In 1865, the fourth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, it was an unforgettable year for the people of Tanggu, because in this year, a small port city actually encountered two military disasters in a row.

The massacre in the summer is still fresh in my memory, and many people's belongings were looted in that clashes, and countless mobs and soldiers of the Green Battalion were beheaded by the foreign guards and the Hunan army of the Nine Marshals, and the blood stained the entire city red.

The simple people thought that a nightmare would keep them safe for at least a few years, but they never imagined that on the cold winter night when there were still two months to go, the nightmare of killing would once again befall the city of Tanggu.

"Marine Corps...... Shooting..."This is the first military order of Xiao Letian's new army, this is the majestic and murderous spirit of the milk tiger's initial roar, this is a whip of punishment in Xiao Letian's hands, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the fat ostrich whose head drilled into the sand dunes, met his biggest enemy in life.

The silent soldier pulled the trigger, the muzzle of the gun spewed out orange-red light, and the faint white smoke filled the moonlight, adding a bit of cruel beauty to the entire battlefield.

"Fire, fire, kill these unrepentant dogs, this killing is going to break their guts, so that they will never dare to raise their heads in front of our new army, and let them become ghosts and have to walk around us......"

"Observe the discipline of shooting, keep the fire intensive, extend the shooting, and never let go of any thug, this massacre must be remembered by the demons for a hundred years, no ...... Let them remember for a thousand years..."

Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun, the two small company commanders, had no edge in a frantic tone, and a company of less than 200 people wanted to swallow 1,500 green battalion soldiers?

This is the vigor of the new army, this is their pride, and this is the domineering spirit of the pure men who have fought the national war, in the face of these cowards who only know the civil war.

The green battalion soldiers never thought that there would be an ambush here, although Sun Sanhu had warned them that Xiao Letian had a batch of new troops in his hands, but in the eyes of these Manchu veterans, it was at most an upgraded version of the summer foreign guards. As long as the Hunan army does not mix in this time, it is impossible for them to fail.

Sun Sanhu patted his chest at that time and assured that there is absolutely no Hunan soldier in Tanggu City now, and Xiao Letian's forces have no reinforcements at all, even if he has the money to buy foreign guns, but in the chaotic battle in the middle of the night, how much can the power of foreign guns be exerted?

What's more important is that Xiao Letian can't have many men, even if he secretly transfers troops from the sea, hundreds of people will reach the sky, and if the little two thousand people can't eat this little guard, it will be really embarrassing to throw it to grandma's house.

Spencer's firepower formed a long whip of death, and with a single blow, hundreds of Green Battalion soldiers were thrown to the ground screaming as if they had been electrocuted, and a wail of pain resounded through the official path.

"There is an ambush, the enemy has an ambush...... It's a foreign gun, it's a foreigner's fast gun......"

"The intelligence is wrong, the intelligence is wrong, the enemy says five or six thousand. How can there be such a dense rain of bullets, quickly lie down and find cover..."

These soldiers of the Middle Ages had seen foreign guns that fired seven pellets in a row, and they had the impression that muskets were always fired with one and then stuffed with gunpowder from the muzzle, and only after a long time could they fire another one.

Now the ambushers' fire cover is like a rainstorm, and the gunfire is like a long dragon that traces the position of the formation in the darkness. But no one dared to charge, they were already blinded by the rain of bullets that burst in.

"Guys, get down, get down quickly, you don't want to die...... There are definitely thousands of foreign guns on the other side, which is called three-stage shooting... The Jingshi Tiger Gun Battalion will have this kind of combat method, and only three consecutive shots can have such dense firepower......"

"Emperor Ancestor, as long as I am blessed to live, I will immediately take off this layer of skin, and I will be raised by my little mother to eat food and become a soldier in this life......"

"Help me, help me, I got shot in the leg...... Old and young masters, for the sake of the love of picking a horse spoon in a pot, don't leave me behind......"

There was a miserable shout on the official road, and the new army now formed an inverted figure-eight shape in two straight formations, like an inverted bowl, which just encircled the green battalion soldiers marching along the main road. A dead serpentine marching column, flanked by a rain of bullets, suffered massive casualties in the first three minutes of the battle.

Now the three generals who were in control of the situation were already frightened, and the horses of the law overturned them to the ground, and dozens of personal soldiers protected them and hid in the irrigation canal on the side of the road, with bullets whizzing above their heads.

"General Li, the surname Sun lied to us, what kind of bullshit information is this, this is pushing us to death..."

"Where's General Ding?

"I'm here, my mother's brain let the bullet rub a bite, it's not a big deal, I can't lose my life......"

The three generals are now mad and scolding Sun Sanhu, but scolding and scolding can't solve the problem, at this time the oldest General Li spoke, "Forget it, no matter how many enemies there are, we have to fight if we are favored by the country, and I don't feel wronged if I lose this life, but it's a pity that these are our brothers...... Have they all stepped down, and let all the brethren retreat into the canal......"

Ten minutes had passed since the skirmish, the most intense of the previous three minutes, and the Green Battalion soldiers were now hiding in the irrigation canals on either side of the road, shivering among the dry reeds. Fortunately, it is now winter, the canals have dried up, and the remaining water at the bottom has frozen to ice, which would have to drown a large number of people in the summer.

There was a whole layer of corpses lying on the official road, and the soldiers who were hit by the vital point and died quickly were lucky, and those who struggled in a pool of blood could not die, and those who could not survive were the most unlucky, and their wails were everywhere in the cold wind.

"Brother Li, let the brothers retreat, this battle can't be fought, there are too many enemies, at least three times as many as ours, we can't let the brothers die in vain......"

"Retreat? Where else can we retreat? In the summer, the imperial court was already very disappointed in what we did, not because Ma Bao took advantage of the fire to rob, but because of our incompetence. Originally, the imperial court sent us here, and there was a meaning to deter foreigners, but we let a group of foreign guards, as well as the cavalry of the nine marshals, easily defeat, do you say that the imperial court is not ashamed?"

"Now Sun Sanhu has come with a secret order from the imperial court to let us deal with a businessman, if we fail again, what do you say will happen to everyone? Even if we are all a bunch of pigs, we can't waste to this extent, right?"

General Li's sad tone silenced the soldiers around him, and General Ding Bi smashed the frozen hard canal, "Then what should I do?

General Li shook his head and said in a low voice, "We may not lose, you didn't listen carefully just now, this burst of foreign guns is not a three-stage shooting rhythm, but a completely chaotic gunfire...... I've heard foreigners say before, it seems that Xiao Letian's book also wrote that the West has invented a rear-loading foreign gun, which is extremely simple to operate and does not need to stuff projectiles and gunpowder at all, I am sure that it must be this kind of foreign gun that ambushed us..."

"From this point of view, Sun Sanhu's intelligence is not wrong, there are not many enemies on the opposite side at all, there are 300 people in the sky, but their foreign guns are powerful, and in the chaos, we have misjudged...... Don't worry, now that we're hiding in the canal, their foreign guns are no longer working, and if they want to defeat us, they have to rush over and fight hand-to-hand, and that's our chance......"

The facts proved the judgment of the old general, and at this time, the gunfire on the opposite side had gradually weakened, and the roars of countless junior officers were heard from the scattered gunfire.

"Stop shooting, reload ammunition, count the number of people, ammunition ...... in each squad and platoon"

"Three platoons in a row, a third of the ammunition is consumed...... There are slightly injured people in the fifth squad of the second company and one platoon, and they need first aid...... Heralds... Report on the situation immediately......"

In the cold wind, the new army's combat readiness orders spread far away with the wind, and a sense of order unique to a modern army arose, although these Qing soldiers did not understand what they were doing, but they could all feel this strict order, which was the discipline that only the legendary iron army would have.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible to be Xiao Letian's army, how long has he been in the Qing Dynasty? How can he train such a strong army, I'm afraid that the core forces in the Hunan army can't do it? Sun Sanhu's intelligence is inaccurate, or not comprehensive, Xiao Letian definitely has an even more terrifying force behind him......"

Thinking of this, General Li grabbed the collars of the two brothers and said nervously, "You remember, no matter who gets angry tonight, you must send the most authentic information to the emperor, remember that what we encounter today is definitely an army that is no less than Britain and France, no, no, no...... It seems to me that this army is even stranger than the Anglo-French army of five years ago..."

At this time, Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun had already suspended the attack, there was no longer any standing soldier on the official road, and the situation in the canal in the dark was not clear, and it would be a waste of ammunition to shoot indiscriminately at this time. The two young commanders got together and whispered a few words, and the next battle plan had already been decided.

But at this moment, there was a strange commotion in Tanggu City behind everyone, and the light emitted by the entire city was beating, and people were shouting everywhere in the wind. 、

"What's going on?'s there's something going on in the city, hurry up and send someone to investigate......" At this moment, suddenly a shout came from the dark night, "My lord's guard...... Tietoutuo came to report...... Quickly send reinforcements, the adults are surrounded......"

In the darkness, a strong man like an iron tower rushed wildly, that is, the iron head tuo who was good at pretending to be a god and a ghost, and I saw that his legs were like hot wheels and rushed forward, which was the famous light skill 'eight steps to catch cicadas' on the rivers and lakes.

"Release, it's Tietoutuo......" Xiao Hexin shouted for another second, I was afraid that Spencer would kill the attacker. Ironhead rushed to the two of them and gasped for breath, and then saw that there was a black crossbow bolt nailed to his back.

"Toutuo, have you been hit by an arrow, sit down, paramedics...... Well done, what a good man......"

Tietoutuo forgot that it hurt, and this crossbow arrow only hurt the flesh and did not hurt the internal organs, so he could survive. The iron-beaten Toutuo shook his head, "I'm fine, don't worry about me." Quickly dispatch troops to save the adults, the adults are surrounded and now the good luck is uncertain...... Damn, the whole Tanggu city is fried, and there are people fleeing everywhere, and now even the foreigners are closed and all are armed, which is really messy than in Naha Port...... "R405