Not to mention, although Feng Sanbao, Li Hezhang and others somewhat misunderstood the tactical intentions of Huang Yuanbao, the commander of the Wu army, some suspected that the battle situation outside was not ideal, and the reinforcements wanted to rush to meet the breakthrough of the army, and once gave birth to the idea of giving up the Yuhuatai Heavy Land with all their might. However, Feng Sanbao's army tried to attack behind the Fengtai Gate where the Taiping army was heavily garrisoned, and after cooperating with Huang Yuan's leopard army to flank Zhong Wanqing and He Mingliang of the Taiping army, it still shared a lot of pressure for the Wu soldiers who were working hard to tackle the fortifications, and reduced the casualties of many Wu army officers and soldiers.

In order to prevent Feng Sanbao's army from breaking through, the Fengtaimen Taiping Army also built strong fortifications on the side facing Yuhuatai, even if it was replaced by the elite of the Wu army under Huang Yuanbao's command, it could only be sure of a breakthrough but did not dare to guarantee when it would be able to break through, not to mention Feng Sanbao's army, which was inferior in weaponry and soldiers.

However, it doesn't matter, as long as Feng Sanbao's army cooperates a little, after several battalions of Yuhuatai Wu army cautiously launched an attack on the Taiping army's position, Zhong Wanqing and He Mingliang, who were afraid that Feng Sanbao and Huang Yuanbao would attack him with all their might, still dispatched all their strength to meet the battle, and the mobile forces did not dare to use all the battlefields on the southern front, and they were ready to abandon the trench position and defend the strong camp wall with all their might. As a result, under the circumstance of being too cautious in the deployment of troops, the Huangyuan Leopard Department of the Wu Army naturally seized the opportunity to storm with all his might, rushed more fiercely and fiercely, and also broke through the third trench defense line of Zhong He's Second Army at the fastest speed, and approached the fourth trench of the Taiping Army.

When it hit in front of the fourth trench defense line of the Taiping army, because it was too fast to dig a trench and build a road, it was all relied on trench bridge vehicles and pads to cross the trench, and there were few trench tools left of the Wu army on the front line, plus it was too close to the camp wall of the Taiping army, and was bombarded by the mountain splitting artillery under the camp wall ambushed by the Taiping army, and the offensive of the Wu army was once contained, and it could only shoot at the Taiping army across the trench as before. Fortunately, the four battalions of Huang Yuanbao who had been invested too early stepped forward in time, and while desperately digging the trenches that had been captured and opening up the trench ramps, they also sent trench tools to the friendly troops rushing in front, which pushed the Wu army's offensive again.

In the fierce battle, the guns and bullets of the Taiping army were as dense as hail raindrops, and the soldiers of the Wu army who forcibly attacked the fortified army as long as they were careless, they could be shot and injured or even killed at any time. The formation of the attacking army of the Wu army, which was too tactically sophisticated, was somewhat dense, so the casualties were quite large, and even one of the Wu army battalion officers was killed by stray bullets and was forced to temporarily take over the command by the deputy battalion officer.

Although the soldiers of the Taiping Army on the trench position have trenches and sheep and horse walls to protect the front, the possibility of being hit by the Wu army's guns is very small, the helpless Wu army's bitter acid grenades can be thrown, and the grenadiers can be bent, and the elite battalion of the Wu army under Huang Yuanbao has never regarded these precious weapons as the root of their lives, as long as they see the opportunity, they will smash grenades and grenadiers, plus the power of picric acid weapons is far greater than that of black powder weapons, so even if there are fortifications to follow, The casualties of the Taiping army were not smaller than those of the Wu army, and the mortality rate was even higher than that of the Wu army.

Not good at white-knuckle warfare is also doomed to the failure of the Taiping army, even if Zhong Wanqing and He Mingming, the two Taiping armies, are already considered elite under Li Xiucheng, but after all, they are only bullying the army that started with the Qing army in the southeast, and they seriously lack the experience of fighting evil battles and tough battles. Therefore, as the soldiers of the Wu army gradually rushed through the deep trench and launched a white-knuckle battle with bayonets and blood, the Taiping army guarding the fourth trench gradually could not support it, and asked for help from the camp while retreating, "Hurry up and send troops to help, we can't hold it!" We can't hold it anymore! ”

Hundreds of Wu army's rear-loading rifled guns are staring at the distance, Zhong Wanqing and He Mingliang will continue to send troops to the battlefield outside the battalion that lacks artillery fortifications unless their heads are flooded, so the answers given are all to ask the soldiers outside the battalion to hold on, the position is in the people, and the position is dead! Unfortunately, such empty slogans did not play any role at all, and the frightened Taiping soldiers either fled back to the camp wall to seek protection, or fled to the two flanks of the camp to avoid the Wu army's edge, and the Wu army soldiers were like bamboos, quickly seizing the Taiping army's fourth line of camp protection trenches, and the blade was pointed directly at the strong camp wall of the Taiping army.

At this point in the battle, if the commander of the Wu army had been replaced by other Wu army commanders, he would have immediately withdrawn the first round of attacking troops that had already suffered many wounded soldiers and began to show signs of exhaustion, and let the four battalions that went up behind open the road with all their might, open a number of solid roads to the Taiping army camp wall, establish temporary bomb shelter fortifications, and then calmly launch an attack. Huang Yuanbao, who is not blindly only brutal, is also preparing to do this, but coincidentally, just when Huang Yuanbao was about to order the withdrawal of the first round of attacking troops, Yuhuatai, which was only more than ten miles away, suddenly burst into artillery, and the intensity of the battle rose sharply.

The distance is still a little too far, and there is the high ground of Yuhuatai to block it, even in the telescope, it is not clear what happened on the Yuhuatai battlefield, but judging from the vaguely visible gunpowder smoke and cannon sound, Huang Yuanbao can conclude that the Taiping army is attacking Yuhuatai. As a result, at this point, the hot-tempered Huang Yuanbao was also a little worried, and said secretly: "Should Changmao take advantage of Feng Sanbao's opportunity to take us and attack Yuhuatai with all his might?" The terrain in this area is also a highland of Yuhuatai, if Feng Sanbao and they took the initiative to give up Yuhuatai in order to break through in a hurry, not only would it be a pity, but if they wanted to get it back, they would definitely suffer too many casualties. ”

After coming to this conclusion, Huang Yuanbao made a quick decision after a little judgment, and shouted: "Give the order to the front line, the first four battalions to go up will dig fortifications on the spot and be responsible for fire cover!" The four battalions of the second group stepped forward and were responsible for attacking the long-haired camp wall! ”

"General Huang, our road hasn't been dug up yet, so we will attack directly, and it's easy to get out of touch?" The subordinate reminded in fear.

"Afraid of a ball! Longhair dares to come out and cut off the connection between us and the front, and there is money to deal with! Huang Yuanbao cursed a swear word, and roared again: "Go to the order immediately, give up digging the road, and directly hit the long-haired camp!" ”

The change in the battle situation was developed in the direction that Li Xiucheng hoped because of Huang Yuanbao's reckless decision, and the Taiping army attacking from Shuangqiaomen and other places attacked Yuhuatai from five ways, Feng Sanbao, who did not know Huang Yuanbao's intentions, was dizzy, and did not understand what Huang Yuanbao's tactical intentions were, and did not dare and was reluctant to give up the Yuhuatai heavy land at will, so he could only let the battalion army step up and cooperate with Huang Yuanbao to attack the Taiping army in Fengtaimen, and let the army in the camp fully meet the five-way enemy who attacked Yuhuatai, and at the same time send people to try to break through in every possible way. If you want to get in touch with the reinforcements, understand the tactical intentions of your own reinforcements, whether they want to get in touch with themselves, or break through by themselves, so that they can arrange their own tactics. - Of course, in broad daylight, the Wu Jun messenger in Yuhuatai wants to get in touch with the outside world, and the odds are naturally as small as winning the lottery jackpot.

On Huang Yuanbao's side, the first company violated the correct tactical principle, first put into the reserve early, causing the front-line troops to be crowded, and then when the army was tired and wounded, let the four battalions of the first round of attack continue to fight a tough battle in front, and let the four battalions of the second round of attack give up the road and directly enter the offensive field of attacking the Taiping army camp wall, which increased the difficulty of maneuvering and gave the Taiping army a god-given opportunity to cut off the connection between the attacking Wu army and the Wu army in the rear. So before the news could be reported to Li Xiucheng, the generals of the Taiping Army on both wings of Fengtaimen, such as Cai Yuanlong, Wang Haiyang and Deng Guangming, were already in ecstasy, and they all said happily: "Okay! The demon soldier made a mistake! This battle has to be fought! ”

On the issue of distance, Li Xiucheng grasped the changes in the Fengtaimen battlefield one step earlier than Wu Chaoyue, and found that the commander of the Wu army made mistakes one after another and took crazy adventures, Li Xiucheng was of course even more ecstatic, and clapped his legs and shouted: "Good opportunity!" Ask Cai Yuanlong, Wang Haiyang and Deng Guangming to send troops, copy the back of the demon soldiers attacking the camp, cut off the connection between the demon soldiers on the front line and the rear, and join forces with the army of Fengtaimen to kill the demon soldiers who attack the camp! ”

Because of the distance, Wu Chaoyue was one step later than Li Xiucheng to learn about Huang Yuanbao's repeated adventures, but before Wu Chaoyue could speak, Dai Wenjie, the chief of staff who had gradually become familiar with the military, was already shocked and exclaimed: "Huang Yuanbao is too risky!" The eight battalions he sent up first were in danger of being surrounded by long hair! King Zhennan, did you send someone to Huang Yuanbao to remind him? ”

"King Zhennan, the last general asks for an order to lead the army to reinforce Fengtaimen!" Bi Jinke, the youngest general of the Wu army, also hurriedly jumped out to ask for orders.

Unlike the anxious Dai Wenjie and Bi Jinke and others, Wu Chaoyue seemed very calm, and after asking clearly that six of the eight battalions sent by Huang Yuanbao were the elites he brought from Moling Pass, Wu Chaoyue also waved his hand and said: "No need, let Huang Yuanbao continue to toss, I promised to hand over this battle to him, before defeating the battle, there is no need to interfere, and there is no need to rush to send reinforcements to him." ”

"But Huang Yuanbao's tactics are too risky?" Dai Wenjie hurriedly reminded: "Although Qian Wei is guarding his two wings, he can send troops to intercept the Changmao reinforcements at any time, but if the Changmao reinforcements suddenly make a move, they rush to the trench battlefield of Fengtaimen before Qian Wei, relying on the long-haired fortifications that have not yet been destroyed, or the Changmao temporarily contain Qian Wei with the division of troops, and the main force will copy the back ...... of our front-line army." ”

"Absolute strength is placed here, and mistakes are allowed." Wu Chaoyue waved his hand to interrupt Dai Wenjie's reminder, and said with a smile: "And Huang Yuanbao can't be completely wrong to be so nonsense, at least it can have the effect of luring Changmao to attack in a big way, so maybe after this battle, our gains will be greater than we expected before the war." ”

Seeing that Wu Chaoyue's confidence had reached this point, Dai Wenjie, Bi Jinke and others didn't dare to say much, so they could only obediently agree, and after Wu Chaoyue carefully calculated, he ordered: "Go and give Qian Wei an order, telling him not to just stare at the long-haired reinforcements who have already left the camp, the long-haired army on both sides of Fengtai Gate, if there are too many troops and the camp is empty, you might as well consider blowing up the long-haired camp gate directly, killing in and beating rabbits, and then pulling out a long-haired camp." ”

The soldiers agreed and hurriedly sent someone to find Qian Wei under the banner of Wu Chaoyue's order, but Dai Wenjie, Bi Jinke and others next to him looked at each other, and muttered in their hearts: "Our king of Zhennan is even crazier than Huang Yuanbao in military tactics." ”

Unfortunately, in Dai Wen's words, in order to ensure that the connection between the attacking Wu army and the rear can be cut off, the Taiping army Cai Yuanlong, Wang Haiyang and Deng Guangming, who were ordered to attack, really chose to attack separately, among which Deng Guangming, who was closest to the Fengtaimen battlefield, rushed directly to the trench fortifications that the Wu army gave up but could still be used, and Wang Haiyang's army resolutely killed the right army of Qian Wei's department of the Wu army, which was staring at the south of the country, and Cai Yuanlong, who was west of Duzhen, concocted the same method, divided his troops to intercept Qian Wei's left army all the way, and went directly to the back road of the Wu army in the camp. Relying on a slight advantage in distance and a preemptive strike, they successfully achieved their tactical objectives, stopping Qian Wei's army while successfully cutting off the connection between the attacking Wu army and the rear. Zhong Wanqing and He Mingliang of the Taiping Army in the Fengtaimen camp took the opportunity to counterattack and cooperated with the friendly forces to attack the Wu army in front and rear. And the battle reached this point, Huang Yuanbao didn't dare to take any more risks no matter how bold he was, so he could only leave part of the army to protect the artillery array, and at the same time personally led the troops forward, and attacked Deng Guangming and Cai Yuanlong's army before and after the attacking army.

The chaos on the battlefield in Nanjing was thus outrageous, and on the north side of Yuhuabei, the Taiping army of the Fifth Route stormed the camp of Feng Sanbao of the Wu army; Feng Sanbao, who did not know the situation of the friendly army, for the sake of prudence, could only fight while defending the camp, while dividing his troops to the south and storming the northern position of the Taiping army in Fengtaimen; On the one hand, the Taiping army of Fengtaimen resisted Feng Sanbao's attack, and on the other hand, it also sent troops to the south to attack the Wu army; The Wu army was attacked by the enemy before and after the attack, and was forced to take a defensive position; Huang Yuanbao, who was too bold and tactically wrong, personally led his army north to fight Deng Guangming and Cai Yuanlong of the Taiping army; Qian Wei's army dealt with Wang Haiyang on the one hand, and Cai Yuanlong on the other. On the battlefield within a radius of more than 20 miles, there is me in the enemy, and there is an enemy in me, and the fighting is in full swing everywhere, and the sound of fighting, explosions, and guns and cannons are intertwined, even in the Tianwang Mansion in Nanjing City, and in Wu Chaoyue's Dashengguan camp, you can hear it clearly.

Also, less than thirty miles away, the main force of Cao Yanzhong's department of the Wu army was also storming the Fangshan camp of the Taiping army, and Huang Chengzhong, the general of the Taiping army guarding Fangshan, was struggling to support it, relying on the fortifications to grit his teeth and hold on, constantly roaring loudly during the intermittent fire of the Wu army, "Fangshan is here!" We're in! Fang Shan is dead! We die! ”

The complexity of the battle situation has reached the point where the scouts and heralds cannot report clearly, but it is okay for the Taiping army, and the geographical fortifications are generally very biased towards the Taiping army, so Li Xiucheng is also anxious to force the scout Kuaima to believe in reporting the details of the battle situation, and he also instructed the sentry in charge of the scout very generously: "The battle situation is too chaotic, there is no need to report it in such detail, just say the general situation." ”

According to Li Xiucheng's request, the sentry detective really didn't submit the too subtle military intelligence report one by one, but it was only after nearly an hour that the sentry agent took a battle report he had just received and reported to Li Xiucheng: "Yuzhong Wang Chitose, Cai Yuanlong sent a battalion to intercept the army on the flank of the demon soldiers, and the battle was unfavorable, and it was defeated by the demon soldiers, and the casualties were very large. ”

"This Cai Yuanlong, why does he always drag this king back?" Li Xiucheng was very dissatisfied, and shouted: "Give him an order, tell him to send troops to fight again, and never let the demon soldiers on the flank reinforce the Fengtaimen battlefield." ”

After the order was issued, the sentry detective quickly sent a bad news, saying that Huang Chengzhong, who was guarding Fangshan, was under too much pressure and asked Li Xiucheng to send reinforcements, Li Xiucheng was even more dissatisfied, and still shouted: "Call Guo Pulin, who is stationed in Tushan, to send an army to reinforce Fangshan." ”

The order was issued again, but before Li Xiucheng could put away his anger, the sentry agent came in with a sad face and said: "Yu Zhong Wang Chitose, Wang Haiyang Wang Tianyi He was also defeated, and he also lost more than a thousand elites. ”

"Wang Haiyang is also defeated?" Li Xiucheng's eyelids began to jump, and he said with a gloomy face after a while: "He was forced to fight a field battle with the demon soldiers, it's not strange to lose the battle, you can't blame him, tell him to turn around and fight again, continue to contain the demon soldiers on the opposite side, and buy time for Deng Guangming and them." ”

The herald went out again, but after a while, the sentry officer walked in quietly like a cat, and said in a trembling voice: "Yuzhong Wang Chitose, General Cai sent a rear army, and was defeated by the flanking demon soldiers. Also, Deng Guangming and Deng Tianyi's army were also defeated by the demon soldiers, and the losses were great, and now the demon soldiers in the back have reopened contact with the demon soldiers in front. ”

"What?!" Li Xiucheng's surprise was not trivial, and he shouted: "Didn't Deng Guangming and the others seize the trench position first? There are trenches and sheep and horse walls to defend, how can they still lose so quickly? ”

"Huizhong King Chitose, the demon soldiers attacked too fiercely." The sentinel said with a sad face: "I heard that Huang Yuanbao, the main general of the demon soldiers, personally led the team to charge, and the demon fire cannon and palm thunder smashed like hail raindrops, although Deng Tianyi and they also tried their best to resist, but they still didn't block it, Deng Tianyi was injured a lot ....... ”

With a bang, Li Xiucheng slammed his fist on the table, his chest rose and fell violently, but the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the head of a personal soldier suddenly poked in outside the tent, and whispered to the sentry detective to go out to listen to the report, Li Xiucheng, who was in a very bad mood, was even more angry when he saw it, and shouted: "Is there a military situation?" Call the messenger to come in and report directly! ”

The soldiers agreed and soon brought in a messenger of the Taiping Army who was covered in sweat and dust, and the messenger knelt on the ground and played: "King Yuzhong is a thousand years old, Fangshan is lost, General Huang Chengzhong was killed by the demon artillery shells of the demon soldiers, our army is completely dispersed, and no one can control the situation." ”

If it weren't for the fact that Huang Chengzhong had already died, Li Xiucheng would definitely be able to directly order Huang Chengzhong, who had already made a mistake last time, to be slaughtered! But just when Li Xiucheng ordered the Tushan reinforcements to stop advancing towards Fangshan with a blushing face, and still returned to the Tushan position after collecting the defeated troops, a messenger came in from outside the tent, and knelt down to Li Xiucheng with a pale face: "Yuzhong Wang Chitose, the demon soldiers have entered General Cai Yuanlong's camp, and the position on the western front of Yuhuatai is in full emergency, and there is a possibility that the demon soldiers will directly break through." ”

"What ——?!" Li Xiucheng couldn't believe his ears at all, flipped over the table in front of him, and shouted, "How did the demon soldiers enter Cai Yuanlong's camp?" He has so many troops there, and there are flowering cannons, how can the demon soldiers enter it so quickly? ”

"Huizhong Wang Chitose, when General Cai, the defeated soldiers who were killed by the demon soldier Huang Yuan's leopard department returned to the camp, it happened that General Cai sent out to intercept the army on the flank of the demon soldiers for the second time, and they were also killed by the flank demon soldiers." The messenger pressed his forehead to the ground and said tremblingly: "General Cai's two defeated soldiers rushed back to the camp, crowded in front of the camp gate, blocked the artillery fire for the demon soldiers, and the demon soldiers took the opportunity to attack, and followed our defeated soldiers into General Cai's ......camp together. ”

Bang again, Li Xiucheng sat back on his handsome chair with a pale face, and only after a while did he smile bitterly and come up with such a sentence, "I can't imagine that the demon soldiers are blind and fight indiscriminately, Lao Tzu still can't win, Lao Tzu still can't fight." ”