In the end, the six or seven hundred Mongolian cavalry that broke through the artillery fire interception of the Liaodong Army, except for more than 200 people who died under the strafing of three heavy machine guns, fell on the offensive road from the city gate to the front of the Liaodong Army 200 meters, and the remaining four or five hundred people all fell on the position 200 meters in front of the formation. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Finally avenged the soldiers killed in the forward battalion!" On the head of Tongliao City, looking at the bloody and tragic picture outside the city. Wang Hu had a very happy expression on his face, and said to himself.

On the faces of the Tongliao guards who were brought to the city wall together, the initial shock and panic expression had unconsciously turned into the joy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe.

Yes, I am glad that I chose to surrender, otherwise, whether I choose to defend or break through, I must have become a corpse by now. If you're unlucky, there's a chance you'll have no bones.

The small victory outside the city made Wang Hu vent a lot of anger and dissatisfaction in his heart, but Wang Hu did not forget his purpose of taking Tongliao City.

Turning his head to Wang Lin, he said: "The news that we have taken Tongliao City will definitely not be hidden, as the only way for the official army to enter the three eastern provinces, the official army will definitely try their best to snatch back Tongliao City from us, otherwise the imperial court will never have a chance to get involved outside the Guan." ”

Chief of Staff Wang Lin nodded in affirmation: "A tough battle will definitely not be avoided." Commander, how are you going to fight! ”

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth! However, there is one thing to do before this, and that is to investigate and find out the specific situation of the army sent by the imperial court. Didn't the defenders of Liao put on a dismount for us when we broke through Liao, and ate our vanguard battalion in one bite. Now, I'm going to give them a way to repay the other. ”

The first to receive the news of the fall of Tongliao was not the imperial court, but Yuan Shikai.

With the radio, the Beiyang Army communication team rushed all the way to Fengtian, and before they arrived in Tongliao, they encountered the heralds sent by the Tongliao guards before Wang Hu surrounded Tongliao.

The fall of Tongliao City meant that the last passage inside and outside the pass was cut off by the Liaodong Army.

If Tongliao City could not be recaptured, not only would the elite of the 50,000 new troops drawn by the imperial court from the south not be able to reach Guanwai, but the elite of the Beiyang Army stationed in the six towns of the three eastern provinces would also not be able to return to Guannei.

Yuan Shikai, who did not know that the Beiyang Army in the three eastern provinces and five towns had surrendered to the Liaodong Army, would never have seen so many Beiyang Army blocked outside the pass. Therefore, even in order to save the Beiyang Army that was blocked outside the pass, Yuan Shikai had to try his best to recapture Tongliao City.

As soon as he received the news, Yuan Shikai ran to the palace to meet Cixi and persuade Cixi to send troops to recapture Tongliao City.

In Yuan Shikai's words, the imperial court could only recapture Tongliao if it launched an attack on Tongliao City when the Liaodong Army had just taken it and had a firm foothold.

Because the three eastern provinces still have Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army of six towns, Cixi is sure that even for the sake of the Beiyang Army of those six towns, Yuan Shikai will not dare to fool himself.

Therefore, after Yuan Shikai finished speaking, Cixi also agreed to immediately send troops to Tongliao to recapture Tongliao.

But the imperial court had no troops to use at all, including Yuan Shikai.

At this time, Yuan Shikai had an idea, and immediately thought of the two towns forbidden army that had just been formed by the imperial court.

For the forbidden army to protect her security and dominance, Cixi generously invested in it for the first time.

Not only did it equip the new army with equipment that was more advanced than the Beiyang Army, but also had powerful firepower. It also transferred more than 20,000 war horses from Mongolia to equip the forbidden army, so that the forbidden army has faster mobility than ordinary army.

If the forbidden army is allowed to attack Tongliao City, with the mobility of the forbidden army, it will be able to rush to the outside of Tongliao City to launch an attack in less than a day.

In addition, in addition to the standard 54 mountain artillery guns, each town of the forbidden army is also equipped with a heavy artillery battalion with 18 heavy guns.

In siege battles, the role of heavy artillery is enormous. Many times, a single piece of heavy artillery can even determine the outcome of a siege battle.

Let the forbidden army of a town rush to Tongliao quickly, and then under the cover of heavy artillery, attack and recapture Tongliao. In Yuan Shikai's view, this is definitely the best way for the imperial court to recapture Tongliao City.

However, the forbidden army also played an irreplaceable role in the eyes of Cixi.

Once the forbidden army loses too much outside Tongliao City, will the imperial court's dominating position in the Great Qing Kingdom and the security of the entire imperial family be affected by this?

Therefore, as soon as Yuan Shikai said his thoughts, Cixi denied the idea.

For the Beiyang Army of the Six Towns that was blocked outside the pass, Yuan Shikai could be regarded as fighting. used various reasons to persuade Cixi to transfer the forbidden army of a town, and quickly rushed to Tongliao to recapture Tongliao City.

After ten minutes, Yuan Shikai proposed to turn the forbidden army of a town into a forbidden army and all the artillery of a town, and to transfer the Beiyang Army of a town, and then transfer 5,000 cavalry from Mongolia, and put forward the idea of unified command by the commander of the forbidden army, and Cixi finally relented and agreed.

As soon as Cixi agreed, Yuan Shikai left the palace and began to transfer troops.

In less than an hour, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves sounded in the garrison of the forbidden army.

More than 5,000 forbidden troops, riding war horses and dragging heavy machine guns and artillery, left the garrison and rushed to Tongliao.

Yixie Beiyang, which is closest to Tongliao, also began to set off and marched towards the Tongliao area.

A few cavalrymen with holy decrees rushed to several Mongol gathering places, and asked several Mongol princes to send 5,000 troops to assist the forbidden army in taking Tongliao City.

Fifteen thousand elites, divided into three directions, swept towards Tongliao City.

Because they had war horses and were the first to set off, the more than 5,000 forbidden troops dragging eighteen heavy artillery pieces and more than fifty field guns first entered the field of vision of the cavalry reconnaissance battalion of the First Army.

Because of the large number of artillery and heavy machine guns in tow, although the forbidden army was walking with one man and one horse, the marching speed was only a little faster than that of ordinary infantry. Compared to the cavalry reconnaissance battalion, which was armed only with rifles and short guns, there was no comparison at all.

After receiving the news, the cavalry reconnaissance battalion hurriedly returned to Tongliao City, and the forbidden army of more than 5,000 people was still hurrying on the official road twenty or thirty miles away from Tongliao.

The original Tongliao Garrison General's Mansion became the military headquarters of the First Army of the Liaodong Army from the time the Liaodong Army entered the city.

After listening to the report of the commander of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion, Wang Hu's mood was very complicated, with shock and excitement, and of course, a trace of anticipation.

He didn't expect that the imperial court would be so willing to spend money in order to pass through Liaocheng, and even sent the forbidden army and heavy artillery.

Although the First Army, which is being expanded, is better equipped than the Beiyang Army, it is not only the First Army but also the entire Liaodong Army that has no more heavy weapons such as heavy artillery.

Therefore, while shocking the imperial court's generosity, Wang Hu also looked forward to fighting such an opponent as soon as possible, striving to defeat the forbidden army in one battle, and seizing the heavy artillery equipped by the forbidden army and taking it for himself.

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