Chapter 248: Sky falls

Jinhua.

Shi Jingfen breathed a sigh of relief. Since he heard that Zhang Yuliang and the Red Thief started a battle at the ** Sect, he regarded Wu Hongchuan as his Guan Yunchang: "Wu Shenrong is indeed very calculating. Zhang Yuliang is willing to fight to the death, that is a good thing!"

"It's a good thing!" Wu Hongchuan was unsure. This time he left the city and did not encounter a large number of red thieves. The Qing army even burned several villages that might be thieves in their eyes, but he was still a little uneasy: "Zhang Yuliang's famous generals have followed Xiang Shuai for many years. Even if he loses this battle, he can still fight the Red thief to get serious damage to his vitality!"

Shi Jingfen nodded: "Even if he is defeated, with Zhang Yuliang's ability to command the army, he will probably be able to retreat to Pujiang. The county town will not affect the overall situation!"

"It would be better if Zhang Yuliang was defeated!" Wu Hongchuan's idea was different: "The main station, now the center is too fond of Jinhua Mansion. Apart from Zhang Yuliang, there is no general. If Zhang Yuliang is defeated, Xiang Shuai will definitely be moved. Why worry about Zhang Guoliang at that time? Deng Shaoliang will not come!"

"Well said, well said!" Shi Jingfen didn't expect this section: "If Zhang Guoliang comes, this red thief can surrender!"

But Wu Hongchuan felt that the situation in front of him seemed to be bad, so he immediately said: "Maidai, I heard that Zhang Yuliang also sent someone to Lanxi to invite reinforcements, but Lanxi militia, you also know that it is very fierce. Wan Wan had some conflicts together. Why would you let me mediate in Lanxi!"

When it comes to Lanxi militia, Shi Jingfen also had a headache. Speaking of which, the militia in Lanxi County had already been formed since the Taiping Army entered Jinling in the third year of Xiannian, and the organization was very strict. It is regarded as the most combat-capable militia in Jinhua Prefecture, and even placed in the entire Zhejiang Province. This is the most powerful militia in the world.

The last time Taiyong was in Changshan and Quzhou initiated chaos, but the Lanxi militia was killed by all. But the problem was that the Lanxi militia was too fierce.

Now the Lanxi militia does not take Shi Jingfen, the prefect, seriously. They are now investigating the red thieves in Longlan River. Changmao is very enthusiastic about the fact that they often take the private money of dignitaries as their own. They even commit murder and robbery in broad daylight, and then put in the name of a messenger.

Even Shi Jingfen personally sent people to Lanxi County to urge grain and silver, but was driven away by the Lanxi people. The second group of servants who were pulled over had no news. Lanxi County did not even have a word of echo. Shi Jingfen knew what the problem had happened, but he had to fight with the Red thieves before he could only suppress this one, otherwise he would force the Lanxi militia to rebel, and he might have a way out.

When he heard that Wu Hongchuan was willing to negotiate with the Lanxi militia, he was overjoyed: "This one has been entrusted to Wushangrong. Don't let any conflict between Lanxi militia and Zhang Yuliang!"

"Okay! OK! OK!" Wu Hongchuan agreed: "I will go to Lanxi with Yu Dao to comfort me. It must be no problem. As long as the Lanxi militia is willing to send troops, the red thief's doomsday will be in front of you!"

But Shi Jingfen didn't know what was going on at this moment.

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**Door.

The battle has been in full swing, and it has not been long since the sunset, so Sun Huzi wanted to drag the battle until tomorrow, and Zhang Yuliang was afraid of the night and dreaming, so he decided to solve the battle today.

He had already seen that the left wing of the Red thief was a weakness, and the combat effectiveness of the third battalion guarding there was much weaker than that of the Panshi Battalion. If it weren't for a group of veterans holding back the situation, he would have been close to collapse under his key offensive.

However, although the offensive has suffered several setbacks, Zhang Yuliang has achieved some results. He seized twenty or thirty bird guns and captured more than a dozen prisoners, but most of them are new thieves, not old thieves.

But no matter what, under his tide of attack, the Red thief was forced to drop the Caicao and the corpse for the first time, and this also gave Zhang Yuliang the opportunity: "Teat harder and tell the new brothers that as long as they break this Red thief, the Foreign Member, the General Secretary, the General Secretary, and the Dusi of the Dusi will be the ones they choose!"

Now the defense line of the Third Battalion is becoming more and more dangerous. The newly recruited recruits are already unable to support themselves. Zhang Yuliang has also put his capital on it. Sun Huzi is so anxious that he jumps: "Let the Third Battalion hold on for a while, and hold on for a while! It's going to night soon!"

It was just that at night, he reorganized his troops and restored his combat effectiveness that had been damaged by fierce fighting. Now he regretted that he had left a reinforced company of the Third Battalion in Yiwu County. If that reinforced company could be transferred, it would definitely not be the current situation.

As long as you persist until nightfall, the scene will be improved. You can adjust the strengthening to strengthen the third battalion. The key is to persist until dark. As long as it gets dark, everything will be easy.

But now he felt that time was passing too slowly, so he discussed with several cadres: "Would you organize to support the Third Battalion of **?"

The cadres also felt that they had to support the Third Battalion, but Zhang Yuliang also entangled the Panshi Battalion: "I'm afraid that one can only be drawn to strengthen the space. We have stored too many troops in the rear!"

"Just wait until it gets dark!" Sun Huzi said: "I have sent someone to transfer the remaining troops behind me!"

However, some cadres believed that darkness could not solve the problem: "Longqian Camp and Nanxi Camp are still in Wuyi now. If you want to come to the ** Gate, even if you march overnight, you may have to be tomorrow afternoon. It is hard to say whether we can support tomorrow morning!"

The third battalion was already in a state of fire, and Zhang Yuliang's troops almost split the entire third battalion. However, just as Sun Huzi was in a state of chaos, the Qing army there suddenly retreated like a tide, as if they were attacking like a tide.

When Zhang Yuliang was in a state of joy, he saw the scene in front of him, and was anxious: "What's going on? What's going on? Who beats the golden drum?"

"Who beats the golden drum, let them go back, go back soon!"

It was only after just a few delays that had a fatal impact on the Qing army's offensive. It turned out that the endless offensive was interrupted at once, and the Third Battalion got a valuable opportunity to snoop.

Several officers looked at Zheng Zhangyu and shouted: "Company Commander Zheng, you have one skill, really one skill!"

In this scene of chaos on the front just now, Zheng Zhangyu decisively beat the golden drums of the Green Camp soldiers. As a result, the Qing army barracks that had already attacked the front heard the sound of the golden drums, they thought it was dark and were about to withdraw their troops, so they retreated one after another.

As a result, the retreat all the way turned into a full retreat. There was even a small group of Qing troops who were completely wiped out by the center of the third battalion because they had no time to retreat. Zheng Zhangyu laughed and said, "Tell you, I am the old green camp soldier with Sun Huzi. Before he became the chief officer, I would follow him! At that time, I would beat the golden drum."

He was also a green camp soldier, who worked part-time as a butcher to make some money. When he had free time, he would go to the countryside to beat drums and drums to help people in weddings and weddings. These are all not very decent professions, not as glorious as they are now.

But today he just returned to his old career. Although he was not responsible for beating the marquis and the sound of the golden drums when he was in the Green Camp, how could he learn to beat the drums and drums? He would occasionally make guest appearances in the Green Camp. Today, when he heard that the war situation was critical, he beat the sound of the golden drums again.

Therefore, his beating the golden drum broke Zhang Yuliang's plan. Zhang Yuliang later reorganized an attack, but before the attack came, it was already dark, so naturally it could only end in fruitlessness.

But for Hong Jun, the crisis was only temporarily delayed. As the night came, Sun Huzi counted the casualties, and the huge losses made him feel heartbroken.

The Panshi Camp suffered 1230 casualties in today's battle. Except for the battle of Panshi Village to defend the city, this is the first time that Panshi Camp has suffered such a large casualties, but compared to the casualties of the Third Battalion, this is nothing.

The third battalion fought today and had 100 casualties, and more than 30 people were missing. You should know that the troops participating in the battle today were only battalion headquarters, direct teams, two infantry companies and an artillery platoon. Such a large casualties also mean that the entire third battalion could hardly find a combat soldier without a lottery. At the most urgent time, the non-combatants from the battalion formed a mixed platoon to participate in the battle.

Now the third battalion has combat effectiveness, including the minor wounded, and only 160 people are left, which is only a strengthening company level. Therefore, some cadres suggested retreating: "The inspection site will be able to come as soon as tomorrow afternoon. We have already given Zhang Yuliang a major injury. Today, Zhang Yuliang suffered at least six or seven hundred casualties!"

"We can only fight alone tomorrow morning. There is no problem with us. The company of the third battalion may not be able to support it!"

"The left-behind troops can come up tonight!"

"There is only one reinforcement company. Maybe I will suffer a significant loss tomorrow morning!"

"But I gave this ** sect's spoils to Zhang Yuliang? I'm really unwilling to accept it!"

"Pick the precious things, take them away, and we will take them away the opium. If you can't take them away, you can't leave them to Zhang Yuliang!"

"But this time we came to the ** gate to save some money for the camp!"

The cadres quickly had a dispute. Some suggested insisting on the spot, waiting for Liu Chang's Dragon Gun Camp and Nanxi Camp to help, while others believed that they could retreat while the night was dark. The sporadic gunfire sounds from the front line even further disrupted Sun Huzi's mood.

He admitted that he underestimated Zhang Yuliang's combat effectiveness. Although Zhang Yuliang was not very famous, he was a tiger general in the Jiangnan Camp after all, and he underestimated him.

But he finally said: "Stay here, our Panshi Camp is Panshi Camp! It can only be Panshi Camp!"

He told his subordinates: "Our Panshi Battalion has few wounded people, so it's okay to evacuate, but what should I do if the third battalion of **? How can they evacuate so many colorful numbers and corpses?"

"We can only guard and wait for the inspection!"

But the next moment someone replied: "Retreat, you can only withdraw!"

He was furious at first, then he was happy and said repeatedly: "Check, you are here so soon!"

ps: I would like to ask you one thing, is it better to update the two chapters in separate periods, or is it better to update it at one time like the official immortal?
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