1890 King of Southeast Asia

"Waste!"

"I've said before that Duan Fang is an arrogant and incompetent man who should not be entrusted with important tasks. Has it come true now?"

"Shen Yan, didn't you see that several princes' faces turned green?"

"Alas~~ Feng Huafu can only run away, at least he still saved the main force of the army. This time, Duan Fang lost five of the seven towns. The situation is not easy..."

"This is the will of heaven to destroy our Qing Dynasty! Holy Ancestor! Taizu and Taizong, open your eyes and see!..."

The third week of February began with the chaotic court meeting of the Qing Empire.

The root of everything was Duan Fang's defeat in the direction of the three towns.

When evacuating Xinyang, the Qing Empire army knew that the retreat was cut off and the train could not pass.

Those who know a little about military affairs know that compared with attacking, retreat can better reflect the level of a commander or the combat effectiveness of an army.

At first, Duan Fang used high-sounding reasons such as detours to stabilize the army's morale, but once out of Xinyang, many people found that the direction of travel was northeast, and deserters appeared in the Qing Empire Army.

There were plains on both sides of the east and west. No matter how they detoured, they should not go north. Those who were quick-witted should have guessed their fate long ago.

In this way, the panicked Duan Fang army set off and headed towards Zhengyang County, dozens of kilometers away. The number of people on the road was getting smaller and smaller.

In one day, they traveled light and walked more than 20 kilometers. In front of them was Dougou Town, their reserved camping site.

After a day's journey, the exhausted Duan Fang army just wanted to stop and rest quickly and have a hot meal.

It happened to run into a brigade of the revolutionary army that was detouring Li Xindian.

Both sides were in a pure encounter battle, without any preparation, not a single bit.

The Qing Empire Army thought it was an ambush by the revolutionary army, everything was calculated, and they had been surrounded.

The Qing Empire Army, whose retreat was cut off, suddenly became unstable. Duan Fang could only set up camp on the spot and suppress them with force.

The Revolutionary Army believed that the plan was exposed, otherwise it could not explain why a large group of people came to intercept and kill them.

What? You said the front line decided the outcome?

That was three divisions plus some miscellaneous troops, more than 40,000 people! They were only lost for a week, not a month.

In a week, there is still a lot of time for movement. How many days can they fight? Even 40,000 pigs, it is not possible to catch them all in such a short time!

They said they were retreating? Why were there no troops following them? Why were these people still so leisurely?

So, they built positions as soon as possible, sent signal soldiers to ask for help, and planned to hold on and wait for help.

On the evening of the 11th, taking advantage of the night, the Revolutionary Army sent out scouts and reinforced the positions overnight to prepare for the battle the next day.

A total of three reconnaissance companies, totaling less than 400 people, were sent out to conduct various tests and infiltration interferences on the Qing Empire Army Camp under the cover of night.

Including but not limited to shooting from behind, scouting, infiltration, setting fires, throwing bombs, etc.

At 2 a.m. on the 12th, three scouts infiltrated the northwest corner of the Qing Empire Camp, which was the most vulnerable place in the Qing Empire's defense.

At 2:10, a scout discovered the Qing Empire's grain and fodder convoy, and half an hour later, the grain and fodder were set on fire.

Without kerosene, the fire did not spread quickly, and the Qing Empire soldiers who reacted quickly put out the fire, and the loss of supplies was not serious.

However, this caused an irreversible blow to the morale of Duan Fang's army. Even in the middle of the night, few people slept, and rumors that the army was surrounded and cut off from water and food could not be stopped.

Duan Fang was in a dilemma. Even if the soldiers saw it with their own eyes, they might not believe it, but would cause greater chaos.

After all, the market for conspiracy theories has always existed, especially when people are dissatisfied.

But he couldn't let it go on. If morale continued to drop, he wouldn't have to think about taking these soldiers back.

At four o'clock in the morning, just when the cooks were making a fire to prepare to cook, the Qing army blew up the camp!

At first, it was a few scouts scattered around who found the cooks cooking. In order to disturb them from cooking, affect their combat effectiveness, and reduce the pressure of fighting during the day, the scouts chose to shoot and kill the cooks.

The cooks of the Qing Empire Army were not professional soldiers, but recruited cooks. They were not even auxiliary soldiers. They did not participate in training and had no combat qualities.

After being attacked, the cooks shouted that the enemy was attacking, which deeply stimulated the Qing Empire soldiers who had been fighting for many days in a row, their retreat was cut off, and they were cut off from water and food (failed to refute the rumor).

Many Qing Empire soldiers rushed out of the tents regardless of the ban, and fired blank shots into the night, which gave the scouts a signal.

The scouts who were resting reported to the main force while gradually organizing small forces to attack the Qing Empire camp in multiple directions.

Duan Fang's army had lost its basic organization. Duan Fang could only command his personal soldiers. The camp's defense was full of loopholes and could not resist the small-scale attack of well-trained scouts.

It was still dark at five o'clock in February. For Duan Fang, the sky was as dark as his future.

The small-scale scouts re-entered the camp, fired at all angles and then withdrew. The Qing Empire soldiers were horrified to find that the attack came from inside the camp, and they also began to shoot at all angles.

The army, the camp was blown up!

There were more than 20,000 people in the two towns. More than 8,000 people were killed and more than 10,000 people were injured in the two hours of the camp bombing. Duan Fang was taken away by his personal soldiers at the first moment of the camp bombing and escaped while the sky was still dark.

After daybreak, the remaining four or five thousand uninjured Qing Empire soldiers fled in all directions because they were frightened and without command, and most of them became bandits.

A brigade of the Revolutionary Army, not knowing the situation, only appeared at the end and cleaned up the battlefield. The brigade commander looked at the messy camp and the corpses on the ground and was confused for a while.

At this point, the Revolutionary Army can be said to have won a great victory in this battle. The Qing Empire will be unable to maintain the offensive and may even have to retreat further.

Attack and defense have changed!

But it’s not over yet. Remember the order to return to support issued by Duan Fang?

Shortly after daybreak, the two towns that detoured to the east and went south just came back and arrived at Dougou Town. After confirming the comparison of enemy and our forces, the two towns of the Qing Empire chose to attack.

At this time, the reinforcements of the Revolutionary Army, a brigade that had just been replenished by the Fourth Division and a brigade in Li Xindian, arrived at the left wing of the battlefield.

When the reinforcements of the Revolutionary Army arrived, the New Army was attacking and cleaning up the positions at the same time, and the two brigades decisively launched an attack.

The new army was caught off guard and was cut into three sections, with the front and rear unable to take care of each other. After a fierce battle for half a day, the new army collapsed.

The Ninth Division, running out of ammunition and food and with poor communications, laid down its weapons and emphasized its Japanese identity, hoping to be treated decently.

The treatment was indeed quite decent. For decades afterwards, their work and life were covered by the Revolutionary Army, including food and accommodation, and there was something to do. Except for being far away from home, there was nothing wrong with it.

This counterattack campaign lasted less than a month from the landing of the First Light Infantry Division.

Six of the thirteen front-line deployments of the Qing Empire were eaten, and the two towns that detoured to the west were also separated by the Revolutionary Army and could not go back for the time being.

The initiative on the battlefield changed hands (strategy and battlefield should be separated, the former has always been in the hands of the Revolutionary Army.)

Especially on the western front, all the deployments of the Qing Empire were destroyed, and the Revolutionary Army could even reach the capital directly along the Pinghan Railway.

However, the Qing Empire was not without achievements. A large area of ​​land was vacated at once, and the Revolutionary Army needed to sort out these lands before continuing the attack.

Apart from other things, the defeated and deserted soldiers of the Qing and Japanese armies must be dealt with, otherwise it is unknown how much trouble will be caused.

"After this battle, the imperial court has lost its majesty, and I am afraid that the northern provinces will also..." Prince Qing said exhaustedly.

"Outside the Great Wall, the Mongolian tribes, the northwest and southwest provinces, the mountains and the east and west, and the north of the river are all loyal to the imperial court. We are at least better than the Emperor Shizu back then, right?!" Zaifeng shouted sternly on the side.

"Emperor Shizu?" Prince Qing was stunned, looked at Zaifeng, and after finding that he was not joking, he closed his eyes and smiled bitterly.

Emperor Shizu Shunzhi, the first emperor to enter the Great Wall.

However, this merit actually has nothing to do with it. He was only eight years old that year, and the soldiers who fought were the brave and combative Eight Banners soldiers, and the generals who led the troops were the fierce general Dorgon.

Moreover, they just picked up a bargain, and then with the help of cynics, they won over the literati and officials and picked up the world.

"Your Highness, while we are still here... we should make plans early." Prince Qing bowed and left.

At this time, the Eight Banners were no longer useful. Even the banner soldiers of the First Town of the New Army were just some old soldiers with two guns. How could they fight?

The literati... let's not talk about them!

Zaifeng's face turned black and white, white and black again, and finally turned his eyes to his son who was playing with rattles in the corner. He gritted his teeth, turned around and left.

"Dismiss the court!"

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"Go back... well, tell your master that the court is unjust, and Mangui has misled me for many years. As a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, it is better to abandon the dark and join the light as soon as possible." Lin Pingzhi drank tea leisurely.

"Master Lin, this is a gift my master asked me to bring to you. Let's make friends quickly, and also say a few good words for my master in front of Commander-in-Chief Sun..." Ah Fu smiled and handed over a gift list.

"Thoughtful..." Lin Pingzhi flipped through it and nodded casually.

"Ahahaha... Lord Lin, my master said that after the matter is completed, there will be another generous reward, and I will definitely not let you down." Ah Fu saw at a glance that Lin Pingzhi was not satisfied with the offer, and cursed in his heart.

"Heh... Go back and tell your master that I can't help you with this." Lin Pingzhi shook his head.

"Even if... we catch the little emperor?" Ah Fu said.

Lin Pingzhi half-closed his eyes and stared at Ah Fu.

This sentence is very interesting. It can be either offering captives or holding the emperor hostage to control the princes.

He Yuan Gongbao is a treacherous hero!

"The young emperor must abdicate, the nobles must be liquidated, the military must be unified, and all kinds of classics and cultural relics must be well preserved."

"If Yuan Gongbao agrees, the new government will give him a place in the future. If he doesn't agree, then we can only meet on the battlefield."

"This is not a negotiation condition, this is a negotiation premise."

"If he doesn't agree, then don't send anyone. Take this gift list back. If he agrees, donate it when the time comes. If he doesn't agree, I will take it myself."

After Lin Pingzhi finished speaking, he picked up the teacup and didn't drink it. He just looked at Ah Fu.

"Then I'll take my leave first." Ah Fu gritted his teeth and took his leave.

"Hmph! I don't know what you mean." After the people left, Lin Pingzhi threw the letter on the table and drank the tea.

In the letter, you can see the Prime Minister of the Cabinet and a group of high-ranking officials of the revolutionary army who promised to give Sun Zai...

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