The price of greed is that the gain is not worth the loss. Originally, Wu Quanmei and Novosiliski both believed that if they simply broke through the Wu army's iron cable defense line, the Qing and Russian joint fleet's warships would definitely not lose more than ten, and it was possible that the war damage could be controlled within five, so that they could easily break through the Jiujiang Wu army's too long iron cable defense line.

However, the greed for the opportunity to kill Wu Chaoyue directly made the Qing and Russian joint fleet, especially the Red Single Fleet under Wu Quanmei. After a fierce battle, although the Qing and Russian joint fleet successfully won the Jinjipo Fort of the Wu army in Jiujiang with its absolute advantage in strength, the Qing army's naval red single ship was sunk fifteen, nine were seriously injured, and nearly a thousand soldiers were injured.

Wu Quanmei, a famous general of the Qing army naval army, has been lying across the water for more than 20 years, and has never suffered such heavy losses in that battle. At the same time, it is also thanks to the wide river surface in the Jiujiang area. It is difficult for the Wu army's north bank turret of Jiujiang to provide artillery fire cover for the south bank battlefield, otherwise the losses of the Qing army naval army would definitely be greater and more miserable.

So, after counting the damage, Wu Quanmei couldn't help but sigh and said, "Okay, you can't steal chickens and lose rice. You shouldn't be head-on with Wu's turret."

In contrast to Wu Quanmei, who was secretly distressed, Wen Xiang, the imperial envoy sent by the Qing court to Wu Quanmei, cheered and smiled happily. Because since Wu Chaoyue launched the army, the Qing army had never achieved such a great victory in the Wu army. Not only did it successfully destroy the Jinjipo Fort of the Wu army in Jiujiang, seized dozens of artillery pieces, and killed more than 800 Wu soldiers, forcing the Jiujiang Wu army to retreat to the city completely, smashing the myth of Wu Chaoyue's invincible rebels in one fell swoop. So after the great victory, Wen Xiang, regardless of the Taiping Army guarding along the way, picked up the pen and wrote it into a memorial as soon as possible, and sent a clutch back to the capital to report the victory to the red flag of the Qing court.

But then again, the Qing army naval army was indeed fighting beautifully. Basically, it was only by relying on its own strength to defeat the Wu army in Jiujiang, and it was difficult to fight back. With the dense artillery fire of the Wu army in Jiujiang, fighting bloody battles, and severely damaged the defensive position guarded by the Wu army in Jiujiang. In fact, even without the help of the Tsarist Russian fleet, the Qing army naval army was very confident that it could take down the Wu army's fortress by itself. Therefore, after this battle, the Qing army naval army not only shook the timidity of the Wu army, but also greatly boosted the morale of the army, and even there were calls for direct attack on the capital of Hubei Province to capture Wu Chaoyue alive.

Fortunately, Novosiliski, the commander of the Tsarist Russian fleet, was also a sensible person. After seeing the performance of the Wu army on the battlefield in Jiujiang, Novosiliski also put away a lot of underestimation and began to believe that the warning Ignatiev issued before departure was true. But it was a pity for the Qing navy. The more Novosiliski did not dare to underestimate the Wu army, the more he made up his mind to let the Qing navy be cannon fodder and would never take action until the last moment.

After the victory, the Qing and Russian coalition forces once shelled Jiujiang City to retaliate against the Wu army's tenacious resistance, and sent troops to loot the streets outside Jiujiang City to loot the people's wealth. Liu Mingchuan, who replaced Bao Chao to guard Jiujiang, kept in mind Wu Chaoyue's instructions and sent troops to fight and consume the enemy's troops. He fought a street battle with the Qing and Russian coalition forces in the lower town of Jiujiang City. Although it caused huge losses to the lives and property of Jiujiang people, it also showed the Wu army's ambition and majesty that was not afraid of the strong enemy, forcing the Qing and Russian coalition forces, which had no support supplies, to voluntarily withdraw from the land battlefield and dared not consume too much power in Jiujiang.

At the same time, Wu Chaoyue also took the Luo Weilin Route to Tianjia Town, Hubei Province, and met with the main force of the Wu army Cao Yanzhong Corps who had been transferred back from Sichuan before, and continued to personally arrange and deploy the Tianjia Town blocking battle.

Unlike the somewhat useless blocking position in Jiujiang, Tianjia Town is definitely the best blocking position for the Wu army. The narrowest part of the river is only two miles. The artillery batteries on both sides can not only use firepower to block the waterway, but also use artillery fire to cover each other's beachhead positions. In addition, the Wu army had repeatedly fought with the Taiping Army here and built a large number of permanent defensive fortifications. The defense of water and land is very strong. It is the most ideal position for the Wu army to gradually consume the enemy's combat power with its geographical advantage.

By the way, if it weren't for not putting all the eggs in one basket, the Tianjia Town defense line could actually be used to allow the Wu army and the Qing and Russian coalition forces to fight this decisive battle. To be on the safe side, although Wu Chaoyue decided to fight the enemy at Songyuankou, he still specially transferred Cao Yanzhong's corps, one of his most trusted troops, to guard Tianjia Town, in order to use the favorable terrain of Tianjia Town to hit the enemy hard and reduce the pressure during the decisive battle.

Of course, the defense line of Tianjia Town is not completely flawless. At least the Banbishan Fortress on the south bank has a weak spot of small space. The turret position is easily covered by enemy artillery and cannot station too many troops. At the same time, the terrain south of Banbishan is too wide, suitable for the enemy to land and fight, and attack Banbishan position by water and land.

This weakness didn't matter when fighting with the Taiping Army before. The Wu army, equipped with firing guns and protected by fortifications, wanted the Taiping Army to go ashore and die. However, when it was time to prepare to fight with the Tsarist Russian army, known as the fighting nation, if the Wu army ignored the protection of the Banbishan Fortress position, it might be defeated by the enemy, causing the Tianjia Town defense line to collapse completely.

In response to this weakness, Wu Chaoyue's previous tactical arrangement was to arrange an ambush in the area of ​​Junshanzui, which was complex on the south side of Banbishan Mountain. After the enemy landed, he suddenly attacked and attacked the enemy with the Banbishan defenders. However, after learning from the lesson that Jiujiang was abused by the enemy's naval cannon, Wu Chaoyue had just returned to Tianjia Town and ordered the withdrawal of the ambush and prepared to find another way to protect Banbishan.

"How about setting up another camp in Dashuai'an Temple?" Cao Yanzhong, an unknown young man who gradually developed in actual combat, suggested: "There is located upstream of the iron cable defense line. The enemy fleet's artillery fire cannot be fired, and it is only four miles away from Banbishan Fortress. You can send troops to rescue Banbishan at any time, and it can play a role in supporting the Banbishan Fortress."

Wu Chaoyue did not answer because Cao Yanzhong's suggestion was good, but he still had a weakness. As a result, Cao Yanzhong's deputy, the old Wu army, Yang Shilin, also saw the weakness and said, "Brother Cao, what if the enemy does not attack Banbishan, what should we do if the enemy first attacks Banbishan? The defenders of Banbishan cannot send troops to rescue Xin'an Temple?"

"It doesn't matter. Just use Xin'an Temple as the main battlefield for the land decisive battle." Cao Yanzhong replied: "I go to guard Xin'an Temple myself. When the enemy attacks Banbishan, I will send troops to rescue him. The enemy first attacks Xin'an Temple and take the opportunity to fight the land decisive battle with the Rakshasa people."

"Brother Cao, if you really want to do this, let me go to Xin'an Temple." Yang Shilin quickly expressed his loyalty and said, "Brother Cao, you are the main general of the Tianjia Town defense line. You can only sit in the main battlefield of Wuwang Temple to command the overall situation. Xin'an Temple let me go. If the enemy attacks Xin'an Temple first, even if there are no reinforcements, I will definitely fight the rebellious Rakshasa people to the end!"

"Xin'an Temple Camp is the key point of the Tianjia Town defense line. Are you sure?" Cao Yanzhong asked with some concern.

"Yes." Yang Shilin replied.

"Of course Yang Shilin has it." Wu Chaoyue also suddenly spoke and said, "Yang Shilin, I will go to guard the Xin'an Temple camp with you and help you fight this bad battle."

"Master, you can't go!" Cao Yanzhong and Yang Shilin exclaimed in unison: "It's too dangerous!"

"How dangerous can the enemy's naval guns not be shot?" Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't take the risk of fighting. The enemy will fight Banbishan. Yang Shilin, you will lead troops to save Banbishan. I will guard the Xin'an Temple camp. If the enemy comes to fight Xin'an Temple, I will join forces with you to fight."

After saying that, Wu Chaoyue picked up the Henry spear in Wu Dasai's hand and said with a smile: "Don't forget that my direct military camp is equipped with this. Russian Russians really want to attack Xin'an Temple Camp, which is just the opening of this new equipment for us."

He had a Henry bead gun gifted by Wu Chaoyue himself. Knowing how powerful this thing was, Cao Yanzhong and Yang Shilin did not object, but they all asked Wu Chaoyue not to support the hero. If the situation was not right, he would have to escape. Wu Chaoyue, who was actually extremely greedy and afraid of death, of course, agreed immediately, and prepared the order of the Clippers in advance so that he could escape back to the wharf of Tianjia Town at a critical moment. At the same time, he also decided not to erect the flag of the coach for the time being to avoid being attacked by the enemy.

After quickly adjusting the blocking tactics, Wu Chaoyue and two battalions of the Bian Battalion and Yang Shilin's army had just established a camp in Xin'an Temple. Before he could dig the camp trenches and build a sheep and horse wall, the Qing and Russian Combined Fleet had already arrived near Tianjia Town, and did not give the Wu army in Xin'an Temple too much time to prepare for war.

Fortunately, after roughly observing the solidity of the defense line of Wu Jun Tianjia Town, both Wu Quanmei, the commander of the Qing army naval division, and Novosiliski, the commander of the Tsarist Russian fleet, immediately took a breath and did not dare to launch an attack rashly. They also quickly retreated to the downstream of Fuchikou to prepare for war, missing the best opportunity to take the opportunity to kill Wu Chaoyue. Finally, Novosiliski also shouted at Wu Quanmei: "Your Qing intelligence personnel are all waste? Wu Chaoyue's rebels established such a solid defense line in front, why didn't they report to us in advance?"

"I didn't expect that Wu Chaoyue would build the defense line of Tianjia Town so strong." Wu Quanmei replied frowningly: "We used to carefully paint the defense map of the Wuzi Fort in Tianjia Town that we secretly drew, but only marked the location of the Wuzi Fort. At that time, I thought that this Tianjia Town was not easy to break through. But I really didn't expect that Wuzi would build the defense line of Tianjia Town so strong."

"Call your people to the ashore to reconnaissance!" Novosiliski roared angrily: "I want to know everything ahead, otherwise I will not fight this battle!"

Even if Novosiliski did not need to explain this, Wu Quanmei would do this. However, after carefully exploring the specific defense situation of Wu's army in Tianjia Town, Wu Quanmei and Novosiliski pulled their faces longer than donkeys.

Because the defense line of Tianjia Town is really too difficult to break through, cross-fire shooting of north and south can easily cover the entire river surface, not only half of the water flow is fast, but there are still ten iron chains blocking the river, and thunder is connected to the iron chain. The frontal impact of the Qing Russian warships is purely in vain, and the direct breakthrough will cost at least three or four times the price in Jiujiang.

Of course, the weakness of Banbishan Fort was soon discovered by the experienced Wu Quanmei and Novosiliski. At the same time, they also saw through the purpose of Wu's army's garrison in Xin'an Temple. However, there was no way. Even though they knew that the battle between Banbishan and Xin'an Temple was definitely not easy to fight, in order to allow the fleet to break through the defense line of Tianjia Town with minimal losses, landing operations was still the only correct choice for the Qing and Russian coalition forces.

"We can only attack Xin'an Temple first and then take Banbishan." Wu Quanmei said helplessly: "First attack Banbishan, the Wu thieves in Xin'an Temple will definitely send troops to attack us. We can only concentrate artillery fire to bombard Banbishan and attack Xin'an Temple. This is why Wu thieves in this half of the mountain dare not send troops to rescue Xin'an Temple. We are under a little pressure on the battlefield."

"Then let's do it quickly." Novosiliski also agreed with Wu Quanmei's tactics and urged: "The faster the better. Don't let your Qing rebels build a solid camp there, and the price of our victory will be even greater."
Chapter completed!