The Qing Dynasty

Chapter 385: The Allied Forces’ Conspiracy

Although the chilly night wind blew against the large area of ​​withered yellow gauze tent, making a rustling sound, Teng Yuzhao seemed to hear some different sound.

Seeing Teng Yuzao's sudden action, more than a dozen soldiers in the guard squad had already dispersed and surrounded Teng Yuzao tightly.

At the same time, the rifles on the shoulders of a dozen soldiers were taken in their hands in an instant. With a "clatter", they had loaded the bullets into the chamber and stared nervously at the dark green tent 200 meters away on both sides.

The actions of the guard squad also scared Xu Ting, who was leading the team behind them.

Before they could figure out the situation, Xu Ting waved his hand, and the soldiers of the special guard squadron all held guns in their hands and looked around nervously.

At the same time, the two columns immediately split into two. With a burst of hurried running, the soldiers of the two special guard squadrons quickly ran with guns to the left and right sides of Teng Yuzhao who was surrounded by the guard squad, forming two human walls to cover Teng Yuzhao tightly.

If anything happens, they will immediately protect Teng Yuzao and retreat to a safe place.

Due to the sudden action of the Special Guard Squadron, the soldiers of the Guard Association following behind them suddenly became nervous and could not help but stop. At the same time, under the low and rapid commands of the officers, they held guns in their hands and vigilantly observed the movements around them.

The sudden stop of the team also made Wu Peifu, who was following not far behind, nervous, and he immediately ran over quickly.

Wu Peifu pushed through the outer circle of the Special Guard Squadron and saw Xu Ting also directing the Special Guard Squadron and the guard squad to disperse.

Knowing that it must have been a false alarm that caused the Special Guard Squadron to misunderstand and become nervous, he was about to ask when Teng Yuzhao had already spoken.

"Zi Yu, you've arrived just in time. Listen, there are cavalrymen chasing us from behind. Order the troops to prepare to meet the enemy on the spot."

When Wu Peifu heard that the Allied cavalry was catching up with him, he was startled and subconsciously looked back.

Teng Yuzao pointed to his ears and said, "Don't panic, the foreign devils are still far away. Listen carefully, the ones catching up should be their vanguard. There are not many people, probably about 200."

Wu Peifu then let out a long sigh and listened carefully.

However, Wu Peifu listened carefully for a long time before he could vaguely hear a "boom" sound like dull thunder in the sky amid the noisy sound of the wind blowing the dry leaves in the green tent.

At this time, the sky was still bright with a bright moon and sparse stars, casting a silver glow, even making large areas of green tents two hundred meters away vaguely visible. It was obviously still a clear night.

Since it was not thunder, it must be the sound of cavalry galloping. He couldn't help but look at Teng Yuzhao in surprise.

The wind was against him now, and Teng Yuzao must have heard the sound of cavalry galloping from behind earlier.
Teng Yuzao's hearing was extremely sensitive. Although the wind was against him, his hearing was still much better than Wu Peifu's.

Seeing that Wu Peifu also heard the sound of cavalry appearing behind, Teng Yuzhao said.

"Order the first two battalions to set up an ambush two miles away. Order the last battalion to meet the enemy on the spot. Do not use heavy machine guns. You can arrange for the heavy machine guns to retreat first, and only use volley guns to block the way and strike head-on."

"You have thousands of rifles in this battalion. A single volley of fire will turn these two hundred cavalrymen into sieves. It is more than enough to deal with this small group of cavalry."

"Just drive away the vanguard of the foreign cavalry, and then immediately retreat to the rear of the ambush circle."

"Yes."

Wu Peifu responded and then ordered a staff officer beside him.

"Order Li Zixiong to lead the two battalions in front to run and set up an ambush two miles away as quickly as possible to ambush the foreign cavalry."

Seeing the staff officer and a guard going to pass the message, Wu Peifu hurriedly said, "Marshal, should we notify Mingguang and ask him to lead the two troops in front to stop and wait for us? Or, rush back and join us in fighting the foreign devils' cavalry?"

"No need. We can only teach the foreign devils who are chasing us a lesson. We must hurry on our way. Even if we have to fight and retreat, we cannot be dragged here by the Allied cavalry. Otherwise, we will be easily surrounded by the large Allied forces that are coming."

What Teng Yuzao said was undoubtedly the most correct choice, Wu Peifu pleaded with Teng Yuzao again.

"Marshal, this place is too dangerous. You should hurry to the rear as soon as possible and instruct the two battalions to set up an ambush."

Knowing that Wu Peifu was worried about his own safety, and in order to let Wu Peifu command the battle with peace of mind, Teng Yuzhao did not insist this time, but nodded and said.

"Okay, I'll go to the back right away. Remember, just drive away the foreign devil cavalry. Don't clean up the battlefield. After the battle, immediately lead the troops to retreat as quickly as possible. The foreign devil cavalry is right behind us."

After instructing Wu Peifu, Teng Yuzao turned around and led the special guard squadron, making way for the assembled soldiers and quickly left along the road. The sound of the Allied cavalry's hooves had gradually become clearer at this time, and it could be heard that the Allied cavalry was not galloping like crazy, but just running to catch up, and not chasing at the fastest pace.

"Clap clap clap"

When they were still halfway there, a burst of intensive rifle fire suddenly broke out from behind, and the dull hoofbeats of the Allied cavalry units behind them also stopped abruptly.

More than 200 cavalrymen, chasing the infantry on horseback in the silent night, was tantamount to seeking death. By the time they found more than 1,000 infantrymen blocking their way and in a shooting posture, the two sides were probably only 30 to 40 meters apart.

Faced with the sudden head-on attack by a large number of infantrymen who suddenly appeared in the darkness, the most correct method for the cavalry was to speed up and rush forward.

But under such intensive shooting, even if the cavalry had slowed down, no one could get close, not to mention that they were only moving forward at a fast pace.

More than a thousand infantrymen had no chance of winning against a small number of cavalrymen who did not slow down and were concentrated on a narrow road. These two hundred cavalrymen had no chance of winning at all.

The more than 200 cavalrymen who caught up should be the vanguard troops sent by the main cavalry force of the Allied Forces who wanted to catch up as quickly as possible after discovering that the vanguard army had withdrawn.

These cavalry vanguards were only there to determine the position of the vanguard army, not to attack the pursuing troops.

Not long after Teng Yuzhao arrived at the ambush area with the special guard squadron, Wu Peifu had already rushed over with that battalion, running breathlessly, when Li Zixiong, who was reporting to him respectfully about the deployment of the ambush troops, was treating Teng Yuzhao like a god.

"Marshal, the ones chasing us are more than 200 Japanese cavalrymen. We only fired two rounds of volleys, and all the more than 200 foreign devils and their horses were shot into sieves. Not a single horse escaped."

Although Wu Peifu brought his troops back and even heard the dull sound of horse hooves from a large group of cavalry coming from behind, the Allied cavalry did not catch up with them immediately as Teng Yuzhao had expected. Instead, the Allied cavalry stopped in the area where the battle had just taken place, and seemed to have no intention of continuing the pursuit.

About twenty minutes later, the sound of horse hooves was heard again, but this time it didn't seem to be getting closer. Instead, it seemed that a large group of cavalry were leaving.

About half an hour later, just when Teng Yuzhao was confused about the behavior of the pursuers, he discovered that a small group of Japanese cavalry had abandoned their horses and caught up with him on foot.

Moreover, this squadron of cavalry was stretched out very long, and it looked like they would retreat immediately if they encountered an ambush, and they would run away as far as they could.

Teng Yuzhao couldn't help but sigh, knowing that the Japanese cavalry had already anticipated the possibility of an ambush, so they only used squad-level forces to try to entangle them.

"Zi Yu, we are in trouble."

"The Japanese are very cautious. Our ambush will fail. They just want to delay us."

"But we can't afford to waste time. So, order two battalions to continue to retreat as planned, leaving one battalion behind to defeat this group of Japanese troops with the fiercest firepower, and then quickly retreat to catch up."

"If the Japs are chasing us closely, we should attack them. Otherwise, we will be delayed in our march."

"Yes."

Wu Peifu agreed to convey the order, leaving Li Zixiong's third battalion to cover the retreat.

Then, Wu Peifu also began to accelerate his retreat along with the somewhat disinterested Teng Yuzhao and his special guard squadron, as well as the two battalions of the Guards Association that remained behind.

In the next two hours, the Japanese cavalry that were chasing behind kept closely following Li Zixiong's Third Battalion, which was left behind, with small units, squadrons or company-level units. Even though they were constantly destroyed or defeated by the troops under Li Zixiong's command, they still followed closely behind.

The Japanese army's actions made Wu Peifu so angry that he became a little anxious. He even wanted to stay and let the small Japanese force pass so that he could ambush the large Japanese force behind them.

Teng Yuzhao was also impatient with the abnormal behavior of the Japanese army, but his intuition told him that the Japanese army must be plotting something as they were following closely behind with few casualties.

But the coalition forces are doing this, what kind of conspiracy could this be?

Just when Teng Yuzhao was racking his brains for the solution, Li Jinyu, who was leading his troops in the front, sent someone back with a disturbing news!

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