After the bandit-suppressing army entered the West Gate, the bandit-suppressing army also continued to spread from the west city gate into Guangzhou City. At this time, Guangzhou City was also quickly occupied by the bandit-suppressing army.
Since there were only more than 10,000 soldiers from the bandit suppression army brought by Zhang Rui to besiege Guangzhou City this time, naturally they could not form an encirclement around Guangzhou City.
Although Zhang Rui released some civilians at other gates of Guangzhou City to pretend to be bandit suppressors to disperse the troops in the city, they were not combat soldiers after all, which gave the enemy a chance to escape.
However, precisely because of this, the Qing soldiers' escape accelerated the rate at which the bandit-suppressing troops occupied Guangzhou City.
"Brother Hong, the bandit suppression army has already invaded Guangzhou City."
There is a four-in-four courtyard in the Xicheng District of Guangzhou. As soon as a young man opened the door and came in, he shouted loudly and excitedly to the courtyard.
"Chia acridine."
A quick sound of opening the door
In the room on the right side of the courtyard, a middle-aged man quickly opened the door and walked out, asking the young man with an unnatural tremor in his voice.
"What did you say? Hui Qian, you said Sixth Brother's men have already entered Guangzhou City?"
The person who came out of the room was none other than Hong Xiguan, a well-known anti-Qing and restoration figure.
After hearing what Hu Huiqian said, it was no wonder that Hong Xiguan 1, who was already over middle age at this time, could not help but tremble in his voice. Because Zhang Rui's siege speed was too fast, completely beyond the expectations of Hong Xiguan and others.
They wondered how the Qing army could maintain a stalemate for several days, especially when they heard that Zhang Rui only brought more than 10,000 troops this time.
Although the Qing army had taken away many defenders before, they still had more than 3,000 defenders in Guangzhou City.
In addition to the three thousand city defense troops, there are other seven or eight troops with a thousand people. Not only that, they could also recruit a lot of dog thieves to help them defend the city, which added up to a lot of people.
Guangzhou City still has its high city walls and all kinds of complete city defense equipment. No one would think that the bandit suppression army can capture Guangzhou City in one fell swoop.
It is precisely because the Qing army still has a lot of strength that many anti-Qing people in the city dare not act rashly.
As the old saying goes: Good steel must remain on the blade.
Just like this, when Zhang Rui ordered the attack on Guangzhou City, everyone in Guangzhou City was quiet. Because all the anti-Qing people were waiting, waiting for the Qing soldiers guarding the city to take action at the difficult moment when they were fighting against the bandit suppressing troops, and give them a fatal blow.
However, everything happened so suddenly that they couldn't even think about it.
They were still discussing how to attack the city wall, and when they opened the city gate to the bandit-suppressing army outside the city, they heard from outside that the bandit-suppressing army had captured Guangzhou City.
Although they felt a little frustrated because they couldn't help, it also proved the strength of the bandit suppressing army, which made them feel that this was the country's surname. In the past few decades, they had once again seen the hope of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.
Although the bandit-suppressing army did not use the slogan "Restore Ming", so what?
They are the kings of the Han family. They propose the policy of benevolence and restore the Han family's tombs. This is enough. This is what they want to "make clear".
More importantly, there are rumors in the Tiandihui that Zhang Liuge's mother is most likely the great-great-granddaughter of Emperor Ming Ming.
Although the Tiandihui side has not revealed too much about the specific situation, on the one hand, the matter is not particularly certain, and on the other hand, if this matter is true, they still need to protect the last trace of Emperor Xiaolie's blood.
Even so, this bit of information revealed is enough to make those who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty feel extremely hopeful and passionate.
Emperor Gao, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, once said that "Hu people have no destiny for a century." Now the century is approaching. Now there are rumors on the street: "Hu's misfortune lasts for a hundred years, and after the Double Eight, there will be six. The clear water will extinguish the fire and it will rise again, and the sun and the moon will always shine on the land of China."
If Brother Zhang Liu really has the bloodline of Taizu Emperor Gao, doesn't this all conform to the prophecy?
Don't look at the fact that the Tatar emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty often went to worship the Minngling Tomb. Even though the Minngling Tomb is now being occupied by Tatars for worship, the Feng Shui of the Minling Tomb will ultimately protect its own people.
"Yes, Brother Hong. Brother Six's troops have invaded Guangzhou City, and now they are coming here. Just listen and wait." At this moment, Hu Huiqian, one of the Ten Tigers of Shaolin, was not at all interested. Calm.
The anti-Qing people who came out with Hong Xiguan all calmed down after listening to Hu Huiqian. They heard a faint voice coming from the street: "Those who surrender will avoid death, and the people will avoid it."
"Really, I didn't expect Sixth Brother's bandit suppression army to be so powerful. Are the Qing soldiers so easy to kill?" Fang Shiyu couldn't help but say it after hearing this.
Fang Shiyu's words were agreed by the hundreds of anti-Qing people present in the courtyard. They had also fought against the Manchu dog soldiers in private, and they didn't think they were easy to treat!
"Shiyu, it's not that the Manchu dog soldiers are so powerful, it's all a matter of God's will." Hong Xiguan said to him in a good mood.
Fang Shiyu was a little confused after hearing Hong Xiguan's words. What does this have to do with God's will? Fang Shiyu was confused.
In fact, not only Fang Shiyu, except for a few people who heard about Zhang Rui's life experience privately, almost no one would think of this aspect.
"You will know later." Hong Xiguan walked up to Fang Shiyu with a smile on his face and patted Fang Shiyu on the shoulder. Compared with Hong Xiguan, Fang Shiyu was much shorter.
"Brother Hong, are we going to go out now to help suppress the bandits and kill some Manchu dog soldiers?" Fang Shiyu asked
"No need, looking at the situation outside, it's only a disservice if we go out. Let's calm down the city before we go out! I just don't know if those outside the city can catch a few Manchu dog officials." Hong Xiguan said angrily
"should be okay…"
Zhang Rui didn't know what was going on in the city of Guangzhou. Amidst the cheers of the people watching outside the city, Zhang Rui began to enter the city of Guangzhou.
At this moment, the clouds in the sky were blown away by the wind, and a ray of sunlight shone down.
The people watching on the mountains outside the city couldn't help but be shocked by the scene. One of the people involuntarily changed from cheering to kneeling and shouting: "Long live, long live, long live, long live."
Following this, the people around him also followed suit, as if not kneeling down and shouting at this moment was like not worshiping God. Where there is one, there are two, and many people are like this.
"Long live Long live Long live…"
A surging shout came down.
Zhang Rui, who suddenly felt dazzled by the strong sun, heard the sound and used his hands to block the light that hit his eyes.
Looking at the people shouting on the mountain not far away, he seemed to be talking to the people around him, and seemed to be talking to himself: "What's wrong with them?"
Note 1: The official information about Hong Xi Shiyu in Baidu Encyclopedia is very confusing and many contradictory. Here, Hong Xiguan and Fang Shiyu are regarded as the Ten Tigers of Guangdong Shaolin. Fang Shiyu was born in 1739 (the fourth year of Qianlong), and Hong Xiguan was born in the fourth year of Yongzheng, from the age of ninety-three to the early year of Daoguang.
Hongxi official Fang Shiyu was twelve years old. Hong Xiguan may have studied under Cai Jiuyi, but Fang Shiyu probably did not study under Cai Jiuyi, and it is impossible for them to experience Kangxi's burning of Southern Shaolin. The information on film and television dramas is also messy, so here we will use some possible documents in Baidu Encyclopedia as the basis for calculation.
