In this battle, the Qing army learned the lessons of the past.

No more dense defenses, which will only be slaughtered by the Western fleet.

A strategy of dispersing the defense was adopted.

More than 9,000 people were deployed on the entire Dagukou front.

Among them, 1,000 men were stationed in three batteries on the south bank, and the main batteries were defended by the troops led by the general soldier Danian and the guerrilla Dekui.

The left battery was defended by Du Si Nale and the equal command department, and the right battery was defended by the guerrilla Chen Yi and other troops.

1,500 men to guard the rear of the south bank; 1,000 men were stationed at the fort on the north bank, led by guerrilla Sha Chunyuan.

1,000 people stationed in Beitang; In addition, more than 2,000 people are stationed in Jiapu, Xinhe and other places.

And the 2,500 new army led by Rong Lu, as the core force, was divided into three parts.

The first part, the artillery battalion, defended the main battery.

The second part, an infantry battalion, assisted in the defense of the rear of the north bank.

The third part, an infantry battalion, assisted in the defense of the rear of the south bank.

The cavalry battalion, the commander of the guard, Tan Tingxiang, and as a battlefield reserve.

This and history have changed slightly.

First of all, the Dagukou Fort was repaired in advance.

Second, the entire Dagukou Fort battlefield has more forces from the Ronglu New Army.

As a result, the defense force of the entire Dagukou battlefield is much stronger than in history.

After the war!

Suddenly, the entire Dagukou battlefield shook.

The batteries of the Qing army, the guns of the British fleet, frantically bombarded.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Explosions are happening everywhere.

Blazing.

At least for the moment.

The Qing troops who held the forts were very brave.

They fought with the Combined Fleet, and there were casualties on each other.

Historically, the range of the Dagukou artillery at this time was not long enough, while the range of the Combined Fleet was extremely long.

Therefore, the combined fleet was able to hit the Dagu pass, but the artillery of the Qing army could not hit the combined fleet.

Historically, Emperor Xianfeng was even weaker, allowing the combined fleet to carry out various military deployments, landing deployments, and did not dare to shell.

And in this world, he always listened to Su Yu's words in his mind.

Don't worry, you will definitely be able to talk about success, and the foreigners don't really want to fight, according to the bottom line of the imperial court, whoever you want to talk about will be successful.

Inspired by Su Yao's words, the emperor was bolder than in history.

Therefore, the will to talk while fighting should also be resolute.

The Qing army's will to fight is also firmer than in history, at least it doesn't have to wait until it is beaten to open fire, and it doesn't dare to fight back.

In history, the first battle of Dagukou was fought for just over two hours, and the Qing army was completely defeated.

And this time!

Under the cover of heavy artillery fire, sixteen ships of the Western coalition, twenty sampans, carrying two thousand marines, began to land.

Some of the artillery of the Qing army immediately turned around and bombarded these ships that planned to land, as well as the sampans.

"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"

Suddenly, one hit.

Then, another one hit.

The Qing army on the battlefield was stunned.

Even the Western Combined Fleet, a little stunned.

This, which Qing artillery is this? How did you hit it so accurately?

This artillery is so sharp.

The Tianjin New Army, of course.

Although the current commander of the new army is Rong Lu, the advanced artillery was bought by Su Yu from the foreigners.

The tactics of artillery firing were also jointly researched by Su Yu and the instructor corps, and they were very advanced.

Therefore, even if Su Yu has left the Tianjin New Army now, according to the strong inertia.

At this time, the artillery battalion of the Tianjin New Army was still very good, because they were brought out by Su Yu.

Directly took the landing ship of the combined fleet by surprise.

In just under two hours.

The artillery of the Tianjin New Army directly sank three landing craft of the combined fleet and six sampans.

The marines of the Western coalition forces suffered two or three hundred casualties, and the casualties are still increasing.

When He Bo, commander of the Combined Fleet, saw this, he was immediately shocked and furious.

Then, an order was given to collect the troops.

Suspend the sending of troops to land.

And Tan Tingxiang, the governor of Zhili, was completely stunned when he saw this scene.

This...... The artillery of the Tianjin New Army is so powerful?

This, there are fights in World War I!

Next, the Combined Fleet never sent anyone to land again.

Rather, the artillery of both sides was bombarded.

Suddenly, the battle became more intense.

The main battery at Dagukou received the most artillery fire.

In particular, the flagship of the Combined Fleet, the Slenei, had extremely powerful large-caliber guns.

Under this kind of bombardment, the Dagukou fort and gun wall were greatly damaged.

Artillery soldiers, casualties intensified.

However, there are people who have been substituted one after another.

The two sides fought fiercely from dawn to dark.

Then, a temporary truce.

…………………………………………

Tan Tingxiang, the governor of Zhili, held Rong Lu's hand and said, "Zhonghua, your new army is powerful, and your artillery battalion is powerful." ”

"The fight was too good, the fight was too accurate, and it directly knocked out so many foreigners' landing ships that they didn't dare to land."

Rong Lu's heart was sour.

This...... That's where my credit is.

This is the credit of Su Yu.

Because artillery is his most favored branch of the army, the training manuals are all written by him, and all the artillery is also personally selected and purchased by him.

The instructor of the artillery was also brought out by him.

These artillerymen themselves did not know the advanced nature of their own tactics.

Tan Tingxiang said: "Go, go and report the good news to the emperor, I fought a beautiful battle today!" ”

"Six hundred miles to hurry, report the good news to the capital."

At this time, it is not possible to say that it is a success.

It can be said that if there is no Tianjin New Army in this battle, if there is no New Army artillery battalion.

Maybe in three or four hours, the battle will collapse directly.

It will last two hours longer than in history, because the Dagukou Fort in this world has been built and is more powerful and complete.

But in the final analysis, it was the artillery battalion of the Tianjin New Army that was too powerful and too accurate, and the combined fleet was postponed from landing.

Historically, as soon as more than 1,000 troops of the Combined Fleet successfully landed by force, the Qing army commander's side collapsed directly, was defeated with one blow, and ran away.

After returning to camp!

Yixuan found Rong Lu and said: "Boyan asked us to fight, but we want to preserve our strength, but what now?" Our army is more powerful than we imagined. ”

Rong Lu said: "Su Yu, it is really a national soldier." ”

Yi Liang said: "This army is so powerful, so we have to keep it in our hands." Half of this new army is still trained by Su Yu, and it is still full of his imprint. Wait until the next batch of recruits is recruited, but that may not be the case. So we have to keep our strength. ”

"And Tan Tingxiang saw that we were so capable of fighting, so he would push us all to the top, and when the time comes, our army will be clean, and there will be no capital in our hands."

Rong Lu narrowed his eyes and did not speak.

In a way, what Yixuan said was right.

But Boyan also has his own selfishness.

He also hopes to take command of this new army in the future, so of course he doesn't want to fight out.

His purpose was to bring the new army of Su Yu from Yangzhou to Tianjin and fight with the foreigners.

In this way, the future Boyan will have the only new army in the entire Qing court.

Next, where to go will test his Ronglu's ability.

………………………………

Combined Fleet, on the flagship.

The commander of the fleet, Hober, had a very ugly complexion.

When he fought Guangzhou, although Ye Mingchen had a lot of troops, it was completely captured in less than a day.

But he didn't expect that this time the combined fleet was more numerous, and after a day of fighting, it couldn't even hit a single Dagukou battery.

If you can't beat the Dagukou Fort, you can't safely attack Tianjin City through the Baihe.

When there was no war before, the warships of the Combined Fleet were still very bold, sending a few ships into the Baihe River to directly shell the head of Tianjin.

And now, after the war, if you enter the White River alone, it will be quite dangerous.

"Gentlemen, we may have underestimated the Qing State's will to war."

"Maybe it's still difficult to conquer this country just by relying on warships, and our marines are still too small, only more than 2,000 people, which is not enough."

"This Dagukou fort is much stronger than we imagined, and their soldiers are more brave than we imagined, and they are not defeated in one blow."

At this point, the war adviser, Rear Admiral Simami, said: "No, no, no, gentlemen, you are all wrong. ”

"In this battle, there is only one reason why we have been frustrated, and that is the new army in Tianjin."

"Especially the artillery of the Tianjin New Army, they hit too accurately and sank many of our landing ships, making it impossible for our marines to land, and naturally they could not win."

"And the Tianjin New Army, especially the artillery that performed well, was trained by Su Yu."

"Who is Su Yu? I am sure it is not necessary to introduce it too much, but by this time his name had spread throughout London, as well as throughout Europeans in the Far East. ”

"He has just plucked London and opened another route for our British Empire to the Qing Kingdom."

"He's the worst enemy of all of us here."

"Even the artillery of the Tianjin New Army was personally purchased by Su Yu from our British Empire."

Everyone present immediately scolded.

"Bastard, asshole ......"

"The artillery of our British Empire, turn its head and hit ourselves."

"We helped Su Yu train the new army, but turned around and beat ourselves."

"Stupid Henry, stupid Wittoma."

"Now Wittoma and Sir Henry have drawn a line with Su Yu, and have issued an arms embargo against Su Yu. ”

Sima Mi Li and He Bo are of the same rank, both are rear admirals, and even his qualifications are deeper.

However, Simamigoli made a mistake because of his previous cooperation with Su Yu, although Count Ergin forgave him and made him a war advisor.

But at this time, the Combined Fleet still obeyed Hobo's orders.

"Damn the order, damn the basha." He Bo roared angrily: "I heard that their secret agreement with Su Yu has been completed? Now Bao Ling and Ba Xia Li are in London, waving cheques everywhere to buy the machines that Su Yu needs? ”

"Yes. ”

He Bodao: "Why didn't the Congress stop all this and completely block the secret cooperation with Su Yu." How can the British Empire support its enemies, it should completely suppress and block him. ”

"Because, Prince Albert is supporting them, and he is gambling on his reputation. ”

He Bodao: "But Her Majesty, it is to support us, to support our war strategy against the Qing Kingdom." ”

"But as you know, Her Majesty's favorite person is not the Crown Prince, but her husband, Prince Albert. Therefore, this prince is the uncrowned king of my British Empire. ”

General Hober said: "But there are still many people in London who oppose Prince Albert, right? A lot of people say he's secretly manipulating our Queen, so it's time for us to push the trend in London. ”

There have always been such rumors, so Prince Albert, as an outsider, is also under great pressure.

At this time, the American and Russian ministers stepped forward.

"General, this is the time when we need to go out."

"We immediately went to the capital of the Qing Kingdom to meet the emperor and expressed our willingness to reconcile the contradictions and conflicts between the British Empire and the Qing Kingdom."

…………………………

Late at night, Nourishing the Heart Palace!

The emperor was furious.

Because the six-day deadline stipulated by Yangyi has arrived, presumably Tianjin has already started a war.

I don't know if it will repeat the mistakes of Guangzhou.

It only took half a day to completely collapse.

And at this time, Wang Chenggui's cheerful voice came from outside.

"The emperor is overjoyed, overjoyed!"

"The Battle of Dagukou broke out, and we fought very well on the first day, giving Yangyi a hard dismount."

The distance of three or four hundred miles is really not close.

The Tianjin side desperately changed horses, and almost ran away with half the life of the war horse, so that the battle report was delivered in such a fast time.

The emperor was overjoyed.

"Let people in!"

Next, the messenger entered, and reported the situation of the day's battle.

Of course, it is exaggerated, and Tan Tingxiang also exaggerated his own merits.

But Dagukou is so close to the capital, and the emperor has also been secretly played by others.

But one thing is certain.

On this first day, it was really a good fight.

Nearly 10 ships were sunk by Yangyi, and hundreds of Yangyi casualties were lost.

It was so unexpected.

What a surprise!

Tianjin is really different from Guangzhou.

I really didn't expect to play so well.

But then seeing the detailed report, the emperor's mood suddenly became extremely complicated.

Most of the results of this battle were fought by the artillery battalion of the Tianjin New Army.

This...... The Tianjin New Army, especially the artillery battalion, was also trained by Su Yu.

Even, the artillery was bought by Su Yao.

Even if Su Yu is not on the battlefield, can his army win the battle? The emperor's mood was suddenly extremely complicated.

A moment later, a voice came from outside.

"Your Majesty, Du Han asks to see you."

A moment later, Duhan walked in.

"Your Majesty, over there in Dagukou, did you win the battle on the first day?" Duhan was pleasantly surprised.

The emperor said: "It's too early to talk about winning the war, but it's a beautiful fight!" ”

With that, the Emperor handed over the report.

Du Han took it and took a look, and said quietly: "Your Majesty, this Tianjin New Army can also be regarded as Su Yu's training." Artillery, in particular, was taught by him. ”

When the emperor heard this, his face suddenly darkened.

Du Han said: "Your Majesty, this is a great joy." It proves that even if there is no Su Yu and Rong Lu is in charge of the army, he can still win. ”

"Su Yu has already put up the shelf, how to organize and train the new army, and write it into a booklet, and then continue to train the new army according to his military book."

"It doesn't matter if you have him or not."

The Emperor was silent.

Du Han said: "The new army in Tianjin is so capable of fighting. Wang Shixin's army in Yangzhou is even more capable of fighting. We must quickly transfer them back to Tianjin as quickly as possible, and if they join the battlefield, we will fight this battle. ”

"Even if we can win, maybe we can't win."

"Once the battle is won, then the emperor will be the real master of Zhongxing."

"You will be able to sweep away the shame of the first emperor."

The emperor's face flushed with excitement.

Du Han said: "This new army is so capable of fighting, so we must also transfer them from Yangzhou, after all, it is still too close to Su Yao, and we must completely make a cut with Su Yao." The military situation is like fire, and it cannot be delayed any longer. ”

The emperor said: "Order Dexing, order Weng Tongshu, and set off south immediately without delay!" ”

At this moment, the emperor finally made up his mind completely.

The good news of today's battle situation in Dagukou gave him great confidence.

………………………………

At this time, Dexing, Weng Tongshu, and Boyan Nemohu were talking secretly.

Weng Tongshu will bring a lot of people this time, hundreds of civil officials and hundreds of military attachés.

And Dexing'a will also bring more than 200 people, because after arriving in Yangzhou, he will not only let Wang Shiqing lead the new army north to Tianjin, but also replace all the officers of Su Yu's lineage inside.

Time is too rushed, these days, they have been drilling day and night, and the progress is now halfway through.

In about two days, they would be able to gather enough men and head south.

"After arriving in the south, you will go to the Jiangnan camp to borrow troops first, and three or five thousand will be fine." Bo Yan said in a sneer: "Don't worry, He Guiqing has already gone to Jiangnan Daying to talk about this matter." These 35,000 troops will enter Jiujiang in the name of supporting Jiangxi. But all the officers will only listen to you, the prefect of Jiujiang. ”

"The emperor is tempting Su Yao, but we are Su Yao's enemies, and the purpose of our visit is to attack!"

"Don't care how important Su Yu's factory is to the Qing Dynasty, don't do anything, after you go, just do one thing, find his crimes, find evidence of his dissent."

"Knock him down, stink him!"

Weng Tongshu said: "Don't worry, Shizi, I know how to do it." ”

"To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself!"

Boyan said: "On that day, the three of us fell because of Su Liu, and even ruined our reputations. ”

"Three years in Hedong, three years in Hexi, this time the three of us are united, and its benefits are golden."

"This time, we want to bring down Su Yu and make him ruined."

"We have to step on Su Yao's bones and rise again."

Then, Boyan held out his hand.

Weng Tongshu stretched out his hand, and Dexinga stretched out his hand.

The three of them reached out and shook each other.

"Brothers, its profits are golden!"

Then, someone came at a gallop.

"Lord Dexing, Lord Weng Tongshu, the emperor's decree has arrived."

A few people were stunned, in the middle of the night, the emperor came up to decree!

Wouldn't it be bad to let the emperor know that the three of them were in Prince Horqin's Mansion?

However, these eunuchs came here because they went to the house of Dexing A and Weng Tongshu and did not find anyone.

It is said that the two immediately returned to their respective homes to receive the order.

But now the emperor is in a hurry, and he can't wait so much.

"The emperor's decree ordered Dexing'a, the deputy capital of Manchuria with the blue flag, to be the minister of the Qincha, and immediately set off for Yangzhou, leading Wang Shixin's army, and immediately went north, and he was here."

"The emperor's decree is to order Zhan Shifu Zhan Shi, Jiujiang Governor Weng Tongshu, to immediately lead the relevant bureaucrats to take office in Jiujiang without delay, Qin this!"

The two were stunned, was the emperor in such a hurry?

So, I can't help but ask, what happened?

"Over there in Dagukou, Tianjin, the first day was very good, very beautiful, and very majestic."

"The Tianjin New Army has made great contributions, especially the artillery battalion." Eunuch Wang Deli said.

No wonder!

Boyan Nemohu was suddenly very warm.

This Tianjin New Army is so powerful, we must get it.

We must quickly make Su Yu stink and bring him down, so that he can justify his position.

However, it is best for Rong Lu's side to refrain from fighting, first, don't defeat the Tianjin New Army.

The second is that you are Ronglu, don't play too well.

Otherwise, there would be nothing to do with my uncle. “

…………………………

The sky was bright.

Weng Tongshu, Dexinga, led hundreds of people.

Waiting outside the palace.

Soon, the eunuch Wang Chenggui personally sent the inscription.

Weng Tongshu has an inscription, and Dexinga also has an inscription.

And they are all real words of encouragement, not a kind of guarding against arrogance and rashness, so as to do it yourself.

Moreover, he also gave Dexing Ashang Fang the sword.

This is incredible, giving him the power to cut first and then play.

In the process of transferring Su Yu's new army from Yangzhou to the north, if anyone does not cooperate, they can use Shang Fang's sword to cut it!

Monk Greenqin and Du Han, two loyal ministers, came to see each other off in person.

Boyan said: "Two brothers, please remember my words. ”

"Brother Dexing, you must use the power of thunder to get the military power."

"Brother Weng Tongshu, go to the Jiangnan camp to borrow troops first."

"Brothers, its profits are golden!"

Du Han stepped forward and said: "I wish the two ministers success and new achievements." ”

Prince Korqin stepped forward and said, "I wish the two of you great success and live up to the grace of God!" ”

Then, the two led hundreds of people.

One person and two horses, the flag is displayed.

Majestic-looking.

The wind galloped away from Beijing, and the smoke and dust rolled away all the way.

After arriving in Tongzhou, dozens of large ships here have been prepared.

"Board the ship!"

With an order.

The minister of the Qin Mission, Dexing'a, the newly appointed high-ranking Jiujiang prefect Weng Tongshu, boarded the big ship.

Hundreds of people boarded the ship.

Then, dozens of big ships headed south.

The killing machine arranged by the relevant people of the imperial court against Su Yao officially kicked off slowly.

The battle of Dagukou, a small victory on the first day.

It brought great encouragement and encouragement to many people in the imperial court, especially to the emperor.

……………………………………

The next few days!

The battle at Dagukou is still raging.

It was as if inspired by the results of the first day.

There were more than 9,000 Qing troops, and the more fierce the war.

The next day.

Day 3.

The combined fleet of the West, deeply feeling that its own landing force may not be enough.

So, he sent a warship south to Canton to ask for help from Count Ergin.

In this great war, the British Empire prepared to gather 30,000 troops from the mainland and everywhere.

This time, the troops came to Dagukou, and it was indeed a threat to the majority, and they did not do a real large-scale war.

So only two thousand marines were brought with them.

Now that he saw that the Tianjin New Army was so fierce, he also inspired the main forces of the other Qing troops, and suddenly felt that the two thousand marines were not enough.

Another 2,000 or so marines had to be brought in from Canton.

Day 4!

Combined fleet, only to find that the situation seems to have changed.

Because, coach He Bo changed his battle strategy two days ago.

In the past, it was the Qing army fort that mainly focused on Dagukou, but now many warships are targeting the artillery battalion of the new army in Tianjin.

As a result, casualties on both sides increased.

The artillery of the combined fleet, too violent.

Once the focus was on attacking the artillery battalion of the Tianjin New Army, the casualties went up all at once.

These guns on the Dagukou Battery, which were ignored, also took the opportunity to exert their might and brought casualties to the Combined Fleet.

But even in the face of damage to the battleship and casualties, He Bo insisted on this style of play.

And it worked!

Under heavy casualties.

Rong Lu was distressed.

And the key is that he is very dissatisfied, seeing that the Tianjin New Army is fighting well, the coach Tan Tingxiang desperately pushes the Tianjin New Army forward, and he can't wait for them to withstand all the fronts.

Rong Lu was furious.

This Tianjin New Army, but his lifeblood, is his capital of glory and wealth.

How can I be cannon fodder for you?

So, he began to secretly slack off.

It's war.

If you're dealing with other armies, it may not be a problem for you to be passive and slack.

But against the most powerful army in the world.

This passivity is a slack.

Moment...... It's the result of a collapse.

The commander of the British army, He Bo, ordered a considerable number of artillery to bombard the artillery battalion of the new army in Tianjin.

It was so direct that they couldn't raise their heads.

Then, dozens of landing ships and sampans, carrying more than a thousand marines, once again launched a beach-rushing landing.

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

The commander of the Qing army, Tan Tingxiang, was so anxious that he ordered the artillery to fire at the landing ships and sampans.

But...... It was already difficult for these guns on the turret to hit such a small moving target.

These artillerymen of the Qing court were also not very professional.

The hit rate was much lower than that of the artillery battalion of the new army in Tianjin.

However, at this time, the artillery battalion positions of the Tianjin New Army were bombed indiscriminately and were powerless to counterattack.

In this way, the landing force of the combined fleet, braving artillery fire, rushed forward with their heads buried in their heads.

"Boom ......"

One was sunk.

"Boom!"

Another one was sunk.

Hundreds of British Marines were wounded and fell into the sea.

And this time, Major General Ho Bo did not give another order to stop.

Just keep rushing, keep rushing!

Soon!

Both landing forces rushed to the shoals.

One group of nine hundred, one of six hundred.

A total of 1,500 people successfully landed on the north and south banks of Dagukou.

At this time, the Qing army defenders on the north and south banks exceeded 7,000 people.

That's about five times the size of the British army.

However, the current situation.

The green battalion wants to put the Tianjin New Army in front, anyway, you can fight so well.

And Rong Lu, the coach of the Tianjin New Army, was unwilling to be cannon fodder, so he pushed each other like this.

Directly delayed the fighters.

In the face of such a powerful army, delay the fighters, is it worth it?

After the landing, the British Marines, although only 1,500 men, were overwhelming.

Hunt it all the way!

Invincible.

Just a moment!

Six or seven thousand Qing defenders were killed, and countless casualties were inflicted.

If at this time, Rong Lu and Admiral Zhili can unite as one, there is still hope.

If the coach, Tan Tingxiang, the governor of Zhili, is brave and takes the lead, there may be a little hope.

However, the Governor saw the British marines rushing up.

The whole person was frightened.

Obviously, the battle situation has not collapsed, and it is clear that there is still a main army of seven or eight thousand in his hands.

But he was frightened, and when the foreigner marines were still a long way away from him, he could no longer bear the fear in his heart.

Ran away!

When he ran, the coach flag also followed.

The Chinese army also followed.

The left and right guards also followed.

Then, the tide of battle collapsed.

The real defeat was like a mountain of defeat.

The generals of the Western Combined Fleet were stunned when they saw this scene.

This...... Is this a collapse?

I'm also going to Guangzhou to recruit reinforcements.

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Note: The second shift was delivered, and it was finally ten minutes early, so I went to lie down for a while.

Gentlemen, if you have a commuter pass, please remember to give it to me, okay? Pastry continues to code words desperately, please everyone.

(End of chapter)