At the same time that Guo Ye led his troops back to Beijing, the war in the Gyeonggi area was already rekindled!

Dozens of British and French fleets, carrying 30,000 troops, arrived at Tianjin Wei at a gallop, showing off their might on the Bohai Sea, and the commander-in-chief Saxton had already threatened to set foot in Beijing, and even the Forbidden City would be burned to relieve the hatred in his heart!

Tianjin's monk Lingqin has already raised his heart to his throat, the big thing is not good, there are more than 30 battleships alone, plus some gunboats, the combat power is amazing, can the little Tianjin Wei block it?

The current monk Lingqin didn't dare to stay in Tianjin, and led the army directly to Dagukou to garrison!

He Zhengqing beside him was also frowning, worried, now the armament in Dagukou is much better than before, but that's all, the British and French forces on the opposite side are several times stronger! Can you withstand it? I don't have a bottom in my heart!

Monk Lingqin looked at He Zhengqing and asked, "Zhengqing, how is it?" Can it withstand it? ”

He Zhengqing gritted his teeth and shouted: "Don't worry, the prince is here, Zhengqing is here, the fort is there, if Zhengqing is gone, it is not something that Zhengqing can manage, Zhengqing and Dagukou Fort live and die together!" ”

"Good!"

Monk Greenqin shouted: "Good boy, there is a kind, the soldier must have this indomitable momentum, and he must have this loyalty and courage!" ”

He Zhengqing's deep voice sounded again: "Lord Wang, if you can't do your job and die for the country, then please ask the prince to tell my brother Guo Ye, and the revenge of the eldest brother will be handed over to him!" Also, on the side of Beitang, our troops are too small, if the foreigners' army chooses to land from Beitang and advance by land and sea, we will not be good......"

Monk Greenqin shook his head and replied: "Please rest assured, behind you is the main force of my cavalry, and where is there still two thousand elite soldiers in Beitang, which is enough to block the foreigners at sea, and the most important thing now is Dagukou, and the foreigners' warships must not be allowed to drive in!" ”

He Zhengqing nodded.

The two of them were discussing, and the British and French fleets had begun to launch an offensive formation, and dozens of battleships were lined up in an arc and began to launch a fierce attack towards the Dagukou Battery!

Dozens of warships together, with more than 200 guns, and they are the most advanced Armstrong naval guns in this era, the power is huge, such a powerful firepower, the Qing army has never seen it at all!

Shells hit the battery, blowing up the shells in all directions!

He Zhengqing shouted: "Later, the prince will personally supervise the battle!" ”

He Zhengqing turned around and walked down, and began to command the north and south forts to fight together, and now Dagukou has built more than 40 forts, forming a battery group of more than 80 guns, which is the strongest fortress in the entire Qing Dynasty.

Under the command of He Zhengqing, the entire battery opened fire in full swing, launching a fierce counterattack against the fleet of the British and French forces, and Dagukou fell into a sea of fire!

He Zhengqing personally controlled an Armstrong gun captured from the British and French forces, which was the most powerful artillery in the entire Dagukou Fort.

However, this time, the battleships of the British and French forces were all cruisers that had hit the iron frame, which was unusually strong and ordinary shells, and it was not so easy to damage the British and French battleships.

However, it is not so easy for the British fleet to quickly take Dagukou, all the batteries have been carefully reinforced, although the coalition artillery fire is fierce, it is not so easy to destroy all the batteries!

The two sides fought from about ten o'clock in the morning until the evening when the lights were held, and there was no winner or loser, although some batteries were destroyed, and the artillery lost its combat effectiveness, but on the Dagukou fort, there were still dozens of artillery pieces that could participate in the battle, and they did not break their muscles and bones, as for the British and French fleets, with their super mobility and heavy armor, the artillery at Dagukou did not achieve the same results as last time!

The battle gradually subsided, He Zhengqing still did not dare to slack off, and nervously carried out patrols on the fort, just one day of fighting, Dagukou lost seven forts, more than a dozen artillery pieces, and the casualties of the Qing army exceeded hundreds! Everywhere there was the groaning of wounded soldiers!

At this time, He Zhengqing misses his brother Guo Ye very much, if he is there, there are the fifty new troops he took away, and he will definitely not let the British and French coalition forces be so arrogant, the fifty new troops are all experts in maneuvering artillery, no better than the current Qing army, although the courage is there, but this technology is far worse!

Monk Greenqin is even more nervous, Tianjin is only more than 300 miles away from Beijing, absolutely not to be lost, once Tianjin is lost, then the entire government and the opposition will have an earthquake, and the capital is in danger! However, now that the British and French troops are coming to the city, the momentum is amazing, and I can't come up with any good way to deal with it, and I don't know if Guo Ye's kid can rush back from Heilongjiang in time, which is really uncomfortable.

As for the Anglo-French fleet above the sea, it is now also being arranged intensively.

On the British flagship Victoria, the commander-in-chief Saxton frowned, although the artillery was fierce today, but it did not achieve the expected effect, dozens of batteries in Dagukou, only a few were destroyed, and it did not shake its foundation at all, the Qing army still has strong combat power, and if you want to completely destroy the Dagukou battery, it is impossible to do it in a few days!

However, almost all of the supplies of the allied forces now need to be transported by long distances from Hong Kong and even Malaysia, which is very inconvenient, and it is difficult to guarantee the morale of the British and French allied forces as time goes by.

Saxton looked at Mondaban beside him and asked, "General Mondaban, in your opinion, how should we plan for the next attack?" ”

Meng Daban said in a deep voice: "General Saxton, I think that if we only concentrate on attacking Dagukou with all our might, the situation will be very unfavorable to us, it is better for us to bypass Tianjin Wei and attack other places, such as Yantai, or Jinzhou, and then land from other places, and use our powerful army to kill all the way to Beijing, absolutely no one can do it!" In the middle of the day, you can reach the city of Beijing! ”

Saxton shook his head and replied: "General Meng Daban, although the method you said is very safe, but whether the army lands in Yantai or Jinzhou, it is more than a thousand miles away from Beijing, and we will face many major battles along the way. ”

Meng Daban was stunned for a moment, a little silent, grain can be looted on the spot, but ammunition is not good, there is no place for the entire Qing country to produce!

Meng Daban asked, "Then what are your plans to continue to storm Dagukou?" ”