The ancestral hall in the center of the town is located next to the Huguang Guild Hall, and was built in the early Qing Dynasty like the Huguang Guild Hall. After Li Chong's Qing army retreated into Xing'an Town, Li Chong set up the commander camp in the Huguang Guild Hall. This time, Li Chong's army went south to mobilize a total of 5,000 town soldiers and more than 4,000 Hengyang Xiangyong's newly recruited soldiers. After a fierce battle during the day, the town soldiers lost more than 1,800, and the Hunan Yong's new recruits lost more than 1,000. In the subsequent front team resistance and the back team building battle, Li Chong's unit lost almost half of its troops.

After entering Xing'an Town, although the Qing army had more than 5,000 troops left, the front was needed to guard against the Taiping Army's attack. Most of the elite town soldiers were deployed on the front, and most of the Xiang Yong soldiers were defended by Xiang'an soldiers. Although Li Chong adjusted the defense line in the evening, there were tributaries of Lingqu passing through the rivers and small roads in the middle of Xing'an Town, which were full of houses and houses. It was well-connected. No matter how Li Chong set up a defense, he felt that there were loopholes everywhere. The reason was that Xing'an Town did not build a city wall.

In desperation, Li Chong had to choose a few broad roads on the front, and the bridge roads were used as key defense sites, and a few small roads on the back. The small bridge was monitored by small troops. A mobile army was arranged in the town. If there was a tight spot, he would go to the aid urgently. In Li Chong's view, if the Taiping Army wanted to attack, he would still choose a few broad roads on the front and bridge roads. So Li Chong also specially arranged to deploy the remaining eight mountain-splitting cannons and aimed at these places.

Yang Chengming followed Zhou Wangcai, and the group quietly wade through the tributary of the Lingqu in the night and stepped onto the streets of Shui Street. Along the way, Yang Chengming repeatedly recited his mission: "At the town, quickly occupy a higher house outside the guild hall, creating chaos to attract the attention of Qing Yao, and shoot at the bright torch in the dark. Anyway, the friendly troops who broke into the town would not light the torch, and only Qing Yao would light the torch!"

Zhou Wangcai and eight others were very capable, and they solved seven or eight Qing army patrol teams along the way, all with bare hands or sharp blades. To a large extent, the Xiangyong robe on their bodies made the Qing army relax their vigilance. They were so dark that they couldn't see clearly. After Zhou Wangcai and other dangerous elements approached the Qing army, the fate of these Qing troops was already destined. When they encountered the Qing army mobilization of the brigade, they hid in the alleys and temporarily avoided the houses.

In this way, the group quickly approached the Huguang Guild Hall. Yang Chengming and others chose a grain and oil shop as the hiding place for their snipers. Because it was a three-story wooden building. Zhou Wangcai and others continued to smear and headed towards the back mountain of the ancestral hall. The signal they agreed to take action was Zhou Wangcai's whistle.

When Yang Chengming and others entered the grain and oil shop, the owner of the grain and oil shop and two friends knelt down and begged for mercy, begging them to let them go. There, Yang Chengming saw the mess after being looted by the Qing army.

The leading veteran just warned the family not to speak out. Soon the boss and others stopped under the threat of the strong bloody smell of the group. After all, the group was just hiding in the room and did not take any further action.

Yang Chengming and the other three rushed upstairs quickly. The boss suddenly began to beg again, and even had the courage to go forward and grabbed the corner of Yang Chengming's clothes. The leading veteran shouted, but he could not persuade him. Finally, the veteran pulled out the bayonet, and the boss cried and stopped.

After Yang Chengming shook the boss's hand away and ran to the third floor quickly, he understood everything. On the rooftop where the miscellaneous items were piled on the third floor, in the messy bamboo basket. Two women were hiding, one seemed to be the wife of the grain and oil shop owner, while the other girl should be his daughter.

It turned out that the boss stopped them upstairs because he thought that several Qing army generals were going to invade his family. During the day, the grain and oil shop was just robbed, and there were several women from other families in the town who were killed, so the boss was very worried.

Yang Chengming looked at the two women. He saw the horror in their eyes and said to the downstairs: "There are two women, please continue to greet them and the fight will start soon."

But after the boss came upstairs, he just hugged his mother and cried, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, but he didn't move. Yang Chengming said it several times, and even showed that they were Taiping Army, but the few were indifferent. Finally, Yang Chengming looked at the other two and said helplessly: "If they want to stay here, just stay. They will run away when they fight later."

After the three of them cleared the debris beside the skylight of the ceiling, Yang Chengming looked outside. The view here is very good, and he could see the situation inside the Huguang Guild Hall two hundred steps away. As the three of them prepared their guns, Yang Chengming was the main shooter by the window of the ceiling. The other two were responsible for loading the bullets. The two downstairs were responsible for dealing with the Qing army coming from the street. The veterans downstairs moved all the large furniture over and blocked the doors and windows downstairs to prevent the Qing army from discovering the location and then rushing into the house.

Yang Chengming aimed at the lights walking back and forth in the Huguang Guild Hall. He knew that it was the Qing army inspecting with torches. Soon, Zhou Wangcai's sharp whistle came from the back mountain. The Qing army in the Guild Hall and on the street were shocked by the whistle. Almost at the same time, Yang Chengming pulled the trigger at his first target.

After the gunshot, a highlight in the Huguang Guild Hall shook for a moment and stopped moving. The other highlights became panic. Yang Chengming quickly took the gun handed over by his companions and fired a second shot. The family of three on the grain and oil shop on the top floor was frightened by the gunshots, and they all shrank into a ball and did not dare to speak.

After a few shots, the Qing army in the Huguang Guild Hall became in chaos. More and more Qing troops lit torches and began to look for people to shoot black guns. The more torches, the more Yang Chengming's targets were, and soon the other two began to join the shooting ranks.

In the night, the Qing army had no idea how many enemies had come. They felt that their companions fell down from time to time, and soon became a mess. Li Chong could hear the movement in the guild hall and came out to check. He was standing next to a Qing army guard holding a torch under the corridor, and was about to scold the soldiers. Unexpectedly, a bullet flew over and hit him on the shoulder. This bullet was exactly the highlight behind him and Yang Chengming shot him, but unexpectedly he hit Li Chong.

Seeing that the commander fell to the ground with injuries, the Qing army became even more chaotic. As the mountain-splitting cannon positions in the back mountain began to make a loud noise, and there were constant shouts of killing. The Qing army in the Huguang Guild Hall did not know whether to find the one who shot the black gun first or reinforce the back mountain first.

Just as hesitated, several Qing army generals rushed to scold the soldiers. One of the generals shouted loudly: "First put out the torch, the enemy is just watching the light shoot!" Soon the torch was extinguished. Follow the Qing army generals to complete the team, preparing to divide the troops into two groups and go to the back mountain, and start searching from nearby houses.

At this moment, a violent explosion came from the back mountain, followed by a firelight soaring into the sky. Yang Chengming also saw it and said excitedly: "Chief Zhou and the others are done!" A few footsteps came. The veteran downstairs rushed up and shouted loudly: "Go downstairs, Qing Yao is coming here, let's leave here immediately. After going out, there will be more fireheads to make Qing Yao even more chaotic, and then the general attack will begin."

As soon as he finished speaking, explosions also came from the east and west. It seemed that the Qing army artillery array on the mound in the east and the old platform pavilion in the west were also removed. Yang Chengming and others were very excited.

After tidying up and leaving, Yang Chengming looked at the owner of the grain and oil shop that was still shining in the corner, and then stepped forward and whispered: "You might as well leave quickly. Qing Yao will come here soon. If you can't see us, they will kill you to vent your anger."

The boss kowtowed like a garlic: "June, where are you asking us to go? There are soldiers everywhere outside. During the day, the General Secretary of the Officer warned him to kill anyone who goes to the streets on the spot. We dare not go out at all."

Yang Chengming felt a little unbearable. If they hadn't chosen this place, the family might not have been in danger. He gritted his teeth and said, "You three and two friends in the store will follow us, but don't leave. After going out, you will have half of your life and death. It's better than waiting for death here. Do you want to follow us?"

Seeing that they were all Taiping Army, the boss also knew that the Taiping Army in Guangxi was about to recover the entire territory of Guangxi. It would be better to follow them than staying here and being killed by the Qing army. Moreover, the family was looted by the Qing army during the day, and there was no valuable thing to take. The boss gritted his teeth and agreed.

At that moment, Yang Chengming took the family of three from the grain and oil store and two friends out of the store. The veteran at the door frowned and said, "What are you doing with them? Do you think we are not slow enough? You will kill everyone like this!"

Yang Chengming retorted, "Do you leave them behind and let the Qing Yao kill?" The boss hurriedly bowed and said, "Let's just escape from the town with the chief master, and it won't cause trouble for a few people."

The veteran said helplessly: "I don't have time to talk, if they can't keep up, don't blame us for hurting them! Let's go!" After that, he took a few people and left first.

Along the way, several people lit fires everywhere and walked back and forth. When they turned around the corner, they met dozens of Qing soldiers swarming in. The veteran shouted and removed his robe and said, "Brothers, shoot the gun empty! Use a bayonet to greet him!"

Several people tore off their clothes, then empty the bullets in the gun chamber, the bayonets were added, and the five people formed a formation, and they rushed into the dozens of Qing troops who were coming towards them.

Coming towards us was a team of Xiangyong recruits patrols. Although this Xiangyong was also a newly trained soldier trained by Zeng Guofan in Hengyang, the training time was not long, and it was the first time he went on the battlefield. He was shocked by Yang Chengming and his men's desperate attitude. He then faced the skillful bayonets and fought to the death-death battle technique of several people, and quickly collapsed in the bayonets that were shining with cold light under the moonlight.

Yang Chengming rushed for a while, turned around and saw several Qing soldiers bypassing several people and heading towards the grain and oil shop behind them. He immediately shouted loudly, turned around and stabbed a sting. He stabbed the bayonet into the back of a Qing army, then pulled it out and stabbed another Qing army. The rest of them fled in all directions when they saw this, so that they saved the grain and oil shop.

The boss was about to thank him, and Yang Chengming shouted sternly: "Go quickly! Go quickly! Qing Yao will only gather more and more, it is not safe here!" After that, he followed the veterans and others to open the way and rushed to the intersection of Shuijie.

When they arrived at the place where they were traversing, Zhou Wangcai happened to be back here with three people. Zhou Wangcai's forehead was covered in blood and seemed to be injured. He gasped and said, "When attacking the back mountain, the town soldiers were guarding there, and four brothers died. You have not lost your manpower here."

The veteran said, "Kill a group of Xiang Yongs, and did not lose their powers, and saved a few people." Zhou Wangcai looked at it and said nothing, "Send them across the river and leave a few people to guard here first. Qing Yao bit it very tightly!" As soon as he finished speaking, there were shouts of killing sounds coming from the street not far away, as hundreds of Qing soldiers were coming here! (To be continued...)
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