Chapter 225: Eight Mile Bridge Beacon Smoke
After seeing the foreplay of Guoxing's heart, all 30,000 Qing troops also opened their camps and deployed on a small plain, showing a large arc and semi-encircled formation. The entire cavalry lined up in a frontal line of more than ten miles, with the bridgehead of the Bali Bridge in the center of the array, and the artillery and infantry of the Qing army behind it.
The commander of the French advance team also realized the seriousness of the problem, and he played too big, and the team was too early, so he quickly organized the troops to retreat and informed the troops behind of the battle situation. After receiving the battle report from the front, Montauban quickly made a wise decision, and the troops of the 1st Brigade quickly stopped advancing, formed a battle formation, and built fortifications on the spot. And the British army that contacted the rear flank quickly moved west to form the left flank, and sent cavalry to reconnoitre. Because he had a hunch that the plain terrain in which the French army was now located was favorable to the cavalry, and the Qing cavalry might launch a greater attack.
Guo Xing'a, who was squatting on the side, watched the two sides line up the troops, but there was a little spark in his heart. Monk Greenqin is worthy of a generation of famous generals, although his teammates are not very good, he is stunned to stabilize the overall situation with his own scheduling. Because his main force stepped forward, he took the initiative to resist the attacking French First Brigade, blocking the worst strength of the Ruilin Division, making the Ruilin Division his backup force, effectively protecting his shortcomings. The slightly better Shengbao Department was in a defensive position, relying on strong fortifications to guard against the French Second Brigade coming from the south road. The number of guns and artillery carried by the Shengbao Department is extremely large, which is very suitable for defensive operations, and it is dangerous to defend, so it must be foolproof.
Guo Xing'a didn't know if this formation was conceived by Monk Greenqin after painstaking meditation, but it was indeed the best arrangement at the moment. It is definitely not possible for the Ruilin Department to fight, but it should not be a problem to take care of the back road of the Bali Bridge. Katsubo held his ground and held back the enemy army, and it was not difficult. The real key to the decisive victory, Seng Greenqin still carried it on his shoulders, and he and the French army had their own strengths and weaknesses. He had 10,000 cavalry, all of whom were of his Mongol lineage, all of whom were brave and unusual, but most of them were equipped with bows and arrows. The French army, on the other hand, had only a little cavalry for reconnaissance, mainly infantry, and suffered somewhat in the face of cavalry, but was several centuries ahead of the Mongol cavalry in weapons. In the end, who wins and who loses, and who dies, depends on how the two commanders command.
"My lord, the second brigade of the French army is also approaching Shengbao's side!" A tree-spirit-like scout ran over from the grass and reported to Goxing. After all, the distance that the telescope can see is limited, and where it can't be seen, Goxinga still has to rely on scouts to deliver messages.
"How's Katsuho going over there?" Shengbao's reputation in Jiangnan can be said to be stinking for eighteen miles, and Guoxing, who became famous in Jiangnan, has a very bad impression of Shengbao.
"Lord Shengbao has completed the deployment, but most of the horse team and artillery team have stayed in Dingfuzhuang, and there are only a few hundred people in the Beijing camp facing the enemy on the front line." The Scout doesn't have a good opinion of the friendly commander, but his arrangement for victory is a bit awkward.
"What the fuck is Katsuho doing? At this time, the strength is still preserved! "Guo Xing'a almost blew up his lungs, Shengbao This is a pockmark, not a pockmark, a pit man!
"Dong Weng, some people are afraid that they can't afford to provoke Shengkezhai, so they don't dare to go all out!" Pi Runmin has something to say now, he can't fight a war, and Guo Xing'a can't do interpersonal disturbances.
"Huh? Who can't he mess with? Pit the monk Greenqin, he can afford it! Guo Xing's mind was a little messed up all of a sudden.
"Dong Weng, after many transfers, the main force under Sheng Kezhai is already five thousand Jing battalions." Pi Runmin felt that as long as he prompted him, Guo Xing'a should be able to understand.
"I know! What does this have to do with his preservation of strength? "Goxinga has always been ineffective in this regard, and it is not working at the moment.
"Jingying wears a yellow coat." Pi Runmin didn't want to say it in front of a group of soldiers.
"He is wearing a dragon robe, so he has to do it at this time!" Goxinga's thinking is completely modern, so there are some things that he doesn't think at all.
"Be careful, be careful!" Pi Runmin hurriedly reached out to cover Guo Xing's mouth.
"What the hell is going on!" Guo Xing'a pushed Pi Runmin away.
"Oh, my Dong Weng! The Beijing camp is all the noble children of the Eight Banners in Beijing, does Shengbao dare to let them fight a tough battle? The relationship between these flag people is all rings, and that is not a lot of relatives. If Katsuho fights all these people and returns to Beijing, the relatives of these people will not be able to kill Katsuho alive. Pi Runmin was forced to be helpless by Guo Xing'a.
"Considering these, he won't lead the soldiers if he wins, how safe it is to go home and hold the child!" Guo Xinga kept rolling his eyes.
"I can only look at the monk king!" Pi Runmin could only smile bitterly.
Guo Xing's heart cooled down again, in history, Monk Greenqin was copied by the coalition army, and now Monk Greenqin's back road seems to be a little unstable. The puppet-like Ruilin, and the victory of the dead who can't pay for their lives, seem to have put their hopes on Monk Greenqin. But if the two of them get out of the big basket, Monk Lingqin will be finished even if he has three heads and six arms.
And after deducing the positions of the two sides on the map, Goxinga found a bigger problem, although the French 1st Brigade had British troops as backup, it looked more like the main attack. But in fact, the position of the second brigade of the French army is much higher, and it is directly aimed at the Bali Bridge defended by Shengbao, and Monk Greenqin directly went to meet the main force of the enemy, so it would not be a misjudgment of the direction of the main attack! However, it is not a big problem, as long as Shengbao can hold on, the cavalry of Seng Lingqin still occupies the initiative on the battlefield.
Guo Xing'a didn't know that Xianfeng was not honestly staying in Beijing, he caught a spy before, so he gave another edict to Seng Lingqin: "Rebel with soldiers, the horse team is in front, the foot soldiers are behind, and the horse team is divided into two wings, and the foot soldiers are divided into three layers to advance." The front layer is on the ground, the middle layer is micro-house, the back layer is standing, the front layer shoots first, the middle layer follows, the rear layer follows, if our army bombards head-on, once the horses are injured, they will inevitably be defeated, only oblique and horizontal attacks, and the bombardment will be more. He is fierce and knows the art of war, and he is the minister and others who judge the situation and properly prepare to deal with the enemy, so as to exercise the right to win. ......" explained in detail to Monk Greenqin the tactics of the coalition army. So in fact, the three commanders of the Qing army have a certain understanding of the tactics of the coalition army. Monk Greenqin took it for granted that if he used the guns and artillery of the Shengbao Department to resist the coalition army, even if he was not victorious, he would not be defeated.
And Guo Xing'a doesn't know how much pressure Seng Lingqin's heart is now, and he can't do it if he doesn't work hard. Guo Xing'a, who only cared about the battle situation, didn't know that after retreating to Tongzhou, Seng Lingqin once gave Xianfeng a twist, and the content was a little discouraged, and he suggested that Xianfeng patrol the Mulan enclosure and stay away from the land of right and wrong in Beijing. He wanted to get rid of the burden of being beaten passively by the trapped Beijing division, so that the Qing army could attack and defend without letting go of their hands and feet. If Xing'a knew, Guoxing'a would definitely agree, from the bitter lesson of China's several attacks by outsiders in the following decades, Monk Greenqin's suggestion is too important, it is the words of a wise man.
But others don't know the history of the future like Goxinga. Too many unreasonable pedantic ministers did not understand the off-string sound of Seng Lingqin's suggestion, and they joined forces to persuade them to stay. Prince Alcohol, Prince Gong, the ministers of military aircraft Wen Xiang, Kuang Yuan, and even Du Han, who had worked with Monk Greenqin, all cried and made a fuss and tried their best to dissuade them. even did not hesitate to persuade him to speak ill of him, thinking that anyone who urged the emperor to visit Mulan must have ulterior motives. The squire Pan Zuyin even quoted the famous words of Yang Jisheng, a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, "If you want to answer me, go to Yan Song first", thinking that today's matter is not enough to thank the ancestors for the spirit of the emperor in the sky, and to be the enmity of the ministers.
That is, Duanhua, Su Shun and several other people understood the painstaking efforts of Seng Lingqin and gave Xianfeng some clear ideas. But there are many things in the government and the wild, and Xianfeng does not dare to stand up to it. Only an edict could be issued, emphasizing that although the "atmosphere" is near, it is especially necessary to encourage people's hearts to save the difficult times. The preparation for leaving the capital is not to flee, but to prepare for the imperial expedition and calm the hearts of the people, in order to consolidate. Emperor Xianfeng ordered Prince Hui to send a message to the capital to patrol and receive the battalions, and if there was a fight in the Tongzhou area, he would lead a strong army to sit in the north of Beijing, thinking that he would respond. In the name of pro-conquest, he was ready to run away, but the people still didn't move, and the Jingshi still had extraordinary political significance.
Monk Greenqin was scolded, and he had to defend the Bali Bridge, and if he didn't fight a beautiful game now, he wouldn't want to turn over, he had already put on the big hat of Yan Song in the world. In the battle of Bali Bridge, no matter how nonsense Shengbao and Ruilin were, he had to grit his teeth and persevere.
Monk Lingqin is now Zhu Bajie is not a person inside and outside the mirror, and the only thing he can rely on is the battle-hardened Mongolian cavalry, which accompanied him to capture Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's descendants. The cavalry of the Qing army swung with the saber of Monk Lingqin and launched the first round of real charges, and it was a multi-line charge. What Goxinga admires most is Seng Lingqin's ability to capture the battlefield, he can always find a gap in the phalanx of the coalition army, and then wave his army to attack. Neither Bozhitu nor Mushun under Goxinga had this ability, and they could only wait for the infantry and artillery to open a gap for them.
The Mongol cavalry, which had no modern weapons, could only fight with bows and arrows, spears, and sabers, and they crouched on their horses and bravely rushed at the enemy. The front-loading guns of the French army obviously could not keep up with the rhythm in the face of large-scale cavalry, and artillery became their only hope to block the Qing army's charge. The rumbling of cannons and horses' hooves shook the earth at the same time, and everything seemed to be dominated by these two sounds. The two sides began a competition of perseverance, the Qing army could not bear the casualties, the French army won, the French army could not bear the pressure, the phalanx was scattered, the Qing army won. Guo Xing'a silently prayed for the monk Lingqin in his heart, hoping that he could rewrite history. Monk Grinqin also lived up to Goxinga's prayers, and the charging cavalry suddenly changed formation and began to outflank the French army's formation, trying to divide and surround the French army.
"Look, my lord!" Changlu suddenly pointed to the flank and rear of the French army.
"I'll go!" Guo Xing'a moved the telescope in the direction of Changlu's finger, and then he was stunned by the good fortune of Monk Lingqin. It is not surprising that a British squad of less than 100 men was approaching the French formation, and it seemed that there was something to discuss with the French. But Goxinga saw a different gorgeous military uniform, it was a general's costume, Goxinga couldn't figure out who that person was, but it was definitely a British general.
"Changlu, find a way, I want that person!" Guo Xing'a, who was still the same enemy as Monk Lingqin just now, instantly thought of grabbing merit, no matter life or death, this guy is definitely worth a lot of money.
"Huh!" Changlu took a group of tree demons and quickly disappeared in the grass and trees.
A group of Qing cavalry who had rounded the French formation also spotted the British squad and rushed over. Although he had the intention to grab the credit, Guo Xing'a still looked forward to the Qing army being able to take this team, and the war horse galloped rapidly, only the last thirty meters.