Chapter 49: Who is in the jar?

Fuzhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Yushan Mountains extend southwest, with green trees covering the mountains and winding mountains.

At this time, in the southwest of Lichuan County, a bare hill called Shanglongtou by the locals, was shooting at the red scarf swarming under the earthen mountain.

"Brothers, let's beat me hard! Kill one of them to death, and kill one of them to death and earn one of them to death!" The hissing was a one-eyed dragon with a ferocious face, full of vicious face.

This is a sentry team of Harric's troops, while the big man is in charge of the team, nicknamed Zhao Weizi.

He came to pick up a scout soldier from Feihu Camp near Lichuan, but he didn't prevent him from hitting the bandit brigade. He fought and retreated, but was forced to a desperate situation.

At the foot of the earthen mountain, hundreds of bandits with red scarves wrapped in red scarves shot at the mountain with bird guns, muskets, and foreign guns.

A hint of coldness flashed in Liu Xiaozi's eyes, "Damn it, it's Li Sifu."

King Chen Yucheng retreated to Fuzhou, killed Ma Su with tears, chopped off his cousin Zhang Chaojue's head, and then returned to the horse and spear to defeat the Hunan Army, and boosted the morale of the bandits. Seeing the repeated setbacks in military situation, the bandits in Tianjin increased their efforts to purchase foreign guns, and their musket teams continued to go to the battlefield in Jiangxi.

Li Sifu's musket brigade was one of the best. A few days ago, he sneaked into Jianchang Prefecture, which had just been pacified, and wiped out the newly formed Jianchang Patrol Battalion. This was the first time that Jing Shuai suffered a setback after entering Jiangxi for the second time. Li Sifu became famous when he was immediately made famous. Chen Yucheng's favorite general had learned guerrilla tactics, which caused great headaches for the army entering Jiangxi and Guangdong.

Amid the bang bang gunshots, the red scarf bandits approached little by little, and they could even see the ferociousness on their faces clearly.

"Ah" A soldier next to Liu Xiaozi burst out of his forehead and fell to the ground with a bloody hole.

Liu Xiaozi's eyes turned red suddenly, and he suddenly tore open the buttons of his chest, revealing his scarred black-haired breasts, and shouted: "Brothers! The time is here to be loyal to the prince! Are there cowards here?!"

"No!" the soldiers shouted loudly, their eyes pounding with crazy heat.

Blind Liu suddenly knelt down, kowtowed a few times to the south, and shouted: "Master, Blind Liu has arrived in the underworld, and I wish to be your ghost soldier!" Then he stood up and shouted: "Grenade!"

Immediately, the soldiers and brave soldiers threw out wooden grenades one after another, "Boom boom boom", and the soil burst out. The bandits who rushed in front were blown to the ground screaming and screaming, and even more were directly blown out a few steps.

The attackers rushed to the scene a little slowed down, and they all looked for rock bunkers to shoot.

At the foot of the mountain, Li Sifu looked at the sun from time to time, his face was gloomy, but there were more than a dozen foreign spearmen, but it took him half a day from discovering them to chasing them. The counterattack momentum was still so fierce. Jing Xiang's direct descendants were so brave?

I looked at a small hill in the distance, where there was my own sentinel. If I saw the officers and soldiers brigade, I would ignite the fire and call the alarm.

There was no movement on the mountain. It seemed that the main force of Qing Yao was still far away from Li Chuan, otherwise he would have been attracted by the sound of gunfire.

Li Sifu looked at the dozen firepower points thrown on the earthen mountain in front of him, and crossed the fire, nailing his stormtrooper firmly to the hillside.

Li Sifu gloomyly burst out a few words from his teeth: "Catch me alive!" The little messenger beside him trembled in his heart, and he could imagine the cruel scenes faced by the officers and soldiers on the mountain after being captured.

"Brothers! Get ready to smash the gun!" When Liu Xiaozi pulled the trigger, the rifle did not roar. He reached out to touch the copper hat belt, and there was nothing, he smiled, knowing that the last moment was coming.

Seeing that the gunfire on the dirt mountain gradually slowed down, Li Sifu slowly narrowed his eyes, and the messenger beside him also smiled and said, "The pirate coach, Qing Yao has no eggs!"

Li Sifu smiled sarcastically, but it was not, muskets and ammunition were Qing Yao's eggs, and Qing Yao's eggs were gone, how could he jump around?

"Blessed by Heavenly Father! The demons are given the head!" Li Sifu clasped his hands together and prayed.

"Bang bang bang" Suddenly, gunfire sounded loudly in the woods under the Tushan Mountain, but countless red hats appeared densely. Li Sifu was stunned and looked at the mountain where his sentry was located, but there was still no movement on the mountain.

Li Sifu felt a deep heart and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat east!" The sentry was removed silently, so he and others might have fallen into the ambush of the Qing army. There was a stream in the east, with a wide terrain. There was a path along the stream, and there was a dark road. I thought the Qing army would not know.

The bandits were used to fighting guerrilla warfare, so they ordered them to retreat immediately and would never fight. They would never be happy to fight. They would leave if they could not defeat them. In addition, they were used to walking on mountain roads, and they were walking through mountains and rivers as if walking on flat ground. They left a team of gunfire to cover for half a quarter of an hour and quickly evacuated from the battlefield.

Liu Xiaozi and others were surviving in desperate situations and rushed down the mountain, but they saw dozens of rifle soldiers at the foot of the mountain holding a purple umbrella. Under the cover, the thin general who squinted his eyes and looked at the bandits away was Harrich.

"Damn it!" After a few steps, Liu Xiaozi knelt on one knee with shame on his face.

Harric suffered a cold yesterday, and the sun was so harsh that he had a fluffy mink scarf around his neck, his eyes narrowed and he didn't speak.

The white horse beside Harric immediately, Ding Qimei laughed in her stomach, thinking that this old man was also full of authority, but she really couldn't see it. Seeing the one-eyed dragon's shameful appearance, she said: "Get up, you're not careful, it's a good thing. Feihu Camp has also found Li Sifu for a long time, and he can't escape today."

Blind Liu looked at the pretty girl in confusion, wondering who she was.

Harric's face then calmed down and said, "Get up, don't you thank the commander? This is Commander Ding of the Flying Tiger Camp!"

Blind Liu was shocked. The Flying Tiger Camp was often known as the Duke's personal army, but he didn't want the commander to be a female hero. He kowtowed and said, "Master Xie, Master Xie, Master Xie!" He stood up and retreated aside, but couldn't help but secretly look at Ding Qimei curiously, thinking that under the Duke's command, there was a crouching tiger and hidden dragon. Women were just a woman who was involved in his fairy spirit. I wonder if I could win the top scorer if I could do it.

In the northeast, gunfire suddenly broke out, interrupting Liu's random thoughts.

Before the stream, Li Sifu was trapped in the siege of Harichi's army and the Flying Tiger Camp. Amid the fierce gunfire, the bandits who were wading by the water fell to the ground one after another, and the blood quickly dyed the stream red.

There is a hidden path ahead, but among the lush short grass, there are no one knowing how many rifles spray fire tongues. I thought it would be a path to darkness, but it became a path to hell.

Li Sifu's face was dull and the gunshots of pursuing soldiers gradually rang behind him.

"Lu Shuai, you, please wear my clothes to escape." The messenger was an old child, with tears in his eyes and quickly took off his clothes.

Li Sifu shook his head blankly and said with a slutty smile: "Where can you escape? Isn't it the world of clear demons?" He held his hands in front of his chest and whispered and prayed lightly: "I hope I can enter the Heavenly Gate after my death, ask the Heavenly Father, please give mercy to the heavenly soldiers, and eliminate the demons..." As he said that, he slowly closed his eyes...

The messenger's eyes were soaked with tears and stood blankly.

In August 1857, Guangzhou General Jing Xiang issued a "Edict to Counterattacks", with more than 10,000 words in full text, and even appeared in Guangdong newspapers, saying that he would "recommend the king's army and clear the world". He then entered Jiangxi for the second time, and then settled Yuanzhou and Jianchang Prefectures. In September 1857, Jingxiang Hariqi's troops surrounded and annihilated the bandit Li Sifu's brigade in Lichuan, and the bandit leader Li Sifu committed suicide by drinking.

In early October, Jing Xiang led Harichi's troops, Han Jinchun's troops and more than 10,000 troops from all over the country to the city of Fuzhou, and the bandit King Ying Chen Yucheng was trapped in Fuzhou.

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Under the city of Fuzhou, flags were waving, and the Guangdong army camps were one by one, extending endlessly.

In the Fuzhou Yingwang Mansion Conference Hall, the King of Ying sat in the main seat, and the sides were filled with generals, all of whom were heroes under the King of Yingwang.

An old man in the left hand twisted his beard and smiled: "The food and grass support is more than a year, and Jingxiang is extremely vicious, but he is still a young man with strong courage and courage. He is cautious and eager to achieve success. This time, all of them are calculated by the prince. After one month, the battle situation in Jiangxi can be reversed."

Some generals smiled and agreed. Although the Qing army was approaching, these generals looked relaxed.

Not that, the Taiping Army in Fuzhou has been in operation for many years, with a high city and a deep moat, and a sufficient reserve of food, grass and ammunition. In addition, the elite British Kings gathered together, and more than 20,000 soldiers were guarding the city for a year and a half.

If the main force of Jingxiang's Guangdong Army is restrained in Fuzhou, Ji'an and other prefectures will definitely be weak. King Zhong Li Xiucheng can take advantage of the situation to attack him. Jingxiang will not retreat, and sooner or later become an isolated army in northern Jiangxi. If the troops retreat, they can take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill him and defeat him in one go.

This is a secret proposal by King Zhong of England. The two kings have been in conflict for a long time. This time, this time, the enemy is facing each other, but this is the first time that they have truly joined hands to fight against the enemy.

Therefore, a general smiled unconvincedly and said, "It's a pity that King Zhong has greedy for heaven this time, and he has fulfilled him."

The hall was filled with optimism, but the King of England was silent and just slowly tasting tea.

At the 35th Women's Hall in Fuzhou, there are tall red lanterns hanging on both sides of the stone steps and red paint doors.

The female hall is the system when the Taiping Army was just in charge. When it was just occupied Nanjing, the Taiping Army drove all the women in Nanjing into the female hall, and did not allow husband and wife to meet. Even the senior generals of the Taiping Army were not allowed to meet with their wives, otherwise they would violate the evil deeds of the Heavenly Father's dogma and were extremely guilty. On the contrary, the kings had a large group of wives and concubines, which inevitably caused complaints from the Taiping Army soldiers. The army also made the army's *** and Longyang's winds flourish, and almost every general would have a beautiful boy around them. In the end, the bandit leader was not a solution. It was because the King of Edong asked the Heavenly Father to come down to earth. The Heavenly Father told him, "Xiuqing, I have a group of younger brothers and sisters to reunite and get married, and the arrangement is fixed and stacked, and my Heavenly Father has his own arrangement." Only then did the female hall system be abolished.

However, in Fuzhou, Jiangxi, the British King was deeply worried that military discipline was gradually corrupted. In addition, the urgent need for manpower in preparation for military affairs, these women needed to engage in labor such as cutting bamboo sticks, rub hemp ropes, digging trenches, and placing grain. Therefore, the women's restaurant was re-established. To a certain extent, although the work was heavy and tiring, it protected the women in Fuzhou from invasion.

The women's hall has twenty or thirty people. The 35th hall is a green house with more than thirty women living in it.

At this moment, a beautiful woman was wiping her tears in the east wing room. Li was accidentally hit by Zhao Lushuai, and was taken to the mansion by Zhao Shuai almost every few days.

"Sister-in-law, stop crying!" A girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes shook her righteous body, and she paced back and forth, saying, "I don't believe it. Zhao Damazi is harming the world. King Ying doesn't care about him. I will sue him with Nu Dianshi tomorrow."

Li shook his head with red eyes and said, "He said, the government army besieged the city, and the King of England was busy with military affairs and would not pay attention to his affairs."

The eldest girl was stunned and said hurriedly: "The officers and soldiers are here? What should I do? I will tell Dian Shi tomorrow to help defend the city!"

Li secretly looked out the window, as if afraid that someone would hear her words, and lowered his voice: "Don't go, I heard that the officers and soldiers in the siege did not hurt people and would not do anything to us."

The eldest girl sneered: "You believe this? I forgot what did the sister-in-law of the Liu family say? She crawled out of the dead people in Wuchang, but saw it with her own eyes. What's the name of the high-ranking official?" The eldest girl frowned and thought for a while, and said: "By the way, I'm called Zeng Shaba. The official has this name, so how good is his subordinate?"

Li stammered and said, "The siege seems to be soldiers from Guangdong."

The eldest girl sneered, "So what? The world is as dark as crows."

As they were talking, footsteps sounded at the door, and the two of them hurriedly shut up.

The door creaked and a woman who had accumulated gold and silver came in. She was in a panic and seemed to have taken a piece of paper in her hand. Seeing that there was still someone who was not sleeping, she hurriedly stuffed the paper into her arms.

The eldest girl walked over and grabbed her wrist, "What's the bad thing?" The woman wearing gold jewelry is Wang, a wife of a wealthy family in the city. The eldest girl has always disliked her.

"No." Wang then snorted in pain, his face turned pale, his hands loosened, and the big girl snatched the paper away.

"Sister-in-law, look, what are you writing?" The eldest girl couldn't read the big words, so she had to give Li's paper, but Li only knew a few words, so how could she understand it?

Seeing his sister-in-law shook her head, the eldest girl immediately said, "I'll go find Dianshi."

"Don't! Xiaohua, sister, please don't show it to the thief." The noble lady Wang was frightened and begged to block the door.

The eldest girl snorted coldly, "Are you shameful?" Then she raised her eyebrows, "Who are you sister? Who is the thief?"

Wang knew that he had said the wrong thing, his face turned pale and said stutteringly: "I, I picked up the flyer of the officers and soldiers in the yard, it has nothing to do with me. Really, Xiaohua, the neighbors, do you want to see me being lit with the sky lantern? Do you have the heart to bear it?"

Li sighed, pulled the girl and said, "Forget it, fellow villagers in the country, don't make things difficult for her."

"What is the flyer of the officers and soldiers? "The eldest girl asked curiously.

Wang did not dare not answer and whispered: "Say yes, say yes, say yes, Jing Xiang, the Duke of the State, loves the people as much as his son. He wants the people in the city to not panic. In addition to causing the bandits and the leader to be evil, the rest will not blame him."

The eldest girl sneered, "I believe this?"

Wang whispered, "It seems to be true. Have you never heard of the name of the Duke of the National People? The Duke who beat the British and French people away."

The eldest girl had never heard of it, and she didn't know much about the things in Fuzhou City, let alone things outside Jiangxi. She became curious and asked, "What are the British and French guys?"

If Wang hadn't paid any attention to this country girl who had never seen the world before? But now she was afraid that she would go out and let her patiently whisper to the big girl about the story of the prince's resistance to the barbarians in Guangdong. She didn't know much, but just heard the husband of the merchant telling her a little bit. At this time, she couldn't help but exaggerate her, and she scared away the wise and powerful words of the prince's name, as if she was blowing the breath of the British and French people.

As he listened, the eldest girl refused to believe it and said, "Is he so powerful that he can beat the King of England?"

Wang curled his lips in his heart, thinking that you are the only one who regards the thief as a hero, but I don’t know that this thief was driven away by the Duke of the State during this period. In this blink of an eye, Fuzhou could no longer be defended.

He didn't dare to say that, and said, "It seems that he had fought a few days ago with the King of England and won all of them. Otherwise, how could the officers and soldiers come to encircle Fuzhou?"

The eldest girl wanted to refute, but after hearing Wang's last words, she was stunned for a moment, and felt that this was indeed the case. She couldn't help but feel discouraged and slowly sat back on the edge of the kang.

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To be continued...