A group of British sailors raised their hands, they were not nobles, they did not particularly care about honor, so when their lives were threatened, they naturally chose to surrender. And in the minds of these sailors themselves, they all felt that they had done their best, that the commander of the fleet was not there, that they had suffered a surprise attack by friendly forces in their home port, and that their defeat was inevitable. And the sneak attack on their allies is not only shameless, but also a bunch of standard madmen, and the British sailors have never heard of such a thing as flying on a warship.

As soon as the British sailors in the harbor landed, the battle came to an end, and the defenders of the Qing court did not react a little sluggishly until they were disarmed by the marines. Bian Changdi successfully completed Guoxing's explanation, and he captured all the twenty capital ships of the Aspen fleet, of course, he also paid a certain price. All 52 warships of the 1st Rapid Response Fleet were painted, and the ships that hit the cruisers and destroyers of the Aspen fleet only needed to be repaired, and the dozen or so battleships that challenged the battleships had to be overhauled. The "Long Live the Great General," the flagship of the First Rapid Reaction Fleet of the "China," hit the entire capital of the ship head-on, and the opponent's size was nearly three times that of the "Long Live the Great General." When the two ships separated, the "Long Live the Great General" almost sank directly.

Although the injuries were not light, but it was definitely worth it, the first rapid reaction fleet was seriously injured, but the Aspen fleet was slightly injured, and the seven main battleships were only scratched a little paint. Botun was angry and frightened when he first started the war, so he didn't join the war in time, and now that the battle is over, his reaction is not slow. The coarse men of the 1st Rapid Response Fleet don't seem to like huge battleships very much, and they focus on controlling prisoners of war and rescuing their own warships. Bo Dun, who knew the significance of these giant battleships, also became greedy, and quickly ordered his classmates to bring people over to take over these huge treasures.

News of the Dagukou battle soon spread to Tianjin, and then back to Beijing. Hearing this thunderbolt on a sunny day, Li Taitai, who was bargaining, was instantly stupid, and Yixin and Su Shun began to sigh. Li Tai shouted that this was a war, and no one listened to it at all, and if he lost the Aspen fleet, Li Tai would have no bargaining chips, and as an ordinary British citizen, no one in the Qing Dynasty wanted to deal with him now. After Yi Xin allocated the calculated salaries of the early fleet members to Li Tai, he blasted him out, and the fleet that he bought with a huge amount of money was gone!

"Guo Xing'a eats what he eats in his mouth, don't want him to spit it out again, millions of ointment in the imperial court, and this white-eyed wolf is cheap!" The more Su Shun thought about it, the more angry he became, and he angrily threw a tea bowl.

"Send someone to ask! The silver is from the imperial court, and Yun Xian's appearance will not be too ugly, so how much will we return a few ships! "Yi Xin can only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and try it with a final effort.

Li Tai, Aspen and others have become inconsequential people, and Aspen, who values honor, has to accept that he lost the entire fleet in a breakfast time. The two Brits walked away, but the debate about the fleet was not over, and this time the protagonists were Chinese. Wen Xiang, who came to Tianjin on behalf of the imperial court, hoped that Zheng Qifeng, who represented Northern Manchuria, would agree to hand over the captured ships of his subordinate and give the imperial court appropriate economic compensation in return. Zheng Qifeng was very interested in financial compensation, but the soldiers of North Manchu were more interested in warships, and when Wen Xiang chased him to Tianjin to negotiate, the Aspen fleet had already sailed to the Dalian shipyard for repairs and reconstructions.

Wen Xiang and Zheng Qifeng repeatedly played and tossed for a long time, but there was no big progress, Zheng Qifeng wanted money very much, but only agreed to return the supply ships and small warships, and the seven capital ships refused to return anything. And for the dozen or so small and medium-sized boats that can be returned, Zheng Qifeng also asked for a large price, which is almost equivalent to the imperial court buying these boats again. Wen Xiang couldn't accept this result no matter what, even if he went to Changchun to make trouble, he had to ask Guoxinga to return at least three capital ships to the imperial court. But at this time, there was a great happy event, so that Wen Xiang had to accept Zheng Qifeng's proposal, do his best to appease Guo Xing'a, and even woo Guo Xing'a, reminding Guo Xing'a not to forget that he is still a banner man.

This great joy that shook the world was the fall of Tianjing, or the recovery of Nanjing, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which had tormented the Qing Empire for more than ten years like maggots attached to the bones, finally stopped. Hong Xiuquan, the god who achieved the greatest achievement among the mentally deranged people in China, finally died in the city of Nanjing, and successfully became a prop for Zeng Guoquan's performance art, and was completely returned to heaven and earth after being crushed.

The high-level leaders of the Qing Dynasty celebrated the end of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but Zeng Guofan, who stood at the head of Nanjing, also became a big trouble for the imperial court. There are two main reasons for this, one is that Nanjing is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which has a special significance for the Han people who have anti-Qing and Ming restoration ideas. Zeng Guofan is deeply respected in Jiangnan, in case someone instigates him to be the second Zhu Yuanzhang in Nanjing, but it will be a catastrophe for the Qing Dynasty. Second, when Xianfeng was alive, he once said that he was the king of Jiangning. This sentence is a sentence to express the mood, and it is not worth taking seriously at all, but it is this sentence that makes Xianfeng's successors very passive. In order to counteract the problem of this sentence, they had to think of countless ways to remedy it.

At the beginning, the imperial court planned to let a prince of the clan to lead the army to recover Nanjing, so that if it was defeated, the credit would also belong to the nobles of the clan, and it didn't matter whether he was crowned king or not. However, the cruelty of the Taiping War was far greater than any previous war, not to mention the prince of the clan, and the children of the Eight Banners who were generally capable did not dare to go to the south to die. Later, the imperial court thought of Guoxinga, if Guoxinga led the troops south to solve Nanjing, the imperial court would give a banner man the king, which would be more decent, and could inspire more lower-level banner people. It's a pity that Guoxing'a developed too fast, and there were too many entanglements with Xianfeng, Yixin, and Sushun, and finally left the northern Xinjiang, and it had nothing to do with the affairs of Jiangnan. Jiangnan could only rely on Zeng Guofan and others for the affairs of Jiangnan, and the imperial court began to devote itself to provoking the relationship between Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang and others, hoping that they would contain each other and not become a feudal town like Guoxing'a.

However, too many things will not develop according to the plan, Zeng Guofan did not take Nanjing with Zuo Zongtang and Li Hongzhang according to the design of the imperial court, but Zeng Jiu entered the city of Nanjing alone. Then things are embarrassing, Zeng Guofan is now recovering Nanjing, and it stands to reason that he should be crowned king, but Zeng Guofan has hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, and the soldiers are arrogant and fierce, if he is crowned king, he occupies such an important place in Nanjing, and it is too dangerous to follow.

The imperial court wanted to believe in Zeng Guofan's loyalty, but Zeng Guofan's strength was too terrible, and the Hunan army was the second largest military body in China after the Guoxinga Northeast Army. Moreover, Guoxing'a only has a military advantage over Zeng Guofan, after all, the two armies have not really fought each other, and it is really hard to say how much Guoxing'a is stronger than Zeng Guofan. Moreover, Zeng Guofan is geographically and politically stronger than Guoxing'a I don't know how many times, if Zeng Guofan ascends in Nanjing, shouts Yixia defense, and calls on the Han people in the world to expel the Tartars, I don't know if even Guoxing'a can stew with a spoonful. Therefore, the imperial court has to guard against Zeng Guofan, just like Guoxing'a at the beginning, your strength is enough to threaten the imperial court, even if you don't have such a mind, you will appear on the imperial court's suppression list.

It is precisely because the imperial court now has to concentrate on dealing with Zeng Guofan and forcing Zeng Guofan to accept disarmament, transfer and other conditions, so the matter of fighting for warships with Guoxing can only be postponed. And the court also figured out one thing, Asben and a group of foreigners have left, and now even if Guoxinga hands over the ship, they have no one who can drive the ship. Instead of fighting with Guo Xing'a and finally parking the ship that was going back in the harbor, it was better to cheapen Guo Xing'a first in exchange for Guoxing's support for the imperial court in the event of a conflict between the imperial court and Zeng Guofan.

The imperial court's preparation for Zeng Guofan was not just a benefit to Guo Xing'a. Shandong's monk Greenqin, Shaanxi's Duolong'a, and Henan's green battalion soldiers all began to move south, one was to put a little pressure on Zeng Guofan, reminding him that the court was not confused, and the other was that even if Zeng Guofan really rebelled, he would not be given the opportunity to go north immediately after crossing the river.

Nanjing's Zeng Guofan was also uncomfortable, as soon as the Hunan army entered the city of Nanjing, they all went crazy, and even the marshal Zeng Guofan couldn't control it. The nine handsome Zeng Guoquan suddenly became a performance artist, and the body of Hong Xiuquan, which was worth 10,000 gold, was burned into charcoal by Zeng Guoquan, crushed to ashes, and then dried up without a trace. Zeng Guofan's favorite general Li Chendian broke out all the desires of a young man, and he accepted as many daughters-in-law as Hong Xiuquan had left, but a young general who had repeatedly made military exploits was so inexplicably exhausted. Although the others are not as brilliant as these two, they are all worthy of themselves, and a trip to Nanjing City is worth it in this life. Zeng Guofan, who was known as the evil name of shaving his head, had compassion for the thieves, and the city of Nanjing was almost killed by the Hunan army into an empty city and robbed into an empty city.

The overall situation has been decided, and Zeng Guofan has not restrained his subordinates too much, one is that for so many years, these Hunan generals have all suffered a lot, and they should be rewarded. Second, in order not to make the court suspicious, Zeng Guofan must use some self-defiling means to make the court let him go. Zeng Guofan, who was deeply versed in his studies, was loyal to the imperial court, and he was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty. Although he also had the idea of Yixia Dafang in his heart, he understood better than anyone else that the people now needed the Qing Dynasty, and without this Hu Ren Emperor, the world would probably be in chaos for a longer time, and more people would be killed and injured.

It's a pity that the tree wants to be quiet and the wind doesn't stop, Zeng Guofan wants to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, but many people have been enough loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the current army of the Qing Dynasty, except for the Hunan, Huai, Chu and other armies, has almost no soldiers to fight, and the soldiers will be weak, and it is not the opponent of the Hunan army. Guo Xing'a, the strongest among the banner people, is not the same heart as the imperial court at all, and this person has retreated to the outside of the pass, as long as the Hunan army does not provoke him, he will not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court and the Hunan army. In the eyes of these people, as long as Zeng Guofan ascended to the top and shouted, and then the army went north, Zeng Guofan did not need to spend much effort to spread the word and determine the world.

Zeng Guoquan and Bao Chao and a few other guys who looked like reckless men jumped out and played the trick of persuasion, Zeng Guofan repeatedly refused and scolded them, they still tossed again and again, and they never got tired of it. When Zeng Guofan was helpless, a group of warships sailing on the river rescued him from the crisis.

"Blue flag, white sun, bright flag! Who is so kind, it's the opposite! Bao Chao looked at the military flag of the majestic fleet on the river, and said heartlessly.

"Eight stars hold the sun flag!" Zeng Guofan said lightly, he suddenly felt that this flag was very dazzling.

"Guo Yunxian still sent someone!" Zeng Guoquan rolled his eyes, he was not afraid of heaven and earth.

"They're the same race after all!" Zeng Guofan just shook his head.