The so-called banquet is not a good feast, because what enters the stomach is wine and delicacies, and what is exported is always deceitful.

Different interests and different ideologies bring about inconsistencies in understanding.

Compared with when he was in India, Zhou Lang was not qualified to stand in the same position as someone like Magalni, but now his status has been greatly improved, as if he was already the most dazzling among the people present.

But Zhou Lang is still very low-key, he knows that the reason why he has attracted attention is still not because of his strength, the aura of nationality and identity on his body still adds points to him, these are all bubbles, they are all moisture, and they can't be taken seriously.

Of course, unconsciously, Zhou Lang's achievements are indeed impressive, in a year, from scratch, he pulled up a company, but also established a base in China, although there is no stable output yet, but no one will doubt the prospect of having a business base in such a rich country as China.

If Zhou Lang was not a Chinese, but a white man, then his behavior during this time would be legendary.

So he can now stand closest to Magalny and listen to their most central conversation.

is also limited to listening, Zhou Lang holds a glass of wine, only listens and does not speak, unless others ask him, he does not express his opinion, and he has the posture of Xu Shu in Cao Ying.

Zhou Lang didn't want to say it, some people wanted to say it, Colin was eager to express his attitude, but he is now the supreme military commander here, with thousands of troops in his hands, and others have to listen to him if they don't want to hear it.

It only took a short time for Zhou Lang to find out Colin's current psychological state, he has not been in contact with Colin for a long time, because there is suspicion between each other, so Colin has been in the left camp, Zhou Lang has been playing drums, neither of them has met, and they have a tacit understanding that no one will invite anyone, and it will be troublesome to meet.

Zhou Lang contacted Colin again, and combined with his previous understanding of Colin, he immediately found that Colin was completely out of state at this time. It seems that he is in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, and he suffers from gains and losses, which is a very bad mentality, reflecting his contradictory heart, as a commander, this mentality is easy to get into trouble.

Colin is nearly forty years old, although he is a noble son, but the title of the family is something he cannot inherit, with the inheritance law of the British pit son, the possibility of him inheriting the family property is also very small, but with Zhou Lang's understanding of Colin, this person has no special desire for wealth, and he does not have a special obsession with women, so combined with his age and state, making achievements is his biggest heart knot.

It is not surprising that young officers are eager to make meritorious contributions and make meritorious contributions, but Zhou Lang found that Colin was too obsessed with this, so he was prone to gains and losses. This also explains why Colin asked Zhou Lang for assistance, logically speaking, he has enough troops, but he still hopes to get the support of Zhou Lang's dispensable troops, which shows that he seems to be confident, but in fact he is in chaos.

On the one hand, he has a hypnotic confidence in victory, as if he will definitely achieve victory when he sends troops, without considering the consequences of defeat at all; On the one hand, he desperately grabbed all the power he could get in his hands. In fact, it was the desire for this victory that completely disturbed his heart.

Now he is in a hurry to ask for war, which is also the reason for this. Colin's reasoning was that the situation in Humen was much better than he had imagined, and it could be said that they had already established themselves here, and the Qing army was still moving, so it was time to raid Guangzhou before the Qing army was ready.

This kind of reason seems reasonable, but in fact it is unreasonable, whether others are ready or not is someone else's business, but in military common sense, we should first make our own preparations, and then consider taking advantage of the enemy's weaknesses, if we are still full of weaknesses, but only see the enemy's flaws, then this kind of commander often dies quickly.

Colin is not without command experience, but he made such a rudimentary mistake, it can only be said that he is very confused now.

Magalny was always serious, and kept explaining that he was not ready at the moment, and that it was only the right time to wait for all the troops in Taiwan to be transferred over, and to rashly march to Guangzhou, and the consequences of defeat would be unimaginable.

This is the correct attitude, because after all, it is in a foreign country, even if the British army is strong militarily, but its foundation is not enough, it cannot afford to lose at all, but it does not matter if the enemy loses one or two games. Therefore, the British should be more cautious and wait for all their troops to be in position before planning to attack.

However, Colin was worried that he would not have enough troops, and he would have to bring Zhou Lang along, but after he came, he was worried that the enemy's reinforcements would come, but he would launch an attack without waiting for his army to assemble, and his thinking was so chaotic that he was hardly suitable as a commander.

But he is now the officer with the most rich military experience and the most powerful troops here, and he deserves to have the greatest military discourse.

Magalny resolutely disagreed, and even finally asked Zhou Lang's opinion, and Zhou Lang was not guilty of two things, that is, it was good to say that it was safe and safe, and it was also good to say that it was good to fight quickly, and there was no conclusion.

Finally, the seemingly amiable banquet ended boringly.

From this boring banquet, Zhou Lang got some very important information.

The commander was in such a hurry, it seems that he was not necessarily useless to come here.

So what room does he have to maneuver, it's too unrealistic to mess with it as previously planned.

But he could basically judge what kind of military action the British army would conduct.

First of all, Colin, who was in a hurry, after the arrival of reinforcements, would attack Guangzhou without any scruples, with Zhou Lang's estimation of the Qing army's combat effectiveness, the Qing army in Guangzhou was afraid that it would not be able to stop Colin, and the fortifications on the periphery of Guangzhou would soon fall, and in the end it could only rely on the city of Guangzhou to defend.

After the British army cleared the periphery, they would attack the city of Guangzhou, and with the Manchu management of officials, the prefect of Guangzhou and other civil officials would not dare to give up the city, otherwise they would end up with a raid and exile, which they could not bear.

However, with the combat effectiveness of the Qing army, it is very likely that Colin will capture Guangzhou.

According to the dispute between Colin and Magalny at the banquet, Zhou Lang learned that Colin actually had the mentality of capturing Guangzhou and then forcing the Manchu Dynasty to cede Guangdong, and he actually held the absurd idea that he could seize the whole of Guangdong through a decisive battle; Magalny, on the other hand, emphasized that the purpose of the war was to put pressure on the Qing Dynasty, and finally demanded an apology and compensation, and opened more trade ports to the British, as well as extraterritoriality.

The two of them have the same attitude, I am afraid that they will not be able to reach an agreement after the capture of Guangzhou, after all, if Guangdong is captured through war, it will be too great a merit for Colin, a military personnel; If some privileges are obtained through negotiations, it is just a mission that Magalny did not complete through diplomatic channels, and it means nothing to Colin.

So when the time comes, the two officials in the British army will have an irreconcilable conflict, this is Zhou Lang's space, as for how to use this space, Zhou Lang has to look at the changes in the situation in order to find a more suitable entry point, maybe he can't use this space all the time.

But he has a strong premonition that he can get unimaginable benefits from the discord within the British high-level!