The Qing army Guangdong navy Chen Guotai, Lai Zhenhai, Li Xinming, Ye Changchun, Chen Delin and others received news that the Changmao Navy appeared in Wusong at the end of the Chen period. After receiving the news, Chen Guotai paused and sighed: "Hechun misled me, and Hechun missed me!"

In fact, as early as midnight yesterday, Chen Guotai received a report from the sentry ship, saying that there were a large number of warships in Yunzaoban, but Ye Hei couldn't see how many ships there were. At that time, Chen Guotai was in a dilemma.

On the one hand, He Chun had ordered this morning that the Navy and the Lu Division would launch together to attack Hongqiao and the Changmao camp on the shore of Yangpu, and break through the Hengjiang Iron Lock set up by Changmao here. It is Zhabei in Shanghai, which is very close to Shanghai City. It can be said that as long as Changmao is defeated in Hongqiao and Yangpu's last line of defense, the Qing army's Navy and the Lu Division would complete the important task of understanding the encirclement of Shanghai. But on the other side, there was a Changmao Navy warship that was prominent in Yunzao Bang. Chen Guotai immediately realized that Changmao wanted to attack Wusongkou and directly cut off the rear Guangdong Navy's rear route.

On one hand, there was a victory that was about to be won, and on the other hand, someone was threatened by the back road. Should we return to the army to rescue or fight to Shanghai in one go. Chen Guotai and his navy generals gathered together overnight to discuss. After a while, everyone looked at each other.

After a moment of silence, Lai Zhenhai stood up and said, "Our navy is a guest army, and the ship soldiers are the foundation. We should protect ourselves first. If we cannot lift the siege, we will leave our ship soldiers here. The court will definitely blame us. But if we protect the ship soldiers and still have the power to fight, even if we cannot lift the siege of Shanghai, the court will not blame us."

As soon as these words were spoken, the generals agreed, and Chen Guotai was also a sensible person. During the war years, as long as there were soldiers and food in his hands, he was not panicked. He immediately stood up and said, "That's it. Let's call the troops in the third and fourth sessions, and return to the army to rescue Wusongkou!" The generals of the navy stood up to receive the order, and turned around and prepared to go out to return to Wusong to help.

Hechun, who was on the shore, was shocked after receiving the news that the navy was about to return to Wusong. He knew that if his land division had no support from the navy, it would be impossible for him to break through the Changmao Hongqiao and Yangpu defense line, and even self-protection would become difficult. Hechun fought his life to break the siege of Shanghai this time. He was in charge of Jiangnan and ruled to the southern part of Jiangsu. If he could not defend his territory, Xianfeng would definitely kill him. He would spare himself the last time he was defeated. If he lost Shanghai again, Hechun could imagine that his career and life would end.

At that moment, after discussing with Chunhe's aides, he hurriedly brought more than ten Goshhas with him. He carried a few boxes of silver and took a certain official sedan chair to the navy camp at night to lobby for the navy generals to stay.

In Chen Guotai's tent, Hechun convened Chen Guotai, Lai Zhenhai, Li Xinming, Ye Changchun, Chen Delin and others to discuss. Although Hechun was the commander of this Qing army, the Qing navy has always retained considerable military power, and Hechun may not be able to mobilize the navy by relying on military orders.

After all the generals arrived, He Chun smiled and said, "Thank you all the navy generals. Since the battle to support Shanghai, you have worked hard to kill the enemy. We, the land master, can fight here." After that, he stood up and bowed to express his gratitude.

The generals of the Navy felt secretly satisfied, but no matter how He Chun said that they were all his superiors, the generals of the Navy also stood up to return the salute. They were all humble.

He Chun sat down and continued, "I heard that military information was coming this morning, saying that the Longmao Navy warship was prominent and rushed straight to Wusongkou. After hearing this, I was also anxious. You all rely on the ships as the power. To be disrespectful, the war is now chaotic. If there is no soldiers or food in your hands, no one will feel at ease. The quality of the soldiers we lead depends on the size of the soldiers and horses in our hands. You are going to return to the army to rescue Wusong because you are afraid that Changmao will capture Wusong and seal the retreat on the water. You will inevitably leave here and protect yourself in front of others. This is also a common sense for me to understand your suffering."

Chen Guotai and others could not have thought that He Chun would express his thoughts in the crowd. They couldn't help but look at each other. All the generals looked at Chen Guotai and only hoped that he would make a statement. Chen Guotai had to bite the bullet and stand up and said, "Hejunmen, subordinates, think that Wusongkou is an extremely important place to go. The supply of food and grass in the entire army depends on the waterway. If Wusong is missing, let alone rescue Shanghai, we will not be able to protect ourselves. If the navy does not exist, the land army will not be able to protect it, so..."

He Chun raised his hand to stop and laughed: "I just said that I understand your hardships. General Chen doesn't need to say anything more." Then He Chun applauded his hands, and several Goshhas outside the tent carried a few boxes in. After opening it, it was filled with silver. For a moment, the entire tent shone.

He Chun walked up to point to the silver and said, "These are the money stored in the army, and I also have tens of thousands of taels of silver. I have always liked to bet, but in fact, when we lead troops to fight, we would tie our heads to the belt and then bet on our lives with God? In the past, I fought with Changmao bandits for many years, and they always lost more than they won. Now I finally figured out a truth, that is, every time the long-haired thieves fight, they always try their best to fight. As the saying goes, barefoots are not afraid of wearing shoes, and long-haired thieves are not afraid of losing their lives, so they are not afraid of gambling and losing. It is precisely because of this that Changmao always tries to fight hard to win."

After hearing this, Chen Guotai and others nodded, thinking that Hechun was right, and then heard Hechun continue, "Now that the war has reached this point, I want to bet a bigger bet with the hairy thief. I took out all my life savings, and even my life is here. I don't believe that I can't win this game if you want to protect yourself, but I won't stop you. But you have to think clearly that if I win the bet, I will definitely participate in the fight. If I lose my bet and lose my life, the whole army will do my best. I will naturally be at ease. I will never complain!"

Chen Guotai and others' faces changed color. They didn't expect that He Chun's methods were so cruel, so they used such words to squeeze the navy generals.

The generals looked ugly, but no one spoke. He Chun said with a smile: "But, I will leave my words here. If I am willing to stay and bet with me, I will take the money here at will. After winning the bet, we can turn the situation around. The court will definitely give it a lot of rewards, and the first official will definitely give it to him!"

Chen Guotai and others looked at each other and looked at each other. Chen Guotai stood up and said, "It's not that the subordinates are unwilling to work for the court, but that the land of Wusong is too dangerous. If there is any mistake, we will never be able to recover."

Hechun raised his hand to stop and shouted loudly: "Wusong has three thousand guards, and there are dozens of ships in your navy as a supporter. How can we lose in just a short time? The one who fought against us was the long-haired thief, the pseudo-Western King. This beast has always liked to attack the east and west. The Changmao-Hained Navy hastily formed an army. How can it be your Guangdong navy rival who has been through a long battle formation? This move of the pseudo-Western King is a trick to surround Wei and save Zhao. He wants to make our team mess up and give up attacking Hongqiao and Yangpu. When we return to the army to rescue him.

When the reinforcement is supported, we will attack again. In Wusong, as long as we send more sentry ships and inquire, we will go back to the rescue if the situation is critical. When the broken ships of the long-haired thieves see your warship, they will not only escape with their tails? Why do we have to scream and be full of soldiers? When they find out that the enemy is in a hurry, they will give up the victory in front of them and return to the rescue. The Guangdong navy is traversing all over the world. Now they are scared by the broken ships of the long-haired thieves. They are spreading out and laugh off the big teeth of the long-haired thieves!"

Chen Guotai and others were speechless after hearing this. What He Chun said made sense. Even if the Hair-Haired Thief sent the navy to the scene, the Guangdong Navy had a single boat to help the battle, and the soldiers and sailors were all veterans who were used to the waves. How could they be afraid of Changmao's inland waters? At best, some large merchant ships, grain ships, and soldiers and sailors were not elite enough. If the Hair-Haired Thief dared to send such a navy to attack Wusongkou, wouldn't the Guangdong Navy turn around and eat them? Most of them were as He Chun said, Changmao was trying to surround Wei and save Zhao.

After being lobbyed by He Chun's words, Chen Guotai and others felt their hearts pounding again. There were white silver in front of them. He Chun's ears were heard, but it was very heavy, and the generals of the navy could only submit, obey He Chun's general's orders, ignore Wusong's Changmao Navy, and follow the original strategy, he set out to attack Hongqiao and Yangpu.

Almost at the same time, the Qing army and the Taiping army launched fierce offensives against their respective scheduled opponents, but the Qing army's opponents were different. The Taiping army of Lin Qirong's troops had been on high alert. There were tight trenches and camps on the land to fight. There were dense bamboo fire ships and several cross-river iron locks were arranged in the water. At a bend on the river, the Taiping army even arranged a floating bridge, and artillery was arranged on it to intercept the Qing army's navy, and more than ten artillery formations were arranged at the riverside. After the Qing army marched out on both water and land, they were faced with desperate resistance from the Taiping army of Lin Qirong's troops.

The Qing Navy and the Land Division fired artillery to fight back. At the same time, the Qing Navy led its troops to attack the Taiping Army's camps on the shore. The Navy actively sought to break through obstacles on the water surface, intending to detour the side of the Taiping Army's defense line to attack the flanks of the Taiping Army's defense line.

The sound of killings in Hongqiao, Yangpu and other places was shouting, and the sound of cannons was shocking. As Hechun said, he really fought desperately in this battle. His flag was always standing in the camp, with several heads hanging under the banner, all of which were the heads of generals who were leading the army to fight and were unfavorable to retreat. In just one and a half hours, Hechun killed three generals, one thousand generals. More than a thousand personal soldiers behind him acted as the supervision team, and they were murderously pressing the formation behind. The soldiers who dared to retreat immediately killed them with one knife, without reporting.

The Lu Army fought hard, and the Qing army navy also fought hard. The sampan and fast crab boats rushed forward in artillery fire to clear obstacles for the red single ship and other large ships. They released the water ghosts into the water, overturned the oncoming Taiping munitions, bamboo platoons, and cut off the chains of the Hengjiang River. One died and another pair of them went into the water. The Qing army was full of eyes.

Lin Qirong was also struggling to support it. Although he was mentally prepared and knew that the Qing army's offensive against the last line of defense would be extremely fierce, but it was caught in a fierce battle from the beginning, which made Lin Qirong unable to sit still. He personally supervised the battle on the front line, and the Taiping Army also fought to the death. The Taiping Army's camps and trenches were covered with corpses. In just one and a half hours, thousands of people died here, including the Taiping Army and the Qing Army.

Just when the war was at a critical moment, Chen Guotai received an urgent report from the navy ship that Wusong fled back. Wusongkou had been lost and the forts on both sides of Wusongkou were occupied by hairy thieves. Chen Guotai sighed and murmured: "Hechun is misleading me, and Hechun is misleading me!" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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