Seeing that half of the generals during the day had been reduced, Shanlu felt sad and had no time to think about other things. He asked: "Have the people who were sent out to ask for help come back? The camp is only ten miles away from here. The Governor's reinforcements should be

You should have arrived a long time ago."

Dong Zhanyuan let out a long breath, and looked forward to Naer Jingfu even more in his heart, and whispered: "The Governor still has eight thousand troops, and the short hair below is at most 10,000. If the Governor comes to support us, everyone can still escape."

of."

One by one, the bearded lieutenants sighed: "The short-haired men left the Huaiqing Mansion alone, but they chose us? Could it be that Yu Bingtao surrendered the thief?"

This sentence resonated with everyone, and they all echoed it.

Dong Zhanyuan suppressed everyone's doubts and said loudly: "Everyone, shut up. The top priority now is to break out of the encirclement. As for whether Yu Bingtao will fight or surrender, that is a matter for the Governor to consider."

"Why don't we break out at night? We are only ten miles away from the camp and can be together in less than an hour." Someone suggested loudly.

The bearded deputy general shook his head quickly. He didn't want to experience another escape: "No, it's better to wait for the Governor to come and rescue him."

Yu Yi echoed: "Vice General Zhang is right. Even if the messenger doesn't run out and we have no news for such a long time, the Governor will send someone to investigate. There is no chance that the army has already set off. It is best for us to wait with peace of mind."

He was right. Nar Jing'e was indeed suspicious, but he only sent a few scouts to inquire about the news, and the army did not even move.

"What are you talking about? Shanlu and the others are surrounded by short hairs?"

The spy replied affirmatively: "I can see clearly that there are several flags on the hillside, among which the big flag with the word 'know' is the most conspicuous."

"How many troops does Shorthair have?"

"The sky was so dark that even a small person couldn't see clearly, but there were at least 10,000 people there, and the cannons were roaring."

Nar held his forehead, cursing these bastards secretly, telling them not to pursue them so far, but they refused to listen and were ambushed by short hairs. What should they do?

"How many troops do Dong Zhanyuan and the others have?"

The spy calculated silently for a while and replied: "The hillside has a radius of two miles. I can't tell you how small it is, but there are only five thousand people on the long side."

Even though Nal Jing'e was prepared, he still didn't expect that there were only so few people left, so he yelled: "It's a mistake for the country! There are more than 13,000 people, and only less than 5,000 are left. Not even anyone came back to report!"

Nar was helpless and could only summon the generals to discuss how to rescue them.

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel.

"Report...to the Governor, there is a big drum and short hair outside our barracks."

Before he could speak, Nar Jing'e received the news and immediately changed his mind and told the generals: "Everyone go back and guard the camp and are not allowed to attack without authorization. The rear camp protects the ships to prevent the short hair from stealing our rear."

road!"

"Follow your orders"

The sky gradually brightened, and the expectations of Shanlu and others gradually sank to the bottom. There were no reinforcements outside. Instead, the enemy army was preparing for war, and the morale of the army dropped to its lowest point.

Chen Yucheng is arranging combat tasks. He adopts the strategy of surrounding three and missing one.

"Tan Shaoguang!"

"The end is here!"

"You lead three thousand men to attack from the west and south!"

"I will obey your orders!"

"Liu Lichuan!"

"The end is here!"

"You lead two thousand men to ambush three miles to the north, and don't let a single Qing soldier escape!"

"I will obey your orders!"

Chen Yucheng paused and said: "The rest of the troops will follow me and attack from the front!"

"The last general takes command!"

Seeing Chen Yucheng appear at the front in uniform, the Han soldiers' morale was high, and with the sound of cannons, they rushed towards the Qing army camp from three sides at the same time.

Seeing the Han army getting closer and closer, Yu Yi shouted at the top of his lungs: "Shoot! Shoot!"

"Bang bang"

Chen Yucheng lowered his head. When the Qing army opened fire, he rolled on the ground to avoid the bullets. When they were changing bullets, he got up and continued to rush forward. In just a moment, he was more than fifty steps away from the front.

He rushed towards the Qing army's position alone.

Yu Yi also noticed Chen Yucheng. Seeing that the foreign guns could not hit him, he shouted to the soldiers on the left and right: "Take this man's head and I will be rewarded with a hundred and ten taels of silver!"

"Killing" more than a dozen soldiers became red-eyed and rushed towards Chen Yucheng with their swords raised.

"Kill" Chen Yucheng bowed his body and faced them as well, stabbing left and right, killing five of them in just a few breaths. He ignored the remaining people and rushed towards the Qing gun formation.

Looking at Chen Yucheng's face at close range, Yu Yi was stunned. This figure appeared again. It was this person who rushed into his army yesterday. He killed an unknown number of people in just a quarter of an hour. He worked hard to gather more than a thousand people.

People who were killed by him fled in all directions, but he was the only one who saw that the situation was not good and fled back.

Seeing Chen Yucheng rushing into the gun formation, Yu Yi slowly backed away. Hearing the familiar screams, he could no longer control himself and turned around and ran away.

"Kill!" When the Han soldiers saw their commander charging into the enemy formation, they cheered and accelerated forward.

"Surrender without killing!"

"Capture Dong Zhanyuan alive!"

"Capture Shanlu alive!"

Listening to the closer and closer shouts of killing, unable to reverse the occupation, Shanlu no longer pretended to be calm, and returned to the commander's tent. The more he thought about it, the more ashamed he became, and he raised his sword to commit suicide.

Yu Yi rode his horse and wanted to escape, but met Dong Zhanyuan who was running around at the gate of the village.

Dong Zhanyuan took the opportunity to step forward and said: "Dismount and give the horse to me!"

Yu Ni's face was gloomy and uncertain. When he saw the defeated soldiers scrambling for their lives, he became heartbroken and rode away. He turned around and shouted: "Don't worry, sir. I will definitely ask for reinforcements from my humble position to help you!"

Dong Zhanyuan looked at Yu Yi who was rushing ahead, and he reacted and cursed loudly: "You bastard, I treat you badly, but you...you repay kindness with hatred! You will not die well."

"Capture Dong Zhanyuan alive!"

When Dong Zhanyuan heard the shouts of the Han army, he turned around anxiously and saw a grassy area in front of him. Without thinking about it, he dropped his weapon and lay down in it, waiting uneasily.

In the former Qing army's main tent, Chen Yucheng and others looked happy. They had wiped out five thousand Qing troops in this battle. Their own casualties were less than 10% of yesterday's. In total, including yesterday's battle, a total of more than four thousand Qing troops were wiped out.

, eight thousand prisoners were taken, and the strength of the Qing army was greatly weakened.

Xu Guangyao walked in excitedly and reported: "General, our army captured one admiral, two admirals, and 13 deputy generals. The Qing army commander Suiyuan General Shanlu committed suicide."

Chen Yucheng laughed, thinking of the policy promulgated by the Ministry of War, and said: "According to the usual practice, an incompetent official is selected and released, and he is asked to persuade the defenders of Huaiqing City to surrender."

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The defeated troops fled into Dazhai. When Nar Jing'er heard that the Han army had annihilated the Qing army in the periphery, he was greatly panicked. Without time to think about it, he ordered the army to abandon the camp and abandon the camp, intending to flee to Shanxi to temporarily avoid the enemy.

Huang Zaixing had been waiting for a long time and attacked halfway across the river. The Qing army suffered heavy casualties and countless people drowned. Naer Jing'e, escorted by more than a thousand people, took the lead to land ashore and fled north on foot.

Naer fled all the way to Zezhou, Shanxi. When he stopped, he wrote a memorial, inciting General Shanlu of Suiyuan. Dong Zhanyuan, the acting governor of Zhili, underestimated the enemy and advanced unexpectedly. The entire army was wiped out. He ordered people to rush to Yanjing.

Nar Jing'e thought that the emperor would give him a chance to serve his crime as usual, but he did not expect the way Xianfeng received this memorial.

"Pa!" Xianfeng hit the imperial table hard to suppress the fear in his heart, and tore the memorial on the forehead of Nar Sutra to pieces with both hands. There seemed to be a ball of anger burning in his chest, and his voice was already hoarse: "These dog slaves,

Beaten

They were blaming each other for the defeat. I handed over the army to him, but the whole army was wiped out in less than a month. He didn't even know what the enemy generals were called. Why did I leave him to do it, draw up decrees, and Nar was dismissed from his post because of his stupidity and harm to the country?

Investigate!"

Sushun single-handedly caused the fate of his political enemy Nar Jingfu, but he did not feel happy at all. He sighed in his heart: The Qing Dynasty could not bear the trouble.

Ruihua secretly raised his head and caught a glimpse of Xianfeng's face flushed, his breasts rising and falling, his fists clenched, and he was obviously very angry. He felt timid and swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

Sushun bowed forward and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a severe drought in some areas of Zhili. Since February this year, it has not rained. The reservoirs and rivers have dried up. The land has become hardened. The people have no harvest. Most of the people are living in poverty.

Kuai Wo Wo Tou said."

Xianfeng's mood turned gloomy. In the past few days, he was also worried about the drought in Zhili. Most of the Qing provinces had fallen, leaving only a few northern provinces. He didn't want to have an accident in his heart.

Mu Yin continued: "Zhang Liangji from Shandong came to report that there were many short-haired firearms and heavy casualties among officers and soldiers. He requested to buy foreign firearms. The short-haired ones have already been sent to Yizhou Prefecture, and Jinan Prefecture cannot support them for two months." After that, he said to Ruihua.

A look.

Xianfeng frowned and became frustrated: "Foreigners are hateful. They no longer receive envoys from the Qing Dynasty. Where can we buy these foreign guns? Or, how about transferring a group from the Hunan Army to support Shandong and Henan?"

Seeing that Xianfeng was calm, Ruihua was relieved and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Qing Bing Emperor, the special envoy of Russia's Governor of Eastern Siberia Muravyov, Perovsky, wants to see you?"

Xianfeng felt bad after hearing the long list of names, and cursed: "The foreigners in the north are even more bastards. Since I came to the throne, Heilongjiang General Yishan reported several times that the Russians had invaded the Longxing land of the Qing Dynasty, but I did not send any troops."

Beat them, how dare he go to Yanjing?"

Ruihua received a lot of benefits from the Russians and said after careful consideration: "Let me tell you, Your Majesty, the Russians are not all bad. This Pirovsky has sent us a hundred foreign guns."

Xianfeng was surprised and immediately became happy. Just when he was worried that he had no place to buy foreign guns, someone came to his door and said excitedly: "Russia promised to sell foreign guns to the Qing Dynasty, foreign guns? Short-haired can't hit Yanjing, so I will

Don’t worry!”

Ruihua said with a smile: "Everyone in the foreign army is armed with firearms. There are millions of foreign guns. It doesn't matter if they sell tens of thousands of them to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty is rich in resources, so just taking out a few items is enough."

Xian** nodded with satisfaction. Thinking of the war on the front line, he felt a little impatient and said hurriedly: "Send someone to take the foreign envoys to the Summer Palace. I want to talk to them personally about the foreign guns." (To be continued.
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