After the operation of the free trade zone was on the right track, the war on the outskirts of Guangdong entered a rare period of calm, and the three sides began to restrain themselves and were unwilling to easily provoke a war.

In the case of the Qing army in Guangzhou, it felt that its military strength was the weakest, and its own grain route was pinched by the Sanyuanli coalition army, and once it fought, it would inevitably be crushed, so it was naturally unwilling to attack the British or the Sanyuanli coalition army.

However, the officials in Guangzhou did not do nothing, and wrote to the imperial court every day, stating the situation, hoping that the imperial court would send a large army to relieve the siege.

As for the British, they were even more reluctant to fight and did not have any reason to start a war.

If it is said that the attack on Guangzhou is too risky in the case of the allied forces in Sanyuanli, the reward may not be much.

As for the direct attack on the Sanyuanli coalition army, the current military strength of the British army is less than 10,000 people, and in terms of numbers alone, it is not as good as the Sanyuanli coalition army.

Moreover, there is no need to attack Sanyuanli, the first attack on Sanyuanli is because they feel that the Chinese are weak and polite, the second attack on Sanyuanli is because they hope to recover the lost six million taels of silver, what is this third time for?

For such a long time, the six million taels of ransom money must have been transferred long ago.

The Sanyuanli coalition led by Li Xian intended to swallow both sides at the same time, but he also knew that his strength was insufficient, and it was easy to overwhelm either side in battle with the Qing army and the British army, but it was not enough to eliminate both sides at the same time.

What's more, during this period of time, the free trade zone has been done vigorously, and the tea trade with the British has also been vigorously carried out in Macao, and every day a huge amount of money and materials have entered the warehouses of the coalition army, and the production of military materials such as gunpowder and bullets and cannons has also made continuous progress, and the training of soldiers has also been fruitful.

Some people even believe that as long as this accumulation is carried out for a year or two, the strength of the coalition army will reach a very terrifying level, and it is not a problem to confront all the armies of the Qing State head-on.

Under the tacit understanding of the three parties, six months passed in a hurry, and the balance of power of the parties changed more and more obviously.

Li Xian hoped that such a confrontation would continue for a while, but unfortunately reality would not allow such a development.

The British troops who arrived in China originally had more than 20,000 troops, of which 12,000 were guarding the rear road in Guangzhou, and more than 7,000 British troops went north to attack Fujian and Jiangsu, but they achieved great results, which were much stronger than their counterparts who stayed in Guangzhou.

The British army went north all the way into a no-man's land, then occupied Ningbo, then entered the mouth of the Yangtze River, occupied Zhenjiang and Yangzhou successively, and actually blocked the transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

This time, it really hit the soft underbelly of the Qing court, the transportation of materials from the north and the south was interrupted, and the price of grain and prices in Beijing immediately exceeded three times, and Emperor Daoguang finally couldn't sit still.

There was a saying in the officialdom called bullying and not concealing it, and the emperor had never heard any unfavorable news since it was launched, and it was all good news that there were many people who met the British army and then eliminated them, and now the subordinates did not dare and did not have the ability to continue to hide it, and the bad news came to the emperor's case.

It was also at this time that the emperor suddenly found that the situation that he had thought was a great deal was suddenly reversed, no longer how many British troops were eliminated, but the situation was deteriorating unilaterally, and there were constant rumors that a certain city and a certain place had fallen, and even large cities such as Yangzhou were captured, and Nanjing was no longer a safe place.

Only then did the imperial court begin to operate with hindsight, and contacted the British army in the hope of making peace negotiations and reducing the losses caused by the war.

In this context, Guangzhou also secretly ushered in a Qincha, or a prince, the sixth son of the current Daoguang Emperor, Aixin Jueluo Yi?.

The sixth prince has always had a reputation for being capable and outstanding, and was faintly one of the most capable of many princes, and after secretly arriving in Guangzhou in civilian clothes, he met with ministers at all levels to discuss ways to solve the current chaos, and then acted vigorously.

The first was to read out the will of the Daoguang Emperor, take down Qi Shan, who had repeatedly advocated negotiation and compromise, and send it to the imperial city in a wooden cage (some city names are also taboo), and then removed Shen Baozhen, the general judge of Guangzhou, and let him go north to wait for the review.

The previous order was also repaid, and the people and the army in Guangzhou had a very bad opinion of Qi Shan, and felt that the repeated defeats of the Guangdong army in the face of the British army were all because of Qi Shan, but Shen Baozhen, who was sentenced to death in Guangzhou, was also dismissed, which was a bit unexpected.

Those who negotiated peace were imprisoned, and those who fought the main battle were dismissed, and no one knew what medicine was buried in the gourd of Qincha, and the entire officialdom was solemn.

Many people were worried that Yi would be young and vigorous and would go to war against the British army or the Sanyuanli coalition army than the army in the city, but fortunately, the six princes did not make such a radical move, but instead sent envoys to the British army and the Sanyuanli coalition army to ease relations.

The envoys sent to the British army met with the upper echelons of the British army and chatted for a long time, but after returning to Guangzhou, they belittled the British army, and said that they reprimanded the foreign soldiers on behalf of the emperor and the imperial court and maintained the demeanor of a great power.

As for the envoys sent to the allied forces in Sanyuanli, they met with Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan and other officers, and greatly praised the allied forces for raising troops in times of danger and maintaining the integrity of the city of Guangzhou, and believed that some discord between the coalition forces and the imperial court was only provoked in the middle, and the sages of the current saints would never shield them.

This move was a big surprise to the officers of the coalition side, who thought that the arrival of the Qin mission would be tough, but they didn't expect it to be a look of appeasement.

"His Royal Highness the Sixth Prince knows that you have worked hard and made great achievements, and will explain the situation to the Holy Lord and reward you.

For example, Li Xian, the commander of the Leizhou East China Sea Division who commanded the whole army, will be awarded the official position of general of Guangdong by the imperial court, and the post of deputy general will be awarded by King Jiuxuan of Sanyuanguan, and the others will also be awarded different military general positions. ”

The envoy sent by the six princes is a staff member who is a Jinshi in his fifties, with a personable demeanor, and he is calm and calm under the eyes of many martial arts heroes, and he talks eloquently, which is very heartbreaking.

The officers on the coalition side were still weighing the gains and losses of the envoy's promise in their hearts, and Qin Rigang of the Heaven and Earth Society was not happy at first.

"When we raised troops, we all raised troops on the face of Sanyuanguan, and most of the soldiers were local farmers in Sanyuanli.

Why is Li Xian a Guangdong general and Wang Jiuxuan a deputy general, it should be the other way around. Qin Rigang shouted loudly, and many people present couldn't help but change color.

"This is not appropriate, let's discuss it carefully. Yue Bufan, the head of the Huashan faction, was just behind him, and hurriedly grabbed his sleeve.

"Hmph, what is there to discuss, this Guangdong general can only be done by Wang Jiuxuan, and others will do it, Lao Tzu just won't accept it. "Qin Rigang's martial arts are extremely high, and his seniority strength is also great, but he doesn't give Yue Bufan face.

"How do you say this? The whole of Guangdong knows that my family is the boss and Wang Jiuxuan is the deputy marshal, how can it be the other way around when it comes to rewarding meritorious deeds?" Wang Xiaoming, who was under Li Xian's command, was a stunned young man, and he exploded on the spot, and he was the first to stand up and express his opposition.