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In the cabin of a large red single ship of about 700 tons, several people dressed as Manchu military attaches sat in separate seats. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The person headed by info is Wu Yuanyou, the commander of the Guangdong Navy Division, and there is a person sitting next to him, but it is Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong, who fled to Hong Kong Island and disappeared for a period of time.

It turned out that Bai Gui led more than 1,000 Qing troops that day, with Bao Ling and several other foreigners, escaped from Guangzhou City, and was pursued by the Taiping Holy Army halfway, losing most of the manpower, but fortunately, the British warships arranged by Bao Ling arrived in time to rescue them and bring them to Hong Kong Island.

Later, he was attacked by Chen Kai's righteous army and rushed to Hong Kong Island, Bai Gui was terrified, for fear of being captured by the righteous army and disemboweled. He hurriedly approached the deputy governor, Major General Chawei, and asked Chawei to send troops to help him recover Guangzhou.

At first fear, he was ruthless, of course, it was impossible to agree.

Bai Gui knew that the loss of Guangzhou and the loss of land were enough to allow him to be exterminated by Xianfeng, so he regarded the British army as the last straw. Thinking that the left and right were dead, he let it go.

Therefore, in the name of the Manchu governor of Guangdong, he took the initiative to "lease" the Kowloon Peninsula next to Hong Kong Island and the entire thirteen counties of the three prefectures of Qiongdao to the British indefinitely, and also promised that after the city of Guangzhou was broken, all the seizures would be handled by the British army itself.

I was shocked when I heard this, and then I was overjoyed! He also proposed that it was okay to send troops, but Bai Gui still had to bear the military expenses of 500,000 taels of silver. Bai Gui was already in debt at this time, so he agreed to come down.

The two sides immediately hit it off, signed a "Sino-British Hong Kong Island Agreement", and asked Bai Gui to sign and seal the governor's seal!

The day before yesterday, Wu Yuanyou, the commander of the Guangdong Naval Division, was defeated by Chen Yucheng and Liang Peiyou, and led 3,000 Manchu Qingshui Divisions to flee to the vicinity of Hong Kong Island.

Bai Gui took the opportunity to appease these 3,000 men and horses, and Wu Yuanyou was also afraid of being questioned by the Manchu court, so the two brothers and sisters got together.

Yesterday, Major General Chawei suddenly found Bai Gui and asked him to set off with his whole army and prepare to attack the city of Guangzhou.

Bai Gui was overjoyed, and after asking, he learned that the British army had returned to Hong Kong Island from SH and Xiamen with 1 sixth-class warship and 2 armed steam merchant ships.

In addition, a fifth-class warship on which the US Plenipotentiary Commissioner for Affairs in the Qing Dynasty was on Masali also came to Hong Kong Island, and Rear Admiral Cha was afraid that he borrowed a warship from him, and although Mashali wanted to have good relations with the Taiping Holy Kingdom, he did not dare to offend the British, so he only asked the British to pilot the warship themselves and plant the British military flag on the warship, so he agreed.

The British army also made temporary repairs to two fast warships that had been damaged, and they were also incorporated into the fleet to go on the expedition.

In this way, Rear Admiral Chawei had six main warships, plus two armed steam merchant ships and two troop transports carrying 1,200 British marines and six rowboats. In this mission, except for the 300 British troops who remained on Hong Kong Island, all the remaining British military forces in the Far East were dispatched.

Baigui is full of confidence! He had seen the power of foreigners' firearms. Not to mention the foreigners' muskets, the shotguns of the Qing army are completely one in the sky and one underground, and the foreigners' artillery is even more powerful, and no matter how strong the walls of Guangzhou City are, they can't block the shelling of so many warships.

He was usually frightened when he saw the foreigners' guns and cannons, but fortunately, this time, the foreigners were in the same group as himself.

"Newspaper, Lord Taiwan, foreigners have come to pass the message....Spread the news!" Bai Gui's personal soldier report. He almost said it was a herald, but fortunately, he temporarily changed his words to a message, so he didn't anger Bai Gui.

"Your Excellency, we have told the Major General to cooperate with the British sergeant's attack. The governor himself led 300 personal soldiers and 1,000 mercenaries, and after landing, he made a detour to attack the rear of the battery. A foreigner with a high nose seemed to be polite, but in fact said in a commanding tone: "And the Admiral, on the other hand, led his men to drive the warships and attack the forts, and the rear admiral personally led the British fleet to attack behind." ”

When Wu Yuanyou heard this, he was a little angry, knowing that this was the foreigner's own test gun. He looked at Bai Gui beside him to see what he said.

Bai Gui's face also sank, but soon returned to normal, and said: "Your Excellency, please go back and report to Major General Chawei, my Daqing will cooperate with his arrangements, and please capture Guangzhou City as soon as possible." ”

As soon as the foreigner left, Wu Yuanyou immediately shouted: "Lord Zhengtai, why do you have to agree to come down?" This foreigner is for you and me to act as a striker and attract them to the firepower of the long hair! ”

Bai Gui didn't raise his head, and said in a deep voice: "So far, apart from asking for help from foreigners, what other way can we do?" You can only rely on foreigners. can only follow his arrangement and fight to the death. ”

Half an hour later, Bai Gui led 300 personal soldiers and more than 1,000 Chinese mercenaries hired on Hong Kong Island and disembarked. The foreign troop carriers also docked, and 1,200 British troops came down.

Wu Yuanyou, the commander of the naval division, led more than 80 red single boats to rush to the Humen Fort to cover the river with firepower.

Bai Gui stood on a small hill, in the direction of the fort not far away, four miles away, and shouted: "Sons and daughters of the Qing Dynasty, we have no way out!" If we do not occupy the forts in front, we and the foreigners' fleets will not be able to enter the mouth of the Pearl River, and we will not be able to capture Guangzhou. If we can't capture Guangzhou, our family members will be exiled by the imperial court! So, follow me. ”

The soldiers howled and marched forward.

The more than 1,000 mercenaries temporarily recruited on Hong Kong Island, most of them were criminals from the GD area, who wandered to Hong Kong Island and lived in hardship.

Immediately afterwards, British Navy Commander Charles, as the commander of the British army that landed, led 1,200 British marines to make a detour inland, wanting to attack the Humen Fort in a roundabout way.

As soon as the warship arrived in Xiamen, the nearly 600 British soldiers on board were ordered by Rear Admiral Chawei to transfer 400 men to join the marines in addition to the 200 soldiers that must be deployed on the warship, so that the scale of 1,200 people was made.

Major Charles was a veteran sailor stationed in the Far East, having fought in the war with the Manchus ten years earlier, and although he was still only a lowest-level soldier at that time, he also had some knowledge of the Manchu artillery battery arrangement.

While the fleet in front was attracting the fire of the rebel artillery, he made a detour to the rear of the battery and attacked the battery, which was his idea, which was praised by Rear Admiral Chad.

The two largest Humen forts are the Shajiao Fort and the Nansha Dajiaoshan Fort that chokes the mouth of the Pearl River, especially the Shajiao Fort, after the Opium War, the Manchu Qing Dynasty set up more than 60 artillery pieces, and built a fort on the high ground on the river bank to defend the river.

After Chen Yucheng received Feng Yunshan's notice that the British army might attack, he transported the artillery of Baoa County and the small forts along the upstream to the Shawei Fort, and the forts could not be opened, so he set up wooden frames to support the artillery in the woods on the bank of the river, so that the Shajiao Fort alone had 130 guns.

But the time is too short, since the establishment of Nanyang Company, Feng Yunshan sent someone to remind the beginning, it has only been more than two days now. Fortunately, Chen Yucheng immediately arranged it after receiving the notice, and there were many newly recruited soldiers of the Holy Army, and the dense river network in this area was convenient for artillery transportation, so he could arrange it for a while.

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