Emperor Xianfeng was busy packing up his things and couldn't sleep, and Guo Xing'a was so worried about the war situation that he couldn't sleep this night, and the high-ranking officials of the coalition army couldn't sleep either. They were excited at first, then anxious, and the mood of the night was all kinds of ripples.

After the defeat of the monk Grinqin, Montauban, who was in a good mood, went around the battlefield. The battlefield was full of horrors, mutilated corpses, some of which were charred. Each of the Qing musketeers had a bag wrapped around his waist and a detonating wire wrapped around his arm so that he could fire and shoot. After being strafed by the coalition forces, the fuse caught fire, and the * on his waist exploded. The corpses of these poor soldiers were shattered, and the scene was horrible. Others were brave and their heads were blown off by a cannonball, and they fell between the disemboweling horses. However, these bloody scenes did not affect Montauban's mood at all, and the veteran who had fought in Africa for 27 years was in a very good mood.

"Chinese soldiers, they are extremely brave and tenacious, and they are opponents worthy of our respect!" Montauban proudly praised the corpses on the ground.

After stationing in the tent of Seng Lingqin, the main generals of the coalition army began to celebrate the victory, and in their eyes, the war in China was basically over. The greatest general in northern China, Monk Grinqin, has been defeated by them, and the mysterious Imperial Guard has been dispersed, and all they have to do next is to take over the capital of this vast empire.

"Gentlemen! The Royal Praetorian Guards who were routed by us at Bali Bridge were not the ghost troops who had repeatedly attacked them before. "However, Robert, a British colonel who pursued in Dingfuzhuang, brought back bad news.

"How is it possible, they are wearing military uniforms that are unique only to the Praetorian Guard, and those yellow horse coats are a symbol of the emperor's pro-army!" Everyone was reluctant to accept the results that Robert had brought back.

If the Shengbao Department was not the previous ghost army, it would mean that the real ace main force of the Great Qing Dynasty had not suffered losses at all, and had not even participated in the war at all. This ghost force may be lurking near the coalition forces, and may deal a fatal blow to the main force of the coalition forces at any time, just like previous sneak attacks. During the daytime fighting, although the coalition forces suffered few casualties, they consumed too much ammunition. If they were attacked by the ghost forces at this time, they simply wouldn't have enough ammunition to fight a real decisive battle.

"I've been besieged by the ghost forces for more than ten hours, they are not only brave, they are well-trained, and the weapons and equipment are very advanced, definitely not these guys we defeated today. Those who escaped may also be the Royal Guard, but they are definitely not the ghost troops who attacked us before. "Robert fought hard last time to the point of annihilation, and no one in the coalition knows the Ghost Force better than he does.

"The Royal Janissaries also have a lot of artillery, and there are a lot of muskets." Vincent argued with all his might, but had already acquiesced to Robert's judgment.

"At the time of the second large-scale assault, the ghost troops were already proficient in using the Armstrong cannon, how could it be like today, fighting for a morning without hitting us. The gap in quality between the two units is too great, and this is by no means a momentary mistake, they are not a group of people at all. "What Robert said is well-founded.

"There is also a powerful *, if it is a ghost army, our phalanx will definitely be attacked by *!" After being reminded by Robert, the British Mitchell's mid-army also discovered the difference between the Victory Guarantee Department and the Ghost Army.

"Damn, it's a trap and an abominable Oriental scheme!" Montauban's mood suddenly fell to the bottom.

"These cruel Orientals, today's tens of thousands of warriors, are nothing more than their bait. They use these people as cannon fodder to consume our ammunition, just to create an opportunity for the ghost troops! Major General Mitchell of the French army followed Montauban's train of thought.

Like a roller coaster, the mood of the top echelons of the coalition forces just rushed to the highest point, and then rushed down all of a sudden, and the coalition forces, which were already a little lax, also entered a state of alert all of a sudden. After sending everyone away, Montauban took the two Mitchells and began to worry in the tent. The ghost troops seem to be around, Grant is completely gone, and the troops are in urgent need of rear supplies, especially the shortage of ammunition, and they can't sleep all of a sudden.

At four o'clock in the morning, the sit-in between Montauban and the two Mitchells was disturbed, and the sound of * piercing the night sky could be heard in the distance. The sound was so familiar, the recipe was still familiar or the original taste, and the ghost sneak attack came again.

"Damn it!" Mitchell jumped to his feet and stepped out of his tent to look in the direction where the explosions were coming from.

"It's finally here!" Montauban and Mitchell did not move, they were not panicked but somewhat relieved.

It's like the boots upstairs, waiting all the time without knowing when it will fall, it must be extremely painful. If the ghost reappears in a few days, the two commanders will probably be tortured and insane. Now that it is coming as scheduled, it has made them a lot easier, and it is good to come. Waiting in eternal fear is better than a hearty decisive battle, and gentlemen are not afraid of war, nor do they feel that the ghost army is invincible.

Goxinga didn't really want to start fighting so early, and his troops had been on the road all day, so they needed to rest well. Gohinga's original plan was to hide close to the coalition camp, rest and observe the coalition forces for a day, and then launch an attack. In order to conceal the march, Guo Xing'a also deliberately placed the cavalry five miles away. However, the suspicious coalition forces are now very vigilant, and a large number of baggage movements in the artillery battalion were soon discovered by them.

Now that it has been exposed, the hidden observation clouds no longer exist. Tan Shaoguang, who was in charge of commanding the front, decisively gave the order to attack and grabbed the lead. Although the coalition forces were heavily guarded, they were in a state of camping after all, and the Gu'an army under the Guoxing'a Department marched all the way, forming a battle formation at a speed that was naturally much faster than them. When Tan Shaoguang gave the order to open fire, the coalition forces were still busy sounding the alarm, and all the units were messily sorting out their formations, and the * of the Gu'an Army artillery battalion had already risen into the sky. Three hundred and twenty-one*, which opened the prelude to the Second Battle of Bali Bridge.

Goxinga is most concerned about the heavy artillery of the coalition army, so his route of march is to find the route of the coalition heavy artillery unit. Of course, the coalition forces did not come to cooperate with Goxinga, so they did not stupidly open the heavy artillery in a row on the outer edge of the position, but deployed the French and British heavy artillery units separately on the two flanks of the camp, and each was guarded by two battalions of infantry. Gohinga came from the southwest, just in time to meet the British Armstrong heavy artillery team. The artillery was originally in the middle of the camp, and in front of them was the camp of two infantry battalions, but the rapid and dense * overturned the camp of the infantry battalion at once, leaving the heavy artillery directly exposed at the forefront of the position.

Directly found the heavy artillery unit, which was considered the success of the Guoxing'a Division, but the too hasty start of the war also led to the failure of the Gu'an Army to fully develop. Although Guoxing Ah urgently ordered the two infantry regiments of Bi Yuntao and Ji Ying to copy and support Tan Shaoguang from both flanks, the overall formation was still not optimistic.

The coalition forces occupied the original position of Seng Lingqin at Bali Bridge, and repaired the camp defense on the basis of Seng Lingqin, while Guoxinga pressed up in three directions from the direction of Xiaowuzhuang. From the perspective of the overall situation, Bi Yuntao, the left wing of the Gu'an Army, pointed directly at the base camp of the Baliqiao coalition army, and Tan Shaoguang on the middle road bit the heavy artillery unit on the right wing of the coalition army, both of which were quite advantageous. However, Ji Ying on the right flank was slightly weak, and his attack direction was from Guojiafen to the side of Bali Bridge, and the front was too open. In terms of the strength of a regiment in Jiying, there is more than enough to attack and not enough to defend, and once the coalition forces outflank from the outside, there will be a huge gap in the right flank of the Gu'an army.

"Let Mu Shun's heavy cavalry battalion couch behind Ji Ying's flank, and try to ensure the safety of the flanks of the army!" After the army spread out, Guo Xing'a looked at the map and had a headache.

In order to ensure concealment, the three main infantry regiments walked separately, with Tan Shaoguang in front and Bi Yuntao and Ji Ying following behind. As a result, Tan Shaoguang fought too suddenly, and Bi Yuntao and Ji Ying's response was completely following their feelings. Bi Yuntao, who was thinking about meritorious service every day, took Tan Shaoguang as a cover, inserted himself from behind Tan Shaoguang's cavalry regiment, and went directly to Bali Bridge along the Tonghui River. I want to capture the king first and defeat the coalition center in one fell swoop. Ji Young also wanted to follow, but he reacted a little slower, and was pushed to the right by Guo Xing'a, who had already discovered the problem.

Guo Xing'a also had the intention of directly attacking the center of the coalition army at the beginning, so Tan Shaoguang's march route was somewhat close to the Tonghui River, and when Bi Yuntao plugged in, he simply killed along the bank of the Tonghui River. In this way, the overall center of gravity of the Gu'an army is too left. Bi Yuntao's infantry regiment was on the far left flank, Tan Shaoguang and the artillery battalion were in the middle, and the distance between the middle and the left flank was very close, and most of the main forces of the Gu'an army were concentrated here. There was a huge gap on the right wing, and Guo Xinga had to send Ji Ying over to top it, although Mu Shun was sent again, but the right wing was still too thin. It stands to reason that Tan Shaoguang's department should be allowed to lean to the right appropriately, and in case of danger, the artillery battalion can also be asked to support Ji Ying. But Tan Shaoguang has already bitten the heavy artillery team of the British army, and the opportunity is too rare, so he can only suffer Ji Ying.

The coalition forces had been waiting for Guoxinga all night, and their reaction was naturally very fast, except for the two infantry battalions that were scattered as soon as they came up, the other divisions formed a battle formation very quickly. The 2nd Brigade of the French Colinno was already on the bank of the Tonghui River and Bi Yuntao was inseparable. The French army has trench fortifications, Bi Yuntao can shoot on the ground, Konorin has the advantage of troops, Bi Yuntao has a very fast rate of fire, and each side has an advantage, and no one can help anyone for a while. Yaman's 1st French Brigade met Ji Ying from the south, but he was supported by heavy artillery, and Ji Ying's 2nd Regiment was not as strong as Bi Yuntao's 1 regiment, so Yaman had an advantage. But Ji Young also had his way, and when he couldn't arch, he stopped and gasped. Among the three roads of the Gu'an army, his strength is the weakest, and the order given to him by Guoxing'a is only to contain the enemy army, and being undefeated is a merit, so why rush hard!

What Ji Ying is most afraid of is that after Yaman drags him, he will divide his troops to copy his back road, and even outflank the main force of the Gu'an army. Now that Yaman has obediently fought a positional offensive and defensive battle with him, Ji Ying is happy. In the midst of the rain of bullets, Ji Ying commanded the second regiment to start digging the earth, and he was going to dig a trench out and block the gate of the right-wing coalition army. By the time Montauban looked at the situation and asked Yaman to attack, the offensive and defensive situation had already shifted and turned into the French army attacking the defense line of the Gu'an army.

On both flanks, the French army was busy, and the British army in the center concentrated all their strength to launch a counterattack against Tan Shaoguang. After the two infantry battalions lost their camps, they retreated to the camp of the heavy artillery unit, which was still able to hold up, but became a salient. The heavy artillery unit was alone and fell into a three-sided siege by Tan Shaoguang's department. Tan Shaoguang's troops, which were supported by artillery battalions, had far stronger firepower than the other two routes, and there was only one precarious passage left between the heavy artillery unit and the main position of the coalition forces.