Gong Changyu led the team between the mountains and mountains, walked for two hours, and had not yet walked out of Qintian Mountain, when they arrived at the Lotus Bridge, the soldiers were too tired to work, Gong Changyu ordered to rest on the Lotus Bridge on the spot.

The Lotus Bridge is a wind and rain bridge, spanning the river, all of which are wooden structures, with a total length of 200 meters, and there are benches for pedestrians to rest. Due to the war, a lot of the cedar bark on the roof of the bridge porch has rotted, and it seems that it has not been repaired for a while.

Gong Changyu put the horse on a meadow at the head of the bridge and let it graze by itself. This war horse has been following him for eight years, from Wuyou City to Anping County, to Lenghu Mountain, to Panyu, and then to Yuexi County, participating in dozens of battles, traveling tens of thousands of miles, it carried Gong Changyu to the south and north, and became an indispensable part of his life.

The sun is slowly setting, and the sunset is like fire. Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and fog rose in the mountains.

"Big brother, it's time to replenish your strength." Quartermaster Zhu Rongchu ran over.

Gong Changyu said: "If the brothers are hungry, each person will be given a dry food." ”

"Big brother, we've all eaten two meals of dry food, and we still have to eat dry food at night?" Zhu Rongchu was very dissatisfied.

"We can't set up camp here, if the enemy attacks, we'll be wiped out." Gong Changyu raised his binoculars and suddenly saw figures shaking in the woods on the mountains on both sides, and soon disappeared again.

"Pass the order and leave immediately." Gong Changyu ordered.

"Big brother, just sit down, are we going to leave again?" Zhu Rongchu asked.

"There is danger. I smelled a smell of turpentine on the bridge. Gong Changyu took a few sharp breaths.

"Big brother, why didn't I smell it?" Zhu Rongchu looked around and didn't find any turpentine on the bridge.

Gong Changyu squatted down, dismantled a bridge plate, and looked at it in reverse, it was coated with turpentine. He still has a certain understanding of turpentine, which is a flammable liquid with a high flash point, volatile, produces a large amount of smoke when burned, and is flammable, and its vapor is mixed with air to form an explosive mixture. The Lotus Bridge is less than 100 meters away from the mountains on both sides, and as long as the enemy launches rockets, the Lotus Bridge will burn, and the ammunition on the bridge will detonate before it has time to move, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

"These blue wolf army are too insidious and cunning, and want to burn the Lotus Bridge and kill us. Quickly, let the soldiers all evacuate the bridge deck. Gong Changyu didn't have time to think about it.

So, the soldiers of the Jingyi Battalion acted quickly, pushed the artillery through the front as fast as possible, and evacuated to the open area at the head of the bridge, after all the Zizhong was transported over, Gong Changyu, who was sweating profusely, let out a long breath: "I'm scared to death, everyone hide as soon as possible......

As soon as the words fell, the horns on the mountains on both sides blew, and then hundreds of rockets came whizzing and landed on the bridge, and after a while, the Lotus Bridge was on fire, and the more it burned, the more it burned. Five minutes later, the entire Lotus Bridge was in flames, smoke billowed out, and then there was a violent explosion, and the wooden planks on the bridge were lifted into the air by the loud air waves.

"General, should we put out the fire?" Dai Daniu asked.

"What kind of fire are you going to fight, all the soldiers are ready for battle." Gong Changyu made a quick decision.

"General, the fog is so big that we can't see where the enemy is, how can we defend it?" Dai Da Niu said eagerly.

"Judging from the number of rockets launched, there are not many people in this blue wolf army, but we still prevent them from sneaking up." Gong Changyu said, "The gunners are in place, speed." ”

"Yes, General." Dai Da Niu took a few people to give the order.

The fire was still spreading, and the Lotus Bridge was like a fiery dragon, spitting out long tongues of fire. It is strange that the blue wolf army on the mountains on both sides did not rush down and slash, perhaps they already knew that Gong Changyu's men and horses had evacuated the Lotus Bridge and were ready for battle. Coupled with the heavy fog, it is difficult to see the target of the attack, and if you attack rashly, you are likely to be broken to pieces by artillery.

Seeing a stormy bridge turn to ashes in the fire, Gong Changyu gasped: "The sky has eyes, if I hadn't asked the pungent smell in time, my Gong Laoxue would have been burned into a roast pig today." ”

That night, the soldiers of the Jingyi Battalion were not on the road, but camped on the dry and empty bank of the river. In order to prevent the night attack of the blue wolf army, Gong Changyu led a patrol team and patrolled all night......

Tianjin Wei, the sea.

More than 18,000 people of the Eagle and French coalition army took more than 200 warships, set out from Xiangjiang Island, invaded Dagukou in a big way, first landed from Beitang, defeated more than 4,000 Menggul cavalry equipped with broadswords, spears and earth cannons with Armstrong artillery, successively took Xinhe and Tanggu, and then made a detour to attack from the north side of Dagu artillery.

The Qinghe army was defeated after the battle, and the north fort was captured by the coalition forces, after which the prince of Seng Ge abandoned the south fort by order of Emperor Xiantong, and the remaining Qinghe army retreated to Tianjin, and since then Dagukou has completely fallen under the control of the coalition forces, less than 170 kilometers from Kyoto.

The troops of King Qin from all over the country gathered around Kyoto, and the number of troops increased to 100,000 at once. Vahiri, the commander of the Eagle-French coalition army, had to consider the war situation, and fought on land, once the Qing army adopted siege tactics and crowd tactics, and did everything he could, his more than 10,000 people were not enough, so Wahisi garrisoned troops in Tianjin, waiting for an opportunity to move.

There is an old saying that "it is better to be broken than to be broken", if the emperor is captured alive, the Qinghe court falls, all the people of the Qinghe country rise up to resist, and the indemnity and trade are all empty talk, Vahili sent a delegation of 36 people, carrying peace negotiation documents, and arrived in Kyoto two days later.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yi Xin, as the plenipotentiary representative, received the mission, and the Xiantong Emperor had already fled to the palace in Jizhou in the name of Beijiao. Feeling under great pressure, Yi Xin tried his best to negotiate with the mission to gain more time to prepare for war.

Heyang Town, Jingbei Daying. The military tent of the Zeng Domain.

Zeng Fan, Hu Linyi, Jiang Changyi, Liu Tianyou, Wei Chaohui, Ding Yichang and others sat as observers.

"Lord Zeng, today is the tenth day. Gong Jichang's troops haven't arrived yet, aren't they coming? Jiang Changyi asked.

"Governor Jiang, Jingjiang City is thousands of miles away from Heyang Town, according to common sense, with Zizhong, it is impossible to rush here in ten days." Zeng Fan spread out the military map.

"What should I do if the Elite Battalion doesn't arrive on time?" Jiang Changyi asked tentatively.

"Now it is the rainy season in the Jiangnan area, and it is not easy to walk on the road, so it is normal to delay for two or three days." Zeng Fan said.

"My lord, if Gong Jichang delays his trip and delays the fighter, Jiang thinks he will ......have to behead him elsewhere," Jiang Changyi said.

"Governor Jiang, don't talk about beheading at every turn. It is not easy to train a general, especially a brave and miscellaneous general like Gong Jichang, it is immoral to easily behead others. Liu Tianyou was-for-tat.

"General Liu, you accepted a bribe from Gong Jichang, do you think this governor doesn't know?" Jiang Changyi still remembers Charlemagne.

"Governor Jiang, don't spew blood, Gong Jichang is far away in Jingjiang City, far away from me, how can you bribe me?" Liu Tianyou looked serious.

"General Liu, don't forget, where did you get that Patek Philippe Fire Dragon pocket watch?" Jiang Changyi saw the pocket watch chain on Liu Tianyou's clothes at a glance.

"Is this a bribe? Governor Jiang, you're too bad, aren't you? This is the trophy of the captured Blue Wolf Alliance. Liu Tianyou was furious.

"You two don't pinch each other, when Gong Jichang comes, just make it clear in person." Zeng Fan, who had been silent, came out to mediate.

Jiang Changyi's selfish thoughts are too heavy, he thinks that he has Prince Fu Zheng as a backer, and he never pays attention to the ministers with high official ranks, not to mention Liu Tianyou, a staff general of the Jingnan Army, spraying him, it's okay to spray him as much as he wants. But Lord Zeng Fan has the power of 50,000 Jingnan Army, and since he has spoken, Jiang Changyi still has to consider Zeng Fan's feelings.

"Lord Zeng, Jiang has the courage to ask, this time let Gong Jichang be a thousand people to serve the king, if he fails, should he be beheaded?" Jiang Changyi pushed the blindfold.

"Failure is a common thing in soldiers, Gong Jichang went to Kyoto, according to the old man's inference, there are many auspicious and few auspicious, and there is no doubt about defeat. He went to fight for our entire Jingnan army, even if he fought not a single soldier left, the old man had to protect ......him," Zeng Fan replied.

Outside the camp tent, a scout horse jumped off his horse, hurried into Zeng Fan's camp, and knelt on one knee: "Report-"

"Say—" Zeng Fan stood up.

"Yes, sir. An unidentified army arrived thirty miles away from Heyang Town. Tanma replied.

"Revisit—" Zeng Fan said.

"Yes, sir." Tanma turned and ran out.

Half an hour later, another Malay newspaper was explored: "Lord Qiyu, the advance team of western Guangdong has arrived at the water's edge of the Yellow Crane Tower." ”

"How many?" Zeng Fan asked.

"About a thousand people by eye." Tanma replied.

"Who is the leader of the troops?" Zeng Fan asked.

"A general in a red robe, it is said to be Gong Jichang."

"Got it. Retire. ”

"Yes, sir."

Tanma came out of the camp, Zeng Fan immediately put on his clothes and straightened his official hat: "Let's go, go to the Yellow Crane Tower to meet General Gong Jichang." ”

"My lord, a small capital, just go instead of an adult." Governor Jiang Changyi suggested.

"The Governor let them come, and it would be a tribute not to go." Zeng Fan waved his hand, "Prepare the horse." ”

"My lord, such a trivial matter ......" Jiang Changyi wanted to say something.

"Stop." Zeng Fan raised his hand and motioned to Jiang Changyi to stop talking, "General Liu Tianyou, you go to the ordnance station and order the number of the latest weapons." ”

"Yes, sir." Liu Tianyou arched his hand.

"Governor Jiang, you can wait for the governor to come back in the camp." Zeng Fan commanded.

"Yes." Jiang Changyi had no choice but to stay......

Zeng Fan, Hu Lin and others rode horses, and they didn't go far from the gate of the camp, and a few fast horses galloped over, and the big man who rushed to the front carried an armor gun to strangle the jujube red horse, and stood in front of Zeng Fan: "A few adults, what do you want to do?" ”