Chapter 120: The Sword Pointed at Tianjin
Dagukou has fallen!
The entire Gyeonggi area was suddenly opened, and the warships of the British and French forces could go straight up the river from now on, and the army was directed at Tianjin!
It's just that when Meng Daban and Saxton boarded the mouth of Dagu, their hearts were still in awe, I didn't expect that there was still a backbone army in the Qing Kingdom, at least not like yesterday's army, without much effort, it had all collapsed, such soldiers are real soldiers!
Yes, there are 4,000 defenders in the entire Dagukou, and under the first battle, more than 2,000 people were killed and more than 1,000 were seriously injured, and only a few dozen people successfully broke through, as for those who were captured and surrendered, there were no more than ten people together!
Look at the corpse of He Zhengqing, the chief soldier of Tianjin Town in the distance, there is no one complete, even if he dies, he dies on the way to charge, the soldiers always sympathize with each other, even if they are hostile to each other, they will also pay high respect to the iron-clad man, regardless of the position, just for the courage and loyalty of the body!
Meng Daban stared for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, bury this general, let's continue the next big battle!" ”
Yes, although Dagukou was taken, but Tianjin City was still in the hands of the Qing army, this time the army went out, Britain and France did not stop easily, how can we also say that the Qing government squeezed out three liters of blood, and it can also end this grievance!
Saxton and Montaban gathered a French brigade, a British brigade, plus two royal cavalry regiments, with a strength of 13,000 men, and began to march towards Tianjin!
Tianjin, now Seng Lingqin is furious, the reason is that he sent the guerrilla general Chang Zai to inform He Zhengqing first, give up the defense of Dagukou, retreat to Tianjin, and save combat strength, as a result, the damned Chang first, because of greed for life and fear of death, he ran back to Tianjin directly halfway, completely leaving his orders behind, you know, those Qing troops under He Zhengqing's hands are all elite! In particular, the more than 1,000 garrisons in Dagukou are even more brave and good at fighting, and after the vigorous rectification of He Zhengqing and Guo Ye, they are real combat power!
Now it's okay, die in a fight! The real battle was killed, and even the fierce general He Zhengqing was killed in battle!
Chang Zaixian's body trembled and knelt in front of Monk Lingqin, and it was almost soft into a puddle of mud!
"Come on, give me this useless waste to exit and cut it directly!"
Monk Grinqin roared angrily.
Several pro-soldiers pounced on them, set up Chang Zao, and walked out!
Chang Zaixian begged for mercy repeatedly, but Monk Greenqin had already turned his head away, and if he didn't kill this person, it would be difficult to understand the hatred in his heart!
Not only Chang Zaixian, but also that Ildona, even more hateful, if he hadn't escaped from the battle, where would there be the current passive situation? Even if you can't beat the foreigners, you won't be so vulnerable!
Monk Greenqin's teeth clenched, but he was able to kill Chang Zaixian, but he couldn't kill Ildona, don't say that Ildonga is a minister of the Qincha, even if he is the title of the scholar of the Imperial Academy, he is also a member of the first rank, even if Monk Greenqin is the prince of the iron hat and the minister of life, he will never dare to forget to kill the important ministers of the country!
Monk Greenqin wrote a fold, handed it to the generals around him, and shouted: "Immediately send this fold to the capital for 700 miles urgently, Lao Tzu wants to ask the emperor for an order, and first behead the bastard Ildona, then he sacrifices the flag!" ”
It's just that what Monk Lingqin doesn't know is that Ildong'a, who is still stationed in the south of Tianjin, is still writing about the twists and turns, and he escaped from the battle, which is an unforgivable capital crime! What's more, he is still the emperor's minister?
If you don't prepare, once the news reaches the ears of the emperor, death will already be the lightest, and I am afraid that all the family members will be sent to Ningguta! Now there is only one way to save yourself, and that is for the wicked to sue first, falsely accusing the monk Greenqin of escaping from the battle, completely muddying this pool, and maybe there is still a chance to live!
The two of them have become strangers at all, and they both want to put each other to death, but they are all tacit.
But these are all trivial things after all, and the most important thing is whether the current Tianjin can be kept!
Soon, the monk Greenqin, who had retreated to Tianjin, waited for the news that the British and French troops were approaching Tianjin.
Monk Greenqin's face turned pale, and there were more than 10,000 British and French troops! Coupled with the extremely sharp artillery and foreign guns of foreigners, how can you resist yourself? Although there are more than 10,000 people under his command now, it is obvious that the gap with the British and French forces is too big, especially the power of the artillery, and his cavalry and infantry have not yet approached the people, and they have been scattered by the artillery fire of the British and French forces!
Stick to Tianjin?
That will die is even more ugly, you must know that the artillery of foreigners is best at attacking the city, dozens, hundreds of cannons bombarded together, even if the Tianjin city wall is strong, it will definitely not be able to stop the nearly 100 artillery pieces of foreigners!
However, if you don't defend it now, do you still have a way out, you have already lost Dagukou, if you lose Tianjin again, this sin will be big, even if the emperor does not kill himself, it will be absolutely unavoidable to remove and demote the knight!
Shengbao on the side hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, we must not defend Tianjin, think about it, our main force is cavalry, if we are trapped in Tianjin, it means that our most powerful combat power is all tied up in the city, and we can't play any role, there are only less than 10,000 infantry left, how can we resist the attack of foreigners?" ”
Monk Greenqin's heart was shocked, what Shengbao said made sense, his strength is to use the cavalry to charge in the wilderness, and strangle the enemy alive with high-speed mobility.
"Ke Zhai, what you said is so right, we must not defend Tianjin, we must retreat, give up Tianjin, find a plain area, and engage in a field battle with foreigners!"
Monk Greenqin said eagerly.
Sheng Bao asked, "Then, Lord Wang, how do you plan to deploy it?" ”
Monk Lingqin looked at the military map and said in a deep voice: "It's here!" Bali Bridge and Zhangjiawan area! This is all flat ground, which is conducive to the charge of cavalry, and we also have the firearms battalion left by Guo Ye here, Guo Ye told me at the beginning that a firearms battalion can be worth eight green battalions, this is a strong combat force, relying on him and the cavalry, we may still have a chance to win a battle with foreigners! ”
Shengbao's eyes lit up, yes, at this time, he actually forgot about the firearms battalion, and raised soldiers for a thousand days for a while, and this time was the time for the firearms battalion to serve!
"Lord Wang, you give an order immediately, it's too late!"