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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 341: Fierce Battle in the Fog

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    Shu Xing'a looked at the heavy fog in frustration and murmured: "Does God want to help grow hair?"

    Ronglu smiled faintly and said: "Sir, I don't know who God is helping me. I only know that the long-haired muskets and artillery in the heavy fog are not accurate. If gunpowder is used to destroy the wooden city, it will be natural in a hand-to-hand encounter."  The side with more people has the advantage.¡±

    Shu Xing'a immediately came to his senses: "Yes, the Four-Eyed Dogs only have less than 20,000 troops. This time we concentrated 40,000 troops to attack in turns. Without the strength of the Four-Eyed Dogs' firearms, we can still break in! Come on!"  Send the order to beat the drum and get ready!" The soldier who sent the order turned around and left.

    Half an hour later, three loud bangs were heard one after another in the distance beside Jinxian Gate.  After the loud noise, the Qing army cheered thunderously, drums beat, and the Qing army rushed towards Shuixi Gate in the heavy fog.  The Taiping Army also became commotion when they heard the loud noise. Many soldiers guarding Mucheng were blasted into the air, killing and injuring hundreds of people.

    When the Taiping Army entered the front camp of Xianmen, Chen Yucheng heard a loud noise and thought something bad in his heart. Sure enough, after a while, the defender of Mucheng sent someone to report that the three wooden cities had been dug tunnels by Qing Yao, placed gunpowder, and blew them up.  Hundreds of soldiers were killed or wounded in the city.

    Chen Yucheng laughed, stood up with a roar and shouted: "Send the order to the Mucheng defenders. No one is allowed to retreat until the last battle!" The Taiping Army who came to pass the order turned around and passed the order without any hesitation. Chen Yucheng said with a gloomy face.  : "Could it be that Ronglu demon leader again? You are so ruthless. You set off cannons during the day to cover up the sound of you digging into the caves, attracting our army's attention and digging under the wooden city without making a sound. It's really a good strategy.  .Now it depends on who moves faster."

    At this time, the sky was already dim and bright, but in the heavy fog, it was impossible to see the scene more than ten steps away. Shu Xing'a's various Qing troops rushed to the wooden city.  It was seen that the three wooden cities had disappeared, leaving only three large pits. The large pits on the wooden city site were impassable, and the Qing troops from all walks of life could only rush into the Taiping Army barracks between the wooden cities.

    Chen Yucheng¡¯s Taiping general Chen Yangxing personally led his troops to defend the remaining forts, desperately blocking the attack of tens of thousands of Qing troops behind the forts.  Although the Taiping Army's wooden city was lost, the camp was still there. With the advantage of the camp's geographical location, the Taiping Army did not care whether they could see or not get people. As long as they heard any movement, they fired rows of guns at them, blocking the Qing army outside Jinxian Gate.

    Ronglu learned at the forward camp that Chen Yangxing was desperately defending the camp.  After the Mucheng ruins collapsed and became impassable, he and Zeng Guoquan immediately pressed forward with hundreds of Miao soldiers and Xiang Yong.

    When Ronglu led his soldiers and horses to overwhelm the Taiping Army, he saw flames coming out from time to time in front of the Taiping Army camp, and knew that the Taiping Army's weapons were being discharged indiscriminately.  Immediately let Miao Bing and Xiang Yong come forward to fight.  Miao soldiers and Xiang Yong have always been brave, and they are also equipped with simple homemade grenades invented by Ronglu.  More than a hundred Miao soldiers bravely held grenades in earthen jars and blasted a gap.  Then the Miao soldiers and the Xiang braves swarmed in.  The two armies fought in close quarters, and the various units of the Qing army followed and advanced one after another.  When they arrived in front of the camp, they saw many Taiping and Qing troops dead in front of the battle. Bodies with broken limbs and broken intestines and rotten stomachs were everywhere. It seemed that although the grenade just blew back the Taiping troops, many Qing troops were left without  The soldiers who retreated were also killed on the spot.

    Although Ronglu is no longer a child on the battlefield.  But seeing this scene, he couldn't help but vomit a few times. Zeng Guoquan, who was following him, secretly wondered if this Ronglu was an embroidered pillow?  Then he frowned and said, "Are you okay?"

    Ronglu took a deep breath and forced a smile: "It's okay. Master Jiu, immediately order people to set up a bridge on the trench, remove the wooden fence, and let's rush over!"

    The Qing army sent wooden planks from behind and built bridges on the trenches. Just as the Qing soldiers were about to pass through, a large number of Taiping Army red-turban swordsmen rushed over from behind the wooden fence. No one was seen within ten steps, and the Qing army immediately launched  With muskets, bows and arrows, the Taiping troops rushing in front were immediately shot and fell to the ground.

    And the Taiping Army¡¯s rear formation was also shot with arrows and bullets like locusts. It was obvious that the swordsmen were followed by the Taiping Army¡¯s archers and musketeers.  In the heavy fog, the musketeers and archers didn't care whether they would hurt their own people, they just fired randomly at the noisy place on the opposite side. Although they would hurt their own people, they would also hurt the Qing army.

    After Chen Yangxing learned that one of the front lines had been breached by the Qing army, he mobilized a large number of musketeers to fire projectiles at the gap. At the same time, the swordsmen of the Taiping Army also rushed over, intending to block the gap.

    The Qing army's follow-up troops were caught off guard and more than a hundred people were shot down. At this moment, Ronglu suddenly regretted why he had to come up in person. He immediately pulled out his long sword to block the arrows and shouted hoarsely: "Beware of arrows!  Rush over quickly! You can only wait for death here!" The Qing army behind immediately raised wooden boards above their heads to cover their heads. Although the wooden boards could protect against arrows, they could not protect against lead bullets. However, in this purgatory,  On the battlefield, having a wooden board for protection seems to give people great psychological comfort.

    ??The Qing troops who rushed over quickly dispersed. More and more Qing troops rushed in front of the Taiping Army's archers and musketeers. Both sides drew their short blades and started fighting. The entire Taiping Army's front began to shake.  The Qing army followed, demolished the wooden fence, and attacked the remnants of the Taiping Army.

    Outside the Jinxian Gate in Nanchang, the Taiping Army and the Qing Army fought together. The Ronglu Division opened a gap in the Taiping Army's barracks. The training horses of Jiangxi Regiment under Jiang Zhongjun and Liu Changyou poured into the gap like a tide and spread out towards the two wings.  Rushing over, the remnants of Chen Yangxing's Taiping Army were in danger of being wiped out.

    After receiving the battle report from the front, Chen Yucheng calmly asked: "Lai Wenguang! Are the cavalry ready?" After receiving Lai Wenguang's affirmative reply, Chen Yucheng mounted his horse, drew his sword and shouted sternly: "Lai Wenguang, are you leading the troops?"  The cavalry rushed over to take Chen Yangxing out, others follow me!" In the chorus of shouts, Chen Yucheng's 4,000 men were divided into two. The Taiping army was all cavalry, and the war horses roared towards the two.  Go in the direction.

    Qing troops Jiang Zhongjun, Liu Changyou and other troops rushed towards the two wings, and they were about to surround Chen Yangxing's remaining 300 people. At the same time, they attacked the camps on both sides, hoping to tear down the wooden fences of the camps so that other Qing troops could advance.  Unexpectedly, in the thick fog, a large number of Taiping cavalry with red scarves on their heads rushed out like ghosts. The Qing infantry was in chaos and was torn open by Lai Wenguang's cavalry.  The Qing army was all infantry and could not stop them. In the thick fog, it was unknown how many cavalry troops came from the Taiping army. They immediately retreated like a tide.  Chen Yangxing's remaining troops took advantage of the situation to join Lai Wenguang's troops and broke out of the siege together.

    Shu Xing'a's commander also suppressed the troops on a slope a hundred steps away from the remains of Mucheng and personally supervised the battle. At this time, the fog began to dissipate. Shu Xing'a saw the attacking Qing troops through his telescope and rushed forward.  , was overjoyed and cheered repeatedly, but it didn't take long for the Qing army to retreat like a tide.

    Shu Xing'a didn't know what was happening in front of him, but he was far away and couldn't see clearly between the heavy fog. However, the shouts of killing in front of him still didn't stop. This made Shu Xing'a feel a little relieved, indicating that the Qing army in front of the city was still there.  Fight.

    Since the war started, the artillery on Tushan Mountain has been carried to the front of the battle by Shu Xing's Ming people. He always feels that he will feel at ease only when the cannon is stationed in the Chinese army.  At this moment, the Chinese army in Shuxin'a has only ten remaining Western artillery pieces. The remaining artillery pieces were destroyed in the artillery battle.

    Shu Xing's men gathered all the remaining ten six-pound artillery pieces in front of the trench to set up an artillery array, and continued to fire randomly at the Taiping military headquarters hidden in the thick fog.  There were 6,000 men and horses beside him, and 6,000 men and horses were arranged in a ring around the artillery array to prevent the Taiping Army from approaching and attacking through heavy fog.

    Shu Xing'a's artillery formation could not be seen clearly in the heavy fog, so he had to fire it randomly. Who knows where the shells went.  The artillery fired continuously, and 6,000 infantrymen set up a simple circular defense line to protect Shu Xing'a's flag and artillery array.  The artillery had only fired three rounds, and there were trembling sounds on the ground, faintly like thunder. Shu Xing'a's face changed and he shouted: "The long-haired cavalry is coming, the spearmen are ready!"

    Dozens of steps away, thousands of Taiping cavalry were pressed over from the left wing, sprinting very fast. The banner of the Taiping Army in front of them was written with the banner of Chen Yucheng. Chen Yucheng came from the left wing with the cavalry.  Attack the Qing army's central army and want to take away the Qing army's central army position.

    Seeing the cavalry of the Taiping Army, the few musketeers on the left wing of the Qing Army began to fire their muskets. The Qing Army's musketeers were small in number and used old-fashioned shotguns and rifles. In addition to causing a cloud of smoke in front of the formation, they  , did not cause too many casualties to the Taiping Army.

    When the Taiping cavalry rushed to the front of the Qing army's formation more than ten steps fiercely like the wind, the Qing army's formation began to panic. The commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief Qian tried their best to suppress the rioting subordinates, and kept shouting:  "Peel and reject the horse formation!"

    The turmoil of the Qing army began to expand after the Taiping cavalry rushed into the formation. For a time, a blood mist enveloped the Qing army's formation, and screams could be heard everywhere.  The six thousand infantry of the Qing army failed to resist Chen Yucheng's cavalry surprise attack. Shu Xing'a's handsome flag and artillery team suddenly disappeared in the thick fog and blood mist.

    After receiving the news that the Chinese army was attacked by the Taiping cavalry, Ronglu and Zeng Guoquan looked at each other. Zeng Guoquan sighed softly: "I didn't expect that the Chinese army may not be safe." Ronglu smiled lightly and said: "As long as we are safe,  To think that a four-eyed dog would dare to use cavalry in heavy fog is really unbelievable.¡±

    Zeng Guoquan whispered: "What should we do now?"

    Ronglu smiled slightly and said: "We have no control over Shu Xing'a's life and death. Jiang Zhongjun's Jiangxi regiment training has already opened up the Jinxian gate. I believe Chen Yucheng will retreat soon. Although they have mostly cavalry, we can still pursue them for a while and get more.  Credit goes.¡±

    Zeng Guoquan stroked his palms and smiled and said: "That's right, I'll beat him back at dusk." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and faster novels!
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