Although he was forced to decide to completely retreat to the east bank of the Qinhuai River, because the Wu army was still storming the camp of the Taiping Army Deng Guangming on the battlefield of Jiagangmen, Li Xiucheng did not dare to directly order a retreat, so he could only send an envoy to contact the camp commanders on the west bank of the Qinhuai River, asking them to organize the army to secretly prepare for the retreat of the abandoned camp, wait for the order to retreat in a unified manner, and strictly require the battalion commanders to keep secrets and not disclose the Taiping army's plan to abandon the positions on the west bank of the Qinhuai River.

Li Xiucheng's request to keep it secret was, of course, to avoid shaking the morale of the army, and also to prevent the Wu army from taking the opportunity to send troops to pursue and rob and kill, and to give the Taiping army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang a heavy blow when the Taiping army crossed the river. But in this way, Li Xiucheng is facing a thorny problem - how to arrange Deng Guangming, who is being attacked by the Wu army? It is impossible to ask him to secretly prepare to retreat, and it is impossible to send reinforcements to help him, if he is told to abandon the camp and flee directly, it is possible that the Wu army will find clues, and it may also cause the Wu army to pursue and attack other Taiping army camps, causing greater losses to the Taiping army, so that Li Xiucheng did not dare to order all battalions to retreat together at night.

"Forget it, in order to keep some more troops, let Deng Guangming suffer some grievances. Give him the order to defend with all his might, and I will send him reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

In desperation, in order not to implicate the other Taiping troops, Li Xiucheng could only decide to keep a secret from the beloved general Deng Guangming, not only did not tell him that he was ready to retreat, but also simply lied to him that there would be reinforcements, and as a result, it naturally suffered the poor Deng Guangming's army.

If it is replaced by other Taiping Army, it may be better, even if you are deceived by the above, when you really can't bear it, you can spread your feet and run for your life, and it is important to save your head first if you are subject to military law. However, as one of the elite main forces under Li Xiucheng's command, Deng Guangming's army is a relatively tenacious army, and Deng Guangming himself is Li Xiucheng's confidant and favorite general, who not only has absolute trust in Li Xiucheng but is also very loyal and full of love, so after receiving Li Xiucheng's deception order, Deng Guangmingjun not only did not cry out tired, but on the contrary, gritted his teeth and worked hard to support, constantly encouraging each other......

"Hold on! Reinforcements from Chung Wang Chitose are coming! ”

"Hold on! Resist! Our reinforcements are coming! Resist the demon soldiers for me, and wait for reinforcements to come to save us! ”

"Brothers, to run is to die! Grit your teeth and hold on, our reinforcements will be coming soon! ”

Counting on reinforcements that did not exist at all, the Taiping soldiers under Deng Guangming's department were covered by the fierce artillery fire of the Wu army, relying on the already dilapidated and incomplete camp fortifications, and also relying on the relatively advantageous Mini guns in the defensive battle, they repelled the attacks of the well-equipped Wu army several times in a row, and stabilized the crumbling defense line of the camp wall again and again at the cost of countless blood and lives, and also waited for the arrival of the reinforcements promised by Li Xiucheng to help the self-army share the pressure.

Originally, Li Xiucheng calculated from the time of the collapse of Wang Haiyang's army, and felt that Deng Guangming would only be able to hold out until dark before the Wu army would break through the camp, and the Wu army would be tired and unable to continue fighting, and the other Wu troops could not make any big moves in the night, and in the middle of the night, the Taiping army suddenly retreated, and the possibility of being pursued and killed by the Wu army was relatively small.

However, the tenacious performance of Deng Guangming's army greatly surprised Li Xiucheng, and the Wu army was also forced to adjust its tactical rhythm because it could not take Deng Guangming's camp for a long time. So when it was completely dark, looking at the direction of the guard gate where the sound of gunfire was still coming from a distance, Li Xiucheng even complained a little, and said: "This Deng Guangming, when he should have given his life, he didn't sell his life, and when he should have given up early, he fought so tenaciously." ”

"Zhongwang Chitose, shouldn't you just tell Deng Guangming to abandon the camp and retreat?" Li Shuxiang said very worriedly: "It's the end of summer, the days are long and the nights are long, Deng Guangming doesn't give up quickly, let the demon soldiers stop fighting, and it will be difficult for us to retreat calmly during the third watch." ”

When I opened the pocket watch, I saw that the time was already half past seven o'clock in the evening, considering that the Wu army still had to clean up the battlefield and spend time, Li Xiucheng nodded and said: "Go and give Deng Guangming an order, just say that I am very satisfied with his performance today, and I will ask for a reward from the king for him, but the military situation has changed, and I can't draw troops to reinforce it, so I told him to abandon the camp, go to the Qiqiao urn to cross the Qinhuai River, and go to the west bank of the Qinhuai River to wait for his life." ”

About half an hour later, when Li Xiucheng's messenger sent the news to Deng Guangming, Deng Guangming and other Taiping soldiers not only did not complain about Li Xiucheng's words and did not believe it, but also thanked Li Xiucheng for not using them to death, and withdrew from the position without hesitation. It was very honorable to become the only Taiping army to withdraw from the battlefield after Wu Chaoyue came to Nanjing.

Bad things are bad things in this glorious, seeing that the enemy can support himself for so long under his own onslaught and still be able to transfer and retreat in formation, the young Wu army general Bi Jinke is no matter how young and old he is, he is also a little angry, not only did he take the camp and rest without seeing it, but also ordered the front-line army to pursue with all his might, while personally leading the reserves to launch a pursuit, shouting: "Chase! Let this long hair run away like this, Lao Tzu has no face to go back to see the king of Zhennan! ”

The tragedy of the Taiping Army kicked off from then on, seeing that Deng Guangming's army, which had been struggling to support before, suddenly abandoned the camp and retreated, striding towards the side of the Qiqiao urn, and there was a large group of Wu troops chasing after him, and the Taiping Army's Qiqiao urn garrison, which had been secretly prepared to retreat, suddenly panicked, and suspected from top to bottom that this was a signal for the full retreat of the Taiping army on the west bank, and the guard Duan Cundong was even more worried that Li Xiucheng would force him to break the back, so he decisively ordered the whole army to retreat without thinking too much. As a result, as soon as the order was issued, the panicked Taiping army of Qiqiao Urn had already rushed to the bridge and fled to the east bank of the Qinhuai River.

The tragedy officially began, in order to survive, the retreating Taiping army crowd and heavy vehicles not only quickly blocked the stone bridge and all the pontoon bridges across the river, but also pushed me in a panic, trampled on each other, and before the Wu army could kill in front of him, it was already completely chaotic, falling to the ground and falling into the water countless times. And when Deng Guangming's army fled to the Qiqiao Urn Ferry, not only was there no place to stand on the bridge, but the front of the ferry was already densely packed with panicked Taiping soldiers.

Seeing such a scene, Bi Jinke, who was a general, was of course unceremonious, and shouted and ordered the army to rush and kill without thinking about it, and Deng Guangming's army, which fled here in formation, had no more fighting spirit, and all the swarms were just rushing to escape for their lives, and the Duan Cundong army crowded at the ferry was completely defeated, and no one up and down considered what to turn back and block, throwing down the baggage vehicles just scrambling to crowd the bridge, and there were many people who fell into the water between the pushes, people squeezed, people pressed people, people stepped on people, and trampled on each other to the dead countless. In the chaos, the torches of the Taiping soldiers also accidentally ignited the gunpowder on the baggage truck, causing the gunpowder vehicle to explode, causing more innocent and tragic deaths of Taiping soldiers not to mention, but also making the already extremely chaotic Taiping army crowd even more chaotic to the point of complete uncontrollability.

"Run! The demon soldiers are coming! Run! ”

"Quick! Fast! The demon soldiers are coming! Hurry up ahead, I'm going to cross the bridge! ”

"Ahh Don't step on me! Don't step on me! ”

Seeing the chaos on the side of the Qiqiao Urn, the two Taiping Army troops who were also ready to retreat on the Shuangqiaomen side were panicked, and they also took the initiative to abandon the camp and retreat, and rushed to the Qinhuai River ferry downstream of the Qiqiao Urn, grabbing the bridge and crossing the river to escape. And on Yuhuatai, the reserve team of the Wu Army Feng Sanbao, who was ready to send troops to help Bi Jinke at any time, saw the appearance of the fighter, and immediately launched a pursuit without hesitation, howling and murderously rushing down Yuhuatai, and violently chasing and killing the Taiping army who took the initiative to abandon the camp and retreat, and then naturally, after the two Taiping armies of Shuangqiaomen arrived at the Qinhuai River crossing, they naturally became Duan Cundong and Deng Guangming on the side of the Qiqiao urn.

The matter was not over, and immediately afterwards, because of the panic of the army and the lack of unified command, the Taiping troops in Shangxinhe, Jiangdongmen, Fence Gate and Sanchao River and other places were also worried that their own army would be isolated on the west bank of the Qinhuai River and surrounded by the Wu army. After receiving these reports, Wu Chaoyue did not hesitate to send cavalry to attack first, and pursued the Taiping army in Shangxinhe and Jiangdongmen and other places, prompting them to retreat in chaos, and ordered the sailors stationed in Jiangxinzhou to urgently dispatch to pursue the Taiping army in Sanxia, and sent a sampan fleet to kill the Qinhuai River, smash the Taiping army's bridge across the river, and was extremely greedy to eat all the Taiping troops on the west bank of the Qinhuai River!

"And the East Coast! There's an opportunity over there, too! Wu Chaoyue suddenly remembered the battlefield on the east bank of the Qinhuai River, and immediately slapped the table and shouted: "Use the fastest horse to give an order to our army in Fangshan, telling them to immediately send troops north and take advantage of the situation to attack Tushan!" If you take Tushan again, there won't be much room for longhair to jump! ”

Wu Chaoyue, who had walked the dog's luck, danced triumphantly, but at the same time, Li Xiucheng was already about to go crazy, yelling and constantly forcing the messengers to dispatch to contact the Taiping army on the west bank, forcing them to stay in place without panicking. However, in the dark night, it was extremely inconvenient to communicate, and the battlefield was too chaotic, and Li Xiucheng's messenger was trying to find the Taiping generals who commanded the troops on the west bank, so even if Li Xiucheng was so anxious that he was foaming at the mouth, he still couldn't change the fate of the Taiping army on the west bank of the Qinhuai River from completely collapsing, let alone stop the crowd of Taiping troops on the west bank crying and shouting to flee to the bridge and ferry.

There is also something that made Li Xiucheng vomit blood, and his Chinese army camp is only a river away from the Taiping Army Liu Zhaojun's department, without being attacked by any Wu army, the army was flustered and had no fighting spirit, and asked Li Xiucheng early for instructions on whether to cross the river quickly, but Li Xiucheng was of course so angry that he almost went crazy when he heard it, and shouted: "The demon soldiers can't hold it before they come?" What does he Liu Zhaojun eat? Tell Liu Zhaojun that without the order of this king, whoever dares to take a step on the bridge will be killed! ”

"Loyal King Chitose, or let Liu Zhaojun quickly withdraw over." Li Shuxiang said tremblingly: "Our fiasco tonight is inevitable, and it will be useless to let Liu Zhaojun stay on the west bank, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the demon soldiers have not yet come, and quickly let him withdraw across the Qinhuai River in formation, so as to protect his army." ”

"No way!" Anger and exhaustion completely shattered Li Xiucheng's calmness and also shattered Li Xiucheng's reason, making Li Xiucheng make a wrong decision again, roaring angrily: "Who said that Liu Zhaojun is useless to stay on the West Bank? Tell him to send troops to rescue the Seven Bridges Urn, attack the back of the demon soldiers, and cover our defeated soldiers across the river! ”

"Chitose Chungwang, at this time our military spirit ......."

"Shut up! This king's decree is against the will! ”

Li Shuxiang finally failed to persuade Li Xiucheng to change his mind, and the panicked Taiping Army Liu Zhaojun could only divide his troops to the north, and rushed to the rescue of the Qiqiao urn in fright. Then, although because of Li Xiucheng's staring on the other side of the bridge, Liu Zhaojun's Taiping army did not dare to abandon the camp and retreat immediately, and was forced by Li Xiucheng to defend the camp above the gate, but it still provoked fire, attracting the attack, containment and attention of the Wu army, and there was no chance to calmly withdraw across the Qinhuai River.

The scene of the battlefield of the bridges and ferries in various places on the Qinhuai River can only be described as miserable, the bridge is densely packed with soldiers of the Taiping Army, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army are densely packed on the water, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army on the shore are even more layered, like waves, after the grenadier of the Wu Army projectile into the crowd of the Taiping Army exploded, it was not a fire, but a piece of blood and blood. And when the Wu artillery team urgently sent some breezed guns to join the battle, the Wu army's massacre became faster and more efficient.

The Wu Army's sampan fleet was like a swimming fish, rushing into the Qinhuai River against the current, and set fire to the wooden bridges and pontoon bridges built by the Taiping Army with various incendiary weapons. The bridge is on fire! ”

More and more pontoon bridges were broken and sunk by the overcrowded crowd, and the Taiping soldiers fell into the water screaming, and the Taiping soldiers who were shot and shot either fell into the water from the bridge, or were pushed into the river from the shore by their companions, turning the Qinhuai River, which was like snow and willows, into a pool of corpses and blood. On land, relying on the joint efforts of the pursuers of the Wu army and the defeated soldiers of the Taiping army, the corpses of the Taiping soldiers next to the ferry bridge were stacked on top of each other, and the blood was in a puddle.

That night, the Taiping army on the west bank of the Qinhuai River was almost completely wiped out, including the Taiping army Liu Zhaojun, who was close to Li Xiucheng's camp, also because of the late retreat, under the pursuit of the Wu army's support, suffered heavy losses, and paid more than half of the casualties before reluctantly retreating across the Qinhuai River. On the same night, under the huge psychological impact of the fiasco on the west bank, the Taiping army in Tushan could not stop the Fangshan Wu army from launching an attack in a hurry, abandoned the camp and fled back to the bridge above, and the remnants of the main force of the Taiping army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were also completely compressed by the Wu army in the narrow area north of Tushan, west of Qinglong Mountain and east of the Qinhuai River.

By the way, popularize history, compared with history, the main force of the Taiping Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang has been regarded as losing less humiliating and aggrieved, the main force of the Taiping Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in history was led by Li Xiucheng after launching a futile westward expedition from the north bank of the Yangtze River, when he returned to Jiangpu to prepare to cross the Yangtze River south, during the crossing of the river, he encountered a sudden surge in the river and completely flooded Jiuhuanzhou, was drowned many people, and was trapped in an ocean of Jiuhuanzhou and starved to death.

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