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At night, a procession of thousands of people winds its way through the rugged mountain road.

It was the four thousand soldiers of the First Saint Army led by Luo Xuan, in front, was tonight's destination, Shuizai Cave Canyon.

Three days ago, he was ambushed near Xiapidu, 20 miles northeast of Daozhou City, preparing to ambush Sun Yingzhao, the general soldier of Yongzhou who was attacking Daozhou from Ningyuan.

Unexpectedly, late the night before yesterday, several spies sent by the Xizuo battalion to Ningyuan reported that the 2,000 Chenzhou soldiers under the command of Sun Yingzhao had somehow stayed outside Ningyuan City and did not approach Daozhou. After sending the spies away, Luo Jian thought about it again and again, and finally decided not to ambush here, but to lead the four thousand soldiers of the First Saint Army to march directly towards Ning Yuan and take the initiative to attack. Of course, before leaving, 2 messengers were sent to inform the Holy King of the whereabouts of the army.

Luo Xuan led the army, and did not take the official road from Daozhou to Ningyuan, but deliberately marched from the sparsely populated mountain path. Fortunately, I found a few Daozhou locals who had been to Ningyuan, and after entering Ningyuan County, I invited two local hunters as guides. After a whole day of long-distance climbing yesterday, the Holy First Army came to the Shanchong Canyon called Shuizi Cave in the hunting account, rested here for a while, and hurried overnight tonight, and in the early hours of the morning, it was able to travel more than ten miles and reach the outside of Ningyuan County.

Ningyuan County is a hilly plain area with two rows of mountain peaks in the north and south, sandwiched in between. The county seat is in the middle of the plain, an east-west Lingjiang River, from the famous Jiuzhi peak in the east, flows through the county seat, passes through the canyon of Shuizai Cave to the west, and flows into the territory of Daozhou to inject Xiaoshui.

Xi Zuo had already informed that the 2,000 Chenzhou soldiers under the command of Sun Yingzhao were stationed on the south bank of the Lingjiang River outside the city, across the river from the county seat. In order not to let the Qing army know his whereabouts, Luo Xuan decided to lead his troops to take a detour. Do not pass through the only place between Daozhou and Ningyuan----- Heaven Town, directly from the Shuizi Cave, five or six miles north of Heaven Town, you will cross the Lingjiang River. There are deep mountains and old forests here, and there is basically no one in the mountains except for hunting outside.

The amount of water in the Lingjiang River is not large, but the water is turbulent at the Shuizidong Canyon, fortunately, the water is not deep, and you can cross it by wading your legs. In order to prevent the stone slabs in the river from slipping, Luo Xuan ordered people to tie a few tree vines on both sides of the river, and the holy army soldiers helped the tree vines to cross the river. But it was dark and dense, and I was afraid of being discovered, so I didn't dare to use more torches, and more than ten people fell and were injured in the river, but fortunately they grabbed the vines and were not washed away by the water.

Due to the fact that this was an ambush and the departure was in a hurry, the 4,000 soldiers of the Holy First Army were all soldiers, and there were no auxiliary personnel at the end of the card, nor did they carry large firearms such as artillery. Therefore, the soldiers crossed the river smoothly.

Out of the mountains and forests, and when he came to the hills, Luo Xuan ordered all the war horses to be wrapped in cloth to cover their noses, and the brand knives were also wrapped in red turbans to avoid being seen by people in reflection. But the night was too dark, and the 4,000 army cautiously groped its way forward, and it was not until it was almost at Yin that Luo Jian led 4,000 soldiers to the northwest corner outside Ningyuan County.

The outposts dispatched in advance yesterday have already ascertained the general distribution of the Qing army. There are more than 500 local guards in Ningyuan in the city, and they are basically the township warriors with the title of "Doubtful Battalion". The young detective saw that Luo Xuan did not know the "Doubtful Battalion", so he explained: "Your Excellency, the Doubtful Battalion is a township warrior regiment training trained by a person named Shi Huanzhang. This Shi Huanzhang, a native of Shijiadong in the north of Ningyuan City, turned out to be a prisoner of the Qing Demon Country, returned to his hometown a year ago, spent money to recruit thousands of young people, and built a "suspicious battalion", equipped with shotguns and other firearms, specifically aimed at my Taiping Holy Army. ”

On the south bank of the Lingjiang River outside the city, there are 2,000 Chenzhou soldiers led by Sun Yingzhao, the chief soldier of Yongzhou Town. As for why the Chenzhou soldiers neither went to Daozhou nor stationed in the county seat, there was a big reason.

It turned out that the 2,000 Chenzhou soldiers outside the city were all old oilmen in Chenzhou City, although they were ostensibly under the command of Sun Yingzhao, the chief soldier of Yongzhou Town, but in fact they only obeyed a few generals, which was difficult to control. On the way from Chenzhou to Ningyuan, the villages were troubled all the way, and the local officials along the way dared not speak out.

Entering the border of Ningyuan County, these Chenzhou soldiers were even more unscrupulous, under the leadership of several generals, under the pretext of insufficient military rations, from forced apportionment to open and honest robbery, and the local squires sued the Ningyuan government. The Ningyuan county order also counted on these Chenzhou soldiers to help defend the city, so he naturally didn't want to offend these soldiers, but he didn't dare to completely ignore the squires below, so he thought of a bad idea, and he transferred the squire's grievances to Shi Huanzhang's "Suspicious Battalion" stationed in the city intact, leaving himself clean and not offended.

It turned out that after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Guangxi, there was a Guozi supervisor named Shi Huanzhang in the northeast of Ningyuan County. I didn't expect him to be right! Some time ago, the main force of the Taiping army attacked the capital city of Yongzhou, and Xu Jiarui, the prefect of Yongzhou, appointed and dismissed him as the general manager of the foreign commission and transferred him to the capital city of Yongzhou to defend the city. Shi Huanzhang was shrewd, and knew that his reliance was on his subordinate Xiangyong, so he only took 500 Xiangyong to Fucheng, leaving more than 500 Xiangyong, and let his cousin Shi Huanzhi lead them and stationed them in Ningyuan County.

Shi Huanzhi received the county order to transfer the old man of Ningyuan Township to cry about the Chenzhou soldiers, and he was furious. Resolutely keep the 2,000 Chenzhou soldiers out of the city gate. The Chenzhou soldiers were not convinced, and wanted to force themselves into the city, but they were blocked outside the city by the suspicious Yong battalion, and there was a weapon fight between the two sides, and the hundreds of Chenzhou soldiers who had the advantage of numbers were beaten by the more than 100 suspicious Yong battalions and hid in Tibet.

Although Sun Yingzhao, the chief soldier of Yongzhou, was a good man, but in the case of a weapon fight and more than ten people were killed or injured, in order to strictly enforce military discipline, he still arrested a few people who took the lead in the arms fight and prepared for military treatment. was so angry that the good old man Sun Yingzhao wanted to leave.

This sentinel, who was originally from Chenzhou, was also inquired about by several Chenzhou soldiers who went out of the camp to buy wine and drink outside, in the name of his fellow villagers.

Luo Outline learned about this, and couldn't help but be overjoyed! Slapped the shoulder of this detective sentry heavily, talent, immediately promoted this Chenzhou holy soldier who was originally the commander of the army to two Sima, and continued to be in charge of the military intelligence sentinel on the battlefield.

At that moment, he ordered the officers and men of the Holy First Army to rest on the spot for a while, prepare their weapons, and immediately surrounded the Chenzhou barracks on the south bank of the Lingjiang River. Because the north of the barracks is close to the Lingjiang River, the river is thirty or forty meters wide, and it is difficult to escape. Luo Xuan only asked the four thousand holy army to besiege the east, west and south of the Chenzhou barracks, set up a battle formation, and slowly advance!

The knife hand and spearman are in the front, the shotgunner is in the back, and each card is in hand with a rattan shield to protect himself and the shotgunner.

Several guards stepped forward to kill the three sentinels, and when the soldiers of the Holy Army stepped more than 300 steps away from the barracks, they were finally discovered by two secret sentries outside the camp, shouting "There are thieves coming!" ”

Seeing that the soldiers in the camp tent were bravely turning, Luo Jian ordered the main force of the First Saint Army to half-crouch down and prepare for an ambush, and his own personal guard battalion continued to approach and set fire to the enemy camp. Dozens of guards armed with rocket canisters stepped forward, lit the fiery ropes, and held the wooden frame firmly in groups of three.

"Coax! ~Thorn la la~" Several rows of fire snakes rushed to the Qing army camp tent with countless sparks, and suddenly, several camp tents were on fire. After lighting the fire canisters, the holy soldiers quickly withdrew into the ambush team, waiting for the Qing army to come out of the camp and kill the enemy.

The Chenzhou soldiers did not resist at all, and only cared about fleeing for their lives. Also, the generals above the thousand generals can't control the soldiers below, so they can't see it, and they stay in the county seat at night; A few generals were able to control the soldiers below, but they came back from the wine shop outside the city, and they had just slept for a short time, and it was estimated that the fire would not be enough to get up. As a result, the Chenzhou soldiers, who had lost their command, were like a hornet that had lost their honeycomb, crashing out of the camp without even bringing weapons.

Hao Xide was one of the soldiers in Chenzhou, and the camp where he lived was the first to catch fire. Last night, a few fellow villagers in the camp played Pai Gow for half a night, and he slept very late. Shortly after he fell asleep, he was woken up by a wave of heat and pungent smoke. Immediately heard that the long-haired thief army was coming, so he hurriedly grabbed the cloth package under the pillow, which contained the military salary of more than two taels of silver issued a while ago and the bracelet of his family's ancestor, which could not be lost. When he ran out of the camp, he was beaten by two bird's guns that fell to the ground, almost causing him to fall.

Bird's Gun? By the way, I forgot the bird gun I had with me. Forget it, do you want that bird to have a bird? Is it difficult for you to shoot against that hairy thief? It's better not to bring it, it's important to run for your life first, and run fast.

While thinking wildly, Hao Xide followed the soldiers in the same tent out of the camp. Outside the camp, there was a night, like a man-eating beast, devouring the fire of the tent. Hao Xide, who followed the soldiers and ran eastward indiscriminately, suddenly stopped. Since he was a child, he has had a good eye, especially at night, when he can see things far away. At this moment, he saw a team of two rows of people in front of him, half-squatting not far away, and he could even see the card knives held in the hands of many people, and the blades of the knives were shining against the light under the faint light of the fire in the camp behind him.

"Bang, bang, bang!" A row of shotguns fired on the opposite side. The dozen or so people who ran in front were shot one after another, and blood mist appeared on their bodies, screaming and falling to the ground. Hawced also fell to the ground quickly, gasping for air, ignoring the warm liquid splashed on his face, because there was another stream of warm liquid coming out of his pants underneath. Yes, he peed his pants in fright!

He grew up outside the barracks on the outskirts of Chenzhou, enlisted in the army from his father who died of illness, and never experienced a real battlefield battle, at most he followed his fellow villagers to drive away the villagers. Where have you ever seen such a bloody and horrific scene?

No one dared to run forward anymore. A row of footsteps approached, and Hao Xide looked up to see that he had been pointed at several shotguns, and behind the shotguns was the fierce long-haired thief army with hideous faces. Seeing that the other Chenzhou soldiers beside him knelt down and surrendered, Hao Xide also hurriedly surrendered, and he didn't know if he could save his life. He felt empty and scared.

Just when Chenzhou soldiers like Hao Xide became prisoners and were frightened, Luo Xuan issued an order for an all-out attack.