Chen Hai said that it is not bad at all, in Zhangjiawan, there are two boat gangs, each of which operates one or two hundred ships of this size, and is responsible for the transportation of grain and tribute in the entire city of Beijing, the largest ship can even carry more than 100,000 catties of grain, a cannon is only a few thousand catties, even a heavy artillery is only more than 10,000 catties, it can carry two or three artillery pieces, and dozens of shells!

There are not many such ships, as long as there are more than a dozen, it is completely sufficient, even if there are troops to transport, it is only necessary to have twenty or thirty ships, even if the artillery is unstable on the ship, the accuracy is poor, and the impact on the operation is not very great!

Grant led a surprise attack of the Royal Cavalry Regiment to Zhangjiawan, forty miles away, surrounded the Caoyun Wharf in Zhangjiawan, robbed the largest and strongest of the thirty civilian ships, and drove along the canal and the Tonghui River.

A back and forth, it took less than a day to jump Saxton excitedly, these big ships are about 100,000 catties, you can put two or three heavy guns, and they are very strong, and they can participate in the war!

Saxton roared: "Quick, get our heavy artillery for me immediately, thirty heavy cannons, all get on the big ship, Lao Tzu will attack immediately!" ”

On the position of Gaobeidian, Guo Ye and Monk Greenqin stood on the position, looking at the big ships coming from afar, one by one the brakes were terrifying, if the artillery bombardment was really launched from the river, and then the infantry attacked, the position would be really dangerous, even if it did not detour to the reservoir in the rear, it would be extremely difficult for the Qing army to deal with it! Monk Greenqin's face is ugly, he is smart, he was confused for a while, but now he is facing a big problem!

Suddenly, Guo Ye looked up to the sky and laughed, hahaha!

Monk Lingqin was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Guo Ye, do you have a fever?" What are you laughing at? ”

Guo Ye said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, we have a way......"

Monk Lingqin was stunned and asked, "What way?" ”

Guo Ye turned around and shouted: "Zheng Jinggan, immediately lead your brothers to get me all the fire oil around, remember all the fire oil!" I want all the oil for the oil! ”

Zheng Jinggan, the commander of the green camp, is confused, and he wants fire oil at this time?

Monk Lingqin didn't know what was going on, but when he saw Zheng Jinggan still standing stupidly in place, he couldn't help but roar angrily: "******, you're stupid, don't hurry up and get it, if you can't get it here, just give Lao Tzu a fast horse to the capital to get it, the sooner the better, the more you can do!" ”

From Gaobeidian to the capital, it is now less than thirty miles, a round trip, that is, half a day, Monk Greenqin threw his token to Zheng Jinggan, and shouted: "Don't go quickly, I want all the fire oil, fierce fire oil!" ”

Zheng Jinggan hurriedly ran down.

Monk Greenqin looked at Guo Ye, Guo Ye smiled and said: "Lord Wang, we actually forgot that their ships are big enough, but they are all wooden boats, and the boats are all grass and trees and other things, as long as we get the oil right, throw it all on their ships, and then bombard it with artillery, haha, the matter of Chibi will definitely be repeated!" ”

Monk Lingqin said in a low voice: "It's good, it's just that the distance is too far, how can we get the oil to the British ship?" ”

Guo Ye replied: "Now I can only fight, find some wine jars and fix them, fire cannonballs, and send them with cannonballs, when the time comes, hundreds of shells, fierce bombardment, one out of ten hits the top, and there are dozens of rounds, see how they deal with it!" Although these merchant ships are large enough, a merchant ship carrying two heavy guns, plus cannonballs, has a weight of 20,000 catties, and it is quite inconvenient and slow to act on the Tonghui River, which is a great opportunity for us to attack! ”

Monk Greenqin's eyes also lit up, great, it turned out to be water and fire, and now it is fire and wood, if it really ignites the merchant ship, not only will the ship be destroyed and people will die, but even the artillery will sink to the bottom of the river!

Thirty heavy guns, plus thousands of shells, it was not so easy for the British and French forces to get these supplies to the big ships, the British and French forces used a company of troops, and it took a lot of effort to get the artillery on the civilian ships, and the time was already late at night.

Saxton said hatefully: "Order, the whole army will rest for the night, and early tomorrow morning, give me all the firepower to launch a full-scale onslaught on the Qing army's position!" ”

The Anglo-French forces were all in combat readiness and waited for the dawn.

On the position of the Qing army, Zheng Jinggan led a battalion of cavalry to gallop to the capital, met King Gong, and brought out all the fire oil of the firearms battalion, together with thousands of wine jars in various hotels, all of which were requisitioned, and left them for you, and the jars must be handed over.

In the second half of the night, Zheng Jinggan returned to the position with fire oil and wine jars.

There was still time, Guo Ye immediately began to order people to prepare, put the fire oil into the jar, and then sealed the mouth, once such a jar fell on the ship, it may not be broken, but the explosion of the cannonball will definitely blow the jar to pieces, and ignite the fire oil at the same time, so much fire oil is definitely enough for the British and French troops to drink a pot!

The dawn of the next day is fast coming!

Saxton gave an order, and the British and French forces began to attack the Qing army's position, and the Qing army also relied on the fortifications to block the attack, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle at the beginning of the battlefield!

At this time, civilian ships began to move along the Tonghui River towards the Qing army's position!

Guo Ye and Seng Lingqin's eyes were all solemn, the moment to decide the outcome is finally coming, this is the most critical place, as long as the heavy artillery of the British and French forces can be sunk to the Tonghui River, the British and French forces will have nothing to do!

Thirty heavy guns of the British and French coalition began to launch a fierce attack on the right flank position of the Qing army on the ship, one shell after another, constantly falling on the position of the Qing army, blowing up the position to the ground of sand and gravel, the flames were flying, and the twenty civilian ships behind were full of British and French troops, with a battalion of elite troops, once the Qing army's position was defeated by artillery, the British and French troops directly landed on the river and attacked the position of the Qing army!

The Qing army also fought back without showing weakness, but in the face of the two-sided attack of the British and French forces, even if the Qing army was powerful, it was still a little staggering, and there were dangers!

In an instant, the British and French forces had fired hundreds of shells at the Qing army's right flank position, and even if there were fortifications to rely on, the Qing army's casualties were still not small.

Guo Ye snorted coldly: "Prepare immediately, launch fire oil, and attack the British ships with all your might!" ”