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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 19: Burning the Granary

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    When the rear army led by Li Zuoche, Tang Erniu, and Tong Qiangsheng arrived with a large amount of baggage, it was almost dusk. Fighting, fire, and gunshots were still going on in the city, but the east gate and west gate had been attacked by the Taiping Army.  Next, there are still governor's offices, several treasuries and the north gate in the city that have not yet been fully controlled.

    When Xiao Yungui saw the arrival of the rear army, he immediately ordered Lin Qirong and Li Yiwen to lead the Taiping New Army to guard the important area at the south gate, guard the prisoners, and collect all kinds of supplies. The wounded who were carried out from the front also set up sheds at the south gate to summon the army doctor and  Save the danger and wait for the official to treat him.

    He ordered the Taiping veterans from Tianxin Pavilion and Kuixing Tower to withdraw. After a fight, there were still more than a hundred people capable of fighting in the two places. In addition, there were 200 card swordsmen in the new army and 200 bodyguards around him, making a total of elite Taiping troops.  Five hundred people, personally led by him, Xiao Yungui, were ready to continue to reinforce the city's purge.

    When Xiao Yungui ordered Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu to gather their troops and prepare to set off, they saw several flames rising into the sky in the northeast corner of the city. Tong Qiangsheng pointed to that side and exclaimed loudly: "That side seems to be inside the city."  Where is the granary of the Qingyao government!"

    Xiao Yungui was stunned for a moment, then cursed loudly: "Who the hell set fire to the food?"

    Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong had already gone down to the city gate and saw the light of the fire. Li Yiwen said anxiously: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, the area has not been completely wiped out. It seems that the Qing demon was forced to set fire to the granary."

    Xiao Yungui immediately jumped on his horse, held his sword and shouted: "Li Yiwen, Lin Qirong, you two stay here, I will personally lead the troops to rescue the granary. If the food in the city is burned out, everyone will starve! Ignore the small groups on the road.  Qing Yao, let¡¯s go straight to the granary!¡±

    At that moment, Xiao Yungui hurriedly led more than 500 brand-name swordsmen to the granary in the northeast corner. Along the way, small groups of Qing troops and Taiping troops were still fighting bloody battles. However, the Qing army was already out of control, and there were already several groups of Taiping troops guarding them.  A large number of Qing prisoners returned to the south of the city.

    Xiao Yungui stopped a soldier commander and asked: "How is the situation ahead?"

    The soldier clasped his fists and said loudly: "Your Highness the King of the West, Mr. Lin and Mr. Li are besieging the remaining Qingyao at the granary. There are still Qingyao at the governor's office. Mr. Zeng and Mr. Ji are besieging the governor's office. I heard that  Not a single high-ranking official from Qing Yao has escaped, they are all in the Yamen."

    Li Zuoche was overjoyed and said: "King of the West, let's catch the Qingyao official."

    Xiao Yungui cursed: "What do I need those wine and rice bags for? They will only waste food. We have to help Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang now. Food is the most important thing." He immediately urged the soldiers and horses to rush to the northeast.

    "Walking through several streets, I saw dead bodies of Qing soldiers everywhere. Dozens of Taiping soldiers were inspecting the bodies. If they found those still alive, they stabbed them. The smell of blood made it difficult to open their eyes.  Xiao Yungui didn't look at it too much. Killing the Qing wounded soldiers might also be a relief for these Qing soldiers. The Taiping Army really didn't have the extra manpower and material resources to treat these Qing wounded soldiers, rather than letting them wail and bleed to death.  , might as well give them a good time.  This is the cold war, and there is nothing else to say except death.

    When Xiao Yungui led his men and horses to Changsha Guancang, they saw that the fire here was already very strong, and the heat wave was blowing in their faces. They could not get close. Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, their faces were blackened by smoke, and they were shouting orders to the Taiping Army officers.  Fighting fires everywhere.  The fire was extremely powerful, and all they could do was to prevent the fire from spreading to other residential buildings.

    Xiao Yungui jumped off his horse, and the two generals hurriedly came forward and bowed to the ground. Li Kaifang said bitterly: "Qingyao is cunning. He led his troops to guard here early in the morning. Seeing that we were in a serious conflict, they couldn't resist, so they set fire to the food.  .¡±

    Xiao Yungui stared blankly at the flames that shot several feet high, and was speechless. Without this food, it would be impossible to expand the number of troops. The people fleeing in the city would also have to be rescued. What should we do now that there is no food?  Which bastard came up with such a vicious idea?

    Lin Fengxiang saw Xiao Yungui's face gloomy, just looking at the flames without saying a word. After he and Li Kaifang arrived, the Qingyao set fire to it. When they rushed up, the group of Qingyaos guarding the granary all surrendered, but the granary was attracted by kerosene.  Ran could no longer be saved and could only watch the food being burned. Lin Fengxiang felt deeply guilty.

    The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, Lin Fengxiang let out a loud hey, turned around with the knife and rushed towards the Qing officers and soldiers kneeling on the ground, and was about to chop down the first Qing officer who held his head high.

    "Stop!" Xiao Yungui shouted in a deep voice: "Killing him now will not help the situation, and it will make him have a reputation of fighting to the death!"

    Lin Fengxiang put away the knife in frustration and stepped aside. Xiao Yungui stepped forward and saw that the official was wearing a zombie costume that he had seen on TV before. Based on Xiao Chaogui's knowledge, Xiao Yungui probably recognized this person.  He wears a floral coral top, nine-python five-claw robe, and a golden pheasant embroidered on the chest. He is wearing the official uniform of the second rank of the Qing court. This person has a high official position.

      In the firelight, I saw that this person had a good appearance, but his face and lips were white. Although he straightened his body, his brows were trembling slightly, and he was obviously still a little scared.

    Xiao Yungui coughed lightly and asked: "What is your name? What is your official position? Why do you set fire to the food?"

    The officer tried hard to keep his voice from trembling, but he still stuttered: "You, you and other thieves, how can you ask my official name? These are official rations. I would rather burn them than pay the thieves!"

    Xiao Yungui touched his nose, drank softly, winked at Li Kaifang, and then shouted: "Guan Guan, you are looking for death! Cut me down!"

    Li Kaifang saw the look in Xiao Yungui's eyes and knew that if he really wanted to kill this man, he would let Lin Fengxiang do it instead of stopping him. He immediately pulled out the knife, turned the back of the knife and slashed with a loud shout.

    Before Li Kaifang could land his sword, the official was so frightened that he fainted.  Xiao Yungui snorted heavily and sneered: "I thought he was really a tough guy, but he turned out to be an embroidered pillow, hahaha."

    Xiao Yungui followed and turned to ask a Qing soldier next to the officer: "Which of you is this dog officer? If you don't want to die, just tell me!"

    The Qing army had no intention of being loyal and benevolent to the emperor. After Xiao Yungui shouted and asked, he quickly replied: "This gentleman is Weng Tongjue and Weng Fantai, the chief envoys of Hunan."

    Xiao Yungui said oh, I don't know what Weng Tongjue is, and immediately ordered Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu to pick up the unconscious Weng Tongjue, escort a group of prisoners, and prepare to lead the troops to the governor's Yamen.  He didn't know that Weng Tongjue was the eldest brother of Weng Tonghe, the later Emperor Guangxu's mentor. He was unlucky enough. He was about to be transferred to the capital, but the new Hunan Governor Pan Duo hadn't arrived yet, so he had to wait for the delivery in Changsha, but he didn't.  Thinking of Changsha city being destroyed, he became a prisoner.

    ??Following Xiao Yungui, he ordered Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang to lead troops and continue to attack the north gate. Only a hundred people were left at the granary to look after the fire and not spread it. It was already burned like this, so there was no need to risk lives to save it.

    When they arrived outside the governor's office, they saw Zeng Shuiyuan and others leading troops to surround the governor's office and they were attacking fiercely. The Qing troops inside the government office seemed to be different from the troops outside who were about to collapse at the first touch. Muskets, bows and arrows were fired very densely inside, and the Qing troops fought to the death again.  Without retreating, Zeng Shuiyuan and others attacked several times without success.

    After Xiao Yungui led the troops, he watched for a while, frowned and pondered for a moment, called Li Zuoche and whispered a few words, and Li Zuoche went with dozens of people.

    After Zeng Shuiyuan and Ji Wenyuan came up to greet them, Ji Wenyuan cursed in Guangxi Hakka dialect: "Hang that horse, the Qingyao here is really brave and will not retreat to the death. We are afraid that the soldiers will be injured too much, so we have not been able to do it."  If you conquer, ask the King of the West to punish you."

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "It's okay, the trapped beast is still fighting. If Luo Bingzhang, the governor of Qingyao, sent these people to guard the south gate, how could we easily conquer the south gate? The lives of our brothers are also precious. They have already spread their wings and can't fly. They can't make mistakes.  Let the brothers be in danger. Everyone, rest for a while, and we will have our own way to deal with them when Li Zuoche comes back."

    After several soldiers and horses gathered together, the governor's office was completely surrounded. At this time, the moon had already reached the treetops, and the sounds of killing and gunshots in the city were still sporadic and intermittent.

    After a while, Li Zuoche brought people back and saw dozens of people with something wrapped in cloth in their hands. As they got closer, a big stench overflowed.

    Zeng Shuiyuan covered his nose and frowned: "Your Highness, King Xi, what is this?"

    Xiao Yungui also pinched his nose and said: "Dried horse dung! Li Zuoche, do as I say."

    Li Zuoche received the order loudly, then wrapped the cloth and horse dung with hay, dipped it in kerosene, and ignited it under a torch. Dozens of horse dung fireballs ignited and were thrown into the governor's head from all directions.  The courtyard wall of the Yamen has gone.

    After the dried horse manure was lit, thick smoke came out, making people's noses and tears flow. Xiao Yungui remembered that when he went back to his hometown in the countryside with his father in junior high school, he had also done such a prank, and he couldn't help but sigh.  My heart smiles.

    The Qing troops in the courtyard of the Yamen Mansion realized something was wrong, so some people rushed out to pick up the horse dung bags and throw them out. They were spotted by the Taiping soldiers lying on the wall of the courtyard. Bows, arrows and muskets were fired randomly, and the Qing soldiers fell down several times.  After the crowd, the rest of the crowd shrank back.

    Li Zuoche kept leading people to light horse dung bags and throw them in. As he threw more and more bags, he heard more and more people coughing inside. The Taiping soldiers outside laughed in unison. Even Zeng Shuiyuan  He couldn't help laughing and said: "The King of the West is really very clever. This horse dung was originally used to make smoke, but I never thought it could be used in this way."

    Xiao Yungui had a smug look on his face, he chuckled and said: "If the rats don't come out, smoke them out!" He followed him and took a step forward and shouted: "Tell the Qing Yao inside to surrender quickly, or you may avoid death!"

    wallThe Taiping troops on the ground shouted, but the Qing troops inside ignored them. After the smoke became more and more thick, they seemed to start to lose their support. After another half hour, Li Zuoche picked up more than a hundred horse dung bags.  They were all thrown in, and the entire government office was shrouded in thick smoke.

    Li Zuoche frowned and said, "King Xi, the demon still refuses to surrender. I'll go pick up some more horse dung."

    Seeing that his "ingenious plan" was useless, Xiao Yungui said angrily: "Gou Qingyao, if you still refuse to surrender, blow up the courtyard wall and rush in!"

    Just as the Taiping soldiers were burying red medicine under the courtyard wall, the vermilion gate of the governor's office opened with a creak, and someone inside shouted: "We are waiting for surrender, so please don't shoot or release arrows!"

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