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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 17: Battle for the Gate

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    When they heard that the long-haired bandits were coming, the people outside the city immediately became chaotic and rushed towards the city gate.  I have to say that the Qing army did a better job of discrediting their opponents. They were afraid that the people would become thieves, so they portrayed the Taiping Army as long-haired demons who kill without blinking an eye.

    At this time, the news was not available, and the method of transmission was still very primitive. Basically, there were only official announcements, gongs and gongs, or word-of-mouth gossip.  After the government notice was posted, very few people were literate. The literate scholars hated the God-worshipping religion and worshiped the foreign religion, so they explained it with added embarrassment. When the words spread among the people, it became completely different.

    The Taiping Army's propaganda offensive was much weaker. Basically, only the places they passed through knew that the Taiping Army was not as bad as the Qing army said. But now they only passed through a few areas in Guangxi and Hunan, and the people were still very afraid.  They were from the Taiping Army, so as soon as the shouts of the arrival of the thieves came out, they all rushed into the city, and even the green soldiers at the Qing army's sentries outside the city couldn't stop them.

    When the Qing troops stationed at the shed guard saw the chaos, they pulled out their swords and took a look outside the shed guard. They saw dozens of Qing troops not far away, throwing off their helmets and armor, dragging flags backwards and running towards them. They looked again.  On the way to Jinpenling, there were several groups that looked like they were defeated troops of the Qing army.

    The boss roared loudly, led a few Qing soldiers to separate the crowd of civilians, went up to them, and shouted from a distance: "Which army are you from?"

    Zhou Zhaoyao shouted while running: "Master, we are soldiers and horses under Zhu Xiezhen's command in Jinpenling. The Changmao bandits are coming. Jinpenling has been lost. Master Xiezhen died in the battle. All the brothers are scattered. Changmao is here."  The thieves are chasing us, everyone, run away."

    Hearing Zhou Zhaoyao's local accent and seeing that they were all wearing the uniforms of Liuyang Xiangyong in Jinpenling and the flags were correct, the Qing army dispelled most of the doubts in the general's mind. After Zhou Zhaoyao and others got closer, a man under his command  The soldier said loudly: "Master, they are really brave men from Liuyang Township in Jinpenling. The first few are from my hometown. I recognize them."

    As soon as these words came out, Nazong felt even more relieved. He ordered people to fly to the city and drove the people into the city as soon as possible. He led a few people to support the defeated troops in Jinpenling and entered the city.

    Several groups of defeated troops arrived one after another, always numbering in the hundreds. Those who spoke loudly all spoke with a local accent from Hunan. The leader hurriedly led these defeated troops to Jinji Bridge.

    When we arrived at the bridge, hundreds of people who entered the city crowded the stone bridge. Qian Zong, the Qing army guarding Jinji Bridge, was still checking one by one, saying he was on guard against letting in long-haired thieves and spies.

    Amid the chaos, Li Yiwen quietly gave some instructions to He Bin and Zhou Zhaoyao. The two men and the new army led by Brother Pao immediately began to make a fuss, clamoring to enter the city, and then pushed forward, making the scene even more chaotic.

    President Qian was furious, pulled out his weapon, stood on a cart, and shouted condescendingly: "You defeated troops, if you keep shouting randomly, I will chop you off one by one! If you want to enter the city, you must abide by my rules!"

    ?????????????????? It turns out that the so-called rules of President Qian are just that people who enter the city must pay some money to enter the city. The broken soldiers like Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong clamored to enter the city, ruining President Qian¡¯s good deeds. No wonder they were holding knives to chop and kill.

    Li Yiwen signaled everyone to be patient for the time being. After President Qian saw him bluffing, all the village heroes fell silent. They waved their steel knives with satisfaction and shouted: "Damn it, you defeated troops are just like entering the city."  You have to pay three big men! You have no money to take a detour!" Liuyang Xiangyong's status in the Qing army in Changsha was not high, and he was often bullied by the Green Camp soldiers. Otherwise, they would not be allowed to do such dangerous things as going out of the city to defend Jinpenling.  , Mr. Qian also said that this group of people are really brave from Liuyang Township, and he thought it would be good to let them enter the city. What are the group of defeated team coaches shouting about?

    "But many people couldn't pay the three cents to go to the city to pay filial piety, so they crowded there and cried and bowed down. Li Yiwen and others were filled with indignation when they saw it. These demons only knew how to bully and exploit the people, and they were really worse than pigs and dogs.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? More than ten people, including civilians and defeated soldiers, were seen running behind them, crying for their fathers and mothers, shouting: "The horse team of the long-haired thief is coming to kill!"

    Mr. Qian raised his eyes and saw that the official road was filled with dust and smoke in the distance. A large number of cavalry could be vaguely seen coming to kill him. "My mother!" Mr. Qian was so frightened that his legs softened and he rolled away from the cart.  After falling down, all the prestige he had just lost, he rolled and crawled towards the city gate, shouting: "The long-haired thief is here, come back to the city! Run!" All the people, the Qing army and others  Those "broken soldiers" who had been impatient for a long time rushed towards the city gate.

    When they arrived at the city gate, several guerrilla and general-level military attach¨¦s from the Qing army led troops to guard there. After letting the people enter the city, they hurriedly called on the Qing troops and defeated troops outside the city to hurry up and enter the city. A general shouted:  "Damn it, you're so slow to escape. Hurry up and come to the city to help defend it. The city gate is about to be closed!"

    Li Yiwen and others walked into the dark city gate, and saw more than 300 Qing troops guarding the city gate, and there were civilians driving dozens of large vehicles beside them.Waiting aside, the cart was filled with mud, gravel, sand, and wood. It seems that the Qing army waited for people outside the city to enter the city, and then used wood, soil, sand, and stone to fill the entrance to the city gate, so that they would not be afraid of thieves storming the door.

    Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong saw that most of their men had entered the city, and each took a few glances at the Qing troops in the city. The Qing troops inside the city were as chaotic as outside the city, but there seemed to be not many Qing troops stationed at the two high points in the south of the city.  .  The two high points are Kuixing Tower on the south side of the city wall and slightly to the west, and the other is Tianxin Pavilion on the east side of the south side of the city.

    Tianxin Pavilion Tianxin Pavilion was built in the eleventh year of Qianlong by Fu Jun Yang Xi. It has two inner and outer cities. The outer city is divided into two moon cities, the north and the south. There are 11 cannon holes in the moon city. The city wall is 33 meters high.  , with a total height of 48 meters, is an important military defense fortress in the south of Changsha.  Kuixing Tower is also more than ten feet high. Both places are strong points for defense. Although there are many artillery positions above, there are not many brave soldiers.

    "Damn it, what are you looking at? Come in quickly and help me guard the city!" The general picked up the whip and gave Li Yiwen a whip, and shouted sternly: "If you want to survive after losing the battle, go and guard it for me!"  City, the Admiral will bring his army over soon, what kind of damn dog is he afraid of having long hair?!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, in the flash of the sword, the general's head rolled far away, and blood spurted out from his neck. Li Yiwen chopped off his head with one knife and then pulled off his hat, revealing a red scarf wrapped around his head.  , shouted sternly: "The Taiping Saint Soldiers are here! Kill the demon!"

    This shout stunned the Qing soldiers around him. Li Yiwen and hundreds of people roared and removed their hats and braids, revealing their red scarves, and drew their swords to kill the Qing soldiers beside them.

    More than 300 Qing troops at the gate of the city were caught off guard. They never expected that Liuyang Xiangyong, whom they had just scolded, would turn into Taiping thieves in the blink of an eye. The leaders of the battle were all veterans of the Guangxi Uprising of the Taiping Army. They were all brave.  Accustomed to killing, they formed small formations in groups to kill the Qing troops at the edge of the city, and chopped down dozens of Qing troops in an instant.

    The Qing army was greatly frightened, and they did not know how many long hairs had sneaked into the city. They fled into the city one after another. More than a hundred civilians pushing carts also dispersed in a rush. The streets in the city were full of Qing troops running around to avoid thieves.  and the people, for a time the whole south of the city was in a chaotic scene.

    After killing the Qing troops at the gate of the city, Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong looked at each other. Both of them looked at the high points on the east and west sides of the south of the city. They nodded to each other and understood each other's intentions. Li Yiwen immediately ordered He Bin to die.  Zhou Zhaoyao and Zhou Zhaoyao led the new army of the Three Hundred Pao Brother Association to guard the city gate. He and Lin Qirong each led one hundred Taiping veterans to fight to Kuixing Tower and Tianxin Pavilion respectively, intending to seize these two highlands and receive the troops who arrived outside the city to enter the city.

    Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong were worthy of being future generals. They both realized at the same time that if they did not take advantage of the Qing army's chaos and organized troops to capture Tianxin Pavilion and Kuixing Tower, the city gate would be captured by them.  It cannot be defended either.  If the Qing army arrived and occupied two highlands, it would be extremely disadvantageous to the Taiping Army, and they might have to withdraw from the city.

    Without saying a word, Lin Qirong led his men and horses to attack Kuixing Tower. Li Yiwen roared and led his men to attack along the stone steps on the city wall. The second general divided his troops and quickly went to Tianxin Pavilion and Kuixing Tower.  .

    Although there were not many Qing troops in the two places, there were two to three hundred people stationed at each. The generals were killed in a noisy manner at the gate of the city. Qian Zong, the Qing army commander in Tianxin Pavilion, was startled. He turned around and looked into the city, only to see red people.  A large group of soldiers bravely came up the stone steps of Tianxin Pavilion.

    "The long-haired thieves are coming!" Qian Zongzong of the Qing Army roared loudly, and more than ten Qing soldiers armed with spears rushed over and stabbed at the foot of the stone steps.

    The spears of the Qing army were more than ten feet long. The two Taiping soldiers who were the first to stab were caught off guard and were stabbed on the stone steps.  Most of the Taiping soldiers had broadswords in their hands, which were not as long as the spears of the Qing army. They couldn't grab them in a hurry. The stone steps were narrow and crowded and they couldn't use them. They were blocked on the stone steps and were extremely passive. Li Yiwen saw this and shouted from behind: "Hold on."  Pull them down with the spear! Throw the big knife at the back!"

    The Taiping soldiers in the front shouted loudly, looked at the spear that was being stabbed, passed the tip of the spear, and grabbed the spear body fiercely. The two Taiping soldiers in front and behind pulled hard together, and the Taiping soldiers in the back threw their swords in the air.  When they went out, the Qing infantry blocked on the stone steps were either dragged down the city and fell to pieces, or they were hit by flying swords, and there were suddenly fewer spears piercing them.

    The Taiping soldiers in the front row saw the opportunity and rushed forward with a roar. Several Taiping soldiers rushed up the stone steps and immediately started a hand-to-hand fight with the Qing army on the top of the city.  Dozens of Qing troops surrounded the stone steps. The Taiping troops who came up first were as powerful as tigers. They showed no fear in the face of an enemy army several times their size. They kept charging forward with swords flying in their hands.

    It was not until he was hit by several knives and bullets that he fell to the ground and died. One Taiping soldier was even shot in the abdomen.Finally, the intestines flowed out of the body, and he still flew towards the enemy in front of him.

    It was precisely because of the fearless charge of several Taiping soldiers in the front row that they dispersed the Qing troops surrounding the stone steps, opening a gap for the comrades who followed them one after another.

    After Li Yiwen rushed up with his bare hands, he picked up a spear that killed a Qing soldier and stabbed a Qing soldier to death. While he was fighting, he suddenly heard a Qing soldier shouting loudly from the corridor of Tianxin Pavilion: "The bird gunner is ready."  !¡±

    Li Yiwen looked up and saw dozens of Qing troops holding muskets neatly arranged behind the railings on the west corridor of Tianxin Pavilion on the city wall, with the black muskets pointed downwards.

    Li Yiwen shouted loudly: "Qingyao Musket! Everyone, hide quickly!"

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