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Feng Zicai is his number one general, and like him, they are all from Guangdong, and they have all participated in the party uprising in Guangxi, they were both sentenced to the righteous army, and they were recruited by the imperial court, the same experience, the same background, and the same combat bravery, which made the two very close.

Zhang Guoliang regarded Feng Zicai as his young self, and Feng Zicai was more brave than him in battle, and his achievements were notorious, so Feng Zicai was deeply valued by Zhang Guoliang.

The two of them led the remnants of the Liangguang veterans, and regardless of the other Qing soldiers who were entangled by the Taiping soldiers who stayed behind, they fled directly to the Xiaolingwei stationed in the Jiangnan camp.

Xiang Rong and his deputy, Jiangning General Su Butong'a, and Admiral Fuxing, led Ji Shun, the general soldier of Hezhou Town, Qin Dingsan, the general soldier of Guiyang Zhenyuan, Yin Debu, the general soldier of Heli Town, and nearly ten deputy generals and generals, who were originally waiting for news outside Xiaolingwei. Suddenly, he heard the shouting and killing, and Xiang Rong suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, a messenger of the Qing army rushed to the front of the battle and reported to him that Zhang Guoliang's troops who attacked Chaoyangmen had been defeated. Before Xiang Rong could make arrangements, another messenger of the Qing army came to report, saying that Deng Shaoliang's first department, which attacked Taipingmen, had also been besieged, and the situation was critical, and he asked Lord Qincha to send troops to rescue.

"What? How so! Xiang Rong's eyes were dark, and he almost fainted! He never imagined that a siege that had a great chance of victory, as well as a sneak attack that should have opened the city gate to respond, would develop to this point.

Originally, because some time ago, Qi Shan, the chief general of the Jiangbei battalion and the minister of the Qincha, led the Qing soldiers to take the shit luck and actually recovered Yangzhou, which led to the emperor's recent successive edicts to force himself to capture Jinling earlier, coupled with Zhang Jigeng, who often sent news to himself, saying that he had rebelled against thousands of internal responses, thinking that this was a rare opportunity to break the city, Xiang Rong sent his right-hand men, Deng Shaoliang and Zhang Guoliang, the two generals, to lead the most elite Qing soldiers of the Jiangnan battalion to attack the city.

originally wanted to give himself a great fortune for his two cronies, but with this big victory, Zhang Guoliang could be promoted to the commander-in-chief, and Deng Shaoliang could be promoted to the commander. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a big defeat!

In the more than a year since he established the Jiangnan battalion, he has fought more than a dozen times with the long-haired thief soldiers, but he has never suffered such a big defeat. How can I explain this to the emperor, this time I really want to make the emperor angry.

Xiang Rong was worried, for a while, the six gods had no owner, and he only felt bitter in his mouth, and he didn't know what to do!

"Not good, Lord Chincha! Now the 5,000 people of Zhang Guoliang's department have been defeated and fled, and Deng Shaoliang's department has been besieged, and now the total number of soldiers left in the camp of our army is only more than 6,000 people. We must rush to the rescue! Qin Dingsan, the chief soldier of Guizhou Zhenyuan, suggested eagerly. He is Xiang Rong's old department, and he has known Deng Shaoliang for a long time, so he is naturally concerned.

However, Jiangning General Subutonga said in a strange manner: "Lord Xiang, this commander has already said that don't act rashly. Besides, who is surnamed Zhang, is he a spy of the long-haired thief? Now it is your responsibility to make this field! It is a major matter related to my Manchu Dynasty, and I will explain this matter to the emperor! ”

Admiral Fuxing also took the opportunity to attack: "What the commander said is reasonable! This official will also play the Ming court, and the defeat of this battle is really a mistake to command the lord. Nothing to do with us. ”

Ji Shun, the chief soldier of Hezhou Town, and Yin De Busui, the chief soldier of Heli Town, were also Manchurian, and they knew that Jiangning General Su Butonga and Admiral Fuxing had some contradictions with Xiang Rong, the minister of Qincha. Fundamentally, most of them still look down on the Han people. Therefore, although they were Xiang Rong's subordinates, they could only remain silent.

Xiang Rong woke up suddenly, his heart was extremely depressed, and he shouted: "Yin Debu Sui, you will lead five hundred cavalry and one thousand infantry troops to support Deng Shaoliang's army and withdraw to the camp with him." The rest of the generals led their brothers back to the camp as soon as possible, guarded the camp, and prepared to meet the long-haired thieves. "I actually ignored Subutonga and Fuxing.

Subutonga and Fuxing blushed, and they hated in their hearts.

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Yang Xiuqing personally went out of the city to supervise the battle, and Tu Zhenxing and Chen Shizhang led more than 8,000 Taiping elite soldiers from the East Hall to rush out of the city from the Taiping Gate and Chaoyang Gate to chase and kill the Qing defeated army.

At the same time, Wei Changhui, the king of the north, led 5,000 men and horses to fight out from the three roads of Hongwumen, Tongjimen, and Jubaomen, trying to finish off the Qing army camp tent in Qiqiaoyong, and then outflank the camp at the Xiaoling Tomb in the east of the city.

And the winged king Shi Dakai led more than 4,000 Taiping soldiers and soldiers to kill from the area of Yuhuatai, Taipingmen, and Shence Gate, intending to directly copy the back road of the Jiangnan camp.

It's just that at this time, Wei Changhui's idea of narrowing the city gate did a bad thing, the city gate was too narrow, and the speed of the Taiping soldiers from the city gate was greatly slowed down. By the time the main force rushed out of the city gate, the fleeing Qing soldiers had already run away.

However, with the departure of the Eastern King, the morale of the Taiping army was high, and the east and west of the Jiangnan camp were formed.

When the Qing soldiers who attacked the city fled back to the camp, they found that they had really suffered heavy losses.

In particular, Zhang Guoliang of Chaoyangmen, 5,000 Qing soldiers, was used as a target in the urn city of Chaoyangmen, and lost nearly 3,000 people, especially Feng Zicai's 1,000 pioneers, only more than 100 people escaped.

And although Deng Shaoliang's department was better, it also lost more than 1,000 people.

Xiang Rong's heart ached, especially Zhang Guoliang, who was his confidant, and he wanted to fight for credit, but he didn't expect it to become a nightmare!

Now it seems that there are still 20,000 people in the Jiangnan battalion, but in fact, it is difficult for him to mobilize the troops of Subutonga and Fuxing, and his own elite troops have suffered this defeat and their strength has been greatly reduced.

He could only hope that the long-haired thieves would not dare to go out of the city to counterattack.

Soon, however, he was disappointed again!

Exploring the Malay report, the long-haired thief soldiers went out of the city several ways, and divided the troops to surround the camp of Ming Xiaoling! He is now attacking the two front wing barracks located in Shichihashi-yong and Qingmaqun!

As soon as he heard that the Qing army camp on the front wing was attacked, Xiang Rong was so anxious that he jumped up and down and asked Fuxing to lead the troops to the rescue, but Fuxing refused on the pretext that there were not many troops and the headquarters military camp was more important.

Xiang Rong had no choice but to send Deng Shaoliang, who had just fled back from the front, to lead 2,000 people from his headquarters to Qingma Group for reinforcements, and Zhang Guoliang led 1,500 troops to Qiqiao Yong to support.

And Xiang Rong was in a hurry, and even ignored his old body, he personally led the general soldier Ji Shun and the general soldier Yin De Bu Sui, and led all the remaining Qing troops who could be dispatched to nearly 10,000 people, and went to the front line to fight a decisive battle with the long-haired thief soldiers.

Yang Xiuqing led Tu Zhenxing and Chen Shizhang to block Xiang Rong's troops, and the two sides fought fiercely at the foot of the mountain of Xiaoling in the east outside Tianjing City.

And Shi Dakai from the north, Wei Changhui from the south, separate attacks.

Shi Dakai took the lead in burning down the camp of the Qing general Dechong in Linggu Temple, and then Wei Changhui defeated several camps in Qiqiaoyong, detoured to the bottom of the mountain, to the Qingma group, defeated the Qing army stationed there, and turned more than ten camps on the periphery of Xiangrong into scorched earth.

Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui joined forces, took advantage of the situation to advance, made a detour from the east and approached the Qing army camp of Xiaolingwei, and started a melee with the oncoming Zhang Guoliang and Deng Shaoliang. Zhang Guoliang's soldiers were widowed, and were beaten and wounded by Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui, and the staff generals Chen Mingzhi and Dusi Li Zhenjia were shot and killed, and the main force of the Qing army retreated, Zhang Guoliang and Deng Shaoliang had no choice but to retreat to the base camp of Xiaoling.

Seeing the opportunity coming, Shi Dakai and Wei Changhui took advantage of the situation to attack the main camp of the Qing army entrenched by Xiaolingwei, set fire to it everywhere, and officially broke through Xiangrong's Jiangnan camp.

Zhang Guoliang and Deng Shaoliang had few soldiers, so they had to retreat to Xiangrong to rely on.

Xiang Rong was shocked, although Zhang Guoliang and Deng Shaoliang had few soldiers, they were both elite soldiers, and they were his descendants. What awaits him must be the heavy responsibility of the court and the emperor's condemnation. Xiang Rong's heart was already cold, and he was desperate.

As early as the moment when the Jiangnan camp was breached, Su Butonga and Fuxing immediately led their men to flee and went to the Jiangbei camp to seek help from Qi Shan, who was also a banner man.

The main force of the Qing army led by Xiang Rong heard that the nest behind them was ended, the base camp was burned down, and there was no longer any will to fight, and they began to flee. The commander-in-chief Ji Shun and Yin Debu Sui had no choice but to join Zhang Guoliang and Deng Shaoliang and others, who had retreated, to protect Xiang Rong, and lead the remaining more than 8,000 Qing soldiers to retreat to Jurong through Tangshan and retreat to Danyang, an important town in Zhenjiang Prefecture.

The Jiangnan camp, which had been held for a year and a half, was unexpectedly triggered by an internal siege of the city, and it collapsed in an instant. Since then, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has not had an inch of troops in the entire Jiangnan area, except for Changzhou and Suzhou.