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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 16: Disguise to Win the City

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    Although Li Yiwen's words were soft, Xiao Yungui and the generals heard them very clearly. Everyone was stunned for a moment. Xiao Yungui stared at Li Yiwen without saying anything for a long time. Suddenly, he slammed the table and laughed loudly: "  Dear Li Yiwen, this is the best idea!"

    Zeng Shuiyuan frowned and said, "But none of us have braided hair. Qing Yao is not a fool and will definitely see the flaw."

    He Bin clasped his fists and said angrily: "Your Highness, the brothers who are joining us along the way have not yet removed their braided hair, and they are all natives of Hunan. They can pretend to be pure demons from Liuyang and bravely go to win the city!"

    Half of the new army of Brother Pao Hui joined along the way after leaving Liling. Before they had time to remove their braids, Xiao Yungui muttered: "Brother He's men can draw three hundred men, Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong!"

    Li and Lin clasped their fists together and said, "I obey my orders!"

    Xiao Yungui said in a deep voice: "You will select two hundred people to change into Qingyao's costumes later, cut some braids and put them on, and put on the Qing army hats. You should not be able to recognize them. They will dress up as Qingyao defeated soldiers and join the brothers from Pao Gehui."  To win the city, remember to look sloppy, that way it will look like a defeated army."

    Just after Xiao Yungui finished speaking, the Taiping generals all looked happy. They had done this before by pretending to be the Qing army to seize the city. When they attacked Guilin, Luo Dagang had done it. However, they pretended to be Xiangrong troops, but  Unexpectedly, Xiang Rong, an old fox, was in Guilin early in the morning, so he failed.

    Only Zeng Shuiyuan frowned and said: "His Royal Highness, King Xi, where can you get so many pigtails in just a short while? If you had known, you would have cut the pigtails from the corpses of those Qingyao soldiers in Shaanxi just now. The corpses of Qingyao here in Jinpenling have been cut.  He was buried by the New Army, it would be too cruel to exhume his body."

    Xiao Yungui grinned and said with a big smile: "It's best not to think about dead people. Don't we still have more than a thousand Qingyao prisoners?" Upon hearing this, the generals laughed together.

    A moment later, a large number of Taiping soldiers came to the camp where the Qing prisoners were guarded with weapons in hand. The Qing soldiers were squatting on the ground. Dozens of Qing generals were singled out by the Taiping soldiers and tied to wooden stakes nearby.  The commander-in-chief and associate deputy generals of Xi'an Town were beheaded. Among the dozens of Qing army generals, from the guerrilla, capital, and garrison commanders to the commander-in-chief of the foreign commission, all the generals at the battalion and flood levels were captured.

    Seeing the Taiping Army surrounding them with weapons in hand, the Qing soldiers were panicked. They only knew that the Taiping Army wanted to massacre prisoners of war. They had suppressed some other rebel armies in the past and knew how to massacre prisoners of war.  Many clever Qing soldiers hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, and some burst into tears and begged: "Brother Taiping, we were forced to be these brave soldiers. If we had food and clothing, who would come?"  You must suffer this." "Brother Taiping, I have an elder and a younger child in my family, please spare my life."

    Amidst the sounds of wailing, Li Yiwen was seen standing in front of a group of Taiping soldiers. He was surrounded by swords and spears glowing with cold light. He wielded a pestle with one hand and shouted loudly: "Father and Brother Tian have mercy on all living beings. Heaven's grace is great, Taiping."  The former military commander, His Royal Highness the King of the West, has an order! You all kneel down and listen!"

    More than two thousand Taiping soldiers shouted together: "Kneel down and listen! Kneel down and listen!" More than a thousand Qing soldiers were frightened into kneeling down.

    Li Yiwen said loudly: "You have helped Zhou to do evil, joined the demon army of the Qing Dynasty, and become demons and ghosts. You should all be killed. Heavenly Father and Brother Tian took pity on you for going astray, and specially ordered His Highness the King of the West to enlighten you. From now on, you are not allowed to interact with the heavenly soldiers again."  Those who are willing to follow the Heavenly Soldiers are our brothers. Those who are unwilling to follow will become good citizens when they return home and will no longer be my enemies. Do you know this?!"

    As soon as they heard that they could be let go home, all the Qing soldiers kowtowed like garlic. Li Yiwen said loudly: "Those who are willing to follow me come forward, and those who want to go home stay where they are!"

    The soldiers of the Qing army looked at each other in shock. If they follow Chang Mao, they are rebelling and causing chaos. They will never look back. No one stood up for a while.

    Li Yiwen shouted: "Bring a hundred people out!" The Qing soldiers were tied up with a long rope for every ten people. More than a hundred Taiping soldiers swarmed up and pulled out a hundred people by pulling the rope.

    These hundred Qing soldiers didn¡¯t know what the Taiping Army was going to do. They only heard Li Yiwen sneer and said: ¡°Take them to the front camp and send them home!¡±

    The one hundred Qing soldiers immediately understood what it meant to send them home. Many people struggled and begged. More than a dozen soldiers shouted: "Sir, sir, the younger ones don't want to go home, but the younger ones are willing to follow."  Heavenly soldiers."

    Li Yiwen waved his hand, and several Taiping soldiers stepped forward and pulled out the dozen soldiers who were willing to follow and stood aside. There were still about 80 people who were unwilling to go.  Several fierce Qing soldiers among them shouted: "Brothers, fight with them, there is no way to survive if you don't fight!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, those few people were immediately killed on the spot by the Taiping Army on the side. The restless Qing army immediately calmed down. Li Yiwen did not even look at the corpses and waved his hand to shout:??: "Take off all their clothes and send them home!"

    The remaining soldiers of the Qing army were stripped naked by the wolf-like Taiping soldiers and led to the front camp.  Along the way, the soldiers of the Qing army lost their clothes and no intention of resisting. They all cried and cried. After passing several camps, they finally lost sight of them.

    After a while, there were bursts of screams from the front camp, and the Qing soldiers still squatting here looked horrified.

    Li Yiwen shouted again: "I ask again, those who are willing to follow us come forward, and those who want to go home stay where they are!"

    At this moment, many people stood up with a roar. Among the more than 1,200 Qing soldiers who surrendered, more than 800 people came out.  The rest were still begging for help, but Li Yiwen ordered them to strip off their clothes and take them to the front camp.

    Not far away, Xiao Yungui looked at this scene and sighed slightly. The soldiers in the Green Camp of the Qing Army were rotten and had extremely weak will. As long as they could survive, they would not hesitate. The remaining ones might really want to go home.  He also knows that these people may not all follow him sincerely, but he needs manpower now, and these prisoners are the best manpower, but to make them work obediently, the best way is to make them afraid.

    After dealing with the prisoners, Li Yiwen led his men to select a dozen soldiers from Liuyang Township who were the first to surrender. They took the stripped Qing army uniforms and rushed to the front camp.

    When they arrived at the front camp, these village warriors saw that the Qing soldiers who were brought here were still alive and well, but their pigtails had been cut off. Li Yiwen asked hundreds of Taiping soldiers to change into the clothes of Qing soldiers.

    Li Yiwen said coldly to the dozen village warriors: "Listen up, you guys. We will pretend to be defeated soldiers and flee back to the city later. You guys will go with us to capture the city. Do everything we tell you!"  The dozen or so local warriors were the first to seek refuge, and they had the weakest bones, so they hurriedly agreed.

    After everything was dressed up, the weapons and Qing army flags were all ready-made. The five hundred Taiping troops had all changed into Qing army uniforms and straw hats. Their clothes were all crooked, and they looked like they had lost a battle.  .

    Li Yiwen, Lin Qirong, He Bin, and Zhou Zhaoyao changed into the uniforms of the Qing army generals and led the "Qing army" to the camp gate in the north. At the camp gate, Xiao Yungui, Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and others were waiting.  over there.

    The four of them stepped forward and saluted Xiao Yungui. Xiao Yungui waved his hands and said: "After leaving the camp, your troops should not be so neatly organized. You should divide them into several groups and arrive at the city. In short, the more chaotic the better, but you must keep an eye on those dozen villagers."  Yong, you take them and run at the front. When we get to the city, we have to let Qing Yao see a few familiar faces. After a while, I will personally lead the cavalry to chase after me, so that Changsha Qing Yao can see that there are pursuers.  , I will let you into the city without a detailed analysis. After entering the city, you must quickly seize the city gate and guard the city gate until our cavalry arrives. Remember to take off your hats when you let the brothers enter the city to fight.  There is also a red scarf tied on the head, so as not to accidentally injure one of our own. In short, everything should be adjusted accordingly, so be careful."

    The four of them loudly received their orders and set up camp with their men and horses.  After everyone watched them go away, Xiao Yungui said to Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, Zeng Shuiyuan, Ji Wenyuan and others: "Let's go and prepare. Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang will follow me and lead a 600-horse team to seize the city. Zeng Shuiyuan  , Ji Wenyuan, and Zhu Xineng led two thousand troops and then rushed forward. Li Zuoche, Tang Erniu, and Tong Qiangsheng led a thousand new troops to stay and guard the Qingyao prisoners. Since they are willing to follow us,  Let them help us work, and leave the heavy work of carrying grain, grass and baggage to them. You can follow the brigade with guns, red powder and so on." The generals took orders one after another and prepared to go.

    After a while, Xiao Yungui led Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang and 600 cavalry out of the camp. At the gate of the camp, he turned back to generals Zeng Shuiyuan and Ji Wenyuan and said with a smile: "Brothers, act according to the plan. We will see you in Changsha City!" After that!  Lead the troops down the mountain.

    Looking at Xiao Yungui's banner of the Western King, Zeng Shuiyuan couldn't help but sigh to himself: "The Western King is really a talented general. He is really not inferior to the Eastern King. It's just a pity."

    Ji Wenyuan patted him on the shoulder and said: "Guard Zeng, let's lead the team and set off. The horse team is fast, so we have to catch up quickly." Zeng Shuiyuan finally came to his senses, and immediately mounted his horse and  Generals Ji Wenyuan and Zhu Xineng led a large group of infantry to follow.

    But it was said that Li Yiwen, Lin Qirong, He Bin and others fled to the south gate of Changsha City with dozens of Taiping soldiers and more than ten Liuyang Township warriors in "embarrassment".  At this time, the south gate of Changsha City has not yet been closed, and people can still enter the city freely, but only people entering are seen, and no people are seen leaving the city.  The people who entered the city were all carrying large bags and children, and it seemed that they wanted to go into the city to avoid the long-haired thieves.

    Among the sturdy houses in the south of the city, the Qing army set up many sentries to strictly check the people entering the city. There were no civilians in the houses in the south of the city.  There are two stone bridges on the moat in the south of the city: Jinji Bridge.There are also Qing troops guarding the West Lake Bridge. It seems that in order to get close to the city gate, you must first deceive these sentries and the Qing troops on the bridge.

    "Run! The long-haired thief is coming!" Zhou Zhaoyao saw Li Yiwen wink at him, and he and his dozen or so people from the local Paoge Club in Hunan started shouting in Hunanese from a distance.

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