In early summer, North China is a very complicated area, although there are fertile fields for thousands of miles, there are also yellow sand blowing in the face, plus if you count those crops that grow happily from the forest, there may be many Qing army routs in ambush. {}

A small force of the Rainbow Army is here to pursue the enemy, in fact they are not the front of the troops, there are already cavalry rampage in front, there are also many infantry units rushing ahead of them, and these relatively backward infantry, must follow the trajectory of the first line of troops, continue to attack north, and at any time look for the Qing army that may be hidden.

The more chaotic the situation, the greater the damage to the common people caused by the rout, so the commander of this infantry company shouted: "Pay attention to discipline, you must pay attention to discipline!" Speed up! ”

Before he finished speaking, beads of sweat the size of beans fell on his forehead, and his entire back was already soaked with sweat, and many recruits in the company were already complaining: "Company commander, since we have fallen behind, it is better to take advantage of this noon time to rest for an hour, drink saliva and then hurry!" ”

It's just that the company commander rejected such a suggestion: "Let's wait until we reach Shengjing and then think about drinking water, we have already pulled behind the battalion headquarters, and the battalion commander sent cavalry for us to hurry up!" ”

It was not his personal responsibility to fall behind, but in the pursuit of the previous two days, the entire company had walked an extra day because of the guide, and the regiment even lost news of the company, so he licked his dry lips and said loudly: "We are not soft eggs at this time!" ”

Oh, yes! This is the last decisive battle of the entire Rainbow Army, the last chance to make a contribution, his mind is different from these recruits, most of these recruits are Henan, greedy for the Rainbow Army's high salary, rich military pay before enlisting in the army, but he really wants to spell out a fame.

He was an old man who enlisted in the army during the Wenzhou period, and in the past he was demoted twice because of such delays, and this was the last chance in his life, he told his soldiers: "I know everyone is working hard." I'm a little tired myself, but as long as we can go, we can make it to Beijing, but"

He hesitated. Said to the soldiers: "Rest for a quarter of an hour, assemble in a quarter of an hour"

As soon as he finished his order, there was already the sound of a group of horses galloping, and the soldiers suddenly became excited, this may be a certain broken Qing army horse team, with the Mini rifle in his hand, maybe he can take a little advantage. It's just that as soon as they stood up, they found that it was the rainbow army's own horse team.

The whole horse team was huge, no less than a hundred horsemen, and they trotted neatly in a formation of four horsemen, and this group of cavalry made these infantry shine. {}

What a strong horse team!

Although I don't know how to judge the combat effectiveness of the cavalry troops, these infantry units realized for the first time that this horse team is definitely the elite of the elite, not to mention anything else, not only the war horses are all dark horses. Even many cavalrymen had their own spare horses, which was too extravagant.

Looking at the harness of these cavalrymen, they are all neatly washed. And it's too new to be true, so the infantry are a little red-eyed, how did this horse team fall behind the rear of their own team?

Some infantrymen felt that this cavalry was really better than the infantry, and the infantry had to rely on two legs for everything, and even had to carry the combat luggage in the company, but the cavalry even had unused military horses, but they did not find any dissenting voices, and they knew very well that they could not afford to offend this cavalry.

The cavalry did not come quickly or slowly, and soon they discovered that the cavalry officer who was leading the way was actually a young officer who was too young. Seeing that he was only in his early twenties, he manipulated the war horse with one hand, and said trivia: "This north is really determined, that's right, it's the true determination that I am Changshan Zhao Zilong, but if this sentence is replaced by me Shijiazhuang Zhao Zilong." Maybe it won't be imposing! ”…,

Shijiazhuang Zhao Zilong? The soldiers all laughed when they heard this, but the officers and soldiers on the horse did not even smile at all, they rode forward seriously, but a recruit who enlisted in Kaifeng shouted to these cavalrymen: "Brother, is there any water?" Ran all morning and didn't drink a drop of water! ”

The young officer stopped his horse, and the cavalry also stopped, waiting for the young officer's order, although the young officer was young enough, but the uniform he wore was also a standard grass green uniform, but the clothes were more ornamented by the officers, and he said loudly: "Bring two bags of water, and don't bring much, sorry!" ”

He spoke very kindly, and the recruit who enlisted in Kaifeng said again: "Is there any wine?" ”

"Yes!" The young officer simply said: "Take a bag too, don't make a mistake, don't fall behind!" ”

He saw the infantry company commander standing on the side of the road, urged the horse over and shook hands with the company commander: "Zhang Menghua, right?" Enlisted in Ryan, right? Well done, I remember you! ”

The infantry company commander was stunned for a moment, he even forgot when the young officer had left, and he was sleepwalking with that hand outstretched.

The soldiers were already discussing the gains: "Cavalry brothers! ”

"Two bags of water, one bag of wine, everyone takes the tableware out and drinks a small sip!"

Although there was a leather bag of good wine, the soldiers did not dare to drink more, but only took a small sip under everyone's attention, and then talked about the problem of this cavalry: "It's the cavalry army, right?" ”

"I've seen them Commander Zhou, what a handsome girl!"

"People are the commander of an army, amazing!"

They shifted the topic to the young officer: "Good character, righteous enough!" ”

"It's just that the military uniform is too new, it's not as new as it should be, maybe the treasure of which leader came out to gild!"

"Well, I don't know which commander's nephew, company commander, do you know him?"

The infantry company commander had just woken up from a dream now, and he said loudly: "What nonsense are you talking about, that's the emperor, I'm an old man who joined the camp in Ruian and followed His Majesty!" ”

At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the infantry company were taken aback: "That's Liu Juehu?" Not like it, not like it at all! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you have to call Your Majesty!"

"So young, so young!"

"Yes, yes, it seems that there is hope for our Great Xia Kingdom!"

The infantry company commander shouted loudly: "Hurry up and drink, this is a gift from the emperor, I drank it for the first time, after drinking, let's catch up!" ”

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Liu Chang's horse team had already pulled this infantry behind, and they slowly moved forward, sometimes the rangers in front would run out to reconnoitre, and sometimes they would even participate in the battle themselves, capturing one or two defeated Qing soldiers.

"It's like a bamboo, it's like a bamboo"

Although the tens of thousands of troops deployed by the Qing army in Zhili were also equipped with some new Western firearms, and even recovered part of their combat effectiveness because of actual combat, when the left and right armies attacked together, and the cavalry army galloped vertically and horizontally, the defense of the entire Qing army collapsed in an instant.

The whole unit had shifted from an offensive posture to pursuit, and just yesterday they had seen with their own eyes that an infantry company of the 12th Division had captured 3,700 Qing soldiers, and this infantry company simply could not handle so many prisoners and had to ask for the assistance of the passing troops.

And this example also shows that the Qing army has completely collapsed, so the expressions on everyone's faces are relaxed, but in front of Liu Chang, they can't show such relief for the time being, they clearly know why Liu Chang personally led their small army to the north, it was because there were still Russians. …,

Now the situation in Jinzhou is still unclear, but it is a real reality that a Russian force is heading south to Jinzhou, and when you think of this, everyone can understand Liu Chang's seriousness.

Liu Chang's cavalry passed through another infantry platoon, and this infantry platoon passed them, and when they recognized Liu Chang, they let out one cheer after another: "Long live!" Banzai! Banzai! ”

Liu Chang also smiled and said, "I hope to see you again in Shengjing!" ”

But after saying goodbye to this cavalry, a staff officer asked: "Isn't it too tiring to march like this!" ”

"It was fatigue, but we had to persevere, in fact, our forced march was not strong enough, and the speed of advance every day was only forty or fifty miles."

The marching speed of less than 30 kilometers or even 25 kilometers was already an extremely good existence in the late Qing army, which marched 30 miles a day and then set up camp, while the entire army had to walk an average of 40 or 50 miles a day, and sometimes participated in several battles a day.

But for Liu Chang, compared to the miracle of rushing to the aid of Xibaipo, the speed of his own army is far from enough, and I hope that the speed of the Russians will not run too fast!

Otherwise, it will be a pity for the Chinese nation for hundreds or even thousands of years, he said to his staff officer: "Now the only way we can defeat the Russians is the two legs of the soldiers, believe in our soldiers, I believe that they broke through the walls of Beijing, Jinzhou and Shengjing with miraculous bullets." ”

When it comes to Jinzhou and Shengjing, these officers from the southern provinces have heavy pressure, Hebei has been taken, the next thing is to seize the city of Beijing, and then march into Shanhaiguan, and then it will be a decisive battle of the fate of the two countries, and their own powerful army must not become the second Li Zicheng!

That's right, this decisive battle also determines their fate, and they clearly know one tragedy after another of Li Zicheng's remnants.

While they were thinking, a fast rider came with a message: "There is news from Beijing City!" ”

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