An edict of the Empress Dowager Cixi perfectly demonstrated the international status of the Qing Dynasty, and the decree shocked the whole world. More than half of Burma is in the mouth of Britain, France has basically swallowed Laos and Cambodia, and Vietnam is simply fighting for him by France and the Qing Dynasty! Cixi's will was almost equivalent to declaring war on Britain and France at the same time, and France was already at war, so only Britain was the spearhead.

Britain is in a dilemma in the Balkans, and the whole world is out of the bag, and the Qing Dynasty inserts such a lever, and Britain's situation is even more difficult. According to normal people's understanding, the British should solve this problem by diplomatic means, and the problem of Burma is indeed very suitable for diplomatic means. The British did not swallow the whole of Burma, but only occupied a Lower Burma, and an independent Burmese regime existed. The question of going down to Burma had already been decided when Goxinga was still wearing open crotch pants, and it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty, who was fighting against the French army, to investigate what happened decades ago, and even if Britain ignored it, it could dilute the statement of the Qing Dynasty into a matter between the Qing Dynasty and the French, after all, France actually annexed Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

However, London did not make any response to the edict of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty, and of course the British Empire was not prepared to deal with this matter coldly, but gave the international community a surprising reply, we have declared war on the Qing Dynasty. Because of the speed of information transmission, and Britain's deliberate undeclared war, the world powers and even the Qing Dynasty did not know the news. Six hours before the Empress Dowager Cixi issued the edict of the Qing Dynasty to restore the suzerainty of Southeast Asian countries, the 26th Gurkha Infantry Brigade of the British Army stationed in Hong Kong had launched an attack on the Qing army in the Kowloon Walled City, and the war between the Qing and the British broke out again.

When the news spread, the British officially declared war by telegram, the Kowloon Walled City had been razed to the ground, and all the 500 Qing troops trapped in the country within a country were killed. However, the British army, which had pacified the Kowloon Walled City, did not attack Guangdong northward after taking control of the whole territory of Hong Kong, but began to build fortifications behind closed doors. The Qing army in the Kowloon Walled City was surrounded by the British army, and Hong Kong was also under the siege of China, and the British did not even have a foothold within a radius of thousands of miles, and Hong Kong had long been besieged by the Qing Dynasty and Manchuria.

"The British have a bad brain!" After listening to the report, Guo Xing's head was full of question marks, and the behavior of the British was too illogical.

It's not that Guo Xing'a didn't think that the British would strike first, but he never thought that the British would do it in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is just an isolated island, the British garrison has only three brigades of 7,000 people, and the local residents are all Chinese, who can Britain count on in Hong Kong? As long as the Manchurian Army blockades the Strait of Malacca, Hong Kong will be a turtle in an urn, and the British army can still rely on these 7,000 people to take Guangdong, go down to Guangxi, and then enter Yunnan, all the way to Burma? It's a big joke. After the British eliminated the Qing army in Kowloon, which was surrounded by them, they immediately fell into the land and sea encirclement of the Qing Dynasty and Manchuria, and they were completely self-defeating.

"The British seem to have premeditated, and they seem to have been preparing for this surprise attack by recalling all the ministers and consuls stationed in Guannai and our Manchuria. Moreover, according to the news sent back by Shi Guang from the dark line in Hong Kong, it seems that the British army began to hoard supplies in Hong Kong after the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and they have long been prepared to be trapped! "Saishana is already old, and he is indeed average in military affairs, so Guo Xing'a now relies on the lieutenant general Gao Shen Xing Cong in the staff headquarters.

It is possible that they had premeditated, but what purpose did they have? They don't seem to be able to do anything but die! Is this sincerity for us to regain Hong Kong? "No matter how Guo Xing'a thinks about it, he feels unreliable.

"I don't understand, I don't know what kind of mystery they are doing, does our army cooperate with the imperial court and take back Hong Kong first?" Xing Cong is also confused, but recovering Hong Kong doesn't seem to be a bad thing.

"Isn't Zeng Jiushuai serving as the governor of Liangguang? Zeng Wenzhenggong and Jiu Shuai are also old acquaintances, let's not pry it, the Yue army has almost changed its clothes, let Jiu Shuai deal with it himself! "Guo Xing'a can't see the number of British roads, and he is not ready to come forward for the time being, and the Qing army's equipment is not bad now, so let the Qing army solve it by itself. Zeng Guoquan is also a battle-hardened person, with tens of thousands of troops, and he will not be able to defeat the 7,000 besieged British troops.

"Huh!" Xing Cong is still very radical and always wants to meddle in the affairs of Guannei, but Guo Xing'a is not ready to do it, so he can only respond to orders.

"Wait a minute!" Xing Cong turned around to leave, but Guo Xing'a stopped him from behind.

"General, what are your orders?" Xing Cong is very happy, what if Guo Xing'a changes his mind!

"Is Brother Tan doing well in Lanfang?" Guo Xinga suddenly remembered an old man who had been away for ten years.

"Chongshuai (Tan Shaoguang's character Chonghui), everything is fine in the south, and the combination of the latest military technology and traditional formations and strategies is quite insightful every day, providing a lot of advanced concepts for Lu University!" Xing Cong's heart is a little mixed, Guo Xing's question means that Tan Shaoguang is about to recover, as an old subordinate, of course he is happy for Tan Shaoguang, but if Tan Shaoguang comes back, his own status will inevitably decline.

"Uncle Sai has not been in good health recently, and the staff headquarters has a lot of affairs, and he has asked me to retire several times...... Please come back, Brother Tan! It's been ten years, let him pass the past! "Guo Xing'a doesn't need someone to give him steps, he wants Tan Shaoguang to come back, and he will take the initiative to say it. In the past ten years, he has not broken off contact with Tan Shaoguang, although the two have not met, the relationship is not thin, Guo Xinga believes that Tan Shaoguang has let go of those things in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

"Huh!" Xing Cong showed a happy smile, but he wanted to cry in his heart, Tan Shaoguang was back after all.

Saishan, who was about to be sixty, finally retired, Tan Shaoguang, who had been dormant for ten years, took revenge again, and Guo Xing'a decided on a major personnel change in the military in less than ten minutes in the flower hall where the general was grateful. This adjustment can be said to be a temporary change of players before the start of the war in England, but it will not have any bad effects. Saishan'a has more seniority, but in terms of military affairs, everyone knows that Tan Shaoguang is the first choice for the chief of the general staff of the Manchurian Empire, and even Bo Ritu and Ji Ying, who are also very senior in the army, cannot compare with him.

"General, the palace of the prince of Dong'an has an urgent report, the king of Dong'an has passed away!" Before Xing Cong could finish expressing his joy at Tan Shaoguang's return, Wu Ke hurriedly broke in.

Guo Xing'a slowly closed his eyes, holding his thigh with his right hand, and clutching the armrest of the recliner with his left hand. The reckless man who used to be noisy all day long by his side is gone, the hero who used ten years of hard work to win thousands of miles of territory for the country is gone, the relatives who Guo Xing'a saved with his own hands are gone, and the king of Dong'an, who has been bedridden since returning to Changchun, is an irretrievable farewell after all. There were no tears in the corners of Goxinga's eyes, Hatan's departure was inevitable, everyone knew that sooner or later there would be such a day, but Goxinga's face was inevitably getting whiter and whiter. Finally, there seemed to be a sharp pain in his heart, and his lips were bitten with blood, and Guo Xinga collapsed violently on the chaise longue.

"General, General......" Xing Cong and Wu Ke hurriedly stepped forward to check on the situation in Guoxing'a.

"Call the medical office, call the doctor!" Guo Xing'a's tears finally flowed, but his face was extremely scary, and Wu Ke hurriedly ordered someone to call the doctor over.

"Mourning on the General's Day! Do not grieve too much and damage the Eucharist! "Guo Xing's tears are flowing out, but it seems that all his strength is going inside, which is very easy to hurt.

"Mourn! The message was sent out by telegram, and the whole country mourned! The doctor came over and worked for a long time, and Guo Xing'a finally relieved himself and issued an edict for Hatan's funeral.

Changchun held a grand funeral, and Guo Xing'a personally paid tribute and sent away Hatan, a figure of the era. Korea, Lanfang, Burma, Thailand, Dongshang, New Zealand, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy and other countries all sent envoys to offer condolences, but the Qing court, which was close at hand, did not express any expression. The Qing court, which attaches great importance to etiquette, will not make such a low-level mistake, but the court has become a mess now, and they have forgotten about it.

As soon as the war broke out in Hong Kong, Cixi went violent, and the Qing Dynasty's simultaneous war against Britain and France meant one thing, and the Anglo-French alliance came again. The term Anglo-French alliance hurt her too much, and without these bastards, Cixi would not have suffered the greatest misfortune in a woman's life - the death of her husband. And Cixi was also very confused like Guo Xing'a, the British army went to war before Cixi's edict was issued, that is to say, the British moved first. It was Manchuria that fought with Britain in the Yellow Sea, and the British should go to Guoxing if they want to go to war, and it is really unreasonable to give the Qing Dynasty such a stick inexplicably!

The war has begun, and many things have become irreversible, so Cixi can only urgently recruit Yi Yi, Yi Xun, Li Hongzhang and other important ministers to discuss how to deal with the current situation. Li Hongzhang intends to seek peace, after all, the pressure is too great to start a war against Britain and France at the same time, Guo Xing'a said several times that he wants reinforcements, but Li Hongzhang is still afraid that he will break the bottles and cans of the imperial court. Yi Yi was also a little hesitant, but he was not inclined to seek peace, first, it was too embarrassing to seek peace, and second, the international situation was clear, sooner or later there would be a big war between Manchuria and Britain, and the imperial court could not stay out of it anyway, and there was no need to hide if it couldn't hide. Yi Xun didn't say a word, and he didn't know if he had another calculation, or if he had no idea at all.

Cixi couldn't believe it on both sides, and sent a telegram to Zuo Zongtang, who was sitting in the northwest, asking for the opinion of Old Man Zuo. Zuo Zongtang, who is under the care of Manchurian doctors every day, has more information than a few in the imperial court, and he knows the international situation very well, so his attitude is very firm, and one word is to fight. The British are trapped in a corner, and with the cooperation of the Beiyang Naval Division and the Cantonese Army, they can definitely easily annihilate the British army, so there is nothing to fear. If the British come with the whole division, they have Guo Xing'a to come forward to take the recruitment, and the imperial court has to worry about it.

After Cixi listened to the majority opinion and decided to go to war, the situation was decided, but there is a mystery in the whole world that has not been solved, why should Britain fight a war that must be lost?