Tang Qing's headquarters arrived at Jinmen a few days before the fall of Jinmen. www.biquge.info At that time, rumors were rife in Jinmen, and it was rumored that Zhang Tong and foreigners would make a peace agreement, and the truce would be 20 days. Later, it was rumored that because the Governor's Yamen was destroyed in the artillery fire, the foreigners built a very luxurious mansion for Zhang Zhongtang in the purple bamboo forest, and the Eight Nations Military Band lined up in Chongwenmen to greet them.

In addition, the training army entered the city, and it is said that this is a strong force outside the pass that is enough to deter the Tiele people, and the combat effectiveness is not inferior to the foreign soldiers, so not only the people in the city are relieved, but some of the people who have escaped have run back again.

But in fact, the joint attack on Zizhulin led by the Flying Tiger Regiment, the Wuwei Front Army, and the Left Army led by the Jin State ended in failure, the army was defeated, the old dragon head railway station was lost, and the governor's yamen was looted by the Flying Tiger Regiment, and the accumulated grain and Taiwan supplies were looted by Zhang Decheng's troops. When Tang Qing entered the city, he was faced with the situation that there was neither salary and silver, nor food and grass to support, and there were only dilapidated weapons and new guns and ammunition in the arsenal. The troops were denied the supply of guns and ammunition, their morale was low, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit. As for Zhang Decheng and others, they can no longer find a trace.

Tang Qing had no military resources, tired and hungry, and had to visit the bandits on the ground of Jinmen and defend the city, so he was tired and helpless. More importantly, even generals like Cheng Gongting couldn't come up with a military map of Jinmen, and the foreign army had never been to Jinmen, so they had no idea where they were stationed, so they had to line up outside the city.

When the Fusang army, which was in the vanguard, entered the city and the guns and cannons rang out, the people of Tianjin realized that the foreigners had neither a truce nor a fear of training. The people in a hurry ran aimlessly like a flock of sheep, and the coalition army deliberately left the north gate unattacked, and when the people swarmed towards the north gate, they fired guns and cannons from the city tower towards the north gate, deliberately causing death.

When the people were swept down by bullets and killed by shells, they were still asking the question, "Where is the training army?" Where is General Tang Qing? "They didn't know that Lianjun had indeed come, but now, it had retreated.

Outside the city, only flags, guns, corpses and wounded were everywhere to prove the existence of this armed force. They did try very hard to stabilize the situation and fulfill their mission. From the bottom of his heart, Tang Qing can be regarded as a great general, and he can complete his tasks with his heart, but the general trend is like this, and the efforts of one or two people cannot change anything.

When the people were touting the training of the army, they all ignored one point, in the Great War of Goryeo, it was Tang Qing and his training army who turned all the way from Goryeo to cross the Yalu River and retreated into the pass. At that time, he was only facing Fusang, but today he is facing the world powers/This kind of self-confidence like a fan, even Tang Qing himself can't tell where it comes from. He's just an unlucky guy who was forcibly given the title of a famous general, led a defeated army to complete a mission to challenge the world, and then rightfully failed.

The entire training army has collapsed, Ma Yulun has contained a part of the men and horses, and is advancing in the direction of the capital, and now the only thing that can be defended is the capital. As long as the capital can be preserved, their sins can be alleviated a few points. And by Tang Qing's side, all he could control was a sentry army.

The grain, grass, and ordnance brought into Tianjin from outside the customs have disappeared, and even the military salaries that have been raised with great difficulty have disappeared. Looking at the black smoke rising from the direction of Jinmen, Tang Qing shook his head, "Gongting, I'm sorry for you, the foolish brother will enter Beijing first to escort you, and Jinmen will be handed over to you." ”

After the fall of the city gate, the battle in the city did not end, and the remnants of the Flying Tiger Regiment were still fighting with the Eight-Nation Alliance in the streets and alleys. After losing the command of Zhang Decheng and Cao Futian, these people's actions became more simple, just to kill foreigners, or to prevent their hometown from being trampled on by foreigners' military boots.

However, the foreign soldiers themselves were not as neatly lined up and commanded as they were during the attack. The coalition army itself is a hasty army, there are both mercenaries and colonists in the team, military discipline is poor, military pay is also lacking, it is after entering the city, these military villains began to act wantonly.

The fire burned, and the cries mingled with the light of the fire and the sound of gunfire, and it was heard far away. The door was broken, the man was stabbed to death with a bayonet, the hostess died naked in the room, and the young child was picked to death in the courtyard. The cage was opened, the worn-out clothes were thrown everywhere, and after some searching, the foreign soldiers who had harvested were counted, walked out of the courtyard with a smile, and walked to the next place. Similar scenes can be seen everywhere in Jinmen.

It's just that before, because most of the mansion doors were transferred to the ground in Texas, the proceeds of the looting by the foreign soldiers were not much, and this kind of futile anger made them more ferocious and tyrannical in their next actions. The heavy and dirty boots kicked open the closed doors of one house after another, and the screams of women and the roars of men were like the cry of the city. The thoroughfare of the famous city will inevitably turn into rubble in the end.

A Fusang army with a sun flag is considered a well-organized team, and its performance is different from other armies, probably because more than half of the officers in this team wear command knives and wear medals on their chests. With them, the rest of the army must stay away from them, which is the natural fear of the soldiers for the officers at this time.

A veteran in the middle looked around with a telescope, shook his head and said: "A beautiful city, in the end, did not escape the doom, our two countries are of the same language and species, and someone has suggested that the two countries should be united before." If they had agreed to this condition, perhaps they would not have to endure this fate. ”

The young man beside him smiled and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, you are a China expert, and you should know their psychology very well. If they don't suffer a big loss, how will they know what is the right path, and how will they participate in our royal paradise plan? The city has great wealth, and I think our soldiers should also go for their own benefit. Next, they were going to attack the capital of the empire, and before that, they needed to relax. ”

"Banxi, you're wrong." The commander named Fukushima Yasumasa was born in the intelligence system, and he is a legendary-level figure in the Fuso intelligence system, and he has absolute authority over the younger generation of Banxi

"Before I left, His Excellency Katsura Taro said it to me. The purpose of our Hiroshima Division is to pay insurance premiums to the Great Powers, and the purpose of our Hiroshima Division is to lose all its sincerity to the Great Powers and prevent them from interfering in other actions of our country. Compared to those, the immediate benefits are insignificant, and we must order our soldiers not to participate in any form of looting, otherwise they will be punished immediately. ”

Bansai Hachiro also knew that the focus of the Fuso Empire, one was in Goryeo and the other was outside the Guan, which was related to Tiele's interests and had deep contradictions. If it weren't for the outbreak of the Flying Tiger Incident, maybe the two countries would have prepared to start their war. Now it is necessary to convey sincerity to the great powers, so that they will not favor the Tiele people in the Fuso Tiele War, and at the same time try to show goodwill to the Jin state, so as to win the support of the Jin people in the future when the foreign front is sent.

Compared with the vast land outside the Guanxi and the interests of Goryeo, the Jinmen area, and even the treasury in the Forbidden City, are not so important. He responded: "Your Excellency the Commander, rest assured that our gendarmerie has gone to maintain discipline and try to maintain our good image in front of the gentry of the Kingdom of Jin. ”

"That's right, as for ordinary people, you can act with words, because the public opinion of the Jin Kingdom is only in the hands of the gentry and literati. So you have to be respectful to them, and I won't ask anyone else. ”

A soldier flew in and reported the new news, in the area of Balitai, the organized resistance of the Jin soldiers was still ongoing, and Cheng Gongting, the former commander of the Wuwei Army, was organizing troops to try to contain the remnants and stabilize the defensive line. Yasumasa Fukushima sneered

"Cheng Gongting, he is an excellent old soldier, but he is only an excellent old soldier, and it is no longer his time. Order the troops, solve him. Also, he has a vendetta with the Flying Tigers, and the Flying Tigers hate him more than they hate us. Banxi-kun, don't you have a friendship with several senior brothers of the Flying Tiger Regiment? Well, now is the time for you to show them goodwill, give them some rifles, and show the location of the Cheng family, so that they can take revenge. ”

Balitai, although the Chengzi banner was damaged by the artillery fire, it was still waving in the wind. The Golden Soldier combat units that saw their own flags also gathered here. Most of the original structure has been abolished, and the soldiers around them may be completely from unfamiliar troops, and they have never practiced together, and the only thing that can make them feel a little relieved is their faces that are also blackened by gunsmoke, and that coat.

Cheng Gongting reined in his horse and crossed his sword, stood under his own flag, and let the Japanese shells pass by, not retreating an inch. This is also the way of warfare in this era, as long as the commander does not retreat, the soldier can maintain a minimum combat effectiveness. The Fusang army has invested no more than 1,000 troops in the front, and Cheng Gongting now has almost 4,000 troops. However, they were not subordinate to each other, and their cooperation was very poor, and they could only shoot at the enemy with foreign guns, and they could not organize an attack.

The artillery of the Fuso army was both numerous and long-range. Twelve-pounder grenades and shrapnel reap lives in the ranks of the Golden Soldiers. Cheng Gongting's two favorite generals, Ren Sheng and Yang Futian, pulled Cheng Gongting's horse and wanted to retreat. "Junmen, it's too dangerous here, the Fuso artillery is coming, you can't stay here!"

Cheng Gongting waved his horsewhip violently and pulled the two away, "Get out of me!" Cheng was favored by the emperor, and he had the responsibility to defend the territory, but he could not defend the territory, so he could only die to repay the grace of the saint! In today's Jinmen, there are admirals who died in battle, and there are no generals who retreat. What is enemy artillery? Rush up and take down their cannons! ”

Ren Sheng saw that the chief officer was desperate, and he was ruthless, took off his shirt, held the flag with his own hands, and rushed forward. Hundreds of Jin soldiers sparsely followed him, and the team was scattered and unformed, but they still rushed towards the Fusang artillery artillery.

Seeing the fact that the Fuso army had put its artillery in front and lacked infantry support, it hurriedly reloaded its shotguns and asked for help from the infantry.

The cannon rang out.

A row of grape iron bullets whistled out and flew past Ren Sheng's ear. He lay his body very low, hunched over and galloped, although he was not very old, he was an old soldier who had been in the army since he was a child, and he could not be frightened by this artillery fire. Today, since the old military has the heart of martyrdom, as a general, he should also go with him. As long as you can plant the flag on the position of the Fusang army, it is worth dying.

The projectile passed by him, and he could feel the scorching air burning his cheeks, but his body miraculously did not get shot. And after the artillery fired this round of shotguns, they basically lost the opportunity to reload. Holding the flag high, he rushed to the artillery position in one step, drew his waist knife, and cut down two Fusang soldiers in a row. But when he looked back, he saw that the Jin soldiers who came out with him fled back in embarrassment, and there were only more than 20 people who followed.

After all, it's not the soldiers you brought out, how can you win the battle with just a burst of artillery and scare away? Ren Sheng roared angrily, "Foreign devils, grandpa fought with you!" The splitter grabbed a foreign gun with a bayonet, and formed a white-knuckle battle with the soldiers of the Fuso artillery position with more than 20 people.

The Fuso Army has always had a tradition of attaching importance to white soldiers, and was not afraid of bayonet battles, and immediately more than twice as many artillery soldiers raised their bayonets to join the battlefield and surrounded Ren Sheng's headquarters. Cheng Gongting hurriedly mobilized the two battalions to rescue, but Fusang's rifle was so fast and accurate that the two battalions couldn't rush through.

Seeing that Ren Sheng's troops were fighting less and less, and Ren Sheng himself was wounded in three places, when he was invincible, from the flank of the Fusang army, a disorganized army suddenly came out. This army of less than a hundred men, most of them with arquebuses in their hands, fired a round of ping-pong, and then raised their spears and charged.

They came very suddenly, and the Fuso military was completely unaware of it, and the part that was hit happened to be the weakness of their own side. Under the chaos of the infantry formation, this team successfully broke into the artillery position and rescued Ren Shengbu. In addition to this, this unit actually captured a small cannon and returned.

Although the captured small cannon was only a two-pounder cannon and could not change the situation on the battlefield, this successful attack greatly boosted the morale of Cheng Gongting's troops.

This support army also suffered heavy casualties in the raid, more than 100 people, and less than 50 returned to Cheng Gongting's side. The leader's clothes were tattered, his face was covered with blood, and a ghost-headed knife in his hand had been curled. It took Cheng Gongting a long time to identify "Pang ...... Pongan pipe belt? ”

"The old military gate, mark the Pang gold standard, and lead the dog Yutang and the servants at home to participate in the battle!" After the turmoil in Jinmen, the Pang family was on the verge of bankruptcy. After the palace change, the Son of Heaven was imprisoned, Pang Delu also died, and the Pang family was even weaker, and almost no one mentioned it. His official position in the defense camp was dismissed, and he was given the right to be a junior general, and during the entire Jinmen attack and defense, no one thought of him, and he didn't want to kill him with his family today.

Cheng Gongting had some friendship with him, and he contained Pang Yulou, and the two were acquaintances. Hurriedly said: "Pang Guan belt, the foreign army is strong, you have a little bit of people, you should go to the back first......"

Pang Jinbiao grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "Where did the old military man come from, although Pang Mou didn't dare to compare with the old military gate, but he was also a golden man who stood up to the sky, and he drank Haihe water and ate Jinmen rice since he was a child." Can you watch foreign devils scourge my hometown? We don't usually dare to say that we are good people, but we will not let foreigners ride on my neck. This place is our territory, and it's not the turn of foreigners to blow up thorns! Today, Pang reported to the Son of Heaven and reported to Sangzi, full of doors, and there was no thought. Little guys, straighten my waist, it's time to play with foreigners! ”

His eldest son, Pang Yutang, followed closely behind, wrapped his braid around his neck, braided it in his mouth, and held a single knife in his hand, "Dad, let's practice with them today......"

Before the words fell, a fierce volley of guns rang out, Pang Yutang's body shook several times, there were more than a dozen blood holes in his chest, and his body tried hard to maintain a standing posture, but in the end he failed, and fell straight back. Pang Jinbiao didn't cry but laughed, "Okay!" It's my Pang son! Don't be afraid, Daddy will avenge you! The doll at the bottom of the nine rivers, let's go on the road! ”

In the air, echoing the singing of "Two Wolf Mountain kills Hu Er, the sky is shocked, and good men are afraid of death and life for the country", this group of people and horses rushed towards Fusang's army formation with a resolute attitude, ignoring artillery and musket bullets. Guns roared, bullets rained down, and a small charge was mercilessly engulfed by a sea of gunpowder and metal.

Cheng Gongting had tears in his eyes, brandished his saber, and urged his men and horses to attack, but most of his subordinates were afraid and did not dare to follow up. At this moment, a fast horse galloped to the horse, and the person on the horse had blood all over his face, and shouted: "Junmen, the big thing is not good, the boxers of the Flying Tiger Regiment have robbed the old lady and the young lady!" (To be continued.) )