None of the troops at the three gates were evacuated, except for the south gate, where Li Yuanhong was a high-ranking general of the Qing army. The ink in the stomach is clearly not one or two points. After thinking about it for a while, he figured out what the Liaodong Army was up to.

Lack of morality, really lack of morality, Li Yuanhong threw down the pen in his hand and sat on the chair and kept panting.

This trick is too lacking in morality, they are besieged here for a few days, and the Qing army has long been put to death, and they will face the attack of the Liaodong Army and kill the enemy desperately, because they know that if they don't resist, they will die, and they will die if they resist, and they can live a few more days if they resist, so they will desperately fight against the Liaodong Army.

Now, the evacuation of the south gate is to give the Qing army a hope, a hope to live, on the surface, this is nothing, in fact. It's almost your own life.

The morale of the troops will be dealt a huge blow. He assured that once the Xingtai troops had a chance to live, once the Liaodong Army launched an attack, the troops would have to retreat.

"Go, immediately organize the supervision team to go to the south gate, and those who dare to retreat will be killed." Li Yuanhong knew that it would be useless to insult him, and it was better to make amends. Set up a team to supervise the battle, and maybe it can save some.

"Commander, the South Gate troops have withdrawn." The staff officer walked in and told Wang Shizhen, who was staying in the bunker, the information.

Because Luo Dacheng was going to personally lead the cavalry into battle this time, he went to the cavalry brigade early. Now in the headquarters, there are only Feng Guozhang and Wang Shizhen.

"Old Feng, look, how about we attack early tomorrow morning?" After listening to the information, Wang Shizhen showed a smile and asked Feng Guozhang on the side.

Feng Guozhang nodded slightly: "This time, Li Yuanhong has great ability, and he doesn't want to maintain the overall situation under tomorrow's attack, bowing his head slightly, Feng Guozhang thought for a while, and walked to the map again: "I suggest that tomorrow, concentrate artillery fire to attack the east gate and north gate with the strongest troops, and hit the morale of the Qing army, so that it can retreat quickly." Give Luo Dacheng a pursuit. ”

"Okay, that's it." Wang Shizhen slapped his hand violently, stood up suddenly, and motioned to the staff officer to give the order.

In the early morning, the mist had not yet dispersed, and the artillery positions of the Liaodong Army outside Xingtai had already adjusted their firing positions. Now, all the artillery is waiting for the order to fire, that is, the fatal Lushun howitzer placed in the back.

At eight o'clock, the mist had gradually dissipated, and the sun was once again shining on the shattered city of Xingtai, which had been bombed. Gradually, the Eight Banners of the Qing Army planted on the city wall had appeared in the sight of the soldiers.

"Ready." A captain wearing a steel helmet raised the red flag in his hand. Suddenly, the surrounding artillerymen pulled the towing rope closer and waited for the order.

"Open fire." Waved the red flag in his hand fiercely.

Rumble...... The huge howitzer immediately fired, and in less than two seconds, the forty field guns arranged in two rows also followed and fired angrily at Xingtai in the distance.

Xingtai in the distance suddenly fell into the smoke of gunpowder.

After more than ten minutes of shelling and hundreds of shells, the Qing army's position in Xingtai was once again overturned.

The cannonade had just stopped. The infantry of the Liaodong Army, who had been waiting, shouted fiercely, and under the leadership of the commander from the position, shouted and rushed out, wanting to rush to Xingtai in the distance.

"Order, the artillery immediately observes, where there is a point of fire, immediately start shelling." In the bunker, Wang Shizhen put down the binoculars in his hand, and when the general attack began, he would not let the troops withdraw. Therefore, even if it is easy to cause accidental injury during the shelling, as long as Xingtai can be taken, it will not hesitate, and it is better to sacrifice at least one person than to sacrifice ten people.

"It's over. The Liaodong Army launched a general offensive. As soon as he heard the shouting and killing, Li Yuanhong, who was at the command headquarters, immediately put down the pen in his hand, and he knew that the Liaodong Army's withdrawal of the troops at the south gate was for this purpose.

"Co-ordinator, it's not good. The troops at the front have already been routed. A general ran in with his head wrapped in gauze.

"What about the Overseer, let the Overseer team block back for Lao Tzu." What Li Yuanhong hated most was hearing the news.

"Overseer...... The Warlords have already run away. The general stammered the news that made Li Yuanhong almost collapse.

Ran. One of his most trusted battalions actually ran away.

"Damn," Li Yuanhong scolded angrily, pulling out a pistol from his waist, he was going to stop this group of deserters in person.

"Stop me." looked at the Qing army that receded like the tide. Li Yuanhong stood on the bombed-out wall. Unfortunately, the sound of explosions and the noisy shouting of the defeated soldiers from time to time drowned out his speech, and the Qing army did not look at him, so they ran towards the south gate.

"Co-ordinator, it's too late, let's withdraw." The general looked at more and more routed soldiers, and anxiously pulled Li Yuanhong. ”

"Wang Shizhen, I will grass your ancestors." Li Yuanhong looked at the Liaodong Army in the distance, and suddenly let out a desolate shout, and was forced to pull out the horses by the guards around him.

Outside Xingtai City, thousands of horses chirped from time to time, and the Liaodong Army on the horses had already pulled out the saber at their waist and held it in their hands, pulling the reins, restricting the war horses under their bodies in place, and waiting quietly.

Where thousands of horses stayed, nothing could be seen from a distance.

On a black war horse at the front, Luo Dacheng held the machete in his hand, and from time to time he would look in the direction of the front. He looked at the cavalry who went to scout in the distance.

After the battle began, Luo Dacheng came to the cavalry brigade, he wanted to vent a good time today, and after sending out the scouts, he waited anxiously. "I'm back." The cavalry brigade commander pointed to the scouts who were rushing towards this direction in the distance, and said to Luo Dacheng.

Nodding slightly, Luo Dacheng saw the scout dismount and glanced at it: "Say." ”

"Commander, the defenders of Xingtai have left the city and retreated in the direction of Handan."

"Okay." Luo Dacheng slapped his palms and pulled out his saber violently: "The first regiment of cavalry, attack head-on with me, the second regiment of cavalry, outflank on the side." After speaking, Cui took the lead in moving his war horse and rushed forward.

On the official road from Xingtai to Handan, thousands of routs were running in the direction of Handan in a panic, and many soldiers had already thrown down their weapons and ran forward with their bare hands.

In the rout, Li Yuanhong looked at the soldiers who ran by from time to time, and shook his head helplessly, he didn't expect that Wang Shizhen would be so miserable this time.

Hey, shaking his head helplessly, Li Yuanhong could only move his war horse and walk forward slowly under the escort of the guards beside him.

"The Liaodong cavalry is here." A shout from behind immediately caused a reaction among the Qing troops who had finally stopped, and like a bombing nest, the troops who had finally stopped once again threw down everything in their hands and ran towards Handan and even to the mountains on both sides.

"Resist, resist me." Listening to the horse's hooves in the distance and the shaking ground, Li Yuanhong drew his pistol and shouted.

At this time, the Qing army had already been full of soldiers for the Liaodong Army, and wherever they could obey Li Yuanhong's command, they didn't want to run forward.

At the Lushun Headquarters, Liu Jun hadn't put down the rice bowl in his hand yet, and Zhong Lin's voice came from outside.

After looking at Zheng Yiqian and his few wives beside him, Liu Jun smiled slightly: "Zhong Lin definitely brought good news." ”

Aixinjue Luo Ruojing next to him is the only one in this family who has no job, but is at home with this group of children, it turned out that he had been depressed because of his Ama after being imprisoned, until Beijing was peacefully resolved, Nie Shicheng said the place of detention and under Liu Jun's arrangement, returned to Lushun, and Li Hongzhang as a companion, a day for a walk, go out to play, and the days are also very leisurely.

After seeing his Ama come back, Aixinjue Luo Ruojing recovered her wisdom this time, looked at Liu Jun, Aixinjue Luo Ruojing smiled, and handed her newborn daughter Liu Ruoyan to Xiang'er on the side, and said this time: "Zhong Lin is definitely here to tell you about Xingtai being taken." ”

"Head, Wang Shizhen is in a hurry, Xingtai has been defeated, and now the armies have begun to advance to Handan." Sure enough, before Aixinjue Luo Ruojing finished speaking, Zhong Lin's voice came out of the door again.