Looking at the British liaison officer who was galloping away, Yan Yangtian hesitated: "Do you want to continue to kill?" ”

Yi Zhisuff has been paying close attention to the situation of point killing, in the face of the British army lying on the ground, the difficulty of point killing is indeed great, there are many corpses on the battlefield, as long as the target lies still, for a group of regiments without binoculars, it is difficult to distinguish between dead and alive, and furthermore, in the face of the target lying on the ground, the hit rate is not less than a star and a half. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

How big is it possible to expect Yilu and Bartley to order the besieged British to surrender out of humanitarian reasons? It's almost impossible! How many troops are left in the Wusong Army now? Not even fifteen! It is impossible for the other party to give up these six or seven hundred British troops! Will definitely find a way to rescue!

Since it is impossible to expect the opposing coach to surrender on his own initiative, then he can only kill! Kill the besieged British army in despair and surrender! Even if you don't count the loss of ammunition, you have to kill the opponent until you surrender! With a group of captives at hand, Yuan Qi can not only control a certain right to speak, but also grasp a certain initiative!

After a slight groan, he said in a deep voice: "Of course we have to continue!" The whole regiment unfolds a straggler formation to point kill! You haven't forgotten the English of surrendering without killing, have you? Kill and shout! ”

Before the British liaison officer ran back to the Yangjiazui Fort, the gunfire on the battlefield suddenly became dense, watching the Yuanqi regimental training disperse, surrounded on all sides, and gradually narrowed the encirclement, and shouted something while firing guns, Bartley's face was hard to see! Obviously, the other side did not accept the conditions they offered at all, but forced the surrounded troops to surrender by means of exhaustion!

Yiru's face was also ugly, he glanced at the liaison officer who was galloping towards him, and then looked at the battlefield, and from a distance of several miles, although he couldn't hear what the other soldier was shouting, he guessed that he must be shouting in English, "Surrender the gun and don't kill." This trick was used in the suburbs of Shanghai.

Listening to the dense gunfire behind him, the liaison officer naturally understood what this meant, and did not spare the war horse all the way, and hurried back to the Yangjiazui Fort as fast as possible to repeat Yi Zhi's words to Yilu and Bartlet.

"Yuan Qi has always treated prisoners of war well and allowed redemption." Yilu said in a deep voice: "Fire the cannon, raise the white flag, don't let them make fearless sacrifices!" ”

"This will be a huge blow to our morale!" Bartley said with a grim face.

"Do you want to see all the soldiers who are surrounded being shot by the other side?" Yilu said without backing down: "If that is the case, the general's prestige will be lost, and the morale will be even lower!" ”

Stunned, Bartley waved his hand helplessly, he originally hoped to delay time through negotiations, but the other party did not give a chance at all, this battle was lost too unjustly, who would have thought that such an ancient and backward empire as the Qing Kingdom would have a more advanced musket than the British Empire.

Seeing that Bartley gave in, Yilu couldn't wait to order, "Fire the cannon, order the besieged troops to surrender!" ”

As the British troops surrendered in line on the battlefield, there was a cheer on the battlefield! Looking at the lively volunteers from a distance, they are even more excited than Yuan Qi Tuanyong! The Yuanqi team practice is so brave, which makes them full of confidence in this battle!

Yi Zhi's heart is also indescribably happy, a thousand yuan odd group training against a thousand and five British troops, with zero casualties to annihilate the British army of 1,500 people, this is simply a massacre! When this record spreads, not only the Qing Dynasty, but the whole world will be shocked! After this battle, the Minnie gun is bound to attract attention!

"Headmaster." Yan Yangtian came over with a smile on his face and asked, "A total of six hundred and thirty-three prisoners were captured, do we want those wounded?" ”

"Don't." Yi Zhixin said simply: "The wounded leave them with a headache." ”

After hesitating, Yan Yang said genius: "This battle has disrupted the principal's plan ....... ”

Indeed, Yi Zhixiang never dreamed that Bartley would actually take the initiative to attack them with half of his troops, and this bite ate half of the opponent's troops, Wu Song's battle is much easier, not only the disparity between the forces of the two sides has become huge, but the morale of the other party will inevitably be greatly affected, nodded slightly, and then he spoke: "Do you want to take advantage of the victory to pursue?" ”

Yan Yangtian shook his head and said: "This battle is far away from Wusong Fort, the British warships have no chance to participate in the battle, and the British artillery and fortifications have not been able to play a role. After a pause, he continued: "The British army has lost 1,500 men in this battle, and our troops now have an absolute advantage, can we consider a night attack?" ”

Night Raid? It's not impossible to be content, because he has always paid attention to nutrition, and the regimental courage trained by Yuanqi almost didn't suffer from night blindness, but the British army is not easy to say, launching a night attack can minimize the casualties caused by artillery, however, the risk of night fighting is not small, and any accident can happen!

After a slight groan, he said, "Let's go back to the camp." ”

Yangjiazui Fort, watching the Yuanqi regiment practice quickly clean up the battlefield and escort a large number of prisoners back to the camp, Yilu and Bartley were relatively speechless, and the British troops in each fort were silent, collectively silent, and the eyes of both officers and soldiers were full of fear, what kind of musket is this? It can actually hit far and accurately, more powerful than their latest Bren-style Wick rifle, and the speed is no less than that of a smoothbore gun, in addition to the new musket, does the other party have a new gun in their hands?

"Why didn't the other party take advantage of the victory and chase after it?" Bartlet's abrupt question seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to be asking about the law of righteousness.

Yilu's heart sank, and the meaning of Bartlet's question was obvious, the other party still had reinforcements after him! And he also knew that there were 10,000 Yuanqi regiments in Guangzhou, and since there were already 1,000 in Shanghai, there might be 23,000 or even 5,000! In the face of Yuanqi group training equipped with a new musket, Wu Song couldn't hold it at all! At least with the current strength, it can't be defended!

After being silent for a long time, he spoke: "Ask Dinghai for help!" ”

Bartley shook his head slowly, and sighed lightly: "The Dinghai reinforcements have arrived in Wusong, and it will be until tomorrow evening at the earliest, can Yuanqi group practice give us two days?" ”

"We have warships on the river, well-fortified batteries, and dozens of artillery pieces, and we can't hold on for two days?"

"I have a bad feeling." Bartley said bitterly: "The fleet entered the inland waterway to attack Jiangning, and it may have fallen into a trap ....... ”

Hearing this, the righteous law can't help but stir up, this is not a premonition, it is simply a fact! The large-scale appearance of Yuanqi group training in Shanghai is definitely not a coincidence! How far is Guangzhou from Shanghai? It took more than ten days for the fleet to take the sea route, and it was only more than half a month since they captured Wusong, and the Yuanqi regiment appeared in Shanghai in training, which is not enough to explain the problem?

And according to the previous information, Yuan Qi Tuanlian arrived in Shanghai a few days earlier, but he delayed until this time to launch an attack on Wu Song, why? What are they waiting for? The answer is self-explanatory, they are waiting for the main fleet to penetrate into the inland waterways! Yuanqi group training, this is responsible for cutting off the back road of the main fleet!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, "Wu Song must persevere!" We must stand by for help! ”

"Just these old-fashioned artillery pieces left over from the Qing army?" Bartley pointed to the artillery on the turret, and said in a deep voice: "These artillery can't fight battleships, but they can also fight the trained Yuanqi regimental training?" Have you noticed? In this battle, the other party is deliberately misleading us!

With the new musket of Yuan Qi group training, they will not charge in a neat queue at all, and the last straggler formation is what they usually use! This artillery, which can only fire solid shells, poses no threat to them at all! ”

"We've got Caron guns and rockets! And trenches! And battleships! ”

"Trenches? Don't forget, we learned from the Yuanqi Regiment in the trenches! Battleship? How lethal can a warship on the river be in the face of such a trench? Bartley said coldly: "Not to mention the rocket, it can only deal with dense queues, and the only thing that can really threaten the Yuanqi regiment is the Caron cannon, but even if all the Caron cannons on the battleship are mobilized, how many Caron cannons can there be?" There are now 4,000 people on the other side! More on that later! ”

After a pause, he continued: "Also, the range of the opponent's musket is obviously not only four hundred meters, but most likely five hundred meters, or even six hundred meters, if this is the case, the Caron cannon will not be able to threaten them!" ”

After calming down, Yi Lucai said: "Impossible, the power of the opponent's new musket is really so great, they will take advantage of the victory to pursue!" ”

Bartley said in a deep voice: "I also wonder, why didn't the other party take advantage of the victory to pursue? ”

"No matter what, Wu Song must stick to it!" Yilu said in an unquestionable tone: "Send a battleship to Dinghai for help immediately, I'd rather give up Dinghai than Wusong, this is the retreat of the main fleet!" ”

"I don't think it's a good idea to stick to Wu Song." Bartley looked at him and said, "However, if Your Excellency insists, I will do what you wish!" After saying that, he added, "I hope that Your Excellency can transfer a batch of guns from the battleship ashore." ”

Bartley was about to leave and return to the city, when an officer hurried up to him and reported: "General, those prisoners of war have turned back again!" ”

Folded back? What do you mean? Bartley raised the binoculars suspiciously, the group of prisoners of war did turn back, their hands were tied behind their backs, and they came quickly in their direction under the escort of a large group of soldiers, what is the other party doing? Kill prisoners?

He glared at Yilu and shouted angrily, "Didn't you say that Yuan Qi treated prisoners of war well? ”

Putting down the binoculars, Yilu's face was also pale, and he hesitated for a moment before he said: "Last time, the four thousand prisoners of war, Yuan Qi didn't abuse them, what are they going to do?" ”

"What else can you do?" Bartley said in a deep voice: "Take prisoners of war and attack the fort!" ”

"Bastard!" Yilu's face turned red, he really didn't expect that Yuan Qi Tuanlian would use prisoners of war like this!

One wrong step, one wrong step! Bartley didn't know what to say, and he smoked a cigar on a rock, without caring about his image, and in this case, even if he ordered the guns on the battery to fire, no soldier would follow the order.

After a while, he looked at Yilu and said in a muffled voice: "Your Excellency still insists on sticking to Wu Song? ”

Yilu was speechless for a while, he saw clearly with his binoculars, there were only 200 prisoners of war who were escorted forward, and the corresponding Yuanqi regimental training was more than 100 people, it should be a company, they had to dare to open fire, although it was possible for some of the prisoners of war in front of him to escape, and the fate of the prisoners of war who were still imprisoned could be imagined, and he was not sure that the British troops on the battery would obey the order to fire at their comrades! He also regrets it now, he knew that Yuanqi's regimental training was so shameless, he should have let all those soldiers die!

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the Yangjiazui Fort, platoon commander Li Laifu was nervously sweating in his palms, and glanced at the company commander Sun Yougui in front, he hurried a few steps and said softly: "Company commander, do you say that the British army will open fire?" ”

"You kid coaxed?" Sun Yougui said angrily: "Let's not get close, just stop five hundred meters away, those artillery pieces are all goods, don't be afraid!" ”

"What if the British open fire?"

"Listen to orders!" Sun Yougui said in a deep voice, to be honest, he was also nervous in his heart, how could he not be nervous when he sent a company to the opponent's gun, but he knew that if this method worked, they would be able to take Wu Song without blood, and this risk was really worth taking!

"General, another prisoner of war has been brought out!" Listening to the report, Bartley raised his binoculars to look, and sure enough, a group of prisoners of war who were tied up behind their backs were escorted out of the camp, and behind each prisoner of war stood a soldier, the bayonet on the gun reflecting a blinding cold light in the sunlight.

This posture is very clear, if they dare to open fire, the other party will give the order to kill the prisoners! Bartley glanced at Yilu, twisted his head to the side, and saw that the team was getting closer and closer, Yilu didn't dare to hesitate anymore, paced over and said, "Let's take a step back first, retreat to Baoshan County, how about it?" ”

Bartley gave a sneering expression, "What if the other side continues to take prisoners of war to attack the city?" ”

"Kill!" Yilu said in a deep voice.

"In that case, why not kill now?"

Yilu smiled bitterly and said: "Now I order the cannon, I'm afraid that no soldier will open the cannon, because we still have a way to retreat, and if we really order the cannon, it will only make our prestige ruined." If we retreat to the county seat, we will have no way to retreat, and if we do not fire artillery or kill prisoners, we will endanger their own safety, and if we explain the situation, all officers and soldiers will support us.

Again, we only have more than 1,000 people now, instead of scattering the defense, it is better to shrink the troops, according to the city, there are tall and thick city walls, which can greatly reduce the power of the opponent's new muskets, the warships on the river can attack the east and west sides of Baoshan, the opponent can only attack the city from the south, we can fully hold on to the arrival of reinforcements from Dinghai. ”

This is indeed reasonable, the opponent's musket is too powerful, it is a good choice to shrink the force and defend the city, after a moment of silence, Bartley said in a deep voice: "Order, blow up all the artillery on the fort and retreat to Baoshan." (To be continued.) )