Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Great Army Strikes

Huang Daping leaned on the bed and felt very stuffy, and the light in the room was a little dim, and the summer in Jiangnan was too difficult. If it was in the past, Huang Daping would take off his coat, put a few buckets of cold water in the yard, and rinse himself well. But now the gunshot wound on his right shoulder made him sit on the edge of the bed and endure the torture of midsummer. Layers of sweat were greasy, and the paste on his body was unspeakably uncomfortable, and Huang Daping tried his best to control the anger in his heart.

"Master Marshal, His Royal Highness King Zhong has sent all the people and cannons you want." A Taiping sergeant entered the house and told Huang Daping.

"Got it, let's settle down! Go and call Liu Ju and Kong Guodong. Huang Daping leaned on the bed and ordered.

After the sergeant was ordered to turn around and go out, Huang Daping straightened up with some difficulty, walked to the bookcase with a saber, and began to look at the map.

"See the commander!" Not long after, Liu Ju and Kong Guodong, two brigade commanders, came to the house and bowed to Huang Daping.

"No need to be polite." Huang Daping waved his hand casually.

"Master Shuai, you are injured, it is better to rest more, don't work too hard." Liu persuaded him.

"It's okay, the artillery and foreign soldiers assigned by His Royal Highness King Chung have arrived." Huang Daping sat at the table with Kong Guodong's support.

"I saw it just now, there are five foreign soldiers and five artillery pieces, all of which are brand new foreign cannons, which are very good." Kong Guodong replied casually.

"It's time to get revenge for this shot!" Huang Daping touched the gauze on his right arm and said.

"Don't worry, the commander is humble, so take the brothers to destroy that group of demons." Liu was eager to try.

"I'll go myself! Let's press on the left division! Huang Daping pointed on the map.

"Kill chickens with a knife, and I will not leave any of these demons, and cut off the head and dedicate it to the commander!" Kong Guodong is also swearing.

"It's not...... I ......, hey! Forget it! Don't ask too much, I will personally go out, bring the newly arrived foreign soldiers and foreign cannons, and I will personally go to exterminate this group of demons and avenge this shot. Go down and make arrangements for your expedition! Huang Daping wanted to share the meaning of this dispatch with these two subordinates, but in the face of these two guys who were full of muscles, he could only choose to give up after all.

"Master, your body ......"

"Needless to say, go ahead and prepare!" Huang Daping didn't bother to say more, so he directly interrupted Liu Ju's words and blasted the two out.

Faced with two men who were so hungry that they didn't know how to eat, Huang Daping didn't want to waste his little physical strength. Huang Daping ignored the gunshot wound this time, and had to lead the troops to fight, not to take revenge with his own hands. The commander of the Taiping Army, who could command the 2,500 Taiping Army, did not fight with brute strength. Revenge is just a rhetoric for him to boost morale, and the real purpose is to cooperate with the overall situation.

The Qing army, which had been confronting the rear camp nearby, had been active in this area for some time. The Taiping army defeated them many times, and even launched an attack on the camp and killed their main general. In the past, the Taiping army didn't take them too seriously, but they didn't have time, otherwise they would have been wiped out a long time ago. Just because you've been safe doesn't mean you'll be safe in the future. At present, this group of Qing troops has become very eye-catching.

Two months ago, Huang Daping took Duan Bingquan, the youngest brigade commander of the Left Division, out on patrol and encountered a group of Taiping Army New Army that had been dispersed by the Qing army. Huang Daping, who had itchy hands for a while, chased after the team with his team, and as a result, the small Qing army, which had become a turtle in the urn, actually waited for a large number of reinforcements. Huang Daping capsized in the gutter, not only was he shot by the Qing army, but also lost hundreds of brothers. Even Duan Bingquan, the most optimistic junior in peacetime, died in the chaos. After more than two months of recuperation, Huang Daping was thinking about revenge all the time, but he not only planned to exterminate this Qing army, but also planned to garrison it on the spot.

In September last year, the Taiping Army broke the Jiangbei camp of the Qing army for the second time, and the next step should be to solve the Jiangnan camp outside Nanjing, and the Qing army that plotted against itself happened to be between Chunhua and Moling. Although the Qing army was only a few hundred people, and its combat strength was low, it would not threaten the army. But this Qing army was like an observation post, which became the outer defense line of the Jiangnan camp. If the Taiping army went north to attack the enemy, it had to pass through this place, and the two important places of Chunhua and Moling were under the supervision of this Qing army. Once the war breaks out, this Qing army can give an early warning to the Jiangnan camp and buy time for the Jiangnan camp to prepare. Therefore, Huang Daping must solve this Qing army, and the whole division must be stationed in the local area, and completely clear the periphery of the Jiangnan camp.

In order to deal with the counterattack of the Qing army in the Jiangnan camp, Huang Daping also specially asked for five foreign cannons from King Zhong. * The power of Huang Daping, who has followed King Zhong for a long time, naturally knows. The five foreign soldiers had two roles, one was to command and operate the foreign artillery, and the other was to avenge the shot. Huang Daping was deeply impressed by the melee two months earlier, and although the Qing army had a large number of reinforcements, the Taiping army was not defeated at that time. It was the Qing army's foreign guns that plotted and almost wiped out the commanders of the Taiping Army, and completely defeated the Taiping Army. This time there are five foreign soldiers, Huang Daping doesn't believe it, no matter how good your foreign spear is, it can be better than that of foreigners.

Before leaving, Huang Daping personally watched the foreign soldiers test fire foreign guns and cannons, and the fight was accurate and fast, which greatly increased Huang Daping's confidence. The Taiping army did not choose to march covertly, but approached the deserted village where the Qing army was stationed with great fanfare. Huang Daping had enough confidence to surround and beat hundreds of Eight Banner soldiers with a group of 2,500 Heavenly Soldiers of the First Division, which was as simple as digging into a bag and taking something. It is said that these rabble of the Eight Banners have insulted the word rabble, they are simply a group of ruffians who can only talk blindly, and they have no combat effectiveness at all. What Huang Daping didn't expect was that after two months of torture, these Eight Banners soldiers had a new look. At the destination in front of him, Goxinga had already buried all the * and was waiting for him in a position.

After deciding on the plan to take the initiative, Guo Xing'a has not been idle in the past few days. First of all, he used the materials brought back by Xiande, mixed red phosphorus with broken porcelain powder, and made a batch of fire pipes. In view of the fact that the number is too small, it is not enough to install on the *, and the artillery has not yet arrived, Guo Xing'a had to make a batch of * caused by pulling fire. After all, if you take the initiative to attack, the village will be empty, although this deserted village is not valuable, but the cellar of the small temple can hide all the belongings of Guoxing'a! In any case, we have to leave some defenses, at least we can't give away the small treasury.

Then it is to train the troops' mobility and concealment ability, after all, when you go out to sneak attack people's houses, the ability to run away and the ability to hide and hide are not bad. When Guo Xing'a was having fun training in the wilderness and surviving in the wilderness, the cavalry sentry sent a good news to Guo Xing'a, and nearly 3,000 real Taiping troops rushed to him. Guo Xing'a was not ambiguous, and without saying a word, he withdrew to the village with the team, directly buried * dug trenches, and hid tightly. When Huang Daping set up a position at the camp of the bandits last time, Goxing Ahor even set up the rocket launcher.

Huang Daping looked at the quiet deserted village and felt a little weak in his heart, the actions of the Qing army were far beyond his imagination. If it weren't for the looming figures and swaying figures by the earthen wall, Huang Daping would have almost believed that the Qing army in the village had run out. When did these Qing demons react so quickly. Moreover, the quiet environment fully shows that the Qing army was well-trained, and the picture of war and chaos imagined by Huang Daping is completely different from the painting style.

In order to better observe the situation of the Qing army, Huang Daping unconsciously drove his horse forward and approached about 300 meters to the entrance of the village. Looking at the Qing army that was waiting for the battle, Huang Daping had a feeling that a dog had nowhere to bite a hedgehog. Encountering the Eight Banners is to beat the water dogs and ducks, which has made Huang Daping accustomed to the combat style of the Eight Banners, and suddenly faced the Qing army with a great change in style, Huang Daping can't play anymore.

"Bang!" When Huang Daping lost his mind about the Qing army's defensive line, the snipers of the reconnaissance platoon did not lose his mind. Seeing a guy on horseback in the Taiping Army, with a few guards, he walked to the position in a daze with an abnormal look, and the sniper shot Huang Daping is shot.

As the gunshots rang out, Huang Daping's war horse fell to the ground, and Huang Daping, who was already injured, was also thrown to the ground in embarrassment. Several guards around him hurriedly stepped forward to surround Huang Daping, pulled him up and retreated. The snipers of the reconnaissance platoon hidden in all corners will miss such a good opportunity and shoot at the crowd. By the time Huang Daping was out of range, five of the eight guards had already fallen to the ground.

"Master Shuai, are you okay?" Liu Ju, Kong Guodong and several other brigade commanders hurriedly gathered around Huang Daping to inspect his injuries.

"It's okay! For a while, I forgot that the Qing demon likes to sneak attack, so I have to hide in the dark and put a gun. Huang Daping didn't care very much, and waved everyone away casually.

"It looks like the opponent has changed!" Huang Daping said with emotion to Liu Ju. As Sai Shang'a mentioned earlier, the 1st Brigade of the Taiping Army, which has been confronting Zuo Ling, is the subordinate of Liu Zhi.

"The people are still those people, and the Lord will not be simple." Liu Ju also saw that the Qing army was far from the Wuxia Ameng of the past. And he is relatively familiar with Guoxing Azuoling, and he also knows that the Qing army has not changed guards recently, and the people must still be those people. Such a change can only show that after he killed the main general of the Qing army last time, the Qing army changed to a ruthless role.

"The last time I fought against it, it was also these demons!" Huang Daping is too familiar with Guo Xing's style of playing cold guns.

"Can't be wrong, there's this demon nearby." Liu Ju is still very familiar with the nearby forms.

"That's easy to do, there are not many Qing Demon muskets in this group, and they are still mainly bows and arrows and knives and guns, that is, there are still some ways to fight this secret plan, so don't worry!" Huang Daping smiled proudly. His judgment of the Qing army's equipment came entirely from the encounter two months earlier. After all, Guo Xing'a will not specifically notify him when he is changing the outfit of the troops.

"Take the lowly men up and destroy them!" Liu Ju stepped forward to ask for battle.

"Hmmm! Don't be in a hurry! The Qing demons will definitely wait for you to get close before releasing their arrows, let the foreign spearmen walk in front of the center, and use the foreign guns to suppress the Qing demons first, so as not to let them raise their heads. You take the other brothers to outflank you, and if you rush after you die, you will inevitably fall in one blow. Huang Daping briefly explained the strategy.

"Don't worry!" Liu Ju arched his hand and circled the horse to leave.

"Wait!" Huang Daping hurriedly stopped.

"What else does the commander command?" Liu felt that Huang Daping's explanation was already very detailed, and he didn't know what had changed.

"This Qing army has concentrated a large number of muskets to shoot cold guns, you should be careful. Explain it, don't show your head to the brothers above the two Simas, these demons pick out the brothers who have the right to do the black! Huang Daping instructed.

"Don't worry!" After Liu Ju gave up his hand again, he circled the horse and left.