On the evening of the 21st, under the Sunlight City, Zhao Erfeng, who was in charge of the Chinese army, did not arrive at his destination until after eight o'clock.

"Have they always been like this?" Zhao Erfeng walked quickly to the front of the camp before he had time to rest.

The camp is about five kilometers away from Sunshine City. It's so far away that you can't actually see much, especially since Sunshine City doesn't have a traditional city wall, but that was during the day.

It was night at this time, and many fires could be clearly seen through the telescope. They were still some distance away from the city and looked very "lonely".

This kind of "loneliness" was very abnormal. Zhao Erfeng judged that this was the enemy's barracks or line of defense.

The light of fire was not only to guide our own soldiers, but also to prepare for night attacks by Zhao Erfeng's army.

"They've been like this since we arrived. They even sent an envoy here." General Liu, who was quarreling with the Yi generals, replied with his hands aside.

"Then it has always been like this. Where is the envoy?" Zhao Erfeng put down the telescope and took a rough note of the locations where the fire was denser.

"Commander, please punish me. That guy opened his mouth and claimed to be self-reliant, but kept silent and said that we invaded for no reason. He also brazenly said that we would bury our corpses on the plateau and have our corpses dismembered by wild dogs."

"General Mo is so angry that he has to be killed." General Liu knelt on the ground with a sad voice.

During this journey, his cousin disappeared. He disappeared while walking in the woods. Based on the situation at the time, it was basically certain that he was gone.

Most of Zhao Erfeng's troops were converted from Yongying. Each battalion basically came from the same place, either from the same hometown or the same county. There were even cases where one battalion was all relatives.

Of course, there are still no Huai Army cattle. The entire Huai Army is composed of relatives and neighbors.

"Where is Zashi City? Have you visited it?" Zhao Erfeng did not answer, but asked.

"After checking, there are only people from the plateau. The original garrison said they were expelled and must have gone back." General Liu said at the side.

"No, I didn't go back." Zhao Erfeng shook his head.

"When passing by Jiali, there were many nomadic people. No one claimed to have seen the garrison leaving."

"The army is passing by. If they find out about such a big thing, they will definitely spread it everywhere."

"But no, there can't be so many people and there's no food supplies. Why don't we just take the main road and go to the trail?"

"Good kill. Tomorrow morning, the heads will be sent to Sunlight City. Give them three hours to surrender. If they dare to resist, they will be shot to death."

"Strictly investigate the whereabouts of the garrison and participants, and the entire clan will be punished as rebels."

Zhao Erfeng said coldly.

"Commander, in less than three hours, the last general is willing to be the vanguard. If the front line cannot win, I am willing to come and see you!" General Liu knelt on the ground and shouted.

"No! We have to wait. The artillery and shells will not be delivered until noon tomorrow." Zhao Erfeng shook his head and rejected General Liu.

"A strong attack will inevitably cause casualties, and they may be quite large, even if there is no city wall."

"We will have to deal with the British later, and there are still many battles to be fought. The division assigned to our army cannot be counted on for the time being." Zhao Erfeng sighed.

It's not that Zhao Erfeng thinks that this division will not obey orders. He has such worries, but not much. It's more of helplessness.

As far as he knew, this division was composed of southerners and had been fighting on the plains.

He knew very well that for this division, the biggest threat would not be the enemy, but the environment.

Without an adaptation period of one and a half years, it will be very difficult to ensure the combat effectiveness of this division, very difficult.

…………

22nd, seven o'clock in the morning.

The sun had just risen, and there was still a chill in the air.

Just passed, just passed~~

The three plateau border guard cavalry ran towards Sunlight City until they were still one kilometer away from Sunlight City and encountered a parapet.

Bang bang bang!

Three gunshots were fired, and the plateau border guard cavalry did not know where the bullets went. Anyway, they did not hit them.

"Stop! We are here to deliver something!" the leading cavalryman immediately reined in his horse and shouted, while raising the bag in his hand.

"Hanren, what do you want to give?"

Hearing the sound coming from the opposite side, the leading plateau border guard cavalry threw the cloth bag in his hand with lightning speed.

"There is a letter to the Thirteenth ** Lama in it, as well as some gifts. Brother, I have official duties, so I will go ahead first."

"drive!"

After saying that, he led the other two cavalrymen and ran wildly without caring about the situation behind them.

They knew what was in the bag. If they were caught, they might also be...

Soon, two plateau soldiers took away the bag.

"What is it? It's so heavy."

"It says it's for the Living Buddha, but we can't look at it."

"That makes sense, just take it back!"

…

"Mr. Charlie, I hope your method is effective and can stop the behavior of the imperial army." The Thirteenth Lama handed the letter to Charlie.

"Dear Your Majesty, don't worry. I will make it clear to the generals of the Qing Imperial Army opposite that the British Empire is negotiating with them and is not allowed to start a war at will."

"Don't worry, we are very familiar with this trick, and it works every time." Charlie said to the Thirteenth Lama with confidence.

He read the letter and said that Zhao Erfeng said he would attack. He also believed that this was not a threat, but he was confident that he could make Zhao Erfeng stop.

Based on his understanding of the Qing Empire, all it would take was a slight mention from the British Minister in China.

It only takes a few more months to delay. After all, this is a plateau and supplies are difficult. Charlie believes that the enemy will be defeated by then.

After all, the enemy has just ended its civil war, how much money does it have left to fight the war?

…

On the other side, Zhao Erfeng was sitting on the ground, watching soldiers leveling the land and building defensive positions.

"Commander, look, there's an Englishman here." The guard pointed at a moving black spot and said.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Erfeng took out his binoculars and saw a man riding a horse, holding a British flag in his hand, walking towards the plateau border guard position.

"Isn't it normal for the British to make such a fuss and try to sidestep them by supporting them like this?" Zhao Erfeng sneered at the side.

"Send the order, don't stop him, let him come to me." Zhao Erfeng thought for a while and added?

After a while, Charlie ran over.

"I'm Charlie, Charlie from England, call your manager." Charlie shouted loudly after dismounting.

Not many people in the plateau border guards could understand English. Fortunately, Zhao Erfeng had ordered to take Charlie to see him, so Charlie wouldn't be too embarrassed.

"What do you call me?" Zhao Erfeng looked at the person in front of him and said habitually.

"Charlie." Charlie said coldly.

"General, I understand your feelings very well, but Sunlight City and Plateau have declared themselves independent. From this moment on, they are one country. You are invading a country without any reason."

"I will report this matter to your capital. In addition, the British Empire is also negotiating with you regarding the issue of Sunlight City and the Plateau."

"I think we should maintain temporary stability until the results of the negotiations come out, what do you think?" Charlie said with an expression of enjoyment.

"I don't think it's very good." Zhao Erfeng frowned. He thought he had some explanation. Why did he send a lunatic to disgust him?

"What? What?" Charlie didn't hear clearly. He was wondering if the translation was not good enough and the translation was wrong.

"This is our own matter and has nothing to do with the British. The order I received is to solve it as soon as possible...solve the Sun City problem as soon as possible." Zhao Erfeng looked at Charlie and did not say anything about the British.

"If you have nothing else to say, you can please leave. Our troops will launch an attack." Zhao Erfeng said calmly.

The translator thought for a while and made the same expression.

"No! You can't, because the British Empire's army is in front of your army. If you attack, it is equivalent to launching an attack on the British Empire's army." Charlie consciously regained control and said seriously.

"Front? Where? I didn't see it." Zhao Erfeng said without changing his expression.

If he had really hesitated at other times, after all, Britain was indeed a big empire, and the Qing Empire was afraid that the British would be around for a long time!

However, the task he received was to fight against the British and Indian troops on the plateau. Didn't this happen to happen?

"Wherever soldiers of the British Empire have been integrated throughout Sunlight City, this is at the request of Sunlight City authorities and does not violate any laws."

"So, I advise the general to wait a moment. I believe that the negotiations in the capital will come to fruition soon. Anyway, you will go back by then, so why incur casualties?" Charlie said sarcastically.

"The capital? Who is the capital negotiating with? There is nothing left in the imperial court. There is only one Northern Command in the capital."

"Could it be that you are negotiating with the Northern Command about the Plateau Command, which has nothing to do with them?"

"Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"Okay, this unknown gentleman from England, I will launch an attack on Sunlight City in half an hour."

"This is my final decision, and it will not change unless the general order you have placed high hopes on for negotiation is sent to me within half an hour."

"By the way, our army's radio station has been damaged a long time ago, and each contact requires more than twenty days of travel."

"Okay, you go back and gather the British. After all, cannonballs don't blink."
To be continued...