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He Tengjiao deeply understands the importance of time, now the defense of Nancheng is weak, we must break through the defense of the Taiping army as soon as possible, take Nancheng, even if it is a big price, we must succeed, if the action is late, the Taiping army will come back to help, then the previous efforts will be wasted!

"Order, the second battalion and the fourth battalion will shoot with all their strength to provide fire cover, and the first battalion will immediately charge, and those who climb the southern city first will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!"

In order to take Nancheng, He Tengjiao invested a huge amount of capital, one thousand taels of silver, even He Tengjiao, now his salary a year is less than three hundred taels, one thousand taels of silver, that is He Tengjiao's salary for three years.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, not to mention, the cavalry battalion itself is the place with the most warriors, the first cavalry battalion, is the essence of Baoding Town, all the soldiers are experienced in a hundred battles of iron-blooded elite!

Riding in the big boat, the cavalry abandoned their mounts one by one and replaced them with infantry, and launched a fierce charge forward, and the horse pistols in their hands were constantly firing.

Above the city, a thousand Taiping soldiers have been stunned by the sudden fierce firepower, and using bows and arrows against rifles is simply hitting stones with eggs, whether it is lethality, accuracy or range, it is far from the same.

One by one, the Taiping soldiers were hit by bullets, let out terrible screams, and even worse, fell straight from the top of the city and fell into the water!

In just a quarter of an hour, the Taiping army was injured by the dense bullets, the first battalion of cavalry had approached the city, and the Taiping army in the city was suppressed by the fire of the two cavalry battalions and rocket soldiers behind them, and they did not dare to show their heads at all!

Xu Maoshan jumped to his feet in a hurry at the head of the city, if the Qing Demon was allowed to attack the city like this, once the Qing Demon landed on the city, it would be all over!

"Quick, shoot, shoot me, be sure to organize the Qing Demon to approach the city wall!"

Xu Maoshan roared angrily.

It's just that the two cavalry battalions in the distance, a thousand people, and a thousand horse pistols are constantly shooting, and the firepower is too fierce, even if the Taiping army is not afraid of death, they will never dare to expose all their bodies, and they will be hit by bullets, which is much more fatal than a bow and arrow, and the bullets hit the green bricks of the city wall at close range, and even beat the green bricks to crumbs****!

"General, general, quickly mobilize our rockets, attack with rockets, and burn the demon's ship!"

Beside Xu Maoshan, a general said urgently.

Xu Maoshan woke up suddenly, yes, rocket!

Although the Taiping army now has no firearms, but there are rockets, although these rockets and Congreve rockets have no way to compare, just the traditional kind of system, the threat is not big, but used to ignite, but yes, now the Qing demons are all followed by ships to attack, these ships are temporary requisitioned merchant ships, the defense is very poor, once hit by rockets, it is still very easy.

"Come on, turn on all the rockets for me, shoot with all your might, and be sure to repel the Qing Demon warship!"

Xu Maoshan roared.

The Taiping army acted nervously, and bundles of rockets were loaded and began to shoot at the big ships on the Yangtze River!

He Tengjiao looked at the rockets with a line of fire in the air, his heart was shocked, and he shouted: "Order, all ships retreat back, dodge the rockets, rocket company, concentrate all the firepower for me, and give me their rocketeers!" ”

He Tengjiao knew very well in his heart that if these rockets really focused on the few merchant ships of the first battalion that rushed to the front, it would be too much of a threat to the brothers of the first battalion, and they must be eliminated as soon as possible.

The rocket company on the merchant ship behind began to power again, and more than a dozen rockets were heading towards the **** of Nancheng City!

I have to say that the Taiping army was too sad, and the dozen or so bundles of rockets that had just been brought up were only opened two or three bundles, and before the others could be opened, the Congreve rockets shot down with huge flames.

Damn it, two Congreve rockets fell right on the place where the rockets were stacked, although there was not a lot of gunpowder on the rockets, but more than a dozen bundles were put together, and there were already a lot, and the high-temperature flames carried by the Congreve rockets detonated the rockets on the spot!

Rumble! Rumble!

A sudden explosion not only swept the surrounding Taiping troops out, but also lifted a piece of the city, blowing up a gap!

Xu Maoshan was completely dumbfounded, he didn't expect that more than a dozen bundles of rockets would become his own life-urging ghosts, but instead of playing a role, they helped him!

"Someone, someone! Quick, go and plug the gap! ”

Xu Maoshan shouted angrily.

However, the current Taiping army has not yet come to its senses, obviously the explosion just now was suppressed, they did not react, but the cavalry below reacted.

Tian Zhenshan, the commander of the first battalion of the cavalry, was overjoyed, great, open, Lao Tzu is worried about how to get to the top of the city!

"Order, immediately launch an attack towards the gap, the second company provides fire cover, the first company rushes me, even if it is death, we must seize the gap!"

Tian Zhenshan shouted.

Several large ships rushed quickly in the direction of the gap, the distance was only about twenty meters, and the cavalry arrived in the blink of an eye!

The cavalry on the first big ship could not wait, and one by one, the warriors carried their pistols and sabers in their hands, jumped straight and climbed into the gap, and behind them, more and more cavalry followed.

In the blink of an eye, nearly 100 people had boarded the gap, and at this time, the Taiping army had already rushed over, brandishing knives and guns in their hands, pressing towards the cavalry step by step.

It's just that just now on the boat, the cavalry couldn't exert their might, but the Taiping army in the city, there was no place to borrow strength, now it is different, they have landed on the city, on the shore, on land, the soldiers of the Lu army have never been afraid of anyone!

One by one, the cavalry of the Lu army held sabers, in groups of two, standing proudly, staring at the Taiping army that rushed over!

"Kill!"

Su Tao, the commander of the first company, roared angrily, and the saber was the first to swing out!

"Kill!"

Beside him, the sabers of a hundred and ten cavalrymen waved almost simultaneously, and a roar that shocked the mountains and rivers came from his mouth!

The cavalry and the Taiping army collided together, and launched a fierce battle, the Taiping army thought that the hot weapon situation was not the opponent of the Qing demon, and now the close hand-to-hand combat can occupy a certain upper hand, I didn't expect that the cavalry who gave up the horse pistol, the saber in the hand danced, compared to when holding the horse pistol, it was no worse, and it was very strong!

Even if the Taiping army is now superior in numbers, it is still defeated and retreated by the cavalry led by Su Tao, and the most important thing is that the Taiping army is defeated and retreated, giving the cavalry space to climb the city in the back, and it is not long, and more than 300 soldiers of the first battalion have boarded the southern city, and the southern city is really going to collapse!

(To be continued.) )