Walked out of the Palace of Heart Cultivation and received a flattering smile from An Dehai, Yang Meng crossed hands with him and gave him a small jade bottle like a four-color stick, and after a mysterious smile, Yang Meng stepped on the stone road of the palace ban and walked out of the dark and dirty palace ban.

Today's things are basically in Yang Meng's control, the unexpected gain, is the three women of the four-color stick, if they add An Dehai, maybe the four-color stick will be safe and stable in a month or two, as for a month or two later, the four-color stick should be wagging its tail and begging for mercy, and at that time, it is the real time to get the wind and the rain.

Outside the noon gate, there are Yang Meng's four guards, and today's capital is basically in Yang Meng's control, and it may be a little dangerous during the day, but after the curfew at night, the Jingshi is the world of the Yang family.

Yang Meng's house in Jingshi, not too far from the Forbidden City, riding a horse is only a stick of incense time, after returning to his house, he took a look at the small family in the back house, this first time to Xindi, there are many discomforts, women and children are used to staying in the south of the Yangtze River, and the dry cold in the north makes them shrink in the house all day without showing up.

After saying a few thoughtful words, Yang Meng came to the main hall, Xu Ziwei and the staff group also lit a lot of braziers in the lobby, looking at this scene, Yang Meng couldn't help but be a little worried, the new army on the front line.

Among the new army, 110,000 people are from the Tibetan border, and the cold in the north is not a big deal for them, but most of the rest are from the south.

And the Anglo-French forces, veterans of the war in many countries, the weather was for them. It shouldn't have much of an impact. One does not adapt and one adapts. This will also have a great impact on widening the gap in combat power.

"Third Master, how is the progress of the Imperial City?"

Yang Meng looked at the brazier in a daze, Xu Ziwei thought that the progress of the imperial city was not going well, and the income of the imperial city was the foundation of a qiē, if the progress of the imperial city was not smooth, then many things would be difficult to do.

"Very nice! What about the Bali Bridge? I just saw this brazier, and I remembered. Half of our new army is from the south, but I am afraid that the cold in the north will weaken their combat strength, do you have any response from there? ”

After the war began, Yang Meng and Xu Ziwei both discovered many deficiencies of the Yang family, and they both thought that they were almost prepared before the war, but as soon as the war started, the two knew that the slightest little thing could affect the entire battle situation.

"This matter was handled by Wei Huozi, and there was also an omission on the side of the staff group. I didn't think of this, but fortunately, Wei Huozi's men and horses brought double winter clothes. We didn't show our timidity!

Since the landing of the army, the grain and grass from Ding's steward have also been transported, and now Shandong, Zhili, and Jinkou have reserved a month's worth of grain and grass for the army, as well as 300 units of ammunition, and in another ten days, it should be able to prepare the materials needed by the army for half a year.

As for the Bali Bridge, the shape is not optimistic, this morning's fog was also used by the British and French forces, they raided Sushun's position, if it was not for the timely arrival of the Beijing battalion soldiers, Sushun was afraid that he would be defeated.

But most of the Beijing soldiers who rushed to the camp did not know how to use firearms, although they helped Su Shun regain their positions, but the number of casualties was also amazing, and now Su Shun's men and horses were only more than 8,000, and most of them could not use firearms. ”

The new army is unhindered, Yang Meng is generally relieved, but the British and French coalition forces are outrageously strong, Sushun originally had six or seven thousand horses, today Yang Meng sent nearly 20,000 horses from the Beijing division to support the front line of Bali Bridge, and only eight thousand men and horses were left in the end, it seems that Sushun is here, and it will be defeated tomorrow!

"What was the number of Anglo-French troops? How many casualties? ”

Using cold weapons to test the Anglo-French coalition army, I'm afraid I can't try it out, Yang Meng sent the Beijing battalion soldiers over, mainly to kill them, the recent Beijing division can not be chaotic, if you want the Beijing division to not be chaotic, you can only let the Beijing division have no soldiers, although it is a bit wasteful to do this, but for their own interests, tens of thousands of people and horses of the Qing Dynasty can still give up.

"About 15,000 or so, since Sushun garrisoned Bali Bridge, the British and French forces are also reorganizing the army to prepare reinforcements, tomorrow and tomorrow, there should be 10,000 horses stationed in Bali Bridge, once the reinforcements come, Bali Bridge is afraid that Sushun can not be counted on.

The number of casualties of the Anglo-French coalition is unknown, but the casualties should not be very large, according to the shadow report, the casualties of the Anglo-French coalition on the battlefield are only more than 1,000, after these few days of fighting, the shadow side only gave a fairly elite comment on the British and French leaders.

However, compared with the new army, the Anglo-French coalition army has a weakness, that is, the number of artillery is insufficient, according to the shadow intelligence, 15,000 British and French coalition troops, only 30 field guns are more than 30, and the rest is the 2,000 catties of copper and iron cannons of the Dagu Fort. ”

Xu Ziwei roughly reported the information held by the shadow, Yang Meng took a general look at the position of the Anglo-French coalition army, and now it seems that the Anglo-French coalition army has gone deep inland, as long as the 10,000 reinforcements arrive, Wei Huozi's side can encircle the Anglo-French coalition army.

"Pretty good! Among the new army, the most combat-minded is the Tibetan army, let the 50,000 Tibetan army cut off the back road of the British and French coalition army, Wei Huozi led 40,000 new troops to block the Bali Bridge area, 20,000 Tibetan troops as Wei Huozi's backup, and the rest of the men and horses chose the advantageous terrain on both flanks of the British and French coalition to intercept the British and French forces.

The main purpose of this battle is to defend! Don't rush forward, after the Tibetan army cuts off the back route of the British and French forces, there will be problems with their supplies, two and a half days and a half, and then it's not too late to clean them up!

Let Ding Taichen's side speed up the speed of laying mines, and the Guangzhou side can send a few sail warships into Bohai Bay, and the troop carriers and grain ships of the British and French forces are likely to leave Bohai Bay in batches in the near future.

For their own maritime superiority, the British and French forces should have considerable self-confidence, excessive self-confidence is negligence, let Yang Fuliang's men and horses in Yantai, with the battleships in Guangzhou, if possible, can capture a large number of British and French ships, although these are merchant ships, but they are more than 1,000 tons, using merchant ships as a model to transform ironclad ships, the speed will be faster.

The main purpose of naval warfare is to fight if we can, and retreat if we can't. If the British and French ships are captured and hidden in the area of Liaodong Bay, no one on board should be spared, and a place to bury them will be found! ”

Defending it only increases casualties. Landing in the Qing Dynasty. The Anglo-French forces had a congenital weakness. That is the supply, once there is no merchant ship and no supply, and after three days of starvation, the new army can slaughter the British and French troops at will.

"Third master, although the method of encirclement at these two ends is safe, the two wings are easy to be broken through, especially in the north, there is basically no danger to defend. Once the Anglo-French forces broke through the defensive line......"

In terms of the combat strength of the Anglo-French coalition army, Xu Ziwei did not dare to guarantee that Wei Huozi's 40,000 army and 20,000 reserves could block them, so the military strength of the front and rear interception could not be less than 50,000 horses, but the 110,000 troops were withdrawn and the 50,000 new troops who were on board to hold the Beijing division, and the remaining manpower in front was only 40,000, surrounded by two wings, and 40,000 horses became 20,000 in the blink of an eye.

I thought that the third master was making a fuss about entering Beijing with an army of 210,000, but he never thought about a little deployment. 200,000 is not enough, if only another 100,000.

"Hmm...... Increase the number of men on the southern flank to 30,000. 10,000 in the north wing! ”

After Yang Meng looked at the map, he made a slight estimate and made adjustments to the arrangement.

"Third master, one hundred and ten miles to the north is the royal garden, are you doing it wrong?"

"No reverse! That's what you want, and the combat strength of the new army is not yet known, if Wei Huozi can make a draw with the British and French forces, his 20,000 reserves are reinforcements from the north, and since the north is going through war, spread the news of the war in the near future!

Didn't the imperial court issue a holy decree to recruit bravery? Let the people of Zhili and Shandong gather firewood, wood and tobacco along the way. ”

Yang Meng's plan, Xu Ziwei didn't know, after he looked at the location of the royal garden north of the Jingshi, he also had some guesses in his heart.

"Got it! This battle situation will depend on the day after tomorrow, and after Su Shun is defeated and retreated, it will depend on Wei Huozi's ability. ”

"Almost! Let the camel use more artillery, and must not defend with the British and French coalition forces, the men and horses directly under him are not the original new army, they are all new recruits in Jiangnan, and the gap between them and the new army in terms of combat power and endurance is not small.

Damn it! Subject to the Jingshi, I can't go to the battlefield in person, regret! ”

Yang Meng boasts that he has the ability to do it, a good gun in hand, he is at least a hundred slaughterers, but unfortunately the position he does not allow it!

"The son of a daughter can't sit down, third master, your ability is to strengthen your body, I'm afraid you won't be able to work on the battlefield bare-chested in this life."

The third master's idea is not good, Xu Ziwei is about to suppress him immediately.

"Hmmm! I know, Lao Tzu's battlefield is in the imperial city, but the battlefield in this imperial city is not simple! I can't really play with some body! Hehe......"

This is also the truth, three at a time, Yang Meng is not an animal, if he really rounds his arms and goes into battle, today he is afraid that he is not the opponent of the three women.

"Uh......"

Seeing Yang Meng's strange smile, Xu Ziwei knew that his third master didn't do anything good, it was not ......, some things were just speculative, and they couldn't be talked about.

The battle of Bali Bridge changed at night, the British and French troops were already roughly familiar with the geography and environment of the Qing Kingdom, and the 8,000 remnants of the army on the opposite side of Sushun were already at the end of the strong crossbow, and the chaotic Cheng dù who listened to the gunfire could distinguish it, and the royal guards of the Qing State fought a battle, Erjin and others, only to know how weak the Qing State was, and the royal guards of the Qing State could not be compared with the army in the south at all!

The longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable it was to the coalition forces, and after seeing that the troops were familiar with the battlefield, the commander of the coalition forces also took the opportunity to launch a night battle.

The use of firearms in night battles should be unfavorable to the coalition forces, but after more than ten days and dozens of battles, the coalition forces have become completely familiar with the weaknesses of the Qing army, mainly cold weapons, which is the biggest weakness of the Qing royal guards.

The phalanx, which had been eliminated, was once again put to use, and in the face of the Qing defense line with almost no counter-attack firepower, the night battle of the coalition army only lasted for more than an hour, and Su Shun's men and horses disappeared into the night.

In order to be safe, and also out of confidence in their own combat strength, the British and French forces did not occupy the Bali Bridge position in Sushun, but retreated to their barracks overnight.

After Su Shun was defeated and retreated, a group of soldiers and horses quietly entered the position left by Su Shun in the night, although the third master had an order not to venture, but to fight a small ambush of the British and French forces, Wei Huozi had such power.

Sushun's military horses sent him a total of more than 50,000 before and after, and the defeated men and horses who returned to the Beijing division overnight were only more than 3,000 points, and some of them were the defeated army of Seng Lingqin, although Yang Meng mastered the city defense of the Beijing Division, but these people could not be turned away, the defeated army of Sushun could also be used, under the impetus of the shadow, the Beijing division in the second half of the night, boiling, Sushun defeated the British and French coalition army was about to hit the Beijing division, which made the Beijing division panic.

Yang Meng's army of King Qin has also become the support of the Beijing division from the princes and nobles to the common people, and Yang Meng will not miss the opportunity to win the hearts and minds of the people.

And Su Shun's defeat, the people of the Beijing Division had some rabbits and foxes sad, but the children of the Eight Banners were gloating and waiting for Su Shun to be unlucky!

Su Shun was defeated, and there was a commotion in the imperial city, and Yang Meng, who had just fallen asleep, was also passed to the imperial city, and when he saw the pale four-color stick, and the ministers with a sleepy face, Yang Meng secretly pouted. (To be continued......)