The Anglo-French "Occupation Committee" consisted of the British and French Pashali and Havero and the Frenchman Hulai, and the Guangzhou Consul Pashali was the leader of the three, who was not only familiar with the Chinese people in Guangzhou, but also fluent in Chinese.

The Xingyuan study, also occupied by the dove's nest, is the place where the three-person committee holds secret discussions, and in the study room today, there are three more Chinese, Li Xiaocun, Wang Daochong and Li Minghan, all three of whom wear tuxedos and can speak English.

The three of them are all natives of Guangzhou, or have done translation, or have done business in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, Li Xiaocun and Wang Daochong can both speak fluent English, although Li Minghan is not as good as the first two, but the foreign adults can understand what they say.

These three people are the real leaders of the puppet regime, assisting in the work of the "three-person committee", and now the Chinese policemen in Guangzhou directly obey the orders of the three of them.

Li Minghan and others privately called the three of them the "Three Chinese Committee", and they had the feeling that one person was below and above 10,000 people, and they didn't look at Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong.

Today, the atmosphere of the Sanyo people and the three Chinese is a little strange, because Mr. Havelo is extremely nervous, and his brown eyes reveal uneasy emotions, and he repeatedly asks the three Chinese in Li Xiaocun for the news of Duke Jingxiang.

Shulai was much more arrogant, banging his long pipe, his two neatly trimmed beards cocked proudly, "Dear Mr. Havello, I don't think your worries are at all necessary. The report of the Hong Kong newspaper on the Sino-Russian war is just an April Fool's joke, and we all have a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese, don't we? Jing Xiang's rifle team was once disarmed by a small number of British sailors while training in Hong Kong, isn't it? ”

"No, no, no." Mr. Havero shook his head vigorously, "Time is the catalyst for change, I was at the scene when Duke Jingxiang's rifle team clashed with our sailors in Hong Kong, and I could feel that Duke Jingxiang was a very serious and persistent person, and I think that if we despise his rifle team, we will pay a heavy price." ”

A disdainful smile appeared at the corner of Xiulai's mouth: "Mr. Havero, it's hard for me to understand why you are worried about the Chinese?" But I insisted on crushing this Chinese force by force to gain the most powerful bargaining chip for our future negotiations. ”

Listening to the argument between Mr. Havelo and Mr. Xiulai, Li Xiaocun and the three looked at each other silently, the first time I saw foreign adults arguing because of the Chinese, although Li Xiaocun and Wang Daochong are recognized as the "two devils" of Guangzhou people, but at this moment they are somewhat proud in their hearts, Guo Gongye, can make Mr. Havero so jealous, it shows that we Chinese are not without masters, even if the former Xianfeng Ye, these foreigners are not clearly disdainful when they talk about it? Grandpa Guo, how old is he? It's really comparable to the twelve-year-old Ganluo, our Qing Dynasty is prosperous, maybe we will count on the grandfather of the country.

Li Minghan muttered in a low voice: "What is there to be afraid of in the Great Qing Kingdom? Mao has not yet grown up, and if you want me to say, go to Huacheng to arrest him now. ”

Li Xiaocun and Wang Daochong frowned slightly when they heard his wild words, ignoring him. This Li Minghan had already moved his family to Hong Kong, and even began to consider himself a British citizen, and he was even more arrogant and arrogant in Guangzhou City, leading people to seal several businesses that had business disputes with him, and even putting several people who had offended him into prison.

Li Xiaocun and Wang Daochong's notoriety is more than half affected by him.

"Lee, is your intelligence accurate?" Pasha's eagle-like eyes, which had not spoken much, were extremely deep.

"It's true!" Li Minghan patted his chest and promised. The news that came from Huacheng just now was that only the vanguard of four or five hundred people had arrived in Huacheng, but the large army under Jing Xiang would not arrive until four or five days later.

When Mr. Havelo heard this information, his expression became even more concerned, and he said: "We must be prepared to prevent Jingxiang's rifle team from infiltrating the city of Guangzhou to cause chaos, and I am sure that Jingxiang will definitely attack our office." The office in his mouth is naturally the governor's yamen where several people are now.

Xiu Lai hooked his nose and let out a disdainful "hum", "The Chinese have long been frightened by us, and they will only bluff." ”

Mr. Havello only felt that he could not communicate with this arrogant Frenchman, so he had to look at Pashali like a cry for help, believing that Pashali's understanding of the Chinese would support his views.

Pashali made another calculation, he knew that although the Russians in the Far East were weak, the army that had greatly humiliated the Russians must not be ignored, and to completely defeat it would be a devastating blow to the confidence of China's political axe, and now there were only a few hundred Chinese soldiers in Huacheng, which was the best time to strike at it.

Pashali's slightly old hands were crossed in front of his chest, and apart from the sharp eyes, his whole body looked lifeless, like a figure in a fresco, but when his eyes burst into heat, few people dared to look at him. "Dear Havero, your concerns are correct, Jingxiang's rifle team should be the most elite army in China, so while they have just arrived in Guangdong, I am ready to launch a surprise attack, if Jingxiang can be captured, it will bring incomparable glory and harvest to our cause in China."

Mr. Xiulai immediately excitedly agreed: "I fully agree with Mr. Consul's proposal, if Jingxiang does not cooperate with our occupation action, we can also send him to India for imprisonment." ”

They spoke too fast, Li Minghan didn't understand, and whispered to Li Xiaocun to translate to himself, hearing that the coalition army was preparing to attack Huacheng, but he was more excited than anyone else, and said excitedly: "I'll just say it, I'll say it, I should go and arrest Jingxiang." "It seems that it is a great honor for him to capture the Duke of China.

Pa Xiali turned his head to Li Minghan and said, "Li, please go and help the coalition army prepare a guide now......

Before the words fell, there was a sudden "coaxing" of a loud sound, as if the earth trembled, and several people in the study changed color in shock.

"It's Jing Xiang, it must be Jing Xiang's troops who have mixed into the city!" Mr. Havello's face was flushed, his trembling hands were crossed on his chest, he had been beaten by a group of villagers when he went to Foshan a few years ago, and he still shuddered when he thought of the fanatical hatred expressions of those villagers, although now that the people of Guangzhou and Westerners have lived in peace, he still has an instinctive fear of the Chinese.

"Guards, guards!" Pashali shouted a few times, the door of the study was pushed open, and several British[***] men in red uniforms had their rifles loaded with bayonets, and the cold light shone, and one British[***] person reported loudly: "Your Excellency! The sound of explosions came from Guanyin Mountain! The order has been issued! The garrison of the Doge's Palace is on full alert! Privately, these soldiers called Pa Shali the governor of Canton.

Pashali was slightly relieved, although all the Indian mercenaries stationed near the Governor's Palace, because they were always guarding against Chinese rebellion, they were extremely vigilant, and they even set up artillery in front of the Governor's Palace Square.

"Go check if the explosion came from the Guanyin Mountain military camp." Pashali said with a calm face that most of the explosion was caused by improper storage of gunpowder, and the arrogant Commander Carpenter, who had never listened to his advice, could take this opportunity to impeach him to the country.

Pa Xia Li and several people walked out of the study, the courtyard was elegant and quiet, Ye Mingchen liked bamboo the most, the study was green across the courtyard, the breeze was blowing, rustling.

In the direction of Guanyin Mountain, there was a faint sound of gunshots.

Pa Xia Li frowned even more, could it be that the strange Chinese people were holding big swords and spears to disturb the coalition army? There were a few incidents when Guangzhou was first occupied, but after seeing the power of firearms, this unwise attack by the Chinese gradually disappeared.

Six people, you look at me, I look at you, and I can't guess what's going on.

It wasn't until more than half an hour later that a soldier in uniform ran into the courtyard in great embarrassment, he ran out of breath, and his square cap fell off, and he sat down on the ground when he entered the courtyard, shouting loudly: "Zhong, Chinese attack Guanyin Mountain......

"What?" Pashali was taken aback, "How many are there?" Who is it? Is it Jingxiang's infantry battalion? As he spoke, his gloomy eyes glanced at Li Minghan, Li Minghan was so frightened that his scalp exploded, and he said loudly: "No, no, the villain's news will not be wrong!" The squadron was far, far away from Guangzhou, and Jingxiang's infantry battalion had only a few hundred people who had just arrived in Huacheng. ”

Pa Xia Li didn't speak, and Yin Qi's gaze turned to the Guanyin Mountain in the north, where there seemed to be a faint flash of fire.

…… Guanyin Mountain shouted at the moment, and Shenbao carried a machete, cruising in the fire-filled coalition barracks, and the soldiers who had just been woken up and came out of the wooden house were often cut to the ground by him.

The sound of crackling fire, his figure also fluttered with the firelight.

The soldiers of the Zhenwu battalion, all bayonets loaded, desperately fighting, all of them flashed in their minds the scene of the god guarding the words before the expedition.

"Zhenwu Battalion! Outside the gates, it is an invincible army! You can go back to Guangzhou! It's a little shorter than a man! Why?! You all know! Because you've been disarmed by a dozen or so heroes! This is a great shame for the Zhenwu camp! It's a lifetime of humiliation on your face! Now, Dashuai has given us a chance to wash away our shame! What are we going to do?! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

At that moment, a bloody murderous aura rose into the sky, and it seemed that the full moon was shrouded.

"Kill!" The red-eyed soldiers only had this one word left in their minds!

Awakened by the sudden killing, the coalition soldiers rushed to the wolves, screaming and screaming.

On the upper floor of Zhenhai, an effective defense was finally organized, the platoon guns were fired, and several red tasseled soldiers fell to the ground.

Shen Bao shouted: "Follow me!" Like a plague god descending into the world, he strode forward, and soon followed by a dozen red-eyed bayonets.

The Zhenhai building was swarthy, and Shenbao strode upstairs, followed by all the bayonets, and on the stairs, the sound of killing shook the sky, and I don't know how many corpses rolled downstairs.

"Bang", Shenbao was shot in the left shoulder, and the blood was soon red, but he didn't realize it, and jumped up with a few arrows, cutting down the soldiers who were loading at the mouth of the floor.

In front of the corridor window, the row of coalition soldiers who were shooting outside turned their guns, and the few bayonets left behind the god quickly pounced, "Kill!" The hideous face and the momentum seemed to have pounced on the faces of the coalition soldiers, and several timid coalition soldiers felt that their legs and stomachs were turning, but they didn't listen to the command with their hands and feet.

But the more fierce coalition soldiers rushed up one after another to surround the white blades of Jimbo and the others.

"Hey!" After a bayonet stabbed the opposing non-commissioned officer, he was immediately stabbed into a bloody hole in the chest.

"Yikes!" Shen Bao shouted violently, and cut off half of the neck of the British soldier in front of him with a knife, and the British soldier's head was extremely weird to the side, and he staggered to the ground.

This bloody scene made a British non-commissioned officer unable to hold back any longer, kneeling next to him and vomiting loudly.

"Kill!" At the top of the staircase, more than a dozen bayonets rushed up, almost swept into the clouds, and soon stabbed the remaining few soldiers into a blood sieve.

Shot in the left shoulder and slashed in the back with a bayonet, he lost consciousness on almost half of his body, but he strode to the window and looked down at the situation outside.

On the east side, the coalition forces have organized a front line to shoot guns, and more and more coalition soldiers in the chaotic barracks have come to their senses and bravely started a white-knuckle battle with the Zhenhe battalion soldiers.

Jimbo turned back to the dozen bayonets and shouted, "Shout with me!" ”

"Wow!" Although I don't know what to shout about the pipe tape, how can I think about any problems at this time? In the bloody battle, one by one has already become robots, and they only know what the chief wants to do, so they will follow it!

"Disarm or kill!" Shen Bao yelled, and the Yi language that was forced to be memorized by the big marshal was forced to shout hundreds and thousands of times by the big handsome, but it was very standard.

"Disarm or kill!" The bayonets shouted together, but the tone was extremely strange, but when they shouted together, people could still understand what they meant.

Sure enough, I saw that the wooden room downstairs where there was a cold gun began to wave the white flag, and there were also coalition soldiers fighting bayonets who retreated one after another, running to the open area and putting on a vigilant posture, but they did not dare to put down their rifles after all.

Jimbo shouted with the bayonets several more times, and the white flags dotted with more and more white flags became more and more.

This was the opportunity, and Jimbo yelled, "Blow the trumpet! Fall back! With a wave of his hand, he led the bayonets down the stairs quickly.

Although the plan of the marshal's surprise attack on Guanyin Mountain only requires the killing of dozens of British and French soldiers, if I don't double the results, will I still have the face to see the marshal?

What's more, why did the marshal want to Zhenwu Battalion to fight the vanguard, but it was clearly thoughtful, and he had long had the intention of attacking Britain and France, and the Zhenwu Battalion, which had been disarmed by the full battalion in Hong Kong, was not the best choice for a surprise attack? Dashuai, he is really strategizing thousands of miles away!

However, Shenbao also knew that although the surprise attack was successful for a while, Guanyin Mountain was stationed with more than 1,000 regular troops of the British and French coalition army, and when they regained their senses, even if they fought bayonets and Zhenwu battalion bravery, they would not have an advantage, not to mention that the soldiers of Guangzhou City and Huangpu Port would come to the rescue at any time.

The horn sounded, and hundreds of bayonets quickly withdrew from the battlefield.

And the generals who gradually organized a group of soldiers to prepare for a counterattack naturally did not dare to order to catch up.

The fire was blazing, the barracks were in shambles, bloody corpses could be seen everywhere, some of them were almost dismembered, bloody intestines were pouring out, and some soldiers vomited loudly.

I thought that coming to China was as easy as going on vacation, didn't you? There were no casualties in the capture of Guangzhou City, let alone decent resistance, and who knew that the murderous Chinese finally showed their fangs and fiercely came to a bloody revenge.

…… In the study room of the Liangguang Governor's Palace, Pa Xiali's face was pale, and he was writing a letter, with angry flames dancing in his eyes.

Three Chinese, you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to squeak, just now the Guanyinshan military camp came to report, was attacked by the infantry battalion under the Chinese commander Jing Xiang, the casualties of the coalition army are roughly estimated to be no less than 200 people.

This was the most painful defeat since contact with this ancient empire, and even in the Battle of Zhenjiang and Sanyuanli, which had suffered the greatest losses more than a dozen years ago, only thirty or fifty people died, and most of them were mercenary Indian soldiers.

The thousands of regular troops assembled by the Chinese attacked and suffered heavy losses, and it is said that the Chinese soldiers suffered more than 100 casualties, which is simply unbelievable and shocking, and gave Pashali a serious sense of frustration, which he has never felt since coming to China.

I wanted to raid people's homes, but I was attacked inexplicably, and here we discussed how to capture Jingxiang, but on the other side, Jingxiang's wolves have already washed Guanyin Mountain in blood.

What was just discussed in the study now seems to be a big joke, and it is simply a humiliation of being carried around. Pashali's self-esteem was hit like never before.

Mr. Xiulai's pride seemed to have suddenly been discharged, and he fiddled with the jade pipe in his hand without saying a word.

Havero was even more uneasy, muttering to himself not knowing what he was talking about.

"Guards! Give my handwritten letter to Commander Carpenter of Whampoa Harbor and ask him to attack Huacheng immediately. Pashali shouted loudly, handed a letter to the guards who ran in, and then turned to Li Minghan and said, "Li, you are your own guide!" ”

Li Minghan's body trembled, but looking at Pasha Li's gloomy gaze, knowing that this foreign lord was on fire, how dare he not agree?

Li Xiaocun and Wang Daochong glanced at each other, but they didn't squeak, not knowing what they were thinking.

…… Xiangyuan Flower Hall, the Zhenwu camp is still on the way to retreat, and Pegasus has already come to report the results, and Ye Zhao, who has been waiting for news, is relieved.

Why did you choose the Guanyin Mountain coalition military camp instead of infiltrating the city of Guangzhou to attack the governor's palace? When there was a scuffle in the city, it was the people who suffered the most; second, attacking the regular army of the British and French coalition forces can better deter the foreigners; No one would have imagined that they would pick a hard persimmon, but in fact, the Indian mercenaries in Guangzhou City were more strictly guarded, and an attack on the Governor's Mansion would not have the effect of a surprise attack.

And the 500 people of the infantry battalion went straight to Guanyin Mountain without resting in Huacheng, which was even more unexpected for Pa Xiali and others, since they had a line, they naturally knew the time when the infantry battalion arrived in Huacheng, and they would not have thought that they would not wait for the brigade to assemble, but use hundreds of people to carry out an assault, and the object of the assault was used to deter the Guanyin Mountain military camp of the Guangzhou regiment.

Now, the British and French forces are definitely planning a counterattack, and what they have to do is to evacuate Huacheng as soon as possible, and most of the rounds, and then make calculations.

The order has been passed down, and it is time for him to go, Ye Zhao stood up and sighed softly, and the people in the city were also mobilized to take refuge temporarily, otherwise the British and French forces would be afraid to spread this resentment on the heads of the people after they occupied Huacheng.

Baksh suddenly hurried in and said, "Master! Fogang Xuanfu made Jiang Zhongchang and Zhao Yuanpei lead Chaoyong 3,000 to vote! ”

"Oh? Please come in! Ye Zhao was going to discuss with the villagers after most of them arrived, but he didn't want them to come first, the Chaozhou people were united and aggressive, and the fierceness of Chaoyong was also extremely famous.

An order came out of the room, and after a while, footsteps sounded, and a man dressed as a military attache and with a sturdy figure strode into the hall, and when he entered the hall, he hit a thousand: "The lowly Buddha Gang Xuanfu makes Jiang Zhongchang see the handsome!" "The sound is like a bell, and the momentum is very strong.

"Get up." Ye Zhao looked at him, secretly applauded in his heart, and said yes, now he can still gather troops and prepare for war with the Yi people, naturally he is a relatively brave character. Otherwise, the provincial capital was occupied, and the governor became a puppet of the foreigners.

"Handsome! Chaoyong 3,000 are waiting under the city! Swear to fight the foreigners to the end! I heard that Yangyi drove troops to Huacheng and committed a handsome Tianwei! The lowly rank came to the aid and swore to protect the peace of the handsome! Jiang Zhongchang didn't get up and shouted for battle.

Zhenwu Battalion has just retreated to Huacheng, but he doesn't want Jiang Zhongchang's message to be fast, but he thinks that the news of the battle of Guanyin Mountain will definitely spread in all directions, and now he is afraid that Guangzhou City will spread all over the city.

"Get up, I've got my own plans!" Ye Zhao said lightly.

Jiang Zhongchang didn't dare to say any more, so he got up, his eyes were like copper bells, big and powerful, extremely powerful.

"Let's go, I want to see the world-famous Chaoyong!" Ye Zhao said and strode out, and Jiang Zhongchang hurriedly followed.

Xiangyuan is in the northern suburbs of the county, Chao Yong gathered outside the south gate, rode a horse through the county town's long street, saw the people who left their homeland with their families in twos and threes, looking at the attachment on their faces, Ye Zhao sighed deeply in his heart.

And many people did not listen to the advice of the government, but closed their doors, and the shops on the street were also closed, and the merchants were even more reluctant to leave, otherwise what should I do if the goods in the shops were looted?

Ye Zhao was a little worried, although Britain and France were not as cruel as the Oriental Yiren, but they suffered a big loss, and it was really impossible to say how to retaliate. But he could not force the people of the city to disperse.

In war, it is really difficult to have a victor, and it is always the defenseless and gentle people who suffer in the end.

Outside the south gate, there are circles of black and pressed soldiers, they are dressed in different clothes, known as the three thousand tide brave, in fact, at first sight, they know that they are a miscellaneous army, there are green battalion soldiers, there are village warriors who are tied to their heads, and there are farmers with hoes and pickaxes, the only thing they are the same is the fanaticism on their faces.

"Fighting ghosts" can easily form a spiritual belief.

"Grandpa Guo has arrived!" Baksh shouted loudly, and the high-pitched voice could be heard in the distance, faintly audible echoing.

The eyes of the Chao Yong people immediately looked over, and their eyes were even hotter, just now they were almost always talking about the victory of Guanyin Mountain, and they heard that they killed four or five hundred ghosts. Grandpa Guo must be a god from the sky, specially to clean up the ghosts, follow Grandpa Guo, he will definitely be invulnerable to the divine power and protect the body, even if he dies, he will be the same as Guan Erye, and become a Buddha and become holy.

"Grandpa Shengming!" Suddenly, someone shouted, it was a thin scribe like a bamboo pole, carrying a sickle in his hand.

(To be continued)