Li Rongfa was indeed beheaded, but he was not killed by the official army, but died at the hands of his subordinate Ji Yuanqing.

Guan Zhuofan urgently summoned Daniel Zhang back to Shanghai, but did not allow others to move a single soldier, and the meaning inside was very clear: I would rather support in Qibao than transfer your troops, you must know what is good and bad, and quickly take Gaoqiao to me completely.

Wall, Ding Shijie and others all experienced this kind of pressure, and knew that the sooner they broke Li Rongfa, the sooner they could return to the army to support the boss who had already "gone out of the city". So, the original Jihua who was waiting for the artillery team could not be used, and several people discussed it together and devised a new tactic.

Among the more than 800 members of the foreign rifle corps, there were more than 200 foreign soldiers, more Americans, sailors on British and French warships, and even more than 20 Filipino soldiers. Among these people, nearly 100 are serving as officers at all levels, and they are all the people with the strongest combat qualities, and the youngest is a sergeant in charge of 10 people. Wall gathered all these men, together with the most accurate shots of the soldiers, and formed a fire support team of 200 men, which was used in place of the suppressive effect of artillery fire. Wu Jianying's 500 men were also transferred, and 200 empty ammunition boxes were loaded with dirt, and one was carried by two people, which was used to pave the road in the wooden fence. And Ding Xianda's 700 men, all with bayonets, prepared to charge with white blades.

When everything was ready, an order was given, and the paving team began to rush to Xilin Gang with boxes, while the Taiping troops guarding the post killed and injured with guns and shotguns. The fire support team's method was very effective, and after each gun fired, a person behind him would hand over another gun with ammunition to ensure that the fire was continuous. Because the gun is accurate. The Taiping soldiers who leaned out of the post and shot were killed and wounded quickly. Gradually, the paving team was able to get closer to the wooden fence. Use heavy boxes to overwhelm the broken wooden gratings. And every time the paving team fell, one of them rushed up to take over—all of whom had eaten and drunk enough, promised heavy rewards, and were now going to exchange their lives for money.

In this way, they persevered with great difficulty, and finally paved three roads in the forest of wooden fences, and more than 500 people of the paving team finally died between the wooden fences. There were also many who were stabbed by sharp branches and fell to the ground crying.

But now I can't care about that. As soon as Wall gave an order, the fire support team hit the gunfire to the fullest, Ding Xianda shouted, led his 700 Xuan troops to step bravely, rushed up with all his might, all the way against the mountain splitting cannon and the iron sand of the gun, and rushed through the wooden fence on the road paved with ammunition boxes, and attacked the top of the post at the cost of injuring nearly 100 people.

Such a ferocious bayonet charge of the officers and soldiers. It was something that the Taiping army had never seen before, and the Taiping army on Xilin Gang was immediately shaken. With nearly 1,000 people against 600 people, they were quickly defeated, and Ji Yuanqing was driven off the hill with hundreds of remnants and retreated to the north. When Li Rongfa saw Ji Yuanqing who had returned from defeat, he scolded and drew a knife to kill him, but he was finally persuaded by other generals to do evil, but he also planted his own cause of death.

Nanlin Village, a stronghold in Zuihou, the first line of defense, was supported by the fort on Xilin Gang, and as soon as the fort was lost, it was self-defeating and captured by Wu Jianying, and more than 400 Taiping troops guarding the point were all killed - speaking of which, although the Xuan army fought fiercely, it was not as fierce as Wu Jianying, who had just returned to Shun, and under his hands, there was almost no way to live.

At this time, the first wave of artillery of the Xuan army also arrived, and Wall immediately ordered the artillery to be dragged up the mountain, and ten cannons were erected on Xilin Gang, and Xiangxia bombarded it, so the Taiping army's already incomplete second line of defense also collapsed. The officers and troops advanced on all fronts, pressing the Taiping army towards the confluence of the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River.

Li Rongfa still has to fight the trapped beast, but the generals around him no longer have the fighting spirit. Wu Jianying's surrender had already had a great impact on them, and at this time, knowing that he was desperate, he refused to accompany Li Rongfa to die. Ji Yuanqing, who was almost "snow in the clouds", contacted Sun Yifang, Lai Chang and several other generals, and suddenly launched a mutiny, killing more than 100 Li Rongfa and his cronies and guards, cutting off Li Rongfa's head, and surrendering to the official army.

The Taiping army on the East Road was all wiped out.

Receiving the news from Committee Member Zhou, Guan Zhuofan was a little dizzy, and he almost couldn't believe it - it wasn't that he didn't believe that the officers and troops could win the battle, but that this news was too similar to the telegram he made up, it was exactly the same, could it be that Yang Fang used it to "boost morale" for himself, right?

However, thinking about it again, with Yang Fang's old age, he would never make such a joke with himself, and—to be honest, he wouldn't dare.

After thinking about this, he completely believed it, so he didn't eat anything, let Daniel Zhang stay in Qibao, and told Túrin to take his team back to the city tomorrow, and he was escorted by several personal soldiers, galloping back to Shanghai overnight, waiting for Ding Shijie's detailed battle report, and also making new arrangements for the next military deployment.

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When he returned to the county office, it was already midnight, but the lights in the yamen were still bright, and everyone was waiting for him to come back. Guan Zhuofan is a very tired person, but a thousand generals sent by Ding Shijie to deliver the battle report have already been delivered and are waiting for him. So under the excitement, I couldn't care about being tired, came to the signing room, and took a closer look.

The first news sent to Shanghai was that "countless enemies have been killed and countless prisoners have been captured", which is just a general statement. And in this battle report, of course, there are detailed figures, but they are specially sent to Guan Zhuofan, and others are not allowed to hear about it, even Yang Fang has already left with interest, not to inquire, just waiting to listen to Guan Zhuofan's statement tomorrow - here, there is a lot of room for contraction, everyone has to rely on Guan Zhuofan to decide, how much he says, how much.

In the battle of Takahashi, 3,300 enemies were killed, and 2,000 were captured before and after, while Zuihou surrendered 4,000 people, which was a beautiful victory. Don't panic about the numbers first, after all, this is already in his pocket, and he can't run away, what he has to worry about now is those things that will run away.

will run away, naturally the Taiping Army's Northern Route Army. After the battle of Gaoqiao, the East Route Army was annihilated, and most of Liu Zhaojun on the North Road was about to flee. The key now is to recover Nanxiang as soon as possible, and then attack Jiading County to see if it can block Liu Zhaojun's retreat to Suzhou.

Guan Zhuofan sorted out his thoughts, thought clearly, and called Mr. Qian, who delivered the letter, in.

"It's hard for you to run again, and go to Takahashi to pass on my orders."

"Huh!"

"Ding Shijie took Li Hengsong's department, Zeng Bingzhong's department, and Liu Xun's department to garrison Gaoqiao and reorganize and surrender troops."

"Huh!"

"Hua Er led the foreign gun team, Ding Xianda department, Jiang De department, Wu Jianying department, and artillery team, and took a boat from Gaoqiao early tomorrow morning and returned to Shanghai to stand by."

"Huh!"

Guan Zhuofan thought about it, and was a little relieved, so he wrote a warrant and handed it to Ding Shijie, thinking that it would be good if Gao Qiao also had a telegram.

When the commander of Qian ordered to go, Guan Zhuofan called the messenger to send a letter to Daniel Zhang of Qibao, ordering him to lead the horse team to the north gate of Shanghai early tomorrow morning.

After doing these few things, the energy of his whole body was discharged, and he felt tired and hungry, so he called Zhang Shun in.

"What is there to eat? I'm starving. ”

"Yes, Miss Hu hasn't slept yet, waiting to serve the master to eat."

"Oh?" Guan Zhuofan perked up, "Where is the rice?" ”

"Naturally, it's in the West Wing."

Not...... Guan Zhuofan didn't say anything, stood up and left, but praised Zhang Shun in his heart.

Accompanied by Zhang Shun to the backyard, sure enough, he saw that the west wing room where he lived was still lit, and when he entered the door, he saw that a table of dishes had been set up, Hu Qingqing stood aside, saw him come in, squatted slightly, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Master Guan!" ”

"Tongxi, Tongxi," after a big victory, and with a beautiful woman by his side, Guan Zhuofan's mood couldn't be better, and he honestly and unceremoniously sat down at the table and was about to eat.

"Hey, it's as dirty as a ghost's painting, how can you eat it?" Hu Qingqing said with a smile.

Guan Zhuofan then remembered that he had been fighting and killing all day, running back and forth, not only did he not change his clothes, but he didn't even wash his face, and said with a smile: "Haha, if you don't cut it, you won't eat!" If your face is not clean, you will not eat! If your clothes are dirty, you won't eat! Can I still pay attention to these rules if I escaped death? ”

"Wipe your face!" Hu Qingqing rolled up her sleeves, poured a small half basin of hot water into the basin, scooped a scoop of cold water from the water tank in the room and mixed it together, tested the water temperature with her hands, and wrung a hand towel in the basin for him.

These were Zhang Shun's jobs, but he was very familiar with this master's temperament, so he didn't say anything and slipped away.

When Hu Qingqing handed over the towel, Guan Zhuofan saw the pair of jade-white wrists, and his heart was moved, he took the towel with one hand, but grabbed her hand with the other, and laughed quietly: "Miss Hu, you are always in the kitchen, how can these hands be so beautiful?" ”

"What's so beautiful?" Hu Qingqing twitched her hand outward, but she didn't move, and said angrily: "It's not five big and three thick, black mouth and black face." ”

Guan Zhuofan didn't expect that her nonsense with Li Taitai would be listened to by her. smiled apologetically at the moment and said: "This is what I said to foreign devils - wealth is not exposed, of course good things must be hidden." ”

Hu Qingqing lowered her head and was silent, and she actually let him hold it like this.

Guan Zhuofan was overjoyed, and he couldn't take care of eating, stood up, hugged her waist, and said, "You...... You're not angry? ”

"You tied the longhair, that's ...... It's nothing. ”

Guan Zhuofan was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that this was the sweetness earned by beating long hair - there will be Yanfu tonight! couldn't help but kiss her cheek, who knew that the kiss was kissed, but she turned around, broke free, put on a pretty face, and said half-truthfully: "The county official, do you want to bully the people's daughter?" Spread out, the reputation is not good! ”

Guan Zhuofan looked at her, sighed, and sat down to eat.

The sweetness is there, but it's not so big - it turns out that to win a battle, you can only touch your hands and kiss your face.

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*(To be continued......)