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"The foreigner is here!"

On the wall of the north gate of Baoshan County, Xiaodaohui soldiers who were patrolling suddenly found a large number of foreign troops in the north of the city and hurriedly showed warnings.

Soon, Chen Alin, a core member of the Xiaodao Association who was responsible for the defense of Baoshan County, hurriedly brought people to him. He climbed up to the city wall and looked at the target with a monocular telescope seized by the Qing army, and suddenly felt confused.

He found that the army was dressed very special, unlike the foreign military uniforms he had seen before. It was neither the British army's red top and white trousers nor the French army's black top and gray trousers, but the forest green color of the upper and lower colors. The military cap was also different from the British army's bow cap and the French army's toilet cap. Only one thing can be confirmed. The cap badge of the other party's military cap was obviously engraved with the word "Li" written in Chinese, which instantly showed the belongings of the army.

"It's Li Weiguo! It's the Qing army from Chongming County that is here! Close the city gates quickly and climb to the city to defend!"

Chen Alin hurriedly ordered Xiaodao to prepare for battle. Although he had never seen Li Weiguo's army, he knew that the only one named Li in Baoshan was Li Weiguo, the county magistrate of Chongming County, was close to Baoshan. Especially this army was carrying foreign guns, and it was so murderous that it was definitely not for visiting.

The opponent did not come early but did not come late but came at this time. The accuracy of the opportunity made Chen Alin grit his teeth. You should know that after Xiaodao captured Baoshan County, Chen Alin tried to persuade Liu Lichuan to attack Shanghai first or Chongming.

This is because Chen Alin saw that Li Weiguo from Chongming County had never sent troops to reinforce Shanghai County and watched Xiaodaohui conquer Baoshan. The budget believed that Li Weiguo was also an official who swept the snow in front of the door, and was afraid of provoking Xiaodaohui and stopped moving. Therefore, when Xiaodaohui discussed attacking Shanghai first or Chongming, Chen Alin urged Liu Lichuan to attack Shanghai first and then wait for the ferry to be ready before attacking Chongming.

So, Liu Lichuan followed Chen Alin's advice and recently led the main force to attack Shanghai County, preparing to take over Shanghai before turning around to deal with Li Weiguo.

As a result, Liu Lichuan had just taken his main force away from Baoshan to Shanghai, and Li Weiguo led his army to attack Baoshan County.

But now the Baoshan County is empty, with less than 3,000 defenders. Li Weiguo did not send troops early but did not send troops late. But at this time, he obviously seized the excellent fighter plane with empty troops in Baoshan County.

When Chen Alin thought of his words of promising in front of everyone in Xiaodaohui that Li Weiguo would not send troops, he suddenly felt that his old face was hot and embarrassing.

The army outside the city was Li Weiguo's army, with a total of 10,000 people. Among them, 7,000 regular troops were divided into seven thousand teams, and there were also 1,000 migrant workers and two thousand civilians. The former was responsible for carrying ladders and other siege equipment, while the latter was responsible for transporting weapons, ammunition and food.

In this era, there was no established baggage and engineer troops. The baggage and siege equipment were all supplemented by catching strong men. Even in the Second Opium War, the logistics of the British and French coalition forces were replaced by Chinese labor.

There is a way that means that the soldiers are boundless and unobstructed.

It is true at all. At this moment, the Li family army looks like a green sea, without any sight.

The seven thousand Li family troops lined up into fourteen large square formations, ten in front, the main attacking troops, and four in the rear, the reserve troops, and one for support. Each square formation is 500 people divided into five rows, with one hundred people in each row. In the empty spaces between the square formation and the square formation, six 24-pound cannons and ten 16-pound cannons were deployed respectively to provide infantry fire suppression.

At this time, a group of people walked out from behind the military formation and cast a huge Li flag. It was Li Weiguo who came in person.

Li Weiguo was wearing neat official uniforms, took the telescope from his personal soldiers, observed the situation of the enemy and us, and immediately ordered "Rise the battle flag! Suppress the artillery fire!"

"Rise the battle flag!"

"Architecture suppression!"

The messenger conveyed Li Weiguo's orders word by word. The flag bearers of the central army quickly supported a fifteen-meter-high flagpole, then hung a battle flag, and raised the battle flag with ropes through pulleys to the top of the flagpole.

Let’s look at the flag bearers carrying more than 30 triangular flags composed of various colors and patterns behind them. These are flags used to convey various commands. Different combinations represent different commands. Only commanders at all levels can understand it. Once the battle begins, commanders at all levels only need to look at what kind of flags are hanging on the flagpole where the central army is located to know what the command is.

This is also the military command system created by Li Weiguo. It imitates the flag-toning command system of the navy fleet and is used to command the army to fight on land. In addition, the military band and the commemorative force are combined to ensure that the superior's orders are conveyed in a timely and accurate manner.

"Prepare for shelling!"

"Prepare for shelling!"

...

The artillery commanders on the front line drew out the Western command swords and issued orders loudly.

The artillery quickly measured the distance, adjusted the elevation angle of the muzzle shooting, and then loaded gunpowder and shells. After everything was completed, they reported it one after another.

"Prepare is done!"

"Prepare is done!"

...

"fire!"

With the commander's order, six 24-pound cannons and ten 16-pound cannons opened fire at the same time.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

The sound of cannons roared and the earth trembled violently.

A gun shot out from the muzzle, and a cannonball roared at the north gate of Baoshan County.

Bang! Bang bang!!

The shell hit the city wall and exploded instantly. In an instant, the earth and rocks cracked and flew in all directions. The soldiers of the Little Knife who were standing on the city wall were instantly blown away, with heavy casualties.

Chen Alin was stunned. This was the first time he had encountered such powerful artillery. He led his army to attack Baoshan County before, and the Qing army had fired several artillery pieces, but the so-called "general" artillery pieces of the Qing army were just scary. The shells would not explode at all. All the causes were straight casualties, which were not the same level as the blooming flowers in all directions in front of him. They were simply weak.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Li family army's artillery kept roaring, and shells shot up to the top of the city, harvesting the lives of the soldiers of the Knife Association.

Every time the shell exploded, it was accompanied by a bloody rain. Several broken limbs and arms fell from time to time, and there were parts of the body. The scene was very bloody, and the cruel side of the bloody war was fully demonstrated at this moment.

The members of the Xiaodao Society had never seen such a cruel scene. They were immediately frightened to the point of being as dull as a silly chicken. Some people with poor constitution and sensitive noses smelled the smell of blood and internal organs, and they vomited out the gallbladder. Some people even threw away the weapons in their hands and turned around and ran away.

After five rounds of artillery attacks, Li Weiguo rode on his horse and saw scenes on the top of the city through a telescope. He immediately sneered, "A group of mobs! Pass my order! Siege the city!"

Dongdongqiang! Dongdongqiang!

With the order from Li Weiguo, the military band sounded the war drums and the trumpeters blew a loud attack order.

"attack!"

At the commander's order, the soldiers took neat steps, held muskets and drum beats to attack Baoshan County.

"shooting!"

When they were thirty meters away from the city wall, the soldiers of the Li family raised their muskets and aimed at the enemy on the top of the city and pulled the trigger.

Bang bang! Bang bang bang!

The dense sound of muskets sounded, and rows of projectiles shot towards the city like raindrops. The soldiers with knives holding swords, guns and sticks would only be passively beaten. Occasionally, a few knives would archers shoot arrows, but they would not work.

Soon, under the suppression of superior firepower, the soldiers of the Li family quickly rushed to the bottom of the city wall, put ladders on the city wall, and began to climb.

The members of the Xiaodao Club quickly used wooden rocks to fight back, preventing the Li family army from climbing to the top of the city. The fierce battle between the two sides became fierce, and instantly became fierce.

For Xiaodaohui, this is the most powerful enemy they encountered. When they attacked Baoshan County before, the Qing army guarding the city was vulnerable and abandoned the city and fled without resistance. Today, the Li family army has advanced foreign guns and cannons, causing heavy casualties among Xiaodaohui members who used cold weapons to fight.

Similarly, for the Li family army, most of their soldiers went to the battlefield for the first time, and they also had psychological barriers to overcome on the battlefield.

Fortunately, Li Weiguo chose the first battle of the Li family army in Baoshan County, and chose Xiaodao as the opponent. Because the opponent was too weak, for the Li family army, even if the Li family army had the first battle, they could win.

Li Weiguo wants to win this first victory. The Li family army needs to win the first battle to boost morale, otherwise they will not have the courage to fight against the more fierce Taiping Army in the future.

This is a clever military strategy. Li Weiguo understood that he wanted to use this battle to establish his authority and encourage military morale. Chen Alin, who was guarding the city, also understood that the knife he led would become the first stepping stone for Li Weiguo to become famous. He was unwilling to accept it, but in the face of the huge gap in strength between the two sides, he could do nothing.

"Boom!"

At this moment, the gate of Baoshan North City was blown up, and hundreds of defenders on the top of the city were killed.

At the same time, the Li family army once again sounded a loud charge. As the most elite thousand-person team of the Li family army, Zhang Xiaoliu was once taken to Guangxi to fight the Taiping Army. At this time, under the leadership of Zhang Xiaoliu, he launched a fierce charge towards the city gate.

"The city is broken!"

"Can't hold on!"

"Everyone, run!"

...

The mob is a mob. The soldiers recruited by Xiaodaohui have hardly been trained in decent training. It may be a good idea to let them fight against the landlord and divide the fields and grab women. They can fight with regular troops all rely on morale. Once the morale is exhausted, they will instantly be like a native chicken and a tile dog.

"Don't retreat! Go back!"

Chen Alin swung his knife and cut over a deserter, which immediately scared the other soldiers who wanted to escape.

"Get back and kill without mercy!"

Chen Alin had already had his eyes red and forced the deserter to return to defend the city.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Li family had already rushed into the city, and rows of muskets were fired, just like cutting wheat, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the Little Knife soldiers.

During the battle, a soldier from the Li family fired a rifled rifle with a p1851 in his hand, aimed at Chen Alin while the chaos and pulled the trigger.

This person comes from the Li Family Army Special Operations Team. There are only 200 people in this operation team, all of which use Enfield P1851 type firing rifled rifled guns.

Because p1851 has rifle and has high shooting accuracy, but its loading speed is too low, it is impossible to form a formation with other soldiers who use p1842 to fire smoothbore guns. Therefore, p1851 was selected by Li Weiguo as a group of soldiers with high shooting skills, with the purpose of waiting for an opportunity to shoot important enemy targets on the battlefield and becoming the earliest special forces in the Li family army.

Bang!

The gunshot instantly hit Chen Alin's chest and opened a blood hole as big as a bowl. Blood splattered. Chen Alin glared at the person who shot him and fell down unwillingly.

As Chen Alin was killed, other members of the Xiaodao Club saw that the main general was dead and had no fighting spirit, and either surrendered or threw away their weapons and fled.

In less than two hours, the Li family army successfully captured Baoshan County.

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