"Boom! Bang! Bang! ”

The sound of fierce artillery fire once again echoed on the battlefield of Yuhuatai, and the gunpowder and shells of the Taiping army seemed to be bought with silver, and once again thousands of cannons were fired in unison, bombarding all kinds of shells of different sizes onto Yuhuatai, covering all the camps of the Wu army built on the edge of Yuhuatai.

Like the previous two days, after all the officers and men of the Wu Army in Guizhou led by Zhao Bingming crouched on the sheep and horse wall and other artillery fortifications, many officers and men of the Wu Army who could use their brains also piled up a pile of debris behind them to resist the shrapnel of the flowering shells and minimize the possibility of being hit by artillery fire. Therefore, it was still the same as the previous two days, although the artillery fire of the Taiping army was fierce, the damage to the Wu soldiers in the Changgang camp was limited, and the soldiers of the Wu army, who had gradually become accustomed to the tactics of the Taiping army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, were calm and unhurried, and they were just patient with weapons in their hands, and the Taiping army stepped forward to attack.

It was still a long time before the Taiping army stepped forward with artillery fire, and rushed to the trench full of corpses of soldiers of the two armies with a hundred bird formations similar to a skirmisher line, shouting and waving flags while shooting, and there were still not too many Taiping soldiers who rushed through the trench and entered the camp of the Wu army on the trench bridge car deliberately left by the soldiers of the Wu army. The officers and men of the Wu army, who had basically understood the combat characteristics of the Taiping army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, all hid behind the fortifications, and did not rush to get up and shoot at the Taiping army across the trench - because they were destined to take advantage of nothing, and they were just waiting patiently for the Taiping army to rush through the trench and send them to death at close range.

Unable to resist the threat and persecution of the generals who led the team, finally there were still some Taiping soldiers who rushed through the trench and the Wu army in close combat, and the Wu soldiers who had been impatient for a long time jumped up to meet the enemy, wielding knives and axes to chop the enemy, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who were afraid of hand-to-hand combat like tigers, fled in embarrassment, and several Wu soldiers pursued the trenches, directly scaring the large group of Taiping troops into jumping and shaking, and the feet were shaken, Zhao Bingming, who had long been accustomed to this scene, did not hesitate when he saw the opportunity to appear so quickly, and immediately yelled and ordered a counter-charge, and the camp gate was wide open, More than 200 soldiers of the Wu army rushed out with shouts, and once again quickly killed the Taiping army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who were afraid of hand-to-hand combat, into a big mess and fled in embarrassment, while the soldiers of the Wu army chased after them closely, and once again slaughtered the Taiping soldiers like ducks.

The Taiping army on the front line quickly dispersed, and the Taiping army team that was in the rear sent troops from the flank, sending more than 600 people to rush back to the flank of the Wu army's pursuers. However......

However, after going up the mountain for a long time, he finally encountered a ghost, and the soldiers of the Wu Army in Guizhou, who were good at hand-to-hand combat, suddenly kicked to the iron plate this time, and the Taiping army that came from the flanks not only did not have any fear and retreat in hand-to-hand combat, but also behaved more crazy and excited than the soldiers of the Wu Army in Guizhou, wielding the knife more fiercely and more ruthlessly, and scolding your mother and damn it louder, more full of anger, and would rather be cut by the knife of the Wu army, but also cut the knife in the hand more ruthlessly and fiercely in the vital place of the Wu soldier. The officers and men of the Wu army in Guizhou, who were accustomed to bullying the flesh foot soldiers, were caught off guard, and were suddenly killed and wounded, fell to the ground continuously, and quickly showed signs of collapse.

"Hell, how are these long hairs different from other long hairs? Come on! ”

The means of the knife are not as ruthless as this special group of Taiping soldiers, and the number is at an absolute disadvantage, the soldiers of the Wu army in Guizhou, who have been called the overlord for a few days, soon couldn't parry, shouting and retreating the way they came, and the strange Taiping army team was in hot pursuit, roaring and scolding with red eyes, "Lose that mother!" The demon soldiers of the dog day, there is a kind of don't run! ”

The Wu army of Guizhou who met the really ruthless character soon fled back to the Changgang camp where the camp gate was wide open, but the wolf was lured into the room, and the group of strange Taiping soldiers also took the opportunity to follow the defeated soldiers of the Wu army into the Changgang camp, and the Wu soldiers on both sides of the camp gate tried to close the camp gate, but in an instant they were cut down and chopped down by the fierce Taiping soldiers, and the camp gate was quickly lost, and the group of Taiping soldiers rushed straight into the camp, killing people when they saw them, and cutting them when they saw the enemy, like a tiger entering the mountain, Jiaolong went to the sea, and the soldiers of the Guizhou Wu Army who were born of bandits were exposed. was killed by this group of Taiping soldiers, and the corpses were all over the field, and they couldn't parry it at all.

Seeing that the situation is not right, the Wu army reserves, which have never been used in the past few days, can only be hurriedly dispatched to reinforce the Changgang camp from the back door, but it is useless, the reserves of the Wu army in addition to killing some of those strange Taiping soldiers with muskets, melee combat is still not the opponent of the group of strange Taiping soldiers, and they are also cut by the group of strange Taiping soldiers and screaming, flesh and blood flying, and the Taiping army brigade behind is taking advantage of the momentum to counterattack, and a steady stream of kills into the Wu army Changgang camp, shooting and shouting to cheer for the group of strange Taiping soldiers, slashed, tortured, and killed the Wu soldiers who unfortunately fell to the ground or were left alone, and helped the group of eccentric Taiping troops seize a large area of the camp position.

The loss of the Changgang camp is a foregone conclusion, in order to preserve the strength, Feng Sanbao can only decisively let the command platform play the banner, let Zhao Bingming and other troops abandon the Changgang camp and withdraw to the Wu army camp located in Gaozuo Temple, but to Feng Sanbao's surprise, after Zhao Bingming led the army to abandon the camp and leave, the group of strange Taiping troops dared to chase and kill out of the camp, chasing the defeated soldiers of the Wu army on the Yuhuatai full of Wu army fortifications, and the sound of the charging slogan resounded all over the world.

Fortunately, the Wu army paid great attention to the fortifications and firepower to block the road when setting up camp, and the group of strange Taiping soldiers were flesh and blood no matter how brave and good they were, and they couldn't stop the bullets and grenades of the Wu army, and finally stopped in front of the Wu army's stormy bullet blockade, and were forced to retreat and transfer, but even if the group of strange Taiping soldiers fled for their lives, they didn't forget to turn around and scold, "Lose that mother!" ”

"I've run into a long-haired old thief." Wu Dadao, the oldest in Feng Sanbao's corps, first recognized the identity of this group of strange Taiping soldiers, and said helplessly: "When we used to fight with the king of Zhennan, what we were most afraid of was to fight against these long-haired old thieves who scolded and lost their mothers at every turn, and hand-to-hand combat was more difficult than any long-haired. ”

"Then why didn't Li Xiucheng send this gang of old thieves into battle a few days ago?" Li Hezhang, who was not a traverser, said suspiciously: "If Changmao had sent these old thieves to the battlefield earlier, our Changgang camp would have been unable to hold it for a long time?" ”

"How do I know?" Wu Dada, who is also not a traverser, shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's probably not much, after so many years of fighting, the old thieves who followed Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing to fight in Guangxi must have died seventy-seven eighty-eight, and eighty percent of these old thieves are still long-haired from various armies and formed a team to fight with us in close combat." ”

"It's better not to have more, or our big war will be in danger." Ding Baozhen said: "It seems that Changmao has also figured out our combat characteristics, and has arranged special tactics to restrain us-for-tat. ”

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Diametrically opposed to the frightened Wu army, after finally taking a Wu army camp, of course, the Taiping army was full of laughter and cheers, especially Li Shuxiang, who came up with the idea of sending veterans to form an army to deal with the Wu army alone, was so proud that his nostrils were almost in the sky, and before the Taiping army finished cleaning up the Changgang battlefield, he couldn't wait to say to Li Xiucheng: "Loyal King Chitose rest assured, from now on, the demon soldiers on Yuhuatai will never dare to attack easily." ”

"But there are eight demon barracks on Yuhuatai, and we have only taken the outermost one, and there are still many vicious battles to fight." Li Xiucheng's attitude was not as optimistic as Li Shuxiang's, and he said: "And our veterans are too few, and if we use up this team of veterans, we can only draw veterans from the generals above the two Sima levels to replenish them." ”

"Chung Wang Chitose doesn't have to worry." Li Shuxiang comforted, and pointed to Nanjing City in the distance, reminding: "Have you forgotten that there are still many Liangguang veterans in Tianjing City, and you only ask for the permission of the Heavenly King, and you should be able to borrow a lot of veterans of the Heavenly Kingdom who are good at fighting evil battles and close combat." ”

Li Xiucheng was greatly moved when he heard this, and after a little calculation, he said: "You immediately make a concert for me, report the good news to the King of Heaven, and also borrow troops from the King of Heaven, and then you go into the city in person, go to see Meng Shiyong first, send him more gifts, and ask him to make sure to promote this matter." ”

Li Shuxiang promised, and hurriedly made a concert in accordance with Li Xiucheng's requirements, carried a heavy gift into the city, first went to see Meng Shiyong, who was still very trusted by Hong Xiuquan, and sent a heavy gift to ask Meng Shiyong to help, and the result was okay, Meng Shiyong, who was quite knowledgeable, not only agreed to help Li Xiucheng, but also sent someone to handle this matter before entering the Tianwang Mansion to see Hong Xiuquan, and transferred Guangxi veterans from the Nanjing garrison to listen to it, and then took Li Xiucheng's recital to the Tianwang Mansion alone to meet Hong Xiuquan. While euphemistically begging Hong Xiuquan to agree to this.

Family history, after taking over his father's position, Meng Shiyong's sycophant kung fu has obviously improved a lot, and his mouth is like honey coaxing Hong Xiuquan very happy, plus Li Xiucheng's army has just won a Wu army camp and made important progress, in a comfortable mood, Hong Xiuquan really moved the idea of agreeing to Li Xiucheng's request. However, Hong Xiuquan was still a little worried, and asked Meng Shiyong again: "Meng Aiqing, after the old brother of the Heavenly Kingdom is transferred out of the city, will it have any impact on the defense of Tianjing City?" ”

"Please rest assured that even if it has a little impact, it won't have much impact." Meng Shiyong hurriedly replied: "There are more than 20,000 troops guarding Tianjing City, and one or two thousand old brothers are sent out of the city to participate in the war, and the remaining army is still enough to guard the safety of Tianjing." ”

It was a matter of his own life and safety, of course Hong Xiuquan did not dare to believe Meng Shiyong's promise, and after tapping the golden dragon case with his finger and calculating for a while, Hong Xiuquan also ordered: "Pass the decree and summon Qin Rigang, the deputy commander of the Chinese army, and Qin Aiqing to come to see him immediately." ”

"Long live the Heavenly King, why do you want to suddenly summon Yan Tianyi?" Meng Shiyong asked with some concern.

"I want to hear his opinion." Hong Xiuquan said casually: "Yan Tianyi has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is more proficient in military affairs than you, I want to hear what he thinks about sending the old brother out of the city." ”

Knowing that Qin Rigang had been jealous of himself being trusted and reused by Hong Xiuquan more than him, Meng Shiyong was suddenly a little flustered, and was about to find a way to persuade Hong Xiuquan to withdraw this plan, but unexpectedly, a female official suddenly came to the palace and knelt down and said that Qin Rigang asked to see him. As a result, what made Meng Shiyong even more secretly bitter was that after being led to the Golden Dragon Hall by the female official, Qin Rigang had just finished his salute, and immediately said: "Long live the King of Heaven, your subordinates are here to find Mengshou, just now Mengshoushuang suddenly ordered all the old brothers of the two Sima and below in the Tianjing garrison to assemble and obey orders, and his ministers are very puzzled by this, so I hereby ask the reason for Mengshuai. ”

Glancing at Meng Shiyong with some dissatisfaction, Hong Xiuquan first told Li Xiucheng about Li Xiucheng's request to secondment Guangxi veterans to go out of the city to participate in the war, and then asked Qin Rigang: "Qin Aiqing, what do you think about this matter, should you lend the old brothers in Tianjing City to King Zhong?" ”

"Of course not." Qin Rigang didn't think about it and said: "The old brothers in Tianjing City are all veterans of a hundred battles who followed the Heavenly King Long Live you fought in Guangxi back then, all of them can be one as ten, Long Live the Heavenly King, you are loyal, not only the core backbone of the Tianjing guards, but also the most reliable guards of the Heavenly King, if the demon soldiers attack the city, they will only be the ones who can fight with the demon soldiers to the end on the wall of Tianjing City, such an elite and loyal Heavenly Kingdom soldier can only be controlled by the Heavenly King Long Live You personally, how can you casually hand it over to others to command?" ”

"Yan Tianyi, you ......!" Unexpectedly, Qin Rigang would deliberately dismantle his platform at this time, Meng Shiyong suddenly crooked his nose angrily, and said angrily: "The demon soldiers have already hit Tianjing City, and you are still stingy with the army and don't want to quickly help Zhongwang Chitose get rid of the demon soldiers, do you want to wait for the demon soldiers of Yuhuatai to wait for their backup to arrive, and then turn the situation on the Tianjing battlefield back?" ”

"Blindfold rate, it is precisely because the demon soldiers have already hit the Tianjing City, so the most elite and reliable army must be left in the Tianjing City to guard the city defense." Qin Rigang retorted and said: "Besides, King Chung Chitose brought more than 300,000 troops this time, and there are soldiers and horses from King Gu (Wu Ruxiao), King Qing (Ye Yunlai) and King Sheng (Zeng Lichang) to help, why do you want to borrow troops from Tianjing City?" Does he want to be like the king of the east back then, and want the king of heaven to live and hand over all the military power to him? ”

"Oops!"

Meng Shiyong secretly screamed badly, and the result was not what Meng Shiyong expected, and was reminded by Qin Rigang to remember the tragic years when he was completely set aside by Yang Xiuqing, Hong Xiuquan's face sank, and he immediately said: "What Qin Aiqing said makes sense, there are so many soldiers and horses under the command of King Zhong, there is no need to lend him any more troops." ”

"Long live the king......."

"Shut up!"

Meng Shiyong still wanted to fight, but unfortunately Hong Xiuquan didn't give him this opportunity at all, after a long drink was interrupted, Hong Xiuquan said again: "Needless to say, it's so decided, the old brothers in Guangxi who have been transferred out of Guangxi are told to return to their original army immediately, and from now on, without my personal permission, no army is allowed to be sent out of the city." Also, Qin Aiqing, when I came back, there were many people who asked for the restoration of your royal title, and for the sake of your diligence and meritorious service during this time, I will restore your title of King Yan now. ”

disgusted that the junior boss also picked up the title of King Yan again, of course Qin Rigang happily hurriedly kowtowed to Hong Xiuquan to thank him, but Meng Shiyong had a sad face, knowing that Hong Xiuquan must have been more dissatisfied with himself, and it would be more and more difficult for him to coax Hong Xiuquan to make the right choice.

Failed to help Li Xiucheng borrow the veteran and was implicated, Meng Shiyong was just worried, Li Shuxiang was very disappointed and brought the reply given by Hong Xiuquan back to Li Xiucheng, but Li Xiucheng was like ashes, and after being silent for a long time, Li Xiucheng sighed and said: "The matter has come to this, but it is just foolish and loyal." ”