After receiving the surrendered Taiping army, the Chu army under Zuo Zongtang had a strength of 60,000 troops, of which 20,000 Chu troops and 10,000 Taiping troops remained in Zhejiang, and 30,000 Chu troops entered Fujian and were distributed in various state capitals in Fujian. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In this battle, in order to be able to deal with the Western coalition army, Zuo Zongtang concentrated more than 20,000 Chu troops near Fuzhou City, and personally led the main force to the seaside to set up defenses, and more than 10,000 people could not resist the British army for a day and a night, and the army was defeated like a mountain!

Zuo Zongtang, surrounded by Liu Jintang and Liu Dian, withdrew to the Minjiang Bridge in one breath, and at this time, thousands of reinforcements from behind also arrived and continued to resist.

If the current British army wants to rush across the Min River, it can only pass through the Min River Bridge, but the width of the bridge is only six or seven meters.

Finally, the Chu army withstood the British army again, and the British army wanted to take the Minjiang Bridge, but it was not easy.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the British army launched three attacks in a row, but they were all beaten back by the Chu army.

At the mouth of the Minjiang River, two gunboats went upriver towards Fuzhou City, rushed to the bridge, and stopped at a distance of only two kilometers.

This was something Zuo Zongtang didn't expect, the British army actually dispatched warships again and launched an attack from above the Min River!

In just a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen guns of two gunboats went to the bridge, carried out more than a dozen rounds of shooting, the shells continued to fall on the bridge, caught off guard, the Chu army suffered heavy casualties, and completely collapsed on the bridge, in order to be able to withstand the frontal attack of the British army, the thousands of reinforcements that came up from behind were all concentrated on the bridge, the personnel were too dense, more than 100 shells were shot down, almost no bullets, and every shell explosion will have the Chu army injured in the sky, Blood began to flow down the gap in the bridge deck towards the Min River!

The secondary defense of the Chu army collapsed again!

The Chu army, which could not withstand the frantic offensive of the British army, retreated to the north bank of the Min River, and the British army took advantage of the situation to kill it, captured the Minjiang River Bridge in one fell swoop, and continued to storm the Chu army.

Without any support, the Chu army retreated again and again, retreating from the Min River into Fuzhou City!

The British army still refused to give up, more and more gunboats entered the Min River, ten gunboats were concentrated outside the city of Fuzhou, the angry Dundas vowed to take Fuzhou, and took the risk to drive the gunboats into the Min River, if the Chu army ambushed two artillery battalions by the river at this time, it would definitely be enough for the gunboats to drink a pot, but unfortunately, the Chu army did not have such strength, the Chu army was not Guo Ye's Lu army!

In a big battle, most of the artillery battalion under Zuo Zongtang had suffered casualties, and all the rest had retreated into Fuzhou, and now they could not pose a mortal threat to the gunboats at all!

Offense, all-out offense!

Ten gunboats, nearly 100 artillery pieces, plus two artillery battalions, and nearly 200 large and small artillery pieces, launched a rapid offensive towards the southern city of Fuzhou City, and wave after wave of shells were fired into the sky over Fuzhou City, and the fierce bombardment down, Fuzhou City fell into a sea of fire in an instant.

Even if the Chu army retreated into the city of Fuzhou, it would have no effect now, the artillery losses were too serious, and the lack of sufficient artillery could not withstand the attack of the British artillery at all, it was too tragic!

From the morning to noon, the dense cannonballs hit the Fuzhou city wall all over the body, and finally could not support it, the city wall on the east side collapsed, and the gate of Fuzhou city was wide open! The Qing troops in the city fell down from the city one after another, dead and wounded!

Fuzhou City is broken!

Fuzhou City is broken!

Zuo Zongtang's eyes were split, his voice was completely hoarse, seeing the collapse of the city wall, he knew in his heart that the fall of Fuzhou City was inevitable, and as a party governor, he couldn't protect the territory and the people, and he was ashamed of the people!

Zuo Zongtang pulled out the treasure knife on his waist and was about to kill himself, Liu Jintang was sick, snatched the knife away, and shouted: "My lord, have you forgotten the telegram that Ming Shuai gave you?" Save your strength, ensure that you have a useful body, and if you die now, you will die in vain! ”

Zuo Zongtang burst into tears, in a big battle, his elite Chu army suffered casualties, it was too miserable, I didn't expect that I would lose so miserably!

"Dashuai, withdraw from Fuzhou City immediately, now we can only withdraw from Fuzhou City, and if we continue to fight, we can only die in vain, and it will not help!"

Liu Dian roared angrily.

"But what about the people of this city?"

Zuo Zongtang said urgently.

"Now it's good that we can keep Chu Jun's incense, Dashuai, after this time, we will fight back sooner or later! Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood! ”

Liu Dian persuaded.

Zuo Zongtang looked back at Fuzhou City behind him, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, pass the order, the army will withdraw from Fuzhou City and retreat in the northeast direction, Liu Jintang, lead your vanguard camp to break down!" There was also a telegram to the capital, the Chu army and the British army fought fiercely for two days, suffered heavy casualties, and withdrew from Fuzhou in order to get back! ”

Liu Jintang hurriedly received the order, and Zuo Zongtang led the remnants of the defeated army and had no choice but to withdraw from Fuzhou.

Finally landed in Fuzhou City!

By the time Dundas and Smalling ascended to the head of Fuzhou City, it was already afternoon, Dundas and Smalling, who had entered the Yamen of the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, were still angry, the British army lost too much, a Fuzhou city, so that the British army paid nearly 2,000 casualties, although for the 30,000 army, the infantry is too serious, but compared with the French army, the British army is ashamed to burrow into the ground!

"Someone, immediately send an order, let go of the looting in Fuzhou, all the mobs who dare to resist will be killed on the spot, and the army will leave Fuzhou at noon tomorrow!"

Dundas issued a cruel military order, and the British army of more than 10,000 people began a crazy looting and slaughter in Fuzhou City, not only the property was looted, but also the slaughter of more than 20,000 people in Fuzhou City, countless **** women, the entire Fuzhou City fell into great luck, completely fell into great luck!

After completing the control of Fuzhou City, leaving two battalions of troops to garrison Fuzhou City, Dundas and Smalling led the main British army to converge the fleets of France and Spain, and began to move north again, approaching the north!

In a few days, Guangzhou and Fuzhou were lost in a row, and the news soon spread to Beijing, Zhang Chunping's heart couldn't help but be a little heavy, and the city of Fuzhou was washed in blood, Ji Shuai Zuo Zongtang was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted, and he was unconscious, and the entire southeast coast was panicked and chaotic!

The most fatal thing is that the Western Combined Fleet has begun to approach to the north, and it will not take long to reach Shandong or even Tianjin, and then there will be an even more tragic battle!

"Foreign devils, come on, I can't wait to meet you!"

Zhang Chunping muttered.

(To be continued.) )