Guo Yin realized that Li Weiguo had turned against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but he didn't have time to think about it, because Li Weiguo's army was slaughtering the Taiping Army, and it was unknown whether he would survive tonight.

"Bring in another team of archers!"

"Be sure to guard the gate!"

The walled gate is the key, the Taiping army has some muskets and artillery, but unfortunately the ammunition depot was blown up, their only artillery and muskets are out of order, and they can only rely on the only walled wall, with bows and arrows to return fire, to prevent the Shanghai army from approaching.

Outside the wall, the Shanghai army kept approaching.

"Third team, ready-release!"

"Fourth team, ready-release!"

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

Gunshots rang out, rows of projectiles shot at the wall, and soldiers of the Taiping Army were constantly shot, blood splattered, and howled.

The entire cottage pass was a sea of fire, burning half of the sky, and the firelight made the Taiping army in the light, and the Shanghai soldiers in the dark could easily aim and shoot.

At the same time, the officers and soldiers of Shanghai all wore sunglasses, and they were not affected by the flame of the muzzle in the dark, and they were able to exert the same combat effectiveness as during the day.

On the other hand, the Taiping army relied on bows and arrows to counterattack, one is too far, the power of bows and arrows is weakened, and it is difficult to cause fatal penetrating wounds to the soldiers of the Shanghai army, and the other is to shoot arrows from the light to the dark, almost all of them are blind shots, and the accuracy is very low.

Therefore, although Guo Yin personally supervised the battle, in the face of the powerful musket and artillery attacks of the Shanghai army, the Taiping army suffered heavy casualties and gradually lost the enemy.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, several shells hit the gate at the same time.

A mushroom cloud rose into the sky, the gate of the village was torn apart, and it collapsed with a bang, and hundreds of Taiping soldiers who stood here were killed.

The loud trumpet sounded, and the Shanghai army began to launch an all-out charge.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Shouts of killing erupted. The Shanghai army rushed into the fort, and under the bright bayonets, blood splattered, and a frenzied slaughter began.

The soldiers of the Shanghai army are in a group of three people, a large group of five people, they are well-trained on weekdays, and at this moment, affected by the battlefield environment, even if they can only exert seventy or eighty percent of their strength, it is enough to deal with the elite soldiers of the Taiping Army, because the other party is obviously panicked. The army is broken.

"Dang!"

An elite soldier of the Taiping Army waved his knife to block the frontal assassination of a Shanghai soldier, kicked him down, and was about to use a move to push the boat down the river to cut off the head of the Shanghai soldier, but two Shanghai soldiers suddenly appeared behind the opponent, one left and one right with a spear.

The elite soldiers of the Taiping Army hurriedly slashed left and right twice, knocking through the left and right flanking attacks of the two Shanghai soldiers, and were about to draw their knives to kill one of them, but unexpectedly, two Shanghai soldiers appeared on the two wings behind him again, and the Shanghai soldier who was kicked before was also stabbed from the front at this moment.

The three Shanghai soldiers formed a triangular formation. At the same time, no matter how much the elite soldiers of the Taiping Army attack anyone, they will be directly stabbed by the other two.

Burst! Burst! Burst!

It was this momentary hesitation that made this elite soldier of the Taiping Army who survived more than a dozen major battles. At the same time, three Shanghai soldiers pierced the body with bayonets, and the body fell to the ground with a bang, and he was not blinded.

This is the power of the Shanghai army's standard combination fighting tactics, commonly known as one-two-three fighting techniques. First, one person stabs the enemy head-on. If they don't succeed, the other two stab out from the flanks, and if they don't. Then two more people were added to form a triangular offensive with the previous one. This is a high-intensity fight, a matter of life and death, the enemy dodged the first two rounds of thrusts in a row, and by the third round, most of his strength and mind were basically exhausted, and it was difficult to escape. If you still can't kill the opponent, you will do another round until you kill the opponent.

The bayonet technique of the soldiers of the Shanghai army was already passed down by Li Weiguo, and it was powerful, and when combined, the power of fighting was even more powerful, and it was completely restrained for the Taiping army, which did not know how to combine tactics and only relied on a handful of strength and martial arts to fight.

In just half an hour of fierce fighting, more than 5,000 Taiping troops under Guo Ying's command were annihilated, Li Weiguo did not want the Taiping army to be captured, and none of these Taiping troops surrendered, and they were all killed in the end.

At the same time, Li Weiguo did not let go of the more than 10,000 migrant workers who worked for the Taiping Army, but ordered them to be detained on the spot and used as free labor.

"Lord, the fire is raging here, I'm afraid Qi Huan in the direction of Sanheguan can also see it, and they will come back soon."

A staff member named Chen Jingnan next to Li Weiguo suddenly said that he called Li Weiguo the lord, and some staff members also called Li Weiguo like this, indicating that they were Li Weiguo's retainers. Of course, it's just a title, the staff of the Qing Dynasty called the object of allegiance very messy, some called the lord and the lord, some were commensurate with the master and the master, and some were directly called by the master and the slave, anyway, the meaning of the expression was almost the same, but Li Weiguo still liked the title of the lord.

Li Weiguo nodded and asked: "Taking Meiling is equivalent to taking the entire Hengzhou Mansion, but Qi Huan still has more than 10,000 elites in his hands, and I am uneasy about immortality, I don't know what Mr. Chen's good plan is?" ”

In fact, Li Weiguo already has a plan in his heart, but as a superior, he can't do everything himself, to give his subordinates a space to display and perform, Li Weiguo only needs to know in his heart, so he will ask Chen Jingnan.

Chen Jingnan suddenly said: "The lord doesn't have to worry, just send a strong general, choose 10,000 elite Shanghai troops, and ambush on both sides of the Meiling trail, Qi Huan led the army to rush back to Meiling, and he will not notice." The governor of Sanhe Guansu Bing Xue is smart, once he sees Qi Huan hastily withdrawing the army, he will lead the army to follow, and then the lord will sit in Meiling, ambush left and right, block and kill before and after, Qi Huan has 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he can be destroyed in a snap of his fingers! ”

Li Weiguo saw that what he thought in his heart was similar to what Chen Jingnan said, but Chen Jingnan's plan was more careful and prudent, and it was good for him to listen to what others said.

"What the gentleman says is very true, just act according to the gentleman's plan!"

Li Weiguo immediately summoned a cadre of officers and then assigned tasks.

Soon, 10,000 Shanghai troops quickly set off and set up an ambush on the Meiling Trail. And Li Weiguo is in the cottage, once the ambush starts, he will lead the army to attack.

As for Su Sanniang's side, Li Weiguo wanted to send someone to inform him, but he was stopped by Chen Jingnan, because he was worried that the Taiping army would intercept the information, which would lead to the failure of the ambush battle, and even the danger of being ambushed by Qi Huan.

Li Weiguo thought about it, so he gave up, only hoping to have a good relationship with Su Sanniang.

Under the Sanhe Pass, Qi Huanzheng organized the Taiping army to pretend to attack the city, but he was very annoyed, because he found that the Shanghai army on the Sanhe Pass was not merciless at all, and the guns and cannons fired volleys, causing a lot of casualties to the Taiping army.

"Peter! It's not acting, how can it be real, kill so many of my brothers! ”

Qi Huan was puzzled, until he suddenly saw the fire in the direction of Meiling at night, he was dumbfounded, and then he realized that something had happened to his lair.

As for whether it was Li Weiguo's ghost, Qi Huan was not sure, but he was anxious to lead the army to evacuate.

At the head of the city, Su Sanniang saw the Taiping army withdrawing, and she was also relieved. Although she has already done things for Li Weiguo, after all, she has been in the Taiping Army for a long time, and she is always a little reluctant to let her fight against the Taiping Army.

This is also the reason why Li Weiguo did not take Su Sanniang to attack Meiling, but asked Su Sanniang to stick to Sanhe Pass, and at the same time, for the sake of insurance, let Wu Yong stay by Su Sanniang's side to take care of it.

"Master Su, the direction of Meiling is blazing, and now that Qi Huan led the Taiping army to retreat in a hurry, it must be Lord Li's successful raid on Meiling!"

Su Sanniang nodded and said, "Wei Guo wants me to contain Qi Huan in Sanhe Pass, and now Qi Huan has suddenly retreated, I'm afraid Wei Guo doesn't know yet, so it's better to send someone to inform you immediately, what does Mr. Wu think?" ”

Wu Yong shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Li has Chen Jingnan by his side, he must be able to expect Qi Huan's retreat, if I were him, I would set up an ambush halfway." Lord Su only needs to lead the army to follow, and once there is a fierce battle ahead, he can immediately attack it, and he will win a complete victory. ”

"What Mr. Wu said is extremely true!"

Su Sanniang has led the army for many years and understands military affairs, so she agreed with Wu Yong's proposal, and immediately ordered 3,000 Shanghai officers and soldiers to follow the Taiping army all the way. (To be continued......)