"What? You don't agree with me? Tell us what you think. Emperor Hua asked Wang Dashan indifferently.

Wang Dashan hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I didn't think about how to fight, however, I don't dare to hide my thoughts, I think Your Majesty's set of tactics is really a bit too risky, if you can eat all the enemy troops within 5 days, there is still a chance of winning, otherwise, we are destined to have no return, the space is too small, drill behind the enemy army and between the army, there is only one way to win." We don't even have a way out. ”

"If you don't win, why are you still fighting? Originally, you were a little arrogant, this is what I admire you the most, but I didn't expect that you are also a dead brain. "Emperor Hua didn't have a good airway.

Wang Dashan was so excited by Emperor Hua that he couldn't stand it, and hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, since I, Wang Dashan, followed Your Majesty and joined the Huacui Party, I have long put my personal life and death aside, I don't doubt Your Majesty's tactics, Your Majesty will do what he says!" ”

Luo Guoxiao and Liu Jintang, as well as several other division commanders and brigade commanders, hurriedly got up, stood up straight one by one, and expressed their attitude together, "I am willing to serve Your Majesty and be loyal to Huaguo!" ”

Hua Huang nodded, "Wang Dashan was right just now, this tactic of pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth is to be fast, crazy enough, and hard enough, we must defeat the British army on the left flank on the fifth day, and the main force of the French army on the right flank on the tenth day, concentrate our forces to break through each one, and we must not let them drill into Eskisehir and Ankara, or let them return to Istanbul, once a stalemate is formed, we will be defeated, so it is the only way to come up and use a desperate posture, Wang Dashan, didn't you do this in Afghanistan before?" How come you get scared as soon as you get to Turkey? You dare to use 60,000 British troops to encircle and annihilate 200,000 British troops, but now it's only 20,000 British troops and 50,000 French troops, but you don't dare? ”

Wang Dashan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm afraid, the situation on the battlefield in Turkey is different from the battlefield in Afghanistan, it was an open field at that time, and there was room for maneuver if it couldn't move, and our army was not in danger of being surrounded, and now it is deep behind the enemy's two major military towns, and there is no way to retreat at all." ”

"Don't you have to worry about the Turkish troops in Eskişehir and Ankara? They don't dare to come out casually, isn't it better to come out? Our reserves were just taken. Hua Huang said coldly. I have shown you the direction, continue to implement, it depends on you, I hope to play the demeanor of the Chinese army. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, resolutely carry it out!" Wang Dashan hurriedly gave a military salute, and seeing that His Majesty's mind had been decided, he stopped talking nonsense.

Other generals also saluted together.

Emperor Hua announced the dismissal of the meeting, today's meeting, so that Emperor Hua was a little unhappy, he originally thought that his generals were not afraid of life and death, it seems that he overestimated the power of faith, when people know that there is no way to retreat, not as brave as he imagined.

"Your Majesty, why are you angry today?" Princess Katrina Kafu handed the Emperor a glass of water. In the past, Emperor Hua once told Princess Katrina Kafu that if she was angry, she would remind herself.

Hua Huang never felt that losing his temper was a way to solve the problem, or to show his strength, and losing his temper was just a manifestation of incompetence, but his temper was still very big, and many times, he just forcibly endured it.

Hua Huang sighed softly, "It's not because of the pressure, I'm worried about their attitude, fighting is not brave, our firepower is not superior, if we can't even overwhelm the opponent's morale, what else to fight?" ”

"They also cherish soldiers, don't be angry." Princess Katrina Kaaf smiled.

"Then I don't care about the soldiers? Then everyone doesn't have to fight, and fighting is always about death. Hua Huang put down the teacup heavily.

Princess Katrina Kafu saw that His Majesty had not yet lost her anger, and was not afraid of Emperor Hua's temper, so she smiled and went over to hold His Majesty's hand, "Go out for a walk and change your mind." ”

Emperor Hua glanced at Princess Katrina Kafu and said with a smile, "You." ”

There are only 700 miles from Eskişehir to Istanbul, a distance of 350 kilometers, and there is a wide road in the middle, so the emperor ordered three cavalry brigades to go out first, preemptively impact the rear of the British army and the Turkish army, knock out the opponent's artillery battalion, and prevent the other party from lining up.

Because on the battlefield in Afghanistan, the Chinese army has proven its combat effectiveness.

The 70,000 army went straight behind the enemy, and it was impossible to hide if you wanted to hide, so Wang Dashan simply let the troops march in a hurry that night, and the three cavalry brigades were thrown out at one time, without the slightest reservation, anyway, they were all field infantry, there were no baggage and large artillery, and the troops marched quickly.

With the cooperation of the local natives of the Middle East, near Istanbul, the Chinese army launched a sudden offensive campaign against the coalition led by the British.

Three cavalry brigades, more than 20,000 brave cavalry suddenly descended into the sky, and the more than 200,000 Anglo-French-Turkish allied armies advancing in an orderly manner were quickly chaotic, and the goal of the cavalry was very concentrated, that is, to rush through the middle of the coalition army, all the way to the artillery battalion in the back row, with artillery, you have everything, before World War II, the final decision on any military campaign is to see who has a more powerful artillery advantage.

The cavalry division completed the assault mission well, and by the time the other six brigades arrived, the cavalry division had already reached the artillery battalion of the coalition army.

At dawn in the early morning of June 25, 1879, the Chinese army launched a general offensive campaign, with the main force of 9 brigades and the local indigenous army to carry out a siege and annihilation campaign on the Western Front, and dealt a surprise blow to the "United Army" on the Western Front.

"Steady, steady, let the flanks of the troops separate and regroup the formation!" The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, shouted peace.

If it was simply the British army that he commanded, it would not be so chaotic, the key is that the coalition army is mainly composed of the army of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the army to which the violent Abdulhamid II belongs is all improvised, after the defeat in the Russian-Turkish war, the army directly under the royal family is less than 50,000 people, and the rest are all new troops that were temporarily made out this year, more than half of them are strong men who have been forcibly captured in various parts of Istanbul in the past few days, if this is not an agricultural country, it will not be possible to get together so many people for a while and a half, But how much combat effectiveness do these peasants have?

The formation could not be stabilized, after the formation was broken up by the Chinese cavalry division, the six brigades of the Chinese army began to attack from all directions, forming a position, advancing in an orderly manner, squeezing the coalition forces in a narrow strip, not letting you completely collapse, nor letting you advance and retreat, Wang Dashan in accordance with the instructions of the Chinese emperor, mainly to kill and injure the opponent's living forces.

At dusk the next day, the commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, finally gathered more than 3,000 British troops, together with more than 20,000 troops of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the rest of the more than 100,000 troops were cut apart by the Chinese army one by one, like a bunch of ants that could not find their heads, scurrying around and being beaten everywhere.

In the absence of artillery superiority, the coalition army was divided and fought separately, and the positions of the Chinese army continued to extend, and in just one day, the coalition casualties exceeded at least one-third.

The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, wailed: "What kind of army is this? The army of 200,000 is standing together, and it is not something that can be shaken in ten days and half a month, the Chinese army is too fierce, this is an army composed of devils. ”

"General, hurry up and break out and return to Istanbul!" The generals of the Ottoman Turkish Empire were with him, offering advice on the side, "first retreat to Istanbul and regroup the army." ”

"No, we can't go back now, we will build fortifications on the spot, and consume them here, I believe that the commander-in-chief of the French army, General Trevor Clivenot, should have received the news and moved closer to our side, according to the information we have learned so far, and the strength of the Chinese army showed, they are the whole army assault, only about seventy or eighty thousand troops, we have an absolute advantage in strength, at least in the short term to make up 400,000 troops, persistence is the best strategy! Tell the herald to go! "The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, calmly made the best decision.

Wang Dashan naturally hoped that the British army would disperse and retreat to Istanbul, which would be more conducive to encirclement and annihilation.

The commander-in-chief of the French army, Trevor Clivenot, had indeed learned the news that the army on the Western Front had been attacked by the Chinese army at this time, and such a large-scale troop movement of the Chinese army bypassed Ankara and Eskişehir, so naturally someone saw it and came to report it.

"The army is moving in the direction of Eskişehir and blocking the retreat of the Chinese army!" The commander-in-chief of the French army, Trevor Clivenot, after looking at the map, gave the order.

The combat staff officer was confused, "General, shouldn't we immediately go to the rescue of General Chris Lamont's army?" Now assemble in the direction of Eskişehir? ”

"You know what? Just let them fight hard with the Chinese army first, Istanbul has 30,000 or 40,000 troops, and half of the coalition artillery, impregnable, don't care, since they dare to go around the whole army, we just need to block their way, drag on for half a month and a month, the Chinese army will become a turtle in the urn, cut off food and ammunition, and self-defeating! In a big battle, you can't just look at the present, you can't be led by the nose by the opponent, you know? At that time, whether General Chris Lamont's men and horses win, or they are completely annihilated, the Chinese army has already consumed a round, and when the time comes, we will go up to annihilate it, or defend on the spot, we will win, and the Chinese army has been defeated! The commander-in-chief of the French army, Trevor Clivenot, smiled and looked calm.

The combat staff officer was silent and nodded silently, meaning to agree with the commander-in-chief of the French army, Trevor Clivenot.

In this way, the Anglo-French-Turkish army on the eastern route did not go directly to the rescue of the army of the British commander-in-chief, Chris Lamont, but went to assemble around the city of Eskişehir.

Wang Dashan's men and horses had already taken over the positions seized by the cavalry division, Wang Dashan divided the cavalry division into nine regiments, and the nine cavalry regiments formed a huge encirclement around the field division of the Chinese army, which was specially used to kill the enemy troops who escaped from the encirclement, and the six brigades of the Chinese army formed a small and echoing position, like a small gossip array, constantly cutting and dividing the coalition forces.

For two days in a row, the Chinese army continued to attack.

The position of the British commander-in-chief, Chris Lamont, with more than 20,000 men, was fine, but the gunfire around him did not stop.

The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, was a little desperate, "It's been two days, and at most half of our army is left, why hasn't General Trevor Clivenott brought people over yet?" Less than 100 miles away, it should have arrived a long time ago, right? ”

"I'm afraid they've already gone back to Istanbul?" The Turkish general asked.

The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, shook his head and said: "This shouldn't be, if that's the case, he is a coward, a coward, and he will be questioned when he goes back, wait a little longer!" ”

Another day passed.

The Anglo-French-Turkish army on the Western Front was beaten from more than 200,000 to less than 30,000, and the encirclement had been completely narrowed to the point of encircling to death more than 30,000 people led by the commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, and there were still no reinforcements.

The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, scolded angrily: "The French are unreliable, the French will never be reliable!" In three days, I crawled over! ”

"General, they don't save us when they see death, they want to wait for us to die, and they will take advantage of the exhaustion of the Chinese army to take all the credit alone!" The Turkish general said angrily.

The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, nodded: "It must be what you said!" This bastard, if I get out alive, I must sue him, I will sue him to the British government and the French government, and I will expose the ugly face of Trevor Clivenott to the whole world! ”

"General, now is not the time to be angry, think about what we should do, right? Seeing that the Chinese army is about to launch a general offensive, they have artillery! We hold on to such a small position for a day or two at most, and the whole army will be wiped out! A group of generals around him persuaded the angry commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont.

The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, had bloodshot eyes, and looked at the Chinese positions that were stepping up the excavation of fortifications, and the positions were still shrinking, and the commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, estimated that now the Chinese troops could throw grenades into their positions.

While building positions, the Chinese army sent people to shout in English and Turkish, propagating the Chinese army's policy of preferential treatment of prisoners.

"It's too late to break through now, I think, surrender!" The commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, said in frustration that he actually knew what these people were thinking, and he just said what everyone said.

The words of the commander-in-chief of the British army, Chris Lamont, were approved by the vast majority of the generals, although there were two or three people who still wanted to fight, but the number was too small, and moreover, more than 200,000 people, more than 30,000 were beaten, and the morale of the soldiers was low, and the most important thing was that among the more than 30,000 people, there were only more than 3,000 British troops, and the rest of the Turkish troops were peasants who were temporarily captured, and they could not fight if they wanted to.