At this time, the officers present were divided into two factions, some supported Li Xian as the general of Guangdong, some thought that Wang Jiuxuan should be the main one, and of course there were many who stayed on the sidelines and did not participate in the dispute.

In the end, it was Xuanzheng, the master of the Sanyuan Guanguan, who spoke, suppressed the argument between the two sides, and calmed down the argument with good words, and said a few words to the envoy to send it away.

However, this time it still made Li Xian very unhappy, snorted coldly, threw off his sleeves and left, and his dissatisfaction was overflowing.

The envoy saw all this, and then returned to Guangzhou and replied to the Six Princes.

"Mr. went to the enemy camp, it was hard work, but what did you gain?" The sixth prince treated his staff politely with the respect of a prince, and his demeanor was heartbreaking.

The envoy described the envoy in detail and reported it to the prince and the others.

"In this way, there are also many contradictions between these martial artists, can it be understood like this?" the sixth prince asked with a frown.

"I don't see it that way. The messenger shook his head and said, "These people are noisy on the surface, but I'm afraid they are more likely to be playful."

The Sanyuan Concept and the Mixed Yuan Sect supported each other all the way to this scale, how could it be that others could provoke it with just two words, and quarrel in front of me, an outsider.

In my opinion, there is not necessarily any disagreement between the two factions, but the relationship should not be so bad.

These people didn't even know whether to accept the appointment of the Guangdong general, but they showed a situation of competing with each other, and this play was too rough. ”

The sixth prince pondered for a while before he understood, and got up to salute the envoy: "It's better that Mr. is analytical, otherwise he will be deceived by these martial artists." ”

The envoy also hurriedly got up and replied: "It's just a matter of subordination to suggest something, Your Highness, this is really tormenting me."

His Royal Highness is so courteous to others, and he will definitely be able to ascend to the throne and achieve a great monarch. ”

"Sir, it's over. The sixth prince smiled and said, "It's just, since this discord can't be used, what should we do?"

"The world values strategy, but it does not understand that true victory or defeat can only be determined by real strength.

Didn't we have a plan earlier, to crush these ill-intentioned people with real strength, and just continue to implement it.

No matter what these people outside the city think, we just follow our own strategy, regardless of what they think. The messenger said confidently.

"Sir, this is a good word. The Sixth Prince nodded in approval.

Then, the government of Guangzhou City and the Sanyuanli coalition army outside the city became more and more frequent, promising official positions and property, as well as various benefits, in short, the Sanyuanli coalition army should not rebel, and should work with the Qing army in Guangzhou to resist the invasion of the British army, and not to make enemies who are happy and relatives are painful.

After the mutual trust between the two sides reached a certain level, the six princes even rushed to the position of Niulangang with only a few attendants and talked with Li Xian face to face.

For this move, even Li Xian and other high-level martial artists couldn't help but praise a few words, these six princes are really different from ordinary officials and royal families, and they are very heroic.

After this, the relationship between the Qing army and the Sanyuanli coalition army began to ease, and the exchanges between them gradually became more frequent, and the six princes and the officials of Guangzhou also sent money and food to the coalition army many times.

Of course, the request of the Sanyuanli coalition army to enter the city of Guangzhou to assist in the defense was also politely and resolutely rejected by the bigwigs.

Under the intentional or unintentional promotion of the three parties, the third Sanyuanli War is also gradually brewing.

During this period, the six princes visited Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan and other people who commanded the army many times, and finally got a promise from Li Xian's side that he was willing to assist the six princes to destroy the British army and relieve the siege of Guangdong.

Overjoyed, the six princes spoke very highly of the patriotic sentiments of the warriors, and even said that Li Xian's side would formulate a strategy against the British army, and the Qing army in Guangdong would fully cooperate.

This posture is very high, and ordinary people have to kneel on the ground and be grateful when they meet it, even Li Xian also feels that the six princes think very highly of themselves and are very righteous.

Li Xian's side formulated a strategy, that is to say, the initiative in this war will be held in Sanyuanli, and the coalition side is naturally unable to ask for it, Li Xian naturally immediately agreed, and stated his tactical ideas to the six princes.

"The British had three strongholds in Guangdong, namely Hong Kong Island, Humen and Sifang Fort.

Among them, the Sifang Fort is guarded by more than 5,000 regular troops, and there is a relatively complete trench position, and it takes more than 20,000 soldiers to fight for more than three months to conquer it.

Comparatively speaking, the garrison of Hong Kong was only about 2,000 troops, but it was not easy because of the sea barrier, a large number of merchant ships to escort it, and the sailors on these merchant ships would also support it at critical moments.

As for the Humen Fort, it was originally a position built by our side, but it was later occupied by the British army until now, and the terrain is dangerous.

It's just that the British army is short of troops, and the number of troops deployed in Humen is only about 1,500.

These three strongholds all have relatively complete defense facilities, ample artillery, and naval warships patrolling and supporting each other, each of which is difficult to overcome. Li Xian briefed the six princes on the situation of the British army.

"The British are indeed very warlike. However, in this case, there is no solution to the siege of Guangzhou?" the sixth prince asked with a sigh.

"That's not it, although the British army is elite, it has a very serious shortcoming, that is, insufficient troops.

With the strength of the British army, if you want to concentrate your forces together and hold only one stronghold, it is almost impossible to break through, even if you gather the forces of several southern provinces together, you will not be able to defeat the British army.

But the problem now is that the total strength of the British army is insufficient, and it has to be divided into three places, which gives us an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The British army is now equivalent to a long snake formation, and we only need to conquer any of the three strongholds, and we can force the British army to shrink back and dare not show troops outside the city of Guangzhou, this is our chance.

For example, if we concentrate all our forces to conquer Hong Kong, the British will have to withdraw their troops from Canton, or they will be besieged by us to death;

If we conquer Humen, the British will not be able to take care of it, and if we are not careful, we will block the operation of the ships and destroy the troops stranded outside the city of Guangzhou, so they will have to retreat;

Of course, if we have the ability to wipe out the main force of the British army stationed outside the city of Guangzhou, and the main force of the British army is insufficient, we will inevitably withdraw from Guangdong, retreat to Hong Kong, or even withdraw from Guangdong.

It can be said that no matter which of the three strongholds we conquer, it can disrupt the strategic deployment of the British army in Guangdong, and then affect the layout of the entire British expeditionary force, so that the British army can switch from offensive to defensive, and directly turn the tide of the war between China and Britain, or at least in a very favorable position during negotiations. Li Xian introduced.