Chapter 201: Four Hundred Miles of Vegetable Garden

Gui Liang, a little expert, returned with a feather, and the foreign devils also began to march in the direction of Tongzhou, Emperor Xianfeng really couldn't sit still, and said that he still had to fight a thousand ways and ten thousand! The warships and cannons of the Qing Dynasty were inferior to those of the foreigners, but if a strong infantry cavalry was assembled on land, especially on the plains, the foreign devils could definitely be defeated through close combat. Therefore, Emperor Xianfeng issued an edict, and there were rumors from all over Mongolia day and night that people rode fast horses to various yurts and camps to gather young people, and ordered them to assemble at a predetermined place and prepare to go to the front line to fight the foreigners who dared to provoke the Celestial Empire.

According to Xianfeng's edict, 1,000 horsemen from the Zhelimu League, 2,000 horsemen from the Zhuosuotu League, 1,000 horsemen from the Zhaowuda League, and 5,000 cavalry from the Chahar Cavalry, a total of 9,000 Mongolian horsemen rushed to Beijing one after another. At the same time, 1,000 cavalry of the Xilin Gol League were ordered to be deployed north of Zhangjiakou, 500 cavalry of the Ulanqab cavalry were sent to Suiyuan City for preparation, and 500 cavalry of the Yikezhao League were ordered to be deployed to Suiyuan City.

The first battle of Tianjin was a loss of insufficient soldiers, and Xianfeng can be regarded as a painful experience, this time he must mobilize a large army to kill this group of dead foreign devils who always want to see themselves. She is not a little beauty in the Qinglou, these bastards always want to see what they do, and they must make them pay. At this time, he also remembered Guoxing'a, who had repeatedly asked for battle, and Guoxing'a had seven or eight thousand regular troops plus regimental training in his hands, and Guoxing'a was a person who could fight and dared to fight, and everyone had taken the initiative to ask for it several times, so there was no need to wait for any more time at this time. And Xianfeng gave Guoxing'a the right to recruit and practice at that time, just to fill the pit of Guoxing's private recruitment, but he didn't expect this kid to take chicken feathers as an arrow and directly get seven or eight thousand people out. The battle situation is tight, Xianfeng doesn't have the heart to pursue him, but if you have the ability, you have to come out and dedicate it, otherwise you will have nearly 10,000 troops to play!

"Long live Lord, it's too early to mobilize Guoxing'a now! For the time being, it is advisable to let him stay in Gu'an and move. As soon as Xianfeng proposed to mobilize Guoxing, Su Shun, Du Han and the others couldn't sit still, and now was not the time to work hard.

"Guoxinga has a strong army and a good reputation as a good general, why shouldn't it be transferred!" Xianfeng was already dying of popularity by foreigners, if it weren't for the fact that Hong Xiuquan in the south hadn't stopped cooking, he would have wanted to transfer Zeng Guofan. Now as long as Xianfeng can think of the soldiers and horses, he wants to transfer them and annihilate these foreign devils at one time, so that all the foreign devils will have a long memory. If you want to see Lao Tzu's legs, Lao Tzu will break your legs.

"Back to Long Live Lord, one of them is that the Guoxinga Department needs to be ready to go south to reinforce Jiangnan at any time, and the second is that Goxinga is currently stationed in Gu'an, which is also an important place in Gyeonggi. Yangyi is now approaching Tongzhou, but there is still an army of monks and kings. Once Yangyi is foiled by the monk king, it is inevitable that he will make a detour to attack the idea of disturbing the Beijing division, and Gu'an, which is garrisoned by Guoxing'a, must not be guarded against! And at present, in addition to the monk king, there is only one Guo Xing'a who can be adjusted by Nanzhili, and it is not suitable to move lightly for the time being. Su Shun's eyes are still staring at Jiangnan, once Shanghai is lost, unless foreign devils enter Beijing, otherwise Guoxinga must go south. If we don't mobilize the elite support of all departments, Hong Xiuquan will have to fight the river with the Qing Dynasty, and all the forces of Seng Greenqin, Shengbao, and Guoxinga must be thrown over.

"It's a waste of an elite to spare!" Xianfeng was a little reluctant.

"Long live Lord, now that Yangyi is rampant, Guoxing'a is already preparing for war, just give him one more will, one is to let him strictly guard against Gu'an and Jinan's important land, and the other is to give him the right to be cheap and cheap, and let him be a strange soldier. If the monk king is really unable to hold on to Yangyi, it is not too late to transfer Guoxing'a reinforcements. Du Han actually doesn't trust Monk Greenqin very much in his heart, Monk Greenqin's performance in Dagu this time is really disappointing, who can guarantee that he will be foolproof when he arrives in Tongzhou.

"Okay, let's make a purpose! It's good to have Guoxing and a raid to disturb Yangyi! "The Mongolian cavalry has been mobilized, and there are still more than 100,000 Eight Banners in the capital, Xianfeng is not in urgent need of Guoxing'a's troops, but Guoxing'a has repeatedly asked for battle, and Xianfeng is more impressed by him.

"Although Yangyi has made a move to enter Tongzhou in the north, it has not yet started a war, so let's take appeasement first!" Xianfeng added another sentence, the Qing Dynasty, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, really can't be moved.

The will to act cheaply and assist in the defense of the important places in Jinan was sent to Gu'an the next day, and Goxinga jumped three feet high and once again summoned all the officers of the combat unit. Guo Xing'a simply loves Xianfeng to death, with this will, he can freely participate in the war, and he doesn't have to be commanded by a few stupid people such as Seng Lingqin, Shengbao, and Ruilin, which is really too intimate. He can't go to Tianjin, but he can still help in the battle of Bali Bridge in Monk Greenqin.

Although Guo Xing'a in his previous life did not carefully study the Battle of Bali Bridge, he still knew the big things. So he has been wondering one thing, from Tianjin to Bali Bridge, the British and French forces have a supply line hundreds of miles long, why didn't Seng Lingqin attack the back road of the coalition army? The modern army is extremely dependent on supplies, and without supplies, the coalition army does not even have ammunition, and Monk Lingqin does not need to play any charge, as long as he entangles them, he can starve to death of foreign devils.

When Guoxinga was playing a surprise attack behind enemy lines in the south of the Yangtze River, he could still rely on food for the enemy, and the ammunition still had to be supplied and carried with him in the rear. One or two thousand men and horses in Goxinga need to stop and wait for ammunition frequently, and the British and French troops have more than 10,000 people, so they can only carry as much as they can carry, and they are dead ends without ammunition.

I don't know if Monk Lingqin was too arrogant, or for what reason, anyway, he didn't cut off the supply lines of the coalition forces. But now Guoxinga can, what Guoxinga wants to fight is a sneak attack, and what he wants to fight is a baggage army. The baggage troops can collect heads, and there are benefits to be fished, and they are relatively faced, which is Guoxinga's favorite. The battle plan formulated with the guiding ideology of Goxinga is very immoral for friendly forces. Guoxing A cleanly and neatly threw the black cauldron that was carrying the front line to attract the main force of the coalition army to Seng Greenqin, and his own unit focused on the jungle and attacked the supply troops and military stations of the coalition army with little combat strength. In the end, for the general offensive of the coalition army, it was placed after the coalition army and Seng Lingqin fought to exhaustion, and they could not pick up cheap hard battles, and Guo Xing'a still would not fight. Moreover, this final general attack was just an idea to comfort the loyal and patriotic old-school officers, and Goxinga never thought of a head-on battle with the coalition forces.

The scouts also brought back good news to Guoxing'a, as in history, the coalition army still went north along the North Canal, and a total of six military stations were set up along the way, including Junliangcheng, Yangcun, Caicun, Hexiwu, Anping, and Matou. The largest advance base was the Military Grain City, where the coalition army hoarded most of the captured Qing army supplies and their own baggage. Then down are the two largest transshipment bases in Yangcun and Hexiwu, and the other three are much smaller. At present, the coalition forces are not in a hurry to launch a new large-scale offensive against Tongzhou, that is, they are improving these military stations and hoarding all kinds of materials needed for the war. The coalition forces also had a very bold plan, their campaign goal was not Tongzhou, they wanted to take Beijing directly, and they would take a step back to fight under the city of Beijing.

Of course, what Guo Xing'a wants to take down the most is the Military Food City, and after doing this vote, Guo Xing'a has enough to eat for half a year. However, the military grain city itself was a fortress of the Qing army, with complete defense facilities, and the coalition army added a large number of defenders and artillery. Moreover, the Military Grain City is too close to the Tianjin Nest of the Coalition Army, and Guo Xing'a can only swallow his saliva, and he is now running to the Military Grain City to poke the hornet's nest, and it is very likely to attract the main force of the Coalition Army and block the gun for Monk Greenqin. The remaining ones with offensive value were Yangcun and Hexiwu, and Guoxinga immediately chose Hexiwu. Although the two places are similar on the map, Guoxing'a led people to work as underworld in Hexiwu, and walked through the streets and alleys when they kidnapped tickets, and the main cadres of the whole army were very familiar with Hexiwu. Guo Xinga has only heard of the invincible record of the British army, and he has never seen a living one, how can he not be nervous about the first time he does it against the coalition army, of course, he must choose a place that he is familiar with.

Guo Xing'a was too excited, so his battle plan was also very crazy, and he wanted to concentrate all the main forces of his subordinates to level the west of the river. It also designed the attack plan of the infantry regiment to attack, the light cavalry regiment to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and the cavalry regiment to intercept and aid the enemy. The generals don't have any opinions on this plan, and they don't know about the coalition forces, so it's better for everyone to go together and make a quick decision.

"My lord, the edict only allows you to move the camera, I am afraid it is inappropriate for you to mobilize the army to take the initiative to attack like this!" Goxinga, who said that he was against everything, stood up again.

"I'm moving with a camera! Hexiwu is a good opportunity, of course I have to move! Guo Xing'a also knew that Xianfeng didn't want to fight at all, but he couldn't fight if he didn't fight, he really had no money. There are more than 10,000 people in the barracks who have to eat and drink every day, and the arsenal is a bottomless pit, and Guoxinga's hundreds of thousands of silver have bottomed out.

"The meaning of the imperial court is still to take care of the situation, and the adults move troops without authorization, for fear that they will cause trouble!" Xiande finally made sense once, and the poor and impoverished Guoxing Ah really didn't expect a little.

"The army can't move!" Guo Xing'a sighed, what Xiande said made sense.

The relationship between Xiande and Guoxinga is now more interesting, and Guoxinga opposes it no matter what Xiande says, but Xiande is more and more valued by Guoxinga. Goxinga understands very well the importance of opposing opinions, there is always only one voice, and sooner or later there will be problems. Although Guo Xing'a had never heard of Xiande once before, every time he would consider what Xiande said, weigh it and then reject Xiande's proposal. Xiande is an old man, and his thinking about problems is still very unique, and he can always think of places that Guo Xing'a didn't expect.

"But Hexi still has to fight!" Guo Xing'a is now forced to go to Liangshan, he can't wait a day, and he will run out of food in five days.

"My lord......" Everyone was shocked, how could the army fight if it didn't move.

"What are we doing quietly! In the future, when the court will reward meritorious deeds, it will be our doing, and if the court blames it, it will be the bandits who did it, and there is nothing else in the direct subordination, but the bandits can have it, and who has evidence to say that I did it. Goxinga laughed imperishably.

Near the route of the coalition army's march, there were four counties of Dong'an, Xianghe, Wuqing, and Baodi in the Qing Dynasty, but the local garrisons were all pretending to be deaf and dumb, and the imperial court did not let them fight, so they took it for granted that they became spectators. The vanguard of the coalition army has been confronting the main force of the Qing army near Tongzhou, and the Qing army does not dare to mess around, while the coalition army is waiting for the preparations to be completed. Along the North Canal, all kinds of artillery, ammunition, food, medicine and other materials were continuously replenished into various military stations. The coalition forces have tested the local defenders of the Qing army, and these guys are a bunch of ruffians in military uniforms, who cannot pose a threat at all. The coalition forces were a little relieved, but they still deployed a large number of defensive troops at the station to ensure the absolute safety of the baggage. Of course, the soldiers of the coalition army did not realize that not far from them, an army of mandrills like ghosts was already staring at them.