Changing clothes during the war, Yang Meng also took considerable risks, but the people of the Zhilu militia are different from the British and French forces, and their habit of using firearms has not yet been formed, and the southwest militia directly under Yang Meng is familiar with Dressey in advance, maybe with the addition of the Southwest militia, the Baliqiao defense line will quickly adapt to this kind of firearms, right?

Although it is the defeated army that defends the Bali Bridge position now, Yang Meng also has full confidence in the defense line of the Bali Bridge, in addition to the Tonghui River defense line under the Bali Bridge, the trenches in the rear are also terraced type, even if the British and French troops occupy the defense line on the side of the Tonghui River, and want to cross the Tonghui River, they also have to feint to attack the three-dimensional trenches in the upper, middle and lower layers.

Unlike the frozen soil in the Zhangjiawan area, the frozen soil in Baliqiao has more water content, and without suitable tools, it is ridiculously difficult to dig trenches.

Yang Meng made adjustments here, and the commanders of the British and French forces also knew that after the first battle of Zhangjiawan, the next battle was fought in the capital of the Qing State, and after a short rest, 70,000 horses went straight to Bali Bridge.

The imagination was easy after all, and the Tsarist Russian forward troops, which arrived at Bali Bridge at noon the next day, made a slight contact with the southwestern militia holding the east bank of the Tonghui River, and paid more than 5,000 casualties.

Half of these casualties were due to the paper-shell Dreis, which was half a step ahead of its time, and the other half to the smooth and unobstructed riverbank.

The Battle of the Bali Bridge was not expected by the commander of the Anglo-French coalition, and the Anglo-French troops on the march actually crashed into the Bali Bridge battle, and the number of casualties was constantly expanding. The war has already been turned into a stalemate.

The Southwest militia that took advantage of it, relying on the corpses of the Anglo-French army. An extension fortification was built, with the cooperation of the Zhili militia group. They began to slowly surround the Anglo-French forces on the march.

"Don't miss the opportunity! Let the horse army attack! ”

Telegraph, this hidden advantage, allowed Yang Meng to seize the opportunity to annihilate a part of the British and French forces, such a deployment, very risky, such a fighter is fleeting, almost real-time battle reports, the value of Yang Meng is too great, the Ma army camp. Just on both sides of the Bali Bridge, the opportunity to pincer the British and French forces came.

"Nice opportunity! 50,000 horsemen are enough! ”

Shi Dakai, who was a senior staff member, also nodded and agreed to the somewhat risky deployment.

In the evening, when the commanders of the British and French forces reached the front with the order to retreat, more than 60,000 horse troops rushed into the unsuspecting British and French forces like a torrent.

Knives and guns are used, although Ma Jun is still not very familiar with Colt. However, there were too many Anglo-French troops all over the front of the Bali Bridge, and when the horse team appeared, the Anglo-French troops had begun to break up under the attack of the militia group, and they faced the cavalry defenselessly on the plain. The Anglo-French coalition knew what the outcome was, and in the face of the torrent of horse troops, the rout was unstoppable.

There is no unilateral military formation of tens of thousands of people. The Ma army began to kill like wolves in the unit of the sentry flood. The small team of 100 people and the large team of more than 1,000 people. The entire Baliqiao battlefield became a pot of porridge the moment the Ma army broke in.

The infantry and cavalry engaged in close combat, and the infantry was not the first to bear the pressure of death, but the sound of rumbling horses' hooves, the auditory and visual pressure of the black horses, and then the weight of death.

If the British, French and Russian coalition forces were given an hour or two to prepare and let them form a simple phalanx, the horse team that rushed up would only be able to escape, but in the face of the British, French and Russian coalition forces in the midst of the collapse, the lethality of the horse team would be infinitely expanded.

Draw the gun in 30 steps, shoot 5 bullets in a distance of 20 steps, and then change to a saber, this is the horse team of Seng Lingqin and Zhang Luoxing, the recent training project.

Colt's range has considerable lethality within fifty paces, equipped with Colt's horse team, at the beginning of the engagement to the British and French forces to give a lot of damage, such a method of warfare is not a novelty, but the burst of Colt is definitely a novel object in the eyes of the British and French forces.

And this novel object, the damage caused in a short period of time is also quite terrifying, the Anglo-French army that was already in the process of collapse, constantly suffered from Colt's baptism, and the new weapons from Milican became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The subdivision of the army has also become an obstacle to the Anglo-French coalition army, if it is the army of any country of Britain, France and Russia, maybe they can barely fight back, Zhangjiawan five days of rest, the British and French army of most of the army, into the Anglo-Russian coalition army, in the face of the cavalry from both wings, only the French army calmly withdrew from the battlefield.

From the evening until the second half of the night, in the moonlight, the cavalry completed the massacre of the Anglo-Russian coalition army, and the 100,000 army lasted for two days, leaving only more than 20,000 remnants of the French army, and the defeat of the whole battle was a foregone conclusion for Britain and France.

The main purpose of the cavalry battle was to annihilate the enemy as much as possible, and the cavalry ignored the more than 20,000 French troops, allowing them to calmly retreat to Zhangjiawan, where Ergin and others were destroyed.

Relying on the trenches of the Zhili militia group, Yilu and McMahon, who were lucky to survive, built a defensive position overnight.

"Good! The Zhilu militia continued to besiege Zhangjiawan, and the remaining men and horses all drove to Beitang! ”

The battle report in the area of Bali Bridge arrived in Yang Meng's hands in the early morning, the British and French coalition forces were defeated, and the remaining 20,000 French troops were trapped in the Zhangjiawan trench, for Yang Meng, it only meant that the start was good, his goal was to lure the navy of the British and French combined fleet ashore, and the 70,000 or 80,000 British, French and Russian troops trapped in Beitang were the most critical step.

"Third brother, you still have to prevent the British and French forces from echoing inside and outside!"

As soon as Yang Meng said this, it meant that the army abandoned the Bali Bridge, so that the door of the Beijing division would be opened, and once Beitang was defeated, the British and French forces would pursue the victory, and this battle would be fought in the Beijing division.

For the Manchu Dynasty, Shi Dakai has no good feelings, but now the Jingshi is the world of the Yang family, and the Yang family is his reliance on some remnants of the Heavenly Kingdom, and he lost the Jingshi. It is extremely unfavorable to the Yang family, and it indirectly affects the interests of Shi Dakai and others.

"It's just a dying man. Trapped for half a month, it's all killed! ”

Yang Meng said that this is also quite confident. The logistics of the Anglo-French coalition army was cut off, and the French army in Zhangjiawan carried grain and grass with them was afraid that it would last for seven or eight days, and in half a month, the iron-beaten men would also have to starve into tuberculosis, and the French army in Zhangjiawan was more than 20,000 corpses in Yang Meng's opinion.

"It's safe!"

War is not child's play, and it is a bit risky for Yang Sange to play like this. Although Shi Dakai could see the general plan of Yang Sange, for the sake of a few Western warships, he abandoned the center of the Beijing Division, and he still had some Meng Lang.

"Wealth is in danger! That's it! ”

Yang Meng can listen to some opinions, but in this current situation, it is not advisable to be safe, nearly 200,000 British, French and Russian allied troops, and nearly 100,000 are left so far, and the threat is still not small. Let them go, Britain and France are unwilling, and Jiangnan is bound to endure war.

Limit the war to the area of Beijing and Tianjin, and completely annihilate the land forces of Britain, France and Russia. Earning the combined fleet of Britain and France was the only way for Yang Meng to eliminate the war in the south of the Yangtze River.

Now in terms of troops. He has already occupied the absolute upper hand, Wei Huozi's 100,000 Jiangnan militia. The 100,000 horse troops of Seng Lingqin and Zhang Luoxing, and more than 50,000 Xiangyong who will come later. If you don't take the opportunity to destroy the main force of the Anglo-French army, there will be no store in this village after that.

Ignoring Shi Dakai's admonition, Yang Meng directly gave Wei Huozi the order to attack, and the horse army of Monk Greenqin and Zhang Luoxing also left the endgame of Bali Bridge to the Zhilu militia and went straight to Beitang.

Yang Meng's purpose was clear, Wei Huozi's Jiangnan New Army was elite, but with the help of Beitang Tucheng, the remaining British and French troops still held Beitang Haikou, after seven days of endless conquest, Wei Huozi's men and horses suffered many casualties, but Beitang Tucheng was still stable.

"Humph! Cocooned to self-restraint! ”

The battle is not easy to fight, although Wei Huozi's men and horses are elite, although the British and French troops are defeated, but the frozen soil walls are still strong, this thing has become the biggest obstacle to Wei Huozi's advance.

"Third brother, General Wei, the world's famous general, the combination of tactics and the advantages of China and the West, it seems that this battle will not be known until after the beginning of spring!"

For Wei Huozi, Shi Dakai also admired, 100,000 Jiangnan militia groups, new tactics are emerging in an endless stream, he estimated in his heart, if he faced this camel general under Yang Sange, I am afraid that there will be fewer victories and more defeats!

The fortification of the frozen soil city has exceeded the power of field artillery, and Shi Dakai made three feet of frozen soil, the main purpose of which is to prevent the army from being bombarded by the British and French forces.

Backed by hundreds of warships, their materials are very rich, I'm afraid that after the beginning of spring, those low-walled trenches outside the earth city will also have considerable defensive power, right?

"That's all there is to it!"

After the test of the first battle of Beitang, Wei Huozi's ability is still successful, if he wants to take Beitang in one fell swoop, the number of casualties is afraid that it will be extremely heavy, although the total annihilation of the Anglo-French army is one of Yang Meng's goals, but this is not Yang Meng's main purpose, now, as long as it can trap the British and French forces.

The defense of Beitang Tucheng is good, but if the Anglo-French army wants to run, it is not easy, and the ice shell that is several miles long is the death place of the Anglo-French army, once it leaves the periphery of the Tundra City, the Anglo-French army here is also dead.

"Inform Wei Huozi, as long as the British and French forces don't run, we won't fight, once they want to get on the ship, they will have to leave the British and French forces behind when they run out!

Beitang Tucheng, allowed to enter but not to leave!

Inform Yang Fuliang that from today onwards, the Bohai Sea will be blocked! ”

After leaving such an order, Yang Meng also left Beitang, Tianshi is now on the side of the British and French forces, fighting against Tianshi, Yang Meng is not without a chance of winning, but the price paid is not small, and the things he gets are too little, not worth it!

It is not easy to blockade the Bohai Sea, it is not enough to rely on anchor mines, it is very difficult to completely blockade the Bohai Sea! These need Yang Meng to go back and plan.

With the cold of winter, the corpses of the British and French troops near the Bali Bridge can be preserved for a period of time, take a photo, take a walk, that is, the royal driving pro-conquest.

The battle situation is a real stalemate compared to the British and French forces, and Yang Meng's side still has a lot of room for operation, as long as the British and French forces in Beitang can't run, as long as the Anglo-French combined fleet in the Bohai Sea doesn't run, the initiative is in Yang Meng's hands.

When I arrived at Bali Bridge, I instructed the people of the Zhilu militia to briefly clean up the Bali Bridge battlefield, some things were not arranged, even if it was shooting on the spot, it was not shocking.

Returning to Beijing non-stop, Yang Meng took the four-color stick with nearly ninety percent of the ministers of the Beijing Division, and it took two days to rush to Bali Bridge, and the matter of the royal conquest was completed.

Let more than 10,000 people of the Zhilu militia shoot a few shots and release a few cannons, and then Yang Meng took the emperor and the Jingshi ministers to inspect the battlefield, take pictures, pack up the spoils, and plan articles to praise virtues, everyone present knows what to say and do, as for how to say and do it locally, it is something that Yang Meng has to worry about.

War exploits have always been the only way to worship the marquis, the four-color stick after the royal conquest, but also not stingy reward, gave Yang Meng a non-eight points of the Duke of Zhenguo, such a title, many Han members can only be obtained after death, less than thirty years old Grandpa of the country, Yang Meng is also the first person in the Qing Dynasty. (To be continued......)