The loud and passionate sound of war drums echoed in Yuyang City for a whole day.

A large number of Taiping soldiers stepped on the ladders, against the rolling wood and stones of the soldiers on the head of the city, and attacked the city wall without fear of death, and fought with the officials and soldiers of Yuyang Mansion.

The recruits recruited by Dingguang County shouldered the responsibility of the first wave of cannon fodder in the first camp. The reclamation of the river in the previous two days, coupled with today's siege, caused these recruits to suffer brutal losses. In a few days, the number of dead and wounded approached four hundred, which was already a figure close to collapse for a recruit who had only been training for a long time.

However, their losses gave the Taiping Battalion a good start to the Volunteer Battalion Taiping Camp behind.

In the previous defense of the city, many of the recruited people were fighting for the first time, and they looked very nervous. Castle-defending equipment such as rolling wood and stones are often thrown at the head of the city without looking at them after they are raised. Not only is a large amount of materials wasted, but also a lot of self-consumption. Taking advantage of the emptiness of this defense, Chen Wu directly mobilized the elite of the Taiping Battalion of two brigades and led the army to kill them.

Yuyang Mansion was caught off guard by the offensive that suddenly became several times more aggressive.

By the time they reacted, the elite of the Taiping Camp had already ascended to the top of the city and fought with the defenders of Yuyang Mansion.

Once the Taiping army gained a firm foothold on the city and had a small foothold, the shape shì was very unfavorable to Yuyang Mansion.

After several rounds of fighting, although the Taiping army besieging the city suffered great losses, the city defense battalion guarding Yuyang Mansion was not much better. In the previous battle out of the city, the strength of the Taiping army had already left a shadow on them. It was not easy to recover, and then another day of hard fighting, with more than 100 dead and wounded, and only more than 400 people could still maintain their combat strength.

In this way, as long as the Taiping army's offensive of Cheng dù lasted another day or two, Yuyang Mansion would not have enough troops to defend the city.

The recruited people are strong enough to deal with ordinary homeless people, and it is no problem to help beat a side drum in the leader of the city defense battalion. It is unrealistic to expect them to stand alone against the Taipings.

After all, the current Taiping Army is no longer what it used to be!

Of course, Hong Fei and the city guard of Yuyang Mansion were also aware of this. After the sky was dark again, they were temporarily relieved, but they also had to quickly send someone to send out the tragic situation of Yuyang Mansion, hoping that the 1,500 cavalry wandering nearby would be able to enter the battlefield to rescue as much as possible.

It is important to wait for a suitable time, but according to the current situation, if the cavalry waits any longer, Yuyang Mansion may be finished before the opportunity comes.

Although the city guard of Yuyang Mansion did not believe that Ling Jie dared to see death without help, and the other party also made a promise when he came to the city to observe the enemy's situation yesterday, he was still worried that Ling Jie would be too big or greedy for full merit, and as a result, he would miss the fighter.

Let alone......

With the help of the sunset that had not yet completely set, the Yuyang City Guard looked out from the top of the city, and when he saw the strict defense of the Taiping Army, he couldn't help but feel a strong worry in his heart. Even if Ling Jie brought 1,500 cavalry to arrive, would he really be able to cut through the camp of the Taiping bandit army?

If it were other rebels, he would not have doubted it at all, but the thief army in front of him was too unusual.

As Mingjin withdrew his troops in the distance, the tide of the Taiping army, which had begun to gain the upper hand, generally retreated from the city. For the defenders of Yuyang Mansion, they were finally able to spend a peaceful night again. And for the Taipings, tonight will only be busier.

From the progress of the siege, it can be inferred that by the day after tomorrow at the latest, Yuyang Mansion will fall into a critical situation of insufficient troopsreads();. If the Taiping army launches a strong attack at any cost, coupled with any changes in the defenders, it is entirely possible that Yuyang City will suddenly fall in a short period of time, and it will be too late to rescue. Most of the cavalry clusters sent by Matsue will not be dragged to such a dangerous situation. Therefore, at least half of them may choose to go to war tomorrow.

In other words, tonight is the last night that the Taiping Army can use.

In addition to the troops who will fight tomorrow, the remaining more than 2,000 Taiping troops, including some wounded soldiers who were not seriously injured during the day, were mobilized by Chen Wu and used the last night to continue to intensify preparations. After all, dealing with these 1,500 cavalry is likely to be the only battle in which Chen Wu captured Songjiang County and still has suspense.

If he can take it, Songjiang County will no longer have the power to threaten him. Even if it was a hard battle to capture Dengzhou in the end, the result was not suspenseful.

On the other hand, in the event of an accident, or if there was a problem with the Taiping army's own movements, the good situation would likely suffer an unprecedented setback, and the date for the capture of Songjiang County would be seriously delayed.

It was precisely because of its importance that Chen Wu did not hesitate to personally lead the guards to investigate before the sky was clear.

Thanks to his more than ten years of experience in "Empire", coupled with the fact that none of the civil servants and military generals in his hands are mediocre, almost all the preparations that should be very cumbersome and complicated have been implemented. It can be said that unless the cavalry of the official army has the combat power of the main cavalry cluster of the empire, he is at least eighty percent sure that he can win this battle.

After thinking about the whole plan and possible results again, Chen Wu had a bottom in his heart.

He finally couldn't hold it anymore, so he rushed to make up for sleep at dawn. After all, he still needs to be in charge of the ensuing battle.

As the sky brightened, the smoke rose.

With the protection of the camp, the baggage battalion of the Taiping army calmly prepared breakfast. Fragrant rice, winterized radish diced, soaked dried soybeans and braised pork stewed in a large pot. Although there is less meat, all the soldiers can eat it open!

This food, even compared to the official army, is very good.

After a full meal, the Taiping army stopped for half an hour and began to prepare for the siege of the city for the new day. Also at the same time, Ling Jie's 1,500 cavalry moved forward after eating dry food, approaching within five miles of Yuyang Mansion City.

For cavalry, this was already a very close distance.

The forward movement of the Songjiang cavalry was undoubtedly a signal that strengthened Chen Wu's judgment. With the Taiping army ready, the army began to siege the city again.

The momentum is huge!

Just by looking at it, there were more than a thousand soldiers assembled in front of the formation, and several brigades were gathering in the back. In the eyes of the defenders of Yuyang Mansion, it looked like they were going to attack generally. The defenders at the head of the city and the recruited people were terrified, and began a new day of battle with a sense of tragedy and despair.

However, what they didn't know was that, except for a few brigades that were attacking, none of the remaining troops assembled in the rear were the most elite forces of the Taiping Army.

Chen Wu seems to have been mobilizing troops, but in fact, no matter how it changes, the two most elite Taiping Battalion wings, at least more than 2,000 people, have never appeared.

They were silently distributed in the huge camp, quietly ambushing.

The horse team of the Taiping Army also secretly left the camp last night.

If it is replaced by the famous general of the Tiannan Army, Le Jizai, with his experience in a hundred battles, he can definitely see the strange reads();. However, there were no famous generals of this level in Yuyang Mansion, and the attention of the defenders was attracted by the large number of Taiping troops assembled in front of the battle, and they did not find anything unusual in the quiet camp on the surface of the Taiping army.

The earth-shattering shouts continued.

The 1,500 cavalry led by Ling Jie were more patient than Chen Wu had imagined, and waited patiently for the most suitable opportunity. It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon, when both the Taiping army besieging the city and the soldiers defending the city were exhausted, and Ling Jie, who had received two requests from Yuyang Mansion, finally gave the order to attack.

The cavalry of the brigade rushed onto the official road in just a few minutes and quickly maneuvered towards Yuyang Mansion City.

"Enemy attack!"

Chen Wu's Taiping army put the scout cavalry three miles away. Seeing Ling Jie's brigade of cavalry coming from a distance, he immediately rushed to report the letter, and at the same time waved the signal flag in his hand.

A whole fifteen hundred officers and cavalry!

After receiving the information, from Chen Wu and the generals to the soldiers of the Taiping Army, who had been in ambush for most of the day, they were all in good spirits. The Taiping army, I don't know how much effort and resources it took to prepare for this battle, Yan Dongxing and Ning Gui took the official cavalry around Songjiang County for half a circle.

Now, at last, it's time for a decisive victory.

The ground trembled slightly.

The sentinels on the watchtower were the first to see the surging cavalry from the east. At this time, the soldiers who had previously besieged the city had already received the signal from Mingjin to withdraw their troops and began to retreat quickly.

Although it took a long time due to the delay of the defenders, because Chen Wu had built a trench and countless earth caves overnight to protect it, the cavalry group could not directly rush in, so the retreating siege team was panicked but not chaotic. The soldiers who had already been ambushed in the camp could finally start making final preparations openly without hiding.

The rumbling hooves of horses grew louder and louder, and the dust was flying.

Ling Jie was worthy of being a cavalry general who could command 1,500 cavalry, and he had already given orders one after another when he was still a mile away from the fence wall east of the camp. The cavalry brigade as a whole slowed down, but the cavalry that rushed in front began to accelerate in turn, rushing towards the outermost anti-horse ditch.

The cavalry at the front, each with a small bag of dirt on the back of the horse in front of them!

Under the leadership of the captain of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the first batch of 100 cavalrymen divided into several rounds, adjusted the angle of the cut, and rushed up diagonally from one side. When approaching the anti-horse ditch, at a distance of a few meters, at an almost parallel angle, he threw the dirt bag behind him into it, and then immediately adjusted the direction and turned around to join the army.

The cavalry behind them appeared in their positions a few seconds later, throwing dirt bags and filling in the horse ditch.

The complete march route is like a parabola that opens to the left!

This may seem like a simple manoeuvre, but it requires a lot of individual ability and overall coordination from the riders. The speed of the horse is the prediction of the distance, the arm strength is the control of the horse, etc., and if there is a slight mistake, there may be a tragedy in which the man and the horse are planted together in the anti-horse ditch, or they collide with each other when turning.

However, not only did none of the cavalry under Ling Jie's command appear in this situation, but the connection between the two waves of cavalry was very smooth, like a cloud of peers, without any delay.

At this level, the current Taiping Army horse team can't reach it anyway!