Chapter 209: Helpless to give up halfway
Attacking the Tibetan Soldier Cave with all his might, Lao Chongguang almost put all the old bottoms accumulated over the years into it. Hearing the news, he couldn't help but fall to the ground after a long time.
Li Hongzhang and Xiang Rong, the two adults, felt the same way and started to help him up. There was no schadenfreude in the hearts of the two, only sympathy and admiration.
What is sympathetic is that it is difficult for anyone to bear this kind of thing; what is admirable is that at this critical moment, Lao Chongguang actually threw his own private soldiers into battle in disregard of the taboos of officialdom and at the great risk that his political future would be completely ruined and even his life would be lost.
This is by no means something that ordinary people can do.
But these are all things to worry about in the future, and the key decision now is what to do next.
Xiang Junmen, the lord who does not hit the south wall and does not look back, has already begun to transfer troops and prepare to continue the attack. That is, to give up the siege of Jintian Village, concentrate all the soldiers here, and attack the Tibetan Cave.
At this moment, Eagle sneaked in, and everyone thought it was bad to see that his face was gloomy like water.
Ying Qian sighed and said in a deep voice: "It seems that Bao Yue and they are more than lucky." I sent the boot carvings to the area and did a detailed search, but there was no sign of them, but there were rallies of rioters everywhere, as if they were celebrating something.
"If Bao Yue and they are still there, how dare these chaotic people be so rampant?
"Subsequently, I sent capable personnel to investigate in that area in a variety of ways, but there was still no whereabouts of them. I just heard from the local villagers that each of them got a big piece of horse meat!
"Isn't this clearly Bao Yue's war horse? Their 2,000 war horses are also gone, all eaten by these chaotic people, of course nowhere to be seen!"
Now the situation of these three decision-makers is also not good. Lo Chongguang is stoic. The blow of almost losing his family foundation also made it difficult for him to recover in the short term.
Xiang Rong still prefers to bend. is still unrelentingly adding troops to the battlefield of the Tibetan Soldier Cave. If you follow him, you won't fight to the last soldier. I will never give up.
"What about the other ways?" Li Hongzhang asked Yingqian. These two roads have been eroded, and there is no point in working harder, so it depends on other battlefields.
If necessary, you can continue to insist and cooperate with them, otherwise, there is no need to waste time here. If these rioters have a backhand, it is likely that there will be even greater danger. If the Chinese army is the same as Bao Yue, then the joke will be too big.
"It's not good. Eagle Qian pondered for a long time before saying this.
"Say they're okay. None of them have suffered much, and if they are not good, they have almost nothing to gain. Except for a few villages, they didn't even see what the enemy looked like.
"Then what is your opinion?" Since there was no one to discuss, Li Hongzhang asked for the opinion of Eagle Dive.
"In my opinion, there are two ways to go. One is that regardless of 3721, he will continue to fight, and he would rather die and break the net. If we are desperate to do so, there may still be a glimmer of hope for victory.
"The other is to stop fighting and withdraw immediately. Not only did our Chinese army ask for cars, but all other roads withdrew. This must be decided immediately, if the rioters surround us. Then it's too late!"
"What about the governor?" asked Li Hongzhang, who had been listening.
"I'm in a mess, and I can't figure out anything, Master Li, you can make a decision. I will obey whatever is decided. ”
"Okay! We'll leave. Mr. Eagle, please inform all parties as quickly as possible. Retreat to Guigang together. Remind everyone not to mess up, there must be troops behind the palace to block the pursuit of the enemy. ”
He shouted to Xiang Rong again: "To the military gate." Don't fight, take it down. "Don't give him room to refute at all.
Although Xiang Rong was still not convinced. He also knew that there must be no results today.
Besides, he has a hundred reasons. I didn't dare to be stubborn in front of the Qincha Co-ordinator. Anyone under the sword on Li Hongzhang's waist can be slaughtered, and there is no need to report after slaughtering.
Now facing the attacking enemy is Peter's sailor marines, and in a low wall in front of the cave, everyone takes turns to go to the front line of defense, and there is no pressure on one by one.
Seeing the enemy retreating, some soldiers stood up and chased after them, especially those who still had a chance to make a move, but they were all stopped by Mai Ke. He was already almost sure in his heart that the enemy was going to walk.
But will Mai Ke agree that they can come and leave if they want?
Mai Ke asked everyone to be ready, once the enemy retreated, they had to grab their tails and fight, and they would fight all the time, wherever they went!
At this moment, Wu Renxiao came to the news and asked for a call at the same time. In accordance with Mai Ke's requirements, Wu Renxiao has always ensured the two most crucial links in intelligence work: On the one hand, he has closely monitored the enemy, including the enemy's means of communication, the boot carving, and on the other hand, he has ensured the smooth flow of his own intelligence.
Mai Ke is trying to learn about the situation from him! If there is no timely intelligence at this critical moment, it will be in vain to do anything. So I immediately connected the intercom device and listened to him report the latest situation.
Wu Renxiao said that just now, five boot carvings flew straight into the sky from the enemy's tent, and then flew to the northeast from the high heavens. When they were about to fly at full speed, suddenly five Xuanxiao rushed out of the dark night sky, and captured all these boot carvings alive at once.
Then, as is the old custom, Ren Xiao searched under the wings of these boots and found a letter with an order to withdraw the troops. The four sheets were given to the four clearance detachments, so that they would go to Guigang to gather at any cost.
There is also one for a man named Peng Yulin, telling him to speed up the boat, the more he drives, the better, and it is best to arrive tomorrow, also to Guigang. The letter also said that knowing that his time was tight, the journey must have been very hard, but if they didn't come, many people would die.
"Do you want to tie them back after reading them?" Wu Renxiao asked.
"Yes, give them back, and make them flee, so that they too may taste what it is like to be pursued. ”
After Mai Ke finished speaking, he immediately instructed Zhang Yuan and Hong Xiuquan: "The enemy is sure to flee! Now this anti-liquidation campaign has entered the second stage, and all regiments will carry it out as planned! I wish you success!" When Mai Ke said this, Tong Guò moved and conveyed it to the responsible persons of each regiment at the same time.
The opposing sides of the different battlefields received orders from their own side almost simultaneously. One will run away at any cost, and the other will teach the enemy a lesson that will never be forgotten!
It's still a game of cat and mouse, the difference is that the cat and mouse have changed positions!
So in this vast land with a radius of several tens of kilometers, a large-scale war campaign involving tens of thousands of people was launched! (To be continued......
PS: Bad news came one after another, and Li Hongzhang had to make a difficult decision -- to run away completely! So cat and mouse turned into mouse and cat in a blink of an eye!