Hu Linyi took out the official letter for help and said to Zeng Guofan: "I didn't expect feng shui to take turns, and the official text still has the face to ask us for help here!" When the short hair invaded Hubei, the official Wen immediately asked the Hunan army for help, we didn't say a word, sent elite men and horses into Hubei to intercept the short hair, and later Kehui was surrounded in Jinggang, the Hunan army whip is unpredictable, only begging the official Wen to send troops, who would have thought that he would sit back and watch Kehui fall, the Qing Dynasty has this kind of moth, what should we do? ”

Zeng Guofan smiled bitterly: "The official text also regrets it now!" ”

Guanwen really didn't expect Li Xubin to lose so badly, not only did he match all his net worth, but also put his own life, he also didn't understand, why did he put Changsha in Changsha and didn't fight, but he fell in love with his Wuchang City.

Du Xing'a felt that his official position was not lower than that of the official text, and now everyone knew that the official document of Lu Dao had provoked the Hunan army, and the Hunan army was powerful, so he immediately wanted to divide the line with the official text.

After receiving the news of Li Xubin's defeat in Jinggang Town, Du Xing'a secretly wrote an official document on impeachment, saying that he should take full responsibility for Li Xubin's death, and asked Hu Linyi to return to Hubei to preside over the overall situation.

"Your Excellency! Now the short-haired soldiers are coming to the city, this is all the result of your inaction on Li Xubin, and now the generals in the city have gone home to hide, saying: Li Kehuizhi's today is our tomorrow. You'd better find a way to appease the generals, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable! Du Xing'a said in a strange manner, the generals in the city are all his subordinates, and he just wants to blackmail the official document and make the official document have more blood.

Guan Wen was annoyed and angry, these bastards nodded and praised for refusing to send troops. Now I want to put the responsibility on his head alone, how can there be such a good thing in the world. said fiercely: "Presumptuous! Who refused to let Li Xubin enter the city at the beginning, and who killed the messenger for help. This lawsuit is in front of the emperor, and this official is not afraid! ”

Du Xing'a glanced at Dutong Duolong'a.

Duolonga hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Your Excellency Governor, I acted on your orders at the beginning, and even my generals were kept in the dark, you can't put all the responsibility on my head, I am just acting on orders!" ”

There is such a shameless villain in the world! The official text was shocked and angry: "Bastard! You guys...... What do you mean by that? Seeing that the generals below were watching coldly, Guan Wen's attitude immediately changed, and he begged: "Now that the short hair is rampant outside the city, we will fight here again." Wuchang fell, none of us could escape, this official immediately gave you three months' military salary, I hope you will do it yourself. ”

Only then did all the generals smile and bend down to thank them.

Tianjiazhen, since the failure of the last attack on Jingdezhen, Bao Chao felt that he had lost face to Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi. Promoted more than a dozen levels within a year, this great favor has not been repaid and has not yet been reported to Engong, and Bao Chaoyue is more and more ashamed.

This time, Zeng Guofan sent him to attack Tianjia Town, and Bao Chao was desperate.

"Tianjia Town has arrived. Everyone, get ready to disembark! There are batteries ahead. ”

The 5,000 men and horses brought by Bao Chao lined up outside the town in an orderly manner, and 2,000 of the 5,000 people were equipped with foreign guns. In order to prevent Bao Chao from being impulsive, he also assigned his right-hand man Chen Shijie to Bao Chao.

Bao Chao set up camp three miles away from Tianjia Town. Don't be verbose and divide the team into five teams. He said to the five sub-commanders: "Tianjia Town does not need me to say, everyone also knows the threat of this place to our Hunan army, if you can't beat Tianjia Town for a day, the Hunan army will not be able to return to Wuchang for a day, your five teams will take turns to attack the fortresses outside the town, and after these fortresses are cleared, I will personally lead you to rush into the town and kill a good one." ”

"Obedience"

Zhong Lin looked at the Hunan army screaming outside the town, and secretly sweated in his heart, there were three thousand defenders in the town, and the number was less than half of the other party, and he didn't know if he could hold on until the army commander returned to the army.

"Killing" all the Hunan troops shouted and rushed forward.

"Bang Bang Bang"

Both sides were equipped with a large number of foreign guns, all of which stood together to shoot at each other, and the Hunan army was not inferior to the Han army in any way, and gradually moved forward.

The artillery in the town finally began to exert its might, and for a while, the Hunan army's charging team flew flesh and blood, consciously dispersed, and continued to rush to the town under the cover of the foreign gun team.

Zhong Lin saw that the Hunan army was only fifty steps away from the town, and ordered loudly: "The first battalion is attacking!" ”

"Killing" instantly poured out two hundred foot soldiers from the town, brandishing a big knife and colliding with the Hunan army, and the two sides were unequivocal and fought each other.

Zhong Lin said to himself: "This is the most fierce Qing army I have ever seen!" After a pause, he ordered loudly: "Order the artillery not to hide and tuck, and bombard the Qing army's musket team with all your might!" ”

"Boom Boom"

"Boom Boom"

Bao Chao saw that the foreign gun team was blown up by the cannon and avoided the cannon everywhere, so he stomped his feet angrily, such a strong team is not compared to others, just a foreign gun costs dozens of taels of silver, and the training time has to be several months, and finally he can't bear it, so the foreign gun team temporarily retreats.

Chen Shijie frowned and thought for a while, and said: "The short-haired sneak attack on Hubei must be lightly armed, why are there so many cannons in the town, could it be that the outer fort has been demolished?" ”

Bao Chao is now attacking Tianjia Town wholeheartedly, how can he have the heart to think about this problem, and he said without looking back: "Mr. is too worried, there are not many defenders in this Tianjia Town, at most it will take ten days at most, and I will be sure to capture Tianjia Town." ”

Chen Shijie sighed secretly, he originally suggested that the sailors should be flanked from the back, but he was not sure whether the fort had really been dismantled, there were more than 20 warships of the sailors who sent them over, and if there were half of the guns on the fort, a sudden attack would also cause damage.

After two days of fierce fighting, the Hunan army finally cleared the fortress outside the town, more than 1,000 people lost their combat effectiveness, and the whole army was less than 4,000 capable of fighting, and it was these 4,000 people who also made Bao Chao full of confidence.

Zhong Lin thought about Chen Yucheng's letter, which asked him to blow up all the cannons, bring the defenders to join him in Macheng, and march to Henan, which made him puzzled, could it be that the army commander had broken away from the army to conquer the west? Why don't you return to Jiujiang along Tianjia Town?

Zhong Lin led the defenders of Tianjia Town to retreat to Macheng at night.

Bao Chao looked at the silent Tianjia Town, and said secretly: Could it be that Shorthair is using an empty city plan?

Chen Shijie held a telescope to observe for a while, came to Bao Chao, pointed to the houses in the town and said: "Yesterday, the short hair was still full of flags, how can it disappear now, has the short hair been withdrawn?" ”

Bao Chao called over a team of soldiers and ordered: "You go into the town to investigate, and when you come back, you will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver each!" ”

Half an hour later

"My lord, the town is empty, and Shorthair has long since withdrawn!" (To be continued......)