After the canal pontoon bridge was destroyed, the Qing army's infantry brigade was immediately blocked on the east bank of the canal. Manchu governor Dase and Mongolian Ezhen Ehe Ke were unable to lead their troops to cross the river to reinforce Tong Guogang. They were furious and had to order the soldiers to repair the pontoon bridge while supervising the troops to strangle the Ming army that was fighting for the east fort.

Although everyone in the Zheng army's iron-armored soldiers who were fighting bloody battles with the defenders of the East Fort, they were brave enough to reinforce the Qing army, and the main general Yu Xin died in battle, so they waited for a while and retreated to the riverside. The riverside was full of mud, which was not conducive to the Ming army's withdrawal or the Qing army's pursuit. In the end, more than 300 Zheng army successfully retreated to the ship. This was the only attack that the Qing army had obtained since the war started, which forced the Taiping Army to retreat and won a great battle.

Seeing that the Qing army was repairing the canal floating bridge, Guo Faguang hurriedly led his naval warships to break into the canal estuary to prevent the Qing army from repairing the floating bridge by artillery. The warships of the naval division of Guo Faguang were all large ships, suitable for operation on the river, but not in narrow areas like the canal estuary. It was inconvenient to move and turn. In some places, the water depth was less than three or four meters. Once the large ship entered, it was easy to get stuck and became a living target for Qing army artillery on the shore. However, in order to prevent the Qing army from repairing the floating bridge, the navy was not caring about it. Guo Faguang personally led a boat to break into the estuary. Dozens of large and small cannons on several boats were bombarded at the Qing soldiers who were repairing the floating bridge, and the Qing soldiers were scattered and fled in all directions.

Seeing this, the Qing army of the East Fort on the earth dam also crazily bombarded the Taiping Navy on the river. Because the distance was too close, three naval warships were in artillery, one of which sank on the spot, and two of them also lost their power of movement. While setting flags and ordering artillery fire to suppress the Qing army on the East Fort, both sides were gunning and artillery coming and going above the canal estuary. The Qing army infantry brigade, which was headed by Dase, also brought a large number of artillery, and they also pulled up one after another, and shot towards the river estuary in the bamboo forest not far from the river bank. The Taiping Navy warships entering the river estuary could only be struggling there because of the inconvenience of movement. From time to time, warships were hit by Qing army cannons.

Whenever the shell fell onto the Taiping Army warship, the Qing soldiers on the shore would burst into cheers. But Dase and Eheke were filled with misery because they knew that the key to the battlefield at the moment was not the mouth of the river, but the west bank. No matter how fierce the cannons were here, even if all the Taiping Army warships were destroyed, as long as the West Bank failed, the battle would be considered a loss.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward. Dase gave him a heavy reward and directly threatened him. More than 300 northern battalions rush to repair the pontoon bridge under the Taiping Army's cannon. From time to time, shells fell on both sides of the pontoon bridge, as if a group of meteors fell from the sky above the canal. There were water columns everywhere, and there were wailing everywhere. Several iron bullets on the Taiping Army warships directly hit the bridge deck, either taking away several lives or smashing a big hole in the bridge deck.

On the west bank, the destruction of the floating bridge made the infantry brigade unable to cross the river to reinforce, which made Tong Guogang complain. The battlefield situation had quickly turned towards a direction that was unfavorable to the Qing army, and the advantages of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were being reduced with the continuous arrival of the Taiping reinforcements. The war had become a stalemate, and the maneuverability of the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry's interspersed and advanced was gone, and instead fell into attacks from the Taiping army from all directions.

Zhou Shixiang had already arrived ashore, and at this moment, people were on the western fort. The destruction of the pontoon bridge made him feel relieved and he also saw hope for victory. Although he did not know which pontoon bridge was destroyed by the troops, he had decided to reward these warriors who broke the bridge after the war and remembered great achievements for them.

Zhou Shixiang's handsome flag stood at the top of the Western Fort, and the bright yellow flag clearly told everyone on the battlefield that he was there.

On the beach, teams of Taiping Army in red uniforms jumped from the ship continuously, and then dozens of people were in a team, hundreds of people, and led by officers and military flags. One war horse was also put down from the ship. The Mongolian soldiers who were not used to taking boats were still a little dizzy after they got on the shore, but after adjustment, they quickly turned over and rushed towards the battlefield with the sound of Han (Meng) shouting and killing.

"Cross!"

Liu Bangdong, a hundred households, shouted loudly, and more than 200 soldiers under him immediately lined up in front and back five rows in the direction of the flag bearer. An army sent Lu Yi to stand beside Liu Bangdong with a knife, and 20 guards directly under him formed a single team. In the team, Guo Cheng, who was nicknamed "Guo Laodao" by his companions, held the long sword in his hand nervously.

"go ahead!"

With Liu Bangdong's order, Bing Guards stepped forward under the guidance of the flag bearer. On the far right side of the team was a soldier playing suona. Accompanied by the sound of suona, the 245 Bing Guards, including the officers and soldiers, moved forward straightly. In their front, back, left and right, square formations composed of guards were also stepping forward.

"Speed ​​the gun!"

After facing the Qing army's bow and arrows entered the range, Liu Bangdong pointed the long sword forward. In an instant, forty soldiers in the first row fired the muskets in their hands forward, and quickly squatted down after the shooting, followed by the second row and the third row.

Amid the sound of the "bang bang", the Qing army in front of them kept falling from the horse, and the people were on their backs and neighing, forming a ball.

"Run!"

The spear-holding quadron on the other side yelled after the gun guards fired several rounds of guns, yelled and rushed towards the Qing army with a spear. The spears like forests kept stabbing the Qing soldiers on the horse, slamming them one by one from the horse.

Within several square kilometers, there were counterattacking Taiping Army formations everywhere, and the balance of victory tilted sharply towards the Taiping Army.

The king and the assistant minister, the white robe and yellow horse, had led their troops to slap back and forth among the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry twice, and no one could stop him from where the spear arrived.

Tong Guogang met Wang Fuchen when he was in Beijing. He knew that he was powerful and did not dare to fight Malay. He just kept shaking his flag and ordered Mongolian soldiers to block Wang Fuchen.

The eight hundred iron armored soldiers led by the blind Li became the last straw that overwhelmed the Qing army. If the eight hundred iron armored soldiers were slashing the Qing soldiers in the middle line, the Qing army had no choice but to fight and drag down the physical strength of these iron armored soldiers, and they had to bite the bullet and stop them. But these iron armored soldiers were heavy infantry, and the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry were light cavalry and could not defeat them at all.

The Taiping Army, which was originally cut by Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, surrounded the Qing army in reverse with its superiority of force, and cut thousands of Qing troops into battle circles ranging from hundreds or even dozens of people. The Qing soldiers without mobile advantages were passively beaten like horseless cavalry.

Finally, the Qing army could not hold on anymore, and the Mongolian soldiers rushed towards the canal by horses. The Manchu soldiers also abandoned the enemy in front of them and fled to the canal. Some of the battalions of Duobi's troops also ran towards the canal together, while others threw away their weapons and surrendered on the ground. However, they did not receive the forgiveness of the Taiping Army and were chopped to the ground one by one.

"Chasing, chasing the Tartars into the river!"

Tieyi, whose subordinates were nearly half killed, lowered his pursuit order with red eyes. The Qing army was running everywhere, and the Taiping army was chasing everywhere.

Tong Guogang fled to the canal and felt desperate when he looked at the unbuilt floating bridge. He wanted to fight back and fight against the Taiping Army, but there were countless defeated soldiers in the rear. The defeat was like a mountain of fallen, and it was impossible for him to reorganize his troops and fight back and fight back.

The river bank was filled with cavalry, looking at the wide canal, the Qing army sighed at the river. Some Mongolian soldiers hesitated for a moment and rushed into the river. The people on the shore were all in their voices when they looked at it. In the end, the Mongolian soldiers and their horses disappeared in front of everyone.

In the rear, crazy killing was underway. One Qing army after another was stabbed from the horse by the Taiping Army, which was crazily revengeful, and then added together. The Qing army, who were eager to escape, kept rushing forward, causing the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who had arrived at the river first to stop and hesitate to be squeezed down the river one by one.

The sound of falling into the water was heard one after another, and the Qing army soldiers on the other side of the river were stunned to watch everything happening on the other side. More than a dozen water-like Yangzhou soldiers jumped, then swam desperately to the other side two miles away to stimulate the Qing army. Soon, the ones who "punched" were no longer the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who were squeezed down the river, but the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who took the initiative to dive. However, these Manchu and Mongolian soldiers soon discovered that they actually couldn't swim!

When hundreds of people were submerged in the canal, the turbulent river bank finally calmed down. Apart from the unlucky guys who were squeezed into the river from time to time, the remaining Manchu and Mongolian soldiers pressed against the river bank with their feet, fearing that they would be squeezed down.

Dase and Eheke on the other side of the river finally reacted. The floating bridge was no longer repaired, and the most urgent task was to immediately find a boat to rescue people on the other side. Teams of Qing soldiers ran upstream in panic to find the boat. Tong Guogang's personal soldiers on the other side were lucky enough to find three small boats for fishermen to fish. They protected Tong Guogang on board the boat. The three small boats were filled with Manchu and Mongolian generals who were eager to cross the river to escape. Seeing this, Manchu and Mongolian soldiers rushed forward to get on board, but the Manchu and Mongolian generals on the boat did not allow them to get on. The Manchu and Mongolian soldiers grabbed the side of the boat so that the boat could not hold on and were only spinning there.

In the distance, the Taiping Army's shouts were getting closer and closer, and the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who were squeezed down the river also came to Zhaoduo.

"Cut off their hands, cut off their hands!"

Tong Guogang shouted wildly, and waved his knife to cut off a Manzhou soldier's hands on the side of the ship. The Manzhou soldier screamed, raised his head and fell down, waving his broken limbs in the water, which had lost his hands, and struggled continuously, and finally "gulu" sank the bottom. He used a knife and a spear. The Manchu and Mongolian generals who were eager to escape were slaughtering their subordinates, just to be able to escape.

"Take us, take us, Lord Duke!"

Tong Guogang had dozens of personal soldiers, and it was impossible for them to all board the boat. At this moment, he begged in the water halfway deep to take them. Some of the officers of Manchu were also begging in the water, but Tong Guogang was as hard as iron. Even if these people had red belts, he would not care!

"Tong Guogang, Manzhou cannot spare you, the emperor cannot spare you!"

The abandoned Manzhou officer cursed loudly, watching the three living boats get farther and farther away.

"Subsequent, down!"

The Mongolian soldiers on the shore suddenly started to shout, and then all the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers were shouting for surrender. Tong Guogang heard it in the center of the river and gritted his teeth, without saying a word, his face turned pale.

"We surrender, don't kill us!"

Manchu and Mongolian cavalry dismounted and knelt down to surrender. Looking around, there were thousands of people densely packed.

"Those who fail to fight and surrender, kill!"

The king and the assistant minister waved his hand, and thousands of cavalry rushed forward, slashing and slashing wildly towards the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry that were squeezed so hard that they could not move. The Taiping infantry that followed also used big swords and spears to harvest the lives of these Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who had no intention of fighting.

The desperate Manchu and Mongolian soldiers had no choice but to jump into the river. They found any object that could help them cross the river. From a distance, they looked like dumplings. The Taiping Army, who were wading the bodies of Manchu and Mongolian soldiers, still did not let go of the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who fell into the river. They used muskets on the shore, shot with bows and arrows, and even rushed into the river directly, and rushed to the river with spears to the Manchu and Mongolian soldiers who were only exposed but did not dare to move forward any further, and kept driving them into the river.
Chapter completed!