After hearing that the Qing army fleet did not fire a single shot in front of the Wu army's position, Novosilsky was of course even more furious, pointing at Wen Xiang's nose and scolding, saliva sprayed directly on Wen Xiang's face. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The unlucky Wen Zhongtang naturally transferred his anger to Wang Pengnian, and even his braids almost put up his hat when he roared and questioned, Wang Pengnian was very single, first told the truth about the before and after, and then handed over Wu Chaoyue's handwritten letter, and then quibbled: "I thought it was a trick of Wu thieves, deceiving our army into the depths of their firepower network, in order to lead Wu thieves to fire all the forts, I deliberately pretended to be fooled, and swaggered around in front of Wu thieves' defense lines, but I didn't expect that Wu thieves would really not fire a shot, and did not fire a shot." ”

"Then why don't you take the initiative to fire? How many shots were fired at the Wu thief's fort and forced the Wu thief battery to fire? Wen Xiang roared even louder.

"I originally wanted to fight, but the last general wanted Kanyu to draw the map first before starting." Wang Pengnian continued to quibble: "Later, when Kanyu drew the map, the fleet of the last general had already gone out of the range, and the steamer of the Wu thief was waiting upstream, and the fleet of the last general was against the wind and water, and the battle was bound to be defeated, so he came back directly to ......." ”

"Sophistry!" The more Wen Xiang listened, the more angry he became, and roared: "You are clearly dereliction of duty!" Greedy for life and afraid of death! Collaboration with the enemy and traitor! Have the heart of a thief! ”

"Wenzhongtang Mingjian, if the last general has the heart of a thief, then what will he do when he comes back? Isn't it more convenient to drop thieves directly at the mouth of the source? Wang Pengnian asked.

With a bang, the case in front of Wen Xiang flew into the air, and then Wen Xiang's hysterical roar echoed in the cabin, "Come on, take down this Wang Pengnian who is suspected of collaborating with the enemy!" Please ask the official's royal flag to behead this Wang Pengnian in public! ”

It is true that Wang Pengnian, who did not have any intention of collaborating with the enemy, shouted loudly, but the guards brought by Wen Xiang from the capital were familiar with the road, and immediately tied Wang Pengnian down again, and Wu Quanmei over there also stood up again to plead, and said: "Wen Zhongtang, said that Wang Pengnian did not dare to open fire in order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, which will be considered possible, but he said that he has the intention of collaborating with the enemy and surrendering the thief, and the general will be the first to disbelieve it." The last general is willing to guarantee with his life, General Wang Pengnian has no intention of surrendering to the enemy! I also hope that the text will be read in his ....... ”

"It's useless to plead! Even if he doesn't have the heart to surrender to the enemy, he will kill him correctly! Wen Xiang Tie interrupted Wu Quanmei with a blushing face, and roared angrily: "Last time, the official had already taken off his top and gave him a chance to make meritorious contributions!" He led the army into battle as a guilty body, not only did he not want to kill the enemy to atone for his crimes, but he was also greedy for life and afraid of death, and ganged up with the thief army to perfunctory the court army. ”

Wu Quanmei was speechless, in fact, Wu Quanmei could see that Wang Pengnian was completely quibbling, and also knew that Wang Pengnian deliberately cooperated with Wu Chaoyue's request in order not to let his corporal die in vain, but the more he understood Wang Pengnian's good intentions, the more Wu Quanmei could not intercede for Wang Pengnian. But fortunately, when the guards were about to push Wang Pengnian out of the cabin, Wu Quanmei suddenly had an idea and hurriedly shouted: "Slow! ”

The guard turned his head to look at Wen Xiang, who was still full of anger, and Wu Quanmei also hurriedly said to Wen Xiang: "Wen Zhongtang, Wang Pengnian's crime is indeed unforgivable, but the last general thinks that it is too much pity to kill Wang Pengnian like this, we might as well take this opportunity to break the enemy." ”

"How to defeat the enemy?"

Wen Xiang's face was still very ugly, but Wu Quanmei only used one sentence to make Wen Xiang's anger disappear immediately - Wu Quanmei proposed: "Wen Zhongtang, the last general thinks that Wang Pengnian should come out to surrender to Wu Thief and create a fighter plane for our army to destroy the enemy. ”

After blinking his eyes and blinking his eyes, Wen Xiang, who was very good at engaging in intrigue and trickery, immediately found that this plan was feasible - with the perfunctory relationship with Wu Jun in the front, Wang Pengnian came out to surrender to Wu Jun, of course, he had something to say, and it was easy to win the trust of the enemy. So Wen Xiang hurriedly asked, "Then what to do?" ”

"Sent someone to contact the Wu thief on behalf of Wang Pengnian, and said that Wang Pengnian came back directly to say our punishment because he didn't fire a shot at the mouth of the source, and he was angry in his heart, and he was also grateful for the hypocrisy of the Wu thief, and he was determined to surrender the Wu thief, and he also wanted to give the Wu thief as an internal response, and help the Wu thief sailor sneak attack and kill our Daqingshui Division and the Rakshasa fleet."

Wu Quanmei said: "If the Wu thief is fooled and sends troops, then we can immediately win the opportunity to directly fight with the Wu thief sailor, our combined fleet with the Russians has an absolute advantage, and it will definitely be easier to annihilate the Wu thief sailor in one fell swoop without the cover of the battery." ”

Wen Xiang finally turned his anger into joy when he heard this, and patted his thigh and said happily: "Clever plan!" After killing the Wu thief's sailor, the entire middle reaches of the Yangtze River is the world of us and the Rakshasa fleet, and it will be much easier to take the Wu thief's Daye Iron Field, so do it! The officer immediately went to Mr. Novosilsky to discuss! ”

After that, Wen Xiang got up and was about to go to Novosilsky, and when Wu Quanmei hurriedly interceded for Wang Pengnian, Wen Xiang waved his hand to release him. As a result, at this time, Wang Pengnian, who was still a little guilty in his heart, finally thanked Wu Quanmei and said: "Thank you for the grace of the handsome twice, the great grace is not grateful, if there is a chance, it will be reciprocated." ”

"Don't be so polite, I'm just thinking about the thief."

Wu Quanmei shook his head, and suddenly said: "I already know about the Oroqen people, but there is no way, now we still have to ask the Rakshasa people, we can only continue to be patient, and after the thieves are broken, I will slowly find a way to get justice for those innocent Qing people who were killed." ”

"Get justice back?" Wang Pengnian didn't have any hope, and said: "Don't say anything else, just looking at Wen Zhongtang's face in front of foreigners, do you dare to expect him to rely on him to seek justice for our Qing people?" ”

Wu Quanmei was silent, and only after a while did he sigh and said: "I directly went up to the court to make it clear to the imperial court, impeaching the Heilongjiang general Yishan who deliberately killed the people in order to curry favor with the Rakshasas, and ask the imperial court to uphold justice, I don't believe that the court is full of people like Wen Zhongtang." ”

Wang Pengnian smiled, and his smile was very bitter.

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To put it mildly, the strategy proposed by Wu Quanmei is only operable, but the possibility of success is very small - with Wu Chaoyue's treacherous care, it is purely a fantasy that he will risk dispatching the main force of the sailor to attack a strong enemy. After Wen Xiang ran to offer a plan to Novosilisky, the staff of the Russian fleet also agreed that the probability of success of this strategy was extremely small, almost equal to zero.

However, Novosilsky did not get angry with Wen Xiang and scolded the incompetence of the decision-making level of the Qing army, because the Russian staff committee found through discussion that if the plan proposed by Wu Quanmei was slightly changed, then as long as Wu Chaoyue believed that Wang Pengnian was really going to surrender, then it could also receive the effect of hitting the main force of Wu's naval division in one fell swoop. Therefore, Novosilsky also praised the decision-making level of the Qing Army's naval division for the first time, and demanded that the Qing Army's naval division act in accordance with the plan formulated by the Russian General Staff.

It was rare to be recognized by the arrogant and rude Russians, and of course Wen Xiang ran back to the flagship of the Qing Army's naval division, first praising Wu Quanmei's wisdom and bravery, and then telling Wu Quanmei and Wang Pengnian about the plan formulated by the Russians. As a result, before Wen Xiang's words were finished, Wu Quanmei and Wang Pengnian's faces turned pale together.

"Let Wang Pengnian lead the fleet of the headquarters to surrender? Let me lead the main force in pursuit? Do you want to fight with Wang Pengnian's fleet with real swords and guns? ”

Wu Quanmei's voice trembled a little when he asked, but Wen Xiang replied with a smile: "That's right, only in this way will Wu Chaoyue believe that the traitor believes that Wang Pengnian really surrendered, and it is of course best to be able to deceive the Wu thief sailor to dispatch the main force to respond, Wu Quanmei, you are responsible for entangling the main force of the Wu thief sailor, Wang Pengnian, you are responsible for rushing into the southern channel of the sandbank, blocking the retreat of the Wu thief sailor, and creating an opportunity for the Russian fleet to completely annihilate the Wu thief sailor." ”

"Even if the Wu thief did not dispatch the main force of the sailor division to respond, he would definitely let go of the channel south of the sandbank and let Wang Pengnian's fleet enter his sailor station, and at that time, General Wang Pengnian's fleet suddenly attacked, and he could directly kill the main warship of the Wu thief's sailor division! Then the Russian fleet will come into battle again, and we will win! ”

Wen Xiang said with his eyebrows fluttering, overjoyed, but Wu Quanmei and Wang Pengnian turned pale when they heard it, looked at each other, looked at each other and said in their hearts: "The Rakshasa people really don't treat our soldiers as people, they want us to kill each other, and they want us to fight to the death with the main force of the Wu thief sailor." Even if such a battle is won, how many of our soldiers will be left alive to return? ”

Frightened, Wu Quanmei hurriedly said: "Wen Zhongtang, although the tactical plan of the Rakshasa people may succeed, but are our casualties too great in doing so?" Especially General Wang Pengnian's fleet, whether or not he can deceive the Wu thief fleet, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out?! ”

"Bishan, you are still a veteran of the battlefield, why don't you even understand the truth that Ci is not in charge of the army?"

Wen Xiang said bitterly: "As long as we can annihilate the Wu thief sailor and win the right to control the river in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, it will be worth it no matter how much we pay." You can rest assured, after the matter is completed, Bishan, your title will be wrapped in the old man, and Wang Pengnian, the old man will ask the court to give you the title of Baturu! ”

With a plop, Wu Quanmei knelt down on Wen Xiang's knees, and screamed in a trembling voice: "Wen Zhongtang, take pity on the soldiers of our sailors, if you fight like this, even if you win, there won't be much left of our sailors in the Qing Dynasty." ”

"Bishan, why have you become disrespectful of the overall situation?" Wen Xiang stretched his face and said, "What is the first major matter in the imperial court right now?" It is to pacify Wu beyond the traitor! This rebel thief army has almost reached Taiyuan City! Once Taiyuan falls, Shanxi falls into the hands of the thief army, and Wu Chaoyue can send troops from Shanxi to the east at any time to take the capital! What will happen when the time comes, do you dare to imagine?! ”

After scolding, Wen Xiang comforted again: "Don't worry, it doesn't matter how heavy the losses in this battle are, how many soldiers die, how many soldiers the court will replenish you after you go back!" How many ships are lost, how many ships will be replenished by the imperial court! You'll be equipped with a steamer soon! Are you satisfied? ”

"Wen Zhongtang, the last general is not worried about the loss of vitality, the water division under the command of the last general is all given by the imperial court, and the Qing court can take it all at any time if it is needed!"

"But a man dies and can't live! Our sailors have parents, wives, children, brothers and sisters, and when they die, what will happen to their relatives? ”

"It's not that the last general doesn't understand the truth that Ci is not in charge of the army, and he once used knives and muskets to force the soldiers to charge, but no matter how successful the generals are, they can't take the lives of the soldiers completely inappropriately!"

"Actually, we don't need to fight this battle so badly! Our strength is still superior, as long as the Rakshasa people stop hiding behind to preserve their strength, and fight side by side with our concerted efforts, we are fully sure that we will defeat the Wu thief sailor and destroy the Wu thief's defense line at the source of the mouth! ”

"Wen Zhongtang, the last general begs you, go and talk to the Rakshasa people, change the way to hit Daye Yuankou, don't use the bodies of our Qing soldiers as a shield for them, and use them as stepping stones! I beg you! ”

Wu Quanmei's sincere plea did not have any effect, Wen Xiang not only did not waver and moved, but also said coldly: "General Wu, don't forget the official hat on your head, don't forget the burden on your shoulders, and don't forget that you can have today, all thanks to my Qing Emperor and the Qing court!" The old man is a prisoner and a full-powered minister, I decided to fight like this, you have no right to object! ”

Speaking of this, Wen Xiang also stood up and flicked his sleeves, and said as he walked out: "It's so decided, the matter of sending the envoy to surrender will be arranged by the old man personally, you just have to prepare for war with peace of mind, tidy up the ships and weapons, and act according to the order after the Wu thief is tricked!" ”

Wen Xiang left, but Wu Quanmei knelt in the cabin and did not move, regretting the deception and surrender, and did not dare to imagine what heavy losses the army would suffer after the tactical action formulated by the Russian General Staff Committee. Wang Pengnian, another person involved in the incident that led to this situation, stood by the side, his eyes were empty, and the cabin was as quiet as a grave.