That Year, Red Reed Flowers Bloomed by the Canal

This is a war novel of more than 200,000 Chinese characters, telling a story based on real events. If you enjoy this kind of story, come on in. Beijing, Baliqiao, the tenth year of the Xianfeng reign. At 5:30 a.m. on September 19 in the Gregorian calendar, the deadliest clash between cold and modern weapons in human history began. Sixty thousand Qing soldiers faced 8,000 British and French troops. After seven hours of fighting, the battle ended with 3,000 Qing soldiers dead and more than 10,000 wounded, while the British and French lost five dead and 47 wounded. The imperial banner of commander Sengge Rinchen fell into enemy hands----