Chapter 230: Mulan Autumn Hunt

One of the biggest fracture points in modern Chinese history, the Battle of Bali Bridge came to an end, and Guo Xing'a waved his little wings a few times, although it changed the course of the war, but it still could not change the outcome of the war. The Anglo-French forces still won a decisive victory, and the Qing Dynasty once again lost all their possessions.

The Coalition captured 27 guns of various calibers, including a 17th-century Dutch-cast naval gun, as well as a large number of tubes, muskets, broadswords, spears, and other weapons. There were also thousands of quivers full of them, but they would only serve as fuel for the campfires in the coalition camp for the next few days.

Historically, the French lost 12 dead and 18 wounded, while the British lost 2 dead and 29 wounded. This time, the monk made great progress, and the coalition forces lost a total of 53 killed and 74 wounded. However, this number of wounded is only the incapacitated wounded, and some minor injuries that are not major are not counted. If you count the ultra-lightly wounded, the number of wounded in the coalition forces would be a staggering 1,600. It is a great irony that the arrows of the Mongol cavalry hit more than 1,600 people, but only pierced their skin, and no flesh was hurt. I don't know how Genghis Khan, who shot the eagle eagle with a bow, would feel in the face of this result.

The Qing army lost the Bali Bridge on land and water, and the loss of soldiers and equipment was also very huge. Ruilin's troops were almost wiped out, only his own battalion and a small number of green battalion soldiers were still with him, and there were less than a thousand frightened birds left in the more than 10,000 army. Less than a thousand of the rest were annihilated by the coalition forces, and most of them fled to the countryside. There are more than 9,000 people in the Shengbao Division, and less than 6,000 have been evacuated to Beijing, of which less than 1,000 have died bravely, and the biggest gap is that more than 2,000 people have been lost.

The worst is the monk Lingqin, when he returned to Jingshi, there were only seven horsemen left around him. I don't know if he and Shengbao don't agree, in short, there is a place for Shengbao, and Monk Greenqin will definitely be unlucky. On the way back to the division, he happened to run into the coalition forces that were chasing Katsubo before, and the British cavalry brigade behind also caught up. The Mongol cavalry, who mistakenly thought that they were in a heavy siege, were suddenly in chaos and were scattered by the British cavalry. Thousands of troops were scattered, soldiers could not find generals, generals could not find soldiers, and everyone could not find Seng Greenqin, so Monk Greenqin could only retreat to Beijing with an army of seven people.

In the battle of Bali Bridge, the Mongolian cavalry lost more than 1,200 people and more than 2,000 were wounded. However, the remnants are scattered all over the place, hundreds of riders, thousands of riders, running everywhere, and it is difficult to gather for a while. For three days after the battle, the scattered Mongol cavalry could not get any supplies, so they had to disperse again to forage for food. By the time Seng Lingqin tried to take them in, only 12 out of 10 people could be found, and many of the others had gone back to their hometown in Mongolia to eat. The officials in various places were very righteous towards these scattered troops, and did not give them a grain of food, and the defense against them was stricter than that of the Anglo-French army, forcing these people to flee back to Mongolia.

The report of defeat was transmitted back to the center that night, and in Fuhai, Yuanmingyuan, accompanied by Yi Guifei and others, Emperor Xianfeng, who was enjoying the scenery on a cruise ship, heard the news of the defeat of Seng Lingqin, and almost jumped directly into Fuhai. Xianfeng ran back to the Old Summer Palace in the name of preparing for the expedition, and the reason why he was still in the mood to have fun with his wife and concubine was that he firmly believed that Monk Greenqin would win. Unexpectedly, what I was waiting for was the news of the defeat, and it was so badly defeated.

When Xianfeng was still immersed in shock, the sound of hula footsteps had already sounded on the shore, and a large number of pro-noble ministers and close attendants such as Yixin, Sushun, Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Du Han hurried over. The grizzled monks Grinqin and Ruilin were also among them, and even Shengbao, who was said to have almost died of serious injuries, also followed, but he was covered in gauze, and if Guo Xing'a was there, he would definitely be a mummy.

"Your Majesty, slaves and other sins deserve death, so I have come to ask for the guilt of Long Live Lord!" After everyone gave the salute, Monk Lingqin, Ruilin, and Shengbao did not get up, and continued to kneel and plead to Xianfeng.

"It's come to this, what's the use of talking about it!" Xianfeng's whole person was depressed, and he waved his hand to let the three of them get up.

"It's not easy for you!" Xianfeng focused his attention on Shengbao this time. First of all, Shengbao's appearance is too amazing, and secondly, he is the strongest in his hands now, and Xianfeng naturally has to take a look at it. Looking at Shengbao's gauze, Xianfeng nodded bitterly, and ordered someone to move a chair for Shengbao, and Shengbao sat down after repeatedly thanking him.

"How should the situation be managed?" Xianfeng frowned and looked at the ministers.

"Your Majesty, although the foreign devils succeeded for a while, but the total number of people is only 10,000, and I have a large number of soldiers in the Qing Dynasty, so I can immediately issue another holy decree, and then select and transfer elite cavalry from various Mongolian departments to make a final fight with the foreigners under the city of Beijing." Yi Xin has been fighting hard, and now although the situation is bad, he is still determined to fight.

"I'm afraid that the far water can't catch the thirst of the near!" Zaiyuan felt a little bottomless in his heart, and he stopped shouting and shouting to kill.

"Your Majesty, there are nearly 10,000 elites in the Gu'an Guoxing Division, which is enough to resist for a while, and when the troops of King Qin from Mongolia and various places arrive, they can gather and annihilate Yangyi!" Du Han no longer supports Su Shun this time, the foreign devils have all hit the doorstep, and no matter how big the matter in Jiangnan is, it is not a problem.

"Long live Lord, this proposal is feasible, Guoxinga has always been loyal and brave, and he has asked for war several times before, and when this crisis occurs, it is the time to enable Guoxinga!" Su Shun also defeated yesterday's self and agreed to use Guoxing'a, and Guoxing'a would resist the coalition forces and guard Beijing's city defense.

"Guoxinga has a prominent reputation in Jiangnan and can be called a famous general. And its department is good at firearms, which has also been mentioned in the previous reports about the Guoxing Asuo Department in various places, and the elders of Yangyi are also firearms, and the two may be comparable! Yi Xin never cared about Guo Xing's impeachment of Nima Shan and piggybacking on him, in his eyes, Guo Xing'a was too small, and he was implicated because Xianfeng wanted to clean him up, and he had nothing to do with others at all.

Listening to everyone's opinions, Xianfeng quickly coiled up the rosary in his hand and thought about the final deployment. Will Goxinga do it or not? Before, he trusted Seng Gelinqin very much, and the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army was also very powerful, and in the end, he was not exterminated by Seng Gelinqin. But this time Seng Lingqin lost too badly, will Guoxinga be stronger than Seng Greenqin?

When Xianfeng was thinking, everyone didn't dare to make a sound, but the faces of Shengbao and Seng Lingqin were not good-looking. Monk Greenqin thought a lot, this time the Mongolian cavalry under his command was already the most elite group of people in Mongolia, and who could be picked out if he was selected. And even this group of people has been defeated, how can the newly transferred people have a chance of winning. The rifled guns and artillery of the coalition army were too sharp, and the infantry of the Qing Dynasty was no match at all. The British cavalry was also stronger than the Mongol cavalry, and their tall horses were extremely fast and very skillful in fighting. The most important thing is that cavalry can not only ride horses, there are too many things to be trained, and the Mongol cavalry is too untrained. It is useless to transfer Mongolian soldiers over again, and the huge all-round gap between the two armies cannot be simply made up for by being born with more courage and daring to fight. Besides, with teammates like Katsuho and Ruilin in the way, even if Genghis Khan's iron cavalry is resurrected, I'm afraid it won't help.

Katsubo's face was also very bad, but he was worried about something else. He came back much earlier than Monk Grinqin and Ruilin, so he communicated with all the important ministers. With the current situation, he has the most troops in his hands, and he is the only combat force that Beijing can rely on, and he will inevitably be the main defense of this Beijing division. And Monk Lingqin threw his face to his grandmother's house this time, and he didn't have the face to come out and toss again. In the future, the army of princes from all walks of life will arrive, and Shengbao, a hero who was honorably wounded in the first ranks, will definitely be the commander of the army in full name. However, Guo Xing'a is coming, but it's hard to say, although the level and age of Shengbao are higher than Guoxing'a, but Guoxing's hands have more than 10,000 people. Moreover, Guoxing'a is quite famous, and he has a lot of achievements, while Shengbao has almost no record of success. If he gives Guoxing'a a few more small victories, Shengbao will definitely not be able to suppress him, and it will be difficult to say who will kill the commander of King Qin's army in the future.

"What do you think?" Xianfeng didn't know how capable the coalition army was, so he asked the opinions of Seng Lingqin, Shengbao, and Ruilin.

Ruilin didn't even look at the appearance of the coalition army carefully, so naturally Ai Ai couldn't say why. Shengbao didn't want Guoxing to come, but this moment did not allow the army to defend Xianfeng in the future, so he had to pay great attention to the language, and if he made a mistake, his future career would be ruined. Shengbao and Ruilin didn't come forward without squeaking, so they naturally pushed the problem to Monk Greenqin, who sighed and was the first to stand up.

"Long live Lord, I am afraid that it will be difficult to quench my thirst from far away in the distant water. Moreover, the Yangyi firearms are extremely sophisticated, and it may be difficult to achieve results unless they are besieged by a large army. Although Gu'an Guoxinga is quite a famous general, most of his army is self-recruited to train the villagers, which is embarrassing and embarrassing, but it is a waste of loyal people. It was autumn at the moment, and the slave Qi invited the long-lived lord to go to the Mulan paddock for autumn hunting according to the ancestral system. "Monk Greenqin is now willing to cut his body, he has nothing, and he doesn't care about being scolded anymore.

"Shechen, Yan Song!" As soon as Monk Greenqin's words fell, someone behind him was already scolding.

"Now that Yangyi is approaching Gyeonggi, the emperor has no owner in the temple of Beijiazezong, and it is inevitable that the people's hearts will be afraid and the army's hearts will be shaken. Besides, rebellion is rampant in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are bandits in Hubei and Henan, if they take advantage of the situation to enter, will the world be in chaos. Pan Zuyin jumped out again, last time he was the one who scolded the monk Greenqin the hardest, and this time he had to beat the water dog.

"Your Majesty, the main elite of Guoxing's department, that is, less than 2,000 people he brought back from Jiangnan, and he lost a lot in Shandong. At present, these more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are just a rabble that he temporarily pulled up, and I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the battle. The Yangyi soldiers are brave and martial, and the equipment is extremely sophisticated, which is by no means comparable to the rebellion and bandits that Guoxing'a dealt with in the past. Shengbao ignored Pan Zuyin's scolding of Monk Greenqin, and hurriedly came out to oppose the transfer of Guoxing'a into Beijing, and specifically mentioned that Guoxing'a had also suffered losses at the hands of the bandits, and his actual combat strength was not enough.

The ministers became lively all of a sudden, and the main battle scolded, and the milder ones had to refute a few words. Those who advocate avoidance say that the situation is tense and Xianfeng cannot be in danger. The two gangs did not give in to each other, and the quarrels and shouting were endless, and even old acquaintances like Du Han and Su Shun were blushing and thick-necked.

"Yuting, what do you say?" In the end, Xianfeng still asked Su Shun directly, and at this time, Xianfeng was more willing to listen to Su Shun's opinion.

"Long live the Lord, move to Chengde!" Su Shun said firmly.

"Alright! All right! Xianfeng nodded and let out a long sigh.

The three ministers who participated in the war were all opposed to a decisive battle, and the main battle faction also lost their confidence, and persuaded Xianfeng a few more words, and finally could only act according to the order. In the early morning of the second day of the defeat of the Bali Bridge, Emperor Xianfeng took his concubines and important ministers out of the back gate of the Old Summer Palace and went to Mulan for autumn hunting. And no one in the Qing Dynasty knew that Bali Bridge was still fighting, and it was more intense than that of Monk Greenqin, because the main force of Guoxing'a had arrived.