"Boom boom..."
Amidst the roar, the two artillery carriages suddenly retreated, and thick white smoke spurted out from the muzzles, which was immediately blown away by the howling north wind.
Two cannonballs weighing two to three kilograms flew across the stream at extremely fast speeds and slammed into the two dilapidated wooden houses beside the large wooden bridge, immediately blasting two large holes in the wooden walls.
The gunners responsible for controlling the two cannons let out a burst of cheers, and then rushed forward. First, they pushed the retreating cannons back to their original positions, and then they quickly cleared the barrels and loaded ammunition.
Of course, no one was hit by these two sudden shells. One of the two broken wooden houses that was hit was originally the house where Chen Bucheng and the others were ambushing, but now everyone inside has rushed out, leaving only an empty house. .However, two roars still "awoke" the shotgun soldiers of the Changsheng Yong Battalion who had been blown up by Chen Bucheng with a grenade. These soldiers who came from the mountains of Guangxi were really brave and unusually brave. They immediately put their shotguns on their backs. He dropped his gun, drew out his waist knife, and roared towards Chen Bucheng's friends.
"The sword and spear formation, the two on the left are facing west, and the two on the right are facing north..."
Chen Bucheng had already jumped up from the ground at this time. When he saw that the Qing soldiers on the opposite side were not blown apart by one of his grenades, he was stunned for a moment, but then he reacted, howled, and gave the order.
Following his order, dozens of child soldiers armed with swords and spears rushed out with him and immediately stopped attacking and began to form an array on the spot. Soon they placed two swords in front, with long spears. A sword and spear formation with the spear at the back.
One of the formations consisted of twelve sword players forming a wide front, with twelve spearmen behind them, advancing step by step towards the Qing's shotgun soldiers.
The other formation faced the hundreds and dozens of sword and spearmen of the Qing army led by Feng Zicai. They formed a front of six people, which just covered the street. There are still six swordsmen and shieldmen rushing into the reserve team.
This time, the boy soldiers did not advance, but blocked Feng Zicai's retreat.
In addition, behind the formation of the two Taiping Army boy scouts organized as "two", there was also a two-man guard team each, and Chen Bucheng took off a small hammer-shaped grenade from his belt and stood between the two teams. Among the Taiping boy scouts, looking left and right, they seemed to be considering who to bomb.
And Feng Zicai's reaction was quick enough. When he saw the boy soldiers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom blocking his way back, he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Turn back! Turn back... The spearmen are in front, charge me!" The shield soldiers are behind, protecting the way back... I'll kill you old lady!"
Feng Zicai's Changsheng Yongying Battalion was really brave enough. They were stunned to complete the regrouping despite the bullets that were constantly fired from high places. Using dozens of spears as the vanguard, they rushed towards the boy soldiers under Chen Bucheng. .
When Chen Bucheng saw how brave this group of demons were, he quickly took out a fire stick and lit the fuse of the grenade... His Royal Highness the Angel had already told him when he was teaching him a while ago that against a holy infantryman of the Kingdom of Heaven, He said, there is nothing that cannot be solved by a grenade. If there is, just use another one!
When Chen Bucheng was leading the way, the two commanders of the two boy soldiers shouted loudly at almost the same time: "Come!"
The boy soldiers howled at the same time, the spearman flattened his spear, and the swordsman lifted the heavy shield with all his strength. They all charged forward together, shouting in unison: "God bless us, Emperor!"
Although the dozens of shotgun soldiers under Feng Zicai were good at hand-to-hand combat, after all, they only had one waist knife and could not withstand the spear, knife and shield formation of the boy soldiers. They were quickly defeated and fled towards the wooden bridge.
But the more than 100 infantry soldiers led by Feng Zicai were not so easy to deal with. A single charge forced the boy soldiers in front of him to retreat step by step. The boy soldiers blocking the front fell one after another. Although the young soldiers behind did not hesitate.
Filled in, but still couldn't stop Feng Zicai's men.
Fortunately, Chen Bucheng had already finished counting, and threw the grenade in his hand again. He only heard a loud "boom", and Feng Zicai felt a hot and strange wind blowing behind him. He fell down before he could stand still.
On the ground, a face hit the ground hard, making stars in his eyes and dizziness.
Just when he was about to faint, a chaotic Hunan accent suddenly sounded in his ears: "Kill the monsters and divide the fields..." At the same time, he also heard a Guangxi accent exclaim: "It's not good."
, the boss died, the boss was blown up..."
"You're so old, it turns out I've already died, it's over now..."
After this thought flashed through Feng Zicai's mind, he gradually lost consciousness.
Although Feng Zicai fell, the battle in Jiangshe City did not end immediately. The Guangxi soldiers under him were not comparable to the ordinary "smoke soldiers". Otherwise, where would his Baturu come from?
Even now that they have lost the big boss Feng Zicai, the group of veterans who followed him all the way from the mountains of Yulinzhou in Guangxi did not give up resistance. However, they were unable to form a battle formation on the street, but dispersed and retreated to the houses on the street.
, continue to resist
Those shotgun soldiers who had retreated across the Xishui Bridge did not leave. Instead, they guarded the bridge head south of the Xishui Bridge, and used the shotguns in their hands to crackle fire into Jiangshe City. The two artillery pieces mounted under the bridge
There were also rounds hitting the houses on the other side.
The Taiping Army's "three-axe" blow seemed to have lost its stamina. The boy soldiers seemed to be frightened by the two artillery pieces on the south bank of the Xishui River. They did not dare to approach the wooden bridge and the north bank of the Xishui River.
There were no long-range weapons here, so we had to capture some prisoners, carry the corpses of our brothers and the wounded soldiers, and retreat to the inner part of the town.
As for the "new brothers" who spoke with Hunan accents, they obviously had limited combat capabilities. They rushed into several houses occupied by soldiers from Feng Zicai's department and were beaten out. Then they had no strength to attack again and just defended some nearby houses.
The house was in stalemate with the Qing army.
So the battle in Jiangshe City actually fell into a stalemate after the Qing commander Feng Zicai "died"... Now it depends on whose reinforcements arrive first!
On the official road on the south bank of the noisy stream, a small group of cavalry hurried over. The leading officer showed an order flag. The Qing infantry who were sitting on the ground on the official road quickly moved out of the way, allowing this small group of cavalry to reach Xiangrong.
The location of the Chinese army.
"Xiaohu, what's going on over there in Jiangshe City? Did Feng Zicai run into the Changmao Brigade?" Xiang Rong asked a burly young cavalryman with a tiger's head and a tiger's head. This young knight's name is Hu Yuankun, and he is under Xiang Rong's command.
The son of General Hu Songlin served as a cavalry commander under Xiang Rong. He was extremely brave and was highly appreciated by Xiang Rong.
"Military sect, I have already investigated the situation. I didn't encounter the long-haired brigade, I just encountered dozens of boy soldiers, a dozen lurking sharpshooters, and a gang of two to three hundred newly attached thieves." Hu Yuan
Kun said.
"That's it?" Xiang Rong couldn't believe it, "What does Feng Zicai do for food? He can't beat this?"
"Military Gate, Mr. Feng Qian... may have died for his country!" Hu Yuankun showed a sad expression, "Only forty-seven people from the Changsheng Yong Camp ran out and guarded the south bank of the stream. The others were trapped in Jiang She
In the town, there is a street fight with Changmao. According to the brothers from Changsheng Yongying Camp who evacuated, Mr. Feng Qian was killed by a thunderbolt thrown by Changmao!"
"How is this possible?" Xiang Rong was startled, and a rather ominous premonition came to his mind. "Junmen, the hair is very strong, why don't we retreat to Yisuhe City first."
The person who proposed withdrawing the troops was a stout man with a northwest accent, a scar on his cheek, and he looked a bit fierce. He followed Xiang Rong when he went out to Sichuan to suppress the bandits, and wiped out Liu Changqing, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan North Town, into the "retired commander-in-chief."
Although they looked fierce, their fighting spirit was not strong, and they retreated before they even encountered the main force of the Taiping Army.
Xiang Rong wanted to nod in agreement, but his reason still prevailed over his impulse, and then he rolled his eyes at Liu Changqing: "Zai Tang asked us to rescue Cheng Zhi's army, and now we've been ambushed and retreated after losing less than a hundred people?
There are eight thousand of us!
Did the co-author die less? Liu Changqing was speechless.
"Junmen, let's deploy the army, mount the cannons, and attack Jiangshe City with the whole army. If we can capture Jiangshe City as a stronghold, it will be easy to relieve the siege of Xiangtan County."
This time the person who made the suggestion was a thin military attache with a smoky face. He also had the rank of general, but he was also a general who was "really lacking"! He was the general of Yongzhou Town, not a candidate, nor had he been dismissed. It's just that the Qing Dynasty is now
There is no more Yongzhou Prefecture. Yongzhou Prefecture now belongs to Liu Feng Yunshan..
"That's not bad!" Xiang Rong knew clearly that this plan was not very good, but he still frowned and said, "Send the order, set up formation on the south bank of the stream...set up all our cannons and blast them hard!!
Then set up dozens of rafts and prepare to forcefully cross the stream from both sides of Jiangshe City to outflank Changmao's retreat!
I will then pass the order to each battalion to select a vanguard... Those who are drawn will be rewarded with five taels of silver. If they have enough foreign tobacco and wine and meat, whoever is the first to get there will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver! Kill the enemy.
The first-level winner will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver!"
Finally, Xiang Rong glanced at the few unconfident lieutenants and generals in front of him, and tried his best to use an encouraging tone and said: "Everyone, the officers and soldiers are now gathered around Changsha, with a total strength of no less than 50,000, and the soldiers of the pseudo-angel Luo Ni are
Chapter completed!