Five days is definitely a good treat for journalists from various countries and the entourage of missions, and Yang Butang is right, the wine and food are indeed worth drinking and enjoying.

And the plenipotentiary ministers of the four countries headed by Ergin, they are not so happy, this Yang Butang's table xiàn, too weird, too eager, as if the war is what he is looking forward to, these days of wine banquet, Yang Butang has been chatting with reporters from various countries, and his table is not at all like the table that should be before the war.

Although Yang Butang's words were a bit alarmist, after careful consideration, all the ministers thought that there was such a possibility, after all, the population of the Qing State was the largest in the world, and they had the basis to start a world war in manpower.

But if you think about it carefully, this is a bit impossible, and it is a bit unrealistic to say that there is no strong navy and that there is a large empire with an equally large population of Tsarist Russia on the land route.

In the end, according to the analysis of Pa Xiali, a Chinese expert, this qiē was just a trap for Yang Butang to delay time, as long as the Anglo-French alliance captured the Qing Jingshi, or approached the Qing Jingshi, the timid and weak Qing Emperor would agree to their conditions.

But only Pashali and Erjin reached such a consensus, and the other three, including Putiyatin of Tsarist Russia, had some apprehension in their eyes.

France's interests in Annam in the near future, under pressure from England, they could not send troops to the Far East, once as Yang Butang said, the Qing Congress interfered in the situation in Annam, which would undoubtedly have a fatal impact on France's Annan strategy, Gro. It's not some kind of blind and arrogant person. Although he has ambitions for the Qing state. But Napoleon's words, he still knows, once this Oriental sleeping lion wakes up, the outcome may be as Yang Butang said.

But after all, the matter was led by England, and even if it was defeated, France could still bear the loss of ten warships and three thousand French soldiers. Once victorious, the benefits are innumerable.

As for Lie Weilian, he had already heard from Ren Lei's mouth that some information about this Yang Butang, this Yang Butang was by no means as simple as it seemed, but there were some things that Ren Lei made secret, although Lie Weilian was the one who knew Yang Meng's details the most among the four, but out of the threat of Ren Lei. Lie Weilian didn't dare to say these words.

As for Putiyatin, he was worried that the Qing State would be annexed by Britain and France, and the Qing State had recently gone to war with Oros. It's okay to joke about it, it's naïve, although the national strength of Oros has been greatly damaged, but after the Crimean War, Oros reform is also underway, as long as it is three or two years, Oros is still the largest empire entrenched in Eurasia.

The Qing State is completely out of an empire in the era of cold weapons, and its combat power is simply not on the table.

Five days, in the midst of conspiracy and calculation, passed quickly and slowly, Yang Meng's side enjoyed himself day and night, and the envoys of the four countries were scurrying around in the maze laid by Yang Meng.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this separation, are we going to meet in the future? You'd better not be captured on the battlefield, or hell awaits you! I don't know about international practices in the Qing Dynasty, and in the land of the Qing Dynasty, only the laws of the Qing Dynasty are practiced.

If you want my Qing Dynasty to follow your international conventions, it's easy, let's sit down and reformulate new international practices, that is, international law, otherwise, don't use your standards to measure my Qing Dynasty! ”

The war will definitely continue, no matter what Yang Meng says, there is no real strength outside, those are just false words and intimidation, war is the national policy of Britain and France, but it is not modified by Ergin and Gro.

The attack on Jinkou was not a plan but an order for the British and French forces, and they were afraid that after these people dispersed, the war would start in Jinkou in less than ten days and a half months.

"Yang Butang, I deeply regret your arrogance and toughness, I believe that the imperial soldiers can teach you what it means to be humble and respectful, many things, in a short period of time, there will be a result."

Looking at Yang Butang, who was still arrogant, Pa Xia Li was also indescribably disgusted, without this Yang Butang, I am afraid that many of their conditions would be accepted by the Qing Kingdom.

"I hope so! May you not become sinners in your country and take your leave! ”

After getting off the merchant ship, Yang Meng still had a smile on his face, he had been planning for twelve years, and finally waited for the day when he took power, and now in his heart, he was also desperate for the war to break out soon.

Although war will kill people, and many people will die, but in the midst of famine, millions or tens of millions of people will die of starvation, and such a war is still good for the Qing Dynasty.

Once the great powers enter the country, the country behind him will continue to weaken, and the famines, disasters and disasters may kill far more people than the war, half of which are from the hands of the great powers, and half of them are from the hands of the Qing court.

Fight, fight until the dead are full of wild people, and the bones are full of bones, and no one will fight in any other country!

War, fight until the country is ruined, the mountains and rivers are broken, and everyone in all countries is afraid of war!

Today's Qing Dynasty has no international situation to worry about, and the lives of the people have long been miserable, such a state of existence is bad enough, no matter how bad the war is, what is the great deal? Barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes, Yang Meng's mentality is like this.

After the envoys of the four countries returned to Guangzhou, they consulted with the British high-level delegation, and as a result, the high-level delegation also thought that Yang Meng was bluffing, and after sending a detailed report to their respective governments, the preparations for war on the Hong Kong island side also began.

The war broke out very quickly, and in half a month, the British and French forces were ready, and the goal was very clear.

Because of Yang Meng's relationship, the envoys of the four countries could no longer contact any officials of the Qing State except for Yang Meng, and there was no way to warn them, and the thirty warships of the British and French coalition forces arrived at the sea off Jinkou, and the monk Lingqin stationed in Jinkou was not polite, as long as the battleship entered the firing range, he would shoot with a cannon!

Monk Greenqin was also forced to be helpless, Yang Laosan asked to kill his Monk Greenqin's excerpt, a few days. If you don't fire. That would be tantamount to convicting the crime. Tan Tingxiang of Zhili is also a person who cherishes feathers, and when he looks at the situation in Jiangnan, he knows that the war in Jinkou must be fought well, and he is a civil servant, and it is the best way to deal with the responsibility of defending the land to Monk Greenqin.

Yang Laosan forced the court to kill his monk Greenqin, but Tan Tingxiang was playing the method of killing behind his back. In the excerpts, he was blown by his monk Grinqin to a rare occurrence in the sky and on the earth, and now this situation is difficult to ride a tiger, and if he does not fight, it is a dead end, and if he does not sink a few Yangyi warships, this matter is unreasonable.

Dagukou is the gateway of Jinkou, the geographical location is very suitable for defense, there is a barrage of sand in the mouth for 30 miles, which is called the danger outside the mouth, the big ship is inconvenient to navigate, and there is a fort on the south bank. There are three forts on the north bank, and these forts have been since Yang Meng launched the theory of destroying the country. It is also constantly being reinforced, and the number and power of artillery here are also second to none among the batteries in the Qing Dynasty.

There are four 12,000-pound copper cannons, 12 10,000-pound copper cannons, 30 5,000-pound copper cannons, 60 Western iron cannons, and 200 other copper and iron cannons of various colors.

The desperate monk Greenqin who was forced by Yang Laosan and Tan Tingxiang also went out at this time, this battle can't be fought if it doesn't work, in case it falls to the truth, with Yang Laosan's status in the heart of the saint, if it is not good, after a fight, he is still defeated by his monk Greenqin.

Erjin and Ge Luo originally wanted to negotiate with Qing officials on the front line and completely break the news blockade of Yang Butang, but after seeing the posture of the Dagu Fort, the two knew that forcing the Qing State to sign an alliance under the city had come to naught, and they could only speak with the results of the war.

After the battleship forcibly broke into the barrage, the commander of the fleet knew that the environment was harsh, the water was shallow, and it was extremely difficult for the battleship to turn around, and all the gunners opened fire, it was very easy to run aground, and the artillery fire of the British and French fleets was weakened by the terrain of Dagukou, and the monk Lingqin side could make a big fortune.

The 12,000-pound copper cannon, although it is a solid bullet, the quality of the copper cannon is far stronger than that of the iron cannon, and the power of the large copper cannon after a sufficient charge is not covered.

Attacking Dagukou was not a tentative war for the British and French forces, and they wanted to capture Dagukou, although the geographical location was not good, but more than 1,200 British soldiers and more than 100 French soldiers still rowed their sampans and pounced on the Dagu fort.

Different from the battle situation during the battle of Gengzi, and different from the two Humen offensive and defensive battles led by Yang Meng, the British and French warships that rashly broke into the mouth of Dagu were just live targets for Seng Greenqin, and the natural geographical location allowed Monk Greenqin to occupy an absolute advantage.

Yang Meng's reminder also made the Dagu Fort have many more huge cannons and heavy artillery, and the ten warships that entered the Dagu Mouth, within three hours, four were sunk, and six lost their combat and operational capabilities.

Without the cover of naval guns, the sampans were exposed under the guns of Dagu, these British and French troops were just live targets, and one by one the sampans were sunk, and the British and French troops on the sampans had no other way to live except to jump into the sea.

When this battle was fought to this extent, Monk Greenqin had already won the battle, but the monk Greenqin, who commanded it remotely, did not know that Long Ruyuan, the deputy general of the Dagu Association, was a person who was bribed by the Yang family, and seeing that the Yangyi warship that had invaded Haikou had lost its ability to act, Long Ruyuan, under the influence of the Yang family's steward, carried out an artillery bombardment of the battleship that had lost its ability to move and the British and French forces in the sea for another half an hour.

The war that was supposed to be a normal war turned into a one-sided massacre at once, and all 10 warships that entered the barrage were destroyed, and very few people on board survived, and the British and French troops who were going to land in Dagu on a sampan survived less than 100 people.

As Yang Butang said, even if the remnants of the coalition army raised the white flag, the artillery fire of Dagu was still unacceptable, and the three words were perfectly interpreted by Long Ruyuan, the defender of Dagu.

Although Long Ruyuan was bought by the Yang family, the military feat of destroying ten Yangyi warships at one time is far from the total annihilation of Yangyi soldiers and horses and the destruction of ten warships.

This is also the last afterglow of the Qing Empire, right? When the Anglo-French coalition army reported back, Monk Greenqin? Sushun? No matter how many times their strength is increased, I am afraid that they will not be able to withstand the offensive of the more than 30,000 British and French troops on Hong Kong Island.

At that time, he, Yang Meng, will be able to unscrupulously break into the capital under the banner of King Qin and accept the authority of the Qing Empire.

The defeat of Dagu was completely unacceptable to Erjin and Gro, and the war was completely unilateral in the end, and the Qing State did this, which meant that Britain and France had to expand the scale of the war.

Although England reinforced Hong Kong Island, in the early stage of the war, the British and French governments gave the order to Hong Kong Island to dispatch 30 warships and about 5,000 men.

Retreat, can only retreat, unwilling to look at Dagu in the night, Ergin reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

Back on Hong Kong Island, things are much simpler, one is to report to the government, and the other is to prepare to expand the scale of the war, and this war between the British and French forces and the Qing Dynasty is also extremely delicate.

The British and French fleets did not attack the Qing ships at sea, and the men and horses of the Qing Dynasty did not attack the garrisons and warships of the two countries in the major commercial ports, and the war only started in Jinkou. (To be continued......)