Even if Hong Kong is defeated, it cannot be said that Xuan Yuemeng has completely broken with the imperial court, because after all, Xuan Yuemeng did not make a move against Guangdong, and if he did not do it, everyone knew that the treaty would still be valid if it was not true.The most important thing is that if you want to fight Xuan Yuemeng now, whether it is Danzhou or Hong Kong, it is very difficult to do.Because Xuan Yuemeng's power has gradually grown, the Qing court can only wait for the attitude of the British.The attitude of the British finally came out, the country does not support the dispatch of expeditionary forces to the Chinese battlefield for the time being, the British army encounters this kind of thing, they all want to pull allies, their allies are basically France, but France has a contract with Xuan Yuemeng that has not yet been completed, so it is inconvenient to send troops together.Moreover, the French had just experienced a great defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, and now they do not have the strength to be demons.The French can't do it, they have just been sold a large number of weapons and ammunition by Xuan Yuemeng in various parts of the South Seas, and there are frequent wars, and what is even funnier is that most of the weapons sold by President Meng are aimed at the South Seas, but almost half of the quantity automatically flows to India.Originally, India was the nest of the British, and they could send 20,000 or 30,000 people at will, but there were so many black guns, which caused trouble for the British rule, and they were afraid that other countries would take advantage of the situation, so India could not transfer many people.At this time, the total number of British land forces was less than 650,000, and they had to guard large African colonies, Asian colonies, which had just been driven out of the American continent by the Americans, and there were still some scattered colonies.Another point that can affect the number of troops sent by the British army is that the British believe that their stronghold in China, Hong Kong, is all their armaments, industrial resources, and storage and assembly places, which have passed for more than a month, and must have been looted by the Chinese army.In the eyes of the British, Hong Kong must have been reduced to ruins.However, President Moe did not destroy Hong Kong, which is unthinkable in the UK, and the closed information age cannot provide the latest and fastest intelligence for the judgment of the British government.At the same time, it provided President Meng with a very precious timeline for recuperation and reorganization, without this timeline, if Britain mobilized troops at the first time, it would be very easy to recapture Hong Kong, but in just such a month, President Meng sold 50,000 British Enfield 1866 rifles and 25 million rounds of matching ammunition in exchange for 5 million stone grain, expanded the 1st Field Brigade of the Chinese Army into the 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army, and built three new garrison divisions, So, a combination of various factors, The British mobilized a regular British field division of 10,000 men from India and pulled it to Macao with eight ironclad ships, and this was the attitude of the British.Macau is the stronghold of the Portuguese, after a short rest, the British army landed from Zhuhai, along the sea route to Guangzhou Meng President is not not not wanting to expel the Portuguese, Portugal, in this era, is really a fart Meng President is not available, moreover, Portugal also has a British army, which is the reason why President Meng did not attack Portugal in the first place.Jiegege gently stirred the milk for President Moe, which was hot.President Meng loves to drink milk the most, which is not entirely because President Meng is a child's body, but in modern times, President Meng is an adult, and he drinks it twice a day in the morning and evening, and the milk is still very nourishing."
President, the British will definitely make a comeback, our equipment, is it postponed to the industrial zone in Guangdong Although the industrial zone is planned, but wait a little longer."
Princess Katrina Kaaf reminded.President Meng nodded, "If you don't say it, I almost forgot, I can't be in a hurry, in comparison, Hong Kong's defense is much stronger than Guangzhou, and it can't be transported over for the time being, and all the warships are sailed back to Danzhou Port" Princess Katrina Kaef nodded and said: "All drove away, along with the hundreds of British transport ships captured, they all drove back to Danzhou, you say, will the British fight Danzhou" President Meng smiled, "Never, don't be afraid, Danzhou Port has been built for more than two years, the fort is solid, and our mass base is better than Guangdong, Although there is only one garrison, the British will not go, think about it, how many times the money in Hong Kong is that of Danzhou, Hong Kong has not recovered, how can the British go to fight somewhere else" Princess Katrina Kafu nodded, President Meng always thinks about everything very clearly, so she is relieved.Geger smiled, "Don't worry about him, he's thinking about these things all day long." ”President Meng sweats, and now Jiegege seems to like to talk back to himself, but President Meng is not angry, and he can often hear Jiegege's heavenly voice, which is already a gift to President Meng.President Meng can also understand where Jiegege's displeasure is, after all, Jiegege grew up in the palace since he was a child, and his heart is towards the Qing court, which is deep-rooted, not to mention, he can't ask Jiegege to have a natural vision, how far he can see, as the Gege of the Qing Dynasty, even if Jiegege is not out of feelings, or out of public heart, he will think that the Qing court is orthodox, and the Qing court has not done anything to be sorry for the people, and opposing the court is a great rebellion.Therefore, President Meng was very accommodating to Jie Gege, "In the future, you can divide some more things for Jie Gege to do, so that Jie Gege can have more contact with the comrades of the Huacui Party, and more contact with the people, Gege, do you mean it" Jie Gege sat on the side, did not speak, and looked out the window.Princess Katrina Kafu smiled, "Geig is willing, President, in fact, Geger has already done a lot of things for me." ”Qiu Yun also said: "Yes, president, Jie Gege is indeed very smart, what to say, Jie Gege will listen to it once, Jie Gege can now play a complete set of boxing techniques of the Statistics Bureau." ”President Meng sweated, he almost forgot about letting Cheng Xia train Jie Gege, Cheng Xia is a famous female killer of the Statistics Bureau, the boxing method of the Statistics Bureau, which was made by Cheng Xia and Wang Zhankui, mainly in actual combat, in fact, there are few tricks, but it is difficult to use them well.The boxing techniques of the Bureau of Statistics are all fatal moves, and President Meng let Jiegege be trained, mainly to cultivate Jiegegeduo to contact with the Huacui Party, in addition, he also wants Jiegege to know more about his Huacui Party organization, President Meng's heart, looking forward to the day when Jiegege can work for himself like Princess Katrina Kafu and Zhao Qingluo.The Bureau of Statistics is the most demanding, and it is also the most able to help people adapt to the organizational structure of the Huacui Party.Britain telegraphed the British Embassy in Beijing, asking the Qing government to send troops to jointly encircle and suppress Xuan Yuemeng.The Qing court is embarrassed again, although the British moved, as early as they expected, this war originally had nothing to do with the British, that is, they were pulled into by the Qing court, the Qing court played the main force, the British helped, this was originally the process of the matter, the British were just the helpers found by the Qing court, it was strong reinforcement, no matter how strong the reinforcement was, it was also foreign aid, and it couldn't all be let foreign aid go up, otherwise after the war, how to divide things but to transfer the Huai army to the south, this is not what Cixi wanted, in Cixi's view, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, The big war has ended, and in the case that Xuan Yuemeng did not take the lead in attacking the Qing army, she still hopes that this matter will be resolved through negotiation, which is the routine of the Qing court.Until this moment, Cixi still did not regard Xuan Yuemeng as a complete rebel, on the one hand, Xuan Yuemeng's age problem, a three-year-old child, who could believe that he was rebelling, and on the other hand, Xuan Yuemeng's identity as a businessman as a cover.Cixi felt that Xuan Yuemeng was just doing business a little too much, stepping on the boundary, it was as simple as that.Not only the Empress Dowager Cixi has such a feeling, but the Empress Dowager Lihuang and the Empress Dowager Ci'an also think so, the Empress Dowager Ci'an privately said a lot of good things for Xuan Yuemeng, and also shook Cixi's determination, Cixi did not feel that Xuan Yuemeng had threatened her ruling position, mainly because the money given by Xuan Yuemeng was easy to use The president of Meng honored the Qing Palace every year, at least more than three million taels, just to the Empress Dowager Cixi alone, it was more than two million taels of Qing official silver, and the army of the banner people was completely wasted, everyone knew it, Send a large number of Han troops, how to restrain it at that time This is also a headache for the Qing court, unless it is a last resort, the Qing court will not send the Han army When the Hunan army finished fighting the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it almost caused a big mess, and Cixi still remembers it vividly.Most of the ministers also think like this, Xuan Yuemeng is noisy, but he doesn't directly deal with the Qing court, mainly for foreigners, for business matters, in their opinion, Xuan Yuemeng is just a very big businessman.After inquiring about the opinions of the ministers, Cixi replied to the British Embassy in Beijing, asking people to give people, asking for things to give things, all the food of the British army was supplied by the Qing court, and all the Qing troops in Guangdong cooperated with the British army to fight, which was the greatest sincerity that the Qing court could show without transferring the Huai army.Although the British side was very dissatisfied with this attitude and the attitude of the Qing court, they could not do anything about the Qing court.Both the Qing court and the British army gathered the greatest number of troops they could.In February 1873, the newly expanded 1st Field Division of the Chinese Army had 20,000 people, plus an artillery brigade directly under the division, and three garrison divisions, totaling more than 62,000 people, and a division of the British Army totaling 10,000 people, and the Qing Army's 50,000 green battalion soldiers, a total of 60,000 allied troops, and the two sides fought fiercely on the periphery of Guangzhou.This is a war on a larger scale than the Battle of Hong Kong, and it is also the first war to test the combat ability of the Chinese army against the main army of the real powers in the world t1706231537: