Tang Keqiang did not let Zhang Zuolin wait longer, and in the evening of the same day, he had already arrived at a place thirty miles west of the Shuangfeng set, and the army rested in place for two hours before taking the car at night and marching towards the Shuangfeng set. -

Thirty miles, for the men and horses of the second and first divisions, that is, the distance of three or four hours, when they reached the vicinity of the Shuangfeng set.

First of all, Bagen, who got the news, launched an attack on the Russian cavalry brigade, completely pinning down the cavalry brigade on the eastern front, completely unable to 'withdraw' itself, and then Tang Keqiang's division plus two brigades, 10,000 *** thousands of people launched a strong offensive towards the Russian army and the Japanese army, and the powerful firepower was shrouded in the Russian army's position at night.

At this time, after a day of fierce fighting, the Russian army had just rested, and at eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening, it was a time of sleepiness, but it ushered in such a fierce artillery bombardment, and it was 'chaotic'.

Jikhorov hurriedly drilled out of the command post and organized troops to meet the enemy, and the two sides launched a fierce offensive at night, together with Zhang Zuolin in the Shuangfeng set, also engaged in this battle, and did not stop for a whole night.

During the day, Zhang Zuolin tightened his grievances, and now he finally had a place to vent, and ordered all the troops to go all out to attack, and all the artillery firepower was fully fired, venting the pent-up wireless anger and depression in the hearts of the townside army.

At this moment, the Russian-Japanese coalition army led by Gikhorov was a little unbearable, it was night, facing the siege of the Qing army on all sides, and the most flexible and mobile cavalry was also completely pinned down by the first brigade of the cavalry division, and fell into a bitter battle.

The artillery battle continued until dawn, and the attack of Tang Keqiang and others gradually stopped.

At this time, Zhikhorov had already been beaten like a frightened bird, and when the position gradually quieted down, Zhokorov summoned all the officers to the temporary command post, and the various departments counted the battle losses, in just one night, the Russian army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, plus the losses during the day, it has exceeded more than 4,000 people and 'pressed' nearly 5,000, and the remaining cavalry brigade is now only less than 400 people, which have been completely disabled.

Jikhorov said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we are now surrounded by the Qing army on three sides, and there is a big gap between the strength and firepower of the other party. ”

Matsumura Chibon said: "Your Excellency Commander, I think we must evacuate here, and urgently ask for help from His Excellency Kuropatkin in the direction of Datong County, now I am afraid that the Qing army here is already all the main force, gathering on the Mudanjiang River, if at this time, we stick to the Mudanjiang River, and then His Excellency Kuropatkin carries out counter-encirclement outside, then we will have the overall situation at the bottom, and the Qing army will definitely not be able to withstand the siege of at least sixty or seventy thousand Russian troops!" ”

Jikhorov nodded and said, "Retreat? It's also a way, but if we retreat, the Qing army will follow and pursue, we are afraid that it will be difficult to stand up, and we are only afraid that they will be driven back to the Mudanjiang River directly by them along the way, and our losses will be too great. ”

Matsumura Chimoto said: "Your Excellency Commander, if we retreat at this time, and the Qing army tightens the encirclement step by step, then we will face the danger of annihilation!" ”

Jikhorov was shocked, yes, now the advantage of the Qing army is too obvious, continue to hold on here, he has no geographical advantage to defend, I am afraid that it will not be long before the whole army will be destroyed.

Jikhorov said in a deep voice: "Order, the whole army immediately assembles and breaks through to the north!" Now there should be no enemy army flying due north, and the cavalry brigade should be the lead, don't fall in love with the battle, and rush all the way back to the Mudanjiang River, and send an urgent telegram to the governor of Kuropatkin, urgently asking for help, asking him to send a large army to help the Mudanjiang! ”

At the sound of Zhkhorov's order, the Russian army of more than 20,000 people began to move and began to retreat in the direction of the Mudanjiang River.

Soon Tang Keqiang, Zhang Zuolin and others received the news and began to immediately organize the army to pursue the north.

Gykhorov had just marched more than ten miles before he was overtaken by Bagan's cavalry, who only used the first brigade in response to the battle yesterday, and today he released the second and third brigades, adding up to a force of 7,000 people, in the plains, straight into the ribs of the Russian army.

The Russian army is now on the march, the team is like a long snake formation, pulling up a long line, only a few hundred meters wide, an instant by the cavalry to hit a cross, at this time the cavalry, with the cavalry regiment as a unit, began to impact the Russian army back and forth, the Russian army to the impact of scattered, the whole team is 'chaotic', Gikhorov looked at the scattered 'chaotic' formation, a headache in his head, this is the pursuit of the cavalry, once they are entangled by them, it will be troublesome to be pursued by the Qing army behind.

Jikhorov shouted: "All the officers and men of the 1st Brigade are assembled, and the cavalry of the other side is entangled to death, and all the rest will speed up the march for me, and I must get rid of the pursuit of the cavalry!" ”

At this time, the combat effectiveness of the Russian army was revealed, and the Russian troops of the first brigade quickly entangled the cavalry, and the other troops began to march quickly towards the back, desperately fleeing.

In this way, the Russian army marched forward for more than ten miles, and was marching, when another burst of artillery fire came from the front, and Jiholov was stunned, which Qing army is this, why are so many Qing troops gathered here, just looking at such firepower, the other party almost already has a division!

In fact, it was not a division, but an artillery brigade of the artillery division, and Tang Keqiang carried that artillery brigade, which had already been blocked here, and began a fierce artillery bombardment, and the shells flying in the sky were like locusts, constantly 'shooting' here.

Kolcenca shouted: "Commander, we can't retreat any further, there is a Qing army blocking the road in front, it is definitely not something we can break through in a short time, the Qing army behind will definitely outflank us, and we will be finished by then!" ”

Jikhorov wrinkled his brows and shouted: "Urgently march to the southeast, there is a dirt hill there, we occupy the dirt mountain, build fortifications and fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the governor-general, quickly, act immediately!" ”

More than 10,000 Russian-Japanese troops desperately fled to a dirt hill on the east side, and finally came to the top of the dirt mountain, and Zhkhorov urgently ordered to build fortifications on the spot. Only half an hour later, the Qing army's brigade had already arrived, and the three cavalry brigades of the cavalry division occupied three corners to prevent the Russian-Japanese coalition from breaking through on the periphery. Tang Keqiang, Zhang Zuolin, and Bagen gathered together, set up a general headquarters, and ordered to start the most fierce offensive against the Russian-Japanese coalition forces, a decisive battle, a decisive battle!