According to the strategy of Zeng Gong, the acting governor-general of Liangjiang, the Hunan army set out from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and captured the cities along the river step by step until they captured Tianjing.

Every time they conquered a city, they slaughtered all the soldiers and civilians inside.

Zeng Gong was also worried that the Hunan army was not killing people efficiently enough. Even during Ding You's period, he kept writing letters to the generals urging them to drive out all the soldiers and civilians of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Even if the Taiping army surrendered, they must kill them all.

After Zeng Gong and Ding You's term expired and he returned to the Hunan Army camp, he continued to implement his strategy unswervingly, which also received strong support from Hu Gong, the governor of Huguang.

The Hunan Army was fully prepared for the Battle of Anqing. Zeng Gong and Hu Gong jointly issued an official document, ordering Taoist priest Zeng Laojiu to lead 8,000 men from the land division and 4,000 men from the admiral Yang Yuebin's naval division to take charge of the siege; he ordered the deputy capital

Tong Duolong'a, the inspector general Li Xuyi led 20,000 horsemen and infantry to carry out reinforcements south of Tongcheng.

After Yang Yuebin's navy captured Congyang, an important place on the East Road of Anqing, he surrounded Anqing. Zeng Laojiu dug two long trenches outside the city, the front trench surrounded the city, and the back trench refused to aid. Zeng Gong and Hu Gong respectively dug in Qimen and Wannan in southern Anhui.

Beitaihu takes command.

In order to relieve the siege of Anqing, King Laohong tried his best, and two powerful generals, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng, also used various means. Chen Yucheng once even attacked the gates of Wuchang City, hoping to force the Hunan army to return to aid, but Zeng Hu Ergong

After seeing through their strategy, the Hunan army was completely unmoved and continued to concentrate on attacking Anqing.

King Chen Yucheng of England was at the end of his rope at this time, so he joined forces with Chen Zhao.

At this time, Chen Zhao led his elite troops southward, and the first thing he faced was the Hunan Army's reinforcements south of Tongcheng.

The biggest tactic of the Hunan Army is to build a stronghold and fight stupidly.

Therefore, the Hunan Army built strong camps and dug wide and long trenches in the places they must pass through. Therefore, when they heard that a Taiping Army under the banner of the British King Chen Yucheng was approaching with great momentum, the Vice-Capital Commander Duolonga ordered the police to investigate.

Li Xuyi was so proud that in addition to adding bamboo sticks and traps outside the camp, he also ambushed 5,000 Hunan troops on the outside, and was personally commanded by Li Xuyi. When the opponent attacked the camp, Li Xuyi could lead a surprise attack on the opponent's flank.

.Are the five thousand Taiping troops still not destroyed with a single show of hands?

As a result, after Chen Zhao led his army through Tongcheng and completed repairs, he immediately divided into four teams and began to surround the camp.

This action was completely unexpected by Dolona. He knew that the enemy troops were not large in number and had no strength advantage. Under such a situation, the enemy troops were still divided into four groups to surround the camp. What kind of trick was this?

Standing at a high place, Duolonga used his telescope to clearly see the opponent's formation. He also saw that a team of about a thousand people was divided into more than ten small columns and headed straight for the place where Li Xuyi was ambushing.

We originally had insufficient troops, but now we have to divide them?

Could it be that the leader of this reinforcement army is a fool?

Could it be the reinforcements led by some idiot relative of Lao Hong who was crowned king?

It seems that the destruction of this army is just around the corner!

Duolong'a's heart is filled with joy.kanlai

It was Jiang Wuyang who led a thousand elite troops to attack Li Xuyi's troops. At this time, he looked very calm in his movements. His troops quickly organized their weapons and quietly waited for the battle order.

"Soldiers, follow the order and set off!" Jiang Wuyang shouted, and the military order was quickly issued, and the troops began to advance in columns towards the enemy.

The total number of troops attacking Li Xuyi was only about a thousand. The ambushing Hunan Army had ten battalions. Each battalion of the Hunan Army had 500 men. Each team fought with long and short weapons such as lances, swords, and small spears.

Then, Jiang Wuyang's artillery began to show off its power.

The artillery shells flew into the Hunan Army's ranks with extremely precise landing points. Each artillery shell swept across the Hunan Army around the impact point like a storm. After each artillery shell exploded, it created fractures in the Hunan Army's line.

Moreover, the first shot coincidentally hit the headquarters where Li Xuyi was located, directly blasting the Hunan Army general into the sky. The rest of the Hunan Army officers and soldiers stared blankly at the baptism of shells continuously fired by the opponent's six artillery pieces. Then five

Qian Xiang's army quickly collapsed.

Jiang Wuyang laughed loudly, and immediately ordered the musketeers to start a rapid assault in columns. At the same time, the artillery fire also extended the bombardment. The Anziying troops, composed of a group of forty or fifty people, rushed forward with rifles and advanced to two hundred meters.

Then they began to shoot in a queue, and the retreating Hunan army was crying for their fathers and mothers, and became a mess.

Almost immediately after the confrontation, the five thousand Hunan troops were beaten to the point where they lost their armor and armor and continued to flee.

However, Jiang Wuyang only used a thousand men to pursue him northward. In just one morning, Li Xuyi's five thousand soldiers and horses were completely wiped out.

At the same time, Chen Zhao concentrated all the army's artillery and continued to bombard the Hunan Army's strong camps for a whole morning.

Then at noon, Chen Zhao personally led his elite troops directly into the Hunan Army camp, and used musketry to carry out devastating killings...

Facts have proved that no matter how strong the camp is, there is nothing it can do in the face of continuous concentrated artillery bombardment and subsequent musket attacks.

Although they thought they had 20,000 troops, various camps could support each other, and the army was well prepared, they were completely powerless in the face of artillery and muskets that were ahead of their time.

Soon some officers of the Hunan Army abandoned their soldiers and fled, and some surrendered with white flags. Under this situation, the entire Hunan Army collapsed, and Dolonga had to lead a few guards to escape.

Unfortunately, he did not escape far before he was intercepted by Pang Qingyun, who had been ambushing him for a long time, leading 500 elite soldiers.

In the Battle of Tongcheng, Chen Zhao led 5,000 elite troops to defeat 20,000 Hunan Army reinforcements. He destroyed 10,000 enemies and captured 5,000. He beheaded the inspector Li Xuyi and captured the deputy commander-in-chief Duolong'a alive. He also obtained a large amount of baggage. Zeng Gongxin

The Hunan army, which had worked hard for several years, lost two-thirds in one battle.

As for the elite soldiers under Chen Zhao's command, the losses were negligible.

After this battle, both sides of the entire Anqing Battle were shaken.

Whether it was Zeng Gong and Hu Gong, Zeng Laojiu who was besieging Anqing on the front line, the Taiping Army guarding the city, or even Li Xiucheng operating in southern Anhui, they were all shocked and began to frantically inquire about the military situation.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Duolonga and Li Xuyi were able to command 20,000 Hunan troops to fight for reinforcements. Naturally, they were not people with empty reputations. On the contrary, they led the troops well and had outstanding military exploits.

As a result, in one battle, the entire army was wiped out. One general was killed and another was captured alive. How powerful was the opponent's combat power?

Although this Taiping Army was flying the banner of the British King Chen Yucheng, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Chen Yucheng was not that strong.

Therefore, some people say that it was Pang Qingyun of Shucheng who rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and surrendered to the enemy. Some people say that it was done by Zhao Erhu of Lu'an. Some people say that it was done by Miao Peilin, the king of Qin in the Taiping Army.

More people insist that it was Chen Yucheng who attacked Kuizi Camp, obtained their artillery and guns, strengthened their equipment, and defeated the 20,000 Hunan Army.

In short, all kinds of news are flying everywhere.

Seeing that this army continued to move south, its target was only Zeng Laojiu at the foot of Anqing City. Now both Zeng Gong and Hu Gong could not sit still, and immediately led their troops to the foot of Anqing City.

Unfortunately it's too late.

Chen Zhao had already made arrangements. His troops rushed to Anqing City before Zeng and Hu, and concentrated their artillery to bombard Zeng Laojiu's camp and trenches.

Under the unparalleled firepower, Zeng Laojiu's Hunan army collapsed across the board, and Chen Zhao's army once again staged a scene of chasing death and chasing north.

Zeng Laojiu also had no chance to meet his eldest brother Zeng Gong. Just when he was about to board the warship, he was killed by a bullet.

Two days later, Chen Zhao was waiting for work at Anqing City and defeated the reinforcements of Hu Gong, the governor of Huguang. Chen Zhao personally led the musketeers to pursue him. He did not dismount for three days and finally captured Hu Gong alive outside Taihu City and chopped off his head to show the public.

, Taihu City surrendered without a fight.

After this battle, the siege of Anqing of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was lifted. The Hunan army lost nearly 30,000 men. Only Yang Quanbin's navy suffered little damage. Hu Gong, the governor of Huguang, and Zeng Laojiu, the younger brother of Zeng Gong, were even killed.

Head.

After hearing the news, Duke Zeng in the south of the Yangtze River vomited several mouthfuls of blood and fell ill to the ground. All his troops were frightened. After discussion, the generals escorted Duke Zeng back to Jiujiang overnight.

Chen Zhao did not stop. He only repaired for a few days and led his troops to march westward. Within twelve days, they traveled 600 miles to Keying Mountain, Qishui, Huangzhou and other prefectures and counties, occupied Wuchang, and took back the Wuchang Concession.

However, in view of the overwhelming power of the British, Chen Zhaoda did not do anything to resolve the matter. Instead, he held friendly talks with British Admiral Ho and Counselor Parkes.

Seeing that Chen Zhaobing had plenty of food and the various products he produced, the British immediately agreed to do business with Chen Zhao.

Then Chen Zhao took Wuchang as the center, attacked cities and captured land everywhere, and occupied a large area of ​​land in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui. At the same time, he renamed his army the Liberation Army, established the Liberation Army Governor's Office in Wuchang, called himself "the Liberation Army Governor", established the Liberation Army regime, and at the same time

Announced an alliance with the Taiping Army and together overthrew the Qing court.
Chapter completed!