The biggest advantage of the Taiping Army soldiers is their hard work. Even though they were already quite exhausted after fighting with Deng Siyuan's troops in the Wu army, after Zeng Lichang gave the order, the two thousand Taiping Army's main forces gathered at night without hesitation, crossed the Wusong River overnight to go north to reinforce, and met with Zhou Lichun's army at about 3 a.m., and won several hours of precious time to establish a defensive position.

As mentioned earlier, Zhou Lichun, a small family, built a camp not large in order to facilitate defense, so Lin Afu's army could only build another position outside the Zhou army camp. However, seeing that the Taiping Army soldiers brought by Huang Caisheng and Yan Zhongwu were all main combat soldiers with thick waists and round arms, most of them were bird guns and foreign guns, and even several 400 kilograms of tiger cannons stolen from the Qing army, Zhou Lichun still allowed the Taiping Army to enter his camp without hesitation, and also sent auxiliary troops to expand the area of ​​the rear camp overnight to alleviate the overcrowding situation in the camp.

It was also at this time that Huang Shengcai, who was carrying Zeng Lichang's secret order, secretly told Zhou Lichun, asking Zhou Lichun to be careful of Xu Yao's general, and also explained that Xu Yao rebelled and adapted to the enemy for Zhou Lichun's love daughter, and also explained that Zeng Lichang sent Zhou Lichun to Zhabei Liying because he was guarding against Xu Yao. Zhou Lichun did not believe it at all, saying that there was no possibility, and said that the scar on Xu Yao's face was left by Wu Chaoyue, and listed Xu Yao's various achievements in fighting against the Qing army on the Wuxi battlefield. Huang Shengcai had no evidence and could not force Zhou Lichun to execute or arrest Xu Yao immediately. He could only repeatedly remind Zhou Lichun not to be careless. After understanding the reason why Zeng Lichang deliberately sent his own army to Zhabei Liying, Zhou Lichun's resentment was slightly relieved, and his relationship with the main force of the Taiping Army improved.

At the same time, the news that the Taiping Army reinforced Zhou Lichun overnight was also sent to Wu Chaoyue by the Qing army's meticulous work. After receiving the bad news, Wu Chaoyue just yawned and said lazily: "Well, the more you come." After that, Wu Chaoyue snored and fell asleep like nothing happened.

Wu Chaoyue slept until seven o'clock the next day before he woke up. Although the Qing army general Qin Ruhu repeatedly suggested that Wu Chaoyue send troops as soon as possible and not give the Taiping Army the chance to strengthen the defense of the camp, Wu Chaoyue did not listen at all. He just asked the soldiers of his own army to eat and prepare for war as usual and prepare for dry food for the day. Then at around 8:30, Wu Chaoyue led his army southward in a grand manner and came to attack Zhou Lichun's camp again.

Wu Chaoyue's drag and drag gave the Taiping Army plenty of time to prepare for war. After the new camp was opened, not only all the fences and antlers were erected, but also a deep and thick camp protection trench was dug, and all the artillery was arranged in place. When Wu Jun Lianyong slowly came to Zhou Lichun's camp with heavy artillery slowly and arranged two miles away, the Taiping Army's new camp had even built a wall of sheep and horses, and they were also racing against time to lay a large number of mines outside the new camp, which made its defense even more enhanced.

Without Wu Chaoyue's order, Wu Junjian officer Meng Huo had already dispatched the artillery camp to train and arrange artillery positions on his own. As a result, Qin Ruhu saw the emergency and quickly ran to Wu Chaoyue and said, "Wu Nietai, why are your artillery directly arranged on the front of Changmao Camp? The front fortifications of Changmao Camp are the most solid and difficult to break. If our army wants to break through Changmao Camp, the best way is to go back to the rear of Changmao Camp and start the newly built camp?"

"It's the same to fight from there. It's a problem of running around, so it's easier to fight from the front." Wu Chaoyue yawned and said to Qin Ruhu: "General Qin, after we break through the long hair, we will restrain our people and rush to clean the battlefield and search the bags of prisoners. When the battle is completely over, we will join forces to clean the battlefield and seize the three and seven. How about it?"

Qin Ruhu opened his mouth and looked at Wu Chaoyue's head dizzy. Wu Chaoyue reminded him again: "Also, your people are absolutely not allowed to attack the captains of the long-haired female camp. If anyone dares to **** the female prisoner of war, I will chop him up with his own hands! Remember, this must be known to every subordinate of yours!"

After Qin Ruhu was dizzy and agreed to his promise, Wu Chaoyue ignored him and immediately asked Huang Dasha and Wang Chuan to lead the troops of the camp to protect the artillery camp. He also asked Qin Ruhu to lead the Qing army to form a formation behind his own army. When the Wu army and the Qing army took their place, the Wu army artillery had been arranged in place. Meng Huo ran to Wu Chaoyue to ask whether to fire the artillery immediately. Wu Chaoyue first raised his telescope and looked at Zhou Lichun's camp. Until it was probably confirmed that Zhou Xiuying was not present, Wu Chaoyue nodded and ordered: "Let's fire the artillery."

The flag was waving, and the Wu army's ten rear-mounted rifled cannons roared one after another, bombing the materials-filled shells at Zhou Lichun's camp. In this regard, Zhou Lichun and Huang Shengcai, who had long been used to Qing army artillery, both looked contemptuous and sneered. The experienced Taiping Army soldiers immediately leaned on the ground to avoid the cannons. However, soon, the violent explosion of the Wu army's shells fell to the ground, made the sneer of Huang Shengcai, Yan Zhongwu and others solidified on their faces.

"It's okay, I've seen the flowering bullets of foreigners, and it's nothing great."

Zhou Lichun, who had seen more than Huang Shengcai and Yan Zhongwu, waved his hand in a big way. However, after waving, Zhou Lichun immediately realized something was wrong again, because the explosion of Wu's army's flowering artillery shells was not only much more powerful than the foreign artillery he had seen before, but the shock wave directly overturned many camp flags and erupted a large number of flames. Wherever the flames went, not to mention that the wooden fences and deer antlers and cloth military tents were ignited and caught fire, even the earth-built sheep and horse walls were fired.

In the previous battle with Deng Siyuan of Wu, the Taiping Army had seen the bitter sour weapons that Wu Jun trained, but the chorionic acid used by Deng Siyuan of Wu Jun was a grenade launcher shell and grenade shell with a charge of only one or two hundred grams. Although the explosion power was far greater than black gunpowder, the combustion effect was not very good, and it had not been used for attacking the toughest. The Taiping Army had never seen the destructive effect of the chorionic flame on wooden fortifications. At this time, Wu Chaoyue suddenly used the chorionic shell with a charge of up to two kilograms. The Taiping Army, who had originally expected to resist the Wu Jun's edge with civil fortifications, was of course stunned and caught off guard.

In the raging fire, many Taiping soldiers covered by picy and sour flames caught fire all over their bodies, and rolled on the ground while crying and shouting, but they still couldn't extinguish the flames on their bodies. Even if their companions carried water to pour on them, the picy and sour flames were still burning on their bodies, burning these unlucky Taiping soldiers into howling ghosts and wolves, and dying miserably. They also made many Taiping soldiers scream, "The water cannot be extinguished, what kind of demon fire is this?"

At this time, the Wu army's artillery had fired again, and more bitter sour shells were shot into the Taiping Army camp, igniting more Taiping Army camp tent fences and also covering more Taiping soldiers in the sea of ​​fire. Taiping soldiers ran around to avoid bullets, and were tilted by the shock waves from the bitter sour shells. Taiping soldiers on their bodies cried and ran around for help, causing the fire to spread rapidly. Seeing this scene, Zhou Lichun, Yan Zhongwu and others' faces turned pale, they also quickly organized soldiers to put out the fire to prevent the fire from burning their battalion defense fortifications. However, whether Taiping soldiers splashed water or covered the broom with soil, the bitter sour flames were said to not be extinguished, but they would not be extinguished.

The third round of artillery attacks of the Wu army concentrated on bombarding the main gate of the Taiping Army's camp, which almost made the strong camp gate and tall arrow tower of the Taiping Army rise up in a blink of an eye. The fourth round of artillery attacks hit the inside of the Taiping Army's camp. The ultra-high firing rate of breech guns made the Taiping Army unbelievable, and made the Taiping Army even more unable to extinguish the fire in the camp. The fire gradually soared into the sky, and the thick smoke rolled, the Taiping Army fence, deer antlers and horses caught fire in rows, and the air was full of the stench of burning hair and meat. There were also two loud explosions of Taiping Army artillery, and the scene was like Shura Hell.

Seeing these situations, Huang Shengcai and Yan Zhongwu, who had rich experience in the battlefield, immediately understood that their army was deceived by Wu Chaoyue again, and were deceived by Wu Chaoyue here and were shot. However, Huang Yan and others refused to give up, and Zhou Lichun refused to give up. After a little discussion, the main force of the Taiping Army and Zhou Lichun's elite simply went out together, and went out from the rear battalion of the two wings. The main force of the Taiping Army was on the left and Zhou Lichun's army was on the right, and they surrounded the Wu army's positions one left and one right, using the linear tactics that the Wu army relied on to become famous. The Taiping Army was much better at learning than the Qing army.

A linear tactical battle that was common in the European and American battlefields was launched. Amid the sound of artillery fire, the Taiping Army's formation was strict and dense, with firm and unified steps, and advanced with a musket with a bayonet. Wu Jun Lian Yong quickly arranged four hollow square formations, and Narita shaped like a font to protect the artillery battalion in the middle to take a defensive battle. The breech gun of the artillery battalion stopped firing and quickly closed to avoid being destroyed by the Taiping Army's assault, and replaced it with a curved mortar cannon to meet the enemy, while the Wu Jun's mortar

Although the range of artillery is relatively short, its advantage is that the shells are loaded with greater power and the explosion is even more powerful. As long as one shell enters the dense queue of the Taiping Army, it will immediately lead to a terrifying disaster. The huge shock wave directly overturns the Taiping Army soldiers in rows, and the erupting flames also turn the Taiping Army soldiers into pieces of firemen with fire all over their bodies. The screams cover the sky and the strict formation is also in chaos.

The gunshot finally rang out. Taiping soldiers, who had learned a lot of linear tactics, gritted their teeth and pushed them to the Wu army's position for 80 meters before firing. They also relied on the opportunity to take the lead to cause some casualties for the Wu army soldiers. However, the weapons were too messy, which caused the Taiping Army's muskets to be fired in a different way. In any case, the concentration of firepower could not be guaranteed. Wu Jun Lianyong, who was equipped with a firing gun, was orderly and divided into two teams to take turns firing. The firepower density was like a storm and rain. Each round of shooting could kill and injure countless Taiping Army loading ammunition.

At this time, it was at this time that the advantages of the firing gun over the carbine were fully reflected. Both breech guns, the carbine must first bite through the paper shell, stuff gunpowder on the fire door to cause fire, and then shoot the bullet into the barrel and shoot. The operation is complicated and time-consuming, and it is very easy to make mistakes. Wu Jun only needs to shoot the bullet into the barrel and fire directly. The mistakes are fewer and shorter, and the firing rate is much faster than Zhou Lichun's army, which uses the carbine as the main weapon. It also throws the flintlock guns and the flintlock guns equipped by the main force of the Taiping Army out of more than 18 streets, and queuing to kill them. Of course, Wu Jun Zheng Yong has the upper hand.

But Wu Jun Jian Yong was killed by queuing up, and the main force of the Taiping Army gritted his teeth and simply launched an on-board charge with a bayonet. However, this was still useless. Wu Jun Jian Yong not only fought against the bayonet but was not afraid of the Taiping Army, but also equipped with a killing weapon of bitter and sour grenade bombs, which could easily blow up the dense crowd of Taiping Army and force the Taiping Army to face the battle. In the bayonet battle, there were few enemies, and of course they were not the opponent of Wu Jun Jian Yong. The situation in the field battle was still one-sided. Wu Jun Jian Yong, who used linear tactics to beat the Taiping Army, still beat the Taiping Army, who had already started to learn linear tactics.

After a long period of fierce battle, with the large number of Taiping soldiers killed and injured, the Wu army's advantage became more obvious. Seeing that the situation was not good, the first one to escape shamelessly was Zhou Lichun's army. In order to preserve its strength, Zhou Lichun, who was small and weak, ordered the army to give up the camp and retreat south, while taking his main soldiers to step back. Huang Shengcai sent someone to ask Zhou Lichun to continue fighting, and Zhou Lichun didn't listen to all the home books in his hands. Zhou Lichun was not confident when he spoke inside the Taiping Army.

At the same time, Wu Chaoyue also made adjustments, ordering Cao Yanzhong to lead a battalion to pursue Zhou Lichun, and ordering Qin Ruhu to lead the army to help Cao Yanzhong, and only use the partial division to chase Zhou Lichun to expand the results of the battle, and the main force was all used to deal with the main force of the Taiping Army. Huang Shengcai and Yan Zhongwu initially wanted to fight and retreat and reduce losses. However, when they saw that Wu Jun Lianyong divided a battalion to encircle their backs, Huang Shengcai and Yan Zhongwu dared not waste time anymore, and quickly ordered the entire army to retreat and flee south with the army. Wu Chaoyue decisively led the Wu Jun Lianyong, who was other than the artillery camp, to launch a pursuit, shouting: "Chasing! In any case, we must completely kill this long-haired team, and we will never let them escape south of Wusong River!"

The pursuit war began. Wu Jun, who had received strict weight-bearing training, was leaping and flying. While desperately stabbing and killing the soldiers of the Taiping Army, they divided their troops to intercept them. As a result, Wang Chuan Battalion, who had attacked first, relied on the advantage of speed, really plunged into the waist of the defeated Taiping Army, and quickly cut the Taiping Army into two pieces. Wu Jun Lian Yong stabbed and shot again, killing the Taiping Army's rear team to death and wounding, forcing the Taiping Army soldiers to escape in all directions. Then Wu Jun Lian Yong kept chasing the Taiping Army front team that had escaped by chance, and then divided a battalion to chase the defeated Taiping Army soldiers.

As he chased after, Wu Chaoyue gradually found that the situation was wrong. The Taiping Army did not flee directly to the southwest of their main camp, but to the southeast concession. When Wu Chaoyue saw that something was wrong, he quickly sent someone to send an order to Huang Dasha, asking Huang Dasha to lead his army to interlude, and rushed to the front at any cost to grab the ferry crossing of Wusongjiang, without giving the Taiping Army a chance to escape into the concession. At the same time, Wu Chaoyue cursed, "Damn it! I didn't expect Changmao to have such a brain, and he could actually think of the idea of ​​running into the concession to escape!"

(Not exaggeration, in history, after the failure of the Xiaodaohui Uprising, a large number of Xiaodaohui Uprising soldiers ran directly into the concession, and as a result, the Americans who rescued the comprador of Wu Lao saved these Uprising soldiers and allowed them to shave their hair and disguise in the concession and get rid of the Qing army's pursuit.)

Huang Dasha's interlude was still one step late. When the Wu army trained to the entrance of the Wusong River floating bridge that directly reached the concession, a large number of Taiping soldiers had already crossed the pontoon bridge and fled into the concession. Although there were Western Alliance soldiers guarding the concession on the other end of the pontoon bridge, they saw that the Taiping army was holding weapons high across the bridge and immediately put down their weapons to show that they were not hostile. The foreign soldiers did not stop them, but just allowed the Taiping army to cross the bridge or swim across the river to enter the land in the concession.

In the end, the Wu army trained their courage to block more than 100 Taiping soldiers who could not water on the north bank of Wusong River, forcing them to put down their weapons and kneel down to surrender. At the same time, Cao Yanzhong was also stubbornly blocked by Zhou Lichun's army in the pursuit. Wu Chaoyue was still angry, not only asked Huang Dasha to lead the army to help Cao Yanzhong, but also vigorously searched for the remaining Taiping soldiers outside the concession, and sent people across the river to contact the British Consul A Liguo, demanding extradition of Taiping soldiers who fled into the concession!

The messenger had just been sent out. What made Wu Chaoyue's eyes lit up was that Wu Jianzhang's old comprador had already appeared on the floating bridge. He was running towards the north bank with Wu Xiaohua and Huang Sheng, and he was crying and calling himself loudly while running. When Wu Chaoyue was overjoyed, he quickly got off the horse and went forward to meet Wu Jianzhang. He first hugged him with a bear, then knelt down on his knees, and shouted loudly from the bottom of his heart: "Grandpa, you miss me to death."

"I miss you so much!" Wu Jianzhang cried loudly and helped his baby grandson up, and did not give him the baby grandson and Wu Xiaohua. Huang Sheng's chance to say hello. He kept checking whether the baby grandson had missing arm and legs. Until he confirmed that the baby grandson had not even lost a few hairs, the old comprador of Wu wiped away his tears and couldn't wait to ask Wu Chaoyue: "Sun son, tell me quickly, you went north to serve the king this time. Has the emperor and the court promoted you?"

Wu Chaoyue nodded with a smile, and Wu Jianzhang quickly asked what official he had been promoted. Wu Chaoyue then said in a twisted manner: "Jiangsu Censor, the title of Minister of the Ministry of War!"

"Haha!" The comprador Wu first laughed wildly, then immediately knelt down on one knee to Wu Chaoyue, clasped his fists and said, "Secretary Wu Jianzhang, I have met Lord Nietai!"

"Grandpa, you are going to kill me." Wu Chaoyue quickly knelt down and returned the favor to the comprador of Wu who was so kind to him, and said with a sad face: "Grandpa, what are you doing? I am your grandson, and I will always be your grandson. Are you kneeling down to me to repay my life span?"

"Nothing nonsense, my grandson will definitely live a hundred years old!" The comprador Wu first scolded, and then said, "Get up quickly, I am paying homage to you. You are now the third-rank Jiangsu Censor, and you are also the second-rank assistant minister. I am the third-rank Jiangsu Chief Secretary, and I should bow to you when I see you."

But he was forced by the comprador of Wu, but Wu Chaoyue stood up and told the comprador to exempt him from gifts according to the rules. Then he quickly helped the comprador of Wu with both hands. The comprador of Wu smiled so hard that his old face was wrinkled and kept muttering, "Fight for the sake of being good, you will be older than your grandfather's official position so soon. It seems that in less than one or two years, our Wu family can have a throne official. The ancestral tomb is smoking, and the ancestral tomb is smoking!"

"Grandpa, let's talk about being an official later." Wu Chaoyue interrupted the old comprador of Wu and said, "Grandpa, do you think I remember correctly? In the concession treaty signed with foreigners, there seems to be one of the Qing criminals who can extradite into the concession, right? The Changhai who just fled to the concession just now are all elites with long hair. If I don't take them back from the foreigners and let them escape back to Changhai, it will not be so easy to deal with them in the future."

Wu Jianzhang was a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Sun-son, you remember correctly. Our Qing Dynasty has the power to extradite and escape into the concession. But Ali Kingdom had made it clear to me before. He allowed me to live in the concession and did not hand me over to Changmao because they recognized the Qing Dynasty and had diplomatic relations with the Qing Dynasty. However, their British Minister Wen Han also signed a non-aggression treaty with Changmao's Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Changmao allowed British ships to freely travel to the water surface of their defense zone and repay their favor. Therefore, if Changmao escapes into the concession, they would never hand over to Changmao. If they wanted to hand over, they would just hand over to Changmao."

"Do it!" Wu Chaoyue cursed, "How to fight this battle? Changmao ran to the concession when he saw that the situation was wrong. What else would I use to wipe them out?" (To be continued.)
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