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On the fourth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, outside the city of Guangzhou, flags were everywhere. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Wenmao's long-awaited reinforcements finally arrived outside Guangzhou.

He Lu led 80,000 rebel troops, including 30,000 sailors, on more than 1,000 ships, and marched by waterway to the eastern suburbs of Guangzhou from Panyu County, where he successfully joined Chen Xianliang's rebel army.

Chen Kai, Kuang Neng and other monks who set out from the South China Sea led 80,000 righteous troops, and after converging with Lu Shunde and other righteous armies, nearly 150,000 righteous troops stretched for more than ten miles, and more than 50,000 people took boats to directly approach the south of Guangzhou by water, camped and defended, waiting for an opportunity to attack. He also collected thousands of wooden sailing fishing boats and other boats to form 40,000 volunteer army sailors, defeated the scattered Qing army sailors along the river, and blocked all the rivers in and out of Guangzhou City. The rest detoured to the northwest of the city to support Li Wenmao.

The city of Canton was completely surrounded by the Rebels, and the transmission of information was also interrupted.

Around Guangzhou Mansion, Sanshui, Xinhui, Shunde, Xiangshan, Huizhou and other places continued to have tens of millions of rebels raising troops and marching towards Guangzhou City together.

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In the city of Guangzhou, the Governor's Office of the East of the Factory.

Bai Gui, the acting governor of the factory, walked back and forth anxiously, and asked the concierge from time to time: "Is there any news from the foreigners?" ”

"Lord Futai, there is no news from the foreigners yet."

More than ten days ago, Ben Fu asked these foreign devils to send troops to help the Qing Dynasty suppress the thieves through Leighton, the British consul in Guangzhou. According to the itinerary, it is not too far from Guangzhou to Hong Kong Island, why has there been no movement for so long? Bai Gui stopped, "No, I'll go and meet the foreign devil named Bao Ling for a while." ”

A month ago, the Governor and the Governor of Shaozhou who went to Shaozhou to encircle and suppress the long-haired bandits were all wiped out, and even Ye Mingchen, the acting governor of Liangguang and the governor of Changdong, who led the troops, was also missing, and most of them died. Bai Gui, who had just been promoted to the post of governor by the political envoy of the factory, was naturally happy. He had a small Jiujiu in his heart, and hurriedly used his identity as a Mongolian banner man to launch the operation of the imperial relationship, and wanted to win the appointment of the acting governor in one go.

Unexpectedly, before he could send people to the capital, there would be such a big turmoil around Guangzhou Mansion, and hundreds of thousands of rebellious people gathered to rebel! Such a big thing happened to happen, and it happened that there was a serious shortage of troops in Guangzhou City, and some of the troops had already been transferred to hn to assist in the encirclement and suppression of the long-haired thieves, but the other part was sent clean by Ye Mingchen, the unlucky ghost! In desperation, Bai Gui hurriedly discussed countermeasures with the Guangzhou general Mutern.

Mu Tern is a native of the White Flag of Manchuria, with a noble status, which is even higher than Bai Gui, but fortunately, Mu Tern's main room is Bai Gui's cousin, and the two still have a layer of kinship. Mu Ten was very cooperative, and immediately ordered the 5,000 Eight Banner Army and the 9,000 Green Battalion Qing soldiers in Guangzhou to defend the city, and at the same time sent fast horses, and urgently ordered the general soldiers of Chaozhou Town, Gaozhou Town, and Qiongzhou Town to send troops to rescue.

After the 3,000 Qing troops sent by Mu Teen were annihilated on the back of the Niulangang, Bai Gui was shocked by the combat strength of the righteous army, and hurriedly asked for help from the commander of the Changdong Water Division stationed in Humen. Because he knew that the sailors were scattered all around, and only a part of the troops could come to the rescue for a while, Bai Gui was still not at ease, so he remembered to ask the foreigners for help through the consul in Guangzhou. Of course, the excuse is that "in order to ensure the safety of the expatriates in your country, please send an appropriate number of sergeants to protect yourself." ”

In addition, Bai Gui sent more than 100 people to the suburbs and counties around Guangzhou Prefecture, asking local officials in various prefectures and counties to strictly prevent the people from rioting under their rule, and asked local officials, wealthy families, and gentry to organize regimental exercises to assist the officers and soldiers in exterminating the rebellious party, and to gather in Guangzhou City to rescue Guangzhou City.

"Mr. Bao Ling, now that the mob outside Guangzhou is gathering and rioting, and the situation is urgent, this official will get straight to the point. On behalf of the 830,000 people in the city of Guangzhou, I implore your country to send troops to stop the mob from rioting, not only to save the people of the Qing Dynasty in the city, but also to save the people of your country in the city. As soon as Bai Gui saw the British consul in Guangzhou, he couldn't wait to plead.

"Your Excellency! It's not that I won't help you, I've already forwarded your request to Hong Kong. Unfortunately, our Minister to China, Sir John Wen, Governor and Commercial Director of Hong Kong, was unwell and returned to China to recuperate. I am only the Interim Director of Commerce, and the military affairs are in charge of Major General Cha Wei, who is the Interim Governor of Hong Kong. A middle-aged curly-haired foreigner casually perfunctory was none other than Dr. Balling, the British consul in Guangzhou.

"How's that good? Mr. Bao Ling, you yourself are in Guangzhou City, if those mobs attack Guangzhou City, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to get out, right? Bai Gui almost persuaded in a low voice: "Mr. Bao Ling, Bai knows that Ye Fu offended you a lot in the past, and Bai made amends to you for him!" Why don't you tell me how to send troops to Bai? ”

"Really? Seeing that the governor was so anxious about the safety of the people, I couldn't bear it, so I helped the governor once. However, can you agree to one of my terms first? Bao Ling saw Bai Gui take the bait, and his blue eyes showed a hint of cunning.

"Mr. Bao Ling, please speak up! Within the scope of Bai's authority, he must be followed. Bai Gui no longer cares about face.

"Quite simply, I have taken over as the new Commercial Director, in charge of the commerce of the British Empire and your country. In order to renew the treaty of trade between Great Britain and your country, the local government of Canton and other treaty ports shall not hinder trade with British merchants, and at the same time allow the British people to enter and leave the city of Canton freely. ”

"This. Mr. Bao Ling, Bai Gui did not hold the posts of Governor of Liangguang and Minister of International Trade and could not agree now. However, how about Bai Gui sending 800 li to report to my Qing Emperor for decision? Bai Gui hated to agree to come down, but he didn't have enough authority, so he could only say that he would report it immediately.

"That can only be a pity. Your Excellency, I still have official business to do, so I won't keep you. Bao Ling stood up directly, and without even serving the teacup, he drove people away.

"Mr. Bao Ling, let me think about it, how!" Bai Gui's face was flushed, and he rashly agreed to the foreigner's request, which would lose the face of the Qing court, and the emperor would be angry at most and dismiss himself from his post and investigate, but if the city of Guangzhou was breached, he would not only be killed by the thief, but I am afraid that even if he was a banner man, he would be killed by raiding his house. The lesser of two evils, Bai Gui decided to agree first and let the foreigners send troops to help defend the city.

However, you can't agree on the spot, otherwise, I don't know if this foreign devil will have other conditions. It will take at least half a day before I promise him. Bai Gui thought to himself.

A few hours later, a distraught Bai Gui came to the British Consulate again and signed the memorandum of amendment that Bao Ling had prepared long ago.

Bao Ling agreed, and sent someone out of the city tonight to contact the Hong Kong side, and asked Bai Gui to say hello to the guards guarding the city in the south of the city.

Sending Bai Gui away, Bao Ling howled like a beast: "Hahahaha, this Bai Gui is stupid Bi Chi! Britain did not have much navy in the Far East at present, and even all the warships stationed in Hong Kong were only five, and there were only more than 1,000 soldiers. Moreover, the British Prime Minister, Earl Derby, has always insisted on opposing the use of force against China, how can I, a small consul in Guangzhou, say that I will send troops to the major general? However, it was originally agreed that Rear Admiral Chawei would send two warships to pick me up and return to port, which could be used as the British fleet to come to support, so it could be regarded as fulfilling the promise! Haha, I'm a dignified British gentleman, and I still talk about it! ”

Poor Bai Gui, unbeknownst to him, was still dreaming of foreigners sending troops to help suppress the mob.