The gunners from the Hunan Army camp on the bank of the river fired cannonballs at the side of the "Taiping". The shells hit the hull with a "bang" and bounced away.
Before the gunners in the Hunan Army camp came to their senses, the foreign ship had already turned around, completely ignoring the fleeing Hunan Army naval forces around it, and aimed its bow at the Hunan Army fortress on the shore.
"Then, what kind of cannon is that..."
The Hunan Army gunners on the camp looked at the huge cannon on the ship in horror, and Zeng Laojiu, known as "Zeng Tie Tong", directly picked up the telescope. The next moment, his face suddenly changed, and there was no trace of anything on his dark face.
There was no trace of blood color, and he could see more clearly than others. He clearly saw more than a dozen "foreigners" standing around the huge cannon as high as a person on the bow, and they stuffed cannonballs as big as their heads into the cannon.
In the tube.
"It's over..."
The next moment, the deafening sound of artillery resounded on the river, and the roaring shells directly hit the thick earth wall of the Hunan Army camp. In an instant, the Xiang Yong on the wall felt that the earth wall seemed to shake suddenly, and
Before they could figure out what was going on, a loud "boom" exploded from inside the earth wall. In the violent explosion, Xiang Yong on the earth wall was blown into the sky, and the earth wall collapsed instantly.
…
"Zeng Tie Tong Jiangning was defeated, Zeng Tie Tong Jiang Ning was defeated..."
A few days later, the official army was defeated at the gate of Tianjing City, and the navy was completely wiped out. The news that Zeng Jiushui led his troops to escape from Jiangning reached the ears of Governor Li. In shock, he ordered to stop the march to Suzhou.
Send someone to inquire about the news.
A few days later, after learning the news about Changmao's victory on the Yangtze River, he was even more stunned.
"Iron, ironclad ship, how is this possible?"
"Master Futai, this is what Ninth Commander and Xueshuai saw with their own eyes. Not only was the armored ship invading the bandits invulnerable, but the cannons couldn't even make a hole in it. The cannonballs were more than a foot in size, like small millstones.
The earth shook and the mountains were shaken by one shot, but only one shot destroyed the walls of the Nine Commanders' camp. Then tens of thousands of long hairs took advantage of the situation. With the long hairs of the iron armored ship, not only was it more powerful than a tiger, but it was also beyond the reach of any human being.
Enemy..."
The information brought by the messenger made Governor Li dumbfounded.
"How come the long hair has an ironclad?"
"I'm afraid Li Ni didn't buy it from foreign profiteers in Hangzhou."
Changmao captured Jinshan and captured Hangzhou. In the past two years, he has bought many foreign guns and cannons from foreign profiteers. How could Governor Li not know about this? As for robbing good people and selling them overseas as slaves, he has already done so.
It's nothing new.
"Damn Western profiteers, they really deserve to be killed!"
While Governor Li was scolding angrily, he thought about what Liu Kunpeng said that day.
"Oh, hurry up, prepare the sedan quickly!"
Governor Li stood up hastily.
"We can't let people named Wu fall into the trap of foreigners and buy junk things that foreigners don't want!"
What's the use of 400,000 taels to buy a few junk ships that foreigners don't want? Let Changmao use ironclad ships for fun?
Sitting on the sedan chair, Governor Li was secretly thinking about another thing - now that his mentor's navy was newly defeated, if he took the 400,000 taels and bought an iron-clad ship like a long hair, wouldn't the navy commander fall behind?
Come to your own side.
Everyone has ambitions, and Governor Li is no exception. Just when he was thinking about how to get the man named Wu to pay for the 400,000 taels of silver to buy the boat, there was a sale of "Shanghai New News" coming from outside the sedan chair.
The sound of newsboys hawking.
"Outside of the Number, Out of Number, Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Zhejiang Province, was defeated miserably at the gate of Quzhou City. He didn't know whether he was alive or dead. The name was out of line..."
What!
Zuo Zongtang was also defeated!
How could this happen?
Governor Li hurriedly opened the sedan curtain and shouted.
"Quick, quick, stop the sedan and go buy a newspaper!"
…
Amidst the deafening sound of artillery, Chu Yong was running around everywhere outside Quzhou City. While Chu Yong was running around, the Taiping Army in the distance continued to bombard Chu Yong with mortars. Dozens of mortars fired
The fierce artillery fire destroyed Chu Yong's queue in an instant.
But what was even more deadly was the long-haired foreign gun team. The fierce firepower of thousands of foreign gun teams using seven-shot serial guns became the last straw to crush the Chu army. Faced with such a hail of bullets, the only option was to
The end of Chu Yong, who had a small number of foreign guns, is naturally conceivable.
But just after several rounds of artillery attacks, Chu Yong chose to flee in all directions after the violent explosions caused heavy casualties. As Chu Yong fled, the roar of "Capture Qingyao Zuo Zongtang alive" rang out from all directions, along with the sound of cannons
, gunfire, footsteps, thousands of Chu Yong all fled in all directions.
The scene in front of him made Zuo Zongtang stunned. He did not expect that Chu Yong, who he had trained so hard, would be so vulnerable. Chu Yong completely ignored the officer's orders and ran away with his head in his hands.
"Master Futai, it's over..."
Jiang Yili, who was the most brave general under Zuo Zongtang, was also stunned by the scene in front of him. What calmed him was not his bravery, but the fierce firepower unleashed by Changmao.
"I don't know where Changmao got the foreign artillery pieces. There are hundreds of cannons in one dozen. Not even an iron man can withstand such artillery fire..."
Standing on the battlefield, Zuo Zongtang looked dull.
how so?
When did Changmao's firepower become so sharp? How come the cannon can fire continuously like a serial gun?
The routs on the battlefield were like fallen leaves blown up by the strong wind, running around aimlessly.
One of the brave men was in a panic and just ran for their lives. They didn't see Zuo Zongtang and others standing there, and ran towards him in a daze. Seeing that their courage was defeated, Zuo Zongtang shouted loudly.
"Deserts shall be killed!"
After saying that, he slashed with the knife. Yong Ding, who was fleeing in front, screamed, and his head was mutilated. The field was dyed red with blood. Yong Ding, who was fleeing, was suddenly shocked by the power of the governor. Just as they reluctantly
When they regrouped around the governor, the artillery team of the Taiping Army in the distance also saw this group of people and saw the handsome flag. They hesitated and immediately concentrated their mortar firepower and directed a burst of shelling at this group of people.
In the violent explosion, the handsome flag with the word "Left" fell down, and the newly reorganized team fell to pieces. In the smoke of gunpowder, the wounded let out bursts of miserable screams.
Regardless of the military law, they all fled around in a hurry. When they fled blindly, many Xiangyong who saw that they could not escape took advantage of the chaos to take off their coats, then threw away their swords and guns, and hid in the grass and fields.
, and soon they became shaggy captives.
However, the only thing that made them happy was that unlike in the past, Changmao did not kill them this time, but shouted loudly to have their hair tied in braids, and then their hands were tied and they became prisoners.