Chapter Seventy-Four: Mu Shun's Figure
When Huang Daping looked at the city head of Little Nanjing, he did not see the three-cornered dragon flag of the Qing army, let alone the blue background inlaid with red edge dragon flag that caused him deep damage, and the bright yellow flag of the Taiping army fluttered at the head of the city. The smoke in the city is as good as before, and the soldiers in Taiping uniforms on the head of the city are patrolling, and everything is like yesterday.
Huang Daping, who was riding on a horse, was quite emotional, the former commander of the first division has now been reduced to an assistant to others. In the past, only Miao Hansheng was left as a close consort of cadre, and the most powerful Kong Guodong and Liu Ju had been lost in the hands of the young man of the Qing army. However, Huang Daping did not feel depressed, but was full of hope for the future, and he believed that the day was not far off when he would go to Guo Xing'a to settle the account.
When he fled to Little Nanjing, he was recruited by Li Xiucheng as soon as he appeared. Although the old commander Li Xiucheng reprimanded him for losing his troops and losing generals, he had another appointment for him. There are many Taiping soldiers, as the commander's cronies, the troops are gone, and it is common to change the troops. But Huang Daping was quite lucky this time, he could only be regarded as the main force, but this time he had to be regarded as an elite force, and it was a first-class elite force that Li Xiucheng valued very much.
This unit is not an old brother brought out from Guangxi, but Li Xiucheng has put in a lot of hard work. The whole army is issued with muskets and artillery, and the elite of them are all trained by foreigners, and the muskets equipped are all brand new foreign guns. Li Xiucheng, who is known as hundreds of thousands of horses and horses, has only more than 40,000 elite troops, of which only 5,000 are trained by foreigners and equipped with foreign guns.
Huang Daping's unit had 5,000 people, of which 1,200 were in the foreign spear team led by foreigners, 2,500 ordinary musketeers in the first division led by Huang Daping, and the remaining 1,300 were directly under the commander. Huang Daping and the foreigners who commanded the foreign gun team were under the direct command of the commander, and among the 1,300 people commanded by the commander, there were 800 artillery men. They came to Little Nanjing to wait for trading artillery with foreigners to equip these artillery in Little Nanjing, near Taihu Lake.
After coming into contact with the foreigners' muskets, Huang Daping finally figured out why his own musketeers could not beat the musketeers of Guoxing'a. Looking at his subordinates armed with brand-new foreign guns, Huang Daping silently vowed to set foot in the deserted village sooner or later to capture Guoxinga alive and avenge the brothers who died at his hands. Li Xiucheng's order is that the troops will stand by after accepting the artillery, although he is only a deputy now, but after all, the qualifications are here, and it is completely possible to suggest that the commander lead the troops to level Guoxinga.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, Huang Daping's mind was constantly churning with various ideas, and as the army slowly drove into the inner and outer urn cities of Little Nanjing. The foreign guns are at the forefront of the team, which is what their foreign commanders have repeatedly requested, saying that it is a matter of honor. Anyway, it was an inside march, and the coach couldn't refute him, so he could only follow him. But he and Huang Daping walked side by side in the middle, sitting on the horse and laughing at the foreign devil's ignorance.
Hiding under the battlements of the city wall, Guo Xing'a held a telescope and secretly observed the more than 1,000 Taiping troops who had entered the city, and his eyes were about to fall to the ground. If it weren't for the yellow skin and the earthy yellow livery of the Taiping Army, Guo Xing'a would almost have thought it was a British army. Yishui's Enfield M1853 rifle, bayonet, water bottle, backpack, armed belt, ammunition pouch are all available, except for military uniforms, exactly the same as the British army in the movie.
"The British Armorer of the Taiping Army!" Guo Xing'a rubbed his face in disbelief, if the Taiping army got a few more rifled guns in, Guo Xing'a should study how to escape.
It wasn't until the Chinese army of the Taiping Army entered Guoxing's sight that Guoxinga was relieved, and there were more than 1,000 people in the British weapon, and the others were still in the style of the Taiping Army, and the Taiping Army had no heavy firepower, and there were indeed only more than 30 old small cannons.
Lying under the female wall, Guo Xing'a began to convey orders with gestures, and the whole army was ready to attack, and it was necessary to leave the British troops of the Taiping Army behind. The fire in Guoxing's heart is burning now! I'd rather let Huang Daping go again than leave this British armed force behind, it's too greedy, the equipment is really luxurious! No matter how self-developed Guoxinga is, it is also a copycat product, although it can also be used, but the quality is a hard injury. After a training, dozens of bayonets had to be broken, and twenty rifling shots had to be pulled once, and Goxinga had had enough of it a long time ago. Moreover, the best rifle in the whole army of Goxinga is the M1853 captured by Goxinga from the sleepy bug, which is the only one in the whole army. And there are more than a thousand of them below, and if they are let go, Guo Xing'a will wake up in his sleep within a month because of distress.
The vanguard of the Taiping army did not realize that they had entered the trap of taking their lives. They passed through the outer urn city and the main city tower, and when they walked through the inner urn city and were about to enter the city, they found that the city gate leading to the inner urn city was blocked. Although there was a hint of foreboding, they still raised their heads innocently, looked at the "own brothers" at the head of the city, and waited for the "own brothers" to quickly open the city gate and send themselves into the city.
"Why don't you go ahead?" The main commander of the Guns, who does not like the stagnation and confusion in the team.
"Master Shuai, the gate of the inner urn city has not been opened, and the brothers at the head of the city said that the top gate stone is stuck, and they are trying to find a way, let's wait a little longer!" A soldier clarified the situation and replied to the foreigner who had the official position of division commander.
The foreigner raised his head and looked at the surrounding city. There weren't many people on the walls, but it gave him a strange feeling, they all seemed to be looking at him with blank faces, and their clothes seemed to be slightly larger. After looking at it carefully, the people at the head of the city really looked at him expressionlessly, and an ominous feeling instantly enveloped his whole body.
"Assemble, be careful...... Prepare to ......" The foreigner jumped off his horse and was about to give the battle order, but two abrupt gunshots were already heard behind him.
Huang Daping gossiped with the coach without a ride, and Miao Hansheng followed behind his own head and the head of a horse. He kept his head down, lamenting that the Taiping army was getting worse day by day, and the commander of the army entering the city did not come out to greet him, which was really becoming more and more unruly.
When he walked into the gate hole of the outer urn city, because of the light, Miao Hansheng subconsciously raised his head and looked at the main city tower opposite, a tall figure instantly attracted his attention. If the person Huang Daping hates the most is Guo Xing'a, then the person Miao Hansheng hates the most must be Mu Shun. Under the cover of morality in the rivers and lakes, Mu Shun made a * raid and killed all Miao Hansheng's subordinates in an instant. From that day on, Mu Shun's figure would walk in Miao Hansheng's mind countless times every day.
"Mu Shun, commander of the 11th Commando Battalion of the Eight Banners of the Great Qing Gu'an Garrison with Blue Flags!" The voice like a bronze bell exploded in Miao Hansheng's mind.
"There is an ambush in the commander!" Miao Hansheng pounced directly on Huang Daping on his horse.
The first to shoot in the troops in Goxinga was always the sniper, and the two snipers who had been aiming for a long time saw that they couldn't wait for the long-haired commander to completely enter the city, so they pulled the trigger one after another.
Because he was knocked down by Miao Hansheng and fell off the horse, the bullet grazed Huang Daping's scalp and flew over. The commander of the Taiping Army, who did not have such good cronies, fired bullets in his forehead and shattered his skull, which was scattered everywhere in the caves of the city gates.
"Let's go!" Miao Hansheng, who was splashed with blood immediately, pulled Huang Daping and left
As soon as the two of them took a step, the jack gate in Wai Weng City fell with a "whirl", and almost smashed to the ground with a "bang" against Huang Daping's back. A soldier who was originally following behind the horse happened to be hit head-on, and the whole person was crushed into several knots, becoming an invisible, mass of flesh and blood under the jack gate.
The sound of "bang, bang" jack gate landing one after another, Huang Daping knew in his heart that the troops in the city were trapped and divided into two sections.
"Master Marshal go quickly!" Miao Hansheng pulled Huang Daping, who was a little stunned, and ran.
"Don't mess up, stabilize the team, siege the city!" Huang Daping, who was pushed and had already run through the moat, finally smoothed out the veins and couldn't run now. If there is an internal and external attack, there is still the possibility of breaking the city to save people, if it is withdrawn like this, the troops trapped in the city will die, and their morale will inevitably be greatly depressed. If the enemy kills all the troops trapped in the city and immediately rushes out in pursuit, the troops outside the city may not be able to survive.
"Master Shuai, let's go!" Miao Hansheng just pushed Huang Daping to walk quickly.
"Siege now!" Huang Daping secretly hated that although Miao Hansheng was loyal, his ability was too poor.
"Look!" Miao Hansheng didn't have time to explain, so he could only point to the city.
The banner of the Tianping Army, which was originally fluttering at the head of the city, has been put down, and a dragon flag representing a blue background with red borders is rising.
"Guoxing Ah ......" Huang Daping's words were not finished.
A series of explosions had already sounded in the city, and in order to save artillery fire, Goxinga placed a large number of barrels full of iron nails in the urn city. By the time the sniper guns rang out, the soldiers in ambush at the head of the city had already lit their fuses. The shock wave of the explosion echoed through the small urn city, and the iron nails fluttered back and forth in the urn city like raindrops in the storm.
At the same time, the sixteen artillery pieces at the head of the city, four rocket launchers, and small artillery such as mountain splitting guns have all been pushed out and aimed at the Taiping army outside the city. Flowers bloomed at the head of the city, and layers of white smoke shrouded the city like a fairyland, and the city was already a hell on earth. Shotguns shoot bloody patches on human bodies, solid bullets spout bloody alleys in the crowd, and stumps and severed arms are thrown into the sky.
After a round of artillery bombardment, a dense burst of gunfire came from the city, and two companies of infantry began to fire freely below. The Taiping army, which had been completely disrupted, had no power to fight back, and some people raised their guns to return fire, and in the blurred vision, they could only hit the city wall.
"The whole team!" The grassroots officers of the Taiping Army kept calling for peace, gathering the scattered soldiers together again and lining up in a line.
However, this correct move not only failed to save the situation, but caused them even greater misfortune. The traditional artillery and * fire rate at the head of the city was slow, but the five six-pounder guns left by Huang Daping to Guo Xing'a could fire rapidly up to three rounds per minute. Every array of infantry gathered is an excellent target. Every Taiping army that is assembling is like a target, as long as they stand in array, there will inevitably be a cannonball whistling to greet them. The assembled phalanx was completely unable to fight back, but instead became a place for the soldiers to die generously.
"Retreat, regroup!" Huang Daping, who took out the shooting distance of the musket, looked back at the battlefield and reluctantly gave the order to retreat. After the death of the commander-in-chief, he was already the supreme commander of the unit.
"How did you find out?" Huang Daping, who commanded the retreat of the troops, asked Miao Hansheng quietly.
"There is a man in the city who is Mu Shun, and I know him when he turns to ashes." When it comes to Mu Shun, Miao Hansheng's teeth are itchy.
"Bu Yi, this bastard, surrendered to the Qing Demon and set a trap to harm us!" Just a few brigade commanders withdrew, and Huang Daping shouted loudly, Bu Yi was the little Nanjing division commander who had his head cut off by Guo Xing'a.
"Damn, Bu Yi, this bastard......" With Huang Daping raising his head, the soldiers who ripped it off all scolded Bu Yi.
"Commander?" Miao Hansheng looked at Huang Daping suspiciously, with Guoxing's virtue, Bu Yi estimated that he had ascended to heaven now and would definitely not surrender.
"I've lost a few times in a row!" Huang Daping sighed helplessly. It's hard to say that Bu Yitou didn't surrender, but it definitely can't be said that Guo Xing'a came to chase Huang Daping. Otherwise, how could Huang Daping, who had already lost several battles in a row, go to see Li Xiucheng, if Li Xiucheng felt that everything was because of Huang Daping, Huang Daping would not be able to pass the test.
Both of them stopped talking, but looked at Xiao Nanjing helplessly. Since the explosion sounded, the gunfire in the city of Little Nanjing had never been heard, and the gunfire was so dense that it seemed like a shot after a shot, and it was hard to imagine how many people Guoxing had transferred to besiege the trapped Taiping army in the city.
"Siege the city and save people!" Huang Daping gave the order for a counteroffensive.