Chapter 178: Su Ye's Power Leads to the Qing Dynasty's Tragic Defeat

Chapter 178 The power of Su Ye! The Qing court suffered a crushing defeat!

In this battle, the Qing army learned from previous lessons.

No longer densely deployed defenses, which would only lead to massacres by the Western fleet.

Adopted a strategy of dispersed defense.

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

Among them, 1,000 people were stationed in three artillery batteries on the south bank, and the main artillery battery was defended by the general Danian and the guerrilla Dekui.

The left artillery battery was defended by the Dusi Nalehe and others, and the right artillery battery was defended by the guerrilla Chen Yi and others.

1,500 people guarded the rear of the south bank; 1,000 people were stationed at the north bank artillery battery, led by the guerrilla Sha Chunyuan.

1,000 people were stationed in Beitang; and more than 2,000 people were stationed in Yujiabao, Xinhe and other places.

The 2,500 new troops led by Ronglu, as the core force, were divided into three parts.

The first part, the artillery battalion, defended the main artillery 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, guarded the commander Tan Tingxiang, and served as a battlefield reserve.

This has changed slightly from history.

First, the Dagukou Fort was repaired in advance.

Second, the entire Dagukou Fort battlefield has the power of Ronglu's new army.

Therefore, the defense force of the entire Dagukou battlefield is much stronger than in history.

After the war!

Suddenly, the entire Dagukou battlefield was shaken.

The Qing army's forts and the British fleet's naval guns were bombarded crazily.

"Boom boom boom..."

There were explosions everywhere.

Fire was everywhere.

At least at this moment.

The Qing army defending each fort was very brave.

They fought back and forth with the combined fleet, and there were casualties on both sides.

In history, at this time, the range of Dagukou artillery was not far enough, while the range of the combined fleet was extremely long.

Therefore, the combined fleet was able to hit Dagukou, but the Qing army's artillery could not hit the combined fleet.

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

In this world, he always listened to Su Ye's words in his mind.

Don't worry, the talks will definitely succeed. The foreigners don't really want to fight. According to the bottom line of the court, anyone who talks will succeed.

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

Therefore, the will to fight and talk must be more resolute.

The fighting will of the Qing army was also more determined than in history. At least they didn't have to wait until they were beaten before firing, and they didn't dare to fight back.

In history, the first battle of Dagukou lasted only more than two hours, and the Qing army was completely defeated.

And this time!

Under the cover of fierce artillery fire, sixteen ships and twenty sampans of the Western Allied Forces, carrying two thousand marines, began to land.

Some of the Qing army's artillery immediately turned around and bombarded the ships and sampans that were about to land.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

Suddenly, one ship was hit.

Then, another ship was hit.

The Qing army on the battlefield was stunned.

Even the Western Combined Fleet was a little stunned.

Which Qing army artillery is this? It's so accurate?

This artillery is so sharp.

Of course it's the Tianjin New Army.

Although the current commander of the new army is Ronglu, the advanced artillery was bought by Su Ye from the foreigners.

The tactics of artillery shooting were also jointly researched by Su Ye and the instructor group, and they are very advanced.

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

At this time, the artillery battalion of the Tianjin New Army is still very good, because they are considered to be brought up by Su Ye.

Directly caught the landing ship of the Combined Fleet off guard.

In less than two hours.

The artillery of the Tianjin New Army directly sank three landing crafts and six sampans of the Combined Fleet.

The Marine Corps of the Western Allied Forces suffered 200 to 300 casualties, and the casualties were still increasing.

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

Then, he ordered the troops to withdraw.

The landing of troops was postponed.

When the Governor of Zhili, Tan Tingxiang, saw this scene, he was completely stunned.

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

This, there is a battle to be fought!

Next, the Combined Fleet did not send anyone to land.

Instead, the two sides fired artillery at each other.

Suddenly, the battle became more intense.

The main artillery fort at Dagukou was attacked by the most artillery fire.

Especially the flagship of the Combined Fleet, Slaney, the large-caliber artillery was extremely powerful.

Under this bombardment, the Dagukou artillery fort and the gun wall suffered huge damage.

The casualties of the artillery soldiers increased.

However, some people replaced them one after another.

The two sides fought fiercely from dawn to dusk.

Then, a temporary ceasefire was reached.

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

"You fought so well and so accurately, knocking down so many of the foreigners' landing ships, making them afraid to land."

Ronglu felt bitter.

This... this is not my credit.

This is Su Ye's credit.

Because artillery was the branch of the army he valued most, he personally wrote the training manuals, and he personally selected and purchased all the artillery.

He also led the artillery instructors hand in hand.

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

Tan Tingxiang said: "Go and report the good news to the emperor. We had a good battle today!"

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

We can't say victory at this time.

It can be said that this battle would have been fought without the Tianjin New Army and the New Army Artillery Battalion.

Maybe within three or four hours, the battle would collapse.

It can last two hours longer than it would in history, because the Dagukou Fort in this world has been built to be stronger and more complete.

But in the final analysis, the Tianjin New Army Artillery Battalion was too powerful and too accurate, which caused the combined fleet to postpone its landing.

Historically, as soon as more than a thousand troops of the United Fleet successfully landed, the Qing army commander immediately collapsed, collapsed in one blow, and ran away.

After returning to camp!

Yikuang found Ronglu and said: "Boyan told us to fight, but to preserve our strength, but what should we do now? Our army is more powerful than imagined."

Ronglu said: "Su Yi is truly a national scholar."

Yi Kuang said: "This army is so powerful, so we have to keep it in our hands. This new army is still half trained by Su Yi, and it is still full of his imprint. We will recruit the next batch of new troops. Army, that’s not necessarily the case. So we have to retain our strength.”

"And Tan Tingxiang saw that we are so capable of fighting, so he will push us all to fight against him. By then our army will be completely defeated, but we will have no capital left in our hands."

Ronglu narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

To a certain extent, what Yi Kuang said is right.

But Boyan Namohu also has his own selfish motives.

He also hopes to command this new army in the future, so of course he doesn't want to spend all his money.

His purpose was to bring Su Yi's new army from Yangzhou to Tianjin and fight against the foreigners.

In this way, Boyan would control the only new army in the entire Qing court in the future.

Where to go next will test his Rong Lu ability.

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Combined fleet, on the flagship.

Fleet Commander Uncle He looked very ugly.

When he attacked Guangzhou, although Ye Mingchen had many troops, it was completely captured in less than a day.

However, they did not expect that this time the combined fleet was larger in number. After a day of fighting, they were still unable to defeat a single Dagukou fort.

If the Dagukou fort cannot be captured, the city of Tianjin cannot be attacked safely through the Baihe River.

Before the war started, the warships of the United Fleet were still very bold and sent several ships into the Baihe River to directly bombard the city of Tianjin.

But now that the war has begun, it would be quite dangerous to enter Baihe alone.

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

"Perhaps it is still difficult to conquer this country just by relying on warships. Our marines are still too small in number. There are only more than 2,000 people, which is not enough."

"This Dagukou fort is much stronger than we imagined, and their soldiers are braver than we imagined. They were not defeated in one blow."

At this time, the war adviser, Rear Admiral Sima Migelli said: "No, no, no, gentlemen, you are all wrong."

"There is only one reason for our setback in this battle, and that is Tianjin's new army."

"Especially the artillery of the Tianjin New Army. They fired too accurately and sank many of our landing ships, making it impossible for our Marine Corps to land, and naturally we could not win."

"The Tianjin New Army, especially the excellent artillery unit, was trained by Su Yi."

"Who is Su Yi? I believe there is no need to introduce him too much. At this time, his name has spread throughout London and to Europeans in the entire Far East."

"He just leveraged London and opened another route for our British Empire to attack the Qing Dynasty."

"He is the biggest enemy of all of us here."

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

Everyone present immediately yelled and cursed.

"Asshole, bastard..."

"The artillery of our British Empire is turned on us."

"We helped Su Yi train the new army, but then they turned around and beat us."

"Stupid Henry, stupid Wade."

Sima Migli said: "Now Witoma and Sir Henry have drawn a clear line with Su Yi, and have issued a weapons ban on Su Yi."

Sima Micolli and Uncle Ho were of the same rank, both were rear admirals, and even he had more seniority.

However, Xima Miguli made a mistake because of his previous secret cooperation with Su Yi. Although Earl Elgin forgave him, he made him a war consultant.

But at this time the combined fleet still obeyed Uncle Ho's orders.

"Damn Bao Ling, damn Ba Xia Li." Uncle He roared angrily: "I heard that the secret agreement between them and Su Yi was concluded? Now Bao Ling and Ba Xia Li are arrogant in London, waving checks and buying Su Yi everywhere. What machinery do you need?”

Xima Migelli said: "Yes."

He Bodao: "Why doesn't Congress stop all this and completely block the secret cooperation with Su Yi? How can the British Empire support its enemies? It should completely suppress and block him."

Cima Mercury said: "Because Prince Albert is supporting them and is also betting on his reputation."

He Bodao: "But Her Majesty the Queen supports us and supports our war strategy against the Qing Dynasty."

Simachi said: "But you also know that the person Her Majesty the Queen loves most is not the crown prince, but her husband Prince Albert. Therefore, this prince is the uncrowned king of my British Empire."

General Huber said: "But there are still many people in London who are against Prince Albert, aren't there? Many people say that he secretly manipulated our Queen, so we should promote this trend in London."

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

At this time, the American minister and the Russian minister came forward.

"General, we need to take action at this time."

"We immediately went to the Qing capital to meet with the emperor and express our willingness to mediate the conflicts between the British Empire and the Qing Dynasty."

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Late at night, the Hall of Nourishing Heart!

The emperor was worried.

Because the six-day deadline stipulated by the foreigners has expired, the war in Tianjin must have begun.

I don’t know if the same mistakes as Guangzhou will happen again.

It only took half a day to completely collapse.

At this moment, Wang Chenggui's cheerful voice came from outside.

"The Emperor is overjoyed, overjoyed!"

"The Battle of Dagukou broke out. We fought very well on the first day and gave the foreigners a severe blow."

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

The Tianjin side tried their best to change horses and almost lost half of their horses' lives before sending the battle report so quickly.

The emperor was overjoyed.

"Let someone come in quickly!"

Next, the messenger came in and reported today's battle situation vividly.

Of course it was exaggerated, and Tan Tingxiang also exaggerated his own achievements.

But since Dagukou was so close to the capital, the emperor also received secret reports from others.

But one thing is absolutely certain.

This first day, I played really well.

Nearly ten ships of the foreigners were sunk, and the foreigners suffered hundreds of casualties.

What a surprise.

What a surprise!

Tianjin is indeed different from Guangzhou.

I really didn't expect that I would play so well.

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

Most of the results of this battle were achieved by the Tianjin New Army Artillery Battalion.

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

Su Yi even bought the cannon.

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

After a while, a voice came from outside.

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

After a while, Duhan walked in.

"Your Majesty, did you win the battle at Dagokou on the first day?" Du Han said in surprise.

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

After that, the emperor handed over the memorial.

Du Han took it and took a look at it, and said quietly: "Your Majesty, this Tianjin new army was trained by Su Yi. Especially the artillery, he taught it step by step."

When the emperor heard this, his face suddenly darkened.

Du Han said: "Your Majesty, this is a great joy. It proves that even without Su Yi and replaced by Ronglu's army, we can still win."

"Su Yi has already started to fight. He has also written down a booklet on how to organize and train the new army. Then we will just continue to train the new army according to his military manual."

"With or without him, it doesn't matter anymore."

The emperor was silent.

Du Han said: "The new army in Tianjin is so capable of fighting. Then Wang Shiqing's army in Yangzhou is even more capable. They must be transferred back to Tianjin as quickly as possible. With them joining the battlefield, we will have more in this battle." beat."

"Maybe we can even win."

"Once we win, the emperor will be the real master of ZTE."

"This will wipe away the shame of the late emperor."

The emperor's face flushed with excitement.

Du Han said: "This new army is so capable of fighting, so we must transfer them from Yangzhou. After all, they are still too close to Su Yi. We must make a complete cut with Su Yi. The military situation is so fierce that we cannot delay it any longer."

The emperor said: "Order Dexing'a and Weng Tongshu to set off south immediately without delay!"

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

The good news about the battle in Dagukou today gave him great confidence.

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At this time, Dexing'a, Weng Tongshu and Boyan Namohu were having a secret conversation.

Weng Tongshu will bring many people with him this time, hundreds of civilian officials and hundreds of military officers.

And Dexing'a will also bring more than 200 people, because after arriving in Yangzhou, not only will Wang Shiqing be asked to lead the new army north to Tianjin, but also all the direct officers of Su Yi will be replaced.

Time is running out. These days, they have been working day and night, and they are already halfway through the process.

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

"After arriving in the south, you first go to Jiangnan Camp to borrow troops. Three to five thousand will be enough." Boyan Namohu said: "Don't worry, He Guiqing has already gone to Jiangnan Camp to discuss this matter. These three to five thousand will be enough." The army will enter Jiujiang in the name of supporting Jiangxi, but all officers will only listen to you, the prefect of Jiujiang."

"The Emperor is testing Su Yi, but we are Su Yi's enemies, and the purpose of our visit is to attack!"

"Don't worry about how important Su Ye's factory is to the Qing Dynasty, and don't worry about anything else. When you go there, just do one thing, find out his crime and the evidence of his disloyalty."

"Take him down and discredit him!"

Weng Tongshu said: "Don't worry, Prince, I know what to do."

"To be kind to the enemy is to be cruel to yourself!"

Bo Yan Nemo Hu said: "Back then, the three of us fell because of Su Ye, and even lost our reputation."

"Three years in the east, three years in the west, this time the three of us are united, and the sharpness of the sharpness is invincible."

"This time, we want to bring Su Ye down and make him lose his reputation."

"We will step on Su Ye's corpse and rise again."

Then, Boyan stretched out his hand.

Weng Tongshu stretched out his hand, and De Xing'a stretched out his hand.

The three stretched out their hands and shook hands.

"Brothers are united, and the sharpness of the sharpness is invincible!"

Then, someone rushed over.

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

Several people were shocked. In the middle of the night, the emperor came to issue an edict!

Would it be bad to let the emperor know that the three of them were in the Korchin Prince's Mansion?

However, these eunuchs came here because they did not find anyone at Dexing'a and Weng Tongshu's homes.

It is said that the two should return to their respective homes immediately to receive the edict.

But now the emperor is in a hurry and can't wait that long.

"The emperor ordered that Dexing'a, the deputy governor of the Manchuria of the Bordered Blue Banner, be the imperial envoy and immediately set off to Yangzhou to lead Wang Shiqing's new army and immediately go north. This is the order."

"The emperor ordered that Weng Tongshu, the governor of Jiujiang, should lead relevant officials to Jiujiang immediately without delay. This is the order!"

The two were shocked. Is the emperor so anxious?

So, they couldn't help but ask what happened?

"The first day at Dagukou, Tianjin, the fighting was very good, very beautiful, and very impressive."

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

No wonder!

Boyan Nemohu was immediately very excited.

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

We must quickly discredit Su Ye and overthrow him, so that he can take the position legitimately.

However, it is best for Ronglu to restrain his fighting, first, don't destroy the Tianjin New Army.

Second, you, Ronglu, don't fight too well.

Otherwise, there will be no place for me, Boyan. "

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It was dawn.

Weng Tongshu and Dexing'a led hundreds of people.

Waiting outside the palace.

Soon, the eunuch Wang Chenggui personally delivered the inscription.

Weng Tongshu wrote an inscription, and Dexing'a also wrote an inscription.

And they were all real words of encouragement, not something like guarding against arrogance and impetuosity, and taking care of oneself.

In addition, Dexing'a was given the Shangfang sword.

This was incredible, giving him the power to kill first and report later.

In the process of transferring Su Ye's new army from Yangzhou to the north, anyone who did not cooperate could be killed with the Shangfang sword!

Senggelinqin and Du Han, two loyal ministers, came to see him off in person.

Bo Yan said: "Two brothers, please remember my words."

"Brother Dexing'a, you must get the military power with thunder."

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

"Brothers are connected in heart, and their sharpness can cut through metal! "

Du Han stepped forward and said: "I wish the two ministers to achieve success immediately and make new achievements."

Prince Korchin stepped forward and said: "I wish the two of you to achieve great things and live up to the emperor's grace!"

Then, the two led hundreds of people.

One person with two horses, flags fluttering.

Majestic.

Leaving Beijing at lightning speed, with smoke and dust rolling all the way.

After arriving in Tongzhou, dozens of large ships here were already ready.

"Get on board! "

With an order.

The imperial envoy De Xing'a and the newly appointed high-ranking Jiujiang prefect Weng Tongshu boarded the ship.

Hundreds of people boarded the ship.

Then, dozens of large ships sailed south.

The murderous intentions of the court officials against Su Ye officially began.

The small victory on the first day of the Battle of Dagukou.

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

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The next few days!

The battle of Dagukou is still going on fiercely.

As if inspired by the results of the first day.

More than 9,000 Qing troops fought more and more fiercely.

The second day.

The third day.

The Western Combined Fleet deeply felt that its landing force might not be enough.

So, it sent a warship south to Guangzhou to ask for help from Earl Elgin.

This time The British Empire was preparing for a war, and summoned 30,000 troops from its homeland and various places.

This time, the troops were at Dagukou, which was indeed a threat, and they were not prepared for a real large-scale war.

So they only brought 2,000 marines.

Now seeing that the Tianjin New Army was so fierce, it also inspired the main forces of the other Qing army, and suddenly felt that 2,000 marines were not enough.

Another 2,000 marines must be transported from Guangzhou.

The fourth day!

The combined fleet found that the situation seemed to have changed.

Because the commander He Bo changed the battle strategy two days ago.

Before, the Qing army artillery fort at Dagukou was the main target, but now many warships have set their sights on the artillery battalion of the Tianjin New Army.

As a result, the casualties on both sides increased.

The artillery of the combined fleet was too fierce.

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

The neglected artillery on the Dagukou Fort also took the opportunity to show off its power and caused casualties to the combined fleet.

But Uncle He insisted on this style of play even if he faced damage to the battleship and casualties.

It worked!

under heavy casualties.

Ronglu felt distressed.

And the key is that he was very dissatisfied. Seeing that the Tianjin New Army played well, coach Tan Tingxiang desperately pushed the Tianjin New Army forward, wishing that they could withstand all fronts.

Ronglu was furious.

This Tianjin New Army is his lifeblood and the capital of his prosperity and wealth.

How can I be cannon fodder for you?

As a result, he began to secretly work passively.

This is war.

If you are facing other armies, then it may not be a big problem if you slack off your work.

But they are facing the most powerful army in the world.

This passive sabotage.

In an instant... it was the result of collapse.

The British commander, Uncle Ho, ordered a considerable number of artillery pieces to be fired at the artillery battalion of the New Army in Tianjin.

Hit them so hard that they couldn't even lift their heads.

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

"Fire!"

"Fire!"

The Qing army commander Tan Tingxiang was extremely anxious and ordered artillery to fire on these landing ships and sampans.

But... it is difficult for these artillery guns on the fort to hit such small moving targets.

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

The hit rate is much lower than that of the Tianjin New Army Artillery Battalion.

However, at this time, the artillery battalion position of the Tianjin New Army was bombarded indiscriminately and was unable to fight back.

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

"boom……"

One was sunk.

"boom!"

Another ship was sunk.

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

But this time, Major General He Bo did not order to stop.

Just keep rushing, keep rushing!

soon!

Both landing troops rushed to the shoal.

One group has 900 people, and the other group has 600 people.

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

At this time, there were more than 7,000 Qing defenders on the north and south banks.

It is about five times that of the British army.

But, the current situation.

The Green Camp wants the Tianjin New Army to take the lead, since you are so capable of fighting anyway.

However, Tianjin New Army coach Ronglu did not want to be cannon fodder, so they pushed each other around.

Directly delayed the fighter plane.

In the face of such a powerful army, is it okay to delay the fighter plane?

After landing, the British Marines, although only 1,500 strong, were overwhelmingly powerful.

Chase all the way!

Invincible.

Just a moment!

Six to seven thousand Qing troops were killed and the defenders suffered numerous casualties.

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

If the coach, Governor Tan Tingxiang of Zhili, was braver and took the lead, there might still be some hope.

However, after the Governor saw the British Marines rushing up,

The whole person was scared to death.

Obviously the war situation has not collapsed yet, and he still has a main force of seven to eight thousand in his hands.

But he was so frightened that when the foreign marines were still far away from him, he could no longer bear the fear in his heart.

Just ran away!

When he ran, the coach flag also ran with him.

The Chinese army also ran after him.

The guards on the left and right also ran after him.

Then, the battle situation collapsed immediately.

A real defeat was like a mountain.

The generals of the Western United Fleet were shocked when they saw this scene.

This...is this going to collapse?

I also plan to go to Guangzhou to call for reinforcements.

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