Mitchell is much less able to see the bigger picture than Grant, but he stands out for his ability to improvise. Although he didn't understand much about what the Bagua Array was, like Vincent, he at least recognized the reality, and those who went in couldn't come back. And if you can't calculate it clearly, there's no point in sending someone to save it. Therefore, he decisively gave up the rescue and asked the trapped troops to break through, and he chose the third way - attacking it must be saved, and using the method of encircling Wei to save Zhao to solve the problem.

The area of the Three Mountains and Five Gardens is very vast, and Haidian Town is the official road, but it is not the only road. The British army began to be in front of Haidian hard steel, with the idea of repelling the Gu'an army in one fell swoop, wanting to avoid continuing to fight with the Gu'an army after breaking into the Old Summer Palace, but now it is not possible to go sideways.

The main force of the British army, which is nearly 4,000 people, is currently trapped by the Bagua Array of about 1,800 people, and half of the troops can be mobilized. Mitchell planned to make a desperate gamble on the rest of the people, break into the Old Summer Palace from the left flank through the line of Liulangzhuang and Kunming Lake, and attack the Bagua Array from behind, forcing the Gu'an Army to voluntarily abandon the Bagua Array and rescue the trapped British troops inside. Mitchell decided to personally lead his army to Rokulangzhuang, with Vincent in the rear, ready to meet the troops who escaped from the Bagua Array.

"I always thought that we were defeated because our weapons and military systems were inferior to yours, but it seems that they can already be equal to you, and even have a good chance of defeating you. I can't figure out why, can you tell me? After Mitchell dispatched the troops to leave, Guo Huaya, who rubbed her face for a while, chatted with Vincent, who had nothing to do except worry.

"I don't know, in the analysis of normalcy, your backward weapons and primitive military system have absolutely no possibility of defeating modern armies, but these strange people in front of you have done it. Of course, their guns are not backward, but more advanced than what we use, and it is only the artillery that is lagging behind. For a long time, artillery has been considered the god of war, and can often play a role in shaping the tide of battle, so it is also very remarkable that they can defeat our advanced artillery with backward artillery. I've thought about your problem, and I think it's a human problem. There is no shortage of valiant warriors from other units of your country that I have met before, but they are only valiant in their hearts. But the unit in front of you is very different, they are not only heroic, but they are also very intelligent and have very advanced knowledge. And their commander was clearly superior, he was a learned brave man, and even if he commanded an army that used wooden clubs as weapons, he could still defeat a powerful enemy. Vincent was also frightened by the gossip array, otherwise he would never have said such a thing, but after he finished speaking, he felt a little uneasy. Because in the summary just now, he seemed to feel something unusual, but he didn't catch it in a flash.

"A generation of famous generals!" Hearing Vincent's summary, Guo Huaya nodded again and again, and names like Qi Jiguang and Huo Quzhi kept flashing in her mind. But he got one thing wrong, Vincent wanted to express a command group, and Guo Huaya understood it as a person.

The cannon is still the cannon of the Qing Dynasty, and the people are still the people of the Qing Dynasty, but they have won a battle that all the armies of the Qing Dynasty have not fought. Guo Huaya's heart is a little up and down, the ancestors have left countless treasures to the Chinese nation, and the war books can be described as full of sweat. But how can it seem that the army of the Qing Dynasty has been doing it brutally all along, not to mention the profound tricks, the mysterious formation strategy, and even the entry-level tactics like the thirty-six tricks have forgotten a clean one. Whether it is a well-educated person who is familiar with military books, or a famous general who has been on the battlefield for a long time, they all roll up their sleeves and do it, without any skills at all. In the end, they seemed to gradually remember the thirty-six strategies, but only one of them walked up, and each one ran faster than a rabbit.

"The same cannon! Who are they? Guo Huaya, as one of the people who also rolled up her sleeves and did it, can only look up to the sky and sigh now.

"Cannon?" Vincent had found that same feeling.

"My God, hurry up and inform General Mitchell and withdraw quickly, this is not their main force at all!" Vincent almost bit his tongue off, threw Guo Huaya down, and ran out while yelling.

Vincent finally found the key point this time, and that was artillery. They had fought several times with the Ghost Army, and the Ghost Army's artillery was very advanced, although there were not many heavy artillery, but it still left a deep impact on the British army. Moreover, the Ghost Troops are extremely capable of learning, and they can quickly master the application skills of captured artillery. During the attack on the British baggage troops and the second battle of Bali Bridge, they both used captured Armstrong field guns. However, in the current battle, except for the antique cannons of the Qing army, the ghost troops have not even tried their commonly used field artillery, which is obviously unreasonable. The only possible explanation is that the Ghost Troops, who have mastered the main force of these advanced artillery, are not here.

It was also the first time that the Gu'an Army dispatched a large number of large-caliber artillery, and the scale of firepower was greatly improved, and the British army was suppressed at once. Therefore, the British army, which had been fighting fiercely for a long time, was always thinking about the number and power of artillery, but forgot about the variety of artillery. And if you think about it, the strength of the ghost force is not right, the coalition forces estimate that the strength of the ghost force is between five thousand and eight thousand, and the enemy in front of it is only three or four thousand at most, and the ghost force must still have an ambush.

Ambush warfare has also always been a signature dish for ghost troops, and they always pop up in places you never thought possible, just like this time no one would expect to meet them in the Old Summer Palace. The battle has been going on for a while, and there have been no reinforcements, but that doesn't mean they're alone. According to the usual style of the ghost troops, it is worth thinking about whether there is anyone behind the British army now, and there will be ambushes without reinforcements.

But no matter how fast Vincent ran, it was too late. Guoxing'a, who is sitting in Qingyan in Kyushu, began to ponder various routines on the sand table two hours ago. And just as Vincent was worried, Guo Xing'a was really thinking behind the back of the British army, and Cao Meng had already led a battalion of cavalry infantry to the back of the British army, but he hadn't waited for a good opportunity to attack.

Mitchell was also unlucky, he thought that the relatively weak Rokurozhuang was precisely the place where the army was the most abundant. The defensive area of the 1st Regiment and the 2nd Regiment was about the same, but behind the 2nd Regiment was the huge Kunming Lake, so the forces were more concentrated. Moreover, the location of Liulangzhuang is also a central point of the defense line of the entire Gu'an Army, and it can be supported by other departments at any time. At the same time, because the direct troops were near Wanshou Mountain, although Ji Ying did not collect artillery like Bi Yuntao, the artillery strength was stronger.

"The rain is playing well! This gossip array also reminded us how many good things our ancestors left us! Don't let foreign devils gain the upper hand for a while, just think that foreign devils are better than ours, and they have their own strengths. While we are developing science and technology in the future, we must not lose the things left by our ancestors, and we must be inclusive. Showing old age, as soon as the war is over, you immediately arrange people to sort out all kinds of military books and war books in ancient and modern classics. We must also study and study and combine these treasures left by our ancestors with our new tactics. Yulai not only fought well this time, but also showed us the way and gave him a great credit! Guo Xing'a deduced the battle situation on the sand table, and praised Bi Yuntao's beating.

"Huh!" Everyone who accompanied Guo Xing'a bowed down one after another, and Tan Shaoguang looked at the sand table and fell into deep thought.

"Ji Ying may not have the ability to come to the rain! Let the artillery battalion come out in front of it and support the 2nd Regiment. Tell Bo Ritu to be on standby at any time, and once Changlu's side is sure that the British army is in danger alone, he will immediately mobilize and leave them all here. We have been trying to find a way to disperse the forces of the foreign devils, and if they really send them to the door themselves this time, it will be a godsend, and we must not miss it. Even if it can't be completely annihilated, at least the British army will be disabled! Guo Xing'a and others had long found out that the British army had less than 4,000 troops, and they just couldn't believe that it was not enough. Guo Xing'a is an expert in playing tricks to lure the enemy, and he is also afraid that he will meet ghosts when he walks too much at night, and he is worried that the French army is hiding nearby and preparing to sneak attack him, so he does not dare to invest all his troops, otherwise the British army would have been annihilated a long time ago, and the strength of the Gu'an army is more than twice that of the British army.

By the time Goxinga dispatched his troops, Mitchell had already run a few miles and launched an attack on the Liulangzhuang defensive line. The war was also as Guo Xing'a expected, very uneventful. There is no grand scene of the artillery array here, and there is no mysterious deduction of the gossip array, Ji Ying and Mitchell are like two rough men, and they each other without any skills.

"Tuanzuo, a Tuanzuo has been commended by the general order, and it is a great achievement. Let's fight like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to play well! Jin Xi saw that Bi Yuntao had received the award, and began to be anxious for Ji Ying.

"You kid know the gossip array?" Ji Young drank tea and smoked a cigarette, rolling his eyes and looking at Kim Hee.

"I don't know that! The teaching team hasn't taught it either! Jin Xi instantly made a bitter face.

"Then fight well, don't always have some demon moths, Lao Bi is a family heirloom, people have learned since childhood, we don't know what to fool around! Then the whole Dong Shi came out. If the defense line is out of the basket, how can I explain to the adults, just do my duty. As long as he wins, he can receive the prize, regardless of whether he has a trick or not! We're not singing! Ji Young took another sip of tea and smoked a cigarette. This tea is the tribute tea in the garden, and the tobacco leaves are the tribute tobacco in the garden, all of which are the best products of the emperor's family.

Although Ji Ying is featureless on the surface, Mitchell is not easy at all, and feels that Ji Ying is an even more hateful guy for Bi Yuntao. Ji Ying also took a lot of effort, but he didn't have Bi Yuntao's knowledge, so he used a stupid method. Bi Yuntao's position is less than two miles deep, but under the operation of the Bagua Array, there are endless mysteries. Ji Ying didn't understand this, so he could only do some stupid tricks, the position he built was five miles deep, and there was no strong stronghold, just foxholes and trenches. But sometimes, quantitative changes are enough to cause qualitative changes, and the five-mile-deep position is unusually huge, and countless foxholes are like stars in the sky. Mitchell wondered if he had entered the potato plantation, a big hole all over the ground!

As soon as the British army attacked fiercely, they successively broke through the three lines of defense of Jiying, but the British army itself suffered more than 300 casualties, and the Gu'an army did not even have 30 people. The British began to charge the Gu'an army and fired with all their might, but as soon as the British approached, the Gu'an army turned and ran, and then repeated it again in the next line of defense. The two armies were like a race, and the Gu'an army was always waiting for the British army in the next line of defense. However, the distance between the defensive lines was only about 150 meters, and the Gu'an army's five-mile position was deep enough to play sixteen or seven times, and according to the current casualties, by the time the British army rushed to the last line of defense, it would have been dead long ago.

"Can't wait any longer, let the artillery fire! These bastards may have been digging day and night for days, and we are here to fight, not to accompany them to mine! Mitchell was worried that the enemy had ambushed artillery, so he delayed the use of artillery, but now he could not wait any longer. Without the support of artillery fire, the rogue fighting style of the Gu'an army will continue, and he must let the artillery block the Gu'an army's running footsteps.