Chapter 158: Falling Short (Asking for the First Order)

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Inside the Yongding Gate, Ren Chao raised a big knife and cut down a Qing soldier who was trying to escape to the ground, and shouted loudly, "Lord Zhongtang has an order, and those who dare to escape from the battle will be killed!" Brothers, rush and drive the little devil out of the city for me! ”

The Qing army that was retreating from the Yongding Gate saw Ren Chao standing there majestically like a demon god, and behind him a group of wolf-like soldiers were desperately rushing over to this side, a huge military flag was waving in the wind, and the painting on it was a tiger descending from the mountain, the tiger was lifelike, with a bloody mouth, revealing the white teeth of the forest, which was daunting.

At this time, these Qing soldiers realized that the reinforcements had arrived, and it was the famous Tiger Army, which had won a hundred battles against the Japanese army and was almost rumored to be a mythical Tiger Army. The Qing army, which was already desperate, saw the Tiger Ben army killing it violently, as if seeing a savior, and their morale was suddenly boosted. The reinforcements arrived, coupled with the constraints of Li Hongzhang's military order, who dared to retreat, so the Qing army, who was still in a hurry to flee just now, turned around and killed in the direction of Yongding Gate.

Under the leadership of Ren Chao, the 1,000 Tiger Ben Army, together with the Qing Army that had rekindled their fighting spirit, had killed Yongdingmen without hesitation! The little devil who had just attacked Yongding Gate and was not waiting for joy suddenly saw the Tiger Ben Army killed, and he was suddenly like a deflated ball. The Fifth Division, the Third Division, the First Division, and even the later Guards Division, these elite Japanese troops encountered the Tiger Ben Army and had only one fate, that is, the entire army was destroyed.

It can be said that the Tiger Army has terrified the Japanese invaders, not to mention that now they are watching groups of wolf-like Tiger Army soldiers killing them with their lives. Looking at it from afar, there is an endless stream, and I don't know how many people there are in the Tiger Army. Unless it's those who have really turned into ghosts, who can not be afraid!

The big mountain rock outside the city watched as a group of little devils had just entered the city, and they were driven out like ducks, and the plaster flag fluttering on the city tower was also ruthlessly cut down, and then thrown under the city like garbage. Da Shanyan was suddenly so angry that he slammed the telescope in his hand to the ground, and the cooked duck flew like this, and no one could be indifferent.

"It's the Tiger Army! The Tiger Ben army suddenly arrived, and the imperial army was caught off guard. Yongding Gate gains and loses! The chief of staff said with a bitter face.

"Tiger Army! It's this abominable tiger army again! Dashan Yan said through gritted teeth.

"I'm stationed here with the Tiger Army! Don't want to die, little devils, just come up and die! Ren Chao stood on the tower of Yongding Gate and shouted loudly.

"Tiger Ben Army again! The little devil came to receive his death! The Tiger Army shouted in unison, and the sound was clearly audible for miles.

"Baga Ya Road!" Dashan Yanqi almost vomited blood directly, "Why didn't Heimu Weizhen stop the Tiger Ben Army like such a fool?" ”

The chief of staff said with a bitter face, "Kuroki Jun has just sent someone to report that the Tiger Ben Army secretly bypassed the defense line of the Sixth Division, killed the vigilance troops of the Locust Army outside Chaoyang Gate, and rushed directly into Beijing City!" And ~"

"What else?" Da Shanyan asked sharply with a pair of pig eyes.

"The Sixth Division has almost occupied Guangqumen, but the Tiger Ben Army suddenly arrived, and Guangqumen was lost!" After the chief of staff finished speaking, he lowered his head. Like a child who has done something wrong.

"Rubbish! Eater! It's all rice buckets! Dashan Yan couldn't help but scold after hearing this.

"Your Excellency Commander, according to the report of the Sixth Division, this Tiger Army has a maximum of 2,000 men, and only 2,000 men. No matter how powerful the Tiger Army is, it will not be able to stop the onslaught of my tens of thousands of locust troops! The chief of staff waited for Dashan Yan to finish venting before he spoke softly.

Ren Chao led the guard regiment to Beijing in a hurry, and the guard regiment was only 1,000 people at that time. Therefore, outside the city, Ren Chao summoned another thousand soldiers, so that Ren Chao entered the inner city from Chaoyang Gate with two thousand tiger troops.

Li Hongzhang learned that Ren Chao arrived with his troops, just like a long-drought crop suddenly met a rainstorm. Overjoyed, he directly ordered the Huben army to support Yongdingmen and Guangqumen in separate ways.

As soon as Ren Chao entered the city, he didn't even have time to catch his breath, and he received an order for reinforcements. However, at this time, Ren Chao, who was in danger in Beijing, was not in the mood to care about this, and directly ordered Niu Kaixuan to be responsible for supporting Guangqumen, and he personally led a thousand tiger troops to rescue Yongdingmen. Fortunately, Ren Chao arrived in time, and only then did he drive the little devils who broke into the city out of the city in one fell swoop, temporarily saving Beijing City.

The Japanese offensive was thwarted again, and Dashanyan had to order a temporary halt to the offensive and readjust the deployment!

After Ren Chao settled the tiger army, he hurried to meet Li Hongzhang. As for Li Hongzhang, modern people have mixed evaluations of him. Some people say that he tried his best to safeguard the interests of the country and to strive for strength, and although he failed in the end, it was not his fault alone, and on the whole, Li Hongzhang still made meritorious contributions to China's modernization drive. Others regard them as traitors, such as being willing to sacrifice the entire Xinjiang to give up the defense of Xinjiang because they are too war-averse and attach importance to coastal defense, and the Sino-French war is victorious but eventually signs an unequal treaty with France. In 1885, the Sino-Japanese Tianjin Conference was signed in the face of a complete victory over Japan, which gave Japan the right to send troops into Korea, laying a hidden danger for the later Sino-Japanese War. So much so that a series of unequal treaties such as the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" and the "Xinchou Treaty" were later signed, which became evidence of Li Hongzhang's traitorous crimes.

However, foreigners' evaluation of Li Hongzhang is quite high, and Ito Hirobumi regards him as "the only person in the Qing Empire who has the ability to compete with the world powers", and in the West, he is even called "the three great men of the world in the 19th century" along with Bismarck and Grant, which shows that foreigners have a high evaluation of Li Hongzhang.

Ren Chao's understanding of Li Hongzhang is quite objective, and he thinks that he has both merit and merit, as for whether the merit is greater than the merit or the merit is greater than the merit, this is not easy to say. But one thing is undeniable that Li Hongzhang deserves to be called a great man of a generation.

is about to meet the number one cow in the Great Qing Kingdom now, Ren Chao is a little uneasy in his heart, "See Lord Zhongtang for his humble position!" Ren Chao walked to the hall and bowed.

Li Hongzhang saw Ren Chao, got up and walked to Ren Chao with a smile, gently picked up Ren Chao's hand and said with a smile, "Chief soldier Ren, you are finally here, with General Ren and the Tiger Army, Beijing City can be safe!" ”

"Lord Zhongtang praises it, and he is ashamed of his position!" Ren Chao hurriedly said modestly.

"Chief Ren doesn't have to be restrained, sit down and talk!" Li Hongzhang said casually, as soon as the Tiger Army arrived, it repelled the Japanese attack again, and Li Hongzhang was in a good mood at this time. (To be continued......)