Chapter 307: The Road Ahead (continued.)

In the chaotic Yueyang City, the Taiping army's offensive in the city was also like a full-strength boat, suddenly encountered a lot of reefs underwater, and suddenly stopped in the fierce attack and killing.

According to the confessions of the wounded Taiping Army and the soldiers who were rotated to rest and recuperate, they were sent down one after another from the front; The officers and soldiers they encountered in the direction of the inner city suddenly became extremely fierce and difficult as if they had suddenly changed their appearance. Or these enemies can simply describe their combat style as cunning and cunning, unscrupulous and tacit.

As a result, many Taiping army squads that were chasing and defeating the deserted army suffered a big loss when they were caught off guard; Some of the smaller teams formed a war group, and after they broke away from each other and rushed into the city, they were cut off by others, and then no one returned.

Some of the larger warbands were also advancing on the main streets, encountering frequent attacks and harassment from walls and rooftops, lanes and street crossings, and even under the rapidly increasing casualties and exhaustion, they had to cover each other and retreat to regroup before they could fight again.

Even the rebel armies scattered at some nodes fell into the street strongholds that could not be temporarily held by the other side; On the contrary, after being exhausted and old, he was counterattacked and clashed, and the lost soldiers were pushed back to the dilemma.

Fortunately, at this time, with Zhou Huai'an entering the Chinese army where the highest gatehouse in the south of the city is located. A large number of special equipment and equipment were also able to be loaded and unloaded in a short period of time along the land and water wharves that had been carved out. Through the special carts to the conveyor road, the inner side of the city gate advanced to the camp and attack the assembly point.

Then some spirits and spirits and other soldiers, and some very different unarmed soldiers began to come ashore with the ship one after another; Soon, with the arrival of the veteran firefighters and the introduction of some special equipment, the fighting and movement on the inner city side became fierce again.

As the city wall was erected, it began to be thrown out continuously, and like large and small meteor showers, the fire pots and poisonous smoke balls smashed into the city square; Between some of the castles that had been silent, the invisible and uneven battle line slowly advanced with the continuous ignition of fires and pillars of smoke.

Then, he went to visit and comfort the wounded who had retreated from the wall, and personally instructed some precautions and countermeasures for battlefield ambulance; Zhou Huai'an suddenly noticed and noticed a detail that had been temporarily ignored in the battle.

After the Taiping army fought in this city for half a day, except for the early defeated enemy, the Taiping army did not get many prisoners or even abandoned corpses from these tenacious officers and soldiers later;

This undoubtedly represents a certain fact and possibility, and the other side may be an army that will not easily abandon the corpses of the wounded and comrades; But it also tends to be synonymous with a sense of tenacity and toughness, as well as a strong team with a considerable degree of history and tradition.

"Xu Shilang;"

Thinking of this, Zhou Huai'an turned his head to Xu Yijiang, the direct subordinate general who followed him, and said:

"The subordinates are here,"

He hurriedly straightened his mind

"I want you to assign a C-fight group to catch me alive. and is responsible for leading the team to personally respond and cover. ”

Zhou Huai'an is colorful.

"Ordered."

Hearing the salute in return, he quickly turned around and led the team away.

These so-called A, B, C, D, and E combat groups represent the special establishment of different dispositions and countermeasures of subordinates in the battalions directly under them. They are all specially selected from the elite and experienced soldiers in the jumping, first, selecting, newspaper exploration team, and cruising team. It can also be regarded as the prototype and test of the water in Zhou Huai'an's planning and expectation, corresponding to the special environment and conditions, and the needs of special operations; For example, this time, the targeted capture of prisoners in the chaotic war.

At this time, there was another team of dusty soldiers, accompanied by many dragged vehicles to pass through and enter the city, and began to erect some instruments on the inner wall of the gatehouse where Zhou Huai'an was; Added to the arrangement of the Dao around the defensive line of the city wall and the preset positions. And Zhou Huai'an also began to greet the small stove prepared on the boat in advance, and served himself routinely.

The dishes of today's snacks are mainly freshly fished river fresh, that is, if you don't eat it, you will come to Dongting Lake in vain, and the stewed soup is like ** whitebait soup; Garlic sauce filled with seed fat boiled lake crab; There are also rice milk, fish white, fish roe, and fish gelatin fried to make golden fish stickers.

Although this behavior seemed particularly strange and strange during the march and battle, after his subordinates had seen too much of his strange and peculiar things, which could only be attributed to his clever calculations; It is not strange that the habits and adaptation are unique to the Taiping Righteous Army, and the commander also chews the case from time to time while commanding, or the characteristic battlefield scenery with fine snacks in his mouth.

There are even people who say in private that if they don't see the head of the tube eating with a big appetite one day, it means that the real situation is tense and there is a problem, and it makes people feel uneasy and not down-to-earth enough. Of course, Zhou Huai'an kept talking before the battle, on the one hand, to activate and relax the brain, and on the other hand, it was mainly to supplement the need for mitochondrial energy consumption in his body.

Since being assassinated by someone at close quarters earlier, Zhou Huai'an now routinely releases his wide-area scanning ability every once in a while, and then the empty I needs to eat while replenishing it. However, this time, when he was about to finish eating, there was an abnormal change in his senses; Among the biological characteristics that are generally marked near and far, some unfamiliar existences suddenly appeared.

Although from a normal point of view, they were just a group of people mixed in with a lot of supplies to help transport supplies, and they retreated together and were covered in blood. Then they slowly approached with difficulty, talking to each other unhurriedly and weakly, which seemed to be perfectly normal.

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help frowning, and Chen Nian, the officer of the direct fire throwing team next to him, suddenly came over when he heard the string song and knew his intentions. Then, without hesitation, he turned his head and ordered these newly arranged instruments to be operated in the direction of his own array under the city.

At the same time, Jin Hui, the captain of the Zhongwu Military Academy, who was slowly coming towards the city gate in the midst of the crowd, was also trying to maintain his basic composure and suppress the killing intent and evil thoughts that were about to move left and right; While looking left and right with the corner of his eye, these grass thieves scattered around or coming and going;

If it weren't for the fact that the banner they had flown was so special, he would have thought that this was the place of an elite officer and soldier who had ordered the order of the ranks. This is simply unusual, how can there be such an alien existence among those rough and savage grass thieves; It was as if an entire army of officials and soldiers had been thrown into the grass thieves and became enemies of the imperial court;

Then Jin Hui suddenly moved in his heart in the next moment, feeling as if he had touched some kind of truth, and suddenly he suddenly realized a little sweaty coldness on his back; Why did these loyal soldiers of his own fight so hard, and how could they be easily captured by the other party; Because what you need to fight against is likely to be an official army pretending to be a grass thief.

Thinking of this, he became more and more determined to go in the direction of the city tower where Daxu was, even if he wanted to give up his life here, he had to expose the hidden reasons behind the other party; It's a pity that in this sudden chaotic battle, he only gathered more than 300 loyal warriors around him; The others are scattered and separated by these grass thieves.

Despite this, these three hundred loyal warriors were enough to run rampant in most places in the Northland, and repeatedly performed the decisive deeds of breaking the army and beheading the generals; And in the battle against the imperial court, there is no lack of records that have calmly defeated more than ten times or dozens of times the grass thieves.

Therefore, as the fourth person and the first-ranked captain of this loyal army, Jin Hui has enough confidence and calmness, as well as enough courage and courage to risk breaking through and breaking into the front line of this grass thief, and doing the fatal act of capturing the flag among the ten thousand troops.

Then, in the next moment, his intuition and perception that had been infiltrated in countless battle formations were frantically warning, as if he was being targeted by something terrible and a huge threat, and he couldn't help but shout "do it quickly".

At the same time, with the sound of flutes and whistles sounding one after another at the top of the city, the wounded who were bandaging and resting under the city began to move together as if they had been hit by some kind of magic; In the nearby buildings that looked empty, many flags suddenly appeared as if they had been damaged after the rain, and soldiers were hiding in them to rest and stay.

And in an instant, these disguised loyal warriors were also very alert and keen, as if they had received some kind of unified signal; In an instant, he cut melons and chopped vegetables, and put down and dispersed the ordinary people who were used as cover; Gathered together, drawing knives and holding signs alternately to cover, they accelerated and rushed in the direction of the gatehouse like a gust of rushing wind.

But the wounded Taiping soldiers in front of them were quite weird, and they didn't have any intention of stopping or intercepting; Instead, they scattered to both sides, and generally walked and climbed as they could, quickly giving them a large enough space.

And the wounded soldiers and ambulance personnel, who could not move or had no time to avoid it, also suddenly squatted and crouched down in front of the enemy as if they had been stimulated by some kind of stimulation; It looks like you're going to surrender or sit on the ground and wait to be killed. At this time, the city was set up and did not even have time to launch an arrow.

But this anomaly could not shake in the slightest, the will and determination of these attackers disguised as rebels; Their dense posture and hideous expressions roaring and shouting murder seemed to have been frozen in that moment by time. Then at noon, Captain Jin Hui saw a sudden burst of smoke and fire from the city.

In the immediate and uncontrollable thunderous sound, he only felt that he was suddenly smashed by a huge force, and flew up from castration, but the last thing he saw in his consciousness was a mutilated body lying on the ground, wearing familiar armor. "What's wrong with me?"

From the condescending vantage point of the other gatehouse, suddenly from the openings of these long pipes laid out at the head of the city, one after another sprayed fireworks and dull roaring roars, those loyal warriors with swords and swords roaring and shouting to kill were in the forefront, as if they had been faced by the mouth of an invisible giant beast, and suddenly gnawed off a large piece of blood from the upper half;

Jin Hui, the captain of the Zhongwu Military Academy, who bore the brunt of raising his card and waving his arms, even broke apart and exploded without a single sound. Before the loyal warriors behind could even react, they had already trampled on the corpses of their fallen companions under the drive of inertia, carrying blood-drenched pieces of broken things, and rushed out shouting and killing, but they were tripped and fell to the ground by the large warm and slippery swath under their feet.

So a moment later, this sudden battle with many outnumbered was already doomed.

"Captain Jin is broken,"

"Thieves have demon laws."

"I can't resist it."

Their morale was greatly demoralized by such a terrible scream, and among the Taiping soldiers who surrounded them on all sides, they struggled and waved their weapons in vain; Able to stand

's figure became smaller and smaller, until it completely disappeared in the crowd of swords.

Then, in the sound of the order to disperse and reorganize the team, dozens of captives who were scattered and covered in blood but did not die immediately were dragged out from the corpses on the ground by cutting their backs and sent to Zhou Huai'an.

"Yellow head, it's actually a yellow head."

Then, in the ranks that rushed to support, there was an old soldier from the Northland, who stamped his head and feet on the spot at these captives and exclaimed loudly.

"These evil dog thieves and killers can be regarded as falling into our hands."

"But how many old brothers want to drink your blood and eat your flesh in their dreams. It's time to pay off my lives and debts to my old brothers of the rebels. ”

Only then did Zhou Huai'an notice that these officers and soldiers who pretended to be righteous soldiers had a distinctive yellow turban under the helmet that was knocked off, although they were dejected and their faces were covered with blood and were tied up and kneeling on the ground; But it is still difficult to hide the stubborn atmosphere that is accustomed to killing people and is indifferent to life and death.

"They are the Xuzhou soldiers who like to slaughter innocents, punish and mutilate the people the most in the official army."

The old soldier who looked bitter and hateful strode up to Zhou Huai'an, raised his eyebrows and said loudly.

"There is still a bandit in the imperial court, called Lao Tzu's loyal army. To show the ruthlessness and viciousness of this generation. ”

"Now that it has fallen into the hands of my Taiping soldiers, isn't it true that this God will count on you to avenge our hatred."

(End of chapter)