0751 Approaching Beijing
The tenacious resistance of the Qing army was not completely ineffective, but also frustrated the Chinese army's attack and suppressed the progress of the Chinese army.
The 113th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army then decided to divide it into three routes and three battalions, and detoured to the near East Pass of Gubeikou.
This effectively cut off the connection between the Qing army's troops. The Qing army's guard Rugui and Ding Ruchang's horse team formed a situation of fighting each other. The Qing army suffered major casualties, and the Wei Rugui's troops were completely wiped out. Wei Rugui and several personal guards fled back and retreated to the guards in the south Tianmen area northwest of Ji County.
More than 3,000 Qing soldiers who were cut and surrounded all surrendered and sent to the rear of Shanhaiguan to reorganize.
After only five days of the war, more than 14,000 Qing troops had been sent to Shanhaiguan, all of which were organized into the Construction Corps under the Liaoning Garrison Command to help transport materials and supplies from Fengtian to Shanhaiguan.
"Military, do you know what the most important thing is?" President cute looked at the telegram in his hand and asked instructor Albert Kirschbach.
Instructor Albert Kirschbach smiled and said, "This is what I said to the president. The president, now I ask me about it? It's money and food. What is fighting in war is money and food."
The cute CEO nodded with a smile, "Yes, your words are very classic."
"It's not what I said, it's what Napoleon said, and it's not necessarily what Napoleon said. Isn't there an old saying in China that "the army is going to move before the food and grass is going to go first? Did the president encounter difficulties in military supplies?" Instructor Albert Kirschbach smiled.
The cute president sighed and looked at the heavy snow outside. People who lived in the south for a long time, even if they were reborn in the north in this life, he was still not used to such weather. This is a psychological disagreement. "Yes, the snow-covered ice and snow have caused great difficulties for us to march. However, it is even more difficult for us, and the Qing army is even more difficult because their troops are more troops than us! Our transportation is very difficult. I don't want to hurt the people's strength too much, so the army has not brought much food and grass. The current food and grass still seized the food that we collected after Shanhaiguan and Jinzhou."
Instructor Albert Kirschbach nodded, silently, not knowing how to comfort the cute CEO, and was also curious that your supplies were so difficult, why did you choose to attack the Qing army in this weather?
Due to insufficient supplies, the cute president ordered the troops not to cross the Great Wall line and rest on the entire line.
A week later, with the strong transportation of the Liaoning Security Command, 100,000 loads of grain and grass were sent to Shanhaiguan.
The Chinese army was ordered to enter the pass again to fight.
The 112th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army captured Luandong, and the next day, broke through the Luanhe defenders' defense line from Luanxian, Qian'an, Bingheqiao and other places, and attacked towards Pingjin.
The Qing army's newly added Wei Rugui tribe, Ding Ruchang tribe, Ye Zhi tribe and other tribes were ordered to retreat step by step.
On the same day, the 113th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army occupied Shixia Town! Three days later, it occupied Miyun in full.
Three days later, the 112th Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army and the 113th Regiment of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army were unstoppable. When the main force of the 111th Regiment of the 11th Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army was still in Shanhaiguan, they had successively occupied Fengrun, Qian'an, Zunhua, Tangshan, Yutian, Jixian, Sanhe, Xianghe, Pinggu, Miyun, Huairou and other counties in eastern Hebei.
The Qing army retreated to the vicinity of Beijing and Tianjin.
The 111th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army was forwarded, and joined forces with the 112th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army and the 113th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army formed a threat to Beijing from the south, east and north.
The city of Beijing was in chaos. Empress Dowager Cixi ordered everyone in the palace to prepare for evacuation. Beijing was in chaos, and some large investors with assets had begun to flee.
Because the government spread rumors that the use of gold and silver is prohibited in the Northeast, and all gold and silver are confiscated, which caused great panic.
Just when the Zhili area was in chaos, the Meng President and the President Guard arrived in Miyun. Considering the situation, the Meng President believed that the time to overthrow the Qing Dynasty was not ripe. Forcibly overthrowing the Qing Dynasty would cause the country to fall into a state of local separatism!
Therefore, President Meng ordered all departments to rest, repair barracks and recuperate fortifications at the garrison.
The cute president ordered the 111th Regiment of the First Brigade of the First Field Division of the Chinese Army to gather near Beicang, Tianjin, and continued to put pressure on Beijing. On the one hand, he flicked a shot and avoided the Qing army's defense focus. The cute president's goal was not recognized by everyone until this time. It turned out that it was not Beijing! But Tianjin!
"What should I do? What should I do? Are you going to come up with a solution!" Empress Dowager Cixi said with tears in her eyes: "Can the foundation of our ancestors collapse like this?"
During this period, Empress Dowager Cixi was exhausted. Emperor Tongzhi was about to lose his power, and Xuan Yuemeng was in a hurry to get over the enemy. In Yunnan, the Macary incident was born in the Macary incident where the British took advantage of the situation.
After opening the coastal portals of China and the Yangtze River, Britain and France wanted to open the "back door" of the inner six. Since the 1860s, they have continuously explored the access to Yunnan from Myanmar and Vietnam.
In 1874, the UK sent another wayfinding team with Colonel Pai Lang, and under the escort of nearly 200 armed soldiers, they explored the traffic of the 6th route of Myanmar and Yunnan. The British Minister to China sent an interpreter Ma Jiali to greet him.
After Ma Jiali went to Bamo, Myanmar to meet with Bailang, he advanced to the Yunnan border. He clashed with local ethnic minorities near Manyun in Tengyue region of Yunnan. Ma Jiali and several entourages were beaten to death. This is the "Ma Jiali incident".
Everyone did not dare to say anything as usual.
Empress Dowager Cixi looked around everyone, then looked at Empress Dowager Ci'an beside her, silently wiped her tears, sighed, and said, "Forget it, it's a waste of time to say it. While preparing to take refuge, she sent someone to discuss peace with Xuan Yuemeng! See what he was thinking. The news I got here is that Xuan Yuemeng is already in Beicang, Tianjin, and it seems that she wants to take Tianjin first."
Tianjin is Li Hongzhang's place. Li Hongzhang frowned and did not dare to say anything. With the current strength of the Chinese army, he really wanted to take whatever he wanted. He was really cruel and Beijing could not defend it at all.
Prince Gong Yixin was also hoarse at this time. He no longer dared to speak loudly. He closed his eyes and shed tears. After so many years of Westernization, it is not as great as Xuan Yuemeng's two years of gains. What kind of face does he have to talk about?
Cixi looked at everyone again: "What's wrong? Are you all going to pretend to be mute? Prince Gong, you are the minister of the Zongli Yamen, the Zongli Yamen and the Military Affairs Office, but you are all in charge. Who will negotiate with Xuan Yuemeng? I think, don't discuss it, just go."
Prince Gong Yixin was shocked. He really didn't dare to see Xuan Yuemeng now. Xuan Yuemeng is no longer the original Xuan Yuemeng, but now he is the little devil king!
Chapter completed!