Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Good news came from the trapped camp. Tie Yi's department had broken through the second line of defense garrisoned by the green battalion of the Qing army, and the troops were attacking the third line of defense. By breaking a big hole, the Qing army encirclement that had prevented the Taiping army from getting out of the city for several months would now exist in name only.

Just as Tie Yi successfully broke through the Qing army's defense line garrisoned by the Green Battalion in the south, Qin Zhisheng in the west also led the Tiger Jie Battalion to successfully break into the first line of defense of the Qing army, and is now violently attacking the second line of defense of the Qing army. Just now, Qin Zhisheng sent someone to report to Zhou Shixiang. The resistance of the Green Battalion soldiers was not fierce, and the casualties of Hujie Battalion were not large. It seemed that it would not take long for him to break the second line of defense and attack the first Qing army. Three lines of defense.

If the navy can send troops ashore to attack the Qing army from the back at this time, it will form a front and back attack on the Qing army along the river together with Hujie Battalion, so that the Qing army's defense line along the river can be broken. But what disappointed Zhou Shixiang and Qin Zhisheng was that the Taiping army and the Qing army on the shore were fighting hard, but there was still no movement from the navy.

The navy's inaction made Zhou Shixiang worried, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, the navy on the river was not the soldiers of his Taiping army. He could not command and could not figure out what the generals of the navy were thinking. All he can do now is to give Qin Zhisheng an order to let him fight to the death at all costs↗ to break the Qing army's defense line along the river, and even if the battle reaches the last soldier, he must successfully clear an area for the Jiangshang navy to land. .

In this way, even if the Qing army cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, the Qing army's defense line can be broken, so that Xinhui City is no longer a dead city surrounded by iron barrels.

Zhou Shixiang was more worried about the progress of Zhenlu and the second battalion of Xiongwei than the navy still standing still.

Before the war, the Qing army adopted an encircling stance towards Xinhui. The main force of the Qing army was the Han flag in Dongcheng, the northern line was guarded by a group of flag soldiers and the elite Guangdong Green Battalion, and the defense line along the river in the west and the defense line in the south were divided into Guangzhou. The green battalion in the prefectures and counties is the main force. No matter in terms of combat effectiveness or manpower, the Qing army in the south and west is the weakest, and the Qing army in the east and north is the strongest. It is also the hardest bone to crack.

The direction of Dongcheng was originally garrisoned by the main force of the Qing army. Although the Qing army used the Han flag in the previous siege battles, the Guangdong Green Battalion soldiers and horses who were used as cannon fodder by the Taiping army were more killed. Therefore, Shang Zhixin went from Guangzhou The loss of its troops and horses was not serious, far from the point of injury.

Furthermore, the flag soldiers under Shang Zhixin’s command were all veteran soldiers brought from Liaodong by Shang Kexi. Their combat effectiveness was far superior to that of the Green Battalion soldiers, and their will to fight was not comparable to that of the Green Battalion soldiers. The Qing troops stationed in the second and third lines of defense responded immediately and drove out the Taiping army that had successfully penetrated into it several times. to this end. Zhenlu and the second battalion of Xiongwei paid hundreds of lives.

The battle in the east has become a stalemate. Every step of the Taiping army is killing people. The bamboo-pointed trenches are full of corpses. There are the defeated troops of the Qing army, and there are also attacking Taiping soldiers.

The combined strength of Zhenlu and the second battalion of Xiongwei is no more than 1,000 people. How can they fight such a war that consumes human lives? It is a last resort. Zhou Shixiang ordered Zhenlu and the second battalion of Xiongwei to give up and have gained a few footholds. A breakthrough in the southerly direction broke into. At the same time, he sent an order to Tie Yi. Let him try to mobilize all the troops he can mobilize to bypass the rear of the Qing army from the south, whether it is to cooperate with the second battalion of Zhenlu and Xiongwei, or to attack the Qing army directly, or to harass from the rear. Tie Yi himself decided to win. In short, Tie Yi must try his best to stab the Qing army in the rear, forcing the Qing army to be unable to concentrate on the face-to-face Taiping attack.

Zhou Shixiang also had a guard battalion as the general reserve team. But until the end, he will not press the guard battalion up. Although this time out of the city was a desperate battle, it went smoothly in the west and south directions. Under the favorable conditions that are expected to break the encirclement of the Qing army, Zhou Shixiang still kept it a little bit. In his opinion, without the cooperation of the navy, the Taiping army cannot defeat the Qing army alone.

Tie Yi, who received the order, was leading his troops to clean up the remaining Qing troops in several lines of defense. Except for some of the Qing troops whose strength was unknown, the trap camp took prisoners whose number was more than twice their own. Although these prisoners put down their weapons, their too large numbers made Tie Yi have to be cautious. He called out a team of soldiers to detain these prisoners in a Qing army camp on the second line of defense.

After learning that things were not going well in the east and that Lord Qianhu was going to detour to the rear of the Qing army to carry out sabotage and harassment, Tie Yi frowned slightly, and after a little thought, he gritted his teeth and called his subordinate Zheng Tiezhu to try Baihu, ordering him to lead two teams of troops. Drive these captives to the Qing line of defense to the east. He personally led the other three teams to attack from the rear of the Qing army.

Hearing the order, Zheng Tiezhu was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood what Lord Baihu wanted him to do to expel the prisoners, and as soon as he responded to the order, he summoned two general flags and ordered them to go down.

Soon, the Qing army prisoners who were held in the camp were driven to the east by Taiping soldiers armed with knives and spears. If someone ran slower, the Taiping army behind them would immediately step forward and take a knife.

These prisoners soon understood the intention of the Taiping army to drive them east, but just like they had no intention of putting down their weapons before, even knowing that the Taiping army wanted them to be cannon fodder to fill the trenches and traps in the line of defense Well, to break up our own defense lines, these prisoners still bit the bullet and ran east.

Thousands of Qing army prisoners rushed towards the still resisting Qing army line of defense at the same time, which immediately shook the Qing army line of defense that was fighting fiercely with the Taiping Army. At first, the Qing army flag soldiers in the defense line shouted to the prisoners to turn around and run in other directions, but when they found that the prisoners had no intention of turning around at all, but rushed forward with a roar of despair, the flag in the defense line Without a word, the soldiers stepped forward to hack and kill these green camp soldiers.

The captives kept falling, and people kept stepping on the bodies of their companions and continued to move forward. In the front, there are the long spears of the Qing army, and in the back, there are the big swords of the Taiping army. To advance is also to die, and to retreat is also to die.

Zheng Tiezhu's action of driving the prisoners to attack the Qing army's defense line quickly achieved results. The second line of defense was quickly broken through by the Taiping army. The remaining Qing troops immediately retreated to the third line of defense. Formed a formation to protect each other, trying to contain the Taiping offensive before reinforcements arrived.

Wang Baoguo was a general of the Qing army who retreated into the third line of defense. In his early years, he was a personal soldier under Wang Pu, the chief soldier of Datong. Later, Wang Pu joined Hong Chengchou in the Battle of Songshan. As a result, after the Ming army hoarded Beacon Hill by the Qing army, Wang Pu was occupied by the Qing army. He led his troops to escape the night before the decisive battle of the whole army, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops fled at the same time, resulting in the defeat of the Ming army in the Battle of Songshan. The Ming army was defeated, and the captured Wang Baoguo and a group of Ming soldiers were assigned to the Han army flag by Hong Tai. Later, Wang Baoguo was drawn away by Shang Kexi's inlaid blue flag. After that, he continued to fight under Shang Kexi's command, and he was promoted to the leader of the Association. .

Unexpectedly, the Taiping army left the city and broke through two lines of defense without fear of death. Seeing that the Taiping army was about to attack this last line of defense, but there was no reinforcements sent by His Royal Highness, Wang Baoguo was anxious and sent people one after another. Go to the big rescue for help. But after a few groups of people, the reply was that His Highness ordered them to stick to the line of defense and never take a step back, but they did not mention when the reinforcements would arrive.

"Fuck it, Nan Manzi is going to die!"

Without the exact news of the reinforcements, Wang Baoguo was angry and anxious, but he didn't dare to scold His Royal Highness Ping Nan, so he threw the fire on the Taiping soldiers, cursed a few words in his stomach, and muttered: "I want my life, You have to see if you have the patience!"

He wiped the blood on his face, waved his knife at the group of hesitant subordinates, and encouraged them: "It's all your mother's spirit, His Highness has sent reinforcements, this time it's just Nanmanzi returning to the light, don't let it go. Look at how fierce they are, but I can see clearly, there are only a thousand people left and right, so what kind of waves can these people make! As long as the brothers raise their anger and grit their teeth and hold on for a while, this Nanbanzi is seeking death on his own!"

In the crowd, there was an old flag soldier, relying on the fact that he had been with Wang Xie for nearly ten years, he boldly shouted: "Sir, when will the reinforcements from Your Highness come, the brothers can't hold it anymore!"

"Huh?!" Wang Baoguo glared at the old **** and scolded: "If you can't hold it, you have to hold on! The lord brought you from Liaodong, and the food and drink are served, and the women are playing hard, and now it is for the lord and the When Da Qing was serving his life, you **** touched your eggs. Look, it's not too hard!"

The old soldier was also a soldier, who licked blood on the head of the knife. Hearing this, he laughed: "It's so hard, the little crotch is so hard!"

Wang Baoguo laughed and scolded: "It's good to be hard, even if your mother is a soft product, you will have to ask Laozi for help when you give birth to a baby in the future~www.NovelMTL.com~ Where did Laozi's mother come from so many kinds of help you!"

These remarks immediately caused a group of timid flag soldiers to burst into laughter. With this laugh, the flag soldiers who had been frightened by the Taiping Army's deadly attack suddenly became more emboldened.

Some other co-leaders and assistant leaders saw that Wang Baoguo's side was effective in encouraging his soldiers, and they all followed suit. Some even moved gold and silver out, but their promises broke the Taiping Army, and the girls in the city Let his mother ride, and his mother will chop it up after the ride.

The morale of the army reluctantly recovered, but seeing that the Taiping army on the opposite side was about to attack again after regrouping, the Qing army generals still had no clue in their hearts. In this last line of defense, except for some of the original flag soldiers, the rest of the troops have been withdrawn from the front. Many people have called the Taiping Army to be afraid. Even if the morale has been boosted, it can only be barely maintained. For a while, after all, the flag soldiers hadn't eaten enough for several days. How much energy did it take to fight this fierce battle, and how much energy was left?

If the Taiping Army really attacked hard regardless of casualties, I am afraid that this line of defense would still not be able to hold. At the moment, the key is to transfer the elite soldiers and guards from His Royal Highness, it is impossible to transfer some battalions from other defense lines. This light made the brothers grit their teeth, but the lack of reinforcements was a matter of time? Could it be that His Royal Highness asked us to drag Nan Manzi for him and run away by himself? To be continued.