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Chapter 202 The Battle of Wuchang (Part 2)

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    One night of siege and another night of bloody battles, when the sky was already dawn, the bloody street fighting in Wuchang City continued, in order to buy time for the mite masters and wives in the inner city to board the ship and escape, and also to buy time for ourselves to board the ship and escape  Now that the Wu army has already occupied the southern city of Wuchang, and Wuchang is doomed to fail, Tuhai, Yue Le, and Cai Yurong, commanders of the Qing army, had no choice but to use their last elites to fight the trapped beasts with the Wu army, to consume blood, and imagine that they could temporarily defeat the enemy.  Retiring the Wu army's attack temporarily delayed the advance speed of the Wu army, buying precious time for crossing the river and fleeing for their lives.

    This battle is not so much the last battle of the Wu army to recover Huaxia Jingnan, but rather the first decisive battle between the Wu army and the Qing army in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in the second stage of the see-saw battle.  The tactical initiative, no matter how much the Yunnan-Guizhou army spent, vowed to take down the important town of Wuchang and wipe out the elite main force of the Qing army as much as possible, thus establishing an advantage in the strategic stalemate stage.  And when the Qing army was doomed to be in danger in Wuchang, its tactical purpose was to retreat in Wuchang, bring the last elite of the Qing army back to the north of the Yangtze River, and bring the backbone and core of the invaders, the Eight Banners masters.  Go to the north of the Yangtze River to preserve the seeds and vitality for future wars.

    With a desperate attack on the one hand and a desperate defense on the other, this battle is destined to be extremely cruel and bloody.  The streets and alleys are full of soldiers from both sides fighting each other. The streets and alleys are full of corpses and blood flow. In order to fight for an alley that can lead to the main road, the armies of both sides usually have to pay the lives of hundreds of soldiers.  , In order to compete for a street that can lead to the inner city or to the dock, the two sides put battalions of troops into the battlefield one after another, slashing and consuming the narrow streets frantically.

    I have to admit that at the critical moment of life and death, the Qing army, whether it was the authentic mite soldiers or the traitors and puppet soldiers, showed a very high level of perseverance and high-spirited fighting spirit, fighting against the Wu army's attack.  Don¡¯t let it go, there are endless Qing army soldiers who hugged and bit Wu soldiers and died together, and they can be seen everywhere; there are also a considerable number of mite people in the inner city of Wuchang, who did not flee to the pier, but chose to take up arms and fight side by side with the Qing soldiers  , middle-aged men and women rushed into the battlefield, the elderly and children shouted and cheered, and desperately resisted the progress of the Wu army. The Wu army, who had both strength and combat effectiveness, rushed desperately all night, but they never reached the gate of Wuchang's inner city.

    The Qing army was strong and brave, and the Wu army was not far behind. Affected by the production speed and logistical supplies, after the sharp weapons and grenades in street warfare were basically used up, the soldiers of the Wu army did not hesitate to pick up the original knives, guns and spears, and rushed into bloody battles one after another.  The battlefield, entering the streets and alleys that I am not familiar with, fighting to the death with the soldiers of the Qing army entrenched there, desperately consuming the last elite main force of the Qing army, half of the outer city of Wuchang has completely become a huge  On the Asura battlefield, flames shot up to the sky everywhere, the sound of killing was like thunder, blood and flesh rushed everywhere, and corpses littered the field everywhere.

    Relying on the desperate resistance of the Qing army, Tu Hai, Yue Le and others finally ensured that the two water gates of Wuchang West Gate and North Gate will not be affected by the flames of war for the time being.  Yang Jie, the commander of the Yangtze River Navy of the Qing Army stationed in Hanyang, dispatched more than 500 large and small warships, as well as thousands of civilian ships temporarily collected by the Qing Army.  However, the wharf is too small and there are too many people fleeing for their lives. There are less than 20 ships that can be loaded each time.  Trampled on each other, countless dead, and loud cries and shouts, the Qing navy sailors, not to mention maintaining the order of boarding, just wanting not to be squeezed into the river, not to be trampled to death and trampled to death, is already an extremely difficult task.

    "Mom! Mother! Help!" The ugly mite shouts rang out, and on the Yangtze River, another Qing army warship was sunk by too many civilians, the river surged into the warehouse, and the Qing soldiers on the deck  He and the mite people jumped into the river crying and shouting, crying for help in the cold river water, and the soldiers and people in the cabin cried even more violently.  The area was crowded and tugged, and the number of people who were able to escape from the cabin was actually pitifully small. Most of the Qing soldiers and civilians in the cabin still sank slowly into the river with the warship and disappeared into the depths of the choppy river.

    "Maintain order, maintain order! Each ship must not be doubled in capacity, and if anyone scrambles to get on board, no matter who it is, shoot and kill!"

    Seeing this scene, Prince Miqing Yue Le, who was in charge of commanding the military and civilians to retreat by boat, couldn't help crying, and shouted orders in a crying voice, asking the army to restrict the boarding order, but more than 100,000 people had accumulated on the two docks in the north and south of Wuchang.  The soldiers and civilians of YueYinyin said: "Ye Zhongtang must really want to know, how did our Pingxi Palace get such a thing? The officials dare not lie, this is dedicated to our prince by the envoy of Zheng Ni from Taiwan. The only condition is that we hope that Pingxi  The prince played the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty, and joined forces with them to deal with the Qing court."

    "Yi Zhongtang, do you want our prince Pingxi to continue to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty? Or do you want our prince to be forced to rebel? Please think about it. Although our prince is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, if Ye Zhongtang insists on fooling and playing  Our prince, our prince will not be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered."

    Ye Bilong and the others looked pale, and after bowing their heads for a long time, Ye Bilong turned to Hu Guozhu, and said weakly: "General Jinwu, the issue of military pay, rations and prisoners' ransom is up to you, but we have to give us some time to prepare, two  Within a month, our Qing court will pay half of it first, and we will pay the remaining half within next year. In addition, I have to implore your army to agree to stop the attack immediately and let us cross the river."

    "Absolutely not!" Hu Guozhu replied resolutely: "Your army must lay down their weapons and surrender on the spot. They will not be released until you pay the military salary, food and grass, and the ransom of the prisoners of war! In addition, within this year, the military salary, food and grass, and prisoners of war will not be released."  You must pay 70% of the ransom!"

    "We can pay 70% of the military salary, food and prisoners' ransom within this year." E Bilong said anxiously: "But your army must stop attacking and let our soldiers and civilians cross the river!"

    "No!" Hu Guozhu shook his head firmly, "You must put down your weapons and surrender immediately, we guarantee the safety of the prisoners of war!"

    "I can't do this." Ye Bilong said with a sad face: "This old man is just negotiating with the imperial envoys, not the commander of the army. He has no right to order them to put down their weapons and surrender."

    "Then Ye Zhongtang can go back and discuss with Tutang and Lord An." Hu Guozhu folded his arms and said with a smile on his face: "It's the same sentence, even during the war, the gate of our Pingxi Palace to negotiate an armistice is still open to Ye Zhongtang.  Open up, when Ye Zhongtang has figured it out, come to negotiate with us again."

    Ye Bilong was dejected and speechless, his already wrinkled face was even older, and tears were rolling in his cloudy old eyes, and Zheerken and Fu Dali were also in tears, their expressions were devastated, as if they had already lost their souls.  Seeing this scene, Fatty Lu, who hates dogs so much that he hates his eggs so badly, has a rare conscience, and he couldn't help persuading him: "Yi Zhongtang, two adults, you really shouldn't do this, in fact, there is another way, as long as you support Ann  If the lord ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, and the Yuan Dynasty is changed to Yongzheng, then our Pingxi Palace will definitely support you with all our strength, and you don¡¯t have to worry about not being able to explain to Kangxi when you go back.¡±

    Ye Bilong raised his head suddenly, staring at Fatty Lu with resentment in his eyes, his expression was so fierce that he wanted to swallow Fatty Lu alive, Fatty Lu smiled all over his face and said, "Yi Zhongtang, you don't have to look at this official like that.  Well, in fact, it was for the good of the Qing court that Prince An was old and virtuous, diligent and caring for the people.  "

    "Say one more thing!" Ye Bilong suddenly cried hoarsely, "I just bumped my head to death in front of you, even if I die, I won't let your diatribe scheme succeed!"

    "Okay, okay. Yifeng, don't talk about it." Hu Guozhu was also afraid that Fatty Lu would really kill Ye Bilong, so he quickly pulled Fatty Lu back with a smile, pointed to Wuchang City in the north, and said very kindly  : "Yi Zhongtang, look, your north gate pier is on fire, if you don't go back to Ye Zhongtang, I'm afraid you won't even have a direction to dock your boat."

    Ye Bilong quickly turned his head to look to the north, and saw that the area around the water gate to the west of Wuchang City was burning with flames and thick smoke billowing, and it was indeed burning.  The loud cries of the common people can be heard clearly even here.  Seeing this situation, Ye Bilong was even more helpless, so he had no choice but to reply: "Thank you General Jinwu for your guidance, I will go back to the city to contact Tutang and Prince An."

    "But the old man still said the same thing." Ye Bilong paused, and said very seriously: "If Prince Pingxi and General Jin Wu don't want the military salary, food and ransom promised by the old man to fail, please don't open it to us Eight Banners people.  Kill ring, please give us some time to discuss and discuss."

    "That's good." Hu Guozhu was also very straightforward, and replied: "As long as your army gives up breaking through and retreats to the inner city, then our army will give your army two hours to discuss. Within two hours, our army will never attack the inner city."  City!" (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 biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.  hlnovel.com
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