Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Long Ruyuan commanded the troops of the South Fort to fight hard, but he could only hold back the coalition's offensive. It was impossible to defeat them. Within an hour, the South Fort suffered huge casualties, and the coalition also paid a price.

At the critical moment, He Zhengqing and Liu Ye arrived. This time, the elite troops of the North Fort came out in full force, and hundreds of Qing troops rushed to the South Fort and began to assist Long Ruyuan in launching a crazy counterattack against the coalition forces!

Long Ruyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw He Zhengqing arrive. He called out, "Zhengqing, how's the situation at the North Fort?"

He Zhengqing laughed and said, "Brother Long, haven't you noticed that the foreign warships on the sea have already retreated? Liu Ye and I teamed up to severely damage their flagship first, and then their cruiser. I'm afraid even their commander is seriously injured, or even dead. Without anyone to lead the charge, the foreign fleet has no choice but to retreat..."

Long Ruyuan was overjoyed and cheered loudly.

He Zhengqing said, "Brother Long, when I came here, Liu Ye suggested that we immediately charge the foreign devils on the opposite side. Now they have no way to retreat and no backup. They must be panicked and have no desire to fight. If we charge now, we can definitely take them down!"

Long Ruyuan nodded and asked, "Where's that kid Liu Ye?"

He Zhengqing smiled mysteriously and replied, "Don't worry, sir. That guy is waiting to take advantage! He's leading a cavalry of dozens of men, and he's planning to take advantage of our siege to outflank the foreigners and catch them off guard. We'll attract their attention, and he'll launch a surprise attack. The foreigners will be doomed!"

Long Ruyuan laughed and shouted, "Dong Cheng, order all the troops in the north and south artillery batteries to throw all of them into battle and charge the foreigners in front of us!"

At Long Ruyuan's command, thousands of Qing troops stood up and launched a charge towards the foreigners in the distance!

At this time, the coalition forces had already discovered that the warships behind them had withdrawn from the battle. Without the support of artillery fire, how long could they hold out with just these people? There were countless Qing troops in front of them. Looking at their own people, there were only 300 people left at most. How could they possibly withstand the long-term attack of the Qing army?

Liu Ye knew that the Qing army lacked firearms. Even if they did, they could not compare with the enemy's firearms. Letting the infantry rush forward directly would be a suicide mission. Think about how many people in the Boxer Rebellion fell under the volleys of foreigners. Now, all they could rely on were only these dozens of special forces. While the firepower of the South Fort attracted the attention of the foreigners, Liu Ye personally led the army to charge. Dozens of elite cavalry rushed towards the coalition forces like a hurricane.

After a hard battle, there are only more than 300 British soldiers who can continue to fight. What is even more tragic is that the commander of the coalition forces, Major Gadiford, suddenly found that all the fleets behind him had begun to retreat, and his 300 people were completely abandoned!

Gadifu was furious. "Fuck, how can you fight like this? These bastards just left us alone and evacuated on their own! Damn it! With no supplies and no backup, aren't we just waiting to die?"

However, no one can do anything now that the situation has become like this. The only way out is to capture the South Fort in front of us and use the South Fort as a base to hold on and wait for reinforcements. Hopefully, it won't be long before the fleet can come back again!

However, Gadifu underestimated the combat capability of the South Fort. Even if the South Fort's combat capability was insufficient, there were still the troops of the North Fort. There were also 20,000 Qing troops stationed outside Dagukou. Gadifu's small group of people were destined to be defeated!

When Gadifu was commanding the Allied soldiers to attack the South Fort, suddenly, the defenders of the South Fort gave up their defense and launched a charge towards the Allied forces under the cover of artillery. Nearly a thousand Qing troops rushed towards the Allied forces like a tide, with great momentum.

The coalition forces became even more panicked and started shooting at the charging Qing soldiers. The only two or three cannons they had were not able to launch a continuous attack!

The coalition forces' attention was focused on the Qing army in front of them, but they ignored their own side. At this time, Liu Ye, leading fifty cavalrymen, holding a shining saber in his hand, saw that the time was right and shouted: "Brothers, a good man should make great achievements. Now is the time. Follow me and charge to wipe out the foreign devils in front of us. Everyone will get a big reward! One foreign head will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward, not to mention that these people have been trained by Guo Ye for more than a month and almost follow Liu Ye's orders. At a command, dozens of elite cavalrymen charged towards the flank of the coalition forces.

The coalition forces were so busy dealing with the Qing army in front of them that they didn't expect that someone would dare to use cavalry to attack them on the mudflats. By the time they reacted, the cavalry was already in front of them, only a few dozen meters away!

Gadiford was horrified. In that era, muskets were loaded from the front and had an extremely slow firing rate. Once the cavalry got close to him, he would be dead!

However, it was obvious that under this situation, Gadifu had no idea what to do and could only roar and organize the defense!

Dozens of elite cavalry rushed into the coalition forces like a hurricane, before the British army had time to open fire, and slashed at the coalition forces with their sabers, blood splattered everywhere. The two or three hundred coalition soldiers could not withstand the impact of dozens of elite cavalry, not to mention that the main force of the Qing army was already very close. Under attack from both sides, the coalition forces were in chaos, and more than half of them were killed or wounded in the blink of an eye!

Gadifu was completely desperate. Facing the enemy's cavalry and the encirclement of the main force, he had no chance at all. He could only surrender. Only by surrendering could he save his life!

"Surrender! We surrender!"

Gadifu quickly ordered the soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender, but the cavalry and the Qing army were now in a frenzy of fighting, so how could they hold back? He swung his sabers without hesitation, and even the Qing infantry did not stop!

The British army was even more panicked and fled...

From the appearance of the elite cavalry to the end of the battle, it took only a quarter of an hour, and the coalition forces were completely wiped out. Of the more than 500 coalition soldiers, more than 200 were killed in the battle, 100 were seriously injured, and the rest were also injured and were easily captured by the Qing army.

Long Ruyuan laughed heartily, patted Liu Ye's shoulder as he came over, and said with a smile: "Good boy, the admiral was right about you, you are indeed a fierce general. What a pity, admiral..."

Before Long Ruyuan could finish his words, Gadifu, who was not far away, suddenly pulled out a pistol from his arms and fired a shot. Damn it, even if I die, I will kill this leader!