Thousands of foreign gunners, one by one, leaning on rocks or trees to launch a counterattack against the Lu soldiers, the dense bullets suppressed the Lu soldiers at the foot of the mountain, and it was difficult to impact at all.

After all, the Taiping army occupies an absolute geographical advantage, and if it wants to break the current stalemate, it is very difficult to rely on the charge alone, the first battalion and the second battalion launched four charges in succession, all of which were repulsed, and the blockade of dense bullets made the Lu army return in vain.

Gao Qi was so angry that he gritted his teeth and shouted at Long Tao: "Old Dragon, order the artillery, suppress the fire for me, launch an artillery bombardment on the mountainside, four artillery battalions, give me an attack together!" Five consecutive volleys, two battalions of infantry, again ready to storm! ”

Long Tao hurriedly commanded the artillery to launch an attack, and the four artillery battalions, together, eighty artillery pieces, launched a fierce attack on the top of Huishan Mountain, and on the mountainside, suffered serious damage, and the rocks were shattered by the explosion of the shells, and the rocks flew wildly; The trees were smashed into pieces by the explosion, and the smoke of gunpowder had shrouded the entire Huishan Mountain!

Now the artillery of the Taiping army has lost its effect, and the only three artillery pieces are all concentrated at the foot of the mountain, blocking the advance of the soldiers of the Lu army, and they do not dare to attack the artillery of the Lu army at all, and the gap is too big.

Huo Qingteng's eyes were split, the firepower of the Qing Demon was too fierce, such firepower had never been seen before, no wonder the Twist Army and the Northern Taiping Army were not opponents, if it was in the open plain area, now his own Beida Battalion and a town of troops, I am afraid that it would have been destroyed by the other party long ago, this artillery firepower is too fierce, in less than a day, the Qing Demon has fired thousands of shells towards Huishan! With such huge firepower, the Taiping army suffered heavy casualties!

Moreover, taking advantage of the fact that the Taiping army was suppressed by fire again, the Qing demon launched an attack on the mountainside again, and now at the foot of the mountain, there are Qing troops everywhere, constantly shooting at the mountainside, and at the same time constantly advancing towards the defense line of the Taiping army.

"Shoot back, shoot back!"

Huo Qingteng constantly deployed his troops, after all, Huo Qingteng was also a veteran general with rich experience in big battles, otherwise he would not have won Shi Dakai's trust and guarded the land of a mansion.

The two sides fought fiercely under Huishan for a day, which lasted until late at night, when the soldiers of the Lu army stopped attacking, and the two sides fell into a temporary silence.

Huo Qingteng looked at the wounded lying on the battlefield, his heart was full of helplessness and resentment, there were more than 1,000 people, and in one day, more than 1,000 people were killed or wounded! Most of them were injured by rockets and shells, the opponent's firepower was too fierce, and if it continued like this, their own army could not support it for too long, and now they could only hope that the reinforcements from the Beida Battalion could arrive in time.

Qiu Qingfei rushed over and said in a low voice: "General Lieutenant, the defense of the position has been arranged, you should rest early after a tiring day......

Huo Qingteng shook his head tiredly and replied, "Rest? Where to rest? This Qing Demon attack is too fierce, our casualties are too great, to be honest, I really don't know if we can withstand it for a few days......"

Qiu Qingfei said astringently: "General, this time I really underestimated the combat power of the Qing Demon, I didn't expect them to be so powerful......"

Huo Qingteng shook his head and replied: "Okay, I don't blame you, I didn't expect it, but fortunately, we are deployed in Huishan, if it is deployed in Yingzhou, Yingzhou will definitely not be able to resist their fierce firepower, and when the time comes, it will be nothing more than the burning of jade......

Qiu Qingfei's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said in a low voice: "General, what they rely on is nothing more than the benefits of firearms, what if their firearms can't exert their power?" ”

Huo Qingteng's heart moved, and he asked, "Boy, what good ideas do you have?" ”

Qiu Qingfei replied: "General, I want to lead a force to launch a night attack on the Qing Demon, General, the Qing Demon has come from afar, exhausted, and absolutely negligent in taking precautions, as long as we can successfully break into their camp within fifty zhang, then we can quickly approach them, and when the time comes, it will be difficult to give full play to the firepower advantage of the Qing Demon, just close hand-to-hand combat, our Taiping Army will definitely not lose to them!" ”

Huo Qingteng frowned and asked, "However, if the opponent is well-guarded, if it is not good, then it will be speculative and not lose the rice......

"General, when is it now, the timid general can't sit down, if it's such an offensive and defensive battle, we are definitely not their opponents, the only chance to win is to break their firepower advantage, once we successfully break through to the position of the Qing army, their artillery is equivalent to scrap metal, and their muskets are difficult to give full play to the advantages of long-distance combat, close combat, no one can take advantage of anyone, can only rely on their kung fu!"

Huo Qingteng glanced at Qiu Qingfei, nodded, and replied: "It's okay, but we must be prepared with both hands, you lead three battalions of troops to rush forward for a night attack, I order two foreign gun battalions to cover behind, if the Qing army has no defense, the two foreign gun battalions will also take advantage of the situation to attack, if the other party has any precautions, then retreat immediately, let the foreign gun battalion cover your retreat, and preserve your strength......"

Qiu Qingfei was excited, whether he could repel the Qing Demon or not depends on tonight's actions!

Qiu Qingfei said in a low voice: "General, I'm going to gather people!" ”

Qiu Qingfei quickly gathered three battalions of troops, and in order not to alarm the Qing army, he deliberately went around the east side of the mountain and touched the position of the Lu army.

It's just that Qiu Qingfei underestimated Gao Qi too much, as one of Guo Ye's most trusted generals, if Gao Qi didn't even have this vigilance, wouldn't that mean that Guo Ye was blind?

When Qiu Qingfei's team had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, it had already been discovered by the scouts sent by Gao Qi, who quickly reported the enemy situation to Gao Qi.

Gao Qi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Haha, interesting, interesting, old dragon, it seems that these Taiping soldiers still have some brains, at least they are stronger than the twisting bandits, and they even dare to carry out night attacks, hehe......"

Long Tao frowned and replied: "Lao Gao, don't be careless, this is our first tough battle, if the boat capsizes in the gutter, it will be a shame to go home......"

Gao Qi smiled and said, "Capsizing in the gutter? Lao Gao, are you talking in your dreams, just rely on their Taiping Army? Isn't that a joke? If it weren't for the cavalry attack on Yingzhou, I would have taken Huishan down in one day, who is used to their stinky problems? The order, the third battalion and the fourth battalion hold the two wings, don't make a noise, the fifth battalion and the sixth battalion rush forward, ready to surround the attacking Taiping army at any time, how many of them come, how much Lao Tzu will eat this time! ”

(To be continued.) )