There was silence for a while, and then there was a feeble reply: "Well, Jin's life is here, you can take it."

At this time, Jin Tianlong was dejected and felt particularly useless.

Although he was not greedy for life and afraid of death, he just felt that dying like this would be a waste and he would lose face in death.

At this time, three heavy guns and a dozen 60mm caliber mortars were also dragged over, and Sun Yong ordered them to set up their sights.

Everything is ready.

"Jin Tianlong, listen, this is the last chance I give you. If you bring your people out and surrender, your men can avoid death." Sun Yong shouted loudly.

There was no movement at all inside.

"Prepare for a general attack. Cover the entire temple with artillery fire and put two bases on it." Sun Yong didn't want to be entangled any longer and ordered a general attack.

"boom…"

"Boom boom..."

"..."

Before the general attack began, artillery roared and gunfire from both sides broke out.

Although the temple is not small, the shelling lasted for more than an hour. Hundreds of shells were fired, the stone pillars collapsed and the walls collapsed. Wails and curses could be heard inside.

"The general attack begins."

Sun Yong waved his flag, and the sergeants who had been waiting for a long time rushed forward.

"Kill...capture Jin Tianlong alive."

"Kill all the gangsters."

"..."

After the shelling, the resistance in the temple was already very weak. There were only sporadic gunshots. After a period of crackling, the resistance disappeared.

Inside the temple there was only a strong smell of gunpowder and white smoke, including huge dust thrown up by the collapse of the wall.

The sergeants thoroughly cleaned up the battlefield. All the stubborn elements were dead, including Jin Tianlong. Half of his head was blown off by a cannonball. The scene was horrific.

"Everyone pay attention, clean up the battlefield, and camp in place tonight to rest."

"..."

The sergeants held torches to clear the battlefield.

Several photos were taken of Jin Tiancheng's death, which must be reported to the headquarters.

After all, as the largest bandit leader of the Taihu Gang, the Taihu Gang, which had been entrenched here for more than ten years, was finally completely destroyed.

Next, Sun Yong plans to conduct a thorough cleaning of the entire Taihu Lake, resolutely eliminate banditry, and restore a peaceful environment to the people along the coast of Taihu Lake.

…

Let’s just talk about the Shanghai Army.

At that time, Jiang Zunliang quietly grabbed Geng Zhongming and did not let him rush out with Jin Tianlong. When Jin Tianlong and others were busy fighting with Song Xiaoniu's reinforcements, they gathered more than 5,000 Shanghai troops and quietly withdrew from the battlefield.

They returned to Kunshan from the original route and saw that they were fifty or sixty kilometers away from the main battlefield, so they stopped to rest.

At this time, the stopped troops were hungry, cold, exhausted, and the camp area was in a mess.

The entire military camp was full of wounded people, about five to six hundred people, screaming and wailing. However, the military doctors and medicines brought by Hu Lv were not many, and they were unable to cope with it.

Many injured people slowly bled to death because they did not receive treatment.

In this battle of Suzhou, the Shanghai army suffered 2,000 casualties in four days. 7,500 were killed when they set out, and now more than 5,600 have returned. More than 1,300 people died directly, and more than 600 were left.

Most of the injured were seriously injured.

Everyone knows that this cannot be cured.

As usual, the troops are about to start a forced march, because the Song Xiaoniu Department of the Republican Army is now restrained by the Taihu Allied Forces. Once Jin Tianlong is defeated, they will immediately send cavalry to pursue the Shanghai Army.

Among them, more than 400 seriously injured people are burdensome and cannot be taken away.

"Go ahead and do it."

Jiang Zunliang held his extremely depressed face with one hand, turned his head, and waved his hand with tears in his eyes.

"yes…"

The captain of the soldiers who stood by and waited for the order saluted and immediately led his men to carry out the order.

The captain of the soldiers had no expression on his face. What he went to carry out was the order of "send him a ride", that is, give each seriously wounded soldier a stabbing blow and call him a ride.

This kind of job is the most cruel, but it has to be done. It is definitely inappropriate to let the team members who have just fought side by side do it, and no one can do it.

This kind of thing is usually carried out by the commander's personal guards.

Of course, there is still a small ceremony before the action to worship the gods.

Let the gods collect the souls of these people and return to heaven.

After the ceremony is over, start to make one more cut.

Finally, put the dead soldiers together and burn their corpses with fire.

Then, Jiang Zunliang ordered his troops to march overnight, crossing the boundary of Jiangsu Province and entering the boundary of Shanghai, so as to be safe.

But both Jiang Zunliang and Geng Zhongming had lost confidence in the so-called revolutionary future after their defeat in the Suzhou Battle.

They both knew very well that Shanghai would eventually be unable to hold on.

…

The final victory of the Suzhou Battle made Chen Tianhua and Ji Chunsheng of the headquarters, Li Xinghong, Lu Kaishan of Jinling City, etc. all raise their eyebrows and let out a sigh of relief. Their tense nerves could finally relax a little.

According to the military order of the headquarters, Song Xiaoniu Brigade returned to the Jiujiang defense line by transport ship from Chongming Island.

Suzhou Fucheng is temporarily garrisoned by Luo Longyun's regiment and Ma De's third regiment, as well as an infantry regiment on Chongming Island. Luo Longyun is the commander-in-chief and Ma De is the deputy commander.

Order Yang Shanxin's brigade to return to Jinling City to rest.

"A general dies in a hundred battles, and a strong man returns in ten years! With Mr. Xiao's ending, he will surely be comforted under Jiuquan. This is a hundred times better than being buried with the Qing government and is much more meaningful."

Luo Longyun patted Yang Shanxin and the butcher on the shoulders and comforted:

"You two don't have to blame yourself. If I were in your position, I would also send troops."

Yang Shanxin smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect Brother Luo to be so forgiving."

Luo Longyun shook his head and said in a deep voice: "This is not an excuse, but a sincere statement. Why are we soldiers? Isn't it just to protect the country and the people? When you see the people under your rule being slaughtered by bandits, any man will draw his sword and rise up.

You two brothers are both men, and I admire you."

"But we brothers are not just men. We are also battlefield commanders. Because of us, more people died."

Yang Shanxin has grown a lot after this battle. "People often say to me that kindness does not control soldiers. Today I have truly realized what I mean."

Luo Longyun let out a long sigh and thought to himself: This is a great truth, and it is an unbreakable truth from ancient times to the present.

If you were defending the town of Suzhou, would you have sent troops?

Luo Longyun still dare not guarantee it.

"Don't worry, Brother Yang, you will be fine. Your brigade will be rebuilt, and you will still stay in the position of brigade commander." Luo Longyun said with relief.

"I have lost my troops and generals, how can the Generalissimo spare me?" Yang Shanxin said in confusion.

Luo Longyun chuckled and said loudly:

"Who said this battle in Suzhou was a big defeat? It was a big victory. Do you understand? Girl

Under Su City, the Taihu Allied Forces, including the Shanghai Army, lost their troops and generals. Jin Tianlong's 30,000 elite soldiers were defeated and returned in defeat. They just happened to fall into the pocket of the Zhejiang Army's encirclement and suppression. Maybe you will be promoted?!"

The Generalissimo is so smart, these are all under his control.
Chapter completed!