In order to avoid shaking the morale of the army, of course the devil did not dare to disclose the news of the death of Guan Wen in battle, and he had to return the command of the army to the monk Lingqin and the prince of the army, and asked the monk to give the command to the commander and command the main force of the Qing army in poor condition to retreat. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, in front of the British and French coalition forces, the monk prince who can withdraw to the capital with the main force of the Qing army is not good, but the retreat is a good trick, continue to play the banner of the official document, after an order, Chen Guorui, who is attacking the camp of the Wu army in Shanxi, first retreated north, and then the monk and the prince arranged for an army to continue to hold on to the same place, and the main force strode northward to retreat, until the main force went away, then ordered the rear team to retreat immediately, and also asked the rear team not to keep in line, and to withdraw as fast as possible.

Not to mention, under the almost artistic command of the monk and the prince, the dangerous action of showing his ass to kick Wu Jun in the battle of retreating from the battlefield was made by him into a deception and luring the enemy, and it really frightened the Wu army Jiang Zhongji who was in poor physical condition, so that Jiang Zhongji, who was old in the battlefield, deceived Li Hongzhang and mistakenly thought that this was the Qing army luring the snake out of the hole, and he did not dare to send troops to pursue it, and missed the opportunity to defeat the enemy.

The conscience of heaven and earth, the monk and the prince really saved the main force of the Qing army in Zhili this time! If his empty city plan failed to deceive the Shanxi Wu army, and Jiang Zhongji decisively sent troops to pursue, in the case of the same serious shortage of physical reserves, the Zhili Qing army, which suddenly lost its commander, would definitely not be able to defeat the Shanxi Wu army, and it was very likely to suffer a defeat, and it might even give the Shanxi Wu army the opportunity to kill the city in advance to reinforce the Henan Wu army.

After the victory retreated to the foot of the capital, according to the dying arrangement of the official document, the monk Wang Ye returned to the outer city while dividing his troops to continue to maintain the superiority of the Wu army in Mancheng, and at the same time arranged the main force of the Qing army to be stationed outside the Yongding Gate, and put on a posture of preparing to fight to the death with the Wu army in Shanxi under the city of Beijing. Then after the camp was settled and the foothold was firm, the monk and the prince with the consent of the devil six, personally lowered the official handsome flag that looked annoying in the official text, and hung his own majestic monk flag.

I just saw that the handsome flag of the official text was replaced by the banner of the monk and the prince, and the generals of the Qing army, who had seen the appearance of the official and the critically ill appearance before, understood that something was wrong, and did not wait for the monk and the prince to be promoted to the general, and immediately spontaneously rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army to understand the situation. Then after seeing the white silk hanging out of the big tent of the Chinese army, all the generals of the Qing army were also struck by lightning, and then cried loudly.

"All the generals mourn, although Xiufeng unfortunately passed away, but our Qing army is still there, we must inherit his legacy, recover the inner city, annihilate the Wu thief, turn the tide, and restore my Qing Dynasty Sheji!"

"Xiufeng, before he died, handed over this heavy burden to this king, this king is thin and shallow, and he wanted to resign, but Prince Gong and Hui Lao Wang Ye They repeatedly requested, this king had to replace Xiufeng and command the three armies."

Listening to the humble inaugural speech of the monk and the prince, all the generals of the Qing army with tears on their faces were silent, and they all whispered in their hearts, and they all whispered bitterly in their hearts, and they didn't understand whether the three Manchu magnates of the Devil Six, Hui Lao Wang Ye and Alcohol Wang Ye had water in their heads or took the wrong medicine, and they would actually ask the monk to act as the commander of the Qing army - although compared with the defeat of the pit father, the monk and the prince are much more reliable, but they are not any better?

Fortunately, after pretending to be modest for a long time, the monk and the prince suddenly said: "Generals, Xiufeng left a very subtle plan before he died, as long as we follow the plan, we can not only recover the inner city of Beijing, but also defeat Zeng Guoquan and Jiang Zhongji two Wu thieves, I hope you will obey the order, act according to the plan, and join hands with this king to break through the Wu thieves and recover my Qing capital!" ”

For the tactical arrangement of the official documents, the generals of the Qing army are still very confident, and in addition to the great peace of mind, Chen Guorui, who is currently the second person in the Qing army in terms of seniority, still has the courage to ask: "Dare to ask the prince, what kind of legacy did the official marshal leave before he died?" What exactly is it? ”

"Military aircraft events, how can they be easily announced?" The monk asked Chen Guorui angrily, and then said: "Yuan Baoheng stayed and was ordered, and the rest of the generals went out to reorganize the troops and horses, and they were ready to be transferred at any time." ”

All know that the majesty of the monk and the prince is big, and the generals of the Qing army led by Chen Guorui did not dare to disobey the order, and obediently received the order to retire, but Yuan Baoheng, a young famous general of the Qing army, stayed and was counted. As a result, it was also at this time that the monk and the prince secretly explained the official document's deathbed arrangements to Yuan Baoheng alone, and ordered Yuan Baoheng to select eight hundred elites to follow the plan. ”

"If it weren't for this trick of fishing in troubled waters, would this king still be at the mercy of that old minion?"

The monk snorted coldly in his heart, and then he admonished: "Remember, after the sky is dark, as long as you see the chaos on the battlefield, your army will immediately enter the battlefield in batches, and then this king will deliberately deceive and defeat, you will take the opportunity to sneak into the city, as soon as the city gate is closed, you will immediately take the opportunity to attack, and the inside and outside should be combined to receive our army into the city!" ”

Yuan Baoheng respectfully accepted the order, and then said cautiously: "Lord Wang, is the timing a little inappropriate when you wait for the sky to be dark and then fish in troubled waters?" If the thief is cautious and does not dare to open the city gate in the dark, then won't we have lost all our efforts? ”

"Don't fish in troubled waters when it's dark? Do you still want to fish in troubled waters during the day? Can you touch it? In the dark night, Wu thieves dare not open the city gate? Zeng Guoquan rebel thief didn't open the city gate to welcome his reinforcements, and left his reinforcements to kill us outside the city? ”

The monk scolded, and then waved his hand and shouted: "Go, remember, as soon as the battlefield is chaotic, you will immediately blend into the battlefield." ”

When Shi Dakai opened the Northern Expedition, he had already learned the bear temper of the monk and the prince, and Yuan Baoheng, who had learned a lesson, didn't dare to say anything, so he could only obediently accept the order, but in his heart, Yuan Baoheng still felt that something was wrong, and said secretly: "It stands to reason that we should be the most sure to sneak into the inner city when it is dark, and Zeng Guoquan is a rebel who will never watch his reinforcements being besieged by us outside the city, but why do I always feel that something is wrong?" ”

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After finding out that the Qing army suddenly raised filial piety, and the handsome banner of the official text became the monk of the prince's banner, whether it was Zeng Guoquan in the city, or Jiang Zhongji, who had temporarily set up camp in Huangzhuang, there was no one who was not ecstatic, shouted for God's blessing, and sent a relatively easy opponent to the army. So in fact, the trick left by the official document to the monk and the prince to fish in troubled waters has increased by more than 30%.

There is good news for the monk and the prince, that night, when the two Wu armies in Shanxi and Henan tried every possible way to contact each other and agreed on the route of the division, the monk and the acting governor of Zhili, Yi Xing'a, also rushed to the battlefield in the capital with reinforcements, and directly contacted the monk and the prince, and the strength of the Qing army increased again. The monk and the prince were also very happy to order Yi Xing'a to garrison the periphery of Huangzhuang, contain Jiang Zhongji's army and let his army rest at any time, and at the same time facilitate the pursuit when Jiang Zhongji's army sent troops north, which was more convenient and powerful to disrupt the battlefield.

As expected by the official document, although the Qing army scouts also worked very hard to patrol and blockade, but the too open terrain and the long dark night were destined to be difficult to cut off the contact between Zeng Guoquan and Jiang Zhongji, and it was just in the second half of the night, Zeng Guoquan's secret envoy rushed to Huangzhuang to get in touch with Jiang Zhongji's army, and informed Zeng Guoquan's army of the important news that it was preparing to meet Jiang Zhongji's army at the west gate of Mancheng.

The situation has reached this point, in the open terrain and Zeng Guoquan's army has no strength to directly send troops to respond, Jiang Zhongji's army has no room for surprise victory, so Jiang Zhongji and Li Hongzhang have no choice but to decide to concentrate their forces to go north together, forcibly break through the interception of the Qing army, and kill to the west of Mancheng to join Zeng Guoquan's army.

On the premise of not knowing that the Qing army planned to fish in troubled waters, Jiang Zhongji and Li Hongzhang also decided to send troops at noon the next day, taking the road of Xinzhuang to forcibly break through the Qing army to intercept the north, so the monk and the prince were also destined not to have to work too hard to stay up for time, and it was easy to drag the time of the Wu army's division until it was dark.

The night passed quickly, at noon on the twelfth day of the first month of the second year of Qixiang and Tongzhi, after making sufficient preparations, more than 11,000 people of the Wu army of Jiang Zhongji sent troops on time, and the soldiers rushed to Xinzhuang to the northwest.

After receiving the report of Wu Jun's movements, in addition to scolding Wu Jun for being treacherous and deliberately taking a long detour, the monk also felt very unlucky-because not far from the northeast of Xinzhuang, there happened to be a place name called Wang Ye's Tomb. But fortunately, the monk and the prince had a better choice of command in Guantou Village, so the monk and the prince immediately dispatched troops and personally led the main force to the area of Guantou Village to set up a formation, relying on the houses and streets of Shentang Village and Guojia Village, and quickly established a defensive position.

Dragged down by the Yixing Ajun, when Jiang Zhongji's army arrived at Xinzhuang, the Qing army had already established a defensive position in the area of Shentang Village, the main force intercepted it head-on, Dechun led a partial division in the area of Wang Ye's tomb, Yixing A's sneakily always bit the tail of the Wu army, and the Wu army was attacked on three sides, and the consequences were unpredictable if they were not careful.

When it was known that the city was full of supplies, Jiang Zhongji's army gave up its baggage except ammunition as much as possible, established a temporary defensive position behind the army and east with vehicles, and frantically bombarded the front of the Qing army's defense line with artillery, and the Qing army's artillery fired back, and a fierce battle ensued.

In the rumbling artillery fire, the Qing army of Zhili, which had made obvious progress, relied on the fortifications of civilian houses and fought bravely with a large number of advanced muskets, and repelled the frontal charge of the Wu army three times, causing many casualties to the Wu army. The only way to force Jiang Zhongji was to change his strategy, command the army to go around to the west of Guojia Village, attack the Qing army's position from the flank, first force the Qing army to divide the flanks, and then re-launch a frontal attack, open the way with precious bitter acid weapons, and make efforts to storm the Qing army's defensive positions, and the Qing army, which was blocking the Wu army head-on, was attacked on both sides, and gradually could not parry, and had to ask for help from the rear.

When the news of the request for help was sent to the monk and the prince, the time was nearly half past four in the afternoon, and it was estimated that even if the Wu army could break through the Qing army's defense line and kill outside the west gate of the city, the time would be at most evening, so the monk did not dare to immediately defeat and lure the enemy, on the contrary, he also ordered the Qing army in front to defend with all their might, and never allowed to take half a step back.

Although the Qing army of Zhili had previously obtained nearly two days of rest, the situation of physical reserves had been greatly improved, but the injuries suffered in the siege battle could not be healed in two days, so no matter how strict the monk and the prince repeatedly ordered, the Qing army on the blocking position still could not stop the Wu army's tidal offensive and bayonet charge, and was defeated in embarrassment.

scolded Chen Guorui and Wei Jun, who were in front, for their incompetence, and the estimated time was almost so-so, the monk and the prince decisively sent a general attack signal, ordering the two armies of Dechun and Yixing'a to attack with all their strength, disrupt the queue with all their might, and at the same time order the outer city, so that the Qing army in the outer city could attack the city at the same time, and contain the Wu army in the inner city in order to fish in troubled waters.

As Guan Wen expected before his death, on the North China Plain, where the terrain was too open, no matter how much progress the Qing army in Zhili made, it was destined to be unable to stop the Wu army, Jiang Zhongji's surprise attack northward, but giving up the blocking battle was only mixed with the Wu army and completely disrupting the queue of the Wu army, which the Zhili Qing army was very sure to do.

So soon, in the melee in which you rushed at me, the queue of Jiang Zhongji's army really began to be chaotic, and all the units of the Wu army took their own roads in order to go north as soon as possible, although they were not completely chaotic, but they were also disturbed by the Qing army, and there was an enemy among the enemy, and they could only distinguish between the enemy and the enemy by relying on flags, clothing, and hats.

At the critical moment, the character of the monk broke out again, the cold wind was howling, the sky was snowing heavily, the snowflakes seriously interfered with the sight, the Qing army and the Wu army were even more difficult to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, and the eight hundred elites of Yuan Baoheng's department who were ambushed in Shijingshan also took the opportunity to follow the plan, and sneaked into the battlefield in batches under the cover of the wind and snow and night, and unknowingly mixed into the chaotic army.

After all, Jiang Zhongji's army acted collectively, and no matter how chaotic it was by the Qing army, a large number of troops were able to gather into a regiment to maintain the formation and fight, and after rushing to the Fucheng Gate with torches, the fully organized Jiang Zhongji Army Brigade immediately seized the Shiqiao position under the cover of friendly troops in the city, and held the stone bridge to cover the disrupted soldiers of the Self-Army to cross the river, and gradually got rid of the entanglement of the Qing army.

Another Wu army brigade continued to go north with torches, and the Qing army commando team led by Yuan Baoheng himself also took advantage of the chaos to blend into the crowd, and followed the Wu army brigade north to Xizhimen silently, and rushed across the river stone bridge under the cover of the guns and cannons of the Qing army in the city, and rushed to the other side of the moat.

At this time, Yuan Baoheng was finally pleasantly surprised to find that he had seriously underestimated the genius of the monk and the prince, after the Jiang Zhongji Army Brigade had effectively protected the stone bridge across the river, in order to prevent the friendly troops from standing densely under the city without much shelter and being shot and shelled, the Wu army Zeng Guoquan in the city really opened the Xizhi Gate directly, allowing the Wu soldiers who were crowded under the city to enter the city!

"God help me to clear the sky!"

Cheering excitedly in his heart, Yuan Baoheng and the soldiers of the Shandong New Army disguised as soldiers of the Wu Army tried their best to remain quiet, and as the crowd of Wu soldiers quickly entered the city, they successfully stepped into the urn city of Xizhi Gate, and they couldn't wait to rush to the inner city gate. However, at this moment, the roar of Shi Po suddenly came from the city wall, "The nine marshals have an order, the friendly troops under the city try to lean against the wall as much as possible, and wait for screening!" ”

When the soldiers of the Wu army looked up in surprise, they saw a general of the Wu army on the city wall shouting: "Brothers from Shanxi, it's not that we can't trust you, it's that it's too late, and we have to prevent the rebel army from pretending to be our rebel army and taking advantage of the chaos to enter the city, so you have to first screen the enemy in the urn city, and then you can open the gate of the inner city and let you enter the city!" Forgive you for your offenses, all for the good of all of us! ”

Hearing this, the Wu army soldiers who had no ghosts in their hearts naturally tried their best to stand against the wall, leaving space for the rear army to enter the city, fortunately, every urn city in Beijing was very large, and the Wu army brigade was still fighting outside the city, intercepting the Qing army that tried to storm the stone bridge, and only some of the Wu soldiers who were disrupted entered the urn city to avoid the enemy's pursuit, so there was no crowding and chaos in the urn city, on the contrary, it was quite orderly.

Seeing this scene, the Qing soldiers who quietly followed Yuan Baoheng into the urn city were of course at a loss, but Yuan Baoheng was spinning the world one after another, and finally found that he felt wrong when he received the order of the monk and the prince - in the middle of the night, even if the Wu army was to welcome the friendly army into the city, at most it would only open the outer city gate to let the friendly army enter the urn city! Never open the inside and out, and let the unscreened allies rush directly into the city!

"It should be done when it is almost dark, or at dawn, at that time, the Wu thief can barely see the enemy clearly, and it is easy to prevent in case, so it is possible to open the city gate directly, and let the Shanxi Wu thief enter the city directly! In the middle of the night, the Wu thieves in the inner city dared to easily open the inner and outer city gates directly? ”

When Yuan Baoheng finally understood the truth that Guan Wen didn't have time to say before he died, under the order of the generals of the Wu army in Shanxi, the soldiers of the Wu army had already begun to screen themselves with each other, report each other's identities and names and specific establishments, and then before Yuan Baoheng could be asked, an unlucky Qing soldier was found out......

"Say, why do you have a Shandong accent? What's your name? Is it the people of that battalion? What are the names of battalion officers and sentinels? Why not answer? Take! Bundle it up! ”

Hearing this, Yuan Baoheng did not dare to delay, in order not to be captured alive by Wu Junsheng or die tragically under the knife in vain, Yuan Baoheng could only give an order in a low voice, and quickly fled with the Qing soldiers to the gate outside the urn city, and after being stopped by the vigilant Wu soldiers, Yuan Baoheng could only be forced to raise a knife to defend himself......

At the same time, in the city of Fuchengmen urn, there were already Qing soldiers who were constantly pulled out and bound, and the remaining Qing soldiers were forced to resist, but they were soon hacked to death by the experienced and powerful Wu soldiers.

If the monk and the prince can have God's perspective and can condescendingly see the real situation in the urn city of Fuchengmen and Xizhimen, then the main force of the Qing army will take the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, even if it can't rush into the city, at least it can kill one of the soldiers of the Shanxi Wu army, which is difficult to distinguish the enemy for a while, and suffer heavy casualties.

But it's a pity that the monk prince doesn't have this special function, and all the monk who observed in the distance outside the city can see is the Wu army brigade that is closely guarding the city gate, and the Qing soldiers who are difficult to advance in front of the Wu army's dense firepower, so the monk can only grit his teeth and keep cursing Yuan Baoheng......

"Dog barbarian, why don't you do it yet? Quickly kill people in the city and set fire to disturb the Wu thieves, and receive the king's army into the city! ”