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Inside the yamen of the governor of Guangdong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Feng Yunshan looked at the ancient version of "Zhou Comian" in front of him, wiped the table and swept the floor in the yamen, and couldn't help but sigh.

Think about your previous life, you have a sling, and the idol of your youth is that Zhou Comian. Unfortunately, when he became an adult, the idol also grew old and married a merchant woman. I can only sigh with empty thoughts.

Unexpectedly, when I crossed here, there was an ancient version of "Zhou Comin" as a maid, this is sour, but unfortunately no one can understand, who is cool to talk to?

Just when Feng Yunshan was full of thoughts, Zuo Zongtang pushed the door and came in!

"Holy King, what do you want to be so devastated?" When Zuo Zongtang saw him coming in, Feng Yunshan didn't react, and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"What is Ji Gao looking for this king?" Feng Yunshan couldn't tell him that he was thinking of spring.

"Holy King, the news from Lu Shunde's side just now. Chen Kaiyi's army fought with the foreigners again, and both sides suffered serious losses. However, Wu Chongyao and Liu Shengbang have rushed to Hong Kong Island to persuade peace, and now the two sides have ceased fighting. ”

"Hmm, are the Shunde brothers' subordinates losing much? Didn't there be a truce a while ago, why did you suddenly turn fire again? Feng Yunshan asked curiously.

"This time, almost all of Chen Kaiyi's army was dispatched, and Lu Shunde and his subordinates also participated, but he didn't suffer much losses." After Zuo Zongtang answered, he further explained: "It was Lin Xunlong's idea. Lin Huanlong had relatives who worked as handymen on the foreigner's dock, and he knew the general whereabouts of the foreigner's patrol warship, so he revealed it. Lin Huanlong went to Chen Kai and said that he avoided the warship and went directly to the island to attack the foreigner's nest. Chen Kai was convinced. ”

Zuo Zongtang continued: "Chen Kai and the others know that relying on the small fishing boats and wooden rafts that the rebels snatched alone cannot defeat the warships of the foreigners. It was no longer a frontal attack, but changed to night, taking advantage of the calm night to sneak around the patrol area of the foreigners. ”

"When the foreigners find out early the next morning, it's too late to intercept!" Zuo Zongtang smiled gloatingly, it seemed that he didn't have a good impression of foreigners.

"The foreigners organized more than 800 foreign spearmen on Hong Kong Island to intercept them in time, but Chen Kai and them were all small fishing boats that could be docked anywhere. The foreigners only divided their heads to intercept them, and their troops were scattered, and a part of the rebel army took advantage of the chaos to enter the island. ”

"The rebels attacked the governor's palace of the foreigners on the island several times, but they were all repulsed and suffered heavy casualties. However, although the rebels failed to capture the governor's palace, under the leadership of some island people, they occupied two warehouses of foreigners on the island, found a batch of firearms and opium, and divided them all. Zuo Zongtang said with some regret.

Later, one of the leaders of the foreigners, called Major General, commanded the warships and the hundreds of foreign spearmen to unite and line up along the coast and open fire. The rebels couldn't resist it, and seeing that there was not much property on the island, they fled by boat, and some of the rebels who could not escape on the island were killed, and the remaining part were imprisoned. ”

"Hey, in this case, the rebels have suffered a lot of casualties this time!" Feng Yunshan was a little hurt, after all, those were also Han compatriots.

"yes. The rebels are estimated to have lost nearly 10,000. According to Lu Shunde's information, there were nearly 3,000 rebels who did not have time to withdraw on the island alone, nearly 1,000 were killed by foreigners, and the remaining 2,000 were captured and imprisoned. Zuo Zongtang sighed, obviously sympathizing with the rebels.

However, although the foreigners won, they also converted a lot of manpower. Lu Shunde alone knew that nearly 100 people were killed. Two rowboats were also burned, and the only four warships that remain, with the exception of the cruiser flagship and another wooden sail clipper with a slightly larger displacement, were also damaged and flooded and towed back to the dock by the flagship to await repairs. ”

"Great! The foreigners' warships were damaged, and now there are only two capital warships left on Hong Kong Island. Even if warships from other places arrived, it would be at least a month or two later. Feng Yunshan said with a smile, what he was worried about was that the foreigners relied on their own force to directly use warships to drive into the inland river to interfere in Guangzhou.

Now that there are not enough foreigner warships, the confidence will naturally not be so sufficient. It's time to negotiate with them.

However, Feng Yunshan immediately thought that experiencing the "madness" of the rebels this time also alerted the foreigners. It is estimated that in the future, there will be more warships and troops deployed in the area of Hong Kong Island, and at that time, the pressure on the Taiping Holy Army will be even greater.

But that's all for later. Moreover, Feng Yunshan thought that in July next year, Tsarist Russia would start to act, and by October it would invade the Ottoman Empire, and after the two sides went to war, it would trigger Britain and France to declare war on Tsarist Russia at the beginning of the following year. The Crimean War, which would last for more than three years, would involve a large number of British, French and Russian troops.

It's the end of the year, and it's only about ten months.

The foreigners first sent this news to Suez by sailboat, then to Alexandria by land, and finally to London by sailboat, which would take two months at the earliest, not to mention that the warships would have to make a detour from the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, which would take up to four months. Even if warships are sent from the Indian Ocean to support, I am afraid that they will have to be called back as soon as they arrive.

The strength of the foreigners in the Far East was mainly British and French. If they don't send troops, it's a great opportunity for me to develop.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan was immediately full of confidence.

"Wu Chongyao went to Hong Kong Island to persuade the rebels and foreigners? They actually promised a truce? Feng Yunshan was startled at first. If you think about it carefully, too, both sides cannot afford to lose so much that they can only cease fighting. Even if it's faceless.

Although the rebels were numerous, they lacked unified command, and the military quality of their weapons and soldiers was poor, so they would definitely not be able to defeat the foreigners.

On the foreigners' side, there are not many troops stationed in the Far East, and the soldiers are precious. The loss of even one or two hundred people is unbearable.

It's just that this issue of face and compensation is difficult to handle. In particular, the foreigners have suffered such a big loss for no reason, it is simply a flying disaster, even if there is a temporary truce, they will definitely not give up in the future, and they will definitely get it back.

Feng Yunshan was still thinking about it, and Zuo Zongtang continued: "Wu Chongyao has already sent back the news, saying that the foreigners and Chen Kai have agreed to come to Guangzhou to attend the opening ceremony of Nanyang Company, and how to deal with the negotiations will be conducted by the way. ”

"Wu Chongyao, when will they return to Guangzhou?" Feng Yunshan asked.

"They are rushing back from Xiangmen, and they should be able to arrive in Guangzhou tomorrow night."

"Then the founding ceremony of Nanyang Company will be set at noon the day after tomorrow." Feng Yunshan clapped his hands and asked Zuo Zongtang to pay attention to preparing for the celebration.

Hexin, Tan Tiyuan, and Li Jianwei had already taken a Portuguese armed merchant ship from Xiangmen to Europe, and Feng Yunshan also reminded them to get off the ship from Suez, go to the Mediterranean Sea by land, and then go to London and Prussia and other places, so that they could hurry up.

Feng Yunshan went to Haba'ande's clinic again and invited him to attend the founding ceremony of Nanyang Company.

Unexpectedly, the clinic, which originally only had one foreigner, Habaander, had two more American foreigners. One was John Ja, an American Presbyterian, and the other, Bo Jia, was a church doctor who later became the U.S. chargé d'affaires in China.

It turned out that a few years ago, the American Congregational Church opened an "ophthalmology bureau" in Guangzhou, and this uncle was the person in charge of the "ophthalmology bureau", but recently he has been increasing in government affairs, so he invited John to come and help him deal with the daily affairs of the "ophthalmology bureau".

Feng Yunshan vaguely remembered that John Jia was relatively famous in the history of Chinese missionaries, and it seemed that he had always been good to the Chinese. He made up his mind to have a good relationship with John Garda.

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