When the Anglo-French allied army broke through with the foreign guns, they launched an attack, but at this time, the Taiping army was holding their breath, and the whole army was united, blocking the breakthrough of the foreign guns with huge sacrifices, even if the Anglo-French alliance caused huge casualties to the Taiping army, but after all, it did not open up the way back, and the foreign guns made huge sacrifices, and they retreated in embarrassment, I am afraid that they really can't hold out for long.

The commander of the coalition forces, General Stewei, looked ugly, and after a few hours of attack, the British and French forces also suffered hundreds of casualties, which Strewig could not have imagined before the start of the war. After all, the Taiping army was only a local armed force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the number of firearms was small, and it fought more with cold weapons such as broadswords and spears. In addition, the coalition forces had an absolute advantage in artillery, which gave the Taiping a huge psychological pressure, but the Taiping army withstood the fear and did not collapse, and in terms of the will to fight alone, the Taiping army had surpassed the Manchu army.

The commander-in-chief of the front line of the Huai Army fell on Zhang Shusheng's body, Zhang Shusheng saw the situation of the foreign gun team very clearly, he knew that he could not let the Taiping Army eliminate the foreign gun team, not how important the foreign gun team was to the Huai army, but because the foreign gun team is the product of the combination of China and foreign countries, the actual combat effectiveness is far less than the symbolic meaning, if the foreign gun team is annihilated, it will be an unacceptable result for both the Qing Dynasty and the foreigners.

"Lord Zhang, please also ask your Huai army to open the way, and I will let our artillery cover for you!" General Steveri approached Zhang Shusheng and spoke in stiff Chinese.

"General Stevili, now that the night is dark, the artillery has been greatly affected, and if we attack rashly, I am afraid that we will suffer even greater losses." Although Zhang Shusheng wanted to save the foreign guns, he definitely didn't want to fight the Taiping army at night, because the night battle would greatly weaken their firepower advantage. No matter how sharp the artillery fire is, it will be in vain if it can't hit people, and at this time, we can only hope that the foreign guns can resist the attack of the Taiping army.

"No, the enemy won't give the foreign guns a chance, we must rescue them as soon as possible!" Steveri roared gloomily, and now he wanted to shoot Wall, it was the damn Yankees who were so arrogant, otherwise they wouldn't have been so passive.

Zhang Shusheng, silent.

"Lord Zhang, you have increased your 5,000 people, and with the support of our artillery, you can definitely break through the enemy's defense line and rescue the foreign spear team, you have to remember that I am not consulting with you, but ordering you." Stevili shouted loudly in English, and the translator around him hurriedly translated into Chinese.

Zhang Shusheng's face also became ugly, he knew exactly what the foreigners were thinking, but fighting at night with the Taiping Army was definitely not a wise decision. But he couldn't help but listen to Stevili's orders, after all, he was the commander of the coalition forces.

"The last general obeys!"

At the same time, in order to open the passage as quickly as possible and reduce losses, Zhang Shusheng drew 3,000 elites from the 15,000 Huai army, all equipped with rifles, and all the rifles were full of bright bayonets, ready for close combat.

As soon as Shen arrived, the Huai army attacked. The quiet night was quickly shattered by shouts of killing. The roar of the artillery made the fire shine.

The Taiping army did not react quietly, and even the artillerymen who were focused on by the Qing artillery during the day did not make the slightest movement, as if they had all disappeared all at once.

Zhang Shusheng did not dare to be careless, and he personally led three thousand people to rush in the direction where Wall was.

Whoosh!

A scream suddenly came from the night.

"Bow and arrow! The Taiping army used bows and arrows! Someone yelled. Who would have thought that at this moment when firearms were gradually dominant, the Taiping army would actually use bows and arrows, and it seemed that the scale was not small, otherwise the rain of arrows formed would not suppress the Huai army.

The soldiers of the Huai army were not equipped with armor, and they had no way to face the rain of arrows that came from nowhere.

Bang Bang!

The Huai army fired in a panic, but they could not find the direction of the Taiping army, and even the artillery could not find the hiding place of the archers in the dark night.

"Withdraw!"

Zhang Shusheng roared unwillingly, if he was repelled by the Taiping army with the advantage of numbers, he had nothing to say, but now he was repelled by the archers of the Taiping army, which was simply a shame for him. Who doesn't know that the Mongol cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was good at cavalry and archery, was defeated by the British and French forces, and now its own Huai army is equipped with advanced firearms but was defeated by bows and arrows.

"Li Xiucheng, it's really difficult to deal with!" Zhang Shusheng sighed, if they can't get rid of the archers of the Taiping Army, their night battles will be controlled everywhere, not to mention that the foreign spear team that broke the Taiping Army's Tietong encirclement and rescued Huaer would suffer extremely serious casualties.

Zhang Shusheng was defeated again, and in the face of this situation, even Stevili had no good way to solve it. He can force the Huai army to be cannon fodder, but he can't force the Huai army to die, so they can't move an inch before they come up with a way.

The night was deep, and both sides were licking their wounds.

The place surrounded by the Taiping Legion is a slightly higher hill, and it is precisely because of the geographical conditions that Wall's foreign gun team can hold out for so long. Coupled with Wall's excellent protection of artillery, they lost more than 2,000 people, but the artillery was intact and the ammunition was fairly adequate.

Wall looked at the Napoleonic cannons one by one, and there was a reluctant look on his face.

If it weren't for these artillery, he might not have been able to break through. Now the situation is even more critical than before, before the sound of gunfire in the West, it is clear that the Huai army and the coalition forces are trying to rescue him. But as the gunfire stopped, his heart fell to the bottom. Under the cover of the deep night, even if the coalition naval artillery is difficult to use, it can still grasp the general direction during the day, and at night it can only be fought blindly, after all, the ship is constantly moving, and any deviation to the battlefield will be very huge.

"Order the artillerymen, if the enemy attacks, don't spare the ammunition, give me all the shells!" Wall was ready to abandon these guns. After all, compared to small lives, these things are all foreign objects.

The night was dark, and the Huai army tried to attack several times without success. Faced with the ubiquitous archers of the Taiping army, they could only gather their forces and be on guard. Stevili racked his brains, and in the end he could only let the Huai army continue to attack and harass the Taiping army, so that they could not concentrate on using the night to encircle and annihilate the foreign gun team, while the main force of the British and French forces was resting with all their might, preparing to launch a full-scale offensive at dawn and defeat the Taiping army head-on.

At the same time, thirty miles away from the battlefield in Shanghai, a large Taiping army was camping news. Their flags were all folded, and it was difficult to identify them in the night.