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With the fire support of the mortar group located on the northern slope of Wucheng Temple, the attack of the Beiyang New Army on the remaining three sides was also quickly repulsed, Fang Guohua knew that today was the eighth day of the Führer's division holding the Wucheng Temple, and according to the plan, the four divisions of the Third Army Corps should come to the aid of the starry night. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the fierce battle, the command post in the Wucheng Temple has become a hospital for wounded soldiers, and there are moaning wounded soldiers and blood stains everywhere, especially in this season, a rotten fishy smell makes people feel uncontrollable vomiting as soon as they enter the temple.

The original compound of the current Wucheng Temple has been collapsed by the Beiyang artillery fire, and even the Daxiong Treasure Hall of the previous five rooms has also collapsed by half, although the Beiyang New Army has really fought a few days of flowering bombs, but it has not been able to destroy the morale and will of the Führer's division, and on the sixth day, Zuo Zongtang's artillery group only fired some flowering bombs at the front line of the defenders' firepower points when attacking, instead of the day when the Beiyang New Army just met the division, the artillery fire in the sky reflected the night as if it was evening.

Fang Guohua didn't understand a little, Zeng Guofan on the Beiyang side had already realized the strategic arrangements of the empire in advance, they had enough time to inform the Russians to get ready, and they could take a detour to Nanjing, why did they just fight hard around themselves? This is completely out of line with normal strategic and tactical thinking, and still less in line with ordinary reason.

Could it be that the Beiyang New Army is training its own troops? Want to see to what extent the collapse point of the Beiyang New Army is? Fang Guohua couldn't figure this out, according to normal thinking, the three towns of the Beiyang New Army could have enough time to detour and leave? Then concentrate forces to stick to Changzhou and strengthen the defense of Nanjing, rather than fighting to the death outside Changzhou.

Fang Guohua couldn't understand the intention of the tactics of the Beiyang New Army, although the Führer's division suffered heavy casualties, but all the officers and men had high morale, this was a test of the Führer's division's true and genuine name, and it could also be said that the Führer's division deserved its name, and the honor of the soldiers was destined to come only from the corpses and blood of the enemy.

In the small mountain col that Xu Guangyuan originally selected, several large tents were connected, and Zeng Guofan sat in the center with a blue face, because of the hasty march before, Zeng Guofan's pineapple handsome chair and tiger skin did not know where they were lost? Now I can only casually find a chair and cover a blanket, although the tent seems very stuffy, but Zeng Guofan still feels cold all over his body, especially the chair under him, how to do it also feel uncomfortable? Maybe it's because I'm old, nostalgic! Maybe the lost tiger skin is like the dignity of Zeng Guofan himself?

Zeng Guofan looked at Zuo Zongtang, and then shifted his gaze to Xu Guangyuan and Li Xubin's faces, Zuo Zongtang took the lead and knelt down on the ground with a puff: "The little Wucheng Temple and others can't attack it for a long time, and it will damage the prestige of my Beiyang New Army, please punish the marshal!" ”

With Zuo Zongtang taking the lead, Xu Guangyuan, Li Xubin and others knelt on the ground one after another, Zeng Guofan took a deep breath and said, "Do you know why I agree with you to go to fight Wucheng Temple?" ”

Zuo Zongtang hesitated for a moment and finally didn't speak, and honestly knelt on the ground, although Xu Guangyuan and Li Xubin had a lot to say in their hearts, but at this moment it was not the time to speak, they couldn't attack for a long time, the towns took turns to fight, and there were heavy casualties, and now Changzhou City has become a city of wounded soldiers, and the medical halls and pharmacies in the city are full of wounded soldiers of the Beiyang New Army. The trench excavation method invented almost at the same time shortened the distance of the attack by at least five times, and although they knew that the commander would definitely not borrow their heads, they did not dare to make a mistake.

Zeng Guofan sighed slightly and said, "Don't be afraid!" The old man won't talk about your things today, the ten towns that participated in the war this time are working very hard, and I see it in my eyes, old man! ”

As soon as Zeng Guofan's voice fell, Zuo Zongtang heard the relief of many people behind him, and the sound of wiping sweat and sighing, Zuo Zongtang turned his head slightly and whispered: "All be more restrained, so there are no rules?" ”

Zeng Guofan stood up and inspected the big tent for a week and said: "It's boring, I'm old and don't like cold, but I like heat, you and others are tearing and killing men, so you don't have to make rules, pass on my order, remove your weapons and jackets, and let some herbal tea be served in the back, it's all cool and cool!" ”

Zuo Zongtang and the others hurriedly knelt down here, and said in unison: "Thank you for your compassion!" Thank you for your kindness! The lowly rank swears allegiance to the marshal! Loyalty to the Imperial Court! ”

Zeng Guofan heard that the voice of loyalty to himself was much louder than the voice of loyalty to the imperial court, and he shook his head helplessly and said: "Over the years, we have fought Yangyi, beaten long hair, beaten twisters, and fought against the Lin rebel bandit army, and we have seen too much in life and death. ”

On the hillside, Zeng Guofan walked to a stone, and the guards on the side hurriedly put a piece of sheepskin on it, Zeng Guofan nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's still my own people's intimacy!" ”

The general soldiers, town commanders, standard commanders, and assistant commanders in shirts and white coats are all a little empty-faced? Who did Zeng Dashuai say this? What is it implying again? Who are the so-called own people? Who is not their own person? You must know that those present are the backbone and backbone of the Beiyang New Army, and even cronies will definitely be separated from each other.

Zeng Guofan looked at the direction of Wucheng Temple and changed the topic: "The reason why I want to take this Wucheng Temple is that there are two so-called things, the first is to defeat Lin Haijiang's arrogance, and the second is to leave a way for the Russians to survive, lest he say that we are not righteous, and it is easy to explain it to the court or the minister!" ”

Zeng Guofan paused for a moment and continued: "This so-called Imperial Head of State Division is Lin Haijiang's First Army Division, and its elite importance is almost equivalent to our Qing Dynasty's forbidden army, but Lin Haijiang's head division is not our wind-blown forbidden army, how many catties and taels it has, you must have weighed it!" I can tell you very clearly that since the formation of the Beiyang army, there has not yet been a precedent for the complete annihilation of a brigade in the Lin Haijiang region, and this time the elite soldiers of our ten towns and Beiyang are besieging the soldiers of one of its divisions on all sides, if they cannot be completely annihilated, I am afraid that the morale of the army after the Beiyang Dynasty will be difficult to cheer up, and it will doom our Beiyang army battalion to become a second-rate army. ”

As soon as Zeng Guofan's voice fell, the faces of the Beiyang generals present were like a hundred flowers blooming, surprised, suspicious, numb, and dumbfounded. Is this a sign of respect for his enemies or a slip of the tongue by the marshal?

Zuo Zongtang hesitated for a moment on the side, took a deep breath and said: "The marshal's intentions are naturally understood by us, but the marshal, please forgive me for being humble and blunt, this Chinese Imperial Lin rebel bandit army has always been elusive, and Lin rebel is even more famous for using soldiers like a god, and he was the commander of the Nanyang Navy Division of my Qing Dynasty before the rebellion, and his brilliant battle examples don't need me to say more!" I think that since Lin Shun dares to say that his most elite army of the first division was sent to Wucheng Temple, there will definitely be a series of actions in the follow-up, and our army is too entangled here in fact it is very unfavorable to our army, and I think that I should continue to besiege and not attack with the soldiers of two towns, and monitor the direction of Jiangyin with a town in front of Pingjia Village, and go out of Mazhen in front of a town to meet the Russian army that broke through the siege, and the rest of the departments should strictly guard Changzhou, and send at least three towns back to help Nanjing, Nanjing is a key point of land and water, and Lin Rebellion's inland river fleet is invincible across the Yangtze River. Our army should guard against its Marine Corps raid on Nanjing! If Nanjing is lost, my ten towns in Beiyang will be equivalent to being trapped in the enemy formation! ”

Zuo Zongtang's words aroused a discussion among Xu Guangyuan, Li Xubin and other town commanders, and the co-unification and standard unification naturally did not dare to speak lightly on this occasion, but they all looked at Zuo Zongtang and Zeng Guofan with concerned eyes, because the Beiyang generals knew very well in their hearts that no matter what Zuo Zongtang said was right or wrong, the final decision was still determined by Zeng Dashuai's meaning!

Xu Guangyuan looked at Li Xubin, hesitated slightly, stepped forward and said: "Marshal Qiyu, I think that the first division of the bandit army that completely annihilated Lin Rebellion is good, but the first division of the bandit army is like a hedgehog on the Wucheng Temple, according to the current speed, it will take at least five or six days for our army to break through its defenses layer by layer, so after such a battle, not to mention the heavy losses of our Beiyang elite, it is very likely that when we capture the Wucheng Temple, the battle situation has undergone a major reversal, if the Russians quickly collapse, Then the next main target of the Lin Rebel Bandit Army is our Beiyang Ten Towns! Looking at our Beiyang New Army, there is only the Mengman army of the monk king in Wuhan in the entire Qing Dynasty, and in addition, there is almost a flat river in various places, and it is estimated that the Lin rebel bandit army will fall in the wind as soon as it arrives. ”

After Zeng Guofan listened to Zuo Zongtang's earnest words, he pondered what Xu Guangyuan said, and Li Xubin's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping made Zeng Guofan feel that most of the generals supported Zuo Zongtang's opinion, Zeng Guofan sighed slightly and said: "My Beiyang land camp and the water division were built at the same time, the water division has invested a lot, and the land camp is not as good as the third layer of the water division, and now it is up to you to maintain the lifeblood of the Qing Dynasty, Zeng is also ashamed of everyone!" ”

When the generals heard this, they hurriedly knelt on the ground, one by one they didn't dare, but they were extremely proud in their hearts, thinking that the sailor was arrogant for only a few months, and as a result, the rebellion of the rebellion was received by the Russians and sunk by Lin Counter, and most of the current sailors are crowded on the Dagukou fort to play their strengths, speaking of the famous Beiyang Sailor Division, I am afraid that I can't even take out a sampan now!

Zeng Guofan hesitated for a long time and said: "From tonight to midnight tomorrow, the ten towns will take turns to fight, and the first person to capture the Wucheng Temple will be rewarded with 100,000 taels of silver, and the third grade or above will be promoted to two levels, and the fifth grade or less will be promoted to six levels!" If it is said that there is no attack at midnight, the whole army will pull out the village! ”

Phew! Inferior to death!

(To be continued)