In the first battle of Renhe Town, the two main forces of the Huai army suffered casualties.Li Hongzhang no longer dared to send troops to reinforce casually, but sent a large number of troops to build fortifications outside Hangzhou to prepare for Zhang Zongyu's attack on Hangzhou.After Wu Changqing learned the news, he was disheartened for a while.He no longer expected reinforcements to come to the rescue, but wrote a suicide note and asked the soldiers to send the civilians of the city to Hangzhou, and took the remaining more than 10,000 people to desperately refuse to defend the city wall.The Qing army has long been proficient in the siege of the city defense, and no longer relies solely on infantry to attack the city, but transferred the Huaxing battleship of the navy from Huzhou to cooperate with the siege.The county town of Deqing is no more than five meters high, and in some places it is still reinforced with stones, which can withstand the intensive bombardment of heavy artillery on the battleship.The Huaxing only shelled the east gate for a continuous round, and the east city wall collapsed along with the city gate.The right division launched an attack at this time, after mortar fire on the ramparts.The soldiers of the Qing army didn't even dare to raise their heads, and they all held their heads and lay on the ground with their hands.The right division took the opportunity to attack the city wall, and wiped out the Qing army on the city wall before dark, and the remaining soldiers and horses of the Qing army were completely surrounded in Deqing City.Zhang Zongyu also returned to Deqing County with the lieutenant division at this time, and sent a messenger at night to write a letter of persuasion to Wu Changqing, advising Wu Changqing not to make unnecessary resistance.Wu Changqing looked at the less than 6,000 soldiers and horses under his command in the night breeze, and there were tears of grief and indignation in his eyes for a while.Now I just want to find the Qingzi Army desperately, and people don't give me a chance, so I can't get close to the Qingzi Army at all.In the middle of the night, a defection finally occurred in the Qing army.First, a battalion of soldiers took the initiative to find the Qingzi army to surrender, and then thousands of people abandoned their guns and surrendered.The establishment of the Huai army was different from that of the Qing army, and most of the generals fought on their own.Each has military power, and the army does not have the slightest cohesion.So once the situation is on the downside and the defection begins, even the manager can't control the situation.After one night, Wu Changqing was left with only the more than 300 old brothers he had brought from Anhui."
Brothers, I, Wu Changqing, have let you suffer with me."
Wu Changqing faced his soldiers for the last time, and the black hair on his head turned white overnight.Looking at the remaining more than 300 brothers, Wu Changqing choked up loudly, drew his knife and wiped it towards his neck.Under the leadership of Vice General Wu Changqing, these 300 people refused to defend the county government and swore not to surrender.After several attempts to persuade him to no avail, Zhang Zongyu finally ordered the soldiers to launch a final assault on the county government.More than 300 Qing troops guarded Wu Changqing's corpse, and they fell down with foreign guns in rows, and they went up in rows until the last person was sacrificed.Zhang Zongyu asked people to bury these more than 300 loyal and brave men, and after eliminating the old, weak, sick and disabled of the more than 6,000 soldiers who surrendered, they were all incorporated into various divisions and regiments.After joining the Qingzi Army, in the face of generous military salaries and rewards, where there is still the slightest complaint, just a few days of hard work, they completely found a sense of belonging and became a part of the Qingzi Army.Qiao Zhiqing also gave the front-line army a lot of autonomy to expand the army, so as to digest the soldiers captured in the battle as soon as possible.Zhang Zongyu rested in Deqing County for three days, and when the supplies from the rear arrived, he led his troops south.After Renhezhen and Zuo Shihui, the army immediately marched towards Hangzhou.At the beginning of the new year, the founding ceremony was held as scheduled, and Qiao Zhiqing officially assumed the post of president and formed the first cabinet.The Prime Minister of the Cabinet is Hong In-gil, who is mainly responsible for executive power.The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Organization Department, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and other departments.The Supreme People's Court was established separately from outside the Cabinet and was mainly responsible for legislative and judicial powers.The Qing Army was officially renamed the China Rejuvenation Army, referred to as the "Huaxing Army".The armed forces are accountable only to the president, and Qiao Zhiqing serves as the supreme commander of the armed forces, as well as the head of the Organization Department and the president of the Supreme People's Court.In the area under the jurisdiction of the Qing Army, singing and dancing were carried out everywhere to warmly celebrate the founding of New China.The Ministry of Culture has also set up a special Central Daily, which is responsible for publishing all official news to the outside world.On this day alone, 100,000 copies of the newspaper were printed and all sold out.The news quickly spread through a channel, and the whole world was shaken for a while.In order to give New China a congratulatory gift, Zhejiang's two-way army also stepped up its New Year's offensive.The Right Army commanded by Gu Yunfei completely took Jiaxing Mansion on this day and sent the first congratulatory gift to New China.Li Hongzhang arranged hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses around Jiaxing Mansion, connecting Tongxiang County, Haining County, Haiyan County, Pinghu County, and the four counties, forming a circular defense system with Jiaxing Mansion.As soon as one side is attacked, there will be four sides to help.Gu Yunfei is more calm than Zhang Zongyu.It did not directly attack the Jiaxing Mansion in front of it, but adopted a strategy of outflanking and detouring, and attacked the ring defense circle with a three-way army.The left division bypassed Jiaxing Province and attacked Tongxiang County.The right division, with the cooperation of the navy, attacked Haiyan County by sea.The middle division built a defensive position outside Jiaxing Mansion to strictly prevent the Huai army in Jiaxing Mansion from sending troops to rescue.In this way, the ring defense ring was broken at the waist, and the south and east of the Huai army were the sea, and there was no way to retreat.For a while, Hua Xingjun was like a palm, slowly wrapping Huaijun in the palm of his hand.Gu Yunfei's right army is a veteran army of the Huaxing Army, and the combat effectiveness of individual soldiers is extremely strong.After the battle began, Tongxiang County was the first to be broken by the left division, and more than 10,000 Huai troops in the city were completely annihilated.Then there was Haiyan County, under the heavy bombardment of the navy, the Huai army basically abandoned the city without much resistance, and went north to join forces with the defenders of Pinghu County.The left division continued to lead its troops south and captured Haining County.The soldiers of Haining County did not resist as stubbornly as Tongxiang County, and after more than half of the casualties, they all retreated towards Hangzhou.The left division did not pursue, and after completing the task, it quickly moved towards Jiaxing Mansion.The right division waved its troops north and attacked Pinghu County.Pinghu County, together with the tens of thousands of Huai troops from Haiyan County, suddenly increased to more than 20,000 people in the small city.The already small grain and grass were looted at this time, and before the right division arrived, the two sides in Pinghu County City joined forces first.The Huai army in Haiyan County did not have much courage to deal with the Huaxing army, but it was ruthless against its own people, and the more fierce it became.In the end, the two sides fought each other, and as many as half of them died.After the right division arrived in Pinghu County, it easily picked up a bargain and took Pinghu County effortlessly.Both parts of the Huai army were disarmed and surrendered, and no one fell into battle.After pacifying the wings around Jiaxingfu, the left, center, and right, three divisions, from three directions, began to launch a final attack on Jiaxingfu.At this time, there were four armies in Jiaxing Prefecture, all of which were miscellaneous armies that Li Hongzhang had incorporated in Shanghai.They are the Wuxi Lianzi Army commanded by Yang Zonglian, the Wuxi Dezi Army commanded by Xu Desheng, the Guizhou Changzi Battalion commanded by Guo Wenbang, and the Shanghai Tiger Battalion commanded by Liang Anbang.The armies deployed in Tongxiang County, Haining County, Haiyan County, Pinghu County, and the four counties are also their subordinates.At this time, the commanders of the four armies in Jiaxing Mansion faced a strong enemy, but there were serious differences.Yang Zonglian and Xu Desheng were both children of Wuxi, and they also knew a lot about Wuxi under the rule of the Qing army.In his heart, he had a sense of belonging to Qiao Zhiqing, and secretly sent a messenger to contact Gu Yunfei for a long time, and tried his best to persuade Guo Wenbang and Liang Anbang to surrender.Guo Wenbang and Liang Anbang advocated holding the city and waiting for Hangzhou's rescue.Then the inside and the outside should be combined to flank the Huaxing army.The Huaxing army did not give the two sides time to argue, and after the three divisions were ready, they launched an attack on Jiaxing Mansion.Yang Zonglian and Xu Desheng saw that the general trend had gone, so they surrendered in the city and opened the north and south gates of their respective defenses.After the Huaxing army entered the city, it quickly divided and surrounded the east and west of the city.Guo Wenbang and Liang Anbang's miscellaneous armies were not well equipped, and after the foreigners supported Li Hongzhang, they each issued foreign guns to the army.It only took an hour of hard work for Kuang Wenbang and Liang Anbang to give up resistance and raise troops to surrender.Jiaxing killed more than 30,000 Huai troops in the first battle, captured 60,000, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses fled to Hangzhou.Gu Yunfei didn't have such a big appetite to swallow more than 60,000 people at once, and he was not interested in these miscellaneous armies.After reporting to Qiao Zhiqing, because Yang Zonglian and Xu Desheng made meritorious deeds.Therefore, Qiao Zhiqing organized these 60,000 men and horses into the New Fourth Army and the New Fifth Army.Yang Zonglian and Xu Desheng served as military commanders respectively and went to the camp outside Nanjing for drills.Guo Wenbang and Liang Anbang were escorted to a prisoner of war camp for ideological reform.After the empress dowager of the two palaces of the capital Yangxin Palace sat on the throne, she summoned all the important ministers of the court to urgently discuss the countermeasures."
You all open your dog's eyes and see, Qiao Zhiqing's rabbit cub has already set up another court in Nanjing, the mourning family really doesn't understand, what the court raises your group of rice buckets for."
Cixi held the Central Daily in her hand, and scolded the ministers with her eyebrows upside down."
Weichen is useless, please take care of the phoenix body of the Queen Mother."
All the ministers knelt down in a panic, their faces covered with cold sweat."
It's useless, it's useless, in addition to being useless, what else can you say Jiangsu Province loses, even Zhejiang Mansion is going to be lost, Qiao Zhiqing is about to enter the capital."
Cixi heard the anger in her stomach even more, and threw the newspaper in her hand in the hall with a wave of her hand."
Queen Mother, the minions have mobilized soldiers and horses from all sides to go to the battlefield, and I believe that Qiao Zhiqing's rebellion will soon be suppressed.Please also ask the Queen Mother to take care of the phoenix body, our Qing Dynasty is still not up to Qiao Zhiqing. ”Prince Gong had to come forward to admonish at this time, but his face was full of unconfidence."
Which side are the soldiers and horses on all sides," Cixi asked coquettishly."
Is this this?"
but Prince Gong had nothing to say when asked, and he was stunned in place, constantly touching the cold sweat on his forehead."
I have nothing to say, don't think that we orphans and widows are all fools, are you now in Jiangnan without soldiers" Cixi pointed at Prince Gong and shouted, and stood up with a moment of depression and indignation in her chest."
Queen Mother, it's the minions who are not doing well, please let the Queen Mother calm her anger."
Prince Gong knelt down for Cixi and had nothing to say."
Okay, it's not difficult for the mourning family to give Qiao Zhiqing a word to see if he has any intention of making peace.If it doesn't work, give Jiangnan to him, we just need to keep the Jiangbei place. ”Cixi lamented helplessly and made an edict to the courtiers.After vomiting, he sat down on Fengluan weakly, and tears flowed down his face
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