"Order, all the units of the Hunan army and the Huai army are put into battle, launch a fierce attack in the southeast direction of Tianjing City, and order the Hunan Army Naval Division to concentrate all artillery and storm the southeast direction of Tianjing City!"

Li Hongzhang couldn't wait a little and said his countermeasures. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"No!"

Zeng Guofan said in a deep voice: "Attack slowly!" The order was that after the whole army was on standby for an hour, and then thought about launching an attack in Tianjing City, it would be carried out according to the deployment of Shaoquan just now! ”

Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guoquan were stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "Why? ”

Zeng Guofan said in a deep voice: "Have you forgotten that now we have been attacking in Dongcheng for almost ten days, and almost more than sixty percent of the troops of the entire Taiping Army's Dongda Battalion and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Tianjing City Defense Army are concentrated in Dongcheng, even if we attack with all our strength, we will not be able to take Tianjing City in a short period of time!" “

"But!"

Zeng Guoquan hurriedly said, "Big brother, if we don't hurry up and attack, it will be even more hopeless!" ”

"Who said that?"

Zeng Guoquan smiled slightly and replied: "Now that the Lu army has launched an attack on Xicheng in one step, you must know that the equipment of the Lu army is the most advanced in the Qing Dynasty, even compared with the foreigners, it is not inferior at all, and it is brave and good at fighting, Xicheng can't hold on at all, Wang Haiyang will definitely mobilize heavy troops to support in the past, but if we think about launching an attack in Dongcheng now, then Wang Haiyang will not mobilize too many troops, if we slow down the attack and relax the intensity of the attack, he will inevitably transfer the main force to Xicheng." At that time, it is the best time for us to start! Concentrate all your forces to attack the city, take him by surprise, and take Tianjing City within a day! ”

Zeng Guoquan and Li Hongzhang's eyes lit up immediately, yes, that's it, it's still the eldest brother's insight!

"Alright, go and prepare, don't rush to launch an onslaught!"

Zeng Guofan stood up and said slowly.

At the head of Dongcheng City, Wang Haiyang was only a little confused for a while in the second half of the night, and was awakened by the sound of cannons coming from the west outside, Wang Haiyang jumped up from the table and shouted: "What, the Qing Demon has attacked again?" ”

Major General Brigade Commander Chen Kesi ran in from outside and said hurriedly: "General, it's not the Qing Demon who launched an attack, this is the sound of artillery coming from Xicheng, presumably Xicheng has been attacked." ”

Wang Haiyang frowned and shouted: "How is it possible, such a dense artillery sound is definitely not something that a small group of troops can do, now that the Hunan army and the Huai army are under our surveillance, once there is a large-scale military movement, they can't hide it from us at all!" ”

Chen Kesi also looked hesitant, and couldn't figure out what was going on, "Order, immediately send a sentry to Xicheng to find out!" ”

Wang Haiyang shouted.

Not long after the cavalry sentry was sent out, a cavalry ran over from a distance like a gallop, and the horse had not yet stopped, the cavalry jumped down from above, knelt on one leg and said: "Tell the general, I don't know when last night, a Qing army suddenly came under the city of Xicheng, with a strength of about 10,000 people, and fifty or sixty Western heavy artillery, all of which were Western muskets, and launched a fierce attack on Xicheng at dawn today, Xicheng only had a thousand troops, and it was impossible to block the opponent's attack. Ask the general to send reinforcements immediately, if it's too late, I'm afraid that Xicheng won't be able to keep it! ”

Wang Haiyang's head suddenly dizzled, tens of thousands of people! Fifty or sixty heavy guns! This is special, even if the Hunan army and the Huai army are combined, there are only fifty or sixty heavy artillery pieces now! O Heavenly Death Taiping Army!

"Order, immediately mobilize all the defense forces of Tianjing City to rush to the aid of Xicheng, and I must defend Xicheng for me!"

The Tianjing City Defense Army is independent and the various battalions of the Taiping Army, specially drawn from each battalion to protect the safety of Tianjing City, there are almost 10,000 people, and the combat power cannot be underestimated, however, after ten days of war, the casualties of the current city defense army are not small, only six or seven thousand people, and now only the city defense army is pulled over first, and the East Battalion continues to stay in Dongcheng to resist the attack of the Hunan army and the Huai army.

The city defense army led by General Shang Kehuai rushed to Xicheng to preside over the defense of Xicheng, and when Shang Kehuai came to Xicheng, Xicheng at this time was almost about to miss, the infantry battalion of the Lu army had completely hit the edge of the city wall, and would rush into the city at any time, the rifle in the hand of the Lu army rang like a bean, and the artillery behind was constantly firing shells to cover the infantry advance.

"Order, all the foreign gun battalions will rush forward, and I will beat the Qing Demon back!"

Shang Kehuai saw that the situation was urgent, and issued an order for a counterattack, no matter what the price was, the Qing Demon must be repelled first!

The three foreign gun battalions of the city defense army almost all pressed up, and launched intensive shooting towards the city, and the soldiers of the Lu army had to temporarily give up the attack and retreat back under the dense rain of bullets.

Later, Yan Chunyu frowned, the reinforcements of the Taiping Army arrived, and the firepower at the head of the city suddenly increased by more than two times, it seems that there is still a bloody battle to be fought here, if you want to take Tianjing City, it is impossible not to pay a little price!

"Order, press me two infantry battalions again, and all three rocket companies into battle! Attack the city again, and kill their foreign spear battalion first! ”

Yan Chunyu gave an order, and the second brigade started the second round of attack!

When the second brigade showed the guy, Shang Kehuai was scared! What kind of firepower is this, exactly? Fifty or sixty artillery pieces, there are still a large number of rockets, and the more than 2,000 people under the city are all foreign guns, and the speed of firepower is not comparable to the Taiping Army at all!

Sixty artillery pieces, plus thirty rockets, together with the might, once again towards the southwest of Tianjing City, launched a fierce attack, the gap in the city is too small, the force can not be deployed at all, even if the Lu army soldiers pressed up, can not gain a foothold, must expand the gap!

The ferocious artillery fire, the Taiping army suppressed at all, they didn't dare to show their heads, it was too powerful, Shang Kehuai's heart was sour, such a fierce attack was not something that the city defense army could resist at all, look at this posture for two days at most, at most two days, it will definitely collapse!

"Immediately send someone to send a message to the general, the attack of the Qing Demon in Xicheng is too fierce, and more reinforcements must be sent, it is best to mobilize two foreign gun battalions to help defend!" Otherwise, Xicheng will definitely not last two days! ”

Shang Kehuai shouted, and a sentry flew on his horse and galloped towards the eastern city!

(To be continued.) )