Lin Daji was in a heavy mood, holding a battle report, hurriedly came to Tianjin, and said to Li Yunzhong with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the Dagu Fort has fallen, and there are 2,000 soldiers in a regiment, and the whole army has been wiped out, and no one has survived!" Your Majesty, let's withdraw the army, the major generals of Tianjin City are outnumbered, let's go back to Beijing to regroup, gather the soldiers of the king of the world and fight the foreigners again! ”

Li Yunzhong smiled, the fall of Dagu was already expected by him, how could the foreigners hold on to hundreds of warships and thousands of artillery? It's just that I didn't expect that the Dagu Fort built with a lot of money only lasted one day, and the foreigner battleship really couldn't be underestimated.

"Are you scared?"

Lin Daji shuddered, the emperor had never spoken to him in such a tone, and then he remembered that the emperor hated people who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and how many Guangxi brothers were suppressed because of this, and they have not come out so far.

"Emperor Mingjian, you are a golden body, please move back to Beijing, let Weichen stick here, even if Weichen is left, he will not let the British army move forward!"

Tang Liang strode in, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Liewen asks to see you!" ”

"Xuan!"

Zhao Liewen's face was also solemn, and seeing that Lin Daji was also here, he whispered: "Does the emperor know the truth?" The Dagu Fort has fallen, and thousands of foreign pioneers have landed. ”

Tang Liang's face changed, and he stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to lead the troops to the battle, drive the foreigners into the sea, and avenge thousands of brothers in Dagu, please allow the emperor!" ”

Zhao Liewen hurriedly stopped: "No! The foreigners' artillery fire is sharp, and the general has died in the past! ”

Tang Liang looked at Zhao Liewen unconvinced, glared and asked, "The adults are too underestimated, I will lead the army to attack at night." Promise to kill the foreigner without leaving a piece of armor! ”

"Forget it, since the foreigners can break through Dagu. The strength should not be underestimated, and it seems that there are a lot of troops sent this time! Li Yunzhong paused. Loudly ordered: "Send the Praetorian Guard out of the city, hold the position, no matter how powerful the foreigners' artillery is, they will not be able to hit Tianjin, wait until the snow melts, the northern soldiers return to the south, and the foreigners will be annihilated in one fell swoop!" ”

At noon the next day, Li Yunzhong estimated that the foreigners were almost there, and led the civil and military officials to stand on the city tower. Everyone held their breath and stared into the distance.

"Report! Emperor Qiqi, there are more than 20,000 foreigners, and they are heading west, and they will reach the vicinity of Tianjin City in another hour! ”

Tang Liang didn't forget the matter of asking for war yesterday, and immediately gave his hand and said: "Weichen is willing to lead the troops to be the forward, and he will meet these foreigners!" ”

Knowing that the foreigners really passed through the defensive position, Li Yunzhong was relieved, he was afraid that the foreigners would make a detour to Jinghai. Crossing the front line of Baoding and attacking Beijing, it will be a big deal!

"Fighting with foreigners is the most taboo and impetuous, Tang Liang! You lead the first division of the Praetorian Guard to defend the first line of defense. Pay attention to safety, foreigners are sharp! “

Li Yunzhong focused on describing the power of the heavy artillery of the Xiayang.

"Wechen obeys!"

Bao Ling pointed to the shadowy city wall in front of him and smiled at Clinton: "General." In front of us is the city of Tianjin, which has laid Tianjin. Half the war was won! ”

Clinton looked at the bunkers in front of him and his expression changed. "There seem to be fortifications ahead," he said loudly, "Captain William, take people to investigate, and if they are civilians, disperse them." ”

"Yes!"

William soon returned, and reported loudly: "General, there is a five-mile-long position on the small slope ahead, with a river on the left and a flat lowland on the right. ”

Clinton said with a smile: "It seems that the Han army has really been prepared to build fortifications in this dangerous place!" ”

Ergin scoffed: "Even if they had been prepared! Can you stop my elite army, general, give the order, as long as the boys rush, I see that this group of yellow-skinned monkeys will disperse! ”

Bao Ling looked at it with a telescope for a while, and exclaimed: "Although there are pillboxes ahead, but the Han soldiers and soldiers all show their heads, are they lying on the ground and shooting?" ”

Clinton thought for a while, and then suddenly said, "Not good! They used a bead gun, which, as far as I know, can shoot on its stomach! ”

Ergin sneered: "Shooting on your stomach? Ha Lu Ha! Are they not afraid of gunpowder burning their eyes? ”

William added: "No! General, they dug a lot of trenches in the ground, and it looks like they are standing in them! ”

Clinton nodded, and immediately ordered the Mikel cavalry regiment behind: "You guys go and try it!" ”

The regimental commander, Claire, received the order and immediately waved his hand to the phalanx behind him and ordered all the men to dismount.

A large phalanx walked to a thousand meters in front of the position, divided into three thousand squares, one phalanx in front, two phalanxes in the back, and the phalanx in front was instantly lined up in three rows.

Claire waved her hand and ordered the drummer, "Attack!" ”

There was a sound of blowing and beating from the British position, accompanied by rousing music, and three rows of British soldiers slowly stepped forward, their rifles pointed diagonally ahead.

On the Han army's position, a group of soldiers were confused.

"Company Commander, what kind of music are they playing?"

"Who knows? In my hometown, the dead are such drummers, hehe, these foreigners are giving themselves a funeral! ”

Tang Liang smiled at the surrounding regiment commanders: "These foreigners are not very good, so they recklessly broke into our position and gave the order to go down, and they are not allowed to shoot without my order!" ”

"Yes!" Several regiment commanders scattered away.

Tang Liang silently calculated the distance in his heart, and only shouted when the British army was a hundred meters away from the position: "Fight!" ”

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Shoot back!" The battalion commander led by the British army opened fire as he shouted.

"Bang bang bang" The British soldiers fell one after another, but the soldiers who fired the guns could not hit the Han army in front.

Claire shouted to the remaining two battalions, "Attack! ”

More than 3,000 people fired around the trench a few hundred meters away, and the two sides were equal in numbers, but the British casualties were getting bigger and bigger.

"Good!" Tang Liang clapped his hands and cheered loudly: "Keep shooting!" Keep playing! ”

Clinton frowned, and hurriedly said to the left and right: "The position built by the Han army is ingenious, pass the order down, let the artillery fire!" ”

"Boom, boom!"

More than a dozen artillery pieces were fired, and a puff of white smoke rose from the Han army's position, killing and wounding more than a dozen people.

"Dodge the cannon!"

"Dodge the cannon!"

A cannonball exploded next to Tang Liang, Tang Liang patted the dirt on his body and shouted, "The British are coming up, shoot!" Shoot! Shoot fast! ”

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Seeing that the artillery battalion was firing three bases of ammunition, and the vitality of the Han army's position was still so strong, Clinton immediately asked Ergin: "Has the Amstler heavy artillery in the rear been brought up?" ”

Ergin said embarrassedly: "I didn't move on the ship, I didn't expect the Han army to resist so resolutely, I thought it was only used when attacking Beijing!" ”

Clinton shook his head and sighed, "Underestimate the enemy!" Underestimate the enemy! I didn't expect the Han army to be so energetic, not at all like the predecessors said! ”

Captain Butler, who was standing solemnly on the side, echoed: "My uncle participated in the war against the Far East fifteen years ago, and the war scene he described was not at all like today's, they said that the soldiers in the Far East were armed with spears and broadswords, and they fled when they heard the sound of gunshots, and the few who dared to fight could not afford to fight against the strong wind and waves, and the people behind would drag their feet!" ”

Ergin wiped his cold sweat and shouted: "This will never be the Han army, it must be the army of Europe, is it the Russians?" Prussians? French? Right! It must be French! They don't dare to come here, it must be for this reason! ”

Bao Ling shouted tiredly: "Shut up! These soldiers are all soldiers of the Han Kingdom! I've seen their outfits! ”

"General, look, Commander Claire is asking for a retreat!"

Clinton said angrily: "Retreat? Where to put the face of my British Empire! Pass the order down and let the 1st Brigade and the Royal Guard Brigade attack forward! ”

"Yes!"

Tang Liang saw a lot of phalanxes in front of him, moved slowly to this side, and said secretly: The foreigners are really here!

"Heavy prepare! Bomb Throwing Team Ready! ”

In a short time, there were fifty-three more machine guns on the position, and more than 400 soldiers were surrounded by baskets one by one, and the baskets were full of grenades.

"Stop shooting!" As soon as Tang Liang waved his hand, more than a dozen heralds went down to give orders, and in less than ten minutes, the position was quiet, each soldier was lying in the trench, not showing his head, bullets flew sideways above, and British shells also fell anytime and anywhere.

Claire saw that the shooting had stopped in front of her, and thought that the Han army had retreated, so she hurriedly signaled to move forward.

Two brigades and a reinforced regiment, more than 10,000 people, slowly surrounded and fired at all suspicious targets on the Han army's position.

100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters, 30 meters

Many Han sergeants sweated in their palms, quietly stretched out their heads to stare at the British army, and were killed by stray bullets at once.

"Hit!"

"Dada!" The peculiar dull sound of the heavy machine gun rang out, and the British army fell as if they were cutting wheat.

"Bomb group, throw!"

"Boom, boom!" The various phalanxes of the British army turned on their backs and suffered heavy casualties.

Tang Liang's face was flushed, and he was happy to see it, and he pushed aside the machine gunner next to him, personally operated the heavy machine gun, and fired at the British army in front of him.

"Da Da Da!"

"Happy!"

Claire pulled out her pistol, fired indiscriminately at the position ahead, looked at the fallen generals beside her, and shouted to the surroundings: "Rush!" ”

More than a dozen British troops approached the Han position, and in an instant, more than 20 officers and soldiers rushed out of the Han army's position, and the British army was killed and wounded, but in a moment's gap, more than 50 British troops took the opportunity to jump over the blockade line and rushed up.

Tang Liang pulled out the big knife and shouted, "Rush! Kill! ”

"Kill!"

The head of the regiment, Zhou Zhixian, saw Tang Liang rushing up, slapped down the trench hard, and shouted to the trumpeter: "Blow the trumpet!" Trumpet! Fight with them, don't let the general have an accident! ”

"Toot toot...... Doodoo ...... Honk! A hurried trumpet sounded, and more than 5,000 Han soldiers armed with bayonets rushed down against the Qing army!

Li Yunzhong was on the city tower, saw clearly with a telescope, and scolded loudly: "Bastard! Which bastard is called a bayonet! Tang Liang is confused! Confused! (To be continued......)