The commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, actually had a premonition that Guangzhou could not be defended, and once it was out of the protection of Guangzhou, he could only retreat to Hainan Island, and Lord Ruilin, the governor of Liangguang, also had plans to retreat to Guangxi with the remnants of his more than 10,000 people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This meeting has not yet begun, and in fact, secretly in the minds of each side of the evil intentions, in fact, secretly, has already split.

Present at the joint meeting of the British and Qing forces were Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, commander of the British army, Lord Ruilin, the governor of Liangguang, the governor of Guangdong, the commander-in-chief of each town, the general, the adjutant general, the colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major of the British army, totaling more than 40 people.

They were all dressed like dogs, but their faces were dull, and it had only been three days, and the invincible British army was in despair.

Crash.

A pile of leaflets was sent out from the opposite side of the Governor's Palace, scattered everywhere.

The commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, frowned and picked up one from among the several leaflets that had drifted into the window of the governor's yamen.

It reads: Down with British imperialism and expel the Qing court!

I picked up another one, which read: Defend the president, defend the country, expel the Tartars, and swear to defend the country.

No matter how powerful the army is, it can't withstand the toss of pig teammates like the Qing court, and besides, the British army must be absolutely alien on Chinese soil, which is an objective factor that is unfavorable to the British army.

And Ruilin is full of complaints about the commander of the British army, Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor!

Ruilin believes that if there is no participation of the British, his Qing army of more than 50,000 people can still be able to maneuver with Xuan Yuemeng's Chinese army in the whole of Guangdong, dozens of cities in Guangdong, a large area of northern mountains, and a large blank area at the junction of Guangxi and Jiangxi.

If the British don't come, Ruilin himself alone will be able to call on Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, and Guangdong to raise at least more than 100,000 soldiers and horses everywhere, and really use the Qing court's own strength to open a posture and fight with Xuan Yuemeng, Xuan Yuemeng may not be able to consume in Guangdong for a long time, and it will be compromised after all.

Of course, if that is the case, the Qing court will not have the strength to consume for a long time, let alone take Hong Kong, and the two sides should end up in a peace negotiation, but the initiative is definitely still in the hands of the Qing court, and now it is different.

The news that the British and Qing coalition forces were killed and wounded in less than three days, and more than 40,000 casualties had already shocked the whole world, although the Chinese army also had the same number of casualties and did not have an advantage, but in people's minds, the British army's victory seemed to be a matter of course, and it was a matter of course, and a draw was defeated, not to mention that the British army was beaten by the Chinese army and retreated continuously, and a large number of British Enfield 1866 rifles fell into the hands of the Chinese army, which in the eyes of the whole world, the British army has been defeated!

The news in Britain did not come in time, because after Britain learned that the British commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Ewan MacGregor, had fought unfavorably and had killed most of the British army, more than 8,000 people, and only more than 2,000 British troops remained, the pressure was very great, and more people died in the Indian battlefield in this battle than in the previous ten years, and it was only three days of effort.

The British immediately issued an order for the British commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor, to return to Hainan Island and wait for the next arrangement, but Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor did not know that this order was already on the way.

"We have not failed, Governor Ruilin, please organize a comprehensive counterattack in Guangdong as soon as possible, mobilize the people to participate in the war, you still have the administrative power of Guangdong in your hands!" Lieutenant General Ewan McGregor, the commander of the British Army, snarled at Lord Ruilin.

Lord Ruilin smiled bitterly, when you didn't come, I had a little power, and after you came, do I still have power now? Ruilin knows best what virtues those scattered green battalion soldiers are, and where are the opponents of the Chinese army?

There are also those large and small local yamen, not to mention the Chinese army, that is, let them know that Guangzhou has been conquered, just send a child to the black and red five-pointed star flag of Huaguo, it can represent that this place belongs to Huaguo, and the local yamen will be frightened everywhere to wave the flag, full of black and red five-pointed star flags, waiting for the Chinese army to take over.

Seeing that Ruilin didn't speak, Lieutenant General Ivan McGregor snorted and said: "Lord Ruilin, now, I order you to hold Guangzhou, no matter what, I will take my army to the Zhanjiang area to rest and recuperate, and when the time comes, we will attack inside and outside, and fight the Chinese army again!" ”

Lord Ruilin is completely speechless, why don't you guard Guangzhou? I'm taking someone to rest? Foreign devils, foreign devils, you are really a cow.

Ruilin knew that talking was nonsense, so he simply kept silent, so as not to anger the foreigners, and he wouldn't even survive today.

Lord Ruilin now has a great psychological burden, psychological pressure can make people collapse, these days, he has neither the heart to with his little wife, nor the heart to eat, even sleep for a pitiful hour or two, and often wake up from nightmares, Ruilin knows very well that his political future is over. If you go back to Jingshi, even if you spend a lot of money and can avoid going to prison, you can't escape the fate of being forced to Zhishi, I don't know what is waiting for him, where do you still have the heart to listen to the foreign devils talking here.

On the same day, all the British troops were evacuated, and Ruilin was also vague, and immediately ordered the army to prepare for evacuation, and Ruilin seemed to be not the governor of Liangguang, but like a person who came to rob, and actually ordered to burn the yamen of the governor of Liangguang, the yamen of the governor of Guangdong, the granary, and various arsenals, anyway, they could be burned, and Guangzhou instantly became a sea of fire.

At this moment, the entire city of Guangzhou became even more chaotic, burning, smashing, bombing, and looting, flooding the entire urban area.

President Meng got the news of the evacuation of the British army and ordered the troops to rush to Guangzhou as soon as possible!

Guangzhou is not small at this time, just to occupy the entire urban area, it took a whole day, President Meng ordered Guangzhou to be strict!

Strict and severe, this is the old rule of President Meng to calm down public security.

Those who dare to take to the streets to fight against the army don't need to ask, they are not good birds, what is the severe crackdown? If you can't get used to it, if you don't look like it, if you see someone who is talking presumptuous things and doing presumptuous things, you will explode directly.

After killing more than 3,000 people, this city that could not be stopped was finally quiet.

The 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army maintained social order on the one hand, and organized the people to help fight the fires on the other.

President Meng did not order the pursuit of the British army and Ruilin's green battalion soldiers at the first time, for President Meng, he is more concerned about the lives of the people, defeat these British and Qing coalition forces, there will still be troops in the future.

It's just that Luo Guozhong led the cavalry to chase Ruilin, for the sake of the overall situation, President Meng still hopes that Ruilin can surrender, if there is no big man like Ruilin, it will be bad for public opinion!

President Meng has always attached great importance to public opinion. (To be continued.) )