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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 212: Please Enter the Urn

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    The general of the Taiping Army was Zhou Lichun, the Qingpu anti-grain hero. He led a thousand troops to guard Baoshan County. As expected, the Qing army wanted to take the fort's retreat from Yuepu Town. After he received Lin Qirong's general order, he immediately  He led troops and Li Tianxi to block the Qing army on the flanks of Baoshan City.  The local water network in Shanghai was crisscrossed, and generals Zhou Lichun and Li Tianxi relied on some trenches and fortified forts built to defend the flanks.

    After the musket and artillery blows, when the Qing army rushed to the third trench exhausted, Zhou Lichun decisively led the Taiping army to rush out of the wooden fence and launched a hand-to-hand charge against the Qing army. With the cooperation of the fort's artillery fire, they  The Qing army was defeated, and only less than five hundred Qing troops fled back. More than a thousand Qing troops, including deputy general Sun Zhen, died or surrendered. A back-and-forth battle ended with a complete defeat of the Qing army.

    He Chun saw in the telescope that his soldiers were slaughtered by the Taiping Army with swords and spears. He opened his mouth and was speechless. Fortunately, the subsequent Qing troops fled back one after another and were not completely destroyed, but they could only  Escaped the creek and hid behind the earth pond embankment outside Yuepu Town.

    It was getting dark soon, and He Chun ordered one of the generals around him to bring a hundred people ashore for reinforcements, and ordered: "You don't need to attack the long-haired bandits after you get ashore. Let the men stay on the spot until after dark.  The commander will personally drive a boat to take them back!" The general was relieved. As long as he waited until dark and the long-haired artillery lost its accuracy, he could still survive. At that moment, the general took several people to sail a boat.  The ship rushed forward under gunfire.

    Crab boats are faster and have smaller hulls, so it is difficult to hit them with cannons. Only two extremely unlucky crab boats were hit when they were releasing people from the shore, and the rest came back safely.  After the general led his people ashore, he ordered the defeated Qing soldiers behind the pond to stay on the spot and wait for retreat after dark.

    The sky finally turned dark. Fortunately, the moonlight was not very bright, but the Taiping Army on the opposite side seemed to have no intention of letting go of this Qing army.  When the Qing soldiers behind the pond were preparing to retreat under the cover of night.  Suddenly loud shouts of killing broke out in the first trench, and Taiping soldiers rushed over holding torches.  The Taiping soldiers in the front row held burning earthen jars in their hands. Most of them were filled with kerosene. When they got closer, they lit them and threw them over. After the earthen jars landed, they ignited into flames.

    Although these earthen jars caused a fire, they had little lethality to the Qing army. Just when the Qing army was confused about the situation, bursts of artillery sounded, and sharp whistling sounds passed through the night sky, carrying  Colorful fireworks exploded among the Qing army crowd.  It turns out that these earthen pots were just for lighting fires.  It is used to guide the direction of the artillery on the turret behind.

    The Qing army screamed miserably and retreated to the beach despite artillery fire. The ships on the shore did not dare to raise their lights. The remnants of the Qing army that landed in this way retreated in embarrassment overnight under the artillery fire of the Taiping Army. But on the river  The artillery battle between the red single ship and Wusong Fort lasted all night.

    The next morning.  The two sides fought fiercely all night, and the Qing navy suffered heavy losses.  Actively disengaged.  He Chun collected the ships and returned to the anchorage of Chongming Island to count the losses.  After this battle, the Qing Navy sunk nineteen light red single-ship ships, five were seriously injured, and one was captured. The entire red single-ship fleet of Wu Quanmei was wiped out. Wu Quanmei himself was also seriously injured.  The army suffered a total of 2,378 casualties.  One thousand,073 people were injured, and 123 people were captured or missing. After hearing the losses reported by his subordinates, He Chun sat on the bow of the ship.  Looking at Wusong Fort, which looked as ferocious as a monster, he fell into deep thought.

    After daybreak, various units of the Taiping Army reported their military exploits one after another. The losses at Wusong's east and west forts were considerable, with nearly 500 casualties and more than ten artillery pieces destroyed. Most of them were lost in the artillery battle with the red single ship.  But compared with the losses of the Qing army, the Taiping army can be said to have achieved a complete victory.

    After clearing the battlefield, Lin Qirong summoned the generals to meet in the camp behind Wusong Fort to discuss the next strategy of war.

    After the generals entered the tent one after another, all of them were beaming with joy, especially Zhou Lichun. His department killed the most Qing troops and captured the most prisoners and seizures. The generals congratulated him one after another, and Zhou Lichun was also very happy.  Mouth.

    After all the generals arrived, Lin Qirong's face was very calm, without any joy after a great victory. After looking around the generals in the tent, he said lightly: "Yesterday, we had a fierce battle with Qingyao Navy. Although Qingyao Navy suffered a lot,  It has been severely damaged, but the Guangdong Navy will continue to send fleets northward to support us. How should the subsequent battle be fought? Please speak frankly, brothers."

    Chen Zhiming stood up, clasped his fists, and said with a smile: "Sir, the Qingyao navy in yesterday's battle was no more than this. I think we should just defend the Wusong Fort and teach the Qingyao not to enter the Neijiang River."

    As soon as this statement came out, the generals all agreed. Indeed, yesterday's battle was won very easily. Although the Qing navy had many ships and cannons, it could not defeat the forts. The red single ships were almost wiped out. The Taiping generals  Some underestimated the enemy.

    Lin Qirong gently pulled the long hair at the temples,After the generals finished discussing, they suddenly said: "From today on, all the troops in the West Fort will retreat to Yunzaobang, and all the troops in the East Fort will retreat to the Gaoqiao line. Except for a small number of reconnaissance cavalry, the Wusong Fort will leave the rest of the troops."  All the people in Baoshan County must retreat, and the people in Baoshan County must also retreat to Jiading!"

    When these words came out, all the generals were stunned. It was obvious that the Taiping Army had won a complete victory in the battle yesterday. Why did Lin Qirong give up the dangerous Wusongkou and withdraw his troops?

    Seeing the puzzled expressions of the generals, Lin Qirong said slowly: "Yesterday's battle, the fort lost the most soldiers. Our fort still has weaknesses compared to the Qingyao red single ship. The red single ship can travel in the water to avoid cannonballs.  But our fort can only be fixed in one place. In fact, we took advantage of the ambush in yesterday's battle. The Qingyao Navy was unprepared, and our fort was well hidden, so we caught him by surprise. What will happen next?  Qingyao will definitely not be able to swallow this breath, and will also struggle with the return of a large number of naval warships. By then, all our forts in Wusong will have been exposed. Qingyao naval warships can fight with artillery one by one from far to near, and the disadvantages of our forts will be exposed.  Undoubtedly. Moreover, Qingyao can also choose other river banks to land. Our army does not have many troops and it is impossible to set up defenses everywhere. The current plan is to actively abandon Wusong Fort and put Qingyao on the shore to fight. As long as the Qingyao Army lands ashore,  The Qingyao Navy will definitely follow. As long as we destroy the Qingyao Land Master on land, no matter how strong the Qingyao Navy is, it is like a crow with broken wings and cannot fly. By then, we can regain Wusongkou.  The navy of Qingyao is trapped in the Huangpu River, and they will intercept and set up ambushes on both sides of the Huangpu River, and eliminate them one by one!"

    It was only then that the generals realized that Lin Qirong wanted to annihilate the Qing navy heading north.  Lin Qirong had been supervising the battle at the fort during the day. After those red single boats were suddenly attacked by artillery fire, not only did they not escape, but they cruised calmly and engaged in the artillery battle with the fort.  Most of the owners of red single ships in the Qing army were engaged in oil trafficking and traveled between Luzon and Siam. Because they had been fighting pirates all year round, these boatmen were skilled in driving ships.  The ability to fire cannons, the speed of ships, the elite firepower, and the skill of firing are no less impressive than the regular navy of the Qing army.  The helmsman and sailors on the ship are all father and son brothers.  When encountering an enemy, they all work together to move forward, and there is no risk of disintegration.  Yesterday's battle, these red single ships that were ambushed were still calmly engaging in the battle.  Although the losses were heavy.  However, it also destroyed more than ten fort artillery pieces of the Taiping Army, causing hundreds of casualties to the Taiping Army, which shows the elite of the Red Single Fleet.

    Fortunately, these red single boats were sent to support Shanghai after they came north. If they broke into the Yangtze River, they would definitely be a huge threat to the Taiping Navy stationed in Zhenjiang, Guazhou and other places.  Although the Taiping Navy had many ships at this time, most of them were river merchant ships and sand ships.  It is far less sharp than a sea-going ship like the red single ship, and the cannons on the ship are mostly old-style cannons, which are far less numerous than the cannons on the red single ship.

    In later history, Wu Quanmei and others arrived at Wusongkou.  Later, the Qing government ordered a single red boat to enter the river to join the boat crew.  On the 22nd, we arrived at Jiaoshan, Zhenjiang, but could not go up due to adverse wind conditions.  On the second day of July, to the west of Guazhou, Qi Shan, the imperial minister of the Jiangbei camp, called Wu Quanmei to the camp to give him face-to-face instructions.  Wu Quanmei, Chen Guotai and others attacked Guazhou, which was the first battle between the Red Ship and the Taiping Army.

    In the seventh month of the leap month, Wu Quanmei and others fought with King Qin Rigang of Yan on the Sanshanying River in Tianjing and captured more than 260 large and small ships of the Taiping Army and more than 200 soldiers.  Then, he fought against Dingtian Hou Zhang Xian, destroying one or two hundred Taiping warships, and captured dozens of them. Zhang Xian and more than 100 people were captured.  Subsequently, every time this red single fleet went into battle, it dealt a huge blow to the Taiping Navy. The Taiping Navy gradually lost the water control rights in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The red single fleet successively sailed in Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces and other places.  The rebels fought, destroyed thousands of Taiping ships, killed and injured tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers, and seized an astonishing amount of arms, food and other materials, causing serious damage to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

    Before Xiao Yungui left, he had a long talk with Lin Qirong. He used Shanghai as bait to induce the red fleet to attack, and told Lin Qirong his idea of ????wiping out this fleet in Shanghai.  Shanghai is a small city and it is not difficult to conquer. However, if the red fleet enters the waters of the Yangtze River, it will pose a great threat to the Taiping Army. Therefore, Xiao Yungui asked Lin Qirong to secure the periphery of Shanghai and find ways to annihilate this fleet.  .

    After Lin Qirong finished speaking his thoughts, he stood up slowly and said: "This Qingyao Navy is fierce and cunning. We must not only annihilate the Qingyao Land Division, but the most important thing is to firmly contain this Qingyao Navy."  We are in Shanghai, so I plan to invite you to the urn, then close the door and beat the dog!" The generals stood up together to accept the order, and then they prepared to go.

    In the afternoon, the Taiping Army units began to prepare to retreat, but the forts still used black-painted tree trunks as artillery, and a lot of scarecrows were planted on the forts. Flags were still scattered all over the forts, showing no trace that the Taiping Army had retreated.  In the evening, all the ministries began to retreat one after another, leaving only a dozen sentries on each fort to monitor the movements of the Qing navy outside the river.

    But it was said that after Hechun was defeated and returned to Chongming, the Qing military camp was in a miserable state. Fortunately, another fleet of the Guangdong Navy arrived the next day, and the leader was ChenTai, Lai Zhenhai and Li Xinming brought a total of thirty red single boats and forty fast crab boats to join the Guangdong Navy Wu Quanmei, Chen Delin, Ye Changchun and other troops in Chongming.

    Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Hechun was greatly relieved and hurriedly summoned the generals to discuss military affairs.  Wu Quanmei was seriously injured and couldn't afford it. When Chen Delin, Ye Changchun and other navy Qing generals saw Chen Guotai and others in the tent, they naturally cried.  Chen Guotai and others were furious when they heard this. They did not expect that the Guangdong Navy went north to help and suffered such a tragic defeat in the first battle. The newly arrived naval generals all threatened to take revenge.

    That night, after Chen Guotai heard about the failure of the first battle, he immediately made it clear to He Chun that as long as the navy reorganized the ships and rested for a day, they could leave the team. This time he would not be careless and advance lightly. He would definitely take steps to capture Wusongkou!  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!</dd>
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