The task of attacking the east gate was still handed over to Luo Sanyuan's left brigade, but Luo Changfeng's main attack direction was adjusted and he attacked the east gate with Luo Sanyuan.The south, north, and west gates were handed over to Tan Guanglin for defense only.The 200 guns of the left artillery regiment were all concentrated at the east gate, and after Zhang Zongyu gave an order, the rumbling cannon sound sounded again, and this time the Taiping army in the city must be able to feel what is called shaking the ground and shaking the mountains.The remaining 800 shells from yesterday all smashed on the eastern city wall within an hour, and the pressure was as overwhelming as locusts.Huang Wenjin had just let people strengthen the city wall overnight, and in an instant, it was completely torn like paper paste, and the wall tiles were scattered all over the ground.The urn city of the Taiping army was completely uncovered, and it was exposed naked in front of the eyes of the Qing army.The sound of artillery lagged behind, the sound of the trumpet of the attacking army sounded at the same time, and the two brigade headquarters on the left and right, a total of seven or eight thousand troops, attacked in batches according to the order.At the forefront was the Left Brigade and Left Regiment led by Wang Dahai.The brothers who were killed and injured yesterday had already made the brothers of the Zuo Regiment hold back their anger.As soon as the order was given, the crowd rushed towards the urn city in a gun array.Huang Wenjin still followed yesterday's tactics, on the wall of the urn city, divided into upper, middle and lower layers to send foreign guns to resist, but the situation at this time was different from yesterday, the middle and lower Taiping troops had already been exposed to the firepower of the Qing army, and at a distance of two hundred meters, the two sides had already begun to exchange fire.The foreign spear team defending at this time on the urn city was only more than 500 people, and after only two rounds of shooting at each other, they were completely suppressed by the Qing army.The right and middle regiments of the left brigade took advantage of the situation and attacked from the right flank.After rushing to within an effective firing range of 100 meters, the huge casualties on both sides were suddenly revealed, and they were all fighting hard with foreign guns without concealment, and hundreds of people fell on both sides in an instant.However, the mood of the Qing character army was high, and they still strode and shouted slogans, and intensively marched forward.More than 3,000 people of the left brigade were completely annihilated in the sea of people in the urn city like a fan, and when they hit a distance of more than 50 meters, they finally completely collapsed, and the soldiers in the lower and lower layers of the urn city wall were all beaten into pulp.There were more than 100 Taiping troops left on the city wall and still fighting to the death.At this time, something happened that surprised all the Qing army, and the gate of the urn city suddenly opened, and a large group of ordinary people wearing coarse cloth clothes poured out from inside.dragged the family with the mouth, carrying a thick salute, there were thousands of people, old and young.All of them rushed towards the Qingzi army with a panicked face, and suddenly the front of the city gate was like a temple fair, crying, crying, crying, and pushing were mixed together."
Brigade commander, what should I do, to fight or not to fight" The soldiers of the Qingzi Army hurriedly stopped shooting and let this group of ordinary people flee in all directions.Since the first day he joined the Qing Army, the Twist Army has firmly engraved military regulations and military discipline in his mind.Naturally, they knew the responsibility for killing innocent people, and no one dared to shoot indiscriminately.Wang Dahai hurriedly asked Luo Sanyuan for an order, because of the gap at this moment, the Taiping army replenished the city wall with ammunition and archers.Luo Sanyuan frowned tightly and before he could reply, there was a strong sound of "crackling" on the city wall, as well as the whining sound of a salvo of arrows.The Qing army was only twenty meters away from the nearest part of the city wall, and under the chaotic people, it was completely a live target for the Taiping army, and there was no room for counterattack.After a rain of arrows and gunshots, it was just the Qing army or the common people, all of whom fell in a pool of blood."
Quick, cover the people, let them go first."
Luo Sanyuan roared, gave a military order, and gritted his teeth to look at the Taiping army on the city wall, his eyes were red.The military order of "cover the people, cover the people" instantly echoed everywhere in the left brigade, and the Qingzi army in front of the city gate heard the military order and used their bodies to make shields for the people.Let the Taiping army's bullets and arrows rain down on his body, until the last common man fled far away.The Qing army that rushed into the city gate instantly sacrificed more than 500 people."
Brute, Lao Tzu is going to chop you up, rush to avenge the death of your brother" Wang Dahai, the head of the left regiment, raised his foreign gun and hissed, and the anger in his eyes seemed to be about to erupt."
Revenge, revenge."
All the Qing troops of the left brigade roared along with it, and all the guns raised in a dense group to fire at the tower.By the time it reached a distance of fifty meters, it had completely suppressed the fire on the city wall.Immediately afterwards, the sappers carried shields made of steel, faced the rain of guns of the Taiping army, and quickly rushed to the city gate, and placed the latest yellow explosive bags.I heard a violent rumbling sound, and a cloud of smoke rose in front of the city gate, and after the smoke dissipated, the first line of defense of the Taiping army at the east gate was completely opened.The Taiping army defending on the city wall and the Qing army's bullets rained off intensively, and after only the last person was left, the Taiping army ran out of all the bullets, jumped down from the city wall with the yellow flag of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and his brain was splashed on the ground, and his eyes were still open until he died."
Rush, revenge, revenge."
The Left Brigade quickly rushed into the city of Urn and pursued the remnants of the enemy in the city.The subsequent right brigade also climbed the city wall and cleared the various defensive strongholds made of sandbags on the wall.The Taiping army resisted fiercely, constantly counterattacking with bows and arrows and foreign guns.At dusk, the walls on all sides of Huzhou City were completely controlled by the Qing army.After the south, north, and west gates were opened, Tan Guanglin also quickly rushed in through the three gates.After the left brigade entered the city, it quickly cleared the remnants of the enemy along the main street and interspersed fortifications in accordance with the plan formulated in advance.When it got dark, it had already converged with Tan Guanglin's China Travel Service, dividing and surrounding the Taiping Bureau in four areas.At this time, Huang Wenjin completely retreated into the city, occupying important strongholds such as the government office, the Confucian Temple, the academy, and the temple in the city."
Division commander, it can be regarded as a dog day into the city, if you don't give them some color to see, you think our Qingzi army is easy to provoke."
Zhang Zongyu set up his headquarters behind the city wall of Weng City at the east gate, and the generals gathered together to discuss matters.Luo Changfeng laughed heartily, and finally let out a sigh of relief."
Yes, division commander, when will we set up a celebration wine to drink" The other generals also laughed easily, their faces full of triumphant victory.Only Luo Sanyuan hung his head and said nothing, his left brigade suffered the heaviest casualties, and more than 1,000 brothers had been confirmed dead.Zhang Zongyu frowned, stared at Luo Changfeng and asked, "How many casualties are there in your right brigade?"
”Luo Changfeng paused, lowered his head embarrassedly, and replied embarrassedly, "Senior Commander, I just made statistics, and there are more than 500 brothers killed and injured. ”"More than 500 This is the first stage of the battle, your rear division is only responsible for cleaning up the Taiping army on the city wall, more than 500 casualties, are you still proud, do you know that since the commander led the Qing army to conquer the battle, every time he attacked the city, the casualties have never been more than 100, and you can say it."
Zhang Zongyu's face instantly turned cold, he stood up straight from the main seat, and stared at Luo Changfeng with a stern expression.The generals in the tent also had many casualties, and they all hung their heads unconsciously."
The subordinates know that they are wrong, and the division commander has taught him a lesson."
Luo Changfeng lowered his head a little ashamed all of a sudden, and unconsciously awe of this hairy master in his heart."
Why are the casualties so big, do you know where the problem is" Zhang Zongyu snorted lightly with satisfaction, and his tone finally eased."
Division commander, the firepower of the Taiping army is not under us at all, the fire net is arranged on the city wall, the brothers' use of gun arrays is not mature, just after rushing to the city wall, they rushed in a swarm, and there was no effective vitality suppression at all, so the Taiping army took advantage.The subordinates promised that this kind of thing would never happen again in the future. ”Luo Changfeng accentuated his tone and clenched his fists to admit his mistake."
What about you," Zhang Zongyu looked around coldly at the other generals."
The last general knows that he is wrong, and the last general guarantees strict military discipline."
The generals also clenched their fists and sincerely apologized, and there was no longer that complacent demeanor."
You have to remember not to talk about victory until the last moment.Even if we win, we will be a miserable victory with 1,000 wounds and 800 self-inflicted losses, and we don't want this kind of victory in exchange for the blood of our brothers.Occupying the city wall is only the first stage of attacking Huzhou City, you must always remember that Huang Wenjin is alive and well, and the real battle has just begun. ”Zhang Zongyu shouted, waved his hand and asked the generals to retreat, do a good job of defense, and rest and stand by.After Luo Sanyuan waited for the generals to leave, he stepped forward with a lot of concern and confided in Zhang Zongyu, "Division commander, why are we in a hurry to take Huzhou City Now that we have besieged Huang Wenjin in the city, his remaining more than 20,000 soldiers, the daily consumption of military rations is a huge number.As long as we encircle Huzhou City tightly, within a month, Huang Wenjin's subordinates will inevitably be shaken, and then we can attack again to reduce a lot of casualties The marshal only gave us seven days, what is the reason" "I have also asked the marshal this question, and the marshal said that we will naturally know the reason after seven days, you don't have to speculate wildly, don't shake the heart of the army." ”Zhang Zongyu knew what Luo Sanyuan meant, he must have thought that Qiao Zhiqing deliberately embarrassed the new first division, and only Luo Sanyuan dared to reveal this kind of thing to himself."
The subordinates understood, and if there was nothing to do, the subordinates went down to prepare for the war."
Luo Sanyuan stopped in moderation and didn't say anything more, some things can be done with the affection of brothers, and if something really happens, he can be worthy of his heart.Zhang Zongyu nodded, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and kept asking himself in his heart, "Why didn't the marshal let the siege besiege the city, the Huai army and the Zhejiang army had already launched an attack on the Taiping army at the same time, are you still afraid that Huang Wenjin will have reinforcements, is it really deliberately borrowed Huang Wenjin's hand to get rid of the elite of our twisted army" "No, no, the marshal is a bright and upright man, if he wants to get rid of the twisted army, he will not use such a trick." ”Zhang Zongyu hurriedly shook his head for his crazy thoughts, and after trying to calm himself down, he deployed the next stage of the offensive plan.A young man in civilian clothes hurriedly ran into the guest hall, and Huang Wenjin and the generals were deploying defenses everywhere.After the soldiers outside the door entered the house and spread the word, Huang Wenjin walked out of the door with an eager face."
Dashuai, the matter has been done, and three of them have escaped by taking advantage of the chaos."
After Huang Wenjin went out, the young man hurriedly greeted him and whispered a few words in his ear."
That's good, that's good."
Huang Wenjin's tense face finally stretched a lot, and after letting the young man retreat, he returned to the lobby
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