Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 64 Cai Bingwen: Come again?!
Feng Zicai sighed silently in his heart.

He knew that he could not escape the killing of prisoners this time.

Come to think of it, he is a newcomer who just switched from being a rebel. How could the officials above trust him so easily?
This time, he has to hand in his "letter of allegiance" whether he wants to or not!
Yang Ke grinned when he saw Feng Zicai waking up.

"Go quickly, don't keep the lieutenant general waiting for too long."

"A few days ago, in the battle at Dahuangjiangkou, you, Old Feng, followed the admiral and charged into the battle line, defeating the Taiping rebels. You have already made a great contribution."

"When today's work is over, you will be able to move up one level."

"When you are promoted to captain, don't forget your brothers!"

Feng Zicai nodded and said.

"We can't forget, we definitely can't forget, we are so close!"

After responding a few times with a smile, Feng Zicai came out of the soldier hiding cave, assembled his troops, and prepared to march towards the parade ground in the city with a sad face.

……

Inside Xunzhou city, on the street.

The Taiping prisoners of war, who were so hungry that they saw stars and their legs were weak, were forced out of the prisoner-of-war camp at knifepoint and under the escort of the Qing army, they staggered towards the east gate of Xunzhou City.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"The Imperial Envoy is kindhearted and wants to provide you with food. The quantity is limited. If you go too late, it will be gone."

"I'm talking to you, hurry up!"

"..."

Ye Zhisheng was so hungry that he had no strength left. After walking a few steps, his foot slipped and he accidentally fell to the ground.

But before he could get up, the whip came down on his head and face, making him scream in pain.

"Old man, hurry up and get up and keep walking, or I'll beat you to death!"

Amid the Qing army's insults, Ye Zhisheng endured the severe pain in his body, gritted his teeth, got up from the ground, and continued to move forward with the crowd.

Ye Zhisheng was suspicious about the Qing army's sudden offer to give them food, and suspected it was a trick.

However, the hunger in his stomach made his thinking slow and he had no energy to think deeply. He could only move forward mechanically and numbly with the crowd.

Along the way, people could be seen falling to the ground and being whipped by the Qing army.

Some people were even beaten to death by the Qing army and their bodies were thrown on the roadside.

Soon, these Taiping prisoners were driven into the East City's city wall.

Ye Zhisheng subconsciously looked up at the towering city walls around him and the slowly closing city gate behind him. He finally came to his senses and realized that something was wrong.

The Qing army didn't want to feed the prisoners at all, they wanted to kill them!

Otherwise, there would be no need to drive them all into the city wall, right?
"The Qing army wants to kill the prisoners. We can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to fight them..."

Ye Zhisheng was not the only one who realized that something was wrong. Many people began to shout loudly, trying to urge everyone to fight to the death.

However, after several days of starvation with only a little bit of porridge every day to survive, these prisoners were already extremely weak.

Even if I wanted to resist, I simply didn't have the strength!

The crowd surged and rammed the city gate, trying to open a way to survive.

But the city gates remained tightly closed, completely useless.

Li Xingyuan stood on the top of Xunzhou City, looking at the densely packed prisoners of war in the city wall, and waved his hand expressionlessly and gave orders.

"Do it!"

After saying this, Li Xingyuan closed his eyes, began to rub the Buddhist beads in his hand, and recited the Diamond Sutra.

It was as if they were praying for the innocent souls in the city!
As Li Xingyuan's order was issued, Qing soldiers holding muskets poked their heads out from the gaps in the parapets and aimed their guns at the densely packed crowd in the city wall.

Then, pull the trigger!

The next moment, snap! snap! snap!
The crisp sound of shotgun fire filled the air.

Amid the smoke, countless bullets were fired at the densely packed prisoners of war in the city wall...For a moment, screams continued to ring out.

……

Feng Zicai was just about to lead his men down the city wall when, halfway down, he suddenly heard Yang Ke on the city wall screaming.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"There are long-haired people outside the city coming to kill us!"

He subconsciously turned around and ran back to the city wall, looking out.

Outside the city, a group of bandits under the flag of the Taiping Army were seen charging towards Xunzhou.

In an instant, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Feng Zicai's back.

Damn, it’s over!
Xunzhou is about to be lost again!

The reason why he said "again" was because after Feng Zicai arrived in Xunzhou, he once took his brothers to have a drink in the city and heard a rumor that Xunzhou had fallen into the hands of thieves twice.

Well, although in the official position of the Qing Dynasty, Xunzhou is still a pure and innocent girl, but it is an indisputable fact that Xunzhou has been entered and exited by Li Yi twice in private.

This time the bandits came again, and Feng Zicai instantly realized the seriousness of the matter. He even had a premonition that Xunzhou was going to be lost again!

The reason why he had such a premonition was very simple.

Because, in order to ensure the smooth execution of the prisoners today, Li Xingyuan transferred most of the garrison troops in Xunzhou to escort and execute the prisoners of war.

The remaining small half of the troops will be stationed at the four gates of Xunzhou, as well as important places such as the imperial envoy's headquarters, the government office, and the armory in the city.

Take Feng Zicai as an example. There are only forty or fifty defenders at the south gate of Xunzhou City.

With such a small number of people, we definitely cannot defend Xunzhou City!

"Hurry up and sound the alarm, alert the city!"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack! All troops prepare for battle, get ready to meet the enemy!"

Yang Ke yelled again at the top of his lungs.

Soon, the alarm bell on top of Xunzhou City was sounded.

The alarm bells rang throughout the city.

……

Cai Bingwen was working on government affairs at his desk.

The alarm bell rang.

Cai Bingwen was so frightened that the brush in his hand fell to the ground with a plop. The expression on his face changed and he couldn't help cursing.

"The alarm bell?"

"Damn it, the bandits are coming again?"

"Did I provoke him in Xunzhou? He has come to attack me again and again. Is he going to be reasonable?!"

While cursing, Cai Bingwen called his close followers and arranged their escape with ease, preparing to fight guerrilla warfare with Li Yi in Xunzhou city again.

Well, as long as Cai Bingwen is still in Xunzhou City, no matter how many bandits come and go, Xunzhou will still be Xunzhou of the Qing Dynasty! !

……

The east city wall of Xunzhou!
Li Xingyuan, who was killing prisoners, also heard the alarm bell coming from the south of the city, and his face was filled with shock.

That’s not right. Aren’t the long-haired thieves blocked by Xiang Rong and his men in Dongxiang, Wuxuan?
How could Xunzhou be attacked?
He urgently stopped the killing of prisoners, pulled his close followers over, and began to give orders.

"Quick! Send someone to South City immediately. I want to know what happened in South City!!"

"Send a message to Lieutenant General Zhang, and tell him to stop escorting and handling the prisoners, and gather the entire army to prepare for battle and meet the enemy!"

Li Xingyuan also realized the seriousness of the matter, and he couldn't help but feel anxious.

If it weren't for the fact that it was still unclear how strong the invading enemy was, Li Xingyuan would probably have urgently sent an order for Xiang Rong and his men to lead their troops back to provide support.

(End of this chapter)