Chapter Forty-Nine: The Battle of Shanghai (9)

The garrison was Hong Tiangui's national defense army, after a rapid march, they were not far from Shanghai, their scouts had been dispersed, and the information on the battlefield was continuously sent to Hong Tiangui's hands.

"Heavenly King, I just got the news that King Zhong has launched a general attack on the foreign spear team, and the destruction of the foreign spear team is imminent." Sun Libin said in a deep voice. Hong Tiangui moved with the Second Army, and along the way, they avoided King Zhong's logistics troops as much as possible, and the forces of both sides were concentrated in Shanghai City, and they miraculously touched this place silently.

"I didn't expect King Zhong to act so quickly, King Zhong has hidden a lot." Hong Tiangui's expression was slightly gloomy, for Li Xiucheng, Hong Tiangui's perception has been changing, what is he thinking about this anti-Ding Heavenly King?

"King Zhong hit Shanghai City, and I want to enter Shanghai in one day at most, I'm afraid our trip will be in vain." Sun Libin was also very helpless, he thought that they would have a big battle, but he didn't expect that he would just become a spectator.

Hong Tiangui didn't say anything, in his memory, Li Xiucheng did not succeed in capturing Shanghai, and he didn't even hit Shanghai City, but what is the situation now? The Taiping army besieged the city of Shanghai, fought fiercely with Chinese and foreign forces, and even besieged the famous foreign guns in history, and was about to be annihilated, is it because of the butterfly effect produced by itself? Hong Tiangui doesn't know where history went wrong, but the Taiping army's capture of Shanghai is obviously different from history.

What should I do? Is it right to come with your troops at great risk?

Hong Tiangui was a little confused and a little unwilling.

"Wait, if King Zhong succeeds in capturing Shanghai, we will have to return to Tianjing City." If King Zhong captured Shanghai, Hong Tiangui did not plan to meet him, because it was not suitable, although he was the new lord of the Kingdom of Heaven, but the capture of Shanghai would make King Zhong's martial arts reach the peak, and he would not have any other benefits except for fighting. Whenever the person who comes up to pick the fruit, it is extremely annoying.

Sun Libin nodded, and the Wehrmacht set up camp and quietly waited for the results of the battle on the front line.

In the night, the fierce battle was continuing, the foreign guns seemed to be crazy, the artillery was dense like rain, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was beaten back several times, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

"Hold on, the enemy's ammunition is limited, and they won't fight endlessly." The Taiping army is also a human being, after a day of fierce fighting, the soldiers are extremely tired, if it is not for the victory in sight, I am afraid that there is no one to have the strength anymore, even so, the momentum of the Taiping army is also depressed to the extreme under the enemy's superior artillery.

In the encirclement, Wall gritted his teeth and gave the order to break out, the artillery abandoned the artillery, and the entire foreign gun team of 900 people launched a counter-charge.

The Taiping army was stunned all of a sudden, who would have thought that at the last moment, the foreign gun team would choose to break through.

Boom Boom!

There was an explosion from the rear of the gunners, who detonated the ammunition and wanted to blow up the guns together.

The Taiping army's defensive line was torn open, and the battle quickly spread in the direction of Shanghai City.

This sudden change was not only unexpected by the Taiping Army, but also by the Allied Army and the Huai Army.

In the face of this sudden fighter, Zhang Shusheng made a quick decision, and the Huai army poured out of the nest and launched an attack in a dense formation.

Although there were archers in the Taiping army, the number was not too many, and in the face of dense crowds, the deterrent power was much smaller. In order to rescue the foreign gun team, Zhang Shusheng couldn't care about the sacrifice of the Huai army.

The Anglo-French forces were also quick to react, and their artillery rumbled and opened fire. The shells shelled along the return road of the foreign guns, and they had to use the artillery fire to make a way out.

The Taiping army also went crazy, and tens of thousands of troops launched a blockade according to the established plan.

At this moment, a loud roar was heard from the rear of the Anglo-French forces, and the whole earth trembled.

There was a sudden light on the battlefield, and everyone was stunned.

With a boom, a huge spark appeared in the Taiping army, accompanied by many screams.

"Giant cannon, giant cannon of foreigners." Some Taiping soldiers shouted, their faces full of horror. The original insistence collapsed instantly, and the whole person threw away the weapon in his hand and turned to flee.

Panic can be contagious, more and more people fled under heavy artillery, and the strict Taiping army was in chaos.

The foreign spear team seized the opportunity and rushed wildly, regardless of the enemy's artillery or cold arrows, they just blindly rushed forward. No one cared about the wounded comrades, they just held the rifles in their hands, silently praying in their hearts that they would not be hit by bullets or cold arrows, and that they would get out alive.

Wall walked away in embarrassment under the protection of everyone, and the guards around him fell one by one, and the wounded were ruthlessly left behind.

Finally, the last of Wall's guards fell, and he looked at Wall with a look of reluctance and begging.

Wall didn't even look at him, just clutched his rifle tightly, his eyes full of intense survival.

Smack!

Wall's arm hurt, the rifle in his hand almost fell off the grasp, he grabbed the rifle with his other hand, did not bother to check his wounds, and rushed forward with the soldiers of the foreign guns.

Whoosh!

An arrow hit Hua Er's shoulder, the severe pain made his eyes black, he stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but he did not fall, his intact right hand brandished a rifle, and he actually picked off a Taiping soldier.

Wall yelled, he didn't want to die, but the ferocity of the Taiping Army had been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he definitely didn't want to be captured alive by the Taiping Army.

A large knife in the hand of a Taiping soldier slashed at Wall's thigh, but because the soldier had been stabbed into the chest with a bayonet when he swung the knife, the force of the knife was greatly reduced, and it did not cut off Wall's muscles or cut off his chance to escape.

Wall was terrified, and in that moment, he felt the fear of death. He regretted that he had come to China, because he was not as brave as he had imagined. I am still very afraid of death and regret my life

The number of foreign guns is less than 300 people, and most of them are wounded, they have long been unable to install bullets and gunpowder on their rifles, and they just rush forward with the bayonets in their hands and survival **, but the Taiping troops that appear densely in front of them make them desperate.

Just when Wall was completely desperate, artillery fire roared ahead, and then fierce shouts of killing were heard. In between the artillery fire, Wall saw the banner of Zhang Shusheng of the Huai Army. Originally, the Manchu military flag that he laughed at many times was so kind.

Wall wants to thank God, he wants to thank the great Huai Army.

But the Taiping Army would not give him this opportunity, and a young Taiping soldier looked at him hatefully, even if he was stabbed with a bayonet, he tried his best to leave a huge wound on Wall's back.

In the end, the Huai army broke through the defense line of the Taiping army and made peace with the remnants of the foreign gun team of less than 100 people.

Zhang Shusheng, who was dressed in armor but was still extremely flexible, decisively announced his retreat, they didn't want to fight to the death with the annoyed Taiping army, and if they rescued Wall, the Taiping army's battle plan would be a complete failure.