Chapter 176: The Veteran

When Zhou Xiuying arrived at the battlefield, she happened to see the flag of Huang ** Camp, and the sound of gunfire was endless. Shi Tuiji saw them coming up and shouted and said, "It's coming just right, it's coming just right!"

Zhou Xiuying was a little confused: "Battery Commander Shi, what's going on before?"

Shi Tuiji cursed: "It is the main force of Qing Yao. Taizhou Xiecheng guards the Third Battalion and has also confronted some regiments. Our two companies have entangled them!"

Looking at the battlefield, it was not the case at all. Although Shi Tuiji entangled the Qing army opposite, the entire battalion was also entangled by the Qing army opposite. The Qing army was indeed worthy of being a city guard camp. It temporarily used a small number of old camps nearby to urgently build simple camps and fortifications. With the help of nearby villages, although the two companies of the ** battalion made progress in attacking, they could not retreat.

"Is it Chen Shizhong's main force?" Zhou Xiuying's interest came: "It seems that you, Lu Ziyun, must appear!"

Lu Ziyun was already excited: "No problem, our Niudao Camp is just to kill chickens. Battalion Commander Shi should be assured!"

The tone in his words was a bit proud. After fighting for so long, the ** camp still failed to solve the Qing army in front of him. It was indeed the level of the ** camp.

He didn't know that Shi Tuiji left the two veterans to Feng Sixian, and Huangyan ** Company also stayed in Huangyan County. The real old army was only one and a half companies, and the combat effectiveness of the entire army has been affected to a certain extent.

Zhou Xiuying was considered brave and resourceful, and she shouted: "I will let the left-wing horse team attack!"

With her order, countless dust was raised throughout the left wing. The Qing army in the left wing camp immediately bombarded with guns and guns. She finally got a shot. But while taking advantage of this period of time, Lu Ziyun's Niu Dao Camp had already been pressed.

They advanced fifty or sixty steps before being suppressed by the Qing army's serial guns. The two sides started a gun battle. Soon the Qing army was suppressed in the gun battle. They set off again, but after walking more than twenty steps, a row of serial guns rang out in front.

Lu Ziyun's Niudao Battalion also has a large number of new recruits. Zhou Xiuying left him the only foundation for this battalion, and the company's direct team. If it weren't for the help of Nanxi Camp, he would not even be able to form the Niudao Battalion.

But even so, the large number of new recruits greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the entire Niudao Battalion. The three infantry companies rushed three times one after another, and finally they could only attack half of the village. They just quickly met with one company of the ** Battalion, and the two troops attacked together, pushing the battlefield forward dozens of meters.

But they quickly obtained the latest information from the prisoners: "Are you Ninghai Camp?"

The two infantry battalions attacked the joint forces of a city guard camp of Taizhou Association and Ninghai camp. In addition, there were more than 200 regiments and soldiers coming from the brigades, with a total of no less than 1,300 and could be defended by villages and camps. Therefore, the two infantry battalions with a large number of new recruits fought very hard.

"Battleman Commander Zhou, tell the inspector immediately!" Lu Ziyun sent his messenger to convey the news: "This Chen Shizhong is really a veteran! The offense and defense are quite organized!"

Although Chen Shizhong was already crazy, he showed the style of a veteran after the two sides joined forces and immediately shouted loudly: "Appoint Ninghai Camp to shrink slightly to the right and the left camp retreat..."

He is a veteran who has been fighting against the Taiping Army for many years near Nanjing. In terms of combat experience, he is much older than these new officers of the Hong Army. After only an hour of the battle, he has built a simple but very reliable defense line.

Although he firmly believed that Gao Liangcai was still insisting on being in the county, his current arrangement was mainly tactical defense, and it was not limited to defense. From time to time, he asked his reserve team to pull him out to fight.

"Come up in Nanxi Camp!"

"Come up on Dragon Spear Camp!"

"Thunder comes in!"

"Come up on the Rock Camp!"

Soon the Hong Army entered one new company after another. Although a small number of troops were still on the way, the entire Hong Army immediately launched an attack on the hastily organized Qing army green camp army.

What a veteran!

Liu Chang couldn't help but exclaim: "Everyone is careful, you must keep this Qing army under control, and no one can be let go!"

One hill after another was captured by the Hong army, and one room after another was captured by the Hong army's thunder offensive. However, Liu Chang immediately found that the entire battle situation was not satisfactory.

Although the battle is developing in a good direction now, the green camp soldiers led by Chen Shizhong are really the last unit in Taizhou that is still worth fighting, and both offense and defense are in a bit of order.

Until now, he has not always collapsed. Although this is related to the large number of new recruits in the Hong Army, Chen Shizhong has now made up his mind to fight back with the Hong Army.

Chen Shizhong immediately felt that his condition had never been so good. He issued an order loudly, and from time to time he personally held a green flag to boost the morale of the Green Camp soldiers. Sometimes he personally urged the defeated remaining troops to reorganize and launch a counterattack.

Although the entire battle situation is developing in an increasingly harsh direction, and the more than 3,000 soldiers brought by Chen Shizhong have only 1,000 soldiers left, but there is such a veteran who is risking his life to supervise the battle, and the entire Green Camp soldiers can still defend their garrison until now.

The offensive of the Hongjun was like a frenzy, but no matter what the frenzy was, Chen Shizhong was like a reef in the sea, as if he was the last veteran to die on the battlefield.

Chen Shizhong waved the green flag again and drove a team of newly defeated green camp soldiers out. He waved the green flag so hard that many soldiers bombarded his war horses with flintlock rifles in their hands. After a burst of white smoke, the veteran was still majestic at the horse!

He immediately shouted loudly to Liu Chang: "I have been in the military for decades. If I can return to the horse and get rid of the body today, I will be regretful. Liu has lost his family!"

Chen Shizhong roared: "If Chen Shizhong, the general of Huangyan Town, died in battle today, find a good coffin for me!"

After saying that, Hongjun fired another round of guns, but Chen Shizhong was as good as gods, and he was completely unscathed. Liu Chang couldn't help but exclaimed: "No need to leave a living, find a few Minni rifles!"

He had already seen that the reason why these seventy or eight hundred green camp soldiers had not yet collapsed was that Chen Shizhong, who seemed to be crazy, maintained the final fighting spirit of these green camp soldiers with his crazy destructive power.

"Check!" Zhou Xiuying had already rushed over with the cavalry battalion. Her cavalry battalion was not very effective in attacking battles in such villages: "I think it's better to go north to drive sheep!"

"Going north?" Liu Chang hesitated for a moment: "Power them out of the villages and camps?"

Zhou Xiuying waved her saber handsomely: "That's right, force them out of the fortifications, drive them all the way north and all the way to Linhai!"

"Okay!" Liu Chang felt that this was a good idea: "Order the troops in the north to relax the offensive a little, and the battalions stepped up the attack and drove the flock of sheep to Linhai!"

As he was talking, the latest news had already come from over there: "Wan Jun Lian is here!"

Wanjun Company is a heavy artillery company in the siege. Liu Chang nodded and said, "The Cavalry Battalion is temporarily responsible for the escort battalion, and the Jintang Second Company!"

As Liu Chang's guard company, the soldiers of Jintang's second company cheered and saluted Liu Chang: "Abide by the order!"

Liu Chang said to Zhou Xiuying again: "Go back and tell magistrate Feng Sixian, tell him that our army is ready to continue attacking Linhai, and prepare to take down the capital in one fell swoop and let him be more vigilant."

If the combat mission is changed from annihilated Chen Shizhong's main force to not only annihilated Chen Shizhong's troops, but also drive Chen Shizhong's remaining troops to Linhai City. He takes advantage of the opportunity to break through Linhai City in one fell swoop, the duration of the battle will be greatly extended, and he must promptly notify Feng Sixian of the changes on the battlefield.

Zhou Xiuying had already held down the saber, and she was ready to cut it down at any time.

Although this old goat is good at fighting, it must have given Chen Shizhong a fatal blow. It must have been her, Zhou Xiuying.

She has such confidence.

...

At this time, Su Jingrong had already stood up with a smile to greet Shao Bingzhao. As soon as he met, he grabbed Shao Bingzhao's hand excitedly: "Old Shao, you have worked hard this time. I have been waiting for the stars and the moon for your news. If you can defeat the Red Thief this time, Lao Shao, you should be the first priority! Come on, sit down and have a drink!"

Shao Bingzhao rushed over quickly. His hair was soaked with sweat beads as if it had been poured by rain. He put the teacup on the coffee table, sat in the chair and breathed a long sigh, and then said the first sentence: "Gao Sorghum is a thief!"

This news is irrelevant to Su Jingrong, but for Shao Bingzhao, it is the most important first major event. Su Jingrong patted his shoulder and said repeatedly: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, don't be anxious! Tell me slowly."

Mou Yinan next to him was anxious: "How many thieves are there in Huangyan City?"

Shao Bingzhao came for this: "The main force of the red thief went out of the city to fight Chen Zhentai, and said that he would capture Chen Zhentai alive and strait all Taizhou. There were only 400 red thieves left in the city, including a team of 60 Guangyang soldiers with Gao Liangcai. It was amazing that the real red thief was only 300."

He was just a loser in Huangyan County, and now that the county is under military control, it is already amazing to know so much.

When Su Jingrong heard this, she felt comfortable as if she had eaten ginseng fruit. She leaned against the chair and asked at Mou Yinan: "There are only four hundred red thieves, and there are only three hundred red thieves. This is a good opportunity for heaven!"

But Mou Yinan asked: "Four hundred red thieves can be easily defeated! But we can gather many groups of bravery to attack Huangyan County. I can mobilize four hundred bravery to fight. How about you?"

"My side?" Su Jingrong turned around and said to Shao Bingzhao: "Is the number of four hundred true?"

Shao Bingzhao immediately replied: "It's true and there's no falsehood. This is the number asked from our yamen kitchen. They only used 400 meals for the Red Thief at noon this year."

"That's good! That's good!" Su Jingrong immediately stood up with her eyes sharp: "Since the red thief is only 400, Mou Yinan, you have four hundred courages to fight, and I also have six hundred good men in my hands, but I have always used a ox knife to kill chickens. Since Liu Juehu has exposed such a big flaw in the way out, I can only blame me for being rude!"

"Let me see if I use 40,000 bravery to kill all four hundred red thieves!"
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