Chapter 515 Divorce

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"Remember, don't let him commit suicide, he has to live."

Finally, Bai Qi worriedly exhorted the intelligence officer.

For Li Xiucheng, Bai Qi has a vague impression. At that time, when discussing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with Junhou, Junhou once had a brief comment on a group of generals in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Among the generals of the Taiping Army, there are three generals who are most appreciated by the princes, namely Shi Dakai, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng. Therefore, Bai Qi naturally wanted to save Li Xiucheng's life.

As for how Junhou persuaded Li Xiucheng to surrender, it was not in Bai Qi's consideration.

"Please rest assured, General!"

As the intelligence officer said, he turned and left Bai Qi's office. Although Li Xiucheng once thought of committing suicide after being captured, even went on a hunger strike to protest, but if even this trivial matter can't be settled, he is not worthy of being an intelligence officer.

The Military Intelligence Department is not a vegetarian either.

After the episode, Bai Qi continued to write the battle report, and at the same time attached Li Xiucheng's situation at the end of the battle report.

That night, the battle report was sent to Chiyou City overnight through the post station.

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Chiyou City, Wuzhou County, City Lord's Mansion.

Like Bai Qi, Ouyang Shuo has not fallen asleep yet. The battle of Mulan Fortress was related to the whole battle situation, and Ouyang Shuo was really worried if he didn't receive the battle report of the day.

Just half an hour after Bai Qi sent out the battle report, Ouyang Shuo received the battle report.

The appearance of the cannon really surprised Ouyang Shuo. He didn't expect that there would be such a buggy hot weapon in the Taiping Army, and he was really sweating for the Mulan Fortress.

Of course, this is a crisis, but also a rare opportunity.

Thinking that Hong Xiuquan might be holding related technical manuals, Ouyang Shuo's heart became hot.

Ouyang Shuo has long coveted artillery.

He didn't expect to be able to step into the era of hot weapons just by relying on artillery.

That's not realistic.

What Ouyang Shuo thought was only to be able to install the artillery on the battleship. In this way, when the navy is fighting, it can use shelling instead of only using cold weapons such as crossbows and shooting poles.

Whether a naval fleet is equipped with artillery is completely two concepts. It can even be said that artillery is a key factor in judging whether a fleet is an inland river fleet or a sea fleet.

A fleet without artillery can basically only show off in the inland river. This is naturally unacceptable to Ouyang Shuo who is full of ambitions for the sea.

The emergence of artillery is an opportunity.

In addition, artillery can also be equipped on the city wall to further strengthen the defense of the city. Think about it, with the cooperation of three bows, eight cow bed crossbows and artillery, the city defense of the territory will be a nightmare for the enemy.

More importantly, the existence of No. 7 Research Institute predestined that Shanhai City has the ability and the corresponding basis to further transform and upgrade the artillery technology of the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the gap in technology between the territory and the Western lords can be greatly shortened.

All of the above, how can Ouyang Shuo not be excited.

After thinking about it, Ouyang Shuo immediately drew up a pen and wrote to Black Snake, asking the Black Snake Guards to mobilize the secret agents lurking in Xunzhou County, especially Tianjing City, to investigate the artillery matter with all their strength.

The most important thing is to confirm that the artillery that appeared in Mulan Fortress is only a rare item, and it was mass-produced by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so as to confirm the existence of relevant technical manuals.

Compared with Wuzhou County, the Black Snake Guard, including the Military Intelligence Division, was extremely successful in infiltrating the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After all, as early as when Hong Xiuquan first entered the wilderness, the two major intelligence agencies had already been eyeing him.

Coupled with the fact that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom wanted to recruit refugees, it naturally created very favorable conditions for the infiltration of the Black Snake Guards and the Military Intelligence Department.

Today, the spies of the two major intelligence agencies have spread all over the three counties of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It is even said that around the important figures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there are spies of the Black Snake Guards.

Ouyang Shuo believed that Black Snake would definitely give him a satisfactory answer.

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Li Xiucheng's capture was also beyond Ouyang Shuo's expectations. Of course, Ouyang Shuo expected Li Xiucheng's stubbornness. These generals of the Taiping Army were notoriously smelly and hard rocks.

Before killing Hong Xiuquan, Ouyang Shuo basically had no hope of persuading the generals of the Taiping Army.

Even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is conquered in the future, Ouyang Shuo will not activate these generals immediately. For Ouyang Shuo now, the general's loyalty is above all else.

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As for Yang Xiuqing, Ouyang Shuo also had concerns.

Li Xiucheng was captured, and Yang Xiuqing, as the leader of the South Route Army, must be reprimanded by Hong Xiuquan. The gap between the two opponents in the previous life is probably getting bigger and bigger.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo immediately replied a letter to Bai Qi.

He wrote in the letter: "Yang Xiuqing is of great use and should be treated with caution. If the Taiping Army is defeated, the general can quietly let him go to fight against the king of heaven, Hong Xiuquan."

Although Yang Xiuqing was an ambitious man, he was in the uprising army and it was a troubled time.

If he had been born in a peaceful age, and if he had been given a chance, he might have become a famous minister of the generation. This person's experience is somewhat similar to Cao Cao in history.

It was only because Yang Xiuqing was born in a poor family and had no chance to study that she fell to this point.

Asking Yang Xiuqing to restrain Hong Xiuquan is also Ouyang Shuo's hope that he can exert further influence on Tianjing City. The core goal is to acquire related firearms technology.

It was late at night when I returned the letter.

Ouyang Shuo got up and went to the window, only to see that it was pitch black outside. Above the night sky, a huge red star is the most dazzling, shining with a strange red light.

"Is the demon star acting fierce?"

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo muttered to himself.

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October 27th, the fourth day of the Mulan Fortress Battle.

Seeing that the big hole that was finally blasted out yesterday was repaired overnight by Shanhai City, Yang Xiuqing was so angry that she almost vomited blood when she saw it, and felt extremely depressed.

It is unrealistic to choose to bombard the city wall again. Thinking about the bloody battle yesterday, Yang Xiuqing felt lingering fear. He is not a person who does not know how to adapt, and immediately changed his combat strategy.

Yang Xiuqing ordered that the four cannons would attack the target and transfer them to the three-bow and eight-ox-bed crossbows arranged on the city wall, preparing to kill the most powerful defensive weapon of the enemy.

With the cooperation of mobile arrow towers, siege vehicles, siege towers, siege ladders and other equipment, the various armies of the Taiping Army directly launched wave after wave of charges against the walls of Mulan Fortress.

Of course, all this is in vain.

Under Bai Qi's command, the Mulan Fortress garrison defended effectively, advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and organized the defense line as firmly as Mount Tai. The onslaught of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom looks scary, but the real threat is worse than yesterday.

Seeing this, Yang Xiuqing turned pale.

Facing the current predicament, he has no choice but to bite the bullet and go up. Thinking of the stern reply from the Heavenly King last night, Yang Xiuqing's eyes became more and more gloomy.

The battle between the two sides lasted from morning to afternoon.

Slightly tilted, the sunset glow rose again, quietly hanging all over the sky.

Just when the soldiers on both sides thought that the Taiping Army would take the initiative to withdraw and end the day's battle, there was a sudden shocking wave on the battlefield.

Behind the Taiping Army, there was suddenly the sound of rumbling horseshoes.

Looking around, I saw a huge army, charging directly towards the back of the Taiping Army in a charge formation. All of a sudden, there was a murderous look and dust.

Seeing this, the generals of the Taiping Army couldn't help being horrified, and their faces paled instantly.

Days of battles have already caused the Taiping Army to relax the protection of the rear army. Especially in today's battle, they tried their best to send almost all the troops to the front line.

Facing the menacing enemy forces, the Taiping Army had little power to parry. They could only watch the other side helplessly, setting off a shocking killing in the rear army.

Suddenly, Yang Xiuqing's mood sank to the bottom.

"It's over! It's over!"

A feeling of despair spread in Yang Xiuqing's heart.

What followed was an uncontrollable panic. Thinking of Tian Wang's sinister eyes, Yang Xiuqing's heart was frozen, and she could no longer feel a trace of warmth.

And this despair quickly spread in the army.

Everyone knows that the Taiping Army is powerless.

The army that arrived in time was naturally the Leopard Army led by Han Xin. Under the coordination of Han Xin, the Leopard Tao Legion moved forward by a full night.

The time went back to an hour ago, when the Baotao Legion was still ten kilometers away from the Mulan Fortress, and it was already 5:00 in the afternoon.

After several days of rapid march, the ministries were exhausted.

Looking up at the sky, Zhang Han suggested that the army rest on the spot overnight and launch an attack tomorrow.

"No!" Han Xin flatly refused, with a firm expression on his face, "Our army is exhausted, but the enemy army has been fighting all day, and they are even more exhausted. This is the best time. If you miss it, we will fight tomorrow and wait until the enemy army Take a breather, and if you want to defeat them again, you will have to pay twice, or even triple the price."

In Han Xin's eyes, there was a light of excitement, "Order, let the soldiers grit their teeth and persevere. When the day of success, I will personally ask for credit for everyone in front of the prince."

"promise!"

Zhang Han and other generals were all amazed when they heard this.

Immediately, under Han Xin's dispatch, the army took the cavalry unit as the vanguard, and took the lead in attacking the enemy by surprise. The huge infantry unit then went up to hide and kill, expand the results of the battle, and reap the spoils of war.

It was under the leadership of Han Xin's steel-like will that the Leopard Tao Corps displayed an astonishing lethality. An already exhausted army, the moment they entered the battlefield, there was no signs of fatigue, and everyone was alive and well.

Of course, the morale of the army is so high and the speed of movement is so fast, it also depends on the general [specialty] launched by the god general Han Xin.

The [Military Strategy] launched by Han Xin can increase the morale of the troops by 40%, increase the movement speed of the troops by 30%, increase the defense power of the troops by 20%, and increase the lethality of the troops by 25%.

Coupled with the help of the two generals Zhang Han and Di Qing, it is like a tiger with wings added.