Only 200 people were left in Huangpu, and the careful Chen Xiaoshou led the guards to guard the camp, and Ma Dalei took 300 soldiers to protect Zhou Lang and went to the north of Guangzhou City.

Beichenglou is built on Yuexiu Mountain, the scientific name is Zhenhailou, you can't really see the sea from here, but you can see the city of Guangzhou, as well as the ocean outside the city, called Zhenhailou, probably an ancient name, the Han Dynasty may be a sea outside the city of Guangzhou.

Zhou Lang and his men took ten small boats, detoured northwest of Guangzhou, arrived at the North City Gate through Sanyuanli, and climbed from the city wall to Zhenhai Tower.

Along the main roads, there are soldiers guarding, more than thirty or fifty people, less than one or twenty people, climbing up to the city, Zhou Lang was already very tired, panting, and walked more than ten miles in one breath, of course tired. What he thought in his heart was that he had to defend so many places, no wonder Colin had insufficient troops.

Zhou Lang also saw that the soldiers who came along the way were all Chinese soldiers, and there was not a single British soldier or Indian soldier.

Obviously, the more combat-ready European armies, as well as the Indian soldiers, rushed to the front line as sharp knives.

Then these soldiers who defended the rear road should belong to the last batch of 3,000 troops recruited by Colin.

Before, he used European soldiers to train this unit, but he didn't directly command it, so who is the command of these 3,000 soldiers, Zhou Lang already has a clear answer in his heart, that is, Wang Fuqian who asked Xie Qinggao to find him.

He believed that Wang Fuqian was a smart man, and that Colin was dead, and he should know who to turn to.

He would definitely help Xie Qinggao convince those British officers on the front line.

Zhou Lang didn't know if he could convince these European officers to obey his command, but he only needed to hold them steady for a few days, and when he had squeezed out the money he wanted from Guangzhou, these people would not obey his command, so he would abandon these people and leave immediately with a few thousand Chinese soldiers.

Of course, it is better for these people to obey him, and taking these people to Taiwan is also a powerful new force, and then he will go to rescue Chen Zhouquan, this army that has been fighting in India for many years is a sharp knife.

The North Tower of the Town is a temporary command center set up by Colin before, and its location overlooks the whole city, which is the best place to observe.

However, the observer changed from Colin to Zhou Lang, he took a telescope and looked at the city of Guangzhou, there were no people in the streets, the bustling street market was empty, and where there were people, all were armies, either their own soldiers or Qing troops.

There were very few gunshots that could be heard, and there was an occasional sound of sparse noise, and even fewer battles could be seen, and there was no army charging forward, which showed that Xie Qinggao's actions had had had an effect.

This is in line with Zhou Lang's expected results, these officers who suddenly lost their commanders, when they heard Zhou Lang announce that they would take over the command, they may not choose to obey immediately, but their commanders died in battle, so that they stopped attacking, but it met their psychological needs, because in a short period of time, they will be confused. The kind of story in film and television dramas about avenging the commander is just pure spilling of dog blood, and the probability of happening to the regular army is very low, but it may happen in the bandit armed forces condensed with brotherhood.

There were already officers who kept returning, Zhou Lang only said hello to them, whether it was a British officer or an Indian officer, he could communicate, but he just let them rest, and didn't say anything, he would not talk to these people until everyone arrived.

An hour later, when Xie Qinggao and a Chinese who were very strange to Zhou Lang walked in, basically all the officers had arrived.

There were about thirty of them, most of them Europeans, and it is not clear whether they were British or not, perhaps mercenaries like Fischer. There are only three Indians.

Although Colin received reinforcements from India as many as 1,500 soldiers, all of whom were Indians, there were very few Indians among the officers, and most of the junior officers were of course selected from among the Indian high-caste soldiers, and the officers who could command more than 30 men were basically Europeans.

So it's not surprising that most of the people present were Europeans, and it was a bit surprising that there were three Indians.

Zhou Lang spoke directly in English, since the three Indians can climb to the status of middle-level officers, they should know English, otherwise it will be difficult to be promoted.

"You should all know who I am. Does anyone have any doubts? ”

After Zhou Lang asked, he glanced at everyone, and no one objected.

Zhou Lang continued: "You should also know your identity very well, I believe that when you came from India, the British East India Company had already made it clear to you that you were mercenaries who joined the Chinese East India Company. Does anyone have any questions? ”

There is still no one.

"You should also know that I created the Chinese East India Company. The China (East India) Company, like the British (East India) Company, was a joint-stock company and was managed by a board of directors. The British East India Company is now the largest shareholder of the China (East India Company), but my personal position is the head of China affairs. Now, because of Colin's death, I ask you to obey my orders from now on. Does anyone dispute this? ”

Zhou Langtu is poor.

These officers are really confused now, in fact, as officers serving in India, there are basically no too high positions, little experience, young age, they have indeed fought a few battles, but the city government is still very shallow, and Colin's death in battle does make them a little overwhelmed, and they don't know who to obey.

There was silence for a moment, and finally a young officer stepped forward.

"I beg your pardon, sir. You are a civilian officer, and I think there should be a career officer in command of the army. ”

Zhou Lang looked at the officer, who looked to be only in his twenties, and said:

"I don't agree with your suggestion. It would be inaccurate to define me as a purely civilian official, having fought in Taiwan and commanded soldiers. Moreover, my position does not affect my command of the army, and as for the question of commanding the army's operations, I will carefully refer to the opinions of the officers, that is, your opinions. ”

After speaking, without waiting for the young officer to refute, Zhou Lang immediately exercised his command:

"Now, I need the three highest-ranking officers on the field to step up and help me command the battle that follows. Who has the highest military rank under Lord Colin? ”

Zhou Lang's voice was very loud, he glanced at the audience, and after a while, someone finally stood up.

It doesn't matter who stands up, the important thing is that if they stand up, it is tantamount to acquiescing to Zhou Lang's command, and they chose to obey.

But the person who stood up, Zhou Lang, still knows:

"Fischer! Good, I know you! ”

Fischer is a Hessian mercenary captain, don't underestimate the rank of captain, it is actually very high in the British army in India, and when Wellington led the British army in the whole of India to launch the Fourth Mysore War, he was just a colonel. In the British army in India, there are actually very few officers at the rank of colonel, and almost no officers with the rank of general. Clevau was only a lieutenant colonel when he was the British Governor of Fort St. David, so the colonel officer was basically the rank of commander. Colin had only been a lieutenant colonel before, so his rank as a captain was very high.

Previously, Fischer was the highest-ranking officer under Colin, so he was sent to Xie Qinggao's ship to command the army alone.

Now Fischer stands up, I don't know if it's because he was very happy to work with Zhou Lang in Taiwan, after all, before he came to Guangzhou, he had been helping Zhou Lang train the army in Dagu Port, and Colin had no reasonable excuse to transfer him at that time, and the two worked together for a long time.

Zhou Lang was also more at ease with Fischer, because he knew that this person was a career officer who didn't have much other thoughts, and he had very few distractions about affairs other than the military, which was completely different from Colin.

But although he was very satisfied with Fischer, one Fischer was not enough to help Zhou Lang control all the armies, after all, Fischer was a Hessian, and it would be better to have two Englishmen to help Zhou Lang, so it would be easier to control.

So he said to Fischer: "Can you help me find two more officers with the highest ranks?" ”

Fischer nodded, gesturing at one of the officers, who looked like they were in their thirties.

The officer hesitated for a moment, then finally stood up, straightened his legs, and gave Zhou Lang a military salute to show his obedience.

Fischer pointed to another man, who also stood upright, and saluted in the same upright.

As for the young officer who stood up to question Zhou Lang, he was only a second lieutenant and his status was not enough.

Zhou Lang returned a military salute to the two, and he was going to show that he was a soldier now.

"Can I know your names?"

Zhou Lang asked.

"Of course sir!"

One of the ways.

"My name is Friedrich Deacon, Captain Hanover! I was in charge of commanding the hunters (sharpshooters). ”

And not British.

"Are you a mercenary?"

Zhou Lang asked.

Deacon denied: "No, sir. I owe allegiance to the Duke of Hanover. ”

Zhou Lang reacted at this time, in this era, the King of England is also the Duke of Hanover, and Hanover is also the territory of the King of England, not the territory won by the King of England on the mainland, but the King of England is Hanover in the past, it should be said that the Duke of Hanover inherited the British throne, and Zhou Lang is sometimes confused by the complex power inheritance system in Europe.

"What about you?"

Zhou Lang asked another person.

"John Bullard, Captain of Scotland. I was in charge of commanding the artillery. ”

is a Scottish, Zhou Lang is a little strange why he didn't wear a skirt, probably not serving in the Scottish army.

Zhou Lang did not pursue these, but immediately gave an order.

"Now I temporarily appoint Fischer as my adjutant. The front-line offensive forces will be divided into two brigades. It will be conducted by Deacon and Bullard, respectively. Now I ask all the officers to report to me where you are! ”

Soon according to the position of the front-line soldiers, Zhou Lang will attack the troops of the first line and let Deacon command, and the artillery, as well as the second line and reserve troops, will be put under the command of Brad.

The order given to them for the time being was that all troops would suspend the offensive and stand by for it. After that, Zhou Lang will follow the current order, let the first-line army tear it down, and the second-line troops will be responsible for breaking the rear. Gradually withdraw the troops until they are all withdrawn.