Bao Ling, who has hit a wall everywhere, has realized that the two Qing officials who are now said to have undergone a change in essence? They seem to have an extra kind of dependence invisibly? Or maybe it's more appropriate to be confident.

In desperation, Bao Ling had to return to the concession, and the concession that had closed the gate was filled with a desolate and desperate atmosphere at the moment, and everyone's faces were full of panic and fear, and Bao Ling even saw several Indian patrols changing into Chinese coats on street corners, which was ridiculous.

But now Bao Ling can't laugh! Standing on the bell tower of the church, he clearly saw the listless British troops at the head of the besieging city, and the Guangdong naval division troops who had surrounded them outside the city.

Bao Ling is completely crazy at the moment, and now he doesn't have a single soldier in his hands to use, transferring troops from India? Or call for help from home? It is all a way to quench the thirst of the near with far water.

If Major General Reis, Ergin and the others and the 5,000-strong troops were all wiped out, then even if his post of Commander-in-Chief and Plenipotentiary Representative in China was exhausted, what awaited him would be the cold farms of Scotland, Bao Ling took a deep breath and immediately ordered the carriage to prepare, and he would visit Ye Mingchen, the governor of Liangguang who had been despised by him before.

By the time Ye Mingchen met with Bao Ling, it was already noon two days later, and the anxious Bao Ling had been restless for the past two days, as if he had lost his strength, and the whole person had lost a lot of weight, and his oily hair was like a nest of weeds at the moment, and his bloodshot eyes in the black circles seemed to be a little wooden.

However, compared to Major General Reis in the siege, Bao Ling is much better, the hungry and unbearable Major General Reis sits in the corner decadently, and he doesn't care about his white dress breeches in the field, the red military uniform is full of mud, and the chapped lips are almost speechless, Colonel Werther squatting on the side and looking at the sky blankly, now what they want most is God to give a heavy rain.

The only three horses were killed yesterday, thousands of soldiers were almost robbed, and several officers who maintained order were killed on the spot.

People may be able to last a few days without eating, but if they don't drink water, I'm afraid they won't be able to last even three days! For the vicious and despicable methods of the Qing [***] team, Major General Reis, Ergin, Colonel Werther and others have long lost the strength to denounce them.

They are already the only army of the British Empire in the Far East, military rescue is probably not in a hurry, the nearest army unit is in Singapore, and now the only thing they expect is to make sure that mouth can tell the dead alive, since the military cannot be solved, then they can only rely on diplomacy.

In fact, everyone has a clear mirror in their hearts, as long as the other party surrenders, they will surrender immediately without hesitation, but the key problem is that the other party has not come to surrender for a long time? After several breakthroughs, the gate was opened and was bombarded back by the enemy's artillery fire, did the Qing people really want to trap this army unit of the British Empire alive?

In the Liangguang Mansion, in the face of the anxious Bao Ling, Ye Mingchen took out the highest level of the Qing Dynasty officials, Tai Chi pusher, first came to ask a question and didn't know, who pretended to be surprised, and then was indignant, and finally said to Bao Ling that this matter has nothing to do with my brother? This Nanyang sailor is under the control of the imperial court, or you go to the imperial court!

When Bao Ling saw Ye Mingchen's uncooked posture, he had to go to find Lin Haijiang, the commander of the Nanyang Naval Division, Bao Ling could be sure that the key to everything was on this naval commander, saving soldiers was like fighting fire, and he was now the only rescuer of the besieged army.

After Bao Ling left, Ye Mingchen immediately handed over the prepared report to the commander of the Governor and said, "Respectfully Saint Ann! Guangzhou Baojie! ”

Stab! The commander of the superintendent hit a standard horse under a thousand, and ran away with small steps holding the secret music box in both hands, and Ye Mingchen also exhaled deeply, looking at the colorful xia on the horizon outside the window, Ye Mingchen muttered to himself: "Lin Haijiang!" Lin Haijiang! The old man is going to accompany you to pierce the sky this time! Whether you take care or not, it's all up to the emperor! ”

Before leaving for his house in the city of Lin Haijiang, Bao Ling had a meeting with the French consul Simpson, and Bao Ling knew that the French army in Vietnam had 20,000 troops and a fleet no less than that of the British Far East Fleet. Admiral Arthur commanded, and the French army in the Crimea still had nearly 80,000 troops that had not yet retreated, if the French were to be involved...... To Bao Ling's great surprise, the first thing Simpson said when he met was to ask him if he wanted the help of the French army? When Simpson saw Bao Ling's look like an unlucky child, he remembered that the high-spirited Englishman was finally stunned, and suddenly said smugly: "Princeton. The Far East Detachment commanded by Admiral Arthur has 7,000 soldiers, and it will arrive off the coast of Guangdong in two days! ”

Bao Ling was so excited that he didn't understand what Simpson meant for a while, and Simpson smiled: "In Crimea, we are friends and allies, and we are still here!" We can't stand by while robbers break into our friend's garden. ”

This package order finally understood, it turned out that the French were also going to spend the military spending of Crimea from the Great Qing Dynasty! Coupled with the hint of the Russian Bao Navelev before, Bao Ling's heart finally stabilized, and he was no longer alone.

Lin Haijiang, who was hiding in his own house and waiting for the British to come to the door, didn't wait for Bao Ling or his representative to arrive? Lin Haijiang actually had a trace of apprehension in his heart?

As a so-called time-traveler, his greatest advantage is to master the history he knows, and he himself is constantly destroying his greatest advantage, and now this advantage is gradually weakening, and the war launched by Britain and France against the Qing State in the Crimean War can be easily understood as looking for a military bill.

The Treaty of Nanjing had expired in 1854, and the British had lost a large part of their regular income from the East, so the British made an excuse for the Second Opium War because of the Yarrow incident, but the Yarrow had been resolved by Lin Haijiang in advance.

What Lin Haijiang never expected was that the British would brutally fire on the inspection ship of the Liangguang Governor Siyamen, it seemed that it was impossible to avoid war with Britain and France.

Lin Haijiang deliberately checked the archives before, from 1840 to 1855, there were at least 20 teaching cases in Guangxi, and the death and injury of French priests is not a new thing, so the joining of the French is also a foregone conclusion, and now Lin Haijiang is concerned about when the damned French are going to join the war circle?

It was now October 7, 1856, and on October 23 in history, the British army began to move, and within three days, it occupied all the forts in the Tiger Gate. On the 27th, the British ships bombarded the city of Guangzhou. On the 29th, the British army invaded the city, looted the Guangzhou Governor's Office, and withdrew. In December, the museum was destroyed and reduced to ashes. A British mail ship bound for Hong Kong from Canton was hijacked. In January 1857, the British army burned thousands of houses near the foreign company, and then withdrew from the Pearl River due to insufficient troops to wait for reinforcements.

It can be said that this is a battle in which the British and French forces have the initiative and frequency, and the war like kraft candy has dragged on for three years? Qing Zheng Axe did not concentrate superior troops to annihilate the British and French forces that came in batches? Let the enemy very leisurely assemble an expeditionary force of acceptable size.

The fleet was sent from the British mainland and the army was mobilized from the nearest Crimea, and the French sent the fleet and army from Vietnam, or also from the Crimea, but in any case Britain and France could not launch a protracted war against the Qing in the Far East with all their strength, and if such a war broke out, it would probably not be the Qing Dynasty but the Empire and the French Third Republic that would fall first.

The British and French are fundamentally in Europe, the interests of the British are fundamentally in North Africa and India, and the French are also in North Africa and Indochina.

Lin Haijiang believes that as long as he can defeat the British and French three waves of expeditionary forces, then Britain and France must sit at the negotiating table and negotiate with themselves, although this is equivalent to saving the decaying and declining Qing Dynasty, but as a Chinese, Lin Haijiang will definitely not watch the British and French forces go to burn the Old Summer Palace, even if this makes the Qing Dynasty survive for a few years, the kind of royal garden that represents the cultural achievements of the Chinese nation and gathers countless rare treasures should belong to the entire nation, not the dynasty and regime, Foreign invaders are not allowed to plunder.

Lin Haijiang didn't want his children and grandchildren to buy back those things that belonged to them at sky-high prices in a few hundred years, and he didn't want future generations of Chinese to go to other national museums to see the exquisite skills of their ancestors.

Lin Haijiang took a deep breath, the family background in his hands is still very thin compared to a big country like Britain and France, but for the sake of the nation and the future country, he does not hesitate to fight to the death, how many years can a person live? A lifetime of grievances? Or is it a moment of vigor and intensity? I am afraid that it is difficult for many people to choose when facing this problem, and when the nation is in a catastrophe, comfort is a sin!

Don't change history? Respecting the original trajectory of history is a kind of argument that is equivalent to farting in the eyes of Lin Haijiang in later generations, if he is given a chance to break through London and loot the British History Museum, Lin Haijiang will also agree with this argument, and even support it!

History cannot be changed? Judging from the outbreak point of the Opium War this time, this is indeed the case, but looking at the essence through the incident, Lin Haijiang does not believe that it is irreversible, it is nothing more than a mantis arm as a car, so why not die for the nation? From another point of view, the mantis arm as a car is undoubtedly a kind of tragedy, a kind of tragedy in the place of death.

On the afternoon of October 7, outside the siege of the Guangdong Navy Division, Lin Haijiang spoke to the officers above the general level under the scorching heat: "I believe everyone knows what the British are doing this time, and this officer has to tell you all that we are now in the midst of a war!" ”

The following generals and thousands of generals stood in place expressionlessly, which made Lin Haijiang feel very satisfied, Lin Haijiang walked down the slope and continued: "Opium harms the tea and poison people, silver flows to Yingyi's pockets, what did we lose in a battle in 1840? Twenty million taels of silver! Our duty as soldiers is to expand the territory and protect the people and a safe and stable life, who are the people? Your parents and your wives and children are the people! Back then, Admiral Guan's blood was shed in vain, because he had no way to retreat, and he could only die in battle to serve the people! Today we also have no way to retreat, behind us is Guangzhou City, that is, your family, foreigners are knocking on the door, what should we do? ”

Lin Haijiang roared, and the hundreds of officers below shouted in unison with a thousand points on one knee: "I am willing to die for my lord!" I am willing to die for the adults! I am willing to die for the adults! ”

Lin Haijiang nodded with satisfaction, he was very satisfied with the effect of militarized management and training, and he skillfully avoided the court and the emperor when he lectured just now, and I believe that those who were present would also notice.

Lin Haijiang waved his hand, and the personal guards carried up twenty large boxes, and as soon as he opened the yellow and white swaying piece, Lin Haijiang said in a sonorous voice: "If you win the battle, this admiral will reward you heavily, and you will not be forgiven when you retreat from the battle!" Now the implementation of the joint sitting, the retirement of the soldier and the killing of the officer, the retirement of the official can be killed at will, and then the official will be rewarded! The whole team retreats, and the whole team is killed! Do you hear them all? ”

"Only by the orders of the adults!"

Lin Haijiang nodded and said: "Each battalion is full of five points for the battle, and the general attack will start at dark one hour after the meal!" ”

Lin Haijiang turned to Gao Qi and said, "Humen Fort, please leave it to you, brother!" Before the enemy's movements are unknown, you must defend until the last moment, and you will be determined to live and die with the fort! The five battalions are brave for the whole army, and they are all recruited soldiers in Guangzhou, so I will leave it to you! ”

Gao Qi arched his hand and said: "Please rest assured, my lordship, the humble position will not cause the place where Admiral Guan spilled blood again to suffer the humiliation of the heroes." ”

Lin Haijiang nodded solemnly and said to Xu Dawei: "Take the two battalion leaders back to Dapeng, and you must not lose anything to defend the city!" ”

After giving the order, Lin Haijiang made up his mind, he first had to give the British in the besieged city a sense of oppression, and then surrendered, if the British surrendered, everyone was happy, if they did not surrender, they proved their guess, then he would do his best to immediately solve the British army in the besieged city, in order to eliminate the trouble.

In the besieged city, Major General Reis's heart was cold at the moment, and the cries of the Qing army outside were clearly the prelude to launching a general attack, especially the action of the artillery in adjusting the angle made Major General Reis and others frightened.

And Second Lieutenant Winsted, who was in charge of watching in the lease, hurriedly shouted to the herald to inform Mr. Bao Ling, saying that the Qing people were preparing to attack and besiege the city!

Bao Ling's nerves, which had just been relieved, tensed again, and although the rush for several days in a row was promised by the French, how long could Major General Reis, who had been cut off from food and ammunition in the besieged city, hold on? What worries Bao Ling the most is the water cut off in the siege, if Major General Reis can't hold out on to the French? Then relying on the French to win the British Empire will inevitably lose its dominance, Bao Ling hesitated for a moment.

In desperation, Bao Ling drafted a telegram to Zhuang Bisheng, commander-in-chief of the Crimean coalition forces, reporting the actual situation here in Guangzhou to Zhuang Bisheng, and requesting Zhuang Bisheng to send troops to punish the Qing state.

Lin Haijiang, Bao Ling, Zhuang Bisheng, Empress Victoria and countless others were all stirred into a huge whirlpool by Bao Ling's telegram, which did not exist in history.

Originally, Duke Zhuang Bisheng was going to step down as commander-in-chief of the Eastern Front of the Allied Forces and commander-in-chief of the British Army after the Crimean War, but the sudden war in the Far East was unexpected by everyone, and it was originally thought that the 5,000 soldiers stationed in the Far East by Major General Reis could complete the task of deterring the Qing State and cooperate to achieve political goals, but as a result, Major General Reis himself was dumpled by the Qing State!

Zhuang Bisheng was very happy to read Bao Ling's telegram several times, the last thing he wanted now was to unload the military power, which was also the most worrying for Empress Victoria in China, although Zhuang Bisheng was a senior honorary marshal of the British Army, but he was not a loyal supporter of Empress Victoria, more simply said that Zhuang Bisheng was loyal to the British Empire and the imperial family, not Empress Victoria herself.

However, Zhuang was a little hesitant on the question of whether to send troops to the Far East? After all, not through the congressional generals to provoke a war overseas, just this crime, coupled with Queen Victoria's instructions, is enough for him to not turn over, how can he get more benefits after this war and increase his bargaining chips, all of which made Zhuang hesitate all his life.

In recent years, Queen Victoria has repeatedly made exceptions to promote the so-called young and enterprising young and middle-aged generals, and still formed a kind of persecutive pressure on the senators in the navy and army, especially the Praetorian Guards and dragoons are all young generals, which makes the young officers in the navy and army ready to move.

Zhuang Bisheng knows very well that this is the power trick of the empress, and the empress is changing against the National Assembly, but for him, the most practical thing is not to give up the power in his hands.

At this time, Chief of Staff Xi Weijinsi, who had a clear insight next to him, smiled indifferently and said: "Your Excellency, since the war has already started, why don't we let him burn more and more?" Bao Ling is the empress's confidant, although the National Assembly has reached a policy intention to exert force pressure on the Qing State, but it has not yet formed a decree, and those who have relied on the Far East dividends since 1840 must have been eager to bite into the Far East. ”

Zhuang Bisheng nodded slightly and said, "But you and I don't know anything about the Far East?" Lacey is not a rice bucket, he still has considerable ability, and I hope this time it is because he is light on the enemy. ”

After using his baton to knock down a lead soldier representing a British general on the sand table, Siviggins said calmly: "This is exactly the opportunity to intervene in the Far East!" ”

"Replace Major General Reis?" After pacing back and forth for the rest of his life, Zhuang said to Xi Weijins: "Order the troops to stop boarding the ship immediately, the troops to check the ammunition and weapons, the fleet to clean up the ships, and ask the domestic War Department and the Navy Department for at least eight months' ammunition and provisions." ”

"Yes!" Si Viggins slammed his feet and turned to leave.

Zhuang Bisheng took the lead soldier knocked down by Xi Weijin in his hands, and was silent!

(To be continued)