"Listen to me, all of you. Everything is fine up front. We have to go back to the inner city to help defend. Now the back row is changed to the front row. Everyone, run back. Do you hear clearly?" Burca Chavon called loudly.
"yes…"
A chorus of voices answered.
"Very good. Everyone, turn back and run..." Burca Chavon gave the order.
"Ataimo..."
Hearing Burca Chavon's call, Artemo, who had walked some distance away, quickly ran back to Burca Chavon, knelt down and replied: "Master, this slave is here."
At this time, Burca Chafeng lowered his voice and said, "Immediately rush over and tell Etuo not to get involved with the rebels. Save your strength as much as possible and return to the inner city to help defend. Once the rebels are After conquering the outer city, we definitely don't have enough people to fight them head-on."
"Hey, I understand, I will go over now." Ataimo bowed his head and immediately turned around and ran away.
"Amuniptas Wangtuoba, you have committed a serious crime." Burcha Chafeng glanced at the outer city wall, and then rode back to the inner city.
At this time, the body of Amuniptas Wangtuoba, whom Burca Chavon complained about, had fallen into a pool of blood at the top of the city. His head was also cut off by the Eight Banners soldiers who were attacking the city and used to recruit other Qing soldiers. Army.
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"Haha... King Han, good news, the outer city of Nanjing has been taken down." Li De from a distance quickly ran to Zhang Rui's headquarters and reported the news with a big smile.
"Okay, this is really good news." Zhang Rui also said with joy.
Although the general staff of the bandit suppression army had made various plans for attacking Nanjing City, after seeing the tall and majestic Nanjing City Wall, Zhang Rui couldn't help but sigh that Nanjing City was difficult to attack, but he did not expect it to be so easy to attack. Go in.
Fortunately, the people with the secret guards were able to persuade some of the defenders in the city. It was the help of these green soldiers hiding in the caves that made the siege of the city much easier. Otherwise, we still don’t know how many people would have been killed or injured before we could break in. .
"Taiping..." Zhang Rui, who was sitting in the coach's seat under the Chinese Army, called.
"Go back to the King of Han, my subordinates are here." Chen Taiping, the flag officer on the side, stepped forward and replied.
"Send my order and inform Zhang Zhishan and Li Guozhong to send troops to attack the city immediately. They must capture the entire outer city before the sun sets. There must be no mistakes." Zhang Rui said sternly.
"I obey the order..." After Chen Taiping gave Zhang Rui a military salute, he immediately turned around and retreated.
Evening comes quietly.
Snow fell quietly again.
The bandit-suppressing army continued to attack Nanjing's outer city walls. After hearing that the bandit-suppressing army had breached the outer city wall, many Qing soldiers retreated into the inner city and gave up their defensive positions.
At the last moment of sunset, the bandit suppression army had completely occupied the entire outer city of Nanjing.
On days when the days are short and the nights are long, night comes very quickly. Before I had time to adapt to the arrival of evening, darkness came in a hurry.
As dusk falls, the bonfire is lit.
At this time, the bandit suppression army had surrounded the entire inner city of Nanjing.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Outside Nanjing, in the camp of the Chinese army commander.
The Chinese army must be located in the safest place. Although the outer city of Nanjing was captured by the bandit suppression army at this time, its safety was definitely not as good as the military camp outside the city.
Inside the camp, the brazier was blazing, and the warmth filled the entire camp, making people feel comfortable.
At this moment, Zhang Rui was sitting in the barracks having a meal with the generals. The menu consists of four simple dishes and one soup: a plate of braised pork, a fish, a plate of tofu and a plate of cabbage. The soup is a soup made from shaved meat bones and soybeans.
Although it would be nice to be able to eat hot food while on an expedition, that was only for ordinary soldiers. As the coach, Zhang Rui can naturally get better food, and no one will think there is anything wrong.
However, Zhang Rui has been strict with himself in order to prevent himself from losing his goal.
Since ancient times, it has been easy to move from frugality to luxury, but it has been difficult to move from luxury to frugality. Those who think about enjoying themselves before the battle is over are often irresponsible to themselves and all those who follow them.
The history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom can be said to have been a warning to Zhang Rui. Let him always remind himself that if he doesn't want to be executed by Ling Chi, he must stick to his heart. Once he started to indulge in extravagance, he believed that he was not far from death.
Whenever he felt that his food was dull, Zhang Rui would think about the time when Taizu, the Prime Minister and others could make do with a few peanuts, a few steamed buns, and some dried radish, so what did he have to offer? ?
Compared with the days when I just traveled through time and had to find the next meal, I don’t know how much better it is now. Thinking of the bitter and sweet, how many people in Nanjing are starving in the ice and snow without even having porridge?
Outside the tent, a gust of wind roared past, stirring the door curtain and dancing. A cold wave rushed into the warm tent, bringing an indescribable sense of comfort to everyone who was sweating profusely from eating.
"knock…"
Zhang Rui gently put down the soup bowl he had just finished drinking, looked at the swinging curtain at the door, and asked thoughtfully: "Director Zhang, do our troops have enough rations now?"
Zhang Shide, who was still chewing food in his mouth, immediately swallowed the food in his mouth after hearing this, stood up quickly, saluted and replied:
"Back to the King of Han, our army has enough military rations to last for more than a month. The Yangtze River Navy and several other logistics forces are still transporting food, so the military rations are completely sufficient."
"Very good, sit down and eat!" Zhang Rui nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, thank you King Han..." Zhang Shide sat back after finishing the ceremony.
"Chief of Staff Zhao." Zhang Rui named him again.
"Go back to the King of Han, my subordinates are here." Zhao Li stood up and saluted and replied.
"You will make arrangements later and have people come to the city to cook porridge and warm the bellies of those sleeping outside. In this ice and snow, after a war, I don't know how many people will freeze to death and starve to death." Zhang Rui sighed.
"The benevolence and righteousness of the King of Han are really a blessing to the people..." All the generals praised him one after another.
"Since they are already my people, I should be responsible for them. I promised them a world with no worries about food and clothing, and now I have to realize it step by step. Will you help me?" Zhang Rui said.
"I am willing to die for the King of Han..." These simple words made the generals in the commander's camp feel proud.
"Then I will thank you here on behalf of the people of the world." Zhang Rui stood up and saluted the generals. This caused all the generals to kneel down and shout "I don't dare".
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"Chief of Staff Zhao, I will arrange for someone to surrender to the inner city later and give them one night to think about it. Tell everyone in the city clearly that if they don't surrender, the city will be massacred."
