The heavy rain poured on the Huaiyang land, and the Tongshan Mountain was also covered by rain and fog. The raindrops hit the curtain of a tent, as if they were hitting the hearts of the people in the tent.

The general of the Fifteenth Town, who was originally from the Daxi Army, and the general of the Xinsan Town, Shao Chengguowei, who was from the old man from Daqiaoshan, sat by the stove, while roasting his hands, while quietly listening to the sound of wind and rain outside. Aside, Jiang Fan, the deputy general of the Fifteenth Town, took a letter of a letter from the commander who received the commander was thinking in a daze.

As early as when the Eastward Detachment, Qi Hao cooperated with Shao Chengguo, so he was an old partner. The Fifteenth Town was reorganized from the Eastward Detachment, and most of the soldiers were Xiangxi soldiers. The New Three Towns were reorganized from the Jiangxi Green Camp and had relatively low combat power. So when the two towns cooperated to attack in Yizhen this time, the Fifteenth Towns were in the front and the New Three Towns followed.

In the Tongshan Blocking Battle four days ago, Brigade B of Xinsan Town was attacked by a Manzhou cavalry, with great casualties, and had to replenish the Qing soldiers captured by Yizhen. Now the two towns actually have 11,000 soldiers and more than 3,000 civilians were captured. The Qing army was unknown in front of them, but it should not be less than 10,000, of which the number of cavalry was about 3,000. This is also the reason why the 15th Town and Xinsan Town were forced to stagnate in Tongshan. After all, compared with the military towns that can be fought such as the Old Fourth Town, the Fifteenth Town and the New Three Town are still too weak, and the allocation of firearms and artillery is insufficient.

The military order in Jiang Fan's hand was sent from Gaomin Temple in the southeast half an hour ago. The military order required the 15th Town and Xinsan Town to launch a strong attack on the Qing army in front and advance to Yangzhou at all costs. The essence of this military order was to order the 15th Town and Xinsan Town to be bait to attract more Qing troops to mobilize from the south of Yangzhou to Tongshan, thereby reducing the pressure on the main force in the direction of Gaomin Temple. However, this move means that the 15th Town and Xinsan Town are likely to be wiped out.

After Qi Hao and Shao Chengguo received this military order, they were silent until now. After baking the stove for a while, Shao Chengguo suddenly stood up and rubbed his hands, and smiled and said, "Brother Qi, let's do it. I'll go back and prepare. Our new three towns will take the lead. You and the fifteen towns are really going to fight all the money. You and my brother will also go to Meihualing in the future." After that, he turned around and opened the curtain to leave in the wind and rain.

Jiang Fan looked at Shao Chengguo's figure who was leaving in the wind and rain, and his lips moved, but did not stop him, but turned his head to look at Qi Hao.

"Call everyone here."

Qi Hao stood up and sighed, walked to the map, and stared blankly. Soon, the three brigade schools and three Anjun ambassadors of the 15th Town came to the tent of the generals. After they came in, Qi Hao was still looking at the map and ignored them. After the few people waited for a long time, Qi Hao never spoke.

The tent was very quiet, and only the heavy rain outside was heard, and the heavy breathing of everyone. Occasionally, a "thunderbolt" sound was heard in the stove. While waiting, General Jiang Fan had already handed the order to the six people one by one. After the six people saw it, they all frowned.

After waiting for a while, Wu Dayou, an ambassador of the An Army of Brigade C, couldn't help but say, "Since it is the command of the Grand Marshal, we will obey the order, so you don't have to hesitate!" After saying that, he walked to the tent door, lifted the curtain, pointed to everyone outside and said, "This heavy rain fell very badly, but it is not good for us, and it is even more unfavorable to the Tartars. Judging from the rain, it will definitely not be able to stop for a while. Besides, it has been a day since then, and the land has been rotten long ago. The Tartars' cavalry cannot move in the mud, so we will take this opportunity to fight with them! People are silenced, eat the Grand Marshal, take the Grand Marshal, live in the Grand Marshal, and flower the Grand Marshal. We have lived a good life. Now the Grand Marshal wants us to fight for our lives, so we will fight with his mother Tartars!"

"Yes, I've fought with his fucking Tartars!"

The generals were excited by Wu Dayou's words and agreed. Qi Hao also turned around and walked to the generals. He slowly glanced at the generals, then nodded slightly and said, "Then let's fight."

"I order"

As Qi Hao ordered the orders, all the officers who called the name bowed and stood up to take the order. Qi Hao pressed the sword at his waist, his eyes full of determination.

With the order, in the wind and rain, thousands of people from the 15th Town were dispatched to gather together, and everyone was already wearing armor. All weapons, bows, arrows and weapons were worn. The wind and rain were strong, and the muskets could not be fired at all. At this time, the gun soldiers all held the guns and the battalions, and the spears in their hands.

Tens of thousands of people were ranked in the wind and rain. Although everyone was trembling with cold and hesitant, they didn't know why the military orders were gathered in the wind and rain, but the cruel military orders made everyone bury their doubts in their hearts, and they breathed breathing one by one. Soon, the soldiers in the wind and rain saw their town generals appear in their sight.

"Attack order, if you dare to have someone who is not in the former, you will be killed!"

Qi Hao didn't say a word and directly ordered an attack. The brigades were quickly mobilized and drove out of the camp. In the camp of Xinsan Town not far away, teams of soldiers also lined up in the wind and rain, silently heading towards the Qing army in the distance.

Qi Hao rode out of his horse. In his sight, he saw the military flag of the New Three Towns and the figure of Shao Chengguo under the military flag.

His neck rolled slightly, and his eyes fell to the southeast.

Marshal, I hope your decision is correct, and I hope your brothers will not die in vain!

"kill!"

Qi Hao rode his horse hard and took hundreds of cavalry guards to gallop on the muddy ground.

The wind is strong and the rain is heavy. In this storm, tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers launched a strong attack on the Qing army. The sound of fighting quickly rang out in the wind and rain.

Gaomin Temple, Yizhen River Estuary.

The strong wind made the boats on the river shaking constantly, and the raindrops fell down. The weather was very bad. However, in this harsh weather, the Taiping Army's canal naval fleet was still moving forward with difficulty in confronting the wind. The sailors rowed the oars hard and supported them with poles desperately, just to allow the boat to row a section forward.

On the south bank of Yizhen River, the pier that the Taiping Army temporarily trimmed was covered with straw, but because the rain was too heavy, it was constantly trampled back and forth, and the ground was already muddy. Many soldiers' shoes were stuck in the mud and could not be pulled out, so they had to run barefoot. The cold caused many soldiers to be frostbite, but no one stopped. They were still busy on the pier, and they used all their strength to move the goods that the navy had just transported to the shore.
Chapter completed!