The Qing army Yuan Baoheng's army, who was forced to attack in the urn city, was struggling with dying struggles. There was neither reinforcement nor enough space to roam, and there was no chance to gather together to fight together. It was soon overwhelmed by the Wu army soldiers who had an absolute advantage in numbers.

It would be fine if Yuan Baoheng's army could meet other troops. In the case of severe lack of light, relying on the disguise on his body would not only cause severe damage to the enemy, but perhaps he would have a chance to escape from the city.

But unfortunately, Yuan Baoheng's army encountered the army of Jiang Zhongji. On the battlefields of Jiangxi and Hunan, on the battlefields of Sichuan and Yunnan, Jiang Zhongji's army had seen more than once. Under the command of veteran Chu Yong, the Wu army soldiers responded calmly, and gave priority to self-protection and did not rush to avoid accidental injuries and further chaos. Yuan Baoheng and others were quickly exposed. Either Wu soldiers were chopped over by random swords or were killed by Wu generals with pistols. There were many people who were forced to put down their weapons and surrender. Yuan Baoheng was also cut off one of his right hands by Wu soldiers, smashed and captured alive.

The matter was not over yet, and the Wu army's response was still behind. After learning that the Qing soldiers who were dressed in the army had been infiltrated, the Wu army general led by Jiang Zhongji immediately ordered that the Wu army soldiers who had retreated into the city and put down their weapons in the corridor of the city gate. As a result, the Qing soldiers who had not yet been exposed wanted to sneak into the city to cause chaos, and even the Wencheng did not dare to enter and flee quietly. The Wu army soldiers slowly retreated into the Wencheng and overcome this difficulty without any danger.

After several Qing soldiers who had been lucky enough to escape from the city brought back the news, the monk prince who had been waiting far outside the city yelled and rushed to launch an attack. However, it was too late. The Wu army Jiang Zhongji's troops had already retreated into two urns in two groups to the west of the city, and closed the outer gate of the urns first. The monk prince was furious and ignored the dissuasion of his subordinates, while frantically searching for Wu soldiers who had not entered the city.

The fierce battle started again. The Qing soldiers who had prepared before carried the ladder to charge the Yijiao. The Qing army siege on the three gates in the south of the city never stopped. Unfortunately, Zeng Guoquan, the Wu army, who was responsible for the defense of the city wall, had a firm mind and had more rest time than the Qing army. He breathed out. He responded calmly without any flaws and attacked the Qing army head-on with sufficient city defense supplies. Therefore, the Yijiao attack launched by the Qing army in a hurry, not to mention breaking the city directly, it would be difficult to rush to the top of the city wall.

The monk was still smart. After failing to attack the city twice, he did not dare to fight the Fucheng Sect and Xizhi Sect, which had perfect work. He just hurriedly sorted out the team and moved to the inner city of Beijing, preparing to attack the three gates of the south of the city, which were severely damaged by the Qing army in the fierce battle. However, it was still a pity that the Japanese Six stopped the monk's action.

"Your army, you can't fight hard anymore! Your army is the last family of our Qing court. If it is all done, our Qing court will never have hope."

"Prince Gong, but if I don't continue to attack the city, how can I regain our inner nine cities?"

"Prince Monk, are you sure to make sure to regain the inner nine cities? If so, I won't stop you. If not, listen to me and stop forcing me! Do you have it?"

The Japanese asked the monk Prince sixteenth question, but he was not sure that he could get the whole city back by force, so the monk Prince had to change his words and asked, "Prince Gong, in your opinion, what should we do next?"

"Please give me the imperial edict, please make the decision of the two empress dowagers." The Japanese Liu said with a gloomy face: "Before this, we will save the army first. The Qing army in the outer city is already the last hope of our Qing court."

Although hesitated for a long time, the monk prince, who was loyal to the Qing court, ordered against his will to stop the attack and change the attack to defending the army first. Fortunately, even if the Wu army received reinforcements, it was not yet able to eat up the main force of the Zhili Qing army in the outer city, and also chose to maintain the city of Beijing, which was sufficient for food and supplies. The two armies restrained each other and entered a state of confrontation.

At this point, the thrilling battle in Beijing finally came to an end. After relied on the emptiness of the capital, Zeng Guoquan's troops of the Wu army, who had luckily won the city of Beijing, successfully gained reinforcements. At the same time, because Beijing is the largest granary in North China, and the Qing court had previously hoarded a large amount of weapons and ammunition in the arsenal of the Ministry of War, even if they could not get any supplies, they could still stay in the city for a long time and wait for the main brigade to come for reinforcements.

The North China Plain outside the city is still the world of the Qing army. Not only are the vast majority of prefectures and counties still under the banner of the Qing court and accept the command of the Qing court, but even the outer city of Beijing is directly controlled by the Qing army. At the same time, because the main force of the Wu army in Shanxi is still strangled by the natural danger of Jingxing, Nie Shicheng's troops in Henan went north to supply supply, and there was a threat from the Nian army behind him, so for a long time, the Wu army was unable to change the strategic trend of the North China Plain.

In addition, the Qing army in Zhili has another huge advantage, that Tianjin is still in hand, and the Qing army in Guangdong and Guangxi can still send grain supplies to Zhili from South China to supply the Qing army to fight in Zhili. Therefore, no one dares to guarantee who will win the battle on Zhili battlefield at present.

Although it was not big, the Qing army still had hope on the battlefield in Zhili. Unfortunately, Ci'an and Cixi, who had already escaped to Zunhua, could not see it. So after receiving the urgent report from the Japanese Six, Ci'an was helpless except crying. Ci'an could only ask Shandong with a gloomy face to consult Luo Bingzhang, the last strategic master of the Qing court.

Seven days later, Luo Bingzhang's memorial was sent to Zunhua Palace. In the memorial covered with tears, Luo Bingzhang not only repeatedly apologized for guilt, but also pointed out that the Qing court still had hope of surviving. He suggested that Ci'an and Cixi lead the people to withdraw the pass, and continued to exercise political power with Shengjing as the accompanying capital. At the same time, it was recommended to rebuild Shanhaiguan to strengthen defenses and give the Qing court more time to surviving.

In terms of military affairs, Luo Bingzhang believed that the Qing army should decisively give up the outer city of Beijing, which had no military value, divide the troops into two groups, use partial divisions to return to the Zhengding battlefield, and do their best to delay the main force of the Wu army in Shanxi. When they can't hold on, they will retreat to Shandong to meet with him, help him to try his best to save Shandong, prepare for the battle and regroup, and wait for a counterattack opportunity.

The main force of the Qing army was suggested by Luo Bingzhang to withdraw from Tianjin, establish a command center for the Qing Dynasty in Tianjin, transferring the edicts and documents of the Qing Dynasty court, and organizing local governments in Shandong, Zhili to continue fighting with the Wu army, helping the Qing court retreating to the northeast to continue to maintain contact with the Qing army in Guangdong and Guangxi, and also restraining the Wu army on the North China Plain, making the Wu army even more afraid to advance to the Northeast quickly.

On the key issue of whether the Wu army could quickly annex the entire Zhili territory and continue to expand, Luo Bingzhang gave Ci'an and Cixi a very firm guarantee! Because Zhili's grain output was no longer self-sufficient as early as the Ming Dynasty, and now it has been severely damaged by war production. It is impossible for the Wu army to expand its army directly in Zhili. Even if it took down the entire Zhili territory, there was no enough food to support the Wu army to continue to launch large-scale operations. Even if Jingxing was captured and cleared the grain route in Shanxi, the same was true for the same reason. Because the land transportation of grain was too large, the Wu army in Shanxi had not yet conquered the entire Shanxi territory, the Wu army in Shanxi was even more unable to support the Wu army in Zhili to continue to expand the scale of the war!

So Luo Bingzhang gave Ci'an and Cixi a second guarantee, that is, Wu Chaoyue would definitely attack the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom first, and at least he had to completely clear the Yangtze River channel. He could send the food from Huguang and Sichuan to the front line of Zhili through water, and then the Wu army in Zhili was able to threaten the Qing court hiding in the northeast. Once the Wu army and Taiping army started a full war, the Qing court would naturally have the time and opportunity to reorganize and make a comeback!

In addition, Luo Bingzhang also put forward two major suggestions. The first is that in view of the small population in the Northeast, it is recommended that Ci'an and Cixi issue an edict calling on the people of the Central Plains who were still loyal to the Qing court to move to the Northeast, and the development of the Northeast also provides enough manpower to the Qing court and sufficient military supplies.

The second suggestion is also of great influence, which is that Luo Bingzhang suggested using Senggelinqin's influence on the Mongolian grasslands to add the title of Seng Prince as the commander of the Mongolian Kings Rescue Army, and let the Seng Prince go to the Mongolian grasslands to contact the Mongolian flags to form the Mongolian Kings Rescue Army. It is used to fight against Wu, but also prevent the Mongolian Kings Rescue Army from taking the opportunity to rebel and split, and the Rakshasa Kingdom took advantage of the situation to rob.

At the end of the long memorial, Luo Bingzhang revealed some pessimistic views of the situation and said: "...I think that using the Wu bandits' troops are sufficient and food, to break through the long-haired bandits is no longer a matter of victory or defeat, but a matter of time. It is only a matter of time before the Wu bandits usurp the throne and re-establish themselves. However, the Qing Dynasty must fight, not fight and sit and wait for death, and fight and hope will remain. I only hope that the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty will protect them, bring down miracles, and rebuild our Qing Dynasty's country and country. I am old, and I don't know if I can see that day?"

In the last paragraph, Luo Bingzhang actually told Ci'an and Cixi directly that if the Qing court wanted to kill Wu Chaoyue and reoccupate the land of China, they could only hope that miracles would happen. As a result, although Ci'an and Cixi knew Luo Bingzhang's implicit meaning, they were still unwilling to surrender. So after carefully discussing for a whole night, Ci'an and Cixi finally made up their minds...

"Just follow Luo Aiqing's method. Even if we cannot retake the Central Plains in the future, we will rebuild the Qing Dynasty in the Northeast and continue to compete with the Wu bandits!"

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It is ridiculous to say that the situation behind the Wu army is far away, and the road is blocked by the Qing army. The deep inland is entirely on land transportation and Wu Chaoyue, who learned the news ahead of the capital city before he received the report from the war in the capital city, the Wu army, led by the old comprador of Wu and Zhou Tenghu, had already received the news that Zeng Guoquan's army had successfully captured Beijing's entire city through sea routes.

"Zeng Guoquan, the uncle who surpassed that side princess?" Zhou Xiuying asked inexplicably.

"Yes, it's him." Old comprador Wu nodded even happier and cursed with a smile: "It's better to surpass that little bastard. One of the wives is more virtuous and well-behaved. They can actually run to Hunan to ask the Zeng family for marriage. If they weren't for the little bastard's approval to marry the Zeng family, Zeng Guoquan would work hard for him. If we were to challenge the rebel army, how could we conquer the capital so quickly?"

Zhou Xiuying's face became a little strange. She subconsciously remembered Zeng Jijing's abdomen, who had never met before, which was originally one of Wu Nianyue's threats. However, the comprador Wu did not notice the expression of his grandson's wife at all, and just urged: "Hurry, go to the concession yourself. Nianyue will pick him up to see me immediately after school."

Zhou Xiuying agreed, but a strange light flashed in her eyes...

The comprador Wu's comprador was unable to see his precious great-grandson who came back from school at the first time. Because Zhou Xiuying had gone to the concession for a short time, the famous gentry from Shanghai could not wait to come to the Wu Mansion to send gifts to the comprador Wu. Although he always congratulated Hubei's anti-rebellion army on breaking the capital, everyone knew what the real congratulations was.

After being so happy that he was pleased by these famous gentry from all over the south of the Yangtze River, the excited comprador of Wu, of course, immediately ordered a banquet to hold a banquet to thank these gentry landlords with a nimble mind, and sent people to invite important officials of the Wu army in Shanghai, such as Zhou Tenghu and Deng Siyuan, to the banquet.

It was very dark and when the guests were full of guests, Wu Nianyue, who was over eight years old, jumped and jumped to the old comprador Wu under the guidance of Zhou Xiuying, and held the old comprador Wu in public and acted coquettishly. The old comprador Wu smiled and asked, "Nianyue, didn't you tell you to come to see me immediately after school? Why did you come now?"

"Today there is a fencing class. My mother said I sweat a lot and asked me to take a shower before seeing you." Wu Nianyue replied truthfully.

"Be good, so obedient. Come, sit down, Grandpa will tell you good news."

Just as he pressed his great-grandson on his thigh, he sat down before the old comprador of Wu told Wu Nianyue that he had just received today, a maid ran over in a panic and handed a child's dress to Zhou Xiuying, saying, "Madam, you see, Young Master Nianyue's clothes are in this."

After taking the clothes and looking carefully, Zhou Xiuying immediately became more and more angry at Xiao Nian and cursed: "Nian Yue, my mother has told you a few times and told you not to go down the river to play in the water. Why are you just not listening?"

"Mom, I haven't? Did I go to the river to play in the water today?" Xiao Nianyue asked in a very confused manner.

"Then why are there fish scales in your sweatshirt?" Zhou Xiuying showed off Xiao Nianyue's underwear stained with scales.

"I didn't." Xiao Nianyue shouted loudly, "I don't believe it, mom, go to school to ask, I have been in school today and have never been to the riverside."

The comprador Wu took the sweater strangely. Seeing that there were indeed a few fish scales stuck on the inside of the sweater, he said, "Nian Yue, have you really never been to the river to play?"

"Master Wu, it's such a cold day, how could Nian Yue go to the river to play in the water?" Zhou Tenghu next to him took the topic, took the sweatshirt and looked carefully, and then said in confusion: "Strange, why do there really have a few scales? These scales seem to be fish scales...? Ah!"

Having said this in confusion, Zhou Tenghu seemed to have suddenly understood something. He quickly wrapped his sweatshirt and handed it back to the comprador of Wu, raising his glass and said, "Everyone, for Zeng Jiushuai to break through the capital and make trouble for the party's nest, let's have another drink!"

It was after Zhou Tenghu invited him again that the feudal gentry present in Jiangnan raised their glasses and drank with Zhou Tenghu. During this period, the eyes of Xiao Nianyue became unusual. The comprador Wu suddenly understood something and quickly handed over the sweatshirt to Zhou Xiuying for preservation, wiped the topic and said other words, but his heart couldn't help but jump even harder and said intimately: "Can it be that kind of scale?"

At this time, Zhou Xiuying's eyes were naturally very proud, and Zhou Tenghu glanced at her quietly and said intimately: "It's scheming. But it's good for me."
Chapter completed!