In less than a stick of incense, Bao Chao and Duolonga only gasped, and the two joined forces to surround them. Yang Xiaoshan faced an elite Hunan army twice as large as himself, and immediately felt a huge pressure coming towards him.

This time, the Hunan army learned to be obedient, and no longer fantasized about eating the Taiping army in one bite, but relied on the advantage of numbers, exchanged people for people, and ate the Taiping army. The quality of their individual soldiers is superior to that of the Taiping Army, and most of them are veterans, and their equipment is also stronger than that of the Taiping Army.

Although the Taiping army was also very brave in battle, the gap in strength was not something that could be withstood with a mouthful of courage, although Yang Xiaoshan constantly commanded the soldiers to come forward and rotate, but still suffered heavy losses.

The Hunan army relied on the new foreign guns in their hands and sufficient ammunition, desperately tilting the rain of bullets to the Taiping army, and the nearby Duolong's horse team looked around for fighters to tear apart the Taiping army's position, and the troops in the front section of the Taiping army were close to collapse.

The battle was very fierce, and soon Li Chunfa, the king of Shun, was shot in the arm, bleeding profusely, and was carried down.

"Withdraw!" Yang Xiaoshan knew that if he continued to fight like this, it would definitely be over, so it was better to withdraw it as soon as possible. But he still has to hold on for a while, and the longer his side drags on, the more beneficial it will be to Li Xiucheng's side.

The Taiping army in front began to retreat, and the retreat was ugly, almost rout.

The morale of the Hunan army was greatly boosted, and Duolonga was even more excited, waving a saber and catching up again. But he rejoiced too early, although the front army of the Taiping army collapsed, the Chinese army where Yang Xiaoshan was located did not move.

When the Hunan army approached, the soldiers in the front row of Yang Xiaoshan turned around, revealing a lot of large wooden boxes behind them, which contained soil, and lined up neatly in a long row. In the blink of an eye, Yang Xiaoshan built a temporary fortification out of wooden boxes on this flat land.

"Hit me hard!" Yang Xiaoshan himself raised the foreign gun in his hand, hid behind the wooden box, and opened fire on the horse team that rushed up from Duolonga.

Seeing so many large wooden boxes, the Qing army's heart was cold. Duolonga was overshadowed by Yang Xiaoshan again, "Cunning long hair, retreat!" Dorona turned his horse's head and tried to run away. Suddenly, he slumped, and the bullet slipped into the back of his heart, and Dorona fell off his horse and was shot to his death.

Yang Xiaoshan put down the gun in his hand, this shot was too lucky, in fact, Duolonga was no longer in the effective range, and Yang Xiaoshan didn't expect to hit him. But luckily, a blow killed him, and Duolonga was destined to die here, and the court eagle dog who had killed countless Taiping brothers was finally ended by Yang Xiaoshan in his sinful life.

Duolong'a's unexpected death won a turning point for Yang Xiaoshan, and the Taiping army in the south of the city immediately had the confidence of victory again, and Yang Xiaoshan organized the defeated front army again, and was preparing to fight another turnaround.

But someone suddenly hit the metal on the wall of Tianjing City behind him, sending out a signal for Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

Hong Renji, who was helping the battle on the city wall, was surprised, and he immediately came out of the city tower in the south and shouted: "Who is sending random signals? Our army is at a critical moment, and this is disturbing the morale of the army! ”

When he walked in, it was none other than the two elder brothers of the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan, Hong Renfa and Hong Renda.

"King Xin, King Yong, why are you here? The king of the east under the city is fighting bloodily, and the signal of Mingjin to withdraw his troops is sent out, and the soldiers will be unstable. Hong Renji said to the two of them with a full of anger.

"Godlord, when is it? What kind of battle are you fighting, the king of heaven has died! Hong Renfa said excitedly, and wiped away his tears after speaking.

"What?" Hong Renji was a little spinning, although he knew that the Heavenly King was not in good health, but he didn't expect to go so soon, which was too big a blow to the morale of the Taiping Army.

Yang Xiaoshan received the signal from Mingjin on the city wall to withdraw his troops, he was a very cautious person, thinking that it was a signal from Hong Renji, he was a little relieved. In contact with Hong Renji, he felt that he was still a stable person, and he must have given him a signal to withdraw his troops after something big happened.

And the soldiers also heard this signal, and if they continued to fight, they were afraid that their morale would be unstable, so Yang Xiaoshan gritted his teeth, gave up the great opportunity to counterattack, and led the troops back to the city.

The leak happened to rain overnight, and accidents always came with accidents.

Originally, the battle situation in Jiangxinzhou was also very favorable to the Taiping army, and the sailors of Tang Zhengcai, the king of navigation, were extremely brave, and with Li Xiucheng's team, they climbed onto the warships of the Hunan army and started hand-to-hand combat with them, and eliminated the sailors on the ship with an absolute superiority in numbers.

Peng Yulin, a famous general of the Hunan army, was killed by a sudden bomb in the melee, and the Hunan army was dazed by this sudden sneak attack. Jiang Xinzhou was victorious, and Li Xiucheng immediately commanded the Taiping army to carry Jiang Xinzhou's grain depot, and prepared to arrange manpower to set up a camp here.

Who knew that ten French gunboats that happened to pass by passed from the east.

Lieutenant Colonel Eric raised the telescope in his hand and spotted the Taiping army attacking the Qing army's Jiangxinzhou.

"Let the helmsman get close to Jiang Xinzhou, and we will go to help the Qing people fight." Eric shrugged his shoulders and said.

"This is a civil war for the Chinese, we don't need to go, right?" The first mate next to him reminded.

"No, those people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom do not recognize our freedom of navigation on the Yangtze River, we must teach them a lesson, let them taste our strength!" Lieutenant Colonel Eric gritted his teeth, apparently he didn't have a good impression of the Taiping Army, because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had deflated these French who thought they were noble.

At this time, the Hunan army, whether on the ship or on the shore, had been defeated and was in the time of complete defeat.

Eric raised his hand and gave the order: "Fire, all the guns are aimed at those red turbans, and hit me hard!" ”

The cannons on the ten steel gunboats roared, and the flowering shells exploded in the crowd of the Taiping army, and the shore of Jiangxinzhou instantly became a sea of blood.

The newly built pontoon bridges on both sides of the strait were blown up, Tang Zhengcai, the king of navigation, was killed, almost all his naval troops were killed, and the imminent victory of the Taiping army was buried in the hands of the French.

Li Xiucheng's face turned red, his lips were about to bite and bleed, and he scolded angrily: "Damn foreign devils! Collusion with the demons to deal with us! He hated to tear all the French gunboats in front of him to shreds. But his shoulder was also cut by shrapnel from the shell, and he covered the wound knowing that this battle was no longer possible, and the French ironclad gunboats were not capable of attacking with small sail boards now.

This is an egg hitting a stone, and if the Taiping army continues to fight, it will suffer heavy losses, Li Xiucheng restrained his desire to fight with the French, and painfully issued an order to retreat.

And on the French gunboat, Eric celebrates his victory with a glass of brandy.

"Speaking of which, these people of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also believe in God." The first mate on the ship was a little unbearable.

"My dear first mate, you must always remember that the interests of the empire are above all else. Let's celebrate the victory. Eric gave him a glass of wine and reminded.