No matter how Steveri cursed, Wall's foreign spear team left the city and headed straight for the Chinese army of the loyal king.

The battle started very suddenly, the Taiping army had just broken through one of the Huai army's defense lines, and did not continue to attack, because Li Xiucheng felt that the Huai army had concentrated a large number of troops on the second line of defense, with 3,000 men on the frontal battlefield alone, and had also built a large number of fortifications, and the method of capturing the first line of defense would not work in the second line of defense.

The foreign guns suddenly charged, which really caught the Taiping army by surprise. Mai Dongliang's 2nd Brigade was unexpectedly attacked by the foreign rifle team and succeeded, and the men and horses of the entire division were in chaos in an instant.

King Zhong took the opportunity to make a decision, led the pro-guard army into battle in person, and cooperated with the elite of Mai Dongliang's men, and finally stopped the attack of the foreign spear team at the cost of hundreds of casualties.

Mai Dongliang went completely crazy, the foreign rifle team broke through his first division, this is the elite army he started, although there are still four divisions, but each division is seriously understaffed, the four divisions seem to be large, the actual number is about four brigades, if the first division collapses, the army under his command will lose more than half of the casualties.

King Zhong's personal guards were all equipped with muskets and guns, and the level of training of the troops was much higher than that of other Taiping troops, and they used the firepower net formed by the guns to block the attack of the foreign guns, and also gave Mai Dongliang the opportunity to reorganize the team and collect the rout.

"Gather all the armies and surround them for me!" Li Xiucheng had an angry look on his face. The Qing army relied on positions and cities to resist them, and Li Xiucheng's strength advantage was not brought into play, and now Wall's foreign spear team recklessly rushed into the Taiping army, although it defeated a reorganized division, but also gave the Taiping army the opportunity to surround them and annihilate them.

Li Xiucheng naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and he naturally knew that if he was killed, he would undoubtedly pull out one of the sharp claws of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which would be extremely helpful in capturing Shanghai City.

The three armies of the Taiping Army surrounded Wall's foreign guns in three directions.

Boom, boom!

The artillery in Wall's foreign gun team began to exert its might, and Wall's foreign gun team of 3,000 people was equipped with 36 93mm Napoleonic guns, as well as 12 117mm Napoleonic guns, especially 117mm Napoleonic guns, which were the main equipment in the French army. In terms of ammunition, the West also gave great support to the foreign gun team, so that the foreign gun team had extremely sufficient ammunition, one front-loading rifle per person, and although the rate of fire was worse than that of the rear loading and robbery, it was much stronger than the Manchu shotgun carrying gun.

"Artillery builds positions, infantry shoots in three sections!" Wall shouted, thinking that he could defeat the Taiping army in one go, but the result surprised him, the elite of the Taiping army did have two brushes, and although their ability to use firearms could not catch up with the Western soldiers, they were much stronger than the Chinese soldiers in the foreign gun team, so the foreign gun team could not do the feat of the British and French forces sweeping the 200,000 cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Boom!

The huge roar was earth-shattering, and the British naval artillery opened fire again above the river.

The minimum caliber of the giant cannon that can hit here is more than 200 millimeters, and among the Western warships, only Britain and France have a total of six warships, with a total of 12 giant cannons, and even if other ship-based guns can hit the battlefield, the accuracy is much worse. If the shells fall on the heads of the foreign guns, the result will be a bit troublesome.

With a bang, the shells fell, and all the shells within a radius of 30 meters were overturned, and within 20 meters they were either killed or wounded. Fortunately, this shell did not fall into the Taiping army barracks, but the aftermath was affected, but its terrifying power made the Taiping soldiers pale.

Li Xiucheng's face was ugly, the sea cannons of the great powers were so terrifying, if they could maintain a dense and accurate attack, this battle would not be able to be fought at all. There is also a point that the navies of the great powers opened fire, proving that the naval forces of the heavenly kingdom were defeated, but it is not known how the losses were.

"Signal the flag, keep attacking!" Li Xiucheng gritted his teeth and said. Destroy the foreign guns at all costs, otherwise there is no possibility of attacking this Shanghai city.

Under the military order, the Taiping army launched a tidal wave of attacks, compared with the Manchu soldiers, the Taiping army both the will to attack and the morale are much higher, although the foreign gun team is stronger, but not much stronger. As long as the soldiers of the Celestial Kingdom broke through the fire of the enemy's rifles, it was only a matter of minutes for tens of thousands of people to surround and kill thousands.

Boom, boom!

Wall's artillery began to fire, and the fire of forty-eight guns at the same time covered most of the Taiping camp.

"Lord be careful!" Listening to the sound of the cannonballs whistling, Li Xiucheng's personal guard soldiers' faces changed drastically, and they fell to the ground at once.

With a bang, an explosion occurred not far from Li Xiucheng, more than a dozen soldiers were injured, and three serious people lost blood and died of blood.

"Lord Wang, I'll retreat quickly!" The captain of the guard shouted that Li Xiucheng was within the range of the foreign guns, and he was lucky not to be hit by a shell just now, and if something really happened to him, the entire Taiping army would probably collapse completely.

Li Xiucheng was also taken aback, he didn't expect the foreign gun team to carry so many artillery, looking at the roaring cannon sound and the chaotic Taiping army, Li Xiucheng's face flashed a pale color.

"Send the flag, destroy the foreign gun team at all costs, the foreign gun team will not be destroyed, and this king will not leave." Li Xiucheng pushed away the guards, and his whole expression was extremely determined. His handsome banner is here, if he leaves, it will be a great blow to the morale of the Taiping army, and it is very likely that the army will completely collapse in the face of the enemy's superior vitality, this risk he does not dare to take, and he cannot take it.

With Li Xiucheng's banner, the chaotic Taiping army calmed down, and the Taiping army surrounding the foreign guns launched a decisive attack. The artillery of the Taiping Army was also firing, but the range was not as good as others, and the firepower was not as good as others, and it was extremely suppressed.

"Get on the projection car!" Li Xiucheng yelled, this is also a helpless thing, the artillery is not as good as others, so they can only use the primitive catapult, fortunately, the foreign gun team attacked them, and the distance between them is still within the range of the catapult.

"Aim at the opponent's artillery positions and give me a bang!" Li Xiucheng naturally saw that the strength of the foreign gun team was in the artillery, and as long as the artillery was defeated, the firepower of 3,000 people would not be able to stop the attack of tens of thousands of people.

Li Xiucheng was ruthless, and the pressure on the foreign gun team doubled. After all, the firearms of this period could not be compared with later generations, and the loading speed of the front-loading guns was slow, and even if it was a three-stage shot, it was inevitable that there would be omissions. Although the artillery firepower was strong, it only stared at Li Xiucheng's direction and beat hard, and there were only sporadic auxiliary artillery in several other attack directions, and they could only rely on rifles to defend.