"That's right, we need to make an informed decision!"

Lin Mengchu directly answered Ye Huaizhi's question, he took out his own collection of eight large pocket watches, only to see the silver brilliance, sure enough, it was the treasure in the pocket watch: "This is the reward of Your Majesty last year, you and I can have today, I have to thank Your Majesty......"

As he spoke, his voice was low: "Therefore, my decision is that my Philippines is as stable as gold, and the Spaniards pounce on Minduro, I have the confidence to succeed and the determination to become benevolent, please rest assured that Your Majesty will go north, and there is no need to worry about the Philippines!" ”

His voice has always been high and passionate, but at this moment it has become deeper and lower, but his tone is full of a rare firmness: "To defeat a mere Spain, how can I need the strength of the whole country of China, I Lin Mengchu will bear it!" ”

This rare perseverance touched Ye Huaizhi, and he immediately said: "Please rest assured, whether it is offensive or defensive, the officers and men of our Marine Brigade have confidence and determination!" ”

"Faith, determination, perseverance!" Lin Mengchu smiled: "Only in this way can we win, this battle, I will go on an expedition with you at any time, and I have no regrets if I want to die in the belly of the fish-1-"

This is the determination to reinforce Minduluo, Ye Huaizhi couldn't help but smile.

There are a full five hundred comrades-in-arms in Minduluo, no matter what kind of friendship they have in peacetime, or what kind of disputes they have, they are all comrades-in-arms who live and die together, and it is impossible for Lin Mengchu and Ye Huaizhi to abandon them: "Leave it to our maritime mobile regiment!" ”

"We have to be careful!" Lin Mengchu bit his lip and said, "This battle will decide the ownership of 10,000 islands, if we can't win." You can only go to the sea. ”

Ye Huaizhi understood what Lin Mengchu meant, but before their ship left Manila, the worst news came.

According to the latest news from the people of Mindu Luotu. The Spaniards have landed more than 2,000 troops on Mindoro and are continuing to increase their forces, while the defenders on the island are unknown.

"How many of us are on Mindoro?"

"Including indigenous soldiers. There were about five hundred. ”

"What about their ammunition and food stocks?"

"It was replenished once last month, and it can support at least three days of continuous fighting, and the grain can last until next month."

"They have strong fortifications, right?"

"Yes, inherited from the Spaniards, and our soldiers have rebuilt it themselves!"

"That's enough!"

Lin Mengchu gave an order: "I will be with you at any time, ready to set sail!" ”

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The news from the Philippines was also transmitted to Liu Chang's desk as soon as possible, and now the battle report on Mindoro Island has become the focus of the entire Shanghai, and everyone knows who won this battle. In the next step, the battle for the Philippines took the initiative.

Liu Chang said to Nanbo Hang in front of a batch of intelligence that had just been delivered: "Now the enemy army in Mindoro has exceeded two thousand? ”

"Yes!" Nan Bohang replied to him: "And there is still a momentum to continue to increase troops, the navy Zhang Sigui has decided to reinforce two marine companies to the Philippines, His Excellency Lin Mengchu has repeatedly said that they have the determination to win, please rest assured that your majesty will go north, there is no need to worry about the Philippines." ”

"Lin Mengchu did an excellent job!" Liu Chang suddenly thought of Lin Mengchu a few years ago, who was a small group leader who trembled under the saber. I didn't expect to come to this point now, time can change all this.

"Tell Zhang Sigui that this is the last batch of reinforcements he sent to the Philippines, and the entire mission of the Navy in the next step is to carry out the Thunder Sword plan."

The Sword of Thunder can be said to be the Rainbow Army's counterattack plan for the Russian invasion of Northeast and North China. This time, the entire Rainbow Army will be mobilized to carry it out, and even the original advance to the southwest will be stopped. …,

This can be said to be an unprecedented battle in the history of the Rainbow Army, using more than 100,000 combat troops, and even using various reserves in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Fujian. ”

The Spaniards sent more than 20,000 Spanish soldiers to the Philippine Islands, plus the indigenous soldiers here, a total strength of more than 40,000, plus a large number of steamships and sailing ships in their hands, ready to attack Chinese mainland, so the Hong Army had to deploy heavy troops along the coast for the landing of the Spaniards.

This is the sorrow of a continental country, deployed everywhere, divided troops everywhere, and in the end, it was not a strategic focus of deployment at all, but for Liu Chang, the news from Lin Mengchu could let him go north.

"We won't give Lin Mengchu much support, everything depends on them to struggle, but one Mindulo battle is enough to make the Spaniards unable to take care of the mainland at all."

Although the scale of the Mintulo operation seems to be small, the Spaniards only dispatched 2,000 people, and the defenders only used four or five hundred people, but Liu Chang, who has experience in landing operations, clearly sees one point, such a landing operation will consume the ships and materials in the hands of the Spaniards, and even if they can have another landing operation, it will only be an operation against the Philippine Islands, and it should have nothing to do with the mainland itself.

"We are sorry for Lin Mengchu and the soldiers in the fight with the Philippines." Liu Chang stood up, his hand resting on the table, his voice was not high, but it was very clear to Nan Bohang's ears: "We can only win!" We can't be self-contained. ”

The tragedy of 1664 had already caused China to fall for two hundred years, and now in the decisive battle of North China in 1859, Liu Chang was by no means willing to be the second Li Zicheng!

He had to defeat all his opponents, whether they were the Spaniards, the Qing army, or the Russians, or the rebels who were holding back the Rainbow Army's movements, and he spat out a natural voice: "In this battle, I will take the battle myself!" ”

He maintains the habit of modern people, usually only uses "I" to refer to himself, and rarely uses the word "I", which has a heavy responsibility, but when he said this, he felt relaxed all over.

This is his responsibility, he must lead this force to sweep the entire North China, no matter how many hardships and dangers, no matter how many storms, thunder and lightning, he only has the qualifications to walk with the soldiers all the way.

"Your Majesty...... It's too dangerous. ”

Nan Bohang had to worry about Liu Chang, and he said loudly: "If you are a little surprised, who will inherit the unification?" ”

This is Liu Chang and the biggest concern of the Hong Army, up to now, he does not have a legal heir, you must know that his harem gave birth to four daughters for her in one go, but there is no boy, if Liu Chang has something, it may be the biggest crisis since the creation of the entire Hong Army.

"That's not what I care about, this China is completely different from the original! Even if it is a civil war, there should be a good ending. ”

Liu Chang smiled: "Tell you that I will drive the expedition tomorrow, this is my responsibility!" ”

The fierce wind accompanies me only those heroic spirits who sing the names of their comrades!

This is my responsibility Liu Chang.

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The ninth year of Xianfeng can be said to be the most difficult year since Xianfeng ascended the throne, both in history and in this time and space.

Mao Haijian once wrote a book in Xianfeng, called "The Son of Bitter Destiny", which can be said to be the clearest description of the entire history of the Xianfeng dynasty.

Xianfeng has not yet ascended the throne, there has been a domestic turmoil, and then the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was established in Yong'an, in addition to the entire dynasty is in extreme internal and external troubles, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Twist Army, the Heaven and Earth Society, the British, the French, the Xianfeng Dynasty does not know how many wars and disputes. …,

At this time in history, Emperor Xianfeng has taken refuge in Chengde, and although the current Emperor Xianfeng can still rely on Beijing, the difficulties of current affairs are beyond his imagination.

Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Henan have all fallen into the hands of the Hongjun, and Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan in the southwest have also completely escaped the control of the Manchus.

Although the northwest still controls most of Gansu and Shaanxi, but for the next decisive battle in the North China Plain, although the green battalion soldiers and the Eight Banners of Gansu and Shaanxi provinces are the strongest forces in the world, they can only protect themselves, but the torture suffered by God Xianfeng is not enough, and the Russian Yi people in the north have entered the Guanwai in a big way under the pretext of aiding the Qing Dynasty, and it is said that they will not only cut off the entire Guanwai and Mongolia, but even Beijing.

Is it the end of the foundation that Taizu, Taizong, and the ancestors of all generations have worked so hard to build to my generation?

Looking at the many twists and turns in front of the imperial case, Xianfeng only felt that every breath of air he breathed in was poisonous, and he felt that he couldn't hold a letter of folds in his whole person.

The more eventful the country, the more such emergency reports, the Qing Dynasty usually controlled the emperor's daily receipt of letters within 200 letters, and most of these letters were insignificant, such as the governor's request for peace, leave, and routine notification of the appointment and dismissal of officials in the province, and the emperor only needed to simply approve three words "I know".

The three words "know" are the most criticized words by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty on the fold, but now such a mountain of folds can not simply use the word "know" to deal with it, each letter represents a bloody military situation, and now Xianfeng has to dispose of as many as three or four hundred pieces of folds every day.

Even at this point, Xianfeng had to cough a sentence and said loudly: "Call Su Shun!" I want to drive the expedition myself! (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )