Immediately after the Battle of Guangzhou, Luo Yang made a proposal to the British side: peace negotiations,

This news was passed on through the French minister, and after the declaration of war between the two countries, the British minister Pashali had no face to mix in China anymore, and rolled up his own bedding and rolled up the eggs, and now, only through the media,

This proposal, to the French minister, caused an astonishment, who rolled his eyes and could not be convinced that it was true, and that under normal circumstances, the victorious side, always making a tough gesture to force the loser to sue for peace, took advantage of the favorable situation, obtained a more advantageous position, and obtained the greatest advantage in the peace treaty.

"Does your country really want to negotiate, then, what are the conditions." The French minister asked very seriously, now, his attitude is also very good, in the face of such a military emerging power, he is full of respect, and briefly understands the course of the battle of Guangzhou, to be honest, he is not sure that the French ** team under the inferior number can defeat the British army so beautifully,

"Abolish all British privileges in China and sign a peace treaty of equality." Luoyang Institute,

"Okay, I'll pass it on." The French minister said happily,

Unfortunately, after conveying it, the British side immediately refused, and angrily said that the British would defeat the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom even if they were the last soldier in the war, and also called the Chinese government an evil country.

In Beijing, the Chinese government department, after hearing the news, Luo Yang just shook his head, he didn't expect that Britain was so stubborn, and his purpose was obvious, not to be with the British drug dealer, and to want to interact with him on an equal footing based on the idealistic principle of friendly exchanges.

In the interior of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom, many people did not agree with peace, and won easily, everyone wanted to take advantage of the victory to move forward, and completely covered Britain, many people clamored, to occupy London, capture the Queen of England, and then, give this queen to Luo Yang as a little wife,

This is not a joke, it is indeed a lot of people's thoughts, in everyone's opinion, although Britain is very strong, but, compared to the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom, they are a big difference, they used to bully China like that, now, China must retaliate, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,

Since the British refused, there is nothing to say, to say, the vast majority of the 80,000 troops used by the British were hired Eastern colonialist troops, and they did not hurt their roots, who cares about the problem of skin,

Luo Yang originally planned that after negotiations with the British, he would be able to recover Hong Kong peacefully, but now he has to fight for a long time.

A long-term war is obviously unfavorable to China, because, although the Western powers are very good at dog-eat-dog medicine, once they deal with the eastern nations, they are unprecedentedly unanimous, so they must fight a quick battle.

"Since the British are willing to fight, we will accompany them to the end." Luo Yang said to the French minister,

After this tidbit, the squadron began to make more active efforts, the Guangzhou Military Region, as the first node of the war against the British, was quickly replenished, the army was also reorganized, the combat was not effective, and the generals who did not dare to reinforce were either beheaded or shot, many officers who surrendered in the former Qing Dynasty were purged, and lower-level soldiers or petty officers were promoted, and ideological education was carried out, and the troops were mixed, realizing the strong control of a 100,000-strong army under Qiu Yuancai, and the weapons and equipment were also updated. Mortar shells have been supplied to an unprecedented level, and the workers of the Shanghai Arsenal have worked in three shifts to manufacture shells and bullets day and night, and transport them to Guangzhou; within a week, the Guangzhou Military Region has three bases of ammunition in reserve, and Luo Yang also plans to triple its reserves in half a month, and allocate 30 150-mm caliber land heavy guns to the Guangzhou Military Region, and will also arm 10 militia reserve divisions with 80,000 foreign guns and hundreds of foreign artillery pieces captured in the Guangzhou area. 120,000 young and middle-aged civilians were formed, who could go into battle anytime and anywhere, and conduct military training in the regular army.

By adjusting the arms and strengthening the exchange and summing up of tactical experience, the Guangzhou Military Region has become the region where China is most enthusiastically preparing for war.

In terms of finance, the central government has also tilted the policy to build the Guangzhou area into an invincible copper wall in terms of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

Not only that, Luo Yang also explained to Qiu Yuancai that now defense is the first place, but it is active defense, movement warfare to annihilate the enemy, in the future, when the time is right, the troops of the Guangzhou Military Region need to form an expeditionary corps to sweep the British colonial sphere of influence, so there should be 100,000 elite soldiers, 100,000 reserves, and 300,000 militia,

When the Guangzhou Military Region was busy, preparations for war in the Shanghai area were also in full swing, and this was the Nanjing Military Region, but, taking into account various circumstances, Luoyang set up a special Shanghai Special Theater here, and formed an army corps to defend Shanghai, the mouth of the Yangtze River, with a number of 50,000, and a naval fleet, that is, the East China Sea Fleet. The total number of troops is also 100,000,

In order to strengthen the construction of armaments, Luoyang transferred technicians from the arsenal in Shanghai to manufacture equipment, and set up new arsenals in Guangzhou, Nanjing, Henan and other regions to manufacture weapons and ammunition needed in wartime, and also shared the pressure and risks of the Shanghai arsenal.

The Nanjing Military Region is commanded by Li Xiucheng, with more than 100,000 troops, and is responsible for the reinforcement of Zuo Zongtang.

In the area of Tianjin, Peng Yulin was in charge of the naval fleet, from Lushun Dalian to Weihai Weijun Port in Shandong, all under the control of this fleet, the combat area, the naval fleet plus the defense officers and men of the base, the attached facilities and personnel, the naval school, etc., the personnel has swelled to 50,000 people, and after the reinforcement of several batteries, especially the Lushun and Weihai Weijun Ports, which were conquered by the enemy in history, have strengthened the army units, and after the Guangzhou Campaign, the officers and men of the interior have enriched the front line, and Peng Yulin's army has 80,000 people.

The Beijing Military Region, also has 100,000 people, commanded by Luo Yang himself, of which 30,000 are cavalry, which is completely an army, and pays special attention to the construction of cavalry, known as the rapid reaction force.

Just when the squadron was strengthening its defense, the British army came again, and, having learned a lesson, did not touch the hard bones of the Guangzhou Military Region again, but transported the new fleet and new army units to the area of Shanghai and launched an attack on the mouth of the Yangtze River.

In order to cope with the main battlefield, the British army was very cunning in the sea of Fujian, the sea of Zhejiang, intrusion everywhere, found the coastal Chinese boats, residents, all arrested and slaughtered, but also bombarded some coastal towns, regardless of the cost, the British army is venting the anger in their hearts,