The stubborn resistance of the Qing army was not completely ineffective, and it also frustrated the Chinese army's offensive and restrained the Chinese army's advance speed. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The 113th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army decided to divide into three roads and three battalions, and respectively detoured back to the vicinity of Dongguan in Gubeikou.

In this way, the connection between the various departments of the Qing army was effectively cut off, and the Qing army's Wei Rugui Department and Ding Ruchang's horse team formed a situation of fighting separately, the Qing army suffered heavy casualties, Wei Rugui's department was completely annihilated, Wei Rugui fled back with a few personal guards, and the whole line retreated to the Nantianmen area in the northwest of Jixian County to garrison.

The more than 3,000 Qing soldiers who were cut and surrounded all surrendered and sent to the rear of Shanhaiguan for reorganization.

The war had only been fought for five days, and more than 14,000 Qing troops had already been sent to Shanhaiguan, all of whom had been incorporated into the construction corps under the Liaoning Garrison Command to help transport supplies and supplies from Fengtian to Shanhaiguan.

"Militarily, the most important thing, do you know what it is?" President Moe looked at the telegram in his hand and asked Instructor Albert Kirchbach the Great.

Instructor Albert Kirchbach smiled: "That's what I said to the president, president, and now you're asking about me?" It's money. Wars are fought with money and food. ”

President Meng smiled and nodded, "Yes, your words are very classic." ”

"It's not me who said it, this is what Napoleon said, and it doesn't have to be Napoleon's words, don't you have an old saying in China that the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved? Is the president having trouble with munitions? Instructor Albert Kirchbach laughed.

President Meng sighed and looked at the heavy snow outside, people who have lived in the south for a long time, even if they were reborn in the north in this life, he is still not used to this kind of weather, this is a psychological unaccustomed, "Yes, the ice and snow cover has caused great difficulties for us to march, but we are difficult, and the Qing army is even more difficult, because they have more troops than us!" Our transportation is very difficult, I don't want to hurt the people's strength too much, so the army does not bring much grain and grass, and the current grain and grass is still the grain that was collected after the capture of Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou. ”

Instructor Albert Kirchbach nodded, silent, not knowing how to comfort President Meng, and at the same time curious, your supplies are so difficult, why do you choose to attack the Qing army in this weather?

Due to the lack of supplies, President Meng ordered the troops not to cross the line of the Great Wall, and the whole line to rest.

A week later, under the hard work of the Liaoning Garrison Command, 100,000 loads of grain and grass were sent to Shanhaiguan.

The Chinese army was again ordered to enter the customs to fight.

The 112th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army captured Luandong, and the next day broke through the defense line of the Luanhe defenders from Luanxian, Qian'an, and Binghe Bridge, and attacked in the direction of Pingjin.

The Qing army's newly replenished Wei Rugui Division, Ding Ruchang Division, Ye Zhichao Division, and other divisions were ordered to retreat step by step.

On the same day, the 113th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army occupied Shiqiao Town! Three days later, Miyun was fully occupied.

Three days later, the 112th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army and the 113th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army were in full swing, and while the main force of the 111th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army was still in Shanhaiguan, they had successively occupied Fengrun, Qian'an, Zunhua, Tangshan, Yutian, Jixian, Sanhe, Xianghe, Pinggu, Miyun, Huairou and other counties and cities in eastern Hebei.

The Qing army retreated to the vicinity of Beijing and Tianjin.

The 111th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army pushed forward and joined forces with the 112th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army and the 113th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army to form a threatening posture against Beijing from the south, east, and north.

The city of Beijing fell into chaos, and the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered everyone in the palace to prepare for evacuation, and Beijing was in chaos, and some large owners of assets had begun to flee.

Because the government spread rumors that gold and silver were forbidden in the northeast, and all gold and silver would be confiscated, it caused a great deal of panic.

Just when the Zhili area was in chaos, President Meng and the President's Guard arrived in Miyun, President Meng considered the situation and thought that the time was not ripe to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, and forcibly overthrowing the Qing Dynasty would make the whole country fall into a state of local separation!

Therefore, President Meng ordered all departments to rest at the station, repair the barracks, and rest the fortifications.

President Meng ordered the 111th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army to assemble near Beicang in Tianjin, and continue to put pressure on Beijing. It's Tianjin!

"What to do? What to do? What the hell are you going to find a way to get out! The Empress Dowager Cixi said with tears in her eyes: "The foundation of the ancestors has collapsed like this? ”

During this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi was also exhausted, Emperor Tongzhi saw that he was about to die, Xuan Yuemeng and the army pressed the border, and in Yunnan, there was another Ma Jiali incident in which the British took advantage of the fire to rob.

After Britain, France and other countries opened the gateway to China's coastal areas and the Yangtze River, they also wanted to open the "back door" of the interior, and since the 60s of the 19th century, they have continuously explored the passage from Myanmar and Vietnam to Yunnan.

In 1874, the British again sent a pathfinder team headed by Colonel Brown, escorted by nearly 200 armed soldiers, to explore the land transportation of Burma and Yunnan. The British Minister to China sent Margaret, an interpreter, to meet him.

After Margaret went to Ba Mo in Burma to meet Bai Lang, he headed for the Yunnan border. Clashes with local ethnic minorities near Manyun in Yunnan's Tengyue region resulted in the death of Ma Jiali and several members of his entourage. This is known as the "Margaret Incident".

As always, the crowd did not dare to speak.

The Empress Dowager Cixi looked around at everyone, and then looked at the Empress Dowager Ci'an beside her, silently wiped her tears, sighed, and said: "That's it, it's all in vain, while preparing to take refuge, on the other hand, send someone to negotiate peace with Xuan Yuemeng!" Let's see what he wants. The news I got here is that Xuan Yuemeng is already in Tianjin Beicang, and it seems that he wants to take Tianjin first. ”

Tianjin is Li Hongzhang's place, Li Hongzhang frowned, did not dare to say anything, with the current strength of the Chinese army, it really wants to take wherever it wants, it is really ruthless, Beijing can't hold it at all.

Prince Gong Yixun was also dumb at this time, he didn't dare to speak out again, closed his eyes, and shed tears, he had been engaged in foreign affairs for so many years, it was not as big as Xuan Yuemeng's harvest in two years, what kind of face did people have to speak again?

Cixi looked at everyone again: "What's the matter?" Are you ready to pretend to be dumb and pretend to be in the end? Prince Gong, you are the Minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen, the Prime Minister's Yamen and the Military Aircraft Department, but you are in charge, who will negotiate with Xuan Yuemeng? I think, don't talk about it, just go with you. ”

Prince Gong was shocked, he really didn't dare to see Xuan Yuemeng now, Xuan Yuemeng was no longer the original Xuan Yuemeng, now he was the little devil!

"Minister...... Minister. Prince Gong wanted to excuse himself, but he didn't know what to say. (To be continued.) )