China and foreign countries have the same view on this, Chang Zhenbang immediately put his mind at ease, and immediately mobilized the Central China Heavenly Division, Ding Xiaolan's Department landed in Qiongya under the cover of the Guangdong fleet, and launched a fierce attack on these rebels, these two men and horses are battle-hardened elite troops, and the armed forces of the Han gentry do not look at it as a matter of course to deal with the Li people, but they are really vulnerable to the rebel army, and it can even be said that they are about to collapse, although the revolutionaries have carried out stubborn resistance under the leadership of Lin Wenying, Chen Deping, and Xu Chengzhang. But after all, he was defeated again and again, Lin Wenying died on the battlefield, and was shown to the public at the east gate of Wenchang by Ding Xiaolan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Chen Deping wanted to hide in the deep mountains and woods, but he was arrested by the Li people, tortured all the way to the barracks of the rebel army, and was sentenced to the Ming Dynasty. When Xu Chengzhang retreated to the Qiongnan area, he was attacked by Zhong Qi Zeng, Xu Chengzhang's troops were completely defeated, Xu Chengzhang himself was hit by a stray bullet of the Li people in the swimming water, and he died with a whine, and the Han gentry rebels without the three leaders were even worse day by day. Desperate, the Han gentry demanded surrender.

In the face of their invitation to surrender, Chang Zhenbang said lightly: "It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to become a famous overlord." Then refused to accept the surrender of these people, and ordered Ding Xiaolan, Huazhong Tianzhu led the headquarters to chase and intercept, those Han gentry did not expect Chang Zhenbang to be surrendered, cursed, unwilling to be captured, while leading the rebels to continue to entangle with the rebels, while bribing the fishermen along the coast to transfer property for them, their families, but they did not want to be caught by the Guangdong fleet along the way, and looked at the heads of the fishermen with the crime of relying on the rebels, confiscated the property, the fishing boats, and the female dependents were sent to the ships to serve. The male dependents were sent to the rebel army to show their merits, and the rebel army showed these male dependents to the public and sent them to the front of the two armies, and the Han gentry saw the heads of these people, and they were desperate for a while, and they were ashamed and angry, and they simply broke the jar and broke it, and they were not hiding anymore, so they simply led the remnants of the army to defeat in various places and fight with the rebel army, but even if these people mustered up 120,000 points of spirit, they could not compete with the rebel army. The fighting in various places did not last more than an hour before they were defeated and retreated, and the rebel army took advantage of the victory to pursue, killing countless people and winning a great victory.

The gentry group that provoked the rebellion of the Han people in Qiongya was completely defeated, and the Han people who participated in the rebellion were all arrested and killed under the report of the Li people, and the Han forces on Qiongya Island took a sharp turn for the worse, and many people hated the result, and even beat their chests to ask Chang Zhenbang whether he was a Han person, perhaps in their opinion, to deal with the land dispute between Li and Han, Chang Zhenbang should leave behind the so-called fairness and justice, and then go to the Han people's measures. For this kind of questioning, Chang Zhenbang laughed, and let people discuss it in the newspaper, but public opinion refuted the doubters one-sidedly, and some people even claimed that the Han people are a fair and just nation, and those who say such stupid things are not worthy of being Han people.

The aftermath is also easy to deal with, and all the property of those who participated in the rebellion will be confiscated for the crime of treason, and except for a small part of this property to appease the Li people, half of this property will be used to subsidize the difficult life of the families of the rebel army who died on the battlefield or are disabled for Chang Zhenbang, and half will be distributed to the officers and soldiers at all levels of the rebel army according to their high and low rank.

It turned out that there were two Guangzhou Bays, one was the bay outside the city of Guangzhou, and this bay was naturally called Guangzhou Bay near Guangzhou. The other is south of Zhanjiang on the Leizhou Peninsula, not to mention that this place is 108,000 miles away from Guangzhou, but the French cleverly divided the bay near Zhanjiang into Guangzhou Bay, and signed a relevant treaty to occupy it after the victory in Zhennanguan, and named it Guangzhou Bay. The south of Zhanjiang City was divided into the French Concession.

The upper-ranking officers immediately wrote to Chang Zhenbang that the Guangzhou Bay, where the Guangdong Navy was stationed, was near the French Concession south of Zhanjiang, and in order to boost the national prestige and strengthen stability and cooperation in the coastal areas and the Qiongya region, Chang Zhenbang suggested that Chang Zhenbang allow the Guangdong Fleet to take Guangzhou Bay as its base and Shantou, Qiongshan County, and Guangzhou Bay south of Zhanjiang as its naval cruise route, and take full responsibility for the South China Sea waters.

After Chang Zhenbang read the statement, he asked Tang Baichuan to come to discuss, Tang Baichuan thought for a moment, and said: "Old Seven, this is a good thing, you might as well agree, although there is a lot more silver every month, it can greatly deter the coastal areas of Guangdong, monitor Qiongya, and deter the South China Sea, which will be of great benefit to the country and the people!" Chang Zhenbang said: "What the third brother said is very true, but Guangzhou Bay in the south of Zhanjiang is the territory of the French, and it is extremely inappropriate to go in and out rashly, and it is extremely unbeautiful to cause a conflict. Tang Baichuan said: "When did the seventh brother become so conservative!" Now that the war in Europe is coming to an end, Germany is not the strongest soldier in the world, even if everyone already knows the ending, the German generals are still strong, and even on the battlefield the more brave they are, France, England wants to end the war smoothly, I am afraid it is not so easy! Europe is the top priority of their Caucasians, concentrating all the naval and land armies of France, and our side in the Far East must be dispensable with Europe, as long as we don't do too much, do not infringe on the interests of the French, and do not cancel the status of the leased land of Guangzhou Bay, what can we do if we enter Guangzhou Bay? Chang Zhenbang said: "The third brother is reasonable, now the main force of France is deep in the European war, but its coveting of the two Guangxi is undiminished, and he wantonly buys the leaders of the people in the two Guangzhou, where did Zhong Qi drink French coffee, I am not surprised to know that he drinks American coffee, but now France himself can't drink it, where did he get the coffee, I suspect that there are French people in this Li rebellion." ”

Tang Baichuan said sharply: "It is precisely because of this that our Guangdong Navy will enter Guangzhou Bay openly, patrol Qiongya, show off force, deter Xiaoxiao, and when necessary, we will jointly defend the Guangzhou Bay area with the French." Only by showing strong means can these French people not dare to be presumptuous! ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "What the third brother said is very true, is it just patrolling Guangzhou Bay to say hello to the French?" ”

Tang Baichuan said: "You don't need to send someone out of your way, a telegram can show our attitude!" ”

Chang Zhenbang nodded and said, "The matter of the telegram will get rid of the third brother!" ”

After the Guangdong fleet received Chang Zhenbang's approval, the navy was extremely excited, and the fleet as a whole had a carnival all night. said that Chang Zhenbang is grandstanding, and there are others. It is said that Chang Zhenbang is not self-sufficient, and there are others. In the midst of these discussions, the Guangdong fleet set sail and headed straight for Guangzhou Bay, and when the French governor of Xiying City, the central city of Guangzhou Bay, suddenly received a report from the sailors that the Chinese fleet had entered Guangzhou Bay without permission, he could not help but be shocked; now the main force of France is entangled with the Germans in the European theater, and where are there other idle forces to deal with these Chinese. While mobilizing the available forces to intercept and question these uninvited guests, he sent a telegram asking for help from the Governor-General of Canton Bay and the Governor of the Federation of Indochina.

On the Haiqi, Tang Baichuan Yushu stood at the bow of the ship like the wind, the bitter sea breeze provoked his hair, but he was a little intoxicated, Wen Shude, the acting captain of the Haiqi, said: "Chief of Staff Tang, three gunboats, two light cruisers, and a torpedo ship have appeared in the waters near Guangzhou Bay. ”

As soon as Tang Baichuan stretched out his hand to the side, someone sent the telescope over, Tang Baichuan looked at the ups and downs of the small black dots on the sea, and couldn't help laughing: "Wen Shude, are you confident that you can defeat these invading enemies?" ”

Wen Shude smiled and said: "What is this, it doesn't matter if there are a few more cruiser ships." As long as the adults give the order to fight, the brothers will let him go and never return! ”

Tang Baichuan said: "Is Commander Lin okay now?" ”

Wen Shude was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Commander Lin is very good, he has already fallen asleep, Commander Lin will not let us enter this French place, let alone let our brothers shoot at these foreign devils." ”

Commander Lin is talking about Lin Baoyi, when the fleet launched a rebellion, he was seriously injured and fainted to death, so he escaped by luck, held his life, and was still appointed by Sa Zhenbing as the commander of the Guangdong fleet. Although the official position is not moving, but there is a way to hurt the muscles and bones for a hundred days, Lin Baoyi was seriously injured, and had to recuperate in Guangzhou City, for which Chang Zhenbang specially left the best room for him in the Yingzhu Western Hospital, he should have nothing to do with peace of mind, and recover to work as soon as possible, but he didn't expect that this time when he heard the upper echelons of the Navy ask Chang Zhenbang to resume cruising, he was taken aback and almost rolled off the hospital bed, these people are not very Zhenbang's lineage, if they ask too much, it will inevitably make Chang Zhenbang disgusted, What's even more infuriating is that they actually listed Guangzhou Bay in the cruising range, which is the chassis of foreign devils. What surprised him the most was that they never dreamed that Chang Zhenbang would agree to come down, so they also sent Tang Baichuan, the second big man of the rebel army, to move forward, it seems that there is really something for a while, this time he can no longer lie down, and let the navy senior management go through the discharge procedures for him overnight, and go out with the fleet, if the French are really soft, he will not miss the moment when the Chinese Navy is proud, if the French are not soft, he will also take on the command of the battle as the commander of the Guangdong naval fleet, and withdraw from the battle, This responsibility to bring home as many Navy brothers as possible.

Tang Baichuan smiled faintly and said, "Won't it?" ”

Wen Shude said: "No! Commander Lin is a steady person, and he will never do it without more than ninety percent certainty! What's more, the guy we have to deal with is still a foreigner! I'm not saying that Commander Lin is cowardly, I also know that the foreign devils are very strong and powerful, but Lao Tzu remembered that they were rampant and domineering on our territory, and Lao Tzu had a fire in his stomach. ”

Tang Baichuan said: "When will the French fight, you can help me take a look." As he spoke, he handed the telescope to Wen Shude.

Wen Shude looked at it for a while and shouted: "The French demand that we withdraw from the waters of Guangzhou Bay, otherwise they will be unkind." ”

Tang Baichuan said: "They mean to go to war? ”

Wen Shude said: "War? Not yet! It's just to expel us, our navy represents the pride of the country, and has its own etiquette to fight with us, and is an upright and civilized division! ”

Tang Baichuan thought for a while and said, "Then drive over to the maximum!" Wait for them to signal war before coming to me! ”

Wen Shude was very excited when he heard this, and said: "Lord Tang, you just knock it, now that France is weak, it is time for us to seize Guangzhou Bay and expel foreign devils, as long as you give an order, our naval brothers will definitely ride the wind and waves and go straight to Xiying." ”

This time, Tang Baichuan was accompanied by the entire Guangdong fleet headed by Haiqi, which was stronger than the Indochinese Federation that withdrew its main warships in order to support the European battlefield, so he was not afraid, as for how Chang Zhenbang would give the central government and negotiate with the French after seizing Xiying, it was not something he considered.

"My dear God, what are these yellow monkeys doing! Are they really going to war? The French who commanded the navy in Guangzhou Bay looked at the approaching Guangdong fleet with some trepidation, and said with great trepidation, the greatness of France is not something that these yellow monkeys can provoke, but the soldiers and horses in Guangzhou Bay are really invincible, and it may be okay to deal with water pirates and pirates, but compared with other people's detachments, it is really vulnerable, and the war is about to break out, he is extremely confident that France will win, but he also firmly believes that his people will be defeated, defeated, captured and even killed by the other party.

"My lord, what should we do now?" The military adjutant on the side also asked a little nervously.

"What else can I do? Restraint is required! Restrained! The other party just inadvertently passed by Guangzhou Bay, this is not an armed conflict, to reiterate, this is not an armed conflict, we French must refrain from it! God bless the great French Empire, Amen! The commander threw his hat on the ground and stomped it a few times before roaring and reaching out to draw a cross on his chest.

The Guangdong fleet and the French Guangzhou Bay fleet passed by, Wen Shude came to ask Tang Baichuan when to start the war, Tang Baichuan smiled faintly and said: "Go to war?" Commander Lin will not take the liberty of going to war with the French! I, Tang Baichuan, naturally won't go to war, let's spare him now, and then retreat to the edge of Guangzhou Bay, and wait for these French people to beg us to come over. ”

"What?" Wen Shude said: "Let's withdraw?" ”

Tang Baichuan said: "Since Lafayette has rented out, people are our tenants, and we, as landlords, can't just interfere with others, right?" We'll have to wait for these Frenchmen to invite us in!" ”

Wen Shude sighed and shook his head, if there was really a cannon attack on the city, he would be able to understand, but after going back and forth, he couldn't understand why Tang Baichuan did this? Cowardly? Or is it really as others say, just relying on a little white face to win Chang Zhenbang's favor before he mixed into the top of the rebel army? In any case, the duty of a soldier is to obey, not to mention that their fleet is not a descendant of the rebel army, but only a grandson under the fence, so naturally they must obey orders.

"Tang San, immediately send out the telegram I drafted~!" Tang Baichuan said lightly: "After the telegram was sent, the fleets began to retreat in this way to keep the battle queue retreating. If these French dare to open fire, the naval brothers will sink them for me! ”

The Guangdong fleet retreated slowly after a circle along the Guangzhou Bay under the nose of the French fleet in Guangzhou Bay, and then slowly retreated, seeing those French gritted their teeth, although the other party did not open fire, but was hit in the face of the French even harder, so that the pride in their hearts turned into a vast shame, and the British Empire was entangled for hundreds of years, and the Germans fought for hundreds of years, victory or defeat is uncertain, but the British Empire is the hegemon of the world's seas, as long as it is in the sea, which country can be the opponent of others, It is the victorious Napoleonic Emperor who went into the water and was beaten by Nelson to the end, this confession is not ashamed, as for Germany, those bastards really can't do anything but war, at the beginning of the Seven Years' War, Prussia not only did not perish, but became more and more courageous, fighting with such a country, except for the time of Napoleon's emperor who almost destroyed Prussia, the French did not win much, and it has nothing to do with German recognition, but what are you Eastern lowly yellow monkeys? When will it be your turn to show off your teeth and claws in front of France? Thinking of this, the French commander of the Guangzhou Bay Fleet was unconsciously moved by anger, and immediately ordered all the ships of the fleet to chase after them and expel these yellow monkeys from the waters of Guangzhou Bay. When it was really an order, everyone cheered, and the French fleet began to chase towards the Canton fleet, but in the process of expulsion, the commander repeatedly ordered that no cannon should be fired, no force should be used, and no action should cause war, so it was not so much an expulsion as a send-off.

"My lord, those French are chasing you!" Wen Shude asked.

Tang Baichuan said: "Does the other party have the intention of using force?" ”

"I haven't found it yet, but the flag on the other side isn't friendly!" Wen Shude said angrily.

Tang Baichuan smiled faintly and said: "Order all ships to slow down, if these French people don't know what to do and continue to chase after them, they will sink Lao Tzu." But remember, no one is allowed to use force! ”

After seeing that the Cantonese fleet had slowed down, the French Guangzhou Bay Fleet also slowed down urgently, looking like a slave who was afraid of bumping into its master, which made the Cantonese fleet laugh.

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