"In the ninth year of Xianfeng, the strength of the Yiren coalition army was sufficient, led by He Botong, the commander of the Yingyi Naval Division, with a total of twenty-one large and small ships. Among them, Yingyi's "Revenge" and other seven ships are steam warships, 10 gunboats, and two transport ships, carrying more than 1,200 marines and engineers of the Caiyi, and Fayi has the battleship "Dichera" and the steam supply ship "Norzagara", carrying about 100 marines. In addition, three US warships, including the "Toiwang", accompanied the operation. Both the number of troops and the number of ships are far more than the previous ones. Pi Runmin talked about the battle of Dagukou, and even the names of the enemy's ships and army numbers could be explained one by one.

"You still know about steam battleships?" Guo Xing'a is becoming more and more unable to understand Pi Runmin, this person who studied the Four Books and the Five Classics seems to have a little understanding of Western science.

"Dong Weng, this steamship is just a minutiae!" Pi Runmin found that Guo Xing'a's focus had gone off the rails again.

"Okay, you say, you say!" Guo Xing'a laughed, but in his heart he was planning how to deal with Pi Runmin, this wanted criminal is definitely not as simple as it seems. He lives in a dilapidated courtyard in Gu'an, which is almost completely enclosed, and the channel through which he obtained this detailed information from the outside world really makes Guoxing Ah think about it.

"The officers and troops under the command of the monk king used camouflage tactics, and all of them lurked in the fort fortress, without making a noise, allowing the ships to approach without revealing their firepower. The last time the Yiren took Dagukou lightly, they were naturally pampered in their hearts, and they were extremely contemptuous of the officials and soldiers, thinking that they could easily win as well as last time. In the eyes of the Yi people, all the forts slept on the sandy shore like monsters, and they could not hear a single sound from them, nor could they see any flags, as if the forts no longer existed. Pi Runmin said a little emotional, just looking at his expression, Guoxing Adu wondered if Pi Runmin also participated in the Battle of Dagukou.

"Conceal camouflage and lure the enemy deeper! But again! "Guo Xing'a actually agrees with Seng Lingqin's style of play, but the British and French forces will definitely not be fooled a second time.

"Dong Weng's words and tactics are just appearances, and all battles should be concluded by strength. This concealment and camouflage is just a trick of the monk king to lure the enemy, and what really wants to delay the people is the iron chain of the river. The monk ordered his soldiers to tie up a number of uncut logs to form conical pontoons at both ends, each about seven meters long and half a meter in diameter, and float them across the river with two chains and a thick rope. The thick rope passes through a hole in the middle of the pontoon, arranging them side by side at intervals of about forty centimeters. Large chains stretch across the river just below the tips of the pontoons, and the large chains are connected by smaller chains at the tips of each pontoon. This was an ingenious method, because even if the Ying Yi cut the smaller chain at the tip of the pontoon, the large chain would only fall a few inches and would not completely cut it, and it would be spread so deep that the Yi people could not see how it worked. Pi Runmin was also very excited when he talked about the iron lock of the river, and the more Guo Xing'a looked at it, the more he felt that Pi Runmin might have participated in the Battle of Dagukou.

"Monk Greenqin used this chain wooden platoon to trap the British and French forces, and then won the battle!" Guo Xinga felt that it was a bit of a joke, although he had never fought a water war, but he did not believe that water warfare was so simple, and these chains could at most reduce the speed of the coalition army's attack.

"No, the Yi people are cunning, and when they saw that my iron chains were powerful, they sent people to come ashore to negotiate, asking our army to dismantle the iron chains by themselves, but the monk refused at all. After the negotiation was hopeless, the British and French Yi began to destroy the iron chains, and at about the time of Shen, the first obstacle in Haikou was demolished by the Yi people, and the British Admiral He Bo immediately ordered the British ship "Opossum" to navigate, and the flagship "Ostrich" and the rest of the ships followed, approached the iron chain that locked the sea, and began to shell the batteries on both sides of the strait. Pi Runmin felt that Guo Xing's position was a little weird, he didn't respect Monk Lingqin and always called him by his name, but he seemed to have a good impression of the Yi people, and he didn't call the barbarians but the coalition army.

"This Hebo guessed that it was too easy to win last time, so this time it was a bit rampant. Dozens of warships move slowly, squeezed in narrow rivers, and have to shoot at the forts, isn't this looking for death! "Guo Xing'a has seen the situation of some British troops clearly, and he doesn't know how to be strict in military discipline and strong in battle, but at least it is certain that there are many hot-headed people among their officers.

"It was too embarrassing in the eighth year of Xianfeng, so the defenders of our fort have been holding back a fire. They kept an eye on every move of the Yiren battleship, and when they saw that the Yiren took the lead in firing their guns, our batteries also immediately fired back. As if by magic, the monk gave an order, and all the straw mats that had been covering the cannons of the fort were rolled up, and in an instant, all the cannons opened fire in unison. The large and small artillery positions of each battalion bombarded and bombarded many of the Yi ships, and even the Yi people themselves exclaimed, "Shells like a storm are frantically shooting at us from all sides." Soon after the battle, the captain of the Yiren flagship "Plover" and many others were killed, and the Yiren Admiral He Bo was also seriously wounded. The Yiren ships were injured and could not walk, and the rest of the ships all put up white flags and sailed down. At that time, I really didn't expect the Yiren to be so cunning, and they did not put up the white flag to withdraw from the battle, but took advantage of the temporary respite to attack the fort from the side to take it. The Yiren infantry also took the opportunity to land, from the road to attack our army's battery, the Yiren foreign guns are very sharp, the accuracy is good and the fire density is large, if it is not for their small number and suppressed by the battery, the defenders only rely on the return of guns and shotguns, it is difficult to repel them. Pi Runmin said that the British and French troops raised the white flag to carry out a sneak attack, and the atmosphere was still endless.

"What's next!" Guo Xing'a listened to it now, and the amount of information is not small!

First of all, the Anglo-French army is a group of scoundrels in the East, and people treat you Orientals as savages from beginning to end, where will they talk to you about the rules, and the shameless tricks of erecting a white flag to carry out a sneak attack are very natural. Guoxinga will also have more eyes in the future, as long as these foreigners still have the ability to resist, they must chase and fight, what white flag is not white flag, these people have no credit at all. Secondly, the British and French artillery is slightly better in range than the Chinese, but in terms of power, it is also half a pound and eight taels, which is nothing to praise. As long as the tactics are right, the original weapons of the Great Qing Dynasty can also compete with them, and there is no generation difference between the two. Then there is the Enfeld P1853, which seems to be about the same in the hands of the British as in their own hands, they have not even done a group of shotguns, and the estimated level is average.

Around the time of the fierce battle, almost all the Yiren ships participating in the battle were damaged, and the Yingyi flagship "Ostrich" was destroyed. The gunboats "Tea Falcon" and "Shelter" were sunk, several more ran aground, and the wounded Hobo was forced to flee to the French ship "Ducera". Pi Runmin's face was full of red light.

"Good! What a rare victory! "Guo Xinga thought it was over.

"Dong Weng's voice is good, it's early, where are the Yi people willing to give up." Pi Runmin shook his head.

"What happened next?" Goxinga asked.

Around the end of the unitary period, the British Governor He Bo still refused to admit defeat and issued an order for the Yi troops to land and fight. The Yi people first forced their landing on the south bank, attempting to capture the three batteries on the south bank first. Outside the South Bank Fort is a muddy wetland with three trenches. After the soldiers and horses landed on the shore, they were killed and wounded by the artillery fire of three batteries, and on the other hand, they had to crawl in the knee-deep mud, like a target. The monk and king specially mobilized a spear-carrying team and a shotgun team to attack the Yiren in the mud, and the forts on the north bank also opened fire to support, and the guns were noisy, and the Yiren soldiers and horses were killed and wounded. It was not until dusk that a few soldiers climbed to the first trench under the fort, and our defenders concentrated their fire on the Yiren hidden by the trench. In order to avoid the fire of our troops, the Yi people all crawled in the wetlands, and the foreign guns they held were almost like waste because they were filled with mud, and they could not return fire to our troops in the trenches, and finally had to retreat outward and run to Haikou. Pi Runmin talked about the rout of the Yiren, and he turned it a few times in place.

"And then!" Guo Xing'a confirmed two problems, the first is that He Bo does have a problem with his brain, and the second monk Greenqin's luck is also really good. Of course, Monk Greenqin's good luck is also inseparable from his previous full preparation, and this luck was saved from the time when the fort was selected.

It was not until midnight that the remnants of the fleeing soldiers climbed onto their ships and withdrew from the battlefield, and the day and night of fierce fighting came to an end. Our troops sank four enemy ships, severely damaged six ships (completely incapacitated), captured two ships, killed and wounded 578 British soldiers, 14 French soldiers, captured one British and American soldier, and seriously wounded the British and Yi Admiral Hebo. Pi Runmin was excited as soon as he said this.

"What about our casualties?" The pressure in Guo Xing's heart was lighter, the British and French forces were not so godly, if Monk Greenqin hadn't played a death charge, although the victory or defeat of Bali Bridge had been decided, the ending would at least be better.

"Thirty-two people were killed in the service. Among them, Shi Rongchun, the governor of Zhili, Long Ruyuan, the deputy general of the Dagu Association, the Du Siqi Chebu of the Zuozhong Battalion in Haikou, the Ta Keshen of the Zhengbai Flag Shotgun Guard Military Academy, Wang Shiyi, the general manager of Qian, and Zhang Wenbing, the general general, took the lead and died for the imperial court. Pi Runmin's ruddy face came down a lot, and there was a look of regret and mourning on his face.

"How many officers and soldiers are there in our army?" Guo Xing'a counted it with his fingers, this number is wrong! Nearly a quarter of the officers and men killed in battle were senior officers, isn't that a joke!

"Thirteen thousand!" Pi Runmin really didn't count, he added all the defenders near Tianjin.

"This is a shot to get the family to the command post!" Guo Xinga really wondered how such a high-ranking officer could be so lucky, these people are all one in a thousand, and they can win the jackpot when they buy lottery tickets.

"Dong Weng misunderstood, several adults are all fighting on the front line, where is there any command post!" Pi Runmin felt that Guo Xing'a had slandered the extremely martyred generals.

"What are they wearing?" Since it was not served in a pot, Guo Xinga immediately thought of another possibility.

"Naturally, it's the armor." Pi Runmin still pays more attention to grooming.

"Then you'll know!" In ancient times, in order to let the soldiers know the position of the main general, and at the same time, it was also to boost morale and highlight the dignity of the main general, so the generals often dressed like a feather duster. Although Britain, France and other countries have a tradition of not beating officers, but it is aimed at their own people, and they must have aimed at the officers of the Qing army, so the death rate of Qing officers is extremely high.

"Since the beginning of the Daoguang period, in fact, every time the British army captured our battery, it was not captured by artillery fire head-on, because our army's battery was condescending, and a large number of heavy shore guns suppressed the fire of the British naval guns. The monk summed up the past experience, whether it was the fire suppression on the front of the fort, or the infantry defense behind the side of the fort, the monk did a good job, so that the British and French were invulnerable, and won such a beautiful battle at a very small price, the casualties of the British and French troops were more than 20 times that of our army, and the monk showed a superb command level in this campaign. Guoxing A pertinent evaluation of the battle of Dagukou of Seng Lingqin.

"So there is a monk king here, Dong Weng can rest assured that he will go south!" In Pi Runmin's plan, Guoxing's southward movement is the best choice, and he will not come back when he is stationed in the south.

"Look!" Guo Xinga knows the sorrow of Monk Grinqin!