The shouting and killing sound still reverberated in the sky around Handan, the Qing army in the second-line position was only about a kilometer away from the first line, and the Handan area was flat, they saw that the Qing army on the front line was bravely trying to rush towards the Liaodong Army, and immediately stimulated their own Sheng Jing, and they all clenched the rifles in their hands, and wanted to teach the Liaodong Army a good lesson, but after seeing that the Liaodong Army did not spit out the bones that had been eaten by many people in the past for an hour, the morale that had just risen disappeared without a trace.

The gun in his hand was not as firm as it was just now, and he began to tremble.

Tie Liang's biggest mistake is that he shouldn't appoint his nephew to be the commander here, this guy doesn't know how to learn, he is a bird walker, and the Liaodong Army's attack on the front line can be seen clearly in the bunker. Plain.

The reason why he was calm before was because Chen Liang was on the front line, but now that Chen Liang's troops were gone, it was his turn now, and his heart suddenly sounded the intention of retreating.

"My lord, this. This. The Liaodong Army came. His deputy seemed to be stimulated by the ferocity of the Liaodong Army just now, and he stammered when he spoke.

The generals are the mixed forces of the army, and the generals are all virtuous, not to mention the soldiers below. In a trance, the soldiers behind the Qing army already showed signs of running.

"Withdraw...... Withdraw." This straw bag was so frightened that his face was colorless, his crotch was wet, and he suddenly turned around and left, as for Tie Liang asking him to cover the flanks, he didn't even think about it.

As soon as the second line was opened, the two regiments of the third town of the Qing army, which had been struggling to resist on the right side, suddenly fell into the defense of the Liaodong Army and could not move, and it was not until the Liaodong Army launched a general attack on Handan that the remnants of these two regiments threw down their weapons and surrendered under the necessity of being forced to surrender.

The battle of Handan in the north was in full swing, and the south was not very stable.

Nanjing, Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, Liu Kunyi, who has been over the armor for many years, kept walking back and forth in the study, and next to him, stood some of the generals, deputy generals, general soldiers and staff members in the Governor's Palace.

After turning a few times, Liu Kunyi stopped and came to the map hanging in the study again.

After taking a look, Liu Kun pretended to be overdone, and looked at several generals around him: "How's the situation?" ”

What he inquired about was the situation of the Liaodong Army now entering Zhejiang.

After the Battle of Fuzhou, the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang was directly revoked, and Zhejiang was included in the jurisdiction of the Governor of Liangjiang and was under the jurisdiction of Liu Kunyi, the Governor of Liangjiang.

A staff general next to him took a look at Liu Kunyi, who was now wearing the red armor of the Eight Banners, stepped forward and said: "Back to the governor, the Tenth Army of the Fifth Corps of the Liaodong Army and the two divisions of the North Korean Army are approaching the Longquan area under the command of Li Rong, the commander of the Fifth Corps, and the Second Army and the First Division of the North Korean Army transferred from North Korea have taken the water pass under the command of Wu Peifu, the commander of the Second Army. ”

On October 20, the day before Wang Shizhen took Xingtai, the Southern Route Army under the command of Li Rong and Wu Peifu began to enter Zhejiang.

Wu Peifu, originally a member of the Third Corps at that time, served as the commander of the Liaodong Army after the Outer Mongolia Campaign, and later after the construction of the Lushun Military Academy, he was personally nominated by Liu Jun to study at the Military Academy, and was valued by Ding Ruchang, the commander of the First Corps, and was transferred to Pyongyang as the chief of staff of the Second Army, the deputy commander of the Second Army, and the current commander of the Second Army.

Occupation, occupation. There is no good news other than that. Liu Kunyi sighed helplessly, he didn't know why the Liaodong army was so powerful, he had three elite Hunan troops in Qingyuan, and he was defeated and withdrawn to Longquan in less than two days.

Looking at the map again, Liu Kun turned around sharply and said to the general soldiers beside him: "Immediately let the ten battalions of the Hunan Army immediately go south to resist the headquarters of Li Rong and Wu Peifu of the Liaodong Army."

What? Cheng Wenqi, a staff member next to him, trembled.

Cheng Wenqi has always been one of Liu Kunyi's most powerful staff, and when he saw Liu Kun give such an order, he immediately stepped up and asked softly: "My lord, these ten battalions of Hunan troops are going north to King Qin, Xi'an." If this is to transfer troops to the south, then the imperial court? ”

Liu Kunyi is not a loyal and patriotic lord, he supported Zeng Guopan as the emperor back then, he was one of them, over the years, he regarded his Liangjiang as his own territory, not the territory of the imperial court.

I thought so in my heart, but Liu Kunyi could say it so blatantly, and after lowering his head and pondering for a while, Liu Kun looked at Cheng Wenqi: "Send electricity to Xi'an." 100,000 Liaodong troops entered Zhejiang. The main forces of the two rivers have already moved south, and there are no troops to adjust. ”

Ruthless enough, obviously there are more than 50,000 people in the Liaodong Army this time, and Liu Kunyi has tripled it, typically because he doesn't want to send reinforcements to the north to Qinwang.

Cheng Wenqi has followed Liu Kunyi for so many years, how could he not understand such a purpose, smiled slightly, Cheng Wenqi nodded and agreed.

In Xi'an, the noon sun shines into the city, shining everything in the city with golden light.

Xi'an has always been the residence of the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. Because it used to be the national capital, the city defense here is no worse than Beijing. The only difference is that there are no nine gates here.

In the city of Xi'an, since the emperor's Luan arrived here, Xi'an suddenly became lively, but this kind of liveliness is obviously passively restricted, especially Baixin, who lives in the city, is even more panicked. Due to the increase in patrol forces, the number of troops patrolling the city is obviously several times more than before, and among them, there are also Ouchi soldiers wearing yellow horse coats.

The former Shaanxi and Gansu Governor's Palace, since Cixi and Guangxu came here, has become the palace of the two palaces, as for the Shaanxi and Gansu Governor Songpan, it is rolled together with the Shaanxi Governor. Make do with life.

Cixi entered Xi'an on October 19, and after getting the Liaodong Army about to enter Xingtai, Cixi immediately panicked, he knew very well that Taiyuan was in no danger to defend, and it was impossible to resist the Liaodong Army, as for Liu Jun's troops not to take Shijiazhuang and go west directly, there was definitely a reason.

According to the speculation of Zhang Zhidong and others, Liu Jun definitely wanted to take Handan, then enter Shanxi, and then make a detour.

Although Cixi did not command the military, she also knew one thing that Shanxi could not stay, only Xi'an could stay, at least where there were natural dangers such as the Yellow River and Qinling Tongguan.

After entering Xi'an, Cixi's heart finally calmed down, and after calming down, he finally began to mobilize troops to Liu Kunyi in Liangjiang.

The telegram has been sent out for many days, but until now, there has been no news from Liu Kunyi, Cixi was a little panicked in her heart, and he was a little worried that he had not received a call from Liu Kunyi, whether Liu Kunyi had also surrendered to Liu Jun.

As soon as she had breakfast today, Cixi came to the hall as usual and began to deal with daily political affairs.

"Zhang Zhidong, have the reinforcements from Liangjiang set off?"

Zhang Zhidong, who was standing on the side, suddenly trembled, he was about to talk about this matter today, but he didn't expect Cixi to ask about it.

Raising his eyes and looking at Cixi, Zhang Zhidong took a step forward, took a deep breath, and arched his hand and said, "Qi Lafayette, I'm afraid that reinforcements from Liangjiang will not come." ”

Come or not, it's terrifying. Cixi stood up suddenly, and he estimated that Liu Kunyi, the old thing, must be reversed.

Liu Kunyi was a veteran of the Hunan Army, and he was a strong opponent of disarmament. Cixi estimated that this was Liu Kun's dissatisfaction.

Zhang Zhidong watched Cixi's eyes widen and keep turning, and he immediately knew that Cixi was wrong.

It's not that Liu Kunyi doesn't send reinforcements, but he can't draw reinforcements now.

Just this morning, I received a telegram from the Governor of Liangjiang. That is, the 100,000 Liaodong Army in Fuzhou suddenly entered Zhejiang from the direction of Fenshui Pass and Qingyuan. Liangjiang had already dispatched 10,000 people from ten Hunan military camps to prepare to go north, but now that Fujian's Liaodong Army has entered Zhejiang, this force cannot be withdrawn again.

"Lafayette, Liu Kunyi said that the Liao bandits in Fujian have entered Zhejiang, and the main force of the Hunan army has already moved south, so it is impossible to send reinforcements. Zhang Zhidong quickly said the reason.

"Damn." Cixi slapped her chair angrily, and she didn't know if she was scolding Liu Kunyi or Liu Jun.

However, according to Zhang Zhidong's understanding, Cixi scolded Liu Jun a lot, because I heard Li Lianying say that these days, Cixi cursed Liu Jun the most.