Saxton shook his head and replied, "If you say that you are better than me on land, but as soon as you get close to the water, you are not as sharp as mine, and we are indeed in trouble now, but this difficulty also hides an opportunity, as long as we grasp the opportunity, we will definitely win!" ”

Yaman was stunned, not knowing where Saxton's confidence came from.

Saxton continued: "You see that the river here is much wider than that of Zhangjiawan, we can completely requisition some ships and launch an attack on the Qing army from the river, as long as we return to Zhangjiawan immediately and grab all the large merchant ships there, we can attack the Qing army directly from the river!" ”

Yaman's spirit was shocked, yes, launch a direct attack on the Qing army from the river, their flank is less than a kilometer away from the Tonghui River, all the artillery can attack directly, kill their flank first, and then the army can besiege on both sides, the Qing army will definitely not be able to support it!

Yaman shouted: "Okay, we order the cavalry to act immediately and grab all the big ships in the area of Zhangjiawan!" ”

On the position of the Qing army, Guo Ye and Seng Lingqin were discussing the deployment of the battle, Chen Hai came over worriedly and shouted: "Lord Wang, the military gate!" ”

Guo Ye looked up, couldn't help but be stunned, and asked, "Xiaohai, what's wrong?" ”

Chen Hai said in a low voice: "Brother Ye, something is wrong with the situation, I feel that there are some problems with our deployment......"

Monk Greenqin smiled: "This little guy, this deployment was personally arranged by your military gate, can there be a mistake?" Are you stronger than your military? ”

Chen Hai's face turned red and he didn't dare to speak.

Guo Ye asked, "Xiaohai, tell me, what's the problem?" ”

Chen Hai replied: "Lord Wang, Junmen, you see, our flank is only two or three hundred zhang away from the Tonghui River, along the river, and then to the west, there is the reservoir of Gaobeidian, where the water surface is even more open, if the British and French troops attack us from the river, we are a little bad, their artillery is extremely sharp, it can completely cover our flank positions, and even our Chinese positions can be covered!" What's more, if the British and French forces go straight into the reservoir of Gaobeidian by boat and attack from behind us, we will be even more passive! ”

Monk Lingqin shook his head and said with a smile: "Young man, some ideas, not bad, worthy of praise!" However, the warships of the British and French forces are all ironclad ships, although our Tonghui River is wide, it is still unable to carry their ironclad ships, once their warships really drive in, they can't fiddle at all, and can only become a live target for our artillery! I have already communicated with your military men about this issue. ”

Guo Ye also nodded, looking at Chen Hai with an appreciative expression, young man, his progress is getting bigger and bigger, and he will definitely be his most effective assistant in the future.

Chen Hai hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, Brother Ye, I grew up by the Tonghui River since I was a child, and I am very familiar with this place, in Zhangjiawan, where is the largest Cao Yun Wharf in our Gyeonggi area, almost all the grain and goods in the south are transported to our capital through Cao Yun, in Zhangjiawan, there are at least hundreds of large merchant ships, each with a load of more than tens of thousands of catties, if the British and French forces directly rob the merchant ships of our Cao Yun Wharf, and transport artillery and infantry to the ship, you can directly attack our position, Or even go directly into the reservoir behind and attack our back, and then we will be in danger! ”

Guo Ye was shocked, and immediately stood up from the chair, this link, but he didn't expect it, although he has the most advanced tactics and military technology, but for the geographical environment around Gyeonggi, it is far from catching up with Chen Hai, this kid grew up in this vicinity, every grass and tree is in his mind, his analysis is absolutely reasonable, once the British and French forces attack Zhangjiagang and rob the merchant ships there, the army will be dangerous, and it will be completely caught off guard!

Guo Ye shouted: "Lord Wang, we are careless!" ”

Monk Lingqin also had a solemn face and asked, "Guo Ye, is it really that serious?" ”

Guo Ye nodded and replied: "Lord Wang, it's absolutely true, once the British and French forces grab the boat and launch an attack from the river or the reservoir behind, then we will be really in danger!" ”

Monk Lingqin asked urgently: "Then we immediately send a cavalry order to empty all the transport ships in Zhangjiawan?" “

Chen Hai said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, if the British and French forces really want to act, they are now on the way to set off again, they are closer, and they are all cavalry equipped with horse pistols, there are few people, we can't intercept it, there are more troops dispatched, the defense of our position is empty, and even if a large number of cavalry are dispatched, it may not be able to come in time......"

Monk Greenqin said urgently: "Then how to deal with it?" ”

Guo Ye's mind was spinning rapidly, now that he was redeploying his troops, it was too late, and the British and French forces would definitely not give him a chance to arrange calmly, so he could only make up for it.

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, immediately order, collect all the iron chains near the Tonghui River, block the iron cables on the Tonghui River, nail the wooden stakes, and completely cut off the passage from the river to the reservoir, especially the Suyang Bridge behind you, we must use the thickest steel bars to seal the bridge hole, we must be fast, act immediately to prevent them from sneaking up on our backs!" Also, mobilize ten artillery pieces and arrange them on the flank positions, if the British and French forces force an attack, we can also rely on the terrain to contend with it! ”

Monk Lingqin said in a low voice: "Then why don't we push the barrier of the river forward for several miles, so that they will not be able to attack our flank positions......

Guo Ye replied: "Lord Wang, a few miles ahead, it is the military range of the British and French forces, how can we successfully set up obstacles on the river?" Even if an obstacle is erected and left unguarded, it will be quickly removed by the Anglo-French forces, and we will have to set it up on our side. ”

Monk Green said sadly: "If you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game, I'm afraid, even this is not very safe, in case something goes wrong......"

Guo Ye paused, and then said: "Lord Wang, this time I personally sat in the right flank position, in case the British and French forces launched an attack from the river, and then asked Gao Qi to mobilize a cavalry and wait on the side, once the British and French forces launched a landing, then order the cavalry to cover up, and not give them the opportunity to arrange, as long as they can't enter the reservoir, I think, we can still withstand it......"

Monk Brother Lin Qin sighed, now there is only that!