Beitang Port.

If Asina, as the Qing spies expected, Toure came here one after another.

Following them were the First Iron Armor Fleet (Iron Shell Fleet, the artillery arrangement is the same as the sail warship), which was arranged on Chongming Island, and the Sixth Iron Armor Fleet (full Iron Warship, only rotating turrets are arranged on the deck, from

The fleet started with machine guns on it, which were arranged in Beitang Port.

And a large amount of iron and wooden Tengis.

When the dredging of the One Mile of the Thistle Canal, the two brothers discussed in the tent on the shore.

The Far East Intelligence Manager and Major General Zhou Jixunye are here.

“What’s going on recently?”

"There is movement in the three camps"

"Oh?"

"We secret spies arranged on both sides of the canal discovered something. Since yesterday, the canal downstream of Tianjin has begun to be banned. Only military ships are allowed to be activated. No other people are allowed. At the same time, all docks on both sides of the canal are cleared and no casual peeks are allowed."

"What is the result?"

"A large number of troops drove out of the capital and arrived at the Tongzhou camp"

Toure thought to himself: "Does the Qing people want to strengthen the defense of the Tongzhou camp?"

Then he said, "What do you think about this?"

"Prince, the infantry commander in the capital originally had 30,000 troops, but later 60,000 were eliminated from the three battalions, and about 20,000 of his elite troops were selected to strengthen the yamen's troops. The remaining 40,000 were eliminated and 20,000 were eliminated.

Return to your hometown to make a living”

"Those who belong to the bannermen continued to stay in the capital. They had fields near the capital, but obviously there were no coat slaves who cultivated them. However, it was impossible for them to farm on their own, so they rented them to Han farmers to cultivate."

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"After the Qing people entered the pass, the fields near the capital were basically occupied by Manchus, and a large number of Han farmers became Baoyi slaves. As the bannermen continued to reproduce and survive, some were also destroyed, and they continued to sell the fields for

There are gradually some Han farmers appearing again”

"But they are obviously a minority, and they definitely don't buy enough land. They just rent the land of the flag servants who were eliminated, and those flag servants survive on rent."

"You mean these 20,000 people entered the Tongzhou Camp?"

"It is probably because our army has four divisions here now, and the scale is unprecedented. The Qing people must have been frightened. It is impossible to draw the elite troops of the infantry commander's yamen here. They can only eliminate the 20,000 flag captains.

Call here”

"What is the defense of the capital?"

"Prince, the one who presided over the defense of the inner and outer cities was the army of the 50,000 infantry commanding the yamen. The combat effectiveness was average, obviously not as good as the three major camps. Of which about 10,000 were real bannermen, and forty thousand were all bannermen's coat slaves and from the green camp.

The one who was picked out from the army”

"In addition, the Qing court's strategy of defending Beijing City was exactly the same as the situation of defending Shengjing in the Huang Taiji era. Let's talk about the inner city first. There are nine gates in the inner city. Except for Zhengyang Gate, there are no Eight Banners garrisons, and the other eight gates each have one banner garrison."

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"There are seven gates in the outer city, all of which are stationed by the Eight Banners of the Han army"

"The ones who are stationed in the above fifteen gates on a daily basis are naturally the infantry commander's yamen, but the bannermen of each banner live near the corresponding gate. Once a war occurs, the bannermen of each bannermen of each bannerman can be transferred, and there are probably more people who can be sent.

50,000 troops were produced”

"As for the imperial city, there is only one man stationed near the Yingtai, Nanhai. They are all selected from the cavalry, infantry and firearms battalions of the capital. They are called the Tiger Gun Camp, which is also the closest person of Emperor Mulan Qiudishi.

The guards are not large, about six or seven hundred, all composed of elite men of the Eight Banners of Manchuria”

"The infantry commander's yamen in the outskirts of the capital also set up small camps in key places, each camp has about a few hundred people, and the main force is still arranged in the city"

"In addition, there are the Green Camp soldiers under the command of the Governor of Zhili, which used to be only about 30,000. After the last battle in Tianjin, it increased to 50,000. The increased force was stationed in Tianjin and 15,000 in Langfang

, all on the official road from Tianjin to Beijing”

"In addition, in Zhangjiakou, Rehe each has a chief yamen, all of which are cavalry, with basic forces of about 5,000 cavalry. Since there is a royal ranch nearby, the wartime force can be increased to 10,000"

Toure nodded, "That is to say, if we want to attack Beijing City, we must take down Tongzhou camp by water, and if we go through land, we must take down Tianjin and Langfang?"

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"Yes, since our reorganizers carry a large number of artillery, although the Beijing-Tianjin area is plain, the only easy way to walk is this official road"

"Well, that is to say, if we attack the Green Camp soldiers in Tianjin City, the Green Camp soldiers in Langfang, and the Imperial Guards in Tongzhou Camp will come to support them, and the cavalry of the Rehe Tushiro may also come?"

"Yes, because our army has taken down Khalka, the troops under the command of the Chahar Commander must not dare to move lightly, but the troops from Fengtai Camp and Miyun Camp can be dispatched, and the troops from the three camps are in Britain.

With the assistance of the people, it carried out a reorganization for three years, and finally formed a scale of 20,000 people per battalion”

"There are five thousand cavalry and fifteen thousand infantry, which are all European standards. Even the cavalry are equipped with flintlock guns, while the infantry are all mainly flintlock guns. Of course, they are still equipped with front-mounted ones, and each battalion is also equipped with flintlock guns.

There is an exclusive artillery battalion that carries about a hundred artillery types, medium and small”

"The heaviest artillery is about 10,000 kilograms, and it requires ten strong mules to pull it. With the help of the British, they also owned howitzers, but they were still the most primitive. After the drug was ignited, they used the high temperature in the barrel to ignite the shells.

The leads on the airfoil flew out of the cannon chamber”

"Even the British themselves did not fully master this technology, so the Qing soldiers naturally complained. Therefore, their artillery is still mainly solid bullets, but there are still shotguns, but the range is very close, mainly for defense.

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Toure looked at Asina, "Fourth brother, for you, how should we do it?"

Ashina said: "It's early autumn now, and the canal is still abundant. The ammunition and other supplies required by our army are huge. If we march on the land, we will have to retain an army to escort them specifically. As General Manager Zhou said just now,

Green camp soldiers, the three camps are huge in number”

"The area around the capital is full of endless plains, and there are also huge cavalry, which may appear at any time. Although our army is extremely powerful, it also carries a lot of supplies. Once it is surrounded by a large number of cavalry in the wild, our army hastily.

It's still worrying if you don't have time to build a position"

"So, since our army has built a forward base in Beitang Port, we can do it as usual and quickly dredge the Haihe River in Tanggu Port. With the experience of dredging the Ji Canal, we will invest ten flat-bottomed steamships. I estimate that it will take up to ten days to reach 10 days.

Completed”

"When dredging, three thousand cavalry levels were sent on both sides of the straits, and a large number of reconnaissance cavalry were sent to the periphery. Once an enemy cavalry was found approaching, the cavalry from Beitang Camp would be able to respond at any time"
Chapter completed!