The gunfire in Gongning City was loud, the fire was soaring, and the night sky that was reflected red by the fire could be seen in a place dozens of miles away, and the Northwest Army Battalion, which was only more than ten miles away from Gongning City, naturally would not be unnoticed, and as soon as it was noticed that there was a change in Gongning City, the battalion sounded the sound of the military horn of the emergency assembly, but the order received after the emergency assembly of the troops was to stand by, and then there was no follow-up.

On the roof of the headquarters building, Tang Bingcan looked at the blazing Gongning City without saying a word, and he didn't know what he was thinking, Chief of Staff Qiu Qing Huang couldn't bear it, and sighed lightly: "This war has destroyed at least half of Gongning City, which is decades of hard ......work." ”

Tang Bingcan said: "Judging from the intensity of the gunshots, the fighting is also fierce, but I am afraid that the casualties will not be small, so let the military hospital prepare accordingly." ”

"Won't it be a fire, just fake it?" Qiu Qinghuang was a little worried, if the casualties were too big, the gains would outweigh the losses, and now the railway traffic was cut off, and the medicines and medical supplies could not be replenished in time, and if he consumed too much, he couldn't help but feel a little heartache.

"Zhu Shanhai is not stupid, if he is easily acquired, he may be suspicious." Tang Bingcan said slowly: "In this big drama in the northwest, he is the protagonist, and he can't be allowed to pick a child in advance." ”

Qiu Qing Huang said: "If we don't reinforce him, will he be suspicious?" ”

"Who says we don't have reinforcements?" Tang Bingcan said and lit the lighter, looked at his watch, and said slowly: "Wait, wait until the agreed signal, and then send two regiments to the east gate to answer." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled, "The matter started in a hurry, the situation is unclear, and it is a night battle, and rash intervention is easy to cause a bigger melee, and it is reasonable to wait and see by not moving, besides, from the overall situation of the northwest, there is a strong enemy outside, and it is not appropriate to engage in large-scale internal strife, are these reasons enough?" ”

As soon as the "Tick Ring" phone rang, Zuo Zongtang quickly picked up the microphone, and heard Ci'an's rather hurried voice from the microphone, "How is the battle going?" Can you get in touch with Tang Bingcan? Does he have troops to help? ”

"Back to the queen mother, turned into elbows and armpits, the incident happened in a hurry, despite desperate resistance, it was still invincible, the rebel army has occupied the west gate, the small west gate and the south gate, is constantly pouring in, many points lost. The telephone line with the military region has long been cut off, and it has not been possible to get in touch, and there is no sign of Tang Bingcan sending troops to reinforce him. ”

On the other end of the phone, Ci'an, who had been forced to be calm, finally panicked, "Then what should I do?" ”

"If Tang Bingcan does not send troops to rescue, the only way to evacuate Gongning is to pray that the Empress Dowager will order the Praetorian Guards to break through the wall from the east, and Wechen will swear to answer and escort the Empress Dowager to evacuate Gongning ........"

Ci'an held the microphone in a daze and was speechless for a long time, Tang Bingcan stood still, sitting back and watching Gong Ning's chaos, what is his intention? Zuo Zongtang's supervising battalion was basically disabled after this battle, and what happened to the two of them when they broke out and waited for them? The difference is only in the hands of Zhu Shanhai or Feng Renxuan.

For a while, she was in a state of confusion, and Zuo Zongtang's anxious voice came from the microphone, "The situation is urgent, and I hope the Queen Mother will make ......a decision quickly." ”

Soon, Ci'an calmed down, if she had to make a choice between Zhu Shanhai and Feng Renxuan, she would rather choose Zhu Shanhai, after all, Zhu Shanhai is full of people, besides, breaking out, anything can happen, she can't let the emperor take risks, she made up her mind, she said in a deep voice: "This palace believes that Tang Bingcan will not sit idly by, and this palace is determined to stick to help!" ”

There was silence in the microphone for a while, and then Zuo Zongtang's slightly hoarse voice came, "Even if Weichen is full of liver and brain, he will try to rescue him, and Weichen prays that the Empress Dowager will always remember that whether it is the imperial court or Yuanqi, he will do his best to rescue ........" ”

Before he finished speaking, there was no sound in the microphone, and it was clear that the phone line was broken again.

The gunfire in Gongning City lasted for more than an hour before it gradually thinned out and faded away, and when the sky was bright, Zuo Zongtang had gathered the remnants and entered the military region.

In the conference room, Qiu Qinghuang served a cup of hot tea before asking with concern, "Is the loss big?" ”

After fighting in the middle of the night, Zuo Zongtang was still in good spirits, rolled his eyes and said: "There are more than 2,000 casualties, and the weapons and ammunition hoarded in the city have been lost, do you say the loss is big?" ”

Tang Bingcan said with a smile: "The loss of the ministry is so serious, we can evacuate naturally." ”

Zuo Zongtang said: "Are you ready?" ”

"I wasn't prepared, I'm afraid I'll see the flaws." Tang Bingcan said: "However, if you lend Zhu Shanhai a hundred courages, he will not dare to attack us, and he can evacuate calmly." ”

Hearing this, Zuo Zongtang couldn't help but sigh lightly, this evacuation, Zhu Shanhai will completely and completely control the entire Xinjiang, enough to compete with Feng Renxuan, because he controls Ci'an and his mother, he will nominally overshadow Feng Renxuan, but in this way, he will also face the attack of the imperial army from the mainland.

After a long silence, he said: "If Britain and Russia don't send troops to help, we will lose more than we gain." ”

"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen." Tang Bingcan said disapprerovingly: "Zhu Shanhai has become a climate, but he is facing the situation of being attacked by the enemy on his back, and most of them are trying to persuade Britain and Russia to send troops to help, it depends on the reaction of the two countries." ”

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Looking at the telegram in his hand, Yi Zhengxing's thick eyebrows slowly twisted up, and he groaned for a while before he said slowly: "The queen mother and the emperor are trapped in Gongning, will there be trouble?" ”

"What's going to happen?" Yi Zhishu asked in a relaxed tone.

After hesitating, Yi Zhengxing said: "After all, the emperor is the nominal supreme leader of the Qing Dynasty, if he signs a treaty with Britain and Russia under the persecution of Zhu Shanhai to lose power and humiliate the country, my country will be in a very passive situation...... ”

Hearing this, Yi Zhizhi said disapprovingly: "There is no passivity, it is a big deal to do something to abolish the establishment, or even more radical ......" ”

Yi Zhengxing was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, if the empress dowager and the emperor really dared to sign treaties with Britain and Russia and other countries that were detrimental to national sovereignty or interests, they could abolish Emperor Guangxu, no, it would not be as simple as abolishing the establishment, it should be used as an excuse to directly destroy the Qing Dynasty and change the dynasty.

In other words, this time the Empress Dowager fell into the hands of Gong Ning and Zhu Shanhai, which was premeditated at all, this is a big pit!

Zhao Liewen, who was sitting at the bottom, pondered at this time and said: "The emperor may be young and doesn't know the depths, but the Empress Dowager Ci'an has always taken the overall situation into account, and has experienced changes, so she may not be so ......confused. ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled: "It's just a step of idle chess, there is no need to deliberately entangle." After a pause, he continued: "There is no need to deliberately block the situation in the northwest, and the major newspapers will report it in a timely manner. ”

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