Guo Xing'a traveled dozens of miles in one breath and ran to Langfang to catch his breath. In this era, Langfang has not yet built a station, there are still decades before prosperity, and now it is an inconspicuous small village.

Today's battle was lost a little inexplicably, and no one could figure out what was going on. Guo Xing'a asked himself, there shouldn't be any big problem with his tactics, and when he attacked the Taiping Army in Jiangnan, he had always done this, even if the coalition army was stronger than the Taiping Army, it would not make Guo Xing'a so embarrassed. The only difference is that Guo Xing'a was anxious this time, and did not wait until three or four o'clock in the morning, but chose the time of dinner to do it. But even if it is a frontal attack, it will not be so tragic.

Guo Xing'a really suffered a big loss this time, even if he peed Huang Daping's pants and was scared by Li Xiucheng, Guo Xing'a was just psychological pressure, but this time he was really injured. When he ran too quickly, he sprained his foot, and was pressed on the head by Fuquan and injured his neck, for Guo Xing'a, who fought dozens of battles of all sizes and didn't hurt a single hair, this time it was really unprecedented. What's even more disgusting is that Guo Xing'a can't figure out how there can be an ambush in Hexi Town, and what is going on with the two groups of people racing horses outside.

"Fuquan sent someone back and asked Tan Shaoguang to bring the cavalry regiment over for reinforcements! Changlu's people also came over, and they can't be careless next time. "Guo Xing's heart is very weak.

"Huh!" Fuquan agreed, and went down to give the order.

Guo Xing'a rubbed his feet and neck, and the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. The losses of the troops were not large, only Ding Stick's men lost more than 30 people, and the rest of the men were wounded, and there were no serious wounded. But the battalion and company commanders in the tent were also depressed, and the first battle was unfavorable! The Chinese are all particular about opening the door, and when they open the door, they will touch the nails, and everyone's morale will be quite hit.

"Let's talk about it! What happened to you, this battle is too chaotic! Ding stick, you say it first, how to get into the ambush! "There are too many things that Goxinga doesn't understand.

"Lord Hui, I also hit the evil today, and I was fine when I led people to occupy the city gate! The foreigners are very vigilant, but it is not difficult to get it, and the brothers have cooked a dozen of them, and it is too peaceful. But as soon as he got out of the city, the streets were crowded with foreign soldiers, both cavalry and infantry, and the brothers did not understand what was going on, so they were shot by a beating. None of us had guns, and there were so many foreigners that I had to withdraw with my brothers. I have frustrated the spirit of the army, I am guilty, please punish my lords! Ding Stick took the initiative to plead guilty, after all, he was the first to retreat.

"Thousands of people fired a salvo, and you died about thirty people?" Goxinga heard something was wrong.

"My lord, they didn't fire a salvo, a bit like the way we marched, they only started to load and shoot after seeing us, some hit and some didn't, and the bullet density was not large." Ding Stick explained.

"You said that these foreign soldiers, could it be that they were lining up out of the city and just bumped into you." Goxinga felt as if something bad had happened this time.

"It's really like that, as soon as the Lord said it, their ranks were neat, and the cavalry was behind the infantry. If they had been in front of the cavalry and had rushed straight over, I am afraid that my brothers would not have been able to come back even half of them! Ding Stick also felt that this was the formation of the troops out of the city, because the firearms unit was after the infantry met the enemy, used fire to disperse the enemy, and then pursued by the cavalry, so the cavalry was generally placed behind the infantry.

"Damn it, what's going on?" Guo Xing'a has the heart to go to the temple to worship before the next time he moves the army, this is really a blood mold.

"My lord, it is likely that the foreign soldiers from Hexi Affairs are going to come out to intercept the more than 1,000 cavalry, and they just collided with our people." Dorsan stepped forward.

"By the way, what's the situation over there, where did the more than a thousand stunned greens come from?" Guo Xing'a hurriedly asked.

"Lord Hui, I can't figure out who came from where, looking at the costumes are our officials and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, and they may be the men and horses under the monk king." When Duosan saw it, there was already a fight, and he didn't know the cause and effect.

"Let's just tell me what you see!" Guo Xinga can only rely on guessing.

"After receiving the order from my lord, our department rushed to the northeast of Hexi to prepare to intercept the scattered foreign soldiers. However, when our troops arrived near the canal, more than 300 infantry and more than 500 cavalry of foreign soldiers were already fighting with those officers and cavalry. The cavalry of the officer army numbered about 1,500 cavalry, and about 500 were lost, and then they withdrew to the south. I just happened to crash into our department, and I ordered the troops to evade, but the foreign soldiers and officers and soldiers did not know why, and they kept chasing us. Seeing that the troops had been exposed, I wanted to move closer to the southwest where the adults were. But the three teams of men and horses chased and ran out of direction, and did not avoid the officers and soldiers until the end, but those foreign soldiers somehow ran in front of us, and I could only rush through the interception of the foreign soldiers and join the adults. Duo San also told his own experience.

After listening to Duosan's situation, Guo Xing'a put all the information together and analyzed the most reliable possibility. Monk Lingqin is really not a fool, he also sent troops to attack the supply lines of the coalition army, and these 1,500 cavalry should be his people. However, the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian cavalry is obviously not good, obviously they have not done the cavalry and foot mixing of the coalition army, and they can only flee for their lives after a big defeat, and then everything can be explained.

While Goxinga was lying on the grass and nibbling on watermelons, the cavalry of Seng Lingqin sneaked up on the allied convoy, which happened to be on the diagonal of Goxinga. However, the escort force of the coalition army was relatively strong, and while informing the defenders of Hexi to attack on both sides, they beat the Mongol cavalry violently. And when the Mongol cavalry was beaten, Goxinga also gave the order to attack.

Then an embarrassing thing happened, after Ding Stick's sneak attack troops entered the city, they ran head-on into the Hexi defenders who sent troops to flank them, and the second battalion of Duo San met the fleeing Mongol cavalry and the pursuing coalition cavalry. The Mongols regarded them as reinforcements, and the coalition forces also regarded them as Qing troops, so they all ran towards Duosan, and the three sides began to run in confusion.

For some unknown reasons, the Mongolian cavalry and the allied cavalry actually ran in front of Duosan, and successively ran to the grass where Goxinga was gnawing watermelons, while Duosan didn't know where to run. Afraid of being attacked by the cavalry, and could not see who the other party was, Shirab killed each other against the Mongol cavalry and drove the Mongols away. The coalition forces behind could only see the light of the rifle in the night, and they regarded Xilab as the defenders of Hexi, so they stopped for a moment and ran away.

When Xirab was ready to hedge against the real Hexi defenders, Duosan, who had just run away, found it again, and regarded the Hexi defenders as the coalition cavalry that chased him at the beginning. Then Duosan opened fire and scattered the cavalry of the coalition army, and found his own team in a daze. The Mongolian cavalry was even more desperate, and after running blindly for a while, they found the traces of Duo San and chased them to the battlefield where the two sides were facing each other. However, this time they recognized the wrong person, and according to the scale of the forces on both sides, they regarded the coalition army's military formation as more than three, so they crashed headlong into the formation of the Hexi defenders. This defeat is really not a war crime, it is completely a matter of pure character, and Guo Xing's luck is really too bad.

Relying on blind guessing, he roughly figured out what might be going on, and Guo Xinga thought about it. Hexi Wuhe is really different from the Jiangnan towns that were attacked in the past, not only is the combat power of the coalition army stronger than that of the Taiping army, but the attributes of the town are also very different. Although the towns in the south of the Yangtze River were also strongholds of the Taiping Army, most of them were simply occupied areas, and there was little change in either the number of troops or the population in the formation. However, Hexi and other places are not simple occupation areas, they are also the military stations of the coalition forces, and the hoarded materials and garrison troops change almost every day. Before nightfall, there is a chance that a coalition convoy will arrive at any time, and the defenders will be stronger and weaker due to the addition and departure of the escort party.

Even if the plan is not disrupted by the Qing army today, Ding Stick enters the town smoothly, and he will fall into a crisis. Because the original garrison in the town has reached about 700 people, plus the thousands of escort troops who arrived with the supplies, the strength of the defenders will be close to 2,000 people. The strength of a battalion of Shirab would never be able to defeat an enemy force four times superior to him, even if he had the advantage of a sneak attack.

This time it has already been taken into account, and the vigilance of the coalition forces will definitely be raised, and it is difficult to say whether Monk Lingqin will come out to make trouble again. There is another problem, although the food in Guoxing's department is good, and everyone has no night blindness, but if the light conditions are too poor, everyone still can't see clearly. Hillab couldn't identify the friendly troops, and this was the reason why he ran away three times, and it was pitch black and the soldiers were in chaos, and his own people were in trouble if they did their own people. However, if there is no monk Greenqin, it is good to fight alone against the British and French forces, the British are in red clothes, the French are in red pants, and they can't see clearly their own people.

"Let's wait here for two days, let the brothers rest and recuperate, and then when Tan Shaoguang's cavalry group arrives, we will attack Hexi again!" Guo Xinga didn't believe that he would be unlucky again.

"My lord, isn't our strength still a little insufficient! Do you want Commander Bi to pull the infantry regiment over! Guo Xing'a had already expressed his intention to dismiss the meeting, and after everyone got up and saluted, they began to walk out, and Duo San hesitated for a while and suddenly turned back and said.

"Three battalions plus a whole regiment, almost!" Guoxing Ah transferred Tan Shaoguang and Changlu over, in fact, it means that more than half of the main force has been dispatched, and if Bi Yuntao is transferred again, he will almost be exhausted. He made himself embarrassed this time, and if he transferred the main forces again, the old gentlemen in the rear might not know what to do! And the blow to morale and other aspects is not small, the impact is really bad.

"My lord, with a force of more than 4,000 people, it will definitely be more than enough to attack only the west of the river. However, the canal and waterway are convenient, and there are not a few foreign soldiers in the surrounding military stations and foreign soldiers who transport back and forth. "It's too serious to say that Duosan, if Guoxinga doesn't have sufficient reserve troops, the chance of being blocked at the scene of the robbery is not small.

"Hmmm! It makes sense, let Bi Yuntao come over too! The artillery company also came, and they were needed to ambush the foreigners. Baggage and sappers also come, it's better to be cautious with soldiers! Guo Xing'a is also a little scared, in case of any more, he can't afford to lose.

"Huh!" Fuquan, who had just returned, hurriedly agreed, and sent someone to deliver the order again.

Two days later, Guo Xing'a took most of his belongings and once again went to the west of the river. Not only did he want to be ashamed, but he also had to grab a good one, and the purse that Cezanne was holding for him was empty.