In the clairvoyant mirror, Luo Tuo saw the Taiping army moving dozens of artillery pieces from both flanks towards the Chinese army, and at the same time, an ironclad soldier fought out from the rear of the Taiping army and headed straight for Li Benshen's Chinese infantry. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe Qing army in the encirclement is nearly 10,000 people, half of them are unarmored soldiers, if you let the ironclad soldiers of the Taiping Army get close, let alone those unarmored soldiers, even if there are armored soldiers, they can't stop it.

"Hurry up and let Arzin rush up to intercept that ironclad soldier and take out the Nanren's cannon!"

Roto hurriedly sent out the general order in a panic, and the banner was too late, and a few Goshha horses went to pass the order.

Luo Tuo's order was passed a little late, and the Qing army, who were fighting with the Taiping army, was shocked to find that the Taiping army in front of them suddenly retreated to both sides like a tide, and then a group of Taiping soldiers in iron armor stepped towards them with large swords and spears.

Gao Di, who was sitting on a horse in the Qing army array, saw the ironclad array, his face changed greatly, and he subconsciously shouted: "It's the ironclad soldiers, retreat quickly, you can't stop it!" ”

Bai Guangen had already seen the murderous ironclad soldiers, and when he saw that the other party was coming in his direction, he didn't want to pull the reins and retreat.

Li Benshen was in the center of the battle array, and he couldn't notice the abnormal movement in front of him for a while, and when he found out, the iron guards of the Taiping army were already approaching the Qing army, so that the Qing cavalry in the distance could no longer stop the pole, and if they wanted to pounce directly, they would inevitably rush together with their own foot soldiers.

Arzin had suffered the loss of the Iron Man Guard before, and knew that the Chinese army Li Benshen would not be able to withstand it, so he gritted his teeth and ordered his subordinates to follow him straight to the Taiping Army's general banner and those moving artillery. Capture the thief and capture the king first, Arzin's judgment is not wrong, the front is a one-sided fight, as long as the flag is ended, the winner has to become the loser.

Hearing his order, more than 2,000 Manchurian and Mongolian cavalry immediately turned around and rushed towards the place where the Taiping army general flag was. Seeing this, the infantry of the line national security command post did not rush to the Chinese army, but went with Arzin to rush to the Taiping army's general flag.

Yu Shizhong, who was on the high platform, kept his eyes on the Qing cavalry returning from the right flank, and saw that the other party did not go to reinforce Li Benshen, but came to his side, and the command flag in his hand waved again, and the drum sounded. When the auxiliary minister saw the banner order, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly, beat his horse and galloped, but he killed the Qing army in the direction of the banner in the distance.

Come and don't be rude!

At the same time, Shang Keyuan also moved in the direction of Jiangqi with the remnants of his subordinates, and on the other side, the Taiping cavalry that had been cooperating with the Fourth Town to drive Daniel Zhang's troops also abandoned Daniel Zhang's troops and turned around to kill in the direction of Jiangqi. After this Taiping cavalry went, Daniel Zhang did not feel relaxed, because he was now able to gather less than two thousand remnants, but there were three or four thousand Taiping troops in front of him, so even without the threat of that cavalry, it would be difficult for Daniel Zhang to repel the Taiping army in front of him, because his military morale was gone.

The Manchu and Mongolian cavalry of the Arzin tribe roared in the direction of Yu Shizhong, and just as they gathered together from the skirmishing line, the Taiping artillery fired. The cannonballs pierced the sky with a terrifying whistling sound and fell among the Qing cavalry as they waited anxiously. The big solid iron ball instantly swept out long lines. There are no living creatures in this long line.

The Qing army was not frightened by the shells, but rushed forward even more frantically. They thought that the Taiping army would fire solid cannons again, but they didn't want to fire the tiger squat cannon that was scattered this time. The lead was smashed towards the Qing army in a fan-shape, overturning a piece. The panicked war horses ran wildly, and the owners of the horses had already been lifted off their horses, and some were even hung on the horses and dragged along. The horses that had lost their masters rushed on the battlefield, stirring up the Qing army's charge.

No less than 200 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were shot down by artillery fire, but many more Manchu and Mongolian cavalry rushed close to the Taiping artillery. He thought that those Taiping gunners would immediately turn around and run wildly in fright, but in his sight, these gunners were still standing there staring at them with wide eyes, and their faces showed not a look of fear and fear, but excitement and anticipation.

What are the Han barbarians waiting for?

The Karai was clouded by his instincts, and his intuition told him that hell lay ahead. He wanted to rein in his horse, but the high-speed galloping war horse couldn't stop at all, and even if he could, he would be instantly knocked over by his companions behind.

Unable to stop, the Garai could only continue to rush forward, the saber in his hand clenched tightly, his breathing becoming more and more rapid, and he could even hear his own heartbeat.

Suddenly, he felt a light underneath him, a sharp light under his mount's feet, and then he noticed his mount fall downward.

Below is a thick earth, how can it fall?

Garai subconsciously looked under his feet, cursing in his heart, the damned Han barbarian had already dug a trench around the flag!

The area around the general flag was indeed hollowed out by the Taiping army, and a trench about two miles long was dug around the general flag. It was only covered with wooden planks, then covered with crumble, and then brought turf from its place and covered it, and from a distance, there was nothing wrong with it.

If the Qing army had paid close attention to the movement of the Taiping army from the beginning, they would have found that the Taiping army did not come out directly from the perimeter of the flag, but came out in groups from some fixed areas. There, is the only passage.

Hundreds of Manchu and Mongolian cavalry rushing at high speed rushed to the trench at the same time, and with the sound of "plopping", one by one the war horses and their owners fell into the trench several feet deep, and the ditch was full of sharp cuts. The man hissed and wailed.

The unlucky Qing soldiers were directly killed by the sharp soldiers, but the lucky one was to call his own mount to save his life, because the sharp soldiers in the ditch were not enough to directly cut the body of the war horse and nail the Qing soldiers above. But these Qing soldiers who were saved by their own mounts did not have time to rejoice in their lives, because when they stood up from their mounts with difficulty and were about to climb out of the ditch, they found that black bamboo tubes had fallen above their heads. The bamboo tubes were all sparkling, some of them landed in the ditch so casually, and some of them were thrown at them with precision.

"What the hell!"

The soldiers shouted and shouted, and the instinct for danger made them only want to stay away from these sparkling bamboo tubes, but before they could climb out, the black bamboo tubes exploded with a loud noise. In the sound of the explosion, pieces of lead and broken iron flew out, regardless of the people and horses, and the explosion made the Qing soldiers and ghosts howl.

Thousands of Manchu cavalry witnessed the sudden disappearance of their companions in front of them, and then heard the loud explosions and the screams of their companions.

The trench in front of him, which was full of corpses of men and horses, could not be taken lightly at this moment, like a thunder pool.

Arzin's hand holding the reins of the horse was already trembling, he participated in no less than dozens of battles, although most of them were following the Han army and the green battalion to grab merit, but as Gushan Ezhen, he was also well-known in the Manchurian clan, and he was a general with considerable experience in the battle formation, but it was the first time he had seen such a tragic picture.

The Manchurian cavalry all stopped on the other side of the ditch, and for a full number of seconds, they just stood motionless next to the cannon falling above their heads, staring blankly at the front.

Many Manchurian children had never been on the battlefield before, and they had never even drawn bows and arrows, and the reason why they went south with the army was just to gain military merit and earn a future.

Another cannon landed on the ground in front of Arzin's left, bounced off the ground again, and smashed the two Goshkhalians and horses beside him.

The Fourteenth Town, which was still far away, rushed over and shot the Qing soldiers who seemed to be stupid with few firearms and bows and arrows.

"Withdraw!"

The tragic death of Goshha beside him brought Arzin back to his senses and gave what he thought was the most important order to retreat immediately.

The Garai dodged the Taiping cannons, the sharp cuts in the trenches, and dodged the black bamboo tubes of the Taiping army, but he lost his mount. Crawling out of the ditch, he looked around blankly, his ears buzzing, and the loud explosion shook his eardrums, and he couldn't hear anything. The blood on his forehead also blurred his vision, and he turned around with difficulty, and found that his companions behind him had their mouths wide open, and many people were pulling horses' heads.

Although Karai couldn't hear it, he wasn't stupid, and he knew that the people behind him were definitely retreating. As soon as they retreated, he never had a chance to survive. The corners of his mouth opened slightly, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it. He shook his head, and when he turned around again, a cannonball about the size of his head fell from the sky and smashed directly from his head, and in an instant, his brain overflowed.

As soon as Arzin's retreat order was given, the Manchurian cavalry was in disarray. In order to survive, the young Manchurian children scattered and fled. The panic spread rapidly, and those Manchurian veterans were also infected, and everyone thought that the battle had been lost, and at this time, anyone who could not escape would have to die.

The cavalry of the Qing army wanted to run, but the Taiping army did not let them.

Yu Shizhong waved the flag again, and the fourteenth town of Shang Keyuan immediately rushed up to the Qing cavalry that was in chaos, and the wolf soldiers continued to stab the Qing soldiers with their spears, and the Qing soldiers who had been unorganized surrounded and strangled one by one.

The cavalry on the left wing who rushed back from Daniel Zhang's department also inserted themselves from the rear of the fifth town into the combined part of the Qing cavalry and the line national security department, and under a burst of killing, the Qing army cavalry collapsed, and no matter how hard the line national security tried, it could not stop the imminent collapse.

(To be continued.) )