After Hechun collected the defeated soldiers, he asked the guide again, and learned that the only way to Shanghai County was from Yunzaobang, but there were already long hairs on the other side of Yunzaobang, and there were many firearms, and there were many ports in Yunzaobang, and it was very difficult to break through. After pondering for a while, He Chun gritted his teeth and ordered someone to fly to report to Chen Guotai, a naval division of Guangdong, ordering him to lead the naval warship to go up the river into the inland river of Yunzaobang to help, and Chun believed that as long as there was a sailor to help in the war, the long hair on the south bank of Yunzaobang was low, and the Yunzaobang inland river was one of the few rivers in the suburbs of Shanghai that could be navigated by large cargo ships in addition to the Yangtze River and Huangpu River.

After receiving Hechun's general order, Chen Guotai and other Guangdong sailor generals were divided into two factions and argued. One faction was led by Lai Zhenhai and Li Xinming, who believed that it was better for the Hongdan boat not to enter Yunzaobang, although it was said that it could also be navigated by large cargo ships, but after all, it was not as wide as the Huangpu River, and it would be difficult to protect the fleet in case of an attack. Chen Delin and Ye Changchun of the other faction believe that they should fully cooperate with the land division to attack Shanghai, as long as the water and land passages in Shanghai are opened and the reinforcements can enter Shanghai, then the will of the imperial court can be completed.

Chen Guotai Zuihou decided to send Ye Changchun to lead ten red single boats and twenty fast crab boats, supplemented by a number of sand boats and sampans, to enter the waters of Yunzaobang to support the land division.

On the other hand, more than 2,000 Qing troops landed on the east fort and then waved their troops directly to Gaoqiao, and the Taiping army Chen Zhiming personally pointed out the outside of Gaoqiao, and built a camp with board doors, rafters, grinding plates, wine jars, cabinets, window lattices, etc., and used trees, wine jars, clay pots and other things to disguise themselves as large and small artillery positions to confuse the enemy. Bags of earth are piled up inside the barracks, and dirt is killed outside. It is seven feet thick, with a total of three floors, and the third layer is built with guns and cannons, and it is built solidly and cannot be defeated by cannons. There are six gates around the camp, and a moat river with a depth and width of seven feet is dug around it to divert the water of the river inside. Bamboo sticks were planted along the river, and mines were laid.

Chen Zhiming stationed the main force of more than 800 people in the camp outside Gaoqiao, and built eight liaison camps in Fanjiazhai, Nancun, Beicun, Lingqiao Village, Gujiazhai, Beiyangjiazhai and other villages and houses along Gaoqiao and the Huangpu River, each with more than 100 people guarding each other. The Qing army relied on the power of the red single boat artillery in the river to storm several small battalions along the river. Chen Zhiming left more than 100 people in the small camp, it was easy to dodge, and the loss was not large. After the artillery fire, more than 2,000 Qing troops attacked Nancun, Beicun and other places. The Qing army took turns to fight, but the Taiping army had no choice but to defend fiercely. As soon as the artillery fire of the red single boat passed, Chen Zhiming led people from the camp to rush to help. The artillery in the battalion was only responsible for bombarding the Qing troops on the shore. The Qing army suffered heavy casualties.

The stalemate lasted for two days, and on this day, the Qing army staff general Helongba commanded the Qing army to attack Gaoqiao from the northwest and southeast on the east bank, and the Guangdong naval division obtained a batch of cannons, and they placed 8,000 catties of cannons on the largest red single boat, and after driving to the shore, they continuously bombarded the Taiping army barracks. Many houses, watchtowers, and tents in the camp were destroyed. The Qing army carried tables, chairs, and wooden planks. Storming the outlying battalions under the cover of artillery fire. The Taiping army fiercely fought back, and Chen Zhiming saw that the two small camps in Nancun and Beicun could not be saved, so he had to order all localities to take the initiative to shrink the front and guard the large battalions outside Gaoqiao with all their might.

That day. The Qing army broke through six Taiping strongholds, but they gained very little, and even the local people did not see a single person. A day later, 2,000 reinforcements from the local regiments of the Qing army in Jinshan County and Jiashan County arrived to serve in the Helongba camp. Helongba transferred a total of 20 cannons of 5,000 jin, 8,000 jin and 5,600 jin from the Guangdong Navy Division and Chongming, and continuously bombarded the Taiping army camp outside Gaoqiao. The Taiping army occupied Gaoqiao, embankment and barracks and resisted desperately.

The next day, Helongba attacked again, Chen Zhiming divided his troops to meet the enemy in four directions, and Chen Zhiming was shot and wounded in the face in the fierce battle. For two days in a row, the Qing army once again waved its troops and attacked fiercely, and the battle intensified.

During the fighting, the Taiping Army constantly propagated slogans to the local people, such as "killing officials without harming the people" and "only killing corrupt officials and evil soldiers, not harming the people. Coupled with the lax military discipline of the Qing army, the nearby people were miserable, and many people secretly joined the Taiping Army.

On this day, Helongba took more than 100 Qing troops to take a sand boat to the small river northwest of Gaoqiao to check the terrain. The Taiping Army detected and attacked in three ways. The Qing army of Jinshan County and Jiashan County trained a total of about 2,000 people, and hurriedly met the battle. The two sides fought until dusk, and the Taiping army feinted defeat and retreated. Tong Jian, the deputy general of the Qing army, pursued, and in order to prevent the Taiping army from retreating into the camp, Pegasus seized the hanging board outside the camp, not wanting to slip on the hanging board, and was surrounded by the Taiping army brand swordsman. In the melee, Tong Jian was hacked to death by the Taiping Army brand swordsman. The leader of the regimental training of Jinshan County of the Qing army led soldiers and horses to rescue, the horse fell into the mud, and was stabbed by the Taiping soldiers Wang Xiaosi and Zhao Duyan with spears, the leader was shot seven times and died, and the Qing army was defeated and retreated. This battle was the biggest victory of the Taiping army since the defense of the Yugaoqiao, killing and wounding more than 1,000 Qing officers and soldiers, capturing three 3,000-pound cannons, five 500-pound cannons, more than 20 pole-lifting guns, and more than 70 short guns.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the smoke of gunpowder was still filled, and the Taiping army swept away the haze of being surrounded and beaten for several days, singing songs and returning to the camp. When he arrived at the camp, Chen Zhiming, whose face was still wrapped in gauze, had already witnessed the entire battle process, and personally shouted Wang Xiaosi, Zhao Duyan and other Taiping soldiers in front of him, and praised him greatly, which made Wang Xiaosi and Zhao Duyan very embarrassed. In the end, Chen Zhiming inspired the soldiers again, and everyone's fighting spirit recovered a lot.

In the past few days, the whole army has lost nearly 2,000 people, and more than half of them have been killed or wounded, if it were not for the support of the sailors, Helongba would have been unable to hold on, and the Taiping army was also afraid of the red single boat in the river, and did not dare to send troops to attack the Qing army camps in Nancun, Beicun and other places. Under the stalemate, Helongba had no choice but to ask for help from Hechun, the governor of Jiangnan in Yunzaobang.

He Longba didn't know that Hechun's side was also anxious, that day Ye Changchun led ten red single boats and twenty fast crab boats supplemented by a number of sand boats, sampans, and entered the waters of Yunzaobang to help, and Hechun was overjoyed, and on the same day, he attacked the Taiping army on the south bank by land and water.

To Hechun's surprise, the south bank was empty again this time, after landing on the south bank, in the reeds on the shore, the Taiping army laid a lot of traps and earth mines to bring some trouble to the Qing army, the south bank was empty without a single long hair.

But after dark, the Taiping army launched a night raid by land and water, and many rafts floated down from the upper reaches of Yunzaobang, which were filled with fire-starting things, and after approaching the red single fleet in Yunzaobang, the Taiping army dared to die and ignited the fire-burning things on the ship, and then jumped into the river.

After the Qing army's red single fleet found the fireboat, it sent a small boat to block it desperately, but because the river was narrow, the small boat and the big boat were mixed together, and it was difficult to turn around, and when the small boat sailed out of the big boat, the fireboat was already close.

Just when Ye Changchun ordered the ship to open fire and sink these fireboats, the artillery arranged by the Taiping army opened fire in the reeds on the shore, and the firelight of the fireboats reflected the entire river, and the gunners of the Taiping army bombarded fiercely according to the figure of the red single boat under the firelight.

As soon as the cannon of the Taiping army rang out, the Taiping army in ambush on the shore began to assault the Qing army on the south bank, the Taiping soldiers with torches lit everywhere in the darkness clashed back and forth, more than 1,000 Qing troops on the south bank of the Qing army only resisted for half an hour and then fled in defeat, many Qing troops jumped into the water with the intention of fleeing to the north bank, and most of them were shot in the water by the bows and arrows and muskets of the Taiping army.

The Red Dan fleet in the water was not much better, under the fire attack and shore artillery attack, many ships turned around and wanted to withdraw from Yunzaobang, but because of the narrow river, many ships were crowded together, so that they became a live target for the Taiping artillery.

After a hard fight for an hour, Ye Changchun took the remaining few red single boats to break out of the encirclement, and then left Lixu, and was stopped by the Hengjiang iron lock that lay down in the middle of the river, and the red single boat could not rush over, Ye Changchun was about to send the water ghost into the water to chisel the iron chain, and the cannon of the Taiping Army began to roar on the shore.

Ye Changchun's face was like ashes, and then he understood that the Taiping army had set up an ambush early on, just to calculate the Guangdong sailors, but fortunately, Chen Guotai did not send more ships to come, otherwise the losses would be even greater.

After a moment of fierce fighting, most of the red single boats were destroyed, and a few of them rushed to the shore and ran aground on the shore shoals.

He Chun, who was attacked at night, was anxious, and as soon as the sky was bright, he wanted to rescue the four red single boats stranded on the shore, but before he left, news came from Baoshan County, there was a large force of long hair in the direction of Jiading, and Chun was shocked, Baoshan is the rear barrier of Wusong Fort, and there must be no loss, so he had to lead his troops back to Baoshan County to guard.

In the first battle of Yunzaobang, Lin Qirong commanded Ruoding, and after luring the enemy deep, he sent Li Tianxi and other generals to raid the Qing army at night, and raided the Guangdong naval fleet in Jiangnei with an artillery array ambushed on the shore, and Zuihou ordered Zhou Lichun's troops who retreated to Jiading to feint and attack Baoshan City overnight, and the Qing army on the north bank of Yunzaobang had to retreat in panic.

After the Qing army retreated, Lin Qirong took Li Tianxi and other generals to the shore with a smile, only to see that the surface of the Yunzaobang River was full of Qing soldiers' corpses, broken canvases, wood and other debris floating, many red single boats and fast crab boats sank in the river, some bows were raised high, and four red single boats were stranded on the shore.

Lin Qirong smiled and waved his horsewhip and said: "Send the water-based haode brothers into the water to scoop up those cannons and muskets that have sunk in the water, and the four red single boats that lie on their stomachs will send troops across the river to grab them for me, if there are boatmen and sailors on board, they can't be killed at will." ”

Li Tianxi shouted the order, and after he personally led the team across the river, he rushed to the four stranded red single boats. The Qing army on the four red single boats had already fled, and only the boatmen and sailors of the red single boat were reluctant to leave their ships, only to see hundreds of Taiping soldiers swarming in, these boatmen and sailors had already dispersed, and the Taiping army "surrendered and avoided death!" With the shouting, the four red single boats had to surrender obediently. (To be continued......)