On the morning of the capture of the capital, the 2nd Division of the Eight Banners Royal Guards stationed in Fengtai learned that the capital was occupied by the rebels, so it quickly dispatched troops and pounced on the capital. The commander of the Eight Banners was Manchurian Utu, who was transferred to the capital from Heilongjiang in the northeast three years ago. There was a sudden change in the capital, and he immediately led a team to help the capital. The situation was unknown, and its forward troops were suddenly shelled and immediately ran back in confusion. In fact, the artillery bombardment was not violent, but the rout troops coming down from the front rushed his Chinese army into a sparse uproar.

Utu thought that the rebels in the city were out of the city, and he was confused and ran back a few miles. However, when he found that there were no pursuers behind him, Utu was furious. Immediately whipped the soldiers beside him, and ordered the striker to be summoned immediately. "My lord, the rebels in the city are under heavy artillery fire, and we were caught off guard by the beating, so we hurriedly retreated!" The striker officer trembled and waited for punishment. Utu originally wanted to apply military law, but after thinking about it, the enemy should not be punished at the moment.

Utu said: "Lafayette and the emperor are in danger, and the top priority must be to recapture the capital and relieve Lafayette and the emperor from danger." You are deeply favored by the emperor, and now is the time to step forward. You immediately organize your forces and prepare for the attack when the artillery team comes up. Soon, the Eight Banners were formed and the artillery team came up and began to set up artillery, and there was no order in the chaos. Although the Eight Banners were trained by foreigners, they immediately returned to their original appearance in the face of war.

At this time, Utu did not know the situation in the city, but only knew that there were rebels in the city, and he was obliged to rescue the emperor. As soon as the cannon was erected, dozens of shells suddenly flew from nowhere, and they fell into the artillery position very accurately. With the sound of explosions, the artillery of the Qing army was suddenly blown up and scattered. In the second round of firing, a mortar shell hit the stacked ammunition and detonated, and a huge explosion occurred instantly.

The smoke of the large regiment quickly enveloped the artillery position, and the Eight Banners soldiers on one side who were preparing to launch an attack were almost stupid when they saw this scene. The captain of the 1st Commando Brigade who went out of the city to attack found that the artillery position of the Eight Banners had blown up the battalion in a huge explosion, and immediately turned the gun and bombarded the camp of the Eight Banners. The formation of the Eight Banners was too dense, and one shell blew up one piece. "The rebels have attacked!" The shouting worked, and the Eight Banners in line seemed to wake up violently and fled backwards desperately.

Seeing this scene, the captain of the first commando team ordered an attack, and the team members bravely attacked. After a continuous pursuit of two kilometers, hundreds of Eight Banner soldiers were captured. Utu was once again confused and attacked by the forward troops, and such a position could not be contained at all. The rout was like herding sheep, and they retreated to the vicinity of Fengtai in disarray, and this time Utu believed that the rebels had indeed attacked. Soon the forward officer was summoned again, "My lord, the rebels have launched a sudden attack, and the artillery position has been blown up in the blink of an eye・・・・・・ In order to shirk his responsibility, this guy once exaggerated, which made Utu more convinced.

The kung fu adjutant said: "My lord, it seems that the rebels are strong, otherwise it would be impossible to occupy the capital overnight. You must know that there are 20,000 horses in the inner and outer cities, and it seems that we will not be able to retake the capital at all. We have sent people into the city to investigate, and we are making a decision after understanding it clearly. Utu's eyes rolled around, thinking that what the adjutant said was reasonable, so he ordered the troops to return to Fengtai.

After a day's wait, the inquirer returned. The person who came back was pale and weak, and said: "My lord, the little one has made it clear, it is Li Hongzhang who is the opposite!" "Li Hongzhang is reversed!" Utu's mouth opened wide. Everyone was stupid when they heard this. "My lord! It is said that a unit of the Northern Expeditionary Army entered the city and assisted Li Hongzhang's men and horses to capture the capital. At present, Lafayette, the emperor, including the prince's minister Belle Ye and his daughters, are all detained in the Forbidden City. ”

It took a long time for Utu to come to his senses and ask: "How many people are there in the Northern Expeditionary Army and Li Hongzhang?" "I heard that there are tens of thousands of people, otherwise the soldiers and horses in the city would not have been wiped out overnight." The inquirer is entirely subjective. After listening to this, Utu stood up and said decisively: "The Qing Kingdom is over, and we can't save the capital." Immediately ready to unplug. Retreat north, then follow the Great Wall back to the northeast. Now only the Northeast is the safest. "Utu was wise and withdrew to the northeast in time, so he survived for half a year.

On the night of the operation in the capital, Liu Mingchuan received an order from Li Hongzhang to immediately raise troops and horses and kill the capital from Changli County. After dawn, they rushed to Langfang, and the Qing troops guarding Langfang thought that they had come to save the safety of the capital, and then became confused and taken prisoner. "Report to Lord Liu, Wu Qingyu, commander of the 1st Division of the Beijing Column, that the Eight Banners Army in Tongzhou and Daxing has a strength of about 30,000 and is preparing to launch an attack on the capital." A fast horse stopped in front of Liu Mingchuan to report.

Liu Mingchuan pondered for a while and said: "Inform Cheng Biao, lead the troops to occupy Daxing by their retreat, order Wu Qingbu to occupy Tongzhou, and we will copy the Eight Banners Army from behind." After Liu Mingchuan finished speaking, he led the main force to quickly advance to Tongzhou. Liu Mingchuan arrived in Tongzhou at noon, and at this time, Wu Qing personally greeted him at the gate of the city: "Lord Liu, the Eight Banners have gone to the capital, and I am worried that the capital will be unstable." Liu Mingchuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, there will be no problems in the capital." When the Eight Banners Army launches an attack on the capital, we will do it again. ”

Tongzhou and Daxing each garrisoned a division, with a total strength of about 30,000 troops. Before dawn, they also learned that a rebellion had broken out in the capital, and because the situation was unknown, they did not dare to act rashly. Due to the close distance between Tongzhou and Daxing, the generals of the Eight Banners Army in the two places studied it for a while, and then raised troops to outflank the capital. After all, the situation is unknown, and they don't know what is going on in the capital. The Eight Banners Army was hurriedly deployed, and it was already dark when they arrived at the city, although they learned that the capital had been occupied by the rebels, but the Eight Banners did not have the habit of fighting at night, so they did not attack.

At this time, in the temporary headquarters of the Eighth Banner Army, the commander of the 5th Royal Guards Division, Sakoba, and the commander of the 6th Division, Sogolan, had gloomy faces. Among them, Sakoba said: "Li Hongzhang, a traitor, should be cut with a thousand knives." Sogolan was a little worried: "Brother, if we attack, the traitors may make a move against Lafayette and the emperor." Sakoba sneered: "Brother, my Daqing Jiangshan is not her Lafayette's, as long as the royal bloodline exists, I am not afraid, and we will make plans when we recapture the capital." ”

The 5th and 6th Imperial Divisions were newly formed guards of the Qing court, with first-class weapons and equipment, and most of the soldiers and officers were selected from the outstanding sons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and under the supervision of foreign instructors, they carried out formal military training, so they did not have the bad habits of the old Eight Banners and had a certain combat effectiveness. So the chief officers Sakoba and Sogolan are a little conceited. The most important thing is that both of them studied military theory in Britain. When the Northern Expeditionary Army rebelled in Guangzhou, the Empress Dowager Cixi personally selected a group of Manchu children to study in Britain. They only returned to China last year, and formed the 5th and 6th divisions with these Manchu children.

"Brother, the person who inquired about the news reported that the Northern Expeditionary Army has entered the city, and we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to deal with it." Sogolan remains worried. Sakoba said conceitedly: "Li Hongzhang's descendants, according to the date of the march, I am afraid that they have already left the three customs, Li Hongzhang's men and horses in the city will not be too many, and the Northern Expeditionary Army will not have too many troops in the city, it is estimated that it will not exceed 10,000 people." "Damn, there are 20,000 of those old soldiers in the city, and they ended the game overnight, a group of Adou who can't help up!" Sogolan was indignant.

Sakoba said: "The capital is surrounded by the Eight Banners Army, as long as we take the lead in attacking, it will play a rallying role." With so many of us, there will definitely be no problem in recapturing the capital. This kung fu came to the front of a fast horse, "Report to Lord Sa and Master Suo." Lord Bi of Fangshan District said that without an order from the imperial court, he could not act rashly? "This bastard, when is it and still obsessed?" Sakoba was disrespectful.

"To say 1,000 to 10,000 is to be afraid of death, and it is a shame that the Manchu sons have fallen to such a state." Sogolan scolded. "Regardless of him, tomorrow morning we will attack first, and once the fight starts, this guy will definitely not watch the excitement. The key is whether we can storm the city. "Where did Sakoba and Sogolan think that a group of hungry wolves would come up from behind and take their lives.

On the city wall, Khalid and Li Hongzhang stood side by side, looking at the camp of the Eight Banners Army outside the city. Li Hongzhang was in a very good mood and said: "General Ha, Batu led his troops to flee to the north, and the threat from the west has been lifted. However, the two Eight Banner Armies in front of us cannot be underestimated, and their commanders, including a large number of officers, were trained in Britain and have been strictly selected and have a certain combat effectiveness. These two divisions were the elite of the Eighth Banner Army and were equipped with the most advanced weapons made in Germany. ”

Khalid smiled: "It has not been tested by the flames of war, how elite." However, their arrangement was very orderly, and unlike the other Eight Banner Army, they were obviously formally trained. "Deputy commander-in-chief, shall we make a strike and kill him?" A subordinate pleases. Khalid shook his head and said, "Don't startle the snake, I think Liu Mingchuan will definitely be able to capture the fighter, otherwise Lord Li will not be able to let Liu Mingchuan command the troops." ”

An officer of this kung fu climbed the city wall and reported: "Report, I have just received news that Liu Mingchuan led his troops to occupy Langfang this morning, and is currently deploying troops. "Brother Liu is so good, he has lived up to my expectations!" Li Hongzhang's spirits lifted. “haha！ Great, Master Lee! We'll wait to see a good show tomorrow morning! Khalid was overjoyed and said: "Immediately organize a capable assault team, and tomorrow morning Liu Mingchuan will start in the back, and we will attack and cooperate." Li Hongzhang was in a happier mood and said: "General Ha! The beautiful scenery of the night, why not have a drink and wish victory in advance. ”

When dawn came, Sakoba and Sogolan ordered the artillery team to prepare and ordered the attacking troops to stand by. The Eight Banners began to get busy, and they seemed to be full of information.

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