Section 84 Retreat

It's not that Zhu Jinglun has no grace, and it's not that Zhu Jinglun is uncivilized. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

As long as it is beneficial to oneself on the battlefield, it is natural that one should stick to it.

The British are actually the same, they fly the white flag, with the high hat of civilization and gentlemanly hope that Zhu Jinglun will let them collect the body, but behind the scenes, the mainstream media in Britain has long been playing up China's barbarism, saying that the Chinese call them barbarians, so as to find justice for their war.

However, Zhu Jinglun did not act like a barbarian, but communicated amicably with the British, saying that he was still in the middle of the battle, so he could not agree to the request made by the British, but said that once the battle was over, he would collect and place the corpses, and after the war was over, return them to the British.

The British rowed again and went away under the white flag.

Zhu Jinglun returned to the trench, and at this time found that the coolies who had been lying in the trench for a long time were lying on the ground. The first time they went to the battlefield, they went to fight with excitement after smoking a lot of cigarettes, and finally won a battle, but they also used up their strength, plus they were training at high intensity all night last night, most of them were exhausted, and they really couldn't hold on to sleep at this time, and at this time, even if they put a high-quality cigarette paste next to them, they couldn't open their eyes.

The black dog saw that Zhu Jinglun was watching the soldiers sleep, he thought that Zhu Jinglun was unhappy, so he immediately ran to the nearest soldier and kicked it twice, but did not wake the soldier awake. Zhu Jinglun hurriedly shouted to him.

"Let's go to sleep. The British probably won't be calling anymore. ”

That's right, according to the interrogation just now, the British sent a total of 2,000 infantry, a few hundred remained on the shore, and they lost 800 in the first battle just now, they will definitely not attack again in a desperate way, and even before the arrival of new reinforcements, I am afraid they will not launch a new attack, and their ability to bear casualties is absolutely impossible to continue the attack with nearly half of the casualties.

The only thing to guard against is their shelling, but there are also those 800 British corpses, which makes them have concerns, which may not stop them, so it is not insurance, but the coolies are now in the trenches, and they are relatively safe.

The British really did not launch a new attack, and several new warships arrived on the river, which made Zhu Jinglun nervous, worried that the British reinforcements had arrived. But seeing that there were no soldiers on those warships, but only some supplies were sent onto the warships, Zhu Jinglun was relieved.

The confrontation lasted until the evening, and instead of attacking, the British withdrew the land forces on the shore, and then retreated overnight.

While Zhu Jinglun was completely relieved, he couldn't help but wonder, why did the British withdraw their troops?

Later, he learned that the British transport ship not only brought supplies, but also brought spoof news that something had happened in Xa County.

The townsfolk Yong trained by Chen Gui, the squire of XA County, began to harass Hong Kong long before the recovery of Guangzhou, which restrained Hong Kong's reinforcements to a certain extent, and the 1,000 soldiers never rushed to reinforce them.

But now that the treaty has been signed, the Guangzhou side counterattacked to recover the city, so that the British felt that the Chinese did not abide by the treaty, so the naval commander Sima Mi Li and the army commander Grant agreed to teach the Chinese a lesson, leading troops to attack Guangzhou, in other places, the British planned to resume trade as soon as possible, so they sent people to Xa County to post notices, but these people who posted notices were actually killed by Xa County Township Yong.

Hong Kong was originally the land under the jurisdiction of Xa County, after Hong Kong was ceded to the British, the attitude of the Xin'an people towards foreigners was extremely hostile, especially the squire class, because there were originally some clans and landlords who had land on Hong Kong Island, but after being ceded, they were unwilling to accept British jurisdiction and sold these lands cheaply, and they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. Among the villagers recruited by Chen Gui, there were some such brave soldiers who hated foreigners, and when they saw someone posting notices for the British, they immediately denounced them as traitors, and after a dispute, they killed them directly.

After that, these angry villagers also broke into the shops in Xa County that had business dealings with foreigners, smashed and robbed them, and engaged in businessmen who wanted to do business with foreigners, some of whom temporarily gave up their business, and some went to Hong Kong to complain to the British.

The Governor of Hong Kong hoped to first settle the nearby Xa County so that trade with Chinese mainland could start as soon as possible, so he immediately took the matter seriously and sent someone to inform Xima Mi Li, hoping that he could first suspend the attack on Guangzhou, concentrate his forces to attack Xin'an, and teach the villagers of Xa County a lesson.

As soon as the attack on the city of Guangzhou was blocked, and he saw with his own eyes that the 800 marines he sent out were wiped out in an instant, he also had a headache with the fort, and felt that the original plan of 2,000 men to seize Guangzhou could not be realized at all, so he just withdrew his troops at the request of the governor of Hong Kong.

Zhu Jinglun was thinking about it when he was suddenly disturbed by a loud quarrel, and saw that his coolies and some county warriors under Hua Tingjie were arguing on the sand outside the trench, and there was almost a tendency to fight.

Hurriedly went over to ask, it turned out that those county warriors saw that the foreigners had retreated, leaving behind the corpses in a place, and they had a careful thought in their hearts, a foreigner's head was a hundred taels of silver. Seeing the behavior of these people, he immediately remembered the notices that appeared in the city a few months ago, and they killed these foreigners, and decided that these heads should be theirs, so they came up to stop them, and the two sides fought.

Zhu Jinglun scolded both sides with a black face.

fought a victorious battle with coolies, and Zhu Jinglun gradually established his majesty in the hearts of these coolies, making the black dogs stare at them, and threatening them with big smoke, they could still stabilize for a while. But Zhu Jinglun was a little worried about the county Yong of Nanhai County, so he immediately walked towards the fort and discussed the defense with Hua Tingjie by the way.

Tell Hua Tingjie that the corpses of these foreigners are still useful, the reason why the foreigners are not shelling the fort today is because they don't want to destroy these corpses, if they cut off the heads of these people, the foreigners not only have no scruples, but also are likely to have a heart of revenge, if the shelling of the fort, it is not cost-effective to cause casualties.

Hua Tingjie agreed with Zhu Jinglun's statement very much, and at the same time felt a little embarrassed that his subordinates actually ran out to grab people's heads, people fought such a beautiful battle, and they fought for themselves, and their subordinates' practices were simply embarrassing to themselves.

Seeing the fearful looks of the county warriors, I knew that the majesty of this Nanhai County magistrate in front of Nanhai County Yong was much greater than that of Zhu Jinglun in the coolies.

After discussing with Hua Tingjie, since the British army had withdrawn, Zhu Jinglun planned to take the coolies back to the city. Through this battle, Zhu Jinglun dispelled his prejudices, and it is not impossible for addicts who smoke big cigarettes to fight. But their combat effectiveness is far from enough, and I thought that I should train well, so that the next time the British army comes, maybe they can really have combat effectiveness, instead of being as clever as this time, using the stimulation of drugs to mobilize them to charge into battle.

As for whether the British will fight, Zhu Jinglun has no doubt at all, he does not think that the British will give up Guangzhou so easily, and he knows that the war is far from over, and the Xianfeng monarchs and ministers did not take the TJ treaty seriously at all, and then because of the exchange of treaty issues, the British and French forces will be led to attack BJ.

At that time, it was not these thousands of people, but the large force of the British army, and the British army after the suppression of the great Indian uprising could free up tens of thousands of people. At the same time, the French will also increase their troops in East Asia, not for China, but for the French emperor Napoleon III, who united with Spain and decided to colonize Vietnam, will also exclude tens of thousands of people.

With sufficient troops, Zhu Jinglun did not believe that the British and French forces would abandon Guangzhou and go north directly, since the battle would be fought sooner or later, he should make good preparations.

So he withdrew to the city overnight with coolies.

Huang Zonghan and Bai Gui rarely rewarded them at the same time, Huang Zonghan sent three fat pigs, and Bai Gui took out 10,000 taels of silver.

The coolies, who had slept all day, brought wine, killed pigs, set up a feast, and reveled all night.

Zhu Jinglun did not stop them, but was a little relieved, coolies are also dignified, and addicts also have all the sense of honor, they will still be happy if they win.

It's just that when Zhu Jinglun came and wanted to celebrate with them, these guys were more concerned about when Zhu Jinglun would give them those five cigarette bubbles, which made Zhu Jinglun so unhappy.

It happened that Bai Gui was invited, so he asked the black dog to be responsible for giving them smoke bubbles, and went to find Bai Gui himself.

————————————

Thank you for the willow leaves of the twin sons, Happy Little Fat, Zhen Zhennan Er, Asarosen, See Chang'an, Ka Gekg, Xi Chuji, Yang Deficiency Bird Tracks, Chemistry Master, Flower? Wait for a friend's tip.