"Okay, then I'll give you another chance, if you can't rush in within a day, you don't have to raise your head to see you, you can relieve yourself from your military duties and go home to farm! Someone came, ordered Lin Qingshu to lead his troops to come, if the Fifth Division of the Shanghai Army could not rush in today, Lin Shuqing's department would take over, and at the same time, let Bai Wenwei's department also prepare! ”

"Yes!"

There are many contradictions within the alliance, the thinking is not unified, the relationship between many people is not very harmonious, and the relationship between Huang Ying and others and Lin Shuqing is not good, at this time he heard that Xiao Zhenlei was ready to let Lin Shuqing take over the attack, which clearly did not believe that his fifth division of the Shanghai Army could attack the city of Xuzhou, he walked out of the command with an extremely ugly face, and vowed in his heart that he must attack the city to show those who looked down on him his strength.

Soon, Huang Ying, who returned to the camp, saw Liu Fubiao, Jiang Zhiqing and others gathering the rout, he walked over with an ugly face and scolded: "Look at you, useless bastards, dozens of people died and were defeated, are you still an army?" Liu Fubiao, Jiang Zhiqing, immediately gather everyone for me, and after resting for two hours, rush with me again, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that such a big gap can't rush in! ”

Liu Fubiao was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "Commander, you see that the brothers are frightened one by one, I am afraid that we will not be able to attack today, can you go and tell the above that we will rest for a few days and fight again?" ”

"How many days to rest and fight again? You said it lightly, this is a military order, the military order is like a mountain, and if you don't obey the military order, you will be killed, understand? Without further ado, immediately assemble the troops and prepare for battle, and if there is disobedience, military law will be engaged! ”

"Ugh. Be! ”

After resting for two hours, the Fifth Division of the Shanghai Army, organized by Huang Yin, Liu Fubiao, Jiang Zhiqing and others, launched another attack on Xuzhou's city gate. It was impossible to block such a long width at the gap in the city wall in such a short time, and the Qing army could only build defensive positions within the gap. Prevent the Revolutionary Coalition from rushing into the city through the gap.

Xiao Zhenlei observed through the telescope that the Qing army had built fortifications in the back, in order to reduce the pressure on the fifth division of the Shanghai army, he ordered the artillery troops to bombard there for ten minutes, when the artillery stopped, the Qing army had just hastily built the fortifications behind the gap was destroyed, at this time Huang Ying and others just led the troops to arrive, the rubble behind the city wall, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, kill me in." Kill all those clear dogs, kill them! ”

"Kill!" Liu Fubiao, Jiang Zhiqing and others led their troops to rush into the gap.

However, not far from rushing into the gap, I saw a strong man with a whip wrapped around his neck in the smoke and dust, carrying a big saber with a bright scarf pointing to this side: "Kill this official, kill these rebellious parties back, kill a rebellious soldier and reward five taels of silver, kill an officer and reward twenty taels of silver, and kill a standard commander and reward one hundred taels of silver!" ”

"Kill!" When the Qing soldiers heard this huge reward, they were immediately like chickens beating them. Desperately brandished a big knife and rushed towards Huang Yin's side, except for Liu Fubiao who still had some courage, Huang Ying and the others were so timid that they stopped in fright. When the other soldiers saw this, they also stopped, and some even quietly fled backwards.

However, Huang Yin also knew that he must not turn around and run away in this matter, otherwise he would be chased and killed. It was unknown whether he would be able to escape back, and he immediately ordered everyone to rush forward. Under the leadership of Liu Fubiao, Jiang Zhiqing and other officers, the soldiers of the Fifth Division had to rush forward.

The two sides have a big battle in the gap. Although Huang Ying, the fifth division of the Shanghai Army, was basically adapted from the Qing Gang, and the fights and brawls were more than ferocious in peacetime, but on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of these people was completely inadequate, and after a large number of casualties, the soldiers couldn't resist and began to retreat.

Jiang Zhiqing saw that it would not work if he continued like this, and if he continued to fight like this, he was afraid that everyone would die here, so he immediately ordered a few soldiers to hold Huang Ying and retreat, and personally led some people to block behind to cover most of the retreat.

After resting for a while, they found that the whole division had lost more than 1,800 people, and after two attacks in the morning, they had lost more than 400 people, and now there were less than 1,400 people left in the whole division.

After two consecutive attacks in the afternoon, the Fifth Division of the Shanghai Army suffered more than half of the casualties, leaving less than a thousand people, but the Qing army was not having a good time, in the daytime battle, the Qing army also lost five or six hundred people, if this battle with the Westerners, Zhang Xun may not even be able to withstand once, this is not at all because the combat effectiveness of the foreigners is stronger than the Chinese army, but because in the eyes of Qing generals such as Zhang Xun, the Qing court lost too much, It is impossible to defeat foreigners, and if you think that you can't do it in your consciousness, how can you still defeat foreigners? But if the enemy is a revolutionary, the situation is completely different, in the eyes of the Qing army generals, the revolutionary party is a chaotic party, all of them are from the wilderness, how can they be the opponent of regular professional soldiers like them? Therefore, they were born with an advantage and were not at all afraid of the attack of the revolutionaries.

However, after the day's fighting, the Qing army suffered heavy losses and made Zhang Xun realize that the revolutionary party was only afraid that it would go crazy this time, and if it continued to fight like this, his soldiers would be exhausted, and he was already beginning to think about retreating.

After dinner, Huang Ying was still about to fight again with the whole army, so frightened that Liu Fubiao's legs were weak and he knelt on the ground to plead for mercy, and said with a worried expression: "Division commander, you can't fight anymore, after a day of fighting, in addition to more than half of the casualties, the brothers are already exhausted, and their morale is extremely low, if they fight again, I am afraid that they will collapse immediately, leave some seeds for our fifth division, my old Liu begs you!" ”

Jiang Zhiqing also stood up and pleaded: "Yes, Brother Huang, if you want to fight, you have to fight again tomorrow, let the brothers rest for one night tonight, you can't put the brothers to death!" ”

After Jiang Zhiqing pleaded, some other officers also came forward to intercede, hoping to delay the attack and allow the soldiers to rest for a few days to restore their morale before fighting.

Huang Yin can't say that he is suffering in his heart now, he signed the military order in front of many other army generals last night, and today he will not lead his troops into the city to submit a letter of resignation, and he will go home to farm, he also knows that this situation can no longer be fought no matter what, and if he fights again, the troops will soon break up, but if he does not fight, he will have to hand in the letter of resignation and leave after 12 o'clock.

Looking at the miserable appearance of his subordinates, Huang Yin couldn't refuse anyway, since he couldn't refuse, then he could only write a letter of resignation, he appeased everyone, said that he would not attack tonight, and then returned to his tent to write a letter of resignation, and let his horse Ben (official entourage, especially the official on horseback) send it to Xiao Zhenlei, and he packed up a simple salute and quietly left the camp in the direction of Shanghai.

By the time Xiao Zhenlei saw the letter, Huang Yin had already gone far away, and he couldn't find anyone to find him, so Xiao Zhenlei immediately sent someone to inform the officers above the battalion level of the Fifth Division of the Shanghai Army to hold an overnight meeting at the general headquarters.

After Liu Fubiao, Jiang Zhiqing and others yawned and rushed to the meeting place, Xiao Zhenlei walked in from the outside, and everyone immediately stood up and saluted, Xiao Zhenlei walked to the main seat and sat down, and then pressed his hand to signal everyone to sit down.

"There is one thing, I don't know if you know, Huang sent someone to send me a letter of resignation, I sent someone to find it when I couldn't find it, this Huang Yan, yesterday he took the initiative to ask for war, threatened to take Xuzhou within a day, otherwise he would come to see him, I said that there is no need to mention the head, you are also a revolutionary hero, if you can't take Xuzhou within a day, you will write a letter of resignation and go home to farm, he signed a military order, and today I also specially ordered to concentrate all the artillery to help him open the way and collapse a section of the city wall, But not long after dinner, he sent someone to bring me this letter of resignation, how could he do that? Defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and who can guarantee that they will never lose a battle? Even if he wants to leave, he should meet me, the commander-in-chief, before leaving, why should I not invite him to see him like that? This is the army, it's not a place where you can leave if you want to, you can come when you want, he doesn't say hello and leaves, what kind of place does he think of here? It's really unreasonable, I've already sent someone to arrest him, and I'll deal with him strictly after he is caught! ”

Liu Fubiao and the others were shocked when they heard this, Jiang Zhiqing hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Commander-in-chief, the reason why Brother Huang left may be that he feels that he has no face to see you, you may not know the casualties of our Fifth Division of the Shanghai Army, today during the day, we launched a total of four full-scale attacks, and the whole division has suffered more than half of the casualties, the morale of the soldiers is low, there are too many wounded, and they can't fight anymore, after dinner, Brother Huang originally wanted to organize the brothers to fight again, but it was a few of us who pleaded hard, so Brother Huang didn't insist, It seems that we forced Brother Huang away, please talk about how to open up the net and spare him this time! ”

Xiao Zhenlei was unmoved when he heard this, and said with a straight face: "He Huang Yin is also from a regular military academy, don't you understand how strict military law and military discipline are?" But he still despises military discipline so much, you don't have to say it anymore, his problem, when he is caught, he will talk about it when the time comes, whether it is closed or killed! Now let's talk about the issue of the fifth place in your Shanghai army, and everyone will stand upright."

During this period of time, Xiao Zhenlei was a bowl of water in the coalition army, the military discipline was strict, regardless of relatives or relatives, and the rewards and punishments were clear, the troops were well organized, and the command of the battle was invincible, and he won the support and trust of the majority of officers and soldiers in the coalition army, and established great prestige in the army, so after Xiao Zhenlei scolded, Liu Fubiao and others did not dare to say anything, and they all stood up.

Xiao Zhenlei waited for everyone to stand upright, and continued: "An army cannot be without a commander, now I appoint Liu Fubiao as the acting commander of the Fifth Division of the Shanghai Army, which is a temporary appointment on the battlefield, and the official appointment will wait for me to call the Shanghai Military Government, and then the Minister of Military Affairs Ma Hanlong will officially send a letter to appoint him!" From now on, Liu Fubiao will act as the division commander, and everyone else must obey his orders, otherwise it will be disobeying military orders, do you understand? ”

"Yes, sir!" (To be continued......) R1292