A thousand men, divided into two columns, stretched outward from the city gate. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the distance, the procession continued to move slowly, and four columns advanced in marching formation, led by the group of Indian soldiers.

Just now, I could barely see the whole team on the city wall, but now that everyone has walked down the city wall, only these few Indian soldiers can be seen.

To be honest, John, the highest officer guarding Xin'an, did not suspect it, although there were many suspicions, and even he felt strange, but he still did not suspect this army at all, and the other party marched in a neat queue, he naturally thought it was the British army, and if anyone told him that it was a Chinese army, he would not believe it.

As for the suspicions, the first army advanced, there was no military band, and the second general even marched on foot, which was very unreasonable, and he didn't know why, but at this time he sulked and asked him to ask the arrogant adjutant, he couldn't kill him.

John used to envy these nobles, but now he was tired of these people's ways, and only hoped that they would enter the city quickly, and no one would pay attention to anyone in the future.

In addition, there are some procedural questions, according to the arrogant adjutant just now, they have just been transferred from India, and they were rushed to support here as soon as they arrived in Hong Kong, but why did they come by land, it seems that the guide took the wrong way, but this city was originally a Chinese fortress along the river, and it can be seen on the river, how can it lead the wrong way. Maybe they didn't take a boat at all, but landed from the other direction and came by land, although it is far-fetched, but in connection with the fact that most of the warships in Hong Kong went to attack the manhole, John felt that it could also explain the past.

The only thing that needs to be confirmed is the procedural issue, until now, the other party has not shown any documents to him, the arrogant adjutant said that they are here to assist Xin'an, but he did not receive a notice at all, they just came directly, and did not show the order to change the guard or take the guard, so who is in charge of Xin'an after that?

John felt that the issue had to be communicated, and that no matter how annoying the lieutenant was, he was going to speak.

"Sir, please show me the order for military action!"

If it was a Qing army, no one would ask such a question, which seemed to not trust the commander, and if he couldn't get it, he would wear small shoes, but Westerners attach great importance to procedures, and the person who asked will not be misunderstood, and the person asked will not be angry.

White snorted: "Of course there is an order, we are ordered to come here to take over the defense, and after the completion of the defense, you and your men will be under the command of our general." ”

"Galava, go get the military order!"

It's just that White has a ghost military order somewhere, so he said loudly to Galava behind him, this is the best emergency response method, of course, at this time, one is the lightest level, and it is used when the enemy is suspicious.

Galava saluted, then ran eastward, meeting the approaching army.

John frowned, what kind of thing is this, he came over without a military order. But he still did not doubt that he could not imagine that the Chinese could also recruit Indian mercenaries, of course, mainly because he still thought that behind those Indian soldiers who were advancing in unison, wearing British uniforms, it was actually a group of Chinese soldiers, not the British army he thought.

When Galava hurriedly joined the army, the queue was already less than a mile away from Xin'an, of course, with the naked eye, it was still impossible to see the face clearly, and if you could use a telescope, there would be no problem. It's just that it was too rude, and the officers of the Xin'an garrison have been standing in line to welcome them, without any inappropriate behavior.

But Zhu Jinglun did not dare to be careless, and after listening to Galava's report, he decided to act immediately.

"All run forward!"

The British were not fools, and Captain John soon felt that something was wrong, because from his position, he could also see the situation of the marching army from the side.

There is no problem with the Indian soldiers in front, but the British troops in the back are a little weird, and the head is too short! It was not real from a distance, and there was no comparison, but when the distance was close to three hundred meters, he could accurately judge that this was a different group of British troops.

He thought about it in his mind, but he hadn't found or heard that the British army had formed a dwarf army? Although there are also short men in the West, Napoleon is not tall and can carry explosive bags, and there are short soldiers in the British army, but I have never heard of an army that is completely composed of short people.

Two hundred meters later, John felt that he could already see each other's faces clearly, one by two, each of which was an Englishman's face, which made him stunned for a moment, and his mind was clouded instantly.

Then he reacted and asked White, "Which corps are you?" ”

White exhaled: "We are the Chinese Corps!" ”

He knew that the other party had found out, and when he said the answer, he quickly put his finger in his mouth and whistled.

John's pistol had been drawn.

White was a little nervous, but still persuaded: "Surrender, you are defeated!" ”

John snorted coldly: "You are treason!" ”

When Zhu Jinglun heard the whistle, he had already ordered the formation to begin to unfold, and when he came less than 200 meters away, the formation quickly expanded, and the four columns quickly expanded into four horizontal formations, and the rifles also stretched out to make an aiming shape.

When Zhu Jinglun walked out of the queue, he saw that the other party had already controlled White, the officers kept shouting, and the Chinese coolies rushed to the city gate in a panic.

"Galava go negotiate with the other side and get them to surrender."

Galava immediately walked out of the queue.

"It's all there. Stay in formation and move forward! ”

The four rows of horizontal teams held rifles, pressed forward step by step, the drums under their feet were quite neat, and there was no practice in vain during this time, and this kind of neat and uniform situation of constantly approaching the other side would exert tremendous psychological pressure on the enemy.

Galava had already run to the city gate, and the soldiers on the other side were huddled together, not even half of them had run into the city, and dozens of British officers, including John, were outside the city.

"We are the Canton Musket Battalion, and we order your army to surrender immediately, otherwise we will deal a complete and resolute blow to you."

Garava shouted in English across the moat to John and the others, who had just crossed the river with White.

Although Walter was held hostage by the other party, he was still persuading him to surrender: "Surrender, if the other party shoots, all of us will not be able to withstand a round of blows." This is senseless resistance and simply meaningless. ”

Captain John was a little angry, and said angrily: "The musket battalion in Canton, I should have thought of it a long time ago, I should have thought of it a long time ago. ”

The last time he attacked the East Fort, he was defeated by an army armed with Western rifles in Guangzhou, and a military report had already been made, which had long reminded officers at all levels to pay attention to a Qing army using Western rifled rifles. I didn't expect that what appeared in front of me was this army. Thinking of the recent encounter, John has reason to believe that it is this army that has been raiding them, and this army is not in the manhole at all, and they have come to Xin'an!

Anger was anger, but seeing the coolies armed only with cold weapons, and the dozen officers blocked outside the city gates, and more than thirty artillerymen, John knew that he had indeed been defeated.

With a fierce exhale, he dropped his pistol on the ground, ignoring the coolies still squeezing into the city.

He shouted to several other officers: "Surrender, there is no need to resist." ”

Zhu Jinglun was about to give the order to shoot, because there were fewer and fewer people outside the city, and it would be troublesome if they were allowed to flee back to the city and organize a resistance. He was giving the order to shoot Galava and White to death, or waiting for the other party's tail to rush into the city gate, and when he hesitated between the two options, he saw the other party drop his weapon, and he was relieved.

"Black Dog, go and get their guns. Let the coolies surrender on the spot! ”

The black dog happily led his men onto the drawbridge.

John did not resist, and allowed the other party to search his whole body, including a dagger on his body. Then he cooperated with the coolies to give them the order to surrender, and soon the coolies were honest and shrank in the corner to open the city gate.

The black dog was the first to lead the troops into the city, and saw that most of the people threw their weapons on the ground, and even some of them were thrown just now, spears and single knives were scattered all over the place, but there were still those who were still holding weapons, with a stunned expression and no idea what was going on.

When Zhu Jinglun entered the city with a large army, everything was settled, weapons were put on one side, people were standing on the other side, and many people were kneeling on the ground.

The black dog looked excited and flattered and bowed down to wait at the entrance of the city gate, greeting Zhu Jinglun with a smile.

He was extremely happy that he had taken down the city without firing a single shot.

Westerners cherish the victory achieved through bloodshed and sacrifice and consider it glorious. The Chinese prefer to listen to the victories that are effortlessly obtained by intelligence alone, such as outwitting the birth gang and burning the rattan armor soldiers. It was a culture dominated by the literati, exaggerating the role of intellect and despising the glory of bravery. Under the dominance of this culture, the concept of three religions and nine streams has changed.

It's just that Zhu Jinglun still has some regrets, all the military operations he has planned these days are to inspire a sense of national honor, if he can win through a bloody battle, it may be better, just like the victory in the East Fort, Zhu Jinglun felt very uplifted.

However, military operations, the most important thing is the result, in short, it is now a victory, although this city is deceitful, maybe in the future will be said to be dishonorable by foreigners, but there is nothing to find fault with, in terms of pure Chinese military science, without a fight and surrender to the soldiers, this is the most successful military operation, with the military point of view of Westerners, with the minimum price, to achieve the greatest victory, is still a classic example.

But there was no time to sigh, and there was no time to enjoy the joy of victory, seeing Chen Ada's anxious look, Zhu Jinglun knew that he had to hurry up to rescue the manhole.