Although Mi Liuxin and Shengbao did not believe that the 30,000 troops in Jiangbei Camp would be wiped out overnight, just judging from the momentum of the main forces of the Taiping Army coming around Tianchang, at least they had concluded that Tominga was out of the way. As the battle for Tianchang became more and more fierce and cruel, the Taiping Army seemed to be determined to win, but the Qing army's original advantages in Tianchang became gradually lost.

Mi Liuxin had no choice but to look at Chuzhou.

Sheng Bao sent a stern reprimand to Li Zhaoshou, who he thought was still in Chuzhou. After a scolding of anger, he asked Li Zhaoshou to hand over it to Chuzhou within a limited time.

With Mi Liuxin's deployment, if Chuzhou continues to be in the hands of Li Zhaoshou, then the police forces sent north of Chuzhou would not dare to easily mobilize to reinforce the Tianchang front line. He is different from Shengbao. He does not believe in any promises and only values ​​facts. Although he has only been in China for a year, he seems to have a general understanding of these Chinese who claim to have many thousand-year civilizations. In his opinion, they just prefer to do villains that speak and have a heart, but they are all corrupt like fences.

At this time, Zhang Yuanlong, the leader of Chuzhou who replaced Li Zhaoshou, was exactly one of the kind that Mi Liuxin thought. He actively participated and planned Li Zhaoshou's rebellion. When he heard that the Jiangbei Camp collapsed in an instant, he began to feel guilty again. He was afraid of the momentum of the Red Army and was worried that once he surrendered, he would end up with the same fate as the Jiangbei Camp. He was even imagining that perhaps the "living god" of Yangzhou, King An, could have calculated their dirty behavior long ago and waited for them to continue walking.

However, when he received a letter from Shengbao that originally sent to Li Zhaoshou, he heard that the Qing army was about to attack Chuzhou, and the impending rush made his rebellious desire to surrender. There were only more than 10,000 defenders in Chuzhou. Although the former city defense commander had accumulated food and grass and did serious preparations for war, since Li Zhaoshou arrived, he had no preparations before the war except for the busyness of the rebellion and surrender. Especially this city defense force, although only a few old brothers from Guangdong and Guangxi were more of local scholars from Anhui Province. These soldiers cannot be said to have not seen the dirty side of the local officials of the Celestial Empire, but they still saw that their hometown was very different from before. It was precisely because of this that they gave up their temporary comfort at home and picked up swords and guns.

Zhang Yuanlong, Li Yun, Ren Qian, Han Xiufeng and others knew clearly that if time delayed, the army they had not fully controlled was likely to ruin their own bright future.

At this time, Ren Huabang arrived outside the west gate. Zhang Yuanlong was guilty of being a thief and suddenly became panicked. Ren Huabang was their Blue Banner, but he had already learned from Zhou Degui that it was Ren Huabang and others who helped Gong Xiashu to annex the Blue Banner, which led to the death of the chief leader Liu Yongjing in Luzhou.

Zhang Yuanlong finally chose a path, which was the most secure for him now, that is, to immediately welcome the Qing soldiers who were eyeing the city into the city.

"The troops of the Self-Defense Army cannot be let go into the city. They were dissatisfied with the Northern King and voluntarily gave up the outpost camp and retreated, resulting in the Qing soldiers being able to deal with our Chuzhou with all their might." Zhang Yuanlong ordered Li Yun to continue to deceive, blinding the soldiers who were still confused in the west of the city, and sent Han Xiufeng to quickly contact the Qing soldiers and opened the north gate himself.

The First Association of the Zhongyi National Salvation Army led by Xu Shuanglai successfully rushed into Chuzhou.

Just as Zhang Yuanlong was worried, not only did the north of the city start spontaneous resistance, but some of the heavenly troops in the east and south directions also quickly ran to reinforce the north of the city.

Chuzhou has become a sea of ​​blood and fire, with gunfire and shouts of killing sounds.

Ren Huabang, who was blocked by Li Yun, was waiting for Gong Deshu. But looking at the fires soaring into the sky in the city, the endless sound of gunfire and the earth-shaking shouts of killing, they could only sigh at the city.

The grudge was too deep. Wei Changhui's contempt and distrust for the Self-Defense Army from top to bottom had played an extremely important role at this moment. Ximen had some doubts about not letting the Self-Defense Army enter the city but did not understand the truth, under the bewitching and instigation of Li Yun, especially when the North Gate had been taken down by the Qing army, he believed that the Self-Defense Army was a member of the Qing army. Not only did they not open the city gate, but they ignited the cannons and bombarded the Self-Defense Army under the city.

"The Qing Yao is surrounded from the north!"

Gong Deshu, who had to withdraw from the range of artillery fire, received an alarm from Niu Hongsheng, who was in charge of the warning in the north.

"Deputy Commander-in-Chief, what should I do?" Ren Huabang looked at Chuzhou City, which was so close to him, and stomped his feet hatefully.

"Retreat!" Gong Deshu sighed helplessly to the sky, then looked at Ren Huabang, "I will lead the main force to retreat the same way. You will lead some light cavalry to the south to meet the people who may escape from the city. In addition, according to His Highness Beiwang's instructions, you should send someone to report to His Highness Tongan and tell them about the situation in Chuzhou."

The garrison of Dongcheng, Xu Yongnian, led two brigades to the north gate before they arrived at the north gate, and they met some of the garrisons in the north city who were fighting and retreating.

"Zhang Yuanlong, Han Xiufeng has offered the north gate. The Qing demons have already rushed in in large numbers. Their firearms are too powerful!" An officer with blood on his face staggered to Xu Yongnian and called out in pain.

"Braft Commander Zhao, you can't retreat anymore. The defenders of each gate will immediately come up and fight them back no matter what!" Xu Yongnian supported the shaky Brigade Commander Zhao and turned around and shouted, "Brothers, if you don't kill the Qing demons, the people of Chuzhou will suffer disaster. For the sake of the kingdom of heaven, kill them and never take a step back!"

"Kill!" More than a thousand soldiers of the Heavenly Army waved their swords and guns, rushed up without hesitation, and fierce street fighting began. As the heavenly army poured in from all over the place gradually joined, the figures of the Heavenly Army soldiers who would rather die than surrender were everywhere in the streets and alleys, and there were scenes of fighting everywhere.

Xu Yongnian, a middle-aged farmer who put down his hoe from Guangxi, killed to Tianjing, and then to Chuzhou, could not read a single word. He was able to have today's glory entirely with his courage. He once served as the imperial guard of the Heavenly King side by side with Lin Fengxiang. He did not have the intelligence and talent of other generals, and could not even command a large army of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands to appease the side, but what he knew was the kind of responsibility he should bear. When the Heavenly Dynasty placed him in Chuzhou, he had the belief of living and dying with Chuzhou.

Like any ordinary soldier, he began to wave the sword in his hand and roared at the enemy that appeared in front of him.

This was also an asymmetric battle. Under the powerful firepower of the Qing army, countless soldiers of the Heavenly Army shed their last drop of blood for their ideal heavenly kingdom.

The guards around Xu Yongnian also fell down one after another. He saw that the Brigade Commander Zhao, who was almost unable to stand firmly, was shot and fell to the ground again. He was shot a few times, but he didn't know that he just felt that the big knife in his hand had become extremely heavy.

"Catch him alive, this is a long-haired bandit leader!"

Xu Yongnian followed the direction of the sound and saw Han Xiufeng hiding behind the soldiers of Zhongyi National Saving Army, waving his big sword and screaming.

"Kneel down and avoid death!" More than a dozen soldiers of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army were obviously attracted by the "bandit leader" in front of them. They no longer fired guns and used more than a dozen bayonets to force Xu Yongnian all over his blood.

Xu Yongnian supported the ground with blood-dropping sword, staring at the approaching Qing demons, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He really knelt down, but he was not the Qing demon who looked at him and the Qing slave behind him, he shaking and kneeling to the south, kneeling towards the Tianjing in his mind.

He didn't say anything, but waved the sword in his hand with all his might. The sword washed by the blood of countless demons finally waved to his own neck. This simple peasant general expressed his incomparable loyalty to the Celestial Empire with his own special actions.

"Damn..." The soldiers of the Zhongyi National Salvation Army rushed forward, and the bayonet was lying on Xu Yongnian's body, venting their disappointment and resentment wildly.

Almost all the city of Chuzhou was engulfed by the storm of fire. Although there were no signs of the soldiers in the celestial army in most areas, the gunshots and killings did not stop. Countless families were looted, countless innocent people were buried in the sea of ​​fire and died tragically under swords and guns. The fierce resistance of the heavenly army beyond imagination triggered the crazy revenge of Xu Shuanglai and other loyal soldiers and soldiers who saved the country.

The last group of Dongcheng defenders retreated to the city gate. More than one hundred soldiers gave up the opportunity to save their lives by leaving the city. They filled the city gate holes with batches of gunpowder, and lit the explosives in full view of the Zhongyi National Saving Army. No one said anything. They just wanted to use their last move to tell the opponents who were looking at them with doubts in front of them. The Heavenly Army would come back soon.

Amid the huge explosion, the once sturdy east gate of Chuzhou turned into rubble, and as it rose, there were more than a hundred heroic spirits from the Heavenly Dynasty!

Ruilin, the commander-in-chief of the right, entered Chuzhou. The scene of Chuzhou City made him quite sad for a moment, not because of anything else, but even when he arrived at the Chuzhou Prefecture Office of the former Daqing Chuzhou Prefecture of Chuzhou, which was the Chuzhou City Defense Command, most of the place had been swallowed up by the fire. Inside and outside the courtyard, there were corpses of soldiers from both sides, which made him want to find a place to settle down quickly.

"This is Chuzhou you dedicated to me?" Ruilin glanced at Zhang Yuanlong fiercely, "This is a ruin!"

"Master, villain..." Zhang Yuanlong looked at the fierce light in Ruilin's eyes and trembled all over. He himself never expected that after so many days, there would be so many close friends in Chuzhou.

Ruilin no longer paid attention to him. If it were the same as before, things like Zhang Yuanlong would have been removed on the spot. Alas! It's not possible now. The court would still use these bastards to make a sample book for others.

"According to the order of the imperial envoy, President Shengbao of the Jiangsu and Anhui military, I granted the three registered generals Zhang, Li Yun, Ren Qian and Han Xiufeng, to work with me to eliminate the Changmao bandits. You should immediately organize your own good army and horses as guides, first lead your subordinates to take Pukou, and then capture Chaohu." Ruilin said with his hands behind his back, and suddenly pointed at Zhang Yuanlong, "The court treats you well, don't be distracted by you."

When Zhang Yuanlong, who was complacent in his heart, heard this, his head was filled with sweat, "Big...Master, the villain will be a slave of the Qing Dynasty in the future, and he will be loyal to the Qing Dynasty to the death. Don't worry, the general, Pukou must be able to capture it easily. Even Chaohu, he cannot withstand the powerful offensive of our loyal and righteous national salvation army."
Chapter completed!