The Chinese army not only has cable telegraphs, telephones, but also radio communications, in the area of communications, the Chinese army and Hua Guo, which is the world's leading Xuan Jianzhang, received the president's order and immediately ordered a regiment of the Chinese army to launch an attack on Xi'an City.At the same time, Yixiao's Great Smoke Army cooperated with the Chinese army to launch a full-scale attack.The Great Smoke Army went to send the head of the Chu Army, and there was a Chinese army brigade behind them, and they couldn't walk if they wanted to.Giving people heads is not voluntary, after all, no one wants to send them to death.Yixuan looked at the battle situation and sighed."
This time, our people are afraid that they are going to die, the great guys of the Hua Army, they are all trained all day long, and the Chu Army does not dare to beat them, you see, it is too fierce to beat our Eight Banners" Prince Alcohol kept nagging.Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Prince Alcohol, you still don't understand what use these big smoke troops can have, that is, to send them to death, if the Chu army does not resist, it will not be like this, who makes Zuo Zongtang stubborn" Yixuan was secretly funny, it seems that half a month ago, you Li Hongzhang was also a stubborn one, Li Hongzhang saw Yixuan smile, knew that he was laughing at himself, and patted Yixuan's arm, "King Xuanjun, in the future, it will depend on you to take care of you, you are now in a good relationship with President Meng" Yixuan smiled:" That's not the president's promotion, isn't it that Shaoquan doesn't know that the grace of heaven is unpredictable, wow, let's just try our best to do it. ”"Hehe, in the future, Huaguo won't be called an errand, they all say it's an errand."
Li Hongzhang corrected with a smile.Yixuan nodded, "Yes, I have to rely on your brother's support to do my best, I heard that your chrysanthemum root studied with the president when he was a child, and the chrysanthemum root is also a big girl now" Li Hongzhang did not respond to Yixuan, Li chrysanthemum is Li Jingshou's life, Li Jingshou is Li Hongzhang's granddaughter, five years older than President Meng, although she can't talk about a big girl, but she has also become a flower.Li Hongzhang regretted wow, Zeng Jize's vision was more accurate than him, and now Zeng Jize's daughter Zeng Siping is already a quasi-imperial concubine, and she just waited for her to pass through the door to President Meng's president's mansion when she became an adult, alas.Yixuan saw Li Hongzhang's thoughts, and said with a smile: "There is a door to know, and when I return to Beijing, I will take more chrysanthemum and the president to find a chance to meet, I found that the president likes to talk to Shaoquan, this opportunity is indispensable in the future, you, this is really for the children and grandchildren to find blessings" Prince Alcohol also smiled: "Yes, this is right, you are old, and the relationship with the president's family will be far away in the future, if the chrysanthemum has the opportunity to enter the president's mansion, then, your family, for generations are prosperous and wealthy, you are the old minister of the Qing court, but the new minister of Huaguo" Li Hongzhang scolded with a smile: "There is a war going on here, you two old things are thinking about what my chrysanthemum is doing" "This battle has nothing to do with us, I wish this big smoke army would finish the fight as soon as possible, let's just merge with the Chinese army, go, don't look at it, let's drink, hahaha." ”Yi Xuan suggested.Prince Alcohol responded enthusiastically, "Yes, don't look at it, drink and go" Li Hongzhang slapped his face, "It seems that I want to learn more from you two princes, you are really smart people who drink and drink, do you have sea bass" Yi Liang laughed: "You can't do without sea bass for a meal Wow this is Shaanxi, where are we going to catch you" The Chinese army fought very bravely, an artillery battalion quickly transferred from Shanxi, equipped with 75 mm caliber small-caliber howitzers, don't look at the caliber is not big, but the power is very strong, Quickly plunged Xi'an city defense into a sea of fire.The people in the city of Xi'an were scared to death, they didn't expect the scale of the war to get bigger and bigger, although they knew that the Chinese army would not slaughter the city, but the large-scale artillery bombardment, whether it hit people or houses, the people couldn't bear it.Fortunately, the Chinese army did not further expand the war situation, nor did it storm the city defense, although the firepower of the attack was fierce, but the officers sent only fired near the city defense.On the one hand, it is to give Li Hongzhang face, and on the other hand, it is also for all the troops and officials who surrendered to the Qing court.There are more than 1,000 of these people.Those who fight the most fiercely and want to make the most contributions to the new collective are these people.Zuo Zongtang looked at the battle situation with a telescope anxiously, he didn't expect the Chinese army to open fire at this time, although he was not caught off guard, he had already made certain preparations for war, but if he continued to fight like this, he would really be unbearable."
Dashuai, don't look at it, you go down, the cannonball doesn't have eyes."
Liu Jintang sighed.Zuo Zongtang frowned, "What do they mean either beat them hard, or don't fight, this is not light or serious, it scares the people in the city to close their doors, and I don't want to arrange it, whether it is a retreat." ”The reason why the Chinese army uses this rhythm is that he doesn't want Zuo Zongtang to go, Zuo Zongtang's more than 30,000 people really want to be scattered everywhere, this big northwest, you can run horses everywhere, and it will be troublesome to catch it, it is estimated that after a while, all of them will have to be turned into bandit troops So, after Xuan Jianzhang received the president's order, he thought about it, the president should have asked him to stick Zuo Zongtang in this Xi'an city, not let him go, and not easily attack."
If they continue to fight like this, let's leave early, this is Shaanxi, next to Shanxi, the whole territory of Shanxi has been connected to Beijing's train, and the Chinese army will transfer troops from Beijing to Shanxi, it will not take ten hours" Liu Jintang said: "Dashuai, I feel that the Chinese army is playing with us as rats." ”Zuo Zongtang nodded, "You are right, they are indeed playing the trick of cat and mouse, I am really unwilling, I just gave up Shaanxi, and besides, we have to leave, and we have to pass through Gansu, and I don't know if Dong Fuxiang will have a trick behind his back." ”Liu Jintang was silent, and suddenly a cannonball came over, and he hurriedly bowed his head.Zuo Zongtang also hurriedly lowered his head, and when the two of them got up, they were all covered in dust.Zuo Zongtang snorted twice, his mouth was full of dirt, and he was extremely embarrassed.Liu Jintang saw that the general trend had gone, and he didn't want to say anything to Zuo Zongtang, when Zuo Zongtang led everyone to fight foreigners, how decisive and majestic, why is he so embarrassed now because it was the Chinese army When Zuo Zongtang fought foreigners, it was the Chinese army supporting them, whether it was mobilizing the people, or getting supplies, or the morale of the army, they didn't need to mobilize much, but once they became enemies with the Chinese army, not to mention that the people had no confidence, the entire Chu army was like a deflated ball.
If this army hadn't been led by Zuo Zongtang for many years and had deep feelings, it would have broken up a long time ago.On the artillery positions of the Chinese army.The artillery battalion of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army is firing at the city defense of Xi'an.The artillery battalion is a complete artillery battalion of three companies, equipped with a total of fifty 75mm howitzers, and when all fired, the power cannot be underestimated."
Take it easy, just release it once a minute, an hour is also 60 times 50, three thousand shells wow" Xuan Jianzhang silently calculated beside him, "No, it's still too fast, order, release one shot in two minutes, and end in half an hour."
Put it once a day, and the water will flow for a long time. ”The chief of staff of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army smiled and said: "Division, what kind of business are you, we have never fought like this, this battle is really not enjoyable."
I know that the president wants to settle it peacefully, but looking at Zuo Zongtang's posture, where is the meaning of peace negotiation, it is better to pat him off. ”Xuan Jianzhang waved his hand, "This is not good, this is a political war, let's be more patient, tell everyone, be careful, don't damage the people's houses." ”"Yes, Master."
The commander of the artillery battalion stood next to him and gave a military salute."
Division, let's guard against Zuo Zongtang's escape," the division chief of staff reminded."
You go and arrange a cavalry cut-off route, I don't think he will run for the time being, but it's good to be prepared in advance."
Xuan Jianzhang thought for a while, "As long as Zuo Zongtang dares to take people out of this Xi'an City, see one and kill another, otherwise, they are all very experienced in combat and combat effectiveness, once they arrive on the Loess Plateau, it will be even more difficult to catch, and they will all become horse bandits." ”"Yes, Master."
The chief of staff of the division agreed.Xuan Jianzhang looked at the sky, and also felt bored, it was really unpleasant to let the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, which was the first ace division, come to fight this kind of war that seemed to be a drill.When he received the task, Xuan Jianzhang was still happy, but now that he thinks about it, he is really not as happy as Wang Dashan with the Third Field Division of the Chinese Army in Central Asia Province, there are still two divisions under his command, and he is actually in charge of three divisions.As soon as the artillery bombardment was over, the Qing army hurriedly rebuilt the stones and repaired them temporarily, but as soon as they were about to repair them, the Chinese army continued to attack, and the attacking troops were mainly the Huai army from Hubei.After the city wall of Xi'an was ravaged by the cannons of the Chinese army, it was not destroyed, but Zuo Zongtang refused to leave the city defense, in order to show that he was always with the army, he really stayed in the city gate building.Xuan Jianzhang has already received information from the agents of the city's Bureau of Statistics, if he wants to kill Zuo Zongtang, Zuo Zongtang has been killed a hundred times, but Zuo Zongtang, an old boy, never saw his city gate tower being bombed, and thought that he was blessed with a great life t1706231537: