Chapter 453 Good news, England has sent Eight Banners soldiers to save the Qing Dynasty! (Please order, please vote)
Guangzhou General Mansion.
Guangzhou General Gilhang'a, who had just won a great victory in Shaozhou Prefecture, was like an ant on a hot pot, slithering around in circles in the signing room. He almost didn't dig out of the ground.
Donglai. The commanders and deputy commanders of the Eight Banners Soldiers under his command all looked as white as paper, and they looked like a group of unlucky guys facing a disaster.
These guys went on a trip to Shaozhou with the newly appointed Guangzhou general. Oh, what a feeling.
It was like they had saved their lives from the hands of the Lord of Hell. If Luo Gang, the bandit leader, had not withdrawn his troops back to Hunan to rescue Feng Yunshan, they would have been scolded by their ancestors in the underground!
So once the "Great Victory in Shaozhou" was over, none of the Eight Banners men were willing to stay in Shaozhou for one more second, and they all asked Gilhanga to "return to aid" Guangzhou City. In their eyes, Shaozhou was the
It's a hell of a place. Staying for even one more day will shorten your life. But who would have thought that as soon as they returned to Guangzhou, before their buttocks were warmed up by sitting on their backs and before their pipes were heated, a master more terrifying than the Taiping Army led by Luo Gang would arrive.
Macau!
This existence that is more terrifying than the Taiping Army is the Crusaders sent by the Holy See in the West to support the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! I heard that in the West, the Crusaders are also considered elite, just a little worse than those in England, France, and Russia. Think about it.
At that time, thousands of British pounds "day"
"Soldiers" were roaming around the Qing coastline in large ships, beating the crap out of the Eight Banners and Green Camp soldiers along the Qing coast. This time the Roman Catholic Church sent 10,000 crusaders to help God's Xiaoba Ye (Shi Dakai) conquer Guangdong.
, can Guangdong still be a place for bannermen?
Jierhang'a and the generals, commanders, and deputy commanders of the Eight Banners New Army in Guangzhou had two words in their minds at this moment: despair! The Taiping Army couldn't defeat it, and now a Western Crusaders came to help.
Is it cool?
The bannermen and officials in the signing room saw that their general was just wandering around like a headless fly. They had no ideas and no regard for official rules. They started discussing their retreat.
Come.
"Hey, did you hear that? Ye Zhijun has been thinking about his retreat for a long time. If Guangzhou cannot be defended, he will take the Guangdong training army and the Green Camp troops and run to Zhaoqing."
"Run to Zhaoqing? It's not that far there! Guangzhou is gone, can Zhaoqing hold on?"
"You don't understand this. The Xijiang River outside Gaoyao City in the first county of Zhaoqing has been cut off by Ye Zhijun's supervising water camp, and all merchant ships passing by have been stopped. - I heard that now Gaoyao City
There are more than 2,000 large boats impounded on the river outside!"
"Two thousand ships? What does he want to do?"
"Hey, what are you doing? Of course you are running along the Xijiang River to Guangxi!
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"Guangxi? Guangxi is extremely poor! And - isn't Hong Xiuquan from Guangxi? If Changmao takes Guangdong, can he let Guangxi go?"
"That's definitely not possible, but we can still run."
"Where to go? Yunnan or Guizhou?
"Of course not, it's the south of Guangxi."
"What? South of Guangxi, could it be——·
"Ahem, what are you talking about? What should you say and what shouldn't be said? Don't you have a clear idea in your mind?"
Gilhanga heard that the people below him were talking more and more outrageously, and he almost lost his mind. He quickly stopped the "dance" of spinning in circles, turned his head and glared at these people who had no control over their words. The people below him
I got scared all of a sudden,
No one dared to talk back, they all lowered their heads, like eggplants beaten by frost.
Gilhang'a's eyes widened, and he was about to give a few more lectures when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door, and saw Ye Mingchen striding in. The adults sitting in the room all knew that this Governor-General was here today.
I went outside the city early in the morning to negotiate with the foreign consul Parkes. I don’t know how the talks went. Can the English come forward to discuss with the Holy See and discuss with the Holy See?
They explained that the God of Heaven whom Hong Xiuquan worshiped and the God of their Roman Catholic Church were not the same "emperor" at all. Hong Xiuquan's God was a Chinese god who spoke Hakka, not a foreigner.
: "Lord Ji, we can be saved. Guangzhou City can be saved. The British are going to send Eight Banners Soldiers to help us fight the Roman Crusade!"
Gilhang'a was stunned: "What? England also has Eight Banners soldiers? What kind of flags are they? Is it a straight rice flag?"
Ye Mingchen waved his hand: "No, no, I didn't make it clear. The British want to secretly help us with the Qing Dynasty. They sent 1,500 British soldiers from Hong Kong, put on the clothes of our Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty, to help us fight against Macau.
The Roman Crusaders on the other side."
"What?" Gilhanga was stunned again, "They really want to help us fight the Roman Crusades? They are not fooling us, are they? I heard that the English also worship God. Isn't the God they worship the same as the God of the Roman Church?
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"That's right!" Ye Mingchen gave a thumbs up, "Your Excellency, I have found out clearly that the God worshiped by England is the Anglican Church, which is not the same as the Roman Catholic God. There are many of these two families in history.
They had a fight and even used weapons!"
"Oh? Which one won?" Gilhanga asked quickly.
"Of course England won," Ye Mingchen said. "At that time, the Kingdom of Spain on the other side of Rome sent an invincible fleet to beat the Kingdom of England. As a result, it was beaten up by the English's strong ships and cannons. The Spanish Armada was so miserable.
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Gilhanga sighed: "Whoever encounters this powerful English ship and cannon will be unlucky!"
Ye Mingchen smiled and said: "Fortunately, the British are on our side now."
Gilhanga nodded and asked, "What about the conditions? Have they been negotiated?"
Ye Mingchen said: "Of course we have negotiated, and Britain has made three demands. First, we send 10,000 troops, and they send 1,500 troops, all under our banner, to attack Macau together; second, after regaining Macau, Macau
It was managed by the British Governor's Office of Hong Kong; third, after the war, Guangzhou was opened to foreigners."
When Gilhang'a heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey, Ye Zhijun, have you finally enlightened?"
Ye Mingchen smiled and said: "Hey, isn't it open after the fight?"
Gilhanga did not care about Ye Mingchen, who was very obsessed with "not allowing foreigners to enter the city", and said: "Okay, okay, you can take care of this matter yourself. Tell me quickly, what is going to happen in Macau?"
Fighting? The castles, forts, and passes in Macao are all difficult to deal with!"
Ye Mingchen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sir Ji. The official and Parkes have already discussed a way to lure the enemy out of the city and then kill them in the wild."
"Luring the enemy out of the city? How to lure them out?"
"Lord Ji, please listen to me carefully...
Ye Mingchen and Parkes, two military enthusiasts, discussed the plan to lure the enemy. In fact, there is no need to "explain it in detail" at all, because it can be explained clearly in three words, which is a letter of challenge!
Just send an envoy to Macau with Ye Mingchen and Gilhanga's letter of war, and give it to Cardinal Paul De Doria of the Roman Church. Make an appointment with him to start a fight on the ground of Xiangshan outside Gongbeikou.
A big vote.
This strategy is simple to say, but even simpler to implement. After Ye Mingchen came out of the General's Mansion and returned to his governor's office, he immediately ordered the richest man in Guangdong, a red-top businessman with a second-grade crown and the title of chief envoy, to be
The opium dealer, Wu Chongyao, the owner of Yihe Bank, who has rich experience in surrender and betrayal, was called...\n. He is an expert in dealing with foreign devils!
So the errand to enter Macau in the afternoon was sent directly to him!
Although this Wu Chongyao is a big businessman, he looks exactly like an official. He has a white face, a long beard, and straight facial features. He is tall and straight, walks steadily, and wears a second-grade official uniform. His appearance is simply that of an official.
An important official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
However, during this period of time, our minister Wu is a bit unable to calm down. Why? The situation in Guangdong,
It was as chaotic as a pot of porridge. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom came fiercely from the north, and the Tiandihui rose up inside again.
It was already on the verge of collapse. The Holy See in the West came to join in the fun and suddenly sent 10,000 crusaders.
He said that he wanted to help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to conquer the world. This thing sounds like a fantasy. Could it be that Hong Xiuquan, a rebel who is a great master, has really become the second son of the God's family? This shocked Wu Chongyao and felt that his
The world view is about to collapse!
So, as soon as Ye Mingchen got off the job, without saying a word, he quickly boarded the steamer of Wu Jia Yihe Company and rushed to Macau overnight. At noon the next day, he arrived at the "Wang's Pier" in Macau's inner harbor.
superior.
As the saying goes, hearing is false and seeing is believing. This time he had to see with his own eyes what the crusaders of the Holy See were like. It would be best to ask him face to face, is that Hong Xiuquan the second son of God?
Chapter completed!