Good news came from the camp. Tieyi's troops had broken through the second line of defense stationed by the Qing army green camp in front of him, and joined forces to attack the third line of defense. Once the camp could break through the third line of defense, the entire Qing army's defense line would be broken. The Qing army encirclement that prevented the Taiping Army from leaving the city for several months will be in name only...

Just as Tieyi successfully opened up the Qing army defense line with the Green Camp troops in the south, Qin Zhisheng from the west also led the Hujie Battalion to successfully break into the first line of defense of the Qing army, and is now fiercely attacking the second line of defense of the Qing army. Just now, Qin Zhisheng sent someone to repay Zhou Shi. The Green Camp troops in front of him did not resist fiercely, and the Hujie Battalion was not very casualties. It seemed that it would not take long for him to break the second line of defense and advance to the third line of defense of the Qing army.

If the navy could send troops ashore to attack the Qing army from the back at this time, it would form a front-and-back attack on the Qing army along the river together with Hujie Camp. In this way, the Qing army's defense line along the river could be broken. However, what disappointed Zhou Shixiang and Qin Zhisheng was that the Taiping army and the Qing army on the shore were fighting each other, but there was still no movement on the navy.

The navy's uncontrollable troops made Zhou Shi very worried, but he had no choice. After all, this navy in the Yangtze River was not his Taiping Army. He could not command it and could not understand what the navy generals thought. All he could do now was to pass the orders to Qin Zhisheng, so that he could not fight to the death to break the Qing army's defense line along the river, and even if he fought to the last battle, he would have to successfully clear a landing area for the Jiang Shang Navy.

In this way, even if the Qing army cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, the Qing army's defense line can be broken, making Xinhui City no longer a dead city surrounded like an iron barrel.

Compared to the navy's still holding its troops, Zhou Shixiang was even more worried about the progress of the Zhenlu and Xiongwei Battalions.

Before the war, the Qing army adopted a siege attitude towards Xinhui. The main Han army flag of the Qing army was concentrated in the East City, while the northern line was stationed with a group of flag soldiers and the elite Guangdong Green Camp. The river defense line in the west and the defense line in the south were mainly green camp soldiers in various prefectures and counties in Guangzhou. Whether in terms of combat effectiveness or military equipment, the Qing army in the south and west were the weakest, while the Qing army in the east and north had the strongest strength and the hardest bone to crack.

The direction of Dongcheng was originally garrisoned by the main force of the Qing army. Although the Qing army used the Han army flag in the previous siege battles, the soldiers and horses of Guangdong Green Camp who were killed and used as cannon fodder by the Taiping Army were more likely to be killed and were more likely to be used as cannon fodder. Therefore, the losses of the soldiers and horses under Shang Zhixin from Guangzhou were not serious, and they were far from being damaged.

Furthermore, the flag soldiers under Shang Zhixin were all old soldiers brought by Shang Kexi from Liaodong. The combat power was far superior to the Green Camp soldiers, and their fighting will was not comparable to that of the Green Camp soldiers. Therefore, after unexpectedly capturing the first line of defense of the Qing army, the Qing army stationed on the second and third lines of defense immediately reacted and drove out the Taiping Army that had successfully penetrated into it several times. For this reason, the Zhenlu and the Xiongwei Second Battalions paid hundreds of lives.

The war in the east was in a stalemate. Every step forward in the Taiping Army was filling the lives. The trenches covered with bamboo tips were covered with corpses, including the Qing army's defeated soldiers and the attacking Taiping Army soldiers.

The combined forces of Zhenlu and Xiongwei Battalion were only a thousand people. How could it be fought for such a life-consuming war? Zhou Shi ordered Zhenlu and Xiongwei Battalion to give up and have gained several footholds. The second battalion joined forces and broke into a breakthrough point in the south. At the same time, he sent someone to send orders to Tieyi, asking him to try to mobilize all the troops that could be mobilized to detour the Qing army's rear from the south. Whether it was cooperating with Zhenlu and Xiongwei Battalion, directly attacking the Qing army's camp, or harassing the rear. Tieyi decided to seize them himself. In short, Tieyi must try his best to stab the Qing army behind, forcing the Qing army to be unable to concentrate on dealing with the Taiping army's attack in person.

Zhou Shixiang also had a guard battalion as the general reserve team. But until the end, he would not push the guard battalion up. Although this time he left the city, it was a desperate battle to break the axe and sink the boat, but in the west and south directions, it was progressing smoothly. Under the favorable conditions of breaking the encirclement of the Qing army, Zhou Shixiang still kept it a little. In his opinion, without the cooperation of the navy, he would not be able to defeat the Qing army alone with the strength of the Taiping Army.

Tie Yi, who received the order, was leading his troops to clear the remaining Qing troops in several lines of defense. Except for some of the unknown Qing troops who fled, the camp captured prisoners with twice the number of people than their own forces. Although these prisoners laid down their weapons, their excessive number forced Tie Yi to be cautious and call out a team of soldiers to take these prisoners into a Qing army camp on the second line of defense.

After learning that the east was not going well, Lord Qianhu was going to trap the camp and detour the Qing army's rear for destruction and harassment, Tieyi frowned slightly, and after a little thought, he gritted his teeth and called his subordinates to test the Baihu Zheng Tiezhu, and ordered him to lead two teams of men to drive the prisoners to the Qing army's defense line east. He personally led the other three teams of men to detour from the Qing army's rear to attack.

When Zheng Tiezhu heard the order, he was stunned. He immediately understood what the Baihu asked him to drive the prisoners. He responded to the order and called two general flags to continue.

Soon, the Qing army prisoners who were firmly guarded in the camp were driven to the east by Taiping soldiers holding swords and guns. If anyone ran slower, the Taiping army behind immediately stepped forward and slashed.

These prisoners soon understood the intention of the Taiping Army to drive them eastward, but just as they had put down their weapons without any intention of resisting, even though they knew that the Taiping Army wanted them to be cannon fodder, fill the trenches and traps in the defense line, and disperse their own defense line, the prisoners still ran eastward with their teeth.

Thousands of Qing army prisoners rushed towards the Qing army's defense line, which was still resisting, and the Qing army's defense line, which was fighting fiercely with the Taiping army. At first, the Qing army flag soldiers in the defense line shouted loudly to the prisoners, asking them to turn around and run in other directions, but when they found that the prisoners had no intention of turning around, they rushed forward like despair, the flag soldiers in the defense line went forward without saying a word and slashed the green camp soldiers.

The prisoners kept falling down, and people continued to step on the bodies of their companions. In front, there were the spears of the Qing army, and behind, there were the swords of the Taiping army. Advancing was also death, and retreating was also death. It was really that there was no way to go to heaven and no way to go to the ground.

Zheng Tiezhu's actions to drive away the prisoners and attack the Qing army's defense line quickly achieved results. The second line of defense was quickly broken through by the Taiping Army. The remaining Qing army immediately retreated to the third line of defense. Under the command of several Han flag leaders and auxiliary leaders, they formed a formation to protect each other, trying to curb the Taiping Army's offensive before the reinforcements arrived.

Wang Baoguo was a general of the Qing army who retreated to the third line of defense. In his early years, he was a personal soldier under Wang Pu, the general of Datong. Later, Wang Pu participated in the Songshan War with Hong Chengchou. As a result, after Bijiashan, a heavy grain storage area in the Ming army was occupied by the Qing army, Wang Pu actually led his troops to escape the night before the decisive battle of the entire army. As a result, more than 100,000 Ming troops fled at the same time, resulting in the defeat of the Songshan War ending with the Ming army. The Ming army was defeated, and the captured Wang Baoguo and a group of Ming soldiers were transferred to the Han army flag by Hong Tai. Later, Wang Baoguo was stripped away by Shang Kexi's blue flag. After that, he had been fighting under Shang Kexi's command and was promoted to Xieling.

The Taiping Army unexpectedly left the city, and broke through two lines of defense in a fierce and fearless manner. Seeing that the Taiping Army was about to attack the last line of defense, His Royal Highness had no reinforcements sent for a long time. Wang Baoguo was anxious and sent people to the camp to ask for help. However, after several groups of people, the reply he received was His Royal Highness who ordered them to stick to the defense line and never take a step back, but he did not raise reinforcements when they would arrive.

"Fuck it, Nanman is desperate!"

Without the exact news of reinforcements, Wang Baoguo was angry and anxious, but he did not dare to scold His Highness Pingnan. He had to spread fire on the Taiping Army, cursed a few words in his stomach, muttered: "If you want my life, you have to see if you have this ability!"

He wiped the blood on his face, took a knife and waved at the hesitant subordinates, cheering them up: "It's all my goddamn spirit. Your Highness has sent reinforcements. This time it's just a reflection of the Southern Barbarians. Don't look at them for a fierce look, but I can see clearly that there are only a thousand people on the left, and just these few people can make waves! As long as you raise your anger, grit your teeth and hold on for a while, the Southern Barbarians are looking for death!"

There was a veteran flag soldier in the crowd who had followed Wang Xie for almost ten years and shouted boldly: "Sir, when will your reinforcements come? Brothers can't hold on!"

"Hmm?!" Wang Baoguo glared at the old man and cursed: "If you can't hold on, you have to hold on! The prince brought you from Liaodong, and provided you with delicious food and drink. Women are playing hard. Now it's time to serve the prince and the Qing Dynasty. You guys touch your eggs by yourself. Look, it's too hard!"

The old soldier was also a soldier who was licking blood on the knife. He laughed at him: "It's so hard, the little crotch is very hard!"

Wang Baoguo laughed and scolded: "It's good to be tough, I'm afraid you're a soft guy. You have to ask me for help in giving birth to a baby in the future. Where can I get so many things to help you!"

These words immediately made the timid flag soldiers laugh. This laughter, the flag soldiers who were scared by the Taiping Army's desperate attack suddenly became much more courageous.

Some other assistant leaders and Zuo Ling saw that Wang Baoguo was able to cheer up his soldiers, and they all followed suit. Some even brought out gold and silver, and made a strong promise to break the Taiping Army. The women in the city let their mother ride, and they would chop them up after riding.

The morale of the army was barely revived, but seeing the Taiping Army on the opposite side being about to attack after reassembling, the Qing generals and the assistants were still in a clear mind. At present, except for some of the original flag soldiers, the rest of the troops were retreated from the front. Many people called the Taiping Army afraid of being attacked. Even if the morale was boosted, they could only barely maintain it for a while. After all, the flag soldiers had not been full for several days in a row. How much effort would it take to fight this fierce battle, and how much energy could they still be left?
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