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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 68: Switching sides

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    Liuyang Gate is one of the east gates of the ancient city of Changsha. It was built in the Five Dynasties period. It was named because it was a post road to Liuyang County just outside the city. At this time, the sun was already turning to the west. In the dim city gate cave, the Taiping Army lit up a fire.  Clusters of torches illuminated the mottled green marks on the masonry, making it indescribably dark and desolate.

    Two heavy city gates were open, covered with bowl-sized copper nails. Walking out of the dark city gate, there was a bridge on the moat outside Liuyang Gate. It was called Liucheng Bridge. It was a wooden bridge. At this time, the bridge was crowded with people.  It was filled with hundreds of people who had fled from Liuyang.

    When Hong Yuner, Hu Jiumei, and Li Xuanji arrived with the female soldiers, they saw Lin Fengxiang and the male battalion soldiers checking the identities of the people.

    Hong Yun'er glanced over and saw that these people were all wearing old and tattered clothes, and some of them only had a piece of clothing to cover their bodies. Fear, panic, anger, sadness, and all kinds of complicated expressions were written on them.  Their faces, shouts, cries of babies, wails of injuries, and calls of domestic animals were mixed together, hovering over the crowd, making the scene even more chaotic.

    Seeing Hong Yun'er's arrival, Lin Fengxiang hurriedly came up to greet her, clasping her fists and saying, "Mother Xiwang, among the common people, there are sisters from the Labor Women's Camp."

    Hong Yun'er nodded and said: "It doesn't matter. Let the civilians who are not suspicious be allowed into the city. I asked the female camp to prepare more food and medicine. The injured civilians can also be taken care of properly. Later  I also want to ask President Lin to let the soldiers of the male battalion build some shacks so that the people can have a place to stay temporarily."

    Lin Fengxiang replied respectfully: "I just follow the instructions of the Queen of the West. Originally, there was a temporary shelter for people fleeing from all over the city in the west of the city. We can arrange to go there. The place there is spacious, and hundreds of people can come there."

    Hong Yun'er hummed, and saw that Hu Jiumei, Li Xuanji and other female soldiers had already stepped forward to greet the women among the common people to come forward and inspect them one by one. The Taiping Army was mainly worried that Qing army spies would sneak into the city disguised as refugees. At the beginning of the year,  In Yong'an, a spy from the Qing army disguised himself as a refugee and sneaked into Yong'an City to communicate with the traitor Zhou Xineng. In fact, the East King Yang Xiuqing's subordinates had detected the spy early in the morning, but Yang Xiuqing remained calm and just kept a secret surveillance until Zhou Xineng decided to rebel.  An opportunity occurred and asked Heavenly Father to come down to earth to expose Zhou Xineng's conspiracy.

    Most of the officers and soldiers of the Taiping Army came from poor backgrounds, and many of them had been refugees. They were quite good at seeing the Qing army pretending to be refugees. The details of the Qing army rarely escaped their notice.

    Seeing Li Xuanji shouting to the common people with a local Hunan accent, many common women listened to Li Xuanji's words, holding their babies and holding their own treasures and belongings, and came forward one by one for the Taiping female soldiers to check, and put in everything that was not suspicious.  In the city, there were female soldiers who took them to the women's camp to eat and treat those who were injured.

    Seeing that the Taiping Army was so kind, the people were so grateful that they thanked them repeatedly. Many people even shed tears and praised the virtues of having long hair, while some couldn't help cursing the officers and soldiers.

    When Li Xuanji was busy, he saw a peasant girl pushing forward and crying: "Sister Xuanji, I am Dongqing, I am Dongqing." This woman was killed by the Qing army along with Li Xuanji that day.  The captured farm girl Yang Dongqing.

    Li Xuanji followed the news and hurriedly stepped forward to separate the crowd, pulled Yang Dongqing aside and said happily: "Dongqing, have you escaped too? We were separated during the war that day, and I was worried about you for a long time."

    Yang Dongqing looked sad, and she couldn't help but shed tears. She choked and said: "Sister Xuanji, Changmao was fighting with the army that day, and we got separated. I was rescued by Changmao's soldiers, who gave me something to eat.  I went home, but I didn't know that when I returned to our village, the defeated soldiers of the government army just happened to flee to our village, killing everyone they saw and robbing everything they saw."

    Li Xuanji turned pale, pulled Yang Dongqing and asked urgently: "Where is my mother? Has my mother escaped?"

    Yang Dongqing burst into tears and said: "I heard from people who escaped together that Aunt Li was killed by the army, your house was also burned down, and I was the only one who escaped from my house, woo woo woo."

    These words were like a burst of thunder, which shocked Li Xuanji to the point of being stunned. After a while, she knelt down and hugged her delicate knees and cried loudly. Yang Dongqing also knelt beside her and cried loudly.

    Hong Yun'er was explaining some trivial matters to Hu Jiumei. When she turned around, she saw Li Xuanji squatting on the ground crying. She hurriedly separated from everyone and stepped forward and asked, "Xuanji, what's wrong with you?"

    Li Xuanji was crying so much that she was speechless, but Hong Yun'er still asked Yang Dongqing why.  Hong Yun'er sighed softly, this is how it is when one is born in troubled times. Human life is always without roots and roots, and may be cut off at any time. Then a wave of hatred arises. These lackeys of the Qing army are really hateful. They poison the countryside and harm the people.  , simply inferior to pigs and dogs.

    Hong Yun'er gently stroked Li Xuanji's back, feeling the girl's delicate body trembling. She comforted her softly: "Xuanji, you have to be stronger. The deceased has passed away.Come on, if the King of the West wins the battle later, he will avenge you. You still have your elder brother to look for, so don¡¯t break your body from crying. Our Catholic Church has said that as long as a kind-hearted person dies,  Those who can go to heaven and enjoy happiness.  "Hong Yun'er didn't know how to persuade her, so she could only talk about the teachings of the Catholic Church to comfort her.

    Li Xuanji cried for a while, then suddenly stood up, wiped her tears, her eyes were full of anger, she clenched her fists and gritted her teeth and suddenly fell down in front of Hong Yun'er and said sadly: "Mother Xi Wang, please accept me and  Dongqing, please be a female Taiping soldier, we need to learn martial arts, kill demons, and kill all these beasts!"

    Hong Yun'er clasped her jaw slightly, and Yang Dongqing stood up weakly, knelt beside Li Xuanji and said, "Mother of the West, please take us in." Although Yang Dongqing didn't know Hong Yun'er,  But I saw that she was dressed in an unusual way. The yellow scarf on her head was different from the ordinary long-haired red scarf, and she was also extremely beautiful. I also heard Li Xuanji call her the Queen of the West, so her status must be noble, but I was a little confused.  Queen of the West?  Is she the King of the West¡¯s mother?  But it's impossible for this woman to be so young. Could she be the concubine of King Xi's father?

    Hong Yun'er certainly couldn't imagine what weird thoughts Yang Dongqing was thinking, so she hurriedly stepped forward to help the two girls up and said, "You must think clearly, you will die at any time as a soldier."

    Li Xuanji said firmly: "Mother Xi Wang, the little girl is now alone. Her brother was also raped by Qing Yao to do team training. Now Qing Yao has killed my mother again. I have to avenge this blood feud. Qing Yao."  Since the demon has forced me not to take the front nvhong anymore, I will pick up the sword and seek justice from them!" Yang Dongqing also echoed loudly with his eyes widened.

    Seeing that the two women were determined, Hong Yun'er nodded slowly and said: "Okay, you two, just follow me. My name is Hong Xuanjiao, and I am the commander of the Taiping Women's Battalion. You can be by my side now and be my personal guards. I will let you go later."  Aunt Hu has registered you as a soldier, and some rules will be told to you later. Let's settle the fleeing people first." The two girls cried with joy, and followed Hong Yun'er with tears in their eyes and got busy again.

    After the refugees from Liuyang entered the city, news spread quickly. Many of the captured Liuyang Xiangyong had become Taiping soldiers. When they heard that their hometown had been ravaged by the Qing army, the crowd became excited and gathered at Liuyang Gate to go out of the city for revenge.

    The commanders of the Liuyang New Army, He Bin, Zhou Zhaoyao and others, hurriedly persuaded them to stop. Hong Yun'er and Lin Fengxiang saw that the chaos outside the city had not calmed down, and there was chaos in the city again. They hurriedly withdrew and entered the city. They saw that everyone in the Liuyang New Army was full of people.  With angry faces, they all started shouting, "General, let me go out of the city. I want to fight Qing Gou. Don't stop me!" "Gou Guanjun, Dog Guanfu, we fought desperately for them, but they actually killed my wife and daughter."  , I want revenge!" "These Tiansha officers and soldiers are not as cruel as they are, I want revenge!"

    The new troops from Liuyang became more and more excited as they talked. He Bin and others could not persuade them. All the troops rushed towards the city gate together, and soon they crowded together with the Taiping troops guarding the city gate, making the scene even more chaotic.

    "Bang!" A crisp gunshot was heard, and the noisy city gate suddenly became quiet. Hong Yun'er's face was as cold as frost, and she walked quickly to the stone steps of the city wall with a short blunderbuss in her hand.  He yelled: "All armies, listen to the order! Anyone who is making trouble will be killed!" A group of Taiping soldiers guarding the city immediately shouted in response, and the momentum immediately shocked the scene.

    One of the Liuyang New Army members was dissatisfied and said loudly: "This female general, we went out of the city to kill the officers and soldiers together with you, why did you stop us?"

    Hong Yuner shouted in a sweet voice: "You are going to kill Qing Yao? What are you going to kill with? Are you going with bare hands? Do you know how many people there are in Qing Yao? Do you know where Qing Yao is?"

    The troops were quiet for a moment. Hong Yun'er put away her blunderbuss and stood in front of the troops with her hand on the handle of the Yuanyang knife on her waist. Her clothes were fluttering and a heroic spirit came to her face. She heard her say loudly: "The King of the West"  You have already led your troops out of the city to fight against the Qing Yao. You have only been members of the Taiping Saint Soldiers for a few days, and you still don¡¯t know how to kill the enemy. If you go out of the city in such a mess, you will only be killed by the Qing Yao! If you want to kill the Qing Yao and take revenge, you will have many opportunities in the future.  From today on, you must practice your enemy-killing skills with peace of mind and abide by Taiping military discipline, and you will definitely be able to kill Qing Yao and take revenge in the future!"

    All the troops cheered together, and Hong Yun'er said again: "Now you Liuyang folks are escaping outside the city. You should help settle them first, instead of making trouble here!"

    When all the troops heard this, they felt ashamed, and they all made way to help admit the people of Liuyang into the city.  During this period, there were many people who recognized their relatives among the fleeing people, and they hugged each other and cried. For a while, there were sad cries inside and outside Liuyang Gate.

    On that day, the Qing army was defeated, massacred and plundered Liuyang Township. All Liuyang Township warriors in Changsha City defected to the Taiping Army. Even among the Shaanxi soldiers, many people were indignant and joined the Taiping Army. There were also many people who fled Liuyang.  Alone for a hundred yearsAfter joining the Taiping Army, the people in the city also sympathized with the people of Liuyang. In addition, the people in the city usually received support from the Taiping Army, and their support for the Taiping Army reached a peak for a while.

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