Tan Qiliang replied: "I don't know the specifics, I'm afraid that the prince thinks that the foreigners' artillery is too powerful, so we can't hold it, right?" ”

Guo Ye was speechless for a while, and understood, Monk Greenqin is going to use the cavalry to fight a decisive battle with the British and French forces in the plains, and give full play to the mobility advantage of the cavalry, but your cavalry must also be powerful enough! Not all armies can't stop the Mongol cavalry! At the very least, under the artillery, rifles and rockets of the Anglo-French army, there was no chance of cavalry charging at all!

However, it is too late to say anything now, after all, the Qing army has withdrawn from Tianjin, and now the Anglo-French army is afraid that they have already attacked north from Tianjin!

Yes, the current Anglo-French army has already set off from Tianjin.

After the British and French troops occupied Tianjin, they only rested for more than a day before they began to move north to the Baixian River, passing through Kuoxian County and approaching the vicinity of Tongxian.

At this time, Seng Greenqin has already been ready for battle, Monk Greenqin mobilized 8,000 Mongolian horse team, 2,000 Eight Banner horse team, a total of more than 10,000 cavalry, and at the same time Shengbao's green battalion 4,000 people, Ruilin's Beijing camp 6,000 people, Zhili Province Green Battalion 6,000 people, plus the troops from other places, has reached 30,000 people.

Such a strong force also made Seng Lingqin's heart a little more steady, not to mention anything else, but tens of thousands of cavalry gathered, you can exert great pressure on the foreigners, tens of thousands of cavalry charged, I don't believe that the British and French forces can still rely on rifles and artillery to resist!

In the heart of Seng Lingqin, the foreigners are afraid that they have never seen tens of thousands of cavalry charging into battle, right? These foreigners are all turtles who have never seen a big battle, let him see what cavalry is today!

Monk Gelinqin carried out a strict military deployment to Tongxian, and he commanded 17,000 horses and infantry, stationed on the line from Zhangjiawan to Bali Bridge, and guarded the road from Tongzhou to Jingshi Guangqumen. He also ordered the deputy commander Yulong to lead a Mongolian horse team of 4,000 people to defend the Bali Bridge, and ordered the Ma army commander Na Ma Shan to lead 1,000 Chahar Mongolian horse teams to defend the southeast of the Maju Bridge, so as to prevent the enemy from advancing westward from Matou and making a detour to attack the Beijing Division; Cheng Bao, the acting governor of Zhili, led 4,000 green battalion soldiers to defend Tongzhou County, and the Han army's Eight Banners Du Shengbao led 5,000 people from the Beijing Green Battalion to garrison the area east of Qihuamen to Dingfuzhuang, as a reserve force to support Monk Greenqin and protect the Beijing Division. The various ministries are horns and echo each other from afar.

It's just that the Qing army is strong enough, and the strength of the Anglo-French alliance is not weak.

The commander of the French army, Meng Daban, personally led the vanguard of the Anglo-French army of 8,000 people, a French brigade and a cavalry regiment, taking advantage of the situation, and the main force of the Anglo-French army of 15,000 people had also set off from Tianjin City and approached Tongzhou.

Soon, the Anglo-French forces arrived at the vanguard of the British and French forces from Tianjin, and at noon that day, approached Zhangjiawan from Hexi.

Monk Greenqin held a monocular, watching the British and French troops in the distance, the British and French troops were neatly lineed, the momentum was high, and the cannon behind was even more terrifying.

Monk Greenqin's heart was slightly cold, if he wanted to win, he must first strike strongly, and when the British and French forces were ready, the artillery would be powerful, and he would face a passive situation.

Monk Lingqin shouted: "Order, the adjutant general Inspector led a team of three thousand horses to launch a frontal attack on the foreigners, and the adjutant general Basasu followed closely behind, leading the four thousand green battalion infantry to attack!" ”

Inspector E received an order and led a team of 3,000 Mongolian horses to launch a direct assault on the Anglo-French forces in the distance.

The 3,000 horses rushed towards the British and French forces like a furious race!

At this time, the artillery of the British and French forces had not yet entered the position, and it was difficult to use it, so the infantry could only form a hollow formation and fire in a volley, trying to suppress the crazy onslaught of the Mongolian horse team!

However, once the horse team charged, the speed was amazing, the momentum was terrifying, and it was difficult to suppress the attack of the horse team just by virtue of the power of the musket, and among the three thousand horse team, there was a battalion of musket cavalry, more than 300 people, shooting at the French army, and there were also soldiers in the French army who were constantly hit, and the French position began to panic.

Meng Daban saw it clearly, and his heart tightened, he must not be rushed into the battle by the cavalry!

"Order the Royal Cavalry Regiment to move to the north, and once the enemy cavalry is close to the front of the position, give me a slash out of the spur and stop the Qing army's attack!" Command to prepare the rocket, three salvos! ”

Meng Daban nervously gave the battle order.

The Anglo-French army did not experience a large-scale cavalry charge as Monk Grinchen thought, when the Crimean War was in power, the Cossack cavalry was still superior to the Mongol horse team, and the Anglo-French army still found a way to restrain it, in addition to artillery, it was this kind of rocket - Congreve rocket!

Congreve rocket is a weapon developed by the British in the Anglo-French War, with a range of more than two kilometers, which is loaded with gunpowder, which can not only hurt people with flames, but also explode directly, with amazing power, whether it was in the Napoleonic War or in the Crimean War, it played a huge role and effectively contained the group impact of the Russian Cossack cavalry!

This time, the Anglo-French forces brought this weapon to China and used it on the Mongolian horse team!

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of rockets flew into the sky and shot at the Mongolian horse team, hundreds of rockets, it didn't seem like much, but the rockets fell on the grass, and the rapid explosion ignited the grass and trees on the ground, coupled with the violent explosion, brought huge lethality to the Mongolian horse team, the frightened war horses, constantly neighing, fell into chaos in the fire, and began to turn around and rush back!

Thousands of green battalion infantry, under the collision of the cavalry, were caught off guard, countless people were directly trampled to the ground by the war horses, and the unlucky ones were even directly trampled into meat puree!

The forward troops sent by Seng Lingqin were in chaos in an instant, trampling on each other.

Yes!

Monk Greenqin never thought that the British and French forces would still have such a hand, although they had just escaped the bombardment of the opponent's artillery, and they did not expect that the other side would have rockets, and the damage caused by this weapon was not inferior to that of artillery!

The front army is completely in a mess, how can this still be fought?

Before Monk Greenqin gave another order, the Royal Knights on the position of the British and French troops swooped up towards the advance of the Qing army, and the carbine in their hands continued to shoot at the Qing army.

Monk Lingqin was shocked, if he was attacked by the cavalry of the foreigners at this time, it would be even more troublesome!

Monk Greenqin was helpless, used the trump card in his hand, mobilized all the musket teams, plus the firearms battalion and the artillery battalion, and suppressed the royal cavalry regiment with powerful firepower!

At the critical moment, it was still easy to use Western weapons, and the crazy firepower suppressed the attack of the cavalry regiment at once, and had to temporarily retreat to avoid the edge!