The first to land was the commander of the 27th Brigade of the British Army, Major General Horton, who did not expect that this Qing army would dare to launch a charge after suffering a blow, which was really a death. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Horton commanded the British army to begin a counterattack, but now the strength of the two regiments of the British army is in a scattered state, and can only fight separately, facing the crazy impact of the Chu army, the British army suffered a big loss at the beginning, and was beaten in embarrassment, Horton was angry and anxious, and he jumped like thunder, unlucky, how did he let the British army stand up to such a difficult opponent? What's more, outside Guangzhou, those Qing troops are simply a bunch of tofu scum, and when they come to Fuzhou, they will become bricks!

Fortunately, the tactical literacy of the British army is much higher than that of the Chu army, even if the current Chu army is at its peak, there is still a big gap. Under the command of Houghton, the British army began to stabilize its position after experiencing the initial chaos, and the British troops behind also continued to land on the shore and joined the great war one after another.

At the beginning, the Chu army could still rely on the blood of the moment, the chaos of the other party, and had a slight upper hand, now the British army has stabilized, and the reinforcements behind have also landed, and the strength has no advantage, the Chu army began to seem powerless, and in the face of the fierce fighting of the British army, the casualties of the Chu army continued to rise, and the defeat continued.

Liu Jintang watched the Chu army retreat step by step, constantly boosting morale, trying to counterattack again, but it didn't work at all, and now the Chu army has reached the point of exhaustion!

Retreat, we must organize a retreat, Liu Jintang understands in his heart that if he retreats now, he can still hold on, once he persists, it will be a rout, and when the time comes, the rout will make the Chu army suffer greater casualties!

"Order, the army retreats, retreat!"

Liu Jintang was very sober-minded and began to command the army to retreat to the rear, but, after all, Liu Jintang was a general in the era of cold weapons, and his understanding of war tactics in the era of hot weapons was still very immature, he forgot that if it was a cold weapon battle, there was no problem in retreating, after all, the enemy who was pursuing at most hurt people with a bow and arrow, but in the era of hot weapons, exposing his back to the enemy was waiting for the enemy's fatal bullets!

As soon as the Chu army retreated, the British army behind immediately launched a counterattack and pursued the Chu army, the rifle in his hand kept ringing, attack, attack!

The Chu army was miserable, and in the dense bullet strikes, the casualties exceeded hundreds in an instant! The Chu army, which could barely support it, collapsed all of a sudden, and was routed towards the rear!

Horton was overjoyed, the Qing army collapsed, so what was Lao Tzu waiting for? Naturally, it is necessary to hurry forward and take the opportunity to take Fuzhou City?

Horton gave an order, and thousands of British troops launched an attack in the direction of Fuzhou City, and the army suddenly pounced!!

In the distance, under the illumination of the firelight, Zuo Zongtang saw clearly that Liu Jintang was defeated, and his first commander was defeated! The elite of their strongest Chu army was defeated, and the battle to launch a surprise attack without the enemy army gaining a firm foothold failed!

Although I don't know the casualties, but just look at the lineup of Liu Jintang's Chu army that the casualties are definitely not small, otherwise Liu Jintang will not be able to withstand it! In this case, Liu Jintang was not able to support the next hour, what else is there to say? Skills are not as good as others!

Fortunately, I still have a backup move, now it's up to the Chu army cavalry!

Just as Horton commanded the British army to rush forward, and soon advanced two or three miles, just as Horton continued to advance with his head down, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in front of the right!

Horton was shocked, and raised his head, only to see a cavalry rushing towards his own ranks, like lightning!

At this moment, a dense burst of gunfire came from the flanks!

This is Zuo Zongtang just equipped with a new type of cavalry, Zuo Zongtang accepted Guo Ye's suggestion, for his five cavalry battalions are all equipped with cavalry guns, the original only know the cavalry with a saber, began to enter the era of hot weapons, but, this cavalry has just been equipped with a horse pistol for a short time, shooting training, especially on horseback, is still far away, many people directly hit the bullet in the sky!

However, even so, this is a cavalry, and this momentum alone is terrifying enough, three cavalry battalions, with a strength of 1,500 men, to launch a surprise attack on the flank of the British army above the wilderness, which is enough for the British army to drink a pot!

Horton's face changed dramatically! Cavalry! It turned out to be cavalry!

As an infantry, the most feared thing is to be attacked by the cavalry on the flank during the march, the strong impact force, once the infantry is broken through, it will form a division and encirclement of the infantry, and the British army will be dangerous at that time!

"Quick, quick! Stop moving forward immediately and shoot! Shoot in a volley! ”

Not only did Horton panic, but the entire British army was shocked by the terrifying momentum of the cavalry, fortunately, the British army had rich combat experience, and in the Crimean War, the British army fought with the Cossack cavalry equipped with horse pistols, and the cavalry of the Chu army was a big difference compared with the Cossack cavalry!

"Bang bang bang!"

The British army soon formed an arc, three rows of combat power, and began to shoot at the cavalry in turns, powerful and dense rifle fire, and the charge of the Chu army was contained!

However, Tan Shanglian is a well-known fierce general, extremely brave, he just doesn't believe in evil! I don't believe your infantry can hold back the charge of our cavalry!

"Command, keep charging!"

Tan Shanglian roared angrily, took the lead in urging the war horse, his body was short, and he began to charge towards the British army again!

The cavalry pressed on the British again!

The British army is not afraid at all, and stops the opponent's advance with a more powerful firepower group!

However, the distance was too close, and after paying a huge price in casualties, the three cavalry battalions finally hit the British army, and slashed down at the British army with their sabers!

The horses rushed left and right in the cavalry array, causing great trouble to the British army! Even if the infantry is brave, in the face of the cavalry, it will suffer, but fortunately, the cavalry strength at this time is only a few hundred left, and the casualties have been more than half, which can cause trouble for the British army, but it can't create fatal trouble!

After a burst of killing, the cavalry surrounded by the British army began to be unable to deploy their amazing speed, and could only break through under the leadership of Tan Shanglian and retreat to the rear!

Failed again! Failed again!

Zuo Zongtang's face was pale, is this still the Chu Jun that he is extremely proud of? The answer is yes, but the opponent has changed, and the British army in front of him is not the Taiping army, let alone a rabble of twisted bandits!

(To be continued.) )