Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Crawling step by step, the comrades in the same group around him fell down one by one.Only he persisted and finally reached the bottom of the fort.Pulling off the fuse of the explosives, he smiled at the explosives and said, "My lords, my son's unfilial piety has finally avenged you today." He said and stuffed the explosives into the long barrel.

With a loud noise, a coastal defense cannon was directly blown into two pieces.The huge impact pulled the other end of the cannon out of the steel concrete, accompanied by the screams of the two gunners.

Li Mo's success greatly boosted the confidence of the brothers in other groups, and Wang Feng's group even rushed to the end.Two explosive packs were stuffed into the steel pipe of the cannon at the same time, and after a deafening explosion, another cannon was scrapped.

Before Guba could react, the third explosion sounded.Now he was really speechless. He didn't know when the Qing army came to him. What the hell were the soldiers in front doing?

When Guba hadn't reacted, there was a crowd of people on the forward position of the French army below.Thousands of Qing troops rushed to his command post at the same time.And farther away, more Qing troops rushed in towards the fortress on the frontal attack position of the Qing army.

The situation no longer allowed him to think too much, "After the first brigade is terminated, the rest of the troops will follow me into the mountain."

The Lion Awakens Chapter 65 Forest Fight

"Kaka", "Kaka" unique Gatling machine gun sounds sounded in the mountains and forests.

"What's going on in front?" Gu Ba asked loudly.

"General, it's not good. The road to the west has been blocked by the Qing army?" said a signal soldier.

Gu Ba roared loudly: "How could this happen? When did the Qing army come? Aren't there always been our guards here?"

The communications soldier lowered his head, speechless for a long time.

"Let the second brigade organize its forces and rush over there. To the east is the sea, and there are warships of the Qing army. Going there is a dead end, and we can only break out from the west." Guba's judgment of the current situation is relatively accurate.

"General, the first brigade is about to lose its hold. Tens of thousands of Qing troops rushed up, and the broken troops can no longer hold back." The communication soldier behind hurriedly said.

"God, let them stand firm for another 2 hours. After 2 hours, they are allowed to surrender to the Qing army." Guba said helplessly.

Gu Ba has completely lost confidence in this war, and all he hopes is to open the road to the west as soon as possible.Then dealt with the Qing army in the mountains, waiting for domestic reinforcements.

But one bad news after another gave him a headache.

"General, the Qing army ahead is one army. There are tens of thousands of people. The second brigade launched three attacks and retreated. There were heavy casualties!"

"What? The Qing army had expected to attack from the front? They had already ambushed troops here?" Guba couldn't imagine what kind of army this was.Is it still the Chinese army that the predecessors said?

When did the great army of the Republic fight against the colored people, when did it encounter the current situation.

The front can't break through, and the rear can't resist.Also count on reinforcements in the foreseeable future.This is the status quo that Gu Ba is facing. He said to himself, even if God is here now, I am afraid that he cannot change the situation of the battle.

In desperation, he waved his hand: "All troops retreat to the east."

Finally, the remaining 3 French troops broke through to the seaside at the only loophole in the encirclement circle of the Qing army.

"Immediately build fortifications along the coastline, we have to stand firm here and wait for reinforcements." Gu Ba issued an order with dark circles under his eyes.

After three days of strong attack, they finally broke through Hucheng Fortress at a painful price.In other Vietnamese cities, some vassal troops were stationed. Under the impact of the Black Banner Army and Dong Liang's army, it was decided within a few days.

The whole of Vietnam is under the control of the Qing army, and the last tens of thousands of French troops have been besieged by the sea.Nearly 20 soldiers of the Qing Army built barbed wire fences around them, encircling the entire French army.But there is no intention of attacking. In fact, if these French troops are to be wiped out, why should the army do it.Call one or two warships and fire a few cannons on the sea, and it can be boiled into a pot of human flesh and steel soup.

After the news reached the capital, Guan Xuqing let out a heavy breath.Although the process was much more difficult than I imagined at the beginning, it finally achieved the same effect.

"Go, call Prince Gong, Prince Jin, Li Hongzhang, and Zuo Zongtang to discuss matters." Guan Xuqing said to Wang Shang.

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After Zuo Zongtang brought the injured warship back to the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Bureau, he returned to the capital.The victory of the Sino-French war is already a certainty. The following is how to deal with the aftermath. How to negotiate with the French, the status of Vietnam, and the future national policy. At this time, we need to set a direction .

After a while, four ministers of the Military Aircraft Department came to the front.When everyone came in, they all acted like they didn't know what to do, and they didn't understand why the emperor suddenly called them to discuss matters.Originally, the war in Vietnam had to go through the Military Aircraft Department before being handed over to Guan Xuqing, but he was really nervous about the war in Vietnam, so he asked several young eunuchs to take turns guarding the telegraph room day and night, but they still haven't received the news.

Everyone fell to the ground: "I see the emperor, the emperor is auspicious."

Guan Xuqing looked at the telegram in his hand with a smile, then handed it to Prince Gong, and said, "Liu Mingchuan did a good job. He broke through the Hucheng Fortress in three days. Lu Yiwei succeeded in blocking in the mountains, and now he has brought the French army to the sea. The 20 troops of the Qing Dynasty surrounded them. The French were completely defeated. The ministers and workers were called together to discuss what to do next."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, even Prince Gong, who was so calm and calm, was full of disbelief. The French really lost, and the Qing Dynasty really won?It was difficult for everyone to digest for a while.

It was Li Hongzhang who stood up first and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the Qing Dynasty should take this opportunity of our great victory to negotiate peace with the French. If the Emperor trusts me, I am willing to talk to the French and ask the French for an explanation." .”

After hearing this, Guan Xuqing couldn't help sighing in his heart that "summation" and "BI sum", the difference between one word is more than a thousand miles, and finally his hard work was not in vain.Guan Xuqing thought for a while and said: "It would be best if Hongzhang would like to go, but this time with the legal person, first, the French caught by us must be redeemed with silver; second, we must pay compensation to the Qing Dynasty, and All the indemnities from the Gengzi Year and the Xinyou Year must be returned to the Qing Dynasty; [-]. Vietnam must be returned to the Qing Dynasty; [-]. All the terms signed between the French and the Qing Dynasty before the Qing Dynasty are nullified. Only these four items, the rest you see Let's do it."

At this time, Guan Xuqing said to Zuo Zongtang again: "Zongtang, you draw up an order for me, and order to reward the frontline soldiers. As long as the pocket is secure, don’t cut off all the Frenchmen in the pocket, I still keep them useful.”

Where it is useful, I am afraid that these people must be used as a pledge to * legal person submit.Seeing that the emperor acted impeccably, as if he had already made a plan, everyone couldn't help being horrified in their hearts.But looking back on the wars of this year, first there was a big defeat, then a small victory and peace, and finally a big victory. This was almost all caused by the persistence of the little emperor in front of him. The means and courage are the most shocking to everyone.

"Cha." Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang said together.

Guan Xuqing said to Prince Gong again: "This big victory relied on the iron-clad ships bought from foreigners and the Qing army trained in recent years. I think that a strong country must first have a strong army. The two cruisers ordered from the British should be able to return to China at the beginning of next year. I hope that in the future, whether it is a cruiser or an ironclad ship, I can build it myself. So I decided to rebuild the Mawei Naval Port and renovate the Lushun Naval Port. Send another A group of people went to England and Germany to learn shipbuilding technology."

Prince Gong hurriedly said: "Du Zhi has something to say, the benefit is not one hundred, the law does not change; the merit is not ten, it is not easy to implement. Su Zizhan also said that when there is nothing to say, it is enough to be famous, but it is always suffering from unbelief; When something happens, it is enough to see the letter, but when there is nothing to do, this is the principle."

Guan Xuqing said happily: "Since that's the case, let's decide on the basic national policy for the next five years. It is still necessary to strengthen the military and focus on the development of the navy and army. At the beginning, I only kept 50 troops in order to reduce military expenditures. Now It seems that it is far from enough, and the current economy has eased a little bit. Zong Tang, the Black Banner Army will be directly incorporated. It is also an establishment of a ministry, and then 40 troops will be recruited. The Qing Army has an establishment of 100 million!"

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The Lion Wakes Up Chapter 66 Sino-French Negotiations

The negotiations were initiated by the new French cabinet, interim President Hubner.Li Hongzhang was specially invited to France for negotiations.

"Welcome Your Excellency, the journey at sea has made you exhausted...I hope those young men in the navy have not done anything rude to you." Li Hongzhang's passenger ship was "protected" by French warships as soon as it entered the Mediterranean Sea, and then in Escorted all the way to the port of Nantes.

The person speaking at this time was a slightly skinny looking French official in his fifties with a mustache. Although he managed to squeeze out a smile, the arrogance in his bones couldn't be concealed.

Accompanying Li Hongzhang were Wu Tingfang and Guo Songtao, who had been a British envoy. Wu Tingfang translated the words of the French in Li Hongzhang's ear. Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "It's okay. We are a country, but for the habits that your country has not had for a long time, we will not force others to make things difficult."

The French official's face turned blue immediately, and he bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency, the political officer has been waiting for a long time, let's go in." In Li Hongzhang's view, the arrogance that terrifies foreigners is nothing, but he can't let them down, so he nodded and walked in. .

The person in charge of the negotiations in France was Miller, the political officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who was fairly equal to Li Hongzhang.Before the negotiation, the two sides talked a lot of nonsense, which was not difficult for Li Hongzhang, who had been in the officialdom for many years, but the French were eager to know whether the Chinese had signed an alliance with the Germans.

"Your Excellency, we all know that there were some misunderstandings between the two countries some time ago, and I am very sorry about that. It is meaningless to argue about who is right and who is wrong now. The loyal soldiers of the two countries have all died. More people died, our government is very sincere to conduct peace talks with your country,"

Li Hongzhang sneered secretly. He had dealt with these foreigners for decades, and he knew their faces best. In their eyes, they could let go of anything as long as it was beneficial.Seeing that he has lost the fight, he no longer pursues right and wrong, maybe he treats himself as a fool.Li Hongzhang immediately pointed out that the reason for the war between the two countries was that France invaded Vietnam, a vassal country of the Qing Dynasty, and the fault was the legal person. Then Li Hongzhang proposed China's conditions.

"Your Excellency Miller, the Qing Emperor has made very clear the terms of the negotiation. First, the captured French must be redeemed with silver; All the indemnities in Xinyou Year shall be returned to Qing Dynasty; [-]. Vietnam must be returned to Qing Dynasty; [-]. All agreements signed between France and Qing Dynasty shall be nullified. Only these four items are indispensable.” Li Hongzhang said sternly .

"The strength of your country is far from our French opponent at this time. As long as we really make up our minds, your army and naval power will never stop the Republic. It's not that France doesn't have the strength to defeat your China, but It is hope that some misunderstandings will not cause greater casualties to the two countries. Please do not take this kind of good wishes as a cowardly expression! If you really want to live in peace with the Republic, show your sincerity, otherwise you It is the *Republic that will destroy you at all costs."

Li Hongzhang laughed instead of anger when he heard this. He suddenly stood up, looked at the panicked Mi Le and said, "In this case, there is no need to talk any further. With me, Li Hongzhang, I want to see you guys." Why did you destroy my Qing Dynasty?" He said and walked out first, Guo Songtao and Wu Tingfang hurriedly followed after seeing him.

"Master Zhongtang, is the condition I'm waiting for too harsh? After all, the strength of the legal person is still higher than mine." Wu Tingfang took a few steps and chased after Li Hongzhang.

Li Hongzhang turned his head and gave Wu Tingfang a faint look: "Tingfang, when dealing with foreigners, we must not only guard against arrogance and impetuosity, but also be neither humble nor overbearing, and judge the situation. The emperor worked so hard to win this century-unseen victory for the Qing Dynasty. If we are easily How can the legal person be worthy of the emperor with a few false threats? Besides, these conditions are all set by the emperor. How can the emperor make such words and we can change them without authorization? You should think carefully about how to make the French agree to our conditions."

When Wu Tingfang heard this, she immediately used her brain and replied in a moment: "Tingfang thought that if we want the legal person to agree to the conditions, we need to start from the inside. The legal person system is different from my Qing Dynasty. Its officials are elected by the people. If we will The news of tens of thousands of French troops being surrounded will be spread, and the families of those French soldiers will definitely ask the French government to try their best to reach a peace treaty. If we use money to make friends with one or two corporate officials and speak out for this matter, I think the French government will be unable to stop this kind of situation. pressure."

Li Hongzhang nodded after listening, then looked at Guo Songtao and said, "Songtao, what do you think?"

Guo Songtao also nodded and said: "Ting Fang's plan is very clever. In addition, I heard that the Ministry of Rites sent a group of officers to Germany to study the army, and the Ministry of War also bought a large number of machines for producing guns from Germany. If we can combine these two If the matter is done with great fanfare and let the legal person know, it will definitely make the legal person feel dark ghosts, and they will not dare to speak out and start a war."