Chapter 221: Breaking the Jiangbei Camp

Looking at the burned ruins of the Qing army in Gaozi, Yang Xiaoshan was full of pride, and in less than a month, he cleared the nail pierced on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the main force of the Qing army was destroyed, and it was time to cross the river to clean up the Jiangbei camp near Yangzhou.

At this time, a spy came to report: "Shizi, more than 2,000 reinforcements have been sent from the direction of the Jiangnan Daying, which is less than twenty miles away from here. ”

"Oh, how dare you send reinforcements to the old man?" Yang Xiaoshan was a little strange, at this time, when Shi Dakai was hammering at the Jiangnan camp, Xiang Rong actually divided his troops?

Of course, Yang Xiaoshan didn't know that this was Xiang Rong being forced by Qi Shan, but he immediately realized that this was a very good fighter plane to destroy the Jiangnan battalion.

"The whole army immediately surrounded this reinforcement, eliminated him, and then went straight to the back of the Jiangnan battalion." Yang Xiaoshan immediately ordered, he felt that Shi Dakai would definitely not let go of Xiang Rong's division of troops at this time, and he would definitely attack Xiang Rong from the east. Then he went over from the west, he believed that Shi Dakai would definitely notice this, and the two of them had a good understanding and played a wonderful cooperation very tacitly.

"Big brother, our task is to attack the Jiangbei camp, and the Jiangnan camp is the business of the Wing King." Chen Yucheng hurriedly said.

"Yucheng, this is a fighter, fleeting, Xiangrong's Jiangnan camp is not easy to gnaw. If you can't grasp such an opportunity, it will not be easy to think about it in the future. "Yang Xiaoshan is dedicated to the kingdom of heaven and doesn't care whose task it is.

"Jiangbei camp, let me go!" Zhang Zongbao stood up from Yang Xiaoshan's side and took the initiative to ask for battle.

"You?" Yang Xiaoshan said in surprise.

"Don't look down on people, I followed my dad to the battlefield when I was seven years old. When it comes to seniority, I'm an old twister. Zhang Zongbao puffed his chest and said proudly.

"I don't have any extra soldiers for you here." Yang Xiaoshan is embarrassed.

"No, I'll bring my own eight hundred cavalry, it's enough." Zhang Lexing handed over the child to Yang Xiaoshan to take care of, and at the same time left 800 cavalry for his son to guard.

Yang Xiaoshan thought about it for a while, the main force of the Jiangbei battalion was basically wiped out in Gaozi, and it is estimated that there are not many people in Yangzhou, not to mention that Yangzhou belongs to the plain area, which is conducive to cavalry combat, so Zhang Zongbao can try it. Qi Shan's main force has just been destroyed, this is also a good opportunity for an assault, even if his cavalry can't beat it, he can always run away, and it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Okay, I'll give you another 200 cavalry, and you take 1,000 cavalry across the river and go straight to the camp in the north of the river. Remember that if you can't beat it, don't be reckless, retreat to Guazhou, and when we destroy the Jiangnan camp, we will naturally come to Guazhou to find you. Yang Xiaoshan advised.

"Don't worry, Uncle Yang, I will definitely let you see how powerful our cavalry is." Zhang Zongbao said with confidence.

There are indeed not many people in the Jiangbei camp, only 2,000 Qing soldiers are guarding here. And Zhang Zongbao is extremely lucky, this day happens to be Shengbao's birthday, how could he let go of this opportunity to collect money. He sent invitations everywhere, put up lanterns in the camp, and feasted guests.

Almost all the generals who stayed in the camp in Jiangbei received the invitation, and they didn't dare to refute the face of Lord Shengbao, so they all brought gifts and went to stammer. The military discipline of each battalion and village was immediately relaxed, and other Qing soldiers also took this opportunity to steal a leisure, drinking, gambling, and looking for women to do anything.

Zhang Zongbao came too quickly, so fast that the Jiangbei camp had not received the news of the high-level rout, and he came to the vicinity of the Jiangbei camp with a thousand cavalry on the same day.

It was completely dark, and the half-moon glowed faintly soft in the deep dark sky. The night breeze is slight and refreshing.

Zhang Zongbao asked all the cavalry to wrap the horses' hooves in cloth and quietly approached the Jiangbei camp.

At this time, the entire Jiangbei battalion did not even have a patrol, and the leaders were drunk in the camp of Shengbao, still asleep in their dreams, and no one came to maintain and check military discipline.

Zhang Zongbao divided the cavalry into numerous squads and silently surrounded the Jiangbei camp, which consisted of 120 camps.

When Zhang Zongbao launched a rocket into the sky, everyone finally started, arson, rush, kill, and many Qing soldiers lost their heads in their sleep.

"Oh no, Long Hair came to steal the camp."

"Longhair enters the camp and pulls."

"Let's run, it's all on fire."

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The Qing soldiers finally reacted, but it was too late. The entire Jiangbei camp was in disarray, and almost all the Qing soldiers fell into a panic.

A Qing army general also tried to organize the Qing soldiers next to him to counterattack, but was noticed by Zhang Zongbao. He took the initiative to swing his saber and meet the Qing general.

When Xiao Jiang saw that this Zhang Zongbao was just a child, he didn't take him seriously at all, and raised his gun to stab with a cruel smile. Who knew that this Zhang Zongbao had excellent kung fu immediately, and he got under the horse's belly with a sideways body, and the spear of the Qing army was pierced into the air.

Zhang Zongbao saw that others were tall and big, and knew that the gap in strength was too big. After two moves, he pretended to be defeated, pulled the horse's head and turned around and fled. Where the Qing army will be willing to put it, and the horses are in hot pursuit.

Zhang Zongbao lay on the horse's back, waiting for Na Xiao to gradually catch up. He picked up the bow and arrow from the saddle like lightning, turned around and gave the general a move to "look back at the moon". This arrow was accurate and ruthless, and the Qing army couldn't dodge one of them, and was shot in the head by Zhang Zongbao with an arrow, and the body fell off the horse.

And Shengbao, who stayed in the Jiangbei camp, couldn't afford to resist at all, so he left everyone behind and hurriedly fled north with his guards.

The chaos in the camp in Jiangbei attracted the attention of the surrounding people, so the villagers who were suffering from these Qing soldiers spontaneously organized themselves and beat these water dogs with hoes and sticks. Those lonely Qing soldiers are miserable, in the past two years, they have harassed the locality, how much food they have robbed, how many girls they have raped, and this moment of retribution has finally come.

The horn blows, the trumpet sounds,

Every family goes to war.

The Qing army fled north for their lives,

Everyone fights the water dogs.

The people made up a song to laugh at the embarrassment of the Qing army when they fled.

Zhang Zongbao only destroyed the camp in Jiangbei, but the people of Yangzhou pursued the Qing army for hundreds of miles for him, driving them to Shao Bohu.

In less than two days, the Jiangbei camp, which had been entrenched on the north bank of the Yangtze River for two years, was wiped out in the blink of an eye and collapsed. The Taiping army regained Yangzhou and took control of the Grand Canal leading to the capital, which gave the Qing court a great shock.

At this moment, Yang Xiaoshan also cleaned up the Qing army that came to support Shi Dakai, and Xiang Rong of the Jiangnan battalion immediately sensed the danger and wrote an excerpt to Xianfeng: "Zhenjiang is against the flames, and the Jinling thieves are rushing again, spreading ants and bees, watching around." In case the upper and lower roads merge with the Shibu Bridge, it is very difficult to strangle. And from the Xianhemen area, it can also cut off the back road of the camp. The overall situation in the southeast is really unimaginable! ”

Xiang Rong meant that he wanted to withdraw from the Jiangnan camp and go to the Dantu area to hold on. But Xianfeng's reply made him desperate, and Xianfeng did not allow him to take a step back, and he had to stick to the Jiangnan camp.

Xiang Rong was helpless, sighed, and knew that his death was approaching.