Early the next morning, after breakfast, the Taiping army launched an attack on Xuzhou City according to the original plan.

As soon as the drum was over, the archers of the Taiping army lined up in formation, bent their bows and arrows, and shot a round in the direction of Xuzhou City, and the shield bearers of the Qing army on Xuzhou City saw this, and hurriedly erected a huge shield to withstand the attack of the Taiping army's bow and arrow.

The second drum stopped, the archers retreated, and the Taiping army attack echelon led by Yang Yiqing launched the first wave of attacks to Xuzhou City, the attack echelon consisted of two parts of the Taiping army, rushing to the front is the elite infantry holding a shield in the left hand and holding a long knife in the right hand, their main task is to cover the follow-up siege army from the slaughter of the Qing army's bow and arrow, and after the long knife soldier is the siege army carrying a cloud ladder on the shoulder, holding a spear.

The Taiping army danced weapons, shouting and rushed to the city wall of Xuzhou City, when they rushed to the city wall or so about ten meters away, the overwhelming arrow rain with a violent wind, whistling, only to hear the poof....most of them were inserted in the shield held by the shield soldiers of the Taiping Army, or were directly pushed away by the long knives in the hands of the shield soldiers, but there were still a small number of people who still shot the Taiping army.

Those who were shot in the Taiping army had different reactions, such as hitting the vital person, crying father and calling mother, in pain, if they did not hit the vital person, they directly pulled out the arrow on their body and continued to move forward.

After a difficult trek, the Taiping army finally reached the bottom of the city wall, and without hesitation, they erected the ladder in their hands, with the long knife soldiers holding shields in front and the Taiping soldiers wielding spears behind, and climbed up the ladder one after another.

In the face of the attack of the Taiping army, the resistance of the Qing army was also very resolute, they used the stones and logs that had been prepared to frantically smash the Taiping army on the ladder, or poured oil on the ladder, lit the ladder with the torch in their hands, and completely burned the ladder, and even more, several Qing troops joined forces and pushed the ladder directly on the city tower.

In the face of the stubborn counterattack of the Qing army, the Taiping army suffered heavy casualties, and most of the Taiping army were either smashed in the head by heavy objects such as stones, or burned alive by the flames, and even worse, fell directly from the overturned ladder and fell to death. Even if some luck rushed to the city tower, they would be surrounded and killed by the Qing army, which was several times their own.

The first wave of the Taiping army's attack was temporarily blocked.

Huang Xu looked at the situation on the city tower and couldn't help frowning.

"Mr. Zhao, is it possible for the army to retreat?" Looking at the aggravation of casualties, Huang Xu couldn't help but say.

"Marshal, don't rush, wait a little longer." Zhao Xiaofeng was not in a hurry, he still wanted to wait a little longer.

When Huang Xu saw Zhao Xiaofeng say this, he didn't say anything more, just stared. The eyelids were unblinking, watching the battle in the direction of the castle tower.

This kind of battle lasted for almost half an hour, the casualties of the Taiping army were getting bigger and bigger, and the morale was getting lower and lower, and some soldiers could rush up to the city tower, but later, they could only climb to the middle of the ladder at most, and then they became the ghosts of the Qing army.

Huang Xu closed his eyes, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and after a while, he urged Zhao Xiaofeng again: "Mr. Zhao, what's the matter, can you let the army withdraw?"

"Well, it's almost, it should be able to withdraw." Zhao Xiaofeng's face was solemn and nodded.

As soon as Huang Xu heard this, it was as if he had received a holy decree, and immediately ordered someone to withdraw his troops.

As soon as the golden sound sounded, the Taiping army, which was struggling to support, retreated like a tide like a tidal wave.

This battle was not fought for a long time, and the scale was not large, but it felt harder than any previous battle, and the Taiping army suffered a little loss this time, and, it is no exaggeration to say, they have never suffered such a loss.

In this short battle with the Qing army, the Taiping army's siege army of 100,000 people lost more than 12,000 people at once, which was obviously not expected by Huang Xu and others.

"What, such a big loss?" Huang Xu couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the casualty data reported.

"Yes, so many people, General Yang, this data can't be wrong, right?" Zhao Xiaofeng was also stunned, and he didn't believe it was true.

In the past so many years, the Taiping army has fought such a big battle, a hard battle, in comparison, there has never been a time like this time, its losses are so dazzling,

"There will be no problem with the data, and the last general didn't believe it at first, but then he personally went to various departments to check it, so he had to believe it." Yang Yiqing's face was ashamed and annoyed.

Yes, this kind of humiliating defeat actually appeared in his hands, how could Yang Yiqing's mood be any better.

"How can this be, how is this possible, an ordinary tentative attack has lost so many people, if it is really attacked, it is simply unimaginable how many soldiers of the Taiping Army will fall under this Xuzhou city!" Huang Xu looked at Zhao Xiaofeng beside him, and was glad that he did not choose to attack Xuzhou City at the beginning.

"Marshal, the culprit for this defeat lies with the last general, I hope the marshal will be punished." Yang Yiqing knelt down and pleaded guilty.

If you fail, you have to take responsibility, which is the least burden of a general.

"General Yang, what are you guilty of, Ben Shuai can see it very clearly in the back, you have done your best." Huang Xu is not a person who does not distinguish between indiscriminate and indiscriminate, he knows that Yang Yiqing and the Taiping army he led have done their best.

"Marshal, the last general......" Yang Yiqing still wanted to insist.

Zhao Xiaofeng interrupted him: "General, since the marshal has already said it, then you don't insist anymore, it's not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself, to put it bluntly, you are just acting according to orders."

"Mr. Zhao, I..." Yang Yiqing didn't know what to say.

"Okay, General Yang, you don't need to say anything more, you go down first and have a good rest, Ben Shuai still has something to discuss with Mr. Zhao." Huang Xu waved his hand and motioned for Yang Yiqing to go out first.

Since Huang Xu said so, Yang Yiqing could only obey the order, and after he saluted Huang Xu and Zhao Xiaofeng, he retreated.

"Fortunately, Mr. was prescient, otherwise, there would have been a big problem. Unexpectedly. This Qing army is really not to be underestimated." After Yang Yiqing came out, Huang Xu couldn't help but sigh to Zhao Xiaofeng.

"Master Ma is serious, the Qing army has no way to retreat, and if it doesn't fight to the death, it will really be over, which is also expected." Zhao Xiaofeng has a very clear understanding of the psychology of the Qing army.

"So what should we do next? Mr. Zhao, can you tell us about it first?" Huang Xu smiled, his expression was very strange.

"Outwit!" Mr. Zhao repeated what he had said earlier.

"These two words, Mr. has said before, but Mr. has not said yet, how to take them?" What Huang Xu wants to hear is the essence part.

"Master Pony, this matter is actually very simple, to put it bluntly, that's it." Zhao Xiaofeng smiled and said.

"Then you can say it quickly, don't hang my appetite anymore, I can't wait." Huang Xule said hehehe.

"The horse master is also in a hurry?" Zhao Xiaofeng didn't forget to joke.

"Hehe, it's everyone who is in a hurry, understandable, understandable." Huang Xu said with a smile.

"The master horse is reasonable, and his subordinates admire it." Zhao Xiaofeng also smiled.

"Ha....ha..."The two looked at each other, and Ha Lu Ha Da smiled.

After laughing, Huang Xu stared at Zhao Xiaofeng closely, but he didn't make a sound, the meaning in his eyes was obvious, as if to say, Mr. Zhao, don't sell it anymore, just talk about outwitting.

Zhao Xiaofeng was very embarrassed to be stared at by Huang Xu. He also knows the way. It's time to tell the reason, so he explained his plan to Huang Xu in a single way.

Huang Xu listened. Great joy, even calling, clever plan, clever plan. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (biquge.info) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, and your support. That's what motivates me the most......)