Occupy the vast northern Henan region, there is also an important strategic significance, there are a lot of places for the production of sulfur saltpeter, although at that time because of a lot of saline-alkali land, casually in the early morning of winter, can sweep up a lot of saltpeter, after mobilizing the people, harvested a large number of gunpowder raw materials, plus the capture of many materials of the Qing army, Luoyang Army continued to cast new flying thunder cannons, make more gunpowder, explosives bags, etc., that is, grenades used by soldiers, and also set up an ordnance industry department with the army, and stepped up production,

When the city of Anyang was surrounded, the remnants of the main force of the Qing army, the monk Greenqin, had retreated, but there were 3,000 Qing infantry and more than 1,000 local regiments in the city, armed with knives, guns, sticks, and cowhides, and the iron cast earth cannon on the city, towards the Huaxia Tian ** outside the city, although the cannon in the form of this projectile was all kinds of effort, but it was also quite not close, once the target was hit, the target categorically had no reason to survive, that is, in the naval fleet at that time, although Western countries had adopted explosive cannon pills, Or a large number of such solid shells were preserved, because it could hit enemy ships to the maximum, capable of breaking the hull,

Several of Huaxiatian**'s scout cavalry were killed,

The Luoyang army immediately attacked and bombarded the enemy with foreign artillery, and as a result, the strength of an artillery company completely muted the enemy, and then, another artillery battalion came up and bombarded the Qing army so that it could only shrink in the city, and as soon as the infantry approached the city wall, they raised a white flag and announced their surrender.

The battle of Anyang was anticlimactic, which made the officers and soldiers of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom who were eager to annihilate Seng Lingqin very dissatisfied.

A forward infantry regiment, an artillery battalion, and a cavalry regiment formed a mixed brigade, as the vanguard of the Northern Expedition, and continued to advance, on February 12, entered Cixian County, besieged the city for half an hour, and waited for the Qing army to surrender, the Qing army was stubborn, and the Huaxia army attacked the city, because the Qing army practiced killing a squad leader of Huaxia Tian ** with a foreign gun, and Huaxia Tian** retaliated and bombed half of Cixian County into rags. beheaded the soldier who caused the accident, led all the personnel out of the city to surrender, and smashed his head red and fluttered cutely,

Entering Handan City, as a famous city in history, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is the capital of Northern Zhao, with countless legends, so the newly reinforced monk Gelinqin dug fortifications here, arranged troops, and wanted to fight with the Huaxia army.

The 40,000 new reinforcements of infantry, cavalry, etc., strengthened the strength of Seng Lingqin, and the new German Krupp cannons imported from Tianjin Customs, as well as many heavy guns that were originally planned to be the main guns of the Dagukou coastal fort, were also disassembled and increased to the Qing army, and Li Hongzao, the minister of military aircraft of the Qing court, personally came forward to escort them, and the minister Wen Xiang rushed to Handan to personally supervise the battle.

The anxious Prince Gong was supposed to go into battle in person, but he was vetoed by the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, so he gathered troops, weapons, materials, etc., and continued to reinforce him.

"Handan, Handan, I hope God will favor Daqing." A shrewd and capable person like Prince Gong began to worry,

Not only him, but also the Queen Mother of the West, led the little emperor to burn incense in front of the Buddha and make a wish, hoping that the gods would help him defeat the murderous Huaxia Tian**,

"Bless the monk king's victory." On the beautiful face of the Queen Mother of the West, there is a faint sadness,

The Qing army regarded Huaxia Tian** as the top priority, desperately gathered forces to intercept the Huaxia army in Hebei, and also ordered the Hunan army to rush to Henan and Hebei to reinforce.

The Qing court was actually in a hurry,

Monk Greenqin was also anxious, the Qing court had already issued a death order, and it was a promise and a threat, asking him to guard Handan, the southern gate of Hebei, otherwise, he would bear the consequences.

Monk Greenqin is not afraid of any consequences, people who have been on the battlefield for a long time have put life and death aside, not to mention others, the key is that the honor of the soldier, where does the prestige of his monk and king exist,

I can't be defeated again, I can't be defeated again, I'd rather die in Handan than take a step back,

The monk Grinqin, who prayed silently, decided to fight to the death, and all of them put a lot of effort into digging the ground around Handan to the level of tunnel warfare.

All the Qing army has become a mole, digging and digging on the ground every day, and even the millions of ordinary people around have been driven to the front line to help dig, so Handan has become a country of ravines, many places, and released water, in short, let this place, become an insurmountable line of defense, outside the ravines, there are many fortresses, all of which are brick and stone structures, for this reason, Seng Lingqin cruelly announced, asking the neighboring counties, all the city wall bricks have been picked up, and the bricks and stones of the villages and towns, In particular, the stone bars were dug up and used, and even worse, the stone tablets on many graves were cut off for others.

The battle of Handan, because of this, is destined to no longer be ordinary,

The vanguard of the Luoyang army rushed here, and was immediately dazzled by the dense ravines, unable to attack, the cold weather, so many ditches and canals, countless fortresses, they couldn't be approached at all,

Luo Yang received the news and immediately rushed to the front line, so that this mixed army drove outside Handan City.

In the telescope, Handan City is still far away, but the water barriers and ditches created by the enemy outside the city have extended dozens of miles away.

"That's what makes it difficult for us." Luo Yang laughed,

The current Luoyang Army not only has two cavalry brigades, two infantry brigades, and an artillery brigade, but also adds more than 45,000 cavalry of Zhang Zongyu and Ren Huabang, and the strength is unimaginable.

After a brief observation, a cavalry reconnaissance unit was dispatched to explore the ground for dozens of miles around Handan.

The funny thing is that that night, Monk Lingqin actually sent troops to sneak attack,

Monk Lingqin thought that after the successive victories of the Luoyang army, it must be proud, so he sent cavalry, made a detour, marched more than 100 miles in one night, detoured to the south, and attacked the camp of the Luoyang army.

Monk Greenqin's knowledge is not low, the idea is good, the Luoyang army is indeed proud, underestimate the enemy, but, people have capital, when more than 3,000 Qing cavalry raided the camp, only to find that people's camp stands, Nima, so many ravines, anxious to die,

The Qing army took great pains to break the camp and rush into it to kill, but unfortunately, the officers and soldiers of the Huaxia Army were waiting, and a burst of foreign guns fired indiscriminately, almost knocking out the Qing army's forwards, and then rushing and fighting, several times in a row, like adding oil lamps, they all died finely.

The cavalry general of the Qing army was furious, he made a promise in front of Seng Lingqin to hit the Huaxia army hard, and even lifted Luo Yang's head as a greeting gift, but as a result, the situation was not right, so he was anxious and angry, and went directly to the battle to charge,

The courage of the officers to take the lead stimulated the Qing army's will to fight, so the remaining 2,400 people swarmed up.

Foreign guns, grenades, and flying thunder cannons greeted the guests in unison, but as a result, the guests really couldn't eat, so they had to walk around, walk, walk, and walk to see the king of Hades.

The elite cavalry of the Qing army's sneak attack, more than 3,100 people, because of their bravery, were almost all annihilated, more than 2,500 were killed, the rest were wounded and captured, and some committed suicide.