Chapter 366: Defeating the Imperial Army
Luo Yang's army did not advance by victory, but stabilized in the breakthrough area, collected guns and ammunition, built fortifications, and waited for reinforcements, because there was no newly prepared siege plan, which was more or less random, and did not take into account that there were so many cannons in the equipment of the Qing army, Luo Yang admitted that he underestimated the enemy,
Soon, five thousand cavalry from outside the city arrived, strengthened their forces, took up their existing positions, dug trenches, increased their forts, and took a thoroughly defensive posture,
The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, and the Qing court have become a mess, and the breakthrough of the Huaxia army has annihilated 20,000 Qing troops in a painful and dripping manner, making the Qing court realize that it is impossible to compete with the enemy at all.
"Fathers and fathers." The Empress Dowager of the East Palace cried,
The Empress Dowager did not cry, although she was very sad in her heart, her son Emperor Tongzhi cried, a seven-year-old child, has understood the meaning of the war, Prince Gong was covered in blood, and he was injured, in fact, he was a fake injury, contaminated by other people's blood, and he did not have time to wipe it, and the result was a misunderstanding, and this misunderstanding made the Queen Mother of the two palaces immediately make a new decision: "Prince Gong, you immediately protect the emperor to hunt in Shenyang." ”
"Nope." Prince Gong looked resolute: "The minister is reluctant to go." ”
"Ah, you, what are you going to do." Even the Empress Dowager Xi, who is known for her resourcefulness and cunning, panicked and suspected what Prince Gong was going to do.
"The Queen Mother, the minister must lead a large army to fight to the death with the enemy, delay the bandits, and protect the two palaces and His Majesty the Emperor in the north." Prince Gong said categorically,
The Empress Dowager Xi was greatly moved: "Adversity sees people's hearts, Prince Gong is really the hero of my love for the Xinjue Luo family." ”
The sound of cannons came from afar, which frightened everyone in the court, and those eunuchs and palace maids were even more afraid, what they were most worried about was that the emperor and the queen mother were gone, leaving them in the court, and let the bandits torture and mutilate,
The cabinet officials all came, and quickly discussed the situation, because the defense in other places was still good, and everyone was a little calmer, and then, the officials, the army, and the tasks were assigned.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the Two Palaces, under the protection of more than 20,000 troops, left the city from the northwest of the city and escaped from the dangerous city of Beijing.
A cavalry sentry had already reported the situation to Luo Yang, and he was greatly surprised.
Because the combat effectiveness of the Qing army has been greatly improved in the case of improved equipment, the Huaxia army has paid a lot of price, and after consuming ammunition, it basically loses the ability to attack, so it can only hold here.
"Hahaha, our army's plan to scare the grass and scare the snake has finally succeeded." Luo Yang laughed,
The rest of the officers and soldiers, when they heard this, also rose up, and they began to doubt Luo Yang's courage, and secretly slandered him for not daring to attack.
The troops moved forward resolutely and slowly, and Luo Yang himself, led five thousand cavalry, decisively pursued the Qing army,
The Qing army was actually very cunning, and sent troops at several city gates, trying to confuse the sight, but Luo Yang was sure that the Qing court would never dare to go to the east and south, to the northwest, casually, there were Zhang Zongyu's 40,000 cavalry waiting, so he did not go to meet the enemy and chase the enemy, but led the troops, quickly retreated to the northeast, almost all the way to the vicinity of Yutian Town, and then rested the war horse,
The weather was very hot, the war horses were panting, the officers and soldiers were sweating, and some of them were in a coma from heat stroke.
The troops are divided into several routes, sentinel the movements of the Qing army, and respond anytime and anywhere.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the Qing army's brigade of men and horses swarmed in, in front of which were 4,000 military horses to open the way, on both sides were thousands of troops, in the middle was a mighty palace personnel, the queen mother of the two palaces, the emperor's dependence, all kinds of eunuchs, palace people, janissaries, carrying a large number of property, utensils, etc., although it is simple to say, it is a temporary hunt in the north, but many people know in their hearts that the possibility of coming back is not much,
"Queen Mother Lafayette." Li Lianying asked,
At this time, Li Lianying's status was still very ordinary, and he was able to admire the beautiful appearance of the Queen Mother, which was really the creation of war.
Lifting the door curtain, there was deep sorrow on the handsome and mature face of the Empress Dowager Xi: "Well, what's the matter." ”
"Queen Mother Lafayette, the road ahead is cut off, and it is inconvenient to walk."
"Immediately level the road, and there shall be no mistake." The Empress Dowager Xi resolutely instructed, and on her face, there was already a faint hint of murder,
"Yes." By Li Lianying's side, several generals originally wanted to ask for a break, but now, their faces turned pale, and they didn't dare to chew maggots casually.
When fleeing all the way, the Qing army in the city, under the leadership of Prince Gong, gathered 50,000 troops and counterattacked the Huaxia army at the breakthrough.
Although the bombardment was fierce, the Qing army did not charge, the only charging action, and only the empty shell posture of hundreds of people, Prince Gong no longer had any hope of victory, and the dense and terrifyingly thick corpses in front of the position had already made him insensitive,
The battle of the Huaxia Army, which delayed the breakthrough, although the shelling was fierce, but it seemed to be a political war, and the real battle was decided in the area of Yutian Town.
The cavalry of the Huaxia Army found the ranks of the Qing Army, and immediately reported it, and the whistling whistle echoed in the cornfield.
"Brothers of the Huaxia Army, soldiers of the Twist Army, what we are in front of is not an ordinary Qing demon, but the leader of the Qing demon, it is estimated that it is not the queen mother of the Manchu demon, or the emperor, so we must annihilate it." Luo Yang carried out a pre-war general mobilization to the officers and soldiers, calling on everyone, even if the battle is to the last soldier, the Qing demon will be clicked.
The cavalry of the Twist Army has been suppressed by the Qing army in the Central Plains and the Lianghuai area, and the first alliance advocate Lexing was actually arrested by the Qing army.
"Okay, kill, kill." The officers and soldiers are high-spirited,
Under the leadership of Luo Yang, the Huaxia army reacted bravely towards the enemy.
The Qing army resisted stubbornly and killed the cavalry of the Huaxia Army in front of them with intensive foreign gun firepower, and the cavalry of the Huaxia Army with a large number of casualties still maintained a surging offensive.
The foreign guns of the Chinese army are not vegetarian, while shooting back, while dancing the knife to charge, under the cover of the corn fields with tall heads, although the Qing army is very heroic, but the field of vision is not broad enough, and the Chinese army is rushed and defeated.
The Qing army was originally a patchwork of local armies, a temporarily formed force, so it could still fight when it was gathered, and once it was in close contact with the enemy, it lost its courage.
The Huaxia army rushed to the front at the cost of a thousand people and routed the dense protection force of the Qing army.
Because the cavalry of the Chinese Army who were killed by the bullet, the war horses left behind, under the action of inertia, still charged the enemy, and hundreds of uncontrolled war horses charged, heroic, trampling countless enemies into a ball of flesh.
The Qing army collapsed, a human wall composed of hundreds of eunuchs, defending the core to the death, and scattered Qing soldiers, from the hidden corn fields, shot vile and cowardly bullets of revenge,