The 1st Brigade of the French Army held out very hard, after all, the Mongol cavalry was very fast, and in a noisy and smoke-filled battlefield, it was difficult for the front-loading rifles to withstand the suicidal charge of the cavalry. After defeating several rounds of Mongol cavalry charges in a row, the French 1st Brigade gradually became a little overwhelmed. Once the Qing cavalry brigade broke into the phalanx, the Qing army could use the speed of the horses to cooperate with the saber to fight the French in close combat, so that the French army would inevitably suffer huge casualties. Although the Qing army has not been determined to attack, it does not mean that they have no intention of attacking, and the French army urgently needs the assistance of British artillery and cavalry.

However, at this time, the British army was already in a mess, and the commander was lost in a daze, and no matter how strong the army was, it would fall into chaos. Lieutenant General Mitchell is trying to stabilize his troops while sending out cavalry to find the kidnapped Grant. This Mitchell and Montauban's right-hand man is not the same person, one of them is a major general of the French army, and the other is a lieutenant general of the British army, but they just happen to have the same name. After all, most of the names of Westerners are derived from the Bible, and the rate of duplicate names must be very high. Lieutenant General Mitchell is not only a little higher in rank than Major General Mitchell, but also more famous in history, because he is the culprit who led the troops into the Old Summer Palace.

Grant has been tied up into rice dumplings, and the expedited express is about to run to the Yongding River, and Lieutenant General Mitchell's efforts are doomed to be in vain, and in the end he can only take over the command of the British army himself. Commanded the troops to advance to reinforce the French army, and made a detour to the flank of the Qing army, trying to completely annihilate the Qing army and get Grant back.

The French army, which was supported by the British army, immediately stabilized their position, but when they heard that Grant was lost, Montauban's heart overturned the five-flavor bottle. In good conscience, if Grant suddenly had a stroke or something, Montauban would be very happy to hear about it, and the more unlucky the English, the better. But Grant's capture by the Chinese was by no means what Montauban wanted to see. The defeat of a friendly commander will definitely affect the future of the battle, as well as the future negotiations. So Montauban is very cooperative with the British Mitchell, he also wants to get Grant back, and if Grant is rescued by the French army, there will be British Yankees in the future. Although there is no real benefit, the French can pay lip service.

Corinno's attack of the 2nd French Brigade was quite smooth, the main force of the Senggelin was entangled with the 1st Brigade, and Katsubo did not send cavalry to attack and disturb, so Corinno completed the deployment of the troops very easily. The heavy artillery units of the French army poured a dense number of shells on the Bali Bridge position. The Qing army returned fire very violently, but Corinno did not feel any pressure, because the shells flew over his head.

"Private armies and regular armies just can't compare! Katsubo: This is an artillery array! It's spectacular! Before the artillery battle began, Guo Xing'a changed to a place closer to the Bali Bridge, observed Shengbao's position with a telescope, and was immediately shocked by the artillery group of the Qing army.

The 8,000 coalition army had a full 3,000 artillery, which frightened Guoxinga, and the victory of 5,000 people was almost all artillery. The number of artillery pieces concentrated by the Qing army was so large that even the scouts could not be counted, and it was definitely not less than 500 guns. The Qing Dynasty, which did not attach importance to muskets, has always attached great importance to artillery, and the tactics are all artillery bombardment, so how can there be less artillery. Monk Lingqin rarely used artillery before, because after withdrawing from Tianjin, he could not command the Eight Banners, and the artillery was all concentrated in the hands of the Eight Banners in Beijing. Shengbao's subordinates are all Eight Banner soldiers, and this cannon is naturally enough, and you can use it however you want. The dense cannon ports on the position made Guoxing's scalp a little numb.

"Is this the mother's opening salute?" However, as soon as the fight began, Guo Xing'a was about to scold his mother, and hundreds of shells flew over the heads of the French army gorgeously, and fell far behind the French army.

This is going to talk about Shengbao, although Shengbao has been defeated repeatedly, but he is not useless, he is a very good person who analyzes and summarizes. was able to succeed repeatedly, that is, in the previous defeats, he discovered the abnormalities of the Twist Army and some Taiping Army, and then the other party grabbed the medicine, so that he could catch one by one. He hadn't fought with foreign devils before, but the rumors about foreign devils were about to grind Katsuho's ears out of cocoons. The four-word ship is strong and the artillery is sharp, and the land battle naturally has nothing to do with the ship, so Katsuho painstakingly analyzed the artillery of the coalition forces.

This so-called artillery advantage is nothing more than high power, high rate of fire, and long range. With great power and high rate of fire, Shengbao doesn't understand science and technology and can't make up for weapons, but he also has a way, which is to fight quality with quantity. You are ten times more powerful than mine, and I will have one door for you, so that everyone will be evened. You have a high rate of fire, I still have ten guns against you, even if you fire one shot, I will shoot ten shots, everyone is the same. This range is long, and Katsuho has no way to do it, but he still keeps it in mind.

When Corinno and the French Second Brigade pressed up, Katsuho ordered all the artillery to be adjusted to the maximum range, for fear that he would not be able to reach others. However, the French army was mainly equipped with smoothbore guns, that is, it was a little better than the Qing army, and the difference in range was not so big at all. The French army set up positions at the effective firing range, but the Qing army's artillery was at the maximum firing range, and this fight was blind. The French artillery was accurate, and almost every cannon could knock out the Qing army, but the Qing army didn't even hit a bird for a long time, and the artillery became a salute.

The 1st Brigade of the French Army was already in a state of exhaustion, and Monk Greenqin personally came to the front line and began to brew the third charge, preparing to concentrate all his efforts to completely defeat the 1st Brigade of the French Army. But the artillery fire next door is continuous, and Monk Greenqin will inevitably have to look twice, he doesn't know if he doesn't see it, and he is startled when he sees it, and the Shengbao department has been drowned in a piece of artillery fire. Monk Greenqin looked up to the sky and sighed, this is fate! With such two masters, even if he is unlucky, he can only give up the opportunity to get his hands and find a way to rescue Shengbao.

At this time, the British army also intervened, providing support for the French army, and at the same time cooperating with the French army to attack the Bali Bridge. Seeing the Second Brigade of the French Army strolling leisurely, bombarding the Shengbao Department indiscriminately, Monk Greenqin could only accept his fate. Even if Shengbao can resist a little bit and make the second brigade not so easy, Monk Greenqin can kill the first brigade and then rush over, but not now! In addition to the non-stop salute, Shengbao didn't react at all, and he enjoyed it with his eyes. Monk Grinqin must go to his rescue immediately, and there will be no delay for a moment.

Monk Greenqin could only rush the French Second Brigade before it could be charged, and commanded the horse team to intersperse between the French Second Brigade and the British Army, trying to divide the enemy, and then surrounded the French Second Brigade with infantry and the Shengbao Department, and annihilated the French Second Brigade first. This style of play is extremely risky, because there is still the first brigade of the French army in front of Monk Greenqin! Even if the 1st Brigade is still struggling to survive at present, it is difficult to guarantee that the 1st Brigade will not pursue once Seng Lingqin retreats. And even if they don't chase it, after they take a little rest, it is still more than enough to clean up the Ruilin department that is exposed. Monk Greenqin can only use the speed advantage of the war horse to grab time now, and the French army is all infantry moving slowly, so he must fight a time difference.

After the Mongol cavalry of Senglingqin shook off the 1st French Brigade, they had to immediately crush the 2nd French Brigade with a thunderous force. Then, when the French First Brigade was entangled with Ruilin's department, the British army was defeated, and the last three units worked together to encircle and annihilate the French First Brigade. Only in this way can there be a possibility of victory, and if there is a slight mistake, the Mongol cavalry may be surrounded by the coalition forces. Although the odds of winning are not high, it is better than sitting back and watching the victory to be finished, and Monk Greenqin can only fight for his life.

Monk Greenqin also moved out of his family, two thousand Horqin cavalry, which is the descendant of Monk Greenqin's lineage. Their equipment was definitely luxurious among the Mongol cavalry, without bows and spears, and with sabers and flintlock pistols. This is the best equipment that Monk Grinqin can get for his descendants, and the smoothbore flintlock pistol is definitely an advanced weapon in the north, and these flintlock pistols have also played a key role in the key battles in the past. However, if Xing'a was nearby and could see the equipment of these Horqin cavalry, he would definitely persuade the monk to save the province!

Monk Grinqin was able to be invincible with this set of equipment before, because his enemy's equipment was also not good, so he could show the power of the flintlock pistol, and it would be different when he encountered the coalition army. Ordinary bandits are hoes, nail rakes, and dung forks, and they are naturally powerless in the face of flintlock pistols. The Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, when it was best equipped, was a flintlock pistol, and the range of both sides was the same, so Monk Lingqin Youma naturally took advantage. But the coalition forces used rifled guns, and the range was several times that of smoothbore flintlock guns, and the Korqin cavalry simply could not reach them. The gun is not easy to use, so you can only play suicidal charge, and the impact bayonet phalanx is actually better with a spear. It's a pity that Guo Xing'a is too far away, and he didn't see what kind of equipment Monk Greenqin's descendants were, so naturally he couldn't remind Monk Greenqin.

Looking at the narrow passage, Monk Greenqin is also bitter! The frontal width of the Baliqiao battlefield was not enough, and the Mongol cavalry could only charge in a team of 200 to 500 cavalry. The formation was scattered and could not be concentrated at all, and it could not reflect the attack power of the cavalry group charge. Looking at the sons and daughters under his command, shouting loudly, waving his swords, leaning over and charging his horse. Seng Lingqin regretted a little, maybe he shouldn't be a prince, he should be a poor herdsman. If that's the case, at least you don't have to send these people to the slaughterhouse with your own hands and watch them get shot one by one and fall off the horse.

"Wretch!" Goxinga began to pound the grass again, angina! The joy of capturing Grant before also left him, leaving only an unspeakable pain.

As if the artillery shells could not defeat the Mongol cavalry, they seemed to be able to come back from the dead, and then still fight stubbornly. They were even able to rush to a distance of less than thirty meters in front of the enemy's artillery, but the allied artillery fire became denser and more intense, pushing them back one by one, and even turning them into a mist of blood.

When more than half of the Horqin cavalry suffered casualties, the line of the French Second Brigade was loosened, and the stray bullets and arrows flying randomly also caused them more than 100 casualties, and they began to be unable to bear the frenzied cavalry.

"The 15th Punjab Infantry Regiment went to seize the bridge, the artillery covered the 2nd French Brigade, and the cavalry prepared to attack!" Lieutenant General Mitchell arrived before the siege was completed and immediately gave the order to attack.

In the days when there were no machine guns, it was very dangerous for even the most advanced infantry to be besieged by cavalry. All the infantry could do was protect themselves. The best way to defeat the cavalry is to send your own cavalry and achieve victory when the horses are staggered. The French army had no cavalry, so they had been in a position of being beaten passively, and now the British Queen's Guards Dragoons and Sikh cavalry had finally arrived.