The 4,000 people who attacked Mantou Mountain in the morning, nearly half of them were killed, and the rest had been scattered by the training army, and they became frightened birds, if they wanted to gather the stragglers, it would take time, but they didn't expect that the front would be defeated like this, thinking about it, the main reason was that the backbone of the team was all killed, there were nearly 3,000 soldiers, no one organized, and they became headless flies.

Pan Anshan understood that when the sneak attack was alarmed by the sound of explosions, he had a premonition, and specially instructed to ambush 3,000 soldiers, with a premonition that he would be defeated. However, it backfired, the Qing army was as brave as entering a no-man's land, and the front could not organize a counterattack, the ambush at this time was actually an encounter, three thousand tired soldiers against two thousand victorious bravery, victory or defeat is difficult to say, plus, the Chinese army followed, once the musketeers arrived, the Taiping army had to suffer a big loss. The Qing army in the army, all musketeers, strong combat power, could not let them join forces together, so he gave the order, signaling the division of troops to attack the forward and block the middle army,

In addition, the soldiers of the garrison of each department were transferred to gather as much as they could, and they did their best to attack the Qing Demon occupying the southern camp, and actively collected the routs in order to fight again.

It's too wretched, more than 10,000 Taiping troops were beaten by three or four thousand Qing demons, this Qing demon is also really cunning, twice using the advantage of the terrain to defeat nearly half of my troops, this battle is not desperate.

The 1,500 Taiping troops who fought to block the attack felt the pressure as soon as they came into contact with the Qing army's musketeers, and they couldn't raise their heads at all, so they could only use the terrain to conceal themselves, let the musketeers get closer, and then jump out coldly, take advantage of their mistakes, and succeed in one blow, the first two times worked, and the third time didn't work, and the musketeers also changed their tactics, alternately covered, searched and advanced, no matter where you jumped out, there were one or two muskets waiting for you behind them, and the disadvantage of this weapon was not something that could be reversed by manpower.

The leader of the blocking team originally planned to directly ambush the Qing army musketeers, but now it seems that fortunately there is none, otherwise it is almost the same as sending them to death, this blocking battle is a hide-and-seek war, just to not be discovered, not to fight back, because once discovered, one shot will kill you, and fight back? Don't say it, this tactic is crooked and right, and it has effectively delayed the action of military training.

Nearly 5,000 Taiping troops, gathered from various battalions, did not hesitate to enter the battle to attack the southern camp, plus 1,500 Pingtai troops who attacked from the front, 6,500 people, against 2,000 people, it can be described as a dark cloud. The camp was originally surrounded by a wooden fence, you can defend it accordingly, and it is cheap, but it is unbreakable, that is nonsense, the training army is facing the attack of more than 6,000 people, and the beginning is a bloody battle, the left and the right are weak, people say that the trapped beast is still fighting, it is not false at all, it is useless to say anything at this time, the battle is death, the surrender is also death, and what if you fight to the death? Once the mortal heart is aroused, the combat power is quite terrifying.

On the musket side, in the face of the long-haired hide-and-seek tactics, he was very helpless, playing the game of officers and soldiers catching robbers, although there was no real threat to himself, but to deduct more than 1,000 people from the cracks in the stones one by one, it took time, if he went, I don't know when a big man with a knife jumped out, looking for you desperately, it is not a thing, the so-called elimination of evil. But what about the two forward battalions?

General Tang was unusually calm, holding a clairvoyant mirror, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he said thoughtlessly: "It is commendable to be able to provoke such combat power!" ”

"Huh?"

"Ci is not in charge of the soldiers!"

What do you mean? General Tang hopes to use the forward battalion, use its stimulated combat effectiveness, consume more long-haired soldiers, and reduce the pressure on the Chinese army, it must be! The musket battalion totaled more than 1,000 people, and although the combat strength was not bad, they all took advantage of all kinds of favorable conditions to fight, and once the battlefield was showdowned, it was possible to use one enemy and two enemies, and who could guarantee that under the conditions of siege on all sides, they would be able to resist the enemy several times and win the battle?

The battlefield changes, and life and death are only instantaneous.

Pan Anshan finally grasped the rhythm of the battlefield, exerted all his strength, increased the attack on the Qing army's forward battalion, personally carried a Qingfeng knife, took the lead, and killed the Qing soldiers' .......

The blood was exhausted, and the two thousand always had no regrets, and they died as they deserved, although the whole army was wiped out, but they also cut several times the long hair under the knife, and their lives were so .......

In the face of the southern camp of the Taiping Army, which was entrenched in three or four thousand people, Han Tianfu set up mortars, since the beginning of the war, mortars have not had a chance to be used, Zhang Zongbing believes that the problem that can be solved with guns is not used by artillery, and the cannon is ten thousand taels of gold when it sounds, and the battle is fought to this point, the artillery must be moved, and the musketeers are ready to attack and attack along the barrage, which is the subject of the latest training.

"Knock knock!"

“…………”

"Report to the Tang General Army, Changmao abandoned the southern camp and ran away!"

"Report to the general army, Changmao completely broke and fled, and the army commander Pan Anshan was killed in the shelling."

The death of the commander is not the main reason for the complete collapse, it is the artillery, the Qing army actually carries artillery, the camp here is a temporary setting, can not withstand the shelling, the Qing army is fierce, plus there is artillery to show the might, there is no suspense about the victory or defeat of this battle.

After two days of fierce fighting, the 15,000-strong Taiping army disappeared.

The Gyeongbuk ferry port fell into the hands of the training army in western Zhejiang.

The battle situation spread to the other side, and the winged king Shi Dakai looked at the ferry port on the north bank, who was so bold that he actually pulled out his teeth? Zhejiang West training army?

The war was tense, the Taiping Army set up a Western Expedition Headquarters, and the Yiwang Shi Dakai personally commanded it, and sent the Raozhou Taiping Army to Hukou to assist in the defense, and the young general Chen Yucheng also rushed from Jiangbei to Jiujiang to help defend the city. As soon as they received the message from the flying pigeon, the Hunan army pressed forward step by step, pounced on Jiujiang, and the situation of the western expedition was critical.

At this time, the soft underbelly was hit, and the Qing army inserted a nail in the Gyeongbuk area, cut off the ferry, and let you throw a mouse bogey, and you were in a dilemma. Such a daring general?

Zeng Dashuai personally went to the front line to supervise and command, united with Hubei to attack Jiujiang according to the inspection envoy, sent a water division to the mouth of the lake, and threatened to "clear the river and smash Jinling".

Before that, the marshal received a letter from the governor of Zhejiang, the four battalions in western Zhejiang trained the army, and went to Qingbei to fight, as if cutting off the land link from Anqing to Hukou, this matter is important, and it will surely stir up a thousand waves with one stone, and the overall action of the Taiping army is fettered, which is in line with the offensive and defensive rhythm of the Hunan army, and uses its strength to sweep away the Taiping army in the area of Jiujiang Lake and eliminate the bandits in the area of the two lakes.

After the First World War, Tang Zongbing almost became a light pole, counting the training army, there were more than 1,300 people in total, mainly in the Jinxian training camp, all the musketeers, and their own musket soldiers were also incorporated into the Jinxian system, under the command of Zhang Zongbing, Tang Zongbing patted Zhang Yingquan's back, shrugged his shoulders and expressed generosity.

"Brother! If you want to leave next, you have to leave and listen to you, brother, I will do my best. ”

There are many ships docked on the ferry wharf, these are the ships requisitioned by the Taiping army to ferry the army, Zhang Zongbing instructed the soldiers to let all the boats drift away, let them go freely along the water, so as not to let the Taiping army's sailors take captivity, only to add trouble.

There are forty or fifty earth-based houses concentrated in the area of the ferry, which were originally the residences of boatmen and civilians who carry a lot of work, and there is no trace of them in the war, and the training army uses the houses and dock facilities to set up temporary defensive circles, breastwalls and barricades, don't look at these more than 1,000 people, all of them are elite soldiers, and with the help of fortifications, they can withstand the attack of 10,000 people.

General Zhang's troops sent fast horses to the southeast and west to reconnoiter and give early warnings, and also strictly guarded the river.

The Taiping army on the other side of the river, constantly sending small boats to harass, release arrows, has the meaning of reconnaissance, the training army just organizes shooting training, close to eat guns, long hair suffers a lot of losses, far away, not close, consciously boring, gradually not coming, leaving an image for the Taiping army, training the army with sharp guns, tight defense, and the traditional Qing army is not all the way.

The original Taiping defenders left a lot of grain and grass, plus the supplies transported from Quzhou, which were enough to consume, and for the time being, they were consumed on the other side.

It was night, and the outpost reported that there was a person, who claimed to be the curtain of Zeng Dashuai, who came to explore the camp and accompanied the two Xiangyong.

"Bring it in!" Zhang Zongbing commanded, Zhang Zongbing looked disdainful, shrank his body, and signaled that he was too lazy to pay attention to people.

The man who came was in his forties, capable, and dressed as a scholar, after he figured out the identities of the two general soldiers, he didn't have the slightest courtesy, as if the upper officials looked down on the lower officials, rolling his eyes, and practicing the taste of Beijing.

"The two commanders, I am the leader of the four grades, and I have been in charge of the affairs under the marshal, this is based on faith."

"Disrespectful!"

"This is a handwritten letter from the marshal to you."

Unfold the letter, the handwriting is clear and powerful: Governor Huang Daren recommended, Tang Zhang two general soldiers, called the essence of the training army in western Zhejiang, with sharp firearms, and repeatedly took measures to grow hair in front of the battle. Hear, the battle of Qingbei, hearty, fortunately, the success or failure of the battle of Jiuhu, this battle should be remembered, send the leader to Qingqing, with a military order. Be sure to! This, Wen Gong.

"How many more people are there to guard this training army?"

"More than 1,300 people." Mr. Zhang didn't like the other party's tone either, and he didn't look for dignity and humility and replied casually.

"Where have all the people gone?"

"More than 2,100 people were killed in battle, and they have been reported level by level."

"What about the rest?"

"The rest? There are 3,500 people in total, dead and alive, and Shangguan wants to count them? ”

"What? Didn't you say that four battalions, 10,000 people rushed? Return, 10,000 brave soldiers to defeat 15,000 long-haired soldiers, all depending on the right time and place, how can there be 3,500 people? How many hairy soldiers are there? ”

"An army is fifteen thousand."

"Well, yes?"

"A little misinformation! Each battalion of the Zhejiang training army has more than 1,000 people and as little as 500 people, which cannot be compared with the large battalion of more than 2,000 people in Xiangyong. ”

"Huh?"

Hunan brave combat, crowd tactics, large formations, 10,000 more and 10,000 less when facing each other, is often the key factor in victory or defeat. With less hits, it's not nothing, it's all for the general's credit, these three thousand five against ten thousand five, the battle can win, it is a great achievement, why is it listless?

"Ben Zuo Ling, when you come, you will receive a secret order...... Well....... ”

"There's something to say, there's a fart! Recreational? "Mr. Tang is on fire, a fourth-grade official, relying on the name of Zeng Dashuai, came here to squeak and squeak, no matter how bad he is, he is also a third-rank title, just because there are few soldiers in his hands? Act like a snob!

Zuo Ling suddenly understood that these fierce generals can be ten with one, and their temperament is extraordinary, after all, they are not handsome, and they must not be arrogant.

"That's the case, if there are really only more than a thousand soldiers, this matter is a different matter."

"What?"

"The marshal's secret order, on the fifteenth day of the month, attack Hukou at night, and train the army in western Zhejiang to attack by land in the east."

"Sending you to lead the team? Coordinated action? ”

"Ugh! ……”

"General Tang is a third-grade general, and he doesn't wear the line, so he doesn't pay attention to it?"

"Disrespectful, disrespectful! The lower official is rude. ”