The Chinese army not only has wired telegraphs, telephones, and radio communications. In terms of communication, the Chinese army and the Chinese country are ahead of the world!

Xuan Jianzhang received the order from the president and immediately ordered a regiment of the Chinese army to attack Xi'an City.

At the same time, Yili's Smoky Army cooperated with the Chinese army to launch a full-scale attack.

The Great Smoky Army was just to send heads to the Chu army, and there was a Chinese army brigade behind it, so I couldn't take a walk.

It was not their own voluntary gifts to give away heads!

After all, no one is willing to die.

Yi Li looked at the battle situation and sighed.

"This time, our people are afraid that we will die? The good guys of Hua Jun have been trained all day long, and the Chu Jun dare not hit them. Look, it is too fierce to hit our Eight Banners children!" Prince Chun kept nagging.

Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "Prince Chun, you still can't understand this? What's the use of these big smoke troops? They are here to die! If the Chu army did not resist, it wouldn't be like this. Who made Zuo Zongtang stubborn?"

Yi Li was secretly funny. It seemed that half a month ago, you, Li Hongzhang, were also a stubborn person?

Seeing Yi Li smiled, Li Hongzhang knew that he was laughing at himself, so he patted Yi Li on his arm, "Prince Liu, I will rely on your care in the future. Are you in love with the cute president now good?"

Yi Li smiled and said, "That's not the president's praise? Don't Shaoquan know that the kindness is hard to predict? Let's do our best to do it."

"Haha, in the future, China will not promote the caller, right? They all say it's a job." Li Hongzhang corrected with a smile.

Yi Li nodded, "Yes, do your best! I need to rely on your brother's support. I heard that your chrysanthemum is studying with the president when he was a child. chrysanthemum is now a big girl, right?"

Li Hongzhang did not respond to Yi Li. Li Juou was Li Jingshou's life. Li Jingshou was Li Hongzhang's granddaughter. He was five years older than the cute president. Although he was not a big girl, he also became a flower.

Li Hongzhang regretted that Zeng Jize's vision was more accurate than him at the beginning. Now Zeng Jize's daughter Zeng Siping has long been the imperial concubine. She just waited for adulthood to pass through the cute president's office. Alas.

Yi Li saw Li Hongzhang's thoughts and smiled and said, "If you know each other, you will have a family. When you return to Beijing, you will take Ju Ou and the president to find opportunities to meet. I see, the president likes to talk to Shao Quan. This opportunity will inevitably be missing in the future. You, this is really a blessing for your children and grandchildren!"

Prince Chun also smiled and said, "Yes, this is the truth. When you are old, you will have a long relationship with the president's family in the future. If Ju Ou has the opportunity to enter the president's mansion, then your family will be prosperous and prosperous for generations. You are an old minister of the Qing court, but a new minister of the Chinese country!"

Li Hongzhang laughed and scolded: "We are fighting here, why are you two old people thinking about my chrysanthemum root?"

"This battle has nothing to do with us. I wish these big smoke troops would finish the battle earlier. We just happened to merge with the Chinese army. Let's go and see, let's drink, hahaha." Yi Li suggested.

Prince Chun responded enthusiastically, "Yes, don't watch it anymore, go drink!"

Li Hongzhang slapped his face, "It seems that I want to learn more from you two princes. You are really smart people! Just drink when you drink, are there any sea bass?"

Yi Li laughed: "You can't live without bass for a meal? This is Shaanxi, where can we catch you?"

The Chinese army was very brave in combat. An artillery battalion mobilized from Shanxi Fire was equipped with 75mm small-caliber howitzers. Although the caliber was not large, their power was very powerful, which quickly made Xi'an city defense fall into a sea of ​​fire.

The people in Xi'an were scared to death. They did not expect that the scale of the war would become larger and larger. Although they knew that the Chinese army would not massacre the city, the people could not bear the large-scale artillery bombardment, whether it hit people or houses.

Fortunately, the Chinese army did not further expand the war situation, nor did they have strong attacks on the city defense. Although the attack firepower was strong, the officers sent only shot near the city defense.

Among the Chinese army, a small number of Hubei new army were added. These are the elites of the old Huai army. On the one hand, they give Li Hongzhang face, and on the other hand, they also show all the troops and officials who surrendered by the Qing court. It is not that the Chinese army did not arrange their work, but to see if you have the ability. The Huai army, which can be incorporated into the Chinese army, is a year of fighting. Many people have even participated in the war against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!

As long as these people are strengthened in ideological education, they will definitely be better than the Chinese army training new recruits again.

There are more than a thousand people in this group.

These are the people who fight the most and want to make contributions in the new group.

Zuo Zongtang was anxiously holding a telescope to watch the battle situation. He had never expected that the Chinese army would open fire at this time. Although it was not caught off guard, he had already made some preparations for the war, but if he continued to fight like this, he would really be unable to bear it.

"Master, stop looking, you go down, the shells don't have eyes." Liu Jintang sighed.

Zuo Zongtang frowned, "What do they mean? Either fight hard or don't fight. This is not too light or too heavy, so it scares the people in the city to close their doors and doors. It's hard for me to arrange whether to retreat."

The reason why the Chinese army used this rhythm was that they didn't want Zuo Zongtang to leave. Zuo Zongtang's more than 30,000 people were really scattered everywhere. In the northwest, they could run around everywhere, and it would be troublesome to catch them. I guess after a while, they would all have to be converted into bandit troops!

Therefore, after receiving the order from the president, Xuan Jianzhang thought about it. The president should have asked him to beat Zuo Zongtang to this Xi'an city, not let him leave, nor would he attack easily.

"If they continue to fight like this, we should leave early. This is Shaanxi, next to Shanxi. The entire Shanxi area has already connected to Beijing trains. It takes less than ten hours for the Chinese army to transfer troops from Beijing to Shanxi!" Liu Jintang said: "Master General, I feel that the Chinese army is playing with us as rats."

Zuo Zongtang nodded, "You are right. They are indeed playing the trick of catching mice. I am really unwilling to give up on Shaanxi. Moreover, if we want to leave, we have to pass through Gansu. I don't know if Dong Fuxiang will do something wrong."

Liu Jintang was speechless, and suddenly a shell came over and hurriedly lowered his head.

Zuo Zongtang also hurriedly lowered his head. When the two of them got up, they were covered in dust.

Zuo Zongtang spitted twice, his mouth full of mud, and he was extremely embarrassed.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Liu Jintang didn't want to say anything to Zuo Zongtang anymore. When Zuo Zongtang led everyone to fight against foreigners, he was so decisive and majestic. Why is he so embarrassed now? Because he was fighting against the Chinese army!

When Zuo Zongtang fought against foreigners, the Chinese army was supporting them. Whether it was to mobilize the people, obtain supplies, or the morale of the army, it didn't have to be mobilized. However, once it was an enemy of the Chinese army, let alone the people had no confidence, the entire Chu army would be like a deflated ball. If Zuo Zongtang hadn't been leading the army personally for many years and had a deep relationship, they would have been disbanded.

On the Chinese artillery position.

The artillery battalion belonging to the First Field Division of the Chinese Army is firing artillery at the Xi'an City Defense.

The Artillery Battalion is a complete artillery battalion of three companies, equipped with a total of fifty 75mm howitzers. If all of them are fired, their power cannot be underestimated.

"Please be careful, just put it in one minute, one hour is 6o times 5o, three thousand shells!" Xuan Jianzhang calculated silently next to him, "No, it's still too fast, order, let it be one in two minutes, and end in half an hour. Let it be once a day, and the water flows for a long time."

The chief of staff of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army laughed and said, "Secretary, what is your business? We have never fought like this, and this battle is really not satisfactory. I know that the president wants to resolve the situation peacefully, but judging by Zuo Zongtang's posture, how can he mean a peaceful negotiation? It's better to just rub him and forget about it."

Xuan Jianzhang waved his hand, "This is not possible. This is a political war. We must be more patient and tell everyone, be careful not to destroy the people's houses."

"Yes, division seat." The artillery battalion commander stood at attention next to him and saluted.

"Master, we must beware of Zuo Zongtang's escape?" Chief of Staff reminded.

"You go and arrange a cavalry to cut off the route. I guess he won't run for the time being, but it's good to prepare in advance." Xuan Jianzhang thought for a while, "As long as Zuo Zongtang dares to take people out of this Xi'an city and kill one, otherwise, they will have great combat experience and combat effectiveness. Once they reach the Loess Plateau, it will be even harder to catch them, and they will all become horse bandits."

"Yes, the division seat." Chief of Staff agreed to go down.

Xuan Jianzhang looked at the sky and felt bored. It was really unhappy to let the First Field Division of the Chinese Army, which was the first ace division, fight such a war that seemed like an exercise.

When Xuan Jianzhang received the task, he was still happy. Now, he was really not as happy as Wang Dashan and the Third Field Division of the Chinese Army in Central Asia. He also had two divisions under his command, but he actually managed three divisions. How powerful?

A large section of the city wall in Xi'an City has been severely damaged by the artillery battalion of the Chinese Army.

When the Qing army finished the artillery bombardment, they quickly rebuilt the stones and repaired them temporarily. However, just as they were about to repair them, the Chinese army continued to attack. The troops they attacked were mainly the Huai army from Hubei. The Huai army had never fought against the Chu army before, and they all wanted to find some face in front of the Chinese army, which was really called a fierce attack.

After the Xi'an city wall was ravaged by Chinese cannons, it was destroyed so badly. Zuo Zongtang refused to leave the city defense. In order to show that he was always with the army, he really stayed in the city gate building.
Chapter completed!