Dominate the Country

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The raindrops fell continuously, like a broken bead curtain. Along with the thunder that sounded from time to time, streaks of lightning pierced the night sky like giant axes, running down from the dark clouds to the edge of the sky.

The lightning released strong light, illuminating the weeping clouds and the white earth covered by heavy rain. But after a moment, the sky became dark and the earth became dark. It seemed that the light just now was just an illusion in the blink of an eye, and the world returned to darkness.

Thick raindrops fell, hitting the military tent and sliding into the grooves around the tent. Chen Ming's tent is still very 'safe' because it is located at the highest point of the military camp and has trenches dug around it. This makes it almost impossible for rain to affect the comfort inside the tent.

Chen Ming frowned. If all the military tents in the army could be as unaffected by the rain as his big tent, Chen Ming could sleep peacefully. The fact is that there is no need to bother digging trenches around the military tents in the Chen family's military camp, and some of the military tents themselves are in low-lying locations. The heavy rain tonight soaked them all.

Opening the curtain of the big tent, the splashing water droplets fell finely but densely on Chen Ming's face and body. Chen Ming's eyes fell on the open space in front of the big tent. It was now full of puddles, and the raindrops fell into it and made a sound. There were little sounds, and when these little sounds came together, it was the loud sound of rain.

Chen Jiajun has now arrived outside the north gate of Xiping County. In front of their camp is the Beiguan of Xiping County. Just like the four passes of Lushan County, there are houses one after another and one household after another. of people. But before Chen Jiajun arrived, the Qing soldiers who ran back to Xiping County used swords and guns to drive the people in the four passes of the east, west, south and north to leave their homes or enter the county, and then reduced the four passes to ashes with fire.

In the gate tower of Xiping County, Yongrui, Fuyong and others were not sleeping. Because it's raining. God is really blessing, and the Qing Dynasty is indeed adhering to God's will. It rains at this juncture, and it rains heavily. The Chen family's thieves will suffer a lot. It can even be said that as soon as the rain fell, the morale of the Qing soldiers, who were scattered and low, was greatly boosted.

Yong Rui couldn't hide the smile on his face. It rained heavily, although it couldn't be called a downpour, but with such rain, Chen Jiajun's guns and artillery were useless, especially their cannons. When they withdrew their troops to meet in Xiping, Yongrui was most afraid that Chen's army would follow them. As long as they set up artillery outside the city and bombarded them for three to five days, the nearly 10,000 men and horses in the city would collapse and disperse. Because when the Qing troops retreated, they threw away all the artillery to ensure speed, although they had sealed the fire door with iron nails and lead water before discarding the artillery.

The Chen Jiajun used artillery to bombard Xiping outside. They were beating and beating. Is it difficult to break the Qing soldiers' low morale?

When Yongrui returned to Xiping, he was not well. Fuyong also looked gloomy. They could no longer control the army. But a sudden heavy rain saved the two people from their tragic fate. When the first lightning pierced the night sky, when the first thunder exploded in the ears, and thousands of raindrops fell, nearly ten thousand Qing troops Everyone was cheering and rejoicing. At that moment, countless people ran out of the room, shouting like crazy in the heavy rain. Whether they were flag soldiers or green battalion soldiers, they were all venting the heavy pressure in their hearts.

All of them were worried about Chen Jiajun's shelling. This heavy rain may not be able to stop Chen Jiajun from slowly transporting the cannon from the rear to the foot of Xiping County, because the rain will always stop, because no matter how difficult the road is, it will eventually end, but this time will definitely stretch a few times. times. Imagine pulling a gun carriage weighing one or two thousand kilograms on a muddy and difficult road. How exhausting and mentally draining it would be.

And more importantly, the Qing soldiers received a shot in the arm. Even if the heavy rain stops before dawn, the Qing soldiers now have the courage and fighting spirit to fight.

"This is God's will. I, the Qing Dynasty, abide by Heaven's destiny, won't God protect me!?"

In the city gate tower, Yongrui, who had been lifeless during the day, was absolutely high-spirited at this moment. Starting from Fuyong and ending with the magistrate of Xiping County, everyone around him had such relaxed expressions.

This heavy rain first weakened the Chen Jiajun's combat effectiveness, because the troops camping in the wild only had a tent and no bed boards, and the conditions were very simple. If it rains, or a sudden and unprepared heavy rain, this will be so bad. The soldiers may not even be able to sleep, because the rain will make the entire ground extremely wet, and even directly cause damage to the ground. Flow into the tent, which will undoubtedly reduce Chen Jiajun's combat effectiveness tomorrow. Then the rain and mud after the rain can seriously lag their artillery.

Such heavy rain, even if it stops tomorrow, is enough to completely turn the vast wilderness south of Gunhe River into a swamp.

Yongrui has never liked rainy days as much as today. As a yellow belt from a Manchu clan, it was natural for Yongrui to pursue a neat appearance; and he joined the military, so regardless of whether he had actually led soldiers and fought in a war, Yongrui was a soldier and had no right to leave, right?

Soldiers of this era absolutely hated rain. Even though Yongrui is just a Taiping general.

He looked to the north, as if he could see the miserable Chen's army camp through the dark night. The excited Yongrui suggested to Fuyong beside him: "Wait until dawn, the Chen family's thieves spent the night in heavy rain, and everyone can't sleep peacefully. How can morale and fighting spirit not be reduced? If our army takes the opportunity to attack and kill..."

Taiping generals like Yongrui always think of complex things too simply. Fukunaga didn't even want to answer this stupid suggestion.

Did the Qing soldiers fail to detect the sharp scouts of the Chen family army in the confrontation with the Chen family army? It is also very troublesome to dispatch a large army. The county town is separated from the camp of the Chen family army by a northern gate. How could the Chen family army not notice it? Fuyong does not think that the Chen family army will be weaker than his army after preparation.

"General, the Chen thieves are brave and sharp, and a heavy rain overnight can't destroy their morale." Fuyong did not directly answer whether to attack or not, but took away the biggest basis for Yongrui to take the opportunity to attack. This calmed Yongrui's restless heart, and Yongrui showed an unhappy and forbearing expression on his face.

Fuyong didn't care whether the Jingzhou general was happy or not. He said in a delirious voice: "If this rain can last until tomorrow night, or even longer, if the Chen thieves continue to stay in place..." These two prerequisites together are the opportunity for attack and counterattack that Fuyong agrees with. As for Yongrui's current "over-hasty" behavior, it should be said that he has water in his head.

In the ruins of the north gate of Xiping County, Yongrui and Fuyong were unaware that several people wearing black oilcloth cloaks were staring at the second floor of the city gate tower, which was illuminated by torches. There, Yongrui, Fuyong, Ma Wenjie, Qi Jianan and others were leaning on the railing and looking north...