As the backbone of the Hongmen side branch of the Heaven and Earth Society, he was able to lurk around Wu Jianzhang for many years as the boss of the gang without being discovered, and he also gained Wu Jianzhang's full trust during the period, Liu Lichuan certainly has his uniqueness in acting.

When Liu Lichuan entered Jiangyin, he was simply unclothed in appearance, his oily braids were fluffy and dirty, his tattered clothes were hung one by one by thorns, his spiked shoes were worn out, his thumbs were exposed, and there were still a few hanging wounds on his face and hands.

At the same time, Liu Lichuan's ghost escape experience is basically flawless, the boat was surrounded by the Taiping army before jumping into the river to escape, relying on the water to escape to the south bank of the Yangtze River, the Taiping army patrol strict dare not show up, hiding in the reeds and eating raw fish for a few days, finally escaped back to the Taiping Prefecture station Yang Wending has fled back to Jiangyin, forced to take the land back to Jiangyin, on the road by revolver robbed a few passers-by people, hungry and full of hard work to escape back to Jiangyin, but caught up with the Taiping army siege, fled to Shenpu for two days, originally wanted to flee directly back to Shanghai, I still heard that Wu Chaoyue, the eldest nephew, personally led the army to Jiangyin, and Liu Lichuan took the risk to touch the city of Jiangyin and entered the city by luck.

Of course, Wu Chaoyue, who is suspicious by nature, will not believe Liu Lichuan's nonsense, but he repeatedly asked the details and did not find any flaws, and because Lin Afu and other remnants of the Liu family army interceded for Liu Lichuan, and finally Liu Lichuan did sell a lot of strength to the old Wu family before, Wu Chaoyue, who had a sparse history, finally nodded and agreed to let Liu Lichuan return to his command. Liu Lichuan was overjoyed and thanked him, and hurriedly took the initiative to say: "Virtuous nephew, don't worry, Zhenjiang was my light enemy that time, and I lost the battle because I fell into the trap of long hair." Not next time, next time Uncle Shi, I will definitely learn a lesson. When entering the army, you will definitely be careful and careful, get back the field in Zhenjiang, and bring back the bandit leaders such as Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing to ask you for credit. ”

"No next time." Wu Chaoyue said very frankly: "You don't have to go to the battlefield in the future, Dongjiadu regimental training has been disbanded by me, if you and your Lian Yong are willing to continue to be soldiers, I will arrange for you to join other regimental training." If you don't want to, go back to Shanghai and continue your Double Knife Meeting. ”

"Disbanded?" Liu Lichuan's face changed, and he asked in surprise: "Virtuous nephew, I just accidentally lost a battle, and you are going to disband Dong Jiadu for group training?" ”

"Uncle Yuan, don't blame me, I did this for your own good." Wu Chaoyue said more directly: "You are not the material for war, and there are bullets on the battlefield." It's also dangerous for you, and it's better for you to continue ganging up. ”

After that, Wu Chaoyue added another sentence and said, "By the way, I almost forgot that you still have a seven-rank top, for the sake of the world friendship of our two families, I will find a way to help you keep your official position." I'll also find a way to get you a real job, which is always worthy of you, right? ”

If you change to before. Wu Chaoyue promised to give Liu Lichuan a seven-grade real job, Liu Lichuan must have been overjoyed and grateful, but now, Wu Chaoyue even promised to give Liu Lichuan a county order, and Liu Lichuan, who was pinched by the Taiping Army, was not happy. hurriedly asked Wu Chaoyue to reconsider, but unfortunately Wu Chaoyue thought it was a waste of time to talk nonsense with Liu Lichuan. urged Liu Lichuan to leave in a few words, Liu Lichuan had no choice but to leave with Lin Afu's old department first, and at the same time, Liu Lichuan's heart also kept thinking, "Wu Chaoyue, this kid is so ruthless and unrighteous." Did Lao Tzu really open the gate of Jiangyin City and let the Taiping Army in? ”

Liu Lichuan probably never dreamed that even if he wanted to surrender and sacrifice the city, he would not have time, on the same day that he entered Jiangyin City, and it was also the second day of the Taiping army's tunnel siege fiasco, Wu Chaoyue had already made up his mind, determined to take the initiative to go out of the city and fight the Taiping army, and strive to beat Lin Fengxiang and Wu Ruxiao away, and completely smash the Taiping army's encirclement of Jiangyin. In this regard, although Yang Wending, Tai Wenying and others cautiously raised objections and urged Wu Chaoyue not to take such a risk, Wu Chaoyue only used one sentence to shut their mouths, "Don't go out of the city to fight?" Okay, but the food in the city is only enough for half a month, so I'll take the group training to Changzhou to bring the grain, and Jiangyin City will ask you for the time being. ”

In the decisive battle, Wu Chaoyue must send a battalion of Wu Jun Lian Yong to serve as a lure, take carbines and bayonets to carry the Taiping army head-on, and lure the Taiping army to send the main force to eat the Wu army. During this period, this battalion naturally had to bear the heaviest pressure and pay the heaviest price of casualties, no matter which battalion was sent to take on this task, Wu Chaoyue was not sure, and he was reluctant.

As a last resort, Wu Chaoyue could only call all the four battalion officers under his command to the front, tell them the tactical plan directly, and let the four battalion officers Huang Dasha, Meng Yu, Wang Hammer and Cao Yanzhong volunteer to take on this dangerous task. As a result, Wu Chaoyue was very pleased that the four battalion officers, including Meng Yu, the battalion officer of the artillery battalion, did not hesitate to salute and open their mouths to request the implementation of this difficult task, and their attitudes were all extremely resolute, and they fought over who could carry out this task.

In the end, Wu Chaoyue handed over this task to Huang Dasha, the old sentinel who participated in the whole battle of Jiangning, and the other three battalion officers were disappointed, but Huang Dasha smiled happily, hugged his fists and promised loudly: "Please rest assured, no matter how hard and difficult this battle is, the last general will definitely lure the main force of long hair out to you!" ”

Wu Chaoyue nodded, picked up Huang Dasha with his own hands, patted him on the shoulder again, and said solemnly: "Come back alive, you must come back alive for me!" ”

Hearing this, Huang Dasha, who was too straightforward, didn't say much, but his eyes immediately turned red.

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After careful and meticulous preparations, at about 11 o'clock in the morning of the next day, the east gate of Jiangyin, which had been closed for many days, suddenly opened, and more than 100 green battalion soldiers walked out of Jiangyin City under the leadership of Jiangyin garrison Li Tianchao, and then the 500 Wu army led by Huang Dasha practiced bravely, and marched together with the green battalion soldiers to the main camp of the Taiping Army at the foot of Xiangshan. The Taiping scouts reported the situation to Lin Fengxiang, because they couldn't figure out the purpose and intentions of the Qing army, Lin Fengxiang was not in a hurry to order to send troops to meet the battle, but just ordered the troops to stick to the camp fortifications and wait for the next move of the Qing army.

Not to mention, the ability of the Jiangyin Green Battalion soldiers to fight is commonplace, and they may be scared to pee their crotch when they hear the sound of gunfire and cannons. Seeing that the Taiping army was holding on to the fortifications, the Jiangyin Green Battalion soldiers who were responsible for provoking and luring the enemy were immediately full of tricks, jumping and scolding outside the range of the Taiping army's muskets, frantically greeting Lin Fengxiang's ancestors, parents and every female relative, taking off their pants and peeing on the Taiping army's camp. There were also many green battalion soldiers who simply sat on the ground and smoked big cigarettes, despising the Taiping soldiers to the core.

It is not that the officers and men of the Taiping Army have never encountered the situation of being provoked by the enemy, but among the Qing troops who dared to provoke the Taiping Army in person, there were only a few strong troops such as Jiang Zhongyuan, Deng Shaoliang and Wu Chaoyue. In a fit of rage, many Taiping generals ran to Lin Fengxiang to ask for battle, and although Lin Fengxiang knew very well that the Green Battalion soldiers would have a back hand if they dared to do this, and it must have been arranged by Wu Chaoyue, but they still couldn't stand the Green Battalion soldiers showing off their might. There was only one battalion of Wu Jun Lianyong behind the green battalion soldiers, and Lin Fengxiang finally sent his subordinate Ou Zhencai to lead a thousand troops out of the camp to cut down these villains' ambition green battalion soldiers.

Not to mention, the Jiangyin Green Battalion soldiers who have been tested by the war have really made some progress, seeing the Taiping Army out of the camp and lined up, more than 100 Green Battalion soldiers actually stubbornly held on and did not run away immediately - but the scolding was inevitably much smaller, and then when Ou Zhencai led the army to charge, these green battalion masters all ran back with their heads in their hands, and immediately ran all over the mountains as usual. Escape faster than a rabbit.

Everyone knows that these green battalion soldiers will never really fight hard with the Taiping Army, so Ou Zhencai and the Taiping Army soldiers he brought out of the camp are always concerned about Wu Jun's training and courage more than a mile away. As a result, what made Ou Zhencai and others secretly strange and happy was that Wu Jun Lian Yong did not immediately line up the hollow hedgehog array that gave them a headache this time, and it was very rare to line up four rows of horizontal formations and take the initiative to attack the Taiping Army. Seeing that there was an opportunity to take advantage of, Ou Zhencai did not hesitate, and immediately divided the army into two, and 500 people marched in line. The battle was met head-on, and the other 500 men detoured from the south to copy the back road of Wu's army to practice bravery.

At the same time, the camp of the Taiping army suddenly burst into artillery, and the artillery of the Taiping army, which had long been ready to fire, suddenly opened fire at the same time, hitting more than ten shells at the horizontal team of Wu Jun Lianyong. At least five of the shells hit Wu Jun Lianyong's queue and in front of the queue, and Wu Jun Lianyong fell to the ground one after another during the cannonball bounce, killing and wounding no less than 30 people, and the long-suppressed cheers of the Taiping army and the camp suddenly sounded.

The cheers of the Taiping army soon gradually faded away, because the soldiers of the Taiping army were already stunned to see that Wu Jun Lianyong, who had been hit head-on, was not in the queue at all, and was still advancing steadily with guns, and at the same time, Ou Zhencai and others also vaguely heard someone in Wu Junlianyong's queue yelling, "Brothers, don't panic, don't mess up, keep the queue, and keep going!" Don't forget, half of the dead foreign devils are still marching in line, are we not even as good as foreign devils?! ”

"Thirty meters to shoot! The proudest thing for the British soldiers is to shoot at 30 meters! We are going to do the same, shoot at thirty meters! ”

The soldiers of the Taiping Army who heard this shout all suspected that they had heard it wrong, but what made them stunned was that the Wu army that was killing on the opposite side really did not shoot, and was always marching in line with the constantly falling shells, and the momentum was so calm that it did not seem to be on the battlefield in the rain of bullets at all. On the contrary, the gunners of the Taiping Army hiding in the camp showed signs of panic, and the indirect company of adjusting the gun position was deviated, the hit rate dropped significantly, and the speed of reloading and ammunition also decreased somewhat, and the threat to the advancing Wu army was reduced.

As the distance between them continued to close, and when they were about to enter the firing range of each other, Ou Zhencai cunningly ordered the soldiers of the self-army to stop advancing and raise their guns to aim, while Wu Jun Lianyong on the opposite side looked calm and still advanced steadily. When the distance was about 100 meters, Ou Zhencai couldn't help but preemptively order to shoot, and during the gunfire, Wu Jun Lian Yong was constantly shot and killed, but to Ou Zhencai and other Taiping Army soldiers Unbelievable, Wu Jun Lian Yong continued to march in formation, although the guns were aimed at the Taiping Army's horizontal line, but there was never a Wu Jun Lian Yong who couldn't hold his breath and shot and shot.

The Taiping soldiers inevitably panicked when reloading and reloading the ammunition, and the speed was greatly reduced, until the Wu army practiced bravely approaching within 60 meters, and the Taiping army began to sound gunfire one after another, and then relied on the advantage of shooting at close range, the hit rate of the Wu army's training and courage was greatly improved. The number of Wu Junlian Yong who was shot and fell to the ground was significantly higher. And then......

Then Ou Zhencai felt that he was about to go crazy, they were so close, Wu Jun Lian Yong was not even afraid of shooting alone, he still moved forward in a calm formation, and the roar of the commander of the Wu army was more clearly audible, "Calm down!" Keep calm! There is no command. Don't shoot! ”

Finally, after paying nearly 100 casualties, Wu Jun Lian Yong finally approached thirty meters in front of the Taiping Army's formation, and then with Huang Dasha's roar, Wu Jun Lian Yong in the first row finally aimed at the enemy and pulled the trigger and fired the first round of bullets. Then Wu Jun Lian Yong in the first row quickly squatted on the ground to reload, changed to the second row to practice Yong aiming and shooting, followed by the third row and the fourth row.

The crazy tactics learned from the British lobster soldiers had the effect that Wu Jun was very satisfied with his training. After the first round of four shots, at least 200 Taiping soldiers on the opposite side were killed or wounded, and the remaining Taiping soldiers could not bear such terrible psychological pressure, so they left the team and fled for their lives. After Wu Jun Lian Yong fired the second round of bullets, there were very few Taiping soldiers who dared to stand in front of them, including Ou Zhencai, who had been dragged by his own soldiers and ran into the distance, leaving dead bodies and wounded soldiers all over the ground.

The other 500 Taiping soldiers who came from behind were also frightened, and they saw the madness and ruthlessness of Wu Jun's practice. These Taiping soldiers who had returned to the back of Wu Jun actually stopped one after another, and their eyes were already full of fear when they looked at Wu Jun Lian Yong.

Then. Huang Dasha, who was in charge of luring the enemy, gave a very cold order, that is, he ordered Lian Yong to continue to line up and step forward, and stab to death all the wounded Taiping soldiers who were rolling and screaming on the ground with bayonets, and then ordered the horizontal team to turn around and line up to kill the enemy behind. Seeing this scene in the camp, Lin Fengxiang did not hesitate while being furious. immediately ordered all the main forces to be dispatched, and personally led the cruel and arrogant Wu army to practice bravery, during which Ou Zhencai was also slapped by Lin Fengxiang, and was forced by Lin Fengxiang to meet with the roundabout Taiping army, and at the same time Lin Fengxiang also roared: "No matter how much it costs." I have to stop this Qing demon for Lao Tzu! Today, if Lao Tzu doesn't kill this Qing demon and leave no armor, Lao Tzu will not be surnamed Lin! Surpass the little demon surname with him! ”

Ou Zhencai personally supervised the formation and did not play a big role, as before, Huang Dasha, who was determined to learn the lobster soldiers, still ordered his own army to practice Yong 30 meters to shoot, even if Huang Dasha himself was shot in the queue, he still covered his wounds while directing the soldiers to march in formation, and did not give the order to shoot until he came to 30 meters. The ultra-close-range collective shooting made Wu Jun Lianyong's hit rate very high, and in just one wave of rounds, more than 200 Taiping soldiers were killed and wounded. Although the carbine did not shoot as fast as the firing pin gun, it was far superior to the front-loading arquebus of the Taiping army, so during the battle line shooting, Wu Jun Lian Yong still had the upper hand, and it only took two waves of round fire to scatter and defeat the 500 enemies behind.

At this time, the main force of the Taiping army that hurriedly left the camp had already divided its troops and rushed over, but Huang Dasha commanded Wu Jun Lian Yong to retreat unhurriedly to the way he came, and at the same time stabbed to death all the wounded Taiping soldiers who were shot and fell to the ground. It was not until the pursuers of the Taiping army approached within two hundred meters that Huang Dasha ordered his subordinate Lian Yong to expel the hollow hedgehog array that Wu Chaoyue relied on to become famous, and kept the array unhurried and slowly retreated.

The soldiers of the Taiping Army have always been most afraid of the hollow hedgehog array of Wu Jun Lianyong, but fortunately, the task of this chasing army is to cut off Huang Dasha's way back, far away from the Wu Army hedgehog array to line up to intercept the rear, and Wu Jun Lian Yong changed the four rows of rounds to the hedgehog array after the attack power also seriously declined, even if the musket still has the upper hand, but can no longer quickly defeat the enemy blocking the road, forced to slow down the pace and continue to shoot at the Taiping Army, the Taiping Army blocking the way is fighting and retreating, holding back Wu Jun Lian Yong to buy time for the main force to advance.

In the fierce battle, Lin Fengxiang finally took the main force to the nearest place, and then shouted the order to transfer troops, three battalions of Taiping soldiers immediately attacked in three directions, and cooperated with the interception team to surround the Wu army Huang Dasha on all sides, Huang Dasha commanded Lian Yong to calmly face the battle, while slowly and unshakably slowly retreating to the way he came, while constantly loading and shooting, shooting and killing the Taiping soldiers who tried to rush to the front of the melee. At the same time, in order to suppress the enemy's charge, Wu Jun Lian Yong gradually began to be forced to use a very scarce number of grenade shells, and the result was also very satisfactory, blowing up several Taiping army cluster charges.

Seeing that the charge of the self-army was repulsed by the Wu army several times, Lin Fengxiang was furious and strengthened his determination to completely annihilate this Wu army, and while constantly urging the army to charge, he divided an army in advance to line up outside the east gate of Jiangyin to intercept the reinforcements that Wu Chaoyue might send. As a result, just after the order was issued, Wu Ruxiao appeared in front of Lin Fengxiang, and as soon as they met, Lin Fengxiang asked: "Prime Minister Lin, what are you crazy about?" How could they leave the protection of the camp fortifications with the main forces and come here to assemble? If the main force is dispatched at this time, then we are not going to be forced to fight him? ”

After being reminded by Wu Ruxiao, Lin Fengxiang realized that he was a little too impulsive today, and he should not take the initiative to give up the fortifications that were beneficial to his own army and bring all the main forces to the unobstructed wilderness. But after glancing at Wu Junhuang's Dasha Division, where there were only more than 300 people left, and then at Jiangyin City in the distance, Lin Fengxiang still gritted his teeth and said, "I can't ask for it!" If the transcendent demon really dares to bring the main force to fight me, I will just fight with him to the death! (To be continued.) )