Feng Guozhang immediately figured out the purpose of Zeng Yong's order for the cavalry to attack. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is clear that in the face of the more than 200 cavalry who are about to kill the attacking troops, he has no choice but to watch.

There were no heavy machine guns, no mortars to provide long-range fire support to the attacking troops. Even if he gave the attacking troops an order to retreat now, perhaps before the order reached the position, more than 200 cavalry had already entered the attacking force and began to slaughter his own subordinates.

In this way, under Feng Guozhang's shocked and dumbfounded gaze, more than 200 cavalry crashed into the attacking troops with almost no casualties.

Because his subordinates were lying on the ground, the cavalry who killed them didn't even need to chop, as long as they stepped on them with their horses' hooves, they could suffer heavy losses.

Seeing the former comrades-in-arms around them being trampled to pieces of meat by the horses' hooves, the only remaining courage of the attacking troops was suddenly gone, and they were covered with fear.

And then regardless of the fire suppression of the cavalry regiment on the checkpoint, I got up from the ground and wanted to run for my life.

Many Beiyang soldiers were beaten into a hornet's nest by bullets in their heads the moment they got up.

Of course, even if they dodged the bullets, they could not escape the pursuit of the four-legged cavalry.

After standing up, the saber held in the hands of the cavalry also had an effect.

Pieces of knife light flashed, and pieces of Beiyang Army were slaughtered on the spot, with fear on their faces before they died.

Seeing that the main force of the Beiyang Army rushed towards the battlefield with dozens of light machine guns, the cavalry, who were most afraid of machine guns, retreated after only two rounds of killing on the battlefield in order to avoid unnecessary casualties.

But even so, the battlefield was torn apart by cavalry.

Of the 13,400 Beiyang Army, less than 300 people remained. As soon as the cavalry retreated, these people fled the battlefield like lost dogs.

Zeng Yong did not order the artillerymen and heavy machine gunners to pursue these routers with firepower.

In his opinion, by this time in the battle, the Beiyang Army had lost the opportunity to win the checkpoint, which meant that the remaining Beiyang Army on the battlefield would definitely be trapped here by the main force.

When he ran out of ammunition and food, Feng Guozhang had no choice but to surrender unless he wanted to see the thousands of people left in his hands die here.

In this way, every remaining Beiyang Army on the battlefield will become a prisoner.

In the Wehrmacht, captured prisoners were either exchanged for silver or used as free labour for the Wehrmacht. Either way, capture is a benefit for the Wehrmacht. Since it is a profit, if you kill them, you will not be able to get along with the silver.

Feng Guozhang looked at the defeated soldiers who retreated from the battlefield, with a gloomy face, despair, helplessness, and regret. Of course, if he knew that these hundreds of routs were spared by Zeng Yong in order not to go against the silver, and Zeng Yong had already begun to calculate the possible benefits of capturing them. Feng Guozhang, who had a complicated expression, was likely to be so angry that he vomited blood on the spot.

More than a dozen officers gathered around Feng Guozhang had desperate expressions on their faces.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire and explosions suddenly sounded behind him, and the sound only lasted less than ten minutes before stopping.

Although no concrete news came, it was clear to everyone that the main force of the Wehrmacht had arrived, and that they had taken down their own troops just behind them with lightning speed.

Sure enough, less than ten minutes later, a herald with a frightened face rushed over on a war horse.

"General, the troops behind the palace are finished, the Wehrmacht has killed them, there are more than 10,000 people, and they have brought a large number of mortars."

Feng Guozhang waved his hand desperately and signaled the herald to leave, and in less than ten minutes, another herald rushed over.

Before he could speak, gunshots rang out from behind.

"General, the forward units of the Wehrmacht have exchanged fire with our rearguard units. There are also at least two regiments of Wehrmacht that are rounding us around us on both flanks! ”

At this time, the desperate Feng Guozhang finally reacted, and then ordered helplessly: "Let the brothers forget about themselves and retreat here, and arrange a defensive position with me as the center!" ”

Another town commander immediately asked, "General Feng, do you have a solution?" Or are you going to stick to it! ”

Feng Guozhang shook his head and replied helplessly: "If there was a way, I would have taken my brothers away a long time ago." As for sticking to it, you don't even have to think about it. We want artillery without artillery, we want heavy machine guns without heavy machine guns, and holding on to them means the annihilation of the whole army. ”

"Then General Feng, did you order the troops to defend here?" The other commander continued to ask.

"Put on a show and negotiate with the Wehrmacht!" After saying this, Feng Guozhang seemed to have aged several years in an instant.

The word negotiation sounds nice, but in reality negotiation is surrender.

Although the faces of the dozen or so subordinates around him were very ugly after stopping this result, none of them spoke out against it.

Feng Guozhang continued: "More than 20,000 people in our two towns have fought so far, not only have we failed to achieve our goal, but we have also lost our troops. If you continue to fight, not only is there no point, but you will also let the brothers die in vain. In this case, it is better to give the brothers a way to live. ”

"Everyone joined the Beiyang Army to work hard for the commander, I don't want to watch everyone die here meaninglessly. Therefore, I intend to negotiate with the Wehrmacht and surrender as long as the other side saves everyone's lives. ”

When Li Zhilong arrived at the battlefield, more than 5,000 Beiyang troops were already surrounded.

Li Zhilong, who was full of confidence, was just about to give an offensive order, and after quickly solving the Beiyang Army, he returned to the capital and took the capital.

But at this moment, a white flag was raised in the defensive position of the Beiyang Army a few hundred meters away, and then an officer walked over to his unit with both hands raised, asking to see him by name.

Although he had not yet met this officer of the Beiyang Army, Li Zhilong had already realized that this battle to test the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Army was very likely to be fought.

Therefore, as soon as he saw the other party, Li Zhilong put on an arrogant expression that was sure of the other party.

"Are you here to surrender, if you want to surrender, I'll give you ten minutes to prepare. In ten minutes, if I don't lay down my arms, I'll attack! ”

"No, our General Feng asked me to negotiate, as long as your army can guarantee our safety, we will surrender!" The officer of the Beiyang Army touched the cold sweat on his forehead and said very weakly.

Hear the word negotiation! Feng Guozhang subconsciously wanted to go crazy.

In Feng Guozhang's view, the Beiyang Army is now a piece of fat in his mouth, and he can eat it as much as he wants, and Feng Guozhang has no capital to negotiate with him at all.

But after listening to the other party's words, Li Zhilong immediately held back what he was about to say, because the conditions proposed by the other party were not conditions at all. Even if the other party doesn't mention it, he will do it, and what Feng Guozhang wants is a guarantee! (To be continued.) )