"Your Highness of the Western King, my subordinates are still a little worried about the defense of the three camps. Each camp only leaves more than 2,000 people to defend. Isn't it too few?" Qian Jiang said with some concern in the open land outside Majuqiao Town, under the banner of Xiwang Xinghuang. "There are more than 100,000 Qing Yao Three Mountains and Five Gardens plus the Qing army stationed in the capital. If they attack the major camps desperately, their subordinates will be afraid that they will not be able to defend them."

Xiao Yungui sat upright on the horse, wearing a military uniform of a marshal of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and said with a faint smile: "I predict that Qing Yao is now divided into two factions. One wants to join forces to destroy Taiping, and the other wants to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, so they must be quarreling. If Qing Yao joins foreigners, they still have a huge obstacle before, that is, the two families had a deep grudge, and this will take some time to resolve. If Qing Yao sends troops alone to fight our camp, they don't have the courage to leave it alone!" The guy said this, but he thought to himself: "Qing Yun won't be able to drive me for the time being. As long as she doesn't have the arbitrary decision for the time being, there is no need to worry."

The sound of gunfire in the distance began to gather, and the commanders arrived and reported loudly: "The Third Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Third Division has begun to charge!" Xiao Yungui nodded slightly and said loudly: "Let the other two battalions circumvent from the left and right wings, and be sure to defeat the enemy in front of them first! The Second Regiment of the Third Division is ready to join the charge!"

The messenger loudly accepted the order and went to pass the order. Xiao Yungui raised his telescope and saw that the Taiping soldiers began to charge towards the French army. The French soldiers under the Sanse Banner used double platoons to set up a formation to protect their flanks as much as possible, but the disadvantage in numbers made them suffer from the enemy on three sides, and they were stretched.

The Taiping soldiers used scattered soldiers to charge in sections, and the scattered soldiers advanced like waves. The soldiers in the front row kept standing and shooting, and then waited for the soldiers in the back row to go forward and continue to fire and suppress them. Then they stepped forward alternately.

The soldiers on both sides used rifled muskets with high accuracy, ranging from three to four hundred meters. The casualties on both sides began to increase a lot. French soldiers' gun skills were accurate and had a good geographical advantage. Taiping soldiers' shooting skills were not bad, but due to the advantage of the number of people, the relationship between the arrangement of scattered soldiers and the camouflage of military uniforms also had certain advantages. On the contrary, the big red pants of French soldiers were too eye-catching and compact, which was a very good target for living.

In the eyes of French soldiers, the Taiping soldiers pressed their bodies very low when charging. They ran quite cunningly, always turning left and right to hide, and lying on the ground from time to time. The various tactical actions were dazzling, and they did not have the French aura of charging forward. The French soldiers were quite despised. But they also found that the enemy's tactical actions were very practical and difficult to hit the enemy.

When it was nearly 100 meters, the Taiping Army's charge became faster. The sudden acceleration of the charge rhythm and indomitable momentum surprised the French army. The charge at this distance seemed to allow French soldiers to see their own shadows.

"Free shooting, prepare for the bayonet! Crush the enemy's charge!" Major Bujie issued a loud order, and the French front, which was more than 800 meters, was charged on three sides. He was ready for a hard battle. He must defend here and wait for reinforcements from the left and right wings to arrive. If they retreat now, they will completely expose their backs to the enemy.

Soon the Taiping Army's bayonet came up. The French soldiers also burst out with loud shouts, and the soldiers on both sides quickly strangled together. The bayonets shone coldly, blood scattered everywhere, and the soldiers' dying screams all showed the cruelty of bayonet fighting hand-to-hand combat.

The bayonet let the spear exit the stage of history, and it perfectly combines hot weapons and cold weapons. The bayonet tactics were not gradually reduced until the massive development of automatic weapons in the late stage of World War II, and it was not until the 21st century that the bayonet gradually disappeared. Although the Taiping Army and the French Army were equipped with more advanced rifled muskets, no general would think that they could completely defeat the enemy with counter-shooting, and in the end they had to rely on bayonet charge to solve the problem. Therefore, the Taiping Army did not give up the connection between bayonet tactics when it was established. On the contrary, they attached more importance to this tactic than ever before.

Whether it is the French, Taiping, or even the British, Russian and other soldiers, in this era, they all like to use bayonets. Bayonets can quickly defeat the enemy and destroy the enemy's fighting spirit. Many soldiers believe that bayonets are sometimes more reliable than bullets. They ignore the weather and do not have to worry about silence. They are a reliable friend of soldiers in close combat.

The French army's front was a little messy when the previous attacks were shot, but the French soldiers felt that the enemy was even more messy. There were gaps in the middle of the scattered soldiers, which were easy to use. However, at the last ten meters of distance, the changes in the enemy made the French soldiers dumbfounded. The scattered soldiers of the Taiping soldiers changed rapidly, and the three soldiers approached each other and echoed the nearest trio to form small combat groups. Although the French army's front was dense, they found that they could not defeat the first row of enemy scattered soldiers for a while. With the arrival of subsequent enemy scattered soldiers, the gap was quickly blocked, and the battle between the two sides became even more cruel.

Before this Taiping Army charge, it did not throw grenades at a distance of fifty meters. The main reason is that the enemy is condescending and the thrown grenades may roll back and hurt their own people. Therefore, there is a regulation in the Taiping Army's grenade usage script, that is, it is strictly forbidden to throw grenades at enemies located on the hillside during intensive charges.

It is worth mentioning that the Taiping Army's bayonet is very different from the straight cone bayonet used by the French army. The Taiping Army's bayonet is a flat-blade sword-shaped bayonet, and there are two blood grooves on it. This will cause larger wounds after stabbing the enemy, and the effect of the blood groove is even more vicious, which is the effect of bloodletting.

French soldiers were tall and strong, and experienced bloody battles in the Crimean War. The troops of the First Taiping Army fought thousands of miles, and were almost the same as the elite troops that had fought for the Qing army for many years. They were similar in bayonets and gun caps, and were a battle of equal strength.

The first time the two sides met, more than a hundred soldiers were killed, but the French army was somewhat advantageous. However, as soldiers from the three directions of the Taiping Army joined the battle, the disadvantages in the number of French soldiers began to emerge. The French army failed to defeat the Taiping Army's charge, but gradually retreated in front of the Taiping Army's bayonet.

Twenty minutes later, the French army finally collapsed, and less than 400 remaining people fled down the hill. The Taiping Army did not chase after him, but arranged in a horizontal formation on the spot and opened fire ruthlessly at the fleeing French army.

More than two hundred French troops fell on the way to escape. They failed to persevere until the arrival of reinforcements. Major Bujie was injured in the head and rescued by the soldiers. He was very upset. He could not have expected that his elite troops would only resist for less than forty-five minutes. You should know that his troops had defeated the Russian army several times in Crimea. He did not expect that he would suffer a great defeat in the distant East.

When Xiao Yungui stepped on the hill, he stared at the bodies of soldiers who were carried down, and he gasped in his heart. He was worthy of being a soldier from the old colonial empire. When the number of people was at a disadvantage, he also caused one-to-one losses to the Taiping Army. If it weren't for the long-term training of the Taiping Army's weapons and tactics, military discipline, etc., it would be certain that the Taiping Army had lost the Taiping Army alone. No wonder, how many casualties were killed or killed in the British and French coalitions in history to capture the capital? Strict discipline, the idea of ​​fighting for the country, and scientific strategies and tactics are the differences between modern and feudal armies.

After listening to the report of the war damage, Xiao Yungui said in a deep voice: "Order the first regiment, the second regiment hide on the mound, and the third regiment top to lure the enemy to the open ground on the front of the mound, the artillery regiment prepares on the mound and behind, and the cavalry regiment prepares behind the wings of the mound..." After Xiao Yungui's order was issued, the Taiping Army units quickly mobilized...

Grant and Montauban met Major Bujie's retreating army halfway. Montauban regretted why he asked Major Bujie to seize the Maju River first. He did not expect the Taiping Army to complete the crossing of the river so quickly. He thought he could hit the Taiping Army head-on at the bridgehead. Now it was useless to say anything. Montauban and Grant exchanged views, and could only continue to lead the troops forward, defeat the enemy in the field, and then calmly retreat to Tianjin.

When we arrived at the battlefield of the mound where Major Bujie had failed just now, we saw that a Taiping army opposite had completed the array. Like the French army, they arranged a large horizontal formation of double rows. From a distance, they looked like a long camouflage green line, but there was no reserve force. There were only a dozen generals shaking on the hills in the distance, and the enemy was not seen setting up formations on the hills.

"Why are the enemy not stationed on the hill?" Grant was very strange, and Montauban was also very strange, but among the green grass on the hill, he did not see the enemy's soldiers from the telescope. This was a very strange thing.

"Maybe the enemy is setting up a formation behind the hill, we can't see it." Montauban suspected that the enemy had set up a trap behind the hill, and Glente nodded and said, "We can seize the hill first, occupy this only commanding height, and then counterattack the enemy. It depends on who is faster."

Montauban agreed, and finally the two decided to discuss and attack the French army in the middle and left wings, and the British army was responsible for the enemy's right wing, and the cavalry needed to quickly rush up the hill to occupy it after the enemy's infantry collapsed.

After the order was issued, the coalition forces quickly expanded, and several large horizontal formations were completed. They lined up in a compact formation and began to advance towards the hills. At the beginning, they maintained a strict military appearance and pace, and saved their physical strength to normal marching steps. After approaching 800 meters, they took small steps. After reaching 400 meters, the French army's middle horizontal formation began the first round of volleys.

The soldiers of the Taiping Army were lying on the ground in the first row, and the second row was kneeling and did not stand and shoot. Their two rows of horizontal formations began to shoot with the coalition forces at 400 meters, and they were very messy and free shooting.

After seeing it, Montubang smiled and said, "It seems that the enemy is not very disciplined. This way of counterattacking is too hasty." Grant shut up his mouth tightly. He felt that the Taiping Army was deliberately showing weakness. Is there any strange ambush on the hill? Grant frowned and said, "We should ask the artillery not to bombard the enemy in the opposite direction. We should fire at the hill!" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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