At this time, there were not 18,000 people in Jiujiang City as Su Yu thought, but about 20,000 people.

Hong Renli successively brought 2,000 people into Jiujiang.

At this time, it has been almost a year and a half since Shanghai.

It's like a dream.

The days in Jiujiang were much more bitter than in Shanghai, and they were more bitter than in the capital.

Hong Renli has great ability, whether it is in Shanghai or Beijing, she has the ability to get a lot of money and make her live a very delicate life.

But when he arrived in Jiujiang, he needed to share the weal and woe with his brothers.

Of course, she still has some privileges, such as being able to wear a lot of beautiful clothes. Many of them were bought when she was in Shanghai, and they were even picked by Su Yu for her.

It's just that the cheongsam designed by Su Yu personally for her has never been delivered.

Because by the time Su Yu asked people to do a good job, she had already left.

I can't imagine what kind of effect her devil figure will be after the cheongsam on the ship.

All these years, she has lived a miserable life with no hope in sight.

So in the capital, she desperately assassinated officials, and even assassinated the emperor, and there was a feeling that she was looking for death.

When she arrived in Shanghai, she and Su Yao had a happy time, the two often dated, ate all the most famous restaurants, drank hard coffee, went to the theater, and bought clothes.

Even, she wore a gorgeous skirt and followed Su Yu to a foreigner's drinking party, and came into contact with a high-class life that all women would almost never see in their lives.

This kind of life is intoxicating, especially when he kills Zhang Yuzhao at the end, which is even more exciting.

But...... She was still restless, still empty.

The more flashy she lived with Su Yao, the more guilty she became, feeling that she shouldn't be so happy, and she was not qualified to be so happy.

After arriving in Jiujiang, she returned to the Taiping Army, and the whole person was immediately down-to-earth.

The whole person is enriched.

But......

That pain struck again.

There is no hope in sight, and there is no future in sight.

She's been through so much and opened her eyes.

I know how strong foreigners are, and how prosperous the boundaries of foreigners are.

And in Tianjing City, decay and depravity are staged.

In Jiujiang City, of course, there is no such decay, but there is gloom and despair.

It has been surrounded for two or three years, and the defenders in the city have not been supplied with food for a long time.

The last year was completely enveloped in hunger.

All the open spaces in the city were full of grain.

When the wheat is ripe, rice is planted, and no crops are spared.

In a little more than a month, the wheat will be ripe, and at this time, when you can see the past, there are waves of wheat everywhere.

But the food grown is definitely not enough to eat.

The insects and all the other things in the city have been eaten.

Just stick to it day by day.

The defenders of the city, in the gloom and despair, have great strength.

The power that is not even afraid of death, that kind of death is the power of liberation.

In history, they even held out until next year, in which they repelled the Hunan army's attacks again and again.

Defeated the Hunan army again and again.

If it weren't for Shi Dakai's death, if it wasn't for the real and complete food cut, this city would still not be broken.

All the defenders could only drink two porridges a day.

Hong Renli is special, she can enjoy the best food, and of course, her titular daughter, Lin Xiang'er.

This girl finally returned to her father Lin Qirong's side.

Now, a year and a half later, she has grown taller and more beautifully.

Influenced by Hong Renli, he also likes to wear good-looking clothes, which is even more moving.

Hong Renli has another trouble, that is, Lin Qirong's fanatical love.

She is too beautiful and her body is too hot.

Everywhere she goes, there are men who are fascinated by her.

Lin Fengxiang, Wang Shiqing, and Lin Qirong are no exception.

Some time ago, the news of the Tianjing Incident also reached Jiujiang City.

Yang Xiuqing is dead!

Suddenly, the Taiping defenders of the entire Jiujiang City, in addition to despair, also had an aura of destruction.

There are many people in the entire Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who hate Yang Xiuqing, including Chen Chengying and others whom he promoted.

But Lin Qirong and Zeng Tianyang are extremely grateful to Yang Xiuqing.

Yang Xiuqing is their Bole.

Most of the people in the Taiping army were born in bitter haha, Zeng Tianyang is a rare exception, he lives a wealthy life, he is sixty years old, and he went to participate in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which is purely enthusiastic.

In the hearts of Lin Qirong and Zeng Tianyang, Yang Xiuqing is the future of Heaven.

Right now...... The future of Heaven is dead.

In the entire Jiujiang City, everyone wears filial piety and is wrapped everywhere.

And at this time, Shen Baozhen led 20,000 Hunan troops and launched a crazy attack on Jiujiang City!

And at this time.

It was precisely the most painful and angry moment for the entire Jiujiang Taiping Army.

The will to fight, the most explosive moment.

And then......

An incomparably tragic battle took place.

Because he was afraid of being taken advantage of by Su Yao, Shen Baozhen wanted to solve it quickly.

So, almost crazy siege.

"Boom, boom, boom......" dozens of artillery pieces, crazy bombardment.

The foreign gun team, more than a hundred meters away, shot wildly.

At this time, the equipment of the Hunan army was already very advanced, and the elite troops were not even much worse than the new army of Su Yao.

As soon as the war began, it entered the point of white heat.

Moreover, in order to surround Jiujiang before, the outside was densely packed with trenches, and the one-person-high trenches were twisted and turned, stretching for dozens of miles.

The Hunan army besieged the city and besieged the city, and most liked to dig trenches.

Under artillery fire.

Countless Hunan troops, looking at the long wooden planks, spread on the moat.

Then, the tide generally rushes to the city walls.

Numerous siege ladders, erected on them.

The fighting style of the Hunan army was different from that of most Qing troops.

They are fierce and not very afraid of death.

Of course, the Taiping army was not afraid of death, so the two sides often played an astonishing casualty ratio.

For example, Li Xubin, the fierce general who attacked Jiujiang City at this time, was annihilated by Chen Yucheng with 6,000 people in one fell swoop in Sanhe Town.

And Jiujiang City in history was beaten down by Li Xubin.

Both sides are fighting in a dead end.

But it is precisely because of this that it is so thrilling.

Wave after wave charged, wave after wave died.

"Up, up, up!"

In an almost frenzied attack, countless Hunan troops rushed through the moat and climbed the siege ladder.

Climbed the city walls!

Then, it's white-knuckle combat!

At this time, the Hunan army felt that something was wrong.

It is said that in terms of pure combat effectiveness, the Taiping Army of Jiujiang City should be inferior to theirs.

However, at this time, these rebellions broke out with such crazy combat effectiveness.

I thought that the Tianjing incident would make them desperate, and they had no intention of fighting at all.

The result is the exact opposite.

One by one, they were not afraid of death, as if they wanted to pour out all their grief and anger.

All of them have red eyes.

He was slashed several times on his body, but he didn't seem to be afraid of pain, his flesh and blood were blurred, and he was still fighting frantically.

Even his hands were cut off, and he had no weapons, so he hit them with his teeth and his head, hugged the Hunan army one by one, and jumped directly under the city wall.

Shen Baozhen was completely stunned, and when she saw this scene, her scalp was numb.

He already regretted it, he shouldn't have rushed to fight Jiujiang in order to grab credit, the Tianjing incident not only made Jiujiang weaker, but made them even more sad and angry.

But now it's too late to regret it.

Batch after batch of Hunan troops had rushed to the city, and the retreat at this time was too great a blow to morale.

Therefore, I can only grit my teeth and send troops to continue to rush!

Therefore, the battle between the two sides is not white-hot, but completely tragic.

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And at this time!

Su Liu's new army is on the Yangtze River, only a few dozen miles away from Jiujiang City.

Despite the picturesque scenery on both sides of the Yangtze River, the entire fleet is always on guard.

Because the waterway in this area is very dangerous, there are not only sailors of the Taiping Army, but also sailors of the Hunan Army.

While on guard, Su Yu couldn't help but look at the houses on both sides, as well as the fertile fields.

The war almost ruined everything.

Many houses are in ruins, and many farmlands are uncultivated.

The soldiers are like bandits, and the peasants who planted the farmland in this kind of war zone are also white.

Suddenly!

The entire flotilla sounded a screeching voice.

The lookout hand on the mast immediately blew the conch.

"Enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack!"

Soon, Su Yu also saw it.

A fleet of the Taiping Army, murderously, came out of Poyang Lake.

This Taiping Army sailor was also surprised when he saw Su Yu's fleet at first, and then he was surprised, and then directly sounded the war drums.

They had more than twenty gunboats, five of them large and more than two hundred small ones.

This is the main force of Shi Dakai's sailors.

Depend on!

The Tianjing incident has changed, Shi Dakai is in Tianjing City, and your sailors are still coming to beat me?

This is also to blame on the Hunan army.

In the Battle of Hukou two years ago, the naval division of Zeng Guo was almost wiped out, and several large warships were captured by Shi Dakai.

It's just that the Hunan army has its own shipyard, and in just two years, it has built a powerful fleet of sailors.

But there are no warships on Su Yao's side, only two armed merchant ships of the British, and they are also flying the flag of the Qing Dynasty.

Two armed merchant ships with a total of eight naval guns.

Even at this time, the captains of the two British gunboats were still bargaining with Su Yong.

"Three hundred thousand taels, we will help you fight this battle, otherwise we will immediately hang the British flag and withdraw directly from the battlefield."

Su Yu scolded her mother in her heart, but she could only agree.

However, the British still had this honor, and after Su Yu promised to give the money, the two armed merchant ships immediately went to the front.

Then, the two fleets immediately fought fiercely together.

It's all about the back.

Su Lu has been back and forth several times on the Yangtze River waterway, and he has not met the sailors of the Taiping Army before, but this time he did.

The guns of the British armed merchant ships were more advanced, but they were too few in number.

On the side of the Taiping fleet, there were dozens of artillery pieces.

And armed merchant ships, after all, are also merchant ships, not real warships.

So in just a short period of time, the Su Drag fleet immediately fell into disadvantage.

More than a dozen gunboats of the Taiping Army immediately pursued them from both sides and directly opened fire on Su Lu's fleet.

This is almost the most dangerous time.

Because these hundreds of ships are densely packed with food, supplies, ammunition, and 3,000 soldiers.

"Use artillery as a naval gun!"

There was no need for Su Yu's order, the soldiers on the ship had already begun.

Dozens of army guns were directly pushed out, and food bags were directly used as a buffer for artillery firing.

Even, the artillery fired symmetrically, so that the recoil could hedge against each other.

Although this is not a small damage to the hull, it is not much at this time.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

On Su Yao's side, more and more artillery fired.

Although it is not a specialized naval artillery, the artillery on Su Yao's side is still much better, and the artillery is also advanced.

So almost in the shortest possible time, the firepower of the Taiping army was suppressed.

Then......

The Taiping army's 1,200 speedboats rushed over like wolves.

At that time, the Taiping army relied on these small boats to approach the large warships of the Hunan army and defeat the main force of the Hunan army's naval division.

These sailors of the Taiping Army are all very good at water, very good at slapping sticks, and good at jumping ships.

All of them are outlaws.

This scene is very scary to watch.

Nearly two hundred ships and thousands of Taiping soldiers let out a strange cry and rushed wildly towards the Su Trolling fleet.

This dense boat is too fast for even artillery to fire.

Once they are brought close, the consequences are unimaginable.

They will directly set fire to Su Lu's fleet and burn it to the ground.

And once Su Liu's new army falls into the water, it will be completely passive, because they are not specialized sailors, most of them are northerners, and they are not good at water, and falling into the water means being killed.

But......

These sailors of the Taiping Army are doomed to be unlucky, and it is impossible to replicate the glory of their former destruction of the Hunan Army Sailors.

Su dragged 3,000 new troops, each armed with an advanced rifle.

This kind of long-distance combat is the best at it.

These sailors and boats of the Taiping Army were used as artillery targets, and it was really difficult to hit.

But as a target for a rifle, it's easy.

Moreover, these soldiers on the Taiping Army's naval division are so crowded that it is easier to aim.

"Bang ......"

The new army of the Soviet Union kept aiming and firing.

The soldiers on the fast boat of the Taiping Army were killed one by one.

The soldiers on the side of the Taiping Army's clippers began to shoot arrows and counterattack, and began to fight back with muskets.

But in this battlefield environment, they were not destined to be the opponent of Su Yu's new army.

Pieces of casualties!

For a time, the entire river was in flames.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

Cannonballs cut across the sky.

Not far away, is the Yangtze River embankment.

A lot of shells, exploding directly on the embankment.

Su Yu ordered loudly, and the artillery was aimed at avoiding the Yangtze River embankment as much as possible.

The sailors of the Taiping Army launched wave after wave of charges.

But...... It's useless.

can't rush through the barrage of Su Yu's new army at all.

Both sides are suffering casualties.

However, it is clear that the casualties of the Taiping naval division were greater.

This Taiping Army sailor was Shi Dakai, who was originally going to meet Tianjing from Poyang Lake, but he didn't expect to collide with Su Yu's fleet head-on.

Flying the banner of the Qing Demon, and there is no warship, this is a thousand-year-old difficult opportunity, even if you plunder, you can make a windfall.

Therefore, the chief general of the Taiping Army's naval division immediately started fighting without saying a word.

After fighting for more than an hour, it was found that this Qing Demon fleet was so difficult to fight, and the casualties were getting bigger and bigger.

I can't fight anymore, I have to go back to Shi Tianjing, there are still important tasks over there.

So, this Taiping Army sailor general made dozens of people shout: "Where are you going to fight? ”

Su Yu couldn't help but be stunned.

Then I remembered that in history, Shi Dakai had been to Lin Qirong in Jiujiang several times and did not save him, and he immediately understood.

So, he asked dozens of people to shout loudly: "Hit Jiujiang!" Hit Jiujiang! ”

Sure enough, after the other party heard about the fight against Jiujiang.

Just a moment later, Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Damn, the Taiping Army is really united enough, and now they are starting to see death and not save themselves.

Then, the main force of the Taiping Army's naval division began to retreat.

Su Yu did not stop it, and the two sides tacitly ceasefired.

In this encounter, although unexpected, Su Liu's new army was victorious.

About half an hour later, the main force of the Taiping Army's naval division had already retreated more than ten miles.

At first, he was still full of vigilance, but after opening up enough distance, he went straight ahead at full speed and headed towards Tianjing.

Soon, they disappeared from view entirely.

Deputy Marshal Wang Shiqing breathed a long sigh of relief, and then said to Su Yu: "Dashuai, this Shi Dakai is not very good." ”

Su Yu said: "Yes." ”

Among the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in terms of overall ability, Shi Dakai is outstanding.

But this person looks forward and backwards, and the weight of selfishness is also rare.

Therefore, after he broke away from the kingdom of heaven, his combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.

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At this time, the Jiujiang battlefield was completely white-hot.

Both sides were red-eyed.

The walls of the city were stained red with blood.

The corpses under the city walls, countless.

The Hunan army has not known how many times it has charged.

They were fierce and rushed to the head of the city several times.

However, no matter how many times they rushed up, they were all killed and all pushed back.

Li Xubin was covered in blood, came to Shen Baozhen's side and said, "Lord Shen, you can't fight, you can't fight anymore." ”

"It's not that the brethren aren't brave enough, it's that they can't fight it."

"This group of rebels is crazy, completely crazy, not afraid of death at all, and even wants to find death by themselves."

"Their eyes are different from normal people."

"If Su Yu wants to fight, let him fight, I never believe that Su Yu can fight with 3,000 people."

Shen Baozhen looked at the corpses all over his body and saw that there was blood everywhere on the city wall.

Among the giants of the Hunan army, he is the only one who is the most persistent in fighting Jiujiang.

Because he is the prefect of Jiujiang and the envoy of Jiangxi.

This Jiujiang prefect, he has been doing it for several years, but he has never really owned Jiujiang, and he has never even entered Jiujiang City.

Unwilling!

And this time there were so many casualties, and Jiujiang City was still not taken.

He is responsible.

Zeng Guofan was not there, and Hu Linyi didn't care, so this attack on Jiujiang was completely his own opinion.

Although the emperor's side will definitely not be held accountable, within the Hunan army, it is necessary to be held accountable.

But there is no doubt that Jiujiang will definitely not be able to fight now.

originally wanted to intercept Hu Sulu and capture Jiujiang.

Now it seems!

lost his wife and broke his soldiers.

Although he was extremely unwilling, Shen Baozhen still ordered.

"Retreat!"

"Retreat!"

Then, Mingjin withdraws his troops!

There were more than 10,000 Hunan troops left, and they began to retreat like a tide.

How many casualties were there in this battle?

I don't know, three thousand? Four thousand?

It is the largest casualty in the past two years.

However, seeing the retreat of the Hunan army. The Taiping army at the head of the city did not cheer, but watched quietly.

Their eyes were also full of unwillingness.

There were even bursts of roars.

Why don't you fight?

Why don't you attack?

Keep fighting, keep killing!

Come on, come on!

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Su Liu's new army, after repelling the main force of Shi Dakai's naval division, began to look for a suitable landing site.

Send the vanguard and set up a landing position.

Then, the main forces landed in waves.

After the login!

Su Yu's army did not do too much delay and began to assemble in formation.

"Dashuai, in the direction of Jiujiang City just now, there was still the sound of fierce battles, but now I can't hear it at all, and the battle over there should be over."

Su Yu nodded.

"All the army, let's go!"

With an order.

Su Yao's nearly 3,000 new troops lined up neatly and headed in the direction of Jiujiang City.

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An hour later!

Su Yu led the army and came to the city of Jiujiang.

Neatly and neatly, marching in formation, a mighty division.

And then...... Seeing this scene, all the new troops couldn't help but gasp.

Above the city, under the walls, there was blood everywhere, and there were corpses everywhere.

The moat, almost all stained red with blood.

There were countless corpses floating on it.

I can't imagine how tragic the battle just now was.

And it's just been over.

Many people in the New Army have never seen such a tragic battle picture,

Because the corpse killed by the blade looks much bloodier than the bullet killed.

Even, Su Yu also saw the back of the retreating Hunan army.

On the hill not far away, Shen Baozhen was holding a telescope and looking towards Su Yu.

The Hunan army, which had just been defeated, just bowed its head and withdrew in an orderly manner, silent.

More than 10,000 people, stretching for two or three miles, with no end in sight.

Occasionally looking back, he glanced at Su Yu's new army a few times, his eyes were curious.

Although they all belonged to the camp of the Qing court, there seemed to be no communication.

The Hunan army not only withdrew, but also removed all the siege equipment, even the long wooden pontoon bridge laid on the moat.

All the gates of Jiujiang City, not only are the gates closed, but there are no even suspension bridges.

All the suspension bridges were destroyed by the Taiping army.

They showed an absolute will, we don't intend to come out, we don't intend to leave.

and you will not want to come in.

We want to live and die with Jiujiang City.

So when the new army of Su Yu came into view.

The defenders of the Taiping Army at the head of the city directly took their eyes off the Hunan army and exposed it to Su Yu's new army.

Even the new uniforms of the Forces nouvelles do not seem to be of much interest.

Almost everyone's eyes were bloodshot, looking at Su Liu's gaze, very calm, but full of fighting spirit.

The meaning is very clear.

You are coming, then come and attack the city.

Let's fight!

I really don't know what happened to this group of Taiping troops after being besieged and deprived of food in the past two years, which made them have such a look and temperament.

Today's battle with the Hunan army.

The Hunan army suffered nearly 4,000 casualties, and the Taiping army suffered two or three thousand casualties.

Therefore, there are still ten thousand seven or eight left, which is still a very strong force.

Countless pairs of eyes just stared at Su Yu's new army.

As if waiting for their attack.

Su Yu took a deep breath and walked towards the head of Jiujiang City.

Stopped less than two hundred meters away.

After standing still, Su Yu said loudly: "May I ask where is General Lin Qirong?" ”

Then he saw a familiar pair of eyes on the city.

Incomparably complex gaze.

Then I saw a beautiful, even bewitching face.

Hong people leave, don't come unharmed!

Immediately after, a man stepped forward and said towards Su Xuan.

"I am Lin Qirong, the coach of Heavenly Jiujiang, and you are Su Yu? I've really heard the name countless times. ”

"General Su Yu, do you have something to say to me?"

"How about you go into the city?"

With that, the gate in front of him slowly opened.

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Note: The first one will be sent, don't you, if you have a monthly pass, remember to give it to me, okay?

Then I'm going to sleep, and once again I'm telling myself that I can't code all night.

(End of chapter)