On the night of the murder in the wind and the moon, the Taiping army hidden in the mountains and forests near the county seat of Xi'an crawled out of their respective hiding pits, and then found the Tibetan horse pit, led the war horses out, and gathered at the designated place.

This is an elite cavalry of the Taiping Army with a size of 3,000 people, which is under the account of Wei Changhui, the king of the north, and is the prince's guard. He rarely participated in battles in peacetime, but the members were all selected from the combat units and belonged to the elite of the Taiping Army.

In order to take revenge, Wei Changhui finally used his personal guard, which was planned by Mr. Liao, to inflict heavy damage on Li Weiguo's main force of the Shanghai army.

"Report to General Qin, all the soldiers of the Iron Bear Battalion are ready, whether to launch an attack or not, please give the general an order!"

The deputy will report, Qin Rilie nodded, and said: "Tonight, we want to avenge the 15,000 Taiping Army brothers who died in Meiling, and we will definitely behead Li Weiguo's house, as well as the 20,000 Shanghai troops around him, and comfort the brothers in the heavens!" ”

The adjutant general suddenly said: "The last general, please take the lead!" ”

Qin Rilie said: "Before the operation, His Royal Highness the King of the North and Mr. Liao repeatedly told General Yu Ben that Li Weiguo was insidious and cunning, and he had always been stealing other people's camps, and he would definitely take strict precautions against his own camps. Therefore, Vice General Liu, you take 1,000 men and horses from the south to attack the Shanghai army camp, once you encounter the main force of the Shanghai army counterattack, remember not to fall in love with the battle, retreat quickly, and the general will meet you. ”

Vice General Liu received the order, but he still wanted to ask for an understanding.

Qin Rilie then explained to him, it turned out that although Wei Changhui, the king of the north, had set a plan for a night attack on the Shanghai army camp, Mr. Liao was far-sighted and expected that Li Weiguo must be prepared, so he formulated a plan for a second night attack.

The so-called second night attack plan is to let Qin Rilie send people to rob the Shanghai army camp first, if the Shanghai army is not prepared, it is naturally the best, and directly break through the Shanghai army camp to win. If the Shanghai army is prepared, it will quickly withdraw. The Shanghai army repelled a robbery camp by the Taiping army. He would relax his vigilance, thinking that the Taiping army would not dare to rob the camp again, so he ordered Qin Rilie to rob the camp for the second time, and he would be caught off guard by the Shanghai army, and he would definitely be able to win a big victory.

Mr. Liao is well versed in the art of war, and Qin Rilie admires him very much, so he resolutely implements Mr. Liao's strategy.

Vice General Liu understood it, and he also had a bottom in his heart, and immediately led a thousand elite cavalry to quietly touch the Shanghai army camp.

The Taiping army traveled lightly, and the armor on their bodies was worn inside. Shielding the sound of the armor with an outer garment. The war horse chews its head, and the horse's hooves are wrapped in grey cloth to minimize the sound.

It was dark, there was no moon, and the stars were hidden in the dark clouds, so it was the perfect weather for a sneak attack.

Soon Vice General Liu led a thousand iron cavalry to the vicinity of the east gate camp of the Shanghai army, and saw that the Shanghai army was loosely guarded, and Vice General Liu was immediately overjoyed.

"Brethren, the time for vengeance has come. Rush me! ”

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The horses neighed and galloped forward.

Shouts of killing erupted, venting full of hatred.

The earthquake trembled, and the sentinels of the Shanghai army immediately panicked. Hurriedly shouted.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

The loud siren sounded, and the entire periphery of the Shanghai army camp was suddenly in chaos, and the officers and men ran back and forth shouting, but they could not find a general. There will be no confusion of soldiers.

Bang! Bang bang!

When approaching the Shanghai army camp, the Shanghai soldiers on the wall raised their guns and opened fire.

A Taiping soldier who rushed to the front was shot and fell off his horse, and then another Taiping army's war horse was shot and frightened. Knock the Taiping soldiers off their horses.

However, this did not stop the rapid offensive of the Taiping army.

This is an elite iron cavalry of the Taiping Army, they launched a night attack, they were originally very close to the camp of the Shanghai army, and now the war horse accelerated, and rushed to the bottom of the Shanghai army camp in the blink of an eye.

The soldiers of the Shanghai army above the camp, although they fired in time to stop it, unfortunately the weakness of the breech musket was exposed at this moment, and only one shot was fired, and before the second shot was loaded, the iron cavalry of the Taiping army came closer.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Under the order of Deputy General Liu, the cavalry of the Taiping Army quickly bent their bows and arrows, and with the help of the galloping horse speed, they easily shot the arrows into the camp.

Whoosh!

Countless arrows broke through the air, hitting the giant trees of the camp, making a trembling sound, and the Shanghai soldiers who were caught off guard were hit by arrows one after another, and fell from the top of the camp.

After two rounds of bows and arrows fired in a volley, the Taiping cavalry quickly suppressed the fire of the Shanghai army above the camp.

"Iron hook ready!"

"Throw!"

When Deputy General Liu gave an order, he saw 300 Taiping cavalry quickly raise their arms, throw a huge iron hook up the Shanghai military camp, and hook the wooden stake on it.

"Pull!"

Everyone shouted in unison, and 300 Taiping cavalry quickly turned their horses and forcibly pulled the Shanghai military camp with horsepower.

Squeak - click - boom -

The Shanghai military camp was set up temporarily, relatively simple, not buried deeply, and was broken by the iron hook in the blink of an eye, and the big wall of the camp collapsed, revealing a defensive gap.

"Rush me!"

Vice General Liu shouted loudly and rushed in from the gap in the Shanghai military camp. A thousand Taiping Iron Cavalry also followed, screaming and rushing in.

"Kill!"

Vice General Liu led a thousand Taiping Army iron cavalry to rush into the Shanghai army camp, slashing left and right, killing people when they saw them, and throwing torches to burn them when they saw the camp tent, which looked very enjoyable.

However, when Vice General Liu led his army to break through the outer camp and go deep into the Shanghai army camp, he suddenly found that there were fewer and fewer Shanghai army soldiers running around, and the last one was missing, leaving a large area of space.

Vice General Liu suddenly felt bad, and at this moment, he only heard the sound of the unique military horn of the Shanghai army, and then the drum music was named, and a dense wall of people suddenly appeared around, and the guns were like a forest.

"Oh no, I've been tricked!"

"General Qin is really like a god, we are in ambush, retreat quickly!"

After a hundred battles, Vice General Liu realized that he had been ambushed and immediately ordered a retreat.

At this moment, I saw that in the camp of the Shanghai army, a commander of the Shanghai army sneered: "My Shanghai army camp, how can you wait for the rebels to come and leave as soon as you want, since you are here, you can stay!" ”

"Fire!"

At the sound of the order, the soldiers of the Shanghai army immediately raised their guns and opened fire.

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

In an instant, the muzzle of the gun spewed fire, and one after another projectiles were fired at the enemy, dense like rain.

Bite! While! Burst! Yes!

The projectile slammed into the armor of the enemy soldier at high speed, making a clanging sound of metal impact. Some hit the enemy's flesh and blood directly, causing the enemy to scream in pain. The light one lay down on his horse, and the heavy one fell off his horse.

In the blink of an eye, the 1,000 iron horsemen brought by Vice General Liu were put down by hundreds of people. If it weren't for the fact that they were galloping on horseback, coupled with the lack of accuracy of the Shanghai army's muskets, and the visibility at night was less than ten meters, I am afraid that at least seven or eight hundred people would have fallen in this round of guns.

Despite this, Vice General Liu could not bear such huge casualties, and his heart was like a knife when he watched hundreds of brothers fall. I regret that I shouldn't have listened to Qin Rilie's words and was ambushed by the Shanghai army.

Of course, the ambush among Vice General Liu was not deep, and he led the remaining five or six hundred cavalry to rush out before the Shanghai army encircled. And the Shanghai army did not pursue, so that Vice General Liu finally followed Qin Rilie, who came to respond.

"General Qin, the last general is incompetent, and he has been ambushed by the Shanghai army, please punish General Qin severely!"

Seeing Vice General Liu's plea, Qin Rilie immediately frowned. He was annoyed that Vice General Liu didn't listen to the order, so he asked, "What's going on inside?" How many people have been folded? ”

Vice General Liu explained: "Sure enough, as General Qin expected, the Shanghai army was really prepared, and the camp was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. The last general rushed into the Shanghai military camp, only to encounter thousands of the main force of the Shanghai army, which had already been waiting for battle, and folded nearly 400 brothers! ”

Four hundred Iron Bear cavalry. This is the best of the best!

Qin Rilie gritted his teeth, he really wanted to severely punish Vice General Liu immediately, but now is the time to employ people. Vice General Liu has always been brave, and the next stealing camp has to rely on him, so Qin Rilie held back his anger and said: "You didn't listen to the general's orders, resulting in such a large number of casualties, the general will remember it for you first, and then liquidate it later!" In the future, we will continue to steal the camp, and I hope you can make a difference! ”

"Thank you, General, the last general pleads to be the vanguard again!" Vice General Liu hurriedly thanked him and asked Qin Rilie to be a pioneer again.

Qin Rilie did not have a vanguard general to replace Vice General Liu in his hands, so he nodded in agreement.

At this time, the Malay newspaper was reported that the Shanghai army did not pursue.

Qin Rilie was slightly disappointed in his heart, he wanted to take advantage of the Shanghai army to pursue the approaching Shanghai army halfway, but the Shanghai army was cunning and did not pursue, which made Qin Rilie's plan fail.

However, Qin Rilie was still full of confidence, he believed that after the Shanghai army repelled the Taiping army to rob the camp once, he would inevitably relax his defense, and he would never have imagined that the Taiping army would rob the camp again.

"The whole army will rest for two hours and then set off!"

Just when Qin Rilie was preparing to rob the camp for the second time, in the Shanghai army camp, Zhang Xiaoliu called an officer wearing the uniform of the Shanghai army.

I saw that the man wearing the uniform of the commander of the Shanghai Army saw Zhang Xiaoliu, and immediately knelt on the ground, bowed and said, "The villain sees General Zhang!" ”

Zhang Xiaoliu smiled and said, "Okay, Wang Liang, get up quickly!" Our Shanghai army only bows in front of outsiders, and in the Shanghai army, there is no need to kneel, only need to salute! ”

The person named Wang Liang suddenly got up and asked weakly: "Dare to ask General Zhang what is a military salute?" ”

Zhang Xiaoliu said: "You have just joined the Shanghai Army for a few days, and you need to learn a lot of things, which will naturally teach you in the future!" Now I'll give you a mission, and if you can complete it, you'll be the true captain of the Shanghai Army! ”

Wang Liang hurriedly said: "Please show Master Zhang, the villain will do his best to complete it!" ”

Zhang Xiaoliu then said: "Just now the rebels raided our army's camp, although we had already prepared and repelled them, but instead of being rude, Ben will be ready to lead the army to sneak attack the rebel camp, so after Ben will leave, all the affairs in this camp will be handed over to you, you may do a good job?" ”

Wang Liang was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the general, the villain will definitely take care of the camp, kill pigs and sheep, and prepare to reward the triumphant return of the general's army!" ”

Zhang Xiaoliu suddenly smiled and said: "This is the best, you are also a talent, do a good job, Ben will definitely give you a few good words in front of our family!" ”

"Thank you, General Zhang!" Wang Liang hurriedly thanked him.

Zhang Xiaoliu nodded, and said in his heart: I hope you can live until that time!

It turned out that this Wang Liang was a laborer captured in the First Battle of Meiling, and he was originally transporting supplies for the Taiping Army, but after Li Weiguo discussed with Wu Yong, Chen Jingnan and others, he decided to let these laborers be temporarily recruited into the Shanghai Army, put on the uniforms of the Shanghai Army, and went to Xi'an County. Of the 20,000 Shanghai troops outside Xi'an County, only 5,000 were actually the elite of the Shanghai army, and the remaining 15,000 Shanghai troops were all these temporarily recruited labor "recruits."

The other 15,000 real elites of the Shanghai army have been lurking outside, waiting for Wei Changhui's 3,000 iron cavalry to appear, and then surround and annihilate them.

As far as Li Weiguo is concerned, he either doesn't do it, or he does it, and he doesn't beat Wei Changhui to death or cripple, which is by no means Li Weiguo's character. (To be continued......)