At first the French thought that their bayonet had stabbed a piece of tofu, but soon it became clear that it was a stone from a thatched pit, smelly and hard.

After a while, in the darkness, there were already many soldiers carrying many French soldiers and shouting back: "Military doctor! Military! We need a medic!"

This was only the beginning, and within half an hour, the French medical team had taken in more than 500 wounded, and the doctors and priests could not understand the fact that so many officers and soldiers had left the front line to escort the wounded who were most in need of reinforcements.

This is only the best explanation of the collapse of the morale of the French army, in more than half an hour, the medical examiner and the priest have exhausted all their reserves, there is no medicine, no bandages, no Bibles and crosses, no alcohol, even water is in a hurry, and two military doctors have already committed suicide with their guns drawn in this near-collapse situation.

And the thousands of wounded piled up in the open space were also completely desperate, they knew that they could not have any hope of recovery, and the sound of artillery echoed hundreds of meters away, and they could only shout: "Give me a shot, give me a shot, thank you!"

The Bibles in the hands of the French missionaries were all blood, and they reluctantly cried out again: "God, have mercy on these sinners, have mercy on these sinners!"

In the entire French army, the French missionaries were the vanguard of the war against China, but now they could only hold on to the cross and the Bible, and more wounded were being sent back.

At the front headquarters, there was already a group of officers surrounding Major General Mengtoban, what they did was beyond the boundaries of military orders, and they put forward their own demands to the supreme commander of Mentoban: "Major General Mentoban, this is not a war for you alone, please end this war!"

They have already seen very well that until this moment this is not a war between the French Empire and the French people. It was only the personal war of Major General Mentoban, and these poor soldiers became the tools of Mentoban to realize his personal ambitions.

And they must stop this war: "We will send envoys to negotiate with the Chinese, such a meaningless war can not continue any longer." ”

Montoban was still struggling with his last chance to break the deadlock. However, history did not give him such an opportunity, and he did not expect that these officers who usually trusted him the most united forces: "Negotiate with the Chinese, are you crazy?" How could the Chinese agree to negotiate? ”

"Captain Milley has sent news that the Chinese are willing to negotiate, as long as we pay a small price."

These young officers surrounded the old and young generals: "For the lives of tens of thousands of French men, I believe that His Excellency Montoban will make a little sacrifice." ”

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Compared to the situation of the French army's medical team, the wounded received by the Hongjun army were slightly better. But the situation is not much better, and this morning's battle has cost the Rainbow Army the same heavily.

A large number of wounded were urgently contained and treated in the field hospital and bandaging station, Zhou Xiuying followed Liu Chang's side and said: "Today's battle is still so fierce, the French are not simple!"

The French were indeed the strongest land battles in this time and space, although the Rainbow Army had anticipated their surprise attack today and was fully prepared, but after more than an hour of fighting. The casualties of the Rainbow army were still slightly greater than those of the French army: "How are the sanitary materials being consumed?" ”

"The bandages are running out!" The military medical officer told Liu Chang bitterly: "Ninety percent of the alcohol has been used, and we now have to replace it with liquor, and the same is true for other war guard materials." We also don't have much reserves in the rear warehouses either. "...," Find a way to go to Shanghai to buy. Liu Chang smiled bitterly: "I know you are very hard, but please persevere as much as possible, every soldier is the most valuable asset of our Rainbow Army." ”

"On behalf of the soldiers, I thank you for your kindness!" A lightly wounded man stood up and said, "If it weren't for the kindness of His Royal Highness King Yan, maybe none of us would have survived." ”

"As I said, you are my most precious treasure, and I have to use you to conquer the entire firmament."

Liu Chang's eyes also had tears in his eyes, after this battle, the losses on both sides were too great, and today he originally wanted to have an annihilation battle, but even the frustrated French were not so easy to clean up. The two sides still fought a confrontation.

If it continues to fight, the most optimistic estimate is that the Rainbow Army will have to pay at least 5,000 casualties to annihilate this French army, and the tragic estimate is that this French army cannot be annihilated by the enemy, and Li Hongzhang, who has been following Liu Chang and Zhou Xiuying's side, finally spoke: "Today, I saw His Royal Highness King Yan's Gao Feng Liangjie, who loves soldiers like sons, and I know that it has only been two years since the Rainbow Army defeated southern Zhejiang. But it can sweep the world and achieve the royal industry. ”

Liu Chang said unceremoniously: "Brother Shaoquan, if you hadn't reminded me, how could we have seen through the strategy of the old thief's surprise attack of Meng Tuoban, today's first merit should be Brother Shaoquan!"

Liu Chang said this, Li Hongzhang didn't dare to take credit, he just replied: "His Royal Highness King Yan said too politely, Meng Tuoban has bad intentions, and the soldiers of the Hong Army have already prepared, but Li wants to ask King Yan, whether he wants to divide the southeast or dominate the world." ”

"Are you persuading me to make peace with the corporation?" Liu Chang immediately said: "I have been competing with France and Russia for several months, with more than 10,000 dead and wounded soldiers, and millions of taels of silver, so that we have the current situation. ”

"But how much will the soldiers of the Hongjun lose more?" Li Hongzhang pointed directly to the key point: "In yesterday's battle, the soldiers of the five battalions who participated in the battle, it is said that two-thirds of them were killed and wounded, and today's battle started only two hours, and there were seven or eight hundred soldiers transported from the front. ”

Liu Chang agreed with this, although he had gathered the elite of the Rainbow Army, but even in the best case, it would cost thousands of casualties to solve the French: "Then what do you have a good idea." ”

Li Hongzhang didn't talk about any ideas, but talked about the British: "This time, His Royal Highness King Yan can fight with the French and Russians, and even have the upper hand, where is the key to the British standing on a neutral position, if the British intervene, can His Royal Highness King Yan have confidence?" ”

When it came to the British, Liu Chang could only shake his head: "If the British intervene, with the current Hongjun, there will naturally be no place to die." ”

"Then why doesn't His Royal Highness King Yan leave a way back, if the French and the Russians are defeated, then with the character of the British, even if His Royal Highness King Yan wants to live in peace with them, they will never tolerate His Royal Highness King Yan."

Liu Chang nodded secretly, this Li Hongzhang Li Shaoquan in front of him, no matter what kind of comments he left in history, belongs to the top figures among the Chinese in this time and space, and he even grasped the fate of British foreign policy.

An overly powerful Chinese government, or even an overly powerful central valve, is not in the interests of the British Empire, and if a central valve annihilates a large-scale invasion by the French with Russia, perhaps he will be on the opposite side of the entire British Empire.

"Shaoquan's suggestion is still feasible, let's go back and meet Captain Milley, and by the way, talk about the disposal of more than 1,000 people in your Huai army...... "...,......

"Chinese willing to stop fighting, that's great......"

Although both sides expressed their willingness to cease the war and welcomed it very much, the vigilance of both sides was much stronger than before the armistice, and they were on the verge of using the armistice to launch surprise attacks.

But the terms of the armistice of the Chinese were unacceptable to Mengtoban: "I cannot accept such conditions, and His Majesty the Emperor cannot accept such conditions." ”

Liu Chang's armistice conditions through Captain Milley can be said to be a condition of close unconditional surrender, although the French can keep light weapons and some ammunition, but they must hand over their baggage and most of the heavy weapons, and then return to Shanghai on foot.

"Your Excellency, I also think that such conditions are unacceptable, but the most important mission at the moment is to send the wounded back to Shanghai......

It's just that when it comes to Shanghai, these judges feel that this is an extremely difficult thing: "I'm afraid that Shanghai can't find so many beds." ”

Even in the midst of the fact that the seriously wounded die in the open field at every turn, either from their wounds, from their own injuries, or with a merciful shot from their former comrades, the medical corps still accommodates more than 2,200 seriously wounded and hundreds of wounded whose conditions are constantly turning into serious wounded.

This was an unprecedented group of European wounded in the Eastern world, and considering the capacity of the hospitals in Shanghai at this time and space, the judge could only make a very pessimistic estimate, but soon came the worse news: "Chinese have been transported by water to Shanghai to ...... their seriously wounded"

"In the contest of water power, we lost to the Chinese." Montoban could only exclaim: "The question is where did they get the steamer." ”

"The steamers of the British." The officer below told Montoban good news: "The British promised that when the next wave of hospital ships returned, they would help us bring back some of the wounded, and they could also bring some medicines along the way." ”

This relieved the officers present, at least more than 2,000 seriously wounded could be sent back to Shanghai, even if the wounded of the rebels in Shanghai were fighting for sick places, it was better than the desperate scene in the open field, but Montoban thought of a crucial question: "If we truce war with the Chinese, what will the Russians do?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )