The sky is getting dark, but the Jiangjiawan camp of the Wu army and the Meijiazhou camp of the Taiping army, which are less than ten miles apart, are still under intense construction, all of them are digging deep trenches, ramming earth into walls, and building all kinds of fortifications, and there is no stop until nightfall. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

But there is also a difference, they are all overnight construction, Wu Jun's soldiers and soldiers are obviously in a much better mental state, I dare not say that they are all in good spirits, at least there are not many people yawning and powerless, and they are lazy to rest when they get the opportunity.

On the side of the Taiping Army, however, most of the soldiers who were digging and picking stones were heavy in their feet, yawning for a long time, and they would never stand if they could sit down, and they would lie down and nap at the slightest opportunity.

It's not surprising, after all, people are not iron, before moving to Meijiazhou, the whole army of the Taiping Army has not slept all night, with heavy military baggage transferred to Meijiazhou, the Taiping Army almost did not rest and immediately put into the intense construction, so a day and a night of tossing, even if the tired people, most of the Taiping soldiers are already exhausted, physical strength has dropped greatly, everyone is eager to lie down and rest and sleep.

But it's also okay, because there is no time limit to complete the fortifications, the Taiping soldiers don't need to hurry up and hurry up desperately to build, and they can continue to hold on to a little slower, and at the same time, the main soldiers of the Taiping Army can also take turns sleeping at night, so they are tired, but the camp of the Taiping Army is still in order, and there is no chaos.

At nine o'clock in the second watch, under the cover of night, a team of sneaky figures quietly touched the side of the Taiping army's camp, all of them were red cloth buns similar to the Taiping army's dress, just like a jackal's eyes flashed with greedy green light, quietly and slowly approached the Taiping army camp under construction, and secretly set up ten grenadiers, aiming the cannon at the Taiping army crowd under construction.

The shells were loaded into the muzzle of the grenadier one by one, and after the general who led the team gave an order, the gunner neatly pulled the cowhide rope under the grenadier barrel, and drove the firing pin to hit the primer under the cannonball, and swished ten softly, and ten shells rose into the air, whistling and smashing into the crowd of the Taiping army along the parabola, and the sound of explosions sounded one after another, and the first shot of the Meijiazhou battle was also fired, and it was fired in advance at an unexpected time for the decision-making level of the Taiping army.

Explosions were repeated, shrapnel flew sideways, and of course the Taiping army under construction was in a big mess, shouting and howling endlessly, but the Wu army's grenadiers fired mercilessly and continuously, firing five waves of salvos in one breath with an ultra-high rate of fire, completely blowing up the Taiping army position on the opposite side. Then the general who led the team roared, and more than 300 soldiers of the Wu army commando immediately took up their knives and strode forward, shouting the slogan that the demon soldiers were killed and rushed to the Taiping army's position.

When the sudden explosion sounded, Shi Dakai, who was preparing to patrol the camp during the third watch, was still taking a nap and resting, and after being awakened by the explosion, Shi Dakai, who was actually more tired than anyone else because of psychological pressure, had not come back to his senses for a while, and subconsciously scolded the soldiers and asked: "What is the voice?" What's the noise? ”

The continuous explosions quickly brought Shi Dakai back to his senses, and after a moment's stunnedness, Shi Dakai immediately scolded: "Traitor! Beyond the little demon, you are the number one traitor in the world! Shameless to the extreme! They have already surrounded us, and they even came to attack and rob the camp, how can there be a shameless and treacherous thief like you in the world?! ”

No matter how much you scold, it was useless, and by the time the Taiping army's night army responded, the Wu army commando had already rushed through the Taiping army's unfinished camp fortifications and entered the front camp of the Taiping army. What made the Taiping army vomit blood even more was that the soldiers of the Wu army who entered the camp of the self-army in the dark were all wearing self-army uniforms, wrapped in red turbans, and even holding large knives and axes rarely used by the soldiers of the Wu army, which greatly increased the difficulty of distinguishing between the Taiping army and the enemy, and also created more chaos for the Taiping army more effectively.

"The demon soldiers are here! Run! ”

"The demon soldiers are behind, cover us, cover us!"

"Don't shoot, your own people! Own! ”

Shouting slogans to confuse the enemy, all the Wu army commandos sent by Feng Sanbao strode forward with their melee weapons, charging as much as possible into the chaotic crowd of the Taiping army, blending into the crowd of the Taiping army and slashing and slashing, as a result, there were really many Taiping soldiers who were fooled, not that it was difficult to distinguish the enemy, I did not dare to shoot indiscriminately, and missed the opportunity to shoot and kill the soldiers of the Wu army from a long distance; I really thought that it was my own person on the other side, and after a little hesitation, I was cut down by the Wu Army melee warriors trained by Feng Sanbao, and died in a daze, and I was extremely wronged.

In addition to machetes and axes, there are naturally few revolvers for melee combat and the unique weapon of the Wu army, bitter acid grenades, and when encountering enemies that are difficult to solve with machetes, they use revolvers, as long as they seize the opportunity, they throw the grenades into the camp tent of the Taiping army, and throw them at the dense crowd of the Taiping army, the guns explode intermittently, and the chaos in the camp of the Taiping army is even worse, and the chaos is even worse, and the Wu army commandos who are brazenly dressed as Taiping soldiers naturally have more opportunities to fish in troubled waters.

Shi Dakai only learned about the situation of the Wu Army commando pretending to be a soldier of the army after more than ten minutes after he was awakened, and he was so angry that he suddenly scolded, "Shameless rats, just pretend to surrender and paralyze us, and put on our coats to sneak attack, how does your face look beyond the little demon?!" ”

"The Wing King is 8,000 years old, we should let our soldiers guard the camp and not allow anyone to approach!" Zeng Jinqian hurriedly proposed: "Otherwise, the demon soldiers will only be more difficult to clean up!" ”

"You can't do that!" Zhang Suimou hurriedly objected: "Beyond the little demon to send troops to sneak attack us, there must be a large team behind, we only guard the camp and do not come out, we will only give the demon soldiers a chance to break through our camp with heavy artillery!" You should decisively send troops to attack, stop the rear team of demon soldiers, and buy time to clear the demon soldiers in the camp! ”

"Blind, I'm afraid it's more dangerous to do this, right?" Zeng Jinqian exclaimed: "Once our army out of the camp is defeated by the demon soldiers in the field battle, and the defeated soldiers rush back to the camp, how can we clean it up?" ”

"The most powerful demon soldier who surpasses the little demon is the foreign gun and foreign cannon, and the power of the black blind field foreign gun and foreign cannon is limited, so how easy is it to defeat us?" Zhang Suimou retorted: "It's more dangerous if you can't defend it, our camp fortifications haven't been repaired yet, and we can't stop a few foreign cannons that surpass the little demon, and if the camp is broken by the surpassing demon, the situation will be even more difficult to clean up!" ”

The opinions of the two powerful strategists were diametrically opposed, and Shi Dakai's indecisive weakness was naturally more exposed, and after wasting a lot of time, Shi Dakai hesitated to adopt Zhang Suimou's suggestion, and ordered the Taiping army of the left and right battalions to divide their troops and attack, and rushed to the front camp to set up a formation outside the camp to intercept the rear team of the Wu army, so as to buy time for the front battalion to screen and eliminate the Wu army commando.

Facts have proved that Shi Dakai's hesitation and waste of a few minutes of time determined the direction of the entire battlefield, when the left and right battalions of the Taiping Army officers and soldiers who were ordered to attack hurriedly left the camp and returned to the front camp gate, it was only a minute late, and the main force of the rear team of the Wu army had already taken the lead to seize the position, and met the Taiping army team from the left and right with intensive firepower, and at the same time immediately put troops into the front camp position that was already in chaos, and almost killed the front camp position of the Taiping army without wasting any effort.

At the same time, the Wu Army's naval division south of Hukou had also joined the battlefield, bombarding the Taiping Army's shore artillery positions and the Taiping Army's pontoon bridge that had been repaired with naval artillery fire.

The Wu army's biggest advantage over the Taiping army is still the bitter acid weapon, the Wu army soldiers who rushed into the front camp did not count the consumption of the bitter acid grenade to open the way, covering the grenadier team to approach the Chinese army camp of the Taiping army, and also frantically bombarded the Chinese army camp of the Taiping army with grenadiers, the power of the explosion of the picric acid shell is not only far greater than the black powder weapon, but also the burning effect of the self-inflicted effect also ignited a large number of the camp facilities of the Taiping army, and took precautions to attack the Chinese army camp of the Taiping army. At the same time, the soldiers of the Wu army, who had entered the front camp in an endless stream, desperately drove the enemy out of the camp, drove the enemy's defeated troops into the vanguard to rush to other camps of the Taiping army, and seized space for the heavy artillery of the own army to enter the camp.

At this moment, Shi Dakai was finally no longer indecisive, knowing that Wu Jun was coming to his Chinese army camp and wanted to destroy his own command system. In order to prevent the Wu army from getting his wish, Shi Da expelled the soldiers of the army and strictly ordered the soldiers of his own army to stick to the camp of the Chinese army, and decisively ordered the troops of the left and right battalions to launch a counterattack on the front camp, so as to attack instead of defend the front camp and the left and right battalions were completely destroyed and the left and right battalions were lost, and the most fatal camp of the Chinese army should be saved.

Shi Dakai's decisive decision saved a lot of the situation, and after the Taiping army of the left and right battalions poured out to counterattack the front battalion, the Wu army in the front battalion was really under heavy pressure, and had to slow down the offensive and divide the troops to resist the enemy, and the momentum of the attack was greatly reduced. It also made Feng Sanbao, the front-line commander of the Wu army, a little helpless for a while, and couldn't think of any good way to break the deadlock.

"Longhair resists so violently, what can I do to quickly open the situation? Break through the long-haired Chinese army camp? ”

Winning by surprise and being opportunistic have never been Feng Sanbao's strong points, and he couldn't think of any good way to break this deadlock after racking his brains, so Feng Sanbao had no choice but to adopt the most stupid method - to respond to all changes with the same! Keep fighting!

Anyway, the Wu army has sufficient support, a large number of elite troops are still resting in the rear, and there is no problem with the supply of weapons and ammunition, even if the stalemate cannot be broken until dawn, it will not have much impact. Therefore, Feng Sanbao simply did not make any adjustments, and even ignored the left and right battalions of the Taiping Army, which were already seriously empty, and just ordered the army to build defensive positions on the spot to prevent the Taiping Army from suddenly sending troops to counterattack, and at the same time pay close attention to the battle situation of the front battalion, and put reserves to strengthen the front line in a timely manner, and fight a war of attrition with the Taiping Army.

Feng Sanbao's stupid method made Shi Dakai suffer the most, in the case that the supply of weapons and ammunition could not be guaranteed and there was no rear army to rely on, Shi Dakai was willing to fight with Wu Jun for a long time unless he was stupid! But no, in order to recapture the front camp to protect the Chinese camp, Shi Dakai could only force the Taiping army of the left and right battalions to launch a charge again and again against the front camp.

"Kill! Kill! ”

In the shouts, the Taiping army launched a fierce charge to the front camp position of the army again and again, but each time it was first greeted by the grenadier of the Wu army and the warm welcome of the three-stage shot, and the luck rushed to the close place There was also the hospitality of bitter acid grenades and pistols, and the casualties were heavy but to no avail, and they were forced to retreat again and again, and so on.

Seeing this situation on the high ground in the Chinese military camp, Shi Da was very happy and anxious, knowing that the longer the delay was made, the more unfavorable it would be for the self-army, but he could not break this situation, so he could only urge the troops of the left and right battalions to charge forward and give the soldiers of the Wu army who had already seized the defensive position of the front battalion of the self-army to give people experience to the soldiers.

"The Winged King is eight thousand years old, it will definitely not work if it goes on like this." Zhang Suimou reminded beside him: "There are still a large number of reserves available beyond the little demon, among which there are many elite troops, we and his front army are defeated, and when his rear team is dispatched again, we will have nothing to defend." ”

Of course, Shi Dakai knew that it would only be more dangerous if it went on like this, and after tugging at the mustache on his lips for a while, Shi Dakai turned his heart sideways, and could only shout loudly: "The Chinese army is dispatched, cooperate with the left and right battalions of troops, and storm the front of the demon soldiers, before dawn, you must recapture the front camp!" ”

After the Taiping army, which was suddenly killed from the Chinese camp, joined the battlefield, the pressure on the Wu army in the front camp naturally increased, and they were all forced to go on the defensive. However, after the news was reported to Feng Sanbao, Feng Sanbao was overjoyed and said in surprise: "The long-haired Chinese army has been dispatched? Good! The brigade advances, enters the front camp of Longhair, and gives me the longhair! ”

While commanding the main force of the front army to be stationed in the front camp of the Taiping Army, Feng Sanbao of course sent someone to report to the unscrupulous son-in-law who stayed behind, so that Wu Chaoyue knew about the situation. As a result, Wu Chaoyue was also happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that my father-in-law still has the ability to win tricks, and he can turn against the guest and force Changmao to besiege him, yes, it has laid a good foundation for us." ”

"King Zhennan, what should we do now?" Devon asked next to him.

"Continue to stand still." Wu Chaoyue smiled and said: "The desperate longhair is forced to switch from defense to offense, where to find such a good thing?" Let my father-in-law continue to fight against Long Hair, and see who has a weak heart first! ”

The more he fought, the more weak he was, of course, Shi Dakai, who had no backup to rely on, commanded the three-way soldiers and horses to storm the Wu army Feng Sanbao, although he successfully approached the Wu army's position many times, but each time he was repelled by the Wu army, which was all on the defensive, with sufficient troops and fierce support, the elite soldiers died more and more, the morale dragged down more and more, and the army's morale became more and more panicked, Shi Dakai also had to consider such a fatal problem - what should I do when the Wu army has a follow-up army to kill? When the elite of the Wu army with a burst of foreign guns came over, how did the self-army parry?

Forced to be helpless, although extremely reluctant, Shi Dakai still had to make a painful decision - to arrange for the army to retreat to Hukou in batches on the previously mobilized Hukou fleet.

Zhang Suimou and Zeng Jinqian and other rare scribes in the Taiping Army were arranged in the first batch of retreats, but Zhang Suimou and Zeng Jinqian refused to leave Shi Dakai's side, and they both cried and said: "The Wing King is eight thousand years old, we want to go together, we want to stay together, we can't leave you alone." ”

"Less nonsense!" Shi Da said with a straight face: "I am the commander of the whole army, if I leave, the army's morale will be in chaos immediately, you two will go back to the lake mouth immediately!" ”

After that, Shi Dakai ordered his own soldiers to forcibly take Zhang Suimou and Zeng Jinqian away, Zhang Zeng and the others cried, desperately begging to stay and live and die with Shi Dakai, but Shi Dakai didn't listen at all, but ordered his own soldiers to immediately take Zeng Jinqian and Zhang Suimou to the ferry to get on the boat, and then turned his back and said: "Don't worry, this king has a way to go back!" You're waiting for me at the mouth of the lake! ”

Zhang Suimou and Zeng Jinqian, who wept bitterly, were taken away, and the first batch of retreating Taiping soldiers also boarded boats and fled to the other side of the lake. In order to transfer the soldiers across the lake as much as possible, with the acquiescence of Lai Yuxin, who guarded the ferry, a large number of Taiping soldiers also jumped into the water and climbed the iron cable to swim across the lake.

The Wu army's sailors soon discovered the retreat of the Taiping army, and Xu Lai gave an order, and the Wu army's sampan fleet, which had been gathering momentum for a long time, immediately moved out in a big way, and pounced on the Taiping army's troop transport fleet with murderous vigour, and then a massacre was also launched on the water surface of the wide Poyang Lake.

As if he was the soul messenger of hell, the soldiers of the Wu Army sailors laughed wildly and flexibly drove the boat to kill, fired and threw bombs at the Taiping Army's troop transport ship, and shot at the Taiping soldiers who were hung with iron cables, and the Taiping soldiers on the boat and the iron cables had no power to fight back, so they could only desperately dodge and escape, and the sound of crying resounded across the lake, and the corpses of the Taiping soldiers soon floated all over the lake, rising and falling in the firelight, showing a cruel war scene.

The soldiers cried on the water, and Shi Dakai's confidant Lai Yuxin also wept on the west bank of Poyang Lake, crying for the soldiers on the water who could not be rescued, and for the more Taiping soldiers who are still fighting fiercely on the west bank of Poyang Lake. Because Lai Yuxin knows very well that if the soldiers on the water are lucky, they still have a chance to escape, but if the soldiers of the Taiping Army on the west bank of Poyang Lake want to return to the other side alive, then they can only hope for a miracle to appear, and the Heavenly Father will save them.

Because of the interception of the Wu army's sailors, many Taiping army ferries did not even complete the task of transporting troops across the lake once, and were directly sunk by the Wu army's sailors on the way to transport troops, and many Taiping army ships were unfortunately killed when they risked their lives to cross the lake for the second time, and then reluctantly crossed the lake with a small number of soldiers, the remnants of the Taiping army ferries no longer had the courage to leave the port and die in vain, and the rescue operation was forced to stop in advance.

After the news was reported in front of Shi Dakai, Shi Dakai, who had already been psychologically prepared, was not surprised and disappointed, but immediately ordered the generals to arrange for the army to withdraw from the battle in turn and transfer to break through, and decided to take Lai Yuxinbu, who had not participated in the war before, as the pioneer to break through the blockade of the Wu army in Wu Heiwa, kill to the hinterland of Jiangxi, and withdraw to Raozhou by land.

"It would be nice to make up your mind sooner." Shi Dakai regretted that he hadn't listened to Zhang Suimou's unspoken advice before, but he didn't know that this was an inevitable accident that was destined to happen.