The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 181: Surrender, you can also be considered a loyal hero if you surrender!
Noon on the third day of the eleventh lunar month.

Jiangshe City.

"I am so proud that I laugh at the waves, and my blood is hotter than the red sun. My courage is like iron, my bones are like steel, my mind is as broad as a thousand miles, and my vision is as far as a thousand miles. I swear to work hard and become a good man."

The terrifying song that made all the Qing army officers and soldiers in Jiangshe City tremble with fear was once again heard from the Taiping Army's position.

This means that another round of fierce attack is about to begin!

Since Xiang Rong led everyone to "break into the encirclement" last night, they have heard this terrifying song more than once! Every time this song is heard from the Taiping Army's position, there will inevitably be a wave of fierce attacks!
And every wave of fierce attack by the Taiping Army started with the throwing of bombs!

Usually, only a dozen or even fewer bombers would sneak up to the Qing army's position under the cover of night, and then throw a dozen powerful bombs! After the explosion, hundreds of elite soldiers would launch a night attack.

These elite soldiers all had night vision and could move freely in the dark without the help of torches. Moreover, they were extremely brave and could not be resisted by the Qing army at all! If any group of Qing soldiers tried to stop them at all costs, they would be killed by the Taiping Army's bombs - because some of the elite Taiping Army soldiers who attacked at night also carried bombs.

So in the battle that lasted half a night yesterday, the Qing army in Jiangshe City suffered extremely heavy losses, losing almost one-third of their positions and at least thousands of people!

In addition, the two thousand Qing troops who forced their way across the stream to encircle the two wings of Jiangshe City yesterday evening were also completely wiped out, and not a single one of them ran into Jiangshe City to join the besieged Qing troops.

If we also take into account the losses suffered by the Qing army before Xiang Rong led his troops into Jiangshe City, from yesterday noon when Feng Zicai led his troops into Jiangshe City to this morning, the Qing army has lost more than three thousand and almost four thousand people on the battlefield in Jiangshe City.

There are only more than 6,000 Qing troops left in the encirclement of Jiangshe City, and they are surrounded and their morale is low!
However, more than 6,000 Qing troops are still a considerable number, and it is not easy to eliminate them unless someone is willing to lead the troops to "revolt."

At this moment, in a shabby restaurant that had just been burned down within the encirclement of Jiangshe City, a conversation about surrender and loyalty was quietly taking place.

"Feng Nangan, you, you are not dead! Where is your braid? You are not going to surrender to the Taiping?"

The person who was speaking was Sun Yingzhao, the general of Yongzhou Town, who looked haggard, and the person listening to him was Feng Zicai, who was wearing the military uniform of a Qing Dynasty military officer, but whose braid was nowhere to be found. He had just crossed the line of fire and slipped away from the Taiping Army's position.

Hearing Sun Yingzhao say that he surrendered to the Taiping rebels, Feng Zicai was very unhappy: "General Sun, please don't wrongly accuse me! Can I, Feng Zicai, surrender to the Taiping rebels and become a traitor? Am I that kind of person?"

"So you are now..." A trace of disappointment flashed across Sun Yingzhao's haggard face.

Feng Zicai patted his chest and said with a smile: "General Sun, I am actually a loyal hero of the Qing Dynasty!"

Sun Yingzhao was stunned: "Loyal and brave? Nan Gan, although you have little education, you should know what a loyal and brave person is, right? Only dead people can be loyal and brave!"

"Who said that? General Sun, look at this letter. This is the handwriting of Yu Zhuangwu, a loyal hero of the Qing Dynasty. It's written to you!" After saying that, Feng Zicai took out a handwritten letter from Yu Mieqing and handed it to Sun Yingzhao with a smile, "General Sun, Yu Zhuangwu is your old boss. You still remember his handwriting, right?"

"Zhuangwu" is Yu Wanqing's posthumous title!

The Qing court still didn't know that this man had joined the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and still regarded him as a loyal hero!
Sun Yingzhao didn't know that his old boss was still alive, so he stared with wide eyes at the five big words "Yu Wanqing's handwriting" written on the envelope in his hand.

"Yu, is General Yu really still alive?" Sun Yingzhao asked in a trembling voice.

At this moment, he realized what it meant that Yu Wanqing was not dead?

"General Yu is in the Taiping Angels' camp outside Jiangshe City!" Feng Zicai said, "He arrived with the Taiping Angels last night. Now the Taiping Angels and the 30,000 Taiping troops led by the Western King are surrounding you, General Xiang, and General Liu! It will only take two or three days for your entire army to be wiped out. You can't run away.

If you are willing to learn from General Yu, the Heavenly Peace Angels are also willing to help you become a Great Qing Loyalty and reward you with an official position in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. You can be a Great Qing Loyalty and a founding hero of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom at the same time, without any delay. How great is that? "

"Will it really work?" Sun Yingzhao was of course tempted and asked expectantly.

"Of course!" Feng Zicai said with a smile, "General Yu has already written down in the letter what to do specifically. There will be absolutely no problem." Upon hearing this, Sun Yingzhao immediately tore open the envelope, took out the letter inside and began to read it.

In fact, the operation of faking death and pretending to be loyal and heroic was very simple. The Taiping Army issued a notice, announcing the beheading of Sun Yingzhao, and at the same time "cut off his head for public display." Of course, they could not cut off Sun Yingzhao's own head, but they would "pick up" someone who looked a little bit like him on the battlefield, put on some makeup, such as sticking on a fake beard or something, and then put him in a wooden cage and hang it high at the gate of some busy city for public display.

The Qing Dynasty would definitely send people to check it out, but firstly, the people sent to check would not be very familiar with Sun Yingzhao, and secondly, how could they recognize a dead head that was hanging high and a little rotten?
Therefore, as long as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is willing to cooperate, it will not be difficult to make Sun Yingzhao a loyal martyr.

"General Sun," Feng Zicai said at this time, "the Taiping Army has finished singing their song, and they will soon launch an attack. If you do not intend to surrender to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and become a loyal hero of the Qing Dynasty, they will attack your troops! How many people do you have left? Enough for a thousand? How many waves can you resist?"

“No, no, no,” Sun Yingzhao hurriedly bowed to Feng Zicai and said, “Nan Gan, Brother Nan Gan, please quickly tell the Taiping Army to stop attacking me. I am willing to surrender. I really can’t stand it anymore!”

Feng Zicai laughed when he heard this: "That's right! General Sun, tell me where Xiang Rong's central army is?"

"Nan Gan, what do you want?" Sun Yingzhao asked.

"Make achievements!" Feng Zicai said with a smile, "General Sun, you are the general, and you can at least have the honorary position of a brigade commander. But I am just a captain, and they can only give me a sergeant, which is too low. I have to make achievements! And I am from Guangdong, Luo Tianshi, Su Sanniang and others are all from Guangdong! If I work hard, I will have a bright future!"

"Boom boom boom"

As soon as Feng Zicai finished speaking, the roar of thunder explosion was heard.

Sun Yingzhao panicked, but Feng Zicai waved his hands and said, "Don't panic. The ones who are really going to be beaten are Xiang Rong and Liu Changqing's people. They don't have a chance, but you still have one! It all depends on what you choose."

"Of course I choose the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!" Sun Yingzhao gritted his teeth and said, "I am the general of Yongzhou Town, and I have lost the Yongzhou Prefecture where I am in charge. If I don't join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, am I going to be arrested by Emperor Xianfeng and handed over to the Ministry for punishment?"

"That's right! You joined the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and became a loyal hero of the Qing Dynasty. Your whole family was saved! Otherwise, you would have lost your post and the army, and if you were released, you would be a waste of money!"

Sun Yingzhao stood up suddenly, clasped his fists towards Feng Zicai and said, "Nan Gan, call your people over. I will personally lead the way to catch the old thief Xiang Rong!"

"Well done, well done!" Feng Zicai gave a thumbs up, "This is the loyal hero of the Qing Dynasty!"

"Your Highness, Your Highnesses, good news! Xiang Rong's central army has been captured! Sun Yingzhao's troops have given up resistance, and the Qing demons in Jiangshe City have collapsed!"

In a gentry's house in the north of Jiangshe City, Yu Mieqing walked up to Luo Yaoguo and Xiao Chaogui who were drinking tea and talking, bowed, and then reported the good news he had just received.

"How's it going?" Luo Yaoguo looked at Xiao Chaogui with a little pride. "In almost one day and one night, we eliminated more than 10,000 Qing monsters under Xiang Rong, Liu Changqing, and Sun Yingzhao. Sanniang and the strategy of destroying the Qing are not bad, right?"

Xiao Chaogui laughed loudly, then gave Luo Yaoguo a thumbs up and said, "Eighth brother, I am convinced. Ten thousand Qing monsters! Before you came, our Taiping Army had killed at most two thousand Qing monsters at a time, and that was only once! Since you came, our Taiping Army has killed more and more enemies, and now we can kill ten thousand monsters!

Eighth brother, tell me, where should we attack next? "

"Next, I will lead the troops to cross the Xiang River for the second time!" Luo Yaoguo said, "We will approach Xinshi Town, and you, my dear brother-in-law, will attack Yisuhu Town."

"Why not strike while the iron is hot and take over Xiangtan?" Xiao Chaogui was stunned.

"No, no." Luo Yaoguo shook his head. "Brother-in-law, Xiangtan City holds the key to your conquest of Wuchang Prefecture!"

"The key to taking Wuchang Prefecture?" Xiao Chaogui's eyes lit up. "Eighth brother, what is the key?"

"Huguang Governor Cheng Yancai!"

(End of this chapter)