"Boom, boom."
As soon as the morning dawned, the cannon roared loudly on Hecha Mountain, like the wrath of the thunder god, only the earth shook and the mountain shook, and the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked."
The foreign devil's naval artillery is really fucking powerful, and the entire mountain has been flattened."
Wang Shumao looked at the telescope for a long time, and couldn't help but spit on the ground.Qiao Zhiqing stood beside him and put away his binoculars, and smiled lightly, "The general who defended Hecha Mountain is also a hard role, such a dense artillery fire cover, it can even prevent a counterattack, but the range of the artillery on the mountain is too close, and the accuracy is too poor, and it does not pose a threat to the ships of foreign devils at all." ”"Yes, our Great Qing Kingdom was hit by the strong ships and cannons of foreign devils, when will we be able to make these things" Wang Shumao sighed."
Everything will be there."
Qiao Zhiqing chuckled and patted Wang Shumao's shoulder, turned around and went back to the camp to gather the troops.After a night's rest, the soldiers all looked at Qiao Zhiqing with all their strength."
Everyone obeys orders, Hecha Mountain has been taken by the coalition forces, Jiading City is in front of you, or the same as before, the task of the main attack is handed over to the coalition army, we are only responsible for the peripheral defense, and when the city is broken, quickly attack the city, occupy a key position, protect the military supplies and money and food in the city, if someone is found to rob it, whether it is a foreign devil or a fake foreign devil, there is no need to report, shoot back.""
Mighty, mighty, mighty."
After listening to Qiao Zhiqing's order, the soldiers all raised their fists and shouted excitedly, the last time they conquered Qibao City, they were rewarded with one hundred taels of silver each, and the people in Jiading City had more money, and the reward this time must be greater.In the first battle of Hecha Mountain, after the Taiping army lost 500 people, more than 2,000 people left quickly returned to Jiading City.Li Hengsong's 5,000 men and horses also continued north from Nanxiang Town to fight Qiao Zhiqing, and the two armies attacked directly from the land route to the city of Jiading like autumn wind.The coalition army arrived outside Jiading City by boat to prepare for the attack, Jiading City has a total of four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, after the Qingzi regiment and Li Hengsong arrived at the city in the afternoon, they discussed with the coalition army and adopted the deployment of "encircling three ques" to attack the city: the south gate was attacked by the British and French forces; The "Victorious Army" attacked the West Gate; Li Hengsong's troops attacked the east gate; Leave the north gate and set up an ambush with the Qing character regiment to strangle the fleeing Taiping army.The Taiping army defending the city totaled less than 5,000 people, and more than half of them were defeated and retreated back to the city from Luodian Town and Nanxiang Town.The soldiers were not only equipped with city defense cannons, but also had very few firearms such as guns and arquebuses, and most of them were cold weapons such as bamboo spears, so their morale was very low.On 1 May, after dawn, the coalition forces launched a general offensive.The ironclad ships on the Wusong River fired 10,000 cannons in unison, and the dense firepower covered the entire Jiading City, and suddenly the sky collapsed, the dust covered the sky, the city walls were destroyed, and the sound of cannons was deafening, like thunder and lightning in a storm, as if to tear a hole in the sky.The Taiping army had no will to resist, and after killing more than 300 people, they lost their armor and left only more than 300 people at each city gate to cover, and the rest of the soldiers all rushed out of the north gate and fled in all directions.The Qingzi regiment was loaded with guns and ammunition outside the north gate, and the gun array was arranged in three rows in an elliptical shape, waiting for work.More than 2,000 people were all dressed in black horse coats, and from a distance, the black pressure was very solemn and solemn.Qiao Zhiqing didn't let go of these deserters like he did last time in Qibao City, because he still wanted to see someone, and this person would definitely come out of the north gate.After the cannonade stopped, the first wave of Taiping troops rushed out of the north gate with a shout, holding the "Yunzi Banner" in their hands, holding knives, guns and sticks, and they had a desperate posture, completely ignoring the well-defended gun array."
Sure enough, it's you."
Qiao Zhiqing sneered, and then swung his saber."
Boom, boom, boom" In an instant, gunshots rang out, firelight splashed, no matter which direction the Taiping army fled, they were like lambs to the slaughter, and they died under the guns without the ability to resist, which was completely a massacre with a huge disparity in strength.After the first batch of more than 300 Taiping troops who rushed out of the city gate were completely killed, the second group of soldiers were completely frightened, turned around, and fled into the city.To Qiao Zhiqing's surprise, the Taiping army quickly reorganized, went up to the city wall, and lined up to counterattack.The Qing regiment was arrayed a hundred meters away from the city wall, and the bows and arrows and bird guns of the Taiping army on the city wall were far from reaching the range.Qiao Zhiqing immediately ordered the artillery team to suppress the fire, and ten field guns fired in unison, although they did not blow up the city wall and brought substantial damage to the Taiping army, but the huge impact force when the flowering bomb exploded made the Taiping army tremble and withdraw the city wall."
Boom, boom, boom" There was a huge roar of gunpowder explosion from the south gate of Jiading City, and the houses in the whole city shook with it.The more than 2,000 Taiping troops at the north gate did not advance or retreat, and they all focused on one person, who was Gu Yunfei, the main general who defended Hecha Mountain, and more than 2,000 people retreated from Hecha Mountain.Gu Yunfei saw that the army he had worked so hard to pull up was about to perish here today, and his hatred was exposed, he gritted his teeth, and sighed in his heart, "Minxia still didn't smuggle the foreign guns over, it must have been an accident, and it is not interesting for me to live, so it is better to ask my brothers for a way to live." ”After thinking about it loudly, he pulled a white flag, ignoring the opposition of his subordinates, and walked out of the city waving his hands.Seeing that Gu Yunfei was so righteous, he would die anyway, so they simply threw away the weapons in their hands, clasped their hands with each other, and walked towards the city gate with their heads held high in rows.Qiao Zhiqing was also very anxious at this time, he was afraid that the south gate had been breached, if he let the British and French troops enter the city first, he was afraid that he would not be able to get rid of the broken copper and iron, and if Gu Yunfei did not come out again, he would have to order a forcible attack on the city.At this moment, the Taiping Army came out under the leadership of one person, who was holding a white flag and was mighty, it was Gu Yunfei."
No shooting."
Qiao Zhiqing ordered loudly, and all the soldiers looked at each other."
Qiao Zhiqing, I know it's you, the Black Widow Army really lives up to its reputation, I, Gu Yunfei, have lost, I want to kill you, but please spare my brothers, they have laid down their weapons, don't embarrass them anymore."
Gu Yunfei walked to the center of the gun array and stopped, and shouted loudly to Qiao Zhiqing, the Taiping army was all nervous, and only the sound of the heart beating was quiet in the field."
Let them pass, and don't shoot."
Qiao Zhiqing gave the order loudly, and secretly admired it in his heart: This Gu Yunfei is a little heroic, and fortunately he met me Qiao Zhiqing, otherwise who would give you the opportunity to surrender."
The owner, this is not good, if Li Dashuai knows, he will definitely punish us."
Wang Shumao whispered in his ear."
Let them go, I, Qiao Zhiqing, will not slaughter unarmed people, and this Gu Yunfei is still of some use to me."
Qiao Zhiqing replied, chuckling and looking at Gu Yunfei who came over.The soldiers of the Qingzi Regiment received the order to separate the two sides in a neat manner, and make a gap in the middle for the Taiping army to pass."
Qiao Zhiqing, you are really righteous, and it is not in vain that I met you," Gu Yunfei knelt down for Qiao Zhiqing with a resolute face, and continued, "My Gu Yunfei's life is yours, if you want to kill or chop, listen to it." ”"Brother Gu, what are you talking about, if you hadn't raised your noble hand on the head of Orange Island, where would I, Qiao Zhiqing, have today.You go, I won't kill you, we are two clears today. ”Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly stepped forward to help Gu Yunfei up, looking at him and smiling calmly, as if an old friend had reunited."
This is true" Gu Yunfei didn't know what Qiao Zhiqing was thinking, and looked at Qiao Zhiqing with a suspicious face."
Of course, it's useless for me Qiao Zhiqing to ask for your head, even if Brother Gu leaves, we will have a date later."
Qiao Zhiqing hugged his fists and sent him off."
Don't thank you for your kindness, there will be a period later," Gu Yunfei saluted with his fists, quickly caught up with his team and fled."
Into town."
Qiao Zhiqing looked at Gu Yunfei's back and sneered, turned around and gave a loud order to the soldiers.After entering the city, the Qing group followed the things explained in advance, and after entering the city, they each scavenged the gold, silver and jewelry in the city, and only found more than 20 boxes of silver from a material warehouse abandoned by the Taiping army, and the five hundred war horses left by the Taiping army were gratifying, and Qiao Zhiqing put all of them into the pro-military camp.At dusk, the remnants of the Taiping army inside and outside the city were all slaughtered, and not a single gunfire could be heard.The various tribes entered the city one after another, preparing to loot according to the agreement discussed in advance, but the scene after entering the city was still the same as that of Qibao City, and all the houses had been looted, leaving only some broken copper and iron.The coalition forces didn't have anything, their mission was only to drive out the Taiping army in Shanghai, and they didn't care about the silver.Li Hengsong didn't dare to complain, Qiao Zhiqing was Li Hongzhang's descendant, and more than 2,000 people were all armed with foreign guns and cannons, and he didn't dare to fight his idea no matter how much he complained.The only person who was furious was the commander of the Changsheng Army, Wall, who immediately led someone to Qiao Zhi to settle the accounts when he saw this situation.Qiao Zhiqing concentrated the looted money in a warehouse, set up heavy troops and fortifications, and strictly guarded the entire street where the warehouse was located.Wall led the people to the corner of the street, and the soldiers of the Qingzi Regiment immediately stopped them with guns, and the men and horses on both sides were all lined up, and the guns were loaded, only a hundred meters apart, and the fire was about to explode."
Qiao Zhiqing, you robber, you come out, I have something to tell you."
Wall compared the strength of the two sides, and secretly wondered why Qiao Zhiqing suddenly had so many more soldiers and horses, and his confidence weakened suddenly, and he walked out of the crowd and shouted at the Qingzi group."
Oh, it's Commander Wall, how do you have time to come and see me."
Qiao Zhiqing pretended to be surprised and walked out, looking at Wall with a smile on his face."
Qiao, you can't do this, Jiading City was fought down by us together, you can't swallow this silver alone."
Wall's tone was noticeably softened."
Oh, I'm sorry, Commander Wall.I was ordered by Lord Li Hongzhang to protect the safety of the people and property in Jiading City, and the silver was not used to divide up, but to relieve the victims.So please leave here with your soldiers, or our soldiers' guns will go off. ”Qiao Zhiqing finished making up nonsense, and Li Bingguo, the captain of the artillery team behind him, also deliberately shouted loudly and asked the soldiers to load the shells."
Okay, good, good, Qiao Zhiqing, we'll wait and see."
Wall's artillery team had just been destroyed in Hecha Mountain, and although he was angry when he saw this situation, he still turned his head and left, and the cane in his hand smashed to the ground and broke into two
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