It wasn't until the barrels of the Qing army's guns were already boiling hot that this monotonous and bloody killing came to an end. Half of the more than 3,000 Taiping troops were lying on the ground between the two armies, and the soil was already red with blood, even trickling like a spring.

When he raised the binoculars, he saw a corpse, and when he put down the telescope, he saw a layer of corpses. The two armies were already covered with corpses, and the splatters of blood looked like the grass was full of bright red flowers from a distance. Both armies were quietly watching their enemies, the Taiping army was licking their wounds, the Qing army was replenishing ammunition, and the haze of the next killing was brewing.

"Adjust the gun positions and prepare for the cavalry to charge!" With more than half of the Taiping army already lost, and a third of the remaining more than 1,000 wounded, Guo Xinga felt that the final charge should be near.

In just two quarters of an hour, the Taiping army had become a remnant army, and although it had changed to a defensive position, they had no intention of retreating. The wounded were bandaging their wounds, others were arranging their instruments, and they were ready for a decisive battle. They were shocked but not afraid of the Qing army's formidable firepower. The plum blossom six-point formation could not be put up, but they still formed a circle formation, ready to meet the offensive of the Qing army.

The twenty-two guns, adjusted to the sides, began to bombard the Taiping army with explosive shells and spherical solid shells, and the infantry also began to advance slowly. They were also like the elite of the Taiping army led by Huang Daping, alternately firing and advancing alternately. The Taiping army, which was waiting for the battle, seemed to be a group of targets that would not move, standing motionless and bearing the rain of bullets, and a mighty body fell numbly.

"What are they doing?" Guo Xing'a looked at the staff officers and battalion commanders around him in confusion.

The experienced Xiande and Guiwu, the rich and five-car Fengsheng, the long-time Mushun, and the many battles Bi Yuntao, all looked at each other, and no one could answer Guoxing's question. None of them had ever seen or heard of this kind of hard-to-die style of play. The way the Taiping army fought was, in their eyes, suicide.

"We don't charge, we just shoot from a long distance, do they just hold on until they die!" Goxinga asked incredulously.

No one has answered Guoxing's question, which may only be answered when the Taiping army is dead. If they don't flee, hide, or attack, the Taiping army is as if the whole army is petrified.

'They're probably maintaining formation.' In terms of cold weapon combat, Bo Ritu and Ji Ying, who have been studying archery and horse riding before, have more experience.

"Wait in line to die!" Goxinga could not accept this explanation.

"Personal bravery is useless on the battlefield, the ranks are only lined up and the battle shows their might, one person steps wrong, the column is not orderly, the battle formation is not strict, and the battle formation is not strict, and the three armies are defeated. They are not fools but elites, and they are using their lives to protect their battle formations and ensure that their overall combat power can be used! Bo Ritu said with difficulty.

"The crossbowman has the position of the crossbowman, and the axe hand has the position of the knife and axeman, and everyone must not mess around, so that it can be a dignified array. And the dignified array changes but does not mess up, so that the victory can be determined by one blow. Ji Ying added two more sentences.

"Who are you listening to?" Guo Xing'a felt that these crepe words were not spoken by a Mongolian strong man and a Manchurian rough man.

"When we were in Henan, an adult who commanded us said." Ji Young respects the appearance of this adult.

"Have you ever won a battle?" Guo Xing'a didn't completely deny these words, he just felt that these words, which seemed to be copied from a certain military book, were too rigid.

"That lord is a civil official, and it was our soldiers who were not good enough to affect him!" Bo Ritu actually had a ashamed expression.

After listening to the words of the two, Guo Xing'a was silent for a long time, this is the disease! Since the Ming Dynasty, China has completely entered the era of civilian command of the army. It's okay for a civilian to run the military, or to control the military like a defense minister, but it's a bit of a stretch to command operations. It is not that there are no all-rounders who are familiar with the Four Books and the Five Classics, but not all of them are all-rounders. If you encounter someone who doesn't know anything, you will be unlucky, and if you meet someone who is familiar with military books but only knows half of it, you will fall into blood mold for eight lifetimes, and you don't know how many people have been killed by blind command.

In the Qing Dynasty, where archers and horses rode and shot the country, there were quite a few normal famous generals in the early stage, but since the end of Kangxi, from Nian Qianyao to Fukangan, A Gui to He Lin, these famous generals are all holding civil official titles. Nian Qianyao, Fukangan, and A Gui are all university scholars, and He Lin is also a scholar. The Manchus, who were completely integrated by the Han people, also embarked on the road of using literature to control martial arts.

It is a very advanced system to control military with literature, and it is also the way it has been taken in modern times, otherwise there will be warlords everywhere. However, the Ming and Qing dynasties went to some extremes, completely turning the army into a toy for civilian officials. Although the Eight Banners are slightly better, the Eight Banners Army itself is an ornament, and it cannot support the Empire's military needs at all.

These ancient literati were too superstitious about their own Confucian Taoism and could not listen to any other voice, which led to a complete tragedy for the army. is like the eldest brother who memorized texts for Bo Ritu and Ji Ying, his heart is good, and he probably has really studied military affairs. But there is a specialization in the art industry, and he is dead gnawing on books, completely detached from reality, and of course his death is ugly.

"Nerd! The great god who wrote the book was the great god more than a thousand years ago, and there were no cannons at that time, so how can people help you fight the current war! Guo Xing'a said with heartfelt emotion.

In fact, the chief general of the Taiping Army is really not as stupid as Guo Xing'a imagined, what he is doing now is sticking to books, but he also has his own reasons. While suffering huge losses, he has been observing the Qing army, and the Qing army that is advancing alternately is already in chaos in his eyes, and he will hold on until the opportunity comes. He's not a nerd, he just hasn't been able to keep up with the trends of world weapons developments.

If Xing'a knew the thoughts of the Taiping army's commander-in-chief, Guo Xing'a would definitely recommend him a martyr's friend, who would be the monk Lingqin ten months later. Their problem is similar, that is, to analyze the * army from the perspective of a cold-weapon army. Everyone's mode of operation is different, of course, no matter how you analyze it, it is wrong, and in the end, you can only hit your head on the south wall and bleed.

"Mu Daxia, get ready!" Guo Xing'a has no interest in grinding down the Taiping army little by little, and the charge can actually kill many people, even the enemy.

Twenty-two artillery pieces launched a salvo to cover the cavalry charge, and the results were not bad, and twenty-two large iron balls smashed the Taiping army's array to pieces. The infantry, after the artillery salvo, also began to disperse to the flanks, making way for the cavalry charge. Three cavalry companies and one cavalry company, more than 500 people drew their sabers and began to slowly let go of their horses and approach the Taiping army. Having crossed the infantry, they began to unleash the speed of their horses and gather strength for the final charge. However, just as the cavalry began to pick up speed, the Taiping army, which was supposed to break up and flee, launched a desperate counter-charge. The remaining eight or nine hundred Taiping infantry roared and met the cavalry of more than five hundred who were charging with all their might.

"Artillery and infantry cover the cavalry charge with all their might!" Goxing roared. The behavior of the Taiping army was beyond Guo Xing'a's expectations, and he didn't want the cavalry to be too damaged because of this. The Taiping army that counter-charged was armed with weapons such as spears, and it was not cost-effective for war horses to hit spears.

If it was too late to wait for Goxinga's order, fortunately, the artillery and infantry also found the problem and began to cover the cavalry on their own. Before the cavalry could crash into the enemy, a burst of shells and bullets cleared the way for them. More than 500 horses roared past the Taipings, and then it was all over.

In the first battle on the banks of the Guxi River, the Qing cavalry wounded 11 people, lost 20 horses, and the infantry and artillery did not suffer any casualties, completely annihilated more than 2,800 defenders of the Taiping Army, captured 15 enemies, and beheaded 17 officers below Han Jiangya, the commander of the Taiping Army. Because the Taiping army came to rescue Taibai Township, there was no baggage, and the Qing army had almost no seizures except for a pile of tattered knives and guns.

After camping on the spot at night, listening to the battle report reported by Xiande, Guoxing A was speechless for a long time. The so-called eleven wounded of the Qing army were all lightly wounded, and in fact it can be said that there were zero casualties. It is more appropriate to say that this is not so much a battle as a massacre. The well-trained and tenacious Taiping army may not understand how they were defeated until they die. However, the Taiping firearms found on the battlefield only had seven mountain-splitting cannons, which seemed to be able to explain the root of the problem. The kind of war in their hearts has been completely abandoned by the times.

"Let the sappers bury the corpse!" Guo Xing'a thought of Seng Lingqin again, these Taiping soldiers may be the same kind of people as him, a group of tragic heroes who have been left behind by the times.

For the fifteen captives, Bi Yuntao repeatedly suggested that they should be buried with the corpses to avoid trouble. Guo Xing'a, who was already outnumbered, was not interested in recruiting fifteen captives who had never even seen a gun, but he did not want to kill the captives yet, but many people, including Xiande, supported Bi Yuntao's proposal. Fortunately, the captives also found a reason for themselves to live, and they explained the location of the Taiping army's boats crossing the river, as well as the situation in Dangtu County. Goxinga immediately said that if what the captives said was true, he would give them money and let them go home. The officers who had learned about the situation in Dangtu City also had no opinion, because the information provided by the captives was indeed valuable.

The dead Han Jiangya really dared to do it, this guy heard that after the Qing army attacked Taibai Township alone, he actually left one hundred and fifty people to defend in Dangtu and poured out to help. After he was killed, Dangtu was almost an empty city, and the Guoxing Asuo, who had never entered the city for activities, was full of Kong Fang brothers.

However, for the Taiping army's river-crossing boats, Guoxinga basically had no hope. The Taiping army still escaped with a few hundred people, and these people will definitely take a boat back, where will the ship be left to the Qing army. However, with the attitude of trying it out, the next day Guo Xing'a still led his troops to prepare to go to the ferry where the Taiping army moored ships to build a pontoon bridge, and then the Qing army who arrived at the ferry was stunned by the great happiness in front of them.

The hundreds of Taiping troops who fled didn't know where they had gone, and they didn't even come to report the news, and the boats were all parked on the shore. After briefly cooking the Taiping army watching the boat, Guoxing A's department crossed the Guxi River in the boat of the Taiping army, and then approached the city of Dangtu.

Guo Xing'a smoked a bag of cigarettes under the city, and then the siege was over, and more than 1,400 Qing troops with green eyes rushed into the county seat of Dangtu like hungry tigers. The abundance of the seizure made Xiande and others dance with their hands, and Guo Xing'a also trembled his hands and feet. Except for a few copper cannons that were definitely made in the Ming Dynasty, everything else in the arsenal could be burned directly. The food in the holy treasury was enough for a year and a half of Guoxing's subordinates, and the gold and silver made Guoxinga give an order to block the news. Guoxinga is very grateful to Hong Xiuquan for the holy treasury system, which saved him too much effort, and robbing this place is equivalent to robbing the whole city.

The Qing army left the impression that the people of Dangtu had no crime in autumn, so that later the Qing army's massacre of Taibai Township broke out, and many people in Dangtu City did not believe it. Guo Xing'a only stayed in Dangtu for a day and a half, and all the soldiers became coolies, and they were carrying them endlessly. Because the Qing army was really too busy, there was no time to harass the people. When the things were finally moved and the soldiers were ready to reveal their original form, Goxinga's military order once again saved the people of Dangtu.

The military order is simple: "Run, run as fast as you can!" Run back to the deserted village base camp! “

This harvest was so lucrative that he was like a miser with a lot of cash in his pocket, and Guo Xinga had only one thought in his mind, to hurry home and save the money.

Five days later, the minister of Qincha supervised the military affairs of Jiangnan and controlled the military affairs of Jiangbei, and the general of Jiangning, He Chun, received the battle report of Guo Xing'a, and the ten gold bars sent along with the war report.