August 21, 1900, early morning.

Hyland burst into flames, and the entire city burned for a day and a night, and then completely reduced to ashes.

"It is only Blagoveshchensk of Tsarist Russia that has been burned, and in the near future, a brand new Hailan bubble market will rise here, and without the slightest imprint of Tsarist Russia, it will only belong to the ,......。 of China"

Standing at the bow of the boat, looking back at Hailan Bubble in the fire, Yue Weihua's eyes did not have the slightest wave, and he looked very calm.

The Black Dragon Army, although it has a certain amount of self-preservation, but if it wants to occupy Hailan Bubble, it is still a little bit of climate, so Yue Weihua chose to destroy it, of course, Yue Weihua only destroyed the city, as for those Tsarist Russian people, Yue Weihua gave each of them three days' rations, and then expelled them away.

The city was burned to ashes, the people in the city were expelled, I believe that Hailan Pao's role as a bridgehead for Tsarist Russia's invasion of Aihui will be weakened to the extreme, Yue Weihua thought.

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Inside Aihui City.

When the fire of Hailan burst into the sky, it completely burned the last bit of hope of the brigade commander of Major General Ivanoves.

"What should I do?"

Ivanoves's spirit was completely drained, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, now that the situation has become clear, there is no doubt that the Hailan Pao Command must have been terminated by the mysterious troops, and we can only report to the Khabarovsk (i.e., Boli) General Headquarters at the next level, report the situation in Blagoveshchensk and Aihui clearly, and request reinforcements." Chief of Staff Spanoulis said urgently.

"Reinforcements?"

Ivanovis smiled helplessly: "The nearest reinforcement to us is in Qihar, a distance of more than five hundred kilometers, even if it is a cavalry, one person and three horsemen, it will take five days to travel a hundred kilometers a day; From Khabarovsk to Aihui, the waterway is nearly 1,000 kilometers away, and even if the Vice-Admiral Grodekov, the Vice-Admiral of the Governor-General, sends a fleet all the way upstream, all the way smoothly and without any stop, it will take at least three or four days. ”

After a pause, Ivanoves continued: "Not to mention, can the reinforcements be able to relieve us as soon as they come, but the key is, can we still hold out for more than three days?" ”

"yes, three days?"

Ivanoves's troops only brought one day's rations, and they originally thought that they would be able to get some food after entering the city, but they didn't expect that the entire Aihui City would not be able to find even a single grain in the city, and even drinking water had to be temporarily dug wells, and if they wanted to go to the river to fetch water, they would be sniped.

Can such a day really make the arrogant white bear last for more than three days?

Anyway, Ivanovis didn't have that confidence, and neither did Spanollis.

"However, no matter what, we must report the situation to Khabarovsk immediately, especially the situation of the mysterious team, we must tell you in detail."

"It should."

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Just when Ivanovis sighed, Yue Weihua had already returned to Aihui with the team, came to the outside of Aihui City, and successfully joined Yue Xiang's department.

Aihui City faces the river in the east, three sides in the southwest and north, one city gate in the south, and two city gates in the northwest.

In the south, the Qing army led by Yang Fengxiang personally sat in the town, the two gates in the west were guarded by the second battalion led by Song Yaoming, the two gates in the north were guarded by the fourth battalion led by Yue Hu, and the east faced the river, and the new battalion led by Yue Qingren was watched, and the three special combat teams led by Zhou Dabiao and the artillery battalion led by the Su Sancang were ready to respond.

Four directions, six ways out, all were completely blocked, the entire Aihui City was patrolled by the Black Dragon Army and the Qing Army on all sides, even if you want a small group to escape over the city wall, it is impossible, it can be said that the Ivanovis Brigade is already a turtle in the urn, and it is difficult to fly with wings.

Originally, before Yue Weihua came, he was still thinking about whether to take out a few war fortresses in the Meritorious Pagoda and suppress them on the positions outside several city gates, seeing this posture, Yue Weihua knew that he was thinking too much.

Although Lao Maozi also tried to use the few Makqin last night to suppress the firepower, and then break through, but unexpectedly, within a few minutes of Makqin's ringing, he was directly killed by rows of mortars.

After Yue Weihua and Yue Xiang met, both sides simply talked about the battle process and results, and basically no one felt any surprises, and then Yue Weihua asked about Yang Fengxiang's situation, and said: "Uncle Xiang, you said Yang Fengxiang, is it possible to join our Black Dragon Army?" ”

Yue Xiang shook his head and said: "It is impossible for the old general to betray the imperial court, his foolish loyalty is incorrigible, I also talked to him last night, he also knows that the Qing Dynasty is already rotten, rotten to the roots, and even outside the words, he also intends to entrust the soldiers under his command to us." ”

"Oh?" Yue Weihua was shocked.

"Hehe, don't you think it's incredible?" Yue Xiang smiled lightly.

"It's a little, but it's understandable." Yue Weihua paused, and then said, "Does General Yang know about my existence?" ”

"I didn't know much at first, but when we talked to him last night, I told him, and it was precisely because I informed you of the situation that General Yang Fengxiang had the intention of entrusting him." Yue Xiang said truthfully.

Yang Fengxiang, as the deputy commander of Aihui and the head of the left wing, is worthy of recognition in terms of character and ability to lead troops, and the Black Dragon Army, as a young team, if such a veteran can be pulled under his command, it will be very beneficial to the growth of the Black Dragon Army, and Yue Xiang and Yue Weihua have already reached a consensus on this.

If Yue Xiang is the boss of the Black Dragon Army, then in terms of Yue Xiang's age, his future is not very bright, at least he will not be so optimistic, and if he learns that the real helmsman of the Black Dragon Army is a young man like Yue Weihua, Yang Fengxiang will undoubtedly be more optimistic.

Therefore, in order to attract Yang Fengxiang, Yue Xiang must push Yue Weihua out.

"In that case, I'd better go and meet it in person, perhaps, there is still a chance."

"Yes, it's okay to try."

For more than ten minutes, Yue Xiang personally took Yue Weihua to the Qing army position outside the south gate, and finally saw this famous anti-Russian general in later generations, Yang Fengxiang, who was in the age of the sixtieth birthday, had white hair and was slightly old, but his spirit was very good.

"The last school is the last, Yue Weihua, I have seen the old general." Yue Weihua bent down and bowed for a half, and then arched his hand.

"Haha, very good, really full of vitality, heroic and extraordinary, when my China is in turmoil, I can appear as young and handsome as Jimin, and my future in China can be expected." Yang Fengxiang laughed.

Yang Fengxiang's words made Yue Weihua a little puzzled, not to mention that Yang Fengxiang was foolish and loyal to the Qing Dynasty, why did he open his mouth and close his mouth about Huaxia now, and did not mention the Qing Dynasty in half a sentence, saying that he seemed to be the person who would carry the Ding in Huaxia in the future.

"What, Jimin, do you think that I Fengxiang should be opened and closed, I am Qing, how about it?" Yang Fengxiang seemed to see through Yue Weihua's thoughts.

I have to say that Jiang is still old and spicy, whether it is looking at people or things, that vision is not ordinary and unique, for Yue Weihua, Yang Fengxiang can see that it is extraordinary at a glance.

"Since the old general is so open-minded, his heart is more transparent to the current court and the situation in my China, so Jimin will not detour, Jimin, as the commander of the Black Dragon Army, officially invites the old general to join my Black Dragon Army, if you can get the help of the old general, Jimin believes that the people of my China should be able to get out of this dire life earlier." Yue Weihua said bluntly.

Faced with Yue Weihua's such a straightforward invitation, or it would be more accurate to call it an invitation, Yang Fengxiang just shook his head helplessly, and when he was about to open his mouth to refuse, Yue Weihua spoke again.

"Old general, perhaps, you don't know that your superior, General Shoushan, has been martyred,......。"

Yue Weihua knew that an old antique like Yang Fengxiang, once he really refused, it would be difficult to recover, so Yue Weihua directly explained the reason for Shoushan's death, how he was forced by the imperial court, and had no choice but to surrender to Russia, and was finally forced to die in the city.

Obviously, Yang Fengxiang respects Shoushan, because the two are not only superiors and subordinates, but also have the same concept of resisting Russia, and they cherish each other, and Shoushan, as the general of Heishui Province, was not only forced to die, but also dismissed by the imperial court on the charge of "vain provocation", and he was not compensated after his death.

And Yang Fengxiang as Shoushan's loyal henchman, what happened to him, almost no need to guess, in history, although Yang Fengxiang died before Shoushan, died before the surrender of the Qing court, but after his death, he was still dismissed and not beneficial, and now the situation is even worse than history, so Yang Fengxiang's ending is almost doomed.

"Old general, with all due respect, if the court thinks that you have died in battle, perhaps, your family members can still be exempt from blame, if the court knows that you are still alive, I am afraid that it will not be long before the court will issue an order to dismiss you and investigate you, and because of your family, you have to bind yourself to the court and let it be punished."

Yue Weihua said that there is a factual basis, one of the prerequisites for the Eight-Nation Alliance to agree to negotiate peace with the Qing court is to ask the Qing government to severely punish the "culprit", and the so-called "culprit" is the princes and ministers advocated in the Qing court, there is no doubt that Yang Fengxiang, the deputy commander of the second grade, will be among them, and because of the appearance of the Black Dragon Army, Tsarist Russia has suffered heavy losses in Aihui, and Tsarist Russia will definitely attribute the responsibility to Yang Fengxiang if it cannot find the real culprit, so Yang Fengxiang will not only be on the list of "culprits", I'm afraid it's going to be very high.

"Junior, you can even predict that as long as you die, your family may not be able to escape doom, after all, the most important thing in the court is flattery, especially those who flatter foreigners."

Yue Weihua's words are word by word, and word by word, Yang Fengxiang's heart is pierced deeper than a needle, to be honest, death, Yang Fengxiang is not afraid, but he is afraid of death, and he is even more afraid that he will affect his family after death.

Seeing that Yang Fengxiang had already loosened, Yue Weihua hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Old general, if you can trust the juniors, the juniors are willing to send someone to the Beijing Division, and make every effort to secretly take the old general's family out of the Beijing Division, and then send them to a safe place, and when the situation is a little stable, you can take it over and reunite with the veteran army." ”

"Is that true?" Yang Fengxiang said urgently.

When it comes to a general of Yang Fengxiang's level, his family members must stay in Beijing, and its significance is self-evident, which is also an important reason why Yang Fengxiang has never had other thoughts, because once you don't listen to the orders of the imperial court, then you must be prepared to be alone.

"Although I am not completely sure, Jimin should go all out, of course, this requires the full cooperation of the old general." Yue Weihua said.

"Commander Yue, please bow to Feng Xiang."

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