The Zhengshui River is a larger tributary of the Xiangjiang River, commonly known as Caohe, originates from Shaodong County and enters the territory of Jinlan Town, Hengyang. It is in the shape of "B" and flows through Sanhu Town, Zhajiang Town, Taiyuan Town, Xidu, Santang, Daiyingling and other places in the county. It is injected into the Xiangjiang River in Shigu, Hengzhou City.

Daiyingling Town on the Cao River is located in the west of Hengzhou City, across the river from Hengzhou City to the east, bordering Hengyang County in the west, and connecting Hengshan County in the north, which is an important window and gateway to the west of Hengzhou City. Last year, the Taiping Army in the West Hall was left Zeng Tianyang after conquering Hengzhou City, and He Zhenchuan's troops guard Hengzhou City. When Zeng Tianyang and He Zhenchuan were deployed to defend Hengzhou City, they used the strategy of Taiping Army to defend the dangerous and not guard the storm. On the west side, the land was set up in the Daiyingling Ridge and the town on the north bank of Cao River. There were also 500 Guangxi veterans and 1,500 Hunan recruits defending this place. There were three floating bridges on the Cao River to communicate with Hengzhou City. Once Daiyingling Ridge was attacked by the Qing army, Daiyingling Ridge would be fireworks, and the Taiping Army in Hengzhou City could be reinforced by the floating bridge.

This day was the New Year's Day of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. After the third hour, the Taiping Army units in Daiyingling and the town gathered together to prepare for the New Year's Day service of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Each unit consisted of two Simas, and the people in the town lighted two lamps, served three cups of tea, three plates of dishes, and three bowls of rice. The two Simas and the military officials stood in the middle. Everyone stood on both sides and praised the praises. Later, the official wrote a Huang Biao memorial and wrote one or two names of the Sima people. So everyone knelt down and burned them after the official knelt down.

After the Huang Biao's memorial was burned, everyone could not disperse. He also wished the kings of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom a long time ago. Then he listened to the officials' reasoning, recited scriptures and heavenly notes, and finally shared the foods he offered. After dawn, he could all receive a sumptuous food from the chef.

Since the soldiers and horses of the Taiping Army in Hengzhou were Zeng Tianyang's legacy, most of them were from the East Hall, the complaints of the West Hall had not been passed down. More of them were the doctrines of the Celestial Empire brigade, so even the soldiers scattered on the outskirts returned to the camp to attend the service overnight.

Just as the Taiping Army in Daiyingling and the town were listening to the Hadith of the Heavenly Father of the Divine Master around the bonfire, a Qing army in the north was approaching quietly in the darkness of the night. This Qing army was the Miao soldiers in the town led by Ronglu!

Most of the Miao soldiers in the town were in Deng Shaoliang, Xiang Rong's army, Yu Xiangtan, Siye Mountain and the Taiping Army in Xidian were destroyed in the battle. There were hundreds of troops in the Qing army in Hulinyi's army in Yiyang. Ronglu now led the newly recruited soldiers from the Qing army at the beginning of the year. Most of the Miao soldiers accounted for half of them, and the remaining were the Miao Han soldiers.

Although Miao soldiers from this town are recruited, Miao people in Xiangxi have always been martial, and men need to wear swords when they are twelve years old. Many men in villages are adults at the age of fourteen. The coming-of-age ceremony is also quite brave. Miao men who want to perform the coming-of-age ceremony must leave the village alone, bring only swords, ropes and other objects, go to the mountains and forests alone to catch prey, and then take their prey to the nearest town market to exchange for salt and cloth. They must be considered adults after completing this matter.

At this time, the land of Xiangxi has always been a deserted place with high mountains and dense forests and wild animals. I thought that a 14-year-old boy would go to the mountains to hunt alone, and then solve the problem of eating by himself. After that, he had to carry his prey and walk dozens of miles of mountain road to exchange goods to the town where the Han people gathered. The hardships and dangers in it can be imagined. That's it. Miao soldiers have always been good at hunting, walking on mountain roads, and lurking.

Ronglu and Li Chong brought more than a thousand Miao soldiers to the forefront. Everyone was covered with branches and straw bags, and many Miao soldiers even painted flowers on their faces, looking as ferocious as mountain mandrels. The Miao soldiers had sharp blades and arrows in their hands. They held the shuttle marks and bows and arrows that simmered poison, and they were like they usually hunted, and they were slowly approaching the prey not far away like cheetahs in the dark.

Then the firelight in the Taiping Army camp began quietly. The first round of raids began. Miao soldier's poisonous arrow shot the Taiping soldiers on the Wangstairs to death. The poison on the poisonous arrow contained a strong nerve paralysis toxin. The person who was shot immediately became numb and eventually died of heart numbness. The Taiping soldiers in the camp were all listening to the Hadith of Heavenly Father, so no one noticed the arrival of danger. It was not until the Miao soldiers climbed the trench and started cutting the wooden fence outside the wooden fence of the camp that some people in the Taiping Army came to alert.

"The demon soldiers are coming!" A shrill shout emanated from the camp, but the Taiping Army who was shouting was immediately pierced by poisonous arrows. The second shout was never released again. However, this shout attracted the attention of the Taiping Army. When the troops looked back, they saw people covered with branches and grass bags. The heads were furnished, with patterns on their faces, and their faces were as feathered as mountain mandrills. When they saw the Taiping Army coming, everyone screamed strangely, and the shuttle flags and poisonous arrows came like rain.

"Enemally attack! Enemy attack!" The Taiping Army's shouts resounded throughout the camp, and the Taiping Army with a waist knife drew its sword and stepped forward to the enemy. Many Taiping Army did not bring weapons and ran back to the barracks to retrieve weapons and muskets. The Miao soldiers had already broken through the wooden fence and broke into the camp, and the two sides quickly fought together.

The Taiping Army was attacked and failed to line up in panic. Many Taiping Army soldiers fought on their own and were soon surrounded and slaughtered by the Miao soldiers. The remaining Taiping Army, which had not yet found its weapons, was also chased by the Miao soldiers. The entire Daiyingling Ridge and the Taiping Army camps in the town were in chaos.

The commander of the army guarding here quickly ordered people to fire up the sky smoke cannon for help, and brought his two hundred of his personal guards to fight and intercept the camp. These personal guards were all veterans in Guangxi and quickly stabilized their positions, but they had no choice but to pour into the camp more and more Qing troops, and they were eventually killed on the spot.

After fighting until dawn, the Taiping Army only fled more than a hundred people. The Miao soldiers followed the situation and seized three floating bridges on the Caohe River. Then Xiang Yong led by Zeng Guofan came to gather together. The Qing army began to cross the Caohe River and lined up along the river.

It was early morning. Ronglu ordered the soldiers to rest for a while, eat some dry food, and at the same time sent a sentry cavalry to investigate the movements of the Taiping Army in Hengzhou City. When he was young, he was probing horses to return, and thousands of Taiping Army in Hengzhou City flocked to him. Ronglu and Zeng Guofan immediately ordered the preparation for a fight.

Liang Litai and He Zhenchuan heard that the Qing army had arrived, and the Daiyingling Ridge and Caohe floating bridge had been lost. Two thousand troops had only fled back a hundred people. The two were furious. The Qing army in western Hunan had only been beaten by the Taiping Army. When did they try to try the Qing army that dared to stroke their tiger beards? The two decided to take advantage of the Qing army that had not yet gained a foothold and lead troops out of the city to defeat the Qing army and defend the enemy on the north bank of Caohe. At the very least, they would burn the floating bridge on Caohe.

When Ronglu and Zeng Guofan arrived in Wuliao, the Qing army led by Zeng Guofan, they met the Taiping army who came out to fight. When the Taiping army saw the official army coming, they avenged their brothers who died in Daiyingling Ridge. They asked for battle enthusiastically, hoping to kill the officials who were running from afar and overturn the horse.

The two armies met and beat drums to fight. The brave Hunan general Taqibu led the way, jumped into the front of the formation, and fought with the Taiping Army. The Taiping Army then fired arrows at Taqibu. Taqibu was not afraid at all, and waved the sword in his hand to lift the arrows. At this time, the firearms and guns of Li Chong's subordinate Li Chong's firearms and guns began to bombard the two wings of the Taiping Army. Although Ronglu got three thousand Western muskets and guns, the Miao soldiers were used to using shuttle marks, bows and arrows, and muskets, and muskets were difficult to learn in a short time. Therefore, the firearms that came to assist in the battle this time were all the three hundred personal guards firearms and guns that Ronglu brought with him when he was in Jiangbei. After they replaced the new muskets and guns, the firepower of the three hundred people was even more fierce than that of the thousands of Taiping Army.

In terms of firearm equipment, the Taiping Army still used the seized firearms of the official army, so the Qing army's firepower obviously gained some advantage. The artillery exploded in the Taiping Army array. Some Taiping Army's corpses flew into the sky. However, after being suddenly shot, the Taiping Army did not lose its footsteps and also began to bombard. The smoke of gunpowder spread in front of the positions of both sides, but the smoke of black gunpowder was too high. The artillery soldiers on both sides exploded for an hour and refused to give in, but almost no target was seen. They just killed the gunpowder and shells. In this melee, neither side had time to form a formation and camp.

The Hunan Army and the Miao soldiers of the Zhenzi began to charge forcibly in the artillery fire. They held sharp machetes and Miao swords, regardless of the possible fall of their artillery fire, rushed to the Taiping Army formation and launched hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. Since the war in Guangxi, the Taiping Army has never seen the official army take the initiative to fight in hand and hand. This is the first time that the Qing army is brave enough to charge first. In the past, the Taiping Army, which was all over the mountains, launched the first charge and rushed to the front of the official army formation and slashed and killed randomly, but today it was the opposite. The Taiping Army commanders Liang Litai and He Zhenchuan were shocked and immediately organized troops to connect with each other.

The Miao soldiers in the town were divided into different directions. Under the cover of cannons, they forcibly attacked the central army of the Taiping Army, intending to kill the generals and seize the flag in one fell swoop. However, Ronglu ordered Li Chong to bring 300 firearms and 500 Miao soldiers in the town were clashed on both sides.

The terrain of Wuliao is as its name, with both sides slightly higher and lower in the middle. After Li Chong, he led the firearm battalion and Miao soldiers to break through the Taiping Army array on both wings, he set up artillery at a high place, and the muskets were deadly bombarded the Taiping Army Central Army.

Seeing that the Qing army was sharp, Liang Litai had to order the Taiping Army to retreat from Wuliao first. Hundreds of Taiping Army in the front army fought to the death. Liang Litai led his army to retreat to Xinqiao Town not far away, where he reorganized the army. The rear army was the front army, and the front army was the rear army, and he once again fought with the Tachibu pursuers.

At this time, the Taiping Army also brought four reinforcements from the city, and the five Taiping Army attacked Xiangyong and Zhenzi soldiers from three aspects, and immediately formed a local advantage. The number of Taiping soldiers was in Xiangyong, and the pursuers in the town were more than twice as many as those in the town.

The Xiangyong and the town soldiers who were chasing were stunned by the red scarf soldiers all over the mountains and began to panic. Tazibu and Zabudonak, who was commanding the town soldiers, were still leading the way. The two of them lifted their swords and shouted sternly: "Those who sanchang bravely retreat, kill the sergeant commander! Those who sergeant retreat, kill the sergeant commander!"

Zabdonak is a Mongolian. Although this man was not very smart, his fighting in front of the formation still maintained the courage of his ancestors, the Mongols. He often only advanced and did not retreat when facing the battle. He stopped the panicked soldiers and lined up to face the Taiping Army that was charging forward.

Xiangyong was also scolding. Xiangyong fought in close combat in front of the formation, using the army as a unit, and emphasized the advance and retreat together, cooperated with each other in battle to rescue each other. The commander of the sergeant was worried about innocent beheading, so he also pointed his companion's back with a knife: "Whoever retreats and kills whoever! Advances and death may not be dead; retreats together, it is definitely dead! Everyone can only regard death as if they are home!"

At this time, Tazibu rode his horse to Xiangyong, who was carrying the flag, and grabbed the flag and held the flag in person, waving it in front of the formation. It was indeed an invisible spiritual inspiration for Xiangyong. Another powerful general, Li Xubin, replaced Tazibuyan's superior team to advance, killing six people who retreated. Each team had a prison officer, standing under the commander's flag, and those who retreated were killed. In the absence of a retreat, Xiangyong's way to survive was to rush over and defeat the enemy. Xiangyong came back to his senses and had no choice in the face of fate, so he rushed forward loudly with a sword.

This melee battle killed corpses everywhere, and each other was greatly damaged by energy. Nine brigade commanders of the Taiping Army, the division commander was killed, three thousand soldiers were killed and wounded by firearms, and hundreds of people were captured alive. In the end, the powerful Taiping Army had to begin to retreat. Xiangyang and the troops from various places advanced, and killed countless Taiping Army, captured a Red Wind Official Cap, red scarves, countless flags, hundreds of gunpowder, countless swords and spears, seized fifty barrels of gunpowder, three thousand kilograms of lead bullets and other military supplies.

This fierce battle was fought from midnight to the afternoon of the next day. Xiangyong and the town soldiers chased each other to the end of the battle, and about 500 Taiping soldiers were killed in the battle. A group of Taiping soldiers were driven into a pond by Li Chong's firearm, and had nowhere to run away. They were all shot and killed by the Qing army in the pond.

The Qing army was pressing step by step, like a gambler who had red eyes, and rushed to Baixi Lane outside the city. Liang Litai, He Zhenchuan and other generals led the Taiping Army to run around the city, but the Qing army was chasing them very closely. They did not dare to open the city gate in the city, and Liang Litai did not dare to enter the city. In the end, they had to lead the troops to escape to Xiangtan. After chasing for several miles, the Qing army returned victoriously. Thousands of Qing army surrounded Hengzhou City, preparing to have a full meal, and after a rest for a night, they would break the city. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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