Just when Charles didn't know whether to hold the trench or choose to retreat, the sentry he left at the landing gate risked his life and brought him news that made him want to cry without tears!

The British warships on the Pearl River were damaged by the rebel batteries and 1 steam-armed merchant ship was captured! There was an urgent report from Hong Kong Island that a mob had attacked Hong Kong Island again by boat, and Rear Admiral Cha Wei had already rushed to Hong Kong Island with three remaining warships and one armed merchant ship to rescue him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Major General Chawei asked the Manchu naval division to help guard the damaged warships and troop carriers, and ordered Major Charles to quickly lead the British soldiers on the expedition and retreat back to the island.

Charles was shocked to hear the news, and then relieved.

What was surprising was that he didn't expect that even Major General Chawei was defeated, leading 6 warships and 2 armed merchant ships, and he was defeated so badly, when did this rebel army composed of peasants be even more powerful than the Manchu army?

Relieved, it doesn't seem to be such a shame that he didn't capture the fort this time, isn't it even a major general who is afraid of Cha Wei?

On the Hong Kong Island, he was not worried, there were 300 British troops guarding it, and Rear Admiral Chawei also led the fleet back, which should be able to wipe out the mob.

He had suggested that the mob should be defeated first, preferably tens of thousands of mobs should be captured and shipped to North America to be sold to the plantation owners, without listening to the empty promises of the Manchu officials. There's a mess here.

Without further thought, Charles issued a herald to call all British troops to retreat to the southeast side of the battery. Although the mountain road is difficult to walk, you can get closer to the troop carrier, and you can quickly board the ship and leave this hellish place!

Charles, who had made up his mind, gave an order, and the remaining more than 900 British soldiers did not care about cleaning up the corpses of their compatriots or destroying those field guns, and directly asked Bai Gui to lead the Qing army to lead the way in front, quickly rushed out of the trench, and fled to the southeast along the bushes that had been cleaned up by the British army under the high platform.

Bai Gui's heart was cold! It's all over yourself! The foreigners have to retreat, and their dream of relying on the foreigners to recover Guangzhou is shattered! Thinking of how the cold-blooded and ruthless emperor would treat him, his legs trembled and he could hardly move, and the two guards escaped from the trench with half support and half back.

He didn't expect it to happen! The foreigners, who have always been strong in force, can't beat Long Hair, and they are so scared that they want to escape.

I still count on them to help recover Guangzhou, and then help recover the whole of Guangdong. He also betrayed his ancestors, betrayed the interests of the Qing Dynasty, and signed an agreement with foreigners behind his conscience. I didn't expect this to be the result!

Bai Gui suddenly felt how ridiculous he was!

But at this moment, before he could finish his emotion, the gunfire was loud.

But it turned out to be the soldiers of the Holy Army under the hill, and when they saw the British army rushing out of the trench, those gunners with a long range opened fire. In the fort, there were only a few dozen holy soldiers, under the leadership of the red-faced brigade commander, with bird guns and two small-caliber artillery pieces aimed at the southeast side, and bombarded Bai Gui and others.

More than a dozen Qing soldiers who rushed to the front fell to the ground at once. The foreigners who followed closely suffered more losses, and the middle group was hit by two shells, with more than ten casualties.

Bai Gui was lucky and didn't get hit by a shell, but one of the guards who helped him was not so lucky, he was shot in the back, and with a bang, Bai Gui also fell to the ground.

The British army behind rushed quickly, although several other guards tried their best to protect Bai Gui, but they were still ruthlessly trampled by the British soldiers who were in a hurry to escape, and the grief Bai Gui and another guard were trampled off together, and he screamed like a pig.

Fortunately, more guards next to him desperately got up and carried Bai Gui away, and another guard with a broken calf bone could only be trampled to death by more British soldiers behind.

The British soldiers did not care that their legs were scratched by firewood and bushes, and they desperately ran to the troop transport ship docked at the bay in the southeast.

At the foot of the hill, the holy soldiers saw the British fleeing, jumped up from the wooden pile fortifications, divided into two teams, one with more than 2,000 people, and began to pursue the hill, while the other three or four thousand people gathered at the bottom of the hill and gathered in the southeast direction to intercept them.

And the holy soldiers in the fort rushed into the hole and saw the situation outside, and immediately cheered. Under the command of the red-faced brigade commander, he ran out of the hidden soldier cave to meet the reinforcements who rushed up.

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The British turned the hill and saw widening.

Charles and the British soldiers suddenly discovered that the two troop transports that had been docked at the landing place on the shore were pushed by the two rowboats to pull the three damaged warships to the middle of the Pearl River and head north. Moreover, the rowing boats are desperately rowing some rebels with red scarves on their heads!

What the hell is going on? Charles just wanted to ask the sentry, when suddenly a few embarrassed Qing mercenaries Yong came out of the woods, it was the Hong Kong Island mercenary Yong who had escaped during the attack on the fort.

It turned out that Major General Cha Wei led four warships to Hong Kong Island in a hurry, and not long after leaving, Wu Yuanyou, the commander of the Qing Army's naval division, who saw that there was no hope of capturing Guangzhou and Humen, did not care about Cha Wei's instructions, and directly led the remaining red single boats to Yangjiang Town, which had not yet been conquered by the rebels.

As a result, more than 100 British soldiers left on the three damaged warships disembarked and were about to temporarily repair the ships when a large group of small and medium-sized sailing boats and red single boats suddenly emerged from the nearby river bay, which were densely filled with rebels, with more than 2,000 people, surrounding three damaged warships, two troop carriers, and two rowing boats holding up the damaged ships.

The more than 100 British soldiers who stayed behind were killed as soon as they tried to resist, and it turned out that the rebels not only had shotguns, but also some foreign guns similar to their British troops. Seeing the rebels climb aboard three warships and troop carriers, the remaining 90 or so British troops, led by a second lieutenant, bravely fought with the incoming rebels with bayonets.

But the rebels were not the Qing army ten years ago, and the remaining British troops found that these rebels were like chicken blood, fearless, and suddenly, the British army felt a sense of powerlessness, seeing more and more dead and wounded in battle, in desperation, they raised their hands to surrender.

All this happened to be seen by the mercenaries who fled and passed here, and hurriedly hid.

After listening to these Manchu mercenaries talk about what happened, Charles and the British army completely exploded!

Taking a closer look at the bottom of the hill, sure enough, in the grass where they had landed, some red dots faintly appeared in it, obviously those rebels had already ambushed there in advance, waiting for them to go down the mountain to ambush!

shit！ Charles's face turned pale! He never expected that this would be the result!

Not only did they fail to capture the fort, but now it is a matter of total annihilation! No, you can't sit still, you have to rush out, yes, you can attack on the other side of the river, you can grab some small sailboats, and you can escape.

Charles didn't have time to pay attention to Bai Gui, who was trembling beside him, shouted, and led the British army to rush to the east.

After walking for a mile, the pursuers behind were getting closer and closer, and Charles just wanted to urge the British army to speed up his pace a little more, when a dense burst of gunfire rang out!

Bang..... Bang..... Bang bang bang ...

I saw that the front and side of the British army were rising from the green smoke of the gunpowder explosion, and a pungent smell of sulfur diffused throughout the hill.

With just one round of gunfire, dozens of British troops fell. Charles hurriedly ordered to return fire on the spot.

Before the British troops could crouch down and shoot, the holy soldiers who had been pursuing behind them had already arrived, and there was a row of gunshots, and dozens of British soldiers fell to the ground screaming and wailing.

Charles was saddened to find that they couldn't get out at all! There were so many soldiers on the other side that no matter which direction they went, they were all emitting green smoke from the firing of muskets. Charles glanced at Bai Gui, who could always follow him, and secretly said that it was no wonder that this Bai Gui was driven out of Guangzhou City by the rebels.

The two sides fired at each other in a stalemate, firing at each other for half an hour, and Charles did not know how many men were left under his men, because the grass on the entire hill was full of the pungent smell of gunpowder and the green smoke, and he could no longer see the surroundings clearly.

At this time, earth-shattering shouts of killing sounded all around.

"Rush, kill, brothers, avenge the commander!"

"Holy Army brothers, follow Lao Tzu to kill ghosts!"

"Kill! Kill foreign devils! ”

“......”

At this time, no one expected that Bai Gui, who had been supported by the pro-soldiers, pushed away the pro-soldiers and shouted: "Surrender, don't shoot, Benfu has surrendered!" ”

The inspired soldiers and some mercenaries shouted one after another: "Heavenly soldiers, we beg to surrender!" ”

Charles, who was cornered, heard the killing cries of the rebels who had rushed to his eyes through the smoke, trembling and howling hoarsely to issue the order to surrender all!

All the foreigners and Qing soldiers surrendered! (To be continued.) )