Qiao Shanxing saw that Qiao Zhiqing didn't speak for a long time, and thought that he had something to do, so after thinking for a long time, she had the courage to twist her head towards Qiao Zhiqing."
Did the eldest brother agree to meet Qingshengjun's brother" Qiao Shanxing blinked his eyes wide, his face full of anticipation."
Yes, I agreed.He is also a member of your mother-in-law's family, and I, the eldest brother of my mother's family, naturally want to meet him. ”Qiao Zhiqing smiled and nodded, constantly thinking about how to take this opportunity to get involved in Japan."
Great, Brother Qiao, you are so good to me."
Qiao Shanxing was so excited that she didn't care about etiquette, and turned around to give Qiao Zhiqing a hug.The two peaks full of elasticity happened to touch Qiao Zhiqing's nose.The fragrance that came to his face spread from Qiao Zhiqing's nose to his whole body in one fell swoop.It was like an electric shock, making this bachelor, who had not touched a woman for many days, itch like an ant scratching in his heart."
Shan Xing, you get up first, I'm a little out of breath."
Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly helped Qiao Shanxing's body up, and let out a long sullen breath.Just now, in order to fix his mind, he tried his best to hold his breath, so that he was not distracted.Qiao Shanxing also seemed to notice Qiao Zhiqing's strangeness, and hurriedly blushed and sat down on the side."
Brother Qiao, I'm sorry, I was too excited just now" Qiao Shanxing kept playing with her fingers, although her face was extremely blushing, but there was a feeling of beauty in her heart."
It's okay, you don't have to go back to Suzhou, just stay in the wing.When Tokugawa comes to his birthday, let him take you back to Japan, and your long-standing wish can come true. ”Qiao Zhiqing smiled embarrassedly and commanded Qiao Shanxing."
Okay, then I'll bother Brother Joe for a few more days.In fact, I have thought about it a lot in the past few days, and sometimes I feel that I don't want to go back to Japan anymore, and I want to stay by Brother Qiao's side forever to accompany you. ”Qiao Shanxing spit out in frustration, she didn't know why at the moment, she was not as happy as she imagined.On the contrary, there was an endless emptiness that spread throughout the body, as if it had lost a solid support."
Silly girl, how can there be a banquet in this world that will not be dispersed."
Qiao Zhiqing smiled and touched her head, and ordered the soldiers outside the door to sort out a wing room for Qiao Shanxing in the courtyard and take her down to rest.After the imperial edict came down, the ministers from all walks of life really reacted.First, Zuo Zongtang of Fujian took the initiative to transfer troops into Zhejiang, and then all the princes who were rewarded by the imperial court issued a statement to beg for thieves and publicly broke with Qiao Zhiqing.Qiao Zhiqing also made corresponding adjustments, ordering Chen Bingwen in Shanghai to quickly lead his troops south, and after joining Gu Yunfei who was resting in Jiaxing, he rushed towards Hangzhou together.Zhang Zongyu's Western Route Army was in Anxi Town, outside Hangzhou, and had already exchanged fire with the Huai army.At this moment, Li Hongzhang mobilized Zhang Yuchun, Pan Dingxin, and Zhang Shusheng, the Dingzi Army, totaling more than 60,000 elite Huai troops, and besieged Zhang Zongyu's Western Route Army in Anxi Town.The intention was to concentrate on defeating the 30,000 horses on the west road before the arrival of the Huaxing army on the east road.Zhang Zongyu dug trenches on a piece of high ground in Anxi Town and built fortifications.This high and low area is more than 20 miles in circumference, and the left side is close to the river, so there is no need to worry about the problem of supply.The Chunzi Army, the Dingzi Army, and the Shuzi Army were the first to follow Li Hongzhang's regimental training and armament, and they were very well-equipped, and each army was equipped with a varying number of field artillery.After the battle began, the three armies gathered a total of 200 artillery pieces and carried out a fierce artillery bombardment of the central area defended by the Huaxing Army.In vain, they tried to tear a rift in the middle, and then divide and surround the Huaxing army.The Huaxing army had just won the battle, and they were full of confidence in this battle, and they didn't take the enemy in front of them to heart at all.After the Huai army's more than 200 artillery pieces fired a salvo, the Qing army suffered a little.Because the Huai army had been using old-style solid artillery shells before, it did not pose much threat to the Huaxing army lying in the trenches.However, these two hundred artillery pieces used flowering shells, and the military quality of the artillery was very good, and the angle of fire was basically not deviated.After a burst of indiscriminate bombardment, there were many casualties on the battlefield of the Huaxing Army for a while.Most of them were recruits, and when they heard the thunder of the cannons, they all watched curiously with their heads held high.As soon as the cannonball fell, pieces of iron scattered in an instant, destroying everything around it with impunity.The Huaxing Army immediately organized mortars to return fire, and after adjusting the angle, more than 200 mortars fired in unison.On the high ground, it was parabolic and densely smashed towards the artillery positions of the Huai army.The artillery of the Huai army was extremely inconvenient to carry, so they could only face the shelling and return fire at the artillery of the Huaxing army.The Huaxing army was condescending, and the field artillery of the Huai army could not hit that height at all.After several rounds of artillery battles, more than half of the Huai army's artillery was damaged, and the artillery was blown into stumps and broken arms by the fragments of the shells, and all those who could move abandoned their positions and fled in all directions.The commander of the Huai army was furious and ordered the infantry to attack on all fronts.The battlefield within a radius of twenty miles instantly resounded with gunfire, and only the battle on the middle line was the fiercest.The Huai army's foreign gun array was based on sentry units, with more than 100 people per outpost.Divided into three rows less than a meter apart, they shot with foreign guns and rushed to the top and low.More than 10,000 Huai troops were gathered on the central line, and they were densely packed without seeing the beginning and the end.The Huaxing army calmly responded in the trenches, and built five layers of trenches on a one-mile-wide defensive line, in which more than 5,000 expeditionary rifles were neatly arranged.The Huai army was on its back, completely exposed to the guns of the Huaxing army.The generals under these commands were also seeing the weapons of the Huaxing Army for the first time, and they were secretly surprised in their hearts.In their minds, foreign guns are already the most advanced weapons.But I didn't expect Huaxingjun's to be more subtle, and there was no need to rely on the gun array at all.It can give full play to the combat effectiveness of each soldier.Two hours after the battle began, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the defeat of the Huai army was decided.Although the Huai army had the advantage in numbers, the foreign guns of the first faction were fired, and before the second platoon could prepare to go up, the soldiers of the first platoon were beaten into pulp by the flying bullets.The Huai army's gun array is self-defeating, and there is no discipline at all.All of them fired guns indiscriminately at the top of the mountain, regardless of where they hit.The Huaxing army didn't seem to need to change the ammunition at all, and the gunfire never stopped.Not to mention the feint attack line on the periphery, that is, in the direction of the middle line of the main attack, the corpses of the Huai army have covered the entire hillside.To be honest, the top of this piece of high ground is only five or six meters, which is not much different from flat land.But the Huai army tried its best, but it couldn't move forward.They were blocked by the Huaxing army a hundred meters away."
Stop the attack."
The three commanders watched in horror for a while with their binoculars not far away, and finally let the herald give the order to retreat.Drums beat, howls and screams.More than 60,000 people attacked by the Huai army, with tens of thousands of dead and wounded, and finally retreated like a tide, and even the bodies of their comrades could not be moved."
Brother Pan, we can't fight like this, the weapons of the Qingzi Army are too weird.If the fight continues like this, even if there are 100,000 soldiers and horses, it is not enough for the Qingzi army to stuff the teeth. ”In the handsome tent, Zhang Yuchun shouted at Pan Dingxin in fear, he didn't know about the Qingzi Army being renamed Huaxing Army, so he still called Huaxing Army Qingzi Army.Among the three, only Pan Dingxin is the oldest, so he has also become the backbone of the three."
Brother Pan, what Yu Chun said is right, we should outwit it, instead of rushing with the lives of our brothers like this."
Zhang Shusheng also let out a sullen breath, and his forehead wrinkled into a thin slit in depression."
I know what you mean, and I think so.Our weapons lagged too far behind the Qing Army, and not only did it take a long time to reload, but the firing distance was not as far as that of the Qing Army, and its power was not as great as that of the Qing Army.If you want to win this Qingzi army, you also need to outwit it. ”Pan Dingxin nodded affirmatively, and kept thinking about how to deal with it in his mind."
Our main problem now is that we can't get close to the Qingzi Army, if we can get close to the Qingzi Army, Lao Tzu will cut with a knife, and he can exchange his life for a life."
Zhang Yuchun scolded indignantly, and there was nothing he could do about the Qingzi army.This sentence reminded Pan Dingxin, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately slapped the table and yelled, "There is a way." ”"What way" Zhang Yuchun and Zhang Shusheng both widened their eyes with curiosity."
Since playing with guns is not our strong point, then we will fight with the Qingzi Army for cold weapons.We now have twice as much strength as the Qingzi Army, and if we are short-handed, we will definitely be able to annihilate the Qingzi Army in one fell swoop. ”Pan Dingxin spit out excitedly."
The method is good, but how can the Qingzi Army be so stupid as not to use foreign guns and fight with us with a big knife" Zhang Shusheng frowned suspiciously."
Yes, Brother Pan, aren't you talking in vain" Zhang Yuchun also said stupidly."
Well, you just have to prepare as I tell you.Three days later, he launched an offensive and tried to take the Qing army in one fell swoop. ”Pan Dingxin confidently explained to the two.The handsome tent burst into laughter for a while, and the sullenness of today's failure was also swept away, as if the Qingzi army had really been wiped out in three days.Qiao Zhiqing also paid close attention to the military situation on the front line in Nanjing, and sent several military reports to Gu Yunfei and Chen Bingwen.He urged the two armies to rush to the Anxi battlefield in three days, and if there was any delay, they would be dealt with by military law.The Huai army was not idle, in order to cut off Zhang Zongyu's supply, he actually blew up a river embankment in the upper reaches of Anxi with gunpowder.As a result, more than 50 surrounding villages were engulfed by floods, and tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land were flooded.After the river embankment was broken, the warships that transported supplies to Zhang Zongyu were naturally impassable.Zhang Zongyu, who was trapped on the high ground for a while, ordered the troops to save rations and ration them every day, and lived a hard life of starvation and fullness in the past.It's not that Zhang Zongyu couldn't break through, relying on the sophisticated weapons in the hands of the new army.Breaking out of the siege of more than 50,000 people is just as easy as it gets.But Qiao Zhiqing gave Zhang Zongyu a death order, and waited for Gu Yunfei and Chen Bingwen's two armies to come to help at all costs.Attacking inside and outside, swallowing the 60,000 elite forces of the Huai Army in one go.Zhang Zongyu's bait is also big enough and fat enough for these 60,000 people to fight desperately
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