Even if Hong Kong is defeated, it cannot be said that Xuan Yuemeng has completely broken with the imperial court, because after all, Xuan Yuemeng did not make a move against Guangdong, and if he did not do it, everyone knew that the treaty would still be valid if it was not true. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The most important thing is that if you want to fight Xuan Yuemeng now, whether it is Danzhou or Hong Kong, it is very difficult to do.

Because Xuan Yuemeng's power has gradually grown, the Qing court can only wait for the attitude of the British.

The attitude of the British finally came out, the country does not support the dispatch of expeditionary forces to the Chinese battlefield for the time being, the British army encounters this kind of thing, they all want to pull allies, their allies are basically France, but France has a contract with Xuan Yuemeng that has not yet been completed, so it is inconvenient to send troops together.

Moreover, the French had just experienced a great defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, and now they do not have the strength to be demons.

The French can't do it, they have just been sold a large number of weapons and ammunition by Xuan Yuemeng in various parts of the South Seas, and there are frequent wars, and what is even funnier is that most of the weapons sold by President Meng are aimed at the South Seas, but almost half of the quantity automatically flows to India.

Originally, India was the nest of the British, and they could send 20,000 or 30,000 people at will, but there were so many black guns, which caused trouble for the British rule, and they were afraid that other countries would take advantage of the situation, so India could not transfer many people.

At this time, the total number of British land forces was less than 650,000, and they had to guard large African colonies, Asian colonies, which had just been driven out of the American continent by the Americans, and there were still some scattered colonies.

China's ports have long been belonged, and without Hong Kong, even if the huge fleet sails over, it will not be tenable, and the war will eventually be solved by the army.

Another point that can affect the number of troops sent by the British army is that the British believe that their stronghold in China, Hong Kong, is all their armaments, industrial resources, and storage and assembly places, which have passed for more than a month, and must have been looted by the Chinese army.

In the eyes of the British, Hong Kong must have been reduced to ruins. However, President Moe did not destroy Hong Kong, which is unthinkable in the UK, and the closed information age cannot provide the latest and fastest intelligence for the judgment of the British government.

At the same time, it provides President Meng with a very precious timeline for recuperating and reorganizing the army, without this timeline, if Britain mobilizes troops and responds at the first time, it is very easy to recapture Hong Kong!

But in just one month, President Meng sold 50,000 British Enfield 1866 rifles and 25 million rounds of matching ammunition in exchange for 5 million stone grain!

The 1st Field Brigade of the Chinese Army was expanded into the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army! In addition, three new guard divisions have been created!

Therefore, taking into account various factors, the British mobilized a regular British field division of 10,000 men from India and pulled it to Macao with eight ironclad ships, and this was the attitude of the British.

Macau was a stronghold of the Portuguese, and after a short rest, the British landed in Zhuhai and marched along the sea route to Guangzhou!

It's not that President Meng doesn't want to expel the Portuguese, Portugal, in this era, is really a fart!

President Meng didn't have to be free, and besides, Portugal also has a British army!

This is the reason why President Moe did not attack Portugal in the first place.

Jiegege gently stirred the milk for President Moe, which was hot.

President Meng loves to drink milk the most, which is not entirely because President Meng is a child's body, but in modern times, President Meng is an adult, and he drinks it twice a day in the morning and evening, and the milk is still very nourishing.

"President, the British will definitely make a comeback, is our equipment temporarily delayed to the industrial zone in Guangdong? Although the industrial zone is planned, let's wait. Princess Katrina Kafu reminded.

President Meng nodded, "If you don't say it, I'm about to forget, I can't be in a hurry, in comparison, Hong Kong's defense is much stronger than Guangzhou's, and it can't be transported over for the time being, and all the warships are sailing back to Danzhou Port?" ”

Princess Katrina Kafu nodded and said: "All of them drove away, together with the hundreds of British transport ships captured, they all drove back to Danzhou, you say, will the British fight Danzhou?" ”

President Meng smiled, "Never, don't be afraid to fight, Danzhou Port has been built for more than two years, the fort is solid, and our mass base is better than Guangdong, although there is only one garrison division, the British will not go, think about it, how many times is the money in Hong Kong than in Danzhou?" Hong Kong was not recovered, how could the British go to fight somewhere else? ”

Princess Katrina Kafu nodded, President Moe always thinks about everything very clearly, which makes her feel relieved.

Geger smiled, "Don't worry about him, he's thinking about these things all day long." ”

President Meng sweats, and now Jiegege seems to like to talk back to himself, but President Meng is not angry, and he can often hear Jiegege's heavenly voice, which is already a gift to President Meng.

President Meng can also understand where Jiegege's displeasure is, after all, Jiegege grew up in the palace since he was a child, and his heart is towards the Qing court, which is deep-rooted, not to mention, he can't ask Jiegege to have a natural vision, how far he can see, as the Gege of the Qing Dynasty, even if Jiegege is not out of feelings, or out of public heart, he will think that the Qing court is orthodox, and the Qing court has not done anything to be sorry for the people, and opposing the court is a great rebellion.

Therefore, President Meng was very accommodating to Jiegege, "In the future, you can divide some more things for Jiegege to do, so that Jiegege can have more contact with the comrades of the Huacui Party and more contact with the people, Gege, do you mean it?" ”

Geger sat on the side, not speaking, looking out the window.

Princess Katrina Kafu smiled, "Geig is willing, President, in fact, Geger has already done a lot of things for me." ”

Qiu Yun also said: "Yes, president, Jie Gege is indeed very smart, what to say, Jie Gege will listen to it once, Jie Gege can now play a complete set of boxing techniques of the Statistics Bureau." ”

President Meng sweated, he almost forgot about letting Cheng Xia train Jiegege, Cheng Xia is a famous female killer in the Statistics Bureau!

The boxing method of the Statistics Bureau was made by Cheng Xia and Wang Zhankui, which is mainly based on actual combat, in fact, there are few tricks, but it is difficult to use them well.

The boxing techniques of the Bureau of Statistics are all killer moves!

One move is deadly!

President Meng asked Jiegege to be trained, mainly to cultivate Jiegege's contact with the Huacui Party, and in addition, he also wanted Jiegege to know more about his Huacui Party organization, President Meng's heart, hoping that Jiegege would one day be able to work for himself like Princess Katrina Kafu and Zhao Qingluo.

The Bureau of Statistics is the most demanding, and it is also the most able to help people adapt to the organizational structure of the Huacui Party.

Britain telegraphed the British Embassy in Beijing, asking the Qing government to send troops to jointly encircle and suppress Xuan Yuemeng.

The Qing court is embarrassed again, although the British made this move, as early as they expected, this war originally had nothing to do with the British, it was pulled into them by the Qing court, the Qing court played the main force, the British helped, this was originally the process of things, the British were just the helpers found by the Qing court, it was strong reinforcement, no matter how strong the reinforcement was, it was also foreign aid, and it couldn't all be foreign aid, otherwise after the war, how to divide things?

But the transfer of the Huai army to the south, this is not what Cixi hopes, in Cixi's view, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the big war has ended, in the case that Xuan Yuemeng did not take the lead in attacking the Qing army, she still hopes that this matter will be resolved through consultation, negotiation is the routine of the Qing court.

Until this moment, Cixi still did not regard Xuan Yuemeng as a complete rebel, on the one hand, Xuan Yuemeng's age problem, a three-year-old child, who can believe that he is rebelling? The other is Xuan Yuemeng's identity as a businessman.

Cixi felt that Xuan Yuemeng was just doing business a little too much, stepping on the boundary, it was as simple as that.

Not only did the Empress Dowager Cixi feel like this, but the Empress Dowager Lihuang and the Empress Dowager Ci'an also thought so, the Empress Dowager Ci'an said a lot of good things for Xuan Yuemeng in private, and also shook Cixi's determination, Cixi did not feel that Xuan Yuemeng had threatened her ruling position, mainly because the money given by Xuan Yuemeng was easy to use!

President Meng honors the Qing Palace every year, at least more than three million taels, and just for the Empress Dowager Cixi, it is more than two million taels of Qing official silver!

Besides, the army of the banner people is already a complete waste, and everyone knows that if a large number of Han troops are dispatched, how will they be restrained when the time comes? This is also a headache for the Qing court, unless it is a last resort, the Qing court will not send the Han army!

When the Hunan army finished fighting the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it almost caused a big mess, and Cixi still remembers it vividly.

Most of the ministers also think like this, Xuan Yuemeng is noisy, but he doesn't directly deal with the Qing court, mainly for foreigners, for business matters, in their opinion, Xuan Yuemeng is just a very big businessman.

After asking the ministers for their opinions, Cixi replied to the British Embassy in Beijing, asking people to give people, asking things to give things, and all the food for the British army was supplied by the Qing court! The Qing army in Guangdong all cooperated with the British army to fight!

This is the greatest sincerity that the Qing court can show without transferring the Huai army.

Although the British side was very dissatisfied with this attitude and the attitude of the Qing court, they could not do anything about the Qing court.

Both the Qing court and the British army gathered the greatest number of troops they could.

In February 1873, the newly expanded 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army had 20,000 people, plus an artillery brigade directly under the division, and three garrison divisions, totaling more than 62,000 people, and a division of the British Army totaling 10,000 people, and the Qing Army's 50,000 green battalion soldiers, a total of 60,000 allied troops, and the two sides fought fiercely on the periphery of Guangzhou.

This was a war on a larger scale than the Battle of Hong Kong, and it was also a war that tested the combat ability of the Chinese army against the main force of the real powers in the world! (To be continued.) )