Zhang Zuolin and Yang Xiaolin were building artillery positions in the back at this time, and they also had artillery. Yang Xiaolin brought 20 Russian 76-mm guns, while Zhang Zuolin had three artillery pieces that Zaitao had bought from the Germans, and two that Zaitao had copied from his own arsenal.

Although their guns are not of large caliber and are easily mobile. When the Russians shelled just now, their artillery did not fight back because the trenches for artillery had not been dug yet. This was a big project, and Yang Xiaolin asked that the trench allow those artillery to move freely, at least one mile long and three guns wide. It is necessary to ensure that the artillery can quickly change places after one shot, and the province will be killed by the Russian artillery.

Zhang Zuolin was really tired of digging a ditch, to be honest, the first time he fought such a battle, in the past, when the enemy fired artillery, they also opened fire, including Zaitao, who had drunk foreign ink, all demanded this, no matter how the firepower was compared to the other party, they had to return fire.

Like Yang Xiaolin, who dug a trench for a day or two just to shoot a cannon for an hour or two, if it were a different person, Zhang Zuolin would not buy his account at all.

Digging a ditch is really not interesting, hearing that the Russians in front of him began to charge, he felt a little uncomfortable, looked at Yang Xiaolin, who was still working, and said tentatively: "Mr. General, you are watching here, I will go to the front to keep an eye to prevent Lao Maozi from playing tricks." ”

Yang Xiaolin lifted his body a little: "You pull it!" Lao Maozi charged at most 500 people for the first time, what tricks can he play with the two thousand brothers in front of us, dig me honestly, dig this land well, and then our artillery will dare to speak. ”

Zhang Zuolin was broken by Yang Xiaolin's thoughts, sighed and sat down again, and waited for a while before taking out the shovel again: "I said general, do you really plan to kill all these 10,000 Russians this time?" ”

Yang Xiaolin said with a smile: "I haven't done such a big thing, right?" ”

Zhang Zuolin nodded and admitted very calmly: "To be honest, I haven't thought about 10,000 Russian troops. ”

Yang Xiaolin straightened his waist, and then hurriedly bent down again: "This thing is done, and our brothers can be famous all over the world." ”

Of course, Zhang Zuolin also knew that if they annihilated 10,000 Russian troops, not only Yang's reputation for fighting ghosts, but also his reputation for Zhang Zuolin would also spread. Zhang Lao Wu is also mixed up, people are floating in the rivers and lakes, maybe they will sink when they will sink, the key is this reputation! If this shot is accurate, then I haven't lived in vain!

"I ask you how sure you are!"

Yang Xiaolin said: "So far, six or seven points. To tell you this, I am sure to block these Russians in front of me, and I am sure that Brother Feng will definitely come back, and it doesn't matter if he is late. The key is that you prince Zaitao, I don't know if he will know that I am here, let the Fushun gang come over to beat me, don't you see that I have a battalion next to me? It's to guard against him. ”

Zhang Zuolin immediately said: "Don't worry about this, although Zaitao is a flag man, but unlike Zeng Qi, if he wants to be a bastard, I won't mess with him until now." When I came, I told him that I was going to guard here, and I would definitely help him block this group of Russians, and set up a military order for him, and he was very happy, saying that he was going to take people out of the group of Russians for a decisive battle, how could he let people come? ”

At this time, the front has already begun to exchange fire, and Yang Xiaolin is now also a long-lasting battlefield, so he doesn't need to look at it, just listen to the sound of gunfire to know what the battle situation is. The gunfire of the Russians was obviously getting weaker and weaker, and the sound of "Ula" became sporadic, and it seemed that they were going to be repelled in the first round of charge, which Yang Xiaolin expected.

Zaitao really surprised him: "You said Zaitao was going out to fight the Russians?" ”

Zhang Zuolin nodded: "Yes, Zaitao said that he now has 30,000 troops in his hands, and the Russians only need 10,000 horses, and he said that he can beat the Russians with 20,000 people out." ”…,

Yang Xiaolin smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, took the kettle next to him and took a sip: "Why did he say that?" ”

Zhang Zuolin obviously agreed with Zaitao's initiative: "Actually, the Russians who came this time are not strong in combat, do you know the battle in Fushun?" Our 2,000 brothers, not the most well-trained in normal times, were surrounded by Lao Maozi's 10,000 army, these brothers were stunned from noon to midnight, and then took advantage of the darkness to kill out! and killed more than a thousand old Maozi, which was impossible before! ”

As soon as Zhang Zuolin's words were finished, Yang Xiaolin drank the water in his mouth and spit it out, almost choking.

Zhang Zuolin was still quite proud: "How is it?" You didn't expect that, did you? ”

Yang Xiaolin nodded: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect Liang Changlin to say this after he went back!" And you all believe it! ”

The smugness on Zhang Zuolin's face immediately froze, and after a while, he seemed to understand something: "Mr. General, what do you mean by this?" ”

Yang Xiaolin sneered: "What do you mean?" I want to say that Liang Changlin was rescued by me, do you believe it? ”

It's no longer a question of believing or not believing, who of these two people will tell lies, Zhang Zuolin is very clear in his heart. At this moment, his face turned extremely pale, and Yang Xiaolin stood up angrily: "I'm not worried about whether someone will come behind me now, I'm worried about whether Fengtian can hold it!" ”

Zhang Zuolin got up from the ground and shouted, "Jin Han! Wang Jinhan! Hurry back to Fengtian to report the news, and let Zaitao not go on the expedition! ”

Yang Xiaolin was really worried. You must know that their strategic purpose this time is to defend Mukden, and it doesn't matter for whom. But if Mukden is lost, what can he do even if he completely annihilates these 10,000 Russian soldiers?

But there is nothing he can do to worry, he can only hope that Zaitao can be more stable now, and he will not have the idea of going out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Russians. 30,000 horses honestly guarded the heavens, and everything will be fine if you help yourself drag 10,000 people. When Feng Delin came to solve the problem here, if the 10,000 Russian troops over there had not yet retreated, Yang Xiaolin would not mind going back to cooperate with Zaitao, attacking inside and outside, and then 70,000 or 80,000 horses would beat them and 10,000 Russians, and they would be captured.

After Wang Jinhan received Zhang Zuolin's instructions, he immediately ran to Fengtian, which was not far from Fengtian, and according to Wang Jinhan's foot strength, it was estimated that it would take less than half a day to arrive. But can it still come?

Zhang Zuolin sat on the ground decadently, bragging that this thing really killed people, if Zaitao really went out this time and didn't beat the Russians, he would have been blown to death by Liang Changlin.

Zaitao is young, he has blood to say that it sounds good, but he is too impulsive to say that it is ugly. As soon as Liang Changlin came back yesterday to report the results, Zaitao was very excited. He didn't have the slightest doubt, because the more than 400 Qing troops standing in front of him were ironclad facts.

Is it the increase in the combat effectiveness of their own troops or the decrease in the combat effectiveness of the Russians? On the one hand, he praised Liang Changlin, on the other hand, Zaitao thought of taking the initiative to defeat the Russians all the way to encircle and suppress the troops, and those who remained all the way will inevitably collapse without a fight, and they will create a glory in the history of the war of the Qing Dynasty during this period of time.

He couldn't help but feel a little excited, and the idea of taking the initiative was a little irrepressible in Zaitao's mind. Thinking about how wise and powerful his ancestors were in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the Ming Dynasty, more than a dozen armies still said without changing their faces: "Let him come a few ways, I will only go all the way!" ”

How is it that this kind of arrogance is no longer on his side? Zaitao didn't want to lose Fengtian, if he took the main force to fight all the way, would the Russians be able to defend the other way to attack Fengtian Zhao Erxun? He was skeptical. …,

Just when he was undecided, Zhang Zuolin happened to hand over the military order, willing to come to block the enemy coming from the south, if this group of people and horses approached Fengtian City half a step, he Zhang Zuolin cut off his head! Zaitao is like waiting for a torrential rain in a long drought.

In his opinion, Zhang Zuolin is a suitable candidate, first of all, this person is really diligent in training, and he belongs to the best among his generals. Also, Zhang Zuolin has prestige among the people, has many friends on the green forest road, and has a wide range of roads. And Zhang Zuolin is usually very cautious in what he says and does, and rarely packs tickets.

The most important thing is that Zaitao is willing to believe that Zhang Zuolin will definitely be able to block the Russian troops in the south. So without saying a word, he gave Zhang Zuolin a military order, and then he set up another one himself, and led 20,000 Qing troops to meet the troops of Major General Stessel who were coming from Fushun.

When Wang Jinhan ran back to Fengtian, Zaitao had already left.

Zhao Erxun asked Wang Jinhan what was going on, and Wang Jinhan also knew the priorities, so he didn't care to let Zhao Erxun know that their cooperation with Yang Dagui might bring trouble to Zhang Zuolin, so he told Zhao Erxun everything about it. Zhao Erxun was surprised when he heard this, and immediately sent someone to call Liang Changlin, who had just been commended, and when he asked, it was really like this, Zhao Erxun was furious, and threw Liang Changlin into prison, and at the same time quickly went to chase Zaitao, hoping to come in a hurry.

Zaitao's troops and Major General Stessel's troops met at Wangjia Town at about three o'clock in the afternoon. This really surprised Major General Stessel, who never imagined that the Qing army would dare to take the initiative to attack him. While being surprised, he also had an anger that could not be concealed, and he felt that he had been insulted! Scorned!

The formation of the two sides quickly opened, not to mention, the quality of the Qing soldiers after this period of training has really improved a lot, although there is no way to stand on the same level as the Russian army, but the numerical advantage makes the gap between the two sides not obvious.

No one took advantage of a contact battle, and Major General Stessel saw that the Qing army was in good shape, and he didn't dare to underestimate the opponent, so he hurriedly shrank the formation first and began to defend. Zaitao's confidence was even stronger, and he commanded the Qing army to attack, and he fought with great sound.

However, after two hours of fighting, the scene gradually became fierce as the various troops were put in, and the Qing army revealed their fatal weakness.

Zaitao only referred to foreign textbooks for training, and even invited German instructors to those grassroots commanders, but they lacked actual combat experience, especially on-the-spot experience in fierce battles, and the Qing army had not fought fiercely with others for a long time.

The quality of the generals was incomparable with the commanders of the Russian army, and the distance between the soldiers became more and more obvious. When the war became more and more intense, the Qing Dynasty troops reacted on the battlefield significantly slower than the Russians by half a beat! (Ask for support, ask for recommendation votes!) ）