Zhou Shixiang didn't ridicule Xu Yingyuan, but he really felt that he was very wise and bold, and dared to ambush again here in Lutou River.

After learning that Guangzhou sent Ta Yinbu, a general of the Eight Banners, to lead more than 1,500 Qing troops in 5 Niulu to make a detour to the rolling stone slope behind Lingshan, Zhou Shixiang was surprised but did not immediately lead his troops to retreat in a hurry, but immediately made the decision to set up an ambush again on the Lutou River, which was the road that the Qing army must pass.

This is a very bold decision, but also an extremely fatal decision, if the ambush is successful again, you can annihilate the Manchurian Eight Banners 2 Niu Lu, Han Army Banner 3 years, this will make the Guangzhou Qing Army vitality greatly damaged!

Annihilation, they must be annihilated!

Zhou Shixiang was ruthless, he didn't dare to fight in Guangzhou City, and he didn't have the ability to fight, but he had the ability to fight the Qing army that eliminated these 5 Niu Lu. Cutting down is like cutting down a tree, the branches of the green camp must be cut down, and the roots of the tree that are sent to the door must also be cut down!

Because they wanted to rush to Lutouhe to set up an ambush before the Qing army, the artillery team that was unable to move stayed in Lingshan Town, and together with the first brigade of the pro-military camp and the two brigades of the right battalion of the infantry army reinforced from Liangzi Township, they stayed in the town as the main force of the Taiping Army to continue to confuse the Qing army in front of them.

Zhou Shixiang led the 2nd Brigade Infantry of the Left Battalion of the Infantry Army and the 2nd Brigade of the Infantry of the Right Battalion of the Infantry Army, the 2 guards of the pro-soldier battalion and the rest of the cavalry battalion rushed to the Lutou River in the starry night, and also collected some new attached soldiers and horses on the way, mostly the battalions and regimental training collected by the Taiping Army scattered in various places to raise food, and even hundreds of bandits, of course, these bandits themselves will not say that they are bandits, they only say that they are anti-Qing righteous divisions.

It doesn't matter if you are a bandit or a righteous teacher, Zhou Shixiang will bring it all. He urgently needs troops, even if these people are unbearable, but he is holding the guy and waving the flag. Shout out the voice.

Without the artillery team, it was impossible to use the previous artillery circle to kill and injure the Qing army, and the rain in the upper reaches of the Lutou River caused the river to rise sharply, and the Taiping army could no longer build dams upstream to lower the water level as they did last time, so that the soldiers and horses set up in ambush on the south bank could pass through the river to kill and wound the Qing army.

Moreover, the north bank of the Lutou River was too wide, which was conducive to the movement of the Qing cavalry. Once the Taiping army is unable to encircle and kill the Qing army on all sides, it will inevitably let the Qing army break out of the encirclement, and may even inflict heavy losses on the Taiping army.

Ultimately. Zhou Shixiang chose to set up a series of ambushes on both sides of the official road that was three miles long to the north of the Lutou River, and Shao Jiugong led a new army and a guard to act as a decoy in the woods on the north bank of the Lutou River, and their task was to let the Qing army discover their existence and thus attract the Qing army. Make the front and back queues elongated. After that, the left and right battalions of the infantry army hiding on the north side of Shao Jiugong's department were killed from both sides of the official road.

Shao Jiugong was very embarrassed to receive this task, and he asked Zhou Shixiang what to do if the Qing army did not find them. Zhou Shixiang's answer was: "Then you can run out by yourself." ”

Zhou Shixiang let the left battalion of the infantry army dig hundreds of sacks of soil and hide them in the forest, only waiting for the Qing army to pass and then pile the sacks on the official road, so that the retreat of the Qing army will be blocked, and this encirclement will completely become a dead circle, unless the Qing army can fly, otherwise it can only be passively beaten in this small space.

In order to make Shao Jiugong's army behave more like an ambush army, Zhou Shixiang even asked the cavalry battalion to play the role of luring the enemy. He also made a bloody investment and was mentally prepared for the annihilation of the cavalry battalion.

And to those hundreds of new recruits. Zhou Shixiang didn't talk nonsense with them, and directly asked people to move more than a dozen boxes of silver seized recently to them, and told them unmistakably what the role they played, and if they were willing, they would take the silver, and if they didn't want to, they would get out immediately. As long as they can survive after the war, they will all be the real Taiping Army from now on, and the previous things will not be investigated, and the Taiping Army will eat meat and drink soup from them.

Qin Zhisheng was puzzled by Zhou Shixiang's approach, and thought that they should not tell these new recruits that they were acting as bait, otherwise after the exchange of fire with the Qing army, these people would not sell their lives, and would only want to run back.

In this regard, Zhou Shixiang's answer was that these new recruits were not stupid, they knew how to do it, and they had no other choice, and when the silver was put out, the results of willingness and unwillingness were actually predestined. If you are willing, you will be fine, and if you are unwilling, you will really be let go!

It doesn't matter if they run backwards, what Zhou Shixiang wants is for them to run back, the more panicked they are, the better, anyway, they can't swim through the Lutou River, and when the Taiping army that really set up an ambush moves, these people will know what they are going to do.

Those who know the times are handsome, and smart people are also handsome. When they saw that the Qing army was successfully led into the ambush circle, the new recruits would inevitably have the intention of making meritorious contributions instead of continuing to escape.

The truth of beating the water dog is understood by a person.

Besides, it is natural and righteous to sell one's life with silver, and it is not the ancients to brag that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward.

As a result, hundreds of new soldiers stepped forward to take the silver, and then each proudly shouted that they wanted to serve the Ming Dynasty and the Taiping Army.

It's not bad, at least after Shao Jiugong and the Han army fought, the performance of those new recruits did not disappoint Zhou Shixiang, he rushed forward when he should rush, and he did not hesitate to run when he should run

The real battle soon began, just after the Manchurian soldiers under Gang Ta'a chased forward for less than a mile, the earth-shattering shouts broke out on both sides of the official road, and countless Taiping troops rushed out of the forests on both sides, and the dense sound like fried beans shook people's ears numb.

The soldiers of the Taiping Army did not shoot at each other at the Shangguan Road and the Han Army Banner, but formed in teams and hid in the forests in different areas to shoot those Han soldiers who were like live targets.

The sudden blow made the Han soldiers who were chasing and fleeing the Taiping army stunned, because they were eager to kill the enemy and win the first meritorious service, more than 1,000 Han troops took the lead one by one, and the official road was crowded together, where was there any queue.

As soon as the gun sounded, the Han army was shot down at least more than 200 on the spot, and the rest of them were holding the fire guns or looking at both sides in shock, or lying on the ground, or indiscriminately putting a gun on the woods, as if the roar could bring him safety.

"Hit the plan, hit the plan!"

Wang Shude was so frightened that he lay between the corpses of the two flag soldiers, crying and shouting.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Du Shude chased and killed at the front, and his performance was much better than Wang Shude's, and when he saw that it was not good, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to retreat with him.

The guns in the forest on both sides shoot from time to time like cold arrows, although the hit rate of the guns is not high, but they are everywhere, and not many who are still standing on the official road can be spared.

The Han army, which came to its senses, immediately fired a counterattack, but the soldiers of the Taiping army were all hiding in the woods, and after the fight, they shrank behind the big trees, and they couldn't see anyone at all, so they could shoot each other.

Xiang Guoqing is now the most embarrassed, regretting not listening to the advice of his subordinates, and now he can only lie on the ground to avoid the Taiping army's guns. As far as the eye can see, the more than 400 Han troops under his command have lost at least one-third, and none of the rest dare to stand there, and they all hold their guns and bury their faces on the ground.

It's over, it's over

The flag soldiers under him behaved like this, and Xiang Guoqing knew that the battle was lost.

After the sound of guns suddenly sounded from the front, Ta Yinbu knew the plan, and saw that the Han army was pressed by the Taiping army's guns on the official road and could not move, so he turned his horse's head and was about to retreat in a hurry.

But as soon as the horse's head turned around, there were guns in the forests on both sides, and there was a "bang" sound, and more than a dozen Manchurian soldiers on the side of the road fell off their horses before they understood what was going on.

Ta Yinbu instinctively bent down to avoid the gun, but in his sight he saw hundreds of Taiping soldiers coming out of front of him, these Taiping soldiers were carrying sacks, and before Ta Yinbu could figure out what those Taiping soldiers wanted to do, he saw those Taiping soldiers piling up the sacks they were carrying on the official road. After a dozen breaths, a wall more than a man high appeared in front of Tayinbu's eyes.

The Southern Barbarians are so hateful!

Ta Yinbu pumped, and he didn't have to look at him to know that the Taiping Army was building a wall of soil. The official road was already narrow, and as soon as the mud wall was completed, the way back was cut off, unless the Qing army could rush through the forests on both sides, but that was impossible, which meant that the Manchurian soldiers had to abandon their horses and flee back, otherwise it would be impossible for the horses to pass through the woods.

After the Taiping soldiers piled up the mud wall, they hid behind the wall one by one and stretched out the spears in their hands, obviously to prevent the Qing army from coming to push the wall.

The official road more than three miles long was full of gunfire, and in the white smoke, the Han army was suppressed on the official road and still could not move, and it had lost its ability to move, and no one could stand up and command the Han army.

Du Shude tried to lead his subordinates to rush down the official road into the forest, but in addition to the Taiping army who fought with guns, there were also some Taiping soldiers with knives and spears, and they couldn't rush into it at all. After two failed attempts in succession, Du Shude had no choice but to retreat to the official road, and honestly waited for the Manchurian soldiers to come to his rescue. However, it is not safe to lie on his stomach, and the guns can avoid it, but the defeated soldiers of the Taiping Army who were chased and killed by them before turned around and killed them, forcing Du Shude to run all the way to the north to Xiang Guoqing regardless of the danger of the guns.

Seeing Du Shude leading people to run to his side, Xiang Guoqing's face was green, this will be the eldest brother can't take care of the second brother, each family protects their own lives, it doesn't matter if you Du Shutai runs, but don't lead Taiping Kou to me!

Shao Chenggong is now a stomach full of revenge pleasure, when he attacked the Han Army Banner before, almost half of his men were killed and wounded, this will not cut a few more Qing demons How can they be worthy of these dead brothers.

The Southern Barbarians are too cunning!

The self-defeating Manchurian soldiers now also feel aggrieved that heroes are useless, they want to beat their horses and rush to kill the Taiping army, but the Taiping army only hides in the forests on both sides and releases their guns, and does not come out at all, so that they don't know whether to run or fight now.

The banner soldiers under Gang Ta'a were shot and killed by the Taiping army, and the rest of the people first rushed forward under his leadership, and then ran back after finding that the Han army in front had blocked the road, but found that the road behind was also blocked, so they had no choice but to run back and forth like this, and they were so tired that the war horses were panting. They had no other way, and if they didn't, they could only be shot by the Taiping army as a live target. (To be continued.) )