The gap in strength was too big and there was no support from the water combat forces. The defense line of the Wu army Tianjia Town was inevitably broken by the Qing and Russian coalition forces. All ten iron cables were destroyed, and the fortress of Banbishan was bombed with holes, almost like ruins. The Wuwang Temple fortress on the north bank was also seriously injured. At the same time, more than 700 elite veterans who had been through battles were sacrificed, and the losses were quite considerable.

The unqualified coach Wu Chaoyue did not get angry because he was attacked by the enemy's breakthrough of Tianjia Town's defense line. On the contrary, he praised the Cao Yanzhong corps of the Wu army who had lost the battle. Because the Wu army suffered a great loss, the Qing and Russian joint fleet suffered even greater losses!

During the fierce battle, Cao Yanzhong's corps sank thirty-nine Qing army red ships, damaging more than ten, and almost killed one-third of the combat power of the Qing army naval forces in one breath, greatly reducing the pressure on the Wu army naval forces on the surface battlefield.

The Tsarist Russian fleet also suffered a lot of losses. Although the Russian fleet was very cunning to join the war at the last moment, relying on the rocket team that had been deliberately retaining, the Wu army's rockets sank two Tsarist Russian steam gunships, seriously injured three, and successfully burned down the sails of more than ten Tsarist Russian steam gunships, weakening the overall maneuver power of the Tsarist Russian fleet, and greatly reducing the pressure for the Wu army's navy.

There is a detail worth mentioning. During the war, Cao Yanzhong also asked five scouts hid in the woods on the shore to suddenly launch a flash of lightning to attack the Russian army's fleet. Although it was discovered in advance by experienced Russian naval soldiers and dispatched small boats to stop it, the Wu army soldiers were forced to release the flashing lightning in advance, and two flashing lightnings floating with the waves miraculously hit a Russian sailing warship and a Russian barge, which injured the two Russian ships, which also scared the Russian commander Novosilisky in a cold sweat.

Wu Chaoyue, who was greedy for life and fear of death, was stricken quickly. The Wu army's iron cable blocking the river was just half destroyed by the enemy. Wu Chaoyue had already taken his personal army camp to the Luoweilin to escape, and fled directly back to Yuankou to meet with the main force of the Wu Navy. Before leaving, Wu Chaoyue only gave Cao Yanzhong an order, which was to ask Cao Yanzhong to return to Qizhou immediately after falling in Tianjia Town, to guard against the enemy's foothold in Qizhou and poison the people of Hubei.

The facts proved that Wu Chaoyue was not worried about it. After breaking through the defense line of Tianjia Town, the angry Russian commander Novosiliski indeed ordered the attack on Qizhou County on the upstream coast, and decided early to massacre the city and retaliate the stubborn resistance of the Wu army soldiers. Fortunately, Qizhou is not too far from Tianjia Town. Although the Qing and Russian coalition forces had the advantage of marching by water, they had just entered the city below the city outside Qizhou City, Cao Yanzhong had already brought the main force back to Qizhou with his main force, shattering the dream of the Qing and Russian coalition forces trying to seize Qizhou as a base for advance.

Even so, the Russian team slaughtered many Hubei people who had no time to escape, slaughtered the neighboring Huangchangkou Town and many villages, and at the same time, they crazily shelled the city of Qizhou, causing more innocent people to be killed or injured. The soldiers of the Wu army were furious, but they had no choice but to defend the city and not give the enemy the chance to enter the city to massacre.

The remnant power of the Russian fleet not only made the Hubei military and civilians hate them to the core, but also angered some Qing army naval soldiers with a strong sense of justice. Wang Pengnian, the general general of the navy in Jieshi Town, Guangdong, took the lead in protesting to Wenxiang and Wu Quanmei, demanding that they come forward to stop the barbaric behavior of the Russian soldiers. As a result, Wenxiang replied in an understatement: "You can't hurt the friendly forces. Anyway, the people who died were the people under Wu Chaoyue's rebel traitors. It's no big deal."

"The people under the rule of the rebels of Wu Chaoyue are also the people of our Qing Dynasty!" Wang Pengnian roared: "They were unfortunately born in Hubei. They were forced to be a cattle and horse for the Wu thieves. But they are still the people of our Qing Dynasty. As long as our Qing court restored Hubei, they will still be our people of our Qing Dynasty and our compatriots!"

"General Wang, we have to take the overall situation into consideration." Wen Xiang said with a bitter face, "If it weren't for the help of the Russian fleet, let alone destroying the guns and cannon bureau of the Wu thief's Daye Iron Plant, it would be difficult to evacuate the Yangtze River. In order to suppress the overall situation, when it's time to turn a blind eye, it's rare to smear."

"I don't care about the overall situation. I only know that those who win the hearts of the people will win the world!" Wang Pengnian refused to give in and shouted: "In order to let the people of the Rakshasa help to fight, the people of the Rakshasa burned and killed the enemy in Hubei. What is this not to force the people of Hubei to the Wu thieves? In this way, even if we destroy the Wu thieves' Daye Iron Factory, the people of Hubei will only continue to face Wu Chaoyue's rebels and the Wu thieves' rebels!"

Wen Xiang's face suddenly became extremely difficult to see, and he shouted angrily: "Bold! You, a small general who has been dismissed from office, dare to speak to me like this? Come on, take down this bold Wang Pengnian to me! Hand over to the military and legal team to deal with it more severely!"

Wen Xiang brought the guards from the capital and chanted Wang Pengnian with both hands, and forced Wang Pengnian to kneel down. Wang Pengnian struggled not to kneel down, and roared endlessly. Wu Quanmei on the other side quickly came forward to smooth things over and said, "Wen Zhongtang calmed down, the battle was imminent, and it was time for people to be hired urgently. I hope Wen Zhongtang temporarily calmed down the anger of thunder and gave Wang Pengnian a meritorious service..."

"Wu Quanmei, don't pretend to be hypocritical. If you want to kill, kill, cut off, cut off. If you frown, you are not a hero!" Wang Pengnian struggled and shouted: "You still had the face to impeach me ineffective fighting back then. I was defeated that time, but I was the main force of the navy who fought against the long-haired hair with the power of a town. I would not blush if I lost! For your red-topped yellow jacket, you watched the Rakshasa people massacre us Qing people without asking. Are you still an individual?"

The hot face was pressed against Wang Pengnian's cold butt. Wu Quanmei's expression was of course too embarrassing. Wen Xiang next to him was curious and asked hurriedly: "Bishan, listen to it. Is this Wang Pengnian still having a holiday with you?"

"When the Third Emperor was in the third year of the Emperor, he was defeated in Pukou. I submitted a letter to impeach him and the court removed him from his post." Wu Quanmei replied truthfully: "Later, Xiang Rong gave him the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, and he gradually accumulated merit and restored his original post."

"It turns out that Wang Pengnian was dismissed from his post before. It was impeachment from Bishan." Wen Xiang laughed and shouted: "What are you doing with such a person? People come and take Wang Pengnian off his captive belt, put him in a prison ship, and take him back to the capital to punish him after our army breaks the thief!"

The guards promised again, tied up Wang Pengnian and walked out, while Wu Quanmei pleaded again, saying, "Wen Zhongtang, although this Wang Pengnian was offended, he was also kind. I hope Wen Zhongtang would be a little loyal to the court, and would be kind to him outside the law and allow him to commit crimes and make meritorious."

After saying that, Wu Quanmei added another sentence and said, "And this Wang Pengnian is indeed a fierce general. During the Battle of Qilizhou, even Li Delin and I dared not attack the front of the Changmao defense line. He led the army alone to the middle stream, attracting all the Changmao's firepower. Only then did the Du Zheng and Li Delin seize the opportunity to attack from the two wings and break through the river defense line that Changmao had worked hard for half a year."

After hearing Wu Quanmei's repeated pleas, Wen Xiang calculated for a while before nodding reluctantly and said, "Let's do this, take away this Wang Pengnian's top belt for the time being, and keep his original position and make meritorious contributions. If there is any rebellion, he will be punished seriously."

Wu Quanmei quickly thanked Wang Pengnian, but it happened that Novosilisky sent someone to summon Wen Xiang to discuss matters. Wen Xiang did not dare to neglect when he heard the news, so he quickly led the interpreter to the Tsarist Russian fleet. Wu Quanmei also took the opportunity to personally loosen Wang Pengnian and said, "General Wang, don't worry, I will urge the fleet to advance west as soon as possible, so that the people in Qizhou can suffer less disaster. Don't blame Wen Zhongtang too much, it's difficult for him. If it weren't for pacifying Wu Chaoyue's thieves' army, he would never be willing to just watch the Rakshasa people kill our Qing people..."

"Stop doing this!" Wang Pengnian interrupted Wu Quanmei rudely and said angrily: "Is it that the people of Luosha people are allowed to kill the people of Hubei to pacify the Wu traitor army, and the people of Oroqen who resisted the people of Luosha people rob our Qing land to please the foreign devils, and also to pacify the Wu traitor army?"

"What do you mean?" Wu Quanmei asked in surprise.

"Go and ask yourself." Wang Pengnian pointed his hand at the direction of the Tsarist Russian fleet and said angrily: "In the fleet of the Rakshasa people, there are some Oroqen people who have been captured by the Rakshasa people from Heilongjiang as slaves, the Huer and Hezhe people, who are all from our Qing Dynasty. You can ask them, ask them how the Rakshasa people treat our Qing people in Heilongjiang. How did our Qing people resist the Rakshasa people and were slaughtered by the government, you will know everything!"

After saying that, Wang Pengnian strides away, leaving Wu Quanmei stunned in the cabin and said to himself: "Kill the Oroqen people who resisted the Rakshasa people and robbed land to please the foreign devils? Is there any such thing?"

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At the same time, Wen Xiang was also scolded in front of Novosiliski, and the reason for being scolded was that the Qing army was incompetent. The military information collected by Yuankou was not only general but also scheming, but even the number of troops Wu army deployed and how many forts were installed in the Yuankou area of ​​Daye. Novosiliski, who had already suffered a great loss in Wu army rockets in Tianjia Town, was afraid of repeating the same mistakes, so he naturally regarded Wen Xiang as a sandbag.

"General Novosiliski, it's not that our incompetent work, but that the Wu thieves' defense in Daye is too tight." Wen Xiang said with a frown: "In order to explore the Wu thieves' deployment in Daye, we have already died and two of them were captured alive. As long as the remaining fine work is slightly leaning into the Wu thieves' position, they will be intercepted and interrogated immediately. There is really no way to explore the detailed enemy situation."

"Then what you mean is that the soldiers of our Great Russian Empire want to exchange their lives for the enemy situation?" Novosiliski yelled.

"There is no meaning to be honest, no meaning to be honest." Wen Xiang quickly nodded and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. General. Now, I will send more scouts and detailed works to explore the enemy situation and try to report to you in detail as soon as possible."

"Call you waste spies to eat shit!" Novosiliski roared and roared: "I don't trust your spies anymore! Let your navy go first and attack the source defense line of your Qing rebels, firepower to reconnaise Wu Chaoyue's rebels' defense, wait for you to understand the situation of the rebels first, and then I will send troops!"

"Mr. General, the main force of the Wu Zhe's navy is at the Yuankou." Wen Xiang said frightenedly: "The main force of the Wu Zhe's navy is six steamships in the main fleet of the Wu Zhe's navy, and our navy is not their opponent."

"Idiot!" Novosiliski cursed: "It would be better if the navy of Wu Chaoyue's rebels went to fight. Your fleet took the opportunity to entangle them. I immediately sent troops north and took the opportunity to fight the navy of Wu Chaoyue's rebels! After defeating the main navy of Wu Chaoyue's rebels, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River are our paradise. Don't you understand this principle?!"

"Yes, yes, the lower officials understand, the lower officials understand." Wen Xiang nodded and said, "The lower officials will do it now, and then do it now."

In front of Novosiliski, however, after returning to the Qing army's naval flagship, Wen Xiang immediately changed his majestic appearance. He told Wu Quanmei that Novosiliski's request was almost unquestionable and asked Wu Quanmei to do so. As a result, Wu Quanmei complained when he heard this and said, "Wen Zhongtang, please pity the brothers under my command. Since entering the Yangtze River, they have always been fighting fierce battles. They are almost exhausted. The fleet has suffered heavy losses, and most of the remaining ships are injured. Then we will go to attack the source defense line of Wu's thief and fight against the Wu thief's navy. Wouldn't my brothers die in vain?"

"I don't want to do this, but there is no way. Who told us that our fine works were too incompetent and could not detect the military situation of the Wu thieves. How did the Russian fleet advance?"

Wen Xiang was filled with helplessness and heartache, and suddenly had an idea and said, "By the way, didn't you say that Wang Pengnian is a general? He dared to go up the long-haired defense line that you didn't dare to attack head-on, and asked him to lead the fleet to go up first, attack the source defense line of Wu thieves, and help us test the Wu thieves' weaknesses and reality. That's it, there is no need to say more."

"Tell Wang Pengnian to go first?" Wu Quanmei subconsciously jumped, but after thinking about it, Wu Quanmei said in her heart: "It shouldn't matter. Wang Pengnian has a bad temper, but she didn't say anything about her loyalty to the court. Don't worry so much. But this time, that kid must have something more to say."

Sure enough, after Wu Quanmei conveyed Wen Xiang's order to Wang Pengnian, Wang Pengnian was indeed furious and shouted: "My brother was raised by his stepmother? Life is not life is grass? Wu thieves have so many riverside forts and mines at the source, and the main force of the navy was there, so I asked my army to fight alone and let my fleet die in vain?"

"I can't do anything about it. This is an order issued by Wen Zhongtang himself." Wu Quanmei said helplessly: "The people of Rakshasa refused to send troops if they didn't understand the virtual and real defense line of Wu thieves. We must have a fleet to take this risk."
Chapter completed!