At this moment, Zeng Guofan was pointing at the country on the other side of the battlefield, and Zhao Liewen saw that the Hongjun was at a disadvantage, and immediately said: "Shilang, this time Li Xubin's camp is kept, but I think that after this battle is won, Li Xubin cannot be transferred to Linjiang County, but should be used in Jiujiang!" ”

Zeng Guofan agreed again and again: "That's right, the overall situation of Jiangxi is Jiujiang is the most important, if Jiujiang is restored, the whole situation is alive and ......."

In his heart, it was no problem to pick up Li Xubin today, but Bao Chao, a rough man, suddenly interjected: "Squire, don't be too happy, be careful of the red thief and the backhand!" ”

"What can you do?" Zeng Guofan immediately said: "At most, it's like Chen Yucheng's thief, who has a few hundred more elites in his hands, but today I also left you Bao Chunting!" ”

Chen Yucheng's "30 checks back to the horse pistol" is powerful, Zeng Guofan has tasted it many times, so although he put the main force of the Hunan army into it today, he kept Bao Chao's strong team by his side as the last reserve.

And Zhao Liewen also said: "This invasion of Nanchang is really a big mistake by the red thief, the foreigner is about to enter the east from Shanghai, and the red thief does not fight for the ...... downstream."

It's just that he was just halfway through speaking, but he found that Zeng Guofan's eyes were wide and round, and when he looked at it carefully, he was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse, and shouted in his mouth: "Squire, Squire, quickly call Bao Chao to go up, Chunting, Chunting, today's battle, I'm afraid it depends on you!" ”

Over there, Bao Chao was also taken aback by the red flags all over the sky, he didn't expect his crow's mouth to be right. After a closer look, I panicked even more: "I'll go up, go up." The red thief attacked Liu Changyou and Liu Kun, a brother! ”

As soon as he heard him say this, Zhao Liewen already had an ominous premonition, he didn't expect the red thief to be so ruthless, and he actually picked Liu Changyou and Liu Kun, who were the most vulnerable in the Hunan army.

You must know that Liu Changyou's army encountered a near-annihilating blow from the red thieves near Fuzhou, and less than 3,000 of the 6,000 people in his department fled back to Nanchang, and the next moment he had already shouted loudly: "The red thieves are so vicious, this is the dragon spear battalion." This is the Dragon Lance Battalion! ”

In fact, Liu Changyou's army did not even withstand the first wave of attack of the first division, their two infantry battalions stepped down like an avalanche in the sudden platoon of guns and shells, some officers originally wanted to resist, but when they saw the flag on the opposite side was the first division of the Hong Army, they shouted in fear: "It's the dragon spear battalion!" Dragon Lance Battalion! ”

Strictly speaking, Liu Changyou has not officially fought with the First Division, but when they fought with Huo Qiu's Second Division, they don't know how many times they have heard of the prestige of the First Division, and they all say that the strength and weapons of the First Division are far above the Second Division, and it is the first strong force of the Red Thieves.

Their battle with Huo Qiu's second division was already overwhelming. Not to mention that this is better than the first division of the second division. What's more, their formation has been shrouded in a storm of bullets, and people are being shot every moment.

The sound of screams, gunfire, groans, pain, blood and tears suddenly overwhelmed the two forward battalions of Liu Changyou's army. They shouted: "The dragon spear battalion is coming, the dragon spear battalion is coming!" ”

Fortunately, the Hunan army did not form an extremely dense battle formation like Shengbao, although the two infantry battalions stepped down. But Liu Changyou barely had four foot battalions in his hands that were not very full, and he shouted loudly: "Xiao Qijiang, Xiao Qijiang, it's up to you to make meritorious contributions today!" ”

Xiao Qijiang was the first fierce general under Liu Changyou, and this Hunan mule was also very hardworking, and he shouted loudly: "Changyou." Let's see my Xiao someone's skills today! ”

It's just a few minutes, and the Hunan army that was killed retreated like a tide. also brought worse news: "General Xiao Qijiang died in battle, Lord Xiao Qijiang died in battle!" As soon as Xiao Qijiang died, Liu Changyou's army was attacked by the two infantry regiments of the Hong Army, and it was like an avalanche of snowballs, retreating like a tide, and even pressed the formation of the infantry in the rear.

The attacks on other sides have also stopped, and they have seen it very clearly, in today's battle, the Hunan army does not want to curry favor, but now it is the turn of the Hong army to attack.

"Attack!"

"Attack!"

Whether it was the Taiping Army in Linjiang County, the newly attached Citi Army, or the old troops of the First Army, they were now freed from the embarrassment just now and launched wave after wave of counteroffensives.

"Squire, squire......" Bao Chao was covered in blood, but he ran back to Zeng Guofan's side again: "Liu Changyou's army was in a rout, I led the team to rush twice, not only did I not block the red thief, but I lost two horses!" ”

Zeng Guofan rode on a horse, his face was pale, although he had the defeat of Jinggang and the north of Jiujiang, but there had never been a battle that made him so embarrassed.

Today's battle has been out of control, only to see red flags everywhere, everywhere are routs wearing uniforms, the Hunan army's once prominent battle flags have been thrown on the ground indiscriminately, many loyal and brave Hunan army officers and men are now kneeling on the ground, not daring to face the bayonets of the rainbow army.

Bao Chao had already grabbed Zeng Guofan's horse, and he said loudly: "Squire, retreat quickly!" ”

Just a few hundred meters away, the bayonet of the vanguard of the Rainbow Army was already flashing with cold light, and Zeng Guofan also knew that Bao Chao was a real brave general, if he didn't really can't support it, he would never say such a thing.

Next to him, Zhao Liewen also said: "Squire, retreat!" ”

Zeng Guofan sighed: "I know today, what kind of state of mind Lin Shaozhang was at the beginning, fortunately, if he can survive, I can also survive!" ”

He is a staunch egoist, and he has performed the trick of jumping into the river and hanging himself countless times, but he cherishes his own life very much, so he said loudly: "Retreat, we will retreat to Nanchang City, we will defend the city!" ”

Bao Chao asked loudly: "Are we still guarding the city?" ”

"That's right!" Zeng Guofan said insistently: "Defend the city!" If you can't keep Nanchang, the whole province of Jiangxi can only be given to the red thief! ”

It's just that when Zeng Guofan appeared at the head of Nanchang City, his mood was simply described as a drop of blood.

He looked at the top of the city, the city gate was completely closed, the drawbridge was already hung high, and thousands of Hunan troops were already outside the city howling with desperate tears: "Shilang, Shilang! Open the door! ”

They were huddled together, and a single shell could kill a platoon of people, but his way back had been blocked, and farther away was the baggage of the Hunan army that was thrown to the ground, countless flags were trampled into a mess, and the wounded were directly abandoned on the avenue.

And on the battlefield in the distance, there were red battle flags everywhere and bright bayonets everywhere, Zhao Liewen was shocked, but he was rejoicing: "Shilang, today's battle can barely save fifty percent of the combat strength of our Hunan army, fortunately!" ”

That's right, it is already a very fortunate thing to preserve fifty percent of the combat power.

Bao Chao rushed to the city wall with a journey at this time: "How can I have fifty percent of the combat power, and I am thankful that forty percent of my more than 3,000 soldiers can be preserved." ”

At this time, the horse team of the Hong Army had already approached the city of Nanchang, and watching the iron hooves galloping, Zeng Guofan couldn't help crying loudly: "My thousands of soldiers are still outside the city, and now there is no way to return...... I'm sorry for these thousands of soldiers! ”

"I'm sorry for these thousands of soldiers!"

At this moment, many Hunan soldiers saw that the city gate was closed, and they had to turn around and return to battle, but they scolded Zeng Guofan in their mouths: "Zeng Disheng, you are more vicious than Liu Juehu, I fuck your ancestors for eighteen generations......"

It's just that their end is like the falling sun, which is already doomed, and when the sun sets, the gunfire outside the city has stopped, and Zeng Guofan doesn't even dare to count the casualties of the Hunan army. ..., it is already very clear that Liu Changyou has been completely finished, the general Xiao Qijiang was killed in battle, Liu Changyou and Liu Kun and the brothers were not among the thieves, and their lives and deaths are unknown.

Now it has been clear that there have been more than 10 battalion officers who have died in the line of duty, and there are many more whose lives and deaths are unknown; since the rise of the Hunan army, whether it is the battle of Banbishan or the battle of Jiujiang-Hukou, the casualties add up to only a fraction of the battle of Nanchang.

And Zhao Liewen thought more, he looked out of the city, and summed up today's battle in one sentence: "Di'an is over!" ”

This is not a question of losing a few thousand or tens of thousands of people, but a matter of Li Xubin's troops being completely annihilated by the Rainbow Army, and this loss is even more than today's losses.

After all, today, except for Liu Changyou's army, after all the troops were wiped out, the rest of the departments had preserved part of their combat effectiveness, and as long as they had military salaries, new soldiers and food and ammunition from Hunan, they could be reorganized, but Li Xubin was doomed.

It's just that in the midst of countless moans, there is finally a good news coming: "The sailor is back, Peng Yulin is back!" ”

"Xueqin is back!" This news calmed Zeng Guofan's heart: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back!" ”

It's just that Peng Yulin cried as soon as he saw him: "The water master is too badly damaged today, and there are 800 dead who do not return......

In fact, almost all of the 800 land divisions that went out with the sailors were wiped out, and there were only a dozen people who could escape back to Nanchang, but in the eyes of this Peng Yulin, the brothers of the army were not people, and Zeng Guofan reassured and said: "The water and land have suffered a big setback, but Xueqin, you are back, I know that Nanchang is as stable as Mount Tai!" ”

Although Bao Chao was a brave general over there, he was completely stunned when he heard Zeng Guofan: "Shilang, do you still have to guard Nanchang?" ”

His team is considered to be the reserve of today's Hunan army, but the combat strength preserved in one day is only forty percent, and even he has changed two horses, not to mention other Hunan army camp heads.

In this situation, can Nanchang still defend?

Just as he was questioning this question, he heard the sudden sound of gunfire outside Nanchang City like thunder, Zeng Guofan looked at the moonlit night and immediately rejoiced: "That is the head of the camp that has broken through, maybe it can still ......."

It's just that Zhao Liewen said with a straight face: "That's Li Xubin abandoning the camp and breaking through!" ”