The sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the village, and dozens of fast horses passed through the village, then stopped on a small hill to the west of the village, and after turning over and dismounting, the dozens of men escorted a soldier with the rank of admiral up the hill. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This person is Li Yuanhong. After learning that there was an enemy blocking the way at the front, Li Yuanhong set out from Zhijiang on the same day and then came to the artillery position.

"Commander, you're here." When the captain who was directing the adjustment of the artillery group, he immediately ran over and handed Li Yuanhong the glasses in his hand.

Li Yuanhong took the binoculars, walked to the bunker in a few steps, and began to look at the situation opposite.

Dense barbed wire. The hidden firepower point, it seems that the Qing army here is ready, and on the mountainside on the left, it is densely covered with withered grass, and it seems that there is no movement, but Li Yuanhong knows very well that there is nothing on the surface, in fact, it is the artillery position of the Hunan Army, a total of five artillery made by the British army.

"Are the infantry ready?" Li Yuanhong, who had finished observing, asked Yang Zaixing, the deputy general beside him.

"The infantry was ready last night and ready to attack."

Okay, so that I can rest assured, Li Yuanhong, who listened to the narration, took a deep breath, raised his wrist and looked at the time, it was one o'clock at noon.

"Order, all artillery fire, concentrate on the western mountainside for fifteen minutes, and then give me the instructions on the map to knock out their firing points." After speaking, Li Yuanhong handed over the city defense map to the artillery captain from his own hand and said again: "Half an hour later, launch an attack."

Boom Boom Boom ....... Boom....... The first line of defense, which had been silent for two days, suddenly rose with thick smoke, and the withered grass in the western mountains was ignited at once.

Boom........ Xishan was indeed an artillery position, and after the first round of firing passed, the opponent launched a counterattack, but the effect was not satisfactory.

Kill....... An hour later, the infantry behind let out an earth-shattering cry and rushed to the front line with their rifles in hand.

Huaihua prefect yamen, Duan Rui walked back and forth in the hall with an anxious face, next to him, the housekeeper looked at Duan Rui with a confused face, from morning to now, he found that Duan Rui had not stopped.

"Master, you've been around for noon, you can't stop and rest."

Stop, how can I stop now, now, not only have the troops of the imperial court not to mention Huaihua after all, but even Wuchang's side, there is a problem, according to the telegram sent by his cousin, the British are no longer giving any support, and if it is not good, the British will run.

This group of bastards swore to help Huguang complete the great cause of independence. But now, after only a short time, they have run away, and Duanrui does not know what is the reason for the British to be afraid to such an extent, which was something that was unimaginable in the past.

"I can't sit down." Duan Rui spoke, and then sat down helplessly.

As soon as his butt fell off the chair and before he could drink tea, Duanrui saw a guard running in, who had been sent to the front-line position to supervise by himself.

Why are you back now, could it be that the troops of the imperial court have already arrived at the first line of positions? Duan Rui looked at the guards who came in with a puzzled expression.

With a plop, the guards who came in fell to their knees, and then wept and said, "My lord, it's over, it's all over." ”

What does that mean, what's over? Duan Rui looked puzzled.

"My lord, the frontline is lost." The guard said again.

Yes....... At the same time as an exclamation, the teacup in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"How is it possible, how is it possible, it was only one day, one day, and the front-line position was lost like this." Duan Rui shouted as he danced in the room.

"My lord, they concentrated dozens of artillery pieces, as if they knew our artillery positions in advance, and they knocked out our artillery first, and then knocked out our firing points one by one, and an hour later, the Qing army attacked, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties and lost them.

The Liaodong Army must be the Liaodong Army. Duan Rui, who heard clearly, clenched his fists with a look of hatred.

The weapons of the imperial court, he had already learned from Wuchang, were given by Liaodong, which made Duanrui immediately think that the Qing army was so clear about its own defense, and this must be the ghost of the Liaodong army. They must have handed over the entire defense map to the Qing army.

If so. The Qing army below will immediately attack the second line of positions.

"Report that the Qing army has reached the second line of positions and has exchanged fire with us." In order to confirm Duanrui's inference, a soldier outside ran in,

It's over, I'm afraid Huaihua won't be able to hold it. If it is the imperial court, I don't have any problem, but they have the support of the Liaodong Army, and the Liaodong Army can destroy Little Japan. Confidence has disappeared, and now Duanrui's heart is full of confusion, he doesn't know what he should do at present.

It's all fucking blame Liu Jun, Lao Tzu is in charge of your own affairs, aren't you and the court in trouble, you are going, no matter what we do, we didn't offend you, you bastard, every time you intervene, there is nothing good, Duanrui, who can't beat, will shift all the responsibility to Liu Jun, he estimates that this British also has a certain connection with Liu Jun, otherwise how could the British not be in support.

"Master, let's think of a way, if the imperial court knows about our defense map. Our Huaihua is in danger. The housekeeper on the side sighed when he saw where Duan Rui was, and said anxiously.

What's the use, if it's Liaodong to do it, what's the use of how to adjust it, Huaihua is occupied, it's not a simple matter.

"Housekeeper, you go quickly, inform Madame, go to Zhuzhou, go to Zhuzhou first." can't beat Liaodong, Lao Tzu can afford to hide, I don't have the same knowledge as you.

To run, the butler who heard this swallowed his saliva.

"What are you still standing for, can you beat the imperial court with the support of the Liaodong Army?" Seeing where the housekeeper was still standing, Duanrui shouted loudly.

Understood, the housekeeper knew at once, why the imperial court suddenly had such strong firepower, it turned out that this was with the support of the Liaodong Army, since there was the Liaodong Army, then this battle. It's hard.

There is only this way, the nodding housekeeper turned around and walked out, but he did not go to the back hall to inform Duanrui's daughter-in-law, but went directly back to his room, packed the money collected during this time, and then changed his clothes and slipped away directly from the back door. (To be continued.) )