The sixth master said in his heart, is this guy Mai Ke really prescient?

Otherwise, why did he ask me for conditional surrender a long time ago?

After a big turn, didn't you finally come back to this road?

The fourth brother won't talk about it, whether he is an elder brother or an elder brother, he is just a middle-aged asset, and it is not surprising that he can't see these things.

But what about the Regents, as the Emperor, what the hell are you doing?

Can't you see the ending?

Does that mean you're too incompetent?

Did you see this ending and twist it on purpose?

Do you have ulterior motives, and you don't care about the loss of human and financial resources?

Or is there a more layered argument that you did it on purpose?

From now on, the sixth master felt that everything he did was not all dedicated to maintaining the throne of the fourth brother.

However, since this guy is now mentioning the preferential terms of the royal family, the sixth master naturally turned the rudder with the wind and settled this matter by the way.

Only Xianfeng doesn't seem to have turned the corner yet.

As before, he has never accurately grasped the proportions of defending, fighting, and surrendering, and now his thoughts are still wandering between "running away" and "starting to fight".

He asked confusedly, "Aren't we going to flee to Sanxiang?

The sixth master ● ≠ and the spirit looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and the spirit had to come forward to explain.

"We now have no city to defend, no soldiers to fight, no way to flee, and no way out on all sides! Only by surrendering to the Heavenly Army with dignity, as Prince Gong said earlier, can we live. The Regent gave a brief explanation of the current situation.

"Can't we just hold on and wait for help, I can make another order to quit the household!"

Although he sneered at this Jianyi, the sixth master still said: "If the fourth brother wants to die to martyr the country, you can take this road, and the sixth brother and I will definitely become benevolent with the fourth brother!"

Mai Ke gave Mr. Lin a new job and arranged for him two new titles.

One title is the Minister of State. Reporting directly to Mai Ke, he is responsible for adjusting and dealing with these treaty concession issues.

The other title is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Heaven, and at present he is mainly responsible for dealing with foreigners, especially the issue of treaty ports.

Mai Ke arranged for him two translators, one for English and one for Portuguese.

That is, just now. Mai Ke and the old man talked a few words in a foreign language, and found that this former high-ranking official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was proficient in two foreign languages!

One is English and the other is Portuguese, which was the popular Esperanto of that era!

Mai Ke estimated that even if the old man didn't eat the bowl of rice as an official and went to work as a translator for others, there would be no problem in mixing up food and clothing.

To work for the kingdom of heaven, the old man needs to concentrate on thinking about the big questions, these specific transactional work. I found someone else to do it.

"Okay, old man, I will entrust you with all the things that Shanghai has to deal with foreigners, I will leave immediately, and you can come to me directly if you have anything in the future." Mai Ke said goodbye to the old man.

"You are busy with your going! I guess I'll see you in Gwangju next time, I'll be settled here, and I'll go to the Thirteen Lines immediately!" The old man was already staring at Gwangju.

The Thirteen Lines of Gwangju have a longer history than the French Concession and the Public Concession in Shanghai. A typical symbol of loss of power and humiliation of the country, an unforgettable place where Lin Zexu gritted his teeth when he thought about it. The old man must kill it!

"Report! There's a foreigner who wants to see you!"

At this time, a knife would be a soldier of the Righteous Army who ran over and said to Mai Ke.

"Foreigner, do you want to see me, okay, old man, you are busy, I'll go see him, let's say goodbye!" Mai Ke felt that the matter here had come to an end, in order not to affect the old man's work. He decided to go out and meet people.

"I'm not busy here! since I'm a foreigner, maybe it's related to my scope of work, and I want to know why he's looking for you. You're not against it, Mai Ke? The old man volunteered.

Mai Ke was right to think about it, since it was a foreigner looking for it. It must be a foreign-related matter, and it is not his turn to worry about the affairs of the kingdom of heaven.

So, he walked out with Lin Zexu.

When I looked outside, this foreigner was an acquaintance.

Tall, crooked nose, who is not Clinton?

After a little greeting with him, Mai Ke directly asked him if there was anything important to talk to him.

Clinton was quite cautious, looked at Old Man Lin, his lips were closed, and he didn't speak.

Mai Ke said: "Say it! This old man is the famous Lin Dashuai, in the future, all your affairs will be managed by him, and the next time you have anything, you can just go to him directly, he is my plenipotentiary!"

Only then did Clinton relax and say: "It's not that I'm cautious, it's that the matter is too urgent! Not only is it important, but it's also very sensitive, and it concerns the Manchu court of your country!"

"No matter who is involved, you can say it boldly! The Manchu court can't help us, so you must not be angry, right? Say, what is the matter? I am short on time, there is nothing important, and I will leave immediately. ”

"Okay, I'll say it!"

Then, he came one by one, in English, of course, in American.

When Mai Ke and the others heard it, it was really an imminent matter.

It turned out that near the periphery of the concession, there were two large battalions of the Qing army, of which the Beida Battalion had three battalions of Qing soldiers, with a total number of almost 2,000 people, which could be regarded as a deterrent to foreigners in the concession.

The commander of the Qing army here was Gilhanga, who had always been in contact with the three powers, but this connection was only superficial, not the kind of close relationship that could be shared secrets.

For example, now that the Little Knife Society is revolting, although they know that these powers have clashed with the rebels, they don't know what the conflict has been and what the result is.

Of course, the Little Knife Society would not inform them, because in fact the main targets of the Little Knife Society uprising were the Manchu authorities. Both sides are mortal enemies.

Of course, these powers will not inform them, and the conflict of interests between the two sides is also mutually exclusive.

Since Gilhanga has been stationed here, he is more resourceful and cunning, and he will never attack where he can outwit.

When he learned that the government and garrison in Shanghai City had been killed by the rebels, he did not have the impulse to avenge them, nor did he send troops to recover the lost territory.

He has always stood still, waiting for his moment.

There was a strict conflict between the rebels and the two concessions, and although Gilhanga did not know the details, he still saw the situation on the surface, so he took it for granted that he could fight with the snipe and the clam and the fisherman would benefit.

Of course, he also knew that these powers were all very smart, and they were even more unprofitable guys, and the white wolf with empty gloves was basically useless.

In other words, if he wants to make a profit, he must contribute!

So, he came up with a plan called "Ming Xiu Plank Road, Secretly Crossing Chen Cang".

On the surface, he sent eight battalions to attack Shanghai City.

These eight battalions were not from his original three battalions, but were urgently transferred from the nearby youth army battalion.

Among them, five battalions were transferred from the neighboring Jiang Su, and three battalions were transferred from Zhejiang, which was a little farther away.

Of course, the Southern Battalion was also involved, and in fact they had been confronting the rebels.

These people, plus the Qing soldiers who were originally stationed around Shanghai, concentrated almost 2,000 troops at each city gate.

It was there that they blocked the road out of the city, and then fired a series of arrows at the gates, occasionally launching small sieges.

In fact, Gilhanga had already arranged it, these people were just used to contain Zuò, and the real attack force was all the way in the shadows.

This way in the shadows is the main force of the three battalions of Gilhanga.

Their plan was to sneak into the concession while the four gates were all pinned, and take advantage of the road to approach the northwest corner of Shanghai City, and climb in from there.

Gilhanga didn't know where to get the news, not only was the wall much lower than the rest of the city, but it was also possible to dig holes in the base of the walls and burrow into the ground.

All the way in the shadows, if successful, can guarantee victory in the siege over a large distance, but there is a key here, which is to take advantage of the road to succeed.

Therefore, Gilhanga personally went out and quietly went to the US concession territory to meet with US representative Clinton.

Clinton definitely belonged to that kind of wilting type, and as soon as he heard the request of this Manchu military attaché, he knew that he had no idea that these Yankees had surrendered long ago.

So, he calculated and understood the Qing army's thoughts clearly, and then told Sù Gilhanga that he would have two days to think about it, and then give him an answer.

Gilhanga went back to wait for news, and Clinton immediately came to look for Mai Ke.

In terms of choosing sides, whether to follow Mai Ke's Heavenly Army or Gilhang'a's Qing Army, Clinton had already made up his mind that he would never choose the Manchu Dynasty.

To be honest, he still really doesn't look down on these Manchu generals.

"Thank you, Lao Ke! This information is very important! If you crush the Manchu conspiracy, I will give you a great credit!" Mai Ke praised this Lao Mei without hesitation, and gave him a hope.

"Haha! Thank you for recognizing my credit! My old ke also wants to make a big difference!" he happily accepted the old gram that Mai Ke called him.

With this new situation, Mai Ke called the immediate leader over, mainly Liu Lichuan, Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiutian, and Lin Zexu, who was already here, to discuss how to eat these Qing soldiers who were still in the dark.

The goal is to eat cleanly and thoroughly, while avoiding casualties among one's own people.

Mai Ke did not participate in the formulation of these specific steps, with Old Man Lin and Yang Xiutian, there was no problem with language communication.

Mai Ke looked at Clinton and felt in a trance.

Once upon a time, this Yankee was still sitting there watching the tiger fight, one moment saying that he was on the side of the Manchus, and the other saying that he was on the side of the rebels.

He gave hope to both sides, thinking that he would help them, but in reality, he did not help anyone, and from time to time fanned the flames for both sides, prompting the rebels and the Qing soldiers to continue fighting.

(To be continued......)