Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 55 Xiao Chaogui: For the sake of the great cause of the Kingdom of Heaven, please bear with it!
Li Yi led the team and rushed into the Qing army camp along the gap created by the explosive pack.

These Guangdong soldiers had just been defeated by the Taiping Army in a field battle.

Now facing Li Yi's troops, they are inevitably showing their weakness.

It almost collapsed at the first touch.

Li Yi led his team to chase the fleeing soldiers and rushed all the way towards the depths of the Qing army camp.

I want to perform a feat of blooming in the center.

Seeing Li Yi make a breakthrough, Xiao Chaogui was also very happy.

But he was just about to command his main force to follow up quickly, expand the results of the battle, and completely destroy Ulan Tai's troops.

In the distance, a group of messengers from their own central army came running over.

"Report! Urgent report!"

"Reporting to the Chief Military Advisor, the Qing demons... the Qing demon cavalry from the Xunzhou direction raided our rear army and the female camp. Our rear army and the female camp suffered heavy losses. The Heavenly King and the Chief Military Advisor urgently summoned you to support the central army."

When Xiao Chaogui heard this, the expression on his face changed.

He subconsciously raised the telescope in his hand and turned to look back.

As expected, we saw that our main force was in chaos.

The rear guard and the slower-moving female battalion were scattered by the Qing demon cavalry, and the chaos spread rapidly like a wildfire.

Even the central army where the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan was located was inevitably affected.

Turning his head to look at Li Yi's troops who had already penetrated deep into the enemy camp, Xiao Chaogui quickly weighed the pros and cons and then gave the order.

"Order the entire army to withdraw immediately and return to support the central army!"

He knew that he had trapped Li Yi this time.

But from Xiao Chaogui's point of view, the importance of returning to provide support to ensure the safety of his own central army is definitely higher than supporting Li Yi's troops.

Also, Xiao Chaogui was not planning to inform Li Yi about the withdrawal of troops.

Although the Qing army under Ulan Tai was now being suppressed by the Taiping Army, no one could guarantee that if the Taiping Army retreated, the Qing army would not launch a counterattack.

Therefore, when the army retreats, someone is needed to cover the rear.

Judging from the current battlefield situation, the most suitable troops to guard the rear are undoubtedly Li Yi's troops who previously took the lead in attack and rushed to the front.

Therefore, for the sake of the great cause of the Kingdom of Heaven, Li Yi had to be put in an awkward position!

……

Xiang Rong rode on horseback, wearing a heavy cotton armor and personally led the team to charge.

"Kill! Kill the Taiping rebels. Long live the Qing Dynasty!"

Under his leadership, his admiral's flag advanced fearlessly and directly dispersed the rear army and female camp of the Taiping Army.

After receiving the order from Li Xingyuan to rush to support Ulantai's troops, Xiang Rong did not hesitate and immediately sent troops.

He ordered his lieutenant to lead the infantry to march slowly.

He himself led a team of cavalry and personally rushed to support the battle at Dahuangjiangkou.

But after arriving at Dahuangjiangkou, Xiang Rong did not go directly to reinforce Wulantai, but chose to lead his troops to attack the Taiping Army's rear army.

Facts have proved that Xiang Rong’s choice was not wrong!
With just one charge, he broke up the organization of the Taiping Army's rear army. A large number of the Taiping Army's rear army and female camp were driven into the Xunjiang River by his cavalry. After a few struggles, they turned into floating corpses on the surface of the Xunjiang River.

Afterwards, Xiang Rong led the Taiping Army's defeated soldiers and tried to attack the Taiping Army's central army.

Afterwards, everything happened as Xiang Rong had expected. The long-haired bandits who were originally attacking Ulan Tai's camp stopped their offensive and chose to return to support their own central army.

Xiang Rong personally led his troops to charge the Taiping Army several times. Under the threat of the Qing cavalry, the Taiping Army began to shrink its front line...

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Li Yi was leading the charge, enjoying the pleasure of maneuvering on the battlefield and destroying the enemy, when Wang An suddenly grabbed his arm.

"Li Yi, something is wrong. We charged too hard and the main force behind us didn't catch up!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi was stunned at first, then he looked around.

At some point, he had led his troops deep into the Qing army camp.

Qing soldiers kept pouring in from all directions.

Although the Qing army on the front was constantly retreating, no matter how you looked at it, there was a sense of luring the enemy deep into their territory.

When he looked back, he found that his main force had not come to reinforce and expand the victory after he opened up the situation, but had already withdrawn...

The 1,600 to 1,700 men he led were already surrounded by the Qing army.

In an instant, the boiling and burning blood in Li Yi's body cooled down halfway, and he couldn't help but break out in a layer of cold sweat all over his body.

Mudd!

This bastard Xiao Chaogui is cheating me!
This is the only thought in Li Yi's mind now.

Li Yi glanced around, judging the battlefield situation while thinking.

Soon, he made up his mind and spoke.

"Order the entire army, everyone, turn north and break out!"

Breaking out to the north was actually a helpless choice Li Yi made after weighing the pros and cons.

First of all, breaking out to the east or south is not feasible, because to the east is the Xiangsi River and to the south is the Xun River.

To put it simply, Dahuangjiangkou is the confluence of Xiangsijiang River and Xunjiang River.

Unless Li Yi wanted to take his entire army into the water to swim, breaking out to the east or south would definitely not work.

Apart from this, turning around and breaking out to the west in the direction we came from would also not work!
After Xiao Chaogui suddenly withdrew his troops without saying goodbye, Li Yi, who was unaware of the situation and was a little too excited at the time, led his men to charge forward for a while. He had now penetrated a long distance into the Qing army camp.

In order to completely annihilate Li Yi's troops who were isolated and deep in the territory, Ulan Tai wanted to avenge the humiliation he had just suffered at the hands of the Taiping Army.

After Xiao Chaogui retreated, he ordered a large force to be mobilized to the rear of Li Yi's troops, transferring nearly one-third of his troops there, in order to cut off Li Yi's retreat and prevent Li Yi from retreating and joining the main force of the Taiping Army.

If Li Yi chose to break out to the west, he would have to face the main force of Ulan Tai's troops.

It definitely won’t work!

After careful consideration, breaking out to the north is Li Yi's only option now.

Because if they broke out to the north, once they got out of the Qing army's encirclement, Li Yi would be able to lead his team to retreat into the Zijing Mountain area and thus escape the Qing army's pursuit.

This is the only way Li Yi can think of to survive...

Upon hearing this, Wang An nodded immediately.

"I will obey your orders!"

After issuing the order to withdraw troops to the north, Li Yi turned to face the entire army and shouted loudly.

"The Taiping Army was cruel, Xiao Chaogui was unjust, and they put me in a situation where I was surrounded and dead. It was all because I, Li Yi, was blind, followed the wrong master, and mistakenly trusted the traitor, which brought suffering to all of you brothers."

"Today, Li is willing to step on the blade and lead his brothers to fight their way out!"

"Everyone, follow me, break out to the north, and kill!"

After shouting, Li Yi rushed to the front again.

Abandoned by the main force of the army and surrounded by heavy Qing troops, Li Yi's troops are now in a desperate situation.

This was the time when the morale of the entire army was at its lowest!
The only thing Li Yi can do now is to boost the morale of the army by leading by example.

This is a stupid method, but it is the only method Li Yi can think of at the moment...

(End of this chapter)