A military boot stepped on the blood-stained snow on the gourd's mouth, which had already turned purple and black, and it was impossible to tell whether it was soil or snow. The military boots stretched out and turned over a corpse lying on the ground. This was a corpse of a Chu army.

Looking around, the bodies were piled up, and I don’t know how many people died here. Most of them were refugees in ragged clothes. Shaking their heads gently, the kitten sighed to the sky. Molo’s usual method was to open the door to victory with the lives of countless innocent people as the price. If this person was not eliminated, I was afraid that countless people would die because of him in the future.

Behind him, teams of Taiping soldiers were rushing into the gourd mouth one after another, and the tragic scene inside the gourd mouth shocked everyone.

"Moluo didn't send anyone to guard the gourd mouth. I thought I was going to fight a battle here, but now it's better that he actually gave us such a dangerous place for nothing. Does he think we will watch him eat the Chu army in one breath?" Chen Jialuo shook the blood mud on his feet with the ground, and said sarcastically.

The kitten smiled coldly: "This man is just an idiot in military command. He wants to eat the Chu army in one breath, but he is afraid that his teeth will be broken. Have you seen it? There are not many corpses of the Chu army here and the city walls have not been damaged too much. What does this mean? It means that the Chu army took the initiative to give up here, and he did not seriously damage the Chu army. If Jiang Tao retracted the main force back to the port area, with Moro, he would probably not be able to fight."

Chen Jialuo nodded, looked at the corpses all over the ground, and said with a little heartache: "What a great labor, if you live, how much wealth can you create. Just like that, you will die here in vain. Look at them, there is not even a decent weapon." At his feet, there was a refugee who died on his back. The one he held in his hand was just a sharpened wooden stick.

"Changyang County was ravaged by Molo for almost two years, and its essence was completely lost. Even if we take over, we are afraid that we will not be able to recover our vitality in a short period of time, which will become a long-term burden for us." The kitten shook his head.

"The superior will find a way." Chen Jialuo smiled and said, "How to fight this battle? Only after killing Moluo will Changyang County be considered truly safe."

"How to fight? It's simple, the Shuntian Army is just a mob after all." The kitten smiled disdainfully, "Let the whole army attack!"

This time, he marched into Baoqing, not only the little cat's Panshi Camp, Chen Jialuo's Tiger Camp, but also the big pillar that had just arrived at Baoqing. He took over more than 10,000 subordinates of Lu Yifan. Before he even recognized his generals, he led his army to come with him.

"After leaving Hulu Valley, I attacked from the left wing, General Chen's tiger camp attacked from the right wing, Dazhu, you will be able to respond from behind, intercept and kill the dispersed Shuntian Army." The kitten arranged.

There is nothing to say about this arrangement. The little cat's Panshi Camp has the least number, only 2,500 people, but it has the strongest combat power. Chen Jialuo's Tiger Camp has 5,000 people. Although its combat power is slightly weaker than that of the little cat's Panshi Camp, the number is more than twice. The army of Dazhu has the most people, but it is basically the Shuntian Army's troops. The combat power is worrying. In particular, we have to consider whether they will let the enemy go and let them drag it to the end, just in case.

Looking up at the sky, the kitten said, "Brothers are rushing all the way, they are tired, so let's rest for a while and eat something. When the sky is completely dark, we will launch an attack! Depart at the second update and arrive at Baoqing Port. It is almost the third update, and it is the best time to attack."

The soldiers of the two troops who were about to launch the attack first sat down one after another, took out the frozen hard cakes from the small leather bag they carried with them, and the petals were spread, crushed, stuffed them into their mouths, then picked the gourd containing water from their waists and took a sip of water, washed the cakes down, and ate a little in a hurry. Most of them wrapped their cloaks and lay on the ground, and fell asleep.

Dazhu did not rest and led his troops to transport the corpses piled up like mountains in the mouth of the gourd. Although he was a general, Dazhu did not act domineeringly. Instead, after giving orders, he started with his officers and soldiers. He just arrived here and wanted to merge with the soldiers faster and to let the soldiers accept his Shangguan earlier. The best way was to get together with them as soon as possible.

Sharing joys and sorrows is undoubtedly the best way.

The combat effectiveness of this army is worrying. It was undoubtedly exposed during this marching. The speed of the march alone was greatly pulled away by the two front battalions. So far, a small half of them have not caught up. Dazhu had to send officers to take in the soldiers who were left behind along the way.

Dazhumushi predicts that when the war is over, at least half of the troops will be eliminated and then undergo at least several months of devil training to achieve essential improvement. As for combat experience, this army is not short of experience in fighting against the wind. Since joining the Taiping Army, they seem to have been smooth sailing, but this is also impossible. The tenacity and mental strength of a unit cannot be cultivated in a short period of time, or when the reorganization is made, they will ask for some grassroots sentry commanders and captains to enrich themselves, so that they will improve substantially.

Dazhu was the commander of Qin Feng's personal guard before, so he naturally knew many secrets that the generals outside did not know. Next year will be a crucial year for the Taiping Army, and there will definitely be countless battles to be fought. Dazhu doesn't want his troops to fall apart at that time. It will not only be his own face, but also Qin Feng's face. He has served as the commander of General Qin.

This time, the new battle camp was not just his own. Lufeng's miners' battalion has officially entered the ranks of the field army. Dazhu has seen this army. Lufeng had a natural advantage when training troops. Among the tens of thousands of miners, he selected all of them with burly and burly men. After half a year of cruel training, this miner's battalion with 3,000 people was extremely powerful in combat.

Lufeng's training method is extremely cruel and the elimination rate is extremely high. In Taiping Iron Mine, those prisoners who serve sentences compete to become soldiers in order to get rid of their identity as prisoners and become soldiers. You must know that as long as you become a formal soldier, you can not only get rid of the identity of a criminal immediately, but also get a good salary from now on. This is extremely attractive to those miners.

Dazhu didn't expect that his troops were even worse than Lufeng's miners' battalion. When he carried a dead body to the side, his eyes swept around the snoring soldiers like shuttles. The battle was about to happen, and those who could sleep so hard were all good soldiers!

At this time, the kitten and Chen Jialuo were squatting together and whispering to discuss the upcoming attack. However, they didn't know that a guy next to them was trying to attack them.

At Baoqing Port, the fierce offensive and defensive battle of one day came to an end. The Shuntian Army pushed forward a lot, and the area controlled by the Chu people shrank a lot. The attacking Shuntian Army had already seen the big ships floating on the water on the dock, which gave them more confidence.

For them, or tomorrow, they could completely drive these damn Chu troops into the sea. The Shuntian Army's confidence exploded for a while. Not to mention that the generals were full of confidence, even ordinary soldiers were also very excited. Their singing could be heard everywhere in the entire port area.

In the area where the Chu army controlled, on the tower where Jiang Tao was located, the Chu army generals gathered here. It seemed that they were not worried too much, and they were more puzzled on their faces. Jiang Tao was even more relaxed.

"General, I can't figure it out. Why did you ask us to retreat again? By retreating, our space for activity will be even smaller. The key is that this will boost the morale of the enemy and also cause a blow to our military morale. Everyone is thinking that we are going to board the boat and give up Baoqing Port?" Jiang Shangyan looked at Jiang Tao with confusion on his face. They gave up some areas during the day, not because they couldn't defend it, but because of Jiang Tao's orders.

Jiang Tao smiled and said, "I want to lead them deeper. The more I go in, the more complicated the combat situation will be. With the quality of the soldiers of the Shuntian Army, it is easy to lose effective command. More importantly, I am waiting for someone to lure the Shuntian Army into it, which will be more beneficial to our subsequent counterattack."

"Wait?" All the generals in the house widened their eyes. They were in a foreign country, and there would be someone to rescue them. After a while, Jiang Shangyan said in a stern voice: "General, you are not talking about Baoxing's Taiping Army, right?"

"Why aren't they?" Jiang Tao said with a smile. "What a great opportunity to encircle Molo. If they still have some vision, they will not miss such an opportunity."

"I think they are more likely to watch us fight the Shuntian Army and suffer both losses, and then they come to get a bargain." Jiang Shangyan spread her hands.

"What are the benefits of this for them?" Jiang Tao laughed: "If we were destroyed, it would be of no benefit to the Taiping Army. Now, we are the bargaining chips in their hands, so they will point at us and bargain with the people."

The sound of the third update of the clapper sounded outside. Jiang Tao stood up and pushed open the window. The biting cold wind blew in, which cheered everyone in the room. "Tomorrow, I will retreat a little more. Moro and his generals lacked the necessary military knowledge. There was no argument whether we voluntarily gave up or they forced us to retreat. Without Wu Xin, he would not have many threats in the military..." He suddenly stopped and looked at the distant night sky.

"General, what's wrong?"

"You guys come and see!" Jiang Tao pointed out the window, his voice trembling a little.

The generals rushed to the window and looked at Jiang Tao's fingers together. In the dark night sky, three balls of fire were flying slowly towards the seaside.

It was a shell made of extremely thin paper. A candlelight inside could make the lantern fly into the sky. Three balls of fire rotated regularly in the air. Turned forward for a while, then reversed for a while, and slowly flew towards the beach with the wind.

This is a communication method that the Chu army often used when fighting at night. It is not difficult to make such lanterns, but it is difficult to make such lanterns that are connected together and rotated regularly.

"Zhang Xiaozheng is here!" Jiang Tao turned around and smiled. The kitten was once the commander of the Zhuifeng Camp in the western border army of Chu State. He was under his command of the three thousand soldiers. He naturally understood this method of communication.

"Tell me the order, prepare immediately and launch a counterattack!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!