"Protect Lord Totong, don't mess around, there aren't many enemies, ...... form a formation to deal with it"

"Crossbowmen, musketeers...... Shoot with them, don't fucking run away, are you ashamed, more than 100 people let more than 10 people beat them?"

"Rush up and counterattack...... Children, our ancestors are watching from the sky, don't embarrass us anymore......"

Countless officers scolded angrily in the chaotic crowd, they desperately pulled every soldier around them, and in the firelight, a small military formation began to assemble, some dozens of people and some hundreds, and the counterattack finally took shape.

"Charge, all rush up with Lao Tzu...... What Du Tong has in his hand is silver, and a bandit's head is exchanged for a thousand taels of silver, all of which are cash silver, and they are all eagles that can be blown out..."

The morale of the soldiers was finally boosted by money, and the dream of making a fortune stimulated them to fight bravely, and the small charges in some areas were really good.

Xiao Letian didn't know that the enemy was using his own privately minted foreign money to boost morale, and he was not interested in this kind of dramatic conflict, he only wanted Mailer now, whether he lived or died.

The second platoon and the fifth squad were lucky tonight, because they were given the most difficult task, which was to capture Meler alive, and under the jealous gaze of the other classes, the ten soldiers of the fifth squad crushed three waves of enemies and rushed to the small courtyard where Meler lived as fast as possible.

When the soldiers kicked open the door of the study, and found that there was no one left at the middle of the wine table, the squad leader reached out and touched the mahogany chair. "Wen, don't run far and search ......" Ten soldiers began to search room by room.

Mailer lives in a typical northern courtyard house, which not only has a private kitchen, but even has two concubines, which is really comfortable.

The soldiers searched room by room, and the small courtyard searched three times without finding anything, except for a few frightened and trembling subordinates, and even the two concubines were missing.

"Report to the squad leader, there is still none, there is no shadow of Mailer at all......"

"Report to the squad leader, there was a fierce clash outside the door, covering our brothers in a hard battle, and Mailer's reinforcements have arrived......"

The fifth squad leader was anxious and anxious to turn around on the spot, he knew very well the danger of this battle, the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous it became, and if it fell into a bitter battle, it must be the side with fewer people.

"Damn, prepare Molotov cocktails, shout from house to house, and burn them for me if no one answers...... That old thing can't run away, he can't leave this yard, I don't believe he can fly with wings?"

The squad leader took the lead and jumped into a side room and shouted, "Mellor get out of here, or I will set fire to you..."

The soldiers shouted room by room, and no one answered, they set fire to the study, and as soon as they shouted it, they heard a faint sound from the corner of the wall.

"Stop, don't set fire, please don't set fire......" The people looked intently, and the sound actually came from under a huge porcelain jar in the corner. This blue and white porcelain jar full of calligraphy and painting scrolls actually moved under people's noses.

"There's a cellar? This old thing is a mouse, and he actually hides a cellar in his study..."

Under the pressure of the muskets, Maile and his concubines and the officers who were drinking together got out of it, and these skilled generals naturally knew the power of the foreign guns, and obediently let the soldiers tie them up one by one.

"Sue me, who are you?Whose soldiers are you?Is it Zeng Guofan's? Is he going to rebel?" The stupid Mailer still hasn't figured out the situation, in his mind, the only ones who dare to rebel and can rebel are the Zeng brothers.

The fifth squad leader smiled coldly: "With a straw bag like you, you can still lead troops to fight? I am ashamed of the imperial court...... Take it away, take it down..."

Now the outside of the courtyard has become the main battlefield, and the troops of the two platoons are concentrated here to provide cover for the fifth squad, and the sound of gunfire and grenades is endless, and both sides are looking for cover and are shooting at each other.

Although the muskets in the hands of the Qing soldiers were very primitive, and most of them still used bows and arrows, the advantage in numbers made up for the gap in weapons, and gradually there were casualties in the new army, and the balance of victory began to waver.

At this moment, suddenly the gate of the small courtyard was opened with a bang, and the multi-flowered Mailer and several other officers were pushed out.

"Stop, ceasefire...... All the Eight Banners have ceased fire, all of you are in our hands, all of them are retreating, and they are all retreating for me......"

Spencer's muzzle was on Mailer's temple, and in the face of the threat of death, Mailer did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly shouted and ordered: "Brothers, all stop, all stop...... Listen to them, listen to them, I'm not kind to you on weekdays, don't hurt me......"

It seems that Mailer's character is still good, and the middle-level officers and soldiers who fought all stopped, "We cease fire, you let go of our family, how much silver you want is good to discuss......"

"Fart... Are you stupid? Are we really thieves and robbers......? Send a fireworks signal to tell us that we have succeeded in the rear, and retreat immediately......"

Three consecutive fireworks exploded in the night sky, Xiao Letian's heart finally let go, and he swirled all over the ground excitedly, "Hahaha, good, good, 200 is better than 20,000, I am also a famous general, hahaha......"

When he laughed wildly, countless combat squads rushed out of the burning barracks, and disappeared into the night like mercury, leaving only stunned faces in the firelight, these Eight Banners soldiers were really dumbfounded, all the supplies were burned, even the officers were robbed, what should we do tomorrow? How will this battle be fought?

When the sky was dark, Xiao Letian finally joined the large army fifteen miles away from the camp, and also saw his newly captured prisoners.

Xiao Letian, who was sitting on horseback, arrogantly picked up Mailer's chin with a horsewhip, "Well, you are Mailer? You dared to drink before the war, you didn't lose unjustly......

"Who are you, who the hell are you......" Mailer looked at Xiao Lotian in horror, not expecting that the commander behind this group of soldiers was so young.

"Hahaha, you are really incompetent to go to grandma's house, don't you want to lead troops to arrest me? Who do you want to fight according to the will given to you by the imperial court? You are optimistic, I am Xiao Letian, and I am the second devil you want to kill......"

"Ah..."Several Eight Banner Masters were stupid at that time, they never thought that it was Xiao Letian who stole the camp, he was so bold.

Xiao Letian shook his head: "How could the imperial court appoint so many soldiers to you? Didn't you even do the most basic intelligence work before the war? I don't even know what Lao Tzu and I look like...... Forget it, forget it, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, wait until you get to Tanggu and you go with Sun Sanhu as a companion......"

On the morning of the same day, the information that the Tianjin camp was attacked galloped towards Beijing on an expedited fast horse of 800 miles, and what was even more dramatic was that when the official document had just left the camp, the latest instructions of the imperial court were also conveyed.

When the officers in the camp saw the latest official document stamped with the seal of the military department, they were all angry and almost cried.

"Imperial court, what are you doing here? You said earlier that you would cancel the operation against Xiao Letian, and we would not suffer such a big disaster...... And you letter deliverers, why can't you hurry up and make me lose face......"

In the two-hour night attack, the casualties of the Eight Banners Army were not large, only more than 800 people, and against the huge base of more than 20,000, this casualty rate was really nothing.

But this night raid was a devastating blow to the morale of the army, almost all the military supplies were burned, the senior generals were wiped out, and the whole camp was full of sighs, and such an army could only be trapped in the camp to protect itself.

When the news of the attack on the Tianjin camp of the Eight Banners reached the Beijing Division, the princes of the court and the central government did not even have the strength to scold, and everyone was dazzled and dazzled, and even lost the ability to think.

Xiao Letian's two hundred guards dared to break through the 20,000 Eight Banners camp? I couldn't find such a god of war in the history books, was this the two hundred gold-armored gods? The Jade Emperor sent him heavenly soldiers and generals?

The atmosphere in the capital was getting weirder and weirder, and the disciples of the Eight Banners, who were born without knowing what secrecy was, spread this frightening news all over Sijiu City as soon as possible.

"Everyone, don't drink it, how many years can we eat the hardcore crops of our people?

"Really, you don't have to talk nonsense, the 20,000 tigers under Mailer are the army that the imperial court has spent a lot of money to form in the past three or four years, unless Xiao Letian invites an army of foreigners, it is impossible to break the camp......

"Oops, why did I lie to you... Listen to me first, it's a night attack and a sneak attack at night. Just after midnight, when the camp was sleeping soundly, the bandits lurked in, and Melle was caught off guard and snatched them from the hot bed, and then set a fire to all the military supplies......"

Now people suddenly realized, this is a sneak attack is not a decisive battle of righteousness and brightness, which has left a little face for the imperial court, and the idle men of the Eight Banners have finally found a reasonable reason for their failure.

Ordinary Eight Banners are easy to fool, but the high-level magnates are not easy to deceive, when Yi got this information, he did not discuss it with the Empress Dowager, and took it upon himself to entertain the envoys and representatives of the great powers at the Prime Minister's Yamen.

The American Minister John Warren, the British Counsellor Sir Wittoma, the French Minister Goldmie, and the Russian Minister Ulangori, the ministers and counsellors of the Western powers with the greatest interests in China, were all on the list of invitations. At the most critical moment of the imperial court, the Manchu Qing finally thought of using the power of the foreigners, and these xenophobic nobles finally bowed to the foreigners.

"Ladies and gentlemen, due to the recent public order incident in Gyeonggi, this king invites you to a banquet because I hope that the ministers of various countries will warn their people to pay attention to safety. On the other hand, I also hope that all countries will abide by the treaties we have signed before, and I hope that they will not interfere in the internal affairs of the Qing Dynasty......"

Diplomatic rhetoric is always empty and boring, everyone can understand the subtext when Yi speaks, and now Zeng Guofan's intention to lead his troops north is unknown, and Xiao Letian is making trouble under the banner of the grandmaster of Western studies. It seems that the imperial court is busy, but this Great Qing State is still under the effective control of the Manchurians, and the ministers must not do the wrong thing.

The four powers had their own ghosts, and they looked at each other a few times, and finally it was the Russian Minister Ulangori who spoke first, "Dear Prince Gong, Tsarist Russia will always be a friend of the Qing Dynasty, and our friendship is unbreakable, if you agree, I can also send Siberian Cossack cavalry to support the imperial family, please believe me We will never let any crown fall into the hands of careerists......"

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