The generals in the military tent were noisy, most of the generals did not agree to withdraw Jiaxing, Li Xiucheng kept weighing the pros and cons for the generals, and discussed all night without results.Hong Renji was anxious on the side, worried about the safety of the young king, but he also knew in his heart that the decision of this army was still in Chen Kunshu's hands, as long as he spoke, naturally everything would be solved.Chen Kunshu was cunning and cunning, but at this time, he became a turtle with a shrunken head, hiding in the corner without saying a word.Hong Renji finally couldn't help but pat the table to signal the generals to be quiet, and asked Chen Kunshu softly with a cold face, "King Protector, you also say a few words, tell the generals what you think." ”Chen Kunshu squinted at Hong Renji, he had a slanted eye, nicknamed "Chen Slanted Eye", and his eyes were slanted when he looked at anything."
Ganwang, I have listened to you and King Zhong, and wherever you say, we will go with you.But the generals under my command have followed me from birth to death for many years, we can't treat them badly, if they still believe in us, just follow us south, if they are willing to stay in Changzhou, we can't go against their wishes, after all, Changzhou is still the gateway to Nanjing, if it is given to Qiao Zhiqing in vain, then Nanjing is bound to be in danger. ”Chen Kunshu played a Tai Chi and handed over the decision to Hong Renji and Li Xiucheng, he didn't want to offend the generals of the Changzhou faction.Sure enough, most of the generals under the seat glanced at Chen Kunshu with gratitude."
Old fox", Hong Renji scolded secretly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "The power of the Kingdom of Heaven is so weak, the military order does not go out of Tianjing, and even the generals at the door of the house can't be restrained, everyone just values their own interests, and they don't even care about the life of the young king." ”At this moment, a hurried announcement suddenly came from outside the tent, "King Zhong, there is an urgent military situation on the front line. ”A herald sweated profusely and broke into the tent and handed the secret letter in his hand to Li Xiucheng.Li Xiucheng chuckled in his heart, looked haggard and secretly prayed that nothing bad would happen, only to see that it was written on the letter that the Qingzi army led a large army to attack the headquarters of Zhang's madman's division, and asked the commander to send other battalions to support as soon as possible.The generals under the seat all looked at Li Xiucheng with nervous faces, Li Xiucheng glanced at Zhang Lunac coldly, his face quickly returned to calm, folded the secret letter, put it into his arms, and easily instructed the generals under the seat, "Don't panic, it's just some trivial things, the Qingzi army has transported some grain and grass from Suzhou to Jinkun City, let's discuss the withdrawal of the army again, since everyone wants to be stationed in Changzhou, then we must think of a plan to properly rescue the young king, if the young king really lost his life because of us, The King of Heaven will not spare any of us. ”Hong Renji looked at Li Xiucheng's gloomy expression, and had a trace of doubt in his heart, but he didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he gave up the idea of going south to Jiaxing so quickly, so he could only acquiesce and find an excuse to get out of the camp, and hurriedly crossed the horse and ran towards Nanjing City with the guards.
It not only saves the life of the young king, but also preserves the vitality of this Taiping army.Although Zhang Luzi also sent a brigade of troops to dig ditches and set up fences along the shore of the lake behind them, set up camps layer by layer, and also transferred more than a dozen artillery pieces to deploy them, these artillery pieces were all small-caliber field guns, and they were all solid iron bullets, which did not play any role in the ironclad ship on which Wang Shumao was riding.Taihu Lake has long been completely controlled by Qiao Zhiqing's naval army just prepared, this matter has to start with Huang Zilong's godson Huang Wenzhong, he assassinated Qiao Zhiqing that day, but was injured in the leg by Qiao Zhiqing's shell gun, and after being sent to the military doctor for emergency treatment, he was out of danger, but because of the bullet wounded the bone, he fell disabled, and walked with a limp, Huang Wenzhong has since changed his temperament, no longer as sharp as before, and he is deep, and he doesn't want to be taken care of by Qiao Zhiqing every day.
Wearing a cloak and a cane, he wandered around the city of Suzhou, drinking from the river when he was thirsty, and feeding on leftovers when he was hungry.Under the governance of Qiao Zhiqing in Suzhou, he has already recovered his vitality, and the people are not worried about food and clothing, but they can't starve Huang Wenzhong.The children of Suzhou also took pleasure in teasing him, often surrounding him and screaming one after another, but Huang Wenzhong was not angry, and sometimes laughed and played with them.The people in Suzhou City gradually thought that he was crazy, only the little maid beside Qiao Zhiqing didn't think so, and insisted on serving tea and food to Huang Wenzhong every day.I don't know what the reason is, this little maid just fell in love with Huang Wenzhong, at first Huang Wenzhong was very repulsive to Kexin, and often yelled at her fiercely, but the two of them came and went and had feelings, Huang Wenzhong hid his face and cried a lot, and jumped into the Suzhou Creek to wash himself clean, and under the recommendation of Kexin, he went to find Qiao Zhiqing and decided to follow him in this life and this life.Qiao Zhiqing smiled happily, glanced at Kexin with appreciation, and regardless of his previous suspicions, let Huang Wenzhong continue to command his 8,000 old subordinates of the Taiping Army, and randomly prepared the first naval division of the Qing Army, Huang Wenzhong served as the division commander, and later through Pan Yongquan's Pan Ji Foreign Company, and the British ordered two old-fashioned ironclad ships, although they still had to rely on sails as power, but after all, the ship was equipped with more than 60 guns, with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, and the whole body was wrapped in iron sheets, and it was already the most powerful ship in the waters around Taihu Lake.Huang Wenzhong did not disappoint Qiao Zhiqing, and relied on these two ironclad boats and more than 100 canopy boats to wipe out all the Liukou Lake bandits in the Taihu Lake area in three days, and Taihu Lake was firmly controlled by Qiao Zhiqing.After Wang Shumao's left division was transported by Huang Wenzhong in an ironclad boat to the rear of Zhang Luozi, after three or four rounds of intensive shelling, the lakeshore defense line built by Zhang Luozi was blown into ruins.Because Madman Zhang returned to the barracks in Wuxi City for a meeting, the division headquarters was leaderless, although there were more than 10,000 people, but they were fighting their own battles, and they were indiscriminately attacking.The first to fight with the Qing army was the most effective foreign gun brigade under Zhang Luozi's subordinates, the foreign guns held by these two or three thousand people were no different from the Qing army, and the combat formation was almost the same, the resistance was quite tenacious, and there was no fear in the face of the Qing army.However, Wang Shumao brought a battalion of artillery, equipped with more than 100 guns of various calibers, and before Zhang Luozi's foreign gun brigade rushed into the effective firing range, Wang Shumao ordered the artillery team to open fire.Without the cover of artillery, Zhang Luozi's foreign gun brigade was a row of live targets, and after a flowering bullet exploded, it left a large crater in the dense gun array, and more than a dozen people fell in a pool of blood in an instant.The rumbling sound was endless, and the lives gradually disappeared with the black smoke rising from all directions, and the foreign gun brigade of Zhang Luozi simply maintained a dense charge formation and advanced fifty meters, and was finally crushed by the power of the artillery, ignoring the commander's reprimand and warning, and fled in all directions.Wang Shumao randomly ordered the Qing army to attack, lined up in a dense formation and took turns to wipe out the fleeing Taiping army in all directions, and the battle lasted from morning to noon, except for more than 2,000 people who fled to the nearby divisions, the battlefield was basically swept away, and there were bloody corpses everywhere, and billowing smoke.Since he did not receive Li Xiucheng's command, the camps stationed more than ten miles away from Zhang Luzi did not take the initiative to attack, but they were heavily armed and waited for orders.Wang Shumao also stopped attacking, and after hurriedly cleaning the battlefield, he led the Qingzi army to withdraw to Jinkui City from the waterway, Qiao Zhiqing was still drinking alone in the guest hall of the county government, his face was full of calm, until he heard the news of Wang Shumao's victory, he was not moved at all, and at this time, even the wine cooked on the dinner table had not completely cooled down.After Wang Shumao entered the house, Qiao Zhiqing couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "In ancient times, it was about Gong Wen Wine to kill Huaxiong, and now there is my General Wang Wen Wine to kill all enemies, Guan Lao Ye Quanxia has knowledge, and he also wants to shout for Brother Wang." ”Wang Shumao laughed, took off his military hat, and after sitting down opposite Qiao Zhiqing, he picked up the wine jug and drank happily and chatted, as if the bloody battle just now was just scratching the itch lightly, and he didn't take it to heart at all.After the division headquarters of Zhang Luman was annihilated for an hour, the news was sent to the military tent of Wuxi City, all the soldiers were in an uproar when they heard the words, only a trace of imperceptible sneer flashed on Li Xiucheng's face, after Zhang Luozi heard the news, he sat in place for a long time, his eyes widened, and suddenly he spurted out a mouthful of blood, stood up and beat his chest and shouted, and picked up the fugitive general who came to deliver the letter to confirm it again and again."
What the hell is going on, the Qingzi Army came to raid in the morning, why did you only come to report now" "Division, division, division commander, we have already sent heralds to pass the message, maybe, maybe they didn't deliver it." ”The general had just come down from the battlefield, and his legs were already weak, and after the eyes of the madman, he was even scared out of urine, and he ran down his trouser legs, and for a while the camp tent was full of urine."
What is useless, what use will I leave you with the face to come to see me."
Madman Zhang roared, pulled out his saber from his waist, and slashed at the neck of the general, and the black blood splashed all over the madman, making the generals in the military tent take a step back in fright."
Crazy Zhang, you are too presumptuous, you dare to kill people in front of Ben Shuai."
Li Xiucheng angrily slapped the table and stood up, yelled at the madman, and pulled out the saber on his waist with a whoosh."
Li Xiucheng, don't pretend to be a fucking garlic, you knew the news of the Qing Army's attack on us in the morning, but you didn't report it, you just want to put us to death."
Madman Zhang raised the blood knife and aimed it at Li Xiucheng and roared, his face was distorted, and his eyes were full of murderous energy
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