The trench that made Zeng Shicheng scold was not dug by the Taiping army, but dug by the Qing army itself in order to besiege Xinhui City.

The trenches dug by the Qing army were more than five feet deep and more than three feet wide, and the ditches were covered with sharp stakes and bamboos, which was daunting. Due to the rain yesterday, some places in the ditch have accumulated rainwater due to unevenness, looking at one pond after another, the pond is turbid, only vaguely see the sharp pile cut out, in addition to this is a pile of corpses.

In order to fill these trenches, the Taiping army drove the defeated soldiers of the Qing army to fill the trenches several times, and then forced them to fill in at any cost, but they only filled two or three gaps less than three feet wide, and they were not all occupied by the Taiping army, but they barely controlled two of them after repeated battles with the Qing army. For this reason, almost one-third of the strength of the Xiongwei Battalion was buried here.

After the cavalry of the Shang family appeared, Zhou Shiqi immediately ordered the whole army to retreat to the second line of defense, in order to prevent the Qing cavalry from killing along the passage opened by the Taiping army, he asked Shao Jiugong to lead people to block these two passages. In a hurry, where did Shao Jiugong go to find the clogged thing, so he could only take local materials and move the nearby corpses to block them. This corpse belonged to the Qing soldiers and the Taiping army.

Originally, there were gaps between each line of defense of the Qing army for the passage of soldiers and horses, but after the Taiping army suddenly broke through the first two lines of defense, the Han army banner soldiers stationed in the third line of defense blocked the passage with carts, which also forced the Taiping army to take human lives to fill the deep ditch full of sharp piles. This move has to be said to be correct, at least at that time, it delayed the offensive speed of the Taiping army, and bought time for the Qing army behind the defense line to hold on and wait for reinforcements, but now it has caused great trouble to the Shang family's own soldiers, who are all cavalry.

When Zeng Shicheng found that there was no road in front of him, there was only a trench, and the speed of the mount was already high, but he was bold and bold, and he strangled the mount with all his strength. Avoid falling into a ditch with a man or a horse. But other soldiers who rushed up did not have the ability to lead the family, and more than a dozen Liaodong disciples who rode Shang Kexi went south before they drew into the soldiers of their own family fell into the ditch one by one, and in an instant, the sharp stakes in the ditch were cut into the horse's belly, and the screams of the people came and went. made the Qing soldiers behind change color in shock. Some unlucky guys were also unlucky to be taken into the ditch by the mount, and in this moment alone, dozens of their own soldiers were killed and wounded.

"Okay, fall to death you dogs. Mother's clean demon! ”

Seeing the Qing army fall off their horses and fall into the ditch, the Taiping army on the opposite side immediately burst into cheers. Taking advantage of the chaos of the Qing army, the guard battalion quickly sent a sentry to meet the companions who were driven into the ditch by the Qing army, but unfortunately the Qing army fell into the ditch and was certainly hit by the sharp pile, and the people of the Taiping army could not avoid being hit by the sharp pile. More than 30 gunners fled here with 100 households and Jiang He, but less than half of them crawled out of the ditch unscathed.

The bald Jiang He was also injured. The left foot board was penetrated by a bamboo bar, and when it was pulled up, the left foot board was pulled out of the bamboo board entirely, and the pain made the man also scream, and the blood dragged the ground. But seeing that the Qing demon who was chasing and killing was also planted in the ditch, Jiang He was in great pain and couldn't stop laughing. Every laugh hurt the soles of his feet, and after a few laughs, he couldn't laugh anymore, and his subordinates helped him to the back.

Zhou Shixiang saw the injured bald man. There were no words, just a slight nod. Jiang He is not hypocritical. Grinning and pretending to be happy, he went back with a pale face.

After discovering that his companion in front of him had fallen off his horse and fallen into the ditch, the soldiers of his own family who followed behind hurriedly stopped the horse, and after a moment of confusion, the Qing army regrouped the queue. During this brief pause of the Qing army, the Taiping army gained a little respite. The morale has also recovered slightly, and the sense of despair that it had just felt just now is no longer the same.

After inspecting the terrain, the soldiers of the family commanded Qin Guocheng to check the terrain, frowned slightly, and immediately unfolded, and ordered someone to call Wang Baoguo, the former assistant leader of the flag guard. After a few words of inquiry, he ordered him to immediately organize people to clear the passage.

With the advantage of his own cavalry, although the Taiping army on the opposite side has the advantage of occupying the terrain and resisting, Qin Guocheng firmly believes that no matter how cunning the Taiping army is, it will never be able to attack his own cavalry. The previous blow had already defeated them, and now was the best time to break the enemy in one fell swoop, as long as they could break the main force of the Taiping army in front of them and make the opponent fearful, the army would be able to retreat in peace. Thinking that thief Xiucai can no longer muster the courage to attack. As for the dozens of subordinates who fell into the ditch, although Qin Dutong was distressed, he would not withdraw his troops at all because of this.

Qin Guocheng is the general under the throne of the prince, and he is the commander of the army, he spoke, how dare Wang Baoguo disobey, and immediately found Xiang Guokui and others, and ordered them to quickly organize people to clear the road, and then with the cavalry to kill, a report of the shame of being pressed and beaten by the Taiping army before.

With the support of cavalry, the banner soldiers were all demoralized, and no matter how tired they were, everyone worked hard, and after a while, they moved the carts blocking the passage.

After the last cart was moved, Zeng Shicheng took the lead and shouted "kill", and then hundreds of horsemen rushed out to kill the Taiping army

"The demon is coming up again!"

In several defensive circles of the Taiping Army, the officers shouted loudly. The soldiers nervously held the weapons in their hands and stared intently at the roaring Qing cavalry.

The remnants of the Guards Battalion, the Hujie Battalion, and the Xiongwei Battalion each took one side, and formed a circular defensive belt with the Qing army camp and the remaining fences in the defense line. In the middle was the Guards Battalion, which suffered the fewest losses, and while making the best use of the terrain, they also surrounded dozens of large carts left behind by the Qing army, and the soldiers hid behind the large cart frames to avoid being overwhelmed by the Qing cavalry.

Although there are not so many large carriages to use on the side of the Hujie Battalion and the Xiongwei Battalion, they also use all the things that can be used, although it seems that it is still difficult to block the charge of the cavalry, but it is much better than standing in the open space and waiting for the cavalry to rush.

Zhou Shixiang was in the big circle of the Guards Battalion, he was standing in the second row with a long knife, and in front of him was a circle of soldiers holding a long pole. These poles were hardwood removed from the fence of the Qing army, taller than ordinary spears, six feet long, and the tips were sharpened with knives.

Zhou Shixiang's order to these soldiers with long poles was not to wait for him to give orders, and these long poles could not be raised, so as not to be discovered by the Qing army that rushed over and lose the miraculous effect of surprise.

Except for these soldiers with long poles, the rest of the soldiers were all armed with spears and broadswords, and whenever they found that a Qing soldier had fallen from their horses, they would come forward or stab or slash, in short, they must not let the Qing army rush in.

This big rim is a small fortification, Zhou Shixiang has used all the methods he can think of, and the next thing is not for him to decide. God really wants him to die, but it's just a matter of birds facing the sky after death, and it's not a big deal.

The Taiping army quietly watched the Qing army on the opposite side clear the road, and then groups of Qing cavalry rushed towards themselves from this road.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the faces of the Qing cavalry were getting clearer and clearer, and the Taiping army subconsciously took a deep breath, and the air exuded uneasiness and nervousness. When it was obvious to see the charging Qing cavalry waving their swords, suddenly, everyone heard a roar:

"Brothers, fight with the Qing Demon of the Dog Day!" (To be continued.) )