Chapter 175 The first mark attack

When the first sign arrived at Xizhimen, two o'clock had passed.

Although the soldiers of the uprising ran and maintained extremely high morale from beginning to end, it is an objective fact that the distance is long, and it is already very good that they can arrive in more than an hour by hiking alone.

When you could see Xizhimen in your sight, Wu Shaoting ordered the entire army to enter combat with a rifle in hand and a bullet loaded.

The forces of the three infantry battalions scattered in segments, and the first battalion took the lead and launched a charge towards the city gate.

Wu Shaoting and a group of senior officers parked their horses under a big tree on a hill. Deng Keng took the Qianli Mirror and handed it to him. He looked at the Xizhimen through the Qianli Mirror and found that although the city gate was closed, there was no sign of an enemy on the city tower, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Did all the guardians of the city gate run away?

He knew the old army very well. It would be impossible for these soldiers with short-lived military equipment to stage an empty city plan or fight an ambush battle. What's more, the old army at Xizhimen may not have known that the First Bill had rebelled. Even if they knew the news, they would have been so scared that they opened the door and surrendered when they saw such a huge first Bill. Therefore, the only explanation was that the people had run away long ago.

"It's very troublesome to close the city gate. Go and see if the people from the artillery battalion keep up. I'll use a cannon to open the city gate later." Wu Shaoting shrank the Qianlijing and ordered a servant.

The attendant immediately turned around and ran to the rear.

At this time, Zhao Sheng and his subordinates slowly came to Tugang from behind. He had made up his mind earlier that since Wu Shaoting had stolen his limelight, the troops that were charging in front must be Wu Shaoting's people. He followed behind, robbed when he had achievements, and fled when he was in trouble.

He kicked the Spurs, let the horse jump to the ground all at once, and came to Wu Shaoting's side.

"Mr. Wu, Guangzhou City is right in front of you. What do you plan to act after entering the city?" Zhao Sheng patted the dust on the army with his gloves and asked slowly. He looked like a fellow countryman who was traveling, not like a general who was about to fight.

Wu Shaoting glanced at Zhao Sheng lukewarmly and asked back: "Mr. Zhao, what combat plan do you have?"

Zhao Sheng laughed and said, "Didn't Lord Wu say you know the situation in the city better than me? You ask me about the combat plan now, who will I go?"

Wu Shaoting smiled indifferently and said, "Mr. Zhao, it's all at a critical moment. Do you and I still have to worry about it?"

Zhao Sheng sighed, shook his head and said, "I don't understand what Mr. Wu said. Anyway, I really don't know what to do. Just follow your arrangements from Lord Wu." Although he said that, he couldn't hope that Wu Shaoting really had no combat plan, so he would have the opportunity to regain leadership.

How could I know? Wu Shaoting just said, "Since that's the case, my original plan was to divide the troops into three groups, take the General's Mansion, take the Yuexiu Armory all the way, and take the Governor's Mansion. Now I wonder if Lord Zhao, where is your second battalion willing to attack?"

Zhao Sheng pondered for a moment and said slowly: "My second battalion commander Xu Shaowen has stayed in the western suburbs military camp. He has insufficient troops. Can he serve as a reserve force?"

Wu Shaoting immediately responded with a smile and said, "Okay. I'll arrange for the artillery battalion to draw some troops to assist in this attack. Lord Zhao, you might as well take charge of the preparations at Xizhimen."

Seeing Wu Shaoting so decisively, Zhao Sheng agreed, and couldn't help but guess that the boy was deliberately leaving him alone. He was not sure about the situation in the city now, but the gunfire sounds in the city were enough to guess that the Revolutionary Party had already started to take action. Perhaps the Revolutionary Party had almost all gained the upper hand in the city, and the rest was the autumn wind swept away the fallen leaves. This was a good opportunity to strive for merit, how could he miss it?

"Mr. Wu, since I am a reserve team, I should naturally follow the back of the main force so that I can respond in time." He said very seriously.

"Mr. Zhao, you are really...forget it, let it go wherever your troops are willing to go after entering the city." Wu Shaoting smiled disdainfully. After saying this, he waved to the officer of the escort, and everyone rode down from the ground and advanced towards the city gate.

Zhao Sheng saw Wu Shaoting's virtue, and the resentment in his heart became stronger and stronger.

The first battalion, led by Li Jishen, touched the Xizhi Gate. At first, everyone was cautious, fearing that cold guns would suddenly be fired on the city tower. However, when several scouts arrived in front of the city gate, everyone realized that the city gate guards were indeed gone. Moreover, the city gate looked closed, but with a push with his hand, the crack of the door opened immediately. It turned out that when the defenders escaped, they forgot to insert the latch of the city gate, and the gate was so empty.

Li Jishen made a quick decision and immediately led his people into the city gate, setting up a line of fire on the street in front of the city gate.

The city was already in chaos, and the gunshots in the distance seemed to be big firecrackers, crackling constantly. But the streets at Xizhimen looked very quiet, without gunfire or chaos. Occasionally, you could hear one or two crying sounds, and the barking of dogs in the depths of the alley; from time to time, a few ordinary people ran over in a hurry.

Li Jishen suddenly became a little strange. Logically speaking, there was a gunfire in the city, and the people would escape from the city as soon as possible.

Especially in the West City, the firefighting has not yet reached this point, so the people should take advantage of this opportunity to escape!

Thinking that when I entered the city just now, the city gate was closed, but there was no bolt inserted and no soldiers guarding it, would the people not escape by robbing the door? Unless the people could know that the first sign would enter the city from here, they would not dare to take this road. Obviously, this was impossible.

"It's a pity, why is there no movement in Xicheng?" Li Jishen couldn't help but murmur.

But the soldiers didn't think so much. They were being exaggerated by the revolutionary sentiment and wanted to rush into the city center as soon as possible to have a big fight.

Not long after, Wu Shaoting led his follow-up troops to the city through Xizhimen. When he saw Li Jishen stopping in the street in front, he immediately ran over.

"Ren Chao, why are you stunned?" he shouted.

Li Jishen originally wanted to report his suspicion, but then he felt that this was not a big deal and that the great cause of revolution should be the top priority. So he finally said nothing and summoned his subordinates to rush towards the center of the city along Xizhimen Street.

But not long after he advanced, a figure suddenly rushed out of the alley next to the street. When he looked closely, he turned out to be a young woman. The woman's upper clothes had been torn, her snow-white skin was exposed, and she only had a pair of loose shorts on her lower body, barefoot, and was running on the cold ground. She ran while crying, but couldn't scream.

When the woman ran to the street, she happened to meet the rebel soldiers.

The woman looked at the new army without braids and no longer had the strength to escape. She fell to the ground, buried her head and cried, as if she was planning to surrender.

Soon, a few more figures came out of the alley, all of whom were shirtless men. However, they could tell from their pants and boots that these people were old soldiers. They were originally smiling, shouting and chasing the woman. But when they saw a large group of new soldiers covered with the streets, they were all stunned, and the expression on their faces gradually turned into horror.
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