Although the battle report of the French army was very vague, Meng Toban believed that they were definitely in big trouble, this Bao Meiying was still a beautiful snake in the desert, and if he didn't make a move, he would not be able to get off the stage.

Because Major General Mentoban believed in his troops, believed that they were the best army in the world, and if they were not facing an existential crisis, they would never ask for so many troops from themselves, but only for the assistance of a platoon or a company.

Major General Meng Toban quickly thought of his opponent, he was full of curiosity about Bao Meiying, the young general, and now he was full of respect.

She had bitten the Europeans at the most critical moment, and as long as she had a day or two, the two French infantry battalions from Europe would be able to use them, and everything would be calm, but the young general wisely found the weakest moment of France and attacked with extraordinary courage.

Thinking of this, Major General Mentoban had already made up his mind: "Okay...... I promised them that I would send them two infantry battalions with an artillery battery......"

Unbeknownst to him, his decision had saved the French infantry battalion that had invaded the Suzhou area from the Rainbow Army's ensuing offensive.

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Zhenjiang.

Sun Huzi's beard stood up, and Liu Chang's letter still echoed in his ears: "The whole world wants to know where Sun Huzi is......"

He jumped like thunder: "I'm angry, I'm angry, Yu Jingluo, tell me a fair word." I used troops in Zhenjiang this time to annihilate the two old thieves Seng Lingqin and Zhang Guoliang in one fell swoop, is there any mistake? ”

"That's right, that's right!"

As Sun Huzi's deputy, Yu Cun could only say in a good voice: "I know. You didn't make any mistakes, if you had three more days. We'll be able to take down the entire Zhenjiang Mansion! ”

Although he said so, Yu Cun had to admit that the current situation in Zhenjiang Mansion was a sandwich meal. The 3rd Division was in a dilemma: "But I advise you to obey the orders of the inspectors!" ”

"King Yan ordered the army like a mountain. I know that! Sun Huzi was still angry: "But the general is outside, the king's order is not subject to everything, we have spent so much effort, and we are finally going to take Zhenjiang Mansion, I didn't expect this order, all the previous efforts have been abandoned, I want to go to the inspection point to fight a lawsuit, this lawsuit must be fought!" ”

He didn't know that in order to save the crisis in Jiaxing Mansion. Liu Chang even rushed to Jiaxing Mansion with only one infantry battalion to fight the French army, and now he only knows his suffering.

In order to completely annihilate the Jiangnan battalion and the monk Lingqin army, Sun Huzi can be said to have pulled up all the capital, and up to now, the third division has suffered casualties and war sickness in the Zhenjiang attack as many as 1,700, and it can even be said that an entire infantry regiment has lost its combat effectiveness.

The news of the French army and the Russian army's intervention in the Chinese battlefield also gave Seng Lingqin and Zhang Guoliang a shot in the arm, although there was a big defeat of the entire Jiangnan battalion before, but they fought well, and even made Sun Huzi's third division pay 1,700 sacrifices.

It's just that under Sun Huzi's all-out attack, now the Jiangnan camp and the monk Lingqin are already on the eve of collapse. For this reason, Zhang Guoliang had to urgently ask for help from the Jiangbei camp and asked Dehaxingduo to send troops to the rescue.

But this is far from the fire that can not be dissolved, when he thinks that in the future, he can annihilate the entire Jiangnan camp and the Monk Lingqin Department, and can also receive the Wu Ruxiao Department in Zhenjiang, Sun Huzi just can't suppress the anger: "I won't withdraw, I won't withdraw......"

He roared loudly: "I resolutely will not withdraw, if I do not defeat Zhenjiang, I will never withdraw my troops!" ”

His determination seemed to be unchangeable, but Yu Cun resisted him with one sentence: "To withdraw, Suzhou can't fail to defend ......"...,

They didn't know that because of Liu Chang's intervention, the situation in Suzhou Mansion had fundamentally changed, and Yu Cun said in the most powerful tone: "If you don't retreat, I will lead the team to retreat......"

"......"

Sun Huzi didn't expect that Yu Village, who usually cooperated very well with him, would still have such a side: "The third division is my basic unit, and it is ...... that cannot be moved."

"The third division is also the basic army of King Yan." Although Yu Cun's relationship with the Third Division was very short, he had confidence: "Let's find the commanders of each regiment and each battalion, let's vote to see who can get more support!" However, if the troops are unwilling to go with you, then they will be wronged by Commander Sun......"

Sun Huzi scolded in his mouth, and the combat staff and officers next to him were all stunned, they didn't expect Yu Cun to have such a resolute side, this Jiang Ning Jinglu is usually a good man, and he cooperates well with Sun Huzi.

Sun Huzi was full of confidence in his Third Division, but at this moment he hesitated, although he was the loving father of the officers and soldiers of the Third Division, but when it came to his influence in the Third Division, he really didn't have the confidence to surpass that person.

In fact, the Third Division is no longer his basic cadre, and now the Third Division includes both veteran cadres he brought out from Wentai, cadres transferred from the Second and Third Divisions, and some cadres from the Taiping Army.

He didn't have much confidence in the influence in the army against Liu Chang, not to mention that this was indeed Liu Chang's handwritten order: "No need, according to the advice of Jinglu, we will return to Suzhou Mansion ......"

The 2nd Division was a smaller infantry division, but after all, it was a unit with four infantry regiments, and with Sun Huzi's order, two infantry regiments and divisional detachments totaling 7,000 men began to withdraw from the front line and retreat to Suzhou Province.

The remnants of the Qing army in Zhenjiang Province did not have the acumen and determination of Bao Meiying, and in fact on the eve of the retreat of the Hong army, they were already on the verge of collapse, so although they had a large number of horse teams, they gave up any plans of pursuit and attack.

"The red thief finally retreated...... Looking at the red tide in the distance, Zhang Guoliang sighed: "Of all the battles in my life, this battle is the most dangerous......"

Monk Greenqin said beside him: "This must be the work of foreign soldiers, and it is a great fortune for the country to be able to get the help of foreign soldiers!" ”

Shengbao shouted loudly: "Today's plan is to buy more foreign guns and artillery, and now we can retreat from the strong enemy, and the key lies in the purchase of tens of thousands of weapons in Shanghai." ”

This is an indisputable fact, but Seng Lingqin said: "Now that the Su salary is cut off, the salt tax on the two Huai is a source of water, how can there be money to buy foreign guns, I think if the country has a turnaround, it must be the thieves killing each other......

The previous Jiangnan camp was broken by the Taiping army, and it was entirely possible for the Taiping army to sweep the entire Jiangnan in the future, but at this critical time, Hongyang was infighting, and the Taiping army in Tianjing City killed each other, but the Qing army escaped a catastrophe.

Therefore, Seng Lingqin is also willing to copy such a story: "Today's long hair and red thief, although they claim to originate from a branch, but they are already in harmony with each other, and there are competing interests, as long as we are attentive to national affairs, we will be able to reverse the overall situation!" ”

For this suggestion, Shengbao is wholeheartedly supporting, he can no longer see the hope of defeating the Rainbow Army on the battlefield, this time the third division attacked Zhenjiang, although it did not completely annihilate the Jiangnan battalion and Seng Lingqin, Shengbao's department, but it completely crossed Shengbao's will.

You must know that although the Hong army paid the price of 1,700 people, the number of killed, wounded and fleeing in the Qing army was as high as 5,000.

The enemy that cannot be defeated on the battlefield can only be defeated by other methods, and with Lao Cheng, he has already thought of a way: "I heard that Wu Ruxiao has the intention of being a traitor and a thief!" Although the Qing army deployed troops near Zhenjiang to encircle it, Wu Ruxiao always guarded Zhenjiang like a golden city soup pond, and he himself became a famous general in the entire Taiping army.

For Wu Ruxiao's change of banner, Seng Lingqin is absolutely unwilling to be happy, so he has already come up with an idea: "Then spread the news, Lin Qirong changed his banner in Jiujiang, which has made Hong Wei heartbroken, if Zhenjiang is lost now, the Yangtze River will be lost, and the thieves will kill each other!" ”

The current Taiping Army is a monster that maneuvers along the Yangtze River for thousands of miles, Jiujiang is the tail, Zhenjiang is the tail, the most important, if the Hong Army occupies the first and last two places, it will definitely make Hong Xiuquan so painful that he can't take care of himself.

"So very good, so very good......

Several Qing Dynasty officials liked such good advice!

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"Your Majesty King Yan, Liu Ping has arrived, and he has also brought half an infantry battalion over ......"

"The reserve brigade is expected to arrive in ...... the day after tomorrow"

"The Seventh Brigade has been basically formed, and in view of the urgency of the situation, two infantry battalions will be sent to the combat ...... in advance."

After besieging the French army in Fengjing Town, Liu Chang quickly received a series of good news and reinforcements: "Very good...... However, we must reserve enough strength to deal with the possible reinforcements! ”

Now the remnants of the army in Fengjing Town still have a certain strength, and the Rainbow Army has tried to attack twice and has made great progress, but it has proved that it will be quite difficult to solve them in the short term, so Liu Chang has turned his goal to the reinforcements that will appear.

Now Shi Huiji, Li Guanglei, Liu Ping, and other cadres of the Rainbow Army are ready to listen to Liu Chang's new proposal, and they firmly believe that the Rainbow Army will achieve another brilliant victory.

Not to mention anything else, although there were heavy casualties on the outskirts of Fengjing Town this time, the Qing army annihilated reached as many as four or five thousand people, and the French army retreated one after another, which established their confidence in victory -- it turned out that the Yi army was not invincible.

And Liu Chang said his purpose very bluntly: "This time I am preparing to eat the Yi soldiers and Qing demons in Fengjing Town, and I will also bite the Yi soldiers who came to help, you are right......

"I just want foreigners to not have the confidence to challenge our Hongjun for a hundred years!" (To be continued)