The current situation of the rebels is indeed bad. The first column of the four columns established in Yuanzhou had already moved south from Fenyi to Ji'an, and the third column was almost there. The leaders followed the second column with the old and weak with their baggage, and they were still west of Fenyi, and they were advancing towards Fenyi. There was also a fourth column behind the palace, and if it could not quickly pass through Fenyi, it would be stopped by the Qing army that pounced on it from the east, and it might be cut into two sections that could not care for each other.

Out of fear of the Beiyang New Army, Liu Daoyi suggested that the troops immediately abandon their baggage and speed up the speed of advancing lightly, and it is appropriate to flash too much, and not to fight head-on with the Qing army, "They came from Shandong, and they are both human and land, so they are not as familiar with geography as we are, and we will advance lightly, and they will definitely not be able to catch up with our ......."

Gong Chuntai and Wei Zongquan did not agree to avoid the war, let alone leave behind their baggage, the goods, grain and grass looted in Yuanzhou were the lifeblood of the righteous army, not to mention, even if the second column had a good time, the fourth column could not pass safely anyway, Gong Chuntai weighed the pros and cons, "No, this group of officers and troops must be repulsed, otherwise it will be empty talk to go to Ji'an or something." Mr. Liu, hurry south, catch up with the first column in front, and let them be on guard. I took the third, second, and fourth columns that caught up behind me to give this undead Tartar a little taste. That's it, Lao Wei, you hurry up and tell the fourth column to go faster, concentrate the men and horses in Fenyi, let's fight with the Tartars, grab some guns and use them later. ”

Liu Daoyi thought about it, and he really couldn't just run away. Not to mention whether it can escape or not, with the Qing army behind it, the Ji'an strategy is simply empty talk. So I agreed with Gong Chuntai's decision. The three broke up, and Wei Zongquan turned back. Liu Dao took a few cavalry and immediately chased the first column, since he wanted to fight, then the more people the better, the reason for concentrating troops Liu Daoyi still knew the way, he decided to chase the first column back to participate in this sudden battle.

Liu Daoyi caught up with the first column at noon the next day, and after explaining the situation, the minds of the first column completely agreed to turn back to fight, the first column had the most foreign guns, which were the main force used to attack Ji'an, and it was too uninteresting to hide from the side and watch the excitement. So he turned around and headed north. It is advisable to turn back towards the points.

In the evening. The first column was approaching Fenyi, and the dull explosion in front of him had already been heard, and Liu Daoyi was extremely nervous, constantly urging the troops to speed up. In a place called Xiamayi in the southeast of Fenyi, he met Lu and met the scattered rebels. Under the question, Liu Daoyi's heart suddenly became cold. The officers and troops have already captured Fenyi!

"What the hell is going on? How much time did you play, why did you lose points? ”

The rout was in the third column, and the details are not clear. It is only said that the battle was started at noon today, and the officers and soldiers with cannons destroyed a section of the city wall with a few cannons, and the officers and soldiers poured in through the broken opening, and the brothers dispersed, and several of them escaped from the south gate and ran all the way here......

"Brother Gong is still in the city, we can't leave him alone, brothers, take advantage of the darkness, let's go into the city and rescue Brother Gong."

Liu Daoyi's order was approved by the head of the first column, so the 2,000 men of the first column were divided into two groups, left and right, and Chao Fenyi killed him. Liu Daoyi rode a horse and ran in front, constantly shouting and shouting to cheer up the rebel soldiers, more and more rebels retreated in front, and the troops of the first column were mixed together, Liu Dao got off the horse and asked, there were third columns and second columns of the rout, and the biggest mind was a captain of the third column, speaking with a Hunan accent, "It's over, it's over!" The Tartars had already occupied the city, and they had a lot of machine guns and cannons, but they couldn't beat them at all, and Gong Dudu led the people to run from the north of the city......"

"Cut down this bastard who flinched and shook the morale of the army!" Liu Daoyi gritted his teeth and ordered.

Liu Daoyi's order was not carried out, and Zhao Zhao, the commander of the first column, knew this captain and probably had some friendship, "Mr. Liu, Hu Yiyi is a good brother, he personally killed several Tartars in Liuyang, you can't kill him like this." When I saw Brother Gong, I pleaded with him. Zhao Zhao was a little brave, "Brothers, let's kill it, it's getting dark, the machine guns and cannons of the Tartars are useless, let's rush into the city and cut down the turtle sons from Shandong." ”

The first column's counterattack on Fenyi failed in less than a quarter of an hour, Zhao Zhao, who led the charge, was shot and killed, and the first column collapsed under the dense machine-gun fire. Liu Daoyi, who went to the battlefield for the first time, ignored the danger and tried his best to gather the soldiers who were scattered and fleeing. In the darkness, the light of enemy machine-gun fire on the city walls was clearly visible, and there were shouts in the intervals of firing that were not clear.

"Mr. Liu, let's go, Brother Zhao is dead, he is dead, and the officials and soldiers are here." A squadron leader surnamed Gao of the first column dragged Liu Daoyi to run back, Liu Daoyi's horse was handed over to his guards just now, and now he can't find it, the shouting and killing sound from the opposite side came clearly, and Liu Daoyi, who was extremely sad and angry, was driven back by someone, stray bullets flew overhead with a scream, and everything was chaotic.

It was the seventeenth standard of the feudal pillar that occupied Fenyi City and cut off the waist of the righteous army. Dealing with a group of rebels who are not much stronger than a rabble is simply an easier game than a drill. From the beginning of the battle to the present, the 17th Standard used the mortars of the machine gun company to fire a few shots at the east city wall, and the rebels defending the city blew up, and under the cover of light machine guns and a few shooters, a battalion set up a human ladder to climb the broken city wall, and easily captured the city. Subsequently, the 17th Standard troops who poured into the city captured most of the rebels who had lost their organization, and immediately repelled the counterattack from the north and south, and the casualties of the troops were extremely light, which was not much different from the exercise. Without waiting for the order, the troops occupying the city divided their troops to counterattack, the second battalion to the south and the third battalion to the north, easily crushing the rebels who counterattacked in the north and south.

After entering the city, after judging the situation, in view of the unfamiliar terrain and the dark night, Feng Guozhu decisively recalled the two battalions that counterattacked with a trumpet, and he believed that the counterinsurgency was basically over.

"No need to chase!" Feng Guozhu explained to his subordinates, "There are cavalry in the south, and they can only retreat to Yuanzhou in the north." The commander explained that he would minimize casualties, they were all ordinary people, not foreign devils, and it was better to let them go. Yan Shulin,"

"Here." Yan Shulin, the chief of staff of the 17th standard, who was explaining the tasks of the guard company, ran over.

"You personally dispose of the captives and heal the wounded. Give them food. By the way, learn about their troops, equipment, and commanders. This is where the command post is located. Feng Guozhu pointed to the county government compound and said.

"Yes." Yan Shulin, who succeeded Zhang Yulin as chief of staff of the 17th standard, replied immediately.

"Arrange a vigilance, and you can't be careless." Feng Guozhu took off his hat and fanned the wind, but in fact, the temperature was already below zero, "Rebellion? Rebel against this ability? Joke. ”

Feng Guozhu had dinner at the county office, and after lying on the carved bed and squinting for a while, Yan Shulin, who looked tired, woke him up, "What time is it?" ”

"It's past twelve o'clock......"

"Thank you for your hard work." Feng Guozhu was a little embarrassed, he shouldn't have slept, but he just felt that there was nothing worth worrying about.

"Head, this is the case. The rebels had a total of four columns. The total strength is around 10,000 people. The second column was guarded, and their commander Gong Chuntai personally led it, and the third column came up from the north to attack, and the first column came from the south. The fourth column was farther to the west. Didn't have time to go into battle......" Yan Shulin reported.

"Huh. And four columns? "Feng Guozhu remembered the Shandong column led by Ning Shijun who stayed in Shandong." That Gong ......"

"Gong Chuntai. He ran away and was not in the city. The captives confirmed that he had escaped from the north gate. We took more than 1,100 prisoners and confirmed that 72 were killed. Our troops lost 4 people. All of them were from the first battalion to attack the city, and 33 people were wounded, most of them lightly. Seizure ......"

"Not to mention the seizures, I guess they don't have anything of value, just a few broken guns. The bastards in the imperial court know how to toss people, just these people, is it worth coming over with our whole army? Okay, let's finish the work. Shulin, you can arrange two things, first, send someone to contact Wang Tou and Eighteen Biao, and let them come up earlier. Second, leave one battalion to guard here, no, leave two battalions, you lead the team, only defend the city, and do not attack. Ming'er, I took two battalions and a cavalry company out of the north gate and attacked and advanced towards Yuanzhou. ”

The king in Feng Guozhu's mouth is Wang Mingyuan, the commander of the Ninth Association, who led the team directly under the Ninth Association and the eighteenth standard to be about a day and a half away from the seventeenth standard.

"If you want to defend the city, one battalion and a company of guards are enough. Just ......"

"Just what?"

"Head, this time it can be regarded as a bond with the Alliance." Yan Shulin, who joined the army in Shanxi in Geng Zinian, already has an authentic Shandong flavor in his accent, "Listening to the commander's lecture at the military academy, I am still quite sympathetic to the Alliance, and now I ...... it."

"Gong Chuntai is an alliance?" Feng Guozhu's political attitude towards Long Qian was clearer than Yan Shulin's.

"It's not. I heard Wang Zhifeng interrogate several prisoners, and the highest position was a captain, and they all said the same thing, the surname Gong was a person from the Hongjiang Society, and it was the commander who said that he would be a party. But the alliance will come back from Japan, a person surnamed Liu, very young, Gong Chuntai respects this surname Liu very much, and listens to the opinion of the surname Liu on major matters......"

"It's not a big deal. In the future, the world will always have the surname Dragon, the alliance will be the dog alliance, and all those who stand in the way will be swept away. However, to ask about the situation of this surnamed Liu, what about Wang Zhifeng? What is this kid doing? ”

Wang Zhifeng, deputy director of the Intelligence Division, led his first action team to follow the 17th Standard operation.

"He's still interrogating prisoners......"

"Call him later. Strive to catch this surnamed Liu, understand? Feng Guozhu said to himself, "Maybe he is hiding in that large pile of captives." ”

"Understood. I'll sue him. This kind of work is what their intelligence department is best at. ”

"Forget it, I'll go check it out. You haven't eaten yet, have you? Eat, sleep. Don't worry about anything else. Who's on duty tonight? ”

"The commander of the first battalion, Qiu Facai."

"Hmm." Feng Guozhu got up and put on his military uniform, "You just rest here." "He is very satisfied with himself as the chief of staff, he is careful, he also understands the rules, and he respects himself very much.

Feng Guozhu went to the Chenghuang Temple where the prisoners were held under the protection of the two guards, and the soldiers of the first battalion and three companies stood guard. ”

"Report to the Feng Xietong, they will be quiet when they eat." Ji Hao Gu Lizheng reported.

"Be careful, don't be careless. Wang Zhifeng is still in it? ”

"Yes."

When he entered, Wang Zhifeng had just finished his interrogation.

"Feng Xietong, I just want to report to your old man." Wang Zhifeng stretched, "Oops, I'm sleepy." ”

"What's worth talking about?" Feng Guozhu took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Wang Zhifeng.

"Hehe, it's still the head of the head to know me," Wang Zhifeng was very addicted to smoking, and immediately tore it open and took out a stick and lit it, "That's the case, they planned to go south to Ji'an, and we stopped them from the waist, and everything was over......" Wang Zhifeng synthesized the interrogation of several rebel officers and reported to Feng Guozhu.

"Tortured?"

"It doesn't have to be that much trouble. The captain's family was in my hands, and I was scared and recruited. Wang Zhifeng threw away the cigarette butt and immediately refilled it and lit it.

"I have consulted with the Chief of Staff, and tomorrow I will lead the main force to attack to the north, and their brigade is in the north."

"Their main force is indeed in the north, and it is estimated that they will retreat to Yuanzhou. But, I don't think it's too rushed, right? The Commander probably doesn't want you to cut through the mess quickly. (To be continued......)

PS: I would like to express my deep gratitude to the book friends for their tips.