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The battle in the Old Summer Palace, which lasted for a short time, but was extremely fierce, finally ended. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After paying a huge price, the Anglo-French forces finally surrounded the West Gate of Xianliangmen.

Wen Feng, Ren Liang and the seven skilled eunuchs stood in the west cover door with each other's arms, and now the only weapon in their hands was only a mountain opening knife that Ren Liang held in his hand.

Outside the door and window, hundreds of black guns were pointed at Wen Feng, Ren Liang and the nine of them, and those British and French troops couldn't believe it at all, it was this old man who was so old that he could be blown down if he sneezed and these eight eunuchs who were ridiculed by them for not being able to be men made them bleed here.

Nine people actually blocked the advance of more than 20,000 British and French troops, and the casualties of the most seriously damaged French troops reached more than 2,000.

The French army of 7,000 men was reduced by one-third in a small Old Summer Palace.

There is a well-walled capital city in front of it, and a more tightly defended Forbidden City, how should the next battle be fought?

The French were already timid, Montuban was already timid, and he had already regretted taking the initiative to invite Ying to come to China for a conquest.

The French were timid, and so were the British.

Nine people dared to put up a position to fight against more than 20,000 people, and they caused so much damage to them, if they would encounter such resistance every time they took a step forward, then their desire to conquer China was simply wishful thinking.

Meng Duban squeezed to the front, and he looked at Wen Feng and the others who were standing in the west cover door, with an indifferent face, and the corners of his eyes jumped wildly.

"As for the weapon you just used, hand it over, I can be merciful and let you die a happy death." Meng Duban pointed the short gun in his hand at Wen Feng and the others and shouted frantically, only by getting the advanced weapons they used just now, maybe he could redeem the credit, otherwise, he couldn't afford the consequences of more than 2,000 battle losses.

Wen Feng had served as the superintendent of Guangdong Customs and was proficient in several foreign languages, at this time, Wen Feng smiled at Meng Duban and said, "If you want our weapons, let your supreme commander come in and talk to us." ”

"My name is Monduban, and I am the commander of the French coalition forces, hand over your weapons." Meng Duban looked at Wen Feng with a frosty face and said.

Wen Feng smiled, looked at Meng Duban and said, "You are qualified, you come in and have a cup of tea, let's sit down and talk slowly." ”

"Old thing", Meng Duban scolded angrily, raised the short gun in his hand and slammed it into Wen Feng's thigh.

Wen Feng snorted, the whole person was crooked, and the eunuch beside him hurriedly supported Wen Feng.

Ren Liang roared angrily, 'beast', raised the mountain opening knife in his hand and was about to pounce and fight with Meng Duban.

Wen Feng shouted: "Ren Liang, you stop for me." ”

Wow, Ren Liang stopped.

Wen Feng didn't look at the gunshot wound on his thigh, he smiled at Meng Du Ban and said, "What, you don't dare to come in?" Are you timid? Hahahaha, the French actually sent a coward to invade our Qing Dynasty, and they also hit the Old Summer Palace, joke, this is really a big joke. Your Majesty, open your eyes and see, these foreign devils are not terrible, they will also die, and they will also be timid and retreat......"

Monduban really didn't have the courage to walk into the house, the nine people in front of him were really terrible, the nine of them actually killed more than 2,000 of their soldiers, who knows what other murderous tricks they didn't use.

However, Meng Duban must get the weapons that Wen Feng and the others used just now, and only by getting those weapons can he explain to Shang Feng why they suffered such a fiasco.

"You, rush in for me, and search for their weapons for me." Montuban himself did not dare to go in, but he could order his soldiers, and he knew that if he dragged on any longer, Clinton should come, and that there would be a snatch of these weapons between the two of them.

Now there are only about 4,000 French left, and they can't rob the British, who are outnumbered.

The low-ranking officer who was ordered by Monduban greeted all the women in Monduban's family in his heart, pointed a gun at Wen Feng and the others, and cautiously took a step towards the door of the west cover door.

Wen Feng saw that Meng Duban didn't dare to enter the house, he suddenly raised his head and laughed.

Wen Feng's laughter frightened the French junior officer who was just about to enter the door to retract his foot, and the spear in his hand was raised to aim at Wen Feng's head, almost pulling the trigger nervously.

Wen Feng laughed and said to Ren Liang and the others: "Foreign devils are too timid to come in, so let's go out and meet these foreign devils." ”

"Okay", Ren Liang responded loudly, threw the mountain sword in his hand to the ground, and reached out to support Wen Feng. The nine of them helped each other out of the west door.

As Wen Feng and the others walked out, the British and French troops densely surrounded outside the West Cover Gate seemed to be pushed away by an invisible force, and they dodged backwards again and again, but the muzzles of the guns in their hands were still tightly aimed at Wen Feng and the others, and they didn't dare to be careless.

Wen Feng and the others approached a step, and Meng Duban led his soldiers to take a step back, and in the blink of an eye, they had already walked in front of the Zhengda Guangming Palace.

In front, it is the place where Wen Feng laid the mines, and it is also the destination where Wen Feng took Ren Liang and the others forward.

At this moment, the junior officer who had received the order from Monduban quickly ran back to Monduban and reported in a low voice: "General, there are no weapons in the house. ”

"How is that possible?" Monduban cried out, "It's such a big room, where can they hide their weapons?"

"General, it's true, no, I've already led someone to search carefully." The officer argued.

Meng Duban quickly loaded the ammunition of the short gun in his hand, pointed the muzzle of the gun at Wen Feng again, and roared sharply: "Old dog, you stop for me, tell me honestly, where did you hide those weapons, otherwise I will kill you with one shot." ”

Wen Feng looked at the fierce Mengdu Banhaha and laughed: "Cowardly, if you want to know where we hid those weapons, you come here and I'll tell you." ”

Meng Duban was not stupid, he knew that Wen Feng had repeatedly told him that there must be a conspiracy in the past, although he couldn't see any threat to him from these people in front of him, but he dared to predict that Wen Feng's conspiracy must be a deadly conspiracy.

However, if it drags on, Clinton is about to come over, what should I do?

Meng Duban's heart was ruthless, the short gun pressed down, and the slamming shot hit Wen Feng's leg again.

His legs were injured, Wen Feng could no longer support them, and he could barely stand up with the support of Ren Liang and others.

Cold sweat broke out on Wen Feng's forehead, but he raised his head and laughed: "Foreign devils are nothing more than that, a bunch of cowards." Ren Liang, looking at these cowards will not increase their interest even more, it will only make people disgusting. Let's go, gentlemen. ”

Ren Liang nodded vigorously: "Thank you, my lord, let's go." ”

Ren Liang thanked Wen Feng and thanked him for being a man with him and these brothers under him before he died, which was worth it.

Wen Feng laughed and let go of the fuse of the two grenades he had been holding tightly in his hand.

Two huge explosions sounded, and Clinton, who arrived in a hurry, saw the bloodied Montuban getting up from the ground, and he shouted at Monduban in anger: "You idiot, how did you kill those Chinese, what about them?" ”

Monduban stretched out his hand to cover the wound on his forehead, glared at Clinton viciously and said, "Those Chinese are everywhere, you can find them yourself." I will soon report back to China and ask for the rescission of this joint military operation with you, Britain, which is a failed military operation. ”

After that, Monduban led the French soldiers to carry the corpses of the French soldiers piled up at the head of the three stone bridges, and the huge damage was beyond his ability, and he could foresee that he would be court-martial when he returned home.

Clinton watched in amazement as Captain Montabanyan left, he turned to the British soldier beside him and roared, "Where is Arthur, where is Arthur?" Where are the weapons used by the Chinese? ”

A soldier cautiously said to Clinton: "General, Battalion Commander Arthur has been killed in battle, we only saw a Chinese carrying a big knife just now, do you want me to bring it to you?" ”

"Smack", Clinton slapped the soldier's big mouth, and roared angrily: "What am I going to do with a big knife?" I want the weapon that the Chinese just used? What about the Chinese? Where are they? ”

The soldier aggrievedly stretched out his hand and pointed to the bloody and blurred place in the middle and said: "Just now, I don't know what's going on, those Chinese who have no weapons at all in their hands suddenly exploded, they all died, and dozens of people close to them also died with them." ”

Clinton looked at the pile of flesh in disbelief and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Without a weapon in his hand, he suddenly exploded and took dozens of lives?

Clinton finally came to his senses, and he immediately roared and ordered his soldiers to rummage through the Old Summer Palace and find out the secret weapons hidden by the Chinese.

So, the British soldiers rummaged in the Old Summer Palace, but the weapons were not found, but they detonated the mines planted by Ren Liang and others one after another everywhere.

Hundreds of mines claimed the lives of two or three thousand British soldiers, who were far more damaged than the French.

The Old Summer Palace became a forbidden place for the British and French forces to talk about, because until now, they did not know how their soldiers lost their lives.

The Old Summer Palace, where there was not even a ghost shadow, suddenly exploded with a bang, and then as few as seven or eight, or as many as dozens of soldiers fell in a pool of blood, without exception, the wounds on their bodies were covered with steel balls of the same specification.

The soldiers did not dare to step into the Old Summer Palace again to look for what Clinton called 'Chinese weapons', and Clinton was so angry that he ordered his men to use artillery to bomb the Old Summer Palace for two hours, and the Old Summer Palace had been destroyed into ruins, and thick smoke was billowing from the ruins everywhere.

However, when Clinton once again commanded the British army into the Old Summer Palace, it still caused one strange explosion after another.

Helpless, the frenzied Clinton ordered the soldiers to set fire to the Old Summer Palace, and at the same time, other three mountains and four gardens near the Old Summer Palace were also affected, and the three hundred eunuchs, palace maids and craftsmen in the Anyou Palace were burned alive in the Anyou Palace before they had time to evacuate.

In the process of Clinton's order to set fire to the Old Summer Palace, British soldiers inevitably began to loot and loot all kinds of treasures in the garden.

The French soldiers, who had been camped nearby to await the order to return home, saw the English soldiers dressed in silk and satin, their military caps inlaid with various precious stones, their necks full of jewels and jade, their pockets stuffed with gold bars and gold leaves, their hands carrying clocks inlaid with precious stones, and their high-end furs on their shoulders.

Monduban casually waved his hand and agreed to the request of the French soldiers, who were unable to face the French soldiers after the fiasco of his trip to China, and perhaps indulged them in robbery to make them forgive themselves.

According to the British and French officers, priests, and journalists who participated in the looting, the British and French, whether officers or soldiers, in order to grab treasures, poured into the Old Summer Palace in droves from all directions, and as long as they saw what they could take away, they would surely loot it, just like locusts crossing the border.

In order to rob the treasure, the British and the French beat each other and fought many times, for which no less than a thousand people were bled and wounded.

If Tang Dou knew the cause of the burning of the Old Summer Palace by the British and French forces, it had a lot to do with the fact that he ordered Ren Liang and others to plant a large number of mines in the Old Summer Palace, I don't know if Tang Dou would be so annoyed that he hit the wall with his head.

The French had already retreated, waiting for the order to withdraw their troops at home, and the British were also stagnant, the resistance they had encountered in the Old Summer Palace was beyond their expectations, they were not sure that they were really capable of attacking the nearby capital, and the French retreat made them feel helpless.

However, just as Clinton picked up the pen and drafted the application for leaving the army back to China, at this time, Prince Gong, a representative of the Council sent by Emperor Xianfeng, rushed to the Old Summer Palace, which was still burning in the raging fire.

Clinton immediately tore up half of the application for leaving the army, and appeared in front of Prince Gong proudly.

Not only him, but even the sluggish Monduban appeared in front of Yi with a strong spirit, pretending to be tough and demanding that the Qing government compensate them for the cost of the French military dispatch this time.

Both Clinton and Montuban chose to conceal the fact that their two teams had been severely damaged in the Old Summer Palace, and the burning of the Old Summer Palace was interpreted by them as a retaliatory action in retaliation for Emperor Xianfeng's torture and killing of 20 members of the British and French envoys.

The cowardly Yiquan promised all the unreasonable demands made by the British and French forces, and soon after exchanged the "Treaty of Tientsin" with the British and French countries, and signed the "Treaty of Peking".

The Kowloon Peninsula and a large area of territory in the north were thus sold by Prince Gong, who lost his power and humiliated the country, and not only that, but he also agreed to compensate the British and French forces for a huge military expenditure of 16 million taels of silver.

It is estimated that if Tang Dou knew about this situation, he would have to travel to Prince Gong's mansion and kill Prince Gong with his own hands.

You are paralyzed, obviously the Anglo-French army is about to retreat, you lazy man ran over and betrayed the country?

The Qing Dynasty will not die, and heaven will not tolerate it. (To be continued.) )ad_950