As Yang Meng expected, half a month later, the first Anglo-French army arrived on Hong Kong Island to rest, the number of 30,000 people was just the beginning, and the information in Yang Meng's hand was not very clear.

"Third master, Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng have arrived!"

With the landing of the British and French forces on Hong Kong Island, the relationship between the third master in the past two days has not been very good, I am afraid that he has encountered problems, and Xu Ziwei has been extremely careful in speaking in the past two days.

"Let them come here! It just so happens that things are a little difficult on my side! ”

Glancing at Xu Ziwei, Yang Meng replied a little absentmindedly, with the landing of the first wave of British and French troops, Yang Meng is also in a dilemma, overestimating the strength of Britain and France!

"Third master, but is it because of the British and French forces?"

After getting Yang Meng's orders, Xu Ziwei didn't make any moves, but asked about Yang Meng's troubles, in Xu Ziwei's opinion, today's Shi Dakai and Li Xiucheng are not enough to believe, the third master does not belong to these gods, and some things cannot be revealed to the two of them prematurely.

"Hmmm! Overestimating their sea capacity, I thought that they would organize a fleet of several hundred ships, but I didn't expect that the British and French were also paper tigers, and even with warships, there were only 1780 ships, and the number of warships accounted for most of them.

I originally wanted to use Wei Huozi in the first battle, but now it seems that we can only lure the enemy deep, but luring the enemy to go deep is also quite risky for us, once the militia sent up is not strong. The Jiangnan and Southwest militias were not necessarily able to stop the advance of the Anglo-French forces.

Once the Bali Bridge is lost, the gateway to the northeast of Jingshi will be wide open. Once the war is eroded, we will give up the Jingshi! We can't afford such a loss now! ”

The landing of the British and French troops in batches also gave the British and French troops the opportunity to test the new army, so that the elite Wei camel army could not play at the first time, and the Beijing and Tianjin areas fought too well, and it was likely to force the British and French forces to attack Jiangnan.

Lure the enemy deep, if the British and French forces have two or three hundred thousand horses. The depth of Beijing and Tianjin is inevitably smaller, and if you want to lure the enemy deeper, you have to take a considerable risk!

Because of the miscalculation of the capacity of the Anglo-French forces at sea. Yang Meng's layout suddenly became awkward.

"Third master, Wei Huozi's new army can be fought, as long as we hold the two major militia groups in Jiangnan and Northwest, plus the 100,000 horse team of Seng Lingqin. Bao Jing division is not lost. It should be a no-brainer! ”

Xu Ziwei has a positive attitude towards the combat strength of the new army, and he believes that the new army can stop the footsteps of the British and French forces.

"That's just theory! In a war, the courage of the masses is very important, once the courage is lost, the new army will also be dispersed, and if the enemy is lured into the depths, it will be defeated, but this is a defeat. Once it's messed up, it's a fake show. It is extremely detrimental to us to establish an invincible reputation for the Anglo-French forces! ”

In this era, not only Yang Meng has to face such a problem, but also the British and French coalition forces, and the soldiers on both sides today are ignorant and extremely superstitious, once one side establishes an invincible image, it is likely that there will be a crushing situation on the battlefield.

Now Ergin's Anglo-French army, in the face of Wei Huozi's new army, is almost overwhelmed, the four-month siege has worn off the confidence of the Anglo-French army, and now Ergin's Anglo-French army is facing the Qing army with big braids, only trembling! There is no trace of fighting spirit at all.

According to the capacity of the British and French forces, if more than 100,000 people are transported to the area of Beijing and Tianjin, it will take at least a month, and after a month of fighting, many secrets are not secrets! It's troublesome, it's troublesome!

"The third master might as well use the tactics of the Bali Bridge?"

The Bali Bridge tactic is actually to select a cannon fodder unit, but this matter is ......

"It's hard! If there are fewer people, you can't stop the British and French coalition forces, and if there are more people, the rear team can't stop the rout, and you are in a dilemma!

Shi Dakai's gang was cunning with soldiers, and he came just in time, and Lao Tzu also listened to his opinion! ”

The combat strength of the Zhili militia and the Shandong militia is worrying, send these two groups of people to go immediately, I am afraid that there will be defeat and no victory, these two people, Yang Meng wants to use them to fight a good battle, and now they will fight a vicious battle, I am afraid that they will ......

"Isn't it possible to use the new army of the Zhili People's League and the Shandong People's League?"

No matter which militia regiment it is, there are 10,000 or 20,000 new troops, and the combat strength of the new army is not inferior to that of the Anglo-French coalition army, and it is also stronger than the people of the Zhilu militia in terms of fighting will, but the new army is the infrastructure of the two major militia groups, and without the new army, the combat effectiveness of 200,000 people will also decline sharply!

"This is a method, but in this way, the people in our hands will be cut off by 200,000, it's not worth it!

Who was the commander in chief on the Anglo-French side? Maybe this is also a breakthrough point? ”

Arrogance is the consistent attitude of the British and French forces in the face of the Qing Dynasty, perhaps with the help of arrogance, Yang Meng can win back a game.

"We only know the Yilu brothers who participated in the Battle of Gengzi, one is in charge of the army and the other is in charge of the army, just from the arrival of these two brothers, we can see the importance that Britain and France attach to the Qing Dynasty!"

The Yilu brothers are the old China who has fought with Lin Laohu, these two are here, I am afraid that the attitude of the English government towards the Qing Dynasty is also correct, after listening to Xu Ziwei's reply, Yang Meng is also a little helpless, a misjudgment will make the war situation before the start, into a predicament, the war is really inadmissible!

Similar to Yang Meng, the brothers who led the advance team of the LinkedIn and French coalition forces this time were also similar to embarrassment and helplessness, trapped on Hong Kong Island and unable to attack the rich south of the Qing Dynasty, for the Yilu brothers, it was definitely worth the loss.

Charlie, the boss of the Yilu brothers? Yilu is not only a Chinese expert, but also a colonial expert in England. Yilu is now also an admiral, plus this time the English naval commander William? Baga, the three main figures who participated in the previous war against the Qing Dynasty, all came to the Qing Dynasty.

For the southern waters of the Qing Dynasty, they know very well. With a Yangtze River, it was enough to capture the Jiangnan of the Qing State, and the tactics of combining water and land were used in Jiangnan before. The hundreds of thousands of Qing troops were beaten like headless flies.

Now this war, but because of the coercion of the emerging Germany and Millican, is carried out in the north of the Qing country, although there is also a river in the north of the Qing country, but the warships cannot drive into it at all, such a war is too embarrassing for the British Empire, which has the largest navy in the world!

The composition of the Anglo-French forces this time was also extremely large. seven infantry divisions and two infantry brigades in England; Six infantry divisions, two infantry brigades in France. 100,000 in total; The generals on the English side not only have the Yilu brothers, but also the naval commander William? Baga was the quartermaster of the Crimean War, General Eli, and the French side was also a high-ranking general in the Crimean War, McMahon. And the 100,000 mercenaries of Tsarist Russia. It was led by Mikhail of the Gorchakov family, a famous Russian general, and such a lineup was enough to capture the entire Qing Dynasty.

But now, trapped in Germany and Millicorn, this large-scale war can only be waged in the north of the Qing Kingdom, which is undoubtedly a kind of torture for the Yilu brothers and the naval commander William.

The northern topography of the Qing Kingdom. All three are generally clear that the huge fleet is in the midst of this Northern War. It can only be used as a supply ship, and the British military also made a summary of the defeat of Ergin and Grant in the first battle, and the small number of soldiers and the light enemy were the reasons why Grant's troops were besieged by the Qing army.

The war that was about to be fought in the north of the Qing Dynasty was called the Second Crimean War by the British and French military, and the outcome of the war was already predictable, unlike Tsarist Russia, this time Britain and France intended to fundamentally destroy the Qing government, so that the European world would have another large and rich colony, as for how the colonies were to be divided, it basically had little to do with Tsarist Russia.

The role of the huge Anglo-French combined fleet in deterring Tsarist Russia was far greater than that of deterring the Qing State.

Moreover, the contract between Britain and France and the United States and Germany is not irreversible, once the Qing State falls, the benefits promised by the Qing government to the United States and Germany will be in vain, and at that time, the so-called war can only be carried out in the north, which is just a joke!

Although many things can be expected, but now, the British and French forces, including the mercenaries of Tsarist Russia, have to act in accordance with the content of the contract, and abiding by the contract is an important condition for maintaining the balance of international relations.

If Britain and France unilaterally tear up such a treaty, then things will become extremely troublesome, the Qing army stationed near the Beijing division should be all the elite troops of the Qing State, once the south of the Qing State is attacked, the elite troops of the Qing State are likely to go south to reinforce, which will increase the difficulty of the British and French forces.

In the face of the south that can advance along the lì without attacking, such helplessness and embarrassment, only Charlie? Yilu knows the reason best, that is, the Qing state's politician and diplomat Yang Mengyang Butang.

In recent years, the European world has been constantly understanding the Qing State, and the Qing State is also constantly understanding the world.

Whenever a group is faced with destruction, such characters are always emerging, many of the indigenous people of the Americas and Africa, who do not know English words at all, but they can consider the problem and fight the war from the perspective of the interests of the English government.

Such a character, if he was born in the British Empire, may have a bright future, but if he was born in a declining empire like the Qing Dynasty, it can only be their sadness and helplessness!

Even if the war is embarrassing, even if it is helpless, the English side also has the confidence to win, in this war, England is also harboring evil intentions, whether it is Tsarist Russia or France is the opponent of England, such a large Qing country, can only be dominated by England, or even completely controlled.

The war mixed with too many political demands is even more embarrassing and helpless, Charlie? Yilu had experience in the army, and he deeply understood this helplessness and embarrassment, but the Qing Kingdom in the Far East not only carried the ambitions of the British Empire, but also the ambitions of the Yilu family.

If they can achieve success in this war, perhaps the Yilu family can become a family that cannot be ignored in the political arena of the British Empire, just like the Wellington family and the Balfour family.

In this embarrassing war, many soldiers may die, but the outcome of the war is certain that the British Empire will win! The only difference was the way the war was conducted, and this embarrassing war limited by virtue for the British Empire was undoubtedly the best means for England to seize a large number of interests in the Far East and contain Tsarist Russia and France.

When the war has been carried out to a certain extent, France and Tsarist Russia will really understand what it means to be embarrassed and helpless, and as for the British Empire, there are only a lot of benefits.

The war that is about to start, whether it is Yang Meng's side, or the side of England, France, and Tsarist Russia, has mixed in many things that should not be carried by the war.

For England, France, Tsarist Russia's mind, Yang Meng, who is in Beijing, can feel some of it, which is one of the reasons why he dares to lay out in the Beijing and Tianjin area, the Qing Dynasty is different from these three countries, the Qing Dynasty does not need to take into account the complicated international relations, all the Qing Dynasty has to do is to unite the people in the country to fight a national war!

War has been almost infinitely simplified in Yang Meng's hands, and food and population are Yang Meng's war. (To be continued......)