When the Shandong Peninsula set off a great war, Tianjin Wei also ushered in the fleets of France and Spain!

After Zeng Guofan came to Tianjin, he inspected the Dagukou Fort non-stop, which is the backbone of Tianjin Wei, once the Dagukou Fort is lost, even if the 30,000 Hunan troops are here, it will be difficult to resist the attack of more than 100,000 foreigners!

Fortunately, after the last war, Dagukou has now been renovated again, on the north and south two fort groups, there are nearly 100 artillery pieces concentrated, although the performance of this artillery is not comparable to the construction of Weihaiwei with the iron bottom of the copper gang, but it is not comparable to other ports, after all, this is the closest seaport to the capital, once Tianjin falls, the capital is equivalent to the end. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Fortunately, the combat readiness of Dagukou is not bad, and there is still a legend of the Yasukuni Gong War against the Western devils, although it is the green battalion army, the combat power is strong, and it is absolutely first-class in the green battalion, the south fort and the north fort, each with two artillery battalions, four artillery battalions, according to the establishment of 2,000 people, the arsenal of the fort, the largest number of shells in the Gyeonggi area, 15,000 shells!

Yes, Zeng Guofan finally has some confidence in his heart, plus the strength of the Hunan army, more than 100 artillery pieces, plus nearly 20,000 shells, enough for foreigners to drink a pot!

The war preparations at Dagukou put Zeng Guofan at ease, and the continuous flow of troops to help him made his confidence stronger, and the first to arrive in Tianjin was to transfer 10,000 Han troops from Fengtian, Eight Banners and Green Battalion; Immediately afterwards, the 10,000 green battalion soldiers in Shanxi also arrived, and after just over two days, the 5,000 green battalion and 5,000 Hunan troops in Henan also arrived, and the last one to arrive was the Huai army that Zeng Guofan was most excited about, coming by sea ship from Shanghai!

Zeng Guofan knew in his heart that in terms of equipment and talents, the current Huai army was the strongest except for the Lu army, even Zuo Zongtang's Chu army and his own Hunan army could not be compared with it!

Li Hongzhang's three major generals, Zhang Shusheng, Liu Mingchuan and Pan Dingxin, were ordered to lead 15,000 people from the Shuzi Battalion, the Mingzi Battalion and the Dingzi Battalion to Tianjin, and arrived with Li Hongzhang with the six cavalry battalions of the Hunan Army from Anhui!

It's just that the six cavalry battalions were recruited by Zeng Guoquan not long ago, and their combat power is average, so it's better than nothing, and the three battalions with strong combat effectiveness are still Li Hongzhang's three battalions, 15,000 people, which is already Li Hongzhang's absolute main force, Zhang Shusheng, Liu Mingchuan and Pan Dingxin are also the most warlike generals under Li Hongzhang, and the three battalions each have ten infantry battalions plus an artillery battalion, which is definitely the most powerful among the armies!

The news of Zuo Zongtang's defeat has reached Tianjin, Zeng Guofan's heart is nervous, even Zuo Zongtang has not been able to withstand the attack of the foreigners for more than two days, how long can he hold on?

Tianjin Prefect Yamen, Zeng Guofan took this place as his temporary retreat, and looked at the generals present, the Hunan army, the famous general Bao Chao, the commander of the cavalry battalion Sun Kaihua, and the commander of the Hunan army Bao Xin who followed him; Huai Jun, Zhang Shusheng, Liu Mingchuan, Pan Dingxin, others, Fengtian's deputy commander of the Han Army, Ge Buqi, and Shanxi Admiral Gong Yuan!

"Let's all talk about it, what are we going to do? In order to keep the capital foolproof? ”

Everyone looked at Bao Chao, without him, Bao Chao's prestige is the highest among everyone, the first general in the Hunan army, as for Zhang Shusheng and others, they are small characters, just now revealed, far from being comparable to Bao Chao.

"Di Shuai, the soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover, if you were still a little worried before, it is understandable, but now it is different, our Hunan army, Huai army plus the green battalion soldiers, there are 60,000 people! If 60,000 people can't defeat the foreigners, we will have been fighting on the battlefield for so many years! ”

Bao Chao raised his voice.

Zeng Guofan frowned and said unhappily: "Chunting, it's good to be confident, but don't be proud!" This time, the total number of foreigners is nearly 100,000! With such a strong force, coupled with the power of firearms, with the momentum of thunder, how can it be ignored? ”

Bao Chao sneered: "Di Shuai, they foreigners say that there are more than 100,000 people, just 100,000 people?" Joke? Where did they get so many troops? At the time of the First Opium War, the English were no more than 18,000; In the Second Opium War, the British and French forces combined were only about 30,000 people, and this time they were able to draw 100,000 troops? Foolish! It's just a bluff! The foreign devil is shrewd, he just wants to use this momentum to suppress the court, and he wants to take what he wants! ”

Zeng Guofan nodded, Bao Chao said this well, foreigners sent 100,000 people? Unlikely really? From Europa to China, I heard that it is 20,000 or 30,000 miles away, how can such a distance support an expedition of 100,000 people?

However, Zeng Guofan still replied: "Chunting, even if there are no 100,000 foreigners, we must not be careless, six years ago, in the first battle of Gyeonggi, the monk king, Shengbao and Ruilin led 50,000 people to fight with the British and French forces in Tongxian, what was the result?" was defeated, and a fierce general like Ming Shuai almost died on the battlefield! That's when the foreigners only came 50,000 people this time, so we guarantee that we still have a chance of winning? ”

"Digong!"

Liu Mingchuan on the side said in a deep voice: "What you said is certainly reasonable, but after all, we are not comparable to the green battalion led by Shengbao and Ruilin back then, just looking at the firearms we have mastered, we are no longer inferior to foreigners!" I think that we should keep the enemy out of the country, and we must not let foreigners land on land, once the forces of foreigners on land are deployed, even if we can win, it will definitely be a miserable victory, and both sides will lose! If we can hold them back, it is because they stay on the Yellow Sea, even if they have more infantry, they will be useless, and with only naval artillery, they will not be able to fight through the city of Tianjin to the city of Beijing......"

Ha ha......

Everyone present laughed, Liu Ming's legend is good, as long as the foreigners are resisted, they can't land, even if the foreigners are shouting, they are useless!

"In that case,"

Zeng Guofan said in a deep voice: "Then according to the opinion of the third province, the enemy is outside the country!" Provincial 3, Zhenxuan, temporarily hand over the artillery battalion of the two of you to Qin Xuan, Qin Xuan, order you to lead the Dingzi battalion and Bao Xin's 5,000 Hunan army to advance to the periphery of Dagukou and help defend the Dagukou Fort! Gengtang, Provincial Three, lead your troops to garrison Tianjin, Chunting, you come to command Shanxi, Fengtian and the troops of the headquarters, all retreat to the Wuqing line, deploy the second line of defense, and we will compete with the foreigners again in Tianjin! ”

(To be continued.) )