"Actually, I think the situation in Guangzhou is very good, the Qing court has cut off the food supply to Guangzhou, but all kinds of materials can still come in through various channels, and the prices in the market have risen slightly, but the range is not large, and it is about 20% higher than before we occupied Guangzhou, which is very rare.

That's the biggest credit, and you don't have to worry about other details.

However, there are some things that must also be addressed, and it is good to at least increase the channels for material imports.

I'll be in Guangzhou tomorrow to see how I can do it. Li Xian shook his head and said with a sigh.

"It's a deal. Wang Jiuxuan said happily.

It was also in this context that three months after the Huaxia Liberation Army conquered Guangzhou, Li Xian, who had been engaged in the Iron and Steel Research Institute in Sanyuan Fudi, finally came out of the customs and went to Guangzhou with Wang Jiuxuan to manage political affairs.

Li Xian's military achievements are great, and his prestige in the army is extremely high, even the citizens of Guangzhou also have a high deterrent power in their hearts, and they all know that this is the big leader of the rebel army.

On the day Li Xian entered the city, under the auspices of Wang Jiuxuan, a large number of important people from the military, government and business came to the city gate to welcome Li Xian into the city, and a welcome banquet was held in the evening.

"Senior Brother Wang, what are you doing?" Pan Wu welcomed Li Xian into the city with everyone, and then quietly pulled the sleeve of Qin Rigang, the master of the Heaven and Earth Society beside him, and asked, "As long as Li Shuai doesn't come in, the entire Guangzhou City will be Senior Brother Wang's final say, how happy it is."

If you have to welcome Li Xian in this time, you have to make yourself uncomfortable, even if Li Xian doesn't fight for the power of governing the government, there will always be one more irrelevant person, so why bother?"

This was originally considered to be close to himself, but it was a pity that Qin Rigang was extremely stubborn, and he didn't take a businessman like Pan Wu in his eyes at all, so he just snorted coldly and pulled his sleeves back.

"There is no room for such a person as you to be blind in the affairs of this army. Qin Rigang snorted coldly and left, leaving Pan Wu standing there in a daze, a little indignant in his heart.

After Li Xian entered the city, he didn't make any big moves, except for going on the road in some public places, meeting with some gentry, and expressing support for Wang Jiuxuan's governance, but he didn't make any big moves.

Many people originally thought that Li Xian would inevitably have to fight with Wang Jiuxuanlong when he entered the city this time, and fought for the right to govern in Guangzhou City.

A few days later, Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan issued several orders: that is, to encourage the citizens of Guangzhou to shave their hair and change clothes, cut off the braids on their heads, and restore the clothing of the Ming Dynasty; the army would gradually withdraw from Guangzhou, and the law and order in Guangzhou would be governed by a police organization; merchants should be encouraged to send grain, cloth, and other materials to Guangzhou, and various preferential policies would be provided for this, including tax reductions and even tax exemptions.

These orders seem simple, but they are all very important, such as whether shaving hair is mandatory or voluntary, what is the so-called police agency, what are the preferential policies for businessmen, and whether they can be honored.

However, while the gentry in Guangzhou were discussing the new policy of the Huaxia Army, Li Xian did not stay in Guangzhou, but left Guangzhou with 5,000 soldiers and horses and went east.

It turned out that after Li Xian conducted some investigation in Guangzhou, he felt that the situation in Guangzhou was much more complicated and troublesome than he expected, so he did not want to waste his energy on these endless trivial matters, but tried to solve the problems in Guangzhou from other angles.

To tell the truth, in addition to the management of Guangzhou, there are many practical problems that the Huaxia army is now facing are still being solved, such as whether or not to clear out the Qing army that still has a lot of Qing troops left in Guangdong; in addition, whether the British army retreats to the vicinity of Hong Kong Island will pursue the past or negotiate peace, and so on.

Li Xian didn't have many troops, so he took 5,000 regular soldiers, that is, the size of three regiments and one brigade, and marched on the road, all the way to the vicinity of Humen Town in southern Dongguan.

Earlier, after the British army occupied the Humen Fort, thousands of soldiers were left to garrison several forts, but later Li Xian won the battle in Wuheieng, seriously threatening the safety of the British troops who stayed in Humen, and then defeated the army of the Six Princes on the outskirts of Guangzhou.

After that, the Huaxia army took advantage of the situation to occupy the fort complex in Humen, and now there is about a regiment of troops guarding these forts.

However, Li Xian did not like to divide his troops the most, and did not send troops to defend all the batteries, but concentrated all his forces to the largest battery, and did not think that he would block the enemy from the outside by relying on the Humen Fort alone.

After Li Xian arrived, he inspected the defense facilities, gave some instructions to the defenders of the fort, rested for one night, and continued to march with his troops the next day until he reached the territory of Bao'an County.

Bao'an County in the Qing Dynasty was actually the prototype of Shenzhen more than 100 years later, and Hong Kong in later generations included the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong Island and Lantau Island in the southern part of Bao'an County.

At the beginning, Yang Fang fought against Li Xian in the area of Wuheishan, and then defeated him, retreated to Bao'an County, and is now in the county seat.

Yang Fang's defeated troops were originally about 10,000 people, but later collected a large number of defeated soldiers who fled from Guangzhou, with a total strength of about 20,000 troops, which is currently the largest Qing army force in Guangdong.

In addition, the British army evacuated to Hong Kong Island in good condition, and then forcibly occupied the Kowloon Peninsula and built trenches, breastwork, forts and other defensive facilities, echoing the Qing army.

Li Xian relied on the trench position to pit the British army many times, and naturally knew the power of this kind of trench facilities, at present, more than 15,000 British troops are defending the trenches, and the artillery and guns are complete.

In short, Bao'an County is the largest outpost of the reactionary forces threatening the Huaxia Liberation Army.

Li Xian led his troops over, causing a panic in the Qing army led by Yang Fang.

Originally, Yang Fang had 20,000 soldiers and horses, and Li Xian only led 5,000 soldiers, and the ratio of troops reached four to one, and the Qing army still had a great advantage, but after several battles, the Qing army already had a great fear of Li Xian.

Li Xian did not intend to attack the county seat directly, and led his troops to the banks of the Bao'an River (later the Shenzhen River) north of the Jiulong Mountains, and then set up camps, dug trenches, and began to garrison.

Yang Fang didn't know what medicine was buried in Li Xian's gourd, and he was worried that the large force of the Huaxia Army was hiding around, so he didn't dare to go out of the city at all, only stuck in the city, and kept sending reports to the imperial court asking for help.

It's just that the target of Li Xian's march this time is not Yang Fang's team at all, and even the battle itself is not his goal, otherwise he would not have come over with only 5,000 soldiers and horses.

After Li Xian's troops were stationed in the Shenzhen River and the camp was built, there was movement on the British side, and Governor Pu Dingcha sent an envoy to start negotiations with Li Xian.

It turned out that everyone thought that the British army and the Huaxia army had fought very fiercely before, and there were heavy casualties between the two armies, of course, mainly the losses of the British army, and there was no possibility of negotiation at all. 2210