"Report to the Commander! The marshal ordered our troops to attack Guangzhou City with all their might, and within one day, take Guangzhou City! In the command room of the Celestial Empire, the flagship of the South China Sea Fleet, a naval officer reported loudly.

Zhang Haiping nodded slightly, and then said with a stern face, "Order all naval ships to bombard the Cantonese garrison outside Guangzhou City, and order the marines to attack Guangzhou City with all their might." After Zhang Haiping learned of Deshou's rebellious telegram, he immediately ordered all units to enter a state of combat readiness, and the naval fleet immediately blocked the mouth of the Pearl River.

As early as when Ren Chao had just captured Beijing, Li Hongzhang, then the governor of Liangguang, with the support of the British and French, began to train the new army. Later, after Li Hongzhang returned to Beijing, Deshou took over the charge of Liangguang, and the plan to train the new army still did not stop. After more than a year, Liangguang trained a total of three towns of new troops, with a total strength of nearly 50,000 troops, of which the second town was stationed in Guangxi, all of which were French-style equipment and trained by instructors sent by the French. The first and third towns were stationed in Canton, trained by the British, and all were equipped with British equipment.

The new army in these three towns is also well-equipped, but the generals of the troops are all from the green battalion or the old generals of the Huai army. Those who serve as soldiers cannot get military salaries, they can only harm the common people, the military discipline of the army is corrupt, and the people are very resentful. Ren Chao saw that these provincial governors had begun to train new troops, and at the beginning he was a little worried that the strength of the princes of these parties would increase, which would bring a lot of resistance to future unification. But later I learned that these so-called new troops are all this virtue, so I gradually relaxed my heart.

Therefore, this time the governor of Liangguang Deshou openly announced a telegram rebellion, Ren Chao did not pay attention to it at all, as long as the Liangguang rebellion could be quickly quelled, the British and French powers naturally had no excuse to interfere, and the other princes around the country did not dare to act rashly anymore.

There were originally two towns in Guangdong, and after the Tiger Ben Army sent troops to occupy Fujian and Zhejiang, De Shou ordered the third town to drive to the border of Fujian and Guangdong. Prevent the Tiger Ben Army from taking the opportunity to attack Guangdong. The first town of the Cantonese army stayed in Guangzhou, with a total of more than 10,000 troops, half of which were stationed outside Guangzhou and half in Guangzhou.

Immediately after announcing the telegram, Deshou ordered the Second Association of the Cantonese Army, stationed outside Guangzhou, to attack the marines of the South China Sea Fleet near the mouth of the Pearl River. However, Zhang Guodong, the commander of the second co-ordination, was greedy for life and afraid of death, and did not dare to take the initiative to attack the Tiger Ben army, so although it had been three hours since he received Deshou's order, Zhang Guodong never launched an attack, but only ordered the troops to take strict precautions. Prevent the Tiger Army from sneaking up. Deshou repeatedly sent people to urge, but Zhang Guodong always stood still, only shirking it on the grounds that he was preparing to attack.

"My lord! Lord Co-ordinator, no! The Tigerben Army Marines on the opposite side are rapidly gathering and seem to be about to attack us! Just when Zhang Guodong was in a hurry, a Cantonese soldier rushed into the big tent and shouted.

"What?" Zhang Guodong exclaimed in surprise and sat down on the chair. "Colleagues, what do you think is the right thing to do now!"

"My lord, I am humble and foolish. Our army should strike first and take the lead in launching an attack before the Tiger Ben army is ready, and annihilate all the Tiger Ben army along the Pearl River estuary in one fell swoop. A Cantonese army general stood up and took the lead in speaking.

"No! The combat effectiveness of the Tiger Ben Army is amazing. We are not opponents at all. Taking the initiative to attack is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. ”

"What to hit a stone with an egg, I don't think their Tiger Army is anything remarkable, they only have about five thousand marines. We have more than 10,000 men, more than twice the strength of the Tiger Army. ”

"Although the Tiger Ben army has a small number of troops, they have naval warships as cover. I think you have all seen it, the huge cannon on those battleships, the muzzle of the cannon is almost ready to catch up with the water tank, this cannon goes down, the body is turned into powder within a radius of 100 meters, try to ask how we can resist! ”

"The Governor has said that as long as we can hold out for two days, the British and French will put pressure on Ren Chao, and will directly send warships to assist us in the battle."

"But now those foreign devils can't even see a shadow, who knows if they will come, and two days later, I'm afraid everyone who is doing it has become ghosts, and those foreign devils will still have a fart even if they come!"

Zhang Guodong looked at the noisy crowd, and his face became even more ugly. Zhang Guodong has long run out of ideas at this time, attack, right? If you don't have that guts, don't attack, right? It's hard for the Governor to explain. Just when Zhang Guodong was in a dilemma, a violent explosion suddenly came from outside, followed by a series of explosions, and the ground began to tremble slightly.

"What's going on? What's going on? Zhang Guodong asked loudly in panic.

"Oh no! Lord Co-ordinator, the warships of the South China Sea Fleet have fired! A soldier ran in in a panic.

Zhang Guodong was shocked when he heard this, stumbled out of the big tent, raised his eyes and looked south, only to see that the forward position two miles away had turned into a sea of fire at this time, and the shells still fell on the forward position from time to time, and then exploded violently.

The shells of the naval fleet completely shattered the last trace of hesitation in Zhang Guodong's heart, "Come on, immediately hang out the white flag and surrender to the Tiger Army!" ”

"Surrender? If we surrender, how will we explain to the Governor? An officer couldn't help but speak.

"Confess the fart! Let's find a way to save our lives first! You have also seen the power of the naval guns of the South China Sea Fleet, how can this battle be fought? It's like looking for death! Zhang Guodong yelled angrily.

The crowd was speechless for a while, no one was willing to surrender, but no one was willing to wait for death. In this way, the Second Association of the Guangdong Army took the initiative to hang up the white flag and surrendered to the Tiger Army. After Zhang Haiping received the news, he immediately ordered the marines to disarm the Cantonese army, and then launched an attack on the city of Guangzhou.

"Did you bombard the city of Guangzhou?" Zhang Haiping's adjutant couldn't help but ask.

"No! The city of Guangzhou is densely populated, the shells have no eyes, the cannons go off, every rebel killed, but ten people will be killed, this is not Manila, the people in the city are our compatriots, so we must not bombard the city of Guangzhou unless it is absolutely necessary. Zhang Haiping flatly refused.

"But the marshal ordered us to take Canton within a day. And there are still thousands of rebels in the city, and if they hold on desperately, without the fire support of the fleet, it will be difficult for us to break through the city of Canton in one day with only the marines. The adjutant couldn't help but remind. (To be continued......)

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