Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 59 The admiral who was trapped in Humen Pass was martyred and cut Hong Kong Shanbeizi and Rong
It is said that Qishan watched the Yifutai performance, yelled, and fainted.Hearing the sound, the family rushed to the market, shouting for help for most of the day, finally regaining consciousness, and said to Bao Peng: "Go ahead, I ask you to find out about the news from outside."

Bao Peng agreed to go by himself.Qi Shan sighed, "My fame will always be ruined by Yi Liang."

After a while, I received a decree: Hong Kong is very important, and it was stated by Qi Shan before that if it is given, it will be sent to gather troops and gather food, build only artillery, and covet Guangdong for a long time.Xuan Youzuo asked him to do business in Guangdong and give it to Hong Kong. It was beyond reason that the boats were contradictory before and after the congratulations.What's more, he didn't obey the order at this time, so why did the governor order him to occupy it openly?Played by Yiliang, the joy of reading is better than resentment!My king is in the world, and the land is the same as the people, and I will not surrender to the country.

Qi Shan is good at giving to Hong Kong, good at permitting trade, and dares to beg me for extra favors!And Yi was intimidated, reported the situation in Guangdong Province, falsely claimed that the geography was irrelevant, the military weapons were not profitable, the military strength was not strong, and the people's sentiments were not firm.It is really devoid of conscience to be so ungrateful and harm the country!Qi Shan wrote that he was dismissed from his post and asked for questioning, and all his family property was confiscated and entered an official.This is it.

When Qi Shan received this order, his face turned pale with fright.All the civil and military personnel in the province were all overjoyed, and they all said: "When Qi Zhongtang arrived in the province, he showed off his might, what a grandeur! In just a short while, he removed Young Marshal Lin. Unexpectedly, he would also be punished at this moment, but It's even worse than Young Marshal Lin. It can be seen that a person with a red head can't do his best."

At this time, the general counselor supervised the army and went to Guangdong to defend and suppress day and night.During the journey, I received a very strict court letter, which said: "The British people are extremely guilty of all kinds of crimes."There was an order earlier that Yang Fang went to Guangdong to defend first, and ordered Yishan and others to advance concurrently.The plan has been accepted and followed.After the general arrived in Guangdong, he immediately gathered officers and soldiers from all walks of life to attack.Don't keep a commercial view and make a little change, and don't be less lenient because of the return of Dinghai.This is it.

The British Consul Elliot was really shrewd and capable in doing things. Detectives were sent all over the capital province to investigate the military situation and government affairs there.Therefore, the actions of China and North Korea are known to the British army instantly.

On this day, I received a secret report that Qi Zhongtang was in trouble. General Jingni Beizi Yishan, and Counselor Guoyonghou Yang Fang will be in the province for the next time. China and North Korea have no intention of reconciling.Immediately, all the foreign generals were gathered to discuss: "No matter how fierce the emperor of China is, our soldiers will not be afraid of him anymore."

Everyone is busy asking why?Yilu said: "The situation is different now and in the past. In the past, Lin Zhitai was here, and the entrances of Dajiao, Shajiao and Humen were defended like iron walls. Although our soldiers have strong ships and cannons, it is not easy to break through him. Since Qi Zhongtang After the guards were thrown, and the two corners of Dasha were captured by us, the door of Guangdong has been wide open. The situation is much worse. How can we defend it? Speaking of this matter, Qi Zhongtang is a great hero for us in the UK. Now China The emperor ordered the general to raise the army, how can the far water save the near fire? We took advantage of his absence, and everyone worked hard to drive the steamer and warship, broke into the Humen, and took the Humen gate. Our soldiers are strong, and the Chinese emperor is afraid. It's going to soften up too. At that time, let's act according to the situation, at least we will have to reverse the losses we have suffered over the years."

All the foreign generals said: "Guan Tianpei, the guard of the Jingyuan Fort, heard that he is very good. He cannon-bombed him with hundreds of hits. We have to guard against him for a while."

Yilu said: "Two fists are no match for four hands, how much can one person do? We have a lot of boats, as long as we go in with the mast, he fires the cannon, and we also fire the cannon. At any rate, we have to blast him to the end."

All the foreign generals will say good things together.

So they ordered to set off, the steamer took the lead, the sailboat was behind, dozens of warships raised the red flag high, kowtowed their heads and followed each other, and filed in a file, the sound of the machine shook the ground, and the black smoke covered the sky.From a distance, it looks like dozens of evil dragons, dancing their claws and teeth, rushing towards Humen.The guards on both sides of the strait were stunned when they saw this momentum.Guan Titai sent an order to fire the cannon, the cannon was so frightened that it just trembled, how could it move!Seeing that Guan Titai was angry, he had to do it himself, and fired three cannonballs. Sure enough, all the cannonballs were fired, but it was a pity that none of them hit the vital point.The British ship ventured forward, and the shells rained like rain.A cannonball flew towards Guan Titai with a hiss, and blasted the two guards beside him into the air.When the sergeants saw it, they shouted and broke up one after another.Guan Titai issued an order to ban it, where is the prohibition? I wish Guan Titai saw that it was not a problem, so he drew his sword in his hand and shouted: "I, Guan Tianpei, have exhausted all my strength."

With the sound of the sword, he only wiped it on his neck, blood sprayed, and his loyal body fell down.At this time, the British sampan watch team had already arrived, and the British army swarmed ashore and took advantage of the momentum to occupy the fort.As soon as Jingyuan fell, the fortresses at Weiyuan and Hengban collapsed upon hearing the shock.General Li Tingyu and deputy general Liu Dazhong were all defeated.

The British army took advantage of the victory and drove straight to Wuchong.Wuyong is only sixty miles away from the provincial capital. The guard, Xiangfu, is the commander-in-chief of the Hunan township. He accompanied the Yanshan guerrilla to sink Zhanbie and defend Honglianke.Xiangzhentai saw the British soldiers rushing in, like a tidal wave.There are fears on the left and right, and they all persuade Zhentai to retreat.Xiang Zhentai said with emotion: "The atmosphere in the sea is not calm. As military officers, we are already very difficult for the country. What happened today, either I killed foreigners, or foreigners killed me. If you want to go, just go, I don't want to steal my life Woolen cloth."

Said, forge ahead.Shen Guerrilla and Hong Shoubei fought together.The poor platoon of guns, Xiang Zhentai, Shen Guerrilla, and Hong Shoubing all died immediately.The British soldiers immediately occupied Wuyong, sent out sampans to patrol around, and treated all the Chinese warships inside and outside Humen as Chibi Cao soldiers, and ended it in one fire.

The provincial capital heard the news and was extremely shocked. The civil and military meetings were held two or three times, but they were still at a loss. They stretched their necks one by one, hoping for rescuers to arrive.Looking forward to the twelfth day of February, I finally looked forward to a savior, who do you think?It turned out to be Lord Guoyong Hou Yang.

Yang Houye was a veteran general of the Qing Dynasty. During the Sichuan and Chu campaigns, he followed Jinglue Gong and made countless great achievements on the battlefield!At this meeting, I received the court post from the admiral's office in Guyuan, ordered the horses to step up, and came in the starry night.Wenwu of Guangdong received Lord Yang Hou and reported the urgent situation in the provincial capital.Yang Houye said: "It doesn't matter, I have my own way to deal with him."

When Lord Yang entered the city, he first checked the military register of the provincial capital, and said with a frown, "There are so many soldiers gathered in one city, and they went to guard the four sides regardless of their ideas, so that all the forts outside were lost. You are too negligent in strategy."

Wang Tinglan, a native of Taiwan, said: "This is all advocated by Qi Zhongtang. There are also several key passes in the provincial river. There are forts, and they are all stationed separately. Qi Zhongtang has to guard the provincial capital, so they are scattered layer by layer."

Lord Yang said: "That's where the problem is. My original intention was to block the river. Now that the door is open, foreign ships can go straight to the provincial river. How can I block it?"

Wang Tinglan said: "So that the marshal can learn that the foreign ships first entered the inland river, and they don't know the reality of the interior. They used one or two sampan boats to carry the traitors and explore the water. In the narrow place of the port gate, when Marshal Lin was in office, In the past, ships were sunk with stones, and the port was blocked with piles. But now there is no general or soldier defending there. When the foreigners arrived there, they had to relax, pile up the piles and rubble one after another, and proceed frankly. No problem. So this time, it’s going straight to no man’s land, not like entering no man’s land. Sometimes the foreign ship ran aground and couldn’t move for several days. Once he was dragged by the steamer, we went from Don’t dare to send one or two sentinel navy to attack.”

Yang Houye sighed: "It can be seen that the affairs in Guangdong have been delayed by you. Now when it comes to the word defense, it is not easy."

The next day, Yang Houye was discussing the strategy of dispatching troops with all his friends, when he suddenly received a military report, saying that "the foreign ship raised the red flag and broke into the provincial river."Yang Houye was shocked, and hurriedly sent all the troops to defend on both sides of the provincial river.After the arrangement was completed, the second military report came again, claiming that "the foreign ship that broke into the provincial river was hit head-on by Fenghuanggang officers and soldiers, and was defeated and fled. It is all right now."

Lord Yang Hou said: "Now the south wind is blowing, the tide is rising, and the foreign ships are afraid that they will enter with the tide. Order the guards and don't let go of your burden." "A brigade of foreign ships sailed in, and the officers and soldiers of Fenghuanggang could not retreat."

Yang Houye was in a hurry and went to the river bank to supervise the defense.But I saw a large group of foreign ships, about twenty or thirty, flying in.The guards on both sides of the strait picked up guns and rockets and shot them like locusts.Relying on their strength, the foreign boats risked their lives to go deep, and refused to do so. They were extremely brave.Yang Houye sighed: "Since I used the army, I have fought more than a hundred battles on land and water, and I have never encountered such a strong enemy. It can be seen that Lin Shaomu is really amazing!"

When the order was desperately resisted, the foreign ship was finally driven out of the provincial river.However, Marquis Yang was already drenched in sweat.

I suddenly reported to the American consul for an interview.Yang Houye said: "What does the American consul see me for?"

The patrolling officer said: "The bidder also asked, he said that there is a new cargo ship, and he wants to petition to open the cabin."

Yang Houye said: "Let's leave the customs to see me, but come to see me. I don't care about this kind of thing."

A Muyou said: "The American consul wants to see Jue Shuai, don't be a lobbyist for the British."

Yang Houye suddenly said: "That's right, do you think I want to see him today or not?"

The friend said in that scene: "The British ship guns are powerful. Let's start a war with him. It may be beneficial. The American consul came by coincidence, so we sold him a favor and kept it for now. If we want to make peace and fight, we will wait for Yishan and Longwen to arrive. Let's decide.

"Yang Houye said happily: "This plan is wonderful. The British have no more advantages and disadvantages. It is really not easy to defeat him.

If I lose to him, my reputation will be ruined. "

See you as you please.Please go inside for a while, and after seeing Li, the US consul first applied for the case to open the cabin.Lord Yang said: "I have received the imperial edict, all countries are allowed to trade as usual, this can be discussed."

The American consul talked about the British again, Yang Houye said: "The British really begged for appeasement, conquered the city and looted the land, and if they were so rampant, it would be difficult for the Lord to beg for him."

The American Consul said: "Foreigners left their homes and traveled across the ocean to China, do they come to China just to make a living? They just want to start a business. Everything in the past was caused by misunderstandings on both sides. Now that we have awakened, After handing over Dinghai, I dare not ask for anything else. However, the matter of commerce has been 200 years since the Celestial Dynasty, and it has been benevolent, so it has to be benevolent outside the law, so that it can still follow the old system."

Lord Marquis Yang said: "The English people are very bad. How can such words be counted?"

The American Consul said, "Elü has written evidence."

Then he took out a piece of foreign paper, and saw a few lines of Chinese characters written on it.Yang Houye read: "I don't ask for favors, but I ask for permission to trade as usual. If I bring prohibited goods, I will ship the goods into the official".The American Consul said: "The marshal can see that the peaceful British businessman has not accompanied him to cause trouble. If his merchant ship is allowed to enter, it can also be used to subdue his warship."

Marquis Yang said: "Since the noble consul said so, I will beg for the honor of the noble consul, and ask him to wait for the court's decree. In this month, there must be no trouble."

The US consul promised to go.

Yang Houye then entered into the concert together with Guangdong Futai.Unexpectedly, when the edict came down, Lord Yang Hou was severely reprimanded.It just so happened that Jingni General Yishan and Counselor Longwen went to Guangdong successively.Lord Yang told about the interests of British warships.General Yi said: "The higher-ups mean to suppress, this matter is very difficult."

Long Wen said: "Lin Shaomu is very capable, we should invite him to discuss it."

General Yi said: "This calamity was caused by him. To untie the bell, the person who tied it has to be untied. It is very good to discuss with him."

Long Wen asked the errand to pull out the film and invite him, and he will be there soon.Long Wen talked about the embarrassment of preventing and suppressing, and immediately asked for advice.Lin Zexu said: "The current situation is very different from the past. Sure enough, things are difficult to handle. But if we can adapt to the current situation and do it with sincerity, it is not irreversible."

Long Wen said: "In response to the circumstances, where should we start?"

Lin Zexu said: "For the current plan, we should send foreign merchants to try to detain them, so that the ships of various countries can temporarily retreat a little farther away. On the one hand, we should hire men and women to secretly transport huge stones, and fill Liede, Dahuangjiao and other places by night; Heavy troops are defending on both sides of the strait, and they still prepare extra sandbags on the bank to block the artillery. This is the immediate emergency method."

Longwen was overjoyed and acted according to the order.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the brave soldiers at each pass had retreated, and the wooden piles and stones were all taken away by the British.The British in the river in that province sent sampans and small boats to swim back and forth, restraining many parties, and they had nowhere to use their strength, so they couldn't do anything.Long Wen sighed, "Shaomu's plan can't work, so what?"

Yi Shan said: "Leave him alone, let's order the port to be closed and fight them fiercely."

As soon as the military order was issued, urgent reports came in one after another, saying that "the fire transport ship has entered the port with its tail in its tail and is almost approaching the city."At one time, it was reported: "The foreign ship was moored in front of Thirteen Foreign Firms, and Henan officers and soldiers fired and bombarded it. Most of them were killed by the shelling of the foreign ship, and the rest fled."

Then it was reported: "Three navy ships were bombed and sunk by the British."

Yishan was shocked, and gathered two counselors to discuss a plan to retreat from the enemy.Discussed all night, still unable to do anything.

The next day, the second day of April, the British suddenly reported that they divided the steamer into two teams, one to attack the provincial capital, and the other to attack Nicheng to the west of the provincial capital.Yishan said: "It's amazing, this mud city is the main road of Foshan Town, if there is a mistake, Foshan fruit will not be preserved."

Guoyong Hou Yang Fang said: "On Nicheng, I have dispatched Dai Chang and Liu Dazhong, who stayed in the camp with Dai Zui, to guard there."

Before the talk was over, Meteor Spy Ma flew to report the military situation, and reported: "Daichang and Liu Dazhong are really useless. They fled when they heard the sound of cannons. The officers and soldiers were all swept away. The British took advantage of the situation and set fire to more than 60 of our warships."

Yishan became more and more anxious.At one time, it was reported: "British soldiers went ashore and robbed Thirteen Foreign Firms."

At this time, the wind was rumbling, and it was frightened overnight.Jingni General Yishan was so frightened that he was in the camp, praying to heaven and chanting Buddha.All the civil and military officials in the city, there is not a single one who is not dumb.Only the soldiers in the battalion are all in good spirits, doing the business of making money by making money.Fortunately, the commanding officers didn't have time to worry about this.

On the third day of the junior high school, the British landed in shares, and attacked by land and water.The few remaining defenders outside the city fled away as soon as they heard the sound of the cannon.The Englishman Shu Xuyu took all the forts around the provincial capital.None of the Chinese soldiers were even slightly injured.The terrain of this fort is on the top of the hill behind the provincial capital, overlooking the whole city, and he knows it well.When the British occupied the fort, they fired bombs and rockets day and night, knocking down the walls of the city and destroying many houses!All the officials and people in the whole city shuddered, and they were all so frightened.The General Counselor and Governor Si Dao looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to think of a way to avoid disaster.

It was Yu Bao, the magistrate of Guangzhou Prefecture, who was purely resourceful and wise, and offered an ingenious plan.At that moment, Yu Baochun said: "The Englishman came here to claim the price of cigarettes and make empty promises. I'm afraid it may not succeed. The humble government has a humble opinion, and we have to rely on him before and after. It's better to rely on him early, so as to save a lot of gossip."

After hearing this, none of them dared to agree, but just looked at it.

The next day, the cannon pierced straight into the front of the old Gongyuan, and everyone below the general paled.Futai said: "Save the head with a headache, and ask Yu Shou to go out of the city to find out the tone of the foreigner."

Yishan said: "I can't beat him again and again, so I have no choice but to do so."

At that moment, Yu Baochun went out of the city, met Yilu, and asked about the price of cigarettes.Yilu sneered and said, "Your mansion witnessed more than 2 boxes of smoked soil at that time. I didn't dare to ask for more. Calculated according to the current price, I can take as much as I want."

Yu Baochun said: "According to the current price, how much should it be?

Yilu said: "If you don't say half a sentence, you will always have 200 million taels of silver in cash." "

Yu Baochun said, "How about reducing the number of ideas?"

Yilu said: "Your mansion is in the middle of the game, how do you say it in layman's terms? Last year, Lin Zhitai burned cigarettes, and your mansion was also there to help. It's okay if others don't know, your old man is the original handyman. "

Yu Baochun said: "As for the money, I didn't take it out. I can do whatever I want, as long as the superior agrees."

When Yu Baochun returned to the city, the General Counselor negotiated for a while, and then asked him to leave the city to negotiate with Yilu, promising to pay him half of the cigarette price.Elliott refused to agree at the beginning, but after the mediation of the American people, after spending countless words, he reluctantly agreed.

The most important part of the peace agreement is nothing more than two items. One is to repay the cigarette price of 600 million taels of silver, and the other is to cede the entire island of Hong Kong to the United Kingdom.The peace agreement was established, and Yu Baochun asked Yilu to let him take the steamer and warship out of Humen.Yilu said: "It's a very right thing to quit Humen. But your country must do two things first. The first one is 600 million silver, and you can hand it over immediately; the second thing is that your general counselor must First retreat outside the city, and all the soldiers in the city will be withdrawn. Once these two things are done, we will set up the anchorage exit immediately."

Yu Baochun had no choice but to go back to Yishan according to Yilu's words.Yishan said: "The big ones are subject to him, not to mention this trivial matter, we are subject to him."

Marquis Yang Fang of Guoyong and Wang Tinglan of Taiwan were all furious, but the strengths and weaknesses were different, so they had no choice but to swallow their hatred.

Immediately, the money from the three treasuries of the Fan Yunguan was collected, and a barely 600 million yuan was handed over. General Jing Ni and Counselor Long Yang led the horses to retreat outside the city of Guangzhou and stationed at a small town sixty miles away from the city. Jinshan.The British warships slowly got up and anchored, and retreated to Humenkou.As a result, the world where Jiang turned over and overturned the sea still became Yao Tian Shun Sun.

Yishan thought deeply about the alliance under the city, which would hurt the country's constitution, and worked hard to come up with a wonderful way to steal the sky and change the day. He claimed that on the eighth day of the lunar new year, he would be burned and suppressed. , and issued a "never sell opium and tobacco" knot, and paid 600 million silver as a follow-up to the merchant's debt to complete the case.How can the emperor know that he is in Beijing?Only Wang Tinglan of Taiwan hated injustice, and wrote a letter to Zeng Fantai, Fujian Province about the military affairs in Guangzhou.Zeng Fantai was transferred to Yan Boshou, Governor of Fujian.Yan Boshou was so angry that he wrote a secret booklet, attached this letter, and took a copy of Shan Beizi and others.Xuanzong saw that the matter had calmed down, and he didn't want to make any more troubles, so he kept Yan Du's memorial.This was originally a magnanimous activity of the Holy Son of Heaven. Unexpectedly, the foreigners got the benefit, and after less than two months of silence, they stirred up waves and gave birth to another big trend.If you want to know what's going on, let's listen to the next chapter for a detailed explanation.

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