Goxinga didn't plan to make Grant defect with a royal meal, and in modern warfare, there are few cases of defection among high-ranking generals like Grant. So during the conversation, Goxinga never tried to get any information, just wanted to know Grant's judgment of the situation.

Because of Guo Xing'a's limited knowledge of history, he has never been able to figure out why the coalition forces have won a decisive victory, or whether he is unwilling to end the war and must burn the Old Summer Palace before he stops. Grant is an important figure in the decision-making level of the British army, and he knows very well the people who currently hold the decision-making power, and his views on the situation may be able to solve Goxinga's doubts.

"There are 150,000 guards in Beijing, and there are no less than 100,000 reinforcements coming from all over the country, and there are more than 10,000 in our department in the Old Summer Palace. As time goes by, more and more reinforcements will arrive, and the ratio of troops may reach one to thirty, does your army want to fight such a battle? Goxinga wanted to explore the brain circuits of the British, so he gave Grant a simple addition and subtraction.

"The real modern army is only 10,000 people in your department!" Grant still has a lot of contempt for other Qing troops in his heart, and he only agrees with Guoxinga.

At the same time, Grant also found a small opportunity, Guo Xing'a is not wary now, and he also wants to inquire about the situation of the modern army of the Qing Dynasty. If the Qing Dynasty only had the ghost army of Guoxinga, then the British attitude towards * would need to change, but it would not need to change too much, and the deterrent power of 10,000 people would be limited after all. But if the Qing Dynasty had more such troops, then Britain would have to adjust its attitude towards the Qing Dynasty, and force would no longer be a means for the British government to consider using against the Qing Dynasty for a long time.

"For the time being, I am indeed the only mixed brigade near Beijing, but if the war continues, with the emperor's authorization, more brigades will soon be put into battle. And even without an army like ours, you can't defeat a traditional army thirty times more than a thousand allied forces. Those troops of Seng Lingqin just haven't adapted to modern warfare, no matter how bad they are, they are stronger than the natives of Africa! Goxinga crossed his fingers again and calculated addition and subtraction for Grant.

In order to make it easier for Grant to understand his troops, and it is indeed inappropriate to still call the Gu'an Army as a leader, Guo Xinga gave his troops the name of the First Mixed Brigade of the Gu'an Garrison, and he himself was communicating with Grant as a major general and brigade commander. On the question of how many modern armies there were in the Qing Dynasty, Guo Xing'a did not stupidly admit that he had one of his own, but expressed it very vaguely. Grant understood that there were many such troops, but they did not participate in the war without the authorization of the emperor, and it was his own problem. Guo Xing's original intention was to wait for the emperor's authorization, he could form many such mixed brigades.

"It's a pity that Sir Elgin is not a soldier, he is a politician!" Grant drank the fragrant tea he had just been served, and repeated what he had just said.

"Do you want to say that he doesn't understand military affairs, or is there something hidden!" Goxinga didn't quite understand what Grant meant.

"Sir Elgin, who is under tremendous pressure at home because of the war in Tientsin last year, must prove himself through this war. So after the expedition began, Sir Elgin became a little unreasonable, and he was very anxious to achieve it. He has repeatedly hoped that he can create some very sensational events in your country to protect his personal honor, and sometimes he will even do things that are contrary to the interests of the country. Although Grant didn't know how crazy Elgin was now, he couldn't stand this uncle before, and all kinds of long-standing dissatisfaction in his heart were overflowing.

"He doesn't seem to be your boss, and he has no authority to command the army!" Guo Xing'a was immediately interested, and he couldn't think of such a thing as suppressing military force with literature, and Britain was no worse than the Qing Dynasty. Looking at the gloom on Grant's face, he knew that he had not been angry with Ergin before.

"If I had been in command, I might have been able to stop his irrational behavior, but now all that's left is poor Bob, who will only do his bidding." Grant is very helpless, in front of Elgin, he is a puffed bag, and Bob Mitchell has no ability to resist at all.

"That's an exaggeration!" Guo Xinga didn't believe it, after all, the British system was not as rigid as the Qing Dynasty, and it stands to reason that Mitchell should not be completely suppressed by Ergin.

"Among the victims of the Pashali mission you just introduced to me, there was a special correspondent named Baubey, whose death was enough for Ergin to get all his rights!" Grant was also very powerful, and after listening to it only once, he kept in mind all the circumstances of the Pasha Rite Mission.

"A reporter from The Times?" Goxinga also remembered the poor man who was drowned in the sewers.

"Praise you for your erudition! Mr. Major General, even you know the Times, and you should be able to imagine how influential this newspaper is in Britain. The death of the special correspondent of the "Times" will certainly cause a boiling of public opinion in Britain, which will give Ergin a reason to continue to expand the war and even overthrow the Qing government. If our army does not cooperate with him, after returning home, it will be besieged by public opinion, and Ergin, who advocates a tough attitude towards the Qing Dynasty, will definitely become a hero! "Grant's analysis is well-founded.

"How the hell can I get him to stop?" Guo Xing'a has a little headache, if Erjin wants to fight hard, he will be in trouble.

"According to the provisions of the "Public Law of Nations", if any envoy is killed, he will break the city one day, and no chickens and dogs will be left." Grant began to endorse again.

"Your army and the French are at his disposal, and they are now under great military pressure. In another 10 days, we will no longer be able to sit outside for lunch, and the cold winter will come. At that time, the Northern Canal will be frozen, and the coalition forces that go deep inland will be cut off from supplies and besieged by dozens of times the number of troops, don't they have military common sense? "Goxinga found that no matter what country it is, there are such a bunch of unreasonable people.

"I think their invasion of the Old Summer Palace is a compromise plan after their previous discussions, otherwise according to Ergin's temperament, he will definitely destroy the city of Beijing, and he will never choose a small garden, even if it is as exquisite as a paradise on earth." Grant guessed very accurately.

"I stopped him from destroying the Old Summer Palace, will he do anything irrational!" Guo Xinga suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Sir Ergin has always been irrational, and the operation of the Old Summer Palace has suffered a great setback, and he may attack the city of Beijing or something related to the royal family." Grant spread his hands, he could only analyze, not tell, and the devil knew what Elgin might do.

"Uncle him!" Goxinga had a movie in his head.

There are few things related to the royal family around the city of Beijing, and the most valuable ones are the three mountains and five gardens. At present, the three mountains and five gardens are protected by themselves, and it is difficult to say what Ergin wants to destroy. Beijing City can't be easily defeated, but in addition to the manor and the imperial tomb outside the city, it will be troublesome for Erjin to be Sun Dianying. If Erjin had been shaved to clear the Eastern Tombs, Xianfeng would not have to eat these people who participated in the war, and Guoxing's protection of the Old Summer Palace would not be a great achievement, but a great achievement. And Guo Xing'a is even more worried that if Erjin doesn't know the road, he will dig up the Ming Tombs, which is called a strange injustice through the ages.

Goxinga and Grant had a good start to the meal, but the end was much worse, and both of them were preoccupied in the end. However, there is one person in Changxin Store who is even more popular than the two of them, and that is Prince Gong Yixin. Emperor Xianfeng patted his ass and ran away, he had to clean up this super mess, and the foreign devils were still arresting him everywhere, which made him several days ago. Monk Lingqin and Ruilin came to Changxindian with a group of remnants of the defeated army, but they still couldn't see any hope in battle.

From the bottom of his heart, Yi Xin wanted to fight to the death, if he could hold on to Beijing and thwart the foreigners. Not only will his prestige skyrocket, but he may have the possibility of wrestling with Xianfeng politically, and even have the possibility of regaining the throne that was once close at hand. But this battle word is easy to say but not easy to do, the former famous general Monk Greenqin is completely withered, the lineage has been lost, and only the ability to shout Chengren every day is left. Ruilin is just a good thing, and he doesn't even have the ability to shout. I used to think that Shengbao in Gancheng was more beautiful than anyone else, but like an old monk who had entered the meditation, he didn't see any movement when he was killed. Moreover, after the government and the opposition left Xianfeng, there was only a mourning left, and the morale of the army was even worse to the extreme, and they had no ability to fight at all.

The war is eighty percent over, and there is only one way left to seek peace, but it still can't be done. The billowing smoke and dust from the Old Summer Palace came together, and Yixin got the message, and some people brought rumors. It is said that the foreign devils entered the Old Summer Palace, and after raping and plundering it, a fire burned the Old Summer Palace to the ground. While Yixin felt sorry for the ancestral industry for several generations, she could only speed up the pace of peace, otherwise the foreign devils would burn Beijing City next time. And I don't know if Shengbao, who sent the message to Yi Xin, did something, and in all the information that Yi Xin obtained, there was no news about Guoxing'a and the Gu'an Army.

Yi Xin's number one negotiator, Heng Qi, has suffered a big crime these days, and the soles of his shoes and mouth have been worn out a lot. After the Pasha Rite mission was released, although the coalition forces kept clamoring to punish the Qing Emperor, they also began to discuss the details of the treaty with Hengqi. But as soon as something happened to the Old Summer Palace, France's Gro was fine, and the British side turned everything from Ergin to Pashali, and almost made a move against Hengqi, resolutely opposing peace talks. The clamor was even louder than last time, and this time they directly pointed out that they were going to destroy the city of Beijing and burn the Jinluan Palace.

Confused, Hengqi was blasted out of the coalition garrison in the quarrel between the British and French envoys. I don't know if it was because of their concern for Hengqi, and the coalition army did not let Hengqi go home empty-handed, but caught up with him halfway and stated to him the requirements of the coalition army. Although the peace talks could not begin for the time being, the Qing Dynasty must hand over Andingmen within two days in accordance with the previous requirements of the coalition forces, otherwise the coalition forces will directly attack the city.

"What a good thing this is!" got the information brought back by Hengqi, and Yixin had the heart to hang herself. Such conditions are no longer a matter of losing power and humiliating the country, it is simply an insult of kicking the nose and face, and Yi Xin is absolutely unacceptable even if he goes to defend Beijing City by himself.