Dominate the Country

Chen Yongsheng is the son of Chen Yao, who is a distant cousin of Chen Hui. He is now the deputy director of the Transportation Bureau of the General's Mansion. Although Chen Yongsheng is far away from Chen Ming, he is indeed a direct descendant of the Chen family and can be absolutely trusted and cultivated. So he became one of the twelve battalion officers of the Jiabing Battalion, so he became the commander of the Fu Han Army's Xiangyang Division Westward Detachment. Now he has become the front-line commander of the Fu Han Army's attack on Wuchang.

In front of Wusheng Gate, on the northeast bank of Shahu, a large number of Fu Han Army gathered here are urging two or three thousand young bannermen and strong women to drag earth bags to fill the Fenghuang Mountain trench in front of Wusheng Gate.

Fenghuang Mountain is the gateway to the ancient city of Wuchang. There has always been a saying that "If you want to control Wuchang, you must first control Snake Mountain. If you want to control Snake Mountain, you must first control Fenghuang Mountain." The city wall of Wusheng Gate was built next to Crab Cape and Fenghuang Mountain. And Crab Cape was originally a mountain.

According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang once stationed his troops at Zijin Mountain by Shahu Lake and commanded his soldiers to set up cannons at Crab Cape to bombard Ezhou City (called Ezhou in Wuchang) held by Chen Youliang's son Chen Li. This mountain was then known as Cannon Frame Mountain. It was also called "Chengshan" because "the city walls are relied on for importance, and now it is called Beicheng Mountain", but now many people have confused it with Fenghuang Mountain.

Fan Shishou was not a good talent like Agui who could govern the country with both civil and military skills. As for how to defend the three towns of Wuhan, he mostly asked his soldiers and conscripted civilians to rigidly dig trenches and build camps in Fenghuang Mountain, Hongshan, and the east, west, south and north of Wuchang City.

So Hankou and Hanyang were taken by Chen Ming without any effort, so when the army crossed the river, the two naval camps fled to Huanggang downstream - Huangzhou Prefecture City after a brief contact.

"Cut them off. Those who dare to work without putting in effort will be beheaded!"

Scanning his eyes at the lazy bannermen who were caught, both men and women, Chen Yongsheng didn't care about the hard work in their eyes, waved his hand and killed.

Chen Yongsheng has always been clear about his position. He is a member of the Chen family, and he and Chen Hui and Chen Ming are all grasshoppers on the same rope. They are absolute enemies of the Qing Dynasty, so he doesn't need to have any mercy on these bannermen. This is also reflected in his actions. During the days of the New Year in Hanchuan, Chen Yongsheng used his merits to take away several women from the captured bannermen. If it weren't for the fact that the wives and daughters of the Eight Banners officials and nobles were almost all killed outside the city of Jingzhou, Chen Yongsheng would definitely take away a few more beautiful ones.

Once the Chen family became prosperous, there were many greedy people for gold, silver and money, and there were countless people who didn't know how to be modest when it came to women. Chen Yongsheng was the worst of the Chen family's children under Chen Ming. He didn't care about meat or vegetables, and he wanted not only virgins, but also married women with children. But this did not prevent Chen Ming from cultivating him carefully. Because Chen Yongsheng was brave and resolute in fighting, Chen Ming may not care much about "bravery", but he values ​​Chen Yongsheng's "resoluteness".

Before being promoted to battalion officer, Chen Yongsheng had never been defeated when he led the team to charge. During the Battle of Gunhe, the defense of Henan Camp and the subsequent siege of Xiping, Chen Yongsheng's team was hit by the flag soldiers in the former, attacked on three sides, and was almost surrounded by the enemy group, but did not retreat a step; the latter advanced too fast and was disconnected from the main force. It was considered a lone soldier deep in the depths, but also bravely moved forward; his performance left a deep impression on Chen Ming.

Perhaps his character could not become a famous general with both wisdom and courage, but for the current general's mansion, it was already very dazzling.

"Attack..."

The trenches in front of Fenghuang Mountain were balanced, and the Qing army camp on the top of this low hill did not fire a single shot. The artillery of the Fu Han Army bombarded over, and Chen Yongsheng issued an order to attack.

In the front walked a group of bannermen, followed by a group of Fu Han soldiers carrying thick shields, followed by a group of musketeers and armored soldiers, followed by another layer of Fu Han soldiers carrying heavy shields, and then a group of five flying thunder cannons carrying thick barrels.

"Go, go quickly..." Jiang Tianfang held the long gun in his hand and kept shouting at the bannermen walking in front.

The Qing soldiers on the hilltop were completely in trouble. What should they do? Alyajiang didn't dare to order the firing and shoot the bannermen who were blocking the way. How could the Qing soldiers on the top of Fenghuang Mountain dare to risk the world's disapproval?

They watched these bannermen fill up the trenches at the foot of the mountain, and then they were hit by cannons, and then these bannermen became the shield of the Fu Han Army? Shameless, absolutely shameless!

Every Qing soldier cursed the Fu Han Army's meanness and shamelessness in their hearts, but at the same time, they were also echoing the Fu Han Army's propaganda in their hearts. The dark camp lurking in Wuchang City often posted big-character posters on the streets of Wuchang when it was dark, or scattered black and white words in the bustling crowd.

120 years ago, when the Qing Dynasty just entered the pass, they would also capture civilians to fill trenches, moats, and storm the city. Those civilians did not have the amulet of "bannermen". They fell under the city walls in groups and died tragically under the city walls. At that time, "my great Qing" had no pity or love.

...

Hubei Governor's Office.

Fan Shishou's face turned pale and blue, and the problem that Alyajiang encountered by the Yangtze River was now in front of him. When the Alya River army was defeated in Jingzhou and the battle report was sent back to Wuchang, Fan Shishou realized this big problem and quickly reported it to Beijing. However, half a month has passed and no definite news has been sent back from Beijing. What can he do?

Opposite him on the Arya River, there were also the Hubei Inspector-General Zhu Gui [well, the teacher from Jiaqing], and the Hubei Chief-General Min Eyuan rushed to Jingzhou to recover the lost territory after the Fuhan Army retreated from Jingzhou. He even went to calm down the area and stabilize the chaos in western Hubei.

Currently, there are only three officials in Wuchang City: Fan Shishou, Zhu Gui, and Arya Jiang, with two flags and one Han [Fan Shishou is the Han military flag]. Zhu Gui will not say a word on this matter, otherwise his head will be moved. Fan Shishou and Arya Jiang did not dare to kill until they received instructions from Beijing City.

This matter involves the fundamental issue of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. If 20,000 to 30,000 bannermen were killed like this, how would the Han people in the world look at the Manchu Qing court? Who would still regard the bannermen as gods? This is not the 20,000 to 30,000 Han people, huihui, or Junggar Mongolia, Qinghai Mongolia. This is the foundation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the basis of the Qing government's rule over the world. Without the decree given by the city of Beijing, who would dare to order the killing?

Of course, Fan Shishou and the others now face an equally serious problem. Phoenix Mountain is about to be lost. Can Wuchang City still be defended after losing Phoenix Mountain? The Fuhan Army was able to set up artillery on the top of the hill to directly bombard Wuchang, and they could once again let the captured bannermen provide them with "shelter from wind and rain". This is a very, very serious problem, and Wuchang will not be able to defend it!

As long as these bannermen are there, I, the King of Heaven, will not be able to defend Wuchang. What should they do? As Hubei's feudal officials, will the three of them die in Wuchang City?

"Report..." A shrill shout rang out, and there was a rush of running. A man ran straight into the hall. The soldiers outside did not stop him at all, because this man was Fan Shishou's personal attendant.

"Master, Phoenix Mountain is lost, Phoenix Mountain is lost..."