Chapter 92: Pleasure gives birth to sorrow
For Wu Jun Lian Yong, the intensity of this battle in Jiangyin was definitely greater than that of the Jiangning Breakout. Although Wu Jun Lian Yong faced far more enemies than now, everyone at that time had high-fire striker guns and sufficient ammunition, which could effectively suppress the Taiping Army's charge. Now, Wu Jun Lian Yong of Huang Dasha's battalion was full of carbine guns, with slow fire rate and easy breeze leaks. The charge and suppression of the Taiping Army was not strong enough. The number of times the Taiping Army rushed to the front was greatly increased, and then he could only be forced to engage in the most cruel bayonet hand-to-hand battle with the Taiping Army.
During the fierce battle, the Taiping Army could not suppress the charge and raid, and the grenades equipped with pitifully fewer grenades were reluctant to use them casually. The Wu army under Huang Dasha's command could only raise the bayonet and fight head-on with the Taiping Army. The Taiping Army soldiers were stabbed and smashed and saw the bayonets. The Taiping Army soldiers had rich experience in hand-to-hand combat. The Wu army's training was strict and tactical. The battle was dark when the opponent fought against the enemy, and the earth was in full swing. The screams of being shot were heard one after another, and the shouts of killing were endless.
Huang Dasha, who had been shot in his stomach, kept bleeding, but even so, Huang Dasha, who was honest, still stabbed two opponents with a bayonet in succession, and kept shouting that he was still stabbing the formation, stabilizing his position, and not taking a step back. It was when the enemy on the opposite side gathered in large numbers that Huang Dasha finally threw out a grenade to disperse the enemy, and then pulled out his revolver and shot continuously, killing the Taiping soldiers who came specifically for him.
The momentum was slightly curbed, but many Taiping soldiers who had summarized the experience of fighting with the Wu army also fought to the death. Even if they had no chance to disperse the Wu army's hedgehog formation, they still entangled the Wu army's Jian Yong with hand-to-hand combat, and bought time for subsequent reinforcements. Lin Fengxiang did not hesitate to invest in two battalions of troops in one breath, strengthening and deepening the siege of the Wu army's hedgehog formation. The Taiping generals who led the army to fight were all the way, and they rushed to fight with Wu army's Jian Yong with red eyes.
The number of casualties of Wu Jun Jianyong's army increased rapidly, and the hollow hedgehog formation was almost suppressed into a solid formation, but there was still no sign of reinforcements in Jiangyin. Huang Dasha kept shouting, "Stop! Hold! Don't forget how foreign devils fought. Are we Han people not even as good as foreign devils? Kill! Kill me!"
Being honest and honest, Huang Dasha is not completely unaware of his brain when fighting. When the Taiping Army’s subsequent reinforcements came up and rotated to fight in large numbers, Huang Dasha suddenly shouted: “There are grenades, each person, throw them to me!”
As he shouted, Huang Dasha threw out a grenade again. Wu Junshi, who was qualified to equip grenades, also threw out grenades. Thirty grenades flew out in all directions, making loud noises, and bursts of terrifying shock waves. The soldiers of the Taiping Army screamed in shock and screamed endlessly. However, each Wu Jun Lian Yong was extremely regretful, because they only had eighty grenades in their hands, and had used some of them in previous battles. Such an attack could produce two waves. Otherwise, even if they were holding carbines in their hands, Wu Jun Lian Yong would not have to be afraid of the enemy on the other side.
Unfortunately, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Taiping Army being bombed, Wu Jun Lian Yong immediately launched a counter-charge to regain the position space. He stabbed the bayonet and fired the revolver continuously, killing the Taiping Army soldiers retreated one after another, and finally regained the shaking formation.
Seeing this situation in the distance, Lin Fengxiang was of course extremely angry and immediately urged the soldiers to continue charging, and must not retreat and all their previous efforts were wasted. However, Wu Ruxiao next to him was worried and quickly said to Lin Fengxiang: "Prime Minister Lin, the tactic of surpassing the little demon is very clear. It is to use this demon soldier to hook out our main force and fight against us with good preparation. If you continue to fight like this, you will only surpass the little demon's intentions. We must find another way."
"What other way?" Lin Fengxiang asked back angrily: "Do you want to retreat now? Continue to surpass the majesty of the little demon?"
"Slightly showing weakness is not a bad thing." Wu Ruxiao said quickly: "Now we withdraw our troops and we still have fortifications to rely on when we withdraw. Even if we surpass the little demon to fight, we are sure to stop him. But if we continue to fight like this, surpass the little demon to suddenly send troops. Once the war is unfavorable, it will not be so easy for us to withdraw. If the luck is a little bit worse, maybe our battalion defense fortifications will be destroyed by our defeated soldiers!"
Knowing that Wu Ruxiao was right, Lin Fengxiang was indeed a little shaken. However, at this moment, a noise suddenly came from the east gate of Jiangyin in the distance. The closed city gate opened. The neatly lined up Wu Jun, Jian Yong, stepped out of the city and quickly crossed the moat and lined out of the city. Seeing this scene, Lin Fengxiang shouted almost like a conditioned reflex: "Prepare the banner and let Huang Yifeng charge immediately, don't give him a chance to surpass the little demon to line up!"
The banner was launched, and the general Huang Yifeng, who led 1,500 troops to form an array outside the East Gate of Jiangyin City, did not hesitate and immediately issued a loud charge order. The soldiers of the Taiping Army under his command also knew that it would be more difficult to deal with once the Wu army was bravely trained to form a war formation. He heard the order and all the subordinates charged, and the roars suddenly resounded throughout the world. However, soon, Huang Yifeng and his subordinates suddenly saw...
Twenty strange iron pipes suddenly emerged under the protection of forty Wu Jun Lianyong. The iron pipes more than one foot long were dark and not very thick. They were held by one Wu Jun Lianyong and pressed them on the ground with both hands. They seemed to be unthreatening, but soon, the Taiping Army soldiers saw that another Wu Jun Lianyong suddenly put something into the iron pipes. Then...
Then, of course, the artillery shells of the primitive grenade launcher exploded on the battlefield for the first time. Twenty picy-acid shells flew out in parabola and fell into the Taiping army crowd with white smoke. The violent explosion sounded one after another. Accompanied by this, of course, there were fires and shrapnel flying around. The Taiping army soldiers who could not avoid were either shot into shrapnel or shock waves generated by the explosion, and the particularly unlucky picy-acid flames burned the hair of their clothes. The screams continued, and the stormtroopers suddenly fell.
Knowing that Wu Chaoyue's main force must be extremely difficult to fight, Huang Yifeng was shocked but not panicked. He just loudly urged the soldiers to continue charging, not giving Wu Jun Lianyong the chance to reload the shells. However, Huang Yifeng soon became desperate. After a round of shells was fired, Wu Jun Lianyong immediately loaded new shells into the black iron pipes. With the sound of light, the shells immediately flew into the air again, accurately entering the Taiping Army's crowd, and making terrifying explosions again.
"Will the cannons surpass the little demon be fired continuously?!"
Countless Taiping soldiers screamed in disbelief, Huang Yifeng himself was even more pale, and such thoughts flashed in his heart, "This battle is definitely lost again!"
It was indeed a definite loss. In front of the primitive grenade launcher that Wu Jun Lianyong suddenly used, the Taiping Army soldiers who were already afraid of the Wu army as tiger no longer had the fighting spirit. In order to avoid the formation of bullets, many people began to turn around and run back. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Jun Lianyong, who had first left the city, had already arranged a battle queue and covered the grenade launcher team with firing needles. Lianyong behind them left the city continuously and quickly strengthened the battle formation. When the Taiping soldiers rushed to the front, the Wu Jun Lianyong, who no longer retained their strength, quickly pulled the trigger and fired the firing needles and guns that had been treasured for a long time, and in the blink of an eye, they repelled the Taiping Army, which was in chaos.
The military singing of "Why don't you say you have no clothes, you are in the same comrade with your son" also sounded in the Wu army formation. The military song was loud and clear. The neatly arranged Wu army, like a dragon, drove away from the city to the outside of the city. With the artillery battalion as the vanguard, quickly arranged a battle formation in the city. Wu Chaoyue put his Wu banner with his teeth and claws at the front and personally set up his underworld to launch an order to attack. The Wu army of the three battalions sang military songs, advanced greatly, and rushed towards the main force of the Taiping Army who had been successfully lured by the Huang Dasha camp team.
The time has come to test Lin Fengxiang and Wu Ruxiao's command ability. Although the Taiping Army still has an absolute advantage in terms of military strength, Lin Fengxiang, who has always been the best in the three armies in front of the main force of the Wu army, has been completely shaken. He is unsure of whether to fight this decisive battle with Wu Chaoyue. Wu Ruxiao repeatedly advised, "Prime Minister Lin, you cannot hesitate. The attack this time is not small. Our army is not prepared enough and has a very small grasp of the hasty decisive battle. It is better to withdraw the army first and return to the camp to take the defensive posture to be the most stable."
After hesitating for about half a minute, Lin Fengxiang finally stomped his feet and ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops and return to the camp, and immediately arranged the retreat order and the rear guard team. However, what surprised Lin Fengxiang and Wu Ruxiao were both shocked that as soon as their golden gong sounded, the more than a thousand Taiping troops who were fighting hard against the Wu army Huang Dasha's troops in front of him were immediately running back. When retreating, it was as hurry as if they had suffered a defeat, showing signs of courage and fear. Under the command of Huang Dasha, Wu Jun Lianyong, who was only more than 200 people, actually carried a bayonet without hesitation and launched a pursuit without hesitation, expelling the defeated soldiers of the Taiping Army, which were several times more than him, as the vanguard, and directly rushed towards Lin Fengxiang's flag formation.
In order to avoid the flag formation being chased by his own defeated soldiers, Lin Fengxiang was furious and immediately ordered to shoot at his own defeated soldiers. However, after he defeated his own defeated soldiers, Lin Fengxiang was stunned to see that the Wu army, who had already suffered heavy casualties, continued to charge continuously in the face of the Taiping Army's guns and bullets. As soon as he reached 50 meters, he immediately threw out all the remaining grenades, damaging the Taiping Army's musket team, and then took the opportunity to rush into the chaos army to launch a bayonet battle with the Taiping Army.
It is clear that taking the lead in escaping at this time will only lead to the complete collapse and chaos of the army. Lin Fengxiang gritted the bullet and urged the army to fight, fighting with more than 200 Wu army's bravery. However, with the rapid approaching of the main force of the Wu army, more than 200 Wu army's bravery became more and more courageous as they fought. The soldiers of the Taiping Army, who had an absolute advantage in the army, became more and more panicked. The soldiers of deserters continued to appear in the team, and the idea of being defeated by Wu army's bravery.
Depending on the situation, Wu Ruxiao could only pull Lin Fengxiang and ask him to leave quickly. Lin Fengxiang refused firmly. Wu Ruxiao shouted and asked Lin Fengxiang if he wanted to be Wei Changhui second? Do he still want to find this place again in the future? Lin Fengxiang, who was scolded, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, turned his head and retreated to the camp.
The army was defeated like a mountain. Seeing that Lin Fengxiang was taking the lead in escaping, the Taiping Army Central Army, which had already begun to be suppressed by the Wu army, collapsed instantly. From top to bottom, they ran their legs to escape from their own way, which caused the Taiping Army to be in chaos. The generals and soldiers no longer had the will to fight, and they all rushed to the camp to escape. The Wu army Lian Yong, led by Huang Dasha, bit the butt of the Taiping Army Central Army and chased and killed them continuously. Wu Chaoyue behind also ordered the entire army to speed up and catch the rare fighter opportunity for the Taiping Army to return to the camp in a hurry.
The surging defeated soldiers quickly flooded the camp gates of the Taiping Army. Even during the day when there was plenty of light, countless Taiping Army soldiers were trampled to death by their companions. The bodies of the wounded soldiers filled the camp protection trenches and washed down the fences to trample the deer antlers and horses. The sound of Lin Fengxiang and Wu Ruxiao shouted and stopped them and stopped them. The command was completely submerged in the huge noise.
It was rare to fighter jets. Wu Chaoyue decisively ordered the grenade team to run and pour the shells onto the Taiping Army's crowd. As a result, just as Wu Chaoyue wanted, after being hit by this, the already chaotic defeated Taiping Army's defeated soldiers turned into countless headless flies. During the escape, they fought fortifications to destroy more battalions, and then destroyed countless Taiping Army's facilities. When the main force of the Wu army came to the Taiping Army's camp, the gate of the Taiping Army, which was once shaped like a copper wall, was already a smooth road, covered with layers of corpses of Taiping Army soldiers.
Seeing that the situation was already extreme, Lin Fengxiang died completely. With the persistence of the Central Army Camp, he followed Wu Ruxiao's advice and went straight to the water camp. Many smart Taiping soldiers ran faster, while more Taiping soldiers ran around in the camp. Wu Chaoyue rushed to chase and took the Taiping Central Army Camp with unstoppable momentum and cut down Lin Fengxiang's prime minister flag with his own hands. Wu Jun Lianyong kept shooting and stabbing, desperately expanding the results of the battle.
At this time, seeing that the victory was decided, Tai Wenying and Li Tianchao and other Qing generals also brought Green Camp soldiers to get the advantage. They fought with the wind to kill the defeated Taiping Army and were even more ruthless and fiercer than the Wu army's Jian Yong. The most greedy Tai Wenying also took advantage of the opportunity of Wu army's Jian Yong to concentrate on searching for the remaining enemies in the camp, and led the Green Camp soldiers to directly kill the Taiping Army's Water Village Wharf, and even shouted the arrogant slogan of capturing Lin Fengxiang alive. Unfortunately...
Unfortunately, the Taiping Army, who was fighting for beasts, drew a Taiping Army who was looking for teeth all over the ground. The soldiers of Taiping Army who had no way to retreat had to resist on the dock. In a blink of an eye, they beat the Qing army green camp with negative combat power to flee, and then took the opportunity to board the ship and escape to Jiangxin. After rushing twice, they were killed by the Taiping Army. Tai Wenying had no choice but to send someone to ask Wu Chaoyue for help and ask Wu Chaoyue to bring the army to help quickly.
It was also when he received a request from Tai Wenying that Wu Chaoyue, who was blinded by victory, suddenly woke up and slapped his head. He slapped his forehead and shouted regrets. Then he quickly took Wu Jun Jian Yong to the dock. But it was too late to do so. Not to mention that Lin Fengxiang and Wu Ruxiao had already boarded the warship and fled. Even most of the elite Taiping soldiers had boarded the ship. How Wu Jun Jian Yong fired guns and fired at the dock, and the ones killed and injured were all the soldiers of the Taiping Army who had not boarded the ship. It seemed that they had gained a lot, but in fact they did not have much harm to the Taiping Army. Such a second-line cannon fodder Taiping Army could pull whatever they wanted.
Wu Chaoyue was unable to successfully take down Lin Fengxiang and Wu Ruxiao's heads. Of course, Wu Chaoyue screamed regret. However, looking at the Taiping Army fleet that was escaping upstream, Wu Chaoyue said regretful, and was snorting coldly in his heart, "Lin Fengxiang, I deliberately spared your life this time. Don't let me down. Kill the Eight Banner Parasites for me in the future, otherwise you will be sorry for me!"
Even at the last moment, the Wu army's victory in Lianyong's battle still made Yang Wending and other Qing officials ecstatic. Nearly 4,000 were cut down at the head level alone, more than 3,000 were captured, fifteen artillery pieces were seized, and the food and supplies could not be counted. At the same time, because the main force of the Taiping Army retreated too suddenly, Lin Fengxiang and Wu Ruxiao did not even have time to withdraw the army occupying Wuxi County. As long as the Qing army quickly blocked the narrow and slow Jiangyin Canal, they could turn the Wuxi Taiping Army alone into a turtle in a jar, and another great victory was equally at hand.
It is worth mentioning that Huang Zhisheng, the pedantic scholar who Wu Chaoyue used to deceive Lin Fengxiang and Wu Ruxiao, was still alive and was rescued by Wu Junlian Yong. When he was taken to Wu Chaoyue, Huang Zhisheng knelt in front of Wu Chaoyue and cried loudly, kowtowed and said, "Mr. Wu, the young man has no tricks, the young man has no tricks! Changmao tortured Xiaosheng again, but Xiaosheng has never changed his words and insisted that the food in Jiangyin City has been cut off!"
"I know." Wu Chaoyue said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to have such a strong bone. It's great. If you want to hang out with me in the future, I will try my best to support you."
After comforting Huang Zhisheng, who had cried bitterly, when it was dark, Wu Chaoyue withdrew his troops and returned to the city, Yang Wending naturally led the civil and military officials of the city to welcome Wu Chaoyue's triumphant army in front of the city gate. He also said to Wu Chaoyue as soon as he met: "Good grandson, you can fight well! I have already written the good news. I will send it to the capital in rush tomorrow to 600 miles. Long live to ask for you for me."
Wu Chaoyue smiled and was about to take the initiative to say a share of the credit for Yang Wending. Unexpectedly, a few cavalry suddenly ran from afar. The leader of the knight also loudly expressed his identity, saying that he was Jing Shou, an imperial guard from the imperial guard, or the imperial envoy sent by Emperor Xianfeng. Yang Wending did not dare to be negligent, so he quickly pulled Wu Chaoyue and others to kneel down to receive the imperial edict. However, Jing Shou recited as soon as he pulled the imperial edict, "The Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, the imperial edict said: During the time when Jiangsu Governor Yang Wending was in charge of the army, he was afraid of fighting and afraid of the enemy and repeatedly urged him. He fled first at the time of the battle, resulting in Zhenjiang defeat, and was humiliated by the country. He immediately stopped his post as governor of Jiangsu and took him to the Ministry of Communications for the crime! Improving this!"
Before Jing Shou finished reciting the imperial edict, Yang Wending had completely collapsed on the ground. Wu Chaoyue, who was counting on Yang Wending, the immediate boss, was also a little anxious when he heard this, and quickly spoke: "Sir, Yang Futai did lose in Zhenjiang, but his strength was too far from being a hairy person, and it was understandable that he lost. Also, we have won such a big victory today. Isn't it enough to offset his crime of defeat in Zhenjiang?!"
Jing Shou showed a embarrassed look, looked around first, and whispered to remind Wu Chaoyue to thank him quickly, then walked to Wu Chaoyue and whispered: "Mr. Wu, the youngest is from Suzhongtang. Suzhongtang wants me to tell you that Zhenjiang was defeated too badly this time, the emperor was furious, and the court could not move towards Rong, Hechun and Deng Shaoliang, so he was powerless about Yang Futai's affairs. I hope you can understand his difficulties. But Lord Wu, you can also rest assured that Yang Futai has arrived in the capital, Suzhongtang will find another way to save him, and will never let him be sentenced too seriously."
Wu Chaoyue was speechless. In fact, Wu Chaoyue knew very well. With Yang Wending's performance on the battlefields of Jiangning and Zhenjiang, even if Emperor Xianfeng cut him down, he would definitely not be wronged. He just hoped that Yang Wen would be able to shelter him from the wind and rain for him to protect him. If he really couldn't save him now, Wu Chaoyue had no choice.
After a pause, Jing Shou whispered again: "Also, Lord Wu, you have the memorial to ask for military pay. Because Senggelinqin and Linkui were bothering me, the emperor not only did not agree, but also asked me to bring you a bad oral order. There are many people here, so I will not announce the oral order for the emperor to temporarily. I will wait until I arrive in a secluded place."
If it were to be replaced by ordinary Qing officials, even if they were not scared by the three souls and six souls, they would have to be worried and frightened when they heard Jing Shou say this. Only Wu Chaoyue was exceptional. When he heard Jing Shou say this, Wu Chaoyue quietly curled his lips and said to himself: "Bulsty words! The oral words of the Wild Boar Skin family are bullshit to me! I don't believe it anymore. He is just a Wild Boar Skin Ninth Generation now?!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!