The Huai army retreated, and the allied artillery helped it hold back the enemy, especially the four Armstrong heavy guns in the rear of the British and French forces, which were as powerful as an artillery battalion. It's a pity that this is night, and Li Xiucheng's camp can't be locked, otherwise with this Armstrong cannon, Li Xiucheng and his tent will be bombarded into the sky, and this battle will be much easier.

The Huai army retreated, and the coalition army came up, and the advantage of waiting for work was that the dense rain of bullets easily blocked the pursuit of the Taiping army. After leaving behind a hundred corpses, the Taiping retreated.

Calm gradually returned to the battlefield, and both sides were extremely silent. On the side of the Taiping army, it can be said that it suffered heavy losses, even if it eliminated most of the foreign guns, but ran away from Wall, this battle cannot be said to be a victory.

On the side of the Qing army, in the last battle, in order to meet the foreign guns, Zhang Shusheng's Huai army suffered nearly 5,000 casualties, accounting for one-third of the troops under his command.

The Anglo-French army suffered 500 casualties, which was far beyond the pre-war estimates of the British and French leaders.

The casualties on the side of the Taiping army were as high as 30,000, plus those who were finally crippled and collapsed, the battle losses were as high as 40,000. The most important thing is that the plan to eliminate the foreign guns before the war was not successful.

Li Xiucheng was extremely dissatisfied with this result, but after weighing the pros and cons, he decisively chose to withdraw his troops.

With the support of the navy, the war potential of the Anglo-French army was greater than that of the Taiping army, after all, the foreigners could increase their strength at any time, and the Manchus could also continue to increase their troops to Shanghai through the naval division. However, the Taiping army of 100,000 is now only 60,000, there are still a large number of wounded soldiers to be treated, even fewer soldiers available, and most importantly, the troops under his command still have to defend the large Sufu Province, and they must not continue to stumble in the city of Shanghai.

The speed of the Taiping army's retreat was not slow, but it could not hide from the eyes and ears of the British and French forces. However, after all, they fought a fierce battle, and they were not familiar with the terrain here, so they were naturally powerless to pursue.

The sky was bright, and the Taiping army retreated to Songjiang Mansion.

At the same time, 10,000 British, French and Chinese troops marched from Shanghai City to attack Songjiang Mansion. Li Hongzhang naturally will not continue to sit in Shanghai, this is a counterattack, and he, the governor of Jiangsu, must be present.

In the mountains on the outskirts of Shanghai, Hong Tiangui frowned, but he didn't expect such a result.

"King Zhong has been defeated, retreated to Songjiang Mansion, and the enemy has poured out, this is our chance." Hong Tiangui's eyes flashed with a fine light.

"Your Majesty, you want to attack Shanghai City?" Sun Libin was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood.

"Yes, Shanghai's troops are empty, it is a good time for us to take advantage of the weakness, not to mention that if Shanghai City falls, the British and French forces will inevitably retreat, and then the pressure on the loyal king will be greatly reduced, and the situation will be much better.

Although King Zhong had 60,000 people, he had a serious loss of spirit, coupled with the lack of logistical support, and hastily retreated and discarded a lot of supplies, making it difficult for them to move in Songjiang Mansion for a while.

The Anglo-French army slaughtered Songjiang Province, although it did not immediately attack the city, but the pressure on the Taiping army was still very great.

In the Wehrmacht, Hong Tiangui vetoed Sun Libin's suggestion to attack hard, and he chose to send people to infiltrate Shanghai City, and the inside and outside should cooperate to take the entire Shanghai City in one fell swoop. And it was none other than Hong Tiangui's personal guardian Heavenly Sword Daoist who carried out this task.

The reason why he chose Tianjian is because of his identity as a Taoist, Shanghai is an international metropolis, there are three sects and nine streams, there are everyone, and it is nothing for a group of Taoist priests to appear, and Tianjian has the degree of Taoist priests, he is a real Taoist, and he will reduce some suspicions.

He brought a little Taoist boy dressed as ten members of the personal guard, and then brought some blanket rolls to make the appearance of being dusty.

The Taiping army retreated, and the atmosphere in Shanghai City became high, and there were people celebrating the victory everywhere, but the city was only 1,000 Huai troops in the defenders, and there were wounded soldiers everywhere, which stained the Shanghai City with a little blood for the victory of the Great War. And the person in charge of guarding the town is Liu Mingchuan, the general of the Huai Army. And being able to stay and guard Shanghai City, its status in Li Hongzhang's mind is self-evident.

The supervision at the gate of the city is extremely strict, but because Tianjian has a Taoist priest and is full of Taoist classics, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a Taoist priest who has gone down the mountain to practice, and although the ten Taoist children behind him are a little eye-catching, the words Dragon and Tiger Mountain on the degree will naturally not arouse suspicion, and they have successfully blended into the city.

At night, the Heavenly Sword Daoist led more than 30 people who had infiltrated the city to enter the west gate and eliminated the 20 guards in one fell swoop. The closed gates slowly opened.

Naturally, the Wehrmacht, which had already touched it, would not be polite, and the army rushed into the city in a swren.

Fierce firefighting did not take place, and this time the Wehrmacht had a huge advantage.

Moreover, the Heavenly Sword Daoist didn't do anything during the day, they traveled all over Shanghai City in the name of experience, and they had already figured out Liu Mingchuan's troop deployment. In addition, the Huai army was extremely tired after the fierce battle, and the soldiers slept very deeply, and even if they woke up, the combat effectiveness could not be guaranteed.

When Liu Mingchuan, the general of the Huai Army, was overwhelmed in front of Hong Tiangui, the other party's face was still deeply shocked and puzzled.

Hong Tiangui was also shocked, although Liu Mingchuan was not as famous as Li Hongzhang, but he was definitely a backbone general in the Huai Army, in Hong Tiangui's memory, this person seemed to lead the troops to resist the French invasion twenty years later, and he could be regarded as a national hero. For such a capable person, Hong Tiangui naturally would not kill him easily. But looking at Liu Mingchuan's indifferent eyes, it was not easy to make him surrender.

Hong Tiangui is not in a hurry, celebrities have tempers, but can he still be in his own hands? The last thing Hong Tiangui lacks is time, he can slowly concoct him.

"Immediately send someone to take over the Three City Gates, Sun Libin, you personally lead people to control the dock, by the way, let the soldiers change into Manchu military uniforms." Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.

Sun Libin's eyes lit up, and he instantly understood what Hong Tiangui meant.

They moved very quickly, and quickly took control of the city gates, and the news of the capture of Shanghai by the Wehrmacht must have been known to few people. In this era, there was no radio, so it was impossible to deliver information quickly. And Hong Tiangui didn't think that he could completely hide the news, but the longer he hid it, the greater the benefit to him.

"The First Army blockaded all the factories in Shanghai, removed all the machines that could be moved, seized all the weapons depots, and forbade all the weapons and ammunition to be left. The Second Army was responsible for clearing the Manchu officials, clearing the streams, and killing those who resisted. Another thing to remember is that ordinary people should not be disturbed, and those who wantonly disturb the people will not be killed. Hong Tiangui ordered in a deep voice, he didn't want the Wehrmacht to become a bandit, but the Wehrmacht would definitely not be merciful to the enemy.