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Chapter 201 The Battle of Wuchang (Part 1)

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    At the beginning, when the fire and help signal agreed on the Wuchang South Gate tower, Tu Hai, Yue Le and other Qing army coaches who were struggling under the fierce artillery fire of the Wu army could not believe what they said, thinking that Cai Yurong had sent the wrong signal or made a wrong judgment.  The enemy's situation was wrong-nearly a hundred artillery pieces of the Wu army were raging and roaring here, and the main force of the Wu army was also waiting in line behind the artillery array. How could there be an emergency at the south gate?  Could it be that Cai Yurong's waste has reached the point of no return, and seven or eight thousand troops plus a solid city defense can't stop Wu's partial division from attacking the city?

    The sound of explosions and the sound of the city wall collapsing from the city wall of the south gate, as well as the sudden igniting of torches all over the mountains and plains outside the south gate of Wuchang, finally woke up Tu Hai, Yue Le and others, and they also screamed, "  It's a trick! Wu Gou's main force is in the south, and our side is a feint!"

    "Damn it! Is it a vile idea that that barbarian figured out? Take hundreds of cannons and tunnels to make a feint attack, he is willing to pay the cost!"

    It was too late for the main defenders concentrated at the east gate to wake up. Although the reserve team led by Belle Tsani rushed to the scene to rescue them as quickly as possible, the two teams of the Wu army, Wu Yingqi and Ma Bao, had already recovered from the collapsed city wall.  The two unlucky wretches Wu Yingqi and Ma Bao, who had been scolded countless times by the old man Wu because of the unfavorable siege of the city some time ago, took the opportunity to vent the anger they had received before, and brought the soldiers of the Wu army to meet everyone.  Killing, chopping when encountering the enemy, and constantly throwing nitrocellulose grenades one after another, which made the Qing army guards cry and howl, and also killed the panicked Qing soldiers.  Not to mention blocking the gap, so that Wu Jun's follow-up troops could not enter the city.

    "Brothers, let me kill you!" Wu Yingqi yelled, "Take Wuchang, enjoy yourself in the inner city for three days, rob money, food and wives, kill¡ª!"

    "Brothers, the prince has given an order to take down Wuchang City. Everything in the inner city belongs to us. Kill¡ª!"

    The voice of Ma Bao shouting is even worse than that of Wu Yingqi, and the soldiers of the Wu army behind him are also screaming.  It is constantly retreating towards the inner city of Wuchang, while the Wu army brigade behind is like a flood, pouring into the city along the gap in the city wall, quickly controlling half a block in the south gate of Wuchang, and moving towards the remnants of the Qing Dynasty above the city wall.  The defenders launched a strong attack to establish a solid advance base for the main force of the Wu army to enter the city.

    The Qing army is not a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. After finally recovering from the panic and chaos of the collapse of the city wall, both Cai Yurong and Chani saw a glimmer of hope-although the Wu army blew up two small gaps and one on the Wuchang city wall.  There is a big gap, but there are still not many Wu troops who can quickly enter the city. At the same time, the strength of the Qing army is still there. As long as they can quickly concentrate their forces and drive the Wu army out of the city again, then there is still hope for Wuchang City!

    After discovering this, Cai Yurong and Chani unanimously sent people to ask for help from the main force of the East Gate, and quickly organized a team together to launch a counterattack against the Wu Jun forward.  As a result, the battle inside the South Gate of Wuchang quickly became intense. Soldiers from both sides collided desperately under the light of weak torches and lanterns.  , Every foot and every step has to pay the price of blood to fight for it. Although Wu Jun has psychological and weapon advantages, he is still making slow progress in front of the red-eyed resisting Qing army, and he has never been able to further expand the controlled area.

    "Boom! Boom! Boom!" In order to disperse the enemy's resistance troops as soon as possible, Wu Yingqi had a rare brainstorm and gathered the grenades in the team and threw them together. Amid the continuous explosions, half of the Qing soldiers on the street were almost killed  After sweeping away, Wu Jun took the opportunity to charge forward, and Cai Yurong, the old traitor Cai Yurong who was in command behind him, his eyes were red, and he yelled frantically: "Brothers, the city is alive, and the city is dead! Let me go!" The Qing army led by Cai Lin  The army elites agreed in unison, shouted and rushed up again, entangled with Wu Jun's charge team again.

    In the dark night, the streets and houses near the south gate of Wuchang completely turned into a Shura battlefield. The Wu army with high morale rushed and fought fiercely. The Qing army who was familiar with the terrain and had a superior number resisted desperately, and gradually competed with the Wu army for the control area inch by inch.  , The sounds of shouts, screams, and sword collisions merged into one, and the sound spread all over the field, enough for the whole city of Wuchang to hear clearly.  In order to move forward, soldiers of the Wu army had to kill two to three enemies before they could step forward. However, the soldiers of the Wu army had to sacrifice at least one or two soldiers' precious lives. The houses and streets ignited by torches were raging, and the streets were almost completely  bloodyGrandson, unconditionally hand over the whole family of the murderer who killed our Pingxi Prince's son.  "

    "In addition, we now have another new condition, that is, all the troops in Wuchang City lay down their weapons and live in our prisoner-of-war camp with the bannermen in Wuchang's inner city.  Release. Of course, we will do our best to ensure the safety of the prisoners."

    "It's impossible!" Ye Bilong jumped up, and said with a pale face: "It is absolutely impossible for the army in Wuchang to lay down their weapons, and it is impossible for us to pay so much money and food for the army.  The yearly revenue of the imperial court is only over 20 million taels, where can I find 35 million taels of silver to give to you? There is also grain and grass, three million shi of grain, that is the grain we transported by water for a year in the Qing Dynasty!"

    "Yi Zhongtang, I didn't ask you to pay so much all at once." Fatty Lu said with a smile, "You can pay in installments, 80% of it first, and the remaining 20% ??can be paid next year."

    "Furthermore." Fatty Lu couldn't help gritting his teeth and added, "The price we asked for is also very generous, at least, we didn't ask you for military compensation of 40 million taels or 450 million taels of silver, right?  Didn't you ask you to dedicate the whole of Siberia?"

    Ye Bilong's face became even paler, and he sat down slowly. After bowing his head and thinking for a long time, Ye Bilong said tremblingly: "General Jinwu, military pay and food can be discussed, and the provinces that Prince Pingxi also manages can also be discussed, but we  The army must not lay down their weapons, and Huguang must not let the prince take care of it."

    "The old man proposes that with the boundary of Wuchang Mansion as the border, Pianyuan in the south can be managed by Prince Pingxi, but your army must immediately stop attacking and withdraw from Wuchang Mansion! As long as your army agrees, you can negotiate about military pay and food!  "

    "Absolutely not! We don't want to sleep in Pianyuan without daring to close our eyes." Hu Guozhu is not like his father-in-law, old man Wu, who is short-sighted in strategy, and resolutely shook his head: "We can give up the state capital north of Wuchang, but  The army and bannermen surrounded by us in Wuchang Mansion and Wuchang City must surrender, and you will release them to cross the river after you hand over the military pay and food you promised to us."

    "This is also our bottom line, please stop haggling!"

    "This" Ye Bilong covered his face with his hands, climbed on the table and thought for a long time, but finally he still couldn't make up his mind, he just said hesitantly: "Please allow me to think about it again."

    "Then Ye Zhongtang, please think carefully. After Ye Zhongtang has considered it, you can ask us to re-negotiate at any time. We are waiting for you at any time." Hu Guozhu nodded, and pointed to the direction of Wuchang City in the northeast, which was full of murder, and said with a smile: "But  I have to remind Ye Zhongtang, now in Wuchang City, soldiers of your army are dying on the battlefield every moment, if Ye Zhongtang thinks about it for too long, the casualties of your soldiers may not be a small number  .¡±

    Ye Bilong didn't speak, but closed his eyes and calculated nervously. Fatty Lu smiled again and said, "Yi Zhongtang, by the way, if your army wants to escape by water, don't even think about it. Our airship is already loading.  The ammunition is ready to go, and when it dawns, our airship flies to the pier, and a few cluster bombs are thrown down, the casualties of your army will not be ordinary."

    Ye Bilong opened his eyes suddenly, glared at Fatty Lu resentfully, then turned to Hu Guozhu and asked, "General Jinwu, I have a personal question, I hope General Jinwu can answer it truthfully."

    Hu Guozhu nodded, and Ye Bilong then asked: "May I ask General Jinwu, who came up with your army's wonderful siege tactic yesterday evening? I am very interested and would like to know about this expert's strategy."  name."

    "It's far away in the sky, but it's close in front of us." Hu Guozhu smiled, pointed at Fatty Lu casually, and said with a smile, "That's him."

    "What?" Ye Bilong, Zhe Erken and the others all jumped up, staring at Fatty Lu dumbfounded, they couldn't think of anything, the fat man with a deer head and mouse eyes and mean eyes was actually the chief culprit of Wu Jun's attack on Wuchang City.  The culprit is evil!

    "Yi Zhongtang, don't blame me." Fatty Lu said with a wry smile, "Just like what a person from the Pingnan Palace I captured said, everyone is their own master."

    "Sure enough, a hero born a boy." Ye Bilong sat down weakly, as if he had suddenly aged ten years, and murmured to himself: "You have modified the tactic of attacking the city pioneered by the great ancestor of the Qing Dynasty.  Come to attack our important town in the Qing Dynasty, the great grandfather knows about it, what kind of reaction will he have?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets  , your support is my greatest motivation.) (Remember this site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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