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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 189: Shanghai Old City

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    Zhou Xiuying also recognized Liu Lichuan and said happily to Li Xuanji: "Sister Xuanji, this is Mr. Liu, the leader of the Little Sword Society. That night we fought together to fight through the siege of Qingyao and foreign devils. I have seen his  .¥ì.si³ke-?˼?·&c³bs;¿Í¥ì¡±

    Li Xuanji nodded and shouted with a long sword: "Put away the knife!" The female laundry soldiers sheathed the knife together, then squatted down and continued to wash the clothes.

    After Liu Lichuan, Pan Qiliang, Chen Alin and others gathered in the ruined temple in the northwest of Shanghai, they planned to go to Jiading after dark and seek refuge with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but they didn't know that in the afternoon, Qing troops came to search for them.  Pan Qiliang was on sentry duty outside, and from afar he saw the Qing army's training horses coming with banners. He saw that those men and horses were all members of the Guandao Gang in the city. The Guandao Gang was suppressed by the Xiaodao Society in the past, and the two factions often fought over each other.  The Guandao Gang must have taken refuge in the government army.  Chen Alin also understood at this time that the reason why the Little Knife Society was defeated so quickly was that, in addition to Lin Afu's defection and the lack of a leader in the city, there were also gangs such as the Guan Dao Gang and the Ningbo Gang who colluded with the government to deal with the Little Knife Society. Only these gangs could  They know how to deal with the Little Knife Club. After all, the gangs have been fighting in Shanghai for many years. These gangs know all about the tricks played in the world.  

    Shocked and angry, Chen Alin also understood that the Qing army sent the Guandao Gang out to search for people who wanted to get the knife and escape again. Whenever a person in the Jianghu was involved in a crime and fled, he would always contact some Jianghu people to help or have a way to escape.  According to the rules, the Guandao Gang naturally knew these joints. Under the search of the Guandao Gang, it was difficult for him, Liu Lichuan and others to escape, so they had to return to the temple to report to Liu Lichuan.

    After receiving the report, Liu Lichuan immediately turned southwest with more than ten brothers and fled towards Qingpu.  Along the way, they did not dare to enter villages or pass villages, and sought shelter in sparsely populated places.  They found a broken boat in a fork of the Puhuitang River, and everyone hid in the reeds.

    Until evening, everyone was hungry and tired. Pan Qiliang took a few brothers out to find food. On the way, they met three members of the Guandao Gang who had lost the battle. After asking about it, they found out that the Guandao Gang and the Taiping Army were there in the afternoon.  There was a battle in the south of the city, and the Guandao Gang lost miserably. Even the female general who led the team, Mu Yinghong, the daughter of the leader of the Guandao Gang, was captured.

    After Pan Qiliang asked, he killed three people to silence them.  Come back and report to Liu Lichuan.  Liu Lichuan and Chen Alin were surprised and happy. They didn't expect the Taiping Army to arrive so quickly, so they decided to go to Longmao after dawn.

    So everyone waited until dawn before walking to the Taiping Army camp and saw a female Taiping Army soldier wrapped in a red scarf washing clothes by the Puhuitang River.  Everyone came across the river, but they didn't know that the female soldiers drew their swords and faced each other.  Fortunately, Zhou Xiuying is among them.  It also saves a lot of saliva to explain.

    The female soldiers smiled and watched as Liu Lichuan and others swam over. After arriving on the shore, Li Xuanji came forward to greet them. After Zhou Xiuying came forward to introduce each other, Li Xuanji said: "Mr. Liu, Captain Liu, the King of the West has sent out a team to kill Qing Yao.  Gone. The Queen of the West has also gone to the north gate. How about you all have a good meal and change your clothes first, and then I will send someone to lead you to meet in front of the King of the West's army?"

    Liu Lichuan and others were hungry.  Immediately agreeing, Li Xuanji and Zhou Xiuying took everyone back to the camp to arrange meals.

    After Liu Lichuan and others had a full meal, their spirits were slightly refreshed. After changing their clothes, Zhou Xiuying shouted that she would take Liu Lichuan and others to find the King of the West.  Li Xuanji was secretly amused, knowing that this reckless girl couldn't stay behind. She knew Liu Lichuan and others and could be a good introduction, so she asked Zhou Xiuying to lead a team of people to lead Liu Lichuan and others to the King of the West, and also sent someone to report  Princess Zhixi.

    But it was said that Hong Yun'er brought Yan Matai and other missionaries to the Taiping Army camp outside the west gate. Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu had already received the news, and the two generals led troops to catch Xi Wang Niang.

    Last night, after Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu led their troops outside the west gate, the Qing troops outside the city dispersed and fled back to the Qing army's camp outside the west gate.  The second general ordered the soldiers to rush to repair the camp, and at the same time ordered the artillery team to set up artillery to bombard the Qing army camp outside the city.

    As soon as the cannon fired, the city of Shanghai suddenly became chaotic. Across the moat, there was chaos in the city. There were screams in the city. It seemed that the people in the city were beginning to prepare to flee.  Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu continued the bombardment, and finally fired a cannon every time they burned an incense stick. The Qing troops in the city were worried all night, for fear that the long-haired thieves would attack the city at night.

    Hong Yun'er came to the front of the battle to watch, and saw that the Qing army's hastily constructed camp outside the city had been bombarded by artillery and was in tatters. No one could be seen in the camp. I wonder if they fled back to the city during the night.  There were several broken awning boats floating on the moat outside the city, and there were more than a dozen corpses floating in the river. It was not known whether they were Qing troops or civilians who were killed.  The west gate was closed tightly, and there were clumps of weeds growing on the weather-worn city wall. There were more than a dozen heavy Qing army iron cannons mounted behind the pheasant saucer, and many Qing troops were running around in panic on the top of the city.  go.

    This old city of Shanghai is far inferior to the Oriental Magic City of later generations.On a grand scale, Shanghai Old Town is located on the west side of the Huangpu River and is limited to what is now Huangpu District.  The area enclosed by the city wall is almost where Shanghai people lived before modern times.  Over the past 100 years, Shanghai has transformed from a small county town into the largest city in China, and its area and population have increased dozens of times. But now it is just an inconspicuous small town.

    The perimeter of the Shanghai City Wall is no more than ten miles, and the city wall is eight meters high.  When it was first built, there were five city gates, namely the Dadong Gate (Chaozong Gate), the Xiaodong Gate (Baodai Gate), the South Gate (Qualong Gate), the West Gate (Fengyi Gate) and the North Gate (Yanhai Gate).  At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a small south gate was added.  During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, another Zhanchuan Gate (the New North Gate) was added.  Outside Shanghai City, there is a moat 6 feet wide, 1.7 feet deep, and more than 1,500 feet in circumference.  The river is covered with reeds, which rustle in autumn.  To the west of Shanghai is the Huangpu River, to the north is the Suzhou River, which can also lead directly to Suzhou, and to the south are small rivers such as the Puhuitang River. Since the city was built, rivers have been dug on all sides of Shanghai, directly connected with the moat, and there are  Many small merchant ships and awning boats come and go.

    Generals Li Zuoche and Tang Erniu have already received the order from the King of the West. They will continue to build fortresses today, bombard the west gate of Shanghai, block the moat and Suzhou River outside the city, and hold off on any major siege until Lin Qirong and others take over.  After Wusongkou, the final general attack was launched.

    After Hong Yun'er gave some instructions to the second general, Tang Erniu took more than 300 people as guards, escorted Hong Yun'er and others, and then turned to the north gate.

    Half an hour later, everyone arrived outside the north gate. From a distance, everyone could smell the strong and choking smell of blood.  When the Qing troops outside the north gate saw the flag of the Taiping Army, they were so frightened that they retreated into the camp outside the city and did not dare to fight.

    Outside the Yanhai Gate of the north gate, the Qing army dug more than a dozen large pits. The pits were filled to the brim with corpses, including the old, weak, women and children. The Qing army only filled a few pits, and the rest of the pits were not yet buried. They were all buried in the sun.  Exuding a foul odor from the exposure to the sun.

    Even though Hong Yun'er had already witnessed the brutal and bloody fighting, she couldn't help but feel sick when she saw the bloody corpses covered with flies and mosquito bites.  The twelve foreign missionaries did not have that good endurance, and without exception they knelt down by the pit and vomited until they were unconscious.

    Hong Yun'er ordered people to help them to the back. After drinking some water, the foreign priests calmed down.  Yan Matai shouted angrily with a livid face: "This is a barbaric massacre! This is a crime! There is a three-year-old child in the corpse pit! Wu Jianzhang is a vicious executioner! He is not an honest person, he is the incarnation of the devil Satan  !¡±

    Luo Weilin¡¯s face turned pale and he said in a trembling voice: ¡°God, what did I see? Is this hell?¡±

    Weng Yige's face turned pale, his lips trembled, and it took him a long time to say: "Gentlemen, should we do something?"

    The missionaries nodded and stood up together, holding back the desire to vomit. One person went to each pit. They knelt by the pit and murmured prayers, hoping that the souls of the deceased would find peace after death.  Can go to heaven and no longer suffer the pain on earth.

    After Hong Yun'er and all the Taiping soldiers also prayed silently, she ordered Tang Erniu to lead the manpower to fill up more than a dozen holes with soil and bury them.

    After Medus finished reciting his prayers in a daze, he stared blankly at the Taiping soldiers filling the hole with soil. Finally, he couldn't help but kneel on the ground and burst into tears. Luo Weilin hurried over to help him up and comforted him repeatedly.  .  No matter how strong-willed a person is, seeing such a bloody and tragic scene will reveal the most fragile side of human nature.

    Hong Yun'er stepped forward with a tight pretty face and said to Yan Matai and Weng Yige: "Fathers, I think you should go back and ask Wu Jianzhang how many of his so-called rebels he killed. You can also see  When we arrive, most of the people in the pit are old and weak women and children, and there are very few adult men. Are those old and weak women and children also what he calls bandits and robbers? Are the mercenaries formed by your countries just to massacre these unarmed people?"

    Yan Matai immediately said: "Our mercenaries must not know about this situation. We will go back immediately to report everything we see to the consulates of various countries. We hope to maintain contact with your army."

    Hong Yun'er nodded and said, "I hope you can bring us good news when you go back."

    In this way, Yan Matai and others returned to Shanghai City from the north gate. Hong Yun'er looked at a dozen newly filled pits and turned back to Tang Erniu and said: "Make a mark here. After Shanghai City is conquered, we will  Let¡¯s erect a monument to these victims.¡±

    Tang Erniu gritted his teeth and said, "Prince Xiwang, ask your subordinates to lead people to attack the city immediately and kill all the dog officials to avenge these innocent people!"

    Hong Yun'er said calmly: "At this moment, there are still thousands of Qingyao troops in the city, and there are also foreign soldiers to help. We still have to set up camp and fight steadily. You should pay special attention to the direction of Suzhou, although there is still Mr. Zuo in Suzhou.  The leading troops are besieging, but they are afraid that the Qingyao from Jiangbei will send troops forward.For rescue, we must build a camp on the south bank of the Suzhou River so that the Qingyao cannot break through the defense line of the Suzhou River. Next, we can wait for news from the King of the West.  "

    While they were talking, the messenger from the southern camp arrived and brought the news about Li Xuanji. When she heard that Liu Lichuan from the Xiaodao Society had come to seek refuge, Hong Yun'er smiled: "Some people from the Xiaodao Society who are familiar with the city will join us. We will conquer Shanghai."  Hope has increased greatly." (To be continued.)</dd>
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