Sheng Bao on the side was shocked: "Guo Ye, the strength of the British and French alliance is no less than 20,000 people, even if we win two games against them in a row, their strength is still more than 20,000 people, with only 3,000 people, you dare to guarantee that you can defeat the British and French alliance?" Are you kidding! ”

Guo Ye replied: "Of course, only 3,000 people, naturally we can't defeat the other party's 20,000 people, even if the other party has 5,000 people, if we fight a direct battle, we are not opponents, but, first, the British and French forces will not go up with 20,000 people, they will stay in Tianjin to occupy Tianjin, the mouth of the sea, second, they will not concentrate all their forces together, they must be divided to advance, according to the battle of the previous two days, we can already estimate their strength, two brigades of French troops, plus two cavalry regiments, The strength of the army is only about 10,000 people, after our heavy blow, their army strength, I am afraid that there are only about six or seven thousand people, if we retreat, they will inevitably divide their troops to advance, all the way to threaten due east, approaching the direction of Dongzhimen, all the way to the south, approaching the direction of Chongwenmen, as long as we ambush, single his way, there is still a certain certainty, as long as we grasp the good timing, we can definitely win the battle! ”

Guo Ye looked at Seng Lingqin, and then said: "Lord Wang, in the first battle, we will be near the Shuangqiao, about ten miles away from the Bali Bridge, here is full of bud rice and sorghum fields, as long as our cavalry is scattered into it, when the British and French forces approach, they will suddenly kill, and fight with cavalry against infantry, zero distance combat, the rifle in their hands is a broken wooden club, can two or three thousand cavalry not beat their four or five thousand infantry?" ”

Monk Greenqin's heart was shocked, the current bud rice is already more than one person tall, green oil, not far away, even if it is hidden a few meters away, it will never be found on the road! As for the sorghum field, it is even higher, but I am afraid that people riding on war horses will not be able to see the top of their heads! With the help of sorghum and bud rice, to carry out a surprise attack on foreigners, this is definitely a clever trick to hide from the world, this Guo Ye's tactics are really imaginative!

"Guo Ye, how many troops do you plan to deploy?"

Monk Lingqin asked in a deep voice.

Guo Ye poked his finger fiercely in the direction of Shuangqiao Town, and replied: "Right here, in this area, when I was training the firearms battalion, I did a detailed inspection here, here is full of buds and sorghum, just to arrange our army, order the cavalry of Baoding Town to be on the north side, and the superintendent of your personal guard cavalry is on the south side, and when the foreigners march through the general, they suddenly kill from it, and they can't hide their ears, they don't say that they will fire artillery, even if it is too late to shoot!" All that awaits them is our bright saber! ”

Monk Lingqin slapped his thigh and laughed: "Good, good! That's great! Guo Ye, this trick is so wonderful, just follow your plan, we will block it here! ”

Monk Greenqin led the main force to retreat first and stationed the army in the Yangzha area, while Guo Ye led the carefully selected more than 2,000 elite main forces to set up a net near Shuangqiao, waiting for the British and French forces to send ****.

The current Anglo-French alliance army is also out of anxiety for a while, Meng Daban is seriously injured, I am afraid that it can be cured, and it will have to wait until two or three months later, and now I can't even get out of bed, how can I still command the war?

Moreover, the battle of Bali Bridge fell short, and the good situation was destroyed by the brave and warlike cavalry, not only did not occupy the Bali Bridge, but also suffered casualties of 3,000 French infantry and more than 1,000 British cavalry, and there was also a huge consumption of weapons and ammunition, which is a huge loss that has never been seen before! Although, compared with the Qing army, the losses of the Anglo-French coalition army can only be a small thing, and the casualties of the Qing army have exceeded 15,000 people, but the Qing army has a lot of troops, and about 50,000 people have gathered in the Gyeonggi area, and the Tongzhou area alone is also a force of more than 30,000 people, with more than 10,000 casualties, and there are still 20,000 people, but the British and French troops do not have such confidence, and they only came with a total of 26,700 people!

Grant and Yaman are both just deputies, the commander-in-chief has fallen, the morale of the army is low, how will the next war be fought? The two of them had no choice but to let people ride fast horses back to Tianjin to deliver the letter, one was to speed up the delivery of ammunition and other supplies, and the other was to ask the commander-in-chief Saxton what to do next.

After receiving the report, Saxton was almost pissed off by Meng Daban, what a waste, you said that you led tens of thousands of people, you want guns and guns, you want cannons and cannons, Lao Tzu also assigned two of our Royal Dragoon Cavalry Regiment to you, you actually beat like this bear! Even your own life was almost hit, and the cavalry was killed by others with a small 2,000, and the infantry division suffered more than 3,000 casualties, are you still fighting the Qing army? Even in Crimea, fighting with the Russians has never been so miserable!

However, it has come to this point, it is useless for Saxton to be angry, the most important thing at present is how to save the situation and take Beijing as soon as possible!

"Order, the Second Regiment of the First Regiment of the Royal Infantry is immediately reorganized, and rush to Tongzhou early tomorrow morning to help in the battle, and I will personally supervise the battle! Tianjin Mansion is handed over to Colonel Blair! There are also 3,000 shells and 2,000 boxes of ammunition to be prepared immediately, and at the same time enough food is prepared, and then set off and transport it to Tongzhou! ”

Saxton suppressed his anger and gave the order.

The next day, Saxton led two infantry regiments to advance rapidly in the direction of Tongzhou and rushed to the front line of the battlefield.

Immediately afterwards, in the afternoon of the same day, the troops of the two companies, escorting a large number of military supplies, began to move rapidly in the direction of Tongzhou!

Saxton's two infantry regiments, which took only three days, arrived in Tongzhou, joined up with the remnants of the army led by Grant and Yaman, and began to reorganize their armaments and prepare for another attack on Beijing.

As for the logistics baggage team of a battalion behind, it is slowly approaching Tongzhou, after all, the baggage team cannot be compared with the infantry regiment, even if it is fast, it can only travel sixty miles a day, but there are no cars and trains in this era, and it can only rely on manpower and animal power to advance.

It's just that Saxton just wanted to arrive in Tongzhou as soon as possible, but he forgot about the baggage team behind, in his opinion, the strength of two companies is enough to ensure the safety of weapons and baggage, and no Qing army can defeat one of his infantry battalions in a short time!

However, it was precisely where he thought that there could be no problems, and there was a big problem, the small two infantry companies, and they were second-line logistics troops, wanted to resist the nearly 1,000 cavalry led by He Qimou, it was simply a dream!