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Without walking through the mountain road in the heavy snow, you can't experience the mood described in the poem, thousands of flowers are flying, Qiongyu is colorful, such words are not enough to describe the heavy snow in the Taihang Mountains, muddy and nightmarish, vast, the mountains are also hazy, the trees are also faint, the road is also confused, the heavens, the earth and the universe are wrapped in snowflakes into a messy mess, this is the true portrayal of the heavy snow in Taihang.

The snow scene is indeed spectacular, but walking in such a wind and snow is undoubtedly an extremely painful thing. For Fu Zhenbang and Zhang Guoliang, the two Qing armies who had been marching more than 100 miles, walking on the Taihang Mountain Road in such an environment would naturally be even more bitter and tired.

"Keep up! Come on! Don't be left behind! This kind of ghost weather, this kind of ghost place, falling behind is a dead end! ”

"Brothers, work hard, and you will soon be out of the mountains, and you will be able to find shelter from the wind and rest when you get out of the mountains. Persist, insist on walking, and you will be out of the mountain immediately. ”

The voices of the generals at all levels of the Qing army encouraging cheers have been obviously weak, and the Qing soldiers and soldiers who are trudging forward in the wind and snow are naturally even more exhausted, some stumble, some help each other forward, tired and painful moans come and go, one after another, up and down are exhausted to the extreme, no matter the generals and soldiers have only one thought left in their hearts - quickly find a place without wind and snow to lie down and sleep.

Thanks to Fu Zhenbang and Zhang Guoliang, these two teams are different in the Qing army, the soldiers have been strictly trained and disciplined, and the generals and generals can lead by example and love the soldiers like children, if not, there is no need to fight at all, just encountering such bad weather during a long-distance rapid march can make the general Qing army collapse directly. However, even so, the two armies of Fu Zhenbang and Zhang Guoliang were still tortured by exhaustion and severe cold, and their physical strength was almost exhausted.

Fortunately, after turning the rock peak and turning south, the damn road is finally a little wider and easier to walk, and the wind and snow are finally a little smaller, and more importantly, the Qing soldiers who have walked this road know that the mountain road is about to end.

Fu Zhenbang, who had already given up his war horse to a soldier who had been injured in a fall, also walked this road, knowing that as long as he walked about four miles further, he could enter the open mountain basin, and he could directly see the warm lights of Changgang Village, so while a smile appeared on his face, Fu Zhenbang, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up and shouted loudly: "Tell the brothers, go faster, and you will go out of the mountain immediately." ”

In order not to let the soldiers fall behind, Zhang Guoliangjun, who had a winter coat, had already walked in the rear on the march, and the Fu soldiers who walked in front learned that the mountain road was about to end, and everyone was excited to speed up their pace, and after a period of hard marching, the terrain in front of them suddenly opened up a lot, and the Qing soldiers who walked in the front suddenly cheered, "Out of the mountain!" ”

"Finally out of the mountain."

Fu Zhenbang's face was frozen purple by the wind and snow, and a smile of relief appeared on his face, and he took out his pocket watch to check the time by the light of the torch, seeing that it was already more than eight o'clock in the evening, Fu Zhenbang couldn't help but think about such a thought in his heart, and said secretly: "It takes too much time to set up a tent, and the brothers are so tired, why don't you make an exception and force the people of Changgang Village to let the house for the brothers to spend the night?" ”

"Boom! Bang! Bang! ”

As the saying goes, evil is rewarded with evil, Fu Zhenbang, who has always been strict in military discipline, in order to let the extremely tired soldiers rest early, just hit the idea of disturbing the people and harming the people once, when a series of explosions suddenly came from the front. Then, Fu Zhenbang, who was taken aback, had just looked up to see the situation ahead, the gunshots had already been loud, the flames were flickering, and the bitter acid flame, the signature weapon of the Wu army, rose, Fu Zhenbang also suddenly screamed, "Wu thief army? How is it possible, how can the Wu thief army ambush us here?! ”

No one answered Fu Zhenbang's question, what answered Fu Zhenbang was the fierce bullets fired at the same time from the heights on both sides of the road, and the poor Fu soldiers who were mainly armed with bird guns didn't even have a chance to light the fire rope, so they were suddenly beaten and turned over on their backs, with heavy casualties, and one of the bullets also hit Fu Zhenbang's thigh directly, deep into the flesh.

"There is an ambush! Hurry up and light the arquebus! Fire extinguisher! Fire extinguisher! ”

No matter how flustered and tired he was, the well-trained soldiers of Fu Zhenbang still showed a very high military quality, and after a short period of astonishment and distraction, the soldiers of Fu Jun quickly lit the rope of the bird gun, and quickly extinguished the torch to hide their traces, and Fu Zhenbang, who was injured in the thigh, also hurriedly observed the battle situation and looked for the weak point of the encirclement of the Wu army.

The result of the observation is that the firepower in front is intensive, and it is obvious that the main ambush position of the Wu army is difficult to break through, and the Wu army on the mountains on both sides does not have much firepower, but the mountains are steep and difficult to climb, Fu Zhenbang has no choice but to shout the order, "Retreat back!" Retreat the way you came! ”

It's a pity that at this time, the area around the rear Yanfeng was already a lot of gunfire, and countless big stones and trees rolled down, quickly cutting off the retreat of the Qing army, and Zhang Guoliang's army, which was walking behind, was also in chaos. Fu Zhenbang complained bitterly in his heart, so he had to change his mind, pointed to the western mountains and forests with relatively gentle mountains, and shouted: "Rush west, kill the mountain, and seize the highest point!" ”

It was also at this time that Fu Zhenbang really discovered how much fatigue and fatigue had an impact on the state of the army, although the Fu soldiers who were excellent in quality and good at bearing hardships and standing hard work resolutely carried out the order, gritted their teeth and launched a charge to the west mountain, but the speed was not fast at all, and they could only stumble step by step towards the mountain, and the soldiers of the Wu army, who had already seized the advantageous position, were condescending, calmly shooting and killing the Fu soldiers who could be seen, and the Fu soldiers who had climbed with difficulty were killed and wounded, and screamed continuously.

At this time, Zhang Guoliang, who was also experienced, also found that it was easier to get hold on the top of the mountain in the west, and also commanded the new army in Shandong to charge to the west mountain, but the result was that the Qing army in Shandong, which was in slightly better physical condition, although the charge speed was much faster, but it still suffered a feint attack on the top, and was also killed and wounded by the bullets from the condescending shots of the Wu army, and it was difficult to advance.

At the same time, just by virtue of the fact that Fu Zhang's second army could still calmly choose the best breakthrough route after being ambushed, Jiang Zhongyi, the general of the Wu army who oversaw the enemy, knew that he had encountered a hard stubble, but when things came to this point, Jiang Zhongyi of course had no way back, so he could only immediately dispel the idea of attacking instead of defending and sending a battalion to fight into the mountain road and attack the enemy head-on to share the pressure of the Xishan battlefield.

Fu Zhenbang's response made Jiang Zhongji surprised again, in the case of being surrounded on all sides and being attacked by the Wu army head-on, Fu Zhenbang's army not only remained in chaos, but also immediately built a defensive position on the spot, and attacked the Wu army soldiers who took the initiative with multiple shots.

"Lao Tzu, has you run into that chaotic army? So able to fight? ”

In addition to talking to himself in shock, Jiang Zhongyi also immediately concluded that the self-army that occupied the geographical advantage was very sure of winning this battle, but the casualties would definitely not be too small, and the time would definitely be very long, so Jiang Zhongyi couldn't help but glance back at the direction of Jing Cheng, and said secretly in his heart: "Shaoquan, don't make any mistakes in your suspicious strategy." Otherwise, once the rebel army of Jing Cheng is killed in my back, it is not impossible to win or lose this battle. ”

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The Qing army did have a chance to turn defeat into victory, and the most crucial reason was that the strength of the Wu army was insufficient, but the combat effectiveness of the second-line army was relatively average, and the magic weapons of the Wu army, such as firing pin guns, grenadiers, and grenade shells, were pitifully few, and the more important thing was that the strength was insufficient -- there were only six battalions of more than 3,000 people, three of which were arranged to be ambushed in the mountain road, and another battalion was brought to Jingcheng by Li Hongzhang to arrange suspicious soldiers, and Jiang Zhongyi's mobile forces that could be used were only two battalions of more than 1,000 people. Therefore, if the Qing army on Jingcheng's side can send troops to meet Fu Zhenbang and Zhang Guoliang in time, not only will it be easy to smash the encirclement of the Wu army, but it will also be an empty word to take the opportunity to defeat the Wu army, which is too scattered and not in a very good physical condition.

Another point that is very bad for Wu Jun is that although Shuanglu, the commander of the Jingcheng Qing Army, is a Manchurian banner man and has many personal and moral problems, he is not a mediocre talent, but a meritorious veteran who participated in the repulsion of Shi Dakai's Northern Expedition - otherwise the old fox official would not let him take on the burden of guarding the important place of Jingcheng. Therefore, whether he can use the strategy of doubtful soldiers to stabilize Shuanglu for a long time and buy time for Jiang Zhongyi's side to annihilate the enemy, in fact, Li Hongzhang is not very sure in his heart.

After doing his best, he first used the drum and gong team to forge a momentum to lure the enemy, and after hearing the faint sound of gunfire coming from Changgang, Li Hongzhang immediately withdrew the drum and gong team to stop the noise, so as not to let Shuanglu see through his suspicious plan at a glance, and then quickly analyzed it in his heart, and said secretly: "If I were Shuanglu, what would I do?" ”

"If Shuanglu first finds out that we seem to be using a trick to lure the snake out of the hole, and then receives the news that there is a war going on in Changgang, I will definitely suspect that we are luring the snake out of the hole is fake, and the bluff temporarily stabilizes me, and I will definitely be tempted to send troops to meet the rebellious army over there. So under what circumstances would I give up on this idea? ”

"I suspect that the fierce battle on the Changgang side is also luring the snake out of the hole, of course, it can make me dispel the idea of sending troops. But my scouts are not fools, and it is impossible for my scouts not to tell whether there is a real war or a fake war on the Changgang side. ”

"If I were Shuanglu, I would definitely know how many soldiers and horses Jiang Zhongyi had in his hands, and I found that my friendly army was blocked in the mountain road by Jiang Zhongyi, even if I didn't dare to attack in a big way, I would have to send a partial division to meet the friendly army. But I had to consider if there were ambushes outside the city, so my best bet was to split up and attack in two teams, one in the middle of the ambush, and the other in the immediate response. ”

Nervously figuring out the psychology of the enemy commander at the moment, cold sweat gradually oozed from Li Hongzhang's thin forehead, because Li Hongzhang had already found that the troops in his hands were still too small, only a battalion of more than 500 people, and the equipment was also very poor.

At this time, on the south bank of the Mianhe River, the light of the Qing army camp, which was already full of bonfires, increased rapidly, and at the same time, the lights on the city of Jingcheng were also full of lights, and it was obvious that the Qing army of Jingcheng had gradually entered a state of full alert and could fight at any time. Li Hongzhang became more and more anxious in his heart, gritted his teeth and crossed his heart, and simply shouted: "Order the whole army, put on torches, and immediately retreat to Dongyaoling!" ”

"Master Li, aren't we suspicious? Why do you have to light the torches and retreat again? The battalion officer sent by Jiang Zhongyi to help Li Hongzhang asked suspiciously.

"Less nonsense!" Li Hongzhang said viciously: "Execute it immediately, and then there will be the drum and gong team, knock it up, fight it, and make the sound as loud as possible!" ”

Brutally forcing the soldiers of the Wu army to carry out the order, Li Hongzhang secretly said in his heart: "Since there is no good way, then just don't hurt that brain, it is unreasonable to fight and rush everything, maybe you can buy more time." The old fox in the official document can play the comfort pavilion to death, and the person who can be favored by him to guard the well must be a person with a stable personality, the more stable the personality, the more he must like to ponder, let him think about it! ”

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After helplessly carrying out Li Hongzhang's brutal order, the Wu army ambush soldiers who had been ambushed in the suburbs of Jingcheng City were immediately exposed, and the Qing army was shocked that the Wu army ambush was suddenly exposed by itself At the same time, Shuanglu, the general soldier of the Qing army, who had already climbed the city tower, also raised his binoculars for the first time and carefully observed this Wu army ambush that had already been guessed by himself.

"Did the thief take the wrong medicine? How could he suddenly be exposed to himself when he was ambushed well outside Jingcheng City? There's no reason, what is Wu Thief trying to do? Could it be that the Wu thieves want to lure the snake out of the hole further, but do they have so many troops to fight on two fronts? ”

It was Shuanglu's turn to speculate and analyze the psychology of the chief general of the Wu army, but Li Hongzhang's unreasonable behavior was completely nonsensical, and he didn't even know why he did it, so Shuanglu naturally broke his head and couldn't understand Li Hongzhang's purpose and plan.

Unable to guess Wu Jun's strange behavior, Shuanglu, who had a cautious personality, of course, did not dare to send troops easily, so he could only pin all his hopes on scout reconnaissance, but after sending a large number of scouts to follow and reconnoiter the movements of Li Hongzhang's department, the return made Shuanglu even more confused - after retreating to the area of Dongyao, Li Hongzhang's department actually chose to rest on the spot and built a bonfire to keep warm.

Shuanglu gnawed his nails, and the generals of the Qing army next to him were scrambling to ask for orders to go to war, to send troops to fight Li Hongzhang's army, which was weak in the army, and then to receive the Qing army reinforcements blocked by the Wu army in the mountain road, but Shuanglu was slow to make up his mind, and after being forced by the generals, Shuanglu also asked: "Do you think there is something very strange?" ”

"Twin Generals, what's strange there?" The generals asked.

"It was only at noon today that we sent someone to report to Yi Xing'a about the attack of the Wu thieves with light equipment, and we have not yet opened our mouths to ask for reinforcements." Shuanglu replied slowly, "Why are reinforcements coming tonight?" Even if our reinforcements grow wings, the messenger we took the path to deliver a message to Ichena can't have wings, right? ”

After thinking about it carefully, it was found that this support army was indeed very strange, and the generals of the Qing army calmed down one after another, and Shuanglu also said: "Don't be impatient, let's wait for our scouts to confirm the situation." In addition, there are many scouts to closely monitor the road on the side of Niangzi Pass, so as to prevent Wu thieves from diverting tigers from the mountain and taking the opportunity to sneak attack Jingcheng City. ”

Strictly speaking, Shuanglu's decision is not stupid, and the key reason for this is Li Hongzhang's anti-guest-based strategy, in the case of not knowing in advance that Yi Xing'a would preemptively send reinforcements to himself, Shuanglu was naturally full of wariness of the reinforcements that fell from the sky on the Changgang side, afraid of scouts false alarms, the fierce battle on the battlefield of Changgang was fake, and the Wu army led the snake out of the hole was true, so he had to choose to be cautious.

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Shuanglu, who was too cautious, missed the opportunity to respond, but the Wu army was unable to achieve the established goal of completely annihilating the enemy because the two armies of Fu Zhenbang and Zhang Guoliang were far more difficult than imagined.

In the continuous gunfire, the determined soldiers of Fu and Zhang's armies were like single-celled organisms, forgetting their fatigue and forgetting the dead and wounded, and they were slow but firm to attack the top of the West Mountain step by step, and the soldiers of the Wu Army guarding the position on the West Mountain had been forced to use the precious bitter acid grenades, but they still couldn't repel the stubborn attack of Fu and Zhang's two armies, and they still screamed one after another, "Who is the chaotic party under the mountain?" Why are you still rushing up? Is there still such an army in the chaotic party? ”

Seeing that the situation in Xishan was critical in the telescope, Jiang Zhongyi, who already only had the headquarters battalion in his hands, was anxious, but he really couldn't send an army to rescue Xishan, so he could only stomp his feet and do it in a hurry, and at the same time, Jiang Zhongyi's heart naturally became more and more strange, and he said secretly: "Who is the rebellious army on the other side?" How can you fight so well? Completely different from the rebellious army I encountered before? ”

At this time, something even more unbelievable happened to Jiang Zhongyi, in order to share the pressure on the Xishan position, the soldiers of the Wu army who entered the mountain road from the front charged and started a hand-to-hand battle with the enemy, but not only did not have any upper hand, but on the contrary, they were defeated and retreated by the Qing army in the mountain road, and they were forced to take the initiative to give up hand-to-hand combat!

"Dare to fight white-knuckle battles? Can you still beat back Lao Tzu's bayonet team? I'll fuck you! Who did Lao Tzu meet? Surrounded by Lao Tzu on all sides, we can still fight like this, if this is a head-to-head battle, wouldn't we have already lost the battle? ”

Jiang Zhongyi exclaimed again, it was also a pity that Jiang Zhongyi did not know that before the battle, the front had already marched nearly one hundred and forty miles in one day, if he knew, Jiang Zhongyi would have fainted on the spot.

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At about the same time, in the depths of the wind and snow far away from the mountain battlefield, an injured Fu Zhenbang's personal soldier stumbled, staggering towards the direction of Jingcheng City, suddenly his feet slipped, his head fell forward on the snow, and he couldn't stand up after struggling for a long time, he could only crawl forward a little bit with his hands and feet, tears rolling in his eyes, he was afraid that he would not be able to hold on, and he would delay the major event of asking for help from Jingcheng's friendly troops.

"Don't move! Who? ”

The shouting suddenly came into the ears of this Fu Zhenbang's personal soldier, Fu Zhenbang's personal soldier struggled to raise his head, and was suddenly pleasantly surprised to see that what appeared in front of him was a scout of the Qing army wearing a red hat, Fu Zhenbang's personal soldier hurriedly shouted: "Go and report the news, we are the army of General Fu Zhenbang, the chief soldier of the Daimyo Mansion, we are surrounded by Wu thieves, save us!" ”

Shouting, Fu Zhenbang's personal soldiers also took out their identity waist cards to prove their identity, and the Qing army scouts who were lucky to find this personal soldier hurriedly picked him up and wanted to take him back to the city together, but Fu Zhenbang's personal soldiers pushed him away and shouted with a crying voice: "Leave me alone, go and report the news!" We marched for less than 140 miles in less than a day, and we were surrounded by Wu thieves, and we couldn't bear it anymore! Tell the news and save our army! Just go! Just go! ”

"Ran a hundred and forty miles in less than a day? Can you still fight so hard with Wu thieves? ”

The Qing army scout hesitated in disbelief for a while, unable to resist the repeated pleading of Fu Zhenbang's personal soldier, but still threw down the Fu Zhenbang's personal soldier, got on his horse and galloped all the way back to the city to report the news. And after the news was reported in front of Shuanglu, Shuanglu suddenly realized, jumped up and shouted: "I said, how can you fight for so long? It turned out that Fu Zhenbang was here! ”

"Hurry up and send troops to pick up Fu Zhenbang! One battalion of his soldiers can withstand three battalions, and his army must be rescued by Lao Tzu! ”