Han’s Son is Not a Slave

"Murdered, thieves killed!"

"The dog day really started!"

Accompanying the cheers of the Taiping army was the exclamation of countless strong men on the city wall, and the Qing army yelled at it. ○

"The underdog will win. The thief made such a move. It seems that before the Guangzhou reinforcements arrive, the thief will never want to enter my Xinhui City." Zheng Guodong did not look at the execution of the Taiping army on the opposite side. Qin Wu said something.

Qin Wu hurriedly echoed: "My lord is right, the more the thieves are like this, the more the brothers will feel the same enemy, hey, the thief's method is to make us feel angry, lord, the brothers are all trying to fight for us. People get revenge!"

"Well..."

Zheng Guodong glanced at it, and sure enough, his subordinates were all round-eyed and gnashing their teeth, and their expressions wished to slash the thief on the opposite side. Zheng Guodong was naturally very satisfied with his subordinate's performance. He nodded slightly, and had some confidence in defending Xinhui City.

God wants to give great responsibility to the people...

Zheng Guodong didn't know why he had this idea. Maybe he was suppressed for too long. This time, it should be his chance to make a name for Zheng Guodong.

Thief, vulnerable!

On the other side, the face of Su Xianting, the leader of the Han army's flag, was a little distorted, so twisted that it was almost hideous.

........

"cut!"

"cut!"

"cut!"

Shao Jiugong seemed to be intentional, and let out a deadly snarl in a long tone.

One after another head rolled to the ground in his stern voice. It was not that no one of the Qing soldiers begged for mercy, but after seeing the companions in front begging for mercy, the Taiping army still cut off their heads without hesitation, and the back The Qing soldiers were all giving up, and the only thing they could do was to make an extremely shrill cry when they died.

One after another, the Taiping army's face flushed red. It wasn't the redness of shame, but the redness of blood.

Look. Tartar is also afraid of pain!

Look, the Tartars are also afraid of death!

Look, they shout too!

Fang Yi was also one of the executioners of these soldiers. The head he cut off was that of a battalion soldier named Jin Lin. He had met him, drank wine with him, ate meat, and fought over the same woman.

Fang Yi clearly remembered that when Jin Lin was raising his knife, he suddenly turned his head and said to himself, "Good brother, give me a treat!"

When his knife swung down. Fang Yi didn't even dare to look at it. He didn't dare to open his eyes until the Taiping army on the left and right ordered him to retreat. This opening made him feel better. Jin Lin's neck was completely broken and flat.

......

The prisoner continued to be executed, and the beheaded head attracted the eyes of the Taiping soldiers and the Qing army in the city. At this time, in the Taiping military camp. Under the leadership of Baihu Tieyi, a team of elite sappers who were trapped in the camp was quietly digging a tunnel that led directly to the Xinhui city wall.

It is undoubtedly a huge and very delicate civil engineering to dig a tunnel for three or four miles under the ground, and to ensure that the tunnel cannot be deviated during the excavation process. But the project may be extremely difficult for others. But for the miners who have been digging holes in the ground for many years, it is just commonplace.

In order not to be discovered by the Qing army in the city, the soil excavated by the sappers was wrapped in clothes and transported back to the back of the barracks. Instead of being piled directly on the tunnel entrance. A piece of wood used to support the tunnel was also transported into the tunnel under the cover of various vehicles and horses.

Xinhui County is not far from the Tanjiang River. The terrain around the county is a plain area, so there is a lot of underground water. This made the excavation work a lot more difficult. After half an hour of excavation, Tie Yi and the others successfully excavated a tunnel that was more than nine feet deep, nearly six feet wide, and about eight feet long. (The author's note is that one zhang is about three meters three, and one meter is three feet three)

The water in the tunnel could not be drained, so all the sappers of the trap camp involved in the excavation were almost immersed in the water with their knees. Fortunately, although there was water in the ground, it was not a muddy land. The soil of yellow mud was quite strong. This allows the excavation to continue.

Tie Yi is good at burying holes, but he is not proficient in digging tunnels. Zhang Fulai, the general banner, is in charge of the entire excavation task. This is an old miner who leads the team in Laofengzhuang Copper Mine. He is proficient in underground operations. It was Tie Yi who couldn't keep up.

After being ordered to dig a tunnel directly to the Xinhui city wall, Zhang Fulai brought two apprentices to sneak into the Xinhui city quietly last night, and did a lot of preparatory work under the cover of the night to ensure that the excavation mission would not fail and succeed. Open the tunnel entrance and make corresponding adjustments based on the actual situation under the tunnel. According to the current excavation speed, Zhang Fulai guarantees that the explosives will be successfully buried under Xinhui City at dawn tomorrow.

.....

The progress of the tunnel excavation was continuously communicated to Zhou Shixiang, all the prisoners had been executed, and the bodies and heads were carried to the back.

The Qing army in the city didn't respond except yelling from the air. The impatient Jiang He and Ge Zheng suggested to attack the city first and try again. This proposal was of course rejected by Zhou Shixiang. In yesterday's test, the Hujie Battalion had lost more than 30 people. Without enough artillery to suppress the defenders on the city, it was impossible for him to kill the few soldiers in the Taiping Battalion. The cannons of the Qing army were thrown. Besides, the traditional method of siege is really worth the loss for the siege party. Zhou Shixiang has no capital to compete with the Qing army to compete for human life.

For a whole day, the Qing army showed no sign of leaving the city, and the Qing army in Guangzhou had to arrive in two days at the earliest, which meant that there were only two days left for the Taiping army to take Xinhui City. Two days later, if the Taiping army cannot appear on the Xinhui city wall, they will face the pincer attack of the Qing army in Guangzhou and the defenders of Xinhui.

The sappers who dig the tunnel have been rotated several times. Every time they come out, they look like a clay figurine. Their bodies and faces are covered with mud. Many soldiers have worn out their hands and feet. There are also many piles in the rear.

As the evening approached, the Qing army suddenly fired a few cannons in the direction of the Taiping army. The sound of the cannons made Zhou Shixiang very nervous, thinking that the Qing army had left the city, but then the Hujie Camp in front reported that the Qing army had not left the city, which made Zhou Shixiang a little confused. , Since you don't plan to leave the city, what artillery is the Qing army shooting?

Shao Jiugong answered Zhou Shixiang's question. He told Zhou Shixiang that the Qing army's shot was only used to boost the morale of their soldiers and to shock the Taiping army by the way, and had no other purpose.

Even so, Zhou Shixiang was still worried, and ordered the Xiongwei Camp and Hujie Camp to keep an eye on Xinhui City together and be ready for battle at any time.

At three quarters of ugly, Zhang Fulai, who was tired but couldn't hold back his excitement, got out of the tunnel. He brought the good news everyone was waiting for—the tunnel had been dug under the city wall.

"call!"

Zhou Shixiang looked at Xinhui City in the dark and let out a long breath.

The two large coffins filled with granular gunpowder were carefully dragged into the tunnel by the sappers and dragged forward step by step in the mud. At the end of the tunnel, under the city bricks, Zhang Fulai commanded the engineers to open a secret room.

A match made of tens of meters of hemp rope soaked in vinegar was sealed by Tie Yi with cowhide and brought into the tunnel. He lit the match with his own hands~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Xinhui's city walls.

Zhou Shixiang was a little worried about Tie Yi's safety because he didn't know how powerful the gunpowder particles in the two coffins would explode. Although the explosion could blow up the Xinhui city wall, it would also collapse the tunnel. If you don't return to a safe area before the explosion, the person who set it on fire will definitely be buried alive.

Tie Yi refused Zhou Shixiang's order to find someone else to set fire to him, and he said to Zhou Shixiang: "My life is my life, and other people's lives are also my life. If it is really dangerous after the explosion, I would rather die than my hundred households. You can't let other brothers die. Otherwise, what would it be like for me as a hundred households."

Zhou Shixiang did not forcibly order the replacement, so what Tie Yi said was not his idea, and the lives of others were also lives!

Under the silent gaze of everyone, Tie Yi walked down the tunnel without looking back and disappeared before everyone's eyes.

The sappers who hauled the coffins came out of the tunnel one after another, and everyone had worried expressions on their faces. Obviously, they had seen their Hundred Households on the way back and knew what their Hundred Houses were going to do.

Zhang Fulai was the last one to come out, and now there are only Tie Yi and one of his apprentices left in the tunnel. (To be continued..)