For five consecutive days after the start of that day, Chen Guotai, Lai Zhenhai, Li Xinming, Ye Changchun, Chen Delin and other generals of the Guangdong Navy Division were all maneuvering the water division, resting the soldiers and horses, and Chun did not practice water warfare, so they could only rely on these generals of the Guangdong Navy Division to manage and lead the water division. In fact, even if He Chun wants to manage it, he can't manage it, the red single boat of this sailor is donated and hired by the rich gentry of Guangyue, and they only listen to those sailor generals who are in charge of the silver root, as for He Chun, it would be good if he could appease those Qiu Ba in the Lu camp.

On the sixth day, all the ships of the naval division were ready to stop, and the gunpowder, guns, lead, and water were all fully prepared, especially gunpowder and lead. Although the long-haired cannon fire was sharp, and the red single boat could not carry too many guns due to the limited hull, he decided to make full use of the advantages of the red single boat's maneuver and destroy the Wusong fort one by one.

Chen Guotai, who had an enlightenment, set off before dawn, the whole army fleet red single boat in front, the rest of the ships in the back, as close to the Wusong River as possible by the night, when the sky was just white, Chen Guotai ordered the red single boat to raise the whole sail and pounce viciously towards the Wusong fort. The Red Bird was led by the five largest and fastest ships, these five ships did not have to open fire, their task was to attract as much fire as possible from the shore, and the only thing they had to do was to avoid the long-haired shells.

Chen Guotai originally planned to attract long-haired firepower at the expense of the first five red single ships, and the follow-up ships would destroy the long-haired batteries one by one after approaching. Unexpectedly, after the five leading red single boats approached easily, there was no movement on the Wusong Fort. Chen Guotai pulled up the monocular and looked over, only to see the flags and long-haired soldiers on the fort, and the cannons at the entrance of the fort showed their swarthy barrels, but they just didn't see the long-haired cannons. For a moment, Chen Guotai wondered, is the long-haired thief playing some tricks again? After a moment of thought. Chen Guotai still decided to attack according to the established strategy.

The five ships in the lead staggered to the front and did not see the long-haired battery fire, and the owners of several ships invariably opened fire on the battery, they did not think much about it, in such a tense time, the only way to vent the fear in their hearts. Then more and more red boats rushed to the front and joined in the bombardment of the battery.

Fearing that they would be bombarded by an ambush like the last time, the Red Pills did not miss a single suspicious place after the heavy shelling of the fort, and in some cases even bombarded it repeatedly until they thought it was safe. Only then did he continue to drive towards Neijiang.

In this way, the Qing army's naval division opened the way under powerful artillery fire, and did not stop until all the forts on the east and west banks of Wusong were destroyed. Not only Chen Guotai and other generals of the water division were suspicious, but even He Chun and other generals of the land division were also very strange, why did today's long hair not shoot?

The mystery was not solved until after Hechun's land division landed, and the Wusong forts on the east and west sides were empty of people. The soldiers on it were all thatched, and the cannons were also blackened tree trunks. A large wooden plank was also erected on the casemate. A few words are engraved on it: "Clear Demon Lu Shi Soft Egg, Water Master Fool!" ”。

After going ashore and seeing these scenes, Chen Guotai and other sailor generals scolded the long-haired thief for being cunning, and He Chun and other generals were also angry, and many generals had nowhere to vent their anger, so they had to draw their knives and cut the wooden plaque.

Or Kazuharu calm. He did not send troops to pursue in anger, but ordered all the troops to immediately build fortifications and camp on the spot, expand the scope of the camp, and send a fleet back to Chongming to continue to transport rice grain, gunpowder, guns and other materials and soldiers to the south. He didn't want to be raided by Longhair at night just after he landed on the shore.

It is a pity that although He Chun realized this, the quality of the Qing army was too poor, and the coordination and coordination ability of various departments was too poor, until after dark, the Qing army in the forts on the east and west banks of Wusong still spent time in a chaotic situation. The landing operation has always been a completely new tactic for the Qing army, and it is not surprising that there is no detailed jihua in advance and no practical training. In fact, even the armies of Britain and France and other powers will have chaos when they land, and during the Second Opium War, this kind of confusion also occurred when the British and French troops landed in Beitang.

Transporting baggage, men, and horses ashore is not a problem that can be solved in a single sentence, and you can see that the shore is full of people carrying supplies, belonging to different battalions, all of them doing their own things, and sometimes even fighting for the sake of turf and transport ships. Some Qing troops went on strike because they didn't have enough to eat, and even when the horses of the land camp came ashore, there was a scene of horses being frightened and running around en masse.

He Chun and other generals of the Lu Division could not change this situation even if they shouted hoarsely, and could only watch the sky darken.

The raid really came as He Chun thought, and the alert troops sent by He Chun were instantly defeated, the reason is very simple, these land division soldiers were brave and seasick, they floated on the river for a long time, many people vomited everything they ate, and after going ashore, they did physical work for a while and were assigned to the front line to guard, and the reaction of seasickness made these northern green battalion soldiers not adapt for a long time. As soon as the Qing army's alert troops engaged in battle, they were killed by the fierce Taiping army.

Fortunately, the generals of the Taiping army also made the same mistake as Seng Lingqin, Lin Qirong was still too jealous of the red single boat on the river and the number of people who landed on the Qing army, he only sent three hundred Taiping troops who dared to die to launch a night raid, his original intention was only to harass the Qing army, not to completely eliminate the Qing army, so although the Taiping army's raid was fierce, it was not fatal. After the Taiping army broke into the Qing army camp and slaughtered for a while, they immediately retreated. Nearly 1,000 Qing soldiers were killed and wounded, and the food, gunpowder, etc. that were finally brought ashore were burned by the Taiping army, and the firelight produced when the gunpowder exploded was even clearly seen in the city of Shanghai.

After dawn, before the loss of the record was reported to Hechun, Hechun could no longer maintain the demeanor of the commander of the first army, and the sound of scolding his mother came out, and he reprimanded his generals fiercely. Then He Chun ordered that the camp must be set up today, and all the remaining materials and soldiers in Chongming will be transported as soon as possible.

During the day, there were red single boats cruising to protect, and the Taiping army did not dare to launch a surprise attack, and at night the Taiping army also sent night raid soldiers and horses, but because the Qing army suffered a loss and was prepared, this night attack had little effect.

After a three-day delay at Wusong Fort, He Chun finally consolidated his foothold, and then he sent troops and horses to Baoshan, Gaoqiao and other places. But after arriving in Baoshan, He Chun found that the county seat was already an empty city, except for a few rich merchants who stayed and people who were unwilling to leave, the city was almost "looted" by Long Mao.

I didn't even see the shadow of the long hair, and by the way, I took away the loot looted by the Qing army after breaking the city, and the Qing generals were furious. They did not have the slightest joy of recovering Baoshan, and all the evil breath came out of the rich merchants and people left behind in Baoshan.

He Chun, who has always liked to kill good and take credit, naturally will not let go of those rich businessmen and ordinary people, he needs a head to invite merit. After those wealthy merchants in Baoshan were looted by Long Hair, they had no extra money to buy their lives, but they were pulled by the Qing army to chop off their heads, cut off their hair, and pretend to be Long Hair to ask for merit. Only then did the rich merchants and the common people who were killed regret that if they had followed Changmao, they would not have lost their lives.

Among them, there are also those who escaped with their lives, Lei Yijun's master Qian Jiang is also in Baoshan City, he originally thought that since Lei Yiyan can't mix up with the famous there, it is better to try it with Hechun. As a result, he was almost beheaded off by the wolf-like and Harube Qing Army, but fortunately, he had a letter of appointment from Lei Yixuan's master, so he escaped with his life.

Escaping from the purgatory-like Baoshan City, Qian Jiang, a scholar who had participated in the struggle against the Qing army, scolded hatefully: "Changmao treats the people with benevolence and righteousness, but the officials and soldiers want to kill the good and take the merits, where is the reason?!" It seems that the number of great clear qi has been exhausted, and it is not enough to conspire! After that, he took his companion and went straight to Suzhou.

After capturing Baoshan, He Chun judged that the Taiping army must be insufficient troops, so he could only shrink his troops, and he personally led the army to the north of Shanghai City to break through, as long as the passage to Shanghai City could be opened, the military strategy to support Shanghai would be more than half successful. But from Wusong to the northern suburbs of Shanghai, you have to pass through Yunzaobang and other places, if it is in the north of more than ten miles of road is nothing, but here in Shanghai, the water network is vertical and horizontal, which has brought fatal trouble to the Qing army of Hechunbu.

Fuzaobang is an important river in the north of Shanghai, which starts from the Wusong River in the east of Anting Town, Jiading District, and flows into the Huangpu River at the mouth of Wusong in the east, with a total length of 38 kilometers.

"Fuzao" means the gathering of aquatic plants and algae, because "Fu" and "Yun" have similar meanings, and "Fuzaobang" is often miswritten as "Yunzaobang". Fuzaobang is one of the few existing rivers in Shanghai that can be navigated by 100-ton cargo ships except the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River. It traverses the northern part of Shanghai and is also an important military barrier in the northern part of the county seat. In the famous 128 Incident and the Battle of Songhu in later generations, it was one of the key areas of fierce fighting between China and Japan.

After mobilizing more than 4,000 Qing troops from Baoshan and Wusong, He Chun personally led the way to Yunzaobang, while the other Qing army swooped down on Gaoqiao.

Arrived at the bank of Yunzaobang, here is full of ponds, reed ponds and rivers, swamps, the Qing army marched slowly, after arriving at the river, found that the river water here is still very deep, and after hearing the report of the former army, he regretted that he was too careful, why did he not let the sailor warship enter these river bays? Fortunately, the former army reported that there were dozens of sand boats in the river, which could be used for ferrying. After discussing with several generals, He Chun ordered the front army to call these civilian boats closer, and promised a lot of money to prepare to use these sand boats to land.

These civilian boats agreed, and immediately approached the shore, and hundreds of Qing troops crowded on the bank of the river, ready to board the boats. How do you know that it is only close to the shore, there are still more than ten steps away, the straw mats on the boat are opened, and there are all rows of guns under the ambush of the Taiping army, as soon as the gong sounds, the gunshots are loud, and the front of the hundreds of Qing troops who are unsuspecting and crowded together are killed and wounded heavily. Amid the screams, less than 200 people fled back. (To be continued......)