I can't die

Chard ran all the way to Tianjin port at night, and came to the coastal defense fortress at Dagukou, and he really saw five warships from his home country docked near the beach.He didn't bother to say hello to Seng Gelinqin who was stationed there, and immediately went to the warship to find the captain of the warship.

After getting on the warship, but seeing that there were not many casualties on the warship, Child could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, but after talking with the captain of the warship, and knowing that Changzhou had completely fallen under the control of the British, Child Inevitably, his complexion darkened: "Forget it, it's not bad if the people and warships are fine."

The cost of warships is high, and it takes time to train old sailors. Childe thinks this is a blessing in misfortune.It’s just that the way the British chased after them all the way from Japan to China was really unbearable. Thinking of this, Child immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Congress, hoping that Congress could suppress it militarily. Such defiant behavior by the British.

At this time, an event that shocked the whole country also happened in the United States, that is, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.The great man who completed the unification of the North and the South in the United States and abolished slavery was shot by the participating forces of southern slave owners in Washington Ford Theater. He was shot 6 times and died after rescue failed.This incident made a huge impression on the political situation in the United States that had just been pacified. Thanks to the proper protection of the bodyguards, Vice President Johnson was saved from death.

This incident shocked the Congress, and Vice President Johnson was appointed as the president when he was in danger, and launched a fierce blow to the remaining forces of the southern forces.

It was against this background that Childe's letter was sent to the White House.

"Internal and external troubles." Johnson frowned when he saw the letter.According to Lincoln's layout before his death, the United States was unified at this time, and it was the time when he had the highest reputation. Confronting Britain in this way and accelerating the international military expansion of the United States, with one bang, would surely defeat Britain.Unexpectedly, the remnant forces of the Southern Army were so frenzied that they would carry out an assassination.As a result, the panic among the domestic people has risen, and the good time has been lost.

"Go and tell the Minister of Defense to call the warships from Southeast Asia back." This was a helpless move.President Johnson also secretly hates the domineering of the British.

In this way, in this British counterattack, the alliance between the United States and the Qing Dynasty was broken for various reasons.Colleagues, the United Kingdom is even more complacent to see the United States, an ally of the Qing Dynasty, withdrawing troops from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The oppression of the Qing Dynasty has also intensified, especially the strong complaints against the ongoing smoking ban in the Qing Dynasty, and finally issued an ultimatum: "If the Qing Dynasty is banning smoking, other countries will definitely resort to force."

When this British letter of credence was submitted to the Golden Luan Hall, there was an uproar in the court.Numerous ministers who were content with the status quo broke out at this point, the unwiseness of "banning smoking" before the number of slaves, and the disadvantages of sending troops to Changzhou.Zai Chungao sat on the dragon chair, looking at these quarreling ministers, he felt that the blood vessels were all on his head.

"Shut up!" Zai Chun slapped the armrest of the dragon chair fiercely, and stopped the noisy crowd with a stern voice.

"Something happened, and now I'm thinking of pushing back and forth. How is it different from Su Shun Duanhua back then?!" When Zai Chun's short-lived father Xianfeng was alive, Su Shun Duanhua did the same when facing the British and French allied forces. Xianfeng was so angry that he almost had a stroke at a young age.All the ministers heard that Zai Chun compared them to those rebellious ministers, immediately knelt down and shouted: "The emperor forgives the crime. The humble minister dare not!"

Seeing these people, Zai Chun felt depressed again: "It has been two years since the chaos in the country was put down, the world has settled down, and the hearts of the people have surrendered. There is no need for the first emperor. There is the Nian Army in the north and Taiping in the south. This is nothing to be afraid of. Are you a foreigner?"

"It means that my Qing artillery is no better than foreigners, with an army of one million, twenty bites can't kill a foreigner?"

Britain is an island country, and there are not many people in the first place, let alone those who are willing to travel across the ocean to fight against the Qing Dynasty. If there are thousands of people in each battle, it is considered a labor force.No comparison to the fact that there were tens of thousands of troops in any province in the Qing Dynasty.

All the ministers were silent when they heard Zai Chun's words.Sitting behind the curtain, Cixi Ci'an was also thinking about everything.Although the two empress dowagers are women, they are quite temperamental, and they are not the kind of people who are blindly afraid. It is a little moved by Zai Chun's words this time.

That's right, even twenty of us can't beat a single foreigner?And now I have a full range of artillery in the Qing Dynasty, which is far from comparable to that at the beginning.

"What the emperor said makes sense. My Qing Dynasty is far from what it used to be. I really shouldn't be afraid of war..." After all, Zai Chun is Cixi's own son. At this time, it is inevitable to speak out in support.

At this moment, suddenly an official in bear uniform came in hurriedly from outside the Golden Luan Hall, and then jumped over the crowd and knelt down in front of the dragon chair: "Report! There is an urgent military matter that must be reported to the Holy Majesty."

In the absence of an emergency, the notifying officer could not enter the Golden Temple in the morning without authorization.Zai Chun looked at the spies kneeling under His Highness, and couldn't help touching his forehead, feeling an extremely bad premonition in his heart: "Say it."

"I just got a report that the warship sailing back to the United States from Dagu Port was raided, and all the crew members were killed!"

"What?!" Hearing this, Zai Chun stood up from the dragon chair in shock: "What about Chard?!"

Childe is an envoy of the United States. He followed the warship to fight against the United States before. He represents the United States government!

"The navy in the Ryukyu waters explored the sea, but no survivors were found."

Zai Chun was stunned on the spot, even Cixi Ci'an couldn't help being stunned.Zeng Guofan, as the Grand Master and Minister of the Ministry of War, had to speak out at this time and calm down.

"Where did you die, do you know?"

"About thirty nautical miles west of Japan and fifty nautical miles north of Ryukyu."

Hearing this, Zeng Guofan estimated the distance to the place where the incident happened, his heart sank, and more bad thoughts came to his mind: "Your Majesty, the place where the incident happened... You must know that the British had such a big battle before. They have nothing to do with them, now that the entire army is wiped out, I am afraid that after this..."

What Zeng Guofan said was not enough, but those who understood felt a shadow flying over their heads.

"I implore the emperor to send more troops to defend the coast, especially the Dagukou and the mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai. The ordnance station in the interior should be expedited to speed up the construction of new warships and artillery fire. At the same time, be cautious about Bacharie."

For the first few items, all the ministers nodded their heads in approval, but the last one was reserved for Pacharley. . .

Hearing this, Zai Chun couldn't help closing his eyes and pondering for a while.

"allow."