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Chapter 130 The Angel is Shot! (Please give me a monthly ticket!)

"Kaifang, the fire has grown so big that it seems impossible to put it out. Take 500 people with you to move the food and grab as much as you can!"

"Order!"

Luo Yaoguo stood at a wide intersection, looking at the rice shops in front of him that were engulfed in flames, his face gloomy. He ordered Li Kaifang to take 500 people to move rice to the rice shops that had not yet caught fire, while wondering where to find tens of thousands of stones, or perhaps a hundred thousand stones of grain to fill the gap?

If there were only 500 people carrying rice, each carrying 10 bags would be enough, at most 5,000 bags. Even if Li Shoucheng's 500 people came, at most they could carry 10,000 bags, each weighing 50 to 60 kilograms, which would be 500,000 to 600,000 kilograms. How many days could they feed the people of Changsha?

Although there were other rice shops in Changsha City, the people of Changsha would have some grain stored at home, and if some government warehouses had not been emptied by Zuo Zongtang's men, there would also be some grain.

But how long can it last?
It seems that the plan to let Hong Xiuquan stay in Changsha and become a homebody is not feasible. Moreover, a big city with 200,000 or 300,000 hungry people living in it cannot provide good support for the entire Hunan battlefield!

If the limited military force was used to find food for these 200,000 or 300,000 people, who would fight against the feudal landlords in Changsha? Who would carry out the work of land distribution? Moreover, there were many Qing demon armed forces in Hunan, who would be allowed to wipe them out one by one?

If we ignore the lives of these 200,000 or 300,000 people, what if they launch an armed uprising in Changsha?
After thinking about it, he felt that it was a difficult problem. Luo Yaoguo could only shake his head and sigh.

Su Sanniang ordered people to deploy gunmen and sword and shield soldiers in the nearby shops and houses. When she returned to Luo Yaoguo, she saw Luo Yaoguo, who always looked confident, shaking his head and sighing, and she was also anxious. So she ordered Luo Yaoguo's female guard Ji Chunhua to take a dozen female soldiers to the shops and houses across the street to see if they could call some people to help move the rice together. One more person means more strength!

But no one expected that in the shops and houses a little further away from the rice market, hundreds of Ding Yongs from the Daozhou militia and the Chenzhou militia were lying in ambush!

On the city wall near Chaozong Gate, thousands of strong militiamen from Daozhou and Chenzhou were lying in ambush. The militiamen on the city wall were all commanded by Zuo Zongtang himself, who was leaning on a crenel, holding a telescope and watching from afar, with a pair of thick eyebrows tightly knitted.

Ding Yong, who was in shops and houses a little further away from the rice market, was under the control of Chen Qishu and Zhang Dingxiang, two leaders of the Hunan militia.

Among them, Zhang Dingxiang, holding a broadsword and leading three hundred death warriors, stared at the two female Taiping soldiers who were walking towards him, with cold sweat on his forehead.

Chen Qishu, who was huddled in a shop like a quail and watching several Chen family gunmen, was now sweating profusely, but his eyes were fixed on Luo Yaoguo who was shaking his head, muttering: "Stop shaking your head, what are you shaking your head like? Why are you pacing? Damn it..."

"Master, those two girls are getting closer!" A dark-complexioned gunman from the Chen family, who was in his thirties, tightly grasped a shotgun with a particularly long barrel, and his voice trembled a little when he spoke.

"Well, can we hit the target now?" Chen Qishu asked.

"You can give it a try! There's at least a 50% chance of success!"

Chen Qishu then asked the other people, "Eighteen, twenty-two, twenty-seven, twenty-nine. How about you?"

The people he asked were all nephews of his Chen family. "Eighteen", "Twenty-two", "Twenty-seven" and "Twenty-nine" were their rankings in the family.

The area around Chenzhou Prefecture is small and densely populated, and the people are tough. In recent decades, there have been frequent clan fights. Chen Qishu could become the biggest "Mr. Huang" in Chenzhou, so naturally he had to participate in the fights. His family also raised several experts in shooting shotguns. He even spent a lot of money to send people to Foshan, Guangdong, to buy several long-handled shotguns, which were specifically used to ambush people during fights.

"You can try it! Half and half."

"I'm only 40 percent sure!"

"I have more than 50%!" "I have 60%!"

Several Chen family gunmen were not sure of hitting the target, so Chen Qishu counted on his fingers: "Three are 50%, one is 40%, and one is 60%. A total of 250% is enough to kill the tall guy twice and a half. What a waste. Twenty-two, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, you guys hit the tall guy, and the other two hit the people around the tall guy!"

This Chen Qishu is pretty good at math and can even add decimals!

"Have you aimed?" Chen Qishu asked after a while.

Several Chen family gunmen said "OK", Chen Qishu nodded and said with a sinister look on his face: "Shoot!"

"Angel, angel, Angel Luo"

Luo Yaoguo, who was pacing and shaking his head, suddenly heard a voice calling him. He hurriedly stopped and turned his head sharply. Suddenly, he felt something hit his right ear hard. Before he could react, he heard three "pa pa pa" sounds, and then he was knocked to the ground by someone and fell heavily on the bluestone floor!
what happened?
When Luo Yaoguo was confused, he suddenly heard Su Sanniang's shout: "There is a gunman, the angel was shot"

"The angel was shot? Me..." Luo Yaoguo felt horrified when he heard this, thinking: "I was shot? Where? Why don't I feel any pain? No, it's starting to hurt! Ear, right ear!"

"clap clap"

Just as Luo Yaoguo reached out to cover his ears, gunshots suddenly rang out at the scene!
The female sniper who was lying in ambush in nearby houses and shops saw the muzzle flash, white smoke and the gun barrel sticking out of the window when the Chen family's gunman shot, and immediately retaliated.

"Angel, angel, are you okay? Can you get up?" Su Sanniang's voice rang out again. This woman reacted very quickly. The moment Luo Yaoguo was shot, she immediately knocked him down, then knelt on the ground, protecting him with her body, and quickly checked the wounds on Luo Yaoguo's body. She found that except for the pierced right ear, there was no second wound. She felt relieved and began to help Luo Yaoguo get up.

Luo Yaoguo's condition was actually a little serious. The gunshot wound was not a big deal, at most one ear was broken, but being pounced on by Su Sanniang was a little serious.

The fierce woman was too strong, and she pounced so hard in a panic that Luo Yaoguo fell hard. The back of his head hit the bluestone slab lightly. Now he was seeing stars and could not get up all of a sudden.

Seeing that Luo Yaoguo was unable to get up, the hundreds of Taiping soldiers around him panicked, surrounded him and shouted loudly. Only the female gunman who was farther away didn't know what was happening and continued to fire at the house where the Chen family gunman was hiding.

The reason for this situation is related to the special national conditions of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. This Heavenly Kingdom also has its own national conditions!
As one of Hong Xiuquan's "four living fathers", Luo Yaoguo has divine power and is at least a demigod.

The demigod was shot dead. How could the Guangxi soldiers under Li Kaifang and the Guangxi female soldiers under Su Sanniang not panic? They were all the most steadfast people in the Kingdom of Heaven!

At this time, the musketeers and spearmen of the Hunan militia who were lurking in the area also opened fire in response. For a moment, bullets flew in the air. Many of the Taiping soldiers on guard outside and the dozen or so female soldiers that Su Sanniang had sent out to call for help were knocked to the ground, including Luo Yaoguo's female guard Ji Chunhua! The girl with a rosy face noticed muzzle flames and white smoke coming out of the house in front of her, and without hesitation, she drew her sword and rushed forward!

As a result, he was hit in the neck by a bullet fired by the Hunan militia and fell in a pool of blood.
And at this moment, a shout that seemed to burst out from the chest suddenly came again.

"Kill the long-haired people! Earn money!"

Zhang Dingxiang rushed out from the shop where he was hiding, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and with him rushed out two or three hundred militiamen armed with swords and spears.

On the top of the Chao Zongmen city wall, which was originally empty, a large flag with the word "Zuo" was flying, and large numbers of brave soldiers holding spears, swords, shields, and muskets also rushed down the horse path shouting!
Zuo Zongtang stood high on the Chaozong Gate city gate, looking at the fire below, the chaotic Taiping Army, and the Hunan militia that was like a tiger descending from the mountain, and finally he showed the smile of a winner!

(End of this chapter)