Gathering the troops, Seng Lingqin and Guo Ye returned to the tent.

Monk Lingqin introduced the previous battle to Guo Ye, Guo Ye's brows furrowed tightly, and replied, "Lord Wang, didn't I give you advice before leaving?" In the face of ferocious artillery attacks and rifle volleys, we must not attack the opponent's position in a dense formation, then we can only send us to death, we can't break through the fire suppression of others at all! ”

Monk Greenqin's face turned red, the loss this time was too great, it was all his own carelessness, and the infantry of the British and French forces was seriously underestimated, which led to such a big loss!

Monk Lingqin asked, "Guo Ye, next, how should we arrange the battle?" ”

Guo Ye took a deep breath and replied: "First, it is difficult for us to win this war, although we have an absolute advantage in strength, but the combat power is too far from the other party, there are twenty or thirty thousand British and French troops, even if we have killed a certain number of foreigners, but compared to our losses, it is still not worth mentioning, all our casualties combined, it has exceeded more than 1,000 people, and the British and French coalition forces, the casualties are less than 2,000 people, and the number of troops killed is only hundreds." The best way is to negotiate peace, as before, to promote peace by war! Second, if the peace agreement fails, then the whole army will shrink, stretch the front of the British and French coalition forces, and their supplies will all come from the sea, as long as we cut off the main road from Tianjin to Beijing, and from Jinzhou and Yantai to Beijing, they will have no supplies in the rear, and they will mobilize a large army and grind them to death! Lives for lives, this is the last resort, and even if we can win, we will often have huge casualties! ”

Monk Lingqin nodded and replied: "However, it is not far from Beijing City now, and we must ensure that Beijing City is not lost......

Guo Ye smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, if we want to win, we must lengthen the front of the Anglo-French coalition army, if we want to lengthen the front of the Anglo-French coalition army, then we must give up Beijing City, defend Beijing City, and fight a decisive battle with the British and French coalition forces, we will definitely lose, just their powerful artillery is something we can't deal with, this is not a momentary blood and courage can turn the situation around!" ”

Monk Greenqin fell into deep thought, although what Guo Ye said made sense, but he abandoned Beijing like this, he was afraid that he would definitely not be able to pass this level, and the clear stream in the middle of the court would drown himself with foaming stars! The emperor will definitely not spare himself, if he dies, then no matter how powerful Guo Ye is, he will not be able to control the situation, after all, he is just a direct commander with a taste, and he can't control so many troops at all!

Monk Greenqin shook his head and replied: "No, Guo Ye, Beijing City must not give up, even if we fail, we must defend Beijing City!" This is about the dignity of the country and the country, and it is about the society of the country, and we must not retreat! ”

Guo Ye was depressed for a while, since it doesn't work, then you have to forget it, fight until the time is counted.

"Lord Wang, I haven't asked you yet, how did my eldest brother He Zhengqing die?"

Guo Ye's eyes flickered, and he asked in a deep voice.

Monk Greenqin sighed and replied: "Guo Ye, I'm sorry for Zhengqing, in Dagukou, my cavalry faced the flank attack of the British and French infantry and cavalry, and Ildonga fled from the battle, which led to great confusion in the army, I had to choose to withdraw to Tianjin, and sent the staff He Changzai to send a letter to Zhengqing, who knows, this He Changzai was greedy for life and afraid of death, ignored my order, and escaped privately, the order was not passed to Zhengqing, and as a result, Zhengqing was besieged by the British and French forces in both directions by land and sea, and almost all of them were killed! ”

Monk Greenqin was also sad in his heart, he was equipped with most of the rifle to He Zhengqing's Dagu mouth, just to defend the Dagu mouth, but he didn't fight a battle, so that he no longer had an army equipped with Western weapons under his command, if He Zhengqing's part of the army was there, where could he be so passive?

"That He Chang is here, this king has personally beheaded him, and comforted all the fallen soldiers in Dagukou, and when he returns to the dynasty in the future, this king will also ask for ......credit for them as soon as possible."

Guo Ye's heart was gloomy for a while, it was useless to say anything now, he had a teammate like a pig, this is also the sorrow of Monk Greenqin, Ildonah, He Changzai, is such a pig teammate, the group of wastes under Shengbao is also a pig teammate, even if there is one less, the British and French forces will definitely not advance here so quickly, and they will not make the Qing army have no power to fight back!

Monk Lingqin asked, "Guo Ye, next, how can we continue to deploy and fight?" ”

Guo Ye handed over to the east coast: "Please also ask the prince to instruct, do your best in your humble position!" ”

Monk Greenqin shook his head and replied: "Guo Ye, you are polite in front of this king, if it is to suppress the bandits, this king will naturally take the lead, but in the face of foreigners, I know too little about them, and I don't know who I am, where can I take advantage?" You have always been proficient in Western affairs, you know a lot about the Western army, you are the best choice, you come to deploy, no matter what the outcome is, there is this king to bear! ”

When Guo Ye heard this, he nodded, and replied: "Lord Wang, if I am asked to deploy, then the Bali Bridge, we must give up, now behind us, there are two regiments of British cavalry in the vicinity of the house, threatening our rear at any time, in front, the British and French forces have also concentrated tens of thousands of troops, we are caught in the middle, even if we can block their first attack, we will definitely not be able to block the attack behind them!" ”

Monk Lingqin frowned and asked, "Guo Ye, are you so unconfident?" In this battle, although we suffered heavy losses, after all, we won and held the Bali Bridge! ”

Guo Ye smiled helplessly: "Lord, although we held the Bali Bridge, it was also a fluke, my eight hundred cavalry came out of the oblique stab, and the French army was not at all guarded by us and crushed the right flank, and even their commander was beaten by me to the point that he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, so he had today's defeat; However, this does not mean that our combat strength exceeds that of the foreigners, the British and French troops have not suffered large casualties, and their combat strength still exists, while our army is already wounded, and if we engage in a positional battle with them here, then we will only be sent to death......"

Monk Lingqin was gloomy for a while, and asked: "Then what next, if we don't stick to the Bali Bridge, are there other dangers that can be held?" ”

Guo Ye sneered: "Stick? Why hold on? We have cavalry, we can fight them in guerrilla warfare, attack the British and French forces from all corners, and in a short time, the British and French forces will definitely be stopped by us to the east of the city of Beijing, maybe we still have a chance to win! You must know that although they occupy the time of advanced weapons, the geographical advantage is still in our hands! ”