However, although the cavalry regiment of the British and French forces temporarily retreated, the artillery was once again powerful.

Meng Daban gave an order, and dozens of heavy artillery pieces behind him launched a fierce attack on the position of the Qing army, and one shell after another flew towards the Qing army, and the entire position was shrouded in gunpowder smoke and war.

The forward was frustrated, and encountered the onslaught of the foreign artillery, the Qing army's morale began to be unstable, under the attack of the British and French artillery, heavy losses, the monk was anxious to jump like thunder, but for the foreign artillery can only sigh in vain, they only have less than 20 Western artillery, and it is also an ordinary infantry artillery, the Americans in order not to anger the British and French, had to shoot small-caliber infantry artillery to the Qing Dynasty, replacing the original field heavy artillery agreed with Guo Ye, and the rest of the Qing country's own cannons, which are useless at all, the firing range is too close, it can't reach the positions of the Anglo-French forces at all, and they are all smoothbore guns, and the hit rate is extremely low! How can it be someone else's opponent?

Monk Greenqin hated and angry, but the victory or defeat of the battlefield, absolutely not to people's minds to shift, no is not good, the two sides in Zhangjiawan for a whole day of fierce fighting, the British and French artillery is extremely sharp, the position of Monk Greenqin garrisoned beyond recognition, heavy casualties, Zhangjiawan, can not hold!

Seng Lingqin had to lead the Qing army to retreat in the direction of Bali Bridge.

On top of the war horse, Monk Greenqin was depressed and wanted to kill people, they were all emperors, his own combat power was insufficient, and the main force of the firearms battalion was transferred away, especially if he wanted the horses to run, and he didn't give the horses grass, how could there be such a good thing in the world? Once the suburbs of Beijing are defeated on all fronts, and the British and French troops are approaching the city of Beijing, what is the use of keeping the firearms battalion, even the old nest will be served to the family!

Monk Greenqin led the remnants of the defeated army, retreated to the direction of Bali Bridge in one breath, joined forces with the armies of Ruilin and Shengbao, and counted the troops, the casualties of the entire Qing army have exceeded 4,000 people, and the attack of the British and French forces is too fierce!

After arriving at the Bali Bridge, Seng Lingqin made an emergency deployment again to prevent the British and French forces from taking advantage of the situation to attack.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of the British army, Saxton, led the main force of the coalition army to Zhangjiawan, and the army advanced, instantly seized Tongxian, with Tongxian as the rear, and advanced in the direction of Bali Bridge!

Bali Bridge, now Seng Lingqin is worried, the strength of the British and French coalition has exceeded 20,000, 10,000 coalition troops, the Qing army can not resist the enemy, now the strength has increased to 20,000, to defeat the British and French coalition army, it is even more difficult.

Shengbao on the side said: "Lord Wang, in the opinion of the following officials, we need to deploy troops on the left, center and right official roads, and these three directions must be held, otherwise, once the British and French forces bypass our main force and approach the capital, the capital will shake, and we will be even more passive." ”

Monk Greenqin nodded and replied: "What Kezhai said is extremely true, the Bali Bridge in the middle is the road, I am in charge, there is Lord Ruilin in the south to personally supervise the battle, and you personally supervise the battle in the north, I think, in order to quickly advance the battle line, the most likely thing is that they will directly attack the Bali Bridge, which is where the throat is, and it is also a place where both the enemy and us must fight!" I personally led 10,000 Mongolian cavalry to sit in the town, this time, even if the whole army is annihilated, we can't take a step back, if the foreigners want to attack the capital, then step on the corpse of this king! ”

The plan of the three people was decided, and Seng Lingqin immediately ordered the Qing army to build earthen ramparts and trenches on the spot to deal with the artillery of the British and French forces, and the 10,000 troops waited for the arrival of the coalition army.

The news of the defeat of Zhangjiawan also quickly spread to the capital, and now Xianfeng can no longer sit still, even the canal town of Zhangjiawan has been lost, then the Qing army has no danger to defend, if it is defeated by the coalition army again at Bali Bridge, then the British and French coalition forces will really come to the city!

Su Shun on the side persuaded: "Your Majesty, now you can't hesitate, the British and French forces are getting more and more blocked, listen to the report in front of you, the strength has reached 20,000 people, although the monk is a generation of famous generals, but there is not enough artillery to help, it is difficult to win, the slave thinks, the emperor must patrol the Rehe River to avoid the edge!" ”

Xianfeng has already been the master of the six gods, and the entire Qianqing Palace is silent, only Su Shun can still give a little advice, and he can only obey.

Xianfeng hurriedly said: "Immediately send an order to mobilize the Shenji Battalion and the Firearms Battalion to escort them, and go to Rehe to patrol early tomorrow morning!" All the affairs and foreign affairs in the capital are all handed over to King Gong to deal with, and he must urge Monk Greenqin to repel the strong enemy in order to protect the community! ”

In the early morning of the next day, Xianfeng left Beijing in a hurry with a major court minister, and ran down to the northeast.

Almost all the important ministers in the court left Prince Gong Yi? With a few people such as the university scholar Wenxiang.

Prince Gong and Wen Xiang looked at each other, the huge city of Beijing is now empty, and the two of them are just abandoned sons used to make peace, but what should I do next?

The two of them don't have any clue now, it's difficult, this time it's really annoying Britain and France, so many people have died, if you don't give people some sweetness, it's almost impossible to want people to withdraw from the army.

Wen Xiang said astringently: "Lord Wang, in the opinion of the lower officials, let's negotiate peace as soon as possible, and if we continue to fight, there will be no good results, if Guo Ye's kid is here, maybe there are some ways to turn the tide, and now he is far away from the gate, and the whip is beyond his reach." From Dagukou, to Tianjin, and then to Zhangjiawan, the monk king has been defeated in successive battles, even if it is the invincible Mongolian cavalry, now it is impossible to withstand the attack of others, now there is only peace, accept the conditions of Britain and France, first send the British and French away and then talk about others, if not, a little coalition army captures the city of Beijing, then we will lose not a little bit......

Prince Gong's face was gloomy, and he said angrily: "I also know that it is the best policy to negotiate peace at this time, but what about the clear stream of the Manchu Dynasty?" These people only know that today this is impeached, tomorrow that is impeached, nothing is pleasing to the eye, ******, except for impeachment, nothing is useful, it really makes this king suffocated! ”

Wen Xiang said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, why don't you go to Zhangjiawan in person, and then go to the foreigners to probe the wind and see if there is room for maneuver, as long as there is a trace of leeway, you must also keep the army from being injured, and Beijing is ...... not to lose."

Prince Gong sighed heavily, nodded, and replied: "Okay, you pack up now, remember, don't agree to any conditions first, just bring them back to discuss, we can't put ourselves in because of such a thing." ”