"The French have abandoned you...... Your tsar has also abandoned you, surrender, Russians...... Don't put up senseless resistance!"

After about five minutes of persuasion, a gunshot was heard from the village in front, followed by uncontrollable cries, but the double eagle flag was still hanging from the commanding heights of the town, and just when the rainbow army thought that it had to be solved by force, a Russian came over with a white flag: "We are willing to stop the fighting operation!" We are willing to stop resisting. ”

In such a bad combat situation, even supermen could not change the situation on the battlefield, let alone these abandoned sons, and the initial gunfire later proved the desperate action of a Russian major to commit suicide with a gun, and made the final annotation for the combat operations of the Russian Expeditionary Force near Shanghai, China.

There were 380 Russian troops who surrendered near this stronghold, including 160 wounded, in addition to dozens of mercenaries of the Foreign Legion and more than 300 Qing troops, but when the Russian army in this stronghold surrendered, the Russian troops in other smaller strongholds could no longer hold on to the fight, and the Russian lieutenant colonel who took the lead in surrendering had a pale face and was almost overwhelmed by heavy pressure, but he still fought for the final benefits of the entire Russian expeditionary force: "Dear His Royal Highness King Yan, We are ready to cease all confrontation and hand over to you weapons, baggage and other non-personal items, but we also hope that you will repatriate us as soon as possible and in a humanitarian spirit. ”

The repatriation of prisoners of war was bound to be on the agenda, but given the Russian ambitions for the Far East, Liu Chang did not see any feasibility in such a short period of time. Still, he kindly stated: "You and your soldiers will be treated with the best possible hospitality, and you may make this your own home." Rest assured, there is nothing between us that can separate friendship. ”

"There is nothing between the Chinese and Russian peoples that can isolate friendship." This is the first time Liu Chang's famous sentence has been uttered. It's just that none of the officers present realized the significance of this sentence, and they were just a little dissatisfied with Liu Chang's excessive tolerance towards Russia.

"Thank you for your kindness, my personnel need a lot of medicine and food, and I would appreciate it if you could help with this." Lieutenant Colonel Grachev did not hear the meaning of Liu Chang's words: "I can guarantee that everyone maintains the most rational restraint. ”

And this unprecedented bloody battle near Shanghai has basically come to an end, and Zhou Xiuying breathed a sigh of relief: "It's finally over, we have finally defeated the French and the Russians." ”

"It's not a defeat, it's just a draw." Liu Chang doesn't see it as a victory. But the victory of this war means that the Rainbow Army will have a broader goal, and the next step of the Rainbow Army will no longer be limited to the strategy of one province and one government, but will focus on the whole of China.

Li Hongzhang understood what he meant: "His Royal Highness King Yan means that although he has achieved victory on the battlefield, he still needs to have a good talk with the foreigners, so that he can achieve hegemony with the assistance of the foreigners." ”

"The great sacrifice of 18,000 people." When Liu Chang mentioned this number, his eyes unconsciously moistened.

That's right. Eighteen thousand people, such a big sacrifice in the history of the Rainbow Army is the first time, but such a big sacrifice is worth it, and the defeat of the French and the Russians means that Liu Chang has the qualifications to negotiate with the British on an equal footing.

That's right, just a qualification for reciprocal negotiations. Previously, the British at best regarded the Hongjun as a belligerent group in the Chinese Civil War, and only after such a victory would they recognize the Chinese as qualified to negotiate with the British on an equal footing.

It's just that this kind of negotiation is not easy, and many times it will determine the direction of the entire Chinese history, but he just thought that at this time, there was already a bad news from the fast cavalry: "Fujian Shi Yunqing launched a rebellion, and the troops involved in the rebellion are unprecedented, it is said that there are seven battalions and seventeen independent companies, and northern Fujian is shaking ......"..., if this news arrived in Liu Chang's hands a few days ago, Liu Chang would definitely feel terrified, but now Li Hongzhang stood up: "His Royal Highness King Yan, Shi Yunqing is ignorant and does not accept Wang Hua and intends to rebel, and I have one person who recommends it to His Royal Highness to quell the chaos. ”

Liu Chang also smiled: "Even the British and the Russians have a draw, and I am afraid that a little Shi Yunqing will not be able to ......"

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But for Zeng Guofan, who was on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, the news of Shi Yunqing's incident can be said to be a rain from heaven: "Great, great, Shi Yunqing resolutely took action, this is a God-given opportunity for my Hunan people to counterattack Nanchang, and now the main force of the red thieves is holding on to the Yi people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and there are a lot of losses, we just copy the back road of the thieves and restore Nanchang in one fell swoop......"

It's just that Zeng Guofan said this, but these generals of the Hunan army couldn't raise any spirit, and even Bao Chao, who has always been called a brave general, lowered his head and didn't dare to face Zeng Guofan.

Not for other reasons, but the Battle of Nanchang a few months ago gave the Hunan army a devastating blow, until now the Hunan army has suffered a heavy loss has not recovered, Bao Chao encountered the soldiers of the Thunder Army mentioned the defeat of Nanchang, the tears flowed uncontrollably.

Zeng Guofan didn't expect his enthusiasm to change to a cold scene, so he could only turn to Zhao Liewen, a staff member on the side: "Liewen, now the elite of the red thieves are all gathered in the southeast, and there are only thieves in Jiangxi, and now there is Shi Yunqing to raise righteousness, it is a God-given opportunity, you can tell everyone about it." ”

Zhao Liewen said with a straight face: "Shilang, now is not the time to counterattack Nanchang, it is better to wait a little longer, and wait until the southeast battle situation is divided, not to mention that although Shi Yunqing has succeeded now, he is not playing the banner of our Qing Dynasty." ”

Zhao Liewen was right, although Shi Yunqing started an incident in Fujian, claiming that the Hongjun garrisons of more than a dozen counties rose up with him, with a total strength of more than 20,000, but he did not throw himself on the side of the Qing army, on the contrary, he played the banner of the Tang King on his own.

Zeng Guofan knew that Shi Yunqing was unreliable, but how to say that this army was also a strong army, he immediately said: "But Liewen, now the red thieves in Jiangxi are already weak, and they are facing the pressure of Hunan and Hubei provinces, and there are Shi Yunqing behind the changes, we will not counterattack Nanchang now, and when the red thieves take root in Jiangxi, we will not be able to find a chance." ”

Zhao Liewen was not optimistic about Shi Yunqing: "The question is whether Shi Yunqing's thief can last?" Our Hunan army could not afford another setback, and the battle of Nanchang could be called an unprecedented setback after our Hunan army raised its troops. ”

Li Xubin, who escaped with his life in the Battle of Nanchang, also said the truth: "Shilang, it is not your business to counterattack Jiangxi, you should listen more to Runsheng's meaning." ”

"Runsheng?"

Zeng Guofan knew that half of the situation of the Hunan army was in his own hands, and the other half was in the hands of Hu Linyi, but he still insisted on his own proposition: "It is imperative to counterattack Nanchang...... The children of Sanxiang are still there today, and they don't see Taqib back then. ”

Zeng Guofan was determined to carry out this counterattack on Nanchang to the end.

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"How can Shi Yunqing have the capital to copy our back road?" Huo Qiu looked furious: "If he hadn't stabbed us in the back, we might have entered Changsha!"

Although the Jiangxi war situation has been in a secondary position in the strategic layout of the entire Hong Army since the first division returned to the east, the Second Army was still formed in Jiangxi as the general organ for attacking the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the new commander of the Second Army, Huo Qiu, was also willing to burn a few fires.

After all, the number one backbone in the Jiangxi battlefield was his second division, and in a short period of time, Huo Qiu integrated the old Taiping army on the Jiangxi battlefield, especially Lin Qirong and Huang Wenjin, the two most effective backbone troops of the old Taiping army, gave him great confidence, not to mention that he also transported a considerable amount of arms from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. ..., but at this juncture, Shi Yunqing hit such a heavy blow that Huo Qiu's entire layout could only start from scratch, and Lu Ziyun said coldly: "This capital, this problem has to be overcome!"

As one of the two clouds in Nanxi, Yun Tianzong felt a sense of self-embarrassment when he heard Lu Ziyun's words, and he could only smile bitterly: "Last time, Shi Yunqing said that there was a big operation in Fujian, and borrowed 500 old flintlock pistols and 50,000 rifle cartridges from me. ”

500 flintlock pistols and 50,000 rounds of rifle ammunition are not much troops in the Rainbow Army now, not to mention that the main force of the Rainbow Army has begun to fully replace with Mini rifles, but the problem is that the direction of the outflow of this batch of arms is not right, Huo Qiu almost jumped up: "Why don't I know about this matter, Tianzong, you are really confused!"

Yun Tianzong is really self-conscious, he is usually extremely careful in doing things, and he has never made any mistakes, but he did make a fatal mistake in this problem: "Hey...... I did something wrong, and if I want to suspend my job, I have nothing to say. ”

He couldn't have imagined that Shi Yunqing actually stabbed himself at this critical time, the loan of this batch of arms was his moral assistance, but he didn't expect to let himself plant a big fight, and Huo Qiu even said: "Without your batch of arms, Shi Yunqing may not dare to stab us." ”

He knows Shi Yunqing's details very well, although Shi Yunqing's army now has the strength of three regiments, it is not a descendant of the Hong Army, its combat effectiveness is not strong, and its equipment is not strong, Yun Tianzong can make the same mistake as Sun Huzi this time: "Tianzong, Sun Huzi's experience from the past, don't forget!"

It's just that just at this time, there was an urgent report over there: "Commander, urgent military situation." ”

"Is Zeng Demon Tou preparing to give birth to something again?"

Huo Qiu felt that things were not going well recently, but there was an unexpected piece of information from there: "No, it was Shi Dakai, the Wing King of the Heavenly Kingdom, who left Tianjing and led 120,000 people to Anqing!" (To be continued)