Chapter 2: The stormy waves and 187 negotiations 3

Elliot said stubbornly: "In order to show our British Empire's sincerity in maintaining international peace, we can not discuss this issue for the time being, and discuss some other issues that are of interest to us."

Du Shoutian always responded to changes with the same change. He calmly looked at Elliot, who was somewhat impatient in his tone and said, "Then, your country has any better proposals, please tell me."

"China must compensate the costs of this war, compensate British merchants for their losses, and return them to Singapore unconditionally."

Du Shutian sneered and said, "Your Excellency just now, don't talk about Singapore's issue. Now that I have talked about it, I will tell you clearly that Singapore is now a territory of China. We will not talk about this issue. As for the compensation you are talking about, it is even more nonsense. Listening to your tone, you are more like a strong man who is threatening the victim of goodness. "

The negotiations seemed to be in a deadlock again, and there was a cold incident between the two sides.

After a while, Elliot suggested that both parties rest for half an hour and continue negotiations. Du Shoutian knew that the other party wanted to discuss and then talk, and he also wanted to discuss with the officials below. Both parties left the negotiation conference hall on this.

This was a difficult negotiation. In previous negotiations, the Chinese often won wars because they did not pay attention to negotiations. Du Shoutian studied in the UK for many years and naturally knew the importance of negotiations. In addition, the emperor repeatedly advised him of the principles of negotiations, which were related to the interests of the entire country and nation, and decided not to let the British take advantage. Therefore, Du Shoutian also had a complacent attitude and fought with Elliot a little bit.

I just talked about the stop and stopped for more than half a month. It seemed that I was about to get into a pause again. An unexpected thing happened.

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Dost Mohammed did not wait for Suman. He left Suman and left Bukhara.

Two months later, the Chinese court's reply came here. There were 3ooo Chinese-made Guardian Type 2 rifled rifles, as well as dozens of boxes of firecracker Type 1 grenades. The firecracker Type 1 grenades are much less powerful than the firecracker Type 3 grenades prepared by the Chinese team, but they are enough to excite Dost Mohammed. Not to mention that the rifled rifles from China are much more advanced than the front-mounted flints provided by the Russians. These grenades are enough to make Dost Mohammed happy.

With this batch of Chinese weapons and a large amount of supplies provided by the Russians, the Afghans planned in advance.

November 2, 184o. On this day, Kabul City was covered in clouds and the weather was so hot that people could not breathe. It was evening. It was already dark at night.

In a mosque not far from the tomb of the Thomul Shah, a large group of people gathered in the basement of the mosque. His Majesty Dost Mohammed's guard commander Hala was one of them. Under the illumination of the beating torches in the basement, he waved his hand vigorously and said, "Allah is with us forever. Sha Shuga will be punished for betraying the king today. Everyone should act."

As Hara's brief words ended, an uprising that shocked the world exploded.

Guerrillas from all over Afghanistan have already been connected. On November 2, they attacked the British troops from all over the country at the same time.

The angry Kabul citizens, led by the king's supporters, rushed towards the predetermined target with various primitive weapons. Among the countless rebel armies in many places, a unit using guardian type 2 muskets became the backbone of the rebel army. Under the leadership of this force, the rebel army fought bravely and was unstoppable, and occupied the entire city of Kabul that night.

The next day, the rebels attacked the British stronghold outside the city, and the British colonial army exclaimed, "The residents of Afghanistan have picked up weapons and opposed us."

On the 9th, the rebels captured all the strongholds between Kabul and Bala Hisar Fortress, and then killed British Minister McNaughton. The British army was forced to agree to withdraw troops from Kabul.

The remnants of the British army, their entourage and family members were 16,000 people along the way to retreat to Jalalabad and were ambushed by the rebels many times. In the end, there was only one seriously injured military doctor who ran back to Jalalabad and reported the news that the British army was wiped out.

After that, the anti-British armed forces surrounded Jalalabad and Kandahar, and recovered Ghazni. The British puppet regime completely collapsed, and Sha Shu was sent to the scaffolding platform.

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This important news finally reached Elliot's ears in the spring of 1841. This was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue. The little Afghanistan actually swallowed up nearly 20,000 British soldiers' lives. These brave British young men did not die at the hands of regular Afghan troops, but actually died at the hands of the Afghan people.

Elliot was holding a thin page of letter paper, but felt as heavy as a stone. He immediately realized that the negotiations with the Chinese might be over.

From the British-Burma War, the British-Afghanistan War and the de facto long independence of Nepal (has not been annexed by British colonists), it is not difficult to see that the British are not actually as powerful as imagined. The British army killed more than 15 ooo and injured more than 4 ooooo. These facts all show that the invaders must have the courage to resist. After writing this, I have to sigh and say that God bless the brave.

After all, China is a great power with a population of 400 million and tens of millions of square kilometers. After Liu Ji replaced Daoguang, as long as he could unite most of the Chinese and with the determination to resist the Western powers, even if he did not carry out so many reforms, the Opium War would still be a possibility of winning, but the price would be higher. Fortunately, as an emperor with modern consciousness, he could not not carry out these reforms. In addition, Liu Ji saw more clearly the nature of imperial colonialism bullying the weak and fearing evil, so the victory of the Opium War was both extremely accidental and a hidden necessity.

The war finally ended on March 26, 1841, and China and Britain signed a Manila peace treaty in Manila. Neither side admitted that they were the defeated side, but as a provoking the war, Britain was undoubtedly a failure. The British army suffered tens of thousands of casualties and lost 16 warships throughout the war. The casualties of the Chinese team were even greater, but the main casualties were the Green Camp soldiers. The reason for this was mainly that the Eight Banners soldiers were about to collapse at a touch. The new army was only not lower than the British army. Therefore, although the battle results of the Eight Banners and the New Army were different, the casualties were not large. Only the Green Camp soldiers were more brave in combat and the backwardness of weapons, equipment and strategies and tactics, so the casualties were the most severe.

During the two-year war, China's biggest gain was its governance in Singapore.
Chapter completed!