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Volume One: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 406: See You Again in Heaven

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    After being besieged for three months, Changsha's originally well-built city walls were in dilapidated condition. After the Hunan Army occupied Miao Peak, they continued to bombard the south of Changsha with foreign artillery every day.  Although there are still tall towers such as Tianxing Pavilion in the south of Changsha City, the Taiping Army artillery in the East Palace is not as sharp as the Hunan Army's new foreign artillery. The Taiping Army artillery arrays in Tianxing Pavilion and other places were removed one by one by the Hunan Army. The entire south of the city was shrouded in Hunan Army artillery fire.  under.

    At the Tianxing Pavilion in the south of the city, Huang Yiyun wiped the blood and sweat from his face, but he couldn't tell whether the blood was his own or someone else's.  His yellow turban was already torn. He raised the long sword in his hand and shouted sternly: "Qingyao is coming up. Attack the city for the 71st time. Fly the tiger flag and let the brothers behind come up!"

    During the siege that lasted for more than ninety days, in order to avoid the superior artillery fire of the Qing army, the Taiping army always placed their troops behind the city wall to prevent damage from artillery fire. They only climbed onto the city wall when the Qing army began to attack the city.  They were fighting, and only a few soldiers were left on the wall to monitor them.

    Huang Yiyun's original name was Huang Yiyun. She changed her name to avoid the taboo of Feng Yunshan, the southern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. One of the old brothers who participated in the Jintian Uprising in Guangxi was a subordinate of Yang Xiuqing and could treat acute illnesses with herbal medicine.  In March 1852, he was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the First Army and served as Supervisor of the Army.  Xuan Shengmu Zhengmu has one armor and one supervisor.  Later, he went to Hunan to promote the local second general system, and was left in Changsha by Yang Xiuqing to assist Lai Hanying in guarding Changsha.  The following year, he was transferred to the command of the 16th Emperor on the Right Side of the Palace. Later, he was promoted to Qiuguan and Deputy Prime Minister, and was granted the title of Extermination of the Marquis of Hu.  In Changsha City, besides Lai Hanying, Huang Yiyun had the highest official position.

    Since the Hunan Army captured Miaofeng, Huang Yiyun has been guarding the south of the city. The Hunan Army has been the most aggressive in the south of the city, but Huang Yiyun has always stood firm here.  The Hunan army was also amazed.

    After Huang Yiyun roared loudly, she found the ruins beside her.  There were no soldiers left who could stand up. He struggled to stand up, only to find that his left leg had been injured by shrapnel from the Hunan Army's shells, and half of his bloody leg had lost consciousness.  Huang Yiyun gritted her teeth and walked to the side of the flag soldier. The flag soldier had been blown into two pieces, and his intestines were flowing all over the ground. He was holding the broken flying tiger flag tightly with one hand.

    Huang Yiyun didn't care about feeling sick. He picked up the Flying Tiger Flag and quickly waved it towards the city.  After seeing the red flag flying not far from the city, he breathed a sigh of relief. He sat on the ground and pulled a piece of cloth to wrap his injured leg. He found two short muskets from the rubble, looked at them and applied medicine.  son.

    He put the short blunderbuss in his waist, picked up a spear and put it to the edge of the battlement, raised his eyes and looked down.  I saw the Hunan soldiers with their heads wrapped in gray cloth carrying ladders like ants and quickly approaching the city wall.

    Huang Yiyun saw a fire bomb falling at her feet. The fire bomb was very simple. It was just gunpowder placed in an earthen jar.  After Huang Yiyun picked up the fire bomb, she heard a clang on the battlements, and a long ladder had already hooked onto the battlements. Huang Yiyun didn't even think about it.  He lit the fire and thunder bombs and threw them from the gap in the battlements.  A burst of exclamation was heard below, followed by a bang, and the ladder sank softly.

    "There are still people alive up there, damn, these long-haired thieves are really lucky!" "Jia Laoer, you guys hurry up and stop talking nonsense!" "Boss Chen is dead. The wooden ladder is broken!"  "Don't be crowded here, get up quickly!" After the Qing army panicked for a while, they quickly set up a long ladder.

    Huang Yiyun struggled and took out another fire bomb. Just as he was about to light it and throw it down, he saw a gray cloth head sticking out from the mouth of the battlement. Huang Yiyun couldn't light the fire bomb, so he hurriedly stabbed it with the spear in his hand, hitting the gray cloth in the middle.  Cloth-headed face door, accompanied by a shrill scream, the man fell down the city.

    "Jia Laoer's ball is dead, go ahead!" Another gray cloth head stuck out, this time he held up a shield. Huang Yiyun stabbed at it, but was blocked by him, and followed this man to jump up very quickly.  The city wall came, and the long knife in the other hand came quickly.

    Huang Yiyun staggered back a step, hurriedly pulled out the short gun from his waist and blasted it. The Hunan soldier screamed, half of his face was beaten into a sieve, and he fell to the ground and saw that he was dead.  But taking advantage of this moment, two more Hunan soldiers rushed to the top of the city and viciously slashed at Huang Yiyun with their long swords.

    Huang Yiyun abandoned the short blunderbuss and raised his long sword to meet him. He barely stabbed one person in the back, but was kicked to the ground by another person. The sharp long sword rushed towards the door. Huang Yiyun still heard the ferocious laughter of the Hunan soldier.  : "He's a man wearing a yellow scarf, his head must be very valuable!"

    Just when Huang Yiyun closed her eyes and waited for death, several spears flew over and opened the long knives. When Huang Yiyun looked back, more than a hundred Taiping troops rushed forward.  Seeing one of his own, Huang Yiyun breathed a sigh of relief. A guard supported him and shouted loudly: "Save the danger officer! Mie Huhou is injured, help him down!"

    Huang Yiyun looked at the Taiping troops swarming up the city, grinned and frowned: "Why do so many people come up?"

    Na Jian Dian said sadly: "Qing Yao is attacking the city from all sides today. The north and east of the city are also very tight. Uncle Lai Guo sent some people to go to the north and east of the city."

    Huang Yiyun went up to the top of the city for inspection in the morning, but was constantly blocked by shelling and could not get down.Zeng Yao wanted to break the city in one fell swoop today, but he didn't know that Qing Yao was so crazy today. He sneered and said, "Did Zeng Yaotou want to defeat the city in one fell swoop today? Humph, it depends on whether his teeth are healed or not." As he spoke, the Zheng Wei officer came up to look at Huang Yiyun.  He simply bandaged the injury, and said with some embarrassment: "Destroy Hou Hou, my subordinates no longer have any gold-creating medicine"

    Na Jian Dian cursed loudly: "Hurry up and find him. Didn't you see that Mie Huhou was so seriously injured?"

    Huang Yiyun smiled bitterly and raised his hands to stop. There was no medicine in the city or in the army. He knew better than anyone else. He said in a deep voice: "There is no need to look for it. The Qingyao attack is fierce today. We must hold on first!" After that, he stood up reluctantly.  Shouting loudly: "Put up the flag! Fight to the death!" Thousands of Taiping soldiers on the city top shouted in unison, and the broken apricot-yellow flag of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was quickly erected.

    On Miaofeng Peak, seeing the apricot-yellow flag in the south of the city raised again, Zeng Guoquan scolded angrily with a black face: "This Huang Yiyun dog thief is really good at beating him!"

    On the side, Ronglu put down his telescope and said calmly: "Uncle Jiu, let the artillery team fire!"

    Zeng Guoquan exclaimed: "Our brave men are still at the top of the city!"

    Ronglu said calmly: "Since they are brave men, they are used to die with the enemy. It is rare to have all the long hair, so it is worth exchanging one for several. After they die, they will receive generous pensions. They should work hard for us.  .¡±

    Ronglu¡¯s words were cold and contemptuous of the lives of soldiers, which made Zeng Guoquan shudder.  But he couldn't find anything to say to refute him, so he could only nod to the messenger behind him and said: "Order the artillery team to fire to the south of the city!"

    Soon, Tianxing Pavilion and other places in the south of the city were shrouded in artillery fire again, and red scarves and gray cloth heads were flying in the artillery fire.  Ronglu put down his telescope, nodded with satisfaction and said, "It seems that the city can be destroyed today."

    Zeng Guoquan looked at his niece-in-law and didn¡¯t know what to say. He turned around and asked, "Zhonghua, you are returning to Beijing to report on your duties this time. What will you do about your marriage to Ji Jing?"

    Ronglu turned slightly sideways and said: "This decree is very urgent, and my nephew can only put aside the marriage temporarily. However, my nephew and his father-in-law have discussed it, and the wedding in Hengyang has been settled. Ji Jing will come with me later.  Get married in Beijing."

    Zeng Guoquan frowned and said, "Why is the court so anxious to recall you this time?"

    Ronglu didn't hide it either, and said with a slight smile: "The emperor wants to organize and train the new army in the capital, and my nephew is going back to train."

    Zeng Guoquan said oh, Ronglu actually had another appointment when he returned to Beijing to report on his duties. The new army in the capital was no better than the Hunan army.  Although the Hunan soldiers were brave, they had always raised their own money. If the imperial court wanted to train a new army, it would surely be rich in money.  Thinking that if this niece-in-law controls the military power in the capital in the future, he will definitely become a high-ranking and powerful person, the Hunan Army has more foreign aid.  There are people in the court who are easy to do things, and Zeng Guoquan is also happy for his eldest brother to find such a quick son-in-law.

    Amidst the roar of cannons, Zeng Guoquan asked again: "Zhong Hua owes a lot to the fact that the siege of Guangzhou City can be lifted so quickly."

    Ronglu shook his head and said: "The battle in Guangzhou was not about the army seeking victory on its own initiative. It was Changmao who gave up on his own initiative. Changmao who besieged Guangzhou only fought for a month and then retreated on his own initiative. One part entered Jiangxi and the other went to Fujian.  Guangzhou's troops and horses are only enough to regain the old territory, but not enough to catch up."

    Zeng Guoquan asked curiously: "The Changmao troops who besieged Guangzhou were said to number one hundred thousand, why did they retreat so quickly?"

    Ronglu sneered and said: "These are all the work of the false King of the West. This guy sees things very accurately. The stragglers of the Tiandihui who besieged Guangzhou will definitely not be able to break the city. Moreover, he is also afraid that if he attacks Guangzhou for a long time, the barbarians will interfere, and he can't  It¡¯s really a good plan to send out reinforcements and simply let these bandits retreat to their territory.¡±

    Zeng Guoquan frowned and said: "This fake King of the West is really a serious problem."

    Ronglu muttered: "Uncle Jiu, my nephew is passing by here on his way to Beijing. I want to pay a visit to Uncle Jiu. After the battle of Changsha, Uncle Jiu will immediately send his troops northward. Fight the three towns of Wuchang if they can, and take them if they can't."  It is wise to hold on to Xia Yuezhou and wait until the hairy trouble breaks out at Xiaoqiang before we send out troops. This is the best plan and we cannot just ask for war."

    Zeng Guoquan nodded. He also knew that the two families of Changmao thieves, Dongwang and Xiwang, were at odds with each other. Although the two families later made peace temporarily, it was obvious that there would be a big fight within Changmao sooner or later. After the Hunan army captured Changsha, they needed to  Wait for new opportunities, otherwise you will not be able to defeat the Taiping Army at its peak.

    After the bombardment, I don¡¯t know how many people were left alive on the city. The Hunan Army swarmed up again, but the Taiping Army seemed to be unable to finish the fight. They emerged from the rubble again and fought until dusk. The Qing Army  Then he retreated slightly.

    At the head of the city, Huang Yiyun forced himself to count the men and horses, but found that there were less than 2,000 men and horses left, and they were all exhausted and injured. He ate some dry food in a hurry, but saw that the Hunan army was provoking a fight at the bottom of the city again.  The corpses and flags of the dead Taiping soldiers were displayed in such a display of power that Huang Yiyun was furious. After fighting for a long time, he finally couldn't hold on and fainted.

      In addition to displaying the corpses, the Qing army also sent people to escort Taiping prisoners and wander around the city holding signs that read "Surrender and avoid death." Huang Yiyun woke up and turned around, knowing that the defeat was irreversible.

    A moment later, the Qing army stormed the south of the city. After hearing the news, Huang Yiyun endured the bursts of pain from the wound on his leg. He gritted his teeth and tightened the wound with a cloth bag. Blood flowed out for a while, and the guards on the side were shocked.  , said: "Destroying Hou Hou, I am afraid that the wounds will be injured more and more, and I am afraid that I will not be able to walk in the future."

    Huang Yiyun looked up to the sky and smiled, got on his horse with a long sword in his hand, pointed at the Qing army rushing towards the city, and shouted: "If his life is gone, why should he care about one of his legs? I hope that if we sacrifice our lives today, we can realize the dream of heaven in the future."  , even if the road is blocked, we still have to try. Brothers, let¡¯s fight all the way, are we afraid of these clear monsters on the opposite side?¡±

    When the hundreds of remaining Taiping sergeants around Huang Yiyun heard this, their blood boiled with excitement. They all drew out their long swords and shouted together: "No!"

    Huang Yiyun's eyes were stern, but he looked at the soldiers around him who were all in ragged clothes and with withered faces. They were at the end of their fight, and many of them were injured, but no one had fear in their eyes, and there was a surge of pride and excitement in their hearts.  He shouted: "Put up the flag!" The two guards around him quickly raised the apricot-yellow flag. On the two flags, one said: "Slay the demons in heaven" and the other said "Kill the evil and keep the good", but  There was a lot of blood and mud stains on it, but it did not affect the power of the eight characters on the flag at all.

    Huang Yiyun and other Taiping soldiers read the words on the two big flags, and their hearts surged with heat. Huang Yiyun waved his long sword and shouted: "The matter is over, brothers, follow me to clear away the demons, and march to Kangzhuang for future generations."  , slay demons and eliminate evil obstacles. One day our descendants will build a heavenly home and country. We will see you in heaven! Do what is right! Follow me!"

    With tears in their eyes and long swords in their hands, the Taiping soldiers began their last battle after guarding Changsha. Under two huge apricot flags, they followed the coach Huang Yiyun who guarded the south of the city and fought until the last trace of blood was shed.  Victory or defeat has no meaning at this moment. All they have to do is to fulfill the vow they made - to sacrifice their lives to realize the dream of heaven!
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