Shi Dakai also kept his promise and did not attack for two hours.Just let Bing Yong clean up warehouses around the docks and find fuel for the two fleets.This feeling is like the first landing of the British and French forces in China, and the excitement is a little flustered, and everything is new.Brisbane, as the state capital of Queensland, is no less built than a small European city.The floor is simply hardened with gravel, and both the warehouses and the houses are European-style.It looks spacious and tall, and it has more flavor than Chinese architecture.Shi Dakai had already given an order that all the men he saw would be killed on the spot, leaving only the women.His four-way army is all singles, and if there are no women here, these young people will be suffocated to death.All the foreigners on the dock fled, and the Taiping army searched in groups and from house to house.The gunshots continued to sound sporadically, and the people of the British Empire, who were once invincible, must not have imagined that they had become lambs to the slaughter at this time.Two hours later, all the foreigners within a kilometer of the surrounding area were cleared.Fortunately, the cargo ships at the dock are all steam-driven, and there is a nearby warehouse with a mountain of coal, all of which are high-quality anthracite.Shi Dakai hurriedly sent someone to load the two fleets, and the warship was empty anyway.It took an afternoon to fill the warehouses with coal, and it was all loaded on each warship.Lai Yuxin led the New First Army, Ji Qingyuan led the New Second Army, and Fu Zhongxin led the New Third Army.Under the guidance of Xu Ming, the three-way army has already headed towards Brisbane.At the beginning of his time on this land, Shi Dakai had already told himself that this place was no longer called Australia.It already has a new name, and that is New Huaxia.There is only one kind of people living in this land, and that is the Chinese.Zheng Dahai and Wang Zhenyuan delivered the Taiping Army safely to Australia and also completed this mission.After discussing with Shi Dakai, the two decided that Wang Zhenyuan would leave behind the South China Sea Fleet to assist Shi Dakai in cleaning up the warships in the nearby waters.Zheng Dahai returned to China with the East China Sea Fleet, and the Southwest Campaign was in full swing.Qiao Zhiqing can be specially advised, once he arrives safely, he will return quickly.After returning to Brisbane, Bowen hurriedly summoned the councillors of the Governor's Palace and informed the citizens of the news outside the city.Most of the city's citizens were British prisoners, as well as adventurers who had come from England to pan for gold.It's a bit of a soldier, and every household has a shotgun."
The citizens have come from afar with a band of demons who want to take over our land, plunder our possessions, and insult our women.Do you say yes," Baoyun yelled at the crowd."
No, no, no," shouted the people gathered in front of the Governor's building, their faces full of anger."
Okay, then you pick up your weapons and follow me to send these demons to God" Baoyun instigated, and after a while, tens of thousands of men and horses were gathered, and all of them were pulled out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the Taiping army.The Taiping Army has been fighting for many years, and where will these improvised patchwork armies be opponents.As soon as the two sides fought each other, they made a decisive decision.Foreign devils are often propagandized in China, saying how the yellow race is so ignorant and cowardly.In the past, when they dealt with the yellow race, they all looked like they were on top.But today, they were all frightened by the yellow race in front of them, and the number of them was ten times as many as their own.When the two sides were two hundred meters apart, they all opened fire.Bullets rained down, and smoke rose from the battlefield."
Victory, victory, victory" The generals of the Taiping Army hissed and shouted in the ranks, and the shouts of the people suddenly shook the sky and echoed in this strange place.The foreign devils and the Taiping army each had casualties, and they were all fighting for their lives.But the difference in numbers is too much.Lai Yuxin led the New First Army to fight head-on, and Ji Qingyuan and Fu Zhongxin led the New Second Army and the New Third Army to outflank from both flanks.Thousands of foreign devils have been killed and wounded, and their combat effectiveness has dropped sharply.Now that they were besieged from three sides, the gun array immediately began to riot.The biggest difference between the regular army and the militia force is discipline, and as long as the regular army does not fall down and the military order is not changed, it will rush forward with a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of it.The militia units are nothing more than a makeshift patchwork team, and they can deal with bandits and robbers in peacetime, but in the face of such a large-scale group charge, where can they have the slightest advantage."
Sons of the British Empire, God bless us not to be frightened by the devil.Don't mess up, don't mess up.Grab your spear and keep fighting," Bao Yun commanded the battle from the side, cheering up the team.Although his face was calm, his tone of voice had begun to tremble."
Knock, knock, knock, knock" The snare drum of the foreign devil's position changed its rhythm, and the gun array suddenly changed.The soldiers on both flanks suddenly changed into defensive formations, forming horizontal formations to resist the Taiping troops coming from both flanks.The small team was divided into three sides, with only a thousand people on each side.The Taiping Army has a three-way army, each with nearly 30,000 people.The foreign devils are not the Huaxing Army, they hold the same weapons as the Taiping Army, and they are even more backward than the Taiping Army.Before a batch of foreign devils' bullets was fired, dozens of times as many bullets returned.It's really like a flying locust sweeping across the realm, and no grass grows.The battle lasted only half an hour, and more than half of the foreign devils were killed and wounded.Finally, someone couldn't help but withdraw from the team to the city, and the foreign devils are also human beings, and they are also afraid of death.As long as everything has a beginning, it cannot be stopped.Baoyun has no right to shoot at those who retreat, they are just ordinary citizens.The rout then began, and only a few thousand of the 10,000 troops withdrew to the town.The Taiping army had just arrived, and they were not familiar with the terrain, so they fought and chased each other.Shi Dakai has already given an order, either not to fight, or to fight to the death.If this group of foreigners is allowed to escape, it will attract groups of foreigners.After scouts conducted a comprehensive survey of the town's topography, in the afternoon, the Taiping army surrounded the town on three lines.At this time, the city of Brisbane was only the size of a county town in China, and there was not even a defensive wall.After completing the siege, the three-way army immediately cleared the city from all directions.All men will be killed, and all those who resist will be killed.The town was in chaos, the doors of every house were closed, and the streets that were once bustling were empty.For the first time, these British colonists realized that it was so painful to be slaughtered.When they first landed in Brisbane and carried out genocide against the natives with spears in their hands, the aborigines who were jumping and jumping must have felt the same way.Watching a strong enemy invade, but he has no ability to resist at all.It can only be like a docile sheep, waiting to be slaughtered.The foreign devils who had just retreated were all concentrated in the church and the governor's palace to resist persistently.These two buildings have high walls and thick walls, and at one time accommodated tens of thousands of old and weak women and children.Priests pray under the statue of Jesus, and believers pray quietly with their hands together.The gunfire was getting closer, sometimes dense, sometimes fragmentary.Everywhere there were wailing and screaming, two strange races met.There is only the slaughter of the strong, and even if they want to talk about peace, there is no common language.The colonies were originally opened up with iron and blood, and in the face of stronger colonists, there was no basis for moral and legal principles on both sides.There is only the law of the jungle, the survival of the fittest."
Lord Governor, I think we should negotiate with these bandits right away to see what they want.If they want the land, we give it to them.As long as we can save our lives, we still have room to fight back," Tim persuaded Baoyun with a panicked expression, beads of sweat on his face.At this time, Australia is in the midst of its hottest summer, and tens of thousands of people are stuffed in the Governor's House building.The front yard and the back yard, the three-story building, densely packed with people, where can you breathe."
Tim, what you said is very true, but at the moment only you have been in contact with those bandits, and you can only negotiate with them" Baoyun thought for a moment and looked at Tim with a solemn face.Tim was stunned for a moment, but finally nodded with determination as he looked at the eager eyes of his family behind him.At dusk, most of the streets of the city were controlled by the Taipings, and all those who resisted were killed.The town was lifeless, and everyone was hiding in their houses.The Taiping army has not yet concentrated on cleaning up, but has only surrounded the church and the governor's palace where the resistance was fiercest.When Tim went out, he took a white cloth in his hand and tied it to a bamboo pole and shook it up and down.This is the usual etiquette of their surrender, which is very similar in the East and the West.The siege of the governor's palace was Lai Yuxin's new army, and the soldiers quickly informed Lai Yuxin of the situation.After the three military commanders discussed, they didn't want to go from house to house.It is just right to take advantage of the peace talks to gather these foreign devils and clean them up."
Sir, our Governor has sent me to negotiate peace with you, and we can accept all your conditions."
Tim was brought to Lai Yuxin, no longer as arrogant as before, and the two slaps that were slapped by Shi Dakai in the morning still had red marks.Xu Ming glanced at Tim with disdain and translated his words to Lai Yuxin."
You tell him that we just want this land and don't want to hurt anyone.We agreed to their surrender, but we had to lay down our arms and gather the whole city in the square. ”Lai Yuxin sneered, and to Xu Ming's surprise, he agreed to Tim's peace talks."
You, our chief said, agree to peace talks" Xu Ming glared at Tim and translated Lai Yuxin's original words to Tim."
Ok, okay, I'll go and inform the Governor right away."
When Tim heard this, he didn't expect it to be so easy.Hurriedly took off his black top hat and saluted Lai Yuxin.The corners of Lai Yuxin's mouth twitched, and he shook his head with a sneer.Tim quickly entered the Governor's Mansion and relayed Lai Yuxin's meaning to Baoyun to know.From the upstairs window, Bowen looked out at the black heads, all armed with sophisticated weapons, all of which were British standard Enfield rifles.This feeling is very inexplicable, I don't know where such an army suddenly appeared.Just like Attila, the Hun who came from the east, was the whip of God who came to punish the sins of believers."
Are they really willing to agree to surrender," Baoyun sighed and asked himself secretly
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