Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 14 Night Attack
After Wang An was defeated, Li Dianyuan did not immediately send troops to continue attacking Shanren Village, but instead summoned all the generals to begin a meeting.

In the narrow mountain road, our military advantage could not be brought into play.

Since Wang An was defeated, the others who go up will most likely suffer losses as well. Before a good battle strategy is figured out, sending more people up would be no different from giving away combat experience to bandits who worship God for nothing.

However, after everyone gathered together to discuss the matter for a long time, they were unable to come up with a solution.

Seeing that it was getting dark outside, Li Dianyuan could only order his troops to withdraw to the camp and fight again tomorrow.

After Wang An's defeat, the morale of the Qing army was already low.

Rather than risk a night battle with low morale, it is better to return to the camp to rest until tomorrow.

……

That night, the waning moon hung high in the sky, and the sky and the earth were dark.

After dinner, Zhao Xiang returned to the military tent with several of his comrades to rest.

Although he suffered a crushing defeat today, he at least escaped death and saved his life, without dying on the battlefield.

It's a blessing in disguise!

Lying on the haystack, Zhao Xiang stared at the tent above his head with his eyes open, his eyes empty.

He wanted to sleep, but couldn't.

Because as soon as he closed his eyes, he would see those God-worshipping bandits rushing towards him with ferocious faces, trying to hack him to death, and he would see the bodies lying on the ground, the blood flowing...

Suddenly, Zhao Xiang smelled a burnt odor.

When I turned around, I saw several comrades gathered together to share a big pipe, taking puffs at a time, vying for the opium.

From time to time, someone would let out a comfortable moan.

The reason why several people share a pipe is mainly because they are poor. One person cannot afford to buy opium, so they can only pool their money to buy it and then smoke it together.

Zhao Xiang himself does not smoke opium. When he saw this scene, he wanted to stop it, but he didn't know what to say.

The only option was to simply get up from the hay on the ground.

"I'm going to relieve myself outside!"

After saying this, he walked outside without looking back, ready to get some fresh air.

When I walked out of the tent, I could still faintly hear the conversation inside.

"What the hell?! Are you pretending to be so noble?"

"That's right, he has never experienced how comfortable this thing is. Let him smoke it twice. Haha, I don't believe he can quit."

"What? We brothers don't have enough to smoke for ourselves, I can't bear to give it to him..."

"..."

Zhao Xiang shook his head, getting rid of all the distracting thoughts in his mind, and then strode towards the toilet.

There were nearly two thousand people in the Qing army camp. If everyone defecated, there would be no room for anyone else in the entire camp.

Even if we don't talk about whether it smells or not, too much feces and urine can easily breed plague, and this is not just talk.

Therefore, there are toilets in the camp. A large pit is dug in advance when setting up camp, and those who need to relieve themselves must do so together.

Zhao Xiang walked to a row of toilets, smelled the pungent stench, and subconsciously covered his nose, but still walked into the toilet.

However, he had just untied his belt and squatted down, and before he could release it, he heard a sudden earth-shaking shout of killing coming from the camp.

Zhao Xiang picked up his trousers and walked quickly out of the toilet.

But just as he arrived outside the toilet, he saw a raging fire on the south side of the camp.

The shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth!
In the darkness, the shadowy figures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom sect, wearing turbans, were rushing towards the Qing army camp.

"Kill! Kill the Qing monster!"

"Long live Heavenly Father, kill the Qing monster and go to heaven!"

"..."

The sound of shouting and killing could be heard faintly. Zhao Xiang's face was full of fear and he shouted at the top of his voice.

"Enemy...enemy attack!"

"Enemy attack, help come!"

……

Li Dianyuan finished his meeting with the generals and returned to his own tent.

After casually instructing his attendants to prepare a feast for him, Li Dianyuan lay down on the camp bed, took out the pipe and longevity cream in the mahogany box, lit the oil lamp, and started smoking intermittently. His expression was full of enjoyment!

Soon, his mind began to become dizzy and he seemed to be in the clouds.

In a daze, Li Dianyuan heard several urgent calls.

"My lord, my lord, please wake up. Something terrible has happened."

"My Lord, please wake up!"

The person who spoke was Zhou Liang. He was Li Dianyuan's confidant, otherwise he would not have been sent to take over Wang An's deployment.

Li Dianyuan was still a little confused. He forced himself to open his eyes and looked at Zhou Liang, asking in a stuttering voice.

"To...what exactly is going on?"

Zhou Liang took a deep breath and spoke.

"Sir, the bandits from the God Worshipping Society attacked our camp."

"It's chaos. The whole camp is in chaos now."

The first to get confused were his subordinates.

Wang An's troops had already suffered a defeat during the day, and their nerves were on edge. Then, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's regiment attacked them overnight, and they were the first to collapse under the pressure.

Upon hearing this, Li Dianyuan couldn't help but take a breath, but his head was still dizzy.

But he still ordered Zhou Liang to help him up, and the two of them walked out of the tent.

Then, Li Dianyuan saw a scene that shocked him.

There was chaos everywhere in the huge military camp, and the raging fire spread rapidly.

Cries of death and screams continued.

The entire camp was in complete chaos.

When Li Dianyuan saw this, a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead, but this also allowed him to successfully regain some clarity and he shouted.

"Order the entire army to assemble, emergency assembly!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Liang went to do it immediately.

But he soon came back and brought bad news to Li Dianyuan.

"Sir, this won't work. Everyone is in chaos. We've beaten the drum to gather the troops three times, but no one has come..."

When Li Dianyuan heard this, his face turned pale instantly.

Finished!

It's all over!

"Sir, let's retreat first."

"As long as the mountains remain green, there will be no shortage of firewood!"

Zhou Liang began to persuade.

Li Dianyuan gritted his teeth and said.

"withdraw!"

"Quick, retreat now!"

……

Meng De'en, holding a steel knife, rushed and killed indiscriminately in the Qing army camp.

Wherever he passed, all the troops were defeated and no one could stop him.

Those Qing soldiers ran around like frightened rats.

Not far from him, Wei Changhui was also leading his team to charge and try to maximize the results of the battle.

Ever since receiving the emergency message from Shanren Village, Wei Changhui and Meng De'en have been leading their troops to Huazhou without stopping.

After arriving at Huazhou, in order to break the siege of Shanren Village as soon as possible, they immediately took advantage of the cover of night and launched an attack on the Qing army camp.

Needless to say, the effect was obvious, and the Qing troops fleeing everywhere in the camp were the best proof of this.

Menden noticed a tent. He strode to the outside of the tent, opened the curtain and led people in.

Just as he was about to kill the enemy, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a plain inner garment and tied up with ropes.

(End of this chapter)