The Sixth Prince looked at the map and pondered for a moment before bowing to Li Xianshen and saying, "Brother Li is a great talent, and he has analyzed it more thoroughly than any commander I have ever seen.

It's just that I hope Brother Li will give me advice on how to fight this battle. ”

"Your Highness is gracious. Li Xian's admiration for the six princes was very useful, and he said with a smile: "It's actually very simple to deal with the British army, that is, we also divide our troops into three ways and attack these three strongholds at the same time, so that the British army can't take care of each other." ”

"Attacking three strongholds at the same time?" the sixth prince frowned: "However, I remember that Brother Li said that with our ability, it is very difficult to attack any stronghold, and it will cause huge casualties.

Wouldn't it be harder to attack three at the same time?"

"On the surface, that's true, but that's not the case.

Our problem now is that we have a large number of troops, but we do not have enough equipment and training, and we cannot bring into full play our due combat effectiveness.

Therefore, we should give full play to our own advantages, ostensibly by dividing our troops into three ways to storm three strongholds, but in fact two of them are only suspicious soldiers, only making an offensive posture, but not actually attacking, and the real elite soldiers are only placed in one place, only attacking one way.

In this way, the British army could not figure out which way we were really going to attack, so they could not support each other, and when we quickly took a stronghold, the British army had only one way to retreat. ”

The sixth prince thought about it carefully, then patted his thigh and said: "Two suspicious soldiers, one actual attack, sure enough, this is the reason."

It's just that the specific two ways to be suspicious soldiers, and which one is really attacking, I still hope for Brother Li's guidance. ”

"Now, there are 15,000 Guangdong green battalion soldiers in Guangzhou, plus soldiers from other provinces led by Yang Fang and others, a total of about 30,000 troops.

This force is also a lot, but because of the poor equipment, when encountering the British, who have strong ships and guns, they will not be able to exert their strength.

In my opinion, it is okay for these soldiers to be used as suspicious soldiers, but it is impossible to expect them to conquer the British positions.

Let Yang Fang lead 15,000 soldiers and horses to Bao'an County, and then go south to the Kowloon Peninsula to make a posture of attacking Hong Kong Island across the sea.

In that case, the British would be afraid of the fall of Hong Kong, and would not dare to transfer the Hong Kong defenders to support other strongholds, and even consider transferring troops from other places to defend Hong Kong.

In addition, His Royal Highness also had to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to sit in Guangzhou, and then make a move to attack the Sifang Fort outside Guangzhou, and be sure to firmly attach the British army around the Sifang Fort.

As for me, I led the main force of the Sanyuanli Township Protector Army, and then put on the 5,000 green battalion soldiers in Guangzhou to attack Humen.

The Humen garrison only has about 1,500 people, and I bring 7,000 soldiers and horses, plus 5,000 green battalion soldiers, and the military strength is far superior to the British army in Humen, but it can be quickly conquered.

At that time, as long as we occupy Humen and make a posture of blocking the operation of rivers and ships, the British army will have to retreat from outside the city of Guangzhou, so as not to be caught by our urn, and the siege of Guangzhou will naturally be lifted.

My thoughts are like this, what does Your Highness think?" Li Xian finished speaking, looking at the six princes meaningfully.

The Sixth Prince nodded, then shook his head again, with a look of embarrassment on his face.

"Brother Li is right, but the first thing in Guangzhou's green battalion is to protect Guangzhou, and if you want to mobilize 20,000 soldiers and horses out, it will inevitably lead to the weakness of Guangzhou's city defense, which will have many difficulties. ”

"What's that, Guangzhou has a large population, and there are tens of thousands of large families together, so it shouldn't be difficult for them to help defend it, right?

Moreover, it is not that the Guangzhou side is defended for too long, as long as we hold it for two or three days, we break through the Humen, and the British army will inevitably retreat, what is there to worry about?

Moreover, with the situation at that time, we pretended to be in a hurry to break through the three strongholds, and the British army was too late to do everything they could, so how could they think of sending troops to occupy the city of Guangzhou, Your Highness could rest assured. Li Xian didn't think so.

"That's right, but Guangzhou is not up to me alone, and if it makes Guangzhou too empty, I'm afraid the governor and the general won't agree. The Sixth Prince still found it a little difficult to decide.

The two of them continued to bargain for a long time, and only after Li Xian strongly advised and even patted his chest to ensure that this battle would never bring too many casualties to the defenders of Guangzhou, the six princes reluctantly agreed to Li Xian's conditions.

However, the six princes also demanded that the strength of the army be adjusted, that is, the strength of the army attacking Hong Kong would be reduced to 10,000, and the soldiers and horses attacking Humen would remain unchanged, still 5,000 people, so that the Guangzhou side could leave 15,000 troops, which was somewhat reassuring.

The battle strategy of the two sides was thus decided, and then it was a matter of details, and the two discussed the date of dispatch and other details, etc., and talked for a long time before deciding on a preliminary battle plan.

The six princes took their leave and returned to Guangzhou to discuss this strategy with the officials in Guangzhou.

"These two falsehoods and one reality, they sound good, and it's not very dangerous to really fight.

It's just that we really want to do this?" Governor Yiliang first asked his own question.

"If we really want to deal with the British army, this strategy is not bad, and there is a great chance of success, and we can really relieve the siege of Guangzhou.

In this sense, this Li Xian is a rare general, and he is really proficient in the way of using soldiers.

However, after all, this British army is only a plague of scabies, and our real henchmen are these warrior sects, gangs, and armies now.

Defeated by the British, we only need to pay some compensation, but being defeated by these warriors, our Qing Dynasty will be unstable, and it will be obvious where to go. The sixth prince gritted his teeth and said fiercely, but it was very different from his usual graceful demeanor.

This is very true. Yiliang is also a nobleman of the Manchurian Red Banner, and even the sixth prince is right, and hurriedly nodded in agreement. "These warriors are unruly and have always wanted to restore the Ming Dynasty, which is indeed more hateful than the British. ”

"Now that we know what these warriors think, we will take this opportunity to wipe them all out. The Sixth Prince said viciously.

The cooperation between the Sanyuanli coalition army and the defenders of Guangzhou was settled.

Li Xian said that the biggest problem of the British army now is the lack of troops, and it is necessary to divide several strongholds to give people an opportunity to take advantage of it, but in fact, the Sanyuanli coalition army also has a similar problem, and the problem of insufficient numbers and division of troops is obvious in many places.

According to the understanding of the officials in Guangzhou, the regular strength of the Sanyuanli coalition army was about 12,000 men, of which 3,000 were stationed in Foshan and Macao, and only 9,000 defenders in Sanyuanli.

According to the strategy finalized by Li Xian and the Six Princes, the forces of Macao and Foshan were not moved, and Li Xian drew 7,000 troops from his side, plus 5,000 defenders of Guangzhou, to attack the British army stationed at Humen; Yang Fang led 10,000 troops to attack the Kowloon Peninsula; and on the side of the Sifang Fort, the Six Princes personally led 15,000 troops to attack with all their strength to confuse the British defenders there.