All signs indicate that the shot just now must have hit an important figure in the Taiping Army, otherwise the Taiping Army would not be as chaotic as a big collapse. The Qing army on the city could see clearly that the arrogant Taiping gangs were simply defeated, so they didn't even need the hundreds of heads of the soldiers they had just cut down.

In a faint sense, Shunzhi seemed to hear the cry of Taipingkou. The crying was far away. If you didn't listen carefully, it would be very difficult to hear clearly.

Who can make the thief cry? Could it be that he hit the thief scholar?

Shunzhi trembled, trembling with ecstasy: Taizu and Taizong blessed, the one who hit the target must be a thief scholar, he must be him!

"The thief scholar was hit, the thief scholar was hit!"

Oboi clearly saw it in the city that he would sit down whether he hit the thief scholar or not. He shouted to set off artillery, and the Han gunners in the city immediately launched violent bombardment. With the sound of cannons, the Taiping Army had retreated far away and was not hit by cannons at all, but the sound of cannon fire greatly boosted the morale of the Qing army. Under the deliberate guidance of the general, the city was yelling with voices such as "the enemy defeated" and "the thief scholar died" on the front of the city.

Cai Shiying was also excited. For some reason, he thought of Yuan Chonghuan's memorial to the Ming court more than 30 years ago. The memorial mentioned that the Ming army hit Emperor Taizu with a shell, resulting in Ningyuan's victory.

Bah, how can the thief scholar compare with Emperor Taizu? Is he worthy?

Cai Shiying looked at the retreating Taiping Kou with contempt. Perhaps he was witnessing history now.

The Han gunners who were working on artillery only knew that they must have hit the target, because the golden flag in the Taiping Army fell down, but they were not sure if they really killed the thief head and the thief scholar in one shot. However, the officials in Manzhou were shouting and hitting the thief scholar, and they couldn't help but believe it, so they shouted. The happier and more excited the more they shouted. Killing the thief head was a great achievement, and in front of the emperor!

A gunner excitedly held the general's cannon with both hands, and didn't care at all that it was hot. He wanted to kiss the general with his mouth, because the general would bring him wealth and glory.

The Han generals who were previously frightened by the Taiping Army and were shaken by the big banner said that the Han Dynasty changed their attitudes one by one. They shouted loudly and almost ran to the emperor to dance.

The thief scholar was shot dead. Everyone thought so on the top of Yangzhou city. Even if they didn't think so in their hearts, they were excited to tell their colleagues around them about what they saw after the shot started.

"Emperor, God bless the Qing Dynasty!"

Oboi and Sony knelt down first, followed by countless civil and military officials and men, and people congratulated the emperor in unison.

"Okay, OK, OK!"

Shunzhi said three words of "good". At this time, he no longer knew what words to express his inner excitement. His tense and numb face finally relaxed, loosened, and had an extremely smile.

Longyan is so happy!

Zhou Shixiang was indeed hit. He never dreamed that he would be bombarded because his position was three or four miles away from the city wall. According to his understanding of Qing army artillery, he never thought that he was within range. The fact happened. A solid iron bomb roared from Yangzhou City and landed several feet in front of him. The iron bullet that jumped from the ground broke the big green horse that had been with him for several years in the waist. He was also dropped from the horse, and there was a stinging sensation on the spot. He knew that his leg was broken, and what was even more deadly was that the body of the big green horse hit him, staining him with blood. He looked like a person with blood. The big green horse was very heavy. When he fell on his body, Zhou Shixiang felt that he was going to be crushed to death, unable to breathe, and was about to suffocate.

The big green horse has not yet died, but its eyes are still open and full of pain. The horse is spiritual, its body is twitching, but its eyes are looking at its master who is pressed by itself. After several years of companionship, it has created a connection and an emotional psychic relationship with Zhou Shixiang. It seems to be blaming itself because it suppressed its master.

Zhou Shixiang couldn't move his chest below. He wiped the horse's blood on his face and saw the big green horse's painful and helpless look with a hint of self-blame. At that moment, his heart hurts very much, just like returning to Xinhui a few years ago, and back to the scene of his parents, wife and children tragically dying.

The big green horse couldn't make a sound, and blood kept flowing out of its mouth. It refused to close its eyes. It only looked at its owner.

I haven't given you a name

Zhou Shixiang struggled to raise his hand to touch the face of the big green horse, feeling the pain before his death, until the temperature in his palm dropped little by little.

The noise around seemed to disappear, and Zhou Shixiang only had a big green horse in his eyes.

Not far away, the broken golden banner fell on a corpse with the wind, covering the entire soldier.

"Master, Master!"

The blind Li was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he was about to fly away. He didn't even want an iron hammer and rushed forward to find the general. The iron bullet took away the lives of more than twenty Taiping soldiers. The ground was full of corpses, with broken hands and legs broken, and it was in chaos. It was impossible to tell who was who and who was the general.

The troops around the neighboring troops also found that the Central Army's flag fell. Some generals immediately came with fear of riding horses, while others quickly ordered the entire army to retreat.

While anxious, the military officer Guo Xiong hurriedly came. When he saw the general's fall, he asked the blind Li with tears on his face: "Where is the general, where is the general?!"?

"I'm looking for it! The handsome man is here!"

The blind Li suddenly screamed, and everyone hurriedly looked forward, and saw that the general was under the horse, without moving. At that moment, Guo Xiong and the others were all shocked. They instinctively thought that the general was killed!

The blind Li didn't believe that the Grand Marshal would die, so he cried: " Grand Marshal!" He rushed forward and pushed the Daqingma's body aside with force.

After the horse's corpse was moved away, the blind Li heard a familiar voice: "I'm fine, help me up!"

Zhou Shixiang gritted his teeth and endured the huge pain in his leg bones, signaling the blind Li to help him up. He saw the chaos around him and the sound of withdrawing troops. In his sight, the generals and guards looked worried.

With the help of the blind Li, Zhou Shixiang stood on the ground with one leg. He looked at the Yangzhou city with hatred. He could not blame the generals for withdrawing troops without authorization because they did not know what was happening here.

"withdraw!"

Zhou Shixiang gritted his teeth and ordered Guo Xiong to organize the entire army to retreat. The huge pain made his forehead covered with sweat and made him unable to speak smoothly.

"Retreat to Guazhou, but you cannot cross the river, and you must not cross the river!"

After saying that, Zhou Shixiang fainted.
Chapter completed!