47. Yongtong Bridge Battle (1)
The horn whimpered, the war drums thundered, a team of men and horses galloped by, a cart of gunpowder and artillery pulled, the Qing army built a huge formation on the side of the Yongtong Bridge, a gust of wind blew, the flags marked with the numbers of each department flew in the air, a large number of five-colored clouds seemed to fly up in the formation, low and floating in the Qing army array, Wu Yundi's crotch under the horse's nose spewed white gas, seemed to feel the atmosphere of the coming war, restlessly raised his hooves to scrape the ground, Wu Yundi touched the horse's ears, let the horse calm down, No one spoke, only the wind howled through the crowd and kicked up a lot of dust.
Wu Yundi's eyes narrowed, and a scout galloped over on horseback, "Dashuai!" The foreigner has arrived, just five miles away! ”
Wu Yundi waved his hand, "Send a signal and notify all departments!" The herald beside him responded with a loud voice, and took two fireworks out of the box beside him in turn, and "swish" flew into the air, and "bang" exploded two fireworks, one black and one red.
The generals of the various departments shouted loudly, and received the order to disperse towards the established location, the men and horses were neighing, and the soldiers with fierce expressions walked silently and firmly towards the future, Wu Yundi silently before all this, turned his head, and bowed slightly to Li Hongzhang, who was also riding on a horse, "Lord Futai, this battle depends on your subordinates!" ”
"All are polite," Li Hongzhang didn't talk nonsense when he went to the battlefield, and said simply, "This is what this official should do, where the duty lies, the queen has emptied the treasury of the military department again, and sent all the weapons and gunpowder in the north to this side," Li Hongzhang's eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, "Even if it is piled up into a mountain, it will pile foreigners to death!" ”
Tang Blagi snorted coldly, and left the place where the three of them gathered, "I'll go and get ready." ”
"This official will naturally not be careless," Li Hongzhang stroked his short beard, his expression was solemn, "The foreigners have broken through the Dagukou fort since themselves, and they have been invincible all the way, even if the regimental training in Tongzhou is just delaying the attack speed of the foreigners, today," Li Hongzhang gritted his teeth, "The palace is fighting for the Huai army to start again, and it is also going to fight with the foreigners!" ”
"Thank you, sir!" Wu Yundi was very happy, and hugged his fist towards Li Hongzhang to show his gratitude, Li Hongzhang hurriedly returned the salute, Wu Yundi stood up straight, and said disdainfully to the generals of the Jianrui Battalion behind him, "Look at the people, come thousands of miles to help our Eight Banners and young people guard the Beijing Division, and the old and young masters under our imperial city don't know what to entertain?" If you lose your share, how can you go back to Sijiu City to brag in the future? ”
The generals of the Jianrui battalion behind him were yelled by Wu Yundi, and a man named Jinbao jumped out, "Don't worry about the generals!" The queen mother is waiting for the good news of our Eight Banners soldiers behind our camp, if this battle loses face, what is the foot of the Son of Heaven, what is the stubborn lord of the four or nine cities! Brothers, our family, will be entrusted to the master! Campbell raised his arms and shouted, "Death is afraid of a ball!" Eighteen years later, he is a good man again! ”
"Little Gold is very right!" A few people on the side nodded, "No one is the eunuch who is not messy, go!" Let's not let the buns from the south look down on them! ”
Wu Yundi smiled bitterly and said to Li Hongzhang, "Don't be surprised. ”
"It's okay," Li Hongzhang said indifferently, "Then the official will go to supervise the formation!" ”
Wu Yundi watched Li Hongzhang return to the headquarters and commanded
The trombone whined, "It's coming, it's coming!" ”
Ergin commanded the artillery to pull the carriage forward, and then raised his head and picked up the telescope, and the Chinese soldiers who were waiting across a majestic stone bridge thousands of kilometers away, it was the cavalry sitting on horses who stared at him, and Ergin scoffed, "These Chinese, really think that without the suppression of artillery and musket fire, they can break through our first line of defense by relying on cavalry?" ”
"But don't be careless," Gro warned Elgin, who felt that the Englishman had gone from being arrogant at the beginning, to being cautious after being attacked, and was suspicious of anything, and now that he was about to encounter the frontal army of the Chinese, and Erkin, who thought his army was invincible in frontal battle (although Gro also thought so), had returned to his arrogant nature and was proud, but Gro felt that it was better to be cautious.
"Of course," Ergin nodded, "although the Chinese are useless, some words are still very reasonable, and there is a saying that the lion should also use all his strength to catch the rabbit, just according to the original plan." Erjin waved his right hand down, the herald said loudly, and the artillery that was in front of the coalition army and was looking at the front of the slowly approaching artillery stopped, and the various reloaders quickly filled the shells into the artillery, and an officer with a red hat gave an order, and the lead on the cannon was ignited one by one, and the black muzzle of the cannon was silent for a short time, and with a bang, a fire was shot, and he rushed to the front of the Qing army with a roar. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )
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