C3384 Central Asia

"Don't you know? "Don't look at how poor you are, but you've once defeated an Englishman here!"

Beside the bonfire, Duo Luo, Guan Lu and more than a dozen of his brothers whispered together.

In this era, Afghanistan did not have the nickname Imperial Cemeteries, but the first British invasion of Afghanistan was over.

In 1839, British and Indian forces invaded Afghanistan. Although they quickly defeated the king's army, they fell into the sea of the People's War.

All the people of Afghanistan rose up to resist, and it took three and a half years for the British to be completely driven out of Afghanistan!

30 years had passed, but the Afghans' hatred for Britain still had not been resolved. Seeing Sir Gordon leading hundreds of large scale Expedition, they automatically assumed that this was the British army.

This was a completely unreasonable war. There was no warning or declaration of war, and both sides could not communicate with each other. Every tribe here had their own language, and even if they spoke the same language, it would produce a complicated accent due to its geographical location.

The enemies on the battlefield didn't listen to your explanations at all. Riding horses with bows and machetes, the tribe warriors attacked the Expedition with no regards for their lives.

In the end, Gordon had no choice but to bow his head and allow the guide to use the gold coins to open a path for him.

After the danger had passed, the trusted aides of the Tongzhi Emperor gathered together for a meeting. Yes, they had learnt a few things about the Chinese people, and knew that they would have to gather together for a small meeting every day.

They finally understood the boldness of the Afghan tribesmen!

"Damn it, if the people of Qing Province back then were so brave, the entire village would not have been bullied like this by the English and French large nose …"

"That's right, today I understand. The villagers are too united to fight against you. The man in front charged, and the woman with the scarf on her back hoe was shouting!"

"Even the children are carrying bows and arrows and ammunition for the soldiers … Look at their weapons, let alone our Great Qing's, these people are just using axe kitchen knives to fight the British! "

"More than a hundred tribal warriors. There's only one musket. How dare they risk their lives over this …."

"Look, that corpse was lying on the floor, and no one cried. There were more deaths, and then there were more. Such a cheap life!"

The group of guards vented their anger indignantly. Holding onto the scabbards on their waists, they desperately pushed the yellow sand in front of them into their mouths. Eating the dried barbecued meat felt like they were enemies.

"Look at how the British and French combined forces fought all those years ago, and those smelly commoners still came to watch the show! If the foreign devils give them some money, they'll turn into peasants who carry large bags of money! "

"How embarrassing, how can you compete with him?"

"Enough! Say less, this is the British Expedition, not Beijing's hotpot restaurant or small teahouse! " Duo Luo growled, suppressing the guards.

Guan Lu who was drinking water from a leather bag sighed and said, "Is it all in vain? Why didn't his experience increase at all? Is our Qing Dynasty the same as this place? "

"Look at this place. They're all people of the same bloodline, and even their faith is the same. It's just one faith, so do you think they won't be united?"

"Eat together, live together …" If you have the blessings to share, if you have difficulties to share, do the same! "

"Why is he unafraid of death? They would not have any worries if they were to die. They would know who to die for and that their wives and children would be taken care of after they die! "

"This is the nation! After hearing so much about nationalism in Europa, you still don't understand? "

"What's going on with our Qing Dynasty? The Manchu and the Chinese are the same race? At least not now... Manchu does not keep food, the Chinese do keep food every day! "

"What does the English and French hitting the Forbidden City have to do with those Chinese people? To put it in an outrageous way, even if the Queen of England were to sit in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, as long as the Han people are exempt from paying taxes, they would still shout "Long live the King"! "

"You are unscrupulous, arrogant and rebellious!" Some of the guards didn't like it.

Guan Lu did not say anything. Duo Luo let out a long sigh. You can do it now, when Xiao Letian beat up the Emperor, why didn't you scold him? "

"What kind of shitty nonsense is this? There were many arrogant and rebellious traitors! Why did His Majesty let us take the ancient path of the Central Asia? "Why did you let us come here?"

"Think about it. His Majesty also wants us to see with our own eyes how the war in the west ended. What exactly is going on with the war between the races?"

"You don't even have to say that Han Chinese have milk and are actually their mothers, let alone the matter of them carrying big bags for foreign devils! Right now, Zuo Zongtang, isn't Master Zuo in Jin Prefecture? "

"He's Chinese, ah. He's also Chinese with the Xiang Army. Isn't it different if he fights in the national war? Is this the traitor you spoke of? "

"I kind of understand His Majesty's thoughts now … His Majesty is trying to let us experience it. If possible, let us also sow some blood for this land … "

"Otherwise, what face do we have in the future, saying that this land belongs to our Manchu?"

The group fell into silence, and the grumbling guards did not speak anymore. Not far away, Gordon and Exploring Records Baker looked at the Qing Guo guards who were by the bonfire, deep in thought.

"As expected, there are some changes. These Manchu have learnt to think. They even know to hold a meeting everyday to summarize their thoughts … "Back then when I helped Qing Guo to disrupt the bandits, those Manchu soldiers weren't like that …"

Baker shook his head. "I learned it from the Chinese. I really don't think highly of this race. If you were to say that they are smart …" It must be the Chinese! "

Gordon smiled bitterly and said, "You can just tell me that, but don't tell those politicians in London … No matter how powerful the Chinese are, they can't become the master of East Asia! "

"It's exactly because the Qing Dynasty is so useless that we have to help them like this … "In the future, in Asia, the Qing Dynasty will control the continent, and the Chinese will control the seas. This way, they will become a pair of enemies that will fight each other …"

"That's good. That's in the interests of Britain!"

"Alright, now that lunch is over, let's move on... Tonight, it will be Ka Puqiagai's turn! "

These people quickly turned into snowmen one by one. However, they did not know that around this troop, there were several cavalry scouts following them closely.

There were Yaqub's cavalrymen spying on them, as well as Haohan Kingdom's cavalrymen. There was even a troop of Sharal Cossack's military officers spying on them through their binoculars, far away on the hillside.

Duo Luo and Guan Lu didn't know that if it weren't for the British Flag protecting them, this group of Great Qing guards with braids would have already been skinned and turned into human drums!