The news of Tianjin has not yet reached the capital, and Gyeonggi's defense still cannot be "relaxed".

Han Xiufeng pretended not to know anything, and still rushed to Prince Hui's mansion early the next morning to listen to it, but he didn't expect to sit down in the flower hall for a while, and before he saw Prince Hui, two guards came to the palace and urgently summoned Prince Hui to see him.

Prince Hui didn't say anything when he left, Han Xiufeng didn't dare to leave his post without permission, so he sat with a few friends in the mansion for nearly a day, until the sun was about to set, Prince Hui returned to the house with a solemn expression, and didn't say anything, so he ordered his family to send him and a few officials who were waiting to see him go back first.

Han Xiufeng realized that the battle report of Tianjin had arrived, and he only knew that Seng Lingqin had fought well at the beginning, but he didn't know anything about what happened after that, so he was a little uneasy after all, so he walked out of the palace and climbed into the carriage and rushed straight to Jixian Courtyard. Seeing that Su Shun was not there, he went straight to the internal affairs office in the gate of the palace to see if he could find out any news.

But when it got dark, I didn't hear anything.

Hearing a director of the Criminal Department on duty here say that several ministers of military aircraft were off work, Han Xiufeng hurriedly chased after him, and sure enough, Wen Xianggang walked out of the palace gate accompanied by a guard with a lantern, and was climbing on his carriage, and he could even vaguely see him with a solemn expression and a worried look on his face by borrowing the light.

"Lord Wen, Lord Wen, the lower officials have been waiting for you for a long time!"

"Who did I say, it turned out to be you."

"Master Wen, Xia Guan has really been waiting for a long time, why are you so busy until this time before you get off work?"

"Get in the car, get in the car and say." There were many people at the gate of the palace, Wen Xiang didn't want to attract criticism, so he subconsciously glanced back, and then stretched out his hand to pull Han Xiufeng into the car.

The coachman and the family who came to pick him up, Han Xiufeng knew him, he had nothing to scruple about, put down the curtain, and just sat in the carriage where he couldn't see his fingers and talked nonsense to him: "Brother Bochuan, is there any news from Tianjin?" ”

Wen Xiang took a deep breath and asked rhetorically, "You don't know?" ”

"I drank tea in Prince Hui's mansion for a day, how do I know about the affairs in the palace."

"Prince Hui didn't tell you?"

"Didn't say anything."

"Didn't say it...... It makes sense not to say it. ”

"What makes sense, what happened?" Han Xiufeng asked.

Wen Xiang didn't know how he survived the day just passed, leaning against the wall of the carriage and said weakly: "It seems that you really don't know, the Tianjin side started fighting, not only the fighting, but also a big victory." Monk Greenqin said that it was the foreigners who bombarded the fort first, but I don't know if it was anyone. ”

Han Xiufeng pretended to be surprised and said: "It's a good thing to have a big victory!" ”

"Zhixing, when is it, stop pretending to be confused." Wen Xiang sighed and said solemnly: "After receiving the report, the emperor was shocked, and Prince Yi, Prince Zheng, Prince Hui and Su Shun had no idea, because this matter was discussed for a day. ”

has been a close minister of the Son of Heaven for so long, Han Xiufeng knows the emperor's heart no better.

The emperor often takes Chongzhen of the previous dynasty as a reference, and has the intention to make great efforts, otherwise he will not reuse Su Shun to rectify the rule of officials. Although they sometimes take it for granted when it comes to attacking and suppressing the long hair, as long as the ministers and officials who lead the troops can win the battle, they will not really be cured of the sin of deliberate delay.

For example, when attacking Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang's troops, he repeatedly ordered Monk Greenqin to fight, but Monk Greenqin did not blindly obey, but risked the risk of disrespecting the will to fight steadily; Another example is that he repeatedly ordered Hu Linyi to recover Wuchang, but Hu Linyi did not blindly obey, but he simply delayed until the thief Wei Jun saw that he couldn't hold it and decided to break through, and then recovered Wuchang with a thunderous momentum.

The rewards and punishments are as strict, and it is really a reward for those who have meritorious.

Only in the matter of how to deal with Xiyi, he is always timid and undecided.

Thinking of this, Han Xiufeng couldn't help but ask: "After discussing for a day, has there been a result?" ”

"Although the foreigners were defeated, they did not retreat," Wen Xiang paused, and continued: "The emperor just ordered me to draw up a secret edict of 'suppressing and appeasing and using', otherwise I would not have left work until here." ”

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked: "Suppress and appease? ”

Wen Xiang was exhausted, and he really didn't have the spirit to explain to Han Xiufeng, so he simply closed his eyes and recited the edict he had just helped draft: "Yingyi reneged on the covenant and provoked first, not that China has broken its promise." However, the ancients came to control the foreign Yi, and finally returned to the discussion. If you concentrate on using troops, it will not be the end of the game. Now he still orders the monk to handle the anti-suppression affairs. In addition, Hengfu Governor and Wen Yu were sent to handle the Fu Bureau.

Yingyi reneged on the covenant and called the army, and it was difficult to reason with it. Although his Mi and Buddha Eryi came with him, they may not help their fellow offenders, but they can still be good at soothing Sui. The order is to stay temporarily from Beitang to Tianjin, and wait for Gui Liang to wait until he will negotiate. What is the situation of the two countries, it has not yet been repeated according to Hengfu and others. After Yingyi's setback, there were not many of its warships overseas in Tianjin, so they planned to either go to Shanghai or summon Guangdong warships to retaliate. With He Guiqing, he secretly sent a proper officer to Shanghai to investigate, and secretly took precautions against any movements.

The creation of Tianjin must not be leaked. If there is a steamer to Shanghai, and if he wants to entangle the northern criminals, he can make the Chinese merchants and Yi merchants in the area claim that if the army is reused, it will be a pity that all the articles discussed last year will be wasted. Ask all merchants to dissuade from it, or to persuade those who are in Shanghai, so that the British soldiers can rest the matter, and still wait for Guiliang and others in Tianjin to deal with it, so that all countries can share the interests and protect ......the Fu Bureau."

"Tianjin's creation must not be leaked?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"The emperor is worried that Yingyi will be angry and ashamed."

"Brother Bochuan, do you think you can hide this?"

Wen Xiang froze, and after a long pause, he smiled bitterly: "Although Prince Hui didn't tell you, I estimate that it will spread all over the capital at noon at the latest, and maybe there will be many people preaching it everywhere at this time." ”

"Brother Bochuan, do you mean Monk Greenqin?"

"I don't need to ask, but then again, it's not easy for him. If you really wait for the will, do nothing, lose the fort, and the whole army is scattered, you will definitely be punished. In contrast, it is better to make a decision on the spot. ”

"If you can't keep it, you will be punished, and if you win, you won't be able to end up well, what kind of thing is this!"

"Zhixing, you can only talk to me about these complaints, but you can't say them in front of outsiders, not to mention that it is not easy for Monk Greenqin, and it is even more difficult for the emperor."

"I know, I just felt it." Han Xiufeng hurriedly changed the topic, pretending to be curious and asked, "Brother Bochuan, you only said that you won a big battle, but you didn't say the results, what kind of big victory is it?" ”

Monk Greenqin said that Yingyi did not accept the note, did not obey the instructions, and repeatedly destroyed many pieces of iron and other pieces set up in Haikou. On the afternoon of the day before yesterday, they even broke into the entrance and opened fire first, and the officers and soldiers had to fight back. Many of the boats were injured, and they were still fighting with infantry teams, which was very rampant. Our army killed hundreds of Yi soldiers, captured two alive, and the rest were defeated. There are thirteen boats that enter the inland river. The only boat escaped from the barrage. ”

"What a big win."

"Victory is victory, but Xiyi is very resolute, this defeat, I'm afraid I may not be willing!"

"The boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, there will always be a way."

"That's it, that's all I can think about." Speaking of this, Wen Xiang suddenly remembered something: "I almost forgot, in this battle, there were more than 30 people in our official army in the morning, Zhili Admiral Shi Rongchun and Deputy General Long Ruyuan took the lead in the soldiers, personally operated the artillery, unfortunately was shot and martyred, and the emperor has been given a military aircraft department." ”

"Shi Rongchun and Long Ruyuan have been martyred!"

"Monk Greenqin reported it, how can such a big event be fake."

"It is easy to get a thousand troops and it is difficult to find a general, and this battle has lost two fierce generals!"

Wen Xiang knew that Long Ruyuan was the one who went out of the Heying, and he could understand Han Xiufeng's feelings at this moment, and hurriedly said: "It is distressing to lose two strong generals, but you really can't blame Monk Greenqin for this, because Monk Greenqin was also on the fort during the battle, braving the rain of bullets and bullets to personally supervise the battle. ”

Han Xiufeng sighed: "It's really life and death, wealth is in heaven." ”

"Zhixing, you are a person who has been in the battle array, you have seen a lot of life and death, and you want to open some."

"It's easier said than done."

"Don't think nonsense, go back and rest early, Tianjin's business is not over yet."

……

Before the emperor spoke, the errand of assisting Prince Hui still had to be done.

Nanyuan is too far away, and stay in the hall at night.

Early the next morning, just after breakfast, he was about to let Feng Xiaobao prepare the car, and then go to Prince Hui to listen to it later, when the shopkeeper ran in from the outside, and said happily when he saw him: "Fourth master, Tianjin victory, Tianjin victory, the monk king won a big victory, and killed the foreigners!" ”

Han Xiufeng didn't expect the news to spread so quickly, and subconsciously asked, "How did you know?" ”

"It's spread outside, don't believe you go out and take a look."

"Okay, let's take a look."

Put down the rice bowl, followed the shopkeeper to the alley, and saw that the door of the teahouse diagonally opposite was crowded with people, and the two couldn't squeeze in, so they could only listen outside.

I only heard someone inside who looked like a storyteller, and said in a low voice: "Yingyi relied on the strength of the ship and the artillery, swam into the middle of the beach, and blew up the iron lock that intercepted the harbor with gunpowder, which is really arrogant." Hengfu was at a loss, but he didn't say that he was annoyed by a hero, this person was the famous Prince of Horqin, Tuan Duobatu Lu Monk Grim Monk Prince!

The monk said angrily: Foreigners look down on China too much, and if they don't give him a great power, how will they know? The officers and men of Haikou should be immediately put on strict precautions, and when foreign ships are imported, they will immediately open artillery bombardment. Hengfu wanted to stop him, and the monk said: Don't do your business, you have started a provocation, and I will take responsibility. ”

"Good!"

"The monk king is a true hero!"

……

The man inside saw a round of applause, and said even more vigorously, he actually climbed up the table, shook off the folding fan with a bang, danced with his eyebrows, shook his head and said: "At dawn the next day, there will be a military reconnaissance flying report, and the ocean surface will touch the plate and fire ** small thirteen ships, raise the red flag, fly the challenge, and have arrived at the port.

The iron guns we lined up were pulled down by him more than a dozen planes, and they were approaching the fort. The monk king was furious, and issued an order: the foreign ship broke into the mouth, and all the generals in coastal defense were beheaded! With this order, the flames thundered into the sky and the cannon shook the ground. Ladies and gentlemen, do you know where the monk king is at the moment? ”

"Where?"

"Third Master Wang, isn't the monk king supervising the battle on the fort?"

"No, no, no." The guy surnamed Wang made a fool of himself, shook his head and said: "The monk king is like Zhuge Kongming at the moment, sitting alone on the tower of Tianjin City, waiting for good news. Two guards took turns pouring wine on the left and right. The monk and the king lead the giants, only eat fat cattle and meat, delicacies from the mountains and seas, and fine vegetables, all of which are not used! ”

"Haikou is under fire, how can the monk eat wine in the city tower?" A greasy-haired and powdery-faced Eight Banners disciple stood up and asked.

"What do you know, you have read a few books, the monk king is called strategizing, winning thousands of miles away!" The person surnamed Wang may have realized that what he just said was too, and suddenly changed his words: "Eating and eating, the military detectives are coming in one after another, and it is all good news." Before the sun set, the fog had already cleared, and only one of the thirteen foreign ships escaped, and the rest were either sunk or damaged, and almost all the troops were wiped out.

The next day, Yingyi led a foot team and came by land. When the monk heard the news, he personally went out to meet the battle, and his three thousand horsemen were all athletes outside the pass, Mongolian generals, galloping horses, really swallowing thunder and lightning, and the color changed to wind and clouds! When the foreign soldiers saw it, they were all shocked. In an instant, the gunfire was like firecrackers, and the bullets were like flies.

The two armies fought desperately, the monk king rushed forward, his soldiers, who dared to lag behind, thousands of horsemen rushed forward, ten thousand knives were slashed, hundreds of soldiers had already ravaged the meat paste, captured two soldiers, and returned with triumph. In this battle, the monks and kings only lost sixty or seventy horsemen, and the two generals who fought were killed by their wounds, one was the commander of Zhili, and the other was the deputy general of the Dagu Association......"

True and false, false and true.

Han Xiufeng really couldn't listen to it, and while walking back, he secretly thought that there were still masters in the monk Lingqin, otherwise the news of Tianjin's victory would never spread all over the capital overnight, let alone in this way.

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