It is also time to take a look at the situation on Shi Zhenji and Ji Rongxian's side, after leaving Raozhou Mansion with most of the main soldiers, calculate the speed and time of Ji Rongxian's rebel army advancing eastward from Tongzidu, Shi Zhenji originally planned to rush to Jingdezhen in a day's hurry, block Ji Rongxian's rebel army who should have just arrived in Jingdezhen, and kill Ji Rongxian, a shameless villain, with a thunderous momentum, as well as the rebels who are purely the same as him.

Shi Zhenji's battle plan went very smoothly for a while, relying on the hard work of the elite soldiers, at noon the next day, Shi Zhenji's army arrived at the outskirts of Jingdezhen on time, and really blocked Ji Rongxian's rebels who were preparing to attack Jingdezhen. However, Shi Zhenji underestimated the instant decision of some of Ji Rongxian's rebels, and before Shi Zhenji's army entered the ten miles of Jingdezhen, Ji Rongxian's rebels had already spread their feet and slipped away, with rolling yellow sand on their buttocks, and they kept fleeing directly to the way they came.

"Chase! Can't let these dog thieves run away! ”

Hating Ji Rongxian's rebels hurt so much, Shi Zhenji of course waved his division to pursue, and decisively divided his troops, so that the love general Chen Yulin led the road to Dayuan Village to block the retreat of Ji Rongxian's rebels, but the result was still relying on the good quality of the elite soldiers, Shi Zhenji's army not only tightly bit the tail of Ji Rongxian's rebels, but also successfully interspersed more than 500 Taiping Army soldiers led by Chen Yulin into the front of Ji Rongxian's rebels, blocking the retreat of Ji Rongxian's rebels in the Jinpanling area.

The hope of the victory and annihilation of Ji Rongxian's rebels was within reach, but Ji Rongxian's rebels were very unwilling to be so vicious, and they ran directly into the mountains north of the road in desperation, and the Taiping army, who were very familiar with the terrain in this area, were not in a hurry to enter the mountains, but immediately divided their troops and rushed to Jiangjia Village to block the exit of the mountain road.

This choice of Ji Rongxian's rebels was obviously only a suspended execution, because although the mountain at the tip of the furnace was high, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the water source on the mountain was scarce, and it was impossible to hold it for a long time. So after seeing Ji Rongxian's rebels go up the mountain, Shi Zhenji not only did not get anxious, but on the contrary, he laughed and scolded: "Dog mongrel, on the tip of the stove, Lao Tzu doesn't need to attack the mountain, as long as he surrounds the mountain for a few days, he can directly ask you Ji Rongxian for his life!" ”

Sure enough, after the Taiping army blocked the narrow road down the mountain, when it was slightly dark, Ji Rongxian obediently sent a messenger to hit the Baiqi Mountain to shout, asking Shi Zhenji if he could forgive his crimes, and asked for all to lay down his arms and surrender in exchange for his life. As a result, Shi Zhenji listened to Chen Yulin's suggestion, in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers and kill Ji Rongxian's rebels as soon as possible, he pretended to accept Ji Rongxian's surrender, and promised not to kill him if he surrendered in public.

That night, the Ji army of Shizhen took turns to rest and seal the mountain road, but the rebel camp on the top of Huolujian Mountain made several commotions, and it seemed that there was a disagreement over whether to lay down their arms. And when the sky was twilight the next day, the arrow book of the rebel general Chen Shisan was shot down on the mountain, saying that Ji Rongxian and some rebel soldiers were afraid of Shi Zhenji's words and did not dare to put down their weapons and surrender, and said that they asked Shi Zhenji to be calm and not impatient, and gave himself a little time to arrange and prepare, and he must cut off Ji Rongxian's head to ask Shi Zhenji for his guilt.

Because Chen Shisan's previous secret envoy had been sent to surrender, Ji Rongxian certainly had no doubt about Chen Shisan's surrender again, and because the mountain road was narrow and rugged and difficult to attack the mountain, Ji Rongxian categorically rejected the suggestion of his subordinates to launch an attack immediately, and decided to continue to only surround and not fight, and wait for the enemy on the mountain to destroy himself. And the next situation on the mountain was also completely expected by Shi Zhenji, and soon there was a noise on the top of the furnace tip mountain, and many rebel soldiers shouted loudly to surrender down the mountain, but although these cries were suppressed by the rebels every time, the signs of the rebel division and Ji Rongxian's betrayal were already obvious, so Shi Zhenji was not only even more reluctant to attack the mountain in a hurry, but also said very proudly: "At most tomorrow morning, Ji Rongxian's head will be cut off and sent to the front of his own sect." ”

Of course, Shi Zhenji soon became complacent, and just after noon, a fast horse that was foaming at the mouth rushed to Shi Zhenji, bringing Shi Zhenji the bad news that the fleet of the Wu Army's naval division was approaching the mouth of the Pojiang River. Then even more of course, after being stunned for a moment, Shi Zhenji immediately pointed to the top of the furnace tip and roared, "Dog thief! Ji Rong is a dog thief! Traitorous for glory, despicable and shameless! You hit Jingdezhen in order to divert the tiger from the mountain, Lao Tzu is your evil, Lao Tzu is your evil this time! ”

"Guozong is angry, it's too late to say anything at this time." Chen Yulin next to him reminded: "The most important thing now is to hurry back to the division to save Raozhou City, otherwise, once Raozhou City is taken by the demon soldiers, our losses will be too great." ”

After thinking about it carefully, it was more important to save Raozhou, Shi Zhenji did not dare to delay, and hurriedly ordered to prepare to withdraw the army, and at the same time angrily ordered the soldiers to escort Zhang Wen, who had previously held a letter to ask for surrender, to ask for guilt. But at this time, there was a sudden commotion and gunfire on the mountain, the rebel camp was in chaos, and the rebel soldiers shouted on the mountainside, "Come up, we killed Ji Rongxian!" We killed Ji Rongxian! Come up and pick us up! ”

Hurriedly raised the telescope to observe the situation on the mountain, and saw that the rebels on the mountain were indeed in a state of chaos, Shi Zhenji was inevitably a little shaken, and said secretly: "Could it be that Chen Shisan's dog thief didn't lie to me, and he didn't know that Ji Rong was helping the demon soldiers move the tiger away from the mountain and really killed Ji Rongxian's dog thief?" ”

"Guozong, be cautious!" Chen Yulin hurriedly reminded again: "Just now, our army was preparing to retreat, and the action was very big, Ji Rongxian dog thief probably saw that we were leaving, and deliberately deceived us into attacking the mountain, which not only delayed our time, but also took the opportunity to use the geographical advantage to weaken our army." ”

Knowing that Chen Yulin's words were reasonable, but the opportunity to kill the rebels was really tempting, after hesitating for a while, Shi Zhenji still gritted his teeth and shouted: "Attack the mountain!" ”

"Kookjong ......."

"Shut up!"

Shi Zhenji waved his hand to interrupt Chen Yulin's dissuasion again, and said with a gloomy face: "We have to try it no matter what, we still have time, Zhenchang and Dade will definitely not be a big problem for them to hold Raozhou City for a while!" ”

Chen Yulin closed his mouth helplessly, and Shi Zhenji dispatched his troops and sent more than 300 elite veterans who were proficient in mountain warfare to the top of the mountain to fight for the last chance to annihilate the rebels. And then not to mention, more than 300 of the most elite Guangxi veterans really rushed to the mountainside very smoothly, but just when Shi Zhenji's hope was rekindled, the top of the mountain was rolled stone and wood hail rained down one after another, and at the same time smashed out a number of bitter acid grenades, the Taiping Army veterans who attacked the mountain came out of the narrow mountain road, no matter how elite they were, they were overwhelmed, and they were quickly killed and injured by rolling stone sassers and grenade bullets, and lost twenty or thirty people in a blink of an eye.

Seeing this scene, Shi Zhenji was of course full of anger, his eyes were red, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army were also roaring, hating the rebels to the bone. However, the rebels on the top of the mountain were cheap and obedient, and after the Taiping army who attacked the mountain left many corpses and finally retreated to the foot of the mountain, the rebels on the mountain shouted in unison, "Come up!" Come on! We really killed General Ji this time, come up and answer us! ”

Of course, it is impossible for the Taiping army, which has been on several occasions in succession, to be tricked again, but the matter is still not over, when the Taiping army hurriedly withdrew from the mountains, Ji Rongxian's rebels suddenly shouted in unison: "Shi Guozong, General Ji said, your mother-in-law is not bad, he will ask the king of Zhennan to reward him with all your mother-in-law, and will take care of your mother-in-law for you!" ”

"Will take care of us with you!"

Fooled and suffered losses and was so humiliated by the rebels in public, Shi Zhenji's anger in his heart can of course be imagined, but this directly affected the Taiping army's plan to return to the reinforcements, in the case that the army did not get enough rest after the rapid march, Shi Zhenji categorically refused the suggestion of his subordinates to let the soldiers properly retain their physical strength, and just explained that the Fuliang Taiping Army should fully defend Jingdezhen, and immediately ordered the army to march back to Raozhou City, preparing to return to the Guxiandu area overnight and then temporarily rest, cross the Pojiang River and take the road on the south bank to return to Raozhou.

If it weren't for the fact that most of the soldiers under his command were veterans of Guangxi, who were both well-qualified and the most good at bearing hardships and standing hard work, Shi Zhenji's marching requirements would definitely not be achieved, but even if the Taiping army hurried to the vicinity of Guxiandu at dawn the next day as planned, the top and bottom were already exhausted to the extreme, and there were many soldiers who fell behind, and Shi Zhenji, who was marching on horseback, had just ordered the army to rest on the spot, and almost all the Taiping soldiers immediately collapsed to the ground gasping for breath, and many soldiers were just sleeping with their heads on the ground, and they immediately snored loudly and fell asleep.

The army is tired to this point, and the most important thing Shi Zhenji should do is for the army to rest and recover a certain amount of physical strength before returning to Raozhou, but at this time, the Taiping soldiers guarding the ferry sent bad news to Shi Zhenji, saying that the Wu army launched an attack on Raozhou City in the middle of the night last night. Shi Zhenji was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly asked, "How is the battle going?" Is Raozhou City still in our hands? ”

"The Emperor of the Kingdom forgives his sins, because it is more than thirty miles apart, and the little ones don't know." The guard guarding the ferry shook his head and said truthfully: "The little one only knows that the demon soldiers launched a siege last night, and the little one doesn't know anything else. ”

"Idiot, rubbish!"

Shi Zhenji, who was in an extremely bad mood, scolded, and at the same time made Shi Zhenji even more annoyed that the Taiping army defenders in Guxiandu still lacked foresight, and after receiving the news of the Wu army's siege of the city, they did not take precautions to build a pontoon bridge on the Pojiang River, so the Taiping army had no way to cross the river immediately, and had to temporarily build a bridge to cross the river. As a result, Chen Yulin and other generals were quite fortunate about this, and felt that they could let the army take the opportunity to rest, but Shi Zhenji was so anxious that he quickly calculated after kicking the captain who was guarding the ferry, Shi Zhenji also made such a decision, "Set off immediately, go to the north bank to return to Raozhou City!" ”

"Guozong, it's too risky, isn't it?" Chen Yulin said in horror: "The main force of the demon soldiers is on the north shore, and our soldiers are so tired, if the demon soldiers divide their troops to intercept, it will be difficult for us to rush over?" It's better to rest while building the bridge, and then go back to the city on the south bank when the bridge is built. ”

"I'm afraid that Raozhou City won't be able to hold on." Shi Zhenji said with a gloomy face: "Most of our most capable troops are here, and some of them are guarding forts at the mouth of the Pojiang River, and the army in the city is mostly old and weak recruits, and the soldiers are not even enough to defend the city wall. ”

"But what if the demon soldiers divide their troops to intercept it?" Chen Yulin hurriedly asked.

"That's also to share the pressure of defending the city for the town!" Shi Zhenji said viciously: "Go to the north bank to return to Raozhou, the demon soldiers divide their troops to intercept us, if there are not many demon soldiers coming, we will fight resolutely, if the demon soldiers send heavy troops to intercept us, we will fight and retreat, first lead the demon soldiers away and then leave the battlefield, help Zhenchang and them breathe a sigh of relief, and then cross the Pojiang River, go to the south bank and return to the city." ”

Chen Yulin didn't dare to say anything more, but muttered in his heart: "I'm afraid that our soldiers are too tired to shake off the chasing soldiers of the demon soldiers." ”

Thanks to Shi Zhenji's current subordinates, who are mainly veterans of Guangxi, Shi Zhenji's unkind orders have been resolutely implemented, but after the Taiping army, whose physical strength has seriously declined, has traveled more than 20 miles to the west, the south bank is full of people, and a large group of Taiping soldiers with red turbans fled from the east in embarrassment. Shi Zhenji was shocked, and hurriedly sent someone to the river to shout across the water to inquire about the specific situation, but the reply was that the city wall of Raozhou had been blown up by the Wu army with gunpowder, and the Wu army entered the city, and the defenders in the city could not parry, so they could only flee out of the city one after another.

"Raozhou has been broken by demon soldiers? What about Shi Zhenchang? What about Shi Dade? What do they eat? Why can't you keep it for even a day?! There are also Shi Zhenfa and Hu Dingwen, why don't you take the sailor back to Raozhou City?! ”

No one could answer Shi Zhenji's roar, only one of the scouts galloped back to Shi Zhenji's front of him, panting and playing: "Yu Guozong, I found a battalion of demon soldiers in front of the road, who were hurrying towards our army along the main road, as if they were trying to intercept our army. ”

"How many demon soldiers are coming? Say it again! Shi Zhenji asked with red eyes.

"Guoguo Zong, one battalion, five hundred people, the establishment is very complete, it should be a new force!" The scout replied truthfully.

"Son of a bitch!" The repeated frustrations and humiliations overwhelmed Shi Zhenji's mind, and the thoughts and worries about his relatives and brothers also confused Shi Zhenji's eyes, and the blow of losing the base camp that had been operating for many years made Shi Zhenji angry, and he yelled without thinking: "Go up, kill these demon soldiers, and avenge our heavenly soldiers!" ”

"Rush!"

In the roar, the soldiers of the Taiping Army, who still numbered more than 3,000, all strengthened their spirits, quickened their pace, strode forward with firm eyes, and killed the Wu army camp team that was galloping along the road. Then soon, in the distance of the road, a Wu military battalion-level flag appeared in the field of vision of the Taiping soldiers, the same fast footsteps, the same murderous spirit, and rushed towards the Shizhen Ji army without hesitation!

"Raised by a son of a bitch, one battalion dares to rush Lao Tzu's more than 3,000 troops head-on! Look for death! Scolding, Shi Zhenji, who was riding a horse, raised his knife and shouted: "Kill! Let the demon soldiers see how powerful our old brothers in the kingdom of heaven are! ”

The old brothers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are indeed very powerful, both brave and good at fighting and hard-working, which is not only recognized by the Taiping army's sworn enemy Hunan army, Li Hongzhang's Huai army and Zuo Zongtang's victorious army, but also recognized by the British army and the French army. But unfortunately, what Shi Zhenji and his old brother didn't know was that they didn't encounter this enemy with few troops, not because God gave them a chance to vent their anger, but because they were unlucky and didn't accumulate yin virtue.

At present, there are only two such armies in the world, one is the Seventh Infantry Regiment of Illinois in the United States, and the other is the direct pro-military battalion built by Wu Chaoyue, a young man who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the biggest thing that these two armies have in common is that they are all equipped with Henry rifles, and now they are the only long-range rifled rifles in the world that can shoot continuously.

Slightly different from the Illinois Seventh Infantry Regiment, Wu Chaoyue's pro-soldier battalion also has a sniper squad piled up with the same weight of silver. So......

"Fuck it! When you meet Lao Tzu, you dare to ride on a horse! Take Lao Tzu's Minnie gun, and the big long hair on the horse belongs to me! This is the arrogant clamor of Wu Dabiao, the commander of Wu Chaoyue's pro-military battalion and the first captain of the Wu army's sniper team.