Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

But it’s too late to continue the negotiations now!

Just when Prince Gong and Wenxiang were discussing peace, the British and French forces had already launched another attack on Baliqiao!

Saxton was stationed in Zhangjiawan, while Meng Daban led the vanguard troops to rush towards Baliqiao. This time, the British and French forces dispatched 12,000 people, including two French brigades and two British Royal Cavalry Regiments, and launched an attack on the Qing army positions from the east, west and south.

The Anglo-French forces launched an attack on the Qing positions at Baliqiao from three directions: east, west, and south. The western route consisted of the French 1st Brigade, commanded by Yaman, while the eastern route was led by the British forces under the direct command of Grant. The southern route, tasked with the main attack on Baliqiao, was led by the French 2nd Brigade, commanded by Colino.

To the west of Mengdaban, Lu Yaman's First Brigade of the French Army launched a fierce attack on the left wing of the Qing Army. Senggelinqin did not show any weakness and sent his own cavalry forward. Teams of cavalry rushed towards the French Army, and the momentum was terrifying!

Yaman's French First Brigade put all its artillery into the battle. The Qing cavalry were mostly equipped with sabers and spears, all cold weapons, and could only rely on speed to charge. However, the French artillery and rifles were not to be trifled with. The dense firepower defeated the cavalry, and the rows of rockets caused great trouble to the cavalry. They launched many consecutive charges but were unable to impact the French positions.

Senggelinqin was so angry that he even threw aside his own hat and feathers, and supervised the battle with his head bare! Seeing that the cavalry still had difficulty charging the French positions, Senggelinqin gritted his teeth and pressed forward with the cavalry battalion equipped with muskets. No matter what, they had to repel the French attack!

With the addition of the Royal Guards Cavalry Battalion, the Mongolian cavalry's charge immediately became smooth. Hundreds of rifles formed a certain suppression on the French army and also covered the charge of the cavalry behind. The vanguard of the cavalry had rushed to the front of the French position!

Yaman remained unmoved, commanding the army in an orderly manner, and blocking the cavalry on the edge of the position!

At this time, the southern army, led by Brigade Commander Klinno, took the lead in launching an attack towards Baliqiao. More than 4,000 people, led by the artillery battalion, charged towards the Qing army.

More than 30 artillery pieces of the artillery battalion began a fierce bombardment on the Qing army. Baliqiao was suddenly a sea of ​​fire. Shengbao, who was stationed at Baliqiao, ordered his soldiers to charge directly at the French army. It was not possible to defend to the death. Shengbao's men lacked foreign guns and artillery, and could not attack at a long distance. They could only charge forward and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Teams of Qing troops began to charge towards the French army under the French artillery fire. They were only about two kilometers away and were completely under the coverage of the French artillery. The powerful artillery fire made the Qing army miserable. Even so, under Shengbao's personal supervision, the Qing army still fought to the death and approached the French positions. However, when the Qing army was still hundreds of meters away from the French army, it could no longer advance even half a step. At this time, the French soldiers opened fire one after another. The intensive firepower completely suppressed the Qing army, causing heavy casualties!

At the same time, at a command from Clino, the French army began to charge towards Baliqiao. Without any hot weapons to stop them, the French army rushed to the front line of Baliqiao in one breath, and kept shooting with their rifles. The Qing army was littered with corpses, but they did not even touch a hair of the French army!

Shengbao's eyes were bloodshot, he drew his sword and shouted angrily: "Order, all soldiers, charge forward, even if it means hand-to-hand combat, we must beat the foreign devils back!"

Shengbao personally rode his warhorse forward to supervise the battle. Teams of Qing troops launched more frantic attacks on the French army. However, under the attack of foreign guns and cannons, the Qing army's charge seemed so weak that it could not pose any effective threat to the French army at all!

As Shengbao was swinging his saber, a stray bullet hit him in the left shoulder. Shengbao felt a pain and his body swayed. He almost fell off his horse. The lieutenant Yu Kun behind him quickly supported Shengbao on the horse and said urgently, "General Ke, the enemy's firepower is too fierce. If they continue fighting like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold out for much longer! We need to take shelter for a while!"

Shengbao roared, "Assholes? Retreat? Where can we retreat to now? Hold on! The Monk King still has tens of thousands of cavalry. If we hold on, the Monk King's cavalry will use their speed to strike the French army's flank or rear. That will be our only chance!"

Yes, Senggelinqin now realized that the main attack direction of the foreigners was not here, but at Baliqiao where Shengbao was stationed!

damn it!

Senggelinqin cursed angrily, "Orders, mobilize the Kemeng Banner cavalry from Kandachen in the rear to attack the junction of the enemy's southern and western routes, and cut off the connection between the two armies! Mobilize the infantry to attack the French army at Baliqiao from both sides!"

The cavalry and infantry mobilized by Senggelinqin began to move, rushing towards the south again, attempting to defeat the French army that had advanced to Baliqiao in one fell swoop!

Unfortunately, ideals are full and reality is very skinny. Although the strategy is great and Senggelinqin keenly discovered the gaps in the west and south of the Anglo-French coalition forces, it also depends on whether Shengbao's army can hold on until that moment!

The unlucky Shengbao had just been hit by a bullet and was planning to continue commanding, but he didn't expect that a stray bullet would hit him again. This time it was a small artillery shell. A stray bullet fell near Shengbao and exploded with a loud bang. The unlucky Shengbao felt a sharp pain in his body, and several shrapnel were inserted into Shengbao's body!

Shengbao screamed and fell off his warhorse. The horse under him also let out a tragic cry and fell to the ground with a bang!

Yu Kun, who was beside Shengbao, was horrified. He quickly lifted Shengbao up and shouted miserably, "Retreat! The army will retreat to Dingfu Village first!"

We can't fight anymore. Shengbao has been hit by several bullets and his life or death is unknown. The morale of the soldiers has dropped all of a sudden. How can they resist? The casualties have suddenly increased!

Shengbao's army was shot and had no leader, so they had to disperse to the rear, leaving Bali Bridge to the French army. In the distance, Senggelinqin saw clearly through the monocular telescope that Shengbao's troops had actually retreated!

Damn it! It was just this close, why didn’t Kezhai hold on a little longer?

Senggelinqin was far away and of course didn't know that Shengbao was now unconscious.

Without Sheng Bao's support, how could we fight this pincer attack? It was definitely impossible!

Senggelinqin gritted his teeth and decided that he could only rely on himself now!

"Order, all troops, charge! I'm going to fight the foreign devils to the death this time. Charge forward! Attack!"

Senggelinqin's face was ferocious and he roared angrily.