Seeing that Wang Xiaoming has always been the main position, and Hai Dagui has always been the deputy position, it seems that he is half a level behind, but in fact, it is not.

It turned out that Li Xian was very insecure, and he had always been unwilling to completely give up military power, and when he was the battalion commander, he was also the commander of a company, and let Hai Dagui be his deputy, and later he was also the commander of a battalion, so he let Hai Dagui be his deputy.

Even now, Li Xian is nominally the head of a regiment, and Hai Dagui is the deputy commander, but Li Xian is busy with a lot of things every day, and he has no time to deal with the affairs of a regiment.

In this way, the real power of Hai Dagui, the deputy head of the first regiment, is no worse than Wang Xiaoming, and in a sense, he is more trusted by Li Xian, in short, he is a senior officer in the first sequence under Li Xian.

To be able to do this, in addition to being trusted by Li Xian, Hai Dagui's own ability also has a lot to commend.

Just like just now, the ordinary guards didn't know that Hu Guangyong was just Shen Baozhen's pseudonym, but he knew about the level of Hai Dagui, but he pretended not to know and deliberately called Shen Baozhen Master Hu, and gave people a dismount without a trace.

At this time, the soldiers planted their flags on the ground, and the blood-colored military flags were waving in the wind, which was a bit iron-blooded.

"I want to teach a few adults to know that this is the auspicious fortune that my family dedicates to the adults of Guangzhou City. Hai Dagui laughed and pointed to these flags and said.

"What kind of auspicious rui is this, isn't it just some flags?" Song Mingda shouted impatiently, and then suddenly understood something: "Could it be that these are military flags captured from the British?"

"This brother has good eyesight, and this is indeed the various military flags captured by our East China Sea Division and the British in previous battles.

Look at this flag, it's the naval flag of the British warship HMS Voracil... This is the military flag of the commander of the British Army, Ugu, captured at Niulangang... This is the regimental flag of the Queen Ranger of the British Army ... As for this last flag, it is the regimental flag of the commander of the British Expeditionary Force, which we captured a few days ago..."

What Hai Dagui brought was indeed the various British flags that Li Xian had captured in previous battles, from the flag of the warship Vora to the regimental flag of the commander-in-chief Yilu that he had recently obtained, each flag represented a tragic battle, and of course a brilliant victory.

Hai Dagui was very eloquent, explained the level and origin of these flags, and by the way, he also recounted a few words about the battle process, and said it vividly, but he told all the processes of Li Xian's battle with the British army during this time.

Song Mingda was very hostile to Li Xian, but he also had to admit that Li Xian had made outstanding achievements in fighting the British, and his merits could make all the Qing officers who participated in the corresponding battles ashamed.

"The formation of the East China Sea Division by my lord was done at the request of Lord Lin Zexu, the governor of Liangguang; my lord sent troops in response to Lord Lin's call; and my lord's brilliant results were naturally done under the leadership of Lord Lin.

My lord sent me here to present these military flags to Lord Lin, the governor of Lin, to show the prestige of our Guangdong army. Hai Dagui was under the city, and he said loudly word by word, but he put all these military achievements made by Li Xian on Lin Zexu.

Lin Zexu has not governed Guangdong for a long time, but his reputation is extremely high, although he was condemned by Daoguang some time ago and sent to other places, his reputation in the hearts of the people and soldiers is still very high, much stronger than Yiliang and others.

"But..."Shen Baozhen's face changed slightly, thinking that if he didn't say anything, his uncle didn't know how much to eat in front of the emperor, so he wanted to defend himself, but unfortunately the soldiers on the side didn't give him the slightest chance.

"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!"

"Lord Lin is mighty!"

"The East China Sea Master is doing well!"

"Lord Li Xian is doing well!"

"his British, don't do it for the Leizhou sailors!"

The soldiers on the city wall suddenly cheered, at first it was only two or three, then ten hundred, then thousands of people, from the city wall here gradually spread to the left and right, and finally the soldiers of the entire north city wall were cheering, regardless of the position, Shen Baozhen wanted to explain something, but was completely drowned out by the cheers of these soldiers.

Song Mingda and Shen Baozhen looked at each other for a moment, their minds were racing, and they thought of a lot of things at once, but they couldn't interject anything at this time.

In fact, the defenders of Guangzhou had been under great pressure during this time, and in the disappointment of repeated defeats with the British army, at this time they suddenly knew that their side was against the British army, and the record was not bad, and they even won many battles.

At this moment, even those officers could not restrain the soldiers from cheering, not to mention that the middle and low-level officers had no intention of restraining their subordinates at this time, but cheered with those big-headed soldiers.

Luring the British army to attack the Sanyuanguan was only a secret plan known to the highest-ranking officials, and for ordinary officers and soldiers, whether they were Leizhou soldiers or Sanyuanguan people, they were their own allies, and they were friendly troops in their hometowns.

Knowing that Li Xian led his men to win the battle, the soldiers in Guangzhou were all honored, not like high-level officials.

Yi Liang and Qi Shan were in the city, and at first they heard the soldiers cheering loudly, and they were startled, thinking that there was a camp roar, or that the British had attacked Canton, until their men heard the situation and reported back, and they regained their composure.

Qi Shan sneered at this time, Lin Zexu was convicted and left Guangdong, and the soldiers in Guangdong also shouted Lin Zexu's name and cheered, this had to be reported to the emperor, and Lin Zexu couldn't defend himself.

What's more, Li Xian bit himself to death here, and the troops were all done at the behest of Lin Zexu, and there are Lin Zexu's previous letters and newspaper articles to testify, even if Daoguang is not to blame, Lin Zexu himself will resign to show his innocence.

Qi Shan was turning countless thoughts here, but the cheers of the defenders of Guangzhou on the city wall became higher and higher, and there seemed to be no momentum to stop.

The British troops who chased them out of the Sifang Fort didn't understand what Li Xian and these people were doing at first, but when they saw clearly what kind of military flag Hai Dagui was on, combined with the cheers of the defenders of Guangzhou, they suddenly understood what was happening, and they were so angry that their eyes turned red, and they rushed towards Li Xian's team with guns.

Song Mingda secretly complained in the city, the British decided that the Sanyuanguan army and the Guangzhou army were in a group, thinking that the previous actions of the officials in Guangzhou were all with the British, and even together to deceive and trap the British army.

It's just that at this time, even if the top lobbyists are sent to the British, there is no way to explain that Sanyuanguan and Guangzhou City are really not together, and this loss is bound to be eaten.

Li Xian originally thought about the solution to the current situation, and realized that it was a bit difficult to rely on the strength of the Sanyuanli coalition army to deal with the Qing army and the British army in Guangzhou at the same time, and even if he could succeed, he would inevitably suffer great losses, and it was not cost-effective.

A great man once said, "Politics is to make fewer and fewer enemies and more and more comrades, and military is to make one's own ranks more and more and the enemy's ranks to be fewer and fewer."

Li Xian felt that it would be a matter of time before he attacked Guangzhou, but before that, at least the British troops would be expelled, and it would be good if the Qing soldiers in Guangzhou could not make any drastic moves during this period, at least not help each other.

Li Xian brought 500 soldiers and horses over this time in order to drive a wedge between the Cantonese and the British by offering military flags, to encourage the Guangzhou defenders to hate the same enemy, and to completely eliminate the possibility of these two forces cooperating together to fight against the Sanyuanli coalition army.

However, in order to achieve such a goal, it does not mean that it will be okay after presenting the military flag.

Li Xian also had to defeat the British in front of the defenders of Guangzhou, show his strength, and let the other party understand that the British army was not invincible, so as to really boost the morale of the low-level officers and soldiers of the defenders of Guangzhou and lay the foundation for the next battle.

From this point of view, the more than 500 British troops who left the relatively well-established trench positions and tried to bully Li Xian's team were the best choice for killing chickens and monkeys.

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