Responsible for guarding the south gate of Hukou is Lin Qirong's right-hand man Li Xinglong, brave in battle, brave, and coarse and fine, very few Meng Lang acts, when the main force of the Wu army stormed the south gate of Hukou, Lin Qirong also dared to take the reserves in the city to give priority to dealing with Ji Rongxian's rebels, the reason is out of absolute trust in Li Xinglong, I believe that Li Xinglong can block the attack of the Wu army, and buy time for himself to clear the internal traitors.

Li Xinglong really did not disappoint Lin Qirong, in the case of the sudden explosion of the ammunition depot in the city seriously affected the morale of the army, Li Xinglong led the South Gate defenders formed with Guangxi veterans as the backbone to fight hard, fought bravely, not only did not give the Wu army any chance to break the city, but also beat the Southwest Wu Army, which was slightly inferior in combat effectiveness, to the ground looking for teeth, heavy casualties, and the turtle retreated under the city and could not advance an inch, firmly held the South Gate position, and won precious time for the city reserves to strengthen the North Gate position. It also completely smashed the shameless plan of the Wu army to raid the north gate of Hukou by relying on the traitors of the Taiping army.

"The morale of the demon soldiers is declining, speed up and shoot stones! Throw the torch! Throw the torch! ”

"Here it is! There are the most demon soldiers here! Quick, throw the powder keg! ”

Not only that, Li Xinglong was also keenly aware of the gradual decline in the morale of the besieging Wu army, and immediately asked the Taiping soldiers to throw a large number of torches under the city, found the place where the crowd of Wu soldiers was most dense, and suddenly set fire to a wooden barrel containing ten catties of gunpowder and threw it down the city wall, the gunpowder barrel fell to the ground and exploded, and many Wu soldiers were immediately surrounded by flames, and the sound of crying and shouting instantly rushed to the city, and the scorching smell of burning skin and hair also permeated the city and the city. The soldiers of the Taiping Army laughed, but the soldiers of the Wu Army exclaimed again and again, and their morale was hit hard.

Seeing this situation in the telescope, Wu Chaoyue was of course frowning, but Feng Sanbao, who commanded the southwest Wu army, turned blue, and immediately bowed his hand to Wu Chaoyue and said: "King Zhennan, please let the last general send two more battalions up!" ”

"Send a battalion." Wu Chaoyue thought about it for a while and said: "This battle still has to be fought, don't rush to invest too many reserves." ”

Feng Sanbao clenched his fists to receive the order, and shouted loudly to order Zhao Dechang to transfer a battalion of Guizhou Wu troops to step forward to strengthen the ant army. However, to the great disappointment of Wu Chaoyue and Feng Sanbao, after the elite battalion of Zhao Dechang's department, which was already relatively capable of fighting in the Wu army in Guizhou, went into battle, it did not rush to the city to break the deadlock by the advantage of physical strength, but on the contrary, it was hit head-on by the field artillery of the Taiping army on the way to the charge, and then was smashed by the hail and rain of stones and ash bottles of the Taiping army under the city, and the head was broken and bleeding, and the casualties were repeated, which did not play much role at all.

"Hehe, it seems that this battle still has to be fought, and I still have to continue to be mentally prepared for too many casualties."

When Wu Chaoyue smiled helplessly, Li Xinglong was laughing fiercely on the city wall, yelling and giving various orders, commanding the defenders to continue to use various siege weapons to attack the Wu army soldiers head-on. However, just when Li Xinglong and the soldiers defending the city were paying all their attention to the frontal battlefield, a group of Taiping troops without banners rushed out of the city in a chaotic manner, and rushed straight to the position of the upper steps......

"Stop! The military? What are you doing?! ”

Fortunately, the Taiping soldiers guarding the steps of the city were very loyal to their duties, and immediately raised their guns to point their guns at the Taiping army, which had no banner to prove their identity, and shouted to ask them about their identity and origin. One person in this Taiping army quickly stood up and said loudly: "We are Wei Chaocheng's soldiers of the Wei General System, and when we killed the traitors, we messed up the organization, and we couldn't find the banner of the Wei General System, so we had to come here to help you, please report to General Li, and ask him to send someone to command us." ”

"Messed up? I can't find the banner of Mr. Wei, so I have to come to help us? The commander of the Taiping army who led the team to guard the steps of the city was a little suspicious, but considering that the battle in the city was tense, and the friendly army that suddenly arrived did not show hostility, the commander of the Taiping army who led the team still nodded and said: "Wait a while, I will immediately send someone to report to General Li." ”

"Thank you."

The representative of the friendly army thanked him loudly, and suddenly raised the arquebus in his hand quickly, aimed at the Taiping army commander and suddenly opened fire, the gun rang out and people fell, and suddenly the Taiping army team had already made a big move, and poured evil bullets on the Taiping soldiers guarding the steps of the city, and the Taiping soldiers guarding the steps were caught off guard, and were knocked down many people one after another, and there was a great chaos. This Taiping army team took the opportunity to show Ji Rongxian's banner, and rushed up the steps with a strange scream, "Kill!" Kill! ”

The Wu army rushed and fought fiercely in the front, but suddenly killed a team of enemies wearing the same military uniforms behind them, and Li Xinglong, who was guarding the south gate, was also beaten in a daze no matter how experienced he was, and was caught off guard, many veterans of the Taiping Army who had been fighting for many years didn't even know what was going on, and they were knocked over by the bullets from behind, and fell in a pool of blood with an unwilling roar. However, Ji Rongxian's rebels did not stop, while desperately going to the city, they kept shooting at the friendly soldiers who were bravely resisting the Wu army by the arrow battlements, and rushed to the city in a chaotic manner, stabbing the friendly soldiers in the back from behind.

The same military uniform has become the best camouflage color for the poisonous snake of Ji Rongxian's rebels, and the sight is not smooth in the night, and it is impossible for the formation of the Taiping army to remain intact in the fierce battle, and then Ji Rongxian's rebels rush from behind, and the Taiping soldiers on the city wall are naturally chaotic. What's worse is that after discovering that the situation was wrong, Li Xinglong's reserve team, who was waiting under the city, also hurried up to the city to help, but the result was that they helped more and more, making the already chaotic cityhead position even more chaotic, and it was no longer possible to quickly and quickly identify the identity of friend or foe.

Seeing the sudden chaos of the enemy in the city in the telescope, not to mention the Wu army, even the treacherous Wu Chaoyue was stunned for a while, not understanding what was happening, and he didn't expect that Ji Rongxian, a gangster on the streets of Wuchang, could be cunning to this point, and when he rebelled, he could still think of attacking the north and attacking the south, and suddenly turned around and attacked the most certain South Gate battlefield to meet the main force of the Wu army to attack the city.

But it doesn't matter if you don't understand, as long as the enemy chaos in the city is an opportunity, without any consideration, Wu Chaoyue immediately sent a battalion of direct elite into battle, directly let the most well-equipped direct elite fight ant attached to the siege battle, and at the same time let Feng Sanbao send two battalions of the southwest Wu army to attack the south gate section of the city that had not been attacked before, and also let the east gate auxiliary battlefield also strengthen the attack, and exert great pressure to storm the Hukou defenders who were in a state of chaos.

The dawn of the victory of the Wu army finally appeared, after a battalion of the elite of the Wu army was thrown into the battlefield, taking advantage of the opportunity of the defenders of the city being disturbed by Ji Rongxian's rebels, a large number of flying ladders were almost thrown on the head of the city, and the elite of the Wu army, who had received strict training, stepped on the ladder, and as soon as they rushed to the upper part of the city wall, they immediately threw a large number of bitter acid grenades at the position of the city head - note that there are a large number of them, even if the elite soldiers of the southwest Wu army are attached to the ants, they only carry one grenade per person, while the elite soldiers directly under Wu Chaoyue carry four grenades each!

Bang! Bang! Bang! The grenades that exploded one after another caused a large number of casualties to the Taiping army in Hukou, which was in a state of chaos, and also created more chaos for the defenders of the city.

Many brave and warlike Taiping soldiers did not give up, and still pounced on the Wu army in the city at the first time, in a vain attempt to expel the Wu soldiers from the city again as before, and also successfully knocked down several Wu soldiers who had a stable foothold and laid down the city wall, but these brave Taiping soldiers soon found that the opponent they faced this time was completely different from the previous enemy, not only all equipped with fast-shooting needle guns that terrified the Taiping army, they were good at fighting with bayonets, and they were also tenacious and able to fight to the deathAs long as you jump off the arrow battlement, you will definitely fight to the end, even if you are surrounded by the Taiping army, you will never go down the wall to escape, and you would rather die in battle to stay at the wall of the flying ladder, so as to fight for the opportunity to continue to climb the city for the companions behind. Therefore, no matter how good the quality of the individual soldiers of the Taiping Army is, there is no way to prevent the soldiers of the Wu Army from landing in the city in the case of chaos in the position, let alone expelling all the soldiers of the Wu Army who have already landed in the city from the city, they can only watch more and more Wu troops rushing to the city wall, and they can gradually free up their hands to throw grenades at the crowded places of the Self-Army.

At this time, the reserves sent by Lin Qirong from the north gate in a hurry also rushed to the south gate battlefield under the leadership of Wei Chaocheng, but Wei Chaocheng came too late, and the narrow city wall position was already crowded with Wu army, rebels and Taiping army soldiers, Wei Chaocheng brought reinforcements, not to mention immediately helping Li Xinglong's army to block the Wu army, it was even more difficult to get close to the arrow battlement position, Wei Chaocheng was so anxious that he yelled, but he was helpless.

"Throw the powder keg! Throw all the powder kegs down and stop the demon soldiers! Throw them all down and block the demon soldiers! ”

At the critical moment, Li Xinglong, who was guarding the south gate, thought of a way to quench his thirst by drinking a donkey, and shouted and commanded the Taiping soldiers to ignite the lead of the powder keg used for emergency relief and throw it down the city wall. When Li Xinglong saw the great joy and hurriedly urged the soldiers to take the opportunity to counterattack, unexpectedly, the two wings of the position were killed, and dozens of flying ladders set up the two wings of the city wall, and the soldiers of the southwest Wu army who followed the elite battalion to attack stepped on the ladder, and at the most critical moment, they made up for the Taiping army, and also shared the huge pressure on the soldiers of the Wu army who had already landed in the city.

"Throw the powder keg! Throw the powder keg! ”

Li Xinglong, who was red-eyed, yelled frantically again, but it was a pity that the number of powder kegs thrown down the city wall according to the order this time had been significantly reduced, and he could no longer stop the charging footsteps of the soldiers of the Wu army in the southwest, and at the same time, the elite battalion soldiers of the Wu army who had escaped the powder keg of the Taiping army also charged again, while extinguishing the flames on the flying ladder while stepping on the ladder to charge, gritting his teeth and continuing to throw troops into the position on the city, helping his comrades to defend the position.

Seeing in the telescope that the gunpowder keg used by the Taiping army for emergency relief had not fallen much, Wu Chaoyue immediately made a decision, and immediately threw a battalion of direct elite into the battlefield of Hukou South Gate, and then put two heavy and tall ladder trucks to attack the city wall, shouting to storm Hukou City at any cost. During this period, the tunnels of the Wu army were still struggling to dig, and the soldiers of the Wu army hiding under the pointed wooden donkeys were also desperately digging the wall, attacking Hukou City with multiple insurances, and not giving up any opportunity to break the city.

The battle became more and more intense, the Hukou Taiping army resisted stubbornly in the corner of the city, and the Wu army in the city fought for the position space on the city inch by inch, the Wu army soldiers gritted their teeth to defend the position on the city, while sacrificing their lives and forgetting their lives to continue to climb up, throwing grenades to attack the enemy crowd at every opportunity, and the rebels led by Ji Rongxian were also stirring up wind and rain in the chaotic army, constantly sneaking up on the Hukou Taiping army to help the Wu army attack the city, the scene was chaotic like a pot of boiled rice porridge.

Bang! Bang! The violent explosion sounded in the southwest corner of the lake, seeing that the battle at the south gate was critical, the Taiping army of the West Gate, which was not currently attacked by the enemy, rushed to the south gate with a powder barrel to defend the city, and threw the powder barrel to blow up the Wu army under the city, which immediately shared the huge pressure on the Taiping army in the southwest corner, and once again stabilized the battlefield that had gradually begun to tend to the city wall. Wu Chaoyue saw the annoyance and yelled in the telescope, and he had to admire the tenacity and tenacity of Lin Qirong and the Hukou Taiping Army - there are traitors who can still fight like this, and the strong will to fight is beyond the reach of the elite corps of the Wu army.

"Dig a hole! We've dug a hole in the walls! ”

Seeing that the war was about to fall into a stalemate again, the good news suddenly came out, relying on the cover of the rebels and the siege troops of the Wu army, a group of Wu army engineers finally succeeded in digging a hole on the city wall that was detonated by stuffing explosives, Wu Chaoyue was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked where the blasting hole was, but the Wu army engineer who came to report gave an answer that made Wu Chaoyue extremely difficult - the blasting hole is located in the southeast corner of the lake, which is the siege position of the southwest Wu army, and there are already some southwest Wu troops who have successfully landed in the city.

"No matter, put the explosives in first, and get the lead ready! But remember, no ignition is allowed without an order! ”

After gritting his teeth and ordering the filling of explosives, Wu Chaoyue called Feng Sanbao to the front again, and asked Feng Sanbao if he could withdraw the southwest Wu army fighting in the southeast battlefield alone, but Feng Sanbao was extremely embarrassed and replied: "Back to Zhennan Wang, only withdraw the army in one position, there is no such order signal?" With this ringing, our army retreated. Not only does it take time to notify each other, but it is also impossible to notify the brothers in the city. ”

When Wu Chaoyue hesitated, Dai Wenjie next to him whispered: "King Zhennan, forgive the student for saying an inappropriate word, and he will not be in charge of the army." And the soldiers of the Southwest are not important to us. ”

Wu Chaoyue was even more hesitant, and he was almost inclined to sacrifice the soldiers who ascended the city, but after careful calculation, Wu Chaoyue still shook his head and said: "The heart of the soldiers is too cold, if you do this, no one will dare to die in the ant war in the future." ”

"What then?" Devon asked cautiously.

"Keep fighting." Wu Chaoyue said coldly: "It's really not good, Mingjin will detonate it later." ”

"But what if the blasting doesn't work?" Dai Wenjie hurriedly reminded: "Also, even if the city wall is blown up, Long Hair is so well prepared, there is still hope to plug the gap again?" ”

"That's providence." Wu Chaoyue's expression was grim, and he said: "In the next place of Chizhou, Tongling and Wuwei, we will rely on the southwest soldiers to work hard. ”

Twenty minutes later, the Wu army blasters had finished planting the explosives, which could be ignited and detonated at any time, and at the same time, the fierce battle on the city wall was still in a stalemate. All the civil and military forces of the Wu army looked at Wu Chaoyue, but Wu Chaoyue's face sank like water, and he refused to give the order to light the fire.

Unable to withstand the combined arson attack of the defenders of the two gates southwest of Hukou, the large ladder truck of the Wu army that was put into the battlefield in the western section of the south gate ignited a fire, which quickly turned into a fire ball and lost its effect. At the same time, the voices of the boiling people in the South Gate City have long been clearly heard, and it is obvious that the Taiping Army has once again increased its troops to the South Gate to strengthen the defenses here.

"Do you really want to be so ruthless?"

Wu Chaoyue, who had a bad nature, once hesitated a little, cheers suddenly came, under the protection of the soldiers of the Wu army in Yunnan and Guizhou, the last ladder car of the Wu army finally withstood the arson attack of the Taiping army, and leaned on the Hukou city wall with difficulty, and the Wu soldiers under the city cheered and stepped up the ladder, and quickly and quickly rushed to the top of the Hukou city wall, Wu Chaoyue also breathed a long sigh of relief, and then wiped a cold sweat, and sighed: "It's difficult, these long hairs in Hukou are too tenacious." ”

In the following period of time, although the red-eyed Taiping army tried to charge and destroy the Wu army's ladder car many times, but it was stubbornly blocked by the southwest Wu army, which bought valuable time for the Wu army's backup to climb the city, and when the elite battalion under the command of Feng Sanbao rushed to the city wall on the ladder car, the Wu army finally firmly grasped a large area of the city's head position, completely shattering the hope of the Taiping army's counterattack. At the same time, when the sky was about to dawn, two more Wu army ladder trucks successively approached the eastern section of the city wall at the south gate of Hukou, and more Wu soldiers rushed up to the city wall, helping the Wu soldiers who used the flying ladder to climb the city to seize more positions at the head of the city, and basically controlled the southeast section of the Hukou city wall with explosives buried at their feet, which in turn achieved a condescending advantage over the enemy.

When the light of the morning sun shone on the top of Shizhong Mountain in the distance, there was good news that Wu Jun's engineers finally dug under the city wall of the southwest section of Hukou City, and because the southwest section of Hukou City was completely under the control of the Taiping Army, Wu Chaoyue was no longer merciful, and immediately ordered the burial of medicine to detonate, and then instructed Zhao Dechang, Wu Zifa and Ding Baozhen, who were already eager to try: "Tell your soldiers to hurry up and eat, and after blowing up the city wall, immediately enter the city to fight street battles." ”

The generals of the Southwest Wu Army agreed violently, but Wu Chaoyue added, "Tell the soldiers, tell them to be prepared to fight hard battles and hard battles, Changmao will definitely resist to the end in street battles, and your test is still ahead." ”

"King Zhennan, we have already taken the southeast section of the Hukou city wall, and then blew up the southwest section of the city wall, will Changmao resist to the end? Don't want to get out of the city and run for your life? Miao general Wu asked spontaneously curiously.

"If the city is broken and he immediately abandons the city and flees for his life, then he won't be called Lin Qirong." Wu Chaoyue replied with a clueless sentence, and then Wu Chaoyue said lightly: "Remember, surrender will avoid death, and no prisoners are allowed to be killed." ”