"This Qing Demon's musket is extremely powerful, but it doesn't matter," Shi Dakai looked at the situation in the field, and his originally tightly knit brows relaxed, "Fortunately, Lai Hanying's department has already set fire to the back of the detour, how can a sharp knife break the ambush on all sides, give orders, bite in the front, and this prince will lead a group to attack from the north!" ”

"Yes!"

The veterans on the outpost saw the abnormal movement of the Taiping army, and hurriedly waved various flags, the horn in the Qing army camp sounded continuously, Rong Lu hurriedly dispatched troops to stabilize the camp everywhere, and a certain position of the camp had already ignited a flame.

Shi Da rode his horse and ran to the front of the Qing army's camp, drew his waist knife, pointed at the wall more than one person high, and was not afraid of the oncoming arrows, "Brothers, kill it, destroy the Qing demon, take gold and silver!" The Winged King's own soldiers screamed and rushed forward.

The cannon roared on the water surface of the Yangtze River at the mouth of the lake, the battle between the two sides was in full swing, the half-sunken ship was stabbed and burned, burning half of the sky, a stray iron bomb that would not explode fell to Zeng Guofan's boat, so frightened that Zeng Guofan almost jumped up, the attendant hurriedly threw the cannonball off the boat, Zeng Guofan wiped his cold sweat, and sat down, a sweaty scout came up to the front, knelt down and panicked: "Dashuai, the rebellious pseudo-wing king led most of the troops to sneak attack the old camp, Rong Lu led the musket to meet the enemy, but the enemy is strong, Rong Lu burned the grain and grass of the camp and has retreated! ”

Zeng Guofan was shocked and stood up again suddenly, "What! Turning his head to look at the sky to the south, a few thick black smoke were ignited, Zeng Guofan calmed down and restored the bearing of the commander of the army, "It's okay." As long as the soldiers of the old battalion are still there, a little grain and grass camp tent doesn't matter! What else did Rong Lu say? ”

"Rong Lu said that he was handsome and slowly retreated to the south, he had already taken his brothers to fight and retreat, and was ready to go to Nankang Mansion to resist the city."

"Okay, you go to Chu Ruhang's place and tell him to retreat slowly, and the official will give him the queen of his palace!" Now that the black smoke has risen, it is better to be open and honest than to conceal the news, so as not to dissipate the morale of the army.

"Wow!"

August 21, 4th year of Xianfeng. The Hunan army and the Taiping army fought at Hukou. Shi Dakai attacked the Qing army camp, Rong Lu led the musket team to meet the enemy, exterminated more than 1,000 people, and Shi Dakai took the lead. Besieged from all sides into the camp of the Qing army. Rong Lu is invincible. Burning grain and grass, and fighting and retreating to Nankang Mansion, the Hunan army sailors heard that the camp was broken. The army was a little chaotic, fortunately Zeng Guofan personally broke off, and even the ship was burned, Zeng Guofan almost jumped ship to escape, the sailor broke and fled to Poyang Lake, lost one-third of the ship, stopped in Nankang Mansion, fired artillery to drive away the Taiping army besieging Nankang Mansion Shi Dakai, Shi Dakai went north to capture Xingzi Town, and at the same time ordered the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Navy Division to block the entrance of Poyang Lake into the Yangtze River, and also attacked Nanchang Mansion by the way, and plundered some official warehouses near Nanchang Mansion as supplies.

Inside Nam Kham Province.

Rong Lu is younger in the end, Zeng Guofan shook his head in his heart, if he changed Zeng Guoquan, who dared to fight to the death, at least he could resist more time, and with those times, he might be able to solve the sailors on the Hukou River, and return to destroy Shi Dakai. But after thinking about it, if it weren't for Rong Lu's suggestion, it would be necessary to prevent someone from sneaking attack, and the old camp would have been left behind at this moment.

"The queen's mother's method is really useful," Zeng Guofan asked carefully about the situation of the Ronglu musket team, nodded again and again, and admired the queen a little more, "If you practice according to this method, you can completely destroy the cavalry with three consecutive muskets." ”

"Exactly, it's a pity that the marked musket team lost a lot of people when they retreated, but it's a pity that those brothers were lost." Rong Lu sighed, those were veterans who had mastered the technique of firing muskets in three bursts.

"It's okay, the old man will make up for you, in addition, the musket team will be expanded, and the method of this musket will be completed by the whole army, and the old man will play the emperor and contact the Ningbo Arms Dealer to run the yamen, regardless of the cost, you must also do a good job of the musket!" Zeng Guofan said categorically.

"Yes, the queen also said that if possible, she will make a statement to the emperor, let the lord confer the governor of Jiangxi, and the minister of Jiaqin, the treasury of Jiangxi is left to the adults for their own use, and the military and political affairs belong to the adults, and they don't expect to be completely annihilated and rebelled - in the rebellion, Yang Xiuqing and Shi Dakai are first-class characters, but if they can survive the rebellion and not spread the erosion, it will be a great achievement!"

Zeng Guofan nodded, looked at the north and said: "The emperor and the queen are very loving, how can the old man not be loyal to the country!" ”

The Hunan army was defeated in half a day, and Hu Linyi, who was ready to support in Jiujiang, had not yet had time to fight, and the Hunan army was driven into Poyang Lake by the Taiping army, and the scout who came back to report the news said that the waters of Xingzi Town were covered with canvas and blocked the mouth of Poyang Lake.

At the end of August 23, a messenger from Nankang Mansion arrived in Jiujiang and sent a letter to Hu Linyi, the political envoy of Hubei. Go back and tell the commander that the subordinate will act according to the plan! ”

A group of patrolling Taiping soldiers dragged two naked Taoist priests on the bluestone street in Xingzi Town with hemp rope to insult and fight, Shi Dakai frowned, but he didn't say anything, hostile to monks is the national policy of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, although Shi Dakai was very disapproving, but he didn't easily say anything against it, so he could only turn his head, out of sight and out of mind.

Shi Dakai asked Lin Shaozhang, the deputy prime minister of Chunguan: "Old Lin, how is the ship of the sailor repaired?" How many more can be used? ”

"Wing King, four of the big ships are seriously damaged and can no longer be used, I have already dragged them to the lake, and the other eight or nine have been repaired." After this battle, Lin Shaozhang was happy and sincere to Shi Da, and when he heard the question of the Wing King, he hurriedly replied respectfully.

"Prime Minister Lai, what about the infantry?" Lai Hanying is the brother-in-law of the Heavenly King, even if Shi Dakaigui is the winged king, he does not dare to hold it up.

"More than a thousand people were damaged by the Qing Demon's musket, and the others were just minor injuries, nothing serious." Lai Hanying glanced at Lin Shaozhang proudly, even if you are a spring official, I am a winter official, and you are the deputy prime minister, and the wing king must be honored as the prime minister.

Lin Shaozhang understood Lai Hanying's eyes, his face darkened, he snorted, and said to Shi Dakai: "The Dongwang military division has an order, telling us to destroy the Qing Demon's regimental training in Jiangxi, take Huizhou, Chizhou, and then take the entire territory of Jiangxi, and give Tianjing a place to be fed. ”

Shi Dakai turned a blind eye to the secret fight between the two and nodded, "Lao Lin, what you said is very true, let's discuss a way, how to catch the old thief Zeng who was nested in the mouse hole in Nankang, and use his head to shock Jiangdong!" ”

"Yes!" (To be continued......)

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