Yang Shan held a monocular and looked at the Tenglong Army's position in the distance.
"Sir Governor, that's an iron box opposite."
"Iron box?"
"Could this be the car that Prince Gong was talking about?"
"Didn't Prince Gong say that the Tenglong Empire built cars?"
"That's what they call a car, right?"
"It's incredible, how come Li Jingxiao's brain is so useful?"
"Can the iron box run on its own?"
"Don't make a fuss. Our old Buddha in Shengjing also made an iron box that can run by itself. It's bigger than theirs."
Yang Shan nodded in approval, it really happened.
Wen Bin soon saw movement on the other side.
"Yang Shan, the other side has organized an attack. Quickly order the soldiers to enter combat mode."
"yes."
The Qing Dynasty began to beat drums, and all the soldiers entered the trenches to prepare for battle.
Their trenches were dug so perfunctorily that they could not be called trenches at all.
Ma Zheng ordered artillery to bombard the Qing army's positions.
The Qing army's artillery positions counterattacked as did the US military.
The firepower of the Qing artillery positions was not as good as that of the US artillery positions.
A single bombing raid revealed their position.
After discovering the opposite position, the Tenglong Army's heavy artillery immediately launched a bombardment of the Qing Army's position.
Wen Bin and Yang Shan almost fainted when they saw this.
Their position relies entirely on the artillery positions behind to output firepower.
Now that there was no artillery position, they all became living targets.
"Sir, will you retreat?"
"I finally understand why the US military retreated so quickly. Who can withstand this firepower?"
"Yangshan, there are not many cities behind us. If we retreat further, we will retreat to the capital."
"Sir, there is nothing we can do about it. The brothers we have are all trained hard by the commander, and they are the future of our Qing Dynasty. What should we do if these people suffer any losses?"
"Now it's too late for us to hurry up and ask the commander-in-chief. I'm going to suffer some consequences, my lord."
"Yang Shan, I have decided not to retreat. I will withdraw from Shandong. The Emperor and the Queen Mother will spare my life."
"If I retreat again, I will be ashamed of the trust that the late Emperor Xianfeng placed in me, of the trust that Emperor Tongzhi placed in me, and of the trust that the current emperor and the Queen Mother have in me."
"Sir, you are confused. The green hills left behind are not afraid of not having firewood. We should keep ourselves useful now so that the emperor can have a chance to make a comeback in the future."
"Okay, I've made up my mind and won't retreat."
"Hey, okay, since the Lord has decided, I won't persuade you anymore. I will go to the front to supervise the battle."
Wen Bin nodded.
Wen Bin had followed Ding Baozhen before, and worked with Ding Baozhen to suppress bandits and get promoted.
He is from the Manchuria Zhengbai Banner of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a descendant of the Eight Banners. He is now in his fifties and just wants to protect these last few lands for the Qing Dynasty.
Thinking about how vast the largest territory of the Qing Dynasty was in the heyday of Kangxi and Qianlong, now only the incomplete Heilongjiang, the incomplete Jilin, the incomplete Zhili, the incomplete Uliasutai, and the last complete territory of Shengjing are left.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
"Thud, tug, tug, tug, tug, tug..."
The 200,000 soldiers of the Qing Dynasty were all new recruits in name. In fact, most of the soldiers were Han Chinese or descendants of the Eight Banners with no backing.
The upper echelons are all the Eight Banners disciples with connections, or those former yellow belts, Lord Baylor.
They have lost a lot of privileges now, but they still managed to get positions in the military through their connections.
Zuo Zongtang had no way to eliminate these related households.
This Qing Dynasty was actually the Qing Dynasty of their Eight Banners, and Zuo Zongtang was only a commander in name.
Cixi would not agree to Zuo Zongtang using all Han people. She could not trust the Han people.
These Qing Dynasty troops had never seen such a scene before. The bullets hit the armored vehicles on the opposite side and had no impact on the armored vehicles and tanks.
Even if some of their small guns hit the armored vehicles, they would only cause some shock to the soldiers on the vehicles.
The speed of the armored vehicles and tanks was not affected, and they continued to rumble forward.
Their cannons were destroyed by the Tenglong Army again, and they could only watch as the Tenglong Army approached them.
Many soldiers wanted to run away, but their admiral took the lead in suppressing them.
The heavy machine guns and light machine guns on the armored vehicles fired at the Qing army's battlefield.
It's completely an adult beating up a primary school student, it's not proportional.
The Qing army fell one by one.
After the Tenglong Army rushed into the position and began to massacre, many Qing troops began to refuse to surrender.
Yang Shan came to the command room again.
"Sir, withdraw. It's too late if you don't withdraw. The Tenglong Army is too terrifying. We are no match at all."
After saying that, he pulled Wen Bin back.
Wen Bin pushed Yang Shan away.
"You can go and take away everyone who is willing to leave. I want to live and die with the Zhaozhou position."
Yang Shan wiped away his tears.
"Sir, take care of it!"
After speaking, Yang Shan rushed out.
"Those who are willing to retreat will retreat with me, and those who are unwilling to retreat will live and die with the Governor."
After saying that, Yang Shan started running with his bodyguard.
Wen Bin watched as most of the people retreated with Yang Shan, leaving those who were unable to move.
There are still many people who cannot run away at all. This is a motorized unit.
The Qing army ran in front, and motorcycles and armored vehicles kept chasing behind them.
They are different from the US military. The US military ran early and they missed the best time to escape.
Only those who initially retreated from Yang Shan negotiated on their war horses.
It's not that the Qing army was running out of breath, there were vehicles following closely behind them.
The Dragon Army soldiers laughed at them.
"Run, keep running, I'll see if you run faster or we run faster."
The Qing soldier sat down on the ground and waved his hands, paralyzed by exhaustion.
"No more running, no more running, I'm willing to surrender."
Surrendering Qing troops were staged everywhere, and most Qing troops chose to surrender.
Because this was a civil war, most of the soldiers were Han Chinese or compatriots from other ethnic groups.
Ma Zheng still didn't go too far.
There was no way around the initial charge. After the victory was determined, there was no need to continue the massacre.
Keep as many people as possible. These people will also be a good labor force after they surrender.
Wen Bin saw in the command room that their defeat was certain and drew his sword.
"Master Xianfeng, Emperor Tongzhi, and the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, I'm sorry, Wen Bin is useless. He failed to defend Shandong and Zhaozhou."
"I lost the first portal outside the capital again. I really have no shame in continuing to retreat."
"I once again offered my death to apologize. I hope the late Emperor will forgive me."
"ah!"
"Plop."
Ma Zheng and Li Jingxiao slowly approached the command room.
"The Grand Governor, Deputy Commander, there are Qing officials wearing governor uniforms in the front command room."
"Oh, go over and have a look."
Li Jingxiao took the lead and walked towards the command room. The guards immediately ran over to check for potential safety hazards.
Xiao Yi followed Li Jingxiao closely.
"I know the Great Governor. This is Wen Bin, the governor of Shandong."
"Oh, it's a pity. The governors of Shandong were all talented people, but they were all foolish and loyal. It's not worth dying for the Qing Dynasty."
"Hey, everyone has different values. The Qing Dynasty's more than two hundred years of history has taken root in their hearts, and the Qing Dynasty is their master."
