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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 543: Fight to the Death

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    As soon as Zhou Wangcai finished speaking, three fireworks and arrows flew into the sky from the Taiping Army's forward position outside Xing'an Town. They flew into the air and exploded three times, followed by a roaring and tsunami-like sound of killing.

    Yang Chengming was overjoyed and shouted loudly: "This is our signal to launch a night attack! The night attack has been launched!"

    Zhou Wangcai rolled his eyes at him and said loudly: "Why don't you leave quickly, why are you standing there?"

    Before Yang Chengming could answer, the veteran said: "The Qing demon seems to have retreated!" Everyone looked up and saw a group of more than a hundred Qing troops in the distance slowly retreating towards the town with torches.

    Zhou Wangcai spit out thick phlegm and cursed: "A group of courageless bandits retreated when they saw our army launching a night attack. They really have no courage!" Then he turned around and greeted everyone: "Let's go, it will be safe after crossing the river. Let's  The mission has been completed.¡±

    The soldiers who participated in the assault mission all looked relaxed. Although four brothers were injured, they had taken down the Qing army's artillery array and had completed the mission. At the moment, everyone took turns to cover, and unconsciously pushed the grain and oil store owner  The family protected him and headed to the other side of the river.

    Just halfway through, he heard several cannons blasting from the pavilion of the Huguang Guild Hall behind him. Zhou Wangcai immediately grabbed his body, looked back and cursed: "You damn dog Qingyao, there are still a few cannons hidden in there."  Inside the clubhouse!¡±

    Yang Chengming, Lao Lao and others looked back together, not knowing what to do for a moment. When they heard the sound of cannons, there were at least four mountain-splitting cannons firing. Although the Qing army fired in the dark, they must have mobilized during the day.  Once the muzzle is ready and the bombardment is directed at the avenue outside the town, it will definitely cause great damage to the charging Taiping troops.

    Zhou Wangcai said sternly to the remaining people without hesitation: "Go back with me! We will risk our lives to destroy the Qingyao Artillery Formation of the Huguang Guild Hall!" The veteran and others said yes loudly, and turned over and went back.  Run.

    Zhou Wangcai grabbed Yang Chengming and said sternly: "Boy! You stay. Send these civilians back safely, and then tell our people. If we fail, send more people!"

    Yang Chengming didn¡¯t understand why he was left alone.  Then he shouted loudly: "I am also a Taiping Saint Soldier, and I am not afraid of death!"

    Zhou Wangcai was stopped by Yang Chengming. Instead of being angry, he smiled and said with a faint smile: "The Hokkien Wazai also have skills, but you have only been here for less than two months, so you should go back. I order you to escort them out safely!"  Then he turned around and twisted his body back into the waist-deep water.

    Yang Chengming stayed for a while, then turned around and said to the owner of the grain and oil store and others: "Let's go! Let's go quickly!" At that moment, Yang Chengming protected his family through the waist-deep river and finally reached the shore.  When I looked back, Zhou Wangcai and others were gone.

    Yang Chengming gritted his teeth, pulled off the identity strip embroidered on his coat pocket and handed it to the owner of the grain and oil store. He breathed heavily and said loudly: "If you go west along the road along the river, you will reach our position.  , give this to our people and tell them to send people here for support!¡±

    The owner of the grain and oil store was timid and was about to refuse. Unexpectedly, his daughter whispered: "Aren't you going to protect us?" The owner nodded and said calmly: "That's right, little brother. You come with us."  Let¡¯s go, your boss also asked you to come with us.¡±

    Yang Chengming suddenly opened his mouth and smiled and said: "Since the day we joined the Taiping Army and became holy soldiers, we have put life and death aside. Did you see the smile of our captain just now? All of us soldiers have heard this.  The greetings of veterans. Whenever you go on a mission, you are not afraid of veterans crying, but fearing laughter. Only when the mission is lifeless will veterans laugh. Because they also know that they will definitely die if they go there, so it is better to smile and face it calmly.  . I know I can survive if I go back with you. But I can¡¯t leave. I came with them, and we will die together!¡±

    At this point, Yang Chengming put the cloth strip into the hands of the grain and oil store owner without any explanation, and said loudly: "I'll leave it to you!" After saying that, he quickly turned around and ran away without looking back, and disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.  among.

    "Boss, what should we do?" A waiter asked in a low voice. The boss looked very embarrassed, but could not speak. Unexpectedly, his daughter said calmly: "Dad, they saved our lives. It's okay to help them."  It should be." The owner of the grain and oil store cheered up and said, "Okay, let's go west."

    The way back seemed to be not very smooth. Yang Chengming approached the Huguang Guild Hall with great difficulty in hiding. When he turned around the entrance of the alley, he heard fierce gunshots and shouts of killing.  Yang Chengming poked his head out of the alley and saw more than a hundred Qing troops surrounding a room firing bows, arrows and shotguns. Zhou Wangcai's shouts and curses inside the room became louder and louder.

    Yang Chengming didn¡¯t have time to think about it, so he took off the two grenades on his body and threw them into the dense crowd of Qing troops.  After two bangs, Yang Chengming shouted and rushed out with a bayonet in hand.  Han GuangyiIn the blink of an eye, he stabbed a Qing soldier who was running towards him, then hit another with the butt of his rifle. After pulling out his bayonet, he shot the person in front of him. In an instant, he knocked the three of them to the ground.  The grenades blasted away the dead and injured Qing troops, and the formation of more than a hundred people suddenly became chaotic.

    Zhou Wangcai and others heard the noise and rushed out of the house. When they saw it was Yang Chengming, Zhou Wangcai said angrily: "You bastard! What are you doing back here?"

    Yang Chengming shouted loudly: "If you want to die, we will die together!" Zhou Wangcai muttered a few words in Guangxi Hakka. Yang Chengming didn't understand it, but soon Zhou Wangcai said: "Go to the guild hall!"

    The further they went towards the guild hall, the more Qing troops there were. Thousands of spears, bows and arrows flew in. After a while of killing, only Zhou Wangcai and Yang Chengming were left in this Taiping Army team.

    Zhou Wangcai gritted his teeth and broke the feather arrow on his shoulder, retreated to the corner wall and leaned against it. Yang Chengming's bayonet had been broken. He grabbed a big knife and cut the two of them, then returned to Zhou Wangcai's side.

    Zhou Wangcai smiled miserably and said, "No way, there are too many of them and we can't attack them. Boy, I'll block them here, you can run away!"

    Yang Chengming was covered in blood, sweating all over his face and said angrily: "Where do you want me to run? You all died in the battle, and you can enter the Martyrs' Shrine after death. Do you want me to be a lonely ghost outside?!  "

    Zhou Wangcai said goodbye twice in succession, and finally said: "Then let's fight to the death together, and even if we die, we have to pull a few more clear monsters to back us up!" After that, he straightened up his bayonet and charged forward.  Not to be outdone, Yang Chengming followed up with his sword.

    A moment later, Yang Chengming struck the ground with his sword alone.  A large mouthful of blood spurted out from his mouth, and just now he slashed a Qing soldier with a knife.  But he was stabbed in the stomach, took a step back and knelt on the ground.

    The surrounding Qing troops all shouted: "This long hair is gone!" "Go up and cut the corpse into pieces!"

    Yang Chengming raised his head and glanced coldly. The Qing soldiers couldn't help but take half a step back. When Yang Chengming looked sideways, he saw that Zhou Wangcai had fallen to the ground, and more than ten Qing soldiers around him were attacking with swords and guns, and they were still attacking.  Zhou Wangcai's eyes widened as he slaughtered the corpse to vent his anger.  Under the firelight, it still looks so majestic!

    Yang Chengming roared, used up his last remaining strength to stuff back the intestines flowing out of the abdomen, then pulled and swung them tightly to tie the abdomen, roared and charged forward again

    The fighting all night turned the originally peaceful Xing'an Ancient Town upside down. It wasn't until fish belly white appeared in the east that the fighting in the town gradually stopped.  After a day and night of fighting, the Third Division of the New First Army of the Taiping Army finally annihilated the Hunan Army, which the Qing Army went south to support, in Xing'an Town.  In this battle, the Taiping Army lost more than 1,000 people and wounded more than 2,000 people.  More than 9,000 Qing soldiers and Xiangyong soldiers were annihilated, more than 5,000 were killed or injured, and more than 3,000 surrendered. A large number of Qing generals, including Li Chong, were captured alive.

    After dawn.  Zhang Wenxiang came to the street not far from the Huguang Guild Hall where the Qing military commander's camp was located. He only saw nearly sixty Qing soldiers dead on a street corner here, including the mutilated remains of several Taiping Army soldiers.  One of the bodies was densely covered with dozens of spears and arrows, and the body was leaning against the stone wall at the corner of the street.  Standing there, his eyes were still open like bells.

    Zhang Wenxiang's eyes suddenly became moist.  He turned around and asked, "Did these soldiers perform a surprise mission last night?"

    Zheng Yantuo had already shed tears. He nodded and said sadly: "None of the three teams sent by the Third Regiment last night came back. Li Zhong also left four mountain-splitting cannons alone in the guild hall. This is something we didn't  I thought of it. But when the cannon sounded, the soldiers of the three squads all turned back to attack the guild hall, trying to destroy the artillery array. Although they all died in the end, their battle directly disrupted the Qing army's command and wanted to destroy the artillery array.  Without their desperate fighting, the brigade would not have been able to break into the town so quickly.¡±

    Zhang Wenxiang sighed softly and said: "Collect their bodies properly, and the soldiers who participated in the assault mission will submit a separate petition for merit, requesting that these soldiers be allowed to enter the Martyrs' Shrine."

    Having said this, a messenger led a man who looked like a businessman to arrive. When the man saw Zhang Wenxiang, he was about to kneel down. Zhang Wenxiang hurriedly supported him and said, "This gentleman does not need to be polite. Our Taiping Army does not want to kneel down."

    The man gingerly took out a piece of cloth from his arms and said: "This villain is the owner of the Daxing Grain and Oil Store in the town. Fortunately, he was saved from death by the heavenly soldiers last night. When he was separated from your heavenly soldiers last night, a heavenly soldier said  The villain sends a message to their boss, asking him to lead troops to rescue them as soon as possible."

    This person was the owner of the grain and oil store who was rescued by Yang Chengming and others last night. The family was walking west along the riverside road. On the way, they encountered groups of Taiping troops advancing toward Xing'an Town. However, those groups all had their own tasks.  , they are all told to go to the back and look for the people behind.  In the end, the boss's family arrived at the Taiping Army's position safely, but the logistics soldiers who received them were unclear.As for the assault mission of the Third Regiment of Chu, he just looked at the handed notice and said that all the people from the Third Regiment rushed forward, and there were no people from the Third Regiment behind him. Finally, he asked a messenger to take him to Commander Zhang Wenxiang to deliver a message directly.  It went on and on like this, and it was only at this moment that the boss brought up the words.

    After finishing speaking, the boss suddenly saw the standing body on the street corner with disdain and exclaimed: "It's the little brother from last night!" As he felt sad, the boss knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Little brother, little brother  It¡¯s useless, I¡¯m useless¡­¡±

    Zhang Wenxiang and Zheng Yantuo looked at each other and knew that even if they received the news last night and sent reinforcements, it would be too late anyway. If they knew that they could wait for reinforcements to arrive, they would not have to launch a strong attack when they were alone and weak.  Zhang Wenxiang silently unfolded the banner, looked at the name on it, and finally said slowly: "This Yang Chengming is a good one!" (To be continued)
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