The air wave generated by the explosion of the gunpowder car did not hurt half of the Taiping Army general Ji Wenyuan's hair, but what no one expected was that after the chariot war horse that was blown up by the air wave flew out, it happened to hit Ji Wenyuan's body without dying, and the flight inertia coupled with the corpse of a war horse weighing hundreds of pounds, such a huge force smashed it, even if it failed to kill Ji Wenyuan, it also smashed Ji Wenyuan off the war horse, and knocked out on the spot.

Perhaps the explosion of the gunpowder truck in the crowd of elite soldiers of the Taiping Army as originally planned would not have such a good effect, because that would at most kill and injure dozens of elite soldiers of the Taiping Army, and confuse the formation of the Taiping Army in the sky, which would somewhat relieve some pressure on Wu Jun Lianyong. However, after the effect of the gunpowder explosion inadvertently caused Ji Wenyuan to fall into a coma, the situation was completely different.

"Prime Minister Ji---!"

In the miserable shouts, Ji Wenyuan's flag array was immediately in chaos, and the Taiping soldiers who were waiting behind were also in an uproar, scrambling to stretch their necks to look at the situation ahead, not understanding what was happening, and the military heart was suddenly in a panic. There are also those elites of the Taiping Army who are charging back and see the gunpowder cart exploding in front of Ji Wenyuan's flag array, and see the chaos in the flag array, no matter how experienced these elite soldiers are, they will inevitably be a little nervous and worried.

"Kill the long-haired general! Brethren, stay in formation and move forward! Advance! ”

Seeing the gunpowder cart exploding near the enemy's flag array with a telescope, and seeing the confusion in the enemy's flag array, Wu Chaoyue naturally seized the opportunity to shout nonsense to boost morale. It turned out to be pretty good. It somewhat eliminated some of Wu Junlianyong's fear and nervousness, and also allowed more than 400 Wu Junlianyong to continue to maintain a strict formation and trot forward. Although the speed of the march was nowhere near as fast as the infantry charge, it was better to be in a neat line. It can be engaged in collective combat at any time.

"Let's go! Walk! Let's go! Rush out, kill out! Kill the encirclement of the long hair, everyone has a reward! ”

I don't understand what the essence of linear tactics is, but seeing that Wu Junlian Yong was still walking unhurriedly, Lu Jianying, who was hiding in the carriage, was of course so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and he yelled just urging Wu Junlian Yong to charge. Fortunately, Wu Jun Lianyong, who had undergone strict training, only listened to Wu Chaoyue's orders, and no matter how big Lu Jianying was, it was useless at this moment, Wu Jun Lianyong still only maintained a strict formation and trotted forward, holding his rifle tightly and patiently waiting for Wu Chaoyue's order to shoot.

Several brutal fierce battles were fought. Wu Chaoyue, who has accumulated some battlefield experience, is no longer the first brother on the battlefield in Qingpu, although he does not have the courage to shoot like the British lobster soldiers who are crazy enough to be thirty yards away from the enemy, but he also patiently waited until he was only fifty meters away from the enemy, and then Wu Chaoyue ordered his own army to stop and raise his gun to aim. During this period, although the Taiping army also fired a few shots sparsely, it had little effect, not only did it almost not hit Wu Jun Lianyong, but also confused the queue on its own, which further expanded the hidden danger of losing its commander.

"Shoot!"

Accompanied by Wu Chaoyue's order. There seemed to be a thunderclap in front of the Wu army, white gunpowder smoke gushed out, and dense bullets also whistled towards the Taiping soldiers who rushed forward, and then followed. The screams and roars of the Taiping army immediately resounded in the ranks of the Taiping army, and the soldiers of the Taiping army who were shot and fell to the ground continued one after another, and only the first row was fired. More than 50 Taiping soldiers were killed or wounded, and the momentum of the Taiping army's charge was suddenly accelerated.

In the first row, Wu Jun practiced Yong on one knee and reloaded. Wu Jun Lian Yong of the second platoon also did not hesitate to aim at the enemy on the opposite side and shoot, although the shooting accuracy of the smoothbore gun was low. However, the shooting error at a distance of 50 meters was almost negligible, and the gunfire continued continuously, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army who rushed in dense groups fell to the ground in rows like cutting wheat.

It is necessary to protect Lu Jianying and his party, Wu Chaoyue's formation this time is two posts in the front and rear, unable to shoot in three sections, but the impact is not great, and the Wu army who has gradually been trained in actual combat is brave with a high-rate firing needle gun, and the speed of two shots is only faster than the three shots of the arquebus. After two rounds of shooting, before the Taiping army rushed forward ten meters, Wu Jun Lianyong, who was kneeling on one knee in the first row, had already gotten up and aimed and shot, and then switched to the second row to shoot, and the continuous gunfire formed a net of death, blasting the Taiping soldiers who were charging head-on to the point that they were on their backs, and the casualties were continuous, and the number of casualties had exceeded two hundred in a blink of an eye.

The soldiers of the Taiping Army are not fools, the elite soldiers are the old loaches on the battlefield, as soon as they saw that the frontal firepower of the Wu army Lian Yong was too fierce, many people immediately started the idea of outflanking the two wings, and the left and right scattered outflanking rooms, naturally it was more chaotic The queue of the Taiping army, completely lost the inertia of the charge, Wu Jun Lian Yong's firing pin gun shot more calmly, and continued to kill the Taiping soldiers in large areas, and the Taiping soldiers in the roundabout charge were naturally among them, and then even if they returned to the two wings of the Wu army in a scattered way, it was also difficult to get close - Either he was shot and killed by Lian Yong of the two posts behind the Wu army, or he was accurately sniped by the Minnie gun of Wu Chaoyue's own soldiers, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army who were lucky enough to rush within nearly ten meters were specially entertained with revolvers, and they were killed by Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers' revolvers before they could even pick up the knife.

Like the last battle under the city of Shence Gate, the Taiping Army, which had an absolute advantage in the number of troops, was still beaten and tortured in front of Wu Jun Lian Yong, who specialized in linear tactics, because of the backwardness of weapons and equipment, and before he had the slightest opportunity to fight with Wu Jun Lian Yong in hand-to-hand combat, it had been bombarded with heavy casualties and countless casualties by the world's most advanced pin guns and Mini guns in this era.

This time is even worse than the last time, the last time the famous general of the Taiping Army, Li Kaifang, saw through the biggest weakness of the Wu Army's hedgehog array at a glance is the inside of the phalanx, and the order to charge is to rush into the inside of the Wu Army's hedgehog array at any cost, and Huang Yiduan, who was ordered to charge, is one of the few rare fierce generals in the Taiping Army. But this time, Ji Wenyuan's order was to block Wu Jun's practice and brave advance, and after giving this order, he fainted directly, and there was no way to flexibly adjust his tactics like Li Kaifang and strive for melee opportunities as much as possible. Therefore, as the gunfire continued, without the support of the rear army and the inability to get close, the Taiping soldiers who suffered heavy casualties were soon unable to parry. The generals and soldiers retreated backwards one after another, and Wu Junlianyong, who had an absolute range advantage, took the opportunity to shoot continuously. killed and wounded more Taiping soldiers.

At this time, Zhao Zhenyuan, the general of the Taiping Army, had temporarily taken over the command of Ji Wenyuan. Seeing that the previous army was defeated and retreated, Zhao Zhenyuan, who had even worse command ability, ignored the fact that most of the soldiers in his own army were bluffing old and weak soldiers, and even ordered 6,000 troops to attack in two directions, one left and one right to rush the two wings of the Wu army, and ordered the Chinese army to form a formation and defend, in a vain attempt to hold the front and use the number of people to drown the Wu army to practice bravery. Although Wu Chaoyue is far inferior to Zhao Zhenyuan in terms of experience, he has been taught advanced tactics. Once again, he put on a hedgehog formation worthy of his name, formed a phalanx to surround Lu Jianying and his party in the middle, and then continued to trot forward.

As soon as Zhao Zhenyuan's faint move came out, the true face of the Taiping army's bluff was quickly exposed, as if the battle of Sanyuanli twelve years ago was repeated, although the Taiping soldiers with primitive weapons such as bamboo guns, iron knives and axes and hammers in their hands were numerous, they killed left and right and surrounded the phalanx of the Wu army in the blink of an eye, and then they did not even dare to approach within seventy or eighty meters of the Wu army's array, but shouted and roared from afar. encouraged each other's companions to rush forward and kill, but they almost didn't dare to advance an inch, and occasionally a few people who were not afraid of death stepped forward, and they were immediately repelled by a few shots from Wu Junlianyong. Then they fled even further. It looks like a roar and a dense human head, but in fact it is like a tiger biting a hedgehog. I couldn't find a place to put my mouth at all.

In the complete opposite, the trotting advanced to the close range of the Chinese army of the Taiping army. Wu Jun Lian Yong only shot down a few rounds, and the Taiping soldiers who blocked the front of the road were already suffering heavy casualties. At the same time, the snipers of the Wu army also kept shooting, picking out the Taiping generals wearing apricot yellow clothes, killing and wounding many Taiping generals one after another.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Zhao Zhenyuan also imagined that Li Kaifang would charge close at any cost, but unfortunately his prestige was far less than that of Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan, even if the Taiping soldiers launched a charge twice, they were immediately beaten by Wu Junlianyong's firing gun, and the position was quickly shaken, Wu Chaoyue also took the opportunity to command the phalanx to move forward slowly, slowly like a forest, constantly moving forward, crushing the Chinese army position of the Taiping Army little by little.

At this time, Ji Wenyuan was finally rescued by his own soldiers, and returned to the front of the battle with horse blood to regain the command, and only glanced at the battlefield, Ji Wenyuan couldn't help but cry out loudly - because at this moment, the formation of the Taiping army was already in chaos, the front army did not dare to approach, the rear army wanted to rush up, crowded with each other, pushed and trampled on each other, and if you want to readjust the queue, you must temporarily retreat, and with the current situation, once you give the order to retreat, those second-line auxiliary soldiers may not be able to hold back, triggering the terrible consequences of the collapse of the whole army.

There is really nothing to be done, Ji Wenyuan can only be mentally prepared to suffer heavy losses, while sending people to get in touch with Wei Changhui in the rear, so that Wei Changhui is ready to block the attack, and on the other hand, he ordered the rear army that has not yet been dispatched to separate the left and right to give way to the road, continue to stand still, and not give Wu Jun Lian Yong the opportunity to drive them to play the free forward, and at the same time personally command the Chinese army to slowly retreat, contain the speed of Wu Jun Lian Yong's march, and buy time for Wei Changhui in the back to block the attack. There is also the need to gather the elite soldiers who have retreated before, and let them regroup on the left and wait for their orders.

As for the six thousand auxiliary soldiers who had been sent out by Zhao Zhenyuan before, Ji Wenyuan didn't want to pay attention to it, let alone dare to pay attention to it! -- If they dare to give them an order to retreat, they will immediately collapse on the whole line, fleeing like a rabble, and they will definitely go there more people, not to mention crushing the rear-end army of Ji Wenyuan, which has not yet been dispatched, and it is not impossible to crush Wei Changhui's blocking position!

The orders were quickly conveyed one by one, and the various units of the Taiping Army, whose organizational ability was stronger than the regular Qing army, responded quickly, and the large number of second-line troops in the rear were separated from the left and right, and took the initiative to give way to avoid being defeated head-on by the Wu army Lian Yong; The elite soldiers who had retreated after the previous defeat quickly gathered to the left, regrouped and beware of Wu Junlian's courage to flee to the left - it didn't matter if the Yangtze River was on the right; Ji Wenyuan tried his best to restrain the Chinese army, commanding the Chinese army to fight and retreat, and to delay the Wu army as much as possible; The 6,000 auxiliary soldiers who were scattered before were still shouting on the left and right and behind the hedgehog array of the Wu army, and they still didn't dare to really rush up and practice bravely with the Wu army.

Seeing this scene, Wu Chaoyue naturally frowned, because even if Wu Chaoyue lacked battlefield experience, he also understood that if the Taiping Army, whose combat effectiveness was actually uneven, launched a full-scale general attack. In fact, it is the most beneficial for the self-army; However, the enemy commander not only did not do this, but also took the initiative to get out of the way for the army. On the contrary, it made Wu Jun Lian Yong very uncomfortable - launching a charge, chaotic formation, looking for death, continued to advance so slowly. Wasting time is wasting more ammunition, and it's just as dangerous to continue.

When he was in trouble, someone next to him suddenly patted Wu Chaoyue's shoulder, and when Wu Chaoyue turned his head to look, he saw Lu Jianying get out of the carriage at some point, and said with excitement on his face: "Master Wu, it's amazing, it's amazing, the old man can't think of it." With just a few hundred of you, you can kill the long hair so that you don't dare to come close. With such an elite soldier, why don't you train a little more? ”

"Where did I get the money?" Wu Chaoyue said angrily: "From the founding of the army to the present, the imperial court has given me a total of 10,000 taels of silver, which is not enough to buy weapons and ammunition, so I have the silver to train more soldiers?" Also, go back to the car and watch out for stray bullets! ”

Hearing Wu Chaoyue's words, Lu Jianying hurriedly retracted back into the car. He shouted in the car again: "Master Wu, when you escort the governor to Zhenjiang, the governor will definitely ask the court for merit and reward for you, and ask the emperor to give you more silver." Train more of these heroes! ”

After that, Lu Jianying also subconsciously looked at the twenty or so horses he brought-the conscience of heaven and earth, these horses are really loaded with books!

Meanwhile. Wu Chaoyue also quickly figured out an idea and ordered to stop shooting and move on. also asked the soldiers to pick up their bayonets and pretend to fight hand-to-hand with the Taiping army, but the treacherous Ji Wenyuan was not fooled. The six thousand auxiliaries who were scattered by Zhao Zhenyuan before were all hit, and they all shouted that the Qing Demon had no guns and charged, and Wu Chaoyue urged Wu Jun to speed up the march and get as close as possible to the distance from Ji Wenyuan's department, until those second-line auxiliaries roared and rushed to a distance of thirty meters, Wu Chaoyue loudly ordered the soldiers to shoot together.

More than 300 firing pin guns at the same time, the scene and sound are of course as spectacular as they are, the white smoke gushes on all sides, and the Taiping soldiers in all directions are also shot one after another and fall to the ground, and then Ji Wenyuan's Chinese army is in a better situation, the two wings of the Wu army formation and the Taiping army auxiliaries behind them are ghosts crying wolf, they don't even think about it, they turn their heads and run for their lives, Wu Jun Lian Yong quickly reloads ammunition and charges and shoots again, driving these defeated soldiers to flee faster and more chaotic, and the result is just as Wu Chaoyue wants, Those auxiliary soldiers of the Taiping Army did not look back as soon as they ran, and they fled everywhere, completely out of formation.

Seizing the opportunity, Wu Chaoyue gave another order, and Wu Jun Lian Yong on the left and right flanks immediately lined up and interspersed, quickly arranged the troops of the three sentinels in front of him, and shot at the enemy in front with three shots. As a result, Ji Wenyuan's Chinese army, which gritted its teeth and blocked the road of the Wu army, finally couldn't support it, and the soldiers and generals fled for their lives, and Ji Wenyuan was also dragged backwards by his own soldiers, Ji Wenyuan knew that the defeated army was unstoppable, so he hurriedly shouted loudly, "Go to the right!" Go right! All go to the right! ”

Finally temporarily retreated the enemy as he wished, Wu Chaoyue did not dare to hesitate, and did not even dare to make any adjustments to the formation, urging Lian Yong to just charge with his feet, and seize the time to flee along the official road in the direction of Waiguo Guanyin Gate in the northeast. And when Wu Jun Lian Yong, Lu Jianying, Hui Zheng and others cheered loudly, Wu Chaoyue was extremely shocked to find that the commander of the Taiping Army still did not give the order to launch a general attack, and he didn't think of using those cannon fodder troops to temporarily delay the pace of his own army, Wu Chaoyue's heart also suddenly understood - there must be an enemy ahead, and it must be a more difficult enemy, and the enemy commander was afraid that the cannon fodder army under the combat strength would be defeated by his own army and break the blocking position in front, so he chose to stand still!

As expected, when Guanyinmen was in sight, Ji Wenyuan really chased after the regrouped elite soldiers, and he was very cunning and did not rush up directly to find death, but also kept a distance from Wu Jun Lian Yong, biting Wu Chaoyue's tail so that Wu Jun could not move fast, and at the same time, there was a huge number of cannon fodder behind him. And Wu Chaoyue didn't care about them at all, and hurriedly just raised the binoculars to see the situation at the Guanyin Gate.

It's okay not to look at it, at a glance, Wu Chaoyue has a feeling of despair, although the Guanyin Gate surrounded by the hills is wide open, but the city walls and hills are already full of archers and musketeers of the Taiping Army, and more than 2,000 Taiping soldiers are waiting under the city, and some vehicles are lined up in front of the formation, and the cars are filled with earth and stones, which not only has a bulletproof effect, but also blocks the way for Wu Jun to practice bravery.

Seeing this scene, Wu Chaoyue and Wu Jun Lian Yong's faces began to turn pale, and when Lu Jianying, who had a few left, began to leave the team and flee for their lives, the Taiping soldiers behind also chased after him with a cruel smile, and were not in a hurry to attack the Wu army, but immediately divided their troops to block Wu Chaoyue's escape path to both sides. At the same time, a neat shout also sounded in the Taiping army array that blocked the road in front of them, "Beyond the little demon, come on, see where you go this time?!" ”

"What to do? What to do? Master Wu, the long hair is blocking our way, what should we do this time? ”

Lu Jianying's cry sounded in his ears, which made Wu Chaoyue, who was already in turmoil, even more upset, and had to keep reminding himself in his heart, "Calm down!" Calm down! Just get past this hurdle and go any further! Rush over, you must find a way to rush over! ”

Shouting in his heart, Wu Chaoyue's triangular eyes turned quickly, and suddenly fixed his gaze on the handsome flag of the Taiping Army on the opposite side, it was a black tooth flag on a yellow background, the main water in the north, still black, Wu Chaoyue, who had already put some effort into studying the banner of the Taiping Army, immediately understood that it was the banner of Wei Changhui, the northern king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! (To be continued.) )