In just a moment, Li Weiguo gave several orders in succession, and he had prepared for the worst, preparing to sacrifice the rear of the Shanghai army, keep the artillery of the front team, and let most of the Shanghai soldiers in the middle safely withdraw to the Jiangnan camp as much as possible, so as to minimize the loss of troops as much as possible.

The cavalry of the Taiping army arrived in an instant, spreading all over the mountains and fields, densely packed.

Thousands of horses galloped, the earth trembled with the rumble, and the cavalry of the Taiping Army rushed straight to the Shanghai army with a monstrous murderous aura.

Although the Shanghai army was well-trained, the time was too hasty, and as soon as the soldiers of the Shanghai army assembled in a defensive formation, the enemy's cavalry rushed in front of them.

A squadron of 500 people closest to the enemy in the Shanghai army had just completed its assembly, and in the face of the roaring enemy cavalry, the commander drew his command knife and shouted: "The first three platoons listen to orders!" Guns! Get ready for shock! ”

Anti-shock is a training subject for Shanghai soldiers, since the first battle of Baoshan, in order to deal with the sudden attack of the enemy cavalry and set up a special response strategy.

The order was issued, and the outermost 300 soldiers of the Shanghai Army quickly formed a formation to defend against the cavalry attack.

"Phew!"

The soldiers of the first platoon shouted in unison, and quickly half-knelt on the ground, supported the ground with the butts of their guns, and clenched their muskets with both hands at a forty-five degree angle, with their bayonets facing outward, facing the bellies of the oncoming enemy horses.

"Phew!"

The soldiers of the second row shouted in unison, lunged forward, pressed their thighs against the butts of their guns, and the muskets rested on the shoulders of the soldiers in the front row, at an angle of about seventy-five degrees, and the bayonets were raised, and the height was pointed at the chest of the enemy horses.

"Phew!"

The soldiers of the third row shouted in unison, turned back, lunged backwards, and rushed back to back with the soldiers of the second row, borrowing from each other, holding their guns in their arms and bayonets.

After three salvos, the rejection formation was completed.

Then. The sound of horses' hooves roared, and the enemy cavalry had already rushed in front of them.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

At the moment of life and death, the soldiers on both sides instantly had blood-red eyes, and burst out with a monstrous murderous aura, fighting to the death.

In order to grab the credit, a Taiping soldier rushed to the front of the Shanghai army's horse rejection formation at the fastest speed, and the war horse collided instantly.

I saw a Shanghai soldier in the first row shouting, the bayonet instantly pierced into the belly of the war horse, the war horse jumped up in pain, and the bayonet of the second row soldier instantly pierced into the chest of the war horse. The third soldier's bayonet was just right to pierce the horse's neck and jaw, killing the horse in an instant.

The war horse galloped wildly, the speed did not decrease, the three Shanghai soldiers took advantage of the momentum to pick up the war horse, and at the same time, with the help of the huge inertia of the war horse, they forcibly took the horse to provoke and threw it behind them.

With a bang, the horse smashed to the ground. The Taiping soldiers were instantly stunned, and when they were about to get up, the Shanghai soldiers in the back row surrounded them with bayonets.

Puff puff!

Three bayonets plunged into the chest of this Taiping soldier at the same time, and blood splattered. Instant death.

This is an elite Taiping cavalry, who has rushed to the forefront countless times, and this time he rushed to kill with full certainty, but unexpectedly lost his life.

The body lay in a pool of blood. But he kept staring at it, and he didn't bat at it.

It's just a small part, a small moment.

Say it's too late, then it's too fast. A group of Taiping cavalry who rushed to the front broke their halberds and sank into the sand in front of the Shanghai army's rejection of horses, and died in Huangquan. But there were too many cavalry of the Taiping army, wave after wave of roaring, the soldiers of the Shanghai army used manpower to resist the horsepower, the physical consumption was huge, and the horse rejection array was quickly broken through.

In an instant, the four 500-strong phalanxes of the Shanghai army responsible for the broken rear were broken through one after another, and the enemy cavalry was raging, causing the Shanghai army's formation to be chaotic, and the two sides immediately fell into a melee.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Shouts of killing were everywhere, flesh and blood were flying, and screams were one after another.

Cavalry should have an advantage over infantry, and the Taiping army used cavalry to raid the Qing infantry in the past, almost all of which were one-sided slaughters.

However, this moment is very different.

The muskets and bayonets of the Shanghai army could be used as spears at this time, which was restraining the cavalry, coupled with the well-trained and superb bayonet skills of the Shanghai army, which suddenly caused the Taiping cavalry to suffer heavy casualties.

Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng led an elite cavalry to attack, one on the left and one on the right, and almost no one could do it wherever they passed, which shows the courage of the two. In particular, Chen Yucheng can rank among the top ten in terms of force value in Chinese history, and he is an enemy of 10,000 people in ancient times.

However, despite the two of them leading the battle, they could no longer quickly crush the Shanghai army's will to fight, but were dragged down by the Shanghai army.

"Boom!"

There was a series of violent explosions ahead, the ground shook, the explosion was deafening, and in an instant, a cloud of fiery red mushrooms rose into the sky.

This is the artillery of the front unit of the Shanghai Army destroying artillery, ammunition, gun parts, as well as grain and grass and other heavy materials, and will never leave it to the Taiping Army.

Li Xiucheng was very jealous of the muskets and artillery of the Shanghai army, and he thought that he could make a lot of money in this raid, but he never thought that the Shanghai army was too ruthless and destroyed them all.

Seeing that the artillery of the front team of the Shanghai army was lightly armed and quickly withdrawn, Li Xiucheng was so anxious that he led his cavalry to pursue, but was constantly intercepted by the squadron and rear team of the Shanghai army, and it was difficult to march.

Seeing that the front team of the Shanghai army ran away and couldn't catch up, Li Xiucheng was furious.

At this time, a cavalry of the Taiping Army shouted: "That's Li Weiguo!" ”

Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng heard it almost at the same time, and immediately looked over, and sure enough, they saw about 500 soldiers of the Shanghai Army protecting a young man wearing a Qing official uniform in the center.

You must know that the soldiers and officers of the Shanghai army have shaved their heads, and they claim to the outside world that the lay disciples of Longhua Temple are wearing modern green military uniforms, and Li Weiguo can only wear the court clothes of Qing officials because he is the commander and is afraid of the accountability of the Qing court, so it is very easy to identify in the Shanghai army.

Li Xiucheng suddenly turned his anger into joy, and said in his heart that as long as Li Weiguo was arrested, even if he failed to completely annihilate the main force of the Shanghai army, it would be enough to be crowned king.

"Kill me! Capture Li Weiguo alive and be crowned marquis, and reward 10,000 taels of gold! ”

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng took the lead in killing in the direction where Li Weiguo was, and there were also many Taiping cavalry around who heard the reward order, and they also screamed and followed to kill the past.

At this moment, Li Weiguo did not panic at all, he did not know in his later life that he had fought hundreds of times with Interpol and special forces of various countries, and he was not afraid of this scene of life and death.

At this time, the retreating Shanghai army in the front team needed the most time to get away from the pursuit of the Taiping army, and the Shanghai army, which was responsible for breaking off the rear and being encircled by the Taiping army, was fighting stubbornly. They needed a spiritual leader to take command, and Li Weiguo calmly commanded at this time, which immediately gave the nearly 2,000 Shanghai officers and soldiers who were caught in the melee a backbone.

"Brothers, the brave wins! I, Li Weiguo, am with you, kill me! ”

Li Weiguo has unparalleled prestige in the army on weekdays, and is supported by officers and soldiers, but at this moment Li Weiguo did not flee at the first time, but continued to sit in command, this kind of performance is admirable.

Especially for bloody soldiers. Li Weiguo's performance greatly boosted the morale of these Shanghai officers and men, and his remarks were like a ball of fire, which instantly ignited the blood in the hearts of the Shanghai officers and men, making their blood boil, and their combat effectiveness instantly exploded, and they fought a frenzied bloody battle with the enemy.

At this time, Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng each led a team of cavalry on the left and one on the right to kill Li Weiguo.

In normal times, seeing these two big figures in the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Li Weiguo may be so excited. But at this moment, Li Weiguo only had anger in his heart.

He immediately shouted: "Brothers, capture the thief and capture the king first, if you want to live, go and kill Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng!" ”

The Taiping army came to capture Li Weiguo alive in order to crown the king and offer a reward. The Shanghai army killed Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng in order to survive, the former did not have the determination to die, and the latter desperately fought back. It's all crazy too, and the Shanghai army is even crazier.

"Protect your lordship, kill me!"

Suddenly, an officer of the Shanghai army shouted. With more than 100 people, he rushed up to intercept it.

Li Xiucheng and Chen Yucheng's force value is very high, although these more than 100 Shanghai soldiers are well-trained, it is difficult to stop these two fierce men, but they delay for a short time.

During this short period of time, Li Weiguo had an extra rifle in his hand, which was the patriotic rifle that he personally developed and manufactured.

"Click! Click! ”

Li Weiguo skillfully pulled the bolt of the gun, loaded the bullet, and then raised the gun to aim at Chen Yucheng, and pulled the trigger at the same time.

Bang!

The gunshot rang out, and a personal soldier beside Chen Yucheng had been paying attention to Li Weiguo, and when he saw Li Weiguo aiming at Chen Yucheng, he immediately rushed up desperately and became a bullet.

The Taiping soldier was shot in the head, and a ball of blood immediately exploded, spraying Chen Yucheng in the face.

Li Weiguo frowned suddenly, missed a shot, quickly pulled the bolt again, pushed the bullet to load, aimed at Chen Yucheng again, and quickly pulled the trigger.

At the same time, Chen Yucheng also noticed Li Weiguo's movements, but he was stunned for a moment, and for the first time he saw a musket that could be fired again without gunpowder and with a click.

There is no room for the slightest stunned and daze on the battlefield, Chen Yucheng obviously made a big mistake that should not be made.

Bang!

The gunfire rang out again, and a nine-millimeter bullet instantly pierced Chen Yucheng's left chest armor and shot him in the body.

Poof!

Chen Yucheng instantly spurted blood from his mouth and fell off the horse.

A smart officer of the Shanghai army suddenly shouted.

"Chen Yucheng is dead!"

"Chen Yucheng was killed by Lord Li Weiguo!"

When the officers and men in Shanghai heard this, their morale was greatly boosted, and the strength that had been exhausted seemed to be reborn, and they immediately fought back.

The soul of the general, hearing the news of Chen Yucheng's death, immediately made the Taiping soldiers panic.

"Li Xiucheng is also dead!"

At this time, I don't know who shouted that Li Xiucheng was also dead, and suddenly Li Xiucheng was so angry that he shouted, and in order to stabilize the army's heart, he hurriedly clarified.

"Fart, I'm Li Xiucheng still alive!"

Bang!

While!

As soon as Li Xiucheng finished shouting, a bullet hit him in the head, which was the gun fired by Li Weiguo.

However, this shot hit Li Xiucheng's helmet, rubbing out sparks, and the violent impact of the bullet caused Li Xiucheng to have an instant concussion, and blood flowed down his forehead.

"Li Weiguo, I'm going to kill you!"

Li Xiucheng shook his head, wiped his forehead and saw blood flowing, he was immediately furious, and rushed towards Li Weiguo with a knife.

Li Weiguo sneered, pulled the bolt, loaded the bullet, aimed at Li Xiucheng again, and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

Gunshots!

Although Li Xiucheng was angry, he had always been shrewd, and when he saw Li Weiguo raise his gun to aim at him, he realized that something was wrong and subconsciously dodged, but he was still not as fast as the bullet, and he was hit in the shoulder in an instant.

Yes!

Li Xiucheng screamed, only to feel that his left shoulder instantly hurt as if it was about to fall. Immediately unable to grasp the reins, he fell off the horse.

"Li Xiucheng is also dead!"

"Li Xiucheng is also dead!"

The officers and men of Shanghai in the fierce battle shouted again, and their morale was even better.

When the Taiping army saw Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng fall one after another, their morale was shattered, and the battle was not so fierce, and some were even ready to flee.

However, Li Xiucheng did not die, although he fell off his horse, he was quickly rescued by the Taiping army.

"Kill Li Weiguo for me!"

Li Xiucheng screamed, he no longer wanted to capture Li Weiguo alive, and he was bent on killing Li Weiguo to take revenge.

The Taiping army quickly stabilized. rushed towards Li Weiguo's side again.

This time, Li Xiucheng didn't dare to show his head, he was very afraid of the musket in Li Weiguo's hand, and he was shocked that he could shoot continuously without loading gunpowder. At the same time, he also felt a strong fear of Li Weiguo's marksmanship.

After this period of buffering, Li Weiguo's personal troops were able to load their ammunition and set up a defensive formation.

"Shoot!"

Bang bang bang!

Muskets were fired in a volley, and a row after row of bullets was fired. Immediately, the Taiping cavalry dozens of meters away was beaten to the back.

Li Weiguo relied on the patriotic rifle in his hand to pick the commander of the Taiping Army to shoot, although he was able to accurately kill some Taiping generals, but after all, he was the only one with one shot. Still can't save the big picture.

After the break, the officers and soldiers of Shanghai were divided and surrounded by the Taiping Army, and the number became smaller and smaller, but Li Weiguo still collected the remnants as much as possible and gathered them together. Retreated to a small hill and defended against the risk.

The Taiping army bit Li Weiguo to the death, and soon completely surrounded the small mountain where Li Weiguo was located. The form is extremely critical.

"Li Weiguo, I advise you to surrender! As long as you are willing to surrender, I will protect you with glory and wealth! ”

Li Xiucheng saw that Li Weiguo was surrounded and couldn't fly at this time, and he didn't want to kill him, after all, a living Li Weiguo was more useful, so he was ready to persuade him to surrender.

Li Weiguo naturally will not surrender to the Taiping Army, after all, he has offended so many core figures of the Taiping Army, and after surrendering, life will definitely be worse than death, which Li Weiguo knows very well.

Taking advantage of Li Xiucheng's persuasion to surrender, Li Weiguo ordered the officers and soldiers of Shanghai around him to hurry up and load ammunition. It's a pity that the ammunition has been destroyed, and the soldiers have almost used up what they carry, so they can only make a last stand.

Li Weiguo looked at these subordinates around him, and was full of emotion in his heart, and said: "I thought that if I became famous, all the brothers can follow me and be able to mix with my wife and son." It's a pity, this time I am under siege, I, Li Weiguo, am afraid that I will die here today, all the brothers are willing to die together, I Li Weiguo is grateful, I can only report in the next life, and if I am willing to surrender, I will never stop you, everyone has their own aspirations, I will not block your future! ”

"What do you mean, sir? We come from humble backgrounds, but we also know the word loyalty! How can you turn your back on adults and live alone! Cui Lei, the captain of the second team, suddenly said that he was the only captain of Li Weiguo's side, and the captains of the other teams all died heroically for Li Weiguo to block the knife and bullet.

"That's right! Adults treat us well, since joining the adult's command, we and our family have been clothed, fed, and housed since then. We are willing to die with you! A wounded commander of the Shanghai army suddenly knelt on one knee and expressed his determination to Li Weiguo.

At the same time, everyone else knelt down on one knee almost at the same time, shouting in unison.

"We are willing to die with you!"

"We are willing to die with you!"

"We are willing to die with you!"

Hearing such an answer from his subordinates, Li Weiguo was very moved in his heart, and even his nose was a little sour, and he had an urge to burst into tears.

Li Weiguo suddenly shouted: "Okay, don't abandon, don't give up, we live and die together today!" ”

"Life and death!"

"Life and death!"

"Life and death!"

Under the mountain, Li Xiucheng and the Taiping army heard the shouts of Li Weiguo and his subordinates, and they were all in awe.

Li Xiucheng sighed, knowing that it was impossible to capture Li Weiguo alive, so he ordered: "Attack!" (To be continued......)