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Chapter 12 The Perfidious Englishman

When Zhang Biwu left Weidell's flagship, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He expected Weidell to kill him to be a jealous weapon. Now he finally succeeded in fighting, which can also show that there are many courageous and knowledgeable people in the Ming army. This can also intimidate Western countries not to think that China is easy to bully.

When he appeared on the shore, it was not surprising that Huang Qi, Lin Xiangfeng, Yuan Yupei, Huang Youguang, Cai Jiuyi, Lin Lichang and others were waiting for him.

Because there are two more people! It is Fei Yangguo and E Ashan! How did the two arrive? Zhang Biwu was naturally very happy to see his brother.

"Brother!" Fei Yangguo came quickly. He rushed to Zhang Biwu. When he saw that Zhang Biwu had a wound on his cheek, he asked worriedly: "Brother, are you okay?" He looked at Zhang Biwu carefully, and saw that Zhang Biwu was nothing serious, so he couldn't help but feel at ease.

Zhang Biwu smiled and replied, "It's okay! I'm fine! Brother, why are you here?" Fei Yangguo replied truthfully, because he heard that Yulin Town was going to investigate Zhang Biwu's affair with the rebel army. Zhang Biwu was in danger, so he came and wanted to save Zhang Biwu. Later, he heard that Zhang Biwu was in Dongguan, Guangdong, and he also came all the way.

Zhang Biwu was very surprised. He had an affair with the rebel army? But he thought again that even if it was revealed, the master with great power could settle it, so Zhang Biwu didn't care about it. Of course, at this time, Zhang Biwu didn't know Fei Yangguo's true identity!

[Note 1] Fei Yangguo's biological mother was a Han Chinese, and his biological mother was a Han Chinese, so there was no record of his biological mother. He was raised by his stepmother Yan and was also highly despised in the Qing royal family.

[Note 1]: Fei Yangguo's biological mother is unknown. There is a saying that Fei Yangguo is the follow-up concubine of Haci, Fucha, and his name is Yan Dai. Some people say that it is not. In my novel, I just imagine that Fei Yangguo's mother is a Han Chinese. He was raised by the follow-up concubine, but he was coldly respected since childhood.

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The previous year, Leng Sengji, the servant of Princess Hada, came out to report to Fucha and Hachi's son, Mangguertai, had a tyrant with his younger brother Degele and his younger sister Princess Hada, and he made a secret gold seal.

Princess Hada was executed, and Princess Hada's eldest daughter was killed by Haoge. The Mangourtai and Degelei families were all deprived of their clans and became civilians. Because Fei Yangguo was not the biological son of Fucha, he had a bad relationship with Mangourtai and Degelei and had a good relationship with Dorgon and Duoduo, he was not involved.

Fei Yangguo has the characteristics of a Han man. In addition, he was influenced by his mother since childhood and learned Chinese very well. He could also pretend to be a Han man. It is difficult for others to see that he is a Manchu man. Therefore, he visited the Ming Dynasty many times, but no one found that he was a Manchu man.

In fact, Fei Yangguo was not entirely worried about Zhang Biwu's safety. He also thought that if Zhang Biwu was excluded from the Ming army, he would find a way to pull Zhang Biwu into the Qing Dynasty lineup.

For this matter, before leaving, he arrived at Duoduo's sickbed and asked Duoduo what would Duoduo do if he recruited Duoduo's enemies into the Qing Dynasty.

Duoduo replied that as long as it is beneficial to the Qing Dynasty, his personal honor and disgrace are nothing. In fact, when Duoduo heard Fei Yangguo say this, he suspected that Fei Yangguo was ordered by Huang Taiji to come to test him. So he naturally acted as if he only ignored his personal interests for the Qing Dynasty.

Fei Yangguo didn't think much about what the fifteenth prince said was true, but his servant E Ashan thought that Duoduo's words, who did not care about his brotherhood, were unreliable.

But Fei Yangguo alone doesn't make sense, not to mention that E Ashan is just a servant and it's harder to convince Fei Yangguo! Now he decided to go to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, one can save Zhang Biwu, and two, there is no need to worry about separating the two camps in the future, so that the good brothers will fight for their respective lords, and three, he can also go to see his sweetheart.

Zhang Biwu and Fei Yangguo were happy to meet again after a long separation, so they should have drunk and had a happy conversation. The two of them went to drink, and the thirty-five cannons returned by Weidell were transported away by Ming soldiers who had been waiting for them and reinstalled them on the Humen Fort.

Not only that, Widdle also asked the two merchants to go to Guangzhou with Noretti, bringing Spanish silver coins of 22,000 lils and 2 small boxes of Japanese silver coins for purchase. Of course, he also gave Noretti a lot of money, hoping that Noretti would take good care of these two merchants.

Although Norreti made a promise, he also realized that it was difficult for Widell to swallow this breath! He also wanted the British to go to war with the Ming army, and of course it would be better for the Netherlands to join in. He just waited to watch the show, and also looked at the opportunity, whether Portugal could also gain benefits.

Naturally, he would not remind the Guangdong authorities, but instead wanted the Guangdong authorities to relax their vigilance and believe that Widell would not cause trouble again.

For this reason, the Guangdong authorities relaxed their vigilance. They believed that since Widell had already apologized and had sent two merchants to settle for trade, there was no need to worry about it.

But what was unexpected was that Weidell used a plan! As he said to Terry, it was him that he made the Guangdong authorities relax their vigilance, so that he could drive into the inland river in Guangzhou and directly threaten Guangzhou. Not only his British fleet but also pirates also cooperated with him, Weidell formed an alliance with a group of scum pirates from China, so as to advance and retreat with them and seek interests together.

But what Widell didn't expect was that there were thousands of troops in Guangzhou, otherwise he could attack Guangzhou in one fell swoop. He could only threaten the inland river and bluff, so as to force the Guangdong authorities to open the door to trade.

Of course, there were no pirates on the Guangdong side. They only thought it was 6 British ships and more than a thousand British people. Zhang Jingxin was discussing how to deal with this British fleet.

The general view is that when the troops are at the city, they have to repel them. This deception method has completely angered everyone. Is it not tolerant for the soldiers? We must send troops to teach them a lesson! Aren’t other countries thinking that China is easy to bully!

Under this circumstance, as the top scholar in martial arts, the deputy Qianhu of the Jinyiwei, also made outstanding contributions to the coastal defense of Guangdong and Guangxi. Zhu Kezhen, who eliminated the pirates, must be responsible for the heavy responsibility. But how many troops should be sent to attack the rampant British ships? How many more ships should be dispatched?

In fact, they were all lamenting that if there were Zheng He's treasure ships, such an excellent and sturdy ship as early as the Ming Dynasty could have repelled the British without any trouble. At that time, a ship could accommodate 1,200 people, and was a giant on the sea.

Unfortunately, the sea defense was weak, the increase in the number of deserters in the garrison, and the ships were not developed. Not only did they not advance, they were regressing and weakening. Excellent warships such as Zheng Heshi's treasure ships were gone.

On the one hand, he had to send people to attack the enemies in the inland river in Guangzhou, and on the other hand, he had to be careful to guard against the British who would attack Guangzhou. Zhang Jingxin wanted to speak out and give him at least six or seven large warships, such as a three-masted gunship that could accommodate 300 people. If there were six or seven three-masted gunships to fight, there would be two thousand people. It would be safe to destroy the British.
Chapter completed!
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