After killing people and sacrificing the flag, the Qing army began the first round of attack on Anping City.

The attack was mainly concentrated in the direction of Yongren Bridge in the east of the city, because the South City and the North City had wide moats, and both moats were connected to the Taijiang River.

Taijiang is located in the dock area west of Anping City. It is actually a relatively closed bay.

It is also where Anping Port is located.

Anping Port is still safe now, with sandbanks and fortresses separating it from the open sea.

The fortress outside Anping City is a defensive fortification built mainly by the escort army.

A few days ago, when Perry's fleet came to attack, it was blocked by this fortress.

In this way, Kang Laoba's defensive pressure is much less.

He didn't even send the militiamen to the East City to support him.

Only let them guard at the south gate and north gate.

Although there are many militiamen, they have not received much training and are more likely to die on the battlefield.

All lives are precious and cannot be wasted in vain.

A fierce siege began.

The Qing army came across the sea and lacked heavy weapons, and a small number of artillery pieces were shot down by the escort.

The Chinese arsenal is now in the city, and there are many artillery on the walls of Anping.

Even now that the war has begun, newly cast cannons are being transported to the city walls.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The guards on the city wall kept firing outwards.

The Qing army was not stupid and tried to make its offensive formation more sparse.

"Kill..." Encouraged by war drums, the Qing army marched forward bravely, fearless of death.

This Qing army had just participated in the war to annihilate the Xiaodao Society.

This is the time when morale is high.

Zhang Xining did not have the patience to wait for the British to capture the port before attacking the city.

He knew that the main force of this pirate group would be back soon.

Although the British are very sure that they are definitely no match for the Americans.

But Zhang Xining didn't believe it. He didn't think the Americans could easily defeat this group of pirates.

How many troops can the Americans have coming from the sea?

Foreigners have always looked down on the Chinese army. Many foreigners' travel notes to the East mentioned that one foreign soldier can deal with hundreds of Chinese troops.

Since the Opium War, more and more people believe this.

After all, Zhang Xining is still a Chinese, and he does not think so low of his own people.

Especially since he knows a lot about the Guards.

The escort army appeared twice on the mainland. The first time they captured Tong'an County.

The second time, they captured Gulangyu Island, and even ran to Fuzhou for a tour, inflicting heavy losses on the foreigners who besieged Fuzhou.

The foreigners did not know that it was the escort army that severely damaged them in Fuzhou City. They thought it was a mysterious force from the Qing army.

The local officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were happy to see this success.

"Bang bang bang..." The few Qing troops who escaped the artillery bombardment also fell to the guns of the escort troops.

Facing the escort army equipped with a large number of firearms, the Qing army's attack was extremely difficult.

Although Zhang Xining is full of tricks, he lacks courage in fighting.

This kind of attack is neither painful nor painful for the escort, and it is completely a fueling tactic.

Zhang Xining, however, did not feel sorry for his subordinates who kept dying in battle at all.

He was thinking about other things.

Compared with the Qing army's battle in Anping City, the British army's offensive at sea was more powerful.

Taijiang is a tightly wrapped bay with seven islands connected to its southwest, called Qikun.

Each island is more than 1 mile apart, and they are "adjoined and protected" by each other. To the north of Yikun, there is a small island called Beixianwei across the sea, and the sea in between is Anping Port.

To the north of the end of the northern line is Luermen Port. The fortress built by the escort army is at Yikun on the west side of the Taijiang River. This is also where the Chikan City once built by the Dutch was located.

There are two waterways entering the Taijiang River from the open sea: one is the Anping Port Channel, called the South Channel, between the end of the North Line and Yikun; the other is the North Channel, between the end of the North Line and Lu'ermen Island, known as "Lu'ermen"

channel".

If the British ships want to enter Anping Port to deter Anping City, they must take the southern channel, because they are all big ships.

The fortress built on a Kun before them was an insurmountable obstacle for them.

After the last confrontation with the American fleet, Dong Liang discovered some shortcomings of Yikun Fortress, mainly the lack of heavy artillery.

In response, he moved part of the heavy artillery on the city wall here.

Because the enemy will not threaten the battlefield as long as they don't break through here, so why not use good steel on the blade.

There is a garrison team on top of Yikun Fortress, and there is also a squadron teaching team, most of them are artillery.

There are fifty cannons above 8 inches on the fortress, and there are hundreds of other types of artillery.

After taking control of Dongfan Island, Dong Liang no longer had to worry about materials for casting cannons.

As for gunpowder, when the Guards were in Ryukyu, the output of gunpowder was already very high. After all, the Ryukyu Islands themselves are rich in sulfur and saltpeter.

The casting of muzzleloader guns has long since presented no technical problems to the Guards.

As long as there is enough steel, the Guards can continue to produce artillery.

"Fire..." He Chang looked at the British warships on the sea and shouted.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Several cannons rang out in succession. There were eight artillery pieces in the corner tower where he was located, forming a battery, and He Chang was in charge of the command.

However, the Qing army came with a lot of warships this time, eight warships and a dozen armed merchant ships. Otherwise, how could they have sent more than 10,000 Qing troops.

Of course, they would not give it away for free. The British had reached an agreement with the Manchus. After taking back Dongfan Island, the Manchus would open Anping and Chicken Coop to the British.

Yes, it's a chicken coop. The British don't want Americans to monopolize the chicken coop.

In the Manchu and Qing court, it was fish meat on the chopping board, kept there so you could take a bite at any time.

The Americans were competitors. The last war between Britain and the United States was in 1812, also known as the Second War of Independence. This war lasted for three years and ended with the British defeat.

It can be said that in the several contests with the Americans on the North American continent, the British did not take advantage.

Don't they have a grudge against the Yankees in their hearts?

This time the British just want to show off to the Americans.

If the Americans took control of the Chicken Coop, the British would unite with other countries to ask the Americans to return it to the Qing Dynasty, and then the Chicken Coop would become an open port.

Based on the British Empire’s trade share with the Qing Dynasty, it was Britain that ultimately took advantage.

Therefore, the British were working very hard to attack Anping City at this time.

According to their estimation, the Americans dispatching so many warships this time will definitely destroy the escort force.

Seven large warships, even the British are somewhat afraid of them in the East.

After all, although the British navy is strong, its ships in the East account for only a small part.

"Wow...hit!" Everyone saw a large amount of sawdust flying off the side of the British warship in the distance, and knew that a shell had hit the opponent.

"Don't stop, continue, let these British devils also feel the feeling of being bombarded." He Chang ordered.

It's not time to celebrate yet.

Both sides went back and forth. The number of artillery guns on the British ships obviously exceeded theirs.

However, Yikun Fort was designed by Dong Liang and Lin Ben personally supervised the construction. It used a large amount of cement and even steel plates and steel bars in some places, making it very strong.

Dong Liang focused on the issue of defense when designing this fortress.

Although it is still a semi-open fort, the back of the fort is already protected.

Mainly to prevent the enemy from using explosive shells and rockets.

Now, even if the enemy uses explosive ammunition, it will not harm the gunner as long as it does not fall into the inside of the gun emplacement.

At least the tragedy on the Chicken Coop Fort will not happen here.

Moreover, the area of ​​the sandbank where Yikun Fortress is located is not large, so it will be very difficult for the British to land on the fortress.
Chapter completed!