Sure enough, Gao Qi's first division retreated quickly to the southeast, and the entire first division almost retreated completely!

In the entire city of Tianjin, there are only three sides of the siege, and in the city of Tianjin, Bazin and Horton are sitting opposite each other. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"General Bazin, now that the Lu army in Nancheng has retreated to the southeast, it must be our reinforcements that have arrived, isn't it time for us to attack?"

Houghton asked.

Bazin shook his head and replied: "General Houghton, we must be cautious, that Guo Ye is too cunning, we have suffered too many losses at his hands, and now we are at the end of our ropes, we must not take even a little risk, we must confirm that the other party is not ambushed, before we can launch a surprise attack and retreat to the southeast!" ”

"When will that be?"

Horton said urgently!

"Wait, if there is really a change in the direction of Dagukou, I think the Lu army in Nancheng must be pouring out, we can send spies to reconnoiter the military situation in the southeast direction, in order to spy on the news, as long as there is no trace of the Lu army within these fifty miles, then it can be determined that the Lu army has gone to Dagukou, otherwise, it is the illusion that Guo Ye led us to the bait!"

Bazin said in a deep voice.

Horton smiled bitterly: "Bazin, you are too whimsical to send scouts? How many scouts we send are not enough for people to catch, whether it is the Lu army south to Dagukou, the layout of this southern city must be there, it is impossible for people to open the door, let us stab them from behind, now what we should do is to attack with all our strength, defeat the Lu army in front of us in one fell swoop, and go straight to Dagukou, as long as our reinforcements are met on land, we can turn around and swallow the Lu army in one go! Otherwise, we will only have a dead end, even if the other party is besieged on three sides, we can't stand it! ”

Bazin said dissatisfiedly: "You said it lightly, if it is really a trap, don't say that the reinforcements have landed, maybe all of us thirty or forty thousand people will be caught in it!" Now we are at the end of the strong crossbow, the army has no fighting heart, relying on Tianjin City, we can barely support it, and leave Tianjin City, once we are surrounded, then we will die! ”

"Bazin, you coward!"

Horton said angrily: "You know, now it has been more than six days since the mixed fleet left Singapore, five days is enough for them to travel more than 4,000 kilometers, according to the distance, now their fleet has even arrived near Shanghai, it will not take a day to reach Dagukou, think about it, the mixed fleet, plus the fleet of the three countries, we have more than 60 warships, not to mention attacking Tianjin Port, even if it is attacking your country's Marseille Port, you can take it down, are you still worried about a fart?" Sixty warships launched an attack together, and within one day, they could definitely take Dagu Pass again, and then smoothly carry out the land landing! At this time, we lead the army out of the city, even if the opponent is a trap, we have no problem supporting it for two days, as long as we attract the Lu army to the south of them, our reinforcements can land in the shortest possible time, and then support us! When the time comes, we will turn the defense into the offensive, carry out counter-encirclement of the Lu army, and annihilate it in one fell swoop! ”

Horton's analysis is not unreasonable, but Bazin is naturally more cautious as the commander of the army, and when he heard Horton's words, Bazin's face turned red.

"General Horton, I am the commander-in-chief of the entire army coalition, and I am responsible for the entire coalition army, such a risk is too great, have you forgotten the heavy damage you suffered in Rongcheng Bay? If you were able to take Rongcheng Bay smoothly, and then we would have advanced by waterway, where would we encounter such resistance? I'm afraid that the Lu army has already been broken by us! To tell you, none of our French soldiers are afraid of death, and the honor of our French soldiers is supreme, but I must ensure that the Four-Power Alliance can leave China alive, or even with glory, and not shame! ”

Bazin roared angrily, but Horton's true fire at this time had already come up, and he said angrily: "Bazin, of course you are not in a hurry, but our Malay Peninsula has been lost, we have lost the most important base of the British Empire in Asia, the Strait of Malacca is related to the political status of the entire British Empire in the world, and there is absolutely no room for loss, this situation is continuing, all the British Empire soldiers in the whole of Asia have no face to return to Britain alive, we must attack, even if it is a risk, we will not hesitate!" If North Africa under your control falls now, aren't you in a hurry? Damn it! ”

As soon as Horton's words came out, Bazin finally ran out of words, yes, if it wasn't for the Four-Power Coalition in the Gyeonggi area, how could the Asian fleet leave its nest? If you don't leave the nest, don't say it's the Shandong Navy, even if it's the French navy attacking Malacca, it will not be possible, this rush to help, to the British Empire has caused immeasurable losses, no wonder Horton is now thundering.

"Well, General Houghton, I understand your present situation, and I agree with your present position, in order to show that Britain and France are in harmony, I am willing to give the initiative to attack, but ......"

"But what?"

Horton asked urgently.

"However, we must wait until after dark, and finally after ten o'clock in the night, we are taking military action, at least to the greatest extent possible to hide the ears and eyes of the Lu army, and delay it for a few hours, the shorter the time from the arrival of reinforcements from the mixed fleet, and the more secure our military action will be, this is one of my requests!"

"Good!"

Now, in order to be able to defeat the Lu army as soon as possible and return to Nanyang as soon as possible, Horton has put everything away, even if he is asked to charge into battle in person, he will not hesitate to do so, Malacca has fallen, such a responsibility is not something he Horton can bear, even if it is Admiral Dundas, it will definitely not work!

Horton said fiercely: "Since this is the case, then prepare immediately, tonight, we will start to act, I don't believe it, this Guo Ye can still turn the situation around at this time!" Lao Tzu fought to the end with him! ”

Bazin smiled bitterly, he really didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to make such a decision this time, he felt in his own heart that the retreat of the Lu army was definitely not so simple, the chess was one move, and the whole game was lost, and now he could only pray for reinforcements to come quickly, as long as the reinforcements arrived, at least the four-nation alliance would greatly reduce the military pressure, so as to escape and turn the situation around!

(To be continued.) )