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Duke Gomocherov's re-questioning made Yixin, who was already a little impatient, suddenly interject: "Duke Gomocherov, your two generals, Veredovsky and Duraviev, are now all in Lin Wei's prisoner of war camp, how Lin Wei treats you foreigners, you should know better than me, the annihilation of the whole army is the annihilation of the whole army, none of you Russians escaped, and it also affected my Beiyang New Army of the Qing Dynasty, and now my Beiyang New Army of the Qing Dynasty is in danger, and half of my Qing Dynasty has fallen, I want to ask you, how did you promise me before? What Russian army is invincible? What Cossack iron cavalry crisscrossed Europe? Where now? Why don't you say it when you ask for money and food, and loot? Now what else do you want to say in front of me? ”

In the face of Prince Gong's hoarse questioning, Duke Gomocherov's face finally turned red, and he hesitated for a while before saying: "I will report truthfully to the Imperial Tsar, including all the actions of the Qing team as an allied army!" ”

Someone on the side wanted to dissuade Duke Gomochlov from leaving, Yixin waved his hand and said: "Let him go, his mouth will grow on them, whatever they say!" ”

Ci'an looked at Prince Gong, who was a little impulsive, and said, "Let's dissipate our anger!" After all, they are a group of talented wolves, and it is not the first time that the Russians have no faith, they are all very full, but they can only achieve six points of the Lord, but at this time it seems a little unwise to offend the Russians! ”

Yixin smiled slightly, changed his tone and arched his hand: "Please rest assured that the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, unless this Duke Gomocherov himself doesn't want to live, he will help us!" I have a good grasp of this. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

From morning to noon, in the end, a good countermeasure was not discussed, because the situation was related to the life and death of the Qing Dynasty, so almost all people were in line with the principle that ten thousand words are better than one silence, and the good words of Zhang Tingyu, the tumbler of the three dynasties, were all used today.

And in the city of Nanjing, Zeng Guofan gathered Zuo Zongtang, Xu Guangyuan and the wounded Li Xubin and others gathered in the original Golden Dragon Hall of the Heavenly King's Mansion, which is the only place that has not been set on fire by the Russian army, the whole city has long been empty, and soon after the military disaster, the war was sealed, if there are people in the city of Nanjing, it will be a ghost!

Zeng Guofan glanced at Zuo Zongtang and said, "Let's tell you about the current situation!" It's good to make everyone feel a little prepared! Now it's me who brings you into this desperate lonely city, and it's me who can't stand you all! ”

When everyone heard that Zeng Guofan actually said this, they all hurriedly stood up and said in unison: "I am willing to die for my lord, and I will not give up my humble rank!" ”

Zeng Guofan hurriedly put his hands on his hands and said, "Get up!" Hurry up, everyone, how embarrassing are you to make me have someone's affection! Hurry up! ”

After everyone sat down again, Li Xubin grinned involuntarily because of the wound, and Zuo Zongtang looked a little helpless and said, "Let's talk about ourselves first!" Yesterday we counted our existing strength of 67,322 people, one hundred and seven Armstrong field guns made by the British state, but there were not many shells, only less than 1,000 rounds left, rifle ammunition was barely sufficient, but the food was only enough for us to eat for less than ten days, and the city defense of Nanjing, you came and fought in turns, and now it is dilapidated, the east gate and the south gate do not even have the city gate, and the city defense fortifications are even more left! ”

Everyone was silent after listening to Zuo Zongtang's words, everyone knew that what Zuo Zongtang said was true, this Nanjing city was already a broken city wall leaking on all sides, it can be said that when Nanjing broke the city, it was when the Chinese Empire launched an attack, and the current Beiyang generals had already put away their proud generals, and the Chinese Empire's military might and continuous strength made them feel frightened.

What's even more terrifying is that along that long coastline, the marines of the Chinese Empire can land wherever they want to land, for the Beiyang New Army, there is no such thing as a front and rear, and they are under the threat of the enemy everywhere, so how can they fight in this way? Originally, he was not prepared to stick to Nanjing, but in the face of the threat that the Chinese Imperial Marines could cut off the supply line at any time, Zeng Guofan finally decided to stick to Nanjing, which was actually no way, and the Beiyang New Army was almost forced into a desperate situation.

Zuo Zongtang looked at the people who were quietly talking and coughed, "I'll continue to talk about the movement of the Lin rebel bandit army coming in!" As soon as Zuo Zongtang's words fell, there was silence in the hall, all eyes were focused on Zuo Zongtang's body, Zuo Zongtang shook off a piece of paper densely filled with words and said: "So far at noon, the first legion, the third legion, the fifth legion, the second army of the mountain infantry and their so-called legions directly under the command of the Lin rebel bandit army have appeared outside Nanjing, at least two brigades of the Marine Corps, a large number of artillery, and now at least sixty gunboats near Yanziji have been assembled!" ”

In a sound of surprise, Zeng Guofan stood up and said: "Everyone, don't be impatient, I just ask everyone to analyze what it means to besiege Lin Haijiang without attacking today?" My Beiyang is the capital of the last fight of the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court or the monk Greenqin can not know the importance of this, so it is also taken for granted that reinforcements are imminent, and the key is how to deal with the enemy now? ”

Xu Guangyuan looked at Zeng Guofan, who was flushed, and hesitated for a moment: "If you go back to the marshal, I think that Lin Cheng must be trying to force our army to surrender, and now the urgency of our army's delay is to get in touch with the outside as soon as possible, learn about the plan of reinforcements, and attack together inside and outside to relieve the siege of Nanjing!" ”

As soon as Xu Guangyuan's words fell, Zuo Zongtang waved his hand and said, "It's not proper!" Since Lin Wei thought he was prepared, how could he give us time, when the time came, he would definitely attack the city, and it would still be the result of the burning of jade, and we are now in the middle of Lushan! What Lin Yi is best at is to encircle the point to send reinforcements, how many times have we suffered losses from him before and after? We can't fully predict what Lin Rey is fighting now, but now, even if the imperial court sends troops to help in the starry night, it won't be able to arrive in two months? Can the imperial court allow our garrison at the mouth of Dagu in Beiyang to come to help? Someone else doesn't go on for three months? ”

Li Xubin leaned forward with some effort and said: "Everyone, in fact, my Beiyang Ten Towns are now trapped in this Nanjing Jedi, which is already called the heaven is not working, and the earth is called, there is only one point, we should be loyal to Zeng Dashuai, and the Beiyang is united as one person as oneself, only in this way can we have hope to tide over the difficulties, otherwise this Nanjing will be our burial place!" ”

At this moment, a relative of Zeng Guofan outside trotted forward and said, "Lin Wei has someone over there!" ”

"How many people came? What kind of person is he? Zeng Guofan was taken aback, and the commanders of the towns below were also stunned, Lin Haijiang sent people for only one purpose, and that was to surrender! But Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang don't look like people who can surrender? There are hardcores like Xu Guangyuan and Li Xubin in the following towns, and of course there are some wavering people like Hu Qianzhong, who has just acted as the ruler of the seventh town, but at the moment, everyone doesn't dare to show it, and they are all looking forward to knowing one or two!

When Zeng Guofan saw the expressions of the people below, he hesitated and said, "We can't be too rude, let them make fun of these rats, please!" ”

Wang Zhitong, who had a big waist and a round waist, was dressed in a black imperial army uniform, and his shiny military boots clicked on the floor, and after entering the main hall, Wang Zhitong stood up and saluted: "I have seen you, Lord Zeng Guofan, Your Excellency Lin Haijiang, the head of the empire, asked me to greet you on your behalf, and I am the commander of the 11th Brigade of the Fifth Division under the First Army of the Chinese Empire, with the rank of lieutenant colonel!" ”

As soon as he heard that it was a brigade commander, not the civilian official that everyone expected, Zuo Zongtang's face was very ugly and said: "Lin Haijiang bullied me in Beiyang too much, so he sent a brigade commander over?" What is the purpose? Do you really think that I have no one in Beiyang? ”

Zeng Guofan waved and said, "Don't be impatient!" Let's listen to what he says! ”

Wang Zhitong smiled and said: "In the first year of the empire, that is, in the second year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the empire recovered Hainan Island, I was captured in the Fenwu camp at that time, and then selected to join the Chinese Imperial Army, because here is the reason for the general army, so after six months of training, he was escorted to the Imperial Army Military Academy, and after graduation, he served as a platoon commander, and before the battle, he was the deputy brigade commander of the 11th Brigade. The brigade commander was promoted to deputy division commander due to his qualifications and merits, and I was also promoted to lieutenant colonel and brigade commander, and this time I was appointed as a messenger! ”

Oh, my God! After listening to Wang Zhitong's introduction, even Xu Guangyuan and Li Xubin's eyes were a little suspicious. He was promoted to brigade commander in just over two years? You must know that the brigades of the Chinese Empire are much larger than the regiments of the Europeans, and a surrendered soldier is promoted to a brigade commander and you are asked to lead the troops to fight on the front line? How incredible this is in the eyes of the Beiyang generals.

So someone deliberately took the test for Wang Zhitong, Wang Zhitong didn't know much because of the year, but it was precisely in this way that the Beiyang generals dispelled their concerns!

Wang Zhitong smiled and looked at the Beiyang generals present and said: "The Second Artillery Brigade and the Third Artillery Brigade of the Empire have arrived, and the gunboat corps has also been assembled, Your Excellency the Imperial Head of State knows that you are soldiers, and soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and now that Nanjing has been besieged, the Imperial Army is like a tietong, and you can't receive any orders from the Qing court. I hope you can do it yourself and follow the trend! ”

(To be continued)