Wu Quanmei was carried down to treat his injuries, and He Chun immediately ordered the troop carriers in the formation to go straight to Yuepu Town west of Wusong under the cover of dozens of fast crab boats and sand boats, intending to land there and wave their troops directly to Wusongxi Fort. When the order came out, the red single boats on the sea desperately fired artillery shells to cover it, and more than 30 troop transport sailboats, fast crab boats, and sampans converted from large grain ships carried more than 2,000 Qing troops and sailed towards Yuepu Town, preparing to launch a landing attack there.

Half an hour later, more than 2,000 Qing troops, led by an adjutant general of the Qing army, landed at the reed swamp pond outside the town of Yuepu. Stepping on the soft mud and sand, the adjutant general of the Qing army shouted to his subordinates: "In this battle, a long-haired soldier will be rewarded with one tael of silver, and a long-haired official will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver!" In the shouting of the Qing army, the Qing army quickly marched to the Wusong West Fort. The adjutant general of the Qing army noticed that the surrounding shrubs and reeds were silent, and a few tall earth bags in the distance were covered with green, and the landing was surprisingly smooth. When the adjutant general of the Qing army led more than 100 people to open the thick reeds, he was stunned by the scene in front of him, behind the earthen pond embankment behind the reeds was a small river, behind the small river there were three very wide trenches, behind the ditches were a forest of sharp wooden piles.

A general beside the adjutant general of the Qing army asked blankly: "Sun Xiezhen, do we really plan to pass from here?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the screaming cannonballs pierced the air and landed accurately in the crowd of Qing soldiers who landed on the shore, and Sun Xiezhen raised his eyes to look for the sound, only to see that the green on the top of several high bulging earthen bags in the distance was gone, and the flames of death were erupting on them, and Sun Xiezhen hissed and shouted: "Long-haired thief artillery fire!" Hurry back! Hurry back! ”

Dozens of shells fell on the beach, but they were all flowering shells, and the soldiers of the Qing army who landed on the shore screamed in all directions, and they all hid behind the earthen pond embankment, trying to avoid the artillery fire. Vice Admiral Nasun looked at the troop carriers and fast crab boats at sea, several of which had already been hit and caught fire. The rest of the ships were broken and retreated in panic.

A thought flashed through the mind of Deputy General Sun: "The long-haired thief of the dog day, there are also cannons in ambush here!" The transport fleet retreated one after another, and the Qing soldiers who went ashore were in a panic, and Vice General Sun tore off his robe on his chest, bare his upper body, pulled out his long knife and shouted: "The retreat is exhausted, and the one with the handle will rush up with Lao Tzu!" Only by rushing forward can you survive! The soldiers of the Qing army also knew the predicament they were in at the moment, the back road had been broken, and there was only one way forward to fight to the death. Under the leadership of Adjutant General Na Sun, more than 1,800 Qing troops rushed forward under artillery fire.

He Chun, who was watching the battle on the river, saw through the monocular that the troop transport ship was attacked by the artillery fire of the Taiping army's hidden batteries, and was forced to interrupt the landing and began to retreat one after another. There were about two thousand troops left on the shore, in addition to the shotguns and some wooden ladders that they carried with them. The rest of the mountain splitting cannons and other cannons were not transported ashore. He Chun cursed with a gloomy face: "Long-haired traitor, Lao Tzu and you don't share the sky!" ”

After a while, He Chun was pleasantly surprised to see in the telescope that the Qing soldiers who had come ashore began to rush forward in the face of artillery fire, and he was slightly relieved and smiled at the generals beside him: "Sun Zhen still has two brushes, not a tiger general under Ben Shuai." ”

The generals echoed their words, but in fact, they were all secretly relieved in their hearts. Fortunately, he didn't lead his troops to land first, the long-haired thief was already prepared, and no matter how brave Sun Zhen was, there was only one way to die.

"Rush forward!" Sun Zhenchi, the adjutant general of the Qing army, shouted and led the 1,008 Qing troops who landed on the shore to rush across the Tutang embankment. Braving artillery fire and wading across the small river in front of him, Sun Zhen ordered his soldiers to be divided into three attack directions, each direction has more than 400 troops, and the remaining 600 people are behind the earthen pond embankment to prepare to follow.

I have to admit that the Qing soldiers suddenly burst out in a desperate situation with an extremely strong desire to win, and after landing on the shore, they were attacked, and after a short panic, they quickly adjusted and began to approach forward quickly.

A total of nearly 1,200 Qing soldiers quickly rushed across the river, landed on the opposite bank of the river in the middle of the skyrocketing water column that was blown up by the shells, and began to rush towards the first trench.

When the Qing soldiers who rushed across the river landed on the shore, they saw fire and smoke coming from behind the sharp wooden stakes a hundred paces away on the opposite side, and hundreds of Taiping soldiers hid behind the wooden stakes and began to shoot at the Qing troops emerging from the reeds with muskets, bird guns, and guns. After a few unexpected blows, dozens of people fell when the Qing army landed.

The soldiers of the Qing army screamed and lay down in the muddy riverside swamp and struggled to advance, no one wanted to stand up and be killed by the muskets of the Taiping army.

The first trench in the Taiping army is full of bamboo sticks, sharp branches, three meters wide, four meters deep, more than ten Qing soldiers finally climbed to the edge of the trench, they under the leadership of Sun Zhen, screaming and jumping off the trench, with waist knives, spears to clear out a place for people to settle down, the Qing army in three directions with the soldiers transported up the long ladder up, difficult to climb over the first trench, fell in front of the first trench of the Qing army corpses nearly 200 bodies, blood, internal organs and minced meat covered the road that the Qing soldiers climbed, It was also mixed with the soldiers' vomit.

In front of the second trench, Sun Zhen began to order the Qing army's shotgunners to concentrate their fire on the Taiping army behind the sharp wooden stakes, and the gunpowder smoke in front of the two fronts began to thicken. At this time, the Qing army and the spring department were equipped with flintlock muskets, which were much better than bird guns, and the firepower of the Taiping army behind the sharp wooden stakes was gradually suppressed. Fortunately, the Taiping army had artillery support from the battery, and the Qing army's attack in the second trench was blocked.

Sun Zhen observed for a while in front of the second trench and shouted, "Li Qing! You take ten men and rush into the second trench to clear the foothold, and we will enter the second trench to hide for a while! "A thousand commanders of the Qing army ordered the Qing army to drag a long ladder and rush up with twenty daring Qing soldiers.

After a while, Sun Zhen saw that the twenty-one people who went up, including the thousand chief Li Qing, thirteen were dead and eight were seriously injured. A general beside Sun Zhen shouted in a panicked trembling voice: "Lord Xiezhen, this is a massacre, not a war, the long-haired artillery fire is too fierce, the long-haired thieves will rush over and kill us!" ”

Before the words fell, the head of the general man had already rolled to the ground, Sun Zhen cut off the head of the head with a swing of the knife, and he shouted loudly with red eyes: "If there is anyone who disturbs the morale of the army, there will be no forgiveness!" Keep sending people to rush forward! ”

Under the pressure of Sun Zhen and his supervising team, the Qing army continued to dare to charge to the death, and finally the long ladder of the Qing army was erected, the second trench was broken, and the Qing army rushed through the second trench with a roar like chicken blood, leaving more than 200 corpses behind them.

In front of the third trench, the Qing army followed up with 600 people, and the Qing army set up the ladder after nearly 100 casualties, and the Qing army rushed up brandishing long knives and long hair, charging under the cover of the shotgunners behind them, several Qing soldiers carrying big axes cut a gap in the rows of turned inclined sharp wooden stakes, and the Qing army cheered together and charged towards the gap.

At this time, the artillery fire of the Taiping army stopped, the horn horn sounded loudly, hundreds of Taiping soldiers behind the sharp stake erected the banner of the Taiping army, and also pulled out long knives and long hairs, and rushed towards the charging Qing army.

A small soldier in the Qing army climbed up the third trench panting, and the Qing army next to him shouted: "Zhang Cheng! Be careful, the hairy thief is coming! Zhang Cheng hurriedly pulled out the long knife at his waist, and walked forward with difficulty in the mud, wanting to quickly run to the hidden Qing soldiers under the trench, who knew that he had only taken two steps, and suddenly felt that a figure in front of him jumped down from the edge of the high trench, it was a general of the Taiping Army, and the red scarf wrapped around his head was so bright red in Zhang Cheng's eyes. I saw that the Taiping army general had a heavy nine-ring broadsword in his hand and blood on it, he shouted and waved violently, and the Qing army who was talking to him just now was split in half from the head, and the red and white things were scattered on the ground, bright red and fishy smell fluttered on Zhang Cheng's face, he was so frightened that his legs and feet were weak and sat on the ground, only to see that the Taiping army general was like a tiger, and successively cut down the three Qing soldiers in front of him, Zhang Cheng lay on the ground, trembling and trying to cover himself with mud and blood, he just wanted to live, and survived.

Zhang Cheng lay in the mud pit at the bottom of the trench, and there were bursts of roars, shouts and screams in his ears, Zhang Chengcheng felt as if he was in a terrible hell, surrounded by death, blood and internal organs, he lay on the ground and did not dare to move, praying that the gods and Buddhas would not let the Taiping army find him a living creature.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Cheng only felt that he was being pulled violently, Zhang Cheng was dragged and rolled back, after a gust of wind, he fixed his eyes, a Taiping soldier carrying a bloody long knife, a pair of eyes full of murderous intent looking at him. Zhang Cheng's tear ducts and vocal glands unconsciously let out a mournful scream, he kept his tears, cried and fell to his knees in the mud, and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.

But the Taiping soldier didn't seem to pay attention to Zhang Cheng's pleading, he took a step coldly, raised the long knife in his hand and was about to cut down, Zhang Cheng even felt the coldness of the blade!

With a bang, the long knife was framed, Zhang Cheng opened his eyes and looked, a nine-ring big knife held the long knife, and the fierce Taiping Army general just now saved himself.

"This man's courage has been dissipated, and it is useless to kill him, so leave him to work as a coolie and help us do the heavy work." The general of the Taiping Army said lightly: "I found that all the uninjured people were left alive, and there is still a fierce battle behind, we need to catch some coolies!" (To be continued......)