War is a common occurrence for the soldiers of Britain, France and Russia, and no matter how absurd the reasons for triggering the war, the attitude of the soldiers of the three countries towards war is still quite cautious.

No one is a fool, the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops cannot be concealed from the soldiers of Britain, France and Russia, but in this regard, the commanders of the coalition forces on the Zhangjiawan front chose to indulge.

The reason is also simple, that is, the comparison of troops, the Qing 500,000 troops gathered together, the 100,000 British, French and Russian coalition troops are also quite threatening, the Qing army division is good in strategic deployment, but the Qing officers ignore a problem, that is, the soldiers on both sides Su zhì, after a short battle in Beitang, the coalition army also came up with a one-to-three, one-to-five such a ratio of troops.

A coalition soldier can deal with three to five Qing soldiers, and the 500,000 army of the Qing Guojing Division is also quite a threat to the British and French coalition forces, but after the division of troops, it is different.

Although Yang Meng's encirclement has a rudimentary form, it is only a rudimentary encirclement, and it cannot block the connection between the Zhangjiawan front line and Beitang, nearly 200,000 Qing soldiers moved to the rear of the Yilu coalition army, and approached Beitang Tucheng.

The 200,000 Qing troops moved to the rear of the coalition army, which means that the Qing army in front of Yilu and McMahon has only 300,000 people left, excluding the men and horses who defend the imperial capital of the Qing State, the Qing army really in front of the two is only about 200,000, this kind of intelligence is undoubtedly good news for Yilu and McMahon, 100,000 people fighting 500,000 people and 100,000 people fighting 200,000 people are fundamentally different.

With this information, Yilu and McMahon chose to continue to rest in Zhangjiawan to give the Qing army enough time to divide their forces.

Yilu and McMahon chose to take a break. This is also good news for Yang Meng, whether it is to build a blocking position. Or send Xiang Yong to the battlefield, he needs time. The purpose of the British and French troops staying, it is not difficult to guess, it is not easy to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops within 100 miles, and it is not easy to hide from each other's scouts.

"Shi Xianggong, what is the situation of this battle?"

Because of the continued detention of the British and French forces, Yang Meng was in a good mood and the topography of Zhangjiawan. It is true that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is also easy to be besieged, the longer the British and French troops stay in Zhangjiawan, the higher the probability of being besieged, push the map full of the deployment of troops on both sides to Shi Dakai, Yang Meng asked in a relaxed tone.

"Third brother, the overall situation is good, but the area around Zhangjiawan is not a moat, if you want to block the British and French forces. Here's what matters! ”

The place where Shi Da opened his finger was not elsewhere, it was the Bali Bridge where Yang Meng's camp was located now.

"Bali Bridge? Why? ”

"The Anglo-French army is attacking sharply, and the north of Zhangjiawan is flat, trying to block the army of 100,000 tigers and wolves. Not easy!

Bali Bridge guards the Tonghui River, even if the river surface is frozen, the Bali Bridge area also has the advantage of topography. Instead of fighting to the death on the ground, it is better to continue to lure the enemy deeper!

From Zhangjiawan to Bali Bridge. A hundred and ten miles of territory is unobstructed, horse team. Can be a meritorious battle! ”

The Zhangjiawan area chosen by Yang Meng is a good pocket, but the territory is a little small, and there are a lot of mounds and low mountains in the Zhangjiawan area, which is not easy for large-scale cavalry raids.

"Hmmm! Not bad! Order: The Zhili militia in front of Zhangjiawan retreated thirty miles to build blocking fortifications! ”

A good man and three gangs, for Shi Dakai's Jianyì, after thinking about it for a while, Yang Meng also adopted it without hesitation, the coalition army that fought Erjin was simple, more than 10,000 people who lost their hearts, and they couldn't even do an effective counterattack, and the horse team could naturally cut melons and vegetables.

But Zhangjiawan, where 100,000 troops gathered, did not have the space for the horse army to move around, there was not enough space, and the combat power of the horse army was greatly reduced.

"Third brother, the militia is so powerful, why not replace it?"

These words, Shi Dakai has been holding back in his heart for a long time, the combat power of the Zhilu militia is strong, far exceeding the elite of the Taiping Army, leading the troops, it is not as simple as fighting, although the time to lead the militia is not long, but Shi Dakai knows very well that these so-called militia groups are Yang Sange's private army, the imperial court? Third Brother Yang nodded, the imperial court is the imperial court, if Third Brother Yang shook his head, the Holy Purpose is not as good as a piece of straw paper in the army.

The Qing Dynasty has always been a barbarian in power, not a Chinese dress, not a Han country, Yang Meng holds such a strong man, not trying to be a sheji, weird!

"Instead? The time has not yet come! Let's watch the war! ”

For his replacement, Yang Meng is now in a dilemma, the throne is within reach, but there are many crises, and he is still considering how to deal with this throne.

The country of a family, I'm afraid it won't be, not to mention what the future generations will be, just take a look at the endings of the royal families of the past dynasties, can there be royal descendants in the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties?

The former Ming royal family, with countless kings, is there still a branch of the emperor? The so-called third prince of Zhu, the so-called Ming Emperor's family, can there be relics so far?

Don't talk about others, just talk about Yang Meng himself, next summer, he will have more than a dozen heirs, even if it is every two years, ten years later, I am afraid that his heirs will also have thirty or fifty people, only sons, twins, maybe they can still be close to each other, but in the face of dozens or hundreds of heirs, family affection will also be diluted by the number!

Shaking his head, Yang Meng almost made a decision in his heart, some roads are placed in front of you, it is impossible not to go, how to go on the road, the English of later generations is a good reference, and now look at how the war is, right? This battle can't be won, every qiē is a dream.

The war on the outskirts of Beijing did not start with the collision of large groups of people and horses, but was triggered by the scouts of both sides, from the small-scale trembling of a few people, to the encounters and raids of dozens or thousands of people, the collision of hundreds of thousands of troops has not yet begun, and the war between the elites of the two sides has begun.

Although the army system set up by Yang Meng is simple, basically copying the organizational structure of Lian Yong, it is not simple in the configuration of troops, and the prototypes of scouts, artillery and even engineers have also been interpreted by the local battalion, and the elite scout squad of the Qing army. It is also prompting the British and French forces to respond accordingly.

But hastily formed a coalition scout unit. It was clearly no match for the Qing scouts, even if the Anglo-French forces sent cavalry units. It's still a complete defeat.

During this period, Colt's power was also tested by both sides with human lives, although it was difficult to load, although the six-round magazine could only hold five projectiles, although the horse team of Monk Lingqin and Zhang Luoxing was not very familiar with Colt, but at a distance of ten meters and eight meters, Colt's lethality was not inferior to the new rifles of various countries.

There was no artillery, no machine guns, reload speed. Determines the life and death of soldiers, several years of expansion, Yang Meng's hands have too many Colts, elite troops with two guns, scouts with two short and one long three guns, cavalry with three to five guns, Colt is extremely slow to load, covered by the numerical advantage.

The three-day elite battle caused the British and French forces to lose a considerable number of elite veterans. The defeat of the skirmish and the appearance of Colt in large numbers are also constantly impacting the nerves of Yilu and McMahon and others, and now the Qing State is changing, if it cannot be stifled in time. The future of the hundreds of thousands of British, French and Russian troops is worrying!

The five-day rest was also necessary for the Anglo-French army, which captured the Qing Jingshi this time. The Russian mercenaries were the main force, the army system of European countries. In much the same vein, mercenaries were also the main means of English warfare overseas. In five days, an army with Tsarist Russian mercenaries as the main force, the English army as the structure, and the French army as the reserve also took shape in Zhangjiawan.

The back road of the Anglo-French army was cut off, and the supplies were also limited, five days, which was almost the limit of the stay of the Anglo-French army in Zhangjiawan, and the war, as time passed, had to enter the white heat.

Although there was a fiasco of the scouts and the threat of Colt, the Russian mercenaries equipped with British and French firing rifled guns and Mini bullets still pushed the battle situation in Zhangjiawan to the white-hot at the first time.

Simple fortifications are difficult to block the attack of the Anglo-French forces, and the Anglo-French forces that have been sharpened on the battlefield have also shown a strong side.

Unstoppable! The weakness of the recruits in the battle of the large army was immediately shown in front of Yang Meng and the commanders of the British and French forces, rifled guns, mini bullets, even if the rifle has made great progress in range, but the distance between the two armies is still not much different from when using smoothbore guns.

One hundred meters is the limit distance, fifty meters is the line of life and death, under the organization of veterans, the British, French and Russian coalition forces have shown great adaptability on the battlefield, and the short-term training of the Zhili militia without the organization of veterans, even if they stay in the trenches, it is difficult to fight against the Anglo-French coalition forces that form a skirmish line and continue to attack.

Mini bullets, rifled guns, greatly improve the accuracy of the rifle, although the Zhili militia in the distance of 100 meters to 50 meters, can give the British and French troops considerable damage, but within 50 meters, the advantage of the trenches, basically no longer exist, within 50 meters, the trajectory of the rifle is basically a straight line, 30 meters of distance, most of the British and French troops can cause damage to the enemy in the trenches, without the support of artillery, Yang Meng arranged in Zhangjiawan's blocking position, in just half a day, It changed hands under the attack of 50,000 British, French and Russian troops.

The battlefield is very chaotic, and the number of casualties of the British and French forces has not been counted, but the casualty figures of the Zhili militia are worrying.

In half a day, there were only more than 40,000 people who retreated, and more than 30,000 people threw their lives in the trenches of Zhangjiawan.

Although there is no casualty figure of the British and French forces, Yang Meng's side can also roughly estimate their casualties, which is definitely not less than the Zhili militia! Trenches are very effective in plain warfare, and within thirty or fifty meters, although the militia is at a disadvantage, the accuracy of shooting should be about the same on both sides.

Although the militia was much worse in loading speed because they were not familiar with the battlefield, the Anglo-French coalition without trench cover was the best target.

Facts have proved that war is a thing that cannot be helped, and no matter how well you have prepared before, you will know how inadequately prepared you are when you arrive at war.

Although the battle of Zhangjiawan, the casualties on both sides were about the same, but Yang Meng's side was still defeated, the Zhangjiawan position was not a pretense to lure the enemy into the depths, half a day of fighting, but the fight was real, not to mention anything else just the trenches that stretched for miles in the Zhangjiawan area, it was the absolute advantage of the militia group, but the results of the battle gave Yang Meng a hard blow, the elite on the training ground was not as good as the soldiers who had gone through the battle!

"Change the gun! Mobilize 20,000 southwest militia groups into the Bali Bridge position! Prepare the horses of the Monk Grinqin for battle! ”

The battle of Zhangjiawan, the speed of loading and the speed of shooting, is undoubtedly the main reason for the defeat, a large number of Delaisai, before the Beijing Division, because of the battle, Yang Meng did not replace the guns of the Zhilu militia, now it seems that the militia can only be familiar with this advantage in the war. (To be continued......)