After Dong Fuxiang sent an urgent telegram to the Beijing Division, he immediately prepared for the war preparations of Changping, and the remnants of the army he brought back plus all the troops in Changping were only more than 10,000 people, and the concentrated Gan army was just enough for 10,000. -

Dong Fuxiang shouted: "Someone will concentrate all the artillery in Changping to the north 'gate' for me, all the shells will be moved out for me, and the northern city of Beijing will be completely cleaned up and ready for a big war, and nothing can be said to let the Russian army capture Changping!" ”

Just as Dong Fuxiang was making preparations, the Russian army arrived and completely surrounded the three city 'gates' in the east, west and north of Changping, and the entire Changping city fell into an unprecedented panic.

The three brigades of the Russian army rushed to Changping, and immediately launched an attack on Changping City, three directions, storming Changping, Dong Fuxiang mobilized all the troops, desperately resisted, and only then did the Russian attack back.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the Russian army retreated and temporarily withdrew.

At the time of the Changping War, the Ministry of War, Xu Yongyi also received a telegram from Dong Fuxiang, Xu Yongyi read the telegram, his face was frightened green, just sent Dong Fuxiang to help Zhangjiakou, Zhangjiakou has been lost, now, Beijing is only left with a barrier in Changping, and this barrier is still fragile powder, after all, Changping is only a very small county, but I don't want Zhangjiakou city wall to be tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Russian army is menacing, just relying on Dong Fuxiang's more than 10,000 people, if you want to hold Changping, even if you think about it with your ass, it is unlikely.

Xu Yongyi didn't even pack up his things, so he took the telegram and went straight to the 'door' of the prime minister's ya, and met Li Hongzhang in person, and now that Rong Lu is still in Tianjin, he can only ask Li Hongzhang for advice at this time.

Li Hongzhang saw the telegram, but also frightened, the problem is serious, only one Changping, no matter what, it can't be held, I didn't expect that the waste Fu Ting is more waste than imagined, it was only less than half a day, and he lost the huge Zhangjiakou, now it's okay, Dong Fuxiang is isolated, trapped in Changping, and he will definitely not last long, not to mention that he has just been defeated, the morale of the Gan army is low, and Li Hongzhang is also worried.

Xu Yongyi urged: "Li Zhongtang, you have to come up with an idea, no one can come up with a decent way for such a big thing except you." ”

Li Hongzhang settled down and said, "Let's go, let's go into the palace, meet Lafayette, and discuss this matter together!" ”

The two of them sat in a sedan chair and traveled all the way to the Qianqing Palace.

Seeing Cixi, Li Hongzhang handed the telegram received by the military department to Cixi and told Cixi what had happened, Cixi sat down on a chair, her face was pale, and she couldn't speak for a long time.

Xu Yongyi hurriedly said: "Lafayette, Lafayette, you have an idea when you arrive, the stakes are very high, and if we lose Changping, we will face the soldiers of Tsarist Russia!" ”

Cixi was completely panicked at this time, what should I do? What to do?

Li Hongzhang also asked: "Lafayette, look, how are we going to deal with this matter?" ”

Cixi said: "Immediately pass the decree, all the ministers in Beijing will go to the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters, Shaoquan, now the mourning family can only rely on you, you can say, how should we deal with it?" ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Lafayette, now that the situation is urgent, I ask Lafayette to issue an edict to order the Admiral Chongli of the Nine 'Gates', and lead the Wuwei Chinese Army to aid Changping, carrying a lot of heavy weapons, without the suppression of heavy weapons, we will not be able to resist tens of thousands of cavalry at all." Changping must not be lost in it! ”

Cixi hesitated: "Shaoquan, if the Mourning family also sends the Wuwei Chinese Army to Changping, then what about the defense of our Jingshi?" The Jingshi can't be without soldiers. ”

Li Hongzhang replied: "Lafayette, the minister thought that Song Qing should be quickly recruited to enter the customs immediately to guard the Beijing Division, his subordinates are the most 'elite' force in the Chenhuai Army, with him, there should be no big problem, and at the same time immediately transfer the Huai Army stationed in Baoding Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion into Beijing to guard the Beijing Division, the Huai Army in these two places, there should be seven or eight thousand people, although the equipment is poor, but the combat power is still okay." ”

Cixi hesitated for a moment and said: "Okay, then listen to Shaoquan, immediately send an edict, and order Chongli to lead 15,000 people to Changping immediately, assist Dong Fuxiang in garrisoning, and appoint Dong Fuxiang as the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, with full responsibility for the defense of Changping." Urgently call Song Qing and transfer all his subordinates back to Beijing to escort him! ”

After Chongli received the order, he immediately rectified the Wuwei Chinese army or prepared to go out of Beijing to Changping, the Wuwei Chinese army was originally the commander of Ronglu, and now Ronglu is far away in Tianjin, and Chongli, the nine-'gate' admiral.

Zhangjiakou, at this time, Lineevich had already prepared all the men and horses and was ready to set off.

Suddenly, there was a report from the Russian army, saying that there were a large number of Russian troops in the north of the city, requesting to enter the city, Linevich was stunned, if it was the Russian army from Kazakhstan and Baotou coming, at least it would be directly reported.

Linevich's face sank, and he said angrily: "Which one arrived in Zhangjiakou?" You didn't even ask? ”

The Russian soldier hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, the commander of the city claimed to be the Russian army from Baotou, the personnel were not in order, and they looked embarrassed, but I didn't see the commander of the Cheknov brigade, and neither did the other commanders. ”

Ninevich was taken aback, and hurriedly followed the sergeant to the head of the city, and sure enough, under the city, about 2,000 Russian troops were disheveled and embarrassed, scattered in a large open space in the north of the city.

Ninevich said in a deep voice: "Tell them, ask Cherknov to come and talk to me." ”

The sergeant shouted: "Listen to the city, Commander Lenevich has come and told you Cheknov to come out and meet you." ”

About two or three minutes later, an officer got up in battle, ran forward twenty or thirty meters, and shouted: "Your Excellency Commander, I am the deputy chief of the general staff of the Seventh Cavalry Brigade, Shen Moninkov, and the commander of the Cheknov brigade was ordered to attack Baotou, but was met with strong resistance from the defenders of Baotou, and finally the commander of the Cheknov brigade, the chief of staff, and the regiment commander encountered a sneak attack by the enemy, and all of them were killed. ”

At this time, Linevich saw it clearly, and sure enough, it was the deputy chief of staff, Shen Moninkov, Linevich chuckled in his heart, it's over, I'm afraid that this time the Seventh Cavalry Brigade will definitely suffer a fatal blow and its vitality will be greatly damaged.

Lynevich shouted: "Open the gates of the city and tell them all to enter the city!" "Entering the city, Shen Moninkov and several deputy regiment commanders came to see Linevich and told Linevich in detail about the defeat of the Baotou army. Linevich was angry, kicked Shen Moninkov to the ground, and shouted: "Fuck, Lao Tzu captured Hohhot and Zhangjiakou, and he didn't have to do anything, he got it at his fingertips, you, you have an integrated cavalry brigade to attack a small Baotou, and you have more than half of the casualties, and you didn't take Baotou, what use does Lao Tzu want you!" ”