When Grant saw the ragged Saxton, he understood in his heart that the plan of the Anglo-French coalition to encircle and annihilate the Qing army once again died again!

After half a day, at dusk, only 1,500 people were gathered, and the British army suffered an unprecedented blow, with more against less, and was even beaten by others, when did the British Empire suffer such a big loss?

Saxton is also swept away by majesty, and has no temper at all.

Grant sighed and said: "General Saxton, we can only temporarily withdraw our troops now, the British army has suffered a huge blow, all the heavy weapons have been lost, just relying on the French army Those people cannot completely defeat the Qing army, we underestimate the strength of the Qing army!" ”

Saxton said sadly: "Who ****** know that this damn Guo Ye actually flew back to Beijing from the three eastern provinces like he had wings?" You must know that it is more than 2,000 miles away! He actually led his elite to kill it directly! If we knew that this guy was back, we would never attack so rashly! ”

However, it's too late to say anything now, Xianfeng is not a real fool, the Anglo-French alliance is attacking the city, and how can it be possible not to urgently transfer back the generals he relies on the most?

Saxton had to send his cavalry to immediately pursue the French, ordering them to retreat temporarily and return to the Bali Bridge area to discuss countermeasures.

After getting the news, the temporary commander-in-chief of the French army, Yaman, couldn't cry or laugh, this Saxton, before leaving, was still full of spirit to encircle and annihilate the Qing army in one fell swoop, but now it's good, it was defeated by the Qing army, it was 3,000 elite infantry, and it carried a large number of heavy weapons! was beaten down like this, and he simply lost all the companies of the British Empire!

However, after all, the coalition army is a coalition army, one is prosperous, one is lost, and now is not the time to laugh, the British army has begun to retreat, only a few thousand French troops are left, rashly advancing further, once ambushed by the Qing army, repeating the mistakes of the British army, it is very unwise, retreat, there is no way, retreat first!

Yaman had to lead thousands of French troops to retreat to Bali Bridge and join the British army!

There are more than 10,000 British and French troops and more than 1,500 people have lost more than 1,500 combat strength, which may not be considered a broken bone, but the serious loss is the loss of dozens of artillery pieces, which is equivalent to directly equipping the Qing army with an elite artillery battalion.

Saxton, Yaman and Grant sat together, speechless, the losses were too heavy, since arriving in Zhangjiawan, the British and French coalition forces reversed the previous successive battles, repeated defeats, casualties have exceeded 6,000 people, huge casualties, so that the British and French coalition forces feel the unbearable price, the Qing Dynasty this soft bone, now it is not easy to handle!

Yaman said in a deep voice: "General Saxton, now our troops are not sufficient, all the coalition forces combined, there are only about 20,000 people, Tianjin still has to leave a certain number of troops, the number of troops that can be used for the attack, I am afraid that it will not exceed 15,000 people, the most important thing is that our weapons and ammunition losses are too serious, there are not enough heavy weapons, if we want to take Beijing City, but it is not so easy!" ”

Saxton snorted coldly, he also understood this, but what could he do? Asking for help from the South Seas? That's a shame! After losing consecutive battles, how did he, the commander-in-chief, command? I'm afraid that when I return to London, I will definitely be removed from my post as soon as possible!

However, without asking for help, just with the current troops, Saxton really did not have the slightest certainty, and was full of confidence before, because the Qing army only relied on the speed of the cavalry, and there was nothing else to be afraid of, although Monk Greenqin was also a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, but it was far behind the times, and the Western generals were not at the same level at all; It's different now, that Guo Ye's tactical command ability, even if it can't be said to be far superior to the generals here, has surpassed them, and the wonderful on-the-spot command and unbridled strategy are really not comparable to them.

Saxton said helplessly: "Okay, immediately send a letter to Tianjin, ordering Tianjin to transfer the strength of two regiments again, plus one regiment that has rushed to Zhangjiawan, a total of three regiments, five thousand people, and our troops here, there are sixteen thousand people!" If this is not the opponent of the Qing army, we have no choice, let Blair immediately send a letter to the Nanyang side, transfer a brigade of troops from Malaysia again, and gallop north to help! ”

The British and French forces are discussing countermeasures, and the Yang Zha and Qing armies are naturally further adjusting their deployments.

Monk Greenqin is now like eating ice cream on a hot day, screaming excitedly, a series of great victories, this is a rare record! It's enough to shine in the annals of history! Monk Greenqin wrote the fold for the first time, and reported the victory to Rehe, and now Xianfeng is the time when the great victory is most needed to inspire confidence! As long as you persist in fighting like this, the Qing army will undoubtedly win!

Monk Lingqin looked at Guo Ye and asked, "Guo Ye, what are we going to do next?" ”

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, in this battle, our biggest result is not to let the British army suffer more than half of the casualties, but to get the equipment of an artillery battalion, which is the most important thing, as long as this artillery battalion is used well, we have the confidence to fight to the death with the British and French forces, and even win the battle!" ”

Monk Greenqin frowned, and replied: "Guo Ye, of course this is a good thing, but although these artillery pieces are powerful, we have to be able to use them, the gunmen of your firearms battalion are powerful, there is no doubt about it, but that artillery battalion, to be honest, is really not good, Zai Dun ****** is a complete waste, give him good things, he will not use it, the current artillery is not accurate at all, once the artillery is fired, they don't know where the shells are flying!" There is no dragon slaying knife, no dragon slaying skills......"

Guo Ye also grinned, specially, it was all caused by that accident, damn Zaitun, you don't have that ability, just hand over the matter to someone who has the ability, the fifty descendants of the firearms battalion themselves, although they brought out some, but most of them stayed in the firearms battalion, which one is no stranger to manipulating artillery, Lao Tzu taught them by hand! It's really a rat, ruined a good pot of soup, and now it's time to use it, only to know that it's not good, it's too late!

Guo Ye smiled bitterly: "Lord Wang, there is no way to do this, who made the emperor trust this bastard?" What we can do now is to remove the brethren of the 200 firearms battalion and take charge of the captured artillery, they still have some experience, and we hope to be able to take on the heavy responsibility of resisting the artillery of the British and French forces......"