At the headquarters of the Western Route Corps of the Shangqiu Northern Expeditionary Army, Leng Yifei was checking the defense situation of the coalition forces, and the deputy chief of staff said: "Commander, after the Central Route Corps took Xuchang, it did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, and the headquarters did not issue any offensive orders to us, it seems that the intention of the headquarters is to besiege the coalition forces, so there is no need for us to study the attack on Jihua anymore!" Leng Yifei said with a smile: "You forgot how the commander-in-chief warned us, that is, not to fight a battle that is uncertain." To besiege the coalition forces but also to think of destroying them by force, we must prepare with both hands. ”

"Report!" "Come in!" An operations staff officer walked in and said, "Report to the commander, the deputy commander-in-chief of the coalition forces claimed to be George who came to negotiate alone and asked to meet you." The man had arrived and was waiting outside. "Negotiations? Interesting! Isn't the negotiation nonsense at this time? Leng Yifei wanted to go out and suddenly realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly walked to the mirror to tidy up his military appearance and said, "Let him in!" "A young operational staff officer was in place, apparently acting as an interpreter.

The tall George walked in a little obscenely, his height was half a head taller than Leng Yifei. The two sides exchanged military salutes, and George said: "I am the deputy commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, may I ask Your Excellency the general?" "I'm the commander of the Western Route Corps of the Northern Expeditionary Army, how about my level enough!" Leng Yifei had a smile on his face. "General Leng, on behalf of the coalition command, in order to avoid another bloodshed between the two sides, I would like to ask for negotiations with your department?"

Leng Yifei sneered: "General George, I am very interested in your negotiation conditions. George said: "Our department will lay down its arms, and all weapons, ammunition, and military supplies will be handed over to your department." The condition is that your ministry will not treat us as prisoners of war and send us out of Chinese mainland safely. Leng Yifei couldn't help but laugh and said, "General George." You are too naïve, we are in a state of war with Western countries, and besides, you are already a turtle in an urn, and your conditions are inevitably wishful thinking. ”

George quibbled: "After all, we have hundreds of thousands of horses, and it is not so easy for your department to eat them in one bite, and your department probably doesn't want to pay the price of casualties!" Leng Yifei said undoubtedly: "I can tell you unceremoniously, you are already alone, and at present, the coalition forces in various places have been withdrawn from the Shandong Peninsula, and it is a pipe dream to expect reinforcements to rescue." You are not qualified to negotiate terms with me, please go back and tell the French and Russians that laying down your arms and surrendering unconditionally is the only way out for you, so that your life and safety can be guaranteed. In addition, I can tell you that the Chinese nation is not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice on the road to rise. ”

After George slipped away, Leng Yifei said: "It seems that the enemy realizes his predicament and tries to get by. The commander-in-chief is right when he says that within a month, the enemy will collapse, and this is called a soldier who surrenders without a fight, which is the highest level of military strategy. The deputy chief of staff said: "Commander, what if the enemy jumps over the wall and breaks through in a big way?" Leng Yifei said: "The coalition forces are not fools, even if they break out locally, it is a dead end, they can see it very clearly, otherwise they can't play this play." ”

“haha！ It seems that the coalition forces have already guessed our move and are trying to secretly show their positions, which is too naïve!. "Deng Zixuan, the headquarters of the Northern Expeditionary Army in Wuhan, couldn't help but hahadaxiao when he received a report from Leng Yifei. Chen Jintang said: "Commander-in-chief, it seems that there is a contradiction within the coalition army, and it is only a matter of time before it collapses" Deng Zixuan said: "Since this is the case, give them a period of time, once the food is exhausted, we will sit back and enjoy it!" ”

Bergoni was waiting for George in Kaifeng in person, and seeing George appear in front of him with a depressed face, Bergoni did not need to ask for details. "General George, I understand your feelings, if you and I and the Northern Expeditionary Army change roles, we will not agree. But I wonder how the Northern Expeditionary Army replied? "Unconditional surrender!" George was weak. "I didn't tell the Russians about it, so I acted as if nothing had happened," Bergni said. Maybe the Russian army will come to our rescue, but how about we wait and see? That's all George could hear.

A few days later, a major event occurred that shook the coalition forces and hastened their collapse. On this day, in Diaojia Town, between Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, the Russian patrol horse team captured several Qing soldiers who fled with guns. Without saying a word, the Russian army shot these Qing soldiers on the spot on the big grain field in the town, and that night, several black shadows sneaked into the threshing field of Diaojia Town and transported the bodies of the Qing soldiers.

During the day, several graves were erected in a forest, and dozens of Qing soldiers knelt in front of one of them. A man with a pigtail in his mouth said loudly: "Big brother, it was you who saved our lives, and the grace of saving lives cannot be repaid, we have decided to avenge you!" The other kneeling Qing soldiers also swore an oath. Diaojia Town was the territory of the French army, and a battalion of Russian cavalry patrols was stationed in the town. That night, more than a dozen Qing soldiers infiltrated the town and set fire to the forage field of the Russian cavalry.

The courtyard that happened to be adjacent to the Russian cavalry forage yard was the French army's grain depot, and the fire that ignited in the forage field quickly spread to the French army's grain depot. The French soldiers rushed to dispatch urgently, but the fire and water were ruthless, the French soldiers rushed to transport food, and the wind suddenly rose in the morning, and the wind helped the fire, and the fire helped the wind, forming a sea of fire. At this time, the French soldiers only rescued half of the grain, and watched the other half of the grain turn to ashes.

At the headquarters of the coalition forces in Zhengzhou, Bergeni was shocked when he heard that the grain depot in Diaojia Town had been burned, and immediately ordered all departments to strictly guard the grain and not allow such incidents to occur again. Due to the new quota of food for the coalition army, the food of the French troops stationed in Diaojia Town soon ran out. Bergni transported a batch of grain from Zhengzhou, but a drop in the bucket could not solve the problem at all. In the evening of that day, French troops suddenly surrounded the Russian cavalry regiment.

The commander of the Russian army was escorted to the French division commander in a daze, "Friend, we have no malice, we need war horses." The commander of the Russian cavalry immediately understood what was going on, it turned out that the French army was going to slaughter war horses to satisfy hunger. War horses are like life to cavalry, and the commander of the Russian army firmly disagrees. However, they did not agree that there was any way, and the French soldiers forcibly took the horses away, and slaughtered dozens of them that night.

The commander of the French division specially invited the Russian army officers to eat horse meat, and when they saw their beloved war horses becoming a meal on their plates, how could the Russian military officers be in the mood to eat horse meat. The next day, the Zhengzhou Command received a report that the chief of staff at that time, Dzerzhinsky, shouted, "It's just a bunch of bastards, and the officers who give orders must be court-martialed!" Bergany and George seemed indifferent when they heard this. After a long time, George said coldly: "General Dzerzhinsky, it seems that you have to count the horses, so that we may be able to hold out until the Russian reinforcements you said arrive!" ”

"You're unreasonable!" Dzerzhinsky blushed and said roughly: "Your Excellency, Commander, this matter must be dealt with. Bergoni shrugged his shoulders and said: "General Dzerzhinsky, these are extraordinary times, you should consider General George's suggestion!" Otherwise, the trouble is even greater. You know better than me what happens if a soldier is unstable. Bergni finished and walked out of the headquarters. George followed and walked out.

The British have always looked down on the Russians, and in the eyes of the British, the Russians are a barbaric people, an uncivilized people. This happened to the French army, and if it happened to the British army, Dzerzhinsky would never give up. George's ridicule made him feel very uncomfortable, but after thinking about it, it was really useless to keep the war horse at this time. Random Dzerzhinsky ordered the Russian cavalry division to donate the war horses and distribute them reasonably.

The Russian cavalry reluctantly donated their war horses, and they left a batch of war horses according to the reasonable distribution. The relationship between the soldier and the war horse is not understandable to ordinary people, and the Russian soldiers decided not to kill the war horse even if they starved to death. In order to find food, the coalition soldiers ran on the ground and flew in the sky became his prey, and as long as they could eat, they would never let go.

On this day, in a forest, several British soldiers were hunting birds, and they used their rifles to look for traces of birds, when suddenly dozens of Qing soldiers appeared in the forest, accompanied by sporadic gunfire, and the unprepared British soldiers suddenly fell in a pool of blood. These Qing stragglers were also looking for prey, and in their eyes, the British soldiers were rich.

Qing soldiers searched the British soldiers who had been killed one by one. “haha！ This guy has a gold watch! A Qing soldier shouted. Another soldier noticed that a British soldier was wearing a gold ring, so he grabbed his fingers and tried to pull it down, but he couldn't get it off. simply pulled out the dagger and cut off his finger directly, then put it into his arms, and then looked for the next prey.

Another Qing soldier discovered the New World and used a dagger to pry open the teeth of a British soldier and then pulled out the bright gold teeth. After a sweep, when the Qing soldiers disappeared, several British soldiers became naked white stripes, and all their clothes were stripped away. The coalition soldiers continued to disappear or be killed, and the frightened coalition soldiers did not dare to forage for food in the field without authorization, which aggravated the internal friction of the coalition soldiers.

In a French barracks, the commander left with a blank face after handing out food. Suddenly, a tall, burly soldier quickly snatched food from a short soldier. The tall, burly soldier began to swallow as if no one was around, and the short soldier who had been robbed of his food froze for a few seconds, apparently a coward. Suddenly, the soldier's eyes showed a fierce light, and he instantly pulled out his bayonet to make up for it and plunged it into the opponent's chest, and all the soldiers were stunned by this scene.

For mobile phone users, please read it on m.biquge.info.