After the fall of Jiading, Wall expressed his serious dissatisfaction to the commander of the coalition forces, He Bo, saying that if Qiao Zhiqing was not severely punished, the Changsheng army would no longer cooperate with the actions of the coalition forces.He Bo didn't like this Yankee very much, but after all, they were all foreigners in the Qing Dynasty, and He Bo still decided to put pressure on Li Hongzhang and severely punish Qiao Zhiqing, who did not obey the command on the battlefield and was insatiable.Li Hongzhang had no choice but to order Qiao Zhiqing to no longer participate in any actions of the coalition army, deploy defenses in Jiading City, and at the same time discipline and rectify the Qingzi regiment.Qiao Zhiqing was also happy to be quiet, and happily accepted the order, deployed in Jiading City, continued to expand the army, and trained the troops to come bravely.The allied forces withdrew from Jiading City two days later, and after returning to Songjiang City, they made a slight addition, and on May 6, they attacked Qingpu City directly from the waterway through Guangfulin, and under the continuous bombardment of ironclad ships and heavy artillery, more than 20,000 Taiping troops suffered 5,000 or 6,000 casualties and finally gave up resistance and fled after abandoning the city.Wall finally got his wish and openly looted the city for three days, and Qingpu City was sacked.Wall also moved the headquarters of the Changsheng Army from Songjiang City to Qingpu, where he was stationed.Jiading in the north of Shanghai and Qingpu in the west had been decided, but the British and French forces did not stop, took the opportunity to expand the results of the battle, and continued to march south, intending to sweep away the Taiping army south of Shanghai.Li Hongzhang had just finished training the Huai Army, and he also sent the Inscription Battalion, the Shengzi Battalion, the Shuzi Battalion, the Qingzi Battalion, and the Dingzi Battalion, totaling more than 2,500 people, to act together with the coalition forces.Without the assistance of the Qingzi Regiment and the Changsheng Army, several battalions of the Huai Army had just entered the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness was not strong, and they were not good at cooperating.The attack of the coalition forces was thwarted step by step, and the French devils, who had always kept a low profile in the coalition forces, were very unlucky, and during the attack on the town of Nanqiao, the commander-in-chief Brod was shot in the chest and was killed on the spot, and nearly 40 French soldiers were killed.The angry French devil completely lost his gentlemanly demeanor, and carried out a bloody massacre every time he captured a city, even the unarmed people did not let go, Liu Mingchuan who watched it gritted his teeth, and there was no way to stop it, it is estimated that he also formed a grudge with the French devil at this time.The Taiping army retreated in successive defeats, successively lost Tuolin Town and Nanhui City, and finally withdrew from Fengxian County on May 21.The allied forces won a complete victory, and finally achieved their strategic goal, completely driving out the Taiping army within 90 miles of Shanghai, and every house in Shanghai hung colorful flags to welcome the victorious return of the allied forces.Li Hongzhang sharpened his knife and ordered Li Qingchen, the prefect of Songjiang, to lead Xiong Zhaozhou and Zhou Shilian, who were stationed in Luodian Town, to send troops north and take Taicang Prefecture directly from the waterway, so as to open the door of the Taiping army in Suzhou.Qiao Zhiqing did not relax his mood, and sent people to buy a large amount of grain from Shanghai and actively prepare for the war.Because Li Xiucheng in history did not admit defeat obediently, after Tianjing got the news of Shanghai, he didn't care about the edict of King Hong, rushed back to Suzhou City in the starry night, and personally led 100,000 troops to make a comeback, of which 10,000 elite soldiers with combat effectiveness were led by Tan Shaoguang, Chen Bingwen, Gao Yongkuan and other fierce generals, and the first battle was selected in Taicang Prefecture.Li Qingchen unfortunately became cannon fodder, and was raided by the Taiping army near Banqiao outside the east gate of Taicang, and the whole army was annihilated, leaving only more than 200 soldiers to flee south to Jiading City.Qiao Zhiqing secretly scolded this waste prefect in his heart, the Taiping army was fierce, Qiao Zhiqing did not dare to rashly counterattack, and supported Li Qingchen's troops, so he had to let the soldiers of the Qingzi regiment prepare to defend Jiading City and meet the arrival of the storm.Since the fall of Jiading City and the withdrawal of the coalition forces, Qiao Zhiqing has let people open the granary, open a porridge shed to relieve the people displaced in the war, and soon settled the order of Jiading City.After Li Xiucheng won a complete victory in Taicang, he divided his troops into two routes, one was commanded by Tan Shaoguang, the king of Mu, to besiege Jiading City, the northern gateway of Shanghai, and the other was led by Chen Bingwen and Gao Yongkuan to lead his troops south, directly attacking Qingpu City, the western gateway of Shanghai.Qiao Zhiqing watched the overwhelming flow of people outside the city on the city wall, and for the first time in his heart he had a bottomless feeling, the scene was like a group of hungry ants, surrounded by layers without end.Since following Li Hongzhang to Shanghai, he has fought many battles, but all of them have been followed by the ass of the coalition army.This is the first time that the Qingzi regiment has faced a tough battle independently."
Young master, the Taiping Army sent a messenger, saying that they want to meet you."
Ma Xun hurriedly ran to the city to find Qiao Zhiqing, since the last time Qiao Zhiqing killed Qiao's guys, Ma Xun talked a lot less, and when he saw Qiao Zhiqing, he didn't have the frolicking of the past."
Bring him up."
Qiao Zhiqing looked at the calm command outside the city.Soon, a middle-aged man dressed as a Taiping army was taken to the city wall and saluted with fists behind Qiao Zhiqing."
What are you looking for me" Qiao Zhiqing put his arm behind his back and glanced at the messenger coldly."
Lord Qiao is polite, my family admires the prestige of Lord Qiao for a long time, and is grateful to Lord Qiao for sparing the lives of 2,000 Taiping Army soldiers in the first battle of Jiading, and specially sent a villain to tell Lord Qiao that if Lord Qiao is willing to raise troops to submit to my king, my king is willing to ignore the past suspicions, play the king, canonize Lord Qiao as the king of Yishun, and will be under the jurisdiction of Lord Qiao after capturing Shanghai in the future.If Lord Qiao does not obey, there will be no one left alive after the capture of Jiading City, and I hope that Lord Qiao will think twice, "The envoy holds his head high and speaks righteously.""
Hahaha" Qiao Zhiqing laughed, "King Mu is really generous, it's a pity that I, Qiao Zhiqing, and him are not on the same road, and you don't have to go back, just use your head to sacrifice my Qingzi flag." ”Qiao Zhiqing waved his hand, and the soldiers around him immediately kicked the messenger to the ground, raised his arms and pressed them down."
Qiao Zhiqing, if the two soldiers don't fight, you will be punished."
The envoy's face rubbed the ground and shouted loudly at Qiao Zhiqing.Qiao Zhiqing sneered and pulled out the saber on his waist, aimed at the messenger's neck and slashed it hard, blood splashed out like a fountain, dyeing the white Qingzi flag red.Tan Shaoguang took the binoculars to see the situation on the city wall clearly, and said to the big man beside him with a sneer, "This Qiao Zhiqing is really a ruthless character, the messenger who dares to kill this king, it seems that there is really no way back." ”"King Mu, I said a long time ago that Qiao Zhiqing is not an ordinary person, he will not admit defeat easily."
The big man is Gu Yunfei who Qiao Zhiqing let go, although he is grateful for Qiao Zhiqing's kindness, but there is no father and son on the battlefield, and he still has to kill the killer when he meets."
Order the tribes to start attacking the city, even if he is a hungry wolf, this king will tear off a piece of his flesh."
Tan Shaoguang sneered and put away the binoculars, his eyes full of victory."
Attack, attack, attack."
Tan Shaoguang's orders continued to echo on the battlefield, and the crowd of people surged towards the city wall like autumn locusts.Because the south of Jiading City is wide, it is also the direction of the Taiping Army's main attack, and Qiao Zhiqing also concentrated all his artillery at the south gate."
Open the cannon" Qiao Zhiqing waved the saber in his hand, and ten field guns were fired at the same time, roaring towards the densest place of the crowd."
Boom, boom, boom."
A huge explosion sounded on the battlefield, and the huge power produced by the explosion of the flowering bomb was like a scythe of death, wantonly harvesting the lives of a group of Taiping soldiers.However, the Taiping army besieging Jiading City this time was more than 20,000 people, and ten small-caliber artillery pieces could not turn the situation on the battlefield at all.Relying on the tactics of crowds, the Taiping army still rushed to a place less than 200 meters away from the moat and broke through to the effective range of foreign guns.The real massacre had just begun, and Qiao Zhiqing had already distributed all the 300,000 rounds of ammunition in the warehouse, whether it was a porter or a firehead, all of them were issued with foreign guns to defend the city, and each person carried more than 100 rounds of ammunition.According to the chaotic dense shock formation of the Taiping army, even if a blind man fired a shot forward, one person would fall under the gun."
Bang, boom, boom" The Qingzi regiment on the city wall was divided into three columns to shoot in turn, and the white smoke from the muzzle of the gun was mixed together, wrapping the city of Jiading like a cloud, and the men and horses of the Taiping army were firmly blocked two hundred meters away from the moat.The huge casualties of "Stop Advance" made the Taiping commander's eyes widen, and the corpses piled up layer by layer like a city wall, and the blood mixed together and flowed into the moat, dyeing the Wusong River red.It was getting dark, and the Taiping army retreated on all fronts after suffering 5,000 casualties, digging trenches and erecting fences within a safe range to prevent Qiao Zhiqing from breaking through."
Good regiment leader", "Good young master", "Good owner", "Qiao Zhiqing patrolled back and forth on the city wall, the soldiers fought fiercely for a day, raised a bonfire and gathered around to eat, and greeted Qiao Zhiqing when he saw him.Qiao Zhiqing responded with a chuckle, staring at the bonfire in his eyes, there was always a feeling of uneasiness in his heart, and suddenly a hint of foreboding came to his heart, and he hurriedly shouted at the soldiers, "Put out the bonfire and leave the place." ”Before the soldiers could react, they heard a whistling sound, and then a huge fire broke out on the city wall, and a deafening roar burst open."
Get down."
The soldiers were in a mess, and after being killed dozens of people on the spot, they scurried around the city walls.Qiao Zhiqing rushed forward and shouted to stop him, scolding the soldiers to lie down."
Boom, boom, boom" bonfires in the night sky like a fixed target, cannonballs accurate one after another, like a ball of fire, whirring with tails, falling towards the city wall, and a huge cannon sound.More than a dozen recruits were killed by shells in the panic, and the walls were littered with severed arms and limbs, and the heart-rending shouts of soldiers echoed everywhere.The bonfires were all extinguished, and the Taiping positions on the opposite side returned to calm.Qiao Zhiqing's angry eyes lit up, and he found the captain Li Bingguo in the artillery position and scolded loudly, "Why don't you fight back and what are you doing in a daze" Li Bingguo looked aggrieved, and replied loudly with a red face, "Report to the regiment commander, the shells and shells have run out today." ”"What" Qiao Zhiqing grew his mouth in surprise, without artillery as a fire suppression, once the Taiping army attacked the city with artillery, it would be a matter of time before Jiading City was broken, Tan Shaoguang deliberately spent blood, hiding elite people, using crowd tactics to consume his own ammunition, and then looking for an opportunity to take Jiading City in one fell swoop."
Amazing, amazing, how can I forget, the Taiping Army also has artillery and foreign guns."
Qiao Zhiqing thought about it in his mind and sent two sentences of emotion in a row."
Didn't the Taiping Army leave any ammunition depots or anything like that when they fled?"
Qiao Zhiqing calmed down and asked Li Bingguo."
There's an ammunition depot, but it's all old guns.Oh yes, and tons of black powder. ”Li Bingguo thought about it carefully."
Black powder" Hearing these three words, Qiao Zhiqing finally soothed his brows, and a stone in his heart fell heavily to the ground
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