Usurping the Qing Dynasty: My first love was Cixi

Su Ye immediately smelled a scent.

Xiong Jing's scent.

Why did Lin Qirong hear Su Ye's name so many times? It was obviously Hong Renli who said it, or his daughter Lin Shang'er.

And no matter which of the two women mentioned Su Ye's name, Lin Qirong would feel uncomfortable.

So, although his tone was calm, it was provocative.

The meaning was very clear. Hong Renli praised you as rare in the world. I want to see it. If you have the courage, come alone.

I'm opening the city gate now. Do you dare to come in and talk?

Haha!

Of course Su Ye wouldn't. He is worth a lot of money. How could he take such a risk?

Although he wanted to regain Lin Qirong and subdue this group of people, he didn't have to risk his life.

So Su Ye said directly: "I dare not enter the city."

Suddenly, Lin Qirong looked at Hong Renli beside him, as if to say: "Look, this is the outstanding man you mentioned? Nothing more than that."

Su Ye said: "General Lin, how about this, tonight, the two of us go to the riverside, facing the Yangtze River, facing the moonlight and talk?"

The generals beside him immediately said: "Loyalty Marquis, don't agree!"

Lin Qirong was made a marquis by Yang Xiuqing because of his meritorious service in defending Jiujiang and defeating the Hunan Army many times.

He ignored it and looked at Hong Renli beside him, and his daughter Lin Shang'er.

Hong Renli did not speak, because she knew that every word she said now was adding fuel to the fire.

And Lin Shang'er wanted her father to talk to Su Ye, but this would require his father Lin Qirong to go out of the city alone, which was still dangerous. Although he believed in Su Ye, he could not let his father take risks.

"Okay!" Lin Qirong said, "I'll go meet General Su Ye in the evening."

Su Ye said, "I'll set up a banquet by the river to welcome the general in the evening."

At this time, Su Ye had already discovered that Wang Shiqing seemed to be a little absent-minded.

In fact, Hong Renli's appearance in the capital was concealed, and her face was not revealed, and only about 70% of her appearance was shown.

So Wang Shiqing was obsessed with her.

If Hong Renli showed her full appearance, Wang Shiqing would retreat instead, because he was born in a poor family and would be afraid of extremely beautiful women.

But Hong Renli left a deep impression on him, especially that look.

So, although there was a distance at this time, and it was different from the Xianniang in the capital, Wang Shiqing still felt it.

At this time, Zhao Bu next to him came over and whispered, "Marshal, I shouldn't say much, but Lin Qirong is a traitor."

The meaning is very clear, Su Ye privately met with the traitor, is there any taboo?

Su Ye said, "It's okay."

"Yes!" Zhao Bu said.

After the two sides agreed, the gate of Jiujiang City slowly closed again.

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Inside Jiujiang City!

Lin Shang'er gloated, "Mom, there's something exciting to watch. Two men are going to fight for you."

Hong Renli said, "Lin Shang'er, I beg you, don't call me mom."

"Okay, mom." Lin Shang'er said with a sweet smile.

Then, Hong Renli said, "Shang'er, what do you think?"

"What do you think? I respect mom's opinion. You can be with whoever you like."

Hong Renli said, "I'm talking about the future of Jiujiang City."

"Oh, this." Lin Shang'er said, "I don't want to think about anything. I'm very happy now. I'm with my father and you every day."

This girl is heartless and doesn't know what to worry about.

She doesn't worry, so Hong Renli can't help but worry.

The King of the East died, and she had to consider what would happen to these more than 10,000 brothers.

Suddenly, Lin Shang'er said, "Mother, do you want us to surrender to Su Ye?"

Hong Renli thought for a while and shook her head, "I don't know."

She really didn't know.

She had never seen hope. When she was in Shanghai, she seemed to see a glimmer of hope in Su Ye, but after a year and a half, this glimmer of hope seemed to become ethereal.

The most important thing is that it is almost impossible.

The brothers hated the Qing demons the most.

And Su Ye was the leader of the Qing demons anyway.

There were still 18,000 Taiping troops in Jiujiang, and there were only less than 3,000 people on Su Ye's side.

How could they surrender?

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At night.

Su Ye walked towards the river alone.

Although many people advised, and many people suggested to select a team of people to ambush behind Lin Qirong, after reaching the river, they would tie up or kill the new army commander Su Ye.

But Lin Qirong denied all of them.

He chose to leave the city alone, then swam across the moat and headed for the river.

When Lin Qirong arrived at the river, Su Ye had already set up a table of wine and was waiting there.

Su Ye poured a glass of wine for Lin Qirong and said, "It's cold in spring, General, drink a glass of wine."

Lin Qirong was not afraid of poison, so he took it and drank it.

Then, the two of them were silent.

Lin Qirong said, "I thought you would talk endlessly."

Su Ye said, "Yes, I thought so too."

Su Ye found that he had nothing to say. Facing a person like Lin Qirong, he didn't know how to persuade him.

He had no idea about national hatred and family feuds.

He had no idea about revitalizing China.

He is a hero, but a traditional hero, and he has not really opened his eyes to the world.

He hates the court, but he does not necessarily hate foreigners, and he does not feel any national humiliation.

Unlike Hong Renli, after going to see it once and contacting foreigners, his thinking has changed.

Knowing the backwardness of this country, he has a vague sense of direction.

Su Ye said: "The Eastern King has a first-class military level and a high strategic vision, but his political level is really unbearable."

Lin Qirong did not speak.

Su Ye said: "What do you think of the Heavenly King?"

Lin Qirong shook his head and did not comment.

Su Ye said: "If the Wing King Shi Dakai and the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan can unite as one, the situation may not be worse."

After Shi Dakai left, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also broke out in the second spring, which led to the rise of Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng and others.

Although it is still very bad politically, the internal affairs are also very bad because of the lack of good internal affairs talents.

Hong Renda and Hong Renfa, two idiots, were in charge of the internal affairs and made a mess.

Hong Renxuan was okay, Zeng Guofan, even the West had a relatively high opinion of him, but this person was more theoretical than practical.

"However, Shi Dakai was selfish, and the internal struggle in Tianjing was in the open, and it was difficult for Shi Dakai to stay out of it, so the Heavenly Kingdom was bound to split."

Lin Qirong shook his head, as if he was not interested in these words.

After he met Su Ye, he didn't say a word from beginning to end.

Suddenly, Lin Qirong said: "She often talked about you, saying that you wanted to surrender us, and she was very eager. Then I want to ask you, what can you give us if you surrender us? Or, what do you want to rely on to convince us?"

Su Ye was silent for a while.

The scene of the first meeting with Prince Gong Yi emerged in his mind.

In just three sentences, Prince Gong Yi sent the memorial to the palace for him.

But now...

Su Ye thought for a while and said, "I can make all your brothers not hungry in this life. I will try my best to make people all over the world not hungry, but it will take many years."

This answer made Lin Qirong stare at Su Ye for a while.

"You are better than I thought." Lin Qirong said, "From what she said, do you want to rebel against the court in the future?"

Su Ye nodded.

Lin Qirong said: "I don't believe this. You are a descendant of the Qing imperial family, and you are also from the Eight Banners. Are you rebelling against yourself?"

"Of course, you don't have to explain."

Lin Qirong said: "The reason why I came to see you is that I am angry, so I want to come and see."

"Surrender is absolutely impossible. Even if I personally want to, my brothers don't want to. What we hate most is the Qing demons, and you are the leader of the Qing demons."

"You said that you will rebel in the future, I dare not believe it, let alone my brothers?"

"Besides, even if you want to rebel in the future, you dare not say it now, let alone use it to persuade my brothers. You can say this to someone like me, it's already the limit."

This reminds people of Zeng Guofan and Li Xiucheng.

Li Xiucheng kept persuading Zeng Guofan to rebel and become emperor, and the two talked a lot at that time.

Afterwards, Li Xiucheng should have been sent to the capital to be killed, but Zeng Guofan killed him in advance, obviously talking about a lot of things that shouldn't be talked about.

Lin Qirong said: "I have seen countless people in my life, and I think you are a good person."

"But that's all. I can't surrender."

"I don't want a way out, and I don't think about what will happen in Tianjing. I will just guard Jiujiang. If you want to take Jiujiang, just kill me and kill my brothers."

"There is no other way."

"Goodbye!" Lin Qirong said goodbye and left.

After Lin Qirong left, Su Ye still stayed by the river, looking at the river quietly.

He was not surprised by Lin Qirong's attitude.

He expected that it should be so.

So, of course, it is impossible to surrender the other party by just one conversation.

But there are other strategies, and there are two, it depends on fate.

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After Lin Qirong went back.

The generals under his command all stared at him, waiting for him to speak.

"Fight!" Lin Qirong said.

Suddenly, everyone was excited and shouted: "Fight!"

Because there were rumors recently that someone in the army wanted to surrender to Su Ye.

In addition, Lin Qirong went to meet and talk with Su Ye in person, so many backbones of the Taiping Army couldn't help but worry that the rumors would come true.

When they heard Lin Qirong say that he wanted to fight, they were completely relieved.

If they don't surrender to the Qing demon, they will.

Fight!

"Humph! Everyone says that Su Ye's new army is powerful, but I don't think there is anything special about it. What's so powerful about it?"

"It's just that they are dressed in fancy clothes."

"Isn't the Hunan Army powerful? They have been defeated by us again and again."

"Swear to live and die with Jiujiang."

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The next day!

The two sides went to war!

Soon, the Taiping Army in Jiujiang tasted the power of the new army.

The new army's artillery was accurate and fierce.

Thirty artillery pieces were tirelessly showing their power.

When the Hunan Army besieged the city before, they not only built many trenches, but also many bunkers.

Although the Hunan Army blew up these fortresses when they retreated, not wanting to leave them to Su Ye.

However, Su Ye's new army still repaired these fortresses in the shortest time.

His new army not only had powerful artillery, but also had powerful gun skills.

Nearly 3,000 new troops were all in a trench more than one person high, aiming and shooting calmly.

A distance of 150 meters was a very comfortable and effective shooting distance for the rifles of the new army.

But for the muskets and bows of the Taiping Army, this distance was too far.

The two sides continued to fight.

Su Ye did not attack the city, but just shot from a long distance every day.

In the past few days, the Jiujiang Taiping Army suffered a lot of casualties.

But soon, the Taiping Army learned their lesson.

Then we will not show our heads, we will hide behind the city wall.

Our muskets are not accurate, so we will not shoot.

Instead, we use bows and arrows, a large number of archers, to carry out projectiles and covering shooting.

Dozens of artillery pieces are also firing continuously.

Just rely on chance.

If you are lucky and shoot accurately, you can shoot the shells into the trenches of the new army.

Although the hit rate is very low, as long as it is shot into the trenches, even the more primitive shrapnel can cause casualties in a narrow and cramped environment.

However, the Jiujiang defenders had a fatal flaw.

There were not enough supplies.

There was not enough gunpowder and shells, so they could not afford such extravagant waste.

There was no drawbridge in the moat.

Su Ye asked the baggage soldiers to bring big stones and forcibly fill the river.

After the Tianping Army defenders discovered it, they immediately launched a fierce attack on the baggage soldiers filling the river.

Su Ye's new army immediately suppressed the fire.

Thousands of rifles, dozens of artillery, and a certain section of the city wall were suppressed.

For a time, the Taiping Army on this section of the city wall was indeed suppressed. In a certain area, Su Ye's new army did have a strong firepower advantage.

But...

The bloodiness of the Taiping Army was completely aroused.

They continued to fight against this group of baggage soldiers despite Su Ye's fire suppression.

That's it!

In just half an hour.

The casualties on both sides exceeded those in the previous three days.

In terms of pure tactics, Su Ye must have won, and the casualties ratio between the two sides was very different.

But... how many people are there in Su Ye's new army?

Each one is very valuable.

He has less than 3,000 people, and the other side has 18,000.

In just half an hour, there was a close-range exchange of fire.

Su Ye's side suffered more than 200 casualties, and Lin Qirong's side suffered more than 1,000 casualties.

He trembled with heartache.

It's not okay to fight like this!

Of course, Su Ye didn't plan to fight like this.

The exchange of fire in the past few days is to let Lin Qirong's Taiping Army know that there is only a strong among the strong.

Our new army is very strong.

The combat effectiveness exceeds yours.

Put away your arrogance first.

The new army is going to fight big battles and hard battles, but not now.

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Next, hard days are coming.

With the arrival of spring, the peach blossom flood is coming.

The heavy rain keeps falling.

Outside Jiujiang City, it has become a muddy land.

The trenches are full of water.

The body is wet all the time.

Although Su Ye's new rifle can fire even in the rain, both rifles and artillery have been affected to some extent.

Of course, the Taiping Army's bows and arrows were more affected.

The war between the two sides was deadlocked.

Zhaobu found Su Ye and said, "Marshal, I have an idea."

Su Ye said, "You say."

Zhaobu said, "Tianjin is close to the sea, and there is a cholera epidemic almost every spring. In this weather, Jiujiang City is closed, which is the easiest to spread the plague. We put a lot of clothes and a lot of cholera corpses into the city, waiting for the plague to break out inside, and then we..."

Su Ye shook his head, but did not speak.

Too cruel.

The Mongols often like to play this trick when fighting, and they often commit genocide.

But the people in Jiujiang City are his compatriots, and in a sense, they are not even Su Ye's real enemies.

Su Ye is still thinking about surrendering them.

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At night!

Su Ye was sleeping.

Suddenly, a sound woke him up.

"General, someone has secretly come to Jiujiang City, wearing a mask, a woman, who said she is your old friend." Li Qi said.

Su Ye said: "Let her in!"

A moment later, a familiar figure walked in.

This devilish figure, you don't need to see the face to know that it is Hong Renli.

After entering Su Ye's tent, she immediately took off the mask, revealing a charming face.

Among the many women, she is the most charming.

Probably only Bingbing is comparable to her, but her temperament is wilder, and her legs are longer and stronger.

Bingbing, probably white, tender, like tofu.

"Is there meat?" After entering, Hong Renli said directly.

"Yes!" Su Ye took a basin, scooped a bowl of meat from the stove, and handed it to her.

Hong Renli was stunned and said: "You knew I would come?"

Su Ye said: "I stew a pot of meat every night, waiting for you to come."

After taking the mutton, Hong Renli gobbled it up.

Su Ye poured her a glass of wine, and it was wine.

Su Ye said: "Is the supply in Jiujiang so scarce? Even you can't eat meat?"

Hong Renli said: "There is very little meat. We raised some pigs, but they only eat grass and it is difficult for them to grow up. We raised chickens and laid eggs for the wounded and sick brothers. We have to share the joys and sorrows with our brothers."

No wonder they could hold out for so long after running out of food.

These pigs and eggs are not for eating, but for looking at.

Several coaches did not eat them, but only gave them to the injured and sick brothers. How could this group of people not be moved and fight for their lives?

Soon, they ate a bowl of meat and drank all the broth.

Su Ye wanted to pour her another glass of wine, but Hong Renli asked, "Do you have that very, very unpalatable coffee?"

Su Ye said, "Yes, but it's so unpalatable, why do you still want to drink it?"

Hong Renli said, "The memory is too deep."

The conditions were difficult, and they could not grind the coffee on the spot, so they could only boil the coffee powder directly and then filter it with gauze.

Hong Renli took a sip, closed his eyes and said, "Wow, it's so hard to drink."

Su Ye said, "You've lost weight."

Hong Renli said, "I'm already lucky. The food I get every day is the most refined and the most."

"It's okay if I don't have enough food. The problem is that the fragrant soap I brought from Shanghai is running out. Do you have any?" Hong Renli said, "And tooth powder, did you bring it? I'm running out of it too. Shang'er and Wan'er, those two damn girls, are fighting with me every day."

Su Ye said, "Yes, I'll pack a box for you later."

Hong Renli sighed, "Women are just hypocritical. After living a refined life, they can never go back."

Then she said, "Where are the clothes you said you would give me?"

Su Ye said, "In that box."

Hong Renli stepped forward and squatted down.

Suddenly, this curve made people unable to open their eyes.

Under the slender waist, it swelled rapidly.

It was round and almost tore the fabric apart.

Hip was like a melon.

After opening the box, Hong Renli took out the cheongsam inside.

Su Ye's barracks had several rooms, and she took the cheongsam directly and went into the inner room.

After a long while, she came out.

Suddenly, Su Ye could hardly open his eyes.

In this world, Hong Renli is indeed the most suitable person to wear a cheongsam.

Her height, her ups and downs, can support it.

And her gorgeous but high-class face.

The side of the cheongsam is slit very high, almost to the corner of the hip.

Revealing her amazing long legs.

And Su Ye gave a complete set, high heels, and even a small underwear was prepared.

Unfortunately, there is no big mirror here.

But Hong Renli still turned around in front of a small mirror, admiring her beauty.

If she was a little more plump and made the cheongsam tighter, it would be another kind of beauty.

She admired it for a long time.

Then, she came to Su Ye and sat down.

"Convince me." Hong Renli said: "You convince me."

Su Ye certainly understood what she meant.

She couldn't get over the psychological barrier, so she asked Su Ye to persuade her.

Su Ye handed over the draft of the secret agreement.

Hong Renli read it carefully twice.

"You mean, factories like the foreigners." Hong Renli said, "These factories can allow us to live a life like foreigners?"

Su Ye said, "Yes, five factories are obviously not enough. But with a thousand, ten thousand, or even more, we can live a life like foreigners, and we can drive the foreign army out of our country's land."

Hong Renli said, "Before June 30, you must capture Jiujiang?"

Su Ye said, "Yes!"

Hong Renli said, "That won't work. Your new army is very strong. Our army is much larger than yours, and we also occupy the big city of Jiujiang. Even if you can break through, I don't know how many people will die. ”

Su Ye said: "Then what can you do?"

Hong Renli said: "In fact, the Taiping Army brothers in Jiujiang now have no faith. They only have hostility and anger. They are not afraid of death. Their only belief is to live and die with Jiujiang."

"So, at this time, if anyone attacks the city, they will choose to die together."

"It's almost unsolvable."

"And even if I help you kill Lin Qirong, it's useless. Instead, it can only arouse the hatred of the brothers."

"Besides, I won't do that."

Hong Renli was silent for a long time and said: "But there is a way."

Su Ye was silent and didn't ask what the solution was.

Hong Renli hesitated for a long time and said, "Blow up the Yangtze River dam, let the flood flow in, and completely submerge Jiujiang City."

"Now the whole Jiujiang is a war zone, there are no civilians anymore, and the city is full of our Taiping Army. I have calculated the water level, and as long as you stand on the roof, you will not drown."

"As long as the flood submerges Jiujiang City, the faith of more than 10,000 brothers will be destroyed."

"No destruction, no construction!"

After saying this, Hong Renli was completely exhausted, as if she couldn't believe that she said this.

Those 18,000 people are all her brothers.

In fact, many of her words tonight were emotionally stimulated.

It was as if she was drunk and kept blurting out.

Hong Renli said: "Recently, the peach blossom flood, the water level is getting higher and higher. If you want to do this, you have to hurry up. When the water level is higher, you can't do that, and many people will really die."

Su Yi shook his head and said, "Ali, I can't do this, at least... I can't do it."

Hong Renli was stunned.

What does this mean?

But it was this sentence that made her completely relaxed.

Then, Hong Renli asked: "Then do you have anything else to say to me?"

Su Yi said: "Don't torture yourself mentally. Let yourself relax and look forward. Everything will be fine."

Hong Renli returned to the inner room and changed into her own clothes.

Then he packed the cheongsam, high-heeled shoes and other items into a box, as well as the tooth powder, bath essential oil, soap and so on that Su Yi gave him, and then left in the dark.

At this moment, Su Yi suddenly said: "Don't leave yet."

"It's too late."

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Su Yi's new army and the Taiping Army faced off and fought for more than ten days.

And Shen Baozhen led 10,000 to 20,000 Hunan troops and camped not far away.

The location he chose was good, high up.

So using a telescope, you can see the battle situation clearly.

The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, and he wants to be the fisherman.

However, the time never came.

Su Yi's new army and the Taiping Army were fighting every day, and even one or two battles were fierce.

But... there was never a full-scale attack on the city.

Therefore, Li Xubin of the Hunan Army repeated his words every day.

"Su Yi's new army is really powerful."

"Su Yi's new army is nothing more than that."

When we say that the New Army is great, we are referring to discipline and marksmanship.

To say that this is the case is to say that if this continues, Jiujiang City will never be able to be breached.

The New Army's reputation is amazing, but there's nothing extraordinary about it.

Later, the rainy season came and the peach blossom flood came.

The entire New Army was completely submerged in the water, and the fighting gradually weakened.

On the Hunan Army's side, the chances of taking advantage of the situation seem to be getting slimmer and slimmer.

The Peach Blossom Flood is here, and the water levels of the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake are getting higher and higher.

It has exceeded the height of Jiujiang City.

So, someone proposed a poisonous plan to Shen Baozhen!

Jiujiang City is at the bottom. Inside the city are 18,000 Taiping troops, and outside the city are Su Yi's 3,000 new troops. They are all enemies.

What if the Yangtze River dams were blown up!

The torrential floods poured into Jiujiang. The scene was unimaginable.

By then, countless amounts of water from the Yangtze River and even water from Poyang Lake will be poured into Jiujiang City fiercely.

Drown everything!

By that time, Jiujiang City will be destroyed without an attack.

Moreover, Su Yi's new army will be completely destroyed by the flood.

Only the Hunan Army, camped on high ground, was able to escape the flood.

So, completely kill two birds with one stone.

A devastating blow!

Shen Baozhen hesitated for a long time.

"Not long ago, Su Yi and Shi Da's Kaishui Division fought fiercely on the Yangtze River. Many artillery shells hit the Yangtze River embankment, which caused cracks. Therefore, the breach of the Yangtze River embankment has nothing to do with us. It was Su Yi's own fault!"

"Sir, this opportunity must not be missed, it will never come again."

Shen Baozhen struggled desperately.

Finally, one word came out: "Do it!"

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Inside Su Yi’s barracks!

After hearing Su Yi's words, Hong Renli said: "What's wrong?"

Su Yi said: "Listen!"

"Coming!"

at the same time!

On the Yangtze River embankment outside Jiujiang City!

"Bang!" A loud noise!

Like a giant dragon, a gap was directly blown out of the dike.

The monstrous flood was like an out-of-control dragon.

Rushing towards Jiujiang!

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