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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 211: A Last Stand

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    Wu Quanmei was carried down for treatment. He Chun immediately ordered the troop transport ships in the formation to attack Yuepu Town west of Wusong under the cover of dozens of crab boats and sand boats. He planned to land there and attack with his troops.  Wusongxi Fort.  When the order came out, the red single ships at sea desperately fired artillery shells to cover. More than thirty large grain-carrying ships, modified troop carriers, crab boats, and sampans carried more than 2,000 Qing troops and sailed to Yuepu Town, where they were ready to go.  Launch a landing attack.

    Half an hour later, more than 2,000 Qing troops, led by a Qing deputy general, landed at the Reed Marsh Pond outside Yuepu Town.  Stepping on the soft sand, the deputy general of the Qing army shouted to his men sternly: "If you kill a long-haired soldier in this battle, you will be rewarded with one tael of silver, and if you kill a long-haired official, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"  Amidst the sound, the Qing army quickly moved towards Wusongxi Fort.  The deputy general of the Qing army noticed that the surrounding shrubs and reeds were silent, and a few tall earthen bags in the distance were covered with green. The landing was surprisingly smooth.  When the deputy general of the Qing army led more than a hundred people to dig through the thick reed marsh, he was stunned by the sight in front of him. Behind the earthen pond and dam behind the reed marsh was a small river. Behind the small river were three very wide trenches. Behind the trench were  A forest of sharp wooden stakes.

    A general next to the deputy general of the Qing army asked blankly: "Sun Xiezhen, do we really plan to go through here?"

    As soon as he finished speaking, the shrieking shells pierced the air and landed accurately among the crowd of Qing troops landing on the beach. Sun Xiezhen raised his eyes to look for the sound, and saw that the green on several high-rising earthen bags in the distance was gone.  , the flames of death were erupting from above, and Sun Xiezhen shouted with a lung-splitting roar: "The long-haired thief's artillery fire! Retreat! Retreat!"

    Dozens of artillery shells fell on the beach, and they were all explosive shells. The soldiers who landed on the Qing army screamed and hid behind the pond and embankment, trying to avoid the artillery fire.  Vice Admiral Sun looked at the troop transports and crab boats on the sea. Several of them had been hit and caught fire.  The other ships were all heartbroken and retreated in panic.

    A thought flashed through the mind of Vice Admiral Sun: "Fuck the long-haired thief, there are also cannons ambushed here!" The transport fleet retreated one after another, and the Qing soldiers who came ashore were panicking. Vice Admiral Sun opened his chest and fought.  He wore a robe, bare his upper body, pulled out a long sword and shouted: "The retreat is dead, the one with the handle will rush forward with me! The only way to survive is to rush forward!" The soldiers of the Qing army also knew the predicament they were in now, and there was no way out.  The battle is over, and the only way to fight forward is to fight to the death.  Under the leadership of Vice General Na Sun, more than 1,800 Qing troops braved artillery fire and rushed forward.

    He Chun, who was watching the battle on the river, saw through a monocular telescope that the troop transport was once again attacked by artillery fire from the Taiping Army's hidden fort, and was forced to interrupt the landing and began to retreat.  There were less than two thousand troops left on the shore, except for the shotguns and some wooden ladders they carried.  The remaining cannons such as mountain-splitting guns were not transported ashore.  He Chunyin scolded with a sullen face: "Long-haired traitor, I am at odds with you!"

    After a while, He Chun was pleasantly surprised to see through the telescope that the Qing soldiers who had landed ashore began to charge forward despite artillery fire. He breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the generals beside him: "Sun Zhen still has two brushes."  , Bugui is one of my great generals."

    The generals all spoke in agreement, but in fact they were secretly relieved.  Fortunately, he did not lead the troops to land first. The long-haired bandits were already prepared. No matter how brave Sun Zhen was, he would only die.

    "Come forward!" Sun Zhenchi, the deputy general of the Qing army, held his upper body straight and shouted as he led the 1,180 Qing troops who landed ashore to rush across the pond and dam.  After wading across the small river in front of him under artillery fire, Sun Zhen ordered his soldiers to divide into three attack directions. There were more than 400 troops in each direction, and the remaining 600 people were preparing to follow up behind the pond and embankment.  The area was narrow, and Sun Zhen was unable to fully deploy his forces to attack.

    I have to admit that the soldiers of the Qing army suddenly burst out with an extremely strong desire to win in a desperate situation. They were attacked after landing. After a brief panic, they quickly adjusted and began to move forward quickly.  approaching.

    A total of nearly 1,200 Qing soldiers quickly rushed across the river, boarded the other side of the river in the middle of the towering water column exploded by the artillery shells, and began to rush towards the first trench. Hundreds of Qing soldiers fell in the river.  corpses, and the water in the river was instantly dyed red.

    When the Qing soldiers who rushed across the river landed, they saw fire and gunpowder smoke coming from behind the sharp wooden piles a hundred steps away. Hundreds of Taiping soldiers hid behind the wooden piles and began to use muskets, blunderbuss, and carry guns.  Guns, shooting at the Qing troops emerging from the reeds.  After a few unexpected blows, the Qing army fell to dozens of people.

    The soldiers of the Qing army screamed and trudged forward in the muddy river swamp. No one wanted to stand up and be shot to death by the Taiping Army's muskets. The font size on their uniforms could no longer be seen, and the hats on their heads were also stained.  In the mud, sand and grass, everyone looked miserable, with fear of death written all over their faces.

    The first trench was filled with bamboo sticks and pointed branches inserted by the Taiping Army. It was three meters wide.With a depth of four meters, more than ten Qing soldiers finally climbed to the edge of the trench. Under the leadership of Sun Zhen, they jumped down the trench with screams and used swords and spears to clear a place for people to stay.  The army put up the long ladder that had been carried up with the soldiers, and climbed over the first trench with difficulty. There were nearly two hundred corpses of the Qing army that fell in front of the first trench, covered with blood, internal organs and minced meat.  The road that the Qing soldiers crawled on was mixed with the soldiers' vomit.

    As the distance got closer, the Qing army's bows, arrows and muskets began to exert their power. In front of the second trench, Sun Zhen began to order the Qing army's gunners to concentrate their firepower on the Taiping Army behind the sharp wooden stakes. The smoke began to thicken in front of both sides' lines.  stand up.  At this time, the Qing army and Chunbu were equipped with flintlock muskets, which were much better than shotguns. The Taiping army's firepower behind the sharp wooden stakes was gradually suppressed.  Fortunately, the Taiping Army had artillery support from the fort, 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 loudly: "Li Qing! You lead ten people to rush up into the second trench and clear out the foothold. We have to enter the second trench to hide for a while!"  General Qian of the Qing Army took the order and rushed up with twenty Qing soldiers who dared to die, dragging a long ladder.

    After a while, Sun Zhen saw that among the twenty-one people who had gone up, thirteen were dead and eight were seriously injured, including Li Qing, the general manager.  A general next to Sun Zhen shouted in a trembling voice: "Master Xie Zhen, 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 all!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, the head of the commander-in-chief had already rolled to the ground. Sun Zhen swung his sword and chopped off the head of the commander-in-chief. He shouted angrily with red eyes: "Anyone who disrupts the morale of the army will be killed without mercy! Continue to send troops."  People rush forward!"

    Under the knife edge of Sun Zhen and his supervising team, the Qing army continued to charge to the death. Finally, the long ladder of the Qing army was erected, and the second trench was breached. The Qing army roared and charged as if they had been given chicken blood.  Crossing the second trench, they left more than two hundred bodies behind them.

    In front of the third trench, the 600 people who followed up from the Qing army also followed up. The Qing army killed and injured nearly a hundred people and then set up the ladder. The Qing army rushed up, brandishing long knives and long hairs, and the gunmen behind them.  Charging under cover, several Qing soldiers carrying large axes cut a gap through rows of overturned and tilted sharp wooden piles. The Qing soldiers cheered together and charged towards the gap.

    At this moment, the artillery fire of the Taiping Army stopped, and the bull horns sounded loudly. Hundreds of Taiping Army soldiers behind the sharp wooden stakes raised the Taiping Army flags, and also pulled out their long knives and long hairs, and charged towards them.  The Qing army rushed over. The first Taiping general was very fierce. He carried a nine-ring sword and fought on foot. He was the first to rush into the crowd of Qing soldiers and hacked two Qing soldiers to death in one encounter.

    A soldier in the Qing army panted heavily and climbed up to the third trench. The Qing soldier beside him shouted: "Zhang Cheng! Be careful, the long-haired thief is coming!" Zhang Cheng hurriedly pulled out the long hair from his waist.  Knife was walking hard in the mud, trying to quickly run to the hidden Qing soldiers under the trench. Unexpectedly, he had only taken two steps when he suddenly felt a figure jumping down from the edge of the high trench in front of him.  He 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 blood dripping from the thick nine-ring sword in the Taiping Army general's hand. He shouted loudly and swung it violently, splitting the Qing soldier who just spoke to him in half from the head, and the red and white things were scattered.  On the ground, bright red and fishy stench hit Zhang Cheng's face. He was so frightened that his legs went limp and he sat on the ground. He saw the Taiping Army general was as powerful as a tiger, slashing three Qing soldiers in front of him one after another. Zhang Cheng lay on the ground.  , trembling and trying hard to cover himself with mud and flesh. He just wanted to live and survive.

    Zhang Cheng was lying in the mud pit at the bottom of the trench, with waves of roars, shouts and screams coming from his ears. Zhang Cheng felt like he was in the terrible Abi Hell, surrounded by death, blood and internal organs.  He lay on the ground and did not dare to move, praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky not to let the Taiping Army discover him as a living creature.

    He didn't know how long it took, but Zhang Cheng felt like he was being pulled violently. Zhang Cheng was dragged and rolled back. After a gust of wind, he looked intently and saw a Taiping Army soldier carrying a bloody knife.  With a long knife, a pair of eyes looked at him with murderous intent.  Zhang Cheng's tear glands and vocal glands screamed involuntarily. With tears in his eyes, he cried and knelt down in the mud, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

    But the Taiping soldier seemed to ignore Zhang Cheng's pleading. He stepped forward coldly, raised the long knife in his hand and was about to cut it down. Zhang Cheng even felt the coldness of the blade!

    With a clang, the long knife was held by someone. Zhang Cheng opened his eyes and took a look. A nine-ring sword held the long knife. The fierce Taiping general saved him just now.

    "This man's courage has gone. It's useless to kill him. Let him stay as a coolie and help us with the heavy work." The Taiping Army saidThe general said calmly: "I will keep all the survivors who are not injured. There will be a fierce battle ahead, and we need to catch some coolies!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!</dd>
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