"Boom ——!!"

The sound of a huge explosion sounded at the gate of the urn city of Shence Gate, and quickly spread to the battlefield inside the Shence Gate, which was a mess, and heard this sound, although it was not seen by various barriers what exactly happened, but the rebels of the Taiping Army led by Wu Jianying, Liu Yulin and Fang Youcai were still ecstatic, and there was no need for Wu Jianying and others to order, the rebel generals at the middle and grassroots level had already shouted, "The army of King Zhennan is here!" The army of the king of Zhennan is here! Brothers, hold on! The army of the king of Zhennan has come to meet us! ”

"King Zhennan's army is here! Brothers, hold on, the army of the King of Zhennan has come to our rescue! Hold on, hold on, hold your ground, and wait for the king of Zhennan to come to our rescue! ”

Bewitched by such a shout, and indeed heard an astonishing loud noise coming from the urn city of the Shence Gate, Wu Jianying's rebel army, who had been beaten out of breath by Li Rongfa's army, suddenly boosted their morale, gritted their teeth and stood firm, no longer retreating, many rebel soldiers who had been quietly fleeing for their lives also rushed back to their posts, and continued to fight bloodily with their former comrades-in-arms with guns and knives, and their mental outlook quickly refreshed, and for a while miraculously stabilized the already shaky position.

"What's wrong? How could there be a sudden explosion over there? And that much fire? Is it a demon soldier who is coming? ”

Diametrically opposed to Wu Jianying's rebels, Li Rongfa's army, which had been suppressing the rebels before, was panicked, and they were just nervously looking at the direction of Shence Gate, their morale was shaken, their fighting spirit was greatly reduced, and they no longer focused on the enemy in front of them. Even Li Rongfa himself hurriedly raised his binoculars to nervously observe the direction of the Shence Gate, and kept praying in his heart, "Don't be a demon soldier coming, don't be a demon soldier!" ”

Of course, prayer had no effect, and the news that the Wu army had successfully blown up the city gate quickly spread to Li Rongfa's army through the eastern section of the Shence Gate, which had been controlled by the Taiping army. As a result, hearing the news, none of the generals and soldiers of Li Rongfa's troops present were not as pale as paper, and their bodies began to tremble, and Li Rongfa's face was even more like ashes, almost certainly paralyzed. But fortunately, the messenger of the Taiping Army who came from above the city wall to report the news said in time: "Your Royal Highness Zhonger, General Zhong still wants to report to you, although the demon soldiers took advantage of the chaos to blow up the city gate, but judging from the number of torches, the number of demon soldiers outside the Shence Gate is not much, and it is likely that it is just the demon soldier Hu Huaizhao who was guarding outside the Shence Gate before, so General Zhong asks you to go to the rescue as soon as possible, and we may have a chance to re-block the city gate." ”

The blood color returned to Li Rongfa's face, and without thinking much about it, Li Rongfa immediately shouted: "Order the front army, step up the attack, no matter how many people die, we must kill the traitors who stop in front as soon as possible!" The supervising team stepped forward, and those in the front army retreated, and those who were ineffective in combat, and they were immediately killed! Besides, give an order to the Willow Lane side, and all the troops will come over to help! Write to my father-in-law, King Chung Chitose, and ask him to send some more troops to reinforce him! ”

It was also a coincidence that after Li Rongfa's order was issued, it happened that the first wave of reinforcements sent by Li Xiucheng to Li Rongfa, Wu Ruxiao, also rushed to the battlefield of Shencemen, Li Rongfa was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked Wu Ruxiao to lead the army to the combination of the rebels' Fang Youcai and Liu Yulin, cut off the mutual contact of the rebels and tried to open up the road to Shencemen, Wu Ruxiao, who was loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, did not hesitate when he heard the news, and rushed up with the army without saying a word, and rushed up with the army from the eight o'clock position on the dial, roaring and screaming crazy impact, forced the rebel Liu Yulin Division, who had previously concentrated on attacking, to re-divide his troops to meet the attack.

The intensity of the battle thus rose sharply, under the command of Li Rongfa and Wu Ruxiao, the Taiping soldiers followed one after another, charging forward in the face of the rain of bullets, and although the rebels also relied on the stubborn resistance of the street houses, they kept shooting and killing the Taiping soldiers who rushed head-on, but because Li Rongfa and Wu Ruxiao, the two Taiping armies, rushed too fiercely, and in this era, there were no submachine guns and machine guns and other weapons to suppress the infantry charge. Therefore, the battle soon entered the stage of hand-to-hand combat, the soldiers on both sides sacrificed their lives with bayonets, machetes and axes and even stones and bricks at close range, the knife saw blood, the bayonet stabbed the axe and split, the butt of the gun smashed the board and brick, the blood was splashed, the brain burst out, the murderer was killed immediately, and the slasher was chopped over by others in the blink of an eye.

In the melee, the weakness of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army is not good at hand-to-hand combat is once again exposed, although Li Rongfa's command is also the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army, and the white-knuckle combat ability is also not strong, and it does not have much upper hand in front of the rebels, but the Jiangyin Taiping Army under the command of Wu Ruxiao is not as good as the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army's sophisticated weapons and equipment, but it happens to be on the long side in this regard. Even if you can't find a suitable weapon, you can fight with the rebels on the opposite side with your fists and teeth. The rebels who are not good at hand-to-hand combat are complaining about their suffering, and they are being cut down by Wu Ruxiao's army and retreating, the ghost cries wolf, and the position that was finally stabilized before is also loosened again, Wu Ruxiao's army is marching all the way, constantly approaching the Shence Gate, and it can be killed to kill the Shence Gate to participate in the defense of the city, and it can also cut off the direct contact between Fang Youcai and Liu Yulin's two rebels.

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It's a pity that although Wu Ruxiao's army rushed fast and fiercely, the Wu army's side is not bad, Xu Shugang's Wu army ordinary battalion just blew up the urn city of Shence Gate, and took part of the control of the city gate Yongdao, before all the Taiping traitors in the urn city went out of the city, Hu Huaizhao, a veteran of the Wu army, had already sent the love general Cheng Jiaxie to lead an elite battalion to attack the inside of the Shence Gate urn city. The soldiers of the Taiping Army who were in chaos on the city wall hurriedly fired one after another, while hurriedly throwing down the remaining powder kegs to block the attack of the Wu army, and burning and bombing the soldiers of the Wu army Xu Shugang who was seizing control of the Yongdao in the urn city.

Not using the remaining powder keg to deal with the elite team of the Wu army was the most fatal mistake of the Shence Gate defenders - of course, this cannot blame the Taiping Army Shen Ce Gate defenders for being stupid, it was dark and the battlefield was too chaotic, plus the main general Xu Lianfang's rebellion and command were chaotic, so the Shence Gate defenders failed to use good steel on the knife edge. The Wu Army's Chengjiaxie Department firmly grasped the subtle and fatal mistake of the defenders of the Shence Gate, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Taiping Army's emergency powder keg to temporarily run out, rushed into the gate against the flames and gunsmoke, and rushed into the city gate road above the head without the threat of the enemy, and then without saying a word, directly rushed out several waves of grenade bombs inside the urn city, and the grenade bombs exploded one after another inside the urn city. The soldiers of the Wu army took the opportunity to rush into the city, or shot at the distant enemy with a pin gun that could quickly reload, or raised their bayonets to fight with the Taiping army in a white-knuckle battle, and occasionally threw grenades to blow up a large group of enemies.

Unable to withstand the fierce offensive and powerful firepower of the elite battalion of the Wu army, the Taiping army in the urn city could only retreat to the two inner gates of the Shence Gate, where the city gate and the jack gate had been destroyed by the traitors, in a vain attempt to use the narrow terrain to block the Wu army. Knowing that the fighters were fleeting, the Wu army's Chengjiaxie battalion did not care about casualties, and attacked with all their might under the enemy's strong firepower, constantly throwing grenades and bombardment grenadiers at the two inner gates, opening the way with explosions and throwing into the death squad charge in time, shooting and killing each other with the Taiping army in the narrow city gate and corridor, and fighting with the Taiping army for the control of the two inner gates and corridors at any cost - taking these two inner gates and corridors, the Wu army was equivalent to opening the road to Nanjing!

The Chengjiaxie army is not alone, in fact, the Chengjiaxie army has just rushed into the Shence Gate Urn City, and the veteran of the Wu army, Hu Huaizhao, has already sent reinforcements to him - ordering the only remaining ordinary battalion around him to carry a flying ladder to step forward, and the ants will attach to the city to fight with the Taiping army for control of the city wall above the urn city! Although Chang Liang, the Wu military battalion officer who led this ordinary battalion, took the order without hesitation, Hu Huaizhao didn't dare to rest assured, and dismounted and shook Chang Liang's hand, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Chang, the ant annex is difficult to fight, no one is sure to fight, and your battalion's equipment and combat effectiveness are almost poor, so I deliberately sent this messenger to you to let you fight this uncertain battle." ”

"But I can swear to God, I really didn't mean to let you and your brothers go to die, it's that the fighter plane is too rare, and I have to use good steel on the edge of the knife, so I can only hand over the battle to you! Please, you must rush to the city wall, and you must contain the long hair on the city wall for me! ”

In fact, Cao Yanzhong, the heavy general of the Wu army, let Hu Huaizhao be a partial division of the battlefield alone, it is a waste of talents, Hu Huaizhao's most suitable position should be the political commissar of the Wu army Cao Yanzhong's corps - after listening to Hu Huaizhao's heartfelt words, Chang Liang, who was determined to do a big job, was even more high-spirited, and did not speak, but solemnly saluted Hu Huaizhao, and then rushed back to his battalion, and roared with red eyes and mouth, "Carry the ladder!" Follow Lao Tzu! Kill the gods! Let the dog have a long hair, we can fight the rebel soldiers who are not well equipped! can also beat them crying dad and calling mother! ”

"Kill ————!"

Under the leadership of Chang Liang's first soldier, although Chang Liang's Wu army ordinary battalion failed to rush to the city wall of Shence Gate in one fell swoop, it also successfully put the only twenty or so flying ladders on the city wall. The soldiers of the Wu army, who were inspired by Changliang's fighting spirit, rushed to follow suit, and continued to ascend the city one after another, not only bearing huge pressure on the Wu army in the urn city, but also successfully forcing the Taiping army in the city to use all the barrels of gunpowder just sent to their heads, and covered the elite soldiers of the Wu army in the urn city with blood and life to storm the inner gate of the Shence Gate, making great contributions.

During this period, because of the narrow space in the urn city, Hu Huaizhao did not rush to invest in the remaining two elite battalions, and entrusted everything to the Cheng Jia Xie battalion who entered the city first, and also sent someone to bring a message to Cheng Jia Xie: "Tell Cheng Jia Xie, I will see everything from him!" Whether we can take down the Shence Gate and open the passage into the city for the main army of the King of Zhennan depends on how he fights! ”

Hu Huaizhao's words were a bit excessive, when his personal soldiers brought the message to Cheng Jiaxie, relying on the bloody battles of the soldiers under Cheng Jiaxie, the Wu army soldiers had successfully won the left side of the Shence Gate Inner Gate Yongdao, and the battle for the right inner door Yongdao had also entered a critical moment, no less than 100 Wu soldiers had successfully rushed into the right inner door Yongdao, and were fighting to the death with the Taiping army at close range. So after hearing Hu Huaizhao's message, Cheng Jiaxie immediately shouted: "Go back and tell Brother Hu that if you can't take it and enter the city, I will be like Brother Xu Shugang and Xu, lying here and not going back!" ”

roared, a stray bullet suddenly flew and hit Cheng Jiaxie's cheek, Cheng Jiaxie immediately bled like an infusion, and a few teeth flew out of his mouth, but Cheng Jiaxie didn't even blink his eyes, spit out the blood in his mouth, and continued to roar in a deformed voice: "Up! Keep going! Follow Lao Tzu! ”

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The Wu army fought tenaciously and bravely, and the Taiping army was not bad, and the Wu Ruxiao army, which had a great advantage in close combat, was like a rainbow, and successively repelled the joint counterattack launched by Fang Youcai and Liu Yulin, and opened the way with hand-to-hand combat with knives and axes, like a sharp knife, and killed a bloody road from the junction of the two rebels of Fang and Liu, successfully cut off the direct contact between the two rebels, and finally contacted the defenders of the Shence Gate who had been isolated before, and touched the west wall section of the Shence Gate that was once controlled by the rebels.

"Help! The demon soldiers are about to take the inner door! We can't stop it! Come and help! ”

Hearing the frightened shouts of friendly soldiers, and seeing from a distance the gunfire on the right inner door of the Shence Gate, and the sound of violent explosions sounded from time to time, Wu Ruxiao, who personally led the army to charge, did not dare to hesitate, and immediately rushed to the dense place with the army, and insisted on rushing to the front of the team in person despite the opposition of his own soldiers. However, when Wu Ruxiao's army was less than ten meters away from the right gate of the Shence Gate, the right inner gate was suddenly full of people, and more than a dozen or twenty Taiping soldiers covered in blood and gunpowder smoke screamed and poured back into the city like a tide, obviously unable to resist the strong attack of the Wu army and were forced to retreat.

"Go back! Go back! We're here to help! We're here to help you! Go back and resist the demon soldiers! Above! Above! We're ...... soon. ”

Seeing this scene, Wu Ruxiao was of course so anxious that his brain began to smoke, yelling and forcing the defeated soldiers to turn back to face the battle, but when he shouted here, Wu Ruxiao's pupils suddenly contracted - in the darkness, a black bottle with white smoke suddenly fell from the sky, smashed in front of Wu Ruxiao, and smashed directly into Wu Ruxiao's arms......

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, Wu Ruxiao, the representative of the hawks in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, had a bloom in his chest, and was blown to pieces by the bitter acid grenade thrown by the Wu army soldier, and he was covered in blood and lying on fire only five meters away from the Shence Gate. At the same time, the white hats of the soldiers of the Wu army finally appeared at the exit of the inner gate of the right gate of the Shence Gate, which officially represented the Wu army's complete dredging of the road in and out of Nanjing City!

A few minutes later, at 10:43 p.m., with the help of the soldiers of Liu Yulin, a traitor of the Taiping Army, the Changliang Department of the Wu Army, who only relied on the flying ladder to enter the city, miraculously rushed to the wall of the urn city of Shence Gate, and planted the first Wu army flag on the head of Shence Gate. At the same time, Hu Huaizhao, a veteran of the Wu army, couldn't wait to put the second elite battalion into the Shence Gate Urn City.