Xu Haoran didn't see Han Xiufeng, not only because Han Xiufeng didn't want to see him, but even if he did, he couldn't see him, because Han Xiufeng had already left Beijing.

This time I went not to Tianjin, but outside the mouth.

Nanyuan was originally the place where the emperor paraded and hunted, in the early years, there were many roe deer, hares, elk muntjac, wild pheasants, and tigers were also raised in captivity, but now there are no birds and beasts in the garden at all.

So with the emperor's permission, he led 40 horsemen and 8 banner vests and 30 river battalion soldiers to catch some birds and beasts outside the mouth and came back to captivity, otherwise the emperor would not be able to find prey in a few years with the little prince to Nanyuan to hunt.

It is indeed a bit inappropriate to do this errand at this time, but no one can say anything, after all, riding and archery is the foundation of the Eight Banners, not to mention that the officials of the Internal Affairs Department are doing this.

As long as there is prey, it is not difficult to hunt, but it is not so easy to catch it alive, so this walk has been more than three months, and no one knows when it will come back.

In the three months that he was not in the capital, many things happened in Liangjiang, Fujian and Zhejiang, Shandong and outside the Guan.

First, the thief general Li Xiucheng led his troops to capture Hangzhou, and Zhejiang governor Luo Zundian and other officials were martyred, but the city guarded by Hangzhou general Ruichang was not captured by Changmao.

Just when He Chun, the minister of the Qincha who supervised the military affairs of Liangjiang, ordered Zhang Yuliang, the governor of Guangxi, to lead the officers and soldiers to rush to the aid of Hangzhou, Li Xiucheng actually planted flags all over the city of Hangzhou as suspicious soldiers, withdrew from Hangzhou overnight, and galloped back north.

They passed through Lin'an, followed the Tianmu Mountain trail through Xiaofeng, arrived at Guangde, and met with Yang Fuqing, Li Shixian, Liu Guanfang, Huang Wenjin, Wu Dingcai, Chen Kunshu and other thieves in a place called Jianping, and then divided the troops into east and west to aid Jiangning!

Not only did they forcibly recruit tens of thousands of people and the long trenches that had been dug outside Jiangning City for several years to smash in one fell swoop, but they also broke through more than 50 camps in the western half of the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the Xiaoshuiguan camp where Hechunshuai's tent was located was not spared.

Long hair won countless victories, but did not stop because of this, and then waved his army to the east to commit Su and Chang, and the fierce general Zhang Guoliang fell into the river and drowned when he led the rout to retreat eastward, and Chun fled to Hushu Pass to see that the general trend had gone to commit suicide. He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, who was rewarded by the edict for his previous dispatch of "recovering Hangzhou", saw that Changmao was powerful, and Changzhou could not hold it nine times out of ten, so in order to escape for his life, he ordered his own soldiers to shoot at the Changzhou gentry who stopped him and begged him to stay and hold on!

The death of more than a dozen gentry aroused the anger of the public, and finally fled to the city of Suzhou, and the governor Xu Youren not only did not allow him to enter the city, but also impeached him for the crime of abandoning the city and losing his teacher. Seeing that he couldn't enter the city, and worried about being investigated by the imperial court, he actually fled to Shanghai and hid in the foreigners' concession.

Just when the Jiangnan official army was defeated, the British army broke into the area around Luda, together with the sand boats plundered along the way, a total of more than 180 large and small ships, more than 10,000 infantry, cavalry, and artillery, stationed in Qingniwa, Xiaogushan, Dagushan and other places, a total of more than 1,000 barracks.

The foreign soldiers burned, killed and looted, and did all kinds of evil, and the people in the vicinity helped the old and the young one after another, and abandoned their homes and fled.

The deputy governor of Jinzhou, Xilab, was frightened and hurriedly asked General Shengjing for help, but as a result, General Yuming of Shengjing tried his best to transfer 500 troops from the provincial capital, 200 troops from Liaoyang, and 200 troops from Xiongyuecheng. In desperation, Shirab could only "brake with static" as Yuming said.

As reported in the New Year, the French army seized Zhifu without firing a single shot or firing at the same time that the English army entered the area around Luda. Thousands of soldiers set up camp at the foot of Yantai Mountain, and interpreters were also sent to post notices everywhere to reassure the people.

The governor of Shandong received the news and hurriedly appointed Dong Buyun, the acting governor of Qingzhou Prefecture, to persuade the French army to retreat, but the French army ignored it, and the governor of Shandong could only transfer 500 horses stationed in Qingzhou to Laizhou to "support from afar".

Let the foreigners prepare under their noses, and this cannot be blamed entirely on the local officials, because the two rivers were broken by long hair, and the land of wealth was lost, and the imperial court did not dare and could not start a war with the foreigners at this juncture.

In fact, he didn't catch any birds and animals, but Han Xiufeng, who hid in Gubeikou for three months, was also rushed back to Beijing with the foreigners sharpening their knives.

In the past few months, Rong Lu and Wang Qianli, who really have a sense of the building will be overwhelmed, said eagerly when they saw him: "The foreign soldiers did not let the war start when Luda and Zhifu landed, and now the foreign soldiers are ready, and they are clamoring for war one by one!" ”

"If we have the final say, I will go to Gubeikou to play chess with Qingxian for three months?" Han Xiufeng jumped out of the carriageway.

"But even if you start fighting, it's not arranged like this, fourth master, your words may be listened to by the emperor, or you can also go to the Tao."

"What's going on now?"

"Monk Greenqin was lucky to win a battle last year, and he was a little carried away, and he actually planned to abandon Beitang, saying that what the foreigners rely on is the strength of the ship and the artillery, if they sacrifice themselves to land, abandon their strengths, and use their shortcomings, or it should be easier to control." Seeing that Han Xiufeng was thoughtful, Rong Lu said eagerly: "Brother Bailing and I think it's inappropriate, so we let Xu Haoran go to the road." ”

"I can't imagine that ungrateful villain is still a little useful." Han Xiufeng muttered.

"Even if you have a dog, you can still bite people, not to mention that he is also an imperial history anyway, but not long after the excerpt was submitted, the emperor ordered the office to copy it for Monk Greenqin, and was rejected by Monk Greenqin."

"What did you say?"

"The Beitang Fort is strong in the stone crevices, and there are many cannons, and there are 3,000 soldiers to defend it. If the rebellion comes, although it is uncertain whether it can be held, there will be a fierce battle; If Beitang is not defended, the rebel can calmly land, and after attacking my Xinhe and Tangergu flanks, the fort will be attacked by the enemy on its belly and back, and I am afraid that it will fall into the hands of the enemy! ”

"What did Monk Grinqin refute?" Han Xiufeng walked into the lobby and asked.

Rong Lu said angrily: "Monk Lingqin not only said that Xu Haoran was talking on paper, but also said in a vigorous manner, 'The Yi ship sailed into Beitang, you might as well listen to its anchorage, and once you go ashore, you will supervise the soldiers of the horse team and go to intercept it to prevent an attack on my back road.' The danger of losing the ship and artillery is not only lost, but our soldiers can also use the power of galloping, which is more certain than the fortification of Beitang'! ”

Wang Qianli said helplessly while helping to make tea: "In the final analysis, it is the kind of foreign soldiers that are not conducive to land warfare, and can be dealt with by foot and cavalry." ”

Han Xiufeng sat down, nodded slightly at Ren Yu'er, who heard the news, and then took the teacup and said: "It's actually not wrong for Monk Greenqin to arrange it like this, think about it, you have to fight with foreigners to defend the fort." The forts on both sides of Haikou and the Beitang fort together have only a few guns, and how many guns are there for the sailors of England and France. ”

"But if the foreigner goes ashore, his 'foot and horse chase' will work?"

"It doesn't work, but it's better than holding on, at least in his opinion, there may be a silver lining."

Wang Qianli felt that Han Xiufeng's words had some truth, and when he thought of the news that Ji Xiang had brought these days, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If you want to talk about soldiers on paper, the princes in the court can only call them talk about soldiers on paper." Some say that the coastal people have good water quality, and that the coastal people in Guangdong, Fujian, and other provinces can walk on the water, and can even lurk underwater for three to five days.

Say that Tianjin is close to the sea, and Tianjin people should also know this. It is said that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, recruit more good ones with good water nature, let them carry the awl to the water, and scuttle the leaky boat. He also swore that during the Daoguang period, Guangdong relied on this to win the war. ”

Han Xiufeng looked at the newspaper on the case, and asked curiously, "What else?" ”

"Some people say that there should be more ambushes in the mainland, and the foreigners are powerful artillery, but the foreigners' cannons can only hit straight, not horizontally, so we can set up an ambush in the depths of the dense forest or in the staggered places of Hong Kong, and when the Yi soldiers enter my ambush, they suddenly kill from the horizon and cut off the Yi soldiers, so that the Yi soldiers can't care about each other, and Xiyi's artillery will not be useful."

Speaking of this, Rong Lu couldn't help but say: "Even Qinglian, the governor of Henan, rushed to play 600 miles, saying, 'Yi people go to the ocean, round trip to the year, the ships of those who rely on them, and the firearms of those who facilitate them...... If the land battle formation is unable to resist our heroic division, so since the frequent driving and disturbance, he always does not dare to go deep from the sea, and rebels against the guns, which is conducive to long-distance attack and not conducive to foot combat. If I choose to be brave and brave, and bend down to pounce, and be invincible, I will succeed.'" ”

"They have never seen foreigners in land battles, and they have never even seen foreigners." Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, threw down the mansion and asked, "Have you found out the strength of Britain and France?" ”

"Got it covered." Rong Lu hurriedly took out a letter and read: "Yingyi's land division has the 55th Regiment, the 98th Regiment, the 37th Indian Infantry Regiment of Madras, and the 4th Indian Infantry Regiment, and this 4th Infantry Regiment is transferred from Nanyang. What else is the Royal Engineer, the Thirteenth Royal Artillery Brigade, the Thirty-first Legion, the Sixtieth Rifle Regiment, the Guards Dragoon Regiment, the Finn Cavalry Regiment, the Patan Cavalry Regiment......"

Half of the infantry regiments, as early as when the "Houyitang" had not been dismantled, their troops, the weapons they used, and even their salaries and supplies, were clearly investigated by the branches in the South China Sea and Shanghai.

Thinking that one was more difficult to deal with than the other, Han Xiufeng's scalp tingled when he heard this, and he was silent for a while before he raised his head and said: "From now on, let's not inquire about the affairs of the court, and there is no need to deliberately inquire about the war in Tianjin." As long as those who can go into battle stay in the camp, no one is allowed to leave the camp without my warrant. ”

"Yes."

Han Xiufeng took a deep breath and said, "Raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the brothers in the camp are now river soldiers, and they are the vest soldiers stationed in the royal garden. When the emperor uses us, our more than 600 soldiers will be the emperor's pro-army.

Hurry up and go to the silk cloth village to buy more yellow silk and yellow cloth, and let the women and children in the garden help make 650 yellow jackets, and make more flags. In short, no matter what happens, no matter how critical the situation is, we can't lose the royal prestige! ”

Rong Lu reacted: "It can also help the emperor stabilize the morale of the army and the people, and boost the morale of the soldiers." ”

"It's come to this, there's only so much we can do, let's hurry up and prepare."

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