I can't die

The current form of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not good, and the same is true of the form of the White Lotus Sect.This secret underground organization, along with the exposure of the Beijing sub-rudder and the fall of the Tianjin stronghold, can be said to be severely damaged now, especially the intelligence work of the Qing court has suffered a huge blow.Naturally, he hated the Manchu Qing government even more, and gladly accepted the assassination business.

As for the assassination work of the White Lotus Sect, they have always been their forte. This can be seen from the fact that they were able to murder the two sons of Prince Yizheng in the heart of the Qing Dynasty. The reason why the eldest son Zaicheng is too stupid, but after all, I have to say that their method of killing people with opium is very high-end.

After accepting this task, the White Lotus Sect took the lead in targeting Li Hongzhang, the governor of Jiangsu who is now in charge of Chinese and foreign military affairs in Shanghai.

The assassination method chosen by the White Lotus Sect this time is much more brutal than the previous "Prince Gong's Dizi" incident. It directly used the method of human bombs by dressing up ten dead soldiers as city residents entering the city.

Speaking of human bombs, this kind of thing can be said to be the most essential terrorist attack throughout the ages.

That day, Li Hongzhang dared to go to the British embassy in Shanghai overnight after he learned that the British army admiral Sir Defoe was about to lead his troops into the war, and met with this great anti-thief supporter.

Although the two come from different countries and have different education and culture, Li Hongzhang can at least chat with this person by virtue of his unique personality charm and extraordinary eloquence. interest goals, so this meeting is still very happy.

It's just that when Li Hongzhang hit his home full of interest, suddenly a group of thugs rushed towards his sedan chair.In today's imperial court, because of the "Assassination of Prince Gong's son-in-law" incident that shocked the government and the public, officials are much more careful than usual when traveling, especially the second-pink top officials like Li Hongzhang, who are even more concerned about their personal safety Pay more attention to it.

But Li Hongzhang also never expected that these dead servants of the White Lotus Sect would actually adopt such a method-life bombing, human bombing.

But seeing that each of these dead soldiers was not afraid of death, they were quite honored to rush straight towards Li Hongzhang's sedan chair with buns tied with earthen explosives.They seemed to have learned from their previous experience of failing to assassinate Rongshou this time, and before they rushed to the side of the sedan chair, these people lit the explosives one by one.In an instant, after hearing several explosions, the guard of honor of the officers and soldiers escorting the governor out of the patrol was overthrown by the bombers. Many horses even ran away after being frightened, throwing the cavalry off their horses, causing many people to die in the horseshoes under.

"My lord! It's an assassin, retreat quickly!"

Li Hongzhang's personal soldiers quickly asked for instructions.

Li Hongzhang immediately looked at the scene outside, and naturally knew that the target of this group of people was himself. Although he was extremely anxious in his heart, he had traveled all over the world and led the army against bandits for many years. He immediately calmed down and touched the dagger at his waist. With a pistol, he opened the car curtain by himself.

"Return to the British embassy."

The British embassy was originally stationed with foreign troops, and the current army admiral Steve is also leading the army here. As long as they return to the sphere of influence of the British Concession, they will naturally escape the catastrophe.

"My lord, please break through!"

At this time, the soldiers immediately brought another black horse that was not frightened yet, and was very docile, and let Li Hongzhang ride away first.Li Hongzhang glanced at the soldiers, and saw that there were still five dead soldiers who had not detonated the bombs, so he made a decisive decision, got on his horse and galloped.

Li Hongzhang's riding skills were learned in regimental training in his early years. After a long period of actual combat, he galloped with extraordinary equestrian skills after getting on the horse. It played a certain role in covering up Li Hongzhang's escape.Li Hongzhang ran all the way, and within a few minutes left the mob behind him. Seeing the British Consulate close at hand, he just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief.

at this time!But I saw a person rushing out from the alley all of a sudden. He was wearing a white linen coat with a lotus pattern painted on it, and he shouted: "White lotus descends to earth, and all people turn over!" Body bomb.

Seeing this, Li Hongzhang quickly took out his waist pistol and fired three shots at this person, but after hearing "bang", "bang", "bang", the guns all hit.Shoot the man on the spot.

However, after all, the man was already very close at this time, and Li Hongzhang could only feel a smell of gunpowder smoke, and then the black horse under his crotch was instantly killed, and the horse's blood flew all over the ground. He was also affected by the explosion and fell to the ground. On the ground, a piece of flesh and blood was blown up on his feet, his eyes couldn't stop going black, and he passed out.

Fortunately, Li Hongzhang had already reached the border of the embassy just now. Because the sound of land bombs was particularly loud in the night, he was quickly discovered by the British garrison, and he was sent to the western medicine in the concession in time to rescue him.

It was evident, however, that he would not be able to get out of bed, at least for a while.

The news of Li Hongzhang's assassination quickly spread from Shanghai to Beijing due to the sensitive situation. Naturally, the Taiping Army, as the main promoter of this plan, also knew about it very quickly.After receiving the news, Li Xiucheng was overjoyed, and immediately mobilized troops to lead the army, and with an army of [-], he went to Taicang, an important town in the south of the Yangtze River handed over to Shanghai and Suzhou.

Except for the Yangtze River in the north, Taicang City hardly has any large water system for large warships to navigate, so the British warships can not give much support.At this time, Li Hongzhang was paralyzed in bed, and because the British Army was unable to provide timely support without this middleman who communicated with the Qing infantry, it was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

At the moment, the generals defending the city of Taicang Town saw the current situation, so they could only immediately issue an order to retreat, retreat to Shanghai, and wait for Li Hongzhang to wake up before asking for instructions.

Li Hongzhang suffered serious injuries, but mainly in his legs, and he was always in good health, except for the internal injuries caused by falling from a horse, his internal organs were also fine.After being in a coma for two days, he also woke up.

The sentinel had already been waiting in front of the hospital bed long ago. Seeing Li Hongzhang wake up, he hurriedly stepped forward and shouted with concern: "My lord, my lord!"

Li Hongzhang opened his eyes leisurely, only to see a young man in his early twenties, dressed in a Qing military uniform, dangling in front of his eyes. He wanted to ask for a glass of water when he was thirsty, but when the words came to his lips, he stopped. Becomes: "Sentry? But something happened to the front?"

"Yesterday Li Xiucheng's army stormed Taicang, and Taicang fell."

Taicang fell?

Li Hongzhang opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but felt that his throat was not dry enough.Seeing this, the sentinel hurriedly called the nurse to bring him a glass of water.Li Hongzhang took the water glass tremblingly, took a sip, his throat finally felt a little better, and asked again: "When did it happen?"

"Yesterday's midnight."

"How long have I been in a coma?"

"Go back to your lord, two days."

Li Hongzhang calculated the time and concluded that he was unconscious when the Taiping Army launched an attack, and he sighed inwardly.

It seems that this group of rebellious officials and thieves had a premeditated plan.It's just that I never thought that the White Lotus Sect would still revive after being severely injured. It really is a centipede that is dead but not stiff.

"Where did it go?"

The sentinel replied, "Liuhe."

Liuhe, too.The Liu River is the dividing line between Taicang and Kunshan, and the main tributary of the Yangtze River. The river is wide enough for foreign warships to sail on it.Thinking about it, the Taiping Army was also afraid of foreign warships, so they were reluctant to cross the river for a long time.

"Little soldier, can you write a letter?"

"Back to my lord, the young one is a talented scholar who has learned a few words."

"I used to read the book, that's good, now I have to use my hands to help me write a letter to send to Zeng Dutong. I will dictate it, and you write it down."

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