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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 12: Initial Night Battle

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    Jinpen Ridge, seven miles south of Changsha City, can only be regarded as a pitiful hill compared to the big mountains in Guangxi, with a height of only more than ten feet. However, this is the highest terrain in the south of Changsha City, and the west side of the mountain ridge is full of rolling hills.  The Xiangjiang River flows absolutely northward and is surrounded by mountains on three sides, making it an important place that can serve as a barrier to the south of Changsha City.

    Zhu Han, deputy general of the Yuanzhou Association of the Qing Army, stood in the Qing army camp in Jinpenling. Looking at the Shaanxi soldiers at the foot of the mountain who were laughing and cursing at the slowly passing by, he sneered darkly: "These damn Shaanxi Qiu Ba finally got the chance."  I¡¯m willing to go to Shimupu.¡±

    Many place names in Changsha have the word "pu", such as Xinkaipu, Heishipu, Datuopu, etc., which are on the official road from Changsha to Xiangtan.  The name of the place means that there are ten miles between the shops.  Shimapu is another official road in Changsha Nancheng. It is the first pavilion on the official road from Changsha to Liling, followed by Dongjingpu, Baitianpu, etc.  This means that starting from the south gate of Changsha, it is exactly ten miles to Shimapu, and it is still three miles east of Jinpenling.

    Zhu Han breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw the Shaanxi soldiers passing by. Fortunately, these Shaanxi soldiers rushed to garrison in front of him, so he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.  When Luo Bingzhang ordered him to take eight hundred Liuyang warriors to garrison at Jinpenling outside the city, Zhu Han was so frightened that his face turned pale. Everyone knew that the long-haired bandits were making trouble in Hunan, and leaving the city to garrison was a matter of near death.  But Luo Bingzhang comforted him and said that the long-haired thieves would definitely come from the main roads and waterways of Leiyang and Hengyang, and would not necessarily take the south road.

    But Zhu Han also knew that a partial force of the Long-haired Thieves came all the way from Anren, Chaling, and You counties to attack the city and plunder the territory with great momentum. Judging from this posture, they were going to kill the official road in Liling, so he took charge of it.  The Liuyang Xiangyong are just a group of newly recruited local regiments. It's okay for these people to bully the defenseless people, but it would be unreasonable to let them fight against the fierce long-haired thieves.

    Therefore, under his strong request, Luo Bingzhang reluctantly agreed to send a troop of troops to garrison Shimapu to coordinate with Zhu Han's troops, forming a rivalry with each other. He also agreed to allocate Zhu Han a lot of firearms, gunpowder and medicine.  He just agreed to lead the troops to guard Jinpen Ridge. He had just married a concubine recently. He didn't want to die. The concubine would definitely run away with someone else.

    Looking back at the rural warriors sitting in twos and threes in the camp listlessly enjoying the cold weather, Zhu Han couldn't help it. Who told the Hunan Governor's Yamen that there had been no pay for more than two months?  The little money that the Liuyang elders originally collected for payment was embezzled by Luo Bingzhang and given to the group of Shaanxi soldiers down the mountain.

    Zhu Han knew about this, but he didn't fight hard because he needed these Shaanxi soldiers to stand in front of him. If he could fight, he would fight, and if he couldn't, he would run away. Even if the army was defeated in the end, he would still have an excuse.  , that is, the imperial court has no shortage of hungry soldiers, and the brave soldiers who have no pay and silver are not brave enough to fight to the death. I, Lao Zhu, can't do anything about it.

    Zhu Han's wishful thinking finally came true. Once there was any trouble in Shima Pagoda, he could run back to the city immediately, and he had already thought of the reasons for the offense. This was the way of being an official in the Qing Dynasty. First, he had to establish  Only when you are in an invincible position can you think of anything else.

    Zhu Han was very happy to watch the Shaanxi soldiers go away. Seeing that the sun was already heading west, he loudly ordered his followers behind him: "Master, I'm so damn happy today. Let's get some jugs of wine to go with the meal tonight!"

    The sky was gradually getting dark. In the Qing army camp on Jinpen Ridge, some of the soldiers on patrol were staggering around to chat with Duke Zhou, while others gathered at the gate of the camp or under the sentry post to shout, drink and gamble. Today  No one would come to check at night, because the main general Zhu Han was drunk, and the other generals were all from the countryside, and no one would embarrass their brothers.

    Just when the patrol soldiers were having fun gambling, black shadows quietly came up from the front and back of the camp under the hill.  The Qing army's camp had only two gates, the north and the south. Some wooden stakes and antlers were sparsely placed in front of the camp to act as barriers. Thirty bronze cannons were arranged in front of the camp, but neither the red medicine nor the medicine were beside the bronze cannons.  Because it is very dangerous for red medicine to explode when exposed to fire, Zhu Han did not want any soldier to accidentally ignite it, so the red medicine was placed in the baggage tent.

    A soldier lost several games in a row. He murmured curses in country dialect and got up to relieve himself. When he was enjoying his relief, he saw a dozen people vaguely emerging from the forest outside the camp.  The soldier was startled. When he took a closer look, he opened his mouth in fright and sat down on the ground. More and more men in red turbans appeared in front of him. Everyone had shining long knives in their hands. Wasn't it them?  The long-haired red-turbaned thief that he brags about annihilating every day?

    "Long, long hair" Before the word "thief" was uttered, the soldier's head had been cut in half by a Taiping swordsman who rushed forward, and his hot brains were scattered all over the floor. The sentry at the camp gate  Only then did the brave soldiers wake up from a dream, "The long-haired thief is coming!" A shrill cry rang out.

    But dozens of Taiping soldiers rushed to the front and chopped them randomly with their swords. Most of the dozen or so Qing soldiers at the gate of the camp were chopped up immediately, leaving a few dead ones to go.Escaped.

    In an instant, countless heads appeared around the camp, and the shouts of killing came overwhelming. The gates of the north and south sides of the camp were breached by the Taiping Army at the same time. Two to three hundred Taiping soldiers on each side rushed into the camp armed with spears and swords, and chopped down everyone they saw.  , the soldiers in the camp fled in all directions crying for their fathers and mothers, and the scene was chaotic.

    Zhu Han, the commander-in-chief of the Qing army, put on his coat and walked out of the tent in a daze, shouting: "What the hell are you making a fuss about?"

    The attendant outside the tent shouted in horror: "Sir, the long-haired thief attacked the military camp at night" Before he finished speaking, the attendant's head had rolled to the side, and the blood spurting from his neck stained Zhu Han's face.

    Zhu Han smelled of alcohol and was frightened. A cold light flashed before his eyes. When Zhu Han hurriedly hid, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. When he looked down, the tip of a spear protruded from his chest, and then another  A cold light flashed across Zhu Han's neck, and he felt nothing but a chill on his neck.

    Su Ji struggled to pull out the spear in his hand, looked at Li Yiwen in front of him and said tremblingly: "Brother Li, is this person a high official of Qing Yao?"

    Li Yiwen chuckled and said, "That should be the case. You are very lucky. You killed a clear demon official the first time."

    Su Ji's face turned a little pale, and his hands were still shaking. Li Yiwen pulled Zhu Han's head by its braids and lifted it up. Su Ji couldn't bear it any longer, squatted down and vomited loudly.

    Li Yiwen smiled and scolded: "Get up quickly after vomiting. Seeing some blood will make you feel at ease. Come with me quickly!"

    Li Yiwen carried Zhu Han's head and started running towards the areas where there was still resistance in the camp. Su Ji wiped his lips and gritted his teeth and followed.  After Li Yiwen ran a few steps, he raised his head and shouted loudly: "Qingyao, listen, your general is dead. Kneel down and surrender quickly to avoid death!" But the scene was so chaotic that no one could hear, so Su Ji pulled away.  The voice also started shouting, and the Taiping soldiers on the side heard it and started shouting loudly, and the sound became louder and louder like a snowball.

    The Liuyang soldiers who were running around in the camp had nowhere to escape because two camp gates had been taken away. They were running for cover. The brazier in the camp was knocked over and many tents caught fire. After hearing the shouts, they all knelt down and begged for mercy.  , a few fierce soldiers were surrounded and killed one by one, and a night attack on the camp ended in less than an hour.

    After the Taiping troops who broke into the military camp from the north and the south met at the Qing camp, the two troops were the Taiping New Army led by Li Zuoche, Tang Erniu, and Tong Qiangsheng.  After Tong Qiangsheng brought back the news about the Qing army that day, Xiao Yungui immediately made a plan to let the three of them lead more than a thousand Taiping New Army troops to bypass Jinpen Ridge from a small road and attack the Qing army in Jinpen Ridge at night, while he led a large group of troops.  Rushing to Shimapu.

    Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu, led by Tong Qiangsheng and others, crossed the mountains and ridges and reached Jinpenling by a small road. They launched a night attack that night. They asked two hundred elite swordsmen to take the lead and broke into the Qing army's camp from the north and south.  The rest of the new army followed up with follow-up strikes. These new armies would have to see blood sooner or later. In this way, the eight hundred Liuyang Xiangyong from Jinpenling were used as training targets by the Taiping New Army.

    With the war situation certain, Li Zuoche quickly ordered his men to extinguish the fire in the camp, and then divided his forces to guard the Qing prisoners. After the battle, more than 600 local warriors were captured.  Tang Erniu led people to search various camps, mopping up fish that had slipped through the net, and searching for weapons, red powder, firearms and other luggage. Tong Qiangsheng led a dozen people and rushed back to Xiao Yungui with Zhu Han's head to report the news.  .

    Tang Erniu led people to search the Qing army's camps one by one, and was surprised to find a lot of muskets, red powder and medicine. A rough count showed that there were more than 300 muskets of various types, 30 bronze cannons, and 60 red powder.  Big barrels with countless medicines.  They also got some food and grass, and even the more than 60 war horses of the Qing army did not escape, and they all became trophies of the Taiping army.  All the swords, guns, bows and arrows of the Qing army belonged to the New Army. The New Army with thousands of weapons finally got rid of the embarrassing situation of using sickles and hoes, and it can be said that they made a fortune.

    Li Zuoche ordered the prisoners to be gathered together and taken into custody. Every ten of them were tied up with a long rope and squatted on the ground. More than 300 Taiping New Army soldiers were sent around to guard them.  After Tang Erniu finished lighting the weapons, Li Zuoche followed Xiao Yungui's instructions, and the Ming Pai swordsmen gathered their firearms and aimed them at the official road at the foot of Jinpenling Mountain. As soon as Xiao Yungui started firing, the Qing Dynasty would  The broken troops of the army will definitely flee this way, and they will also intercept these broken troops.

    When Tong Qiangsheng led his men to take a small road and rushed back to Xiao Yungui's army, it was already midnight.  Xiao Yungui led more than 3,000 people to hide in a dense forest south of Shimapu. Among these 3,000 people, there were more than 1,000 people from the Brother He Binpao Society.

    All the troops were resting in the dense forest. Tong Qiangsheng met the Taiping Army on patrol and heard that Jinpen Ridge had been captured. The news quickly spread throughout the entire team, and everyone was cheered up.

    When Xiao Yungui saw Zhu Han's head, he resisted the urge to vomit, took a deep puff of dry smoke and said, "order the troops to continue to rest. We will send out troops again before dawn to raid the Qing army in Shimupu."  !¡±

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