Chapter 193: To ransom the prisoners of war, bring the silver

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Bai Gui looked desperate, he knew that he couldn't live in the hands of Long Mao, and he didn't beg for mercy, he didn't say a word, like a walking corpse.

Feng Yunshan didn't want to recruit this person.

Feng Yunshan remembered that during the Second Opium War in history, Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang, was captured by the British and would rather die than give in, but this Baigui and the general of Guangzhou at that time led thousands of Eight Banner soldiers and tens of thousands of green battalion soldiers in the city to surrender. And under the supervision of the British army, a provisional local government was organized to assist the British in administering the city of Guangzhou.

This is a complete traitor! But he is not a traitor, Bai Gui is a Mongolian Zhenghuangqi person, and he should be regarded as a traitor.

Therefore, Feng Yunshan just asked coldly: "Bai Gui, you can't think of today, right?" ā€

Bai Gui's heart was like ashes, and he ignored Feng Yunshan.

Feng Yunshan also felt bored, so he ordered the holy soldiers to detain Bai Gui in solitary care and guard him well to prevent him from committing suicide.

He also wanted to bring Bai Gui back to Guangzhou for a public trial, in exchange for the hearts of the people, and to attack the image and status of the Manchu Qing Dynasty among the people of Guangzhou!

Among Bai Gui's personal soldiers, there were a few Han soldiers who wanted to surrender, but Feng Yunshan hated them for being tigers, and these people were usually pampered and had no value, so he waved his hand and ordered them all to be brought back to the original ship and re-imprisoned.

At this time, a Han soldier shouted: "My lord, I know a secret, the secret of Bai Gui and the British!" ā€

As soon as he said this, several Mongolian soldiers next to him stepped forward and wanted to strangle him, but their hands were tied behind their backs and they could only kick with their feet, but the holy soldiers next to him quickly reacted, and after slashing and killing four people on the spot, they were all honest.

After rescuing the Han soldier, he confessed that Bai Gui had signed a secret traitorous agreement with the British, and as he spoke, he found a copy of the "Sino-British Hong Kong Island Agreement" from the mezzanine of Bai Gui's shoes and handed it to the holy soldiers.

Feng Yunshan took the "Sino-British Hong Kong Island Agreement" handed to him, and at first glance, it was indeed an agreement signed by Bai Gui and British Major General Cha Wei in the names of the governor of Guangdong and the deputy governor of Hong Kong Island respectively: The Kowloon Peninsula next to Hong Kong Island and the entire three prefectures and 13 counties of Qiongdao were "leased" to Britain for an indefinite period of time, plus military expenditures and captured booty, in exchange for the British army's attack on the Holy Army.

Moreover, there is also Bai Gui's signature on this agreement, and it is stamped with the seal of the governor of Guangdong!

Feng Yunshan couldn't help but be furious! This Baigui is really a dog who can't change his appetite and is a natural traitor. No wonder the British army attacked themselves like a nervous attack!

Feng Yunshan instantly decided in his heart, let this Bai Gui parade the streets, and directly reward him for wearing a "big red robe". Such a person will not be relieved of his hatred if he is not put to death.

Looking at this Han soldier, he is still a little bloody, even if it is speculation, Feng Yunshan also accepts his surrender.

After dealing with the prisoners, it was already the middle of the night.

Feng Yunshan called Liu Shengbang again and instructed him to replenish the British prisoners who had been injected with the "Hero Pill" potion before handing over the prisoners tomorrow. Rest down, tired.

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The next day, on the surface of the Pearl River outside the Humen Fort, the British warship "Telia" was far out of range of the Shajiao Fort, and two medium-sized wooden sail merchant ships slowly sailed towards the river bay.

Feng Yunshan stood on the bow deck of the red single boat, looking at the dock docked at the simple wharf in the river bay, and the group of people got off the boat, all of them were foreigners, it was the British Minister Wen Han and the translator Midile, the consul Bao Ling, the major general and a group of British soldiers who followed.

"Your Highness, this minister has come by appointment. I wonder where are the soldiers of our country? Wen Han stepped forward to greet Feng Yunshan and asked directly. Of course, it was Midile on the side who translated it to Feng Yunshan. In fact, it doesn't matter, Feng Yunshan can still understand most of it, not to mention that there is Wu Chongyao behind him explaining.

"Mr. Minister, don't worry. As for the three conditions that your country promised, let's honor them first. Feng Yunshan was not alarmed, the person was in his hands, of course he was not in a hurry.

Wen Han had a gloomy face, and let Major General Cha Wei, who was following behind, step forward, and said unhappily in English: "Cha Wei, you'd better cooperate and sincerely apologize to them." Otherwise, if those soldiers can't redeem themselves, you and I won't be able to explain to London! ā€

The man behind him was so blue that he was almost dripping water. He never expected that the damned rebels would use the captured British army as a bargaining chip and make him apologize in person. It was a huge insult to his personality, but there was nothing he could do to change it!

Although his uncle was a member of the British House of Commons, he was very influential, so much so that even Wenhan, a noble-born governor and minister to China, was usually polite to him.

But this time it was different, he sent troops without permission, suffered a crushing defeat, and captured so many soldiers. This matter must not be covered up, and once the blame is made, even his uncle, who is a councillor, will be implicated.

Therefore, he could only obey Wen Han's arrangement, try his best to cover up as much as he could, and save the matter a little before London knew about it. As long as it is not completely annihilated, there is always room for redemption.

The soldiers who have been reduced will be recruited from India to make up for it. The wounded and killed soldiers, give more subsidies to seal their mouths, and then use some of his uncle's relationship with Wen Han, should be able to uncover the matter.

Thinking of this, Tie Qing's face began to pile up an ugly smile, and he walked towards Fengyun Mountain: "Your Royal Highness, I am Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy of the British Empire, and I hereby formally apologize to you for this misunderstanding!" ā€

Wu Chongyao just wanted to translate to Feng Yunshan, but Feng Yunshan suddenly grabbed the words and said to the holy soldiers who followed him in the authentic Cantonese vernacular: "Brothers, do you know what this foreign devil said? Got it? ā€

"I don't know."

"I don't understand, I don't know what the foreign devil is talking about?"

"What kind of bird language? ā€¦ā€¦ā€

Hearing what the brothers said, Feng Yunshan turned around and said to the translator, Midile: "Mr. Translator, please tell him that you want to apologize sincerely, so you can apologize loudly and formally in Cantonese!" ā€

Midile was embarrassed and told Feng Yunshan's request to Wen Han and Cha Wei. The three of them summed it up, and finally decided not to make much trouble, agreed to Feng Yunshan's request, and Mi Dile led it in the back, and apologized loudly in front of him: "I... Be... Sea... Army... Few... Will... Suddenly... Fear, I... Toward... You... We... Road... Deficient! Toward... Die... Difficult... Target... Expensive... Army... Will... Scholar... Road... Sorry, I... Wrong... Finish! ā€

Hearing this, Chen Yucheng behind Feng Yunshan was full of excitement, he exhaled fiercely, and muttered, "Brother Zhu Hong, have you seen it?" The foreign devils who provoked the incident and attacked us have come to apologize to the brothers! The head of the foreigner was also beheaded by the Holy King! ā€

Lin Fengxiang, who was next to him, saw Chen Yucheng's strange appearance and gently patted him on the shoulder to express comfort.

Feng Yunshan saw that the other party was so cooperative, and he didn't make it too difficult. He made a look, and Liu Shengbang next to him walked out, and patted him on Cha Wei's shoulder.

Although he was caught off guard, he suddenly felt a tingling pain in his shoulder, and with a loud scream, Liu Shengbang spread his hands and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, people who practice martial arts, their hands are a little heavy." It's just that I want to be friendly with my brothers! ā€

Midile translated Liu Shengbang's words, and Wen Han smiled: "It's okay. We understand! In his heart, he thought that he was afraid of weakness at first glance, and he was slapped and shouted out by this Chinese who was much thinner than him, and it was really a gentleman, which was a disgrace to the British Empire.

Cha Wei didn't understand what was going on, and now that his shoulders were completely normal, he didn't care so much.

Only Feng Yunshan understood that Liu Shengbang's moment just now, through the spikes hidden in his sleeves, had already injected the potion into Cha Wei's body.

Yes! For Cha Wei, the person who actually started the war and provoked the incident, Feng Yunshan did not want to let go.

He has his principles. Judging from the fact that he can be a major general of the navy, and Wen Han and Bao Ling are unwilling to hand over Cha Wei, this Cha Wei must have some background. But Feng Yunshan didn't want to think about this, he killed so many Holy Army brothers, Feng Yunshan wanted to let the culprit go to where he should go first!

The next thing was handed over to Wu Chongyao, and everything went smoothly.

According to the previous explanation, Wu Chongyao spoke: "Mr. Minister, our Holy Army has captured a total of 620 people in your army, of which Major Charles and 10 others have died due to their injuries. The remaining 609 people, according to the previous agreement, should have a total of 243,600 silver dollars. ā€

"Mr. Wu, why don't you let us meet the soldiers first?" Wen Han asked uneasily.

"No problem." Wu Chongyao told Feng Yunshan that after a while, more than 2,000 holy soldiers escorted more than 600 British prisoners, got off the boat, and stood in front of everyone.

When the captives saw Wen Han, they wept one after another: "Lord Governor, help us back!" "For a while, the scene was chaotic.

Liu Shengbang stood up, shouted, and then ordered dozens of holy soldiers to fire a few shots into the sky with shotguns in hand, and the British prisoners quieted down with a fearful face.

Wen Han's face was very ugly, and he understood that it was the rebels who were demonstrating against him, through the prisoners, to put pressure on him.

Wen Han hurriedly asked Bao Ling to come forward with a few British soldiers to check back, and learned that there were only 20 officers above warrant officer, 190 British native soldiers, and the rest were 399 Indian soldiers.

He said: "Mr. Wu, these Indian soldiers, we have limited financial resources, can we ......?" ā€

Wu Chongyao knew that the British man felt that the Indian soldier was not worth paying so many silver dollars, so he said: "You can get rid of the small amount of 3,600 yuan." ā€

Wen Han bit his lip, and said fiercely, "Then please release 410 soldiers from your army!" He gave up the remaining 199 Indian soldiers.

It seems that this has indeed pushed Wen Han to the extreme.

Soon, Wu Chongyao and Bao Ling handed over the two, took the 164,000 silver dollars transported by the British, and asked Bao Ling to take away 410 British soldiers.

Then, Wu Chongyao called a large number of holy soldiers and carried down a large number of artillery and some muskets from the two British cargo ships. In the last count, there are more than 50 guns of various calibers, all of which are smoothbore front-loading guns; Brown Bess breech flintlock pistol 2,000 and paper shell bullets 200,000. These weapons were converted to 500,000 silver dollars, and the British paid another 300,000 silver dollars as a loan to provide the Holy Army with the repair of the damaged batteries, for a total of 800,000 silver dollars.

Feng Yunshan didn't bother to care about whether it was reasonable for these weapons to be converted into 500,000 silver dollars, anyway, he didn't think about repaying this loan!

In fact, the British just wanted to save face, the so-called loan, there was no time limit for repayment, and there was no agreement on interest, but Feng Yunshan signed it, and both parties kept a copy. is so sloppy, it is estimated that the British also know that this is simply a war reparation, and there is no hope that the holy army will pay it back.

Feng Yunshan was very satisfied. Not to mention getting so many weapons, it was 460,000 silver dollars for nothing.

However, Feng Yunshan was a little worried that the British had suffered such a big loss this time, and in the future, when they ended the Crimean War, they would inevitably retaliate!

Feng Yunshan remembered that this was the case in history! As soon as the Crimean War ended, Britain and France launched a full-scale Second Opium War against the Manchus.

It seems that in order to speed up development, we must not repeat the mistakes of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. (To be continued.) )