"So rude! Come on, throw this madman into the river for Lao Tzu. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Seeing the arrogant appearance of this Ali Kingdom, Lu Shunde was furious.

Immediately, four sturdy men flashed out, grabbed Ali Guo, and as soon as he lifted it, he turned his limbs to the sky.

Ali Guo's face turned pale, and he shouted repeatedly: "What are you doing, let me down!" Put me down...... You barbarians, bastards, I won't spare you...... Ahh

The two British soldiers on the rowboat hurriedly jumped into the Huangpu River, rescued Ali Guo, who was splashing and choking in the water, into the rowing boat, and left in a panic.

The soldiers on the warship laughed and cheered.

Lu Shunde no longer paid attention to the affairs of the foreigners, and ordered the 10th Division to attack the Qing army and naval division in the upper reaches of the Huangpu River.

Seeing the attack of the sailors of the Holy Country, Bo Chengsheng, the chief soldier of Wolf Mountain Town, knew that the British battery had not been able to stop them, and panicked, and at this time, outside the French Concession on the river bank, there was already a sound of killing.

Bo Chengsheng panicked and looked at the two British warships next to him.

Unexpectedly, what made him vomit blood was that the British warships retreated directly to the upper reaches of the Huangpu River again.

It seems that these British are determined not to fight against the rebels. Bo Chengsheng wanted to rely on the British to fight against the rebels, and the idea of the Qing army's sailors to assist in the battle from behind was shattered.

In desperation, Bo Chengsheng had no choice but to order the twenty or so search ships to line up and meet them.

The three Western warships that were in the lead of the capture army were still more than three miles away, so they opened fire first.

Although this new type of American warship is still a smoothbore gun, there is a line of sight on the top of the gun breech, and the angle and elevation are quickly adjusted. Only one round of artillery fire covered the two Qing warships.

At this time, the warships of the Qing army had not yet entered the firing range.

Bo Chengsheng saw that dozens of warships of the rebels were pressed up again, how could this battle be fought? Not a firepower level at all.

Unable to think about it so much, Bo Chengsheng immediately ordered that the entire Qing army and naval division fled south and followed the British warships upstream of the Huangpu River.

Control of the entire Huangpu River was easily occupied by the captives.

Lu Shunde ordered Lu Sannan to lead a Western warship and more than 40 warships to continue to pursue the Qing naval division upstream, while he himself led two Western warships and several warships to occupy the wharf by the concession, preparing to land, and join forces with the Eighth Division on the shore to besiege the Qing army in the city.

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Gilhanga led a Qing army of less than 3,000 and hid in the French Concession. At this moment, in front of him was the French Minister Bourblon.

"Lord Governor, don't be afraid, the rebels don't dare to break into the French Concession." Seeing the panicked Gilhanga listening to the movement outside the concession, Burbulon couldn't help but sigh with relief.

However, it is difficult to be sure of the style of this holy country, which was still very weak in those days, and when it newly occupied Guangzhou, it sent troops to fight against the British Hong Kong Island fleet, and now it is much stronger, who knows what will be done!

Bourblon turned to a French captain and asked, "Mr. Captain, is there any news from General Hell?" ”

"There's no news yet. It is estimated that there are more rebel warships in this group of Qing countries, and it will take a long time for General Rawell to defeat the other party! ”

Bourblon was about to continue saying something, when suddenly two French soldiers ran in: "Oh no! Mr. Minister! The rebels had now entered the concession, and General Rawell had surrendered with two warships. ”

"What? Spicy Earl, this bastard, actually surrendered!? Bastard, it turned out that he was the one who shouted the most, and now he is the one who surrendered! Burbulon angrily scolded, "Get out of here and take me to the rebel leaders, with whom I will negotiate!" ”

When Bourblon left the French Consulate and had not yet reached the border of the concession, he heard the sound of artillery on the edge of the concession not far away. Immediately afterwards, dozens of French soldiers fled in the direction of the consulate.

The army of the captives had already broken through the French garrison of the frontier of the concession.

The so-called defensive line is actually a low wall, which was originally built by the French naval commander Rawell to prevent the rebels in Shanghai City from entering the French Concession.

I have to say that the French army is worthy of being the most powerful country in the world, with more than 100 French troops guarding the low wall on the border of the concession, hiding behind the low wall, and constantly shooting at the begging army.

The Eighth Division, under the leadership of Chen Tianshi, launched a fierce charge, but was blocked by muskets that were not dense, but extremely accurate, and the more than 300 people who rushed into the low wall, in a few breaths, there were 40 or 50 casualties, and the remaining 200 soldiers were beaten so that they did not dare to raise their heads, crawling on the ground to avoid foreign guns.

Chen Tianshi was furious, but fortunately he had been prepared. More than a dozen artillery pieces captured from the Qing army camp have been pulled over by hundreds of people. Chen Tianshi ordered people to set up artillery, and aimed at the city wall was a bombardment.

The low wall was not very strong, and after two rounds of shelling, it was already a mess, staggered from side to side, and there were gaps everywhere. The French soldiers behind the low wall were also killed and wounded, and more than 20 people were injured.

The low wall was knocked down, and the French soldiers, who numbered less than 100 people, still tried to resist stubbornly. However, after hundreds or thousands of soldiers of the begging army swarmed in with knives and guns, a major of the French army saw that the situation was not good, and did not throw away the two foreign guns, so he ran to the center of the concession.

The French soldiers also fled and ran back to the consulate to report.

The Qing soldiers, who were originally hiding behind the French army, were stunned, and hurriedly fled and ran in the direction of the consulate.

Chen Tianshi hated these foreigners to death: he lost dozens of his brothers, and let them run away like this? He led the soldiers to chase after him, and at the same time kept shooting, killing more than ten French soldiers.

When I looked up, I saw that I had entered the center of the French Concession.

Burbulon came to greet him.

Seeing a large group of soldiers rushing towards him, he hurriedly raised his hands and shouted: "Soldiers, I am the French minister Bourblon, take me to your leader." ”

Seeing that Burbulon was brought to him, Chen Tianshi hurriedly sent people to Lu Shunde, the commander of the 10th Division of the Naval Division who had just landed.

"Mr. Minister, I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you remember Lu? Lu Shunde looked at Burbul Bullon, who was pushed by the two soldiers of the capture army, and said with a slight smile.

"You are? General Lu? "When Bourblon went to Guangzhou to meet Feng Yunshan last year, he saw Lu Shunde twice, and he still had some impressions.

He hurriedly shouted: "General Lu, on behalf of France, I make a solemn protest to you!" Your army is naked aggression! Please stop the aggression, stop killing our compatriots, and sit down and negotiate. ”

Lu Shunde smiled, these foreigners are all this set of rhetoric!

"Mr. Minister, I solemnly remind you that your country killed countless people of our holy country in Shanghi City a few days ago, and today you have shot dozens of soldiers of our captive army. Not only that, but also allowed the Qing demon soldiers and officials to enter the concession to hide. In view of these circumstances, we have declared war on our Holy Kingdom as a joint alliance between your country and the Qing Demon, and therefore, on behalf of the Holy Kingdom, I formally inform you that your country is already an enemy of my Holy Kingdom! After saying that, Lu Shunde ordered the soldiers to take Burbulon as a prisoner and tie him up.

"General Lu, you can't do this? I am the Minister of France, and I ask to see the Holy King! I protest, I ask to see the Holy King! Bourblon shouted.

"Mr. Minister, when I occupy the whole of Shanghi, I will send someone to send you and the others to Guangzhou to meet the Holy King!" However, before that, please declare the unconditional surrender of all your French troops in Shanghi! Lu Shunde was unmoved, and calmly stared at Burbulondao.

Bourblon cocked his head, ashamed.

More than a year ago, he was still a powerful minister with a high enough sense of superiority, looking down on this group of rebels, and even their leader, --- the Holy King of Guangzhou. But unexpectedly, just over a year later, he became the other party's prisoner. The other side dared to go to war with France, and I don't know where they got the courage!

Could it be!? Burblon was shocked!

Could it be that this group of rebels was so well-informed that they knew in advance that just twenty days earlier, Britain and France had both declared war on the Russian Empire. The great war between the Ottoman Turks, the French Empire, the British Empire and the Russian Empire in the Balkans has officially begun.

But the news that Britain and France declared war on Russia one after another 20 days ago should not have reached Shanghi so quickly. You must know that Bourblon also received a notice from the French Foreign Secretary that Britain and France were preparing to declare war on Russia at the end of March of the Gregorian calendar. But it stands to reason that when the news reaches the Far East, it will be at least two months later.

That's impossible! These rebels don't know this!

But if they really don't know this news, why do they dare to declare war on the mighty France? Isn't it afraid that France will send a powerful army to the Far East and wage war against it, just as Britain defeated the Qing more than a decade ago?

Bourblon is confused!

However, he knew that according to the current situation, at least a year, the main forces of France would be transferred to Europe to participate in the Crimean campaign, and he wanted to vent his evil anger and ask the country to send troops to the Far East to teach these rebels a lesson, but I am afraid that it will be really difficult.

It seems that you should cooperate with yourself, so as not to suffer!

So, in desperation, Bourblon actually agreed: "Okay, General Lu, this minister can order the French soldiers in the concession to give up resistance." However, you must promise not to harm our soldiers! ”

"Mr. Minister, I just said that. There must be an unconditional surrender! Lu Shunde laughed, a little proud. Yes, the Qing demon has always been afraid of foreigners like tigers, making foreigners feel that they are always superior, but now, they finally have a bad breath.

Bourblon hung his head and said: "France is willing to surrender unconditionally, and I implore General Lu for the sake of old friends and not to hurt the soldiers." ”