On a small boat, Zhou Shixiang looked ahead with pride, and the drum hammer in his hand knocked sonorously and forcefully. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info this drum is the cowhide drum on Daqiao Mountain back then.

This drum witnessed the defeat of Li Chengdong; This drum witnessed the Guangzhou Massacre; This drum witnessed how a group of Han people transformed from bandits to anti-Qing righteous soldiers; This drum also witnessed the revenge of the Han people. Today, the drum is beating on the mighty river.

Zhou Shixiang's drums inspired the soldiers who fought on the shore. After the auxiliary ministers led more than 400 cavalry who had landed ashore in the lead period to join the battle, the Qing army could no longer unscrupulously attack the Taiping army's defense line. Tong Guogang had to order the Mongol soldiers to send a cavalry to deal with the Taiping army.

At this time, the strength of the Qing army was about 5,000 cavalry and more than 2,000 infantry, while the Taiping army had more than 6,000 infantry and more than 400 cavalry in the second and fifth towns. The losses on both sides were more than 4,000 for the Taiping army, nearly 1,000 cavalry and more than 6,000 infantry (water battalions) for the Qing army. On the terrain, the Taiping army firmly controlled the west fort and the beach ahead, and the Qing army controlled the east fort, and the main forces of the two sides fought in the water camp and the open space on the north side. Jiangshang was completely occupied by the Taiping army.

"Why hasn't Dase come yet!"

Tong Guogang was a little anxious, the Taiping army's firearms were too powerful, and there were some strange long weapons that he had never seen before, so that several attacks failed. Although the initiative is still in his hands, as the Taiping army transports more and more soldiers and horses ashore, he is not sure that he will always have the upper hand. What he needs most at the moment is reinforcements, if Dase can arrive at this time, there are 20,000 more infantry available, and he is 100% sure that he can drive the Taiping army ashore into the river to feed the fish and shrimp.

Balkan, a third-class auxiliary general, was the younger brother of Zidu, but like his elder brother, he was not liked by the emperor. If it weren't for the fear of criticism from all over Manchuria, Shunzhi wouldn't even want Jidu's son Desai to inherit Prince Jian's title. This time, when Shunzhi drove the expedition in person and inspected the clan of the army, Balkan, a third-class auxiliary general, was also ordered to accompany the army, but in the past few months since he went south, Shunzhi has not summoned him once. As soon as the Jiangbei camp was established, Balkan was thrown in the camp, and Aobai didn't pay much attention to him, only asked him to lead 200 full soldiers, and I think he also knew that Balkan had no ability.

Tong Guogang also didn't like Balkan, of course, because his brother-in-law's impression of Prince Jane's family made his eldest brother even dislike Balkan. However, Balkan's performance surprised him a little, he took the lead when he rushed into the formation several times, without the slightest hesitation and retreated, looking at it really with the blood of the Xinjueluo family, which made Tong Guogang's perception of Prince Jian's family change greatly, after all, he is a descendant of Taizu, and which one is really unbearable.

Barkan, who was covered in blood, came over and asked Tong Guogang to organize another offensive, no matter when the Dase Department arrived, it would not allow the Taiping army to gain a foothold on the shore. Tong Guogang adopted Balkan's suggestion and ordered the integration to launch another attack on the Taiping army.

"Fire!"

The sound of "bang" sounded, and the dense guns and crossbow arrows shot at the Qing army in black pressure, and after paying the loss of a Duozuo led cavalry, the Qing army once again collided with the defense line of the Taiping army. After killing more than 100 Taiping troops in front of him, Tong Guogang led his own soldiers to rush into the Taiping army array, and suddenly, flesh and blood, the Ming and Qing dynasties fought fiercely. Neither side refused to back down, everyone wanted to eat each other, and they did not give in to each other, and they staged a tragic battle of human life on the Yangtze River.

The sound of cannons, guns, and explosions never stopped. The black smoke that filled the battlefield made it impossible to see the battle situation in the distance, and only shouted to kill the sky.

Tong Guogang, who knew that the situation was critical, wanted to wipe out the landing Taiping army at all costs, and more than 4,000 Manchu and Mongolian cavalry broke left and right in the Ming army's formation, stirring up the Ming army's formation, and the various divisions were divided into several pieces. At this time, once the Qing army had new soldiers and horses to cross the pontoon bridge and join the battle, it would undoubtedly be a disaster for the Ming army, which could not send the main force ashore at one time.

The blind man Li took the iron man guard ashore, and after draping himself neatly by the river, eight hundred iron armor soldiers drove to the battlefield. The remaining two brigades of the Fifth Town and the Guangxi wolf soldiers of the Thirteenth Town also successfully landed. The continuous addition of new forces made the Taiping defense line on the battlefield shaken several times, but it was blocked again and again. The Qing army failed to make a big mess of the Ming army's formation, but failed to let the other side collapse, which made the Qing army a little discouraged.

To the east of the water camp, Yu Xinbu was desperately attacking the Qing army on the east fort, and some soldiers had successfully broken through to the fort and killed the defenders above.

What Zhou Shixiang feared the most finally happened, on the east bank of the canal, the dense Qing army was rushing to kill. These Qing cavalry could not be defeated, and once the infantry brigade of the Qing army arrived, the Taiping army, which was weak, would not be able to hold on at all.

Yu Xin also saw the Qing infantry brigade that was rushing towards the canal, he looked at the Qing army on the fort who were still resisting, and then looked at the friendly troops on the west bank who were broken into several pieces by the Qing cavalry, his eyes were red, full of anger, and he made a decisive decision.

"Come with me to blow up the bridge!"

Yu Xin snatched the medicine bag issued by the Taiping army from a soldier, and rushed towards the canal pontoon bridge in the face of the arrows of the Qing army on the fort.

"Stop them, stop them!"

The Qing army guards on the fort found that a group of Taiping troops rushed to the pontoon bridge, and knew what the other party wanted to do without thinking about it, so he hurriedly led people to rush down to stop it. The soldiers who followed Yu Xin to blow up the bridge divided into a group to meet the enemy, and the rest followed closely behind Yu Xin, their veins were rushing with the torrent of revenge, and their eyes burst with the flames of burning shame.

The Qing army, which was heading towards the pontoon bridge, spotted a group of Ming troops rushing up from under the earthen dam, and the general who led the team roared loudly and clapped their horses and rushed towards them. There was no Qing army guarding the pontoon bridge, and Yu Xin and the others didn't care about the Qing army rushing up at all, and only rushed to the pontoon bridge. The Qing army on horseback rushed up, slashed down with a wave of the saber, and more than a dozen Ming soldiers fell to the ground. The rest of the soldiers refused to retreat, but desperately blocked the Qing army so that the general could ignite the medicine bag.

Under the cover of his subordinates, Yu Xin successfully placed the medicine bag on the pontoon, and he lit the fire fold. When a Qing soldier saw the white smoke medicine bag, although he didn't know what it was, he knew that he couldn't let it stay on the bridge, so he rushed up frantically to throw the medicine bag into the river.

"Son of a Tartar, die!"

Yu Xin waved his knife at the head of the bridge like a man, and when the explosion sounded, he was stabbed by two spears. He clenched the two spears that had been stabbed into his abdomen with both hands, looked back and saw that a section of the pontoon bridge had been blown up in the middle, and a smile appeared on his face, looking in the direction of Jinxia in the southeast.

"Lord, have I atoned for my sins?" (To be continued.) )