In addition to Luo Zenan, Zeng Guobao, and Liu Rong accompanying Zeng Guofan, the rest of Wang Zhu, Li Yuandu, Taqibu, Zhou Fengshan, Bao Chao, and Zeng Guoquan each led 1,000 Xiangyong to launch a fierce attack on the Taiping military camp. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Zeng Guofan's Xiangyong had fought in Changsha, Yuezhou, Wuchang and other places, and it could be said that he had fought for a long time, and his equipment was much better than that of the green battalion.

Moreover, due to Zeng Guofan's painstaking collection of money, among the 6,000 Xiangyong and 4,000 sailors, especially the earliest 4,000 Xiangxiang and Xiangxi children and the 3,000 sailors of Yuezhou Xiangyin, were the most loyal. Zeng Guofan also reported the accounts on time and distributed rich military salaries, and he was full of money, so that a cadre of Xiangyong was willing to die for it.

At this time, Xiangyong, each battalion was five or six hundred people, including half of the firearms team and half of the sword and spear team, and the firearms mainly included carrying guns and bird guns, in addition to mountain splitting guns.

In addition to the higher salary, Zeng Guofan asked his subordinates to follow Qi Jiguang's training method and train hard. Originally, most of Xiang Yongzhong were relatives such as brothers, uncles and nephews from the same township, and they were the children of Zeng Guofan's hometown, so they naturally obeyed Zeng Guofan's orders.

And Zeng Guofan, a big figure in the court, was the minister of regimental training ordered by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and was deeply supported by his subordinates.

Zeng Guofan also emphasized "strict punishment and strict law", strict military discipline, and established a strict supervision and battle guard to enforce military discipline, and at the same time, instilled in the Hunan warriors in their hometowns the ideas of "loyalty and courage", "loyalty and service", and other ideas of absolute obedience to superiors and service to the imperial court, compared with half a year ago, the Hunan warriors are much stronger.

Wang Zhu, Li Yuandu, and Taqibu led the three battalions in front of the Taiping Army camp, and Zhou Fengshan, Bao Chao, and Zeng Guoquan led the three battalions to detour to the back of the Taiping Army camp.

The Taiping army didn't think that the Qing demon would dare to take the initiative to attack, because the main general Zeng Tianyang was injured and had no intention of fighting, so they were ready to stick to the camp and not respond to the battle.

Zeng Guofan personally beat the drum and ordered the attack.

The guns and cannons in the Taiping military camp were fired in unison, and Xiang Yong rushed in.

Wang Zhu, Li Yuandu, and Taqibu each ordered their own soldiers to ambush when they heard the artillery, and the artillery stopped and marched straight to the Taiping army camp. In the face of Xiang Yong's crazy attack, the Taiping army put up stubborn resistance, but due to low morale, coupled with the fact that the camp was not stable enough and too scattered, and Xiang Yong's fearlessness of fighting to the death and bravely moved forward, the Taiping army camp was unexpectedly beaten by Xiang Yong, who was approaching layer by layer, with mountain splitting cannons and raising guns, and the artillery was also suppressed.

Xiang Yong concentrated his forces to attack front and back, and attacked one place, and the Taiping soldiers were soon unable to stop Xiang Yong's attack, and suffered heavy casualties. Subsequently, the 3,000 green battalions led by Qinglin, the governor of Mubei, and Lao Guangtai, the governor of Wuchang Prefecture, together with the Xiangyong gunners, destroyed the walled gate with artillery.

Xiang Yong, under the leadership of Taqibu, Bao Chao, and Zeng Guoquan, rushed into the Taiping military camp like a tide, and actually broke through the camp of Zeng Tianyang's department in one fell swoop.

Although the three thousand Taiping veterans who came out of Tianjing fought desperately, the remaining three or four thousand Taiping recruits were the people and displaced people recruited along the way, and they had not much training at all, and the weapons were all kinds of seizures, disorganized, and the lack of the main general Zeng Tianyang's call on the battlefield, the Taiping soldiers were defeated and retreated, and in a short time, thousands of people were besieged and killed.

Zeng Tianyang, who was seriously injured, with the support of his personal guards, got up strongly, put on his battle armor, and commanded the Taiping army to rush out of the camp and retreat to the direction of Huangzhou Mansion.

Xiang Yong pursued closely and pursued all the way behind, killing many Taiping soldiers.

Taqibu and Bao Chao even took dozens of horsemen and horses, dancing sabers, and forced over.

When you reach a wooden bridge over a river, you can't cross the river in a hurry.

Zeng Tianyang saw that he couldn't get out, so he simply stopped retreating, and ordered a military commander to lead 4,000 Taiping troops across the bridge and slowly retreat. He himself personally led more than 200 personal guards, led more than 1,000 veterans, shouted long live the kingdom of heaven, and bravely rushed towards the oncoming Taqib and Bao Chao.

Although Zeng Tianyang was sixty-four or five years old and seriously injured, he was still unstoppable. He faced the onrushing Tazib is a spear, Tazib hurriedly flashed, but still half a step slower, in the middle of the waist, screaming and falling to the ground. Zeng Tianyang was also because of his exertion, the wounds all over his body burst out, and the blood gushed like a spring.

Bao Chao saw the opportunity to slash at the knife, Zeng Tianyang didn't care about it, pulled out the spear inserted in Taqib's body, and poked it at Bao Chao's abdomen. Bao Chao's complexion changed greatly, and he dodged sideways, but the saber in his hand slashed at Zeng Tianyang's shoulder, Zeng Tianyang snorted, his shoulder was bleeding, and the spear in his hand was powerless to pick it up.

The guards were forced by Xiang Yong and died tragically one after another, unable to rush over to support Zeng Tianyang.

Bao Chao saw the opportunity to slash again. And Taqib, who fell to the ground, even endured the pain and hugged Zeng Tianyang's feet. Zeng Tianyang, who couldn't move, was hit in the head with a knife, and half of his face was turned upside down. He screamed and slammed down on top of Tazib, twisting his body so hard that his teeth clenched into Tazib's hand.

The fierce Bao Chao stabbed Zeng Tianyang in the abdomen again.

Zeng Tianyang felt that the strength of his body was drained all of a sudden, and his eyes were blurred, he knew that he was dying here today, but he was not too afraid, but he just muttered in his mouth: "King Nan, you sent Lao Zeng to inquire about the news, but Lao Zeng has not passed on any news." Lao Zeng is actually very contradictory, but now he finally doesn't have to worry about it. It's just that I can't see you and the day when you will build your ideal kingdom. ”

After that, he fell to the ground and vomited blood and died.

A generation of Huang Zhong-style veterans of the Heavenly Kingdom, strong in martial arts, capable of writing and martial arts, unexpectedly fell into the trap of Taqib, which led to the defeat of the army, and then affected the entire Taiping army's plan to conquer Wuchang, which can't help but make people sigh.

Seeing that Zeng Tianyang died in battle, the remaining guards and Taiping soldiers each went crazy and beat and killed, not hesitating to die with Xiang Yong beside him. After more than half an hour, more than 1,000 Taiping soldiers were all killed, none of them escaped, and the corpses blocked the entire wooden bridge across the river. Their sacrifice was not in vain, and the remaining 4,000 Taiping soldiers were successfully withdrawn.

Zeng Guofan was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to cut off Zeng Tianyang's head, pickled it with lime and wax, and sent eight hundred miles to expedite it with the new governor Qinglin, and sent the head and good news to Beijing together!

And the Xiangyong Sailor here fought fiercely with Tang Zhengcai's Sailor, and more than 1,000 remnants of Tang Shuyi's Sailor Division, who originally fled to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in the Wuchang Section, quietly went down the Han River and suddenly attacked Tang Zhengcai's Sailor from behind. The Taiping Army's sailors, who were caught off guard for a while, were suddenly defeated.

Under the leadership of Yang Zaifu and Zou Shouzhang, the 4th Battalion of the Xiangyong Naval Division ran along the middle of the Yangtze River and attacked from the middle of the Great River, cutting off the Taiping Army Naval Division in Hanyang and Hankou. Then, Chu Ruhang and Xia Luan led more than 1,000 Hunan brave sailors to attack the Taiping army sailors who came from Hankou.

This Taiping army naval division was led by Shi Xiangzhen, who guarded Hankou, and he let the 39th commander Gu Longxian lead the land soldiers to defend Hankou, and he personally led the naval division to meet the Xiangyong naval division.

The two-seater boat met in a narrow way, and the guns fired in unison, causing damage to each other. When the ship staggered sideways, Shi Xiangzhen shouted violently, led a group of Taiping Army soldiers, jumped on the other party's ship, and started a broadside battle with Xiangyong. Holding three spears, he threw them violently, one of the spears hit Chu Ruhang's chest in the cabin, and then slashed Chu Ruhang with a knife.

Xia Luan's overseer drove a boat to rescue, and Shi Xiangzhen fought against Xia Luan on a boat again, and injured Xia Luan and fell into the water.

Shi Xiangzhen killed two generals of the Xiangyong Naval Division one after another.

But that's about it.

Each battalion of the Xiangyong Naval Division has one fast crab boat, ten long dragon boats and ten sampan boats. And each long boat has seven cannons and four sampan boats, all of which are five or six hundred pounds of artillery. The ships were also equipped with melee weapons such as muskets, spears, swords and spears, and were well-armed.

Seeing that the battalion officer on the flagship was killed, the deputy battalion sentry took over the command and led Xiang Yong on the other long dragon ships and sampan boats to fire their guns as soon as possible to avenge the two of them, and bombarded Shi Xiangzhen's sailor fleet to pieces with heavy losses.

Chu Ruhang and Xia Luan were just a partial division of the Xiangyong Naval Division, and the main force of the Xiangyong Naval Division at this moment, under the leadership of Yang Zaifu and Zou Shouzhang, the main force of the Taiping Army Naval Division, Tang Zhengcai and Lu Bing Wei Jun, who besieged Hanyang, coupled with the cooperation of Tang Shuyi's Naval Division, defeated the Taiping Naval Division of Hanyang.

The Taiping Army's naval division was all adapted from fishing boats and cargo ships, with only a few small earthen cannons and captured artillery, and the weapons were not small compared to Xiang Yong, and the naval division had always been used as a transport ship, and Tang Zhengcai, who was not well trained by Xiang Yong and was proficient in water warfare, was seriously injured and his command was weak. However, the Xiangyong Naval Division was well dispatched and prepared, and in this battle, the Taiping Army's Naval Division revealed its shortcomings, and suffered a fiasco.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wei Jun and Tang Zhengcai abandoned Hanyang and fled to Hankou downstream. However, seeing that Shi Xiangzhen also fled to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in a panic, the three of them had to lead 6,000 land soldiers and 3,000 sailors to retreat to Huangzhou Mansion in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and urgently asked for help from Zhang Zipeng stationed in Jiujiang and Zeng Shuiyuan in Anqing.

Xiang Yong, who completely defeated the Taiping army besieging Wuchang outside the city, crossed the Yangtze River and regained Hankou and Hanyang. In addition, Zeng Guofan took the opportunity to order Zou Shouzhang to lead a battalion of sailors, together with Lao Guangtai, the same governor of Wuchang Prefecture, to lead 2,000 green battalions to Xiaogan and Hanchuan in the north, and recover all the two places occupied by the Taiping army.

After this battle, Xiang Yong captured a large number of baggage and weapons of the Taiping army, and obtained many warships converted from fishing boats, which greatly boosted his momentum. In addition, the local squires in Wuchang Mansion, Hanyang Mansion and even Huangzhou Mansion were afraid that the Taiping Army would continue to attack, so they defected one after another, donating money and materials, and wanted to hide in Wuchang City.

Zeng Guofan was full of spirits and took the opportunity to organize his generals to recruit brave training in the areas of Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Mansion to continue training.

At this time, Xiangyong has reached a scale of more than 10,000 people, and has become a well-disciplined and powerful local armed force, like a local powerhouse, an army controlled by Zeng Guofan, and Xiangyong has transformed into a Hunan army.