As the most elite army of the Qing Dynasty, when did they encounter such fierce artillery fire?

With just one round of artillery fire, the offensive troops in the front battalion suffered heavy losses.

The Beiyang Army, who survived by chance, showed a look of panic on their faces. Before they received the order to retreat, they dared not to attack, but could not retreat directly, and looked like they could not advance or retreat.

At this time, the second round of artillery shells hit the battlefield under the even more incredible gaze of the Beiyang Army.

Based on their understanding of artillery, the second round of artillery shells can only be smashed in at least ten seconds. But now it has just two or three seconds passed, which shows how strong the Liaodong Army artillery is.

Although it is not clear how the Liaodong Army did it. However, they were baptized by artillery fire and knew very well that if the violent artillery continued like this, in less than half a minute, the attacking troops of a battalion would be completely blown away.

Ordinary Beiyang soldiers on the battlefield knew this situation, and the solemn look on the Coalition was no exception.

As soon as the violent explosion of the second round of shells reached his ears, the General Secretary, who was also shocked, subconsciously ordered the offensive troops to retreat immediately.

This was not all. After the retreat order was issued, the coordination committee ordered the reconnaissance troops to investigate on both sides of the pipeline, confirming whether there was a small path to avoid the Liaodong Army blocking the troops, and then leading the troops to leave here as soon as possible.

After waiting for ten minutes, the General Administration did not wait for the reconnaissance troops to send good news to him, but instead heard gunfire sounds from both sides of the pipeline.

Without thinking, you can know that the reconnaissance troops you sent encountered the Liaodong Army's troops surrounded by them and exchanged fire.

Sure enough, not long after, the deputy general walked over with a solemn face and reported: "We are surrounded. It is not clear how many people there are in the Liaodong Army, but they are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns. General, what should we do?"

Before the frowning of the General Secretary had time to speak, a battalion manager ran over to report: "General, a man who called himself an imperial guards' standard came to the Liaodong Army's blocking position and wanted to see you, without shoelaces and weapons."

"Imperial Guard!" the General Secretary said to himself with a gloomy face.

Then he immediately ordered: "Bring him over here immediately. Maybe we can know from him what happened in Tongliao City before we came."

After the Imperial Guards brought it over, the General Secretary said everything he had experienced in the past two days before the General Secretary could speak.

After saying that, he directly told the purpose of his coming to the association who was still stunned.

"General Wang, as far as I know, the Liaodong Army has arranged at least five thousand elite troops and two hundred light and heavy machine guns around you."

"In addition, this is not really deadly. The Liaodong Army has arranged 18 heavy artillery, fifty-four field artillery, more than 30 mountain artillery, and at least fifty new artillery that have never been seen in the humble state. These artillery are now facing you. As long as you do not put down your weapons and surrender within half an hour, these artillery will definitely fire immediately."

The General Assembly, who looked shocked and scared, asked with a last touch of hope: "There is really no other way out except surrender!"

Biao Tong shook his head and replied: "We didn't want to surrender like this at that time, and planned to fight. But in the end, there was no gain except for losing hundreds of lives. More than 100 artillery fired together, and more than 200 heavy machine guns were shooting around him. Apart from surrendering, there was no other way to survive. Unless the general was willing to take all the five thousand soldiers under his command and died here."

Seeing that the General Commander still had a hint of hesitation on his face, the General Commander continued to reveal: "Also, the general may not know that the governor of the three eastern provinces, Lord Xu, and the five towns of Fengtian, all surrendered to the Liaodong Army. There are several towns that were captured by the Liaodong Army, and you are not a single one!"

For the Beiyang Army Coordinator, this news was obviously even more explosive, and it crushed his last bit of persistence in the afternoon.

Xu Shichang, who owns five towns of Beiyang Army, surrendered, let alone his own small standard.

Even if the court and the general will hold them accountable in the future, those governors will be responsible and will not be able to implicate themselves.

Thinking of this, the first reaction of the General Secretary was to breathe a sigh of relief, and then command in his most relaxed tone: "Then surrender!"

Once the five thousand Beiyang troops surrendered, the court's hope of regaining Tongliao in a short time would be gone.

When the news reached the capital, the frustrated and angry Cixi wanted to slash Yuan Shikai who proposed to send troops with one knife.

Of course, what Cixi really felt heartbroken was not the 5,000 soldiers who were eliminated and captured by the Liaodong Army, but the large number of weapons and equipment brought by the 5,000 imperial guards. Not to mention, the heavy artillery and field cannons alone were worth 700,000 taels of silver. If you add rifles and light and heavy machine guns, it would be more than one million taels.

These money were saved from their usual expenses by reluctantly giving up, but now they are gone at once. It is absolutely impossible to say that you don’t feel heartbroken or angry.

Compared with Cixi's heartache and anger, Yuan Shikai's first reaction after receiving the news was despair.

Because, he not only received news that the Beiyang Army was destroyed by the Liaodong Army outside Tongliao City, but also received bad news that Xu Shichang, the governor of the three eastern provinces, and the Beiyang Army in the five towns of Fengtian surrendered to the Liaodong Army and Fengtian was occupied by the Liaodong Army.

The five town army, plus the one town army that was blocked by the Liaodong Army, will sooner or later be destroyed by the Liaodong Army, accounted for two-thirds of the Beiyang Army's strength. So many troops can be said to have been formed by himself for half of his body and effort, but now it is gone at once. Yuan Shikai directly had the idea of ​​committing suicide in a dim and dark way.

Fortunately, several aides persuaded Yuan Shikai back in time. Even if they lost the Beiyang Army outside the six towns outside the pass, in the north, the Beiyang Army still had three towns on the surface, and it was the most elite three towns of the Beiyang Army.

In addition, in secret, the imperial guards of the two towns were still obeyed the Beiyang Army. If they were all taken, the Beiyang Army would still be the strongest army in the north of the Qing Dynasty. As long as these troops are guaranteed to be in hand, the imperial court would still be unable to do anything to the Beiyang Army. The Beiyang Army could also use the most elite three town army as seeds, continue to expand the troops, and restore the strength of the nine town army."

After several staff members took turns to persuade Yuan Shikai, he finally felt much better.

However, his face was still gloomy and terrifying. He frowned and said, "This defeat has once again seen the strength of the Liaodong Army, and it is even more certain that there will be a battle between us and the Liaodong Army in the future."

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