Poor Qi Shan didn't know that in addition to reaping a humiliating fiasco, his attack had also lifted the fig leaf of the Qing Empire in front of the British, showing these colonists who had long since had no patience how weak this behemoth was.

The British really couldn't take it anymore.

It's not because it's non-smoking.

Although the smoking ban has actually begun, the original history of Humen cigarette sales is just the high chao of this anti-smoking campaign, before this Daoguang has already ordered a strict ban in various places, or to reiterate the ban of the fourth elder brother back then, but there is still no ban. Even if the British didn't want to find a way to transport y** to the Qing Dynasty, the smugglers in the Qing Dynasty, including the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division and local officials, would find a way to get this thing and then transport it to Beijing to supply those Eight Banners who continued to swallow clouds and smoke on the couch. As long as there is a demand for this thing, then there is nothing that can really be banned, it is very simple to ban smoking in the Qing Dynasty, and the children of the Eight Banners can just smoke and cut one, and go to Guangzhou to sell cigarettes completely in the opposite direction, and it is better to carry out a big manhunt in Beijing than ten Lin Zexu.

So the British don't care too much about the smoking ban, the Qing Dynasty's y** has never been legal, but it is still booming, this is the Qing Dynasty's smugglers looking for them to buy, and they are not their door-to-door sales, they don't have the ability to do this, they are not even qualified to go outside Guangzhou, what ability do they have to sell this thing in this huge empire? The ban on smoking has nothing to do with them, because some people worry about them and help them continue to maintain this business, and they can't bear it because they are controlled by others in trade, especially the trade in Canton, which makes them unable to stand up in trade with Chinese merchants.

Because they have no right to choose other trade partners except for the Thirteen Banks, and they also have no right to choose other ports to call at except for Guangzhou.

So they have to face a monopoly.

That's what they can't stand it.

Before the East India Company also monopolized the trade in the East, monopoly to monopoly, the contradiction between the two sides was not so serious, for example, there was a special relationship between the Wu family and the East India Company to ease the contradiction, but with the abolition of the East India Company's Oriental trade privileges, a large number of British merchants flocked to the East, these retail investors are different from the East India Company, their pursuit of profit is more crazy, and the Guangzhou officials and the Thirteen Lines are blocked like a wall, so that the contradiction between them and the Thirteen Lines and the Guangzhou officials is very serious.

The people behind the Raven Pian War were these new British merchants.

Ma Dichen is one of them.

This old crow pian dealer, who has been in China for more than 20 years, has begun to advocate force in Britain to open the door to China before this, and has even been working hard for more than ten years. After all, in the eyes of this famous military strategist who defeated Napoleon, the expedition of dozens of warships and tens of thousands of soldiers to a huge empire with a population of 400 million is completely a sick brain act, including the entire British cabinet did not support it, even before Yang Feng landed in Xinhui and violently beat the Qing army, Yilu himself was against waging war, but now......

If he continues to oppose waging war, then he is really sick in the head!

Yang Feng can do the same as the British army.

A well-trained army? The quality of the lobster soldiers is definitely impossible to be worse than that of the Ming army! Twenty-four pounder mortar shells? This British army also has it. Hale rockets? Yes. Twelve-pounder field guns? Yes. Expandable rifled guns? Not really. But the British could bring in a legion, even including an elite cavalry regiment, and Yang Feng was nothing more than an infantry brigade. Steam-powered battleships? None of this. But the Royal Navy can use warships to cover the Pearl River Estuary, and the Royal Navy can use a third-class battleship with 74 guns, a second-class ship with 90 guns, and the Victory with more than 100 cannons, so that the Tatars and even Yang Feng can see what the real imperial majesty is.

Yang Feng does have a technical advantage, but the forces that the British Empire can mobilize are not such petty fights at all!

In that case, why not do it?

Returning to Canton, Yilu wrote to Foreign Minister Palmerston as quickly as possible, detailing Yang Feng's success and the incompetence of the Qing army, and requesting cabinet approval to open the gates of China by force, force the Tatar government to open more ports, and seize a trading port along the coast of China.

At the same time that he turned from anti-war to an advocate of war, Qi Shan, who was still lying on the hospital bed, was also dictating a recital, playing to the Daoguang in Beijing......

Victory.

The Qing army on the front line won a great victory, beheading thousands, Yang Cheng and the remnants of the bandits shrank into Xinhui, the army has completed the encirclement, but Guangdong is the rainstorm season, and the typhoon is also prevailing, and all the weapons and firearms are wet from the rain and cannot be used, especially the siege artillery can not be used, so at present, the Xinhui is temporarily surrounded, and then the rebels are swept away after the rainy season, and the head of the Yang demon is sacrificed to His Majesty. In addition, the Yang demon dog jumped over the wall and led thousands of anti-party night raids on Guangzhou, fortunately, the soldiers and civilians of Guangzhou worked together, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners stationed in the Eight Banners fought bloodily, and the anti-party was all annihilated, only the demon fled alone in a hurry, but because of its demon spell, the garrison of the Eight Banners also suffered nearly two thousand casualties, and the Guangzhou general Deke Jinbu fought with the Yang Demon and injured him, but unfortunately was killed by the demon law and shed the last drop of blood for our Daqing.

Well, that's it anyway.

In other words, Qi Shan, this is also a piece of loyalty to the emperor!

How else to say it?

It is said that the 50,000 Green Battalion and the Eight Banners of the Han Army attacked in three ways, one of which 3,000 cavalry was wiped out by 1,000 infantry, and the other road was fired by other warships with less than 50 shells before crossing the Xijiang River, and then the 20,000 Green Battalion blew up the battalion by the Xijiang River? There is also a way from Kaiping to the south, the whole 20,000 troops were blocked by a thousand infantry, and then another 1,000 from the Tanjiang River upstream to land behind the waist to intercept the waist and attack, and finally the 20,000 army was driven away by 2,000 people, the total casualties of the three roads were 6,000, but there were 30,000 who ran away, until now those general soldiers are still catching those routs all over the world!

If you really tell the truth, wouldn't it make the emperor worried!

As a courtier, you can't let the emperor worry.

If you should lie, you have to lie, this is a white lie and a loyal lie, in short, Qi Shan will not be as stupid as Deng Tingzhen, if you really want to tell the truth, it is estimated that he will also be indispensable to be recruited and distributed, since this is the case, it is better to simply win!

"Alas, the old man's injury doesn't need to be mentioned!"

Qi Shan said with a long sigh.

"The handsome man takes the lead, eliminates demons for the country, and the high wind and bright festival is really a model for my generation!"

Yang Fang, the land governor of Guangdong who had just arrived, said with a look of reverence.

He was lucky, he rushed to Guangzhou after the fiasco on the front line, in fact, Qi Shan's performance was also instigated by him, this veteran who followed Yang Yuchun to exterminate the White Lotus Sect, is also a veteran of doing this, killing good and risking merit, turning defeat into victory, that is very proficient, originally in history, when he was a crow, he kept giving Daoguang a victory, playing a big victory, playing a big victory, and then he played to Yishan tremblingly and took six million ransom fees to the British army, during this period he never failed, and he was completely invincible, It is estimated that the British army died in his hands and almost gathered the entire expeditionary force, as for why he had to pay six million in exchange for someone to stop the siege, this ......

There's no need to worry about that.

It is the duty of a courtier to keep the emperor in a good mood.

"Alas, it's useless to say this, the top priority is how to exterminate the demon, it's really a catastrophe that the Qing Dynasty actually gave birth to this demon, and the demon magic is too powerful, the musket in the hand of the demon soldier is almost as far away as our cannon, and the flowering bomb can't stand any kind of iron horseman, and the demon is even more invulnerable, and he can fly, which will make the flying sword kill people in the air."

Qi Shan said with a long sigh.

Well, his imagination is also very rich.

"Dashuai, if you want to deal with this demon, the lower officials have some wonderful methods."

Yang Fang said immediately.

"Old General Yang, please speak, I forgot that the old general suppressed the White Lotus Sect back then, and the White Lotus Sect was also a demon, the old general was experienced in a hundred battles at that time, and there were countless demons destroyed, so I think I know how to deal with these demons best."

Qi Shan said with a look of surprise.

In fact, Yang Fang is the number one general in the Qing army at this time, especially after Yang Yuchun, who pressed him two years ago, died of illness, he can be said to be the first general of the Qing Dynasty, although this old guy has left an extremely funny impression on people in history, but it is rare in the Qing army to fight. From the time when the White Lotus Sect was first exterminated, he was indispensable in the Qing Dynasty for decades, regardless of civil and external wars, and even fought Zhang Ge, who invaded Xinjiang, was not only hung in the Ziguang Pavilion by Daoguang, but also was named a first-class marquis. Take Guan Tianpei as an example, not only is his qualifications much lower than him, but he has never experienced a real war, which is also the reason why Daoguang transferred him from Xi'an, Daoguang believes that this first-place Qing Dynasty who has experienced a hundred battles will bring surprises to himself.

Well, he does.

"Dashuai, you need filth to break this demon."

Yang Fang said confidently.

"Filth?"

Qi Shan said blankly.

"Black dog blood, toilets, gold juice, dirty things used by women, these all work, demons are afraid of these things, the demon knows this best after a lifetime of demons, if the demon spell is powerful and these filth are difficult to break, then the lower official has a trick that definitely works......"

Yang Fang leaned in his ear and said with some eyebrows.

"Will these work?"

Qi Shan said in horror.

"It definitely works, don't say anything else, this is the most experienced in dealing with demons!"

Yang Fang said.

"Report ......"

Suddenly, there was a shout outside, and then a messenger knelt down in front of the door, led by his own soldiers.

"What?"

Qi Shan said with a sinking face.

"Yu Dashuai, the prefect of Chaozhou is in a hurry for 400 miles, and the traitor Luo Outline of Jieyang gathers people to rebel and break through the county under the banner of Yang Wei's subordinates."

The messenger kowtowed.

"Well, these Diao people, why can't they live honestly! The saint is diligent and thrifty and loves the people, comparable to the ancient holy lord Mingjun, and my Qing Dynasty is even more peaceful and prosperous, why are there so many ungrateful Diao people who have to ruin this prosperous world? ”

Qi Shan pounded the bed with a headache and said with a heartbeat.

Because the range of action was relatively large, he accidentally touched the injury, and then he let out a miserable scream, and Yang Fang and those slaves next to him hurriedly stepped forward, and in their encirclement, Qi Shan roared angrily: "Kill, kill them all, since they don't want to be our people in the Qing Dynasty, then go to be ghosts!" ”

"Luo Outline?"

Yang Feng said with interest in Xinhui City.

The name really surprised him.

In fact, this is the effect he wants, in the past few months in Xinhui, he has basically completed the land reform, including the establishment of administrative institutions at all levels, after all, this is just a county, with him personally in charge plus a whole brigade of soldiers to suppress, if it is not possible to complete the land reform in a few months, it would be too exaggerated. And a brand-new Xinhui, which can be called the real people as the masters of the country, is like a bright light in the dark night, issuing a bright call to the whole of Guangdong, there are no corrupt officials, no local tyrants and shoddy gentry, no hunger and cold, everyone has food to eat, everyone has clothes to wear, such a place is like a dream for those ordinary people who have been struggling in the quagmire of suffering for generations.

They all longed for their homeland to become like this, and since they couldn't wait for the God Emperor, they would do it themselves to welcome the God Emperor.

"Divine Emperor, Na Luo's request?"

His chief of staff, Zeng Tao, asked.

After Luo Xuan raised his troops, he immediately sent people south to ask for help, and encountered the Dingyuan that was cruising the mouth of the Pearl River at sea, and was then sent over by Yang Zhao.

"Named him the chief soldier of Chaozhou Town, in addition, his subordinates were reorganized into the Fourth Infantry Brigade, with him as the brigade commander, and then sent him the equipment of another brigade, transferred the instructor of the first infantry battalion to serve as the political commissar of the fourth infantry brigade, and the director of the military management committee is responsible for the land reform in Jieyang, bring a hundred students from our military political academy over, and bring a sentry from the first infantry battalion, and the second ship of Dingyuan will escort them to land at Haimen, and cooperate with Luo Outline to seize Chaoshan, but don't be in a hurry to expand outward, first control the Chaoshan area and complete the land reform."

Yang Feng said.

One outpost's infantry, plus thousands of Luo Xuan's subordinates, these are enough to take Chaoshan.

There is the Chaozhou General Military Defense Area.

But at this time, Li Tingyu, the general soldier of Chaozhou, was still in Xiangshan, and the 20,000 troops he commanded last time were preparing to cross the river by the Xijiang River, and were bombarded by Dingyuan with cannons, and then directly bombed the battalion.

In other words, the Luo outline is still worth cultivating.

Yang Feng currently has three brigades, the first brigade is the core of the expeditionary force, the second brigade stays on Ambuna Island to protect those Chinese in Nanyang, and the third brigade is formed in Xinhui, which has been used after several months of training. It's just that the equipment is not as good as the first brigade, although it is also a rifled gun, but it is Yang Feng's transformation with the captured flintlock gun, unlike the first brigade is a steel pipe rifled gun, Luo Xuan's subordinates are just organized into the fourth brigade, this brigade does not even have rifled guns, they can only use the smoothbore gun transformed by Yang Feng using the Qing army's arquebus, but it is a firing gun, and it is enough to deal with the Qing army.

So that he can have a legion.