Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Senggelinqin's face changed, and he hesitated, "Liu Ye, if we turn our artillery around now, what if the British and French forces take advantage of the situation and attack our central army? Without artillery support, we may not be able to hold on..."

Liu Ye said helplessly: "My prince, it's already too late. Now we have no choice but to fight hard. We still have nearly 10,000 people in our central army. Even if they want to attack, it will definitely not be so easy to defeat them. The other side only has 2,000 infantrymen. If they want to withdraw troops from the two wings, it's too late!"

Senggelinqin gritted his teeth and replied, "Okay, I'll do as you say! Order all the artillery battalion's guns to attack the right wing position! Pull out all the cavalry and charge with all your might. Damn it, let's go all out!"

After receiving the order, the artillery immediately took action. Although Shengbao's artillery on the right wing was vulnerable, the artillery in the central army was no pushover. They were all equipped with foreign cannons and were controlled by soldiers from the firearms battalion. They could be said to be the most powerful combat force of the Qing army!

There was a burst of gunfire, and dozens of shells were fired towards the right wing position, landing on the right wing position one after another. Before the British and French forces could gain a foothold, they were bombarded by the full force of the artillery, and many people were blown directly into the sky.

Caught off guard, the Anglo-French Allied Forces suffered losses. However, they were a well-trained army after all. After the initial chaos, they quickly stabilized and hid themselves to avoid the artillery attacks. What followed was an even more intense artillery bombardment!

In one breath, the artillery battalion poured more than a hundred shells towards the right wing position, blasting the right wing position into a smoke-filled area, flames of war, and large pieces of mud were blown into the sky. The British and French forces naturally dealt with the Green Camp soldiers like cutting melons and vegetables, and they could also fight against the cavalry. However, they could only sigh in despair when facing the artillery. The distance to the artillery position of the central army was more than three miles, so how could their rifles reach it?

The British and French forces could only grit their teeth, endure the artillery bombardment, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack!

However, they were able to dodge the artillery bombardment. At this time, two thousand cavalrymen came from a distance under the cover of artillery fire, which was impossible to avoid!

The Mongolian cavalry has now begun to go crazy. Whenever the cavalry is led by Liu Ye, they are victorious in battle. However, when they follow the prince to fight, they are defeated. When did the Mongolian cavalry become so useless? If this continues, the monk king will lose face!

When the British and French forces discovered the Mongolian cavalry, they were already very close. The British and French forces were shocked and started shooting to block the advance of the Mongolian cavalry!

In the distance, when Yaman and Saxton heard the sound of cannons, they knew that something was wrong. They had not expected that Senggelinqin had changed his mind and had hoisted all the cannons of the central army to the right wing position. Now that the right wing position had just been taken and the defense had not yet been deployed, the Qing army launched a counterattack. Under the bombardment of artillery, the British and French forces would definitely not be able to withstand the fierce artillery of the central army, not to mention that the 2,000 cavalry of the central army had already begun to charge!

Yaman stamped his foot fiercely. "Hey! We've built a mountain of nine-tenths, but now we've failed at the last moment!" If he had given himself even half an hour, he would have been able to stabilize the situation on the right wing. Now, the British and French forces, unable to gain a firm foothold, will only be driven back!

Saxton's face turned even uglier as he roared, "Orders, all the infantry in the center, press forward and attack the Qing army's main force with all your might! I'm going to make Senggelinqin suffer!"

Yaman shook her head and said helplessly, "Saxton, give up the attack. Senggelinqin's central army has at least 8,000 men, and Liu Ye on the right wing can send reinforcements at any time. We only have 2,000 men. Even if we use our butts to think, we know that we will never be able to take the central army's position. Since Senggelinqin dared to change the direction of the artillery attack, he must have the confidence to hold the central army. Let's not do such useless work. Withdraw our troops and wait for our artillery to come up, and then launch a general attack on them. Although we didn't achieve a decisive victory today, the two flanks of the Qing army have been defeated by us, so it can be said that this trip was worthwhile..."

Saxton nodded vigorously and passed down the order, and the British and French forces on the right wing began to retreat to the rear.

Senggelinqin in the middle wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling a surge of hope in his heart. It was a close call! If Liu Ye hadn't arrived in time today, he would have been defeated again. More than 20,000 Qing troops were no match for the British and French forces of less than 10,000! It was really frustrating!

However, now everything is fine. We have finally managed to repel the Anglo-French forces temporarily. As long as we stabilize the situation and redeploy, we still have a chance!

Senggelinqin ordered the entire army to reorganize. After one battle, the Qing army suffered more than 7,000 casualties, which was heavy. The most unlucky was the Ruilin unit on the left wing. Ruilin was shot and fell off his horse and died. More than 6,000 Qing soldiers fled completely, and there were less than 2,000 people who could be gathered together. As for Shengbao, he was now unconscious and seriously injured. Fortunately, Shengbao's Beijing camp did not collapse, at least it did not disband, but simply withdrew from the position. However, after a bloody battle, the Beijing camp still suffered heavy losses, with casualties of 3,000 to 4,000 people!

The huge casualties made Senggelinqin feel uncomfortable. It was all caused by that damn Duanhua and Zaidun. Damn it, they are dumber than pigs!

Liu Ye was speechless. More than 20,000 people were beaten so badly by the British and French forces without any artillery support. They were really useless. He had overestimated their combat effectiveness!

Liu Ye nudged Senggelinqin beside him and said solemnly, "Your Highness, now is not the time for us to be sad. This is just the beginning. The war tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be even more dangerous. We need to prepare early..."

Senggelinqin turned around and asked, "Liu Ye, what do you say? It's even more dangerous. Isn't today dangerous enough?"

Liu Ye smiled bitterly and said, "My Lord, you should know that the artillery of the British and French coalition forces has not yet been delivered. Once the artillery arrives, won't it be even more dangerous?"

Senggelinqin was startled and asked in confusion, "Didn't you already destroy the enemy's artillery?"

Liu Ye replied, "Yes, I mean their artillery was destroyed, but we don't have enough artillery. Their artillery is intact. Without artillery, the infantry can still fire artillery. Even if it is not as good as our artillery battalion, it is at least much better than the artillery of the Green Camp..."

Senggelinqin was horrified. If the enemy's artillery fired again, he would be in real danger of death!