"I thought that the trench was just a supplement to field warfare, but with proper command, it was indeed comparable to a fortress.

However, since this trench is similar to a fortress, let's deal with it in the same way as a fortress. Although George Yilu was frustrated for a moment, he didn't care very much, and said in a relaxed tone.

However, the British army came from afar and had exhausted their sharpness in many attacks, and it was obviously inappropriate to continue the battle.

Commander Yoshiro ordered the attack to be halted, a defensive position was constructed, and the attack was resumed the next day.

Li Xian also took the opportunity to let the soldiers rest, collect the wounded, and prepare for the next day's battle.

The officials in Guangzhou watched the western scenery from the city tower for a day, and they felt that it was very fresh, and they began to discuss it one after another.

"I don't think the British are very good, after a day of fighting, they couldn't bulldoze the position of the Sanyuanguan, and they lost a lot of money. The governor of Guangdong, Yiliang, was a little disappointed with the performance of the British army, and criticized it from the castle tower.

"The British came on the first day, they didn't rest, they didn't move the real chapter, didn't see that the British didn't send many troops every time.

The Sanyuan View will be bounced to today, and tomorrow will definitely be over. The minister Qi Shan shook his head and said disapprovingly.

If there is a stalemate between the two sides, or the British win not fast enough, some people will disagree with Qi Shan's original approach, and feel that their own side surrendered and admitted defeat so easily, all because Qi Shan was afraid of death, not because the Guangdong army was really inferior to the British.

"Hehe, let's wait until tomorrow. Yiliang's eyes flashed, but he said quietly on the surface.

At the bottom, Song Mingda and Shen Baozhen glanced at each other, and immediately drew their eyes away, unwilling to expose what they thought.

Song Mingda was also secretly confused in his heart, all his previous strategies were based on the British army's ability to destroy the forces of Sanyuanguan, but he didn't expect that the team temporarily formed by Sanyuanguan would fight with the British both offensively and defensively, and would not fall behind at all.

If Sanyuanguan can withstand the attack of the British, then his plan will become a joke, and the feudal officials in Guangzhou will no longer believe in his ability afterwards.

Song Mingda has a respectful position on the surface, but in fact he has no actual official position, and many times it is said that these officials can do things, and if others no longer value him, it will hit him hard.

"What's the matter with this British, wasn't they brave and difficult to be brave before, and quickly occupied wherever they hit? Song Mingda couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

In the era of fortresses, there are many ready-made cases of how to deal with well-defended fortresses and even fortresses, and military textbooks also use large chapters to describe this method in detail.

This method of siege consisted of draining the water from the moat, then digging trenches to gradually approach the fortress walls from a distance, and then transporting artillery and soldiers through the trenches to attack the fortress from the bottom up, until finally relying on numerical superiority to capture the fortress.

Of course, if the bastion is on the river or sea, the attacker will have to find a way to prevent the defender from getting supplies from the water.

The problem with this method of siege is that it is too time-consuming and energy-consuming, often taking a lot of time to capture a fortress defended by a good commander.

In the fortress era in Europe, there were many cases of relying on seven or eight hundred soldiers to block an army of more than 20,000 for more than two years.

It was not until the power of artillery increased dramatically that the fortress walls could be easily destroyed that this fortress tactic gradually declined, and by the forties of the 19th century, it was already the tail end of the fortress era.

After consulting with the officers, Commander Yilu felt that the Chinese army's trench tactics were not necessarily more difficult to break through than the fortress, and began to arrange it the next day.

The British army numbered more than 8,000 men, and the number of personnel was sufficient, so the British officers commanded these soldiers to dig trenches and dig little by little into the four forts from outside the firing range of the quad batteries.

It was difficult for the British artillery to shoot the Chinese troops hiding in the trenches, and vice versa, and Li Xian did not have a very good way to deal with the advance of the British, but just tried to make his men delay the advance of the British.

Under the command of the commanders of both sides, the battle gradually turned into a tug-of-war, the artillery of the two sides often fought in the air, and the infantry formed small groups to attack each other from time to time.

Relying on the huge numerical superiority, the British army still had a great advantage and advanced steadily, and Li Xian found that unless he was willing to suffer huge casualties, this exchange ratio could not be reduced.

Therefore, Li Xian focused on preserving his strength, not seeking to hurt the enemy too much, so he paid more attention to letting the recruits take this opportunity to familiarize themselves with the battle, so that the troops of other regiments could rotate with the defenders on this side to cultivate actual combat experience.

Seven days later, the British army was very close to the Sifang battery position, and the artillery was gradually advancing, and Li Xian relied on the trench defense and did not have much advantage.

After three relatively large-scale defensive counterattacks, Li Xian felt that he continued to tug of war, and the exchange ratio was close to one to one, but it was his own side that suffered a loss, so he pulled out the artillery and everything, engaged in the retreat route dug before, and retreated to the second line of positions twenty miles away.

After seven days and more than 500 casualties, the British army was demoralized and pursued the retreating Chinese army under the command of the officers.

It's just that Li Xian led his troops to retreat too quickly, and the British artillery couldn't keep up, and only the infantry could chase after them.

Li Xian and his elite soldiers personally broke the rear, fortified layer by layer according to the pre-arranged rocket artillery base, blocked the pursuit of the British army, and finally successfully retreated to the trench position twenty miles away.

It turned out that Li Xian had 10,000 regular soldiers and more than 20,000 peasant strongmen on his side, and he was very well manned.

The British army happily pursued after them, and when they found that the Chinese troops were hiding in the trench positions again, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

According to visual inspection, this second trench position is no worse than that of the four-sided battery, and relying on infantry to attack alone will only expose it to the artillery of the Chinese army, that is, the artillery in the rear will come up, and it will not be a matter of time and a half to attack this trench position.

The two Yilu came over with their soldiers and horses, and when they saw the trench position in front of them, which was no smaller than the Sifang Fort, they also fell silent.

"What's the matter with this Li Xian, he actually dug another trench here. "The righteous law who is a consul first screams and scolds.

There was a table of delicious food in front of me, forks and knives were taken out, and then I realized that there was a glass wall between the food and myself, and there was nothing more sad in this world.

Huang Jinzhi said: The wrong chapter has been corrected, and today's chapter will be posted later.