The flares in the sky and the artillery fire on the ground echoed each other, the lights inside and outside the camp were uncertain, the guns and cannons were intertwined, and the sound was very cheerful.

Seeing him coming, Sun Lianhai, the commander of the mortar battalion, hurriedly greeted him and saluted: "Monk King——。 ”

Monk Greenqin interrupted him and said in a loud voice, "How is the situation? ”

"The report ——, the enemy had a lot of troops, and he began to swim ....... from both sides."

Swimming to the sides? Monk Greenqin's heart sank, how many troops did the Japanese army dispatch, and they could attack from three sides? Glancing at the simple watchtower erected on the position, he was lazy to talk nonsense, and climbed up quickly, and the battalion commander who saw the lookout on the watchtower personally accompanied him, and hurriedly handed over the binoculars.

Raising the binoculars to see, Monk Greenqin's heart sank, with the help of the flares he was very clear, the black pressure on a large area of Japanese troops actually rushed to the camp with a charging attitude, at a glance, the crowd was surging like a tide, dense shells exploded in the crowd, like a wave that was about to disappear.

Only then did he understand why he had not fired the artillery for a long time, obviously waiting for the enemy to enter the range of the mortar, in stark contrast to Yuan Qi's mortar, it was the dense gunfire, the enemy was at least a thousand meters away, and the forward battalion was able to fight so lively, it was purely to shoot and be courageous!

His face couldn't help but feel a little hot, this forward battalion can be regarded as having seen the battle of Tianjin, and those who have participated in the battle of the Korean Dynasty are so unbearable, how unbearable will those battalions that have not experienced actual combat be?

What made him even more angry was that there were a lot of open whistles, dark whistles, and patrol whistles arranged on the periphery, and they still let the enemy feel under their noses, from the sound of the gun alarm to the sound of the cannon, it was only ten minutes to the sky, which means that the enemy was only discovered when he touched it at least two or three miles away!

Sun Lianhai also said with palpitations: "Fortunately, the alarm was called in time, if it is discovered later, the situation will be very dangerous, looking at this situation, the enemy's strength is at least tens of thousands ......." ”

Monk Lingqin did not say a word, and said to the enemies moving on the left and right flanks that there were two thousand people each! There are at least 3,000 people on the front, and no one has invested all their troops as soon as they come up, and what they see at present may only be the vanguard of the Japanese army's death squad, that is to say, the Japanese army is at least between 15,000 and 20,000, this estimate, he did not dare to say, for fear of affecting the morale of the army.

After only a few minutes on the watchtower, he slipped down quickly, and Sun Lianhai followed behind him and asked, "Do you need artillery support on both wings?" ”

"There's no need!" Monk Greenqin said in a deep voice: "You are responsible for suppressing the frontal enemy .....!" ”

Before he finished speaking, Delentai hurriedly trotted over, and when he arrived, he gasped and said: "The enemy has made a detour to both flanks, intending to attack in an all-round way!" ”

"What's the panic?" Monk Greenqin scolded: "Urge all departments to enter their designated positions, let them calm down, and put the enemy close before fighting!" As he spoke, he looked at the table with a lighter, and then said: "It's been less than three hours until dawn, hold on until dawn, and I'll give you a credit!" ”

As soon as he heard the first credit, Delentai said excitedly: "Yes, I promise to stick to it until dawn." ”

The Japanese army also knew that once dawn was not the opponent of the Qing army, which had superior firearms, it did not even make a tentative attack, and directly launched a charge as soon as it came up, in an attempt to engage in hand-to-hand combat, so as to weaken the gap between the two sides in weapons.

In the face of the fierce and undaunted enemy who poured in like a tide, although the forward battalion participated in the battle of the Korean army, it basically only played the role of assistance or assistance, and the Korean soldiers had never had this kind of suicidal charge.

Although the officers and soldiers of the forward battalion fought in a panic, because of the long range of the rifle, it still caused a lot of casualties to the Japanese army in a dense formation, but the Japanese army was still shouting to go forward and charge one after another!

"Hit, hit Lao Tzu hard, see if they run fast on two legs, or our bullets are fast!" Liu Huazi, the chief of the city, cheered up the soldiers below, he also hated iron and steel, as soon as he went to the battlefield, these guys left all the training in Ping Suri behind, and they were in a hurry to fight each other, but now is not the time to reprimand, they can only settle accounts after the autumn.

Seeing the enemy on the opposite side one by one screaming as if rushing to reincarnate and rushing forward, he was actually a little worried in his heart, as the saying goes, the soft is afraid of the hard, the hard is afraid of the horizontal, the horizontal is afraid of the dead, the battlefield encounters this kind of not afraid of death and death, the most headache, fortunately they are superior in weapons and are fully prepared, otherwise this battle is really a bit hanging.

Not far behind the trenches was the Great Camp Fence, the second layer of fire defense, which together with the trenches constituted two layers of firepower, and the situation here was slightly better, and the officers walked back and forth and shouted, without orders not to shoot.

Delentai put down the binoculars and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although his subordinates fought in an irregular manner, but it was more than enough to fight the Japanese army with backward weapons and equipment and outdated tactics on the opposite side, "Order, the enemy will fire again if he enters a range of three hundred meters." ”

An officer said softly: "My lord, is three hundred meters too close, and the black light is blind, and there is no way to aim." ”

"It's because I can't aim that I have to get closer." Delentai said angrily: "The monk king personally supervises the battle, do you still think I don't lose enough face?" ”

The dense formation of the Japanese army was first scattered by a burst of random gunfire, and when they rushed into the range of 300 meters, they were greeted with more fierce and dense gunfire, even if they were no longer afraid of death, they all lay on the ground and did not dare to get up.

The sound of gunfire and cannons gradually thinned out, and Seng Lingqin secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the first wave of attacks has finally been resisted, and he doesn't know if the Japanese army will organize a second round of attacks, he looked at his watch, but it was only about a quarter of an hour, and it was still early in the morning.

However, even if the Japanese army launched a second round of strong attack, he did not have to worry, after resisting the first round of attack, the panic and nervousness of the officers and men would be greatly relieved, and the fighting would become more and more comfortable.

Although the sound of guns and cannons is sparse, the flares are still fired uninterruptedly, and the battlefield is flickering and dark, and the face of Prince Jiazhang of Renhe Temple Palace, the forward headquarters of the Japanese army, can drip water, although he has long known that the firearms of the Qing army are powerful, but hearing and witnessing them are completely different things.

Watching the dense shells continue to explode in the charging ranks, the death squads falling one by one, and seeing that they were still five or six hundred meters away, and the formation of the charge fell in pieces like cutting wheat, he couldn't help but feel a sense of despair in his heart, the strength of the Qing army's firearms had far exceeded their imagination.

"Your Excellency, it seems that the death squad will not work...... Saigo Takamori hesitated, "Do you want to continue the attack?" ”

Prince Kasho glanced at him and said, "Listening to Yoshinosuke's tone, but shaken?" ”

"Yes." Saigo Takamori said unabashedly: "The strength of the firearms of the Qing army exceeded our expectations, and the Qing army was obviously prepared. As he spoke, he added: "Attacking again now is a tactic to add fuel to." ”

Prince Jiazhang was silent and silent, after witnessing the powerful combat power of the Qing army, he already regretted it in his heart, regretted that he hastily launched this night battle, in fact, the plan of the night attack was two days later, but the Qing army suddenly began to massacre the displaced people along the way in the afternoon, demarcated the military area, and continued to extend forward, forcing them to rush to launch this night battle.

After being silent for a long time, he said in a deep voice: "There is a saying in China that is called - there is no turning back when you open the bow." ”

Saigo Takamori hesitated and said, "If there are heavy casualties, there will be no soldiers to defend in Kyoto." ”

"Even soldiers can't hold it!" Prince Jiazhang has a weak way.

After a little silence, Saigo Takamori said: "The night attack is to attack it unprepared, since the other party is prepared, there is no need for us to continue to attack, it will only increase casualties." ”

"When the Qing army demarcates the military zone, it should be judged that the Qing army has taken precautions!" Prince Jiazhang said in a deep voice, he was a little unwilling to retreat, after all, there were many casualties in this wave of strong attacks, but he didn't have the courage to continue to attack, the firepower of the Qing army was too fierce, and he really couldn't afford casualties.

He knew very well that if he wanted to retreat, he had to take advantage of the darkness, once it was dragged until dawn, the Qing army would inevitably chase and kill, and after a while, he sighed and said unwillingly: "Withdraw." ”

The Japanese army retreated, the forward camp cheered, but in the big tent, Monk Lingqin swept the officers of Delentai with a black face, "I have repeatedly reminded you a few days in advance, when the matter is coming, see what your battle looks like?" This is also to meet the tofu scum of the Japanese army, and meet a slightly stronger one, today the battalion must be cut off, what is going on with those sentinels? actually let most of the Japanese army touch under their noses? ”

It is estimated that those sentry detectives are not alive, and Delentai doesn't know what is going on, so he has to bow and say: "The subordinates must strictly rectify and seriously carry out the post-war summary." ”

After all, this battle was won, and Seng Lingqin didn't want to be too harsh, so he lit a cigarette before he said slowly: "Repair in place for a few days, don't rush forward." ”

Shanghai, Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Yi Zhizhi entered the study, and Cao Gensheng hurriedly came in to report: "The big treasurer, Fukuoka called, the Hiraka victory, the Japanese army attacked the Hiraka camp at night, the monk personally commanded, and more than 6,000 enemies were annihilated in the first battle, and the casualties of our army were minimal. ”

Yi Zhizhi said disappreciably: "Such good weapons and equipment, if they are still stolen by the Japanese army, the New Army of the Eight Banners should also be dismantled." ”

Cao Gensheng smiled and said, "Does the telegram need to be transferred to the imperial court?" ”

"No, they will report to the court themselves." Yi Zhishu glanced at Zhao Liewen as he spoke, "Inform King Gong of this news." ”

Gong Wang Yixun has been very leisurely these days, Ci'an has not approved his excerpts for a long time to request the comprehensive rectification of the Eight Banners New Army and the Beiyang Naval Division, and he is also happy to be free, leaving early and returning late every day, it is difficult for Zaiyuan to see him, of course, Yi Zhixin wants to find him, but he is looking for a quasi.

After ten o'clock, Yi Xun hurriedly entered the Zhennan Palace, and when he entered the study, he asked directly: "The victory of the United States, the study room means that the overall situation of the war in Kyoto has been decided?" ”

"There was no suspense about the war in Kyoto." Yi Zhishu said and stretched out his hand to give up his seat, lit a cigarette casually, and then said slowly: "The reason why the Eight Banners New Army is allowed to fight Kyoto independently is not only to prevent Yuan Qi from becoming the target of public criticism, but also to provide opportunities for the Sixth Master and Su Xiang to ........" ”

Yixun was overjoyed, "What does Brother Kunishiro mean, you can go to Osaka now?" ”

Yi Zhishu said slowly: "Your seventh brother, how do you plan to settle it?" ”

"You can't kill it." Yi Xun smiled: "Just under house arrest in the Wa Kingdom, how about it?" ”

"That's your family business, so I can't intervene." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "I don't think the sixth master needs to take other means, he will directly purge and seize power in the name of cleaning up the Qingjun Society, and if necessary, I will cut off the cable telegraph in Osaka." ”

"Calling?" Yi Xun said tentatively.

Yi Zhixiang smiled and said: "The sixth master and Su Xiang should have a plan, why do you need me to say more?" ”

"Planning is not as fast as change." Yi Xun said slowly: "If the Queen Mother can agree as soon as possible and issue an edict to comprehensively clean up and rectify the New Army of the Eight Banners, this matter will be much easier." ”

"It's not easy." Yi Zhisuff said without thinking: "The sixth master has a fold, and I implore you to go abroad for investigation." ”

"That's a good idea!" Yi Xun smiled, "There is nothing that is difficult to leave the country." ”

Jingshi, Forbidden City, Yangxin Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

After reading Yixun's excerpts, Ci'an's face was a little gloomy, what kind of overseas investigation, this was obviously to force her to express her position as soon as possible to reply to the matter of comprehensively cleaning up and rectifying the Eight Banners New Army and the Beiyang Naval Division.

This makes her a little embarrassed, if she doesn't agree, Yixun is now in Shanghai, it is very likely that she will go abroad regardless of herself, or simply stay in Shanghai and mix with Yi Zhicontent, both of which she does not want to see, agree to rectify, she feels that it is inappropriate, this edict is very likely to be used as an arrow with chicken feathers.

Instead, she thought that a few days had passed, and Zaiyuan hadn't replied, so she immediately ordered: "Call Zaiyuan and reply quickly." ”

Shanghai, received the telegram, Zaiyuan felt that he was really wronged, he couldn't even see Yixun's face these days, every time he went to Yixun's other garden was told that Yixun had gone out, obviously, people were deliberately avoiding him, but this time he couldn't take care of it, even if he was sitting in Yixun's other garden and waiting, he had to see each other.

Yixun really didn't want to see Zaiyuan these days, but now he has to wait for Ci'an's reply, and when he heard the news that Zaiyuan came to the door, he personally greeted him, and he smiled as soon as he met: "I went to several factories in Baoshan to inspect these days, and I was tired of running a few times." ”

Seeing Yixun, Zaiyuan was already overjoyed, where would he care about his explanation, and immediately smiled: "It's okay, I'm just an idler in Shanghai, and I'm idle left and right." ”