C589 A stalemate in the battlefield

"Stop!" "You're actually looking down on this old man so much …" With a loud smack, Li Hongzhang slammed the table in anger. He really couldn't understand, even if this Xiao Letian had a strong army under him, even if he didn't win anything today, how could he possibly insult himself like this?

"You think you can win today? You are only facing a portion of the one hundred thousand Huai Army s, even if it is me, a hundred thousand Huai Army s, it would be nothing more than a wave among a million troops, do you really think you are the invincible general? "

"If the imperial government really wanted to deal with you, there are plenty of ways. With five hundred thousand Xiang Army, a million Green Camp would be able to drown you alive …" What's the big deal about you? However, the long-haired man has just calmed down, and the Twisted Army is not set yet. The imperial government will give you a chance to start anew, so don't treat the benevolence of the imperial court as weakness! "

Xiao Letian turned his head and looked at him, "You should go back to being a proper official. People like you don't have the dreams of becoming a great nation, you're just a guardian dog."

"How dare you!" Li Hongzhang's roar almost caused the two armies to go on a rampage "Great Dream? I know what you're trying to say. Isn't that what I'm trying to say about Xinjiang? "What's wrong with me? There are Gobi Desert Beach, Snow Region Mountain, and so many poor people in Xinjiang. What can I do to protect them?"

"As long as we Chinese defend the Jiayuguan, we will naturally be like Mt. Tai, so what's the use of wasting money and food in this place? Why don't we put our limited money and provisions on the coast? You must know that the foreign military vessel is our most trusted enemy! "

"We will gather the money and build a cannon on the coast. We will buy large cannons on the shore, and as long as we can defend the sea, will the foreigners be able to attack us? Didn't we manage to preserve the most important land in the Great Qing Dynasty? "

Li Hongzhang roared: What am I wrong with this? What's wrong with me! "

"Hahaha …" Xiao Letian laughed wildly and said, "Sea defense? Do you know how to defend the sea? What else can you do other than stack up a few cannons with stones and then buy a few outdated cannons? "Oh right, you guys can still go on being corrupt. You'll need at least half of your manpower to build a cannon embezzlement. Isn't this how the Great Clearance tax you talked about entered your pockets?"

"Of course, you will also buy a few foreign battleship ships to make up for your loss. Although they look extremely mighty and scary, they will only be able to give the imperial government some face …" "You won't buy the latest cannon, and you won't add any new artillery shells. You'll even hang clothes on the cannon …"

"In your eyes, any funding for national defense can be freely embezzled and misappropriated! "You guys would even put sand in the cannonball, all for the sake of earning that little bit of black-hearted money …"

Xiao Letian almost roared out, "In the end, you will lead such a fleet to be sunk under the sea by the weakest enemies, and then the cannons will be destroyed one by one by the enemy armies … There will even be two f * cking foreign armies fighting in the Great Qing Dynasty's land, yet you guys do not dare to interfere at all, and instead remain neutral! "

"Is this your strategy? I despise all of you … "

Li Hongzhang was scolded till he became a fool, his hands started to tremble, pointing at Xiao Letian like he was shaking, "You, you, you …. What are you talking about? 'Could it be that you've lost your mind and gone mad … '

Also, don't blame Li Hongzhang for cursing. Other than him, no one could understand what Xiao Letian was saying, because he was saying things that hadn't happened yet in the future.

Although it would never happen again in the future, Li Hongzhang's attitude towards Xinjiang's rebellion and the Qing Dynasty's habit of thinking, would probably cause history's tragedy to happen again.

Xiao Letian scolded to vent his hatred, but Li Hongzhang was wronged, he had always regarded himself as a loyal official who was capable, and would never admit his wrongs.

"Xiao Letian, you stop right there, what right do you have to sully my innocence? "Tell me clearly …" Li Hongzhang slapped the table hard. If there was a knife in his hand, he would definitely stab a transparent hole in it.

Xiao Letian pointed at the refugees who were cleaning up the wounded soldiers and coldly said, "You have already chased the civilians away to use them as meat shields, what else do you have that you can't do? "You want to be innocent? Tell me where is your innocence?"

With that said, Li Hongzhang's face turned white, he gritted his teeth and said: "That is an urgent matter! If you do not show mercy and do not show mercy, I do not believe that you, Xiao Letian, would not do such a thing if you met a strong enemy. "Don't speak too highly of yourself …"

"Pah …" Xiao Letian spat on the ground, "I wonder if you will have the face to see the previous Saints after your death, I wonder what sort of comment Confucius will give you!"

There are only two paths in front of you Huai Army right now, either to get out of the way or to fight. Don't think that I can't deal with you just because you guys are hiding in the water channel.

The negotiation had reached a stalemate. Li Hongzhang realised that Xiao Letian was as stinky and hard as a rock in a pit. He had already let go of his pride, but he didn't even bother to open the door to the negotiation.

"Xiao Letian! Even if you wanted to rebel, you wouldn't be so domineering! When Wang Mang is not humble... You are seeking your own destruction! "

Xiao Letian strode towards his primary matrix, not even bothering to look back as he waved his hand and said, "If you want to fight, then fight, if you want to leave, then leave, how can you talk so much nonsense! You want to rely on Su Qin Zhangyi's sharp mouth to convince me? Save your energy! "

When Xiao Letian returned to the primary matrix, he sneered and said, "Obviously, they don't even know what we did in Europe. All of you still think that you are a big boss, but I can see the contempt in his eyes, Li Hongzhang is simply looking down on me … "

"This bunch of idiots, if they knew that we have defeated the French in two consecutive battles, and there is even the Austria, I think they would have already rushed over like dogs wagging their tails!"

Molière said from the side, "This is also good. It is because of this time difference that the Prime Minister has room to display his might. This is the result of the low rate of information transmission! "

If the Qing Dynasty listened to Ceng Guofan and the others' opinions, and invested their resources to cultivate a telegraph line that would link the north and the south, then that would be more than enough time to travel from Beijing to Shanghai.

The structure of the earliest telegraph line was very simple. As long as he spent some money to repair wooden poles along the way, he would be able to take the light telegraph line with him. As long as he did not embezzle a telegraph line like this, he would have enough money.

Is this even considered money for Qing Dynasty? The royal family had saved the cost of food from the cost of food. As long as she had this telegraph line, information about Nan Yang would be instantly sent from the south to the capital. As long as Ci Xi's brain was not full of water, she would not be able to initiate the battle against the Tanggu despite knowing that Xiao Letian was victorious in Europe.

The ancient saying was that even if one had to take action, the real war wasn't like this. The real war was always about giving information first. Qing Dynasty who was in decline wouldn't understand this logic, or it could be said that they didn't believe in Western technology at all, and the Thousand Li Sound Transmission Technique was just a myth to them.

Li Hongzhang and Xiao Letian had retreated, and the battlefield had temporarily entered into a deadlock. Although Xiao Letian had provoked Li Hongzhang with his words, telling him to quickly resolve the battle, Li Hongzhang was not stupid enough to think of a way to deal with Xiao Letian's four fast firing spears.

The Huai Army who had launched the sneak attack announced that there were three thousand people, but in reality, there were four thousand five hundred, and one thousand five hundred of them were suspicious soldiers. Li Hongzhang originally thought that with five thousand people, it would be a certain victory in a sneak attack, but he never thought that it would end up like this.

Li Hongzhang did not know how much more ammunition and supplies Xiao Letian's army had left, but he knew that the remaining three thousand people might not be enough. The only thing he could do now was to wait for the reinforcements in the capital.

Since the Huai Army did not move, then the new army should make their move. Wang Huaiyuan had formed a total of three assaults in an attempt to break through the enemy's defense line, but the Huai Army had fully utilized the terrain advantage, using the ditches and woods to assault the new soldiers in a hand-to-hand fight.

The main battlefield was in a deadlock, but on the official road northwest of the battlefield, which was near the Langfang, a torrent of rain and wind was rapidly advancing.

This time, Ci Xi was going all out, for this group of soldiers, one of them was willing to give out 10 taels of silver each. It was a good thing that the treasury of the Empress Dowager Xi was still adequate, if it was any poorer, this battle would not end.

Not only that, but there was also a reward of fifty taels of silver. As long as they won, they would immediately pay it off. Maylor, who was imprisoned in Ministry of Internal Affairs, was also released.

What was even more shocking was that An Dehai had already been sent out to supervise the army. These ten thousand people was his last hope.

The distance from Beijing to Langfang was less than 100 miles. As long as there was no traffic jam and they drove for an hour, they would arrive in the future. If it was the New Army's forced march, it would only take six to seven hours.

However, towards these Eight Flag Masters who were raised in high places, the squadron had to travel for an entire night only to walk half the distance. This morning, the Huai Army and the New Army would start fighting, but the army had yet to see the shadow of the Langfang.

"Aiya, my ancestors! We really can't run anymore... "The whole night, this grandpa has never suffered so much …"

"Exactly, no more running, no more running …" Let the Langfang open fire for us, we have to eat, if we are hungry we can't fight this war! "

"Sure, sure. That grandpa has a bubble in his hand …" "I'll f * cking take out 10 taels of silver to buy it. F * ck, this money is a bastard …"

When the new army and the Huai Army were in a stalemate, the government's reinforcements finally arrived. At this moment, they were not even five kilometers away from the battlefield.

Today, Maylor was going to put on his crime to gain merits. He rode on his horse and galloped back and forth, cursing loudly in the dead snake-like troop, "Everyone get up, f * ck up, everyone get up, now they're not even 10 li away, we can travel in an hour … "I've spent my life raising soldiers for a time, the imperial government is raising you just to look at the situation right now, get out of my sight!"

If Maylor had said something good, perhaps others would listen, but this scolding would not end well, "Fuck your grandmother, Maylor, get the hell down here!" I am also one of the three great lords, and yet you dare to act so arrogantly towards me? You can even drown your grandpa by taking a piss! "

"Brothers, beat him up. This son of a b * tch has already lost his battle and still dares to shout at us, beat him up!"