In the flower hall of the Huacheng Office, Ye Zhao fiddled with the enamel color mountain stone flower pattern teacup in his hand, and the elegant and beautiful small teacup was really lovely.

This is the treasure of Guo Jing's house in Huacheng Zhixian County, produced in Jingdezhen during the Yongzheng Dynasty, and the imperial kiln of Jingdezhen Factory collapsed during the Qianlong period, and the next few decades were burned with the folk kiln, coupled with the exile of famous craftsmen after the bandits, many of the methods of making were lost, so that the porcelain skills of Jingdezhen gradually declined.

Ma Dayong, the next leader, stood respectfully and respectfully, and reverently reported on the preparations for the "Zhenjiang Battalion"; to say that in the fight against Britain and France, the ease of replenishing the supply of troops was a major advantage, just as now, the reduction of the rifle battalions was extremely serious, and the second battalion of Zhenwu and Youjiang had to withdraw to Fogang to rest and recuperate, but within a month, they would certainly be able to make up the number of troops, and now they have used the captured weapons to select capable soldiers from Liao Yong and Chaoyong to add a battalion of riflemen, because although the rifle battalions and soldiers of all walks of life have lost no less than five or seven thousand men, there is a sign that they will become stronger and stronger the more they fight.

Ma Dayong, the flag guard, was promoted to the Zhenjiang camp management belt, and this Ye Zhao single-handedly brought out the soldiers were extremely brave, and they were invincible in the battle array, and they really had the style of Ma Chao in brocade clothes in the past.

There is really no precedent to follow for fighting with Britain and France, a world-class first-class power, to carry out a modern corps battle, the only reference is probably the Korean War, Ye Zhao is confident that he is still doing a good job, as for what "Mine Warfare", "Tunnel Warfare" and other apocryphal stories are exaggerated with less to win more, firstly, it is illusory, and secondly, it is really difficult to get into the elegant hall of this kind of corps-level war.

However, in his own land, he relied more on intelligence access and relied on crowd tactics to firmly force the British and French forces in a corner of Guangzhou, Ye Zhao did not have any joy of victory, although compared to his previous life, this was already an extremely amazing battle of glory, and the Battle of Huacheng, a fierce battle that can be recorded in the history of world wars, must have shocked the West and the world.

I hope that one day in the future, this army can truly shock the world and bring China incomparable glory.

Ye Zhao thought silently.

Almost the same idea as Ye Zhao, a few days ago, there was a message from Britain and France that they hoped for peace talks, and Ye Zhao had already handed over the fold to Beijing and asked the imperial court to send ministers to negotiate peace.

Compared with the results of the First Sino-British War, the Anglo-French forces can be said to have suffered heavy losses and were in a bleak situation. But if Britain and France are really provoked, hundreds of ships sail into the China Sea, the port cities fall one by one, and the capital falls, and the situation will not be easy to clean up. What's more, even if he is like a divine help, the British and French coalition forces are all wrapped in the belly of a fish, and the result is that the hardliners in the capital completely gain the upper hand, and they are completely beaten out of a situation of closing off the country.

Now, because of the staggering casualties of the Anglo-French coalition forces, it is inevitable that the British and French political leaders will receive more support, for example, some leaders of the British Tory Party are extremely opposed to this war.

Now is the best time to negotiate peace and strive for the greatest interests, otherwise the militants of the Whig Party in London will surely clamore for the most brutal revenge against China by gathering their navy.

However, this peace talks must be made by ministers from the capital, so that the magnates in the capital know how serious the situation is, so that the results of the negotiations can be recognized by all parties, otherwise those optimistic hardliners are afraid that they will regard the peace talks with Britain and France as a national shame.

Next, how can we strive for the situation we most want to see in this peace talks?

In the past few days, Ye Zhao has been thinking about this problem.

"Dashuai, the thirteenth girl, has been noisily entering the Zhenjiang camp all day long, but how can the girl's family be a soldier?" Ma Dayong looked helpless, and made a great contribution in the defense of Huacheng, hacking to death four or five ghosts, when the handsome man patted her head and praised her blushing The scene is vivid, but no matter how rough you are, you are also a girl, how can you get into a group of big men and take a gun? Even if it is rebellious, the female soldiers are still formed into a team.

But Dashuai praised Thirteen in person, the popularity of the wild girl skyrocketed, and she read it for her dead brother's sake, Ma Dayong didn't want to cut her face too much, but she was grinding every day It was a real headache, so she had to spit out her bitterness with Dashuai, Thirteen, I was most afraid of Dashuai.

"Into the Zhenjiang camp? Not good. Ye Zhao thought thoughtfully, gently put down the teacup, and said, "What about her, call me to take a look." ”

"Yes." Ma Dayong went out to find someone happily, there is a handsome Chrysostom, do you dare to grind with yourself after seeing this wild girl?

At tea time, the thirteenth in a short cyan dress followed Ma Dayong into the flower hall lightly, as if he had committed some mortal crime, and he didn't dare to look at Ye Zhao. Just now, Ma Dayong scared her all the way, saying that Dashuai was very angry when he heard her messing around, and he wanted to punish her fiercely.

"The people's girl Jiang Thirteen kowtows to the handsome." The sound of the urn was full of a girl's crisp voice, and the voice of the thirteenth was not unpleasant, the little girl's eyes were messy, but she didn't dare to look at Ye Zhao.

"Tell me? Why do you want to be a soldier? Ye Zhao smiled and took a sip of tea.

Thirteen hearts said that you are waiting to train me by telling me, I am not a fool to give you the truth. Pursed his mouth tightly, as if he had been sealed by a welding rod.

"Say, forgive your innocence."

Thirteen still doesn't squeak.

Seeing the thirteen tendons, Ye Zhao was amused in his stomach, so he said: "Okay, since you also feel that you are unreasonable, don't mention the matter of being a soldier and getting paid in the future, and when Guangzhou is calmed down, I will help you choose a good family to marry." ”

Suddenly hearing the same tone as the handsome brother, Thirteen's eyes couldn't help but redden, and he thought of his brother who died tragically, and the hatred in her heart that was higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea was about to surge, she gritted her teeth and said: "Kill all the ghosts, Thirteen don't marry!" There is also the Li thief, who will definitely crush his bones and scatter ashes. Thirteen must be a soldier! ”

Li Minghan came up with the idea of hanging Jiang Zhongchang's head, how could he hide it?

Ye Zhao said lightly: "This doesn't bother you!" For you, this is a family hatred, but for me, it is a national hatred, which is more important, you weigh it yourself! ”

Ye Zhao picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said, "Okay, I also understand your mind, you are always a fist, but being a soldier can't just kill ghosts to avenge your family." When you've figured it out, the Flag Guard will leave you a place! ”

Thirteen almost wanted to cry when he started listening to Da Shuai's words, Da Shuai clearly didn't want to enter the barracks by himself, but when he heard the back, Thirteen opened his eyes wide, protecting the flag? This is a warrior who is chosen by thousands of people, it is the Praetorian Guard who guards the marshal, representing the supreme honor, and the soldiers like wolves and tigers in Guangdong don't want to be able to wear blue armor one day?

Ma Dayong was also surprised, and immediately pondered that Dashuai might be giving this stupid girl a relieving pill, lest she be rejected again and again, and she couldn't erase other thoughts on her face.

"Dashuai, I, Thirteen have figured it out, I've figured it out!" Thirteen was anxious, knelt forward a few steps, and was about to hug Ye Zhao's leg, the handsome man said this casually on a whim, maybe next time he would change his hexagram.

"Then tell me, why did you become a soldier?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.

How do you understand thirteen? Eat food and get paid? Definitely not. Loyal to the country? It doesn't seem to be like that. Thirteen was so anxious that he patted his head, and suddenly there was one, and he raised his face and said loudly: "Dashuai, Thirteen doesn't know why he is a soldier!" Thirteen only know that listening to the words of the commander is a good soldier! Follow the handsome! When the waist of the soldier is straight! Willing to be born and die for the handsome! Even if the person is dead! The face is also bright, and others also give a thumbs up and say that you are a man! The family has also had a good time! "I'm afraid this is the general psychology of brave soldiers from all walks of life in Guangdong, but it was made clear by the thirteen.

Ye Zhao stared at her, Thirteen was so worried in his heart, he was afraid that he would say the wrong thing.

"It's nonsense, but, from now on, come to the Flag Guard for a few days, and I'll see your performance. I happened to go out on an errand today, so you come along. Ye Zhao put down the teacup, just now it suddenly occurred to him, the inclusion of female soldiers in his flag guard is not a conceptual impact on this world? And Thirteen is not good-looking, rough and big, it is the right person, if it is too beautiful, it will not have the right effect.

"Xie Dashuai! Thank you, master! Thirteen kowtows, often see the flag commander call the handsome master, the thirteen also feel that this title is more kind, at the moment the mood is agitated, I don't know how to express the admiration of the handsome, but it seems that this "master" can vent her emotions at the moment.

"Get up." Ye Zhao snorted at the stunned Ma Dayong and said, "Go and take her to see Bakshi, and I will use her today." ”

"Wow!" Ma Dayong scratched his head, but he didn't want this stupid girl to enter the flag guard, no matter what, the flag guard is all elite, I think no one will gossip about this stupid girl behind her back, but only pick up her thumb and say that she is a woman. But if you mix it up with the rude men in your own infantry battalion, it's not like that.

…… The two guards with short knives at the back door of the yamen are both Chaoyong, and they can guard the door for Jingxiang Dashuai, what a glorious errand it must be? Jingxiang is handsome, that is the backbone of Guangdong! Both of them are young men, and their waists are straight, as if they are giving the door to the handsome, and their backbones are also stiffened.

The sky was blazing with fire, and it was extremely hot.

With a squeak, the back door suddenly opened, and several guards inside led the horses, surrounded by a young handsome man in a splendid robe and walked out.

Seeing the handsome man on the horse, all the horsemen went away, but the two Chaoyong still stood like door gods.

Ye Zhao rode faster and went straight to Lotus Village.

Lotus Village is located next to the official road from Fogang to Huacheng, more than 50 miles away from Huacheng.

If the Lotus Village was not famous before, from now on, it will be written in the books of modern Chinese history, because it was used by Ye Zhao as a field hospital in the later stage of the battle, and the wounded were sent for treatment.

More than fifty miles of official roads, more than a dozen rides but more than an hour later, this time it was not because of the handsome horseman's poor riding skills, but it was thirteen who dragged his feet.

"Woohoo!" Under the ancient willow tree at the entrance of Lotus Village, Zhao Sanbao, the commander of the right wing of the flag guard battalion, was already waiting.

Although the battle with the British and French forces has gradually subsided, after all, no peace treaty has been signed, and the field hospital in Lotus Village is naturally extremely guarded, and the marshal has not yet arrived, but the information of the sentry has already reached Zhao Sanbao, who is in charge of the guard of Lotus Village.

"Get up!" Ye Zhao's face was gentle, Zhao Sanbao did not lose the name he gave him, and he really achieved "stability, ruthlessness, and accuracy" on the battlefield, and in order to create a fighter plane for the friendly army to annihilate the British infantry battalion, he once led Liao Yong's right wing to hold Tucheng with flesh and blood for half a long time, and firmly pressed the French infantry battalion that rushed to the aid to the south of Tucheng. In this battle, the right wing of Liao Yong almost suffered more than half of the casualties, but it also went through the baptism of blood and fire to become more powerful, and successively entered the red-headed three fronts in several positional battles, which made the red-headed three men frightened when they mentioned the Chinese machete team.

At present, Liao Yong, Chao Yong and other parts of the Guangdong regiment are combined into the flag guard forward battalion, which is divided into two wings, two wings, with 2,000 people on each wing, and Zhao Sanbao is still the commander of the right wing.

"Do the wounded still have a fever?" Ye Zhao asked, a little gloomy in his heart, in this era, the seriously injured have almost no hope of survival, even if they are lightly injured, the mortality rate of infection and inflammation is extremely high.

This reminded Ye Zhao of a time-traveling drama he had watched before, where there was a method for extracting penicillin under primitive conditions, but after all, it was a time-traveling drama, and it was not very reliable to ponder, and it failed after several attempts, so he could only wait for the peace talks and then buy some equipment to see if it could succeed, but it was extremely slim to think about it.

Listening to the marshal's questioning, Zhao Sanbao was stunned, he was a fierce general, but he had seen too much about life and death, and he was numb, and he only knew where the marshal was pointing when he was holding his head, and he didn't care much about the situation of the wounded.

Ye Zhao also knew that Yu was blind, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Where is Priest Made?" Take me there. Turning his head, he saw that the thirteen in blue armor had red eyes, and he was slightly stunned, then he understood, and said to her with a smile: "It's the first time to really ride a horse, right?" Very good, take your time. ”

Indeed, how could there be any opportunity to ride a horse before Thirteen? At most, I secretly borrowed it from my brother, but now I have fallen behind, and I want to cry uncomfortably, if I am kicked out of the flag guard again, it is better to die.

The village of Lotus Village is not big, a wooden fence has been set up in the west of the village, there are soldiers outside to march on guard, and a tent inside is connected to a tent, and the wails and screams of the wounded can be heard from a long distance.

Zhao Sanbao asked the soldiers on guard in the village, and Priest Made was still in the hospital tent.

Ye Zhao stopped, the marshal condolences to the wounded soldiers is not very realistic in this era, just said that you ordered in advance not to allow the wounded soldiers to salute, but when you really go in, the multiple wounded will also have to get up, this is a troublesome thing to pull the injury, you have good intentions, but you may inadvertently kill a few lives.

Between the tents, there were women coming in and out.

Ye Zhaoxin said that this is probably the earliest female nurse in China.

On the first day, Priest Mader was almost cut off by Tuan Yong's head, and he gave several military orders on his own, coupled with Mad's high demeanor and bright festival, and he beat and scolded Tuan Yong to treat his injuries, which made Tuan Yong gradually accept him, despite this, just a few days ago, a newly transferred wounded man still punched Mad's priest to the ground.

Who called Priest Mader a ghost?

However, in any case, most of the wounded gradually recognized Priest Made, and gradually understood that there were good people in the original ghosts.

However, Priest Mader worked hard, and another Western doctor in the medical team obviously felt that Yu Zi was like hell, and was even more unwilling to help the Chinese soldiers who were at war with his homeland to treat their wounds, if he was not worried that he would be killed by the Chinese if he left at this time, he would have resigned to Ye Zhao a long time ago.

Now this Western doctor is mainly responsible for teaching Chinese caregivers some simple bandaging care knowledge.

In the field hospital, Ye Zhao ordered dozens of civilian women to be recruited to take care of the wounded, all because the women were "careful", and some women came voluntarily, originally wanting to do some work to take care of the wounded soldiers as much as they could, but gradually, in this environment of blood and fire, they were unconsciously infected by the atmosphere, and many stereotypes and bad habits were thrown aside. Some women have also done skin-to-skin work such as caring for the wounded, bandaging and changing dressings, and some women have nothing to say even if they serve the wounded to poop and pee.

This is very gratifying to Ye Zhao, in fact, the Chinese, the transformation of traditional concepts is almost always from the top down, initiated by the rulers, implemented in the people, whether it is the feudal era, the Xinhai Revolution era or the Republic era, to say that the people themselves change the traditions or some bad habits cultivated for thousands of years, it is almost a matter of seeking fish.

Now, war, too, is a catalyst for changing concepts, which can make the impact of some ideas come earlier, and can even change certain inherent customs and concepts unconsciously.

Perhaps when Canton settles down, we can ask Priest Mader to help build the first Western-style hospital.

Ye Zhao paced, and the thoughts in his mind flew farther and farther.

"Handsome! Madame lives in this house! Zhao Sanbao pointed to a farmer next to him and said.

Lotus Village is the same as most rural villages in China today, the villagers live in poverty, and all kinds of simple wooden and thatched houses are scattered on both sides of the street, but the one Zhao Sanbao refers to is a blue-walled tile house, and there is a green camphor tree next to the courtyard gate, which is obviously a wealthy family in Lotus Village.

"What madame?" Ye Zhao was slightly stunned.

"That, the lady of the rakshasas." Zhao Sanbao's other things are rough, but don't mention the things of the handsome, although Sava is the prisoner and slave girl of the handsome, but the handsome has been staying in the barracks, obviously very fond of her, so naturally she should be called Mrs.

And because after coming to Guangdong, there are more and more soldiers from all walks of life, and most of these people have loose military discipline, and when they see Mrs. Rakshasa with blonde hair and blue eyes, if they don't know that they are handsome Aiji, don't have any bad intentions. After Lady Rakshasa and Priest Mader arrived in Lotus Village from Fogang together, Zhao Sanbao strictly ordered that if anyone dared to look at Lady Rakshasa squarely, he would gouge out his eyes; The one who talks behind his back, cuts his tongue; Those who behave rudely will be killed.

Elite soldiers were also selected to guard the left and right of Lady Rakshasa's residence, and if Lady Rakshasa traveled, there was a special team of soldiers who guarded the left side to follow.

Actually, where will Sister-in-law Li let Shawa out? In the chaos of the army, if something happens, how can I explain to the commander?

(To be continued)