August 1, 1900, night.

This night, for the soldiers of the Black Dragon Army and the Black Dragon Army, it was a beautiful night, because after two consecutive days and two nights of fighting, they first eliminated the tumor of the second station of the Su Ma family, and then won consecutive battles, resisted the invasion of the Russians, and completely annihilated the invaders.

This night, all the soldiers in Heilongjiang were finally able to sleep soundly.

Some people sleep well and have good dreams.

Naturally, some people are destined to have insomnia, dreams, and even night sweats.

His Excellency Gribsky, the Supreme Commander of Tsarist Russia's Hailan Bubble, was about to cry without tears and look at the dilapidated port, and the station that had almost been razed to the ground, like a dream, so unbelievable.

The entire Tsarist Russia, the five-way army went out to conquer the three eastern provinces, each of which was a frequent success, a triumphant song, how did it come to its own place, it became like this, it seems to have fallen one by one, the invasion was the Qing Dynasty, and he was the one who was invaded?

Nearly 10,000 troops, in one day and night, actually sacrificed more than 6,000.

A fleet, actually said that it was gone.

"Your Excellency Commander, His Majesty the Tsar has sent an urgent telegram again, asking you to rush back to St. Petersburg as soon as possible, and tell you the battle situation in person, do you go or not?"

"Go, or, don't go?"

"Can I choose?"

……

Aihui City, the deputy capital of the Unified Mansion.

The old general Yang Fengxiang was holding a telegram and read: "The Empress Dowager Yizhi will promote Fei Qing to the deputy co-commander of the Second Association of the Left Wing, and the commander of the Second Association and the Third Standard of the Second Association, reward the yellow coat, and give 100 gold." ”

"Thank you for the Empress Dowager's reward, the Empress Dowager is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

Fei Qing is three knocks and nine bows, not participating in the fake at all, his forehead is red, but in his heart he is pulling out the cold, he is so devastating, he is only a virtual promotion, and the actual position is still the standard, and he scolded in his heart, it seems that this old man is going to take all the credit to himself.

"Congratulations to Fei Biaotong for his immortal achievements,......

Fei Qing didn't hear what Wang Hankun was complimenting him clearly, and then walked out of the deputy capital mansion in a daze, and then took his own personal soldiers, with hundreds of defeated soldiers under Chen Yiqing, and another three hundred township warriors, and went directly on the road.

As soon as Fei Qing left, Wang Hankun asked with some anxiety: "Old general, will this do something cold to the hearts of the soldiers?" ”

"Huh, chilling?" Yang Fengxiang snorted coldly, and continued: "If he tells the truth, I don't mind earning more credit for him, but he has a clear conscience, and he doesn't tell the truth, the most hateful thing is that he has already received the news that the Russians are about to attack Heihe Tuncheng, and he actually only sent a soldier to spread the word, which is a big crime and should be beheaded." ”

"If not, now that I am in turmoil, I need a victory to boost morale, old man, it would be good to count him as a feat to celebrate his merits, and it would be a dream to be promoted and make a fortune."

Although Yue Weihua didn't want these credits, Yang Fengxiang had channels to get accurate news, although sometimes the news would come late, but Fei Qing wanted to deceive him and take the credit alone, but obviously failed.

Even, Chen Yiqing's defeat in Heihe Tuncheng, Yang Fengxiang believed that Fei Qing had great responsibility.

However, anyway, on the bright side, to the outside world, the Qing Dynasty defeated the invading Tsarist Russia in Heihetun and annihilated more than 2,000 Tsarist Russians, of course, this figure was deliberately concealed by Fei Qing, and although Yang Fengxiang knew more, he didn't dare to report more, because it was too appalling and too fake.

Even if the news of the total annihilation of more than 2,000 people in Tsarist Russia is announced, once it is announced to the outside world, I am afraid that it will be able to make the rhythm of the foreigners of the Eight-Nation Alliance a little messy, because at this time, the Eight-Nation Alliance has already captured Tanggu, and is negotiating the proportion of troops sent by each country, preparing to attack Yanjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty.

Heihetun's big victory, for the stormy Qing Dynasty, is tantamount to a shot in the arm, if it is used well, it may have an unexpected effect, if not, Yang Fengxiang deliberately concealed the report, blurring the credit of Fei Qing's report, Cixi may really make Fei Qing on the headlines, to be a typical, to seal the Hou Ye, it is not impossible.

Wang Hankun didn't expect the old general to be so disgusted with Fei Qing's behavior, in fact, deceiving the superiors and subordinates, lying about military exploits, this kind of thing is too normal in the Qing army, not to mention, although Fei Qing is suspected of monopolizing great merit, but after all, people have made meritorious contributions, in Wang Hankun's opinion, the old general is a little too stubborn.

However, Wang Hankun obviously would not avenge Fei Qing's grievances again, and after mentioning it, knowing that the old general was resolute, he changed the topic and said: "Old general, since the Yue's dart game has such combat effectiveness, then why don't you report to the imperial court, for the Yue family's dart game, for your friend Yue Xiang, please take credit?" ”

In fact, Wang Hankun just wanted to kidnap Yue's dart game to the chariot of the imperial court, but because Yue Xiang and Yang Fengxiang had a good relationship, Wang Hankun was not good at speaking out, of course, Wang Hankun had absolutely no selfish intentions, everything was for the court, everything was for the sake of fighting the Russians.

After Yang Fengxiang heard this, after glancing at Wang Hankun, he sighed again, and then said helplessly: "My old friend, he has completely lost his heart to the imperial court, and it is impossible for him to enter the imperial court as an official again. ”

"Jichang, I'm worried, if we truthfully report the combat effectiveness of the Yue Clan's Dart Bureau, I'm afraid Lafayette will definitely do everything possible to let this magical team enter King Qin, as for the life and death of the people in the frontier, and even the entire three eastern provinces are about to fall, our Lafayette will definitely not frown."

"However, even if the Yue's dart game is mysterious and powerful, with only a few hundred people, let alone entering King Qin, I am afraid that if you can't even see the gate of Kyoto, you will be sniped by the Russians on the way.

Hearing Yang Fengxiang's analysis, Wang Hankun found that he was far from being able to compare with the old generals in terms of vision, knowledge, and overall situation, and he was really a little short-sighted, that is, he didn't understand the thoughts of the high-ranking Lafayettes, nor did he understand the current situation inside and outside the court, but he just blindly wanted to let Yue's dart game serve the court.

"It's still the old general's thoughtfulness." Wang Hankun said sincerely.

"Jichang, although the Yue's dart game descended from heaven this time to resist the first wave of invasion of Tsarist Russia, but it has not played any decisive role in the situation of the entire Qing Dynasty, I think the Eight-Nation Alliance will still attack Kyoto, at most, the attack time will be slightly delayed, and the victory or defeat is really predetermined."

"Moreover, as far as the situation in the entire three eastern provinces is concerned, it will not affect the change of the overall situation, the Russians have attacked on a large scale with the five-way army, and although the battle reports of Liaoyang and Shengjing have not been known, the policy of non-resistance of the likes of Zengqi and Changshun will inevitably lead to the rapid fall of the two provinces."

"My Heishui Province, although General Shoushan is willing to fight to the death with Tsarist Russia, but he is alone, according to the news, the three surnames have been lost, the Tsarist Russian road escort team has arrived at the periphery of the ice city, waiting for the three surnames of the Russian army on land and water, and then attack the ice city together, so, Heishui Province, finished, the three eastern provinces, finished, the country, will not be a country."

Yang Fengxiang said this, he was already choked up, his eyes were full of flowers, and he was almost in tears, Wang Hankun was also shocked when he heard it on the side, as a military general, a co-ordinator, Wang Hankun is qualified, however, for the general trend of the country, it is superficial and unqualified.

Wang Hankun's voice trembled slightly, and he asked: "Old general, are we destined to not be able to resist the invasion of Tsarist Russia?" ”

Yang Fengxiang shook his head, was silent, and after half a ring, he said: "Jichang, you and I are soldiers of the imperial court, that is, we should sacrifice our lives for the country, and after death, what I said, out of my mouth, can enter your ears, and must not be passed on, otherwise, shake the heart of the army, Yang, will not be spared." ”

"Scum, I understand my humble duties."

……

Two station town, eighteen forts, Qiaojia fort, Qiaojia compound.

Since noon, Qiao San led the Qiaojiabao regiment to return triumphantly, the Qiaojia compound quickly became lively, and the leaders of the other forts of the Eighteen Lianbao came to visit one after another, and the purpose was nothing more than to understand the battle situation in Heihetun, to see the casualties and gains of Qiaojiabao, and the future direction.

After all, in this troubled era, it is not easy to survive, and this time with the Yue Clan's Dart Bureau, there is only Qiaojiabao in the eighteen forts, and Qiao San led more than fifty regiments to participate in the battle, so they can only come here to visit and inquire.

Qiao San's visits to other forts were basically received in person, and he truthfully informed the battle situation, although Qiao San knew that after he said it, most people might not believe it, because even he himself would not believe it if he didn't witness it with his own eyes, but Qiao San still told the truth.

In this battle, Qiaojiabao was not badly damaged, only a few people were injured by scattered bullets, most of them were lightly injured, and after Langzhong's treatment, they were basically fine.

In return, Yue Weihua not only changed the costumes of the more than fifty brothers brought by Qiao San, each of them with a water bead and a box cannon, but also gave another 100 water beads, 10,000 bullets, and 2,000 oceans of hardship, as for the wounded soldiers, they each gave a pension of 50 oceans.

These real things came out, which naturally increased the trust of those castle owners who didn't believe in it, and at the same time, it also made their eyes a little more envious and hot, at this time, Qiao San only proposed that he wanted to join the Yue family's dart game, that is, the Black Dragon Army, of course, by the way, he carefully talked about the basic treatment of the Black Dragon Army, and let the castle lord think about it.

This toss, until nightfall, the Qiao family's compound, was really clean, although the Qiao family was clean, but the Qiao family brothers had disagreements within themselves, because they had a dispute about whether to join the Black Dragon Army.

"Father, Commander Yue, gave us three choices."

"First, alliances, as they are now, are basically meaningless."

"Second, join the Black Dragon Army, completely integrate into the Black Dragon Army, and become a part of the Black Dragon Army like other soldiers of the Black Dragon Army."

"Third, it seems impossible to be an enemy, but once Tsarist Russia invades, everything is possible."

"The strength of the Black Dragon Army is undoubted, it is obvious to all, Qiao San has never said half a lie."

"Father, brothers, no matter how the other forts choose, we Qiaojiabao, I hope to join the Black Dragon Army, not only to save my life in this troubled era, but also to run for a future for the Qiao family."

……

Tonight, like the Qiao family, the people of the clan are carefully discussed, around the second station town, in the jurisdiction of the Aihui deputy capital, whether it is a group training or a beard, there are countless people, of course, there are not many people who are as far-sighted as Qiao San.