Chapter 336 Shocked!
"I didn't expect that we would suffer such a defeat in Guangzhou. Dear Liang, it seems that you are really right. That Mr. Liang is really a person who can't be underestimated. Macartney smiled again and said that a good diplomat should naturally have the ability to control his temper well. However, when his eyes fell on the distant sea, the British squadron, which was still burning and emitting wisps of desperate smoke, his eyes revealed a trace of unwillingness and indescribable anger.
Macartney has no hope for whether they have escaped from the attack of the two forts.
"In fact, if you can carefully study the record of General Liang, you may be able to understand why he can become the general soldier guarding Humen Town, the gateway of Guangzhou." Liang Sanhuai waved his head with a smile: "To be honest, I don't think it's worth fighting so much in Guangzhou."
"Oh?" Macartney couldn't help raising his eyebrows and turned his face to look at Liang Sanhuai. Seeing that he was leaning down to comfort Xiao Sidangdong with a very sad expression, Macartney was a little silent. After Xiaosidangdong left, Macartney simply invited Liang Sanhuai to the cabin where he lived and taste the delicious food. Afternoon tea.
"It's my honor to be invited by His Excellency the Ambassador, please." Liang Sanhuai raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and he left the deck with Macartney. Before stepping into the cabin, he faintly heard cheers like waves behind him. He stopped with a little hesitation. Looking back, he saw the remnants of the British warships that had no resistance at all. On the mast, the white flag was raised humiliatingly.
Liang Sanhuai tightened his fist fiercely, but there was no expression on his face, and his figure did not enter the cabin.
"This kind of black tea is the black tea produced by Wuyi Mountain in Fujian Province. I like this taste very much. Do you need to add a little sugar? In this case, I think the taste will be more delicious. If there is fresh milk, it will be more perfect. Unfortunately, this is not Britain or Europe. Your empire seems to lack interest in dairy products. Macartney is a quite talkative diplomat. When you are alone with him, you will not feel that you are facing a politician or an official, but more like a friend. This is Liang Sanhuai's perception of Macartney.
"Thank you. I don't need to add sugar. The reason why tea is bitter at the beginning is that it has a fragrance aftertaste. This is the essence of this kind of drink that our Han people like." Liang Sanhuai smiled faintly and refused Macartney's request to add sugar for him.
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"It's a very artistic answer. It's really hard for me to believe that an excellent talent like you is just an ordinary person who lives on translation." After a moment of meditation, Macanne said with a trace of emotion.
"That's because of the corruption of the ruling class of the Qing Dynasty. In their eyes, in addition to fighting for power and profits, whether the people's life is good or bad is not a matter of concern to them. The emperor of the Qing Dynasty, he only does things for his people and his face and preferences. He likes to play with the so-called emperor's mind to control his hands. Those officials, he was afraid that the Han people would shake their Manchu rule again, harshly suppressed the culture and thoughts of the Han people, and even shocked the Han people with massacres, so that they could understand that they were just a group of slaves who should lie down at the feet of the Qing Dynasty..."
"I can see that you don't seem to have any good impression or even hatred for this empire." Macartney took a sip of black tea, picked up a snack and chewed it carefully.
"Yes, there is no doubt about it. But what I need to affirm is that I hate this empire, but I love this land and the great nation that has been connected with my blood for more than 5,000 years. When Liang Sanhuai said this, there was a light in his eyes, which was as bright as a light as competing with the scorching sun.
Ma'artney, who had been paying attention to his every move, subconsciously narrowed his eyes and shook his head. At this time, he really couldn't understand why the Oriental had such complicated and hot feelings for this country.
"...When he said this, I saw that a sense of pride and pride from the bottom of my heart was completely filled with the body and even the soul of this young and wise Oriental. This deeply shocked me. This is a kind of pride that takes countless years to settle down and has permeated his flesh and soul. From that moment on, I deeply knew that this nation would never be able to conquer, because no one could erase their glorious history, even if the whole Europe united, it was impossible.
However, at that time, I didn't realize a problem that if this oppressed nation woke up, the consequences of angering her would be extremely terrible. It will also make the people who anger her pay an immeasurable price, and ridiculously, at that time, it was we who made an irreparable and stupid decision... I still firmly believed that the British Empire would be the last winner of the war, and the final outcome was not just for us to bear it. It was a huge failure, and even lost our advantage of colonizing in the East," Macartney left such a passage in his diary, thus becoming the first Western politician's most pertinent and accurate evaluation of the Chinese.
"We are now waging a war against your motherland. Of course, you should know that our purpose is not to occupy this country, but to hope that they can realize that they are not the most powerful in this world. Our British Empire has the right to dialogue with them on an equal footing. I hope you can understand." Macartney explained after organizing his language slightly.
"If you think so, then I still insist on my opinion. It is definitely not a wise choice to attack Guangzhou. As I said before, now, I am still willing to repeat this view." Liang Sanhuai said with a smile. In his heart, he compared countless strong middle fingers to this politician who was full of benevolence and morality.
After Mageny crossed his hands in front of his chest and looked at Liang Sanhuai again with a look of scrutiny, he leaned forward slightly: "Why? Dear Liang, I know that you are a very shrewd and excellent person who is good at analyzing things. What I want to know is that you are not optimistic about our British Empire attacking Guangzhou from the beginning? Is it because of that General Liang, I admit that today he made us realize that even if there are so many corrupt officials and corrupt troops in this huge empire, it is not all. Although his existence has frustrated our attack, it is because we underestimate the enemy too much and are not well prepared.
"Of course not, but you are thinking in the wrong direction. This empire is too huge. You know Guangzhou, this prosperous city, in the north, even in the middle of this country, in their eyes, where is this place, a fishy place, over the past hundreds of years. , a special place for the exile of prisoners..." Liang Sanhuai cleared her throat and began to analyze the misunderstanding of Macartney, a keen British diplomat, to treat the British as an extension of politics.
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"These are British prisoners of war. Why do they all look dark? Doesn't it mean that the British hair is white and their eyes are like cats?" Guangzhou General Fuchang stood in front of the temporarily established prisoner-of-war camp in Humen Town, stretched his head, looked at the prisoners of war for a long time, and came up with such a question.
"These are all mercenaries recruited by the British from their occupied India, India, which is what we call Tianzhu." Wang Shouli, the Guangdong sailor, explained to Fuchang with a warm smile on his face.
"You mean that Tianzhu was occupied by that little England?" Fuchang, the Guangzhou general, has no ink, but he still knows some of which country Tianzhu is. At least he knows that Buddhism was introduced from Tianzhu. Moreover, at this time, people's understanding of Tianzhu is that it is a big country that can be compared with the Qing Dynasty. However, such a huge thing actually makes a Small Western countries were occupied, and Fuchang felt that his brain seemed to be a little not enough. No way?"
"That's right, I have heard a little about what Admiral Wang said. General Liang, I didn't expect that I had just received the news that Yingyi intended to attack Guangzhou along the mouth of the Pearl River in the morning. In the afternoon, I actually received your victory document. At that time, I was really shocked, hehe..." Changlin, who was dusted on the official robe, turned around and smiled at Liang Pengfei.
To be honest, early this morning, when he heard that a huge British fleet was found in the mouth of the Pearl River, the brush in his hand fell directly on the official document.
When it is clear, Lion and Hindustan are on the list, and it seems that there are giant ships similar to them in the fleet, and other warships are not too small. In short, after the big ships are only equipped with shoes for the smallest warship of the other party, Changlin's demeanor can no longer be maintained.
He was angry and anxious, so that he quickly summoned the two admirals of water and land, summoned the army, and prepared for the city defense. He was dizzy for the defense area of the general soldiers. After a few hours of busy, he could close the Guangzhou gate and rectified the city defense, but he received a victory letter from Liang Pengfei sent a fast horse.
When he heard that Liang Pengfei relied on the fort to repel the huge British fleet, and also destroyed and injured several British ships. In addition, he captured nearly 2,000 British soldiers and killed nearly a thousand enemies, Changlin even thought that he was overly nervous and had hallucinations.
(to be continued)