At the same time, the merchants in Guangzhou began to realize the strong strength of the coalition army, and a large number of shopkeepers and men were "forced" to serve in the coalition army, and established a much stronger material procurement and logistics management system for the coalition army than before, and greatly improved the intelligence ability, all of which laid the foundation for the victory of this battle.

At the time of the arrival of the Six Princes, Li Xian's troops in Niulangang did only have 9,000 people, but Wang Jiuxuan's troops stationed in Foshan had already expanded to 8,000 people, and General Zhao Hu stationed in Leizhou and Chen Guangsheng in Macao also expanded their troops with the support of Li Xian, with more than 7,000 troops and a large number of auxiliary troops, and the actual combat power far exceeded the expectations of the Six Princes.

The six princes were still the rulers of the feudal era, thinking they were smart, but they didn't understand the most critical data such as the actual strength of the enemy, and they always thought that the number of coalition troops in Sanyuanli was only 12,000 people, and they even missed Leizhou and Macao.

The six princes hoped to use the position of Guangdong general to cause discord between Wang Jiuxuan and Li Xian, and wanted to transfer Li Xian to Sanyuanli, and then lead the army to occupy Niulangang, and then pursue and kill Li Xian's department after obtaining a large number of military materials from Niulangang.

Li Xian was also very ruthless in doing things, pretending to be the sixth prince, but he used the secret realm and blessed land to secretly arrange the three regiments of Wang Xiaoming, Chen Guangsheng and Ma Daha in the Niulangang position, and with the help of the cover of the trenches, he deceived the old and spicy officers such as Pu Dingcha and John.

At the same time, Li Xian understood that when he came to Humen, the six princes would inevitably send troops to attack or block him, so he fought all the way, thinking of destroying the army that blocked him in turn and laying the foundation for the victory of the entire battle of Guangdong.

As for Wang Jiuxuan's side, taking advantage of the fact that the sixth prince thought that there were less than 3,000 people on his side, he had already secretly traveled from Foshan to the vicinity of Sanyuanguan, and then went to Dongguan to hide, just thinking of cooperating with Li Xian to annihilate the weaker blocking force first.

Li Xian adhered to Taizu's art of war, and held the idea that "it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten fingers", that is, to concentrate superior forces to destroy an enemy army, especially the British army among them, and finally achieved great results, and the balance of forces between the enemy and us in Guangdong has undergone a fundamental change, and the actual combat strength has faintly exceeded the total strength of the Qing army and the British army.

Li Xian discussed with Wang Jiuxuan, and then left a regiment of troops to sweep around Heiwu Mountain, and by the way, tried to capture several forts in Humen.

These batteries, the number of garrisons in a single battery is not large, only a few hundred, and it is difficult to support each other, leaving a regiment is enough to deter, if you are lucky, occupy one or two, it can also have a huge impact on the battle situation, forcing the British army to withdraw from Humen in advance.

Next, Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan were going to join forces and attack the Qing soldiers and the British army on the periphery of Niulangang.

By the time the battle report of Heiwushan reached the British and Qing troops on the periphery of Niulangang, the commanders on both sides were all discolored.

"It can't be. Yang Fang's defeat with his troops is so likely that he will be completely annihilated, how can it be?" the six princes roared after reading the battle report, unwilling to believe such a result.

Yang Fang had more than 30,000 people, and there were 5,000 British troops to assist, even if Li Xian used his troops to get into the gods, he couldn't beat it, and the whole army was wiped out in less than two days, which was really incredible.

It's just that no matter how unwilling the six princes are to accept it, facts are facts, and no matter how angry they are, it won't help the overall situation.

On the other hand, Pu Ding Cha and John were speechless when they looked at the battle report.

After all, the British army was more professional, and the battle report obtained also pointed out that Li Xian's troops far exceeded the expected situation, and also pointed out that the British army was unable to evacuate safely because the camp was attacked by the Qing army.

In order to shirk his responsibility, the commander of the British army focused on describing the incompetence of the Qing army, and said that it was precisely because a large number of Qing troops suddenly ran into his camp that he was unwilling to kill his allies, so he could not let go of his hands and feet, and let Li Xian's troops easily attack.

"I have long said that the Qing people will produce moths. John said with a soft sigh.

Pu Dingcha snorted coldly in his heart, what you said earlier was that it was possible for the Qing government army to cooperate with Li Xian's troops to attack, which is not the same thing as the current rout of the army, but it is not suitable to discuss this kind of detail at this time.

"What's next?" said Pu Dingcha worriedly.

Pu Dingcha and John glanced at each other, and quickly turned their heads, now this situation is naturally to withdraw from Guangzhou, or even the whole of Guangdong, but whoever takes the initiative to say this matter, it will be difficult to shirk the responsibility afterwards.

Although the British army had strong fortifications and relatively sufficient troops in Hong Kong and the Sifang Fort, as long as the Humen Fort community was captured, then the British army would be separated from the head and tail, and there was a danger that they would be broken separately, so they had to retreat to Hong Kong and join forces for the sake of safety.

Now Li Xian left only one regiment of troops around Humen, but this point of strength also has a strong deterrent effect on many forts in Humen, and if one is not good, multiple forts will fall, and then the British troops in the suburbs of Guangzhou will be cut off from logistics and have no way to retreat.

What's more, Li Xian's main force is also a force of more than 13,000 people, and once it enters Niulangang, it will also be a powerful threat.

When the British army arrived in Guangdong, they just wanted to take advantage of their strong military superiority to help the Qing government solve some small difficulties, and by the way, they just wanted to take advantage of the peace talks.

Both the soldiers and the British army are planning their own plans, planning the next step, and Li Xian's side will not stop the pace of marching.

After the fall of Yang Fang's troops, Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan joined forces and rested in the area of Heiwu Mountain for two days, and then returned to the area of Guangzhou.

This time, he did not go directly back to the area of Niulangang, but first went to Sanyuanguan, rested for a day again, and then pressed the army, arrived at the west side of Niulangang and set up camp, standing parallel to the position of Niulangang, and facing each other from afar with the Department of the Six Princes and the Department of Puding Cha.

Pu Ding Cha sent people to carefully observe the army brought by Li Xian, and found that this army really had more than 13,000 people, and there were still auxiliary soldiers and civilians arriving from the direction of Sanyuanguan to assist the army in setting up camp and digging trenches, so he broke off the idea of continuing to fight.

So far, Pu Dingcha has vaguely understood that the combat effectiveness of Li Xian's department is not worse than that of the same number of British troops, and it seems that it is stronger than the British army in terms of combat results.

The number of Chinese troops in the Niulangang position has always been a mystery, ostensibly only 2,000 men, but in reality it feels much richer than that, but because of the trenches, it is not clear to see, so it is impossible to obtain more accurate information.

However, even if there are only 2,000 people in Niulangang, the strength of the Chinese rebels has reached more than 15,000 pure firearms troops, and there are tens of thousands of civilians (auxiliaries) equipped with a large number of cold weapons in the rear to call in.

The most worrying thing is that the Chinese government army also has a huge hatred for the British army, and now it is only because of the fear of the strength of the British army and temporary cooperation, after the British army suffered huge losses, the Chinese government army has some undesirable ideas, and with a counterattack, it is good that one-tenth of the more than 10,000 British troops in the suburbs of Guangzhou can return to Britain.

In such a situation, it would be foolish for the British army to continue fighting, but it is also a matter of learning how to withdraw between a strong enemy and an unreliable ally.

The six princes sent people to Pu Ding Cha to ask about the strategy for dealing with Li Xian's troops, and Pu Ding Cha slapped his chest loudly, saying that the British army was brave and unmatched, and some rebels were not a problem.