The gunfire has not stopped, which shows that the foreigners have been attacking the fort, since the foreigners' infantry are attacking the fort, their artillery is unlikely to bombard the fort at this time, otherwise it is easy to injure their own people by mistake. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the dense sound of artillery sounded, and it sounded like there were as many as a dozen or even dozens of guns, which could only be cannons on the battery. There is only one explanation for why the fort opened fire, that is, not only did Zhang Qianshan successfully capture the fort, but also the artillery sent by Huang Zonghan had already taken over the fort and was bombarding the targets on the shore with artillery.

Less than half an hour has passed, and the ugly hour has just passed, obviously it is impossible for Huang Zonghan to send troops after receiving Bai Gui's letter, it is too late, it can only mean that Huang Zonghan has already sent troops, and he just arrived at this time.

Lord Qincha had already sent troops early, and Bai Gui also wrote a copy of the threatening note to Huang Zonghan, isn't this a threat.

But he was also annoyed, snorted coldly, remained silent, and kept drinking tea.

Since Huang Zonghan had already sent troops, couldn't he have notified himself in advance, forcing himself to make such a big mistake.

Of course, the letter can't really be sent, it's just a means to threaten Huang Zonghan, it is to warn Huang Zonghan that if he doesn't send troops, he will go to the book, so that the emperor can comment on it, but now that Huang Zonghan has sent troops, the letter will not need to be written, but it provoked Huang Zonghan again in vain.

After such a long period of contact, Bai Gui has understood that there is no room for reconciliation between him and Huang Zonghan, and it would be good if Huang Zonghan could not fall into the ground. As soon as he heard that Huang Zonghan was coming to Guangdong, Bai Gui planned to meet Huang Zonghan as soon as possible and stopped Huang Zonghan halfway, but the foreigners did not let them out of the city, so Huang Zonghan went to Huaxian County and was with those officials who were training soldiers, so it was impossible to say good things about Bai Gui.

But the two have been communicating with each other, although Huang Zonghan has always been silent, did not express support for Bai Gui, but never tore his face, at most it was a secret fight, but now this threatening letter was handed to Huang Zonghan, which evolved into a clear dispute, there is no room for relaxation between the two, they can only grit their teeth and fight, but if they fight, Bai Gui is the governor, the people are the governor, and the identity of the Qincha, at the beginning of the fight, no matter what, he will first fall into a reputation of despising the officials, and the officials will crush people to death, and Bai Gui is naturally at a disadvantage.

Zhu Jinglun has seen that there seems to be something wrong between Bai Gui and Huang Zonghan, but he still can't understand the officialdom of the Manchu Dynasty, although Zhu Jinglun was also mixed with the officialdom in later generations, but first, the diplomatic department is relatively rare, and secondly, the officialdom of later generations is not good, far less complicated than the officialdom of the Manchu Dynasty, and the officialdom of the Manchu Dynasty not only has the factional relationship of China in later generations, but also the relationship between teachers and students, the relationship between fellow villagers, and the relationship between the banner people and the Han people, all kinds of different interest relationships, which will inevitably cause more complicated power struggles. The struggle between the local government and the central government, the struggle between the banner and the Han people, the struggle between the imperial power and the bureaucracy, and the struggle between the elite and the common bureaucracy were much more complicated than in later generations.

In addition, Zhu Jinglun really didn't have the kung fu to study the Manchu officialdom, and he was not a member of it, and he couldn't feel and understand it from his position, so it was impossible to understand what conflict of interest there could be between Bai Gui and Huang Zonghan, and he wouldn't understand the reason why the two were currently fighting openly and secretly.

At this time, Huang Zonghan outside the city did not sleep, especially after receiving Bai Gui's copy of the recital, he couldn't sleep anymore, he was angry, and scolded Bai Gui for being domineering! dared to coerce him like this and despise Shangguan, he Huang Zonghan is still a minister of the Qin Mission, and despising him means despising the emperor. Huang Zonghan bluntly said that he would write a letter to impeach Bai Gui.

Scolding is scolding, tantrums are tantrums, but the worry in my heart is one step deeper.

Lin Fuxiang's concealment of the kidnapping of Pasha Li and the unauthorized lure of the enemy to ambush made Huang Zonghan suspect that there was a tacit understanding between Lin Fuxiang and Bai Gui, and even suspected that these officials outside the city who presided over the regimental training might have an inexplicable relationship with Bai Gui. That Nanxiong's Qian Zong came back with troops, which made Huang Zonghan even more vigilant, and even the local army in Guangdong could be mobilized, how much potential power this Bai Gui had in Guangdong was really worrying.

When Huang Zonghan learned that Nanxiong's Qianzong was scolded by himself, not only did he not return to Nanxiong, but also went to Guangzhou without permission, Huang Zonghan immediately decided that this must be the mastermind of Bai Gui, otherwise how dare a small Qianzong disobey the orders of a governor and Qincha.

Although Bai Gui is doing his own thing, although Huang Zonghan is worried, Huang Zonghan still endures a step, he doesn't want to declare a personal vendetta, if Bai Gui can really lay down the fort, it will be quite beneficial to the current situation, so Huang Zonghan still sent artillery to support, but this situation of being led by Bai Gui step by step made him very dissatisfied, so he didn't reply to Bai Gui at all, and Bai Gui, who didn't know why, actually sent him a threatening notebook.

Bai Gui's dominance further made Huang Zonghan confirm that Bai Gui has deep roots in Guangdong, and he may have power beyond his imagination.

The local officials' formation of factions for personal gain is already worrying, and Bai Gui's behavior makes Huang Zonghan even more worried, because Bai Gui chose to cooperate with the foreigners after being captured by the foreigners, no matter how he defended himself to the outside world and explained to the emperor in a letter, the court still scolded him far more than he said good things to him.

There is a secret force in his hand that is not known, and he cooperates with the barbarians, this will cause a big disaster, isn't this the case with Shi Jingjiao, isn't that the emperor, in order to let the Khitan people help him fight, he became the godson of the Khitan Emperor, and betrayed the sixteen states of Youyun, as a result, the Song Dynasty has not slowed down for more than 200 years, and has always been suppressed by the Liao State, knowing that the destruction of the country has not been able to recover the border land within the Great Wall.

If Bai Gui also wanted to rely on foreigners to hold the court hostage, the harm he could do might not be less than Shi Jingjiao.

Of course, this situation is the most extreme case, and Huang Zonghan does not think that Bai Gui will completely betray the imperial court, after all, Bai Gui is still a banner man. Moreover, even if the three major squires in Guangdong who trained outside the city were supported by Bai Gui behind the scenes, they were mainly against the foreigners, which shows that Bai Gui did not completely take refuge in the foreigners, at least he saw the wind and steered the rudder. But Shi Jingjiao must have had this idea back then, wanting to use the Khitans, but he didn't make good use of it and used himself as a sinner through the ages.

Therefore, Huang Zonghan also had to guard against the worst. If Bai Gui is forced to be in a hurry, who can guarantee that he will not do the same thing as selling Guangdong to foreigners, just like Shi Jingjiao sold his territory. In the current situation, Bai Gui is indeed very dangerous, and the imperial court may ask him for punishment at any time.

Therefore, Huang Zonghan must not only guard against Bai Gui, but also control him.

After thinking about it carefully, Huang Zonghan, who had planned to burn Bai Gui's song, instead kept the copy of the song.

And immediately summoned several officials in charge of the siege, this time Huang Zonghan really planned to attack the city, because he decided that he must control the situation, then he must take Guangzhou as soon as possible, and then enter the city.

The day was already bright, and Bai Gui's mood had also improved.

"Jinglun, how are the injuries on your body?"

Bai Gui kindly asked about Zhu Jinglun's injuries.

Since Zhu Jinglun reached an agreement with Fuli, Zhu Jinglun's identity has become a secret agent placed by Bai Gui next to foreigners, and he is tied to Bai Gui, Bai Gui's tone towards Zhu Jinglun has changed, from Mr. Zhu at the beginning, to the little brother, and now he is called by his name.

But now Bai Gui's concern is not for the sake of concern, Zhu Jinglun is very clear.

replied: "Lord Xie cares, it won't get in the way, and it won't delay the big thing." ”

Bai Gui nodded: "That's good, you have to do it as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "Don't worry, it's today." I happened to go to the foreigner to change the dressing, so I said goodbye first. ”

The city gates have not yet been opened, and the common people have listened to the gunfire all night, but no one dares to open the door, there is not a single pedestrian on the street, and occasionally a group of hurried soldiers can be seen.

The general's palace was heavily guarded, soldiers and officers came in and out, their faces were tired, and foreigners also fought all night.

Zhu Jinglun's injury recovered very well, the basic first aid was done before the mechanical body hibernated, the injury looked serious, but there was no inflammation, and the body was in the best recovery state, so after the British bandaged, the injury was very good.

After seeing it, the allied military doctor said that it was amazing, and after changing the medicine to Zhu Jinglun again, he didn't have to worry about it.

Hurd woke up, he was so badly injured, he could still wake up, it seems that his God really blessed him, but the image is miserable, his left leg is completely crippled, this fairy is not good, at this time with a splint, walking on crutches, his appearance is even more unsightly, a face is still swollen like a pig's head, a three-inch-long scar completely destroyed the right half of his face, and only half an inch of his eye can not be saved.

Zhu Jinglun went to visit Hurd, Hurd just nodded, didn't say anything, his eyes looked out of the window from time to time, and he was still concerned about the battle situation outside, but judging from the expression in his eyes, the successive defeats hit him quite hard.

A military meeting was being held in the General's Palace, this time it was a formal meeting, the emergency meeting had been held last night, and after figuring out the situation during the day, the British and French began to discuss formal countermeasures, they knew that the batteries on the Pearl River were occupied, and now what they needed to do was to deal with the next full-scale attack of the Chinese Xiangyong.

The foreigners could never imagine that the army besieging the Chinese and the army attacking the fort were not at all the same people, so they took it for granted that the attack on the fort was only part of the Chinese's military plan, and it was consistent with the military actions surrounded by the east, west, and north.

In the face of the current situation, the officers discussed fiercely, and even half of them proposed an immediate breakthrough, believing that with their forces at this time, they were completely incapable of defending Guangzhou.