Chapter 590: Lord Yang, You're Here!
Xin'an off the coast.
"This barbarian, it's time for him to pay."
Because Yilu was also sick in Zhoushan and had to return to China, the new commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force and commander of the fleet, Rear Admiral Balk, who replaced him, stood on the deck of the Gaohuali, looking at the small boats that were rushing to the coast and said proudly.
Yang Feng arrested and executed Ma Dichen.
Not only Ma Dichen, but also his partner Chatton, counting the turbulent land that had died a long time ago, there was not one of the three major crow pian dealers left, all of them had died at his hands, and more than 100 British merchants who were arrested by the Ming army in Macao, of course, were charged with selling crow pians, and there was also arms smuggling. In short, he took all the captured British, except for six women and seven children, to the Gao Huali as a sign of mercy, and all the other adult men were dragged to the court to be beheaded and hung on the city wall, which made the British army who had only blockaded Guangzhou unbearable, and the women who cried how their relatives were brutally beheaded, also made the entire expeditionary force roar of punishment.
In other words, Pu Dingcha didn't originally think about landing and attacking Guangzhou, after all, he didn't need to do this, but it was enough to blockade Guangzhou.
Yes, yes......
But Yang Feng did this, so he completely searched for it.
At this time, it was already rare for the British Empire not to bully others, he actually dared to take the initiative to provoke and paste shit on Victoria's little face, if he didn't beat him, he was sorry for the name of the empire on which the sun never set, and Pu Dingcha, who had never dealt with Yang Feng, decided to attack Guangzhou without hesitation.
If it was Yilu, maybe I would have considered it, but Pu Ding Cha had not been intimidated by Yang Feng in person.
And their offensive target ......
Of course, they won't go to the Tiger Gate.
Even the Tatars were able to defeat the British in the defense of the fort with those shoddy smoothbore guns, and even lose many warships, not to mention the Humen Battery, which was armed with 110-pounder rifled guns and reinforced with concrete, where hundreds of cannons on more than 10 batteries could easily teach the attackers how to behave with those huge cannons that had been proven to have a range of more than 7,000 yards. The British fleet, which only has four third-class ships, does not have the ability to fight with a fortress of this level, and it may not be effective to drive the Victory over, and there may be hope for the Trafalgar and the sixty-eight-pound Caron under construction, but there is certainly no fun for a naval pawn like the Gao Huali.
And now because of the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, the British army withdrew from Zhenjiang, and Pu Dingcha, who had enough army strength, chose to land without hesitation.
Landing in Xin'an and gradually attacking Guangzhou.
"Quick, quick!"
In a dinghy on the sea, Major Berart of the 26th Regiment of the British Army raised his saber and pointed at the nearby beach, while on his wrist, a bracelet encrusted with gems captured in Zhenjiang shone brightly.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out.
A bullet almost grazed his ear.
But at the same time, on a sixth-class ship behind him, more than a dozen cannons suddenly fired, and the shells instantly splashed sand on the beach, and then behind a pile of sand, more than a dozen soldiers in red military uniforms rushed out screaming with guns, desperately running towards the county town not far away, one of them just ran out two steps and fell to the ground, looking at him getting up in a panic, Major Burrat, who was still wiping cold sweat, couldn't help but laugh.
"It's no different from the Tatars!"
He said disdainfully.
At the same time, the dinghy under his feet washed up on the beach.
On both sides of him, countless small boats full of lobster soldiers also washed up on the beach, and in the sea behind him, there were more small boats coming quickly, and when he landed on the sea, the heavily armed lobster soldiers had already occupied the beach densely, and the resistance they encountered was insignificant, and those Ming soldiers, like the Tatar soldiers, always liked to shoot at them indiscriminately from a long distance, and then the shells of the naval guns fell and they scattered. The British army, which had encountered this kind of enemy many times, did not find any difference between the Ming army and the Tatars, and with a relaxed mood, Major Berat quickly gathered his battalion and quickly took control of the docks, and then one after another troop transports docked, and more soldiers and artillery continued to set foot on the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, a Ming army of nearly 1,000 people rushed out of Xin'an County, and then launched an attack on them in a chaotic formation.
"Forward!"
Major Berlat shouted.
"Forward!"
Countless passwords rang out.
With the same sound of drums, the lobster soldiers, led by those officers armed with sabers, lined up in a neat line, carrying brown bass rifles with bayonets on their shoulders, marched forward against the Ming army, while the Ming army opposite them was shooting chaotically from a few hundred meters away, and they didn't know what they were fighting, anyway, except for two British soldiers who were hit by stray bullets, Major Berat did not see any losses.
"Give the monkey a rifle, it can't become a soldier, obviously our previous worries are superfluous, they do have good weapons, but unfortunately the Tatar two hundred years of colonization has completely wiped out that legendary great nation!"
Major Berat said with emotion.
"They are still braver than the Tatar soldiers, at least they dare to attack!"
The officer next to him said.
As soon as he finished saying this, the Ming army on the opposite side suddenly became chaotic, and he didn't know why, they all screamed and hurriedly turned around, and rushed towards Xin'an County at a faster speed......
"Well, I take back what I just said, they are no different from the Tatars!"
The officer said sadly.
"Quick, charge!"
At the same time, Major Berrat's roar rang out.
Ten minutes later, the British army, which followed the rout of the Ming army, conquered Xin'an almost without any fighting, and a battalion of Ming troops stationed in Xin'an, like the Qing army they had encountered before, fled in a very ridiculous way, and went directly into the mountains and forests north of the city, and then Major Berat was welcomed like a savior in this small city.
"Lord Yang, you're here!"
An old man with gray hair fell to his knees at the feet of Major Berrat, holding his legs and crying.
And behind this old man, there are hundreds of people who are also kneeling and shedding tears of excitement, they are holding those British soldiers and crying like tearful people, several of them are crying faint, their cries make the British soldiers can't help but feel sorry, but except for these people, there is no one else in the city, there should be tens of thousands of people in the city, there are only a few hundred people in total, empty like a ghost town.
"Ask him what happened?"
Major Berlat looked at the old man rubbing his nose on his lap and asked the interpreter beside him with nausea.
Then he got a pleasant surprise.
"The Tatars attacked?"
Pu Dingcha, who was in command on the Gao Huali, said in amazement.
"Yes, Your Excellency, according to the rescued retired magistrate in the city, a total of 200,000 Qing troops from Meizhou, Shaoguan, Yongzhou and Hezhou have launched an attack on the Ming army on all fronts, especially the main force of the Qing army in the direction of Shaoguan, and even dispatched the famous Mongolian cavalry, who have already broken through Qingyuan. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to send all the troops he could to the north to reinforce him, and because his people were very supportive of him, most of the young men took up arms and joined the militia, and the old and weak women and children were afraid that we would land and slaughter, so they all fled to Guangzhou. Not only Xin'an, but also Guishan did not have an army to defend, and there was only one real fortress in Humen south of the entire Dongjiang River, and even the defenders of Dongguan had been transferred to Heyuan to defend against the Qing army. ”
Major Berratt said.
Pu Ding Cha didn't hesitate to drag across the map.
"Your Excellency, I don't think it's necessary for us to attack Canton, even if we capture Canton, the Tatars will not be able to accept our occupation of it, but if it's just Xin'an, Guishan and Hong Kong Island, which we want the most in the south, then the Tatars will acquiesce."
Major Berratt said, pointing to the map.
"Well, order all the land forces to land, and it's clear that we're going to add another piece of territory to Her Majesty!"
Pu Ding Cha said with a smile.
And just when all 8,000 British troops landed in Xin'an, Yishan in Shaoguan also got a surprising news.
"Marshal, Yingyi landed and attacked Guangzhou!"
Hunan Admiral Xiangfu on the front line excitedly reported to Yishan.
"What?"
Yishan suddenly stood up and exclaimed.
"Dashuai, that Yang demon people were angry because Yingyi blocked Guangzhou again, and arrested more than 100 British people in Macao to behead the public, which angered Yingyi, Yingyi landed in Xin'an and went north to attack Humen, it is said that Humen is about to be opened, and the bandits were defeated by Yingyi, and now they are blocked by the forts of Humen, but Yingyi is tens of thousands of troops landed, and they all bypassed Humen to Dongguan. The Yang demon had no choice but to send more than half of the bandits from Qingyuan to the south for reinforcements, and even the rebels in Qingyuan City organized the militia team to go south, and even the women ran to Guangzhou, it is said that they want to live and die with Guangzhou, which is sent by a county magistrate in Qingyuan who told the old man to die, according to him, the bandits in Qingyuan City are also panicked, and even the brigade commander invited him to drink.
That Yingyi is not easy to deal with.
Our imperial court gathered tens of thousands of troops from the two rivers to let them defeat Zhenjiang, this demon did not know whether to live or die to provoke Yingyi, this is really God bless my Qing Dynasty.
Commander, hurry up and send troops!
Then Qingyuan is left with a brigade of bandits, our 100,000 troops go south, even if they are drowned, they will be drowned, as long as Qingyuan is opened, we can go straight to Guangzhou, and Yingyi will fight back Guangzhou in one fell swoop, and our Qing Dynasty will be saved. ”
Xiangfu said excitedly.
"You let Ben Shuai think about it first."
Yishan touched his head and said.
How could he think about it, his pure happiness came too suddenly, and it was a little unbelievable for a while that he needed some time to calm down, this was completely pie in the sky, this kind of good thing was completely unprepared! nt
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