After arriving in Ya'an, the 10th Division of the Forward Unit of the Zhenbian Army had reached the limit of physical strength because of continuous work, and the division commander Li Zuzhi, who was distressed about the soldiers, asked the army to rest and recuperate. The command agreed that the 10th Division would wait for the follow-up army and take a short rest, and the rear army would arrive in Ya'an three days later to discuss the plan to conquer the rebels besieging Kangding.

Feng Heng, the commander of the Eighth Division, suggested that the soldiers on the border of the town should march to Kangding City in three directions, from Luding County, Baoxing County and Shimian County, and at this time, many soldiers of the Kang Army fled to Ya'an, asking to assist the Zhenbian Army in eliminating the Zang Army to avenge their families.

At that time, the rebel Zang army was exhausted under the confrontation with the Kang army, and the warriors of the Kham tribe were brave and warlike, especially in the face of the Zangba people who had always looked down on them, and it would be a great shame to surrender them. Therefore, the will of the Kham and Han people in Kangding City to resist was very resolute, and the rebel Zang army was never able to completely capture Kangding City under the command of the British advisory group.

At this time, the 100,000 town border army gradually approached Kangding City, and the rebels had no choice but to withdraw, but where would the town border army let them escape so easily, you can come if you want, you can leave if you want, when we are here is the city gate?

In particular, Li Shirui's Ninth Division paid the greatest price in this western expedition, and sixty-seven soldiers died of illness or accident before the battle, and his anger did not subside, and he pursued the rebels all the way, starting from Kangding City to Yajiang, Litang, Batang, Mangkang, and until Zuogong, with his back to the Nu River, and finally chased the rebels with no way to escape.

The 3,000 rebel Zang troops surrendered on their knees on the Nu River, and more than 100 British advisers also sat helplessly by the river, but their eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

At first, the logistics of the rebels were completely supplied by the Zang Tusi in the Qamdo area, but the onset of winter made the logistics supply unsuitable, and the logistics troops could only transport weapons and ammunition, and as for food, clothing, and warm equipment, the Zang army could only feed the war with war.

It was precisely because the Zang army had to fight to support the war that forced the Kang army to turn its guns and fight with the Zang army, because of the continuous supply of arms from the Zang army and the British behind it, the Kang army was defeated repeatedly, and finally the two sides fought repeatedly in Kangding City. But because of the heavy snow some time ago, the Zang army could not supply arms, the town border army chased and fought all the way so that they had no respite, and the morale of the Zang soldiers was like an arrow and did not want to fight again, and the British did not even organize a resistance without support, which led to them being driven to the dead ground by the Nu River, becoming the only British captured by the Chinese - it was a shame, when was the British Empire captured by the Chinese.

Smith, the head of the British advisory group, immediately ordered everyone to throw their uniforms and weapons into the Nu River, and then sent an interpreter to explain to the Ninth Division that these British did not belong to the army, but a cultural research group, and they were all journalists, religious figures, students and scholars composed of the Xizang cultural research group, specially came here to study the culture and customs of the world's highest country, hoping that the Chinese would protect the personal safety of the research group.

Chief of Staff Shen Shanglian immediately retorted: "First of all, Xizang is not a country, please use the right words, it is just the Tusi place of the Republic of China. Secondly, any foreigner who enters China must go through the permission of the Chinese government, and you are illegal and cannot be protected by the Chinese government. ”

Li Shirui was much more irritable, and after seeing the shameless face of the British, he scolded: "Your grandmother, are you fucking blind when you are old?" I'm going to kill you! ”

The arrogant interpreter said disdainfully: "We are the subjects of the British Empire, you have no right to deal with it, please you must escort us back to the British Concession, I think the nearest British Concession is in Hankow, you need to be careful to protect our British people when they arrive in Hankow." ”

"I'm your grandma!" Li Shirui kicked the translator to the ground, if it weren't for the deputy division commander Su Lansheng and the chief of staff Shen Shanglian to stop him, the translator would have been hacked to death by Li Shirui's command knife, and he was still putting on the arrogance of the British Empire when he was dying, who are you.

The translator climbed back to the advisory team and reported his experience to Smith, Smith became anxious, and said to the members of the advisory group: "I suspect that this guy named Li Shirui will attack us, it is said that he is one of the four gods of war under Wang Yongan. So we can't be arrogant with him anymore, or we're really going to die here. ”

"Are we going to lose face with the British Empire? The glory of the British Empire cannot be desecrated, and we resolutely do not agree to bow to the Chinese. "Gordon, the deputy head of the advisory group, finally seized the opportunity to fall into the trap against Smith, he has been planning for a long time, as an officer from the Navy, Gordon has always looked down on Smith from the army, but unfortunately the head of the advisory group is Smith, he is only a deputy commander. However, Gordon is not a small person, the reason why the Zang army has been besieging Kangding City is because Gordon insists that the battle of Kangding City is at the last moment, and we only need to work hard to defeat it, so Kangding City has become a candle in the wind, and every time it is occupied by Zang's army, it will eventually be driven out of the city by the defenders, which has caused the consequences of being completely annihilated today.

Smith said angrily: "The glory of the British Empire is beyond the reach of the whip, and now I want to ensure the safety of my regiment." ”

"You look down on yourself too much." Gordon sneered, "How dare they harm the lives of one hundred and twenty-seven people of the British Empire, aren't they afraid of causing another battle for the Eight-Nation Alliance's entry into Beijing?" Hahahaha, I hope they hurt us so I can have a chance to play in the Forbidden City. Others supported Gordon, blaming Smith for the defeat.

Smith laughed and said, "First of all, you can live until that time." ”

At this time, Li Shirui, who was angry, said to his subordinate officers: "Brothers, do we accept their surrender?" ”

Deputy Division Commander Su Lansheng asked rhetorically: "The division seat means ......" He made a gesture to wipe his neck, and Chief of Staff Shen Shanglian smiled bitterly: "More than 3,000 people." ”

Li Shirui shook his head and said: "These Zang soldiers don't obey discipline, so it's more troublesome to become our prisoners, especially these more than 100 Brits, should we let them go or close them?" Let them go, they will instigate the rebellion of the Zang people next year, will we arrest them again at that time? What to do with Zang Jun, I guess Yun Shuai will let them build the riverside, but will this group of people work? They hate us Han people. ”

Su Lan said: "It's ominous to kill prisoners since ancient times, let's consider it, or don't give them food or drink, let them fend for themselves?" ”