At about eight o'clock in the morning of the next day, with a rumbling sound, the annihilation battle of the Yan and Huang army began.

Johnson knew that the final decisive moment had come, and that the British Emperor [***] would not lose face and would never surrender without a fight, so he immediately issued an order to break out.

Johnson contacted more than 30,000 people at the moment, and he first sent a division of troops to launch a fierce attack on a point of the Yanhuang Army, making a breakthrough in that direction, and fighting for a long time.

Got the news, Johnson's eyes lit up, and immediately commanded the troops to rush from another reconnaissance of the weak point of the Yanhuang Army's defense, although it was stubbornly resisted, but obviously insufficient troops, and was successfully broken through by the British army, as if taken care of by God, next, Johnson's troops went on a rampage all the way, and the resistance encountered along the way was not very strong, although there were a lot of losses, but when the troops rushed to the Longxi area, Johnson knew that he had successfully broken through, and at this time he thought about it as if in a dream, But he didn't dare to delay at all, and he couldn't control the other troops, and immediately led the remaining more than 20,000 people to flee from Gansu quickly, into Shaanxi, all the way to Yucheng, and on the way to meet the [***] team is also a lot low-key, even a little frightened, always dodging as if there is nothing, obviously this time the Yan and Huang Army's blow to the British army, but also made them have a certain fear in their hearts.

In Yucheng, there were already a lot of British warships waiting there, when the responding navy saw the troops covered in rags, unkempt, yellow and thin, and mentally exhausted, they were also so surprised that they couldn't speak, when did the army of the British Empire fall into such a state, let alone in the [***] team that they have always looked down on, this is too alarmist, if you don't see it with your own eyes, people really can't believe it.

After confirming that this force was the unit he wanted to rescue, Rear Admiral Derifin wordlessly replenished this refugee-like force, and then let them board the ship and go all the way along the Yangtze River to Shanghai, and then for a period of time, the British headquarters received the news that other scattered troops had successfully escaped, and the British army recovered 50,000 of them, and the rest were either killed in battle, or captured or missing.

This result immediately caused an uproar in the world, although the British troops who participated in the war this time can only be regarded as the second-line troops of the British army, no matter how they are also the army of the powerful British Empire, if they lose to the Germans, or even themselves, people can accept it, but they just lost to the most despised by the Western powers, how not to surprise them, how not to make them full of doubts, but the result is indeed the case.

Some gloat, some worried, some angry...... Many British senators said that they would take revenge on the Chinese, put the Yanhuang Army in a place of no return, and wash the face of the British Empire with the blood of the Chinese.

The British army fled back, but Wu Dingbang looked unhappy, and after leading the troops back, before he had time to rest, he asked to see Wei Chendong.

Wei Chendong seemed to know that he was coming, and even set up hot tea.

As soon as he saw Wei Chendong, Wu Dingbang asked the question in his heart: "Deputy Marshal, can you tell me why?" I can eat all of these 100,000 white-skinned pigs, why did you let me let them go? ”

It turned out that the urgent information that Wu Dingbang received before was that Wei Chendong asked him to let the British go and not kill them all, which must have made Wu Dingbang, who was already victorious, not understand, could it be that Wei Chendong was also like Li Hongzhang of the Qing Dynasty, who had a favorable side but did not dare to make a move against the enemy?

Originally, Wu Dingbang was also ready to disobey the order, but Wei Chendong gave a death order, so he had to pretend to transfer the middle two interspersed armies away, and then let the outermost encircled army, after reconnoitring the direction of the British army's attack, take the initiative to let them go. Johnson's so-called fluke is pure bullshit, and when it comes to your life and death, God can't help him.

Looking at Wu Dingbang's blazing eyes, Wei Chendong sighed and said slowly: "Dingbang, you can't just fight a war, what are we fighting for?" Is it to kill someone? Or is it the empty honor? No, no, it's for politics, it's for interests, we have to think about what we can gain and what we will lose by fighting this war, under the balance, whether we gain or lose, for the sake of interests, the enemy can also become friends, this is the helplessness of politics, the same is true of war, everything has to serve politics, then I ask you, what can we gain by eating these 100,000 British troops, and what will we lose? ”

Wu Dingbang was stunned when he heard this, frowned, thought for a while, and said excitedly: "Eat these 100,000 British troops, our army can get supreme glory, and Chinese can raise their eyebrows...... As for what we have to lose, I didn't think about it, and it seems to me that we can lose anything if we stay here."

"You don't understand this, no wonder you don't agree with my decision, let me tell you, we will get the revenge of the British, we will get the suspicion of the Kuomintang, we will get the attention and suppression of Yue, and we will be curbed by other forces...... And the only good thing to get is a poor reputation, and this reputation can only bring us disaster in the present......"

"Our biggest enemy at the moment is the British, not the British, and there is also a conflict of interest between me and the British in Asia, and it is very likely that we will become your mortal enemies in the future, or that sentence, the enemy of the enemy is our friends, and I want us to fight to the death with the British, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman, which can only make the relatives painful and the enemies happy."

"Even if we don't like the British, but now is not the time to fight to the death with them, because our strength is simply not enough to fight against so many enemies, if we really want revenge, not now, but after we are really strong."

"Now put the British army back, there is still room for things to be converted, we don't need to fight with the powerful British Empire before we go to war with myself, this makes no sense, I am sitting in Asia, and the British can't reach into China much, so we won't have much conflict with them, if it's not India's business this time, I don't want to fight with them at all."

…… Wei Chendong said the thoughts in his heart seriously, in fact, at the beginning, Wei Chendong also planned to destroy these British, but before the war, he was a little uneasy, so he called back and asked those old generals, after understanding the situation here, these old generals and Wei Chendong said the above words, Wei Chendong is not a fool, just think about it a little and understand, do things with the overall situation, small battles and small victories have no effect at all, and it is the best policy to surrender without a fight. No matter how strong the Yan and Huang armies are, they can't destroy all the enemies who are bullying China, can the Eight-Nation Coalition be wiped out? This is too unrealistic, although it is said that the shame cannot be forgotten, but it does not mean that it is necessary to unrealistically touch it, it will only make a wound, no one will sympathize with you, this is the cruelty of politics, everything is based on interests.

Wei Chendong was also very uninterested in the British, that is, they brought imperialism to China in a swarm, but now it is obviously unwise to fight with the British, although there is hatred, Wei Chendong still decided to endure it.

Wu Dingbang is also a smart person, in the past, it was because of his hatred of imperialism that he did not think comprehensively, but now after Wei Chendong said it, his heart suddenly lit up, and he knew that Wei Chendong was right.

"Deputy Marshal, I'm sorry, it's me who was too simple in my thinking and misunderstood you", since he was wrong, Wu Dingbang did not hesitate to admit his mistake.

Wei Chendong patted him on the shoulder, didn't speak, don't be too wordy to smart people, everything is silent.

This battle is over, but Wei Chendong does not regret it, because this is a battle that must be fought, otherwise, the development of the Yan and Huang Army may stagnate, or be crushed by the British and other forces, so it must be fought, and it must be won, the current result is what Wei Chendong wants to see, not only defeated the British, but also let them know that the Yan and Huang Army had no ill will towards the British, and I believe that the British should know that those soldiers who fled back were deliberately let go by the Yan and Huang Army. Although he kept his hand on the British, after all, he killed tens of thousands of them, Wei Chendong was not quite sure what the attitude of the British was, whether it was crazy revenge or reconciliation, but he didn't have a good way now, so he had to wait for the British to express his position, if the British were really unwilling to give up, then he would only have to accompany him, and this battle itself was a battle full of contradictions, he didn't want to fight, but he had to fight, and he couldn't fight to the death.

(To be continued)