In front of everyone's eyes, the Liu Jiajun fleet composed of six civilian boats drove into the Jiangyin Canal in such a big way, the Qing army applauded on the city wall, but the Taiping army was hesitant and embarrassed, although the canal more than ten meters wide was not difficult for the Taiping soldiers at all, it was easy to swim to the deck, and it was even easier to shoot the enemy on the ship with muskets on the shore, but Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan, the two Taiping army generals, did not dare to make a decision, and ordered to stop the Qing army reinforcements outside the city.

Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan were really scared by Wu Jun Lianyong, and the Taiping Army was constantly fighting in hand-to-hand combat, but the musket battle Taiping Army only had the life of being beaten and tortured in front of Wu Jun Lianyong, and the range could not be compared, the rate of fire could not be compared, and the marksmanship could not be compared. In the Battle of Jiangning, I don't know how many elite soldiers of the Taiping Army who had experienced a hundred battles died under the Wu army's practice of brave guns, and even the Northern King Wei Changhui and the famous general Lin Fengxiang were killed and injured by Wu Chaoyue's cold gun, and suffered such a big loss, if Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan didn't know how to learn a lesson, then they wouldn't be able to mix up today's position, let alone live today!

So there was no way, Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan could only send a small number of soldiers forward to reconnoiter the situation of this incoming enemy, and see clearly whether this Qing army had beaten the Taiping army to tears a few days ago. At the same time, Li Kaifang, who had suffered enough losses, also told these soldiers in advance that the enemy was likely to be a lackey who surpassed the little demon, and he must beware of cold guns in the reconnaissance room!

The Taiping soldiers are also very good at learning lessons, and they heard that the enemy is likely to be a lackey who surpasses the little demon, so the Taiping soldiers who were ordered to go forward to reconnoiter are all running while hiding in Tibet, and every time they rush behind any trees and stones, they must first hide, see clearly the next bomb avoidance point and then charge fully, and even roll and climb The appearance is extremely embarrassed, and there is no trace of the majesty of chasing and killing Yang Wen a few days ago. made Yang Wending and the Qing soldiers on Jiangyin City rarely laugh at the Taiping soldiers.

Seeing the Taiping army approaching, the officers and men of the Liu family, who had received military training for a period of time, prepared for battle, and Liu Lichuan also quickly picked up a pin gun that was easy to load, raised the gun to aim at the enemy according to the method taught by the foreigners, and shouted in his mouth: "Pass the order, no order from me." Don't shoot, let me shoot a few shots first! ”

Sentinel Lin Afu sang a promise, first explained the order, and then cautiously reminded: "Brother Yuan, it's too far, should you change the Minnie gun?" ”

Looking down at the firing pin gun in his hand, remembering the repeated advice and guidance of the foreign instructor and Wu Chaoyue, Liu Lichuan reluctantly changed to the troublesome Minny gun to re-aim, and quickly found a Taiping soldier squatting behind the stone with his head exposed. Aim carefully, and yell: "Dog long hair, look at Lao Tzu's spear!" ”

The gun rang out, the bullet was fired, and the Taiping soldier who was squatting behind the stone was safe and sound, but another Taiping soldier more than ten meters away next to him was scared out of a cold sweat - Liu Lichuan's bullet hit the tree in front of him!

Seeing this scene, of course, Lin Afu and Liu Lichuan's personal soldiers couldn't help laughing. If you want to laugh, you don't dare to laugh, and Liu Lichuan's black face is a little red. While throwing the Mini gun to a personal soldier, he picked up a Minny gun that had been loaded with ammunition again, and shouted: "Dog Changmao, listen to Lao Tzu, your grandfather and I will not change my name or surname, Liu Lichuan, the head of Dongjiadu in Shanghai County, Songjiang Mansion in the Qing Dynasty!" Wu Chaoyue, who killed your Northern King a few days ago. It's Lao Tzu's eldest nephew, you bullied my nephew with a lot of people, and today Lao Tzu is here to avenge him! Stand up for Lao Tzu and see how Lao Tzu's spear cleans you up! ”

The soldiers of the Taiping Army stood up to eat guns when they were stupid, and heard Liu Lichuan's roar. Seeing that the soldiers of the Liu family army were all holding rifles with bayonets in their hands, the soldiers of the Taiping Army, who had had enough of the cold guns of the Wu army, naturally did not dare to move, but turned around and shouted to the rear, "Report to Prime Minister Li Cheng Ji Deputy Prime Minister, it is really Liu Lichuan, the uncle who surpasses the little demon, and also the demon soldiers who surpass the little demon, all holding demon guns with knives!" ”

The soldiers of the Taiping Army went to the rear like this, of course, to bring the news back to Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan for safety, but there was also a disadvantage to doing so, that is, Liu Lichuan and others also heard their shouts. As a result, when he heard that his eldest nephew was scolded as a little demon, Liu Lichuan, who was barely a good uncle, suddenly became angry, raised his hand and fired a shot indiscriminately, and shouted: "******! Dare to scold Lao Tzu's nephew, get out, get out of here, and see how Lao Tzu avenges my nephew! ”

Although Liu Lichuan's shot was even more outrageous, the Taiping soldiers still did not dare to move, and watched as the fleet of the Liu family army continued to move south along the canal, gradually approaching the canal wharf outside the west gate of Jiangyin. In the distance, Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan gritted their teeth and hesitated, unable to decide whether they should attack at any cost.

When the Taiping army hesitated, the fleet of the Liu family army had already swaggered to the South Gate Wharf amid the cheers of the Qing army in Jiangyin, put down the gangplank and disembarked to unload the cargo. Seeing this scene, Huang Yiduan, a fierce general of the Taiping Army who was wounded and went into battle, couldn't bear it anymore, rushed to Li Kaifang and saluted and said: "Prime Minister Li, you can't let these demon soldiers enter the city, let them enter the city, Jiangyin City will only be more difficult to fight!" The last general asked for an order to lead an army assault and kill the majesty of these demons! ”

After hesitating for a moment, Li Kaifang gritted his teeth and said: "You are injured, go back and rest, Shi Shaoheng, with your five hundred elite soldiers, go and rush for me!" ”

While Shi Shaoheng was frowning and singing with a fist, Liu Lichuan here, under Lin Afu's reminder, finally remembered that the soldiers should be lined up to protect the dock and cover the soldiers carrying weapons, ammunition and opium smoking guns on the ship, and then after Liu Lichuan gave another order, Lin Afu, who was barely reliable, immediately took his Lian Yong to line up next to the dock, and discharged a two-row horizontal line of two rounds, raising his gun to aim at the enemy from a distance.

As the American instructor Brown said, Liu Jiajun Lian Yong is a natural excellent actor, he has not learned the essence of linear tactics at all, but he has learned the surface of pretending to be decent, and the two rows of horizontal teams are squatting forward and standing behind, shoulder to shoulder, and the people are neatly arranged one by one, even if the hands holding the gun are shaking, there is still no confusion at all. Seeing this superficial effort, Yang Wending, who was accustomed to seeing the brave decay and collapse of the Qing army, was of course full of praise, and Shi Shaoheng, who was trotting over, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army were complaining, and they all doubted whether they would be alive to go back to dinner today.

At this time, although Liu Lichuan, who was still on the boat, began to grow hairy in his heart, he suddenly remembered a big event, and hurriedly asked his own soldiers to bring a grenade - in order to let Liu Lichuan buy time for him. Wu Chaoyue took a hundred grenades supplied by Ali Guo in advance and handed them to Liu Lichuan. Then Liu Lichuan yelled at the soldiers of the Taiping Army who were gradually accelerating: "Dog Changmao, look at your grandfather's palm thunder!" ”

After the roar was over, Liu Lichuan pulled the lead with his left hand, and hurriedly threw the grenade at the Taiping army with his right hand -- fortunately, he didn't throw it back, but the grenade rolled forward and flew out, falling more than 100 meters in front of the Taiping army and exploding. There was a loud thunderous sound. Immediately scared Shi Shaoheng and other Taiping Army soldiers, hurriedly climbed down, and habitually made the action of dodging shells, Liu Lichuan laughed when he saw it, and laughed wildly: "Dog Changmao, do you see how powerful your Grandpa Liu is?" Come here, just come here, come and kill one Lao Tzu, come and kill one with two Lao Tzu! ”

Since the fall of the Ming Dynasty. The throwing explosive weapon invented in the Song Dynasty unfortunately disappeared from Chinese soil, and the British army had eliminated the grenade during the First Opium War, which was never used on the Chinese battlefield. So after seeing Liu Lichuan suddenly use this weapon, not to mention that Shi Shaoheng and other Taiping Army soldiers were shocked, even Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan were also taken aback, and exclaimed together: "What is that?" How could it suddenly explode? ”

No one could answer Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan's questions, and some were just the Taiping Army commandos who were still crawling in place and did not dare to move. Seeing that the morale was exhausted, and seeing that the Liu family's army was already 'ready for battle'. Li Kaifang gritted his teeth and ordered, "Order." Tell Shi Shaoheng to come back, the enemy situation is unknown, don't let the soldiers sacrifice in vain. ”

The order was conveyed, and Shi Shaoheng and other Taiping Army officers and soldiers who had suffered enough from linear tactics were amnesty, and quickly turned around and fled. The Qing soldiers in the city cheered bravely, and Liu Lichuan was triumphant. Liu Jiajun, who was so nervous just now that he couldn't even hold a gun, was also cheering, and a few Lian Yong simply took out the job to pee on the Taiping Army, shouting proudly, "Dog Changmao, come on!" Come on! Look at Grandpa, how I clean you up! ”

That's it. In the cautious and frightened retreat of the Taiping army, more than 200 Liu Jiajun Lian Yong entered Jiangyin City unscathed, and Yang Wending, who saw Liu Lichuan's 'great might', and other Manchu civil and military officials also drowned Liu Lichuan and other hooligan leaders in great enthusiasm like children who had been wronged when they saw their parents. In order to make the 'invincible' Liu Jiajun die for himself, Yang Wending also ignored the cruel reality of insufficient materials in the city, and ordered the slaughter of pigs and sheep to set up a banquet to entertain and reward Liu Lichuan and his party.

As an underworld leader who leans on the dock to collect protection money for a living, he can be so warmly received by Yang Wending, who is at the level of the provincial governor, Liu Lichuan is of course flattered and grateful, after a few cups of yellow soup, Liu Lichuan naturally began to boast again, saying that as long as he arrives, Jiangyin City will be as stable as Mount Tai, and the long hair must be broken with a snap of his fingers. After being flattered a few more words, Liu Lichuan was even hot-headed, and said to Yang Wending without thinking about it: "Lord Futai, it's not a small bragging, as long as you give an order, the little one can immediately lead the troops out of the city, fight to the death with Changmao, kill him and kill a corpse all over the field, and the blood will flow like a river!" ”

"General Liu, do you dare to lead troops outside the city to fight Changmao?" Li Tianchao, the garrison of the green camp, asked in surprise.

"My nephew dares, I'm an uncle, what else wouldn't dare?" Liu Lichuan asked triumphantly.

"Then General Liu, how about you go and take the Huangshan Fort?" Li Tianchao couldn't wait to say: "Changmao has been active in the area of Huangshan Fort today, and we all suspect that Changmao is planning to set up artillery there to attack the city, but we don't dare to go out of the city to stop it. Since General Liu, you dare to go out of the city, how about you go and help us get rid of that fort? Otherwise, if Longhair were to fire at the city from there, it would be a great threat to us. ”

Liu Lichuan's black face turned slightly pale, and the wine also woke up more than half of it at once. But fortunately, Yang Wending immediately shook his head and objected, and said: "No, you can't let Liu Lianguan take this risk, Liu Lianguan and his Lian Yong are the Great Wall of Jiangyin, if there is a mistake, how can Jiangyin be protected?" ”

When Liu Lichuan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, Yang Wending said to Liu Lichuan again: "Liu Lianguan, I heard that when Director Wu was in Jiangning City, his Lian Yong operated the artillery, and he could transfer the long hair to the camp overnight, and it just so happened that there were eight red-clothed cannons in Jiangyin City, and this official handed over these red-clothed cannons to you." When the long-haired cannon goes up the mountain, you will bombard me with artillery, so that the long-haired fort will not be able to gain a foothold in the Huangshan Fort! ”

Liu Lichuan was even more silent, in view of his and his Lian Yong's 'wonderful performance' in training, the foreigners did not waste time and money to help him train gunners. But such a humiliating thing, of course Liu Lichuan is embarrassed to say it here. can only keep his mouth shut and not speak.

"Liu Lianguan, why don't you speak?" Yang Wending saw that something was wrong, and asked suspiciously, "Is there any problem?" If there is any difficulty, Liu Lianguan, although you can speak freely, this official will definitely try his best to share it for you. ”

"It's not that there's a problem, it's ......." Speaking of this, Liu Lichuan suddenly had an idea, and hurriedly said: "I'm thinking about how to deceive the long-haired bandit leader to the Huangshan Fort." Then, like my transcendent nephew against Wei Changhui, the puppet king of the bandits, he killed the bandit leader with one shot. ”

Yang Wending, Li Tianchao and other civil and military officials all opened their mouths wide, doubting whether Liu Lichuan would be able to do this, but also holding out a little hope. Then even more impatiently, Yang Wending asked again: "Liu Lianguan, have you come up with a way?" ”

"It's ......."

The underworld leader is the thinking of the underworld leader, and soon, Liu Lichuan patted his thigh and said, "There is a way." I wrote a letter to the leader of the bandits about ......, oh no. Covenant War! Ask him to go to the Huangshan Fort, I am on Jiangyin City, we set up our own banners for each other, bombard each other with artillery, and see who is killed! ”

"Will this work?" Yang Wending opened his mouth and stammered.

"Don't worry, Lord Futai, it will definitely work! I've got experience in this! "Liu Lichuan is really experienced in this area. Fei quickly said: "It's like a gang fight, the boss of one gang makes a war letter to the boss of another gang, if this boss doesn't dare to agree, then he has no eggs and no guts, and even his brother and younger brother will look down on him." In the future, no younger brother will listen to what he says. So as long as I get this battle letter, the long-haired bandit leader will definitely not dare to refuse! ”

Yang Wending, Jiangyin Zhixian Mo Zai and others looked at each other, it was the first time they heard that the rules of gang fights could also be used on the military battlefield, but the garrison Li Tianchao greatly agreed, and said: "Lord Futai, the last general thinks that you can give it a try, even if the long-haired side is not successful, it will also be a blow to their military morale, our army's morale is inspired, and the long-haired morale is exhausted, which will benefit our army without harm!" If Changmao really fell for Liu Lianguan's agitation plan, then wouldn't we be able to win the chance to capture the thief and capture the king first? ”

"So, you can give it a try." Yang Wending began to be tempted, and after thinking about it, there would be no loss in doing so, so Yang Wending said: "Liu Lianguan, then you can write a war contract, this official recruits dead soldiers in the city and sends him out of the city to send a letter to Changmao." ”

Liu Lichuan agreed, and immediately took up the pen and wrote a letter with a format similar to that of the underworld, asking Li Kaifang to go to the Huangshan Fort to fight with his artillery, and Yang Wending immediately sent people to the city to recruit dead soldiers with heavy money, and sent Liu Lichuan's appointment letter to Li Kaifang overnight. As a result, it was also when the dead man went out of the city with a book, that Lin Afu seized the opportunity to whisper to Liu Lichuan: "Brother Yuan, what if Changmao really agrees?" ”

"Don't be afraid." Liu Lichuan, who had already thought of countermeasures, replied in a low voice: "If Changmao really agrees, then when it comes to artillery bombardment, I will hide far away and let Changmao use artillery to hit my flag." ”

Of course, Lin Afu is worried in vain, during the Jiangning War, Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan had already suffered enough to fight artillery with Wu Junlian, and this will meet Liu Lichuan, who is more ruthless than Wu Chaoyue, Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan will suffer two losses and be fooled twice? Therefore, Li Kaifang categorically refused Liu Lichuan's appointment, and said to the dead soldiers in Jiangyin: "Go back and tell Liu Lichuan that if you don't use these tactics, the prime minister will not be fooled!" also tell him to wash his neck and wait, this prime minister will definitely take off his head with his own hands, and avenge my heavenly soldiers and the six thousand years old of the Northern King! ”

After sending away the envoys of the Qing army, Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan also made up their minds and decided to abandon the plan of artillery bombardment of the city to prompt the Qing army to flee - it was really a difficult battle, and decided to move the camp outside the east gate of Jiangyin City, surround Jiangyin City on all sides with the help of water flow, and then find a way to slowly annihilate the defenders in the city. At the same time, according to Yang Xiuqing's request, Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan drew a map of the Jiangyin terrain, and sent it back to Jiangning together with the tactical plan and the information that the Qing army had received strong reinforcements, and reported to Yang Xiuqing what had happened in Jiangyin.

Of course, what Li Kaifang and Ji Wenyuan didn't know was that Yang Wending and Liu Lichuan in the city didn't know that on the same day, they couldn't withstand the repeated persecution and threats of Emperor Xianfeng, and Xiang Rong, the general of the Qing army, finally pursued to Jiangpu County northwest of Jiangning with an army of 50,000, and at the same time, Qi Shan also sneakily came to Anqing with more than 30,000 troops. Yang Xiuqing was forced to give up Jiangpu on his own initiative because the main force was too eastward, and at the same time began to consider shrinking the front, standing firm to digest the new territory, and encircling Wei to rescue Zhao to launch an attack on the hinterland of the Central Plains, where the Qing army was empty, forcing the Qing army to divide its troops to save the Central Plains............ (To be continued.) )