Time Travel to 1859: The Iron-Blooded Soldier King

Just when the news reached Rehe, the city of Beijing finally and inevitably fell!

Even with the full support of the Baoding Town soldiers, Senggelinqin would find it difficult to withstand the attack of the British and French forces without Liu Ye, the stabilizing force. The Baoding Town soldiers were leaderless, and the Green Camp's combat effectiveness was low. As for the Mongolian cavalry, most of them had been killed or wounded at this time. They were completely a mob. If Liu Ye was still there, he could rely on his imaginative tactics to compete with the British and French forces. Now, without Liu Ye, Senggelinqin had no desire to fight, let alone others?

After holding out at Yangzha for less than two hours, the three heights were successively captured by the British and French forces. The British and French artillery fire was extremely fierce, and two days of sunny weather restored the performance of the muskets. Relying on sharp firearms, the British and French forces launched a charge towards the Qing army without hesitation. Even Senggelinqin's cavalry collapsed at the first blow. Under the multiple attacks of rifles, artillery, and rockets, the Qing army was defeated. The 20,000 Qing troops paid the price of 10,000 casualties and had to retreat towards the capital!

Senggelinqin led his defeated troops to retreat towards Guangqumen. After arriving at Guangqumen, he relied on the strong city walls and originally thought that he could hold out for a while longer and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from all over the place. After all, the walls of Beijing were strong and there were artillery to support them.

The result was unexpected, but Jinchi Tang City was still vulnerable!

The Qing army was in a dominant position at Guangqumen, but they only held out for less than half a day before the city wall was blasted open by the heavy artillery of the British and French forces. Dozens of heavy artillery of the British and French forces bombarded the city wall in turns. Every shell that fell would blow a huge gap in the city wall. Before dusk, the city wall of Guangqumen collapsed about ten feet away. The Qing army on it suffered casualties and screamed in pain. Without the city wall, their biggest barrier, the Qing army was no match for the enemy.

The Anglo-French cavalry could even jump directly onto the city walls and launch an attack!

Senggelinqin's face turned pale, and he finally understood why Liu Ye tried every means to destroy the artillery of the British and French forces. The combat power of this artillery was really too strong. It was not until today that the full power of the British and French artillery fire was fully unleashed!

If the Qing army relied solely on their own copper cannons to blast the city wall down, even if they were given two or three days, it would be impossible! This city wall is about ten feet wide even at its highest point. How could it be so easy to blow it down?

But, under the bombardment of foreigners' heavy artillery, it was like tofu dregs!

Failed, failed again!

Senggelinqin led the remaining troops to retreat to Dongzhimen. Then the British and French forces attacked Dongzhimen again, and Dongzhimen was soon lost. Senggelinqin and Ruilin led the remaining troops to retreat all the way to Deshengmen. Outside Deshengmen, they once again fought a fierce battle with the British and French forces!

It's no use, it's absolutely no use!

The few remaining cavalry and Green Camp soldiers under Senggelinqin were completely vulnerable. The British and French forces once again dispatched a cavalry regiment from Tianjin to provide support. Under the impact of the British and French modern cavalry, Senggelinqin's cavalry was unable to organize an effective counterattack!

In this way, the British and French allied forces defeated Senggelinqin's main force and rushed straight to the Old Summer Palace on the west side of Beijing!

Because only a small number of the members of the British and French joint mission who were arrested by Duanhua's order were released, and the rest were all imprisoned in the Old Summer Palace!

A lot of time has passed since Duanhua arrested these people. It is not clear whether they are dead or alive. If they all died here, the leaders of the Anglo-French forces would definitely have no good days. The domestic public opinion pressure would be enough to crush them!

The British and French allied forces rushed all the way to the Old Summer Palace and soon arrived at the gate of the Old Summer Palace. There were no troops guarding the palace anymore, and the vanguard of the British and French allied forces rushed straight in!

Unexpectedly, there were no Qing troops here, but there were still some guarding forces, namely the skilled and brave eunuchs of the Old Summer Palace. Dozens of skilled and brave eunuchs rushed out of the Old Summer Palace with bare hands and launched an attack on the British and French forces!

The British and French forces were stunned. What kind of people were these? They were so treacherous and unarmed, yet they dared to attack the coalition forces? They really didn't know how they died!

Dozens of British soldiers rushed up from behind and engaged in a melee with the skilled and brave eunuchs.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he discovered that, damn, each of these eunuchs actually had remarkable skills, much better than those useless Qing soldiers. These unremarkable eunuchs even dared to snatch guns with their bare hands!

The eunuch leader, Ren Liang, was even more courageous. Taking advantage of the British soldiers' unpreparedness, he immediately knocked two of them to the ground! In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen British soldiers were knocked down, lying on the ground groaning.

At this time, the British army put away their contempt. These monsters before them were really extraordinary! Could they be some elite troops hidden by the Qing Dynasty?

However, when the British and French forces behind them rushed forward with bayonets pointed, the skilled and brave eunuchs could no longer resist. Although they were quite brave, they had never experienced a battle and had no coordination. No matter how powerful they were, they would never be able to gain an advantage in the army's charge!

The British soldiers continuously stabbed the eunuchs with rows of bayonets, killing dozens of eunuchs and leaving them in a miserable state with wounds all over their bodies. But even so, these brave eunuchs still fought to the death!

However, the number of British troops increased, and under the stabbing of rows of bayonets from the British, it didn't take long for the skilled and brave eunuchs to be killed or wounded. Finally, the eunuch leader Ren Liang was stabbed in the stomach by four or five bayonets, and fell to the ground unwillingly. The battle came to an abrupt end, and all the skilled and brave eunuchs were killed!

The new British commander-in-chief, Grant, walked up and kicked the eunuch on the ground hard. These guys were unexpectedly so brave and strong. They were no worse than Guo Ye’s Baoding Town soldiers. Today they were in trouble and were tricked by a group of eunuchs!

This is not a Chinese army! These are not even real Chinese people! They are all physically disabled, but the fighting spirit in their hearts is a hundred times stronger than those Green Camp soldiers and Eight Banner soldiers!

The group of people at the bottom wrote a passionate song with their lives!

Grant shouted, "Don't worry about anything else, rescue the members of the diplomatic corps first!"

The British and French allied forces rushed in and stormed the Old Summer Palace!

The Old Summer Palace was already in chaos. Countless palace maids and eunuchs were running around, trying to avoid being hunted down by the British and French forces. It was a horrific sight!

When they arrived at the dungeon where the members of the diplomatic corps were imprisoned, even the soldiers were stunned!

No, I wasn't shocked, I was horrified. Is this still a place for people to stay? Is this still the human world?