Under the fierce offensive of the French army and the Spanish army, Zeng Guofan and Zhang Shusheng and others had to withdraw from Tianjin City in embarrassment and retreat in the direction of Wuqing, which was too miserable!

Zeng Guofan gathered 60,000 or 70,000 troops in Tianjin City, but in the end he was not able to hold Tianjin City for seven days.

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When Yixin got the telegram, he was completely numb!

Tianjin is lost, this is the most frustrating and frightening news I have received in the past half a year, Tianjin is lost, and the foreigners can drive straight into the capital for a long time!

Moreover, Zeng Guofan made it clear in the telegram that there were dozens of foreign warships attacking Tianjin, 60,000 or 70,000 infantry, of which the artillery alone was 300 giants, and it was definitely not the Gyeonggi army that could resist it!

670,000 troops, in addition to these 670,000 troops, the foreigners still have a strong force in Shandong, the British and Japanese armies, although in the first battle in Shandong, the British and Japanese coalition forces suffered a big loss, but after all, they still maintain this strong combat power, and suffer a big loss is even more unwilling to give up, will inevitably go north along the coast, and the French and Spanish armies will join the division, in that case, the strength of the foreigners really has 100,000 people!

What to do? What to do?

Yixin has no way at all, and it is almost impossible to hold Beijing City, increase troops? How to increase the number of troops? Zuo Zongtang's Chu army in Fujian has been defeated by the British army, although there are still some troops, it is only one or two hundred thousand, and it is useless! Huai Army? In order to be able to rush to the aid of the capital, Li Hongzhang mobilized three of the most elite battalions from Jiangsu in one go, with a total of 15,600 troops. Then mobilize the Huai army? Where can I get to the capital in a short time? Hunan Army? Zeng Guofan's Hunan army was also dealt a heavy blow! Zeng Guofan's 10,000 Zhili Hunan troops plus two Hunan troops transferred from Henan, Anhui, with a strength of more than 20,000 troops, were also beaten to the point that there were not many people left, and now the main forces of the other Hunan armies are far away in the south, and there is no one in the north!

As for the green battalion, the green battalion soldiers of Zhili were not there in the first place, and the green battalions of Shanxi and Fengtian collapsed directly, there is no difference between there and no!

Only Guo Ye's Lu army can be mobilized, but now Guo Ye is still far away in the west of Shanxi, and without ten days and half a month, he can't rush to the Gyeonggi area, Shandong's second division? Yan Chunyu had a bloody battle with the British army, although the British army repulsed, but it was also a heavy casualty, it is said that Yan Chunyu was distressed and was about to vomit blood, nearly 20,000 troops, and in the end there were only a few thousand people left, which was also a great injury......

In the whole of northern China, there is no army that can be used at all!

Now Yixin is about to regret his death, he knew that such a situation would be known, even if those **** rebels occupied Shanxi, Gansu and even Sichuan, Lao Tzu would not let Guo Ye go to the northwest, but now he is completely in a desperate situation!

Yixin looked at Wang Huanzhang and said in a deep voice: "General Wang, how sure are you that you can withstand the attack of foreigners and hold Beijing City?" ”

The corners of Wang Huanzhang's mouth twitched, and he asked, "Lord Wang, how many troops do you say there are in the capital now?" ”

Yixin pondered for a moment and replied: "I probably remember that the Green Battalion directly under the Admiral of Jiumen is close to 30,000 people, and the Shenji Battalion, which is now reorganized and reorganized, has a strength of 20,000 troops, 7,000 Jianrui Battalion, and 1,500 imperial guards, almost these troops, the number should be less than 60,000......

Wang Huanzhang smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, what you said is the establishment, not the actual strength, now the battalions in the capital are seriously lacking, the generals at all levels are fraudulently receiving salaries, the establishment of a battalion of 400 people, it would be good to have 300 people, the rest of the 100 people are all empty, a Shenji battalion has a quota of nearly 600 people, and the actual strength is about 400 people, so calculated, Lord Wang, the strength of the entire capital is less than 40,000 people......

"What?"

Yixin was really taken aback, the establishment of 60,000 people, the actual strength is only less than 40,000! What's more, Lao Tzu allocates no less than two million taels of silver to all the ministries in the capital a year, how much are they greedy for!

Wang Huanzhang continued: "Lord Wang, I have received the battle report of Tianjin and Shandong, Tianjin gathered more than 50,000 French and Spanish army troops, and the first battle of Tianjin, although there was some damage, but the main force was not damaged; Shandong gathered more than 60,000 British and Japanese troops, Weihaiwei battle, only repelled the British navy, sank and damaged the British warship, the navy lost only about 1,000 troops, Rongcheng Bay battle, most of the Lu army annihilated were the Japanese army, although the British army also suffered casualties, but it was only wounded, there were still more than 20,000 troops. Once all the troops of the four countries have landed in Tianjin, there will be 80,000 troops, and it will be impossible to resist the foreigners with 40,000 troops in the capital who have little combat experience......

"So, what then? What to do? ”

Yi Xin roared, all the pressure was now almost on this council king, which naturally overwhelmed him.

"Lord, if the Hunan army and the Huai army still retain the main force, hand it over to me to command, I still have a trace of certainty, now, there is no doubt that I will definitely not be able to, no one, Zeng Guofan will not be able to, Bao Chao, the first general of the Hunan army, is also not an opponent, if there is no huge turnaround, I want to keep Beijing City...... It's hard! ”

Wang Huanzhang continued to fight Yixin, Wang Huanzhang's analysis was very thorough, it was not a lie, 80,000 foreigners landed together, that is really no one can stop it, it is impossible to destroy China, but it is still very possible to defeat all the forces of China, just in terms of combat power, even the Lu army, it is too far behind, after all, the Lu army only has three divisions, but only 50,000 people!

"Immediately send a telegram to Shandong, ordering Yan Chunyu to lead the army to urgently serve the king, and within ten days, he must rush to the capital! Immediately sent a telegram to Gao Qi in Jiangsu, asking him to lead the first division of the Lu army to rush to King Qinwang in Gyeonggi! Immediately send a telegram to Li Hongzhang, asking him to mobilize all the Huai troops to go north! ”

Now Yixin can't take care of anything, and keeping the capital is the first priority!

"Lord Wang, it's too late, the current sea route has been completely blocked by foreigners, the southern troops can't reach Gyeonggi in a short time by sea, just a land march, except for Yan Chunyu, no force can rush to Beijing in time, even if it sends a telegram, it is useless at all, for today's plan, only the same as last time, the North Hunt Rehe, temporarily avoid the edge of the foreigners......"

(To be continued.) )