The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 144 The War Ended Suddenly
After the exasperated British officers shouted and cursed for a long time, these fake British troops began to gather together tremblingly. At this moment, intensive firing of Maxim heavy machine guns suddenly came from the northeast.

The Russian army, which was engaged in a brutal hand-to-hand combat outside the east gate, finally found a breakthrough. The remaining more than a thousand British and Russian coalition forces, as if they had seen a life-saving straw, no longer had the will to fight, and immediately began to flee outward along the breakthrough like a flood.

Hundreds of remnants of the Allied forces who had no time to escape in the encirclement finally threw down their guns in despair. Some knelt on the ground with their hands raised, while others lay on the ground with their hands tightly holding their heads, daring not to move. Dozens of those who were slow to react were immediately stabbed to death by dozens of bloody bayonets.

The fake British troops who had just gathered together saw that the coalition forces they were rescuing had broken out of the encirclement and were running towards them desperately, and chaos broke out again.

Through the telescope, Teng Yuzhao saw that the British officers seemed to want to reorganize their formation and prepare to meet the remnants of the Allied forces who had escaped. However, with two sharp whistles, these fake British soldiers were not so lucky this time. Two shells fell very accurately into the ranks of more than a thousand fake British soldiers. The violent explosion instantly blew dozens of frightened British soldiers into pieces.

Although these two violent explosions did not kill or injure many fake British soldiers, the actual power generated by the two shells was astonishingly great. The large group of fake British soldiers immediately stopped listening to the officers' shouting and scolding, and they scattered like ant nests poured into boiling water.

These confused fake British troops turned around in unison and, like frightened rabbits, spread their legs and ran quickly towards the Haihe River in the southeast, leaving dozens of stunned British officers behind. Many of these fake troops who were running for their lives even dropped their rifles in order to run faster.

The cavalry camp had just arrived outside the east gate and had not even had time to form a team. Under the command of Xue Qian and Su Xilin, they rode their horses towards the fleeing 2,000-plus coalition troops.

The cavalry battalion ran faster and faster, and soon bypassed the vanguard of the assault brigade that was chasing the coalition forces relentlessly. With the thrilling sound of iron hooves, it pierced into the madly fleeing coalition forces like a sharp sword. The soldiers rode their horses forward, riding their horses and slashing with their swords among the coalition forces.

The charge from the cavalry battalion caused the fleeing coalition forces to become even more chaotic. Under the hacking and killing of the assault brigade that followed, many people left the official road in panic and began to flee in all directions across the fields.

The outcome of the battle outside the east gate had already been decided. Teng Yuzao no longer had the heart to watch the battle, but instead quickly turned his telescope towards the battlefield in the northeast.

"Da da da", the fighting on the battlefield there was also very fierce, and even now, the sound of heavy machine gun fire can still be heard.

In the field of view of the telescope, more than a hundred Allied cavalrymen in gorgeous uniforms had given up the attack and began to turn their horses' heads and retreat quickly to the east. In front of the position of a group of blocking troops, more than 400 war horses and the corpses of more than 500 cavalrymen were left behind, and dozens of other war horses were running wildly in the surrounding wilderness and fields.

The battle here came quickly and ended suddenly. Hundreds of cavalrymen hit their mark. Under the intensive fire of more than 20 Maxim heavy machine guns, they were almost wiped out in just a few minutes and had to withdraw from the battle.

Such a result was inevitable, and Teng Yuzhao was not surprised by it. As long as the blocking troops did not panic during the cavalry charge, with so many heavy machine guns, the cavalry troops would not be able to get any advantage.

Although the outcome of this infantry vs. cavalry battle was within Teng Yuzhao's expectations, he was still a little surprised that the famous Cossack cavalry had surrendered in such a shameful way!

The reason why Teng Yuzhao determined that these cavalrymen were Cossack cavalrymen was because this group of cavalrymen had two obvious characteristics.

Among all Western cavalry units, the Cossacks have always been known for their gorgeous clothing.

Moreover, judging from the number of cavalrymen, Teng Yuzhao could not only determine that this cavalry unit was Cossack cavalry, they should be organized as a regiment, and they were also affiliated with the Russian Far East.

For some unknown reason, the Tsarist Russia's cavalry organization in the Far East consisted of only six cavalry companies, with a total of more than 600 people, including the cavalry directly under the regiment headquarters. The Cossack cavalry in other regions was organized into seven companies, with a regiment of more than 700 people.

Although this group of Cossack cavalry retreated immediately after hitting a wall, there were still some infantry behind them, and Teng Yuzhao was still very concerned about the whereabouts of this coalition force.

After joining forces with more than 500 infantrymen, the more than 100 retreating Cossack cavalry did not stay for too long, but quickly retreated to the southeast.

This was the most dangerous battle fought by the Vanguard Army since its establishment, and of course it was also the battle with the greatest results. It can be called the greatest victory in history.

But this battle made Teng Yuzhao both happy and a little dissatisfied.

Needless to say, the reason for his happiness was that what made Teng Yuzhao somewhat dissatisfied was that after Liu Shijiu chased the remnants of the Allied Forces across the river, he probably still felt unsatisfied. Apart from leaving behind two patrols and one regiment who followed the assault brigade to pursue the fleeing enemy and clean up the battlefield along the way, he himself led the already killing-crazy assault brigade, Pan Jinshan's Wuwei Vanguard Army, and the remnants of Wang Decheng's Boxers. Not only did he not ask for instructions, but he also did not report the decision in a timely manner after making it, and he took advantage of the situation to charge into the eastern area of ​​the Russian Concession.

The concession of Tsarist Russia in Tianjin was divided into two parts, East and West, with the Laolongtou Railway Station as the boundary. Its area exceeded that of the British Concession, the largest foreign concession in Tianjin.

Strictly speaking, the so-called concession of the Russians in Tianjin at that time could not be considered a Russian concession, because it was unilaterally announced by the Russians after they unilaterally occupied it this year. It did not receive the consent of the Qing court, nor the recognition of Yu Lu, the Governor-General of Zhili.

The so-called Russian Concession, in addition to a large piece of land west of Laolongtou Station that had been occupied by the Russian army, also expanded southward from Laolongtou Railway Station along the Haihe River to farms south of Dazhigu.

Historically, it was after the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and probably before the end of the year, that Tsarist Russia forced the Qing court to recognize the signing of the treaty. Even after the Russians occupied the Laolongtou Railway Station with their armed forces, they also included the railway station in the Russian concession.

Because the Russian army occupied the Laolongtou Railway Station, it caused strong dissatisfaction among the British. After that, through negotiations between Britain and Russia in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg, and mediation by Germany and the United States, Russia gave up the Laolongtou Railway Station and the avenue leading to the Laolongtou Station and returned them to the Qing government.

Now, since the Russians have just occupied this place by force, the so-called Russian concession is still like a field village in the north, without any trace of a foreign concession.

Teng Yuzhao, riding his big white horse, was patrolling on the battlefield under the protection of the guard squad. It was two hours after the end of the war.

As messengers kept coming back to report on the battle situation, Teng Yuzhao had already known clearly the situation of the remaining enemies in the pursuit. After receiving Liu Yuzhi's report that Liu Shijiu had led his men to charge into the Russian-occupied area, Teng Yuzhao had no choice but to order Liu Yuzhi to take two sentries and charge into the eastern part of the Russian-occupied area from the north to support the assault brigade to prevent Liu Shijiu from suffering losses.

The coalition forces in the northeast were probably worried about being pursued by the vanguard army, so they retreated decisively and quickly. The personnel who had just been sent out to investigate had reported that this group of infantry and cavalry, which consisted of only a few hundred people, had already retreated all the way to Dagukou. Because the direction of the breakthrough point was released, the direction of the coalition forces' escape outside the East Gate was restricted. The Russian troops who rushed out did not flee back to the Russian Concession, but fled all the way to the French Concession on the other side of the river with the fake British troops who rescued them.

According to the battle report sent back by Xue Qian, under the full pursuit of the cavalry battalion and the assault brigade, scattered coalition forces were continuously killed or captured along the way, and when they reached the pontoon bridge by the river, there were less than a thousand people left.

The more than 1,000 remnants of the Allied forces were able to retreat across the river with the support of two Hotchkiss heavy machine guns of the French army on the opposite bank.

Even so, hundreds of the remnants of the coalition forces were squeezed into the water as they scrambled to cross the pontoon bridge.

However, on the battlefield outside the east gate, including the section of road where Teng Yuzhao asked Wu Peifu to inspect the pursuit of the remnants of the Allied Forces, there were many Allied Forces who were suspected to have been killed after being seriously injured, because these people often had more than two fatal wounds on their bodies.

Among these Allied officers and soldiers suspected to have been killed, there were not only Russian soldiers, but also fake British soldiers, and some soldiers from the Weihaiwei Huayong Battalion. It can be seen that the murderous assault brigade, the Wuwei Front Army, and the Boxers did not show mercy to the officers and soldiers of the Huayong Battalion just because they were Chinese.

Although this battle wiped out about 3,000 British and Russian coalition forces, it did not capture any seriously wounded prisoners, and even captured very few prisoners. Only the battalion of a regiment that rushed all the way from west to east captured more than 200 counterfeit British soldiers and authentic British officers, as well as more than 200 soldiers of the Chinese Regiment.

The assault brigade, the Boxers, and the Wuwei Vanguard Army, which chased the remnants of the Allied Forces all the way to the river, did not capture a single prisoner. Instead, the cavalry battalion sent back more than 300 Russian and hundreds of British prisoners.

However, among the prisoners in the cavalry battalion, there was not a single seriously injured one.

Teng Yuzhao no longer cared about these abnormal phenomena. After such a big battle, especially the assault brigade fighting two consecutive battles and then chasing the fleeing enemy with all their might, they were blood-thirsty and could not stop. This was understandable.

This time, Teng Yuzhao was not going to hold accountable anyone for violating military orders and blatantly killing prisoners, or even for disobeying orders and doing things their own way.

Teng Yuzhao not only did not intend to pursue Liu Shijiu's unauthorized entry into the concession, he would not even try to persuade him.

At least, he won't show up in person.

Liu Shijiu and his Qianzi Regiment had just joined the Vanguard Army. The former training army soldiers accounted for a large proportion of the Vanguard Army. They had only joined the Vanguard Army not long ago. It was inappropriate for them to overemphasize certain military orders and disciplines that were irrelevant to the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Besides, Teng Yuzao didn't think that Liu Shijiu would cause any trouble in the eastern part of the Russian-occupied area. There would definitely not be a single Russian businessman or civilian there, only Tsarist Russian soldiers.

Of course, there wouldn't be much money to be made there, which was why Teng Yuzao had no intention of attacking the eastern part of the Russian-occupied area.

In short, apart from encountering a small amount of resistance from Russian troops, Liu Shijiu will not be in any danger or trouble.

However, it is not impossible to persuade Liu Jiujiu privately through Wu Peifu, and the effect may be better.

For some reason, Liu Shijiu, who was fearless, valued his student very much and listened to his words.

"Hahaha, this battle is such a fucking pleasure!"

From a distance, Liu Shijiu's hearty laughter could be heard.

Teng Yuzhao looked and saw that among the troops who had returned one after another after cleaning up the battlefield along the way, carrying a large amount of captured weapons, ammunition and other military supplies, Liu Shijiu, Pan Jinshan and Wang Decheng all came back riding tall war horses in high spirits.

There were looks of joy on the faces of the three men. There was no trace of frustration on the faces of Pan Jinshan and Wang Decheng, who had just suffered a great defeat.

It seems that not only did they defeat the coalition forces thoroughly and avenge their previous humiliation, but the three of them also formed a deep friendship in this battle.

What surprised Teng Yuzao was that behind them, there were hundreds of various vehicles, including horse-drawn carts and donkey carts, all of which were filled with boxes of weapons and ammunition and many bags that should be filled with rice.

All these vehicles were moving very slowly, and one could tell at a glance that the supplies on board were quite heavy.

The soldiers of the assault brigade following on both sides, as well as Pan Jinshan and Wang Decheng's men, all looked exhausted, but they were all in high spirits. Almost every soldier was holding a piece of black bread, or food that looked like cheese or sausage, and while eating, they were also talking and laughing excitedly. Bursts of hearty laughter could be heard from time to time in the team.

Teng Yuzhao hurriedly jumped off his horse and walked a few steps to greet him. When the three men saw Teng Yuzhao coming to greet them, they also hurriedly dismounted. Pan Jinshan and Wang Decheng both trotted to Teng Yuzhao and saluted.

Pan Jinshan did not salute Teng Yuzhao, but like Wang Decheng, he clasped his hands together and bowed deeply to Teng Yuzhao.

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