Taking two whistles and thirty personal soldiers to venture out of the city to fight the Taiping Army, Wu Chaoyue was mentally prepared to face a fierce battle early on. However, when the bayonet was really popular, Wu Chaoyue realized that he had underestimated the powerful combat power of some Taiping Army soldiers, as well as the courage and fighting spirit to sacrifice their lives.

In the face of the three-dimensional attack on the Shence Gate Guardian City, Taiping Army soldiers who had encountered a high-fire and rapid firing gun for the first time were indeed seriously injured. Among the five hundred people, less than 400 people were able to rush to the Wu Jun Lianyong bayonet formation to launch close combat. At the same time, they had to face the revolver attack from Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers. But even so, Taiping Army soldiers almost broke down Wu Jun Lianyong's bayonet formation. With their rich combat experience, they cut the axe and chopped the sword and axe.

Wu Jun Jianyong was killed and injured. Although Wu Jun Jianyong received strict training and excellent physical fitness, he suffered a loss because he was not experienced enough and was obviously not adaptable enough on the field of quick and ruthless hand-to-hand combat. He was killed by the Taiping Army and faced collapse several times. If it weren't for Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers, they were all equipped with revolvers suitable for melee combat and fired continuously to fill in the gaps and plugged in leaks, Wu Jun Jianyong's bayonet formation would have been unable to hold on.

In a critical moment, the Taiping Army's knife almost cut Wu Chaoyue's face. Fortunately, the personal soldiers were quick-witted and pushed Wu Chaoyue in time to avoid the knife, otherwise Wu Chaoyue would have been full of evil. However, after pushing Wu Chaoyue away, the brave personal soldiers were cut open by the Taiping Army soldiers with a backhand, and the carotid artery ruptured and became Wu Chaoyue's scapegoat.

But then again, although the Wu army, who had insufficient experience, had fought extremely hard, they also made the Taiping Army soldiers on the opposite side secretly frightened. They didn't understand when such a powerful force appeared on the Qing army, and their weapons and equipment were so well-equipped that they were outrageous, they still dared to fight bloody hand-to-hand battles with the Taiping Army, and were able to fight hard without defeat, and also caused considerable casualties to the Taiping Army soldiers. Since the Taiping Army left Guangxi, they have never encountered such a tenacious and fierce enemy.

As hand-to-hand combat continued, and after gradually adapting to this high-intensity and high-speed close-in battle, Wu Jun Lian Yong's training and equipment advantages gradually emerged. The soldiers began to be able to block and stab as skillfully as usual training. Wu Chaoyue's personal soldiers equipped with revolvers were also able to shoot and attack with stunning opportunities to help their companions eliminate the enemy. So as they fought, Wu Jun Lian Yong not only gradually brought the battle back to the balance of power, but also slowly began to gain the upper hand.

When he found that the situation was wrong, and when the casualties were already quite heavy, Shi Shaoheng had to issue a retreat order, and took his soldiers to fight and retreat, gradually retreating back to the severely silted moat, and then turned around and fled to the other side quickly. On this side, Wu Chaoyue also learned from the lessons of the battle in Qingpu, and did not recklessly order charge and pursue, and ordered the soldiers to load and shoot while replacing the team, relying on the advantage of weapons to expand the results. He successfully killed many Taiping soldiers who failed to escape into the bunker in time, and then observed the situation on the battlefield to decide whether to pursue. When he saw another Taiping army coming to pick him up with a torch in the distance, Wu Chaoyue, who had a small number of troops, did not dare to continue to fight. He quickly asked Lian Yong to clean up the battlefield and retreat to the city with his wounded and dead soldiers.

According to statistics after the war, Wu Jun Lianyong died in this battle, five seriously injured, and more than 60 people were slightly injured. At the same time, more than 30 firing guns and two revolvers were also lost and damaged. The losses were not small. However, the Taiping Army suffered significantly greater losses. Just on the battlefield under the city, Wu Jun Lianyong cut off the heads of more than 80 Taiping soldiers, and many enemy heads who died in the moat and on the other side did not have time to harvest them. So just after retreating to the city, Wu Chaoyue was immediately hugged by Geng Luo, the guardian of Shence Gate, and said excitedly: "Brother Wu, it's amazing, amazing! I can rest assured as I have you. With you at Shence Gate, I can finally rest assured to sleep."

After struggling out of Geng's bear hug, Wu Chaoyue shook his head with a wry smile and said weakly: "Brother Geng is too awarded, Changmao is indeed well-known. If there is such a situation in the future, I may not have the courage to take Jianyong out of the city and fight with Changmao for bayonets."

After being exhausted, Wu Chaoyue suddenly found that there was a bloody hole in his left arm. Although the wound was not deep and he was no longer bleeding, Wu Chaoyue still howled like a pig killer, "I'm injured! Wu Dasai, Wu Dasai, come and apply medicine to me, come and bandage me the wound, I'm injured! I'm injured!"

After Wu Dasai, who was staying in the city to fight cold guns, ran over and bandaged Wu Chaoyue's wounds, it was already dark, and Geng Luo could not wait to send people to Lu Jianying and Xianghou to win. When it was dawn, Qi Suzao, the most dedicated Qing official in Jiangning City, rushed to Shence Gate in a sedan chair, and walked up to Shence Gate with the help of his followers. After seeing the body of the Taiping Army under the city, Qi Suzao, who had vomited blood more than a day ago, was immediately wiped out the sickness on his face, and he hugged Wu Chaoyue with excitement, and sobbed with excitement, "Young hero, young hero, if you are the young hero in charge of Jiangning City, you are in Jiangning City, and I am worried!"

When Wu Chaoyue smiled bitterly and was humble, a fast horse rushed to Shence's sect. The messenger immediately rushed to the Shence's gate tower. Before he could salute, he shouted to Qi Suzao: "Qi Fantai, something is not good. The main force of Changmao's navy has arrived at Dasheng Pass! Lu Jiantai told you to go to Jubaomen quickly!"

Hearing this news, Qi Suzao's face turned pale, and he quickly went down the city to get into the sedan chair and headed straight for Jubao Gate. Wu Chaoyue was also worried and said to himself: "The main force of the Taiping Army has arrived. Is that old man Lu Jianying transferred me to the main battlefield of Jubao Gate to fight, right? Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, you must not withdraw the army from Shence Gate, otherwise I would have no excuse to refuse."

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Wu Chaoyue was just a worry. After Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing led the main force of the Taiping Army to the Jiangning battlefield, in the afternoon, Li Kaifang, the vanguard leader of the Taiping Army, went to pay a visit. He had just basically introduced the previous situation and immediately asked to lead the army to move to Shence Gate, and he would personally command the attack on Shence Gate.

"Prime Minister Lin was injured by the cold gun of the Qing Yao of Shen Ce Sect? Deputy Prime Minister Ji was also defeated by the Qing Yao of Shen Ce Sect?" Yang Xiuqing, the actual military commander of the Taiping Army, was not in a hurry to agree to Li Kaifang's request, but said strangely: "How can the Qing Yao in Jiangning City fight?"

"Reporting to the King of Dong, it's not the Jiangning Qing Yao, but the Qing Yao from Shanghai." Li Kaifang said with some gritted teeth: "The brothers from the Heaven and Earth Society helped us find out the news that the one who injured Prime Minister Lin was a Shanghai Qing Yao named Wu Chaoyue. I heard that he was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He also brought a battalion of Qing Yao from Shanghai, all equipped with foreign guns and swords. The one who defeated Deputy Prime Minister Ji's army last night was these Shanghai Qing Yao holding foreign swords!"

"Wu Chaoyue? I seem to have heard this name." Yang Xiuqing thoughtfully. After recalling it carefully, Yang Xiuqing slapped his thigh and said, "I remember that when we were in Hunan, we had seized some Qing Yao's court reports. We mentioned this Qing Yao and said that he defeated more than 4,000 Songjiang Rebel Army with more than 200 people. At that time, I thought Qing Yao was bragging. Now it seems that this is true."

Li Kaifang nodded gritting his teeth and asked to lead his army to move outside Shence Gate. Hong Xiuquan next to him also said: "King Dong, since this transcendent little demon is so hateful, then let Prime Minister Li take the vanguard to Shence Gate, eliminate this little demon and avenge our brothers in heaven."

"No!" Shi Dakai, on the other side, immediately spoke up and said: "Since ancient times, all those who use troops have forced the real to attack the virtual. So is there a reason to avoid the virtual and attack the real? The siege battle is difficult to fight, and the little demon named Wu is so good at fighting. How can we still regard the Shence Sect as the main attack direction and increase the difficulties themselves?"

"The Wing King is right." Yang Xiuqing, a truly self-taught military strategist, nodded and said: "Since Wu Yao, who is stationed in Shence Sect, can fight, why should we fight him head-on?"

Li Kaifang spoke up in dissatisfaction, saying that Lin Fengxiang and Ji Wenyuan suffered losses before, and that they underestimated the enemy because they did not know enough about the Wu army's courage and insisted on leading the army to move outside Shence Gate. Yang Xiuqing interrupted Li Kaifang with a smile and said, "Prime Minister Li, you need not worry. I just oppose the Shence Gate as the main battlefield of the siege, and I have not opposed your move to Jiangning City North. If you want to go to the north of the city, just go. I will leave it to you from the battlefield between Shence Gate and Yifeng Gate."

Li Kaifang was overjoyed and quickly held his fists to respond. Shi Dakai asked in confusion: "King Dong, you just opposed avoiding the virtual and attacking the real. Why did you agree to let Prime Minister Li move to the north of Jiangning City?"

"Of course it is to restrain Qing Yao's troops to defend the city." Yang Xiuqing replied with a smile: "The main force of our army has arrived in Jiangning, with sufficient troops, dozens of times that of the enemy. If we do not use the advantage of many soldiers and widespread generals to siege the city from all sides and force Qing Yao to divide the troops from all sides, wouldn't it be a pity?"

Shi Dakai suddenly realized and quickly praised Dong Wang Yingming. Yang Xiuqing ordered Li Kaifang: "Prime Minister Li, after you move to the north of Jiangning City, you can use the excuse to avenge Prime Minister Lin and Deputy Prime Minister Ji and arrange the illusion of attacking the Shence Gate, but you must not really attack the Shence Gate. Just make the Qing demons in the city dare not mobilize the transcendent demons to other city gates to assist in the war. Of course, you can take revenge on Prime Minister Lin and Deputy Prime Minister Ji, but you cannot be in a hurry. After we break through Jiangning City, you will lead your army into the city and want to wipe out the entire army of transcendent demons. Isn't it easier?"

Hearing Yang Xiuqing's words, Li Kaifang felt that it was not enough to relieve Yang Xiuqing's orders, but he could only take the order honestly. Yang Xiuqing continued to mobilize troops and generals, asking Shi Dakai to lead his troops to take over Li Kaifang's main attack on Jubaomen, and ordered Huang Gaiyun to lead the army to station Hanximen and take charge of the western front, Zhu Xikun led the army to station Chaoyangmen and take charge of the eastern front, restraining the defenders in the city left and right, and ordered the troops to build a fort at the commanding heights outside the city, so as to bombard the city with the artillery artillery left by the Wu Sangui army left and right, and to bombard the city with the artillery artillery left by the iron-core Qing traitor Li Guodong more than 200 years ago.

——Don’t laugh, this is true. Even though the hardcore Qing traitor Li Guodong secretly hid these artillery after more than two hundred years, the technical content and quality of the Qing army artillery of this era are still somewhat higher than those of the Qing army artillery of this era.

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At the same time when Yang Xiuqing dispatched troops to arrange the siege, Wu Chaoyue finally received his first military merit reward in Jiangning - 250 taels of silver. Hui Zheng, who came to pay the reward on behalf of Lu Jianying, also quietly told Wu Chaoyue that Lu Jianying had written the great victory of Shencemen as a memorial to send it to the capital, and exaggerated Wu Chaoyue's 200 gains to thousands of people - but of course, the main hero of Shencemen's victory was still the Governor Lu who came to Shencemen to command and supervise the battle.

He shook his head helplessly. Wu Chaoyue could only reward Wu Jun Lianyong with a lot of silver, and paid out his own pocket for more than 600 taels of silver to pay for the families of the dead soldiers and compensate the seriously injured. Seeing this, even Hui Zheng couldn't help but feel unfair for Wu Chaoyue and said, "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely find a way to let the emperor know the real situation of the Shence Sect. Please give you all the rewards you deserve!"

When he thanked Huizheng with a wry smile, someone suddenly came to report to the city, saying that it was Dong Zhang Jigeng of the Preparatory Defense Bureau who asked to meet Wu Chaoyue. Wu Chaoyue thought he was here to send military pay to him, so he ordered a meeting casually. Then soon, a tall and thin scholar in his thirties was taken to Wu Chaoyue. Wu Chaoyue was not polite and asked directly: "You are Zhang Jigeng? Are you here to deliver me some money? How many are there?"

"Send money?" Zhang Jigeng was stunned at first, then immediately woke up and bowed to Wu Chaoyue and said, "Master Wu misunderstood. I am not here to send money. Moreover, although I am a gentleman from the Preparatory Bureau, I have no right to inquire about the payment of money."

"Then what are you doing?" Wu Chaoyue asked angrily. Wu Chaoyue had no good impression of the defense bureau of Jiang Ning Lianyong. Not only did he not pay Wu Jun Lianyong a silver fee for military pay and food, but he also did not do anything serious. He did not even dredge the moat, and even made a joke that he was responsible for the security of the city, but was stolen from the lanterns and flags of the resident.

"I'm here to observe and learn." Zhang Jigeng's answer made Wu Chaoyue even more angry. "I'm here to hear that Master Wu is good at managing the army. The regiment training he organized is not only strict in military discipline, but also brave and good at fighting. With few enemies and more, he can still defeat long-haired soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. His weapons and equipment are even more excellent, and he can easily shoot and kill bandits from two hundred away. I'm here to admire him, so I came to pay special attention to Master Wu and beg him to allow him to observe your majestic military appearance, firearm operation, and learn one or two. I hope he will allow him to do it."

"Nothing that kung fu!" Wu Chaoyue didn't notice that Hui Zheng was winking at him desperately, but waved his hand to refuse with anger, "Mr. Zhang, I'm very busy, I don't have time to take you to observe, and the soldiers under my command are also tired and busy, and I don't have time to practice firearms for you."

Zhang Jigeng obviously didn't expect Wu Chaoyue to refuse so simply. He couldn't help but be stunned in front of Wu Chaoyue's answer. Hui Zheng next to him couldn't bear to see it anymore. He hurriedly pulled Wu Chaoyue and turned to Zhang Jigeng and said, "Mr. Bingyuan, don't blame me. Brother Weiting is young and energetic. He doesn't know the importance of his words. He offended you so much. I hope you can forgive me."

After apologizing to Zhang Jigeng for Wu Chaoyue, Hui Zheng quickly said to Wu Chaoyue: "Weiting, you probably have never heard of Mr. Bingyuan's name. Let me tell you, this Mr. Bingyuan is not an ordinary person. He is not only a civil and military talent, but also a resourceful and well-known and knowledgeable scholar in the world. He can speak in front of Qi Fantai, Lu Jiantai and General Xianghou. You can't be so rude to him!"

"So what?" Wu Chaoyue muttered in his heart, but for Hui Zheng's face, who was reluctant to be friendly, Wu Chaoyue reluctantly bowed to Zhang Jigeng and said, "You are ignorant, Mr. Bingyuan forgives your crime, but I really don't have time to practice military appearance for you now. Lian Yong, my subordinates didn't sleep all night last night, and he had to be on duty at night when he went to rest. Those who stayed at his post were also forced to support him. I hope you understand."

"So that's the case. I'm so demanding. I hope Master Wu forgives his crime." Zhang Jigeng apologized to Wu Chaoyue with great grace, and said, "Master Wu, then let me visit your firearm, right? I heard that Master Wu hit the fake prime minister Lin Fengxiang with one shot. He also admires Master Wu's magic gun. He just doesn't know what kind of foreign gun you are using, which can be shot so accurately."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jigeng would be so entangled. Wu Chaoyue was inevitably even more angry. He just couldn't resist Hui Zheng's pleading beside him. Wu Chaoyue took out a Minni gun and handed it to Zhang Jigeng for appreciation. Then he did not explain the high-precision principle of the rifled gun. He walked to the bush of arrows to pretend to observe the enemy situation and deliberately left Zhang Jigeng aside. Huizheng couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he quickly followed Wu Chaoyue and whispered: "Weiting, don't do this. Zhang Jigeng is not an ordinary person. Don't be aware that he has no official position, but his power in Jiangning City is actually greater than mine. Both Lu Jiantai and Qi Fantai trust him very much. If you offend him too much, it will be of no benefit to you."

"Then who is he?" Wu Chaoyue asked back angrily.

"He is a well-known outstanding talent in the world. He is known as the two famous Hunanese together with Zuo Zongtang. In the Changsha battle, he..."

"What? Zuo Zongtang?!"

Hui Zheng whispered, but was interrupted by Wu Chaoyue after only saying one sentence. Then Wu Chaoyue quickly asked Hui Zheng: "Brother, do you know Zuo Zongtang?"

Hui Zheng shook his head and said he didn't know him, saying that he had only heard of Zuo Zongtang's famous name. Zhang Jigeng took over the conversation and said to Wu Chaoyue: "Master Wu, I know Zuo Jigao. During the Battle of Changsha, he assisted Hunan Governor Zhang Liangji. I acted as an aide to Hunan governor Pan Duo Pan Fantai, and worked together to fight the bandits. Not only did I know him, but my relationship was also very good."

As soon as Zhang Jigeng finished his words, Wu Chaoyue immediately changed his kind expression and quickly bowed to Zhang Jigeng to apologize. He quickly explained the principle of the rifling of the Mini gun to Zhang Jigeng. Then he naturally quickly inquired about Zuo Zongtang's current situation. Then he learned that during the Battle of Changsha, Zhang Jigeng and Zuo Zongtang each took the risk of breaking through the Taiping Army blockade, entered the city with ropes, and gave advice to Zhang Liangji and Pan Duo and other Qing officials, and formulated various tactics to defend the city. In the end, not only withstand the three-month attack of the Taiping Army, successfully defended Changsha City, but also shot Xiao Chaogui, the Western King of the Taiping Army to death in the battle to defend the city, and fought the most beautiful battle of the Qing army in Hunan.

But unfortunately, after the war in Changsha ended, Zuo Zongtang from Hunan was still in Hunan, but Zhang Jigen from Jiangning ran back to Nanjing and continued to be unable to get along with the Taiping Army. Therefore, Wu Chaoyue, who really wanted to meet the national hero Zuo Zongtang, could only be happy. In addition to regret, Wu Chaoyue could only comfort himself quietly: "It doesn't matter if I can't see him. Anyway, with my current status, it's impossible to take Zuo Zongtang as my younger brother. Damn, it would be great if I had a higher official position. Zuo Zongtang doesn't have any official position yet. It's easy to take him as my younger brother if I have a higher official position!"
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