The Counterattack of the Villains in the Movie World

Chapter 131 I Let You Run 200 Meters First

"what?"

Emperor Xianfeng was dumbfounded again.

"You said that Zao Wou-ki led the champion army and defeated the multinational coalition forces, including Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. The musketeers with a total of more than [-] people were killed by Zao Wou-ki. Captured more than two thousand?"

Only then did Seng Gelinqin give the order to kill Zao Wuji's Xianfeng Emperor. When Seng Gelinqin had just left the capital for three days, he received this news that surprised him.

Surprised because Zao Wou-ki and his champion army are so capable of fighting, and happy because this can be said to be the biggest victory for the Qing court against foreign powers since the Qing Dynasty.

"Yes, Your Majesty, according to the battle report, Zao Wou-ki's champion army...only killed or injured more than 500 people."

Emperor Xianfeng, who heard these words, took a deep breath.

Although 1000 casualties were exchanged for more than [-] casualties, it seems that when the armies of the great powers faced the Qing army, the ratio of head replacements was still a lot worse, but the Qing court lacked everything, but there was no shortage of people.

If this ratio could be exchanged, Emperor Xianfeng felt that he could take down the whole world.

"not good!"

Emperor Xianfeng suddenly turned pale with fright, because he suddenly realized that the champion army's ability to fight had nothing to do with the champion army, but had a direct relationship with Zhao Wuji. The allocation of 3000 musketeers is not the only one for the champion battalion. Whether it is the Eight Banners Army or the Green Battalion, many military towns can also gather 3000 musketeers.

Then why can't other people beat the barbarians, but only Zao Wou-ki can win?

"Decree, immediately decree, send someone to catch up with Seng Gelinqin." Emperor Xianfeng panicked, and said: "Don't kill Zhao Wuji, don't take away Zhao Wuji's military power, I want to reward Zhao Wuji."

It was not that Emperor Xianfeng did not think that Zhao Wuji would be able to win the battle. After all, Songjiang Mansion in his eyes did not have many foreign troops.

But what is the concept of five thousand?

Emperor Xianfeng clearly remembered that after the first Opium War, there were only more than 7000 British soldiers who participated in the war. Of course, he didn't know that it was the first Opium War.

Zhao Wou-ki is better at fighting than he imagined, which means that Zhao Wou-ki is really likely to help him completely suppress the rebellion of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and defeat the great powers.

Under such circumstances, what's the point of Zao Wou-ki provoking the great powers?

When you can't win, you definitely don't dare to provoke him. If you know you can win, you are still the Ninth Five-Year Lord. How can you have no temper?

It is worth mentioning that during the invasion of China by the Eight-Power Allied Forces decades later, Cixi also directly declared war on 11 major powers including the Eight-Power Allied Forces. Although she was finally beaten...but at least she dared to declare war.

However, the people sent by Emperor Xianfeng to stop Seng Gelinqin didn't know whether they failed to catch up, or after catching up, Seng Gelinqin refused to obey the order. All in all, Seng Gelinqin led his troops to Songjiang Mansion.

His purpose is still to kill Zao Wou-ki.

Not only for himself to kill Zao Wou-ki, not just for the number one soldier who can fight, but also for the interests of the Manchu and Mongolian tribes in the Qing court.

"Han people? Hehe..."

Seng Gelinqin rode a horse and waited outside Songjiang Mansion in the direction of Yangzhou.

After he came to Songjiang Mansion, he had a secret discussion with Ma Shali, Wen Han and others. Afterwards, when Qian Jiang led people to check the goods of foreign merchants in China and was about to collect lijin, he was directly arrested by the planned foreign mercenaries.

Afterwards, the foreign businessman sent someone to deliver a letter to the Zhuangyuan Army's garrison, asking Zhao Wou-ki to negotiate.

Seng Gelinqin also acted as if I had just arrived in Songjiang Mansion, and these things had nothing to do with me. I was standing in Zao Wou-ki's position, preparing to join hands with foreign businessmen to negotiate, and arranged for someone to contact Zao Wou-ki.

"Manchu Qing Man Qing, when will it be the Han people's turn to be so domineering?"

It didn't take long, Seng Gelinqin, who only brought dozens of riders, saw Zhao Wuji, who was riding fast and also only brought dozens of riders.

But Seng Gelinqin also knew that these were just the people Zao Wou-ki brought to join him, and the army of champions was still behind.

"My lord."

When Wu Yan arrived in front of Seng Gelinqin, he clasped his hands on the horse and shouted.

When Seng Gelinqin heard this sound and looked at Wu Yan's expression, he felt as if he had returned to the time when the two first met.

If life is only as it was at first sight.

Randomly sighed in his heart, knowing that the two of them could no longer return to the old Seng Gelinqin, he laughed a few times and said, "Wuji, no, General Zhao, congratulations, the champion army has defeated the western barbarian coalition army. , It is really a great achievement that has not been seen in 200 years, and I have already given it to His Majesty, and I expect to be rewarded in the near future."

Wu Yan also kept sneering in his heart. He already knew about Seng Gelinqin's plan to kill him, and he knew exactly how Seng Gelinqin planned to kill him.

But he didn't turn his face on the spot, but said: "Thank you, my lord. Now that my lord has arrived, let's go back to the camp. We will wait for those barbarians to come over to negotiate."

Seng Gelinqin was not stage-frightened either, because he felt that Zao Wou-ki didn't know that he was here to kill Zao Wou-ki.

And after all, he is an imperial envoy and a county king, at this time, Zhao Wuji has absolutely no reason to kill him.

The two parties patted their horses and headed towards Yangzhou. They didn't go far before they arrived at the camp of the No. [-] Scholar Army.

Seng Gelinqin sized him up and asked, and he became more confident.

Because the martial arts master who went to Songjiang Mansion with Wu Yan before, has returned to the south bank of the river at this moment, stationed in Danyang County City for defense of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.Only the Zhuangyuan Camp, Jiangbei Division and Pingnan Division remained in this camp.

In Seng Gelinqin's view, the Jiangbei Division and the Pingnan Division were all Qi Shan's people before, which were equivalent to his people, and they became Zao Wou-ki's subordinates not long ago. No sense of belonging.

As for the Zhuangyuanying, it is impossible for Wu Yan to take the Zhuangyuanying with him everywhere he goes, right?

"Western barbarians are really ambitious and have no faith at all."

Seng Gelinqin cursed loudly in front of Wu Yan, giving the impression that he came here to help Wu Yan. After scolding, Seng Gelinqin said: "However, we should save Qianjiang and the people he brought. , It’s not enough to convince the public if you don’t save them.”

Wu Yan said with a smile: "It should be so, but after the person is rescued, I will definitely come back for revenge. I only collected more than 70 taels of ransom and lijin, which is not enough for me to fight the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom."

More than 70 taels...

Seng Gelinqin was a little jealous when he heard this figure, but to be honest, his net worth was more than that.

But how many years did he accumulate?

But Zao Wou-ki only took about ten days to get so much money,

Most importantly, how many soldiers can the money support?

The salary of the Qing Dynasty was actually set during the Shunzhi period. Taking the green battalion of the regular army as an example, soldiers with horses were 2 taels a month, infantry soldiers were 1 tael and 5 yuan a month, and guards were 1 tael a month.But by this time, these salaries have long been insufficient, and when they can't even support themselves, how can the soldiers of the Qing court have combat effectiveness?

There are also many people who have written to ask for an increase in salary, but at this time the Qing court can't even issue this, so how could it be willing to increase it?
The success of the Hunan Army is also directly related to the relatively high salary of the Hunan Army. Ordinary infantry have more than 4 taels of salary every month, so they can fight naturally if they have money.

"As a rule..." Seng Gelinqin said: "More than 70 taels, should be enough for your [-] champion army for nearly a year's salary, right?"

Wu Yan shook his head and said, "Of course it's not enough. The average soldier of my champion army is paid five taels of silver per month."

Five two?

Seng Gelinqin was shocked.

As mentioned earlier, at this time, the annual salary of the first-rank officials of the imperial court was only 180 taels of silver, and the monthly salary was actually only 15 taels of silver. All kinds of filial piety, but an ordinary soldier has 5 taels of salary every month, which also makes Seng Gelinqin feel incredible.

Suddenly, Seng Gelinqin felt that it would be quite difficult for him to use the imperial decree to seize Zao Wou-ki's military power.

However, due to his long-standing inherent cognition, Seng Gelinqin still did not give up his thoughts.

"General Zhao is indeed extremely generous, no wonder the champion army is invincible."

Hearing Zhao Wuji's words, Wu Yan smiled and didn't answer.

In fact, the No. [-] Army was not approved by the imperial court. It was completely modified by him without permission. Logically speaking, even if he was invincible, Seng Gelinqin would not be able to just mention the No. do not mention.

Seng Gelinqin boasted again, trying to lull Wu Yan's defenses, and then said: "British Minister Wen Han, American Minister Marshall and others are about to lead troops to negotiate with us. Although the name is negotiation, You are not allowed to go to war without authorization, but the barbarians in the west have never been polite, General Zhao still needs to be prepared."

Naturally, Wu Yan cooperated with Seng Gelinqin and said: "Of course, I will divide the champion battalion into a siege. If the barbarians dare to make any changes, then I will let them come and go."

Seng Gelinqin was secretly happy, and didn't think there was any problem with Zhao Wou-ki's approach.

Although there are Musketeers in Jiangbei Division and Pingnan Division, but the number is actually not many, and many of them are using old-fashioned firecrackers, while foreign troops are all Musketeers, all with flintlock guns.

It is also reasonable to divide the champion battalion to deal with it.

"Okay, then let's have a good talk with them."

While Seng Gelinqin continued to talk to Wu Yan, he used various names to hold Wu Yan back, and the confidants and staff he brought with him had also begun to secretly contact Lei Yicheng, Sheng Bao and other generals.

With the imperial decree in hand, and Seng Gelinqin's high position and weight, he is a real extremely powerful minister, so Lei Yicheng, Sheng Bao and others also agreed on the spot and promised to take away Zhao Wuji's military power.

Not long after, the foreign allied forces from Songjiang Mansion arrived five miles away from the Zhuangyuan Camp, and the number was still five thousand. Those who died before were sent by foreign businessmen and consuls and envoys from various countries to come from the regular army. Completely supplemented by myself.

And the muskets they had disarmed before were also replenished.

Further to the rear, there are nearly [-] coalition troops on the fleet along the coast of Songjiang Mansion, making a gesture of being ready to attack Songjiang Mansion at any time.

It was also the [-] regular troops that gave the defeated mercenaries confidence.

The two sides formed a formation on the plain, and the closest point was only 200 meters away. Although it exceeded the effective range of the muskets, they didn't need to run too far to fight directly.

Wu Yan brought Seng Gelinqin and a group of confidant generals to wait before the camp.

Although one of his own people was arrested, but Wu Yan had a lot of people and he was on his own territory, so the coalition forces sent people to negotiate with Wu Yan.

"Abolish the lijin system." Wen Han recalled the insult he suffered when he met Zao Wou-ki last time, and said with great pride: "Your people, each ransom is 100 taels...gold!"

The number of people that Qian Jiang took to stay in Songjiang Mansion was not too many, only 600 people, even if it was so, a ransom of 120 million taels of silver would have to be paid.

Don't say that Wu Yan doesn't have so much money, and if he does, he won't give it.

"Is there any more?" Wu Yan asked blankly, "Tell me out together."

Wen Han shouted: "Otherwise, we will go to war with our 11 countries at the same time. We will have 3 troops in advance, and we will be able to prepare 20 troops within two months. Within half a year, we will be able to enter the capital and kill you all." The country of the Qing Dynasty."

This sentence is actually not for Wu Yan, but for the people around Wu Yan.

Sure enough, as Wen Han, Seng Gelinqin and others expected, upon hearing these words, the expressions of the generals around Wu Yan became a little panicked.

They all know the combat effectiveness of foreign armies, so they are very clear that even if there is no army of 20, even if there is only an army of [-], they can still flee in embarrassment.

Seng Gelinqin was very good at seizing the opportunity. Seeing that the threat was successful, he directly took out the imperial decree from his bosom.

"Your Majesty has ordered that Zao Wou-ki kill imperial envoys without authorization, forcibly reform the Jiangbei camp to build a private army, lightly start wars with other countries, and collect likin ransoms to collect money for himself is like a robber...Zao Wou-ki will now be dismissed from office and merit, and those who refuse to obey the imperial decree will be killed without mercy. "

The masters around Seng Gelinqin also guarded him, looking at Wu Yan nervously.

At the same time, many people in several military formations shouted loudly, shouting the content of the imperial decree.

The scene was a bit chaotic, and the ordinary soldiers were a little panicked, asking whether it was true or not, or what to do.

But because Qishan had returned the salary that they had donated to them before, the salary that should have been paid was also in place, and it was much longer. In addition to these days of training and the previous big victory, they barely maintained their formation.

Only those Senggelinqin people kept running around and shouting the content of the imperial decree repeatedly.

The Chinese army is in front.

Wu Yan looked at the protected Seng Gelinqin expressionlessly.

Seng Gelinqin and the foreign envoys looked very proud.

"Lei Yicheng, Shengbao." Seng Gelinqin shouted loudly: "I order you to arrest Zhao Wuji immediately. If there is any resistance, you will be killed on the spot, and your family will be ransacked."

The killing on the spot refers to Zao Wou-ki, and the ransacking of the family refers to Zao Wou-ki's confidantes.

However, what Seng Gelinqin never expected was that Lei Yicheng and Shengbao, two people who couldn't possibly obey Zhao Wou-ki sincerely, didn't even have the slightest intention to do anything at this moment.

What he never expected was that the turmoil in the various military formations quickly subsided, and the people he had planted, while they were running around and shouting, were killed by someone on the spot. Hacked.

The military appearance was solemn again, and even more so than before.

The breeze came slowly, holding the imperial decree high, under the protection of a group of masters, Seng Gelinqin suddenly felt that the wind today was very noisy.

Wu Yan finally laughed, looked at Seng Gelinqin and the others whose faces had changed drastically, and Wen Han and the others, and said, "Seng Gelinqin stays here, as for you barbarians... I'll let you run 200 meters first."

(End of this chapter)