However, now Gao Qi doesn't have a good way, if he turns around and runs away, the three coalition forces behind him will pounce on him as quickly as possible, biting himself from behind, at that time, it is the consequence of being surrounded and annihilated, and he ran away, and the states and counties in Shandong behind him will be unlucky, including Cangzhou!

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Gao Qi ordered the soldiers to strengthen the fortifications while continuing to discuss countermeasures.

"Lao Gao, it's too passive for us to stick to it so much, why don't we take the initiative? With the cavalry as the arrow, launch a surprise attack on the foreign devils in the middle of the night, and then dispatch two infantry brigades to cover the kill, the other side has no cavalry, and it is late at night, as long as the deployment is appropriate, there should be no big problem to defeat the foreign devils in front of you......"

Guo Kai's eyes flashed.

Gao Qi shook his head and replied: "Lao Guo, now is not the time for us to take risks, the other party has strong forces on both wings, if we can end the battle in a short time, then it is good to say, once we can't end the battle in a short time, the two sides are entangled, the coalition forces on the two wings, it only takes half a day, you can rush up, when the time comes, if we want to hold on, it will be as difficult as climbing to the sky, and we will definitely be defeated!" ”

"What then? Are we just waiting for them to trap us in the middle step by step and eat us bite by bite? There are more than 60,000 coalition troops, even if we can fight again, it will be difficult to support it! ”

Guo Kai said urgently.

"Four words - wait and see what happens, pass on the order, all departments are on strict alert, the cavalry regiment is ready, once the situation is not good, then the cavalry can only be released, contain the opponent's constant strength, and reduce our pressure as much as possible!"

Gao Qi said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

Almost at the same time, Guyru to the east and Bazin to the west also received an urgent report from Horton.

"Well, Horton's first day of offense failed? It seems that this Lu army is really difficult to deal with......"

Guy sat in a certain tent and muttered, the last big war, the French army was greatly damaged, and now the forces concentrated on the east side are the British, French, Western, and Japanese coalition forces, in order to enhance the strength of the east side, Bazin allocated an infantry brigade of the Spanish Army to Guyru, although the east side is still the weakest, but there are 20,000 troops.

Juyilu showed a fierce look on his face, and said hatefully: "This time we must not let this Lu army be arrogant again!" The order was given, the army immediately marched towards the area of Xue Guantun, and tomorrow morning, together with Horton's Anglo-Spanish army, launched an attack on the position of the Lu army! ”

Juyilu took out almost all the troops and quickly advanced towards Xue Guantun, and now the distance between him and Xue Guantun is only thirty or forty miles, and if he marches quickly, he can reach it in one night.

On the west side, almost at the same time, Bazin also got Horton's information, however, Bazin was calmer than Guyru, and he had a burst of contempt for Hutton in his heart, if the previous Shandong War was the unknown enemy situation of the Anglo-Japanese coalition army, and the French army led by Guy was besieged by the Lu army, then this attack failed, there was no reason!

In terms of troops, the Anglo-Spanish army has nearly one brigade more strength than the Lu army, and it is not clear about the enemy's situation? Now after several major wars, basically the equipment and combat power of the Lu army have been clear, such a situation, it is even a big loss in the hands of the Lu army, this Horton is really useless!

However, now that Horton is asking for support, Bazin has nothing to say, after all, it is all about exterminating the Lu army, which is the common enemy of the four countries, and it is necessary to start as soon as possible, so as not to have many dreams at night, no one knows, when, that Guo Ye will be killed from Shaanxi, and when the time comes, it will definitely be a bloody battle, and it will be difficult to say who will kill the deer!

Bazin didn't dare to be careless at all, after all, if the Lu army could not be exterminated, once the Four-Nation Alliance withdrew from China, it would be absolutely impossible to fight against the Lu Army just by virtue of the strength of the Qing court, and it would not take long for the entire Qing court to be finished.

Transporting 100,000 troops to China, spending countless money and food, losing troops and losing generals, if you can't bring anything back, I'm afraid that you and all the high-ranking generals led by Dundas will not be able to eat and go around, and if you don't do it, you will even be sent to a military court!

"Order Mondrake to lead his infantry brigade to the southeast to break through, and the front of the troops will be directed at Xue Guantun, give you three days, you must take Xue Guantun, and you will not see the first division of the Lu army!"

Bazin shouted coldly.

The three forces surrounded Xue Guantun, and before the time reached noon, they arrived at the edge of the position.

Now with the addition of two new forces, Horton's confidence has risen immediately, and he is no longer afraid, isn't your Lu army strong? Then we will besiege on three sides, and I don't want you to be able to withstand the bombardment of our eight artillery battalions!

"Order, all artillery is put into battle and take the forward positions of the Lu army as quickly as possible!"

Horton exclaimed.

At the same time, the coalition forces on the left and right flanks also gave the order to attack.

Eight artillery battalions, combined, the artillery is close to three hundred, and the number of artillery is more than twice that of the Lu army!

With the order given, three hundred artillery pieces bombarded the positions of the Lu army at the same time!

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Countless shells roared and flew out of the barrels, hitting the Lu army's position, setting off bursts of explosions on the Lu army's position, and clouds of smoke rose into the sky, flames soared into the air, and the entire position was wrapped in gunsmoke!

In the command tunnel, Zhang Song held a telescope in his hand, looked at the artillery fire in the distance, and was secretly surprised, I drip, so many shells, there are almost three artillery regiments! Little 300 artillery!

"Don't look at it, brother!"

Gao Qi held a piece of wheat straw in his mouth, crossed Erlang's legs in the tunnel, and said with a big grin: "Anyway, they are already here, then let's fight, Lao Tzu has two hundred catties, and he is out, anyway, if they want to take our position, they have to vomit three liters of blood!" ”

"Boss, you said it lightly, the other party's firepower is too fierce, if you continue to bomb like this, in one day, all our tunnels will be blown up! There are more than 10,000 brothers here! ”

Zhang Song said dissatisfied!

"So what!"

Gao Qi sat up and said fiercely: "Xiao Song, you have kept an eye on the east side for me, and I must hold my position with all my strength to block the attack of the coalition forces on the east side!" Guo Kai, you give Lao Tzu to the west, and the French army over there will be handed over to you! I'll deal with the Anglo-Spanish coalition army on the front! Send an order to Zhang Huting, pull out all the artillery of the artillery regiment, aim at the position on the west side and give me an all-out attack, and beat their weakest combat power down first! ”

(To be continued.) )