XIV. The Battle of Wuchang (8)
In the violent explosion, Chang Dachun made up his mind, prepared to commit suicide with a horizontal sword to serve the country, got up to report to the entourage in danger in the west of the city, hugged Chang Dachun, looked at the explosion on the river in disbelief, and ecstatically shook the body of the governor of Hubei with his bloodstained hands, and tears of escape from death flowed in his eyes: "Futai, Lord Futai!" Look at the river, look at the pontoon bridge of the traitors on the river! ”
Chang Dachun opened his eyes, opened his eyes and saw that the pontoon bridge on the river was tightly attached to more than 20 fireboats, the wind borrowed the fire, and the fire color of dozens of zhang began to be accompanied by a series of explosions began to swallow the pontoon bridge locked by the iron lock of the wooden plank, big boat, small boat, because the pontoon bridge was locked very firmly, the fire began to spread, and the pontoon bridge was turned over on its back.
Chang Dachun felt that his strength was all drained, if he hadn't hugged himself in person, it was estimated that he would have fallen to the ground at this time, the unsmiling governor of Hubei, after a trip back from the ghost gate, finally put down the shelf, and laughed: "It's really a coincidence!" Ordered the two admirals to fight back with all their might, and shouted to confuse the hearts of the enemy! Hurry up! ”
"Yes!"
Shuangfu here has been a little unable to resist the Taiping Army's offensive, the surrounding soldiers were sent out one by one to block the muzzle, and still watched their green battalion soldiers slowly retreat from the city wall, and the Taiping Army began to slowly climb the city wall, even if he killed a few soldiers who escaped from the battle, it was useless, Shuangfu smiled bitterly, as a Manchurian, it is impossible to leave a living mouth in the hands of the Taiping Army, and when the general trend goes, it is better to commit suicide with a horizontal knife, so as not to fall into the hands of the traitor and suffer all the humiliation and play enough, Chop off his own Liuyang Kui with another knife.
A pro-soldier ran up to the city tower panting, and laughed at Shuangfu through a pile of lit armor: "Junjunmen, the fire on the river is rising, Lord Futai asked me to tell the Junmen, the plan has been sold, and if you hold on for a while, you can turn defeat into victory!" ”
Shuangfu saw dozens of large sparks exploding on the river through the abominable figure of the Taiping Army under the torch, and Shuangfu felt that any fireworks he had seen in his life were not as beautiful as this spark, thrilling, and amazed the audience, including the skillfully handmade fireworks in the palace that he saw during the Lantern Festival banquet in the Forbidden City before, which were not as good as this.
Shuangfu laughed and encouraged: "Brothers, the Ganshan Iron Cavalry has arrived, and our reinforcements have arrived!" Hold on for a while, and you can drive the traitors down the Yangtze River to feed the king! Pass my order, and whoever kills an enemy will be rewarded with ten taels of silver! Kill! ”
When the Qing army at the head of the city heard this, their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed forward again with red eyes, and the momentum of the Taiping army was taken away, and the two sides were at a stalemate again.
Wang Jinxiu took the big boat and looked at the fireball that exploded on the pontoon, hehe sneered, "Pass it on, immediately board the pontoon bridge, and shout loudly that Yang Xiuqing, the military division of the East Wang, is dead, the Bashu water division has arrived, and the iron cavalry army of Ganxi has also arrived at the hearts of these rebel thieves, rush up, do not focus on killing the enemy, and make the enemy camp pontoon bridge more chaotic is the key mission of our thousands of people!" ”
"Wow!"
Yang Xiuqing anxiously paced around in front of the tent like an ant on a hot pot, looking at the direction of the herald from time to time, and after a while, the herald rushed in with sweat, knelt down and stammered: "Report to the army division of the East King, the Qing army lit the fireboat, rushed the pontoon, and stuck the pontoon!" ”
"What!?"
Yang Xiuqing's face changed greatly, he took a few steps back, and almost fell to the ground, and the soldiers on the side hurriedly supported Dongwang, and several people looked at each other, looked at each other, and didn't dare to speak. Yang Xiuqing calmed down, thought for a while, and said hurriedly: "Pass the order and continue to attack the city!" The king of the west, who answered on the pontoon bridge, ordered him to hurry up to extinguish the fire, dismantle the burning ship connected by iron locks, and not to disturb the morale of the army! ”
"Yes, Strategist!"
"The East King Yang Xiuqing is dead! The traitor is not yet punished! ”
"The Bashu Sailor has arrived!"
"The Ganshan Iron Cavalry Army has trapped Wanshou Palace, and the Yang thief has been chopped off!"
Wang Jinxiu and several personal soldiers stepped on the pontoon bridge and began to shout loudly while killing, invincible in the splash of flesh and blood, the Taiping army all dodged in a panic, and some were directly squeezed into the water.
Wang Jinxiu ordered a few personal soldiers to disperse, go everywhere to set fire to kill people and shout, disturb the heart of the pontoon army, a long knife in his left hand, a spear in his right hand, and a personal entourage with him to kill into the depths of the pontoon bridge.
Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, received Yang Xiuqing's order, and walked out of the handsome tent that was sitting in the center of the pontoon bridge, and the panicked Taiping troops around him passed through, Xiao Chaogui frowned, called a few personal soldiers to go over and reprimanded him to rectify the order, and brought two companions to prepare to go to the edge of the pontoon bridge to see what was going on.
Wang Jinxiu shot to the depths of the pontoon bridge, and was cutting melons and vegetables to solve a bandit leader lightly, Wang Jinxiu pulled the long knife out of the bandit's chest, and dark red blood flowed out of the knife, Wang Jinxiu lowered his head and wiped the back of the knife with his sleeve, his eyes were wrong, and he saw a king wearing a red dragon robe coming out of the corner, and two followers, Wang Jinxiu shouted when he saw this, and rushed up.
When the companion of Xiao Chaogui, the king of the west, saw a Qing army general rushing over, he quickly pulled out his sword and came to block the Qing demon general, and shouted loudly to the Taiping army comrades who were running in a panic around him: "Protect the king of the west, escort!" Escort! ”
Wang Jinxiu perked up when he heard this, and when he heard the breathing of the two pro-soldiers behind him, he suddenly became thicker, and the two pro-soldiers made a noise, drew their knives and waved them desperately, resisting the two guards of the King of the West and a few Taiping soldiers who came to the rescue.
Wang Jinxiu sneered, stepped forward with a gun, and picked off the long knife in the hand of the Taiping Army Xiwang with a shot, Xiao Chaogui's face was like dirt, and he turned around and fled in the depths of the pontoon bridge, panicking, his heart was cold, a tingling pain, and when he looked down, the silver gun head had penetrated from his chest, Xiao Chaogui wanted to use his hand to push the gun head away, but when he touched the gun head, he was shocked to find that he had no strength.
The Hubei general soldier laughed, and stabbed the back of the puppet king of the West and pulled it out, Xiao Chaogui leaned back and fell in front of Wang Jinxiu.
The two Qing soldiers who were still resisting on the side were overjoyed and shouted: "The king of the west is dead!" The traitor of the king of the west is dead! Defeated, defeated! ”
The King of the West is dead!
The two personal soldiers of the king of the west had already seen the king of the west being stabbed to death and fell on the deck, and with a shout, they turned around and fled in horror, like a chain reaction, and the Taiping army on the left retreated like a tide, their faces were all dead gray, full of panic and despair.
Defeated!
In the raging fire, the soldiers of the Taiping Army watched Wang Jinxiu cut off the head of the King of the West with a knife, Wang Jinxiu's armor shone under the cover of the flames, Wang Jinxiu held the head of the King of the West, majestic like a god, arrogantly shouted: "The King of the West is dead!" The traitor is not quick to die! ”
Gorgeous dividing lines
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