Soon, Gao Qi led the army to the foot of Huishan.

Gao Qi held a telescope in his hand, carefully observing Huishan, above the high peaks, Gao Qi vaguely saw more than ten cannons standing at the highest place, condescending, countless Taiping soldiers were deployed on the mountainside of Huishan, hidden in the mountains and shrubs, wanting to take Huishan, but it was not so easy, especially the more than ten cannons, condescending, the threat to themselves was too great!

Gao Qi looked at Long Tao on the side and asked, "Old Dragon, is there a way to eat the opponent's artillery in one go?" ”

Long Tao's face was solemn, he shook his head, and replied: "Old Gao, how come the Taiping Army's artillery skills are all hidden in the dark, if we rashly launch an artillery attack, it is very likely that we will suffer ......."

Gao Qi frowned and asked, "What should I do then?" Those dozen cannons are too much of a threat to us, and we can't move forward at all without killing their artillery! ”

Long Tao hesitated for a moment and replied: "There is no good way, who made us slow, if we can arrive half a day early, it will be impossible for the other party to succeed......"

Now that the Taiping Army's combat strength is unknown, and it occupies a favorable geographical position, where does Gao Qi dare to attack at will? Long Tao was also a little anxious now, after all, the main force of the eldest brother was not very far from the first brigade, and in three or four days at most, he could catch up from behind.

Gao Qi raised the telescope again, watching the situation on Huishan, the jungle made up, now it is already a gathering of spring flowers, the whole Huishan is now lush, all the Taiping troops are hidden in Huishan, if you want to take it down, it is really not that simple, maybe this is the hardest battle since the start of the Baoding War.

Suddenly, Gao Qi shouted: "Old Dragon, mobilize our rocket soldiers, rush forward to a place two hundred zhang away from the Taiping Army, and launch a fierce attack on me towards the pine forest on the mountain!" Since you can't lock down their artillery, then lure them all out, and Lao Tzu will make a barbecue for them all in one go! ”

Gao Qi pointed to the southeast mountainside, where there was a pine forest, among which there were many Taiping troops.

Long Tao nodded hurriedly, and with an order, twenty Congreve rockets were dispatched, the range of these rockets was not as far as artillery, and the power was not as great as that of artillery, but the deterrent power against the enemy was not much smaller than that of artillery!

Soon a team of more than a hundred people pushed the Congreve rocket to the foot of the mountain and began a fierce attack.

One rocket after another was launched from the foot of the mountain, straight to the halfway up the mountainside, and landed on the mountainside one after another, with a sound of explosion, the fire raged, and the smoke went straight to the sky!

The fire and smoke forced the Taiping army who were ambushed on the mountainside, one by one, they had to jump out and dodge to the side, and the unlucky Taiping soldiers were directly ignited by the flames, burning miserably and roaring, constantly rolling on the ground.

The first wave of rockets had just passed, and then the second wave of rockets came again, and forty rockets were fired one after another, igniting the trees all over the mountainside, and the flames soared to the sky.

On the top of Huishan, Huo Qingteng's eyes rolled angrily, these Qing demons are so hateful, they want to burn Huishan, this special thing doesn't use artillery, just using fire can make the Taiping army angry!

"Order, order the artillery to fire with all their might, blow up all those wooden shelves at the foot of the mountain, attack! Order the musket battalion to advance fifty feet forward and launch an attack on the Qing Demon! ”

Huo Qingteng roared and gave an order.

On the top of Huishan, the artillery who got the order began to pull out the artillery and launched an attack on the rocket at the foot of the mountain, one by one the shells fell near the rocket, causing a piece of explosion, the rocket soldiers here are elite veterans, the so-called veterans are afraid of guns, recruits are afraid of artillery, for artillery, they have nothing to worry about, hearing the sound of artillery, they evaded in advance and dodged the bombardment of shells!

It's just that the people escaped the bombing, but one of the rocket launchers was blown to pieces!

Long Tao saw it clearly behind him, and shouted: "Artillery, immediately lock the position of the long-haired artillery, the whole army is ready, aim the entire mountaintop for me, cover the attack!" ”

Now the artillery on the top of the mountain has been fired three times, and the position is almost exposed, and now Long Tao has given an order, and two artillery battalions and forty artillery pieces are shooting towards the top of the mountain at the same time!

Perhaps, the artillery of the Lu army can't do 100 shots, maybe the Taiping army has a certain cover, but the first wave of forty shells all went in one direction, even if the artillery skills were a little worse, there was only one end, that is, it suffered heavy losses!

The unlucky Taiping Army, after all, has a lot of poor experience in artillery operation, they never thought that the army's artillery could lock their positions in a short time, and at the same time quickly lock and shoot Zhu Yuan, without even leaving a little time for adjustment to the Taiping Army, the first wave of offensives blew up four artillery pieces of the Taiping Army, and a heavy artillery was also damaged to a certain extent!

The commander of the artillery battalion, Sun Desheng, was already stunned, specially, how did this group of bastards under the mountain aim, at such a fast speed, they determined their position so accurately!

"Disperse immediately, disperse and fight back!"

Sun Desheng roared angrily, four or five cannons, these are all bought by the Wing King with gritted teeth and a lot of money, and it is distressing to destroy one!

It's just that the time for the Taiping artillery to react is too slow, and the artillery has not been dragged to dodge, the second wave of the Lu artillery attack has arrived, and it exploded on the top of the mountain again, and the Taiping artillery was beaten bitterly, whether it is the accuracy of the shooting, or the speed of shooting, the Taiping Army has no way to compare with the Lu artillery, and the position is quickly exposed.

After only a few artillery salvos, the Taiping artillery battalion completely collapsed, and only three artillery pieces could barely be used, but in the round of artillery battles, it could not play much advantage!

Gao Qiden was happy, what a deal, now it's okay, the opponent's artillery has been dumbfounded, it's time to attack!

"Order the 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion, to attack the mountain!"

Two battalions of infantry, a thousand people, launched a charge towards Huishan, rushing towards the mountain like a tide!

However, Huo Qingteng still did not show weakness, if he wanted to take Huishan, where could it be so easy? Without artillery, Lao Tzu still has a musket battalion!

Huo Qingteng's Taiping army was equipped with four foreign gun battalions, each foreign gun battalion of 500 people, all of them were fully equipped elite forces, Huo Qingteng gave an order, and the Taiping army launched a fierce offensive towards the bottom of the mountain, stopping the advance of the Lu army soldiers!

(To be continued.) )