wide moat, what can the White Lotus Cult bandits use to attack the city? With their spears?"

There was a burst of raunchy laughter all around, and morale rose slightly.

"And you young men who are participating in the defense of the city, I don't care whether you are carrying big bags or carrying sedan chairs. As long as you go up to the city wall, you will be treated as my soldiers, and you will have the same food and wine, and you will get half the money. How about that? ?”

The young men were overjoyed, and their fear subsided a little.

10 taels of silver is not a small amount for a small family.

If you are lucky and survive, you can still earn dozens more taels.

This time, you can become a middle-income person!

There are very few opportunities to advance in the Qing Dynasty, so it’s not bad to give it a try.

"Brothers, here comes the feast of wine and meat."

The general magistrate of Xiangyang searched all the restaurants and restaurants in the city.

Regardless of the chicken, duck, fish, pancake noodles, and dried fruit snacks, they were all brought to the city wall.

The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers.

Besides, there is only one lieutenant here.

……

The green camp soldiers and young men began to grab food like hungry wolves.

A gray-haired Xiangyang town model soldier tore into pieces of chicken and said vaguely to the young man next to him:

"The last thing a human being can do is starve to death."

"There are also high and low down below. When the starving ghosts arrive at the King of Hell's Palace, they will first be beaten with a hundred killing sticks and then thrown to the bottom floor. It is said that the place is like Ninggu Pagoda, it is extremely cold."

The young man couldn't help but nod his head, and tore the meat into the rolls ferociously.

Zhang Liyong praised happily:

"Okay, only soldiers who can eat can fight. Open up and eat. Here, let's take a mouthful of 5-year-old Fen wine."

After that, he opened the mud seal of the wine jar and handed it to the gray-haired soldier.

The man was flattered and took a sip. He was indeed very courageous.

Wiping his mouth, he happily handed it to the next person.

Drinking is good, but it makes people brave.

……

Zhang Liyong, a third-generation Green Camp general, has a profound family education and has been exposed to battlefield experience since childhood.

He inspected the four walls and followed the same pattern.

Walking to the north city wall, he looked out over the Han River.

Upstream, there are many boats.

No need to ask, it must be Bai Lian's navy.

The only good thing is that there are no standard warships, they are all civilian ships.

"If the White Lotus ship comes to shore, shoot it with bows, arrows, shotguns, and bombard it with cannons."

"As ordered."

Just as he was about to leave, Zhang Liyong frowned, dissatisfied with the messy sheds and houses under the city.

He took off a torch and threw it down.

The province is exploited by thieves.

……

Preparations before siege are time-consuming.

It took half a day just to dig the soil and prepare the ladder and raft.

Craftsmen with a little skill were singled out.

These people do not need to attack the city directly, it is a courtesy.

The salary has also been slightly improved, with half a bowl of dry rice added every day.

Although Xiangyang City's moat has not been repaired for decades, it is still astonishingly wide, nearly a hundred meters wide.

The raft was built to cross the moat.

"Leader, we are so short of artillery."

"Yes, our religion has no cannonsmiths and no cannon-making technology. We can only rely on seizures and selling them to us by Li Yu from Suzhou Prefecture."

"It would be great if we could recruit this person into the religion."

"Haha, if he is willing to come and surrender, I will definitely welcome him and confer him the title of King of Wu, and confer upon him the titles of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui provinces."

Hall Master Wang did not answer the call.

He felt in his heart that the leader had gone too far.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui are all in the hands of the Qing court. You just say to seal them to others. Why don't you say to seal the Forbidden City to others?

As for the King of Wu, it is just a false name.

There is no sincerity, which hero is willing to vote.

Leader Hong suddenly glanced at him:

"My dear, what are you thinking about?"

Fatty Wang trembled and quickly replied:

"My subordinates are thinking about how to receive these people. The two lakes and the sub-rudders in Jiangxi and Guizhou have sent envoys, and some even have the captains coming in person."

"arrive?"

"More than a dozen people have arrived one after another. They have been placed in the grain and grass camp at the rear."

"Tomorrow, let them come down to the city. These people have human heads and rat heads. They talk about Maitreya and have calculations in their hearts. I want them to open their eyes and start joining the great cause as soon as possible."

"The minister obeys the order."

……

In the afternoon,

The White Lotus Sect began its first siege.

Pushing the soil-covering cart and carrying the soil bags, they rushed towards the moat amidst frantic shouts.

The task of these hungry people is to rush to the moat and throw the earth bags on their shoulders into it!

As long as there are enough, the moat can always be filled.

On the wall of Xiangyang City, cannons were fired.

There is no aiming, and there is no need to aim. The crowd will always catch the cannonball.

Any closer and it’s a shotgun!

The archers also began to shoot.

The people who rushed to the moat were hit by arrows and fell down before they could even throw away the bags of soil.

Become a victim of this war.

If you retreat, you will be severely punished.

Master Hong has no womanly kindness. He is a man who wants to do great things and his heart is as hard as stone.

Dozens of people who retreated were ordered to be beheaded on the spot.

This seemingly one-sided massacre lasted for 2 hours.

The east moat of Xiangyang was filled with corpses.

A small section of the moat was filled in slightly.

Lieutenant General Zhang Liyong was very worried because he found that only hungry people were consumed and Bai Lian's elite were not harmed at all.

But today, Hubei lacks everything except hungry people.

This battle is difficult!

……

At night, the White Lotus Sect still sent people to fill in the moat from time to time.

Throw in all the stones, wood, and dismantled dilapidated houses that were collected around.

It is probably because of the blessing of Maitreya Buddha that there is no moonlight.

It's pitch black!

The Qing troops on the city wall could hear the movement and guess what they were doing.

But Leader Hong played a sinister trick.

Only one team is dispatched at a time, and when it comes back, the next team is dispatched, just like a baton.

No torches, just working in the dark.

If the Qing army fired cannons, a large amount of gunpowder would be wasted, and the hit rate would be very low.

If you don't fire cannons, you can only listen to the moat being filled up bit by bit.

After observing on the city wall, Deputy Supervisor Zhang Liyong

Only sporadic shotgun counterattacks were ordered, and no bows, arrows or artillery were allowed to be wasted.

Otherwise, Bai Lian will be in trouble when he launches a large-scale attack on the city.

The moat is so wide, I'll leave it to you to fill it in slowly.

Reinforcements from the imperial court are definitely on their way.

It can be as fast as half a month, or as slow as a month, it will always come.

……

The next day, the sun rose.

Under Xiangyang City, countless White Lotus cultists formed a square formation.

When Master Hong appeared on a white horse, there were bursts of cheers.

The Guardian Guards took the lead in shouting long live, like a stone thrown into a lake, swinging around in circles.

8 people shouted long live.

The officials in the city were frightened and cursed him for being treasonous.

Zhang Liyong had an expression on his face and opened his telescope to observe the enemy's situation.

"The White Lotus Cult bandits have become so powerful that it may not take more than a year and a half to put an end to the chaos."

The soldier next to him was stunned and asked: "Why did so many White Lotus Sect suddenly appear? Where were they hiding before?"

"Hmph, there is no White Lotus Sect, they are all hungry people."

Zhang Liyong's face showed ruthlessness and he ordered:

"Go, demolish the houses in the city, transport the bricks and roof beams to the city. Collect the boiling oil and kerosene."

"If Bai Lian is desperate, he can't be stopped with firearms alone. He has to rely on the methods of his ancestors."

"As ordered."

The soldiers did not care about the protests of the gentry and common people in Xiangyang City.

After all, they are supervisors and guest soldiers. As long as they guard the city, no one will hold them accountable afterwards.

Winning the war was the greatest political mistake of the Qing Dynasty.

One handsome man covers all the ugly ones!

……

The helmsmen or messengers from more than a dozen surrounding helmsmen had mixed feelings.

On the one hand, I was shocked by this spectacular sight, and on the other hand, I was afraid.

Especially the sight of countless hungry people braving artillery fire to fill the moat.

Although I kept falling down along the way, there was a steady stream of follow-ups.

The moat is narrowing visibly to the naked eye.

Master Hong is even more majestic, wearing a dragon robe and quite a human figure.

Many people secretly made up their minds that if the General Altar could capture Xiangyang City, they would choose to surrender.

As long as their team is not annexed, other orders can be accepted.

After all, the world of Bailian is one family!

Never mind the Red Spear Society, the Broadsword Society, the Qingshui Sect, the Red Lotus Sect, or the Yellow Robe Sect~

After all, we all have the same roots, and although there are disagreements, the bones are still broken and the tendons are connected.

After beating away the government, everyone will have a good life.

"Send the order, the Holy Gun Army comes forward to suppress the firepower at the top of the city."

"According to the order."

Leader Hong finally took out his treasure at the bottom of the box, leaving only a thousand-man Musketeer Holy Army.

The rest died on the banks of the Shending River and were wiped out with the Heilongjiang cavalry.

He looked at these high-morale musketeers and felt very sorry in his heart.

The 1500 people who died were all loyal backbones.

There are also scrapped matchlock guns, and there is nowhere to replenish them.

If there is a steady supply of muskets and more than ten thousand old brothers are selected, Hubei is nothing. The light of the Holy Kingdom can shine as far as the Yangtze River Estuary.

……

The volley of muskets attracted everyone's attention.

The White Lotus cultists held matchlock guns and aimed them at the crenellations at the top of the city.

As soon as the Qing troops showed up, they would shoot.

This time, they calmed down and didn't double charge.

The Qing army immediately used artillery, bows and arrows to fight back.

Both sides suffered casualties.

However, Master Hong’s goal was achieved.

At the crenellations of the city wall, the Qing army no longer dared to shoot arrows and guns unscrupulously.

More old brothers from the White Lotus Sect carried rafts and began to charge.

They rushed to the moat, put the raft in, and then rowed the raft across the river.

Han River, the White Lotus Navy also launched.

They loudly drummed and trumpeted to attract the attention of the Qing army.

But civilian ships are not strong enough and will fall apart as soon as they receive a single cannonball.

……

After half an hour,

Under the east city wall, there is a beach.

Many White Lotus believers have left the rafts and stepped onto the mud.

As soon as the ladder was set up, it was smashed into pieces by rolling logs and rocks.

And slowly, the Qing army also discovered the White Lotus Sect's plan.

Many wooden rafts were connected together to pave a pontoon road leading to the city wall.

"Quickly, fire the cannon and blast the pontoon bridge."

Zhang Liyong became anxious and quickly summoned artillery.

There are more and more wooden rafts of the White Lotus Sect.

Some people who were not afraid of death pulled chains to fix the swaying rafts.

Many fierce believers have already rushed to the city wall holding swords, shields and ladders.

"Smash it, smash it for me."

The young men didn't even show their heads, so they just grabbed rocks and threw them down.

The Green Camp soldiers poured the hot golden juice down.

The flow plummeted down three thousand feet, and the burns were terrible!

Ants attack the city!

It is probably the cruelest idiom second only to "Yi Zi eats each other".

The city walls were stained with blood.

This section of the moat has lost its defensive significance.

It was flattened by wooden rafts and river filling.

……

"Master, is the heat almost done?"

"Ah."

A believer, riding away.

First, people shouted in unison: "Maitreya descends to earth."

Thousands of people shouted in unison, but it was still not loud enough on the battlefield.

The mounted believers frowned and asked for more decibels.

Dozens of square formations around also joined in the shouting.

In the city, a group of men in a private house finally heard it.

"Listen quickly, people outside the city are shouting for Maitreya to come down to earth. This is the signal agreed upon by the leader."

"Let's go, prepare to rob the city gate."

The group of people hurried out of the house.

The leader was wearing a green battalion uniform and walked quickly with his head down.

Under the city wall, there was chaos.

Those who were busy carrying stones and rolling logs, those who were carrying boiling oil up there, and those who were shuttling back and forth to deliver orders, and those who were carrying down the wounded~

No one noticed this group of men.

Just assuming that someone came to defend the city, the officials of Xiangyang Prefecture hurriedly urged:

"Quick, come on."

As soon as the group climbed onto the city wall, they saw Lieutenant General Zhang Liyong standing next to the artillery and commanding.

Just by looking at the armor, you can tell that this is a big fish.

Zhang Liyong happened to look up and saw this group of people.

He suddenly became excited.

It is impossible for ordinary people to be so calm and murderous.

He immediately realized that something was wrong and shouted: "They are cult bandits, kill them quickly."

When everyone saw that he was exposed, they immediately slashed and killed him with their swords.

There was chaos on the city walls!

The pressure on the White Lotus Sect below the city suddenly decreased, and they immediately climbed up the ladder.

……

Zhang Liyong ordered a gunner to turn the artillery towards the fighting crowd.

"Fire, fire."

The artilleryman of Xiangyang Green Camp held the torch and hesitated because among the fighting crowd there was fellow camper Pao Ze.

Then he was stabbed, and the torch fell to the ground with his severed arm. Blood sprayed on the barrel and was instantly evaporated.

Zhang Liyong picked up the torch and moved it to the fire door.

There was a loud noise, and the shotgun cleared out all the people fighting in front.

The officers, soldiers and bandits were all bloody and bloody together!

The gunner covered his broken arm and ran away in severe pain, shouting all the way:

"People from Wuchang killed people from Xiangyang."

"The city is broken. We still need to keep our guard up. Run away."

The severe pain and resentment made the gunner do crazy things.

He shouted along the way, panic building.

The civilians carrying the stones dispersed in a hurry, and the government servants who were burning oil under the city also followed Sayazi to escape.

On the east city wall, a cultist holding a sword and shield stepped on the city wall.

Go first!

Immediately, he stood at the crenel and shouted:

"The city of Xiangyang is destroyed, long live Bailian."

Then a flag was unfurled and placed on the crenel.

Suddenly, it attracted cheers from countless people.

The cheers were like rolling thunder, resounding on both sides of the Han River.

A steady stream of believers stepped onto the city wall, occupied the east wall, and then all four walls.

……

Zhang Liyong, under the protection of his own soldiers, fought and retreated, and climbed down the city wall.

Fleeing into an arsenal in the city, he blocked the door and defended it.

"Sir, what should I do?"

"Damn it, stick to it. Get a few more backers."

As a deputy general, he is quite capable.

The remaining 200 or so soldiers were gathered together and the arsenal gate was temporarily reinforced to form a small fortress.

In the arsenal, there are swords, spears and guns. So there is no shortage of weapons.

Zhang Liyong cursed the White Lotus Sect and all Xiangyang people fiercely.

There was chaos in the city.

Countless believers with their heads wrapped in white cloth poured in from the opened east city gate.

Then it spread like mercury down the street.

The government offices, treasury, imperial gates, and barracks were controlled one by one, and the remaining officials and soldiers were killed on the spot.

The front of the army is as sharp as a rainbow, and it is unstoppable.

Leader Hong put away his telescope with joy.

Wang Zhi looked contemptuously and glanced at the helm bosses watching the battle.

"Everyone, have you thought about it?"

(End of this chapter)

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