Chapter 129 Unsurprising Victory

"How dare he? How dare he?"

Emperor Xianfeng was furious in the Imperial Study Room. A few days ago, he issued an imperial decree telling Zhao Wou-ki not to provoke foreigners, but today he got the news that Zhao Wou-ki sent someone to occupy the warehouse of a foreign businessman, holding millions of dollars worth of money. For two silver products, ask foreign businessmen for 10% lijin.

Not only to ask for the likin of the occupied warehouses, but also to ask foreign businessmen to cooperate in counting the value of all goods that entered Songjiang Prefecture or entered from the coast of Guangzhou, and then transferred to Songjiang Prefecture, and then paid 10% of the likin.

Along with this news, there were also foreign businessmen who were outraged. All countries united with all foreign troops in Songjiang Mansion, totaling more than 5000 people, and all of them were musketeers. The news that he rushed to Songjiang Mansion directly with an army of tens of thousands.

"He killed Qi Shan, and I didn't even blame him. He didn't have military pay and wanted to collect lijin, and I also acquiesced. I just told him not to trouble foreign businessmen. Isn't there enough domestic businessmen for him to collect military pay?"

"He is a mere white man, and he was suspected of fraud during the martial arts examination. I didn't care about appointing him as the champion of martial arts, and let him form a champion battalion. It was almost exhausting the already empty treasury and gave him [-] yuan." Musketeer."

"Is that how he repays me?"

"Zeng Gelinqin, is this the champion of martial arts you recommended to me?"

Emperor Xianfeng, who was extremely furious, sprayed his saliva directly on the head of Seng Gelinqin who was kneeling on the ground.

"Your Majesty is guilty, please forgive me."

Seng Gelinqin, who can't afford to kneel down, is actually very wronged. Although Zhao Wuji was recommended to the emperor by him, it is equivalent to him who arranged for Zhao Wuji to be admitted to the champion of martial arts before, but then Zhao Wuji hugged the emperor's thigh 'After that, although I respected him, I was no longer under his control.

It was precisely because of this that he joined forces with Su Can, who had offended him before, and with the acquiescence of Emperor Xianfeng, sent a batch of muskets to the disciples of the Beggar Gang.

Afterwards, he was still worried that Zao Wou-ki would retaliate against him, and he would play something like getting angry and blood spattering five steps.

But these words can't be said to Emperor Xianfeng at all. Facing the emperor, explaining is not equal to covering up, but explaining is equal to a serious crime. It is a living crime, but it can also be interpreted as a capital crime.

After Emperor Xianfeng finished spraying, he took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Originally, he only wanted an imperial decree to kill the more and more unscrupulous Zhao Wuji, but he thought of the information he had obtained before, that Zhao Wuji went alone to Danyang City to assassinate Yang Xiuqing.

The same as when he heard that Zao Wou-ki was beheading generals and capturing the flag, Emperor Xianfeng didn't believe it at first, but this time because it involved Yang Xiuqing, the No. the reality of this matter.

He was very happy at that time, because once Yang Xiuqing died, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would definitely be in chaos for a while, and it was even an opportunity to solve the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

But thinking about it now, was Zhao Wuji's assassination of Yang Xiuqing really just to put down the rebellion?
It can't be said that he is showing his strength to himself.

If Yang Xiuqing could kill him, even if he was in the palace, why couldn't he kill him?
Compared to Danyang City, which was heavily defended during the war, although the Forbidden City's walls are much higher, there are also a lot of people in the Forbidden City. There are not a few people who come in and out every day. No matter how tight it is, it is impossible to really stop Zao Wou-Ki sneak in.

By the time……

"Seng Gelinqin." Emperor Xianfeng asked: "You failed to stop the Taiping rebels from the Northern Expedition, and now you have the crime of knowing someone unknown. You should have your family ransacked and exterminated."

Seng Gelinqin begged for mercy loudly, but it was all about the scene. He knew very well that Emperor Xianfeng would not kill him, let alone ransack his family.

Speaking of which, if the clan was really exterminated, then Emperor Xianfeng would have to commit suicide, because although Seng Gelinqin was of Mongolian nationality and Emperor Xianfeng was of Manchu nationality, Seng Gelinqin's grandfather and Emperor Xianfeng's grandfather were both Emperor Jiaqing, so these two people were actually It's cousin relationship.

Emperor Xianfeng also threatened and reprimanded him first, and then said: "I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds, go to Songjiang Mansion, and kill Zhao Wuji for me. As long as you succeed, I will make you a general under orders to lead counter-insurgency matters, Then all the champions will be handed over to you."

Zeng Gelinqin was overjoyed, although Zao Wou-ki was known as the world's number one master, but in this world is there anyone who can't be killed?
Compared with the masters found by Yang Xiuqing of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Seng Gelinqin found more masters, especially after he helped Su Can that time, in order to prevent Zhao Wuji from taking risks to retaliate against him, he almost found what he could find. All masters.

Coupled with mental arithmetic and carelessness...

"Your Majesty." Seng Gelinqin asked again: "It will take five days at the earliest for me to go to Songjiang Mansion. If during these five days, Zao Wou-ki clashes with other countries and each of them will be injured..."

Emperor Xianfeng felt a little pain in his brain.

In fact, he didn't want to kill Zao Wou-ki, he had to wait until Zhao Wou-ki pacified the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but he had to kill now.

Just like what Seng Gelinqin said, in case, no, Zao Wou-ki will definitely offend the countries and give them a very good excuse to declare war on the Qing court.

At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has not yet settled down, internal troubles are serious, and the coalition forces of various countries are invading again. How long can he be the emperor?
"Indemnity and cession of land must calm the anger of all countries. The top priority is to suppress the rebellion."

Seng Gelinqin knew it well. Although he also knew that he did not have the right to pay compensation and cede land, he could only stabilize the countries first and then hand it over to others to negotiate, but at least he did not need to bear this responsibility.

"The minister takes orders."

When Seng Gelinqin went to Songjiang Mansion with the imperial decree and his elite, Songjiang Mansion fought without any accident.

When Wu Yan rushed to Songjiang Mansion with more than 1 people, all the civilians near the warehouse area had already fled because of the tense situation and the previous battle for the warehouse.

So Wu Yan no longer had any scruples, and directly ordered the fight to start.

This fight really stunned the multinational coalition forces.

Just like the more than 100 foreign soldiers who guarded the warehouse at the beginning, they never thought that the regular army of the Qing court would dare to attack them. The almost unsuspecting people who were taken by Qianjiang were all captured or killed.

The nearly 5000 coalition forces of more than 500 countries surrounded the warehouse area. In fact, most of them were not regular armies of various countries, but guards and mercenaries brought by foreign businessmen. The real regular armies were only Britain and France, and the total number was only [-].

From their point of view, no matter whether they were regular soldiers or not, how could the regular troops of the Qing court dare to act presumptuously with nearly [-] musketeers present?

They were still waiting for the Qing court to send people to negotiate, and then they apologized, paid compensation and ceded the land, and when they added conditions that were more favorable to them in various terms, they encountered a strong attack from the champion camp and martial arts masters.

The multi-national coalition sounds powerful, but it is precisely because they are not regular troops, they were mobilized hastily, and they fight on their own when they arrive on the battlefield.

In addition, they seriously underestimated the enemy in their hearts. After all, in the first Opium War before, the rotten combat power of the regular army of the Qing court gave them a very deep impression.

So as soon as the battle started, they were directly beaten and forced from multiple angles.

The agreed regular army of the Qing court is only slightly stronger than the Indians?
It's not that they are strong in combat, but they have muskets.

But after this fight, why do you feel stronger than the regular army you know?
How did they know that after more than a year of training, the No. [-] Scholar Battalion has already reached a world-class level, plus the effect of Wu Yan's Eternal One Emperor skill, and the previous few battles where he won more with less.

That fighting power can be called the top in the world.

"How can the barbarians be allowed to be reckless in the land of Huaxia?"

The words Wu Yan said to the whole army before the war even made the champion battalion and martial arts masters' morale soaring.

In addition to the [-] elites who were ordered to launch an attack from the warehouse area, it took only half a day for nearly [-] coalition forces from various countries to collapse.

According to post-war statistics, the champion army killed a total of 1597 coalition forces from various countries on the spot, captured 2369, and the rest fled.

However, only more than 500 people died in Zhuangyuanying and martial arts masters, and more than 300 of them were martial arts masters.

When the corpses of more than 1000 foreigners were piled up in the open space outside the warehouse area of ​​Songjiang Prefecture, and more than 2000 foreign soldiers were disarmed and brought under control, the entire Songjiang Prefecture was shocked.

This kind of shock spread to the entire land of China at an incredible speed, even exceeding the speed of [-] miles. It won't take long for the whole world to be shocked by this news.

British Minister Wen Han, American Minister Marshall, the French Consul and others decided to negotiate with Wu Yan after some discussions, but when they arrived at the camp where the champion army was located as envoys, they were told to wait.

"It really makes no sense."

British Minister Wen Han was actually the most respectable among these people. After all, they were the British who won the first Opium War against the Qing court.

But apart from complaining, they didn't dare to pat their butts and leave, not only because the champion army is too good at beating, and not only because the champion army now has more than 2000 of their prisoners, but also because these people have seen it before The scene where Zao Wou-ki charged into battle alone.

Originally they wanted to find a chance to kill Zhao Wuji, but before they had a real plan, Zhao Wuji stunned them.

So now they know very well that it is not a big problem to defeat the champion army of more than 1 people, they just need to mobilize the regular army, but it is very difficult to kill Zao Wou-ki. At the original Jiangbei camp, there will be a large number of troops again.

"It won't take long for him to be arrogant, and the Qing court will definitely dismiss him and deal with him."

Ma Shali knows the current Qing court very well, so he is very sure of this.

When they were left outside the camp, Wu Yan also met a group of people in the camp.

"The former head of the Guangdong Gang of the Tiandi Society, now Liu Lichuan, the chief head of the Small Knife Society, has met General Zhao."

Hearing what the leader said when he clasped his fists, Wu Yan was a little confused.

He knew about Xiaodao Guild, but he was a little confused about what kind of heaven and earth club helmsman, Xiaodao Guild's chief helmsman.

In fact, the original history of the Little Knife Club has also been changed because of Wu Yan.

It was supposed to be this year, that is, on September 1853, 9, the Small Knife Society uprising in Songjiang Prefecture once captured the four counties of Baoshan, Nanhui, Chuansha, and Qingpu. The country name of the country.

Afterwards, when they were occupying Shanghai, they wrote to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom claiming to be willing to accept the leadership. Chen Xiuquan was overjoyed and agreed, so the Ming Dynasty became the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

It was not until 1855 that the commander of the French fleet declared war on the Xiaodaohui, and the joint Qing army bombarded the city wall, and the Xiaodaohui uprising, which occupied Songjiang Mansion, failed.

However, because Wu Yan's champion battalion descended from the sky, he asked the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to fight back from all over the world. Compared with the original history, because Nanjing was occupied by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and was always facing the tense situation of being captured by the Taiping Army, Songjiang Mansion was much more stable.Moreover, the Zhuangyuan Battalion is too good at fighting, and can be transferred to Songjiang Mansion at any time, so the Xiaodaohui, which was originally planning to revolt in Songjiang Mansion, naturally did not dare.

"General."

Liu Lichuan didn't bring many people with him this time, only three real confidantes, except because he brought all the people from the Small Sword Club, and it didn't make any sense to face Zao Wou-ki and the Zhuangyuan Army, and also because he came to see Zao Wou-ki this time , the risk is simply too great.

But Liu Lichuan was not afraid of death, he wanted to take a chance.

"You led the army to defeat the multinational coalition forces. This is the first victory on the land of China since the Qing Dynasty. It is a victory that can shake the world and raise the prestige of China..."

Wu Yan said blankly: "Stop talking nonsense."

Liu Lichuan's expression became more tense, and after taking a deep breath, he said directly: "My lord, you killed Qi Shan, a Manchu, and provoked the coalition forces of various countries. I will not let the general go, so I am willing to rely on the general and help the general achieve great achievements."

After saying this, the atmosphere in the tent became tense.

The people brought by Liu Lichuan felt that they might be hacked to death in the next second.

And Wu Yan's confidantes in the arena were also moved, especially Qian Jiang, who had just joined Wu Yan's staff, became short of breath.

Recalling Zao Wou-ki's operations over the past two months, Qian Jiang felt that he had finally discovered his blind spot.

"I was ordered to lead the counter-insurgency as a general, but you want me to rebel?" Wu Yan said with a blank expression, "Why, do you think that all Han people should be like your Tiandihui, and take anti-Qing and restoring Ming as their cause? ?”

The slogan of the Heaven and Earth Society against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was not invented in the late Qing Dynasty. It has been shouted for more than 200 years since the death of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Lichuan's eyes brightened when he heard Wu Yan's words, because in his opinion, since Zhao Wou-ki didn't kill them on the spot, it meant that Zhao Wou-ki was exactly as he guessed.

"My lord." Liu Lichuan said in a sincere tone: "The Qing court is rotten, the people in the country are in dire straits, and the barbarian countries are eyeing our land of China. ah."

If you can talk, talk more.

Wu Yan actually wanted to hear Liu Lichuan's flattery, but it didn't make any sense. After pondering for a while, he said: "You don't need to say more, I don't know the righteousness, so leave quickly."

Liu Lichuan and the others froze for a moment, and were about to continue persuading, but Liu Lichuan suddenly realized the true meaning of Zao Wou-ki's words, and immediately left with fists in their hands.

After only Mr. Zheng, Qian Jiang, and Wu Yan's confidants and staff were left in the camp, Mr. Zheng knelt down in front of Wu Yan and shouted: "My lord, the imperial decree of the Qing court to blame you will be delivered at any time. Don't do it at this time." On the contrary, when should we wait?"

When the rest of the people reacted, they also knelt down one after another.

For his confidantes, Wu Yan didn't mean to say anything connotative, he heheed twice and said: "No hurry, wait a little longer, go, let those ministers and consuls come with you."

When Master Zheng and others heard Wu Yan's words, they felt like their blood was about to boil.

From the dragon's work is close at hand.

But after Ma Shali, Wen Han and others came in, they saw Wu Yan's extremely indifferent expression and very calm words before they could blame them.

"Ten lijin and one tax, you can continue to do business, corpses cost 10 taels of silver, and captives cost 200 taels of silver. Otherwise... you should know what it means to be successful."

(End of this chapter)

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