"What? French troops landed from Beitang? ”

When the prefect's yamen was facing the map and thinking about countermeasures, Zeng Guofan's door was kicked open, and the information about the fall of Beitang was handed to Zeng Guofan!

Zeng Guofan jumped up suddenly, Beitang fell, it means that the French army does not need to take Dagukou, they can drive straight in, and advancing thirty miles to the south is the back of the Dagukou fort, and the front and back are attacked, and Dagukou will definitely be finished!

"Come on, immediately order all the generals to come and discuss the matter!"

It didn't take long for several important generals to come over. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The fall of Beitang has cast a shadow on everyone's hearts, and the next war will be difficult to fight.

"No matter what, Di Shuai, we must immediately send reinforcements to meet Pan Dingxin and Bao Xin to assist in the defense of Dagukou, Dagukou is the gateway to the capital, and it must not be lost!"

Liu Mingchuan was worried about Pan Dingxin's Huai army and his artillery, and said urgently.

Zeng Guofan nodded and replied: "Yes, Provincial Three, Gengtang, lead your main force Huai Army, and advance to Dagukou with all your might, even if you can't take back Beitang, you must keep Dagukou!" The old man led the main force behind to meet you! ”

Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Shusheng hurriedly nodded and agreed, now is not the time to be polite or bargain, work together to survive this catastrophe!

It's just that Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Shusheng have just left Tianjin City, and Zeng Guofan has not had time to rectify the remaining army, and the second battle report has arrived.

Pan Dingxin and Bao Xin led the main force to fight a decisive battle with the French army in Beitang, but the result was a big defeat, and in one day, they were beaten by the French army, Pan Dingxin and Bao Xin had to lead the remnants of the army and retreat to Octagonal Town.

Octagonal Town!

Zeng Guofan glanced up at the map, and his heart sank, less than fifteen miles away from Dagukou! Pan Dingxin and Bao Xin didn't even be able to hold out for a day, this French army is too powerful!

"Pan Dingxin, Bao Xin, you two have to resist Lao Tzu, Zhang Shusheng, Liu Mingchuan, you don't want to be strained at a critical time, go all out to help......"

Zeng Guofan's heart couldn't stop churning, and he shouted outside: "Come on, immediately chase Zhang Shusheng and Liu Mingchuan, and order them to move forward at full speed!" Quick, must be fast! ”

Zhang Shusheng and Liu Mingchuan where did they still use Zeng Guofan's urging at this time? The two of them are more anxious than the law of increasing the country, and now they are unlucky to be in the Huai army, the local concept of Anhui people is very strong, and Li Hongzhang is not used by Anhui people, and the generals below naturally have the same example, and they are very grouped.

In Bajiao Town, the French army did not leave much time for Pan Dingxin and Bao Xin to prepare, a reorganized French division, three infantry brigades, an artillery regiment and a cavalry regiment, adding up to more than 16,000 troops! Rushing all the way, chasing from Beitang to Bajiao Town, the first to arrive was the Chaser Cavalry Regiment, along the official road, the Chaser Regiment launched another attack on the Qing army in Bajiao Town, and the rifle in his hand was shooting non-stop!

At this time, the Qing army had relied on the houses in Octagonal Town to build a position again, and began to counterattack towards the cavalry regiment, and a few cannons also began to shoot, and it was difficult for the chassars to quickly approach the Qing army at this time, at least with the house as a support, the cavalry had no way to directly impact the Qing army, and the speed and impact that the cavalry relied on could not be played.

After paying dozens of casualties, the Chasseur regiment had to retreat to the rear.

Bazin knew very well that in villages and towns, the advantage of cavalry was definitely better than offsetting, and it was not as good as infantry.

"Order, the artillery regiment immediately goes into battle! Wipe out this village for me! ”

Bazin ordered coldly.

The artillery regiment moved again, and fired shells at the town of Octagon, which was only seven or eight hundred households, and when the war came, the peasants had long been frightened and disappeared, leaving only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled, and there was no way to escape, and they were huddled together in the town.

Dense artillery continued to fall towards the house, and then there was an explosion of distance, one after another houses were directly destroyed by the shells, razed to the ground under the explosion, even if the unlucky Qing army had some support, under the intensive artillery offensive, it was also a heavy casualty, and even the houses were blown to the ground, where is the person on the house still good?

Pan Dingxin's idea is good, there are no mountains around, so with the help of the house to attack covertly, it is through the cover of the house that the cavalry is repulsed, but the cavalry has no way, it does not mean that the artillery can't help you, a burst of bombardment, after paying nearly a thousand casualties, the Qing army collapsed again, and even the entire village collapsed, not to mention a group of defeated troops?

The Qing army retreated again and again, and the French army was pressing step by step, not giving the Qing army a chance to breathe, and one advanced the battle line to a place only six or seven miles away from the Dagukou fort, and as it was advancing, you could see the cannons on the fort!

When Pan Dingxin and Bao Xin were helpless, Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Shusheng arrived and joined the battle group, the three main forces of the Huai Army, plus a large battalion of the Hunan Army, still had more than 10,000 troops, and they resisted the French army's offensive like a tide.

When Pan Dingxin saw Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Shusheng, the big stone in his heart finally put down, sat on the ground, and cried loudly: "Provincial three, Gengtang, it's over, it's all over, ten infantry battalions, three artillery battalions, all of them were defeated by foreign devils, I'm sorry Quan Shuai, I'm sorry for the brothers......"

Needless to say, Liu Mingchuan and Zhang Shusheng can also see that there are few Qing troops everywhere, except for the Huai army brought by themselves, and the Dingzi battalion has been completely abolished!

"You! What do you eat? Three artillery battalions, three artillery battalions! Our Huai Army has only six artillery battalions in total, and half of it was reimbursed by you at once! Are the artillerymen stupid? The French army beat you, and you won't fight back! ”

Liu Mingchuan had a hot temper and scolded that iron could not become steel, not only the Dingzi battalion, but also his own artillery battalion was ruined! What's more, this time it's a blood mold, just three artillery battalions, it cost Quan Shuai millions of taels of silver! Artillery, shells, artillery, horses, artillery costs much more than cavalry!

"Province three, what you said is light, you didn't see it, the French artillery hit the thief accurately, and our artillery has no room to fight back in front of others! Not only the three artillery battalions, but even Lao Tzu's artillery team also got in! ”

Bao Xin smiled bitterly.

As soon as Bao Xin's words fell, the French artillery rang out again, and the shells were overwhelming!

I x!

Liu Mingchuan exclaimed, too fierce, too fierce! The French artillery fire is too fierce!

(To be continued.) )