He Chun anxiously looked left and right on the war horse, the clairvoyant mirror in his hand was raised and put down, every moment he was anxiously concerned about the battle ahead, the Qing army land division was divided into several teams, and it had been two hours since the Taiping army had been charging and raiding the Taiping army's camp in turn, the Taiping army's defense line was still impregnable, and on the Qing army's gray attack line, the Taiping army's yellow front was standing still.

After several fierce battles, He Chun saw from the uniforms of the Taiping soldiers who died in the battle, these Taiping soldiers were wearing yellow vests with white edges, which showed that they were the elite of the puppet Western Prince's department.

He Chun and the Taiping army have been fighting for many years, and from the mouths of the captured wounded soldiers of the Taiping Army, they have learned about the outfit of the Taiping army, and the yellow vest with white borders represents the deployment of the puppet king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and from the recent news, the soldiers and horses of the puppet king of the west must have experienced the elite of the war to be qualified to wear this kind of uniform, indicating that He Chun is facing the elite deployment of the puppet king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Shanghai.

He Chun hated this pseudo-king of the West very much, and he almost lost his life in Hengzhou last time, and later he learned that it was the pseudo-king of the West who attacked Hengzhou. This giant thief is brave and good at fighting and scheming, from the strange soldiers after the capture of Changsha, all the way to Shanghai, the Manchu officials and generals who died at his hands are countless, and Chun was once very afraid to fight against this pseudo-king of the West. So after the Qing court appointed him as the governor of Jiangnan, he heard that the Taiping army had entered southern Kousu, and Hechun had been hiding in Yangzhou and did not dare to move forward.

It's a pity that Hechun still rushed ducks to the shelves to support Shanghai, and after fighting with Longhair in Shanghai for many days, although there were still fewer wins and more losses, but finally there was a fight, so Hechun decided to take a gamble, anyway, Xianfeng also blocked his retreat. If you can't solve the siege of Shanghai, you will be a thief when you go back, so you just fight on the battlefield, maybe there will be a miracle.

As the war entered a tug-of-war, both sides were filling in the front, and as the casualties of the Qing army intensified, and after more and more retreating generals were killed by Hechun, Hechun himself became more and more bottomless.

Another Qing army was defeated and retreated, and Hechun's personal guards immediately stepped forward to arrest the general of this Qing army. Kill! ”

His guards immediately raised their swords and were about to kill the general, but the Qing general suddenly cried loudly: "Junmen, I'm Chen Huai, I really can't beat it, let the brothers withdraw and take a breath." ”

And Chun came back to his senses. Raising his hand to stop the guard, he jumped off the horse and looked at the Qing general who was kneeling on the ground. I saw that his face was covered with blood. His braided hair was disheveled, his arm was wounded by a musket, and he was still bleeding, his face was full of pleading, and tears and sweat were mixed with blood.

He Chun almost didn't recognize Chen Huailai, this person had been with him for more than ten years. is the most loyal, but he is also very brave in fighting on the battlefield, and he has accumulated merit and promoted to guerrilla, if Chen Huai hadn't crossed the river and escaped with his back in Hengzhou that night. Kazuharu may have done the knife ghost. At present, even Chen Huai has been defeated and retreated, which shows that the Qing army in front of him is already at the end of its strong crossbow.

He Chun also helped Chen Huai up with tears in his eyes, and untied the rope for him with his own hands, no matter how ruthless he was, he still couldn't do anything to his life-saving benefactor, so he could only let him go, but He Chun knew in his heart that he would not be able to kill any of the defeated generals in the future, otherwise the other generals would not be convinced, why would he pardon Chen Huai alone? !

Since Chen Huai was not killed, the Qing army could not be punished if it was defeated and retreated to the Qing generals, so the retreat of the Qing army on all fronts was already doomed. The news of Chen Huai, who was not defeated and retreated, spread quickly like wings, and the Qing army in front began to loosen and retreated, and when He Chun saw this scene, he knew that the general trend had gone, and today's offensive had come to an end.

Almost at the same time as the land division retreated on the whole line, the Qing army's naval divisions actually turned around and retreated, and after Hechun got the report from his subordinates, he went up to the horse to open the clairplane and look, and sure enough, the whole line of the naval division was retreating.

As if grasping a life-saving straw, He Chun immediately shouted loudly: "These sailors actually retreated without a military order, resulting in the defeat of our land division, what a daring thing!" A group of generals and staff members beside him spoke out one after another, and everyone understood in their hearts that Hejunmen was looking for a backing for the defeat of the Lu Division, and immediately everyone began to scold the Shui Shi for escaping from the battle, causing the Lu Division to be alone and invincible.

At this moment, the sailor had a herald to report that the sailor had received the news that Wusongkou had been lost, and the forts on the east and west banks had been reoccupied by Changmao, and the sailor division had gone back to support first, intending to recapture Wusongkou as soon as possible.

The person who was cursing just now immediately stopped, and Haru shook his body on the horse and almost fell down. If Changmao occupies Wusongkou and blocks the river, then the back road of the Qing army will be cut off, and now we can only hope that the water division can break through the river blockade, so that Lu Shi Xingxing still has a way to live, so these people immediately stopped scolding, and looked at He Chun, who was helped off the horse by Goshha, hoping that he would order to retreat immediately.

He Chun was helped off the horse by two Goshha, took a deep breath and settled down, needless to say, he also knew that it was time to retreat immediately, with a painful and unwilling look on his face, his face was distorted and hideous, and he shouted angrily: "The whole army retreats, Chen Huai, you lead people to break the rear!" ”

The Lu Division breathed a sigh of relief, the speed of retreat can be described as fast, and the news that Wu Songkou had been lost spread far and wide, quickly spread throughout the entire Lu Division, everyone rushed to flee in panic, and Hechun's personal soldiers and supervisors couldn't stop it, and Zuihou also fled to Wusongkou with him.

Lin Qirong witnessed the defeat of the Qing army's naval division and land division on the high platform of the artillery array, he did not hesitate to order people to raise the red flag, and ordered the Taiping army to pursue the whole line, last night he received the news of the king of the west, and it is expected to launch a surprise attack on Wusong this morning, it must be the king of the west who captured the mouth of Wusong, and the Qing army immediately returned to the division, wanting to seize the road and escape.

The Taiping army's full-line counterattack unfolded, more than a dozen teams of Taiping soldiers jumped up from behind the soil, across the camp and ditch to pursue the Qing army, these Taiping troops did not have two or three hundred people, the middle interval was only dozens of steps, interspersed with division and skillful, and soon Chen Huai led more than 1,000 palaces after the Qing army divided and surrounded and eaten, Chen Huai self-possessed martial arts, brave and good at fighting, has been leading the troops to resist, a big Pu knife dance impermeable, Zuihou was killed on the spot by several musketeers of the Taiping Army across more than ten steps. Pity a Qing general with strong martial arts died in the hands of a few ordinary soldiers of the Taiping Army who were not skilled in martial arts, which once again shows that personal bravery in this era is useless.

In fact, it was only the same thing that Chun had predicted before, that is, the fierce thief Kou of the Pseudo-King of the West would definitely send out a team to attack the Qing army on their way back to Wusong. On the way to retreat from Hongqiao and Yangpu, there was Lin Qirong, a nasty dog skin plaster, and there were constantly small groups of Taiping troops attacking and harassing the Lu Division in front.

During this period, Hechun sent people to the naval division warship many times to issue military orders, and Zuihou even begged the naval division to slow down and help the landing division repel those Taiping attack squads.

At the beginning, the sailor saw that the number of the attacking Taiping army squad was small, and he stopped to fire artillery to help the landing division repel the Taiping army squad, as the number of Taiping troops who attacked and harassed became more and more, Chen Guotai and others knew that there must be a big pocket with long hair waiting for the landing division in front, and the sailor could not stay for too long. Therefore, the sailor has to rush to escape for his life, and he can't stay longer, the sooner he arrives at Wusong, the greater the chance of victory, and the greater the chance of escaping.

It's a pity that the land division was attacked and harassed by the Taiping army squad, and the action was slow, as the number of Taiping troops who blocked the attack increased, the Lu division moved more slowly, and Chun sent people several times to ask the water division to send ships to support, Chen Guotai and other generals felt embarrassed in their hearts, and under the discussion of several generals, the water division guerrilla Lai Zhenhai went to see Hechun in person.

Seeing Hechun, Lai Zhenhai leaned into Hechun's ear and whispered: "Hejunmen, at present, only the sailor can protrude first to protect the land division, or let a strong general stay in place and stick to the place, and the military gate and other dignitaries board the sailor warship, follow the sailor warship first, as long as it can be prominent, it is the best policy to come back to rescue the soldiers and horses, if it is delayed for a long time, the long-haired thief will tie the mouth of the Wusong fort tightly, then no one will be able to leave." ”

He Chun's face was pale, his forehead was full of sweat, he looked at the people around him, turned around and whispered to Lai Zhenhai: "You go back first, leave a few people and a small boat on the shore to wait for me, if the official leaves, none of these people will stay, and later the official will personally go to the sailor ship and order you to help in the battle, so that you can get out alone." ”

When Lai Zhenhai heard this, he couldn't imagine that He Chun would make up such a lie in order to escape for his life, which was really despicable, and he didn't break it at the moment, and said in a low voice: "My subordinates understand, I'll go back and ask the military gate to leave as soon as possible." After speaking, Lai Zhenhai took a few sailors and left.

Lai Zhenhai came to the shore and personally led a sampan to wait there, and after a while, he saw He Chun with a few cronies and staff members hurrying over, boarding the sampan and sailing straight to Chen Guotai's boat. Lai Zhenhai stood at the bow of the boat, looked back, and saw that He Chun's lips were white, his hands were tightly clasped, and he was about to pinch blood, his body trembled slightly, his temples turned white, and he seemed to have aged a lot for a while. Lai Zhenhai knew that he had left tens of thousands of lives in order to survive, and the guilt and remorse in it must be very uncomfortable, but people don't kill the heavens and the earth for themselves, Lai Zhenhai felt that these sailors were not also running for their own lives and ignoring the land masters on the shore? Thinking about it this way, Lai Zhenhai doesn't seem to think that Hechun is so despicable.

The Qing army on the shore was still waiting for their Hejunmen to order the sailor warship to turn around and help in the battle, but they didn't expect that not long after Hejunmen left, the sailor actually sailed out and accelerated towards Wusongkou, leaving the Qing army and land division in place. The Qing soldiers cried one after another, knelt on the shore and begged the sailor brothers to stop the boat, but no one paid attention to them, and the long Huangpu River took away their vitality. (To be continued......)