Shi Dakai not only handed over the north camp to Lai Guiying, the current No. 3 person in the camp, but also built a large number of civil fortifications in the north camp, which was specially used to fight street battles in the camp with the Wu army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The bitter acid artillery fire of the Wu army only destroyed part of the wooden fortifications of the northern camp of the Taiping army, but did little damage to the bunkers and earthen sheep and horse wall fortifications built by the Taiping army.

The first threat to Feng Sanbao's army is still the sheep and horse wall, seeing Feng Sanbao's army approaching the camp, regardless of the Wu army's mortar cannon still bombarded the huge cannonballs behind the sheep and horse wall from time to time, and regardless of the bitter acid flame is still burning on the sheep and horse wall, the Taiping soldiers under the command of Lai Guiying have rushed to the side of the sheep and horse wall, and the original arquebus is used to bombard the Wu army soldiers, although the Wu army soldiers were killed and wounded in the attack, although they also shot back desperately, but the sheep and horse wall protected most of the Taiping army's body below the chest, and it was difficult to hit, As long as the Taiping soldiers squatted down after firing, they could immediately dodge all the lethal bullets, and the power of the Wu army's rapid-fire needle guns was greatly reduced.

After desperately rushing into the camp gate that was directly blasted open by artillery, the firepower of the two wings of the Wu army quickly suppressed the enemy behind the sheep and horse wall, but it was immediately hit by the enemy bunkers scattered all over the place, and the Taiping soldiers either hid in waist-high bunkers, or hid behind the baggage carts and walls full of earth and stones, and constantly hit the Wu soldiers with cold guns, although the Wu soldiers had been psychologically prepared, but because their vision was disturbed by the fireworks, it was difficult to immediately see the distribution of the enemy's fortifications, and they could not hide from the east and the west, and they were shot and wounded one after another. The offensive was temporarily frustrated.

Fortunately, Feng Sanbao's battalion is a special battalion specially trained to fight street battles, and has been prepared for this situation, otherwise the first attack of the Wu army is likely to be directly repelled by the Taiping army.

The enemy hiding behind the wall and behind the baggage cart is easier to deal with, and the unfilial son-in-law Wu Chaoyue explained that there is no need to be stingy with the use of grenades, and the soldiers of Feng Sanbao's army also threw out the precious bitter acid grenades as if they didn't want money, and smashed a lot of them at the enemy hiding behind the wall behind the car, and the grenades tumbled and fell from the sky, blowing up the enemies who were hiding behind the fortifications and shooting cold guns, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere.

The all-out attack effect is naturally extraordinary, unable to parry the Wu army's rain and hail grenades, the Taiping soldiers hiding behind the wall and the car have fled backwards, the Taiping army bunker that has lost ground fire cover is isolated and has a limited shooting range, and it is even more unable to parry the Wu army's tactics of attacking the fort with bullets, like pulling nails by the Wu army one after another, Lai Guiying was so anxious that he scolded, but he still couldn't stop the defeated soldiers of his own family who kept fleeing. Forced to have no choice, Lai Guiying could only hurriedly dispatch the Beiying Reserve to launch a counter-charge, rushing to the front to fight hand-to-hand combat with the Wu soldiers.

Relying on the cover of various facilities in the camp, the Taiping army reserves continued to rush to the front of the Wu army in hand-to-hand combat, but these poor Taiping soldiers soon found that the enemy opposite them was not only equipped with a large number of light and flexible revolvers, but also all equipped with melee weapons such as machetes and short spears used in close combat, and obviously received martial arts training, and they were not inferior in close combat. At the same time, coupled with the fact that the soldiers of the Wu army constantly threw grenades to attack the follow-up crowd of the Taiping army, the soldiers of the Taiping army were almost always in a disadvantageous state of fighting more with less in close combat, and the charge of forgetting their lives only played the role of delaying the advance of the Wu army, and there was no hope of expelling the Wu army from the camp directly.

At the same time, the main force of the Wu army also had a new adjustment, under the protection of the two battalions, twenty long-firing breech guns slowly stepped forward, until they advanced to a position only a mile away from the northern camp of the Taiping army, adjusted the firing angle to the highest, and also put the flowering shell delay lead to the longest, and bombarded the shells directly into Shi Dakai's Chinese camp, not seeking to accurately hit the target, just to bombard the enemy's Chinese camp to create chaos. Shi Dakai, who was attacked in the camp of the Chinese army, saw that the situation was not good, so he had to grit his teeth and order Chen Yucheng to attack again, and ordered Shi Zhenji, who was stationed in Xiying, to send troops to cooperate with Chen Yucheng to flank the two flanks of the Wu army, not to win, but to contain the follow-up army of the Wu army, and to share the pressure on the Lai Gui British army who fought bloodily as much as possible.

Chen Yucheng's army, which charged again, soon fell into bad luck again, and there was a guard artillery battalion of Huang Weijie's department who had attacked before, and the rear army of the Wu army that advanced forward immediately divided into a battalion to entertain him alone, or directly lined up in a neat horizontal team and strode forward, taking the initiative to meet the battle with the linear advance of the Wu army's practice of courage and fame all over the world. At the same time, the soldiers of the Wu Army, who had received the order not to keep it, also sacrificed the grenadiers to bombard fiercely early, and the grenadier shells on both wings of the horizontal team fell into the dense crowd of Taiping soldiers one after another and exploded, and the soldiers under Chen Yucheng were put down in pieces, and the corporal under Chen Yucheng could not withstand such fierce firepower no matter how elite they were, and the formation was chaotic and there was no fighting spirit at the same time, and the fugitives were endless, and they quickly showed signs of collapse.

Shi Zhenji's side is also a ghost, the most elite Taiping soldiers during the Jiangning War were in the field of the Wu army's firing pin gun fire array, now the elite of the Taiping army has been repeatedly diluted, the degree of courage is not as good as the elite of the Taiping army at that time, and the Wu army has more field weapons such as grenadiers and grenade bullets, and the field battle is naturally not the opponent of the Wu army. Less than ten minutes after the two armies met, Shizhenji's army was already overwhelmed by the fierce fire of the Wu army, and they attacked in vain and were killed and wounded.

It was not completely futile, Chen Yucheng and Shi Zhenji at least temporarily restrained the two battalions of the Wu army, so that Feng Sanbao's army could not get reinforcements quickly. But fortunately, Wu Chaoyue had reserves in his hands, and after seeing that Feng Sanbao had successfully opened up a part of the space in the enemy camp, Wu Chaoyue immediately ordered Huang Dasha to lead the army forward to reinforce Feng Sanbao, and at the same time ordered all the remaining artillery battalion soldiers to step forward and prepare to form a formation to protect the artillery by themselves, so that Huang Weijie's troops could free up their hands to enter the enemy camp as the third echelon.

As soon as the adjustment was made, Wu Wangmiao also sent the news that Wang Guocai had been forced to abandon the fort and withdraw to the camp, and asked the Ming Kingdom that the army had destroyed the gunpowder and cannonballs before evacuating the fort, Wu Chaoyue first secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly asked: "How is the situation on the side of the iron cable defense line?" ”

"It was also very intense." The messenger replied truthfully: "The first iron cable has been broken by the long hair, but fortunately, the mines we arranged before have played a lot of roles, and they have sunk a lot of long hairy boats, and General Wang and they have also continued to open fire, and the long hair fleet does not dare to attack our iron rope together, so they can only send small boats to attack in batches." ”

After pinching his fingers and calculating the time it took for the Taiping Army's naval division to break through the first iron cable, Wu Chaoyue made a rather risky decision and sent someone to order Cao Yanzhong on the south bank to lead the two battalions stationed there to immediately cross the river to reinforce the north bank, and hand over the Banbi Mountain position to Liu Kunyi to guard. Zhao Liewen next to him hurriedly reminded: "Weiting, isn't it too risky, if Cao Yanzhong crosses the river and the long-haired sailor breaks through the iron cable defense line, then the army we are crossing the river will be too dangerous." Moreover, even if General Cao and they crossed the Yangtze River quickly, they would have to be intercepted by the long-haired sailors who had already landed, and there was no way to come over for reinforcements immediately. ”

Wu Chaoyue hesitated for a moment, then changed his order: "Tell Cao Yanzhong to board the civilian ship and wait for his life, and he is not allowed to cross the river without my follow-up order. ”

The messenger took the order and left, Wu Chaoyue interlocked his fingers with his hands, and said secretly: "The next thing is to see Wang Fu's, seeing our land division on the south bank boarding the ship, the long-haired sailor will definitely go all out to attack the iron cable defense line, I hope Wang Fu and they can fight for strength and rely on the iron cable cover to sink some more long-haired ships." ”

Forced to idle the army on the south bank, Wu Chaoyue had no choice but to try his best to use the army on the north bank to the extreme, and decisively ordered the troops on both flanks to charge, and at any cost to kill the two camped troops of the Taiping army first. As a result, the two battalions facing Chen Yucheng and Shi Zhenji respectively were also quite competitive, first throwing a large number of grenades to blow up the enemy, and then rushing and striking with bayonets, and finally defeated the enemy who was outflanked from both flanks, and freed up his hands to reinforce the northern battalion.

At the same time, relying on the huge superiority of weapons and equipment and strict training, Feng Sanbao's army had also defeated the counter-charge Taiping army reserves and quickly advanced to the vicinity of the Taiping army's Chinese camp. Shi Dakai also commanded the Chinese army to defend the camp defense line, and at the same time ordered Hu Yihuang, the commander of the Dongying army, to lead the army to reinforce the northern camp and attack the flank of the Wu army to share the pressure on the Chinese army.

The battle is extremely fierce, but it is also very stubborn, the battalions and armies of the enemy and us are fighting to the death in the north camp of the Taiping Army in the blazing sky, the gunfire and artillery have never stopped, Feng Sanbao's army has repeatedly impacted the Taiping Army's Chinese army fence defense line, but each time it has been bravely repelled by the Taiping Army, Huang Dasha has also repeatedly repelled the Taiping Army's East Camp soldiers and horses from the flank, under the command of Hu Yihuang who personally put on the battlefield, the Taiping Army has always been defeated but not defeated, and soon after retreating, it was quickly killed, like kraft candy like dead entangled the flank of the Wu Army.

It was still when Huang Weijie's troops entered the north camp and went back to attack the west camp of the Taiping Army, the Wu army made a certain breakthrough, and the rear army of the Taiping Army's west camp where the main soldiers had already left the camp could not withstand the offensive of the Wu army, and the fence defense line was quickly breached, but even if Huang Weijie's troops entered the west camp, they still could not enter the Chinese camp guarded by the Taiping Army. At the same time, Shi Dakai saw that the situation was not good, and quickly ordered Shi Zhenji to organize the defeated troops to return to the western camp.

The battle situation is still the upper hand of the Wu army, with less attack and more Wu army officers and soldiers with the great advantage of picric acid weapons and high rate of fire needle guns, but the Taiping army is majestic to the point that they can't raise their heads at all, but the Taiping army relies on the fence and sheep and horse walls and other fortifications to resist stubbornly, gritting their teeth and saying that they will not take a step back, and repeatedly repel the rampant attacks of the Wu army. The Wu army has never been able to rush into Shi Dakai's Chinese army camp, and naturally there is no way to give the Taiping army a fatal blow, on the contrary, the weapons, ammunition and physical strength are very badly consumed, and the advantage is gradually decreasing, and the balance of victory and defeat begins to gradually balance.

Sensing that the situation was not good, Wu Chaoyue could only be forced to let Feng Sanbao's army, which had consumed a huge amount of physical strength and ammunition, temporarily withdraw from the camp to recuperate, and was forced to put the two battalions that had previously killed Chen Yucheng and Shi Zhenji into the battlefield in advance, so that they could take on the heavy responsibility of attacking Shi Dakai's Chinese army's camp.

At the same time, Shi Dakai was of course overjoyed when he saw the tactical adjustment of the Wu army, knowing that the opportunity to turn defeat into victory had come, and while making every effort to strengthen the defense of the Chinese army's camp, he also called Li Wenju, the confidant who commanded the Chinese army's reserves, to the front and instructed him: "Wenju, take all the reserves, go out of the camp from the east, and go back to fight the Chinese army's position beyond the little demon." I don't want you to win, and I don't expect you to take the head of the surpassing demon, as long as you entangle the last reserve of the surpassing demon, so that he can't personally lead the army to reinforce the Beiying battlefield, as long as you can do this, we will win this battle! ”

It is very clear that the main battalion of the Chinese army led by Wu Chaoyue must be the most elite and has better weapons and equipment, Li Wenju still did not hesitate to hold his fists and agree, but after singing the promise, Li Wenju said again: "The Wing King is five thousand years old, do you leave some reserves for emergency?" Although you still have pro-army guards, if the fence is in an emergency, you can't personally lead the pro-army to the rescue, right? ”

Knowing that Li Wenju was for his own good, and seeing that the offensive of the Wu army was even more after the rotation, Shi Dakai hesitated, but still nodded and said, "It's okay, leave a thousand reserves for me." ”

Li Wenju sang the promise again, and then immediately went down to organize the soldiers and horses to prepare for the attack, but unfortunately, Wu Chaoyue's internal response Liu Mingchuan and his troops and horses happened to be compiled in Li Wenju's reserves, and Li Wenju did not mention Liu Mingchuan's name among the generals who left the camp to continue to defend the camp. Liu Mingchuan saw that he was in a hurry, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Li Junshuai, please let the last general stay in the camp, it's not that the last general is greedy for life and afraid of death, it's that the brothers under the command of the last general are only good at hand-to-hand combat, and they can't be of much use in the musket battle, but they can fight hand-to-hand combat with the Qing demon if they stay in the camp." ”

At the critical moment of deciding the victory or defeat, Li Wenju made a fatal mistake, considering that Liu Mingchuan's troops and horses were indeed good at hand-to-hand combat, and it was destined to die in vain to fight with Wu Chaoyue's main camp of the Chinese army, but staying on the battlefield in the narrow space of the camp could be of great use, Li Wenju nodded and agreed to let Liu Mingchuan continue to stay in the Chinese army camp, and a general led his troops to accompany him to the battle.

When Li Wenju led the army to leave the Chinese army in a hurry, the Hubei New Army that came up in rotation almost broke through Shi Dakai's Chinese defense line, and also lost the Taiping Army soldiers to fight to the death, plus Hu Yihuang's side also rushed hard, and the siege of Wei to save Zhao shared the huge pressure for Shi Dakai, and the Taiping Army finally repelled the onslaught of the Wu army after paying a heavy price, forcing the Wu army to withdraw to readjust, and the rotation of the army stepped forward to attack the camp.

Seeing this scene, Shi Dakai, whose heart was almost in his throat, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at this time, the sailor sent a good news by clipper - Wu Jun on the south bank was boarding a civilian boat and preparing to cross the river. Shi Dakai's joy was even more extraordinary, and he applauded: "Okay! Beyond the little demon The north bank is not strong enough, so it can only be transferred from the south bank. ”

After applauding, Shi Dakai ordered without thinking about it: "Order Shi Zhenlun to attack with all his strength at any cost, and he must break through the iron cable defense line of the Qing Demon and rob and kill the Qing Demon's troop carrier!" Besides, give Hu Qili an order that if the Qing Demon's troop transport ship is lucky enough to cross the river and land, he doesn't have to pay attention to the Qing Demon camp, and go all out to intercept the Qing Demon's reinforcements on the south bank, and never give them the opportunity to reinforce the Wuxue battlefield! ”

After sending away the messenger of the sailor, Shi Dakai hurriedly looked up to see the situation in the north, and saw that the reserve of the self-army led by Li Wenju had successfully left the camp from the east, and saw that Wu Chaoyue was forced to mobilize Feng Sanbao's troops, who had just withdrawn from the battlefield, to intercept Li Wenju, Shi Dakai, who had been nervous for a long time, finally showed a little smile, and while sending someone to send an order to Li Wenju to divide his troops to entangle Feng Sanbao alone, he sneered and said to himself: "Beyond the little demon, you are powerful, four thousand troops can beat the king's more than 20,000 land divisions, and it is difficult for the king to fight back." It's a pity that your troops are too small, and when Li Wenju entangles your last reserves, I think you can still play any tricks in this battle? ”

At the same time as Shi Dakai smiled and whispered, he saw from a distance that Li Wenju's army had all left the camp, and Liu Mingchuan also sent someone to invite the other two generals of the Taiping Army reserve, and after one of the two generals came to Liu Mingchuan first, Liu Mingchuan did not immediately tell him the purpose of the invitation, but just smiled and asked him to wait for a while.

A moment later, another Taiping army general also came to Liu Mingchuan, Liu Mingchuan took out two beads from his arms, saying that he had stolen something from the local tyrant landlord, but he didn't know the true or false value, and asked the two generals to identify it for him. For the time being, they didn't receive the order to join the battle, and the two generals didn't refuse, they each took a pearl and looked at it carefully, but they didn't notice at all that Liu Mingchuan's hand had quietly grasped the handle of the knife on his waist......

Choke! The knife came out of its sheath, the light of the knife flashed, and the blood on the necks of the two Taiping generals gushed like a spring, and they fell to the ground one after another with an expression of disbelief and shock. Liu Mingchuan smiled coldly, first ripped off the red cloth on his head, raised the blood-stained waist knife, and shouted: "Brothers, do it!" Goal, Shi Da opens the first level! ”

Pieces of red cloth fell to the ground one after another, and more than 300 soldiers of the inscription battalion composed of the Liu family's clan relatives raised their swords and guns, and under the personal leadership of Liu Mingchuan, they charged with their feet, and directly killed Shi Dakai's flag array, "Kill-!" (To be continued.) )