Holding a white flag and leading four bannermen's personal soldiers, under the eyes of the Jingzhou garrison and the Wu army's naval soldiers, Duolona slowly walked to the police gate at the southeast gate of Jingzhou Mancheng, loudly stated his identity and loudly explained his purpose of coming to challenge the world to seek rebellion and defend the king Wu Chaoyue handed the traffic certificate to General Mian Xun, General Mian Xun.

Duolona asked to carry out this task himself. Although Wang Funian, the chief general of the Wu army's Western Expedition, repeatedly reminded him that this task was very dangerous due to his years of friendship, even if Duolona was a bannerman, he might be executed by the Eight Banners of Jingzhou as a traitor, Duolona still insisted on coming and said to Wang Fu directly: "Although I am a tiger-killer, I am also a bannerman, a man in the Zhengbai Banner of Manzhou. No one can change this."

"At this time, I felt really uncomfortable when I asked me to stand in the Han team and beat the crowd, so I must go in and stand with our bannermen, and see with my own eyes how you treat the bannermen, and try my best to persuade the bannermen in Jingzhou to not be fooled by the chariot and accept Wu Jiantai's surrender."

Wang Fu saw the pain in his heart from Duolona's confused gaze, and also understood and understood this pain. Therefore, Wang Fu did not ask the soldiers to force Duolona to stay with force, but said again, "Audience Hall, if you must go in, I won't stop you. But I must remind you two things: one is that there is no eyebrow on the battlefield, especially the cannons, and the second is that the situation in Jingzhou is much more complicated than you imagined. I am worried that even if our soldiers can show mercy to you, the Han people in Jingzhou City will not let you go. So, you have to think clearly."

"I know that swords and guns are blind. Even if I die under your guns, I will never blame you." Duolona answered frankly and asked in confusion: "Are you worried that the Han people in Jingzhou City will not let me go? Why?"

"Audience hall, you have never been to Jingzhou. You must not know how much the Han people here hate Manchus." Wang Fu said with a wry smile: "I have an uncle who has been doing business in Jingzhou for several years. He told me about Jingzhou. In Jingzhou City, Han people can shout in the street to beat Manchus and kill Manchus. Han people and Manchus fight every day, and killing manchus every year. Han people in Jingzhou hate Manchus to the core! If we are really forced to fire a cannon at Manchus this time, the Han people in the west of Jingzhou will probably not miss such an opportunity to take revenge."

"Why do the Han people in Jingzhou hate Manchus so much?" Duolonga asked in confusion.

"The Manchus here bully the Han people too much, and local officials often favor Manchus, so of course the Han people hated them." Wang Fu answered truthfully.

Duolona did not believe that the conflict between the Han people in Jingzhou and Manchus could be so serious, and did not listen to Wang Fu's repeated and kind-hearted persuasion, and insisted on coming to Jingzhou City to ask for entry. Fortunately, relying on the identity of the Zhengbai Banner Banner, Duolona and his personal soldiers of the Huer Dao quickly entered Jingzhou City and were soon led to the old Jingzhou General Mian Xun.

"Rebel! Wu Chaoyue, the thief! When the dog thief came to Jingzhou, I thought that his thief was not a good thing. Today, I was caught by the old man! I regret it, I regret it. Why didn't I personally cut him down and leave this disaster to the court? Rebel! Dog Manzi! Dog Manzi! Dog Manzi!"

After cursing Wu Chaoyue for a long time, Mian Xun remembered to ask why Duolonga was able to come here. Duolonga replied truthfully: "Wu Chaoyue asked me to stay for him to help, but I refused. In terms of past friendship, he allowed me to find a way out. So the last general came here, hoping to help you, the old general."

"Loyal minister!" Mian Xun was so moved that he wanted to cry, and wiped his eyes and said, "At the critical moment, is it the most reliable for us Manchu people, or is it the most reliable for us Manchu people. Oh, by the way, I forgot to ask, General Duo, are you the surname of Zhengbai Banner? What is the Shishi position?"

"The last general of the army returning to Mian Junmen is Hurlat. He has no national position and has been admitted to the vanguard camp by riding and shooting." Duolona replied.

Duolonga's truthful answer disappointed Mianxun and said with some regret: "It turns out that he is a tiger-killer, but it's okay, he is more reliable than the Han barbarians, and more loyal than those dog barbarians."

Unable tolerate Mian Xun's nagging, Mian Xun's deputy governor Xi Ling'a, who was next to him, took the conversation and asked Duolonga quickly: "General Duo, how many thief troops did Wu Chaoyue send? Who are the generals in command?"

"The navy has five battalions, two thousand and five hundred people. The head general is Wang Fu, and he is also the head commander of the entire army." Duolona was not polite, and immediately replied: "There are three thousand infantry soldiers, and the head generals are Li Xubin and Li Xuyi."

"Five thousand and five hundred people." Xiling Ah breathed a sigh of relief and said with some gratitude: "Fortunately, the number of thieves is not too large, and we have hope to defend it."

"General Xi, don't underestimate this army." Duolona quickly warned: "Among the infantry sent by Wu Chaoyue, two battalions were equipped with fast-firing foreign guns, which had strong combat power. The navy was even more terrifying. The two steamships and two sail warships were equipped with more than 140 artillery pieces, and they were all heavy artillery from foreigners."

"Is one hundred and forty cannons amazing?" Xilinga sneered and said proudly: "There are also artillery in our city. The pirate fleet dares to approach the city wall. It takes only three hours to keep them all."

"General Xi, Wu Chaoyue's warship is equipped with foreign heavy artillery, and the power of artillery fire is not the same as that of our Qing Dynasty artillery." Duolona quickly reminded Xi Linga not to underestimate the enemy, and then said: "In my opinion, you might as well consider it..."

"Okay, there is no need to say more." Xilinga interrupted Duolona roughly, turned to Mianxun next to her, and said, "General Mian, since General Mian has returned loyally and has been on the battlefield and has combat experience, you might as well let him lead a flag soldier to help defend the walls in the city to prevent the rebellion of the Han and barbarians."

Mian Xun, who was not very relieved to Duolona, ​​immediately agreed and reminded Duolona: "General Duo, don't be ruthless to those dog barbarians. As long as they dare to take the opportunity to make trouble, kill immediately! Kill!"

Duolonga, who had never been to Jingzhou, did not know what a partition wall was. When asked about the situation, he realized that an isolation wall was built between the East and West cities of Jingzhou City, which was slightly shorter than the city wall, specifically used to isolate the Han people in Jingzhou City. After receiving the news of the change in the provincial capital, the generals such as Mianxun and Xilinga immediately strengthened the guards of the isolation wall and arranged a special army to guard them.

Out of loyalty to the Qing court, Duolona proposed to stay on the front line to serve as counselors for Mianxun, Xilinga and others. However, Mianxun and Xilinga were not at ease with Duolona who had just returned from Wu Chaoyue, and insisted on sending Duolona to the easily preventable partition position. Duolona had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree, and immediately led his four personal soldiers to report to the partition position under the arrangement of Xilinga and accepted the organization and transfer.

As soon as he reached the top of the partition wall, Duolona and his personal soldiers were shocked by the scene in the west city and the large building on the west side of the partition wall had been barbed to the ground. The bodies were everywhere on the ruins, including men, women, and young and old. The scene was as miserable as if they had experienced war. Duolona Daqi hurriedly asked the Jingzhou flag soldiers who were leading the way, "What's wrong? Why is this like this?"

"General Mian and his wife were afraid that the Han and barbarians would attack the whole city indiscriminately, so they ordered the houses near the partition wall to be pushed first, and the Han and barbarians who lived here resisted, so that's it."

The understatement of the Jingzhou flag soldiers made Duolong'a speechless. He didn't understand whether Mian Xun, Xiling'a and others had water in their heads or overreacting, and they were so critical that they were bullying and killing the Han people living in the same city?

Duolona was speechless. When he was led to Sabintu, the leader of the Jingzhou garrison, who was responsible for guarding the partition wall, Sabintu handed over a new army that had just been formed by the Xiansan Banners to him, and even said to him: "Don't be ruthless. When he saw the Han barbarian approaching the partition wall, he immediately fired his gun and shot arrows, killing as many as possible!"

Looking at the dense Han people on the streets in the distance, seeing that most of them were sitting on the ground in rags and large packages, it seemed that they were the people in the city whose houses were destroyed. Dorona asked in confusion: "If you get close, kill me? What if they want to go home and get something?"

"It's true to kill!" Sabintu blurted out without thinking, and patted Duolona's shoulder and said, "You have just come to Jingzhou. I don't know how hateful these dogs and barbarians in Jingzhou are, but it doesn't matter. You will know everything if you stay for a few more days."

Duolona didn't know how hateful the Han people in Jingzhou were. On that day, Duolona just saw with his own eyes that the flag soldiers on the partition wall would immediately shoot and kill people as soon as they saw the Han people approaching the partition wall. Duolona also heard gunfire and fire from time to time. When asked the reason, he realized that the Eight Banners soldiers guarding the Xicheng were shooting and killing the Han people who tried to approach the city gate or the city wall. Duolona was helpless and realized that Wang Fu's warning was definitely not to intimidate the city after the breaking of the city. Even if the Wu soldiers would show mercy to their subordinates, the Han people in Jingzhou would never let him go.

The night passed quickly. At nine o'clock the next morning, the Eight Banners Army in Jingzhou City reached the final deadline of the ultimatum, and the four main warships of the Wu Navy, the Zeng Guofan, the Huashana and the Zhongcheng, and the Renyi drove directly to the surface of the Yangtze River south of the city of Jingzhou, preparing to bombard the city of Jingzhou with artillery fire. At the same time, the Li Xubin brothers also led three thousand Wu army infantry to approach Zhenliumen, which was in the east of the city of Jingzhou, and prepared to launch an siege.

However, even so, Wang Fu, the commander of the Western Expedition of Wu Army, gave the Eight Banners garrisons of Jingzhou, and once again sent envoys to slap the white flags to the public security gate to surrender, demanding that the garrisons in the city open the city to surrender immediately. However, the soldiers of the Wu army were the Eight Banners soldiers on the city walls fired at the Wu army envoys, and the artillery on the city took the lead in bombarding the Wu army warships.

Ren Zhiyi has achieved this point. The Eight Banners garrison in Jingzhou was not grateful and dared to take the initiative to fire at the Wu Navy, who was strong and powerful. In anger, Wang Fu no longer hesitated and immediately shouted: "Put the banner and open fire!"

The new flagship of the Wu Army Navy, Zeng Guofan, fired the first shot of the Wu Army to clear the remaining forces of the Qing Dynasty in its territory. The first shell that roared out accurately hit the city tower of the Gong'an Gate. Half of the city tower collapsed and the momentum was still not gone. It blasted into the city and directly collapsed the roof of a household.

I never expected that the power of the Wu Army Navy's artillery could be so terrifying. Of course, the Eight Banners soldiers on the Jingzhou city wall kept screaming and screaming. However, they soon discovered that this was just the beginning and the real hell was still behind. Because, the other three main warships of the Wu Army Navy also opened fire one after another.

Amid the earth-shaking explosion, the four main warships of the Wu army fired continuously with the pendulum method. At the rhythm of four shells per minute, they kept bombing 32-pound solid shells into the city of Jingzhou and hitting the city. The poor Public Security Gate Tower was completely destroyed in less than ten minutes. The female wall on the city collapsed and cracked rapidly. The Eight Banners in the city were also constantly crying and howling, running around the streets to avoid bombs.

What was even more terrifying was still behind. During the intermittent of artillery bombardment, the Wu army navy also used the improved Kangliff rocket to bombard the city. The Kangliff rocket carrying picuric acid explosives flew into the city and exploded. The houses and courtyards that the Qing bannermen forcibly snatched from the Han people more than 200 years ago also quickly rose. The fire was raging, the water was splashing, and the thick smoke soared dozens of feet into the sky.

The situation at Zhenliu Gate is similar. Under the command of Li Xubin brothers, Wu's artillery focused on the famous Binyang Tower on Zhenliu Gate, while constantly bombarding the city with Kangliu Gate, using the picy acid combustion characteristics to set fire to the enemy. Even before launching a forced attack, the eight banner soldiers on the city wall and in the city were already in chaos.

It was also at this time that Xiling, who was in charge of the war in Jingzhou's city guarding, finally knew that Duolong's warning was not an exaggeration, and the power of the heavy artillery of the Wu army's naval division was something he could not imagine at all. But even so, Xiling's most worried about was the situation of the Han people in Jingzhou in the west city, worried that the Han barbarians there would take the opportunity to make trouble and respond to the Wu army and kill into the city.

Facts proved that Xilinga was just a worry. Although the Han people in Xicheng were more and more eager to attack the Wu army earlier, they knew that it was difficult to kill the Eight Banners soldiers guarding the six gates of Jingzhou with kitchen knives and wooden sticks as the main force. They opened the city gate to welcome their relatives into the city. Therefore, the people in Xicheng were all waiting and waiting carefully for the opportunity to appear.

The fierce artillery fire continued until noon and had not stopped. The four main warships of the Wu army swam slowly on the river surface, and continued to bombard the city of Jingzhou with their side cannons, which made the Eight Banners soldiers have almost no foothold in the city. At the same time, the Wu army infantry also used picric acid explosives to explode the Tianjingate and attacked the Jingate's urn, forcing Xilinga to quickly order the city gate corridor to block the city gate and not give the Wu army the chance to enter the city gate directly from the city gate.

The dying struggle only delayed the time when the whole city of Jingzhou was captured. In order to show his loyalty, the brothers Li Xubin, who joined Wu Chaoyue's first battle, immediately changed their siege tactics and sent two hundred suicide squads to attack the Zhenliu City Gate wall with flying ladders. Li Xuyi also led the suicide squad to take the lead in charge.

As a result, at this time, the loose paper tiger face of the eight banners of Jingzhou garrison was soon exposed. Seeing the Wu army's suicide squad squad striking the city wall with a sharp steel knife, the flag soldiers in the city dared not stand in front of the stairs to fight hand-to-hand combat with the Wu army soldiers to prevent the Wu army soldiers from entering the city. And when several Wu army warriors and Li Xuyi waved their swords and successfully rushed to the city wall,

It is equivalent to tigers rushing into the flock of sheep, chopping whatever they want, killing whatever they want, killing whatever they want, and killing the Eight Banners Warriors who fought with the Han people in Jingzhou every few days no longer had the might of street fighting. They shouted and just fled in scattered their lives. The Wu army suicide squad took the opportunity to rush up the city wall continuously, and occupied a considerable position on the front of the city without much effort, and hurriedly drove out the Wu army's pure red flag three days ago to the top of the city.

At the same time, among the countless houses in the western city of Jingzhou, countless Han people were watching nervously with various simple weapons and whispering, "Listen to the sound, it seems that it is about to enter the thief city. Just wait for the thief city to break, we will go out, kill all the thief city, and take revenge!"

"Mr. Wu's army is about to enter the thief city, I can't wait."
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