The offensive outside the city became more and more intensive, and the city walls were crumbling. Several charges by the Huai army also achieved results, and although their explosives packs did not blow up the city wall, they greatly shook the foundation of the city wall.

At the same time, the war in the city has become more dangerous.

3,000 British and French troops were trapped in the city by Li Xiucheng's tactics, and fierce street battles were fought between the two sides.

Of the 3,000 handsome, 2,500 were Indians, and the remaining 500 were British elites.

It was under the elite leadership of these 500 British troops that the weak Indian army actually withstood the first wave of attacks of the Taiping army. And the two major commanders of the Taiping Army, Mai Dongliang and Chen Bingwen, who were responsible for strangling the British army, frowned.

"Sir, the city wall has been destroyed by the heavy artillery of the foreigners, and the enemy may enter in at most an hour. The commander orders you to settle the battle in half an hour, at all costs. The herald conveyed Li Xiucheng's order.

Chen Bingwen and Mai Dongliang immediately gave the death order to attack, and the two armies organized death squads and invested the most elite forces.

Under the high-intensity offensive, the British army performed remarkably, but the Indian army was not. After the First World War in Shanghai, the Taiping army began to attach importance to firepower, not only stepping up the casting of shotguns and earth cannons, but also concentrating the muskets of the whole army into the hands of elite troops. As a result, all the armies under Li Xiucheng's command had an elite unit of varying numbers and were all armed with firearms.

Faced with a dangerous situation, Chen Bingwen and Mai Dongliang could no longer care about retaining their strength.

The benefits of the elite troops were instantly reflected, a regiment of Indian troops collapsed, and no matter how the British officers among them suppressed, it was difficult to stop the Indian soldiers from escaping.

Soon this rout spread to the whole army, and even five hundred British troops were shocked into chaos.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Taiping army launched a general offensive, and Mai Dongliang and Chen Bingwen personally supervised the battle in two directions, greatly taking advantage of the terrain and bringing the Taiping army's combat effectiveness to the limit.

When the last British soldier laid down his arms and surrendered, Mai Dongliang did not care about counting the losses, and immediately ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and report the results to Li Xiucheng at the same time.

Li Xiucheng on the city wall did not move, but in fact he was very anxious at this time. Thankfully, the battle in the city ended on time, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Order Mai Dongliang and Chen Bingwen to clean up the battlefield immediately, and immediately distribute the captured weapons and ammunition to the soldiers to fight to defend the city, and we can't retreat until the king has no action." Li Xiucheng said in a deep voice.

The battle continued, and the city wall collapsed in a large area, but the Taiping army, relying on its numerical superiority and ruins, was stunned to block several charges of the British and French forces.

Heavy artillery can knock down walls, but they can't destroy all the broken walls. Although Li Xiucheng suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Shanghai, with more than half of the battle losses, it was the brutal war that sharpened an elite army for him. This is a veteran who has survived the modern battlefield, who has initially overcome their fear of foreign guns and artillery, and knows how to survive on the battlefield.

Of course, in the past month, Li Xiucheng forcibly recruited 50,000 soldiers from Sufu Province, and these soldiers only underwent simple training, and Li Xiucheng did not continue training them, but was led by veterans to defend the city.

Li Xiucheng's purpose is very simple: to train troops and use the battlefield to train troops. Although it was bloody and the battle losses were huge, Li Xiucheng didn't care, all he wanted was victory, and only by continuous victory could he obtain far land and population, so that his army would never be exhausted.

At the same time, ten miles away from Jiading City, the Taiping Army's Shiwang Army made a long-distance attack and attacked the baggage team protected by the two battalions of the Huai Army.

The battle lasted for a short time, only less than two quarters of an hour, and the two battalions of the Huai army were defeated, except for weapons and ammunition, all other grain and grass materials were burned by Li Shixian.

The coalition forces that got the news were furious, but it was inconvenient for them to divide their troops, and the enemy was the famous squire Li Shixian, who had few troops and just sent food to the other party.

At this time, the generals of the British and French coalition looked at the Huai army, and soon Li Hongzhang received an order to retreat and pursue Li Shixian to ensure the grain route of the British and French army.

Li Hongzhang sighed, the worst he expected appeared, the army that attacked Shanghai City was really likely to be the army of the servant Li Shixian. Unexpectedly, the Anglo-French alliance would retreat and throw this ** annoyance to themselves.

Li Hongzhang did not hesitate, after all, this is the land of the Qing Dynasty, and foreigners are just guest troops, which can be borrowed, but cannot be relied on. What's more, the Huai army, which has now expanded to 40,000 people, is no longer what it used to be, and with sufficient weapons and ammunition, it already has the strength to fight the enemy.

The news of the Huai army's evacuation was delivered to Li Xiucheng as soon as possible.

He immediately knew that Li Shixian had made a move, and he had successfully contained the Huai army. And the departure of the Huai cavalry made Li Xiucheng breathe a sigh of relief.

"Order Mai Dongliang to lead the army to transport the wounded soldiers and leave with supplies, and let Chen Bingwen carry out the original plan." Li Xiucheng calmly gave the order.

With Li Xiucheng's order, Mai Dongliang's Qi army drove hundreds of carts to evacuate from the West City Gate.

Because it was an offensive and defensive battle, the British and French forces did not besiege the city, and the west gate was still in the hands of Li Xiucheng, so he could calmly arrange for people to leave.

On the battlefield, Li Xiucheng's banner was withdrawn from the city, and then the firepower of the defenders of the city wall was significantly weakened.

The allied command was overjoyed, and General Stevili immediately organized two regiments to attack the city. At the same time, the artillery was ordered to cover the siege of the city with all its might.

The previous few times it had been beaten back did not materialize, and a French battalion managed to storm the city and occupy a collapsed wall, which became more and more controlled as reinforcements followed.

"Great! Punched in! The coalition generals were inexplicably excited.

"Press up, defeat the Taiping Army, and capture Li Xiucheng alive!" The coalition roared.

The Indian soldiers, who had low morale, screamed as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Because the coalition army and the Manchu government had an agreement, the reward for killing a Taiping soldier was one tael of silver, one two Sima 10 taels, the commander of the pawn was 100 taels, the brigade commander was 500 taels, the division commander was 1,000 taels of silver, the army marshal was 10,000 taels, and the capture of the loyal king Li Xiucheng was a reward of 100,000 taels of silver. Of course, along with the bounty, there are also a series of official titles and titles, but these are meaningless to foreign troops, and the silver is real. Stimulated by the silver, the cowardly Indian soldiers also rose up.

More and more Anglo-French troops entered the city of Jiading, and fierce street fighting spread inward from the eastern city wall.

There were no people in the whole city of Jiading, all the houses were renovated, the Taiping army was like a fish in water inside, and the coalition army that was not familiar with the terrain suffered a big loss, even if dozens of them acted together, they were also subjected to cold guns and snipers from time to time, and the ubiquitous and silent cold arrows made them suffer heavy losses.