Section 83 Storm Vortex

readx;? Qinghe Mansion City is full of singing and laughter, although after a day and a night of hard fighting, but several facilities in the city have not been much damaged, although the Taiping army in the evacuation of the city wall and defense system a large number of damage, but the streets and buildings in the city have not done much damage, except for a plunder before leaving, everything else is still intact.

When the empire's double dragon opera flag floated again at the head of Qinghe City, the gentry of Qinghe Mansion came out from everywhere, and the residents of Qinghe Mansion City were driven by the gentry and merchants to clean up several roads in Qinghe Mansion City, and the gentry and merchants also hung red lanterns at the door of their houses to celebrate the celebration of Qinghe's liberation.

cm"Gentlemen, Ladies, fellow fathers and fellow villagers, today is a day worth celebrating, we are here to celebrate the recovery of our Qinghe Mansion in Beiyuan County from the hands of the Taiping Rebellion, and return to the embrace of the Empire, during this period of time, many parts of the Empire have fallen into the clutches of the Taiping Rebellion, the Empire has encountered unprecedented difficulties, but the Empire has never given up caring for the gentry and people in the occupied areas, and yesterday, our Imperial City Guard Regiment was instructed by the Empire to finally expel the Taiping Rebellion from this land, so that this rich and fertile land will be bright again. www.biquge.info This is only the first step for our City Guard Corps to recover Beiyuan County, and in the days to come, we will take one step at a time, along the established deployment, to launch a final attack on the Taiping Rebellion, and finally realize the recovery of the entire empire. Victory belongs to us, glory belongs to the empire!" Yusuf's face was flushed, and he stood on the Hongbin Tower on the first floor of Qinghe Mansion City to make an impassioned speech, commanding and commanding, looking at the gentry and merchants in the audience with a smile on their faces, and their eyes were full of admiration and admiration, this feeling was even more refreshing than drinking ice dew in June.

CM "General Yusuf said well, the empire has not forgotten us, today Qinghe Prefecture can get out of the sea of suffering, thanks to General Yusuf and all the officers and soldiers of the City Guard Corps, as the saying goes, the sword is given to the martyrs, the wine is toasted to the heroes, come on, everyone, we use our glass of wine to express the heartfelt gratitude of all the people of Qinghe Province to all the officers and soldiers of the Imperial City Guard Legion! Please!" The president of the Qinghe Chamber of Commerce has already been on the side to cater to the complacent Yusuf to flatter, which makes Yusuf's heart bloom.

Just when the warblers were singing and dancing, a panicked soldier quietly entered the banquet hall and looked around for the legion leader. It was easy to invite the legionnaire from a group of young women and nobles, and although Yusuf was full of displeasure, when he saw that the soldiers who reported the news were from the scout team sent by himself, his heart suddenly shivered, and a bad premonition had risen in his heart.

CM "What's all the fuss?" calmed down his emotions and Yusuf asked solemnly.

cm: "Commander, the big thing is not good, according to the information we have collected in the north, the Kaman and Poole people have jointly sent troops to Yulin and Yun, and now Yulin and Yun have fallen, and the Kaman army is about to go south, and by the time the intelligence officer returns from sending the letter, the Kaman army has approached the northern border of Qinghe Province!" Although it was under the stern gaze of the corps commander, the scout couldn't hide anything at this time, so he simply spit out the information he had obtained.

There was a crisp sound of the CM "horn", Rao is Yusuf is a person who has experienced some storms, but he still can't bear such a sudden bad news, the glass that was still in his hand fell to the ground and shattered, Yusuf couldn't care about his own gaffe, and grabbed the scout's chest clothes viciously and asked viciously: "What did you say? What did you say? How dare you lie about the military situation?!How could the Kamans attack Yulin? They and the Taiping Rebellion are the same thing, how could they attack the territory of their allies?".

cm: "My lord, the situation is absolutely true, and my subordinates dare not hide it." It is said that the Kamans and the Poole joined forces to send troops, and although the number of troops is unknown, it is estimated that they have passed any previous time, and the commander of the regiment is asked to prepare early. Although the scout was panicked, he could only helplessly shrink his neck at this time and listen to the scolding of the legion leader.

cm let go of his hand, Yusuf's face was pale, he had already agreed with the other party's statement in his heart, but subconsciously he didn't want to admit it, this blow was too big and it was too inopportune, at this time he slowly recalled why the 80,000 Taiping army would withdraw from Qinghe Mansion City so easily, it turned out that they had already obtained the information of the invasion of the Kaman people at that time, and they were still complacent about occupying Qinghe Mansion like a fool, and even thought that the combat effectiveness of their legion had really increased a lot out of thin air, and why the city walls and city defense facilities were destroyed by the Taiping Sect also had a joint explanation, these bastards, actually resorted to such a despicable and dirty means, so that he could not rely on Qinghe Mansion City to compete with the southbound Kaman army.

cm stroked his forehead in despair, and Yusuf, who had drunk two more glasses of wine, felt dizzy and stumbled under his feet.

CM: "Commander, what's wrong with you?" the scout was taken aback. Shouted loudly.

Hearing the scout's exclamation, he looked around, and now this is still the side of the banquet hall, fortunately no one saw his gaffe, otherwise he didn't know how much trouble he would have caused.

"Go and call the guards over, I'll go back to the Shuaifu first!" Let the guards pass on my orders, and let the commanders of the divisions and regiments come to my mansion immediately to discuss matters, without delay!"

A gloomy atmosphere enveloped the entire conference room, and a group of people sat silently, either smoking or holding a teacup, and only Yusuf's creaking leather boots were stepping on the floor like a caged tiger, and the sound was unusually harsh.

CM "Don't sit here, talk about your opinions, time waits for no one, or it won't be long before the old and young people of Qinghe Mansion will know the news, and then the situation will be passive, but we can't help it." Sitting on the left is Yusuf's chief of staff, Zhang Jinfu, and you can hear his tendencies between the words, if you don't leave, you won't be able to leave or get out.

cm: "Master Zhang means that we will retreat east now? But where do we retreat? Unless we go back to the imperial capital, from the Qinghe River to the imperial capital, there is a flat river, the heavy cavalry of the Kaman people has always been invincible, even Li Wufeng's Gaoyue hoplites have suffered great losses, our legions are mainly light infantry, the scale of the hoplites is not large, how to resist? The Kamans must have returned our city guard corps when they went south this time, so we still want to hold on to the Kamans in the plains, isn't it the same as sending them to death?" A tall and thin man put forward his opinion, "Otherwise, we will retreat to the imperial capital and join forces with the third and fourth legions, and maybe we will have to fight." ”.

cm: "Go back to the imperial capital? In this situation, you can return to the imperial capital? If you go back, maybe the soldiers will be able to escape this catastrophe, but I'm afraid that everyone here will only have the share of going to the military court! The news of Qinghe's recovery has probably been published in the major newspapers of the imperial capital today, right? In the blink of an eye, we will leave the people of Qinghe and the government to flee without a fight, and we will flee back to the imperial capital in one go. The first person sitting on the right is a thin old man, he is also the veteran of the City Guard Legion, Deng Yuanbiao, the deputy commander of the City Guard Legion, who speaks in a weird manner, and has always been not quite right with the commander of the Legion. He didn't agree with Yusuf's performance of the Qinghe Battle in order to earn money, but now he fell into a trap and was in a dilemma, which made him extremely dissatisfied.

cm: "But, Lord Deng, it's not easy to defend this Qinghe Mansion." Before leaving, the Taiping army had already destroyed many city walls at the west gate and the south gate, and it would not take half a month to repair them, and the Taiping army had also destroyed the catapults and crossbows on the city walls, and now Qinghe Mansion was simply an undefended city, how to defend it? Besides, we still don't know how many Kamans went south, but according to the estimates of our subordinates, their number will definitely surpass our legions! This battle really has to be fought in Qinghe Mansion, but I am afraid that we will choke enough. "The person who spoke was a division commander, and he expressed the worries of many people.

CM heard the quarrel between the cadres and subordinates, Yusuf felt even more irritable, as Deng Yuanbiao, an old thing, said, now the big report on the recovery of Qinghe is only afraid that it has been published in the major newspapers and periodicals of the empire, but now he is fleeing back in disgrace, just afraid that his position is not guaranteed is a trivial matter, and if he does not get it, he will be on the gallows. But if you want to fight, you are not sure, once you are trapped in this Qinghe Mansion City by the Kamans, it may be the end of the total annihilation, unless the third and fourth legions come to the aid with all their might, but he and His Royal Highness already have a little bit of the tower in their hearts, will he let the only force that belongs to him completely belong to him to rescue him? Yusuf is not the slightest sure.

cm but now I am only afraid that I can only bet on this one, the fate of retreat can be predicted, and the worst result of fighting is the same as the ending of retreat, it is not as good as Bo Ta Niang's Bo, even if it is death, it can end up with a heroic reputation, far better than going back to the gallows with his tail between his legs, in case Situ Lang considers his own usefulness and is under pressure from the whole empire, maybe he will really let the third and fourth legions come to save him.

cm: "That's enough, I've made up my mind, it's not my Yusuf's style to retreat like a bear, and it's not your willingness to face the military law * gallows, then we might as well play a roulette game of fate with the Kamans in this Qinghe Mansion to see who loses and who wins, as for the reinforcements, I will immediately send someone to the imperial capital to ask for reinforcements from the third and fourth legions, I believe that His Royal Highness Nine will not sit idly by." Yusuf vaguely revealed his relationship with His Highness Nine to cheer up his subordinates, but only he knew what was inside.

After arranging the respective work of a cadre, Yusuf stood in the meeting room with a complicated expression and pondered for a long time, summoned a person, ordered his personal adjutant to hand over a silver ticket to the other party, and then gave him some advice, only to hear the vague words "Imperial Express" and "Daily Express" faintly audible.

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