The night when the Huguang battalion first went into battle was safe and sound, but everyone knew very well in their hearts that behind the calm was a larger-scale attack of the Yue army.

Liu Mingchuan was careless for a while, and now he has only dispatched more than 6,000 people from Bianmen Town and Tangshan Town to conduct group training, and the rest of the local group training has also begun to march to Fengcheng County.

Lu Guangquan stood by a low wall at the back, and dug a big pit near here with people as a temporary front-line command post, and connected with each company on the phone.

In the dark night, he was holding a Jiangnan rifle for the time being, looking at the night sky, silently thinking about his thoughts.

He has experienced many battles and fought many battles with the Spaniards, but it is also the first time he has seen such a bloody scene, there is blood everywhere, stragglers are brave, from time to time someone wants to escape, the tough Zuo Guigui gambles with his own soldiers in the back, and whoever retreats will be shot on the spot.

The most pitiful thing is that Zuo's precious Fengjun actually has no medical aid station, and there is no medical soldier of its own in the army, so many young lives that should have been saved have been lost so meaninglessly.

This made Lu Guangquan feel particularly regretful, as soon as he arrived here, the medical aid station opened by Huguangying was full of wounded, and the large number of casualties was shocking.

There is no way, this is war.

Sometimes, Lu Guangquan especially hopes that he can live until the day when there is no war in the world and China has stood up.

He was trying to fall asleep, and when it was almost dawn, he was suddenly awakened by the sound of a cannon.

Then, the shells were vented like a storm, and the explosion was cracking everywhere, and it was impossible to tell how many shells were intensively exerting threat, and the artillery battalion of the Yi Army immediately counterattacked, counting the position of the opponent and returning fire.

Immediately afterwards, the Tianbaoshan Fort fired continuously according to the position of the artillery battalion, seemingly forcing the Huai army to launch a general attack.

The position of Liu Mingchuan's artillery battalion has been exposed, he must attack it, and continue to let the artillery battalion according to the original plan, aiming at the Tianbaoshan fort and bombarding it, and then a large number of Ming soldiers rushed up, going up with all their might, constantly falling, and more people constantly rushing up.

At this time, the 1st Tokyo Division of the Japanese Army began to launch a general attack, and the artillery fire continued to vent towards the positions of the Feng army.

War is so cruel, so ruthless, that life always disappears here in the shortest moment.

Due to the difficulty of supply, it was impossible for Oyama Iwa to let the army suppress the artillery without restrictions, and after believing that the opponent was already difficult enough, he asked Lieutenant General Sakuma Zomata to lead the 2nd Division to rush forward, and take the opponent's position with all his strength, even if he could not take it, he had to buy time and space for the charge of the 6th Division.

It is impossible to imagine what it would be like for more than 6,000 army soldiers to spread out in front of the position and charge forward quickly.

The first battalion of Huguang chose to re-dig the ditch to resist the attack, and the soldiers of the Yue army quickly rushed through the ruins of the low wall, and under the indiscriminate bombardment of the artillery fire, the soldiers of the Feng army fled one after another, and the left and right flanks of the Huguang battalion were quickly exposed.

Of course, Lu Guangquan didn't want to make unnecessary sacrifices, he also planned to retreat, first of all, he had to have people stabilize his left and right flanks, but he quickly made a new decision, let the reserve second column rush up to prevent his most dangerous left flank on the south flank.

The Huguang Second Battalion led by Zhang Shiying made the same choice at the same time, supplementing the most dangerous west flank with the second column, and the two sides stabilized the defensive front through internal cooperation.

While trying his best to protect himself, Lu Guangquan called Zuo Guigui and informed Zuo Guigui to lead his troops to come up, his people had all run out, and now he couldn't come up, and everyone had only one death.

However, Zuo Guigui did not move for a long time.

Lu Guangquan was a very shrewd man, and he quickly realized what Zuo Guigui was doing - sacrificing his friendly army, building fortifications in the back, and preparing for a second layer of defense.

Of course, the order may also have been given directly by Liu Mingchuan.

Lu Guangquan thought that if he also ran away, Liu Mingchuan could take the opportunity to shift all the responsibility to Hu Chuyuan, which was really the first trick to save his life, so there was basically no good result for the troops of different factions of the Qing army to fight together.

Unless it is Hu Chuyuan, a person who can gather the forces of multiple departments, personally come to Dandong to take charge.

Hu Chuyuan will definitely not come.

Lu Guangquan didn't plan to retreat, he had more than 7,000 people here, and he still had two artillery columns in his hands.

He was sure that he had no knowledge of his arrival, and that he knew nothing about the situation in the Huguang camp, so he called one by one, and asked all columns, guards, and companies to hold each other's positions to the death, leaving only two reservists to replenish them.

Before the enemy's charge was white-hot, he did not allow everyone to use machine guns, and all of them used Jiangnan rifles, which were also very powerful.

Soon, several infantry wings and thousands of soldiers began to advance in cross-cover, and they were only a few hundred meters away from the defensive line formed by the first battalion of Huguang with trenches, pillboxes, and the remnants of low walls.

The soldiers still did not shoot, until they said that their own soldiers were only 100 meters away from the position, and everyone opened fire together.

The Jiangnan rifle is currently the first rifle to use magazines to reload, and it is very fast in terms of loading speed, plus each person is equipped with five wooden-handled grenades, and each column also has its own artillery company.

Even if there were no machine guns, within 100 meters, all kinds of dense firepower were combined, and the soldiers still suffered a head-on blow.

The grenade has not appeared on the battlefield for a long time, and after the new changes, the power of the explosion has become very amazing, and the blow to the soldiers is very obvious.

After forcing the charge several times, the 1st Tokyo Division was forced to stop the charge, choosing to make a detour to attack, and organize a new line of charge from the northern flank along the mountain road.

Zuo Guigui should have left at least some troops here, but even the troops here were withdrawn, and Lu Guangquan could only temporarily let one guard be in charge of guarding, but there were more than 300 people.

There were factions everywhere, and it was the later famous general Okubaogong who was in charge of the charge, and he was neither a Choshu or a Satsuma valve, but he easily received the order to assault the weak areas, with the 49th Infantry Wing, totaling more than 2,400 people.

After all, Major General Obaogong was a smart man, and he always felt that the opponent neither retreated nor sent people to strengthen the northern flank, more or less for a reason, so he sent a brigade to test first, but the result was very unfavorable, and there was actually an artillery company with fast firepower hidden behind.

In this way, Major General Obao Gong knew that he had no way to retreat, and immediately organized two brigades of the wing to cross attacks, and one brigade continued to try to make a detour - he really didn't expect that Zuo Guigui, who had fought very fiercely in the first two fights, would actually withdraw his troops, but he soon knew.

In short, there are a lot of strange events in history.

The pressure on the two brigades was too great, relying on the convenient surname of the telephone network, Lu Guangquan gritted his teeth and drew a guard from here on the premise of trying his best not to fire the machine gun, and only then did he stare at the opponent's wave of attacks.

But it didn't take long for Major General Obaogong to discover that behind the defensive line in front of him, there was a blank area of several miles left undefended.

He was overjoyed and immediately organized this infantry brigade under his leadership to attack forward and plunge directly into the opponent's artillery column...... This is a hornet's nest.

Lu Guangquan happened to have a reserve guard that was not used, and he stayed by his side as a reserve force, while he himself was in the artillery column, and suddenly found that there was an infantry brigade rushing in at the rear wing, and he was also very surprised, feeling that the courage of the soldiers was indeed very great.

Surprised, he fended up with a guard and temporarily organized a defensive line, this time with a machine gun.

Major General Okubo Gong is really a very lucky and unlucky man.

He carefully assessed the strength of both sides and confirmed that he could win and capture a large number of artillery, so he did not hesitate to lead the third brigade of more than 600 people to rush forward, but Lu Guangquan personally fired a gun and swept wildly, and the entire brigade fell on the front without a front.

Finding that a major general of the Yue Army had fallen here, Lu Guangquan continued to exclaim, so he collected information from Ao Baogong and actually found an action order for the Yue Army.

Surprisingly, the current tactical policy of this book has not changed, everything in front of them is an illusion, and their real goal is still Jiulian City, capture Wulongkou, and enter Toad Tang Town from Wulongkou.

Lu Guangquan made a little assessment, and he understood in his heart that the Second Sendai Army would not attack him today, and when Liu Mingchuan attacked Yuanbao Mountain, he concentrated two divisions to attack from Jiulian City, which had the weakest troops, and fought all the way into Wulongkou.

At this point, the battle should be over.

It is said that as long as I guard the exit of Donggang from the south and the Wulongkou from the back, Liu Ming's ministry will die without a place to be buried and will be locked up here forever.

Wretched......!

Lu Guangquan figured this out, and then sighed in his heart.

Can you save Liu Mingchuan?

This is really a perverted question, he is really a little difficult to answer, if he is still the commander-in-chief of the Philippine independent army, he will definitely let Liu Mingchuan eat shit, and then find an opportunity to merge the remnants of Liu Mingchuan's troops and equipment to strengthen his strength.

It's a pity, considering Mr. Hu's interests, Lu Guangquan knew that he couldn't do this, the game of chess he and Hu Chuyuan played was too big, and he would continue to use Liu Mingchuan now...... But Liu Mingchuan can't be allowed to reap the benefits.

Thinking of this, he called Sun Yuanheng over and left the first battalion to Sun Yuanheng, and asked Zhang Shiying and Sun Yuanheng to shrink the formation backwards first, and try to connect each other as much as possible, and he personally took the reconnaissance company to check the situation.

Sure enough, as Lu Guangquan expected, the so-called famous generals like Zuo Guigui are also very sophisticated in playing intrigues and tricks, and they have already moved three miles behind the second front, joined up with Nie Shicheng's troops, completely abandoned their Huguang camp, and transferred a large number of troops to Liu Mingchuan to attack Yuanbao Mountain.

It doesn't matter if they retreat, the entire supply will definitely not be able to keep up, in case there are no bullets in the fight, what will the Huguang battalion do?

Before entering this place, Lu Guangquan and the commanders at all levels, as well as the personnel of the reconnaissance company, were all familiar with the terrain, and after constantly surveying the specific situation in the vicinity, Lu Guangquan generally understood Liu Mingchuan's deployment.

Although he didn't understand the reason, Liu Mingchuan did give up on them, and even the defense line of Zhen'an Town and Jiulian City was abandoned, and the large army retreated to Toad Pond and Longyakou, and cooperated with the Cannon Mountain Fortress of Jiulian City to defend to the death, and only arranged a few thousand people in the area where Zhen'an Town and Jiulian City defense line were handed over, and it is estimated that they were also guest troops who were deceived and sent to death.

At the same time, Liu Mingchuan dispatched at least three large battalions and more than 10,000 regimental training troops to attack Yuanbao Mountain, and all artillery forces were aimed at Yuanbao Mountain, leaving Lu Guangquan and other guest soldiers on the outside line.

The scouts sent to Li Kaiye soon returned to report the situation, and Li Kaiye found that there was no one to guard his wings, and he couldn't find Nie Shicheng's troops, knowing that he had been tricked, he directly withdrew from his position and hid in the mountain nest.

Huguangying can't afford to lose, here is all the hope for the future of the Fuxing Society, gathering almost a group of young generals with the highest level of education in China.

There was a unanimous call for a retreat.

So, where to retreat?

Lu Guangquan thought in his heart.

It is said that there are only two ways to enter Toad Pond Town, the first road must first break through Zhen'an Town and Yuanbao Mountain Defense Zone, and then enter a crescent-shaped lake surrounded by mountains, which is Toad Pond; The second road has to break through the defense area of Jiulian Town first, and then it is the fortress of Jiulian City, after which it is a narrow mountain road canyon commonly known as Longyakou, and you will reach Loufang Town through Longyakou, and then you can meet the legendary Wulongkou after Loufang Town.

Toad Pond is the south gate of Toad Tang Town, Wulongkou is the northeast gate, only these two roads can be killed, in addition, from Toad Tang Town to the follow-up Bianmen Town, Tangshan Town, Fengcheng County...... It's all about one road, like a sugar gourd skewer.

On the one hand, Lu Guangquan sent people to ask Zhang Shiying and Sun Yuanheng to shrink their forces and reduce unnecessary damage, and on the other hand, he sent people to check the deployment of troops for himself and Liu Mingchuan, and he crossed the front line and went to Li Kaiye's department.

He inspected the past all the way, and felt more and more weird, Liu Mingchuan had withdrawn very deeply, and only threw out a few guest troops on the front line as a cover for the troops.

After Song Qing's death, most of the soldiers scattered in a hurry and hid in the deep mountains and old forests, and only Ma Jinxu and more than 2,000 people gradually withdrew.

Lu Guangquan noticed a detail, the banner is still the Yi Army, in fact, Ma Jinxu led four or five thousand people to guard the position, and the front was spread very widely, as if there were more than 10,000 people, this was obviously Liu Mingchuan's false strategy.

Lu Guangquan thought about it in his heart, guessing that although Ma Jinxu was once Liu Mingchuan's general, he could definitely not be regarded as a descendant at present, otherwise he would not be placed here.

He went directly to Ma Jinxu's camp, and the two talked at first sight, and then they figured out the situation.

It turned out that Liu Mingchuan told Ma Jinxu that as long as he recaptured Yuanbao Mountain, he would immediately return to the army for reinforcements, and at the moment it was just a temporary strategy, so that the army did not dare to move, even if he couldn't resist, Ma Jinxu could also withdraw to the fortress of Jiulian City.

The big difference in treatment between the descendants, non-descendants and guest troops shows that Ma Jinxu at least received a notice that there was a way out, and Lu Guangquan and they didn't even have a way to retreat - to put it bluntly, Liu Mingchuan deliberately let Lu Guangquan and these recruits retreat by themselves, and it was best to disperse in a hurry like Song Qingbu and Yiketang Abe, so that he could shirk the responsibility to Hu Chuyuan.

Lu Guangquan always felt that there might be other articles in this, Liu Ming's legend may be to kill people with a knife, but he is not the mastermind, there are other more powerful people behind him secretly pointing out.

After a little thought in his heart, Lu Guangquan took out the silver ticket that Hu Chuyuan had prepared for him in advance, gave Ma Jinxu 50,000 silver yuan, bribed Ma Jinxu, and discussed with Ma Jinxu that he would help Ma Jinxu defend his position, and Ma Jinxu was responsible for preparing him and helping him carry materials and supplies.

Such a good thing...... Ma Jinxu was of course very happy, taking advantage of the fact that he had not yet launched a general attack, the two rearranged the deployment, the three battalions of Huguang fully retreated to the defense line of Jiulian City, Zhang Shiying's troops retreated to the entrance of Zhen'an Town, and Sun Yuanheng and Li Kaiye retreated together, and the three battalions rebuilt new fortifications at the same time.

Lu Guangquan took two infantry columns, responsible for stationing in the rear line with Ma Jinxu, secretly supervising Ma Jinxu's troops, and Ma Jinxu sent a regimental training battalion back to Toad Tang Town to carry supplies.

At this time, Liu Mingchuan was at the mouth of the toad pond not far from the Huguang camp, and he had already moved the command battalion here, personally pressed the formation, and commanded Zuo Guigui and Liu Shengxiu to attack Yuanbao Mountain.

Liu Mingchuan really didn't know what Huguangying meant to Hu Chuyuan, if he knew, he wouldn't have done it if he was killed, otherwise, this would be tantamount to a copy of the Bao Wei incident, then he would offend the entire Hu Chuyuan faction just like he offended Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang back then.

In today's Qing Dynasty, Hu Chuyuan's faction dares to call it second, Li Hongzhang doesn't dare to call it first, Hu Chuyuan's faction is all pragmatic officials, and there are a bunch of governors and governors, and there may not be many first- and second-grade officials in Hu Chuyuan's lineage, but he still has the navy and the Jiangxi army in his hands, and the relationship with the Gui and Yunnan troops is also extraordinary, and he also has an inexplicable relationship with several princes in Beijing, and the emperor Zaiyan doesn't know that he trusts Hu Chuyuan.

offend him...... Just wait to eat!

Liu Ming, who has experienced a hundred battles, doesn't want to offend Hu Chuyuan, he just doesn't know, and he also knows very well that he can't hold the defense line of the Yalu River, he must recapture Yuanbao Mountain, and form a second line of defense with Longyakou and Toad Pond.

From then on, he no longer wanted to get supplies through the Yalu River, he could only keep one day at a time, but he had no choice.

He was sophisticated, and he never thought that although the generals who led the team in Huguang Camp were unknown, they were all shrewd ghosts tempered in the mountains and mountains of the Philippines, and each one was more sophisticated than the other.

Lu Guangquan knows in his heart what Huguangying means, there will always be Hu Chuyuan's strongest support, no matter what happens, it will only be Liu Ming's ministry that is unlucky, not them.

He didn't plan to retreat, but he didn't want Liu Mingchuan to have a good time, let alone let him have a good time.

Fortunately, the Huguang battalion was well-trained, and the average quality of the soldiers was much higher than that of the Yue army and Liu Mingchuan's troops, and in just a few hours, they re-completed the defensive deployment and fortifications, and carried supplies in place.

Li Kaiye found a place commonly known as Hulukou nearby, which is located at the southern end of Wulong Mountain, and belongs to the mountain nest formed by the union of two semi-craters.

The time gradually came to the afternoon, and the time for the army to launch a general offensive was getting closer and closer.

It is said that the army stationed an elite brigade in Yuanbaoshan, which is to attract the main force of Liu Mingchuan's department to the past, facilitate the strong charge of the remaining three divisions, take Toad Pond and Longyakou in one go, and then take Wulongkou at the fastest speed, and annihilate all the tens of thousands of people of Liu Mingchuan's department in Toadtang Town, causing unprecedented heavy damage to the entire Qing political axe.

(To be continued)