Chapter 263: Two Pots of Porridge in and Out of the City

In the face of the cavalry charge commanded by Goxinga, Montauban was 100% caught off guard, and it was definitely the most sudden in his life. Because Guo Xing'a violated all common sense, he used the routine of hooligan fighting, like a leading big brother, and led people to rush towards him with a howl.

Although the cavalry is a high-speed mobile station on the battlefield, people often only see the figure of the cavalry galloping on horseback, but the cavalry also needs to be commanded and organized. Under normal circumstances, cavalry should also observe the enemy's situation, then arrange their troops in formation, and finally charge according to the set route, especially in encounters for which neither side is prepared. However, out of excessive concern for the city of Beijing, Guo Xing'a found that the French army was in a loose marching formation, and his brain was hot, and he rushed out without greeting him. The commander and the big banner rushed out, and it was too late for Bozhitu to organize and deploy, so the entire light cavalry regiment rushed towards the French army in a swarm. Although the three battalions were still divided into three divisions, killing the French army from the left, center, and right routes, this was not the role of command and dispatch, it was completely a habit that became natural after long-term training.

The French army was not completely unprepared for the Qing army's tricks, but all normal people would choose to set up an ambush in the urn city of Andingmen, and only the mentally ill would do it halfway. Therefore, the French army, which was still about three miles away from Andingmen, was making a final relaxation, preparing to concentrate on guarding against the threat inside the city gate. Unexpectedly, as soon as the French army relaxed, a group of not very normal cavalry rushed over.

Montauban had no time to give any orders, and the hollow phalanx was too late to be arranged, so the French army could only try to resist in companies under the command of junior officers. The rumbling sound of horses' hooves and the trembling earth caused great psychological pressure on the French soldiers, and the sparse queue could not allow them to form a dense firepower. After a few quick soldiers fired a bullet, the whistling cavalry had already rushed into the French army in the face of the white smoke from the muzzle of the gun.

Guo Xing'a on the horse could hardly hear anything except the sound of the wind, and the galloping war horse made him unable to even determine whether Fuquan was by his side, and the cold wind slapped on his face, making Guo Xing'a have a deep sense of loneliness. Occasionally, there would be a "boom, boom" sound, and it was a bullet flying by him. In the end, as if reaching a certain fateful end, Goxinga also crashed into the French army, and the tall Arabian horse knocked the two French soldiers in front of him directly out. The war horse did not slow down, it was still running wildly, and Goxinga waved his saber at will, and he couldn't even see his target clearly. But the blood on the blade proves that someone died under his knife.

The war horses galloped wildly where there were people or no people, and Goxinga's clothes and trousers and horses were stained with blood. Goxinga saw many cavalrymen like him clash with each other in the crowd, and in addition to the sound of the wind, there were many more * and miserable cries in his ears. A French soldier roared and stopped in front of Goxinga's horse, and rushed towards Goxinga with a bayonet. Goxinga's war horse seemed to have hit something hard, and then fell down with his head stiff. With the inertia of the war horse, Guo Xing'a was also thrown forward, first a feeling of weightlessness, then a sourness, and then Guo Xing'a lost consciousness.

The whole of the light cavalry regiment was very worthy of Goxinga, who had fainted, they were well-trained and tough, even if Goxinga made a very bad start, they still fought well. The cavalry also dispersed into companies and shuttled back and forth among the French army, completely overwhelming the gradually gathering French army. Everyone can find their own system and give full play to the strength of the collective, but there is only one person who does not belong among the cavalry who fought bravely, and that is Guoxinga.

Bo Ritu and Fu Quan both discovered the problem, but they could no longer find Goxinga, which they had lost. Fuquan and the guard platoon followed Guo Xinga closely, but the moment he rushed into the French army, Guo Xinga disappeared in the chaos. The military flag has been returned to Bo Ritu's hands, and Fuquan is frantically looking for Guoxinga with people, but Guoxinga can no longer be found in the chaotic flow of people. The cavalry, which had been somewhat shapely, was forced to disperse, and they scurried around the French army like headless flies, trying to find their commander. Montauban also issued several military orders in an attempt to organize the French army again. But the chaotic cavalry had no rules at all, and all of Montauban's efforts were met with iron plates, and both sides fell into chaos, and the whole battlefield became a pot of hot porridge, and no one could tell the outcome for a while.

The sky outside the city was turned upside down, and the city was not idle, and the Andingmen was still empty, but the nearby city walls were full of officials watching the excitement. Originally, they were going to hand over Andingmen to the foreign devils, but these people had already hid far away, but they were worried that the foreign devils would be defenseless after they entered the city, so they sent their cronies' family soldiers to watch nearby. As soon as they heard that there was a fight outside the city, and that the Qing army still had the upper hand, these middle and lower-level officials couldn't stay idle, and they all came to see the excitement.

"This is the road of soldiers! All right! You see the foreign devils are rolling! ”

"Win the war, win the war, the Qing Dynasty is saved!"

"This foreign devil is not very good! It's also a slash to death, why did it blow into the sky before. ”

A group of idlers like Hanlin Academy and Honglu Temple, who were living in the cold yamen, looked at the fierce killing outside the city, and their emotions became excited, and they began to talk nonsense at the top of their voices.

"Where did this soldier and horse come from, and whose subordinates did they belong to?" Many of the middle- and lower-level officials in the Sixth Ministry were still very pragmatic, and they could see at a glance that the clothing of the Gu'an Army was different from that of other Qing troops.

"Hurry up and deliver a message to Katsuho-sama?" A few people from the military department reacted faster and thought more far-reaching.

Now he must immediately confirm with Shengbao whether this is his deployment, if King Qin's soldiers and horses accidentally disrupt the situation, Shengbao must also be prepared to deal with it. Today, I promised to hand over the stable door to the foreigners, but now that it has suddenly come like this, the situation behind it will not be easy to clean up. Now is it to recall the soldiers and horses outside the city, immediately apologize to the foreigners, or take advantage of the situation to rush out and fight the foreigners to the end, and we must win the victory to take this idea.

"Inform all the departments in the city to prepare for battle, and let all the defenders go to the city!" Ke Yiping, the head of the Criminal Department, who had a relationship with Guo Xing'a, was also in the crowd, and he also found some points that others hadn't noticed.

"Master Ke can't be reckless!" Several familiar officials beside him hurriedly stopped Ke Yiping, Ke Yiping was neither the minister of regimental defense in Beijing nor the minister of the Qincha, he did not have the right to order the defenders in the city, and this kind of notice with the nature of an order was also overstepping his authority.

"When has this been, what else is not reckless! There is a fight here, the foreign devils on the other side of the Temple of Earth must have to move, how can it be good if there are no defenders in the city! Even if you want to explain to the foreign devils, you have to defend the city, and if you kill the foreign devils into the city, it will be a catastrophe! Ke Yiping also stomped his feet in a hurry.

"Yes, yes, yes......" The crowd also suddenly realized, and nodded again and again when they stepped on the electric door.

A group of officials at the head of the city had just arranged it, and Sheng Bao, who was about to hide in the Forbidden City before, also hurried over, and only glanced at the top of the city, and Sheng Bao fainted in front of him. The officials hurried over to rescue Shengbao, but Shengbao seemed to have fallen ill at Bali Bridge, and everyone was pinching people and smooth, so he didn't react at all.

"Lord Zhou, close the city gate, close the city gate quickly!" Ke Yiping looked at Shengbao for a while, turned around and grabbed Zhou Zupei, the Minister of Defense of the Youth League in Beijing.

After everyone discussed it just now, they did not close the Anding Gate, thinking that when the victory came, they would either send troops to flank the French army, or receive the soldiers and horses from outside the city into the city, so they kept this passage. However, as soon as Shengbao entered the city, he fell ill, and it was obviously impossible to send troops out of the city, and the soldiers and horses outside the city were completely mixed with the French army, and obviously could not enter the city. Now the Anding Gate, which is wide open, is reserved for foreign devils, and of course it has to be closed immediately.

"This ...... Lord Shengbao ...... "Zhou Zupei is talking eloquently in the court, and now there are some periods when Ai Ai can't speak."

"Lord Zhou, Lord Shengbao can't wake up for a while, and the city gate must be closed immediately. Otherwise, if you give foreign devils to the city, the jade will be dusty! Ke Yiping's brain is running rapidly, and his life's shrewdness has been used at this moment.

"Close the gates, close the gates!" Zhou Zupei instantly understood, if he didn't close the city gate, his life would also be in danger.

The gate of Andingmen finally closed slowly again, and the defenders of the Qing Dynasty returned to the city again, but Shengbao, who was left behind to guard the defense of the Qincha minister Zanxiangjing, was still unconscious.

"Let's use acupuncture! There's a needle in this! "A priest of the priesthood got a steel needle out of nowhere.

"Who understands acupuncture?" The crowd questioned each other, but none of them met.

"I've seen it, I don't know if it's right!" A benevolent brother from Zhan Shifu stood up with fear.

"Try, try!" Everyone is also a dead horse as a live horse doctor, anyway, even if he is stabbed to death, there is no responsibility, Shengbao himself is sick, but it is a matter known to the government and the opposition.

Everyone instigated it again and again, and the eldest lord of Zhan Shifu also had the courage to pick up the needle. However, he is only half-aware of the medical Tao, and it is inevitable that he will be nervous when he administers needles for the first time, and he will be pricked crookedly with one needle. Not only did he not pierce the acupuncture point, but he also pierced the needle into the flesh on the back of Katsuho's hand.

"Shhh The brother of Zhan Shifu himself was trembling.

"Effective, effective, come again, come again!" As soon as the needle pierced into the flesh, Katsubo's entire face twitched, and everyone cheered.

Seeing that it worked, Zhan Shifu let go of his caution, and gave Shengbao five or six stitches in one breath. He didn't look at any acupuncture points anymore, he just pricked them casually, and he almost pierced the needle into Shengbao's nails. With his flying needle, the expression on Katsuho's face became richer and richer, and his face was distorted like a rotten orange.

"Oops!" When the acupuncture maniac was about to put an acupuncture on Shengbao's other hand, Shengbao let out a sigh of relief and finally woke up, but his face was a little pale, and all the sideburns on his forehead were sweaty.

"Lord Katsuho, please preside over the overall situation!" Everyone helped Shengbao up, and the stars helped him to the head of the city like the moon.

The city has been completely disrupted, both sides have no formed positions, and the stragglers are fighting on their own. There are those who scuffle together with their necks and waists, and there are also those who rush to kill on a single horse, and the soldiers and horses of the two soldiers are all strangled together, and they can't even see who has the upper hand. Sheng Bao couldn't tremble as if he was about to faint again, but fortunately, the acupuncture master held the needle and stood aside, Sheng Bao shook it, and looked at the bright steel needle and finally stabilized his figure.

"Evil obstacles! Whose soldiers and horses are this, private automators, ruining the overall situation! If the army of foreigners is killed, this catastrophe is caused by him! Sheng Bao pulled a bitter gourd face, so much so that he pushed the responsibility clean.

Shengbao shirked his responsibilities and scolded at the head of the city, but after all, he had no choice but to wait for the war to pass before making plans. Guo Xing'a, who had been lying in the bloody sludge outside the city for a long time, woke up slowly, landed on the ground with his saber, and staggered to his feet. Before he could see the situation around him, a French soldier who was a head taller than Goxinga and had a hideous face had already rushed towards Goxinga with a bayonet.