The difference in strength is too large, and there is no water combat force to support, the defense line of Tianjiazhen of the Wu army is still unavoidable to be broken through by the Qing and Russian coalition forces after all, all ten iron cables were destroyed, half of the mountain fort was bombed to a thousand holes, almost like ruins, the Wuwangmiao fort on the north bank was also damaged, and at the same time, more than 700 elite veterans who had experienced a hundred battles were sacrificed, and the losses were quite small. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The unqualified commander Wu Chaoyue was not furious because the enemy broke through the defense line of Tianjiazhen, on the contrary, he also severely praised the defeated Wu army Cao Yanzhong's corps, because the losses of the Wu army were large, and the losses of the Qing-Russian combined fleet were even greater!

In the fierce battle, Cao Yanzhong's corps successively sank 39 Qing army red single boats, severely damaged more than 10, and almost wiped out one-third of the combat strength of the Qing army's naval division in one go, greatly reducing the pressure on the Wu army's naval division on the surface battlefield.

There are also a lot of losses in the Tsarist fleet, although the Russian fleet is very cunning to participate in the battle at the last moment, but relying on the rocket raid that has been deliberately reserved, the Wu army rocket still sank two Tsarist Russian steam gunboats, seriously injured three, and successfully burned the sails of more than ten Tsarist Russian steam gunboats, weakened the overall mobility of the Tsarist fleet, and also greatly reduced the pressure on Wu's naval division.

There is a detail worth mentioning, during the battle, Cao Yanzhong also let five scout clippers hidden in the woods on the shore suddenly set out, carrying floating mines to sneak attack the Russian troop transport fleet, although it was discovered in advance by experienced Russian naval soldiers, and small boats were dispatched to intercept it, but after the Wu soldiers were forced to release the floating mines in advance, the two floating mines still miraculously hit a Russian sail battleship and a Russian barge, which damaged the two Russian ships and also scared the Russian commander Novosilsky out of a cold sweat.

Wu Chaoyue, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, slipped away quickly, and the Wu army's barricade was only half destroyed by the enemy, Wu Chaoyue had already boarded the Wei Lin with his own battalion and fled, and fled directly back to the source mouth to meet the main force of the Wu army's naval division. Before leaving, Wu Chaoyue only gave Cao Yanzhong an order, that is, Cao Yanzhong was told to return to Qizhou immediately after the loss of Tianjia Town, so as to prevent the enemy from seizing a foothold in Qizhou and poisoning the people of Hubei.

After breaking through the defense line of Tianjia Town, the angry Russian commander Novosilsky really ordered to attack the county seat of Qizhou on the upstream coast, and decided early to slaughter the city to retaliate for the stubborn resistance of the Wu army. Fortunately, Qizhou is not too far from Tianjia Town, although the Qing Russian coalition army has the speed advantage of waterway marching, they have just entered the town outside Qizhou, Cao Yanzhong has already brought the main force of the headquarters back to Qizhou, shattering the Qing Russian coalition army's vain attempt to seize Qizhou as a base for military advances.

Even so, the Russian army slaughtered many Hubei civilians who had not had time to flee, slaughtered the neighboring town of Huangqikou and many villages, and frantically shelled the city of Qizhou, killing and wounding more innocent people. The soldiers of the Wu army were furious, but they had no choice but to defend the city to the death, not giving the enemy a chance to enter the city and slaughter.

The remnants of the Russian fleet not only made the soldiers and civilians of Hubei hate them to the core, but also angered some of the officers and men of the Qing army with a strong sense of justice, and Wang Pengnian, the chief soldier of the naval division in Jieshi Town, Guangdong, took the lead in protesting against Wen Xiang and Wu Quanmei, asking them to come forward to stop the barbaric acts of the Russian soldiers. As a result, Wen Xiang replied so lightly: "You can't hurt the friendly army, it's the people under the rule of Wu Chaoyue who die anyway, it's not a big deal." ”

"The people under the rule of Wu Chaoyue are also the people of our Qing Dynasty!" Wang Pengnian roared angrily: "They were just unfortunate enough to be born in Hubei, and they were forced to use Wu thieves as cattle and horses when they couldn't resist, but they are still the people of our Qing Dynasty, as long as our Qing court recovers Hubei, they will still be our people of the Qing Dynasty, our compatriots!" ”

"General Wang, we have to take care of the overall situation." Wen Xiang's face was full of bitterness, and he said: "If there is no help from the Russian fleet, let alone destroying the gun and artillery bureau of the Daye Iron Works of Wu thief, it will be difficult to withdraw from the Yangtze River." In order to quell the overall situation of the rebellion, when it is time to turn a blind eye, it is rare to be confused. ”

"I don't care about the overall situation, I only know that whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world!" Wang Pengnian didn't give an inch, and shouted: "In order to let the Rakshasa people help in the war, let the Rakshasa people burn and kill and plunder in Hubei, isn't this forcing the people of Hubei to the side of the Wu thief?" In this way, even if we destroy Wu Thief's Daye Iron Works, the people's hearts in Hubei will only continue to surpass Wu and rebel against Wu Thief! ”

Wen Xiang's face suddenly turned extremely pale, and he shouted angrily: "Bold! You, a small general soldier who has been dismissed and reinstated, dare to speak like this to this officer? Come on, take down this bold Wang Pengnian to this official! The military law team will be dealt with severely! ”

The guards brought by Wenxiang from the capital sang a promise, and when he came up, he copied Wang Pengnian's hands back, and forced Wang Pengnian to kneel, Wang Pengnian struggled not to kneel, and roared endlessly. Wu Quanmei, who was on the other side, hurriedly stepped forward to play a round and said: "Wenzhongtang is angry, the war is imminent, it is the time when there is an urgent need to employ people, and I hope that Wenzhongtang will temporarily calm the anger of thunder and give Wang Pengnian a ...... for meritorious service." ”

"Wu Quanmei, you don't behave there, kill if you want to kill, kill if you want, you can't be a hero if you frown!" Wang Pengnian struggled and shouted: "You still have the face to impeach me for not fighting effectively, I lost the battle that time, but I fought against the main force of the long-haired sailor with the strength of a town, and I didn't blush if I lost!" For the sake of your red-topped yellow coat, you watched the Rakshasa people slaughter our Qing people and ignored it, are you still a person? ”

The hot face was attached to Wang Pengnian's cold buttocks, Wu Quanmei's expression was of course how embarrassed and embarrassing it was, and Wen Xiang next to him listened curiously, and hurriedly asked: "Bishan, listen to the tone, this Wang Pengnian still has a holiday with you?" ”

"When the emperor was three years old, he was defeated in Pukou, and I impeached him on the table, and the court dismissed him." Wu Quanmei replied truthfully: "Later, Xiang Rong gave him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and he slowly accumulated merit and resumed his original position. ”

"It turns out that this Wang Pengnian was dismissed before the year, and it was from Bishan's impeachment." Wen Xiang laughed when he heard this, and shouted again: "What are such people still doing?" Come on, take off the top belt of this Wang Pengnian, put him in the prison ship, and after our army breaks the thief, he will be escorted back to the capital to punish the crime! ”

The guards promised again, tied up Wang Pengnian and was about to go out, and Wu Quanmei pleaded again, saying: "Wen Zhongtang, although this Wang Pengnian committed a crime, he is also a good intention, I hope that Wen Zhongtang will be grateful to him for the sake of being a little loyal to the court, and allow him to make meritorious service for his crimes." ”

After that, Wu Quanmei added another sentence and said: "And this Wang Pengnian is indeed a fierce general, when the Battle of Qilizhou was fought, even Li Delin and I did not dare to attack the front of the Changmao defense line, it was he who led an army to take the middle stream alone, attracting all the firepower of the Changmao Battery, and the last general and Li Delin seized the opportunity to attack from both flanks and broke through the long-haired defense line that had been painstakingly operated for half a year. ”

After listening to Wu Quanmei's repeated pleas, Wen Xiang pondered for a moment, then reluctantly nodded, and said: "Then let's do it, temporarily take off this Wang Pengnian's top belt, and still keep the original post to wear the guilt and make meritorious contributions." If there is a recurrence, the punishment will be severe. ”

Wu Quanmei hurriedly thanked Wang Pengnian, and the result was also a coincidence, it happened that Novosilsky sent someone to summon Wen Xiang to discuss the matter, Wen Xiang did not dare to slack off when he heard the news, and hurriedly led the interpreter to the Tsarist fleet. Wu Quanmei also took the opportunity to personally untie Wang Pengnian and said: "General Wang, don't worry, I will urge the fleet to move west as soon as possible, so that the people here in Qizhou can suffer less." Don't blame Wen Zhongtang too much, it's difficult for him, if it weren't for the pacification of Wu Chaoyue's thief army, he would never want to just watch the Rakshasa people kill our Qing people....... ”

"Less of this!" Wang Pengnian rudely interrupted Wu Quanmei, and said angrily: "Allowing the Rakshasa people to kill the people of Hubei is to pacify the Wu rebel thief army, and to kill the Oroqen people who resisted the Rakshasa people to rob our Qing Dynasty land to curry favor with foreign devils, but also to pacify the Wu rebel thief army?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Wu Quanmei asked in surprise.

"Ask for yourself." Wang Pengnian pointed in the direction of the Tsarist fleet with his hand, and said angrily: "In the fleet of the Rakshasas, there are some Oroqen people, Hu'er people and Hezhe people who were captured from Heilongjiang as slaves, all of them are the people of our Qing Dynasty, you go and ask them, ask them how the Rakshasas treat our Qing people in Heilongjiang, how our Qing people rebelled against the Rakshasa people, and how they were slaughtered by the government, you will know everything!" ”

After that, Wang Pengnian strode away, leaving Wu Quanmei in the cabin, and said to himself: "Kill the Oroqen people who resist the Rakshasa people to grab the land to curry favor with foreign devils?" Is there such a thing? ”

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At the same time, Wen Xiang was also scolded in front of Novosilsky - the reason for the scolding was that the Qing army was incompetent, and the military information collected from the Yuanyuankou was not only general and vague, but even the Wu army could not find out how many troops and how many batteries were set up in the area of Daye Xiangyuankou. Novosilsky, who had already suffered a big loss from Wu Jun's rockets in Tianjia Town, was afraid of repeating the mistakes of the past, so he naturally used Wenxiang as a punching bag.

"General Novosilsky, it's not that our meticulous work is incompetent, it's that the Wu thieves are too closely guarded in the Daye area." Wen Xiang said with a sad face: "In order to probe the deployment of Wu thieves in Daye, we have already killed three fine works and captured two alive, and the remaining fine works will be intercepted and interrogated as long as they lean a little into the Wu thief position, and there is really no way to probe the detailed enemy situation." ”

"Then you mean that we soldiers of the Great Russian Empire are going to trade their lives for enemy favors?" Novosilsky yelled.

"Xia Guan didn't mean that, he didn't mean that." Wen Xiang hurriedly nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. General, the lower officials will send more scouts and detailed work to investigate the enemy's situation, and strive to find out the enemy's situation as soon as possible and report it to you in detail." ”

"Tell you spies to eat shit!" Novosilsky roared and roared: "I don't trust your spies anymore! Let your sailors go up first, first attack the defense line of your Qing rebels, and fire reconnaissance Wu Chaoyue rebels' deployment and defense, and wait until you first understand the situation of the rebels, and then I will send troops! ”

"Mr. General, the main force of Wu Thief's sailor division is at the mouth of the source." Wen Xiang said in horror: "There are six steamers in the main fleet of Wu Thief's sailors, and our sailors are not their opponents." ”

"Idiot!" Novosilsky scolded: "If Wu surpasses the rebels' sailors in a better battle, your fleet will take the opportunity to entangle them, and I will immediately send troops north and take the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with Wu Chaoyue's rebels' sailors!" The main force of the sailor division who defeated Wu Chaoyue rebels, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River are our paradise, don't you understand this truth?! ”

"Yes, yes, the lower officials understand, the lower officials understand." Wen Xiang nodded and said, "Xiaguan will do it, and I will do it." ”

was subservient in front of Novosilsky, but after returning to the flagship of the Qing Army's naval division, Wen Xiang immediately changed back to his majestic appearance, and almost unquestionably told Novosilsky's request to Wu Quanmei, asking Wu Quanmei to comply. As a result, Wu Quanmei complained bitterly when he heard this, and said: "Wen Zhongtang, you have pity on those brothers under me, since entering the Yangtze River, they have always been fighting vicious battles in front, and they are almost exhausted, the fleet has suffered heavy losses, and most of the remaining ships are injured. ”

"The old man doesn't want to do this, but there is no way, who told us that our meticulous work is too incompetent, and we can't detect the details of Wu Thief's military situation, so how can the Russian fleet enter the army?"

Wen Xiang's face was full of helplessness and distress, and he suddenly had an idea, and said: "By the way, didn't you say that Wang Pengnian is a fierce general, and he dares to go up to the long-haired defense line that you don't even dare to attack head-on, and ask him to lead the fleet of the headquarters to go up first, rush to the defense line of Wu Thief's Yuankou, and help us test the truth of Wu Thief." That's it, needless to say. ”

"Tell Wang Pengnian to go first?" Wu Quanmei's heart jumped subconsciously, but after thinking about it, Wu Quanmei said in his heart: "It shouldn't matter, Wang Pengnian's temper is stinky, but his loyalty to the court is not said, don't worry so much." Only this time, the kid must have something to say. ”

Sure enough, Wu Quanmei conveyed Wen Xiang's order to Wang Pengnian, and Wang Pengnian was really furious, yelling: "My brother was raised by his stepmother? Is life not life grass? The Wu thief has so many batteries and mines along the river at the mouth of the source, and the main force of the naval division is also there, so let me fight alone and send my headquarters fleet to death in vain?! ”

"I can't help it, this is Wen Zhongtang's personal order." Wu Quanmei said helplessly: "The Rakshasa people will not send troops until they understand the truth of the Wu thief defense line, and we must have a fleet to take this risk." ”

"Fuck it! In the eyes of these officials in the capital, the lives of foreigners are more valuable than the lives of our Han people! ”