Chapter 188: Preparing for War

Guo Xing'a was busy with military training and production every day, and then he was messing around with the Tianni sisters in the room, and the days passed in a hurry, and it was mixed up until the end of July in a blink of an eye. The official document of the imperial court was handed to Guo Xing'a's desk again, and Guo Xing'a once again convened a meeting of all the officers.

"The British, French and Yi people are rampant, and they have already taken the sea off the coast, and there is a possibility of invading the territory of our Celestial Empire at any time, and now Tianjin is already full of war clouds. The imperial court also sent an official letter on this matter, asking our department to be ready to go to the aid and participate in the war at any time, but it also mentioned the crisis in Jiangnan, and asked us to discuss the strategy of going south, and there is a possibility of sending our department to Jiangnan again. I called everyone over today, just to discuss the next step, my department has been resting for half a year, and it is time to have a strategy! After the generals were seated, it was still the opening words of Cezanne.

"Go to Gangnam! Good, good! Will we still hit Nanjing first this time? It seemed that no one had heard the news of Tianjin, and they were jubilant and talked about going south.

"Nanjing is not easy to fight! There is also the Zeng general system in the upstream, let's go downstream! I heard that Li Xiucheng went to Suzhou, and there are also rich people, so let's hit Suzhou first! Suzhou and Hangzhou are rich in the world, they can make a good profit, and then they will have something to do with the Zeng general system, and the credit is also indispensable to us, and the Lord of Nanjing can be crowned king! Obviously, several high-ranking cadres paid attention to the situation in the south, and they said the strategy with one mouth.

And these people also remembered the will of Emperor Xianfeng "Fujiang Ningzhi King", and the meaning couldn't be clearer, the benefits of Suzhou and Hangzhou are great, and there is enough merit, if Guoxinga is crowned king, they can also mix a first-class and second-grade big man to do it. They all started with the Taiping Army's training, and none of them took the Taiping Army too seriously, and they all felt that there was no difference between taking the current guy to do the Taiping Army and grabbing credit and silver.

"Zhili is in danger, I don't plan to go south for the time being, and I still want to write to the imperial court and apply to go to Tianjin to participate in the war!" These people didn't mention the Anglo-French coalition army, and they all began to study the benefits of going to Jiangnan, and Guo Xing'a could only express himself very embarrassed. At least with his attitude, these people just want to give him face, and they have to consider the Anglo-French alliance.

"My lord, what are we going to Tianjin for! What is there in Tianjin! ”

"The monk king can tolerate our ......"

"A group of Yi people have nothing to ......"

"Think twice, adults! Don't delay the opportunity to go south......"

"Are we preparing some sea boats......" Tan Shaoguang's voice was drowned out in the voices of the generals, very inconspicuous.

"My lord, we will suffer a loss in the fight with the monk king, so let's go to the south! ……”

"The court clearly wants us to go to the south, don't twist the meaning of the court, sir......"

As soon as Guo Xing'a said that he was going to fight the British and French forces, the people below instantly opened the pot, and Guo Xing'a felt that a large swarm of flies flew in front of him, and he couldn't hear anything clearly. However, a thousand words conveyed to him a meaning, and everyone was against it, almost ninety-nine percent of the voices were against it, and only Rong Hong and Tan Shaoguang supported him.

The only two supporters of Guoxinga are both believers in the Chinese nation, Tan Shaoguang is enthusiastic, and Rong Hong knows the strength of the British and French alliances, so the attitudes of the two are also somewhat different. Tan Shaoguang felt that the Yi people came from the sea, so he should prepare some warships and go out to sea to find the enemy to fight. Rong Hong is much more negative, he knows the gap between the Qing Dynasty and Europe and the United States, although he praises Guoxing'a, but he obviously lacks confidence, he doesn't think Guoxing'a can win.

"More than 20,000 British and French troops are coming, and Zhili is in crisis, how can we go south!" Guo Xing'a also saw that when these subordinates heard that they were going to fight the Taiping Army, their eyes were red, and he couldn't stop him. Especially the group of people who couldn't go to Jiangnan last time, these people were all envious when they saw that all the people who came back were rich, and they all regarded going south as an opportunity to make a fortune.

"Your Excellency, you're too worried! There are monks guarding Tianjin, how can we have a chance to make a move. Moreover, there are many garrisons in Zhili, and we are not near the canal, even if the Yiren come in, it will not be our turn! Bo Ritu and the others chattered for a long time before Bo Ritu came out to distinguish with Guo Xing'a.

After some arguments, Guo Xing'a realized that he was playing the piano to the cow at all, and he and his officers were not on the same channel at all. Guo Xinga knew the strength of the Anglo-French alliance and regarded the Anglo-French alliance as a strong enemy, but the generals felt that the Anglo-French alliance was a group of people who were similar to monkeys, that is, the guns were powerful, and the others were not worth mentioning. It was as if as soon as the Anglo-French troops landed, a gust of wind could blow them away, and there was no need to use the iron cavalry of the Labor Qing Dynasty.

The First Opium War was not a thing at all for *, especially for the middle and lower classes. In the eyes of many people, it is just a group of monkey-like people who rushed out of the cage and made a simple fuss. Although the Qing Dynasty was defeated, it was not a big deal! People have missed their hands and horses have messy hooves, and the Heavenly Empire accidentally loses a hand, which is a big deal. Millions of silver, a few ports, and a desert island the size of an egg, just play with the monkeys, and the dignified Celestial Empire still cares about this big sesame seed.

Even if the current princes of the dynasty and even the peddlers and pawns, although they advocate the sympathy of the Yi people, they don't feel that they can't beat the Yi people, but they are just too lazy to pay attention to the Yi people. In everyone's eyes, long hair is the big thing, because these guys are here to fight for the world, and Yiren is just here to ask for food. The Qing Dynasty's feelings towards the European and American powers were a bit like modern people meeting cannibals, a little scared, but completely despised them. I don't beat you, it's not because I can't mess with you, but because I'm very busy now and I'm too lazy to take care of you.

This situation will not change until Xianfeng Bei Hunt and the Old Summer Palace is burned down, and it is only to admit that the Yi people are fighting hard. This kind of thing will not happen to the Chinese until it is beaten by Little Japan. To fully worship the foreign, we had to wait until the eight-nation alliance army came in, a fiasco of ancient times, and then beat the spirit of the Chinese, and felt that the foreigners were good at everything.

Guo Xing'a jumped out now, saying how powerful the Yi people were, and Monk Greenqin gave it completely in vain, which would only make everyone think that Guo Xing'a was sick again. A group of people who can't even bend their knees, what's so powerful, the Mongol cavalry of Monk Grinqin is not as simple as killing rabbits.

"I've made up my mind, don't say any more! If I misjudged, it wouldn't be too late for us to go to Jiangnan again, but now we must give all our thoughts to Lao Tzu to deal with the Yiren! "I don't understand, Guo Xing'a can only play autocratic dictatorship.

"Huh!" Except for Tan Shaoguang, who felt that Guoxing was trustworthy and had a happy face, everyone else reluctantly agreed.

Everyone felt that Guo Xing'a was wasting time, and he should hurry south to grab things, otherwise the benefits would be taken away by Zeng Guofan. However, they also have some comfort, how bad the situation in Jiangnan is now, they still have a lot of opportunities, and when the British and French troops are beaten away by Seng Greenqin, it will still be too late. Let Li Xiucheng snatch Jiangnan clean up first! When the time comes, they will go directly to rob Li Xiucheng, and they will save others from saying that they are robbing places.

"My lord, are we going to build a warship and let the brothers practice first, otherwise the brothers will suffer if they don't practice water warfare!" Tan Shaoguang actually didn't believe that the British and French forces could enter the mainland, he just wanted to fight foreigners.

"Chenghui! We don't need warships, we don't have that technology yet, and if we really go to sea, we will die. This time, I estimate that Tianjin will not be able to hold it, and we will still focus on land warfare! "Guo Xinga is a little helpless, everyone doesn't know much about the British and French forces.

Tan Shaoguang didn't have a word when he was in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the word Chenghui was recently given to him by Pi Runmin, and Guo Xing'a and Tan Shaoguang liked it very much. Originally, it was Chengming, but Tan Shaoguang was originally from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, if he used this word, it would be troublesome to be said to have the intention of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, so he chose Chenghui.

The generals scoffed at Guo Xing's statement, but it was just a word, even if Guo Xing'a said it, everyone could only pinch their noses and implement it. Guo Xing'a was afraid that the people would disobey the yang and the yin, so he asked Pi Runmin to draft the order to go to war that night, and at the same time organized a swearing-in meeting outside the city the next day.

"Brethren! We are going to go on another expedition, and this time we are not only going to fight for ourselves and our country, but also for our nation! After completing the tedious sacrificial rites, Goxinga put on his new military uniform and stood on a high platform.

"Among us, there are banner people and Han people, and there are Manchus, Mongolians, Miao people, Zhuang people, and Han people, but we are all people of the Chinese nation, and black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin are the marks left to us by our ancestors. They are all descendants of Yan and Huang! Mr. Pi told me that this East Lake is the descendant of who's grandson in the Five Emperors, and the descendant of the Xiongnu, to put it bluntly, they are all an ancestor! Just like a big family, the Han people are the eldest brother, the Manchus are the family, the brothers are living together, we sometimes have friction, but outsiders come, we are a family, and the brothers are bullied outside the wall. After several deliberations on the draft, Guo Xing'a remembered the last sentence.

"In the past, we were the boss in this world, and there was no one who dared to come to look for death, and it was also a matter between our brothers to fight back and forth, but now it is different, outsiders are coming. There is now a group of outsiders in the sea off Tanggu, they are different from us, they are white-skinned, there are all kinds of hair color, and the color of the eyeballs is not necessarily, they are all colored. They can't say anything but their skin is white. I'm going to take you to stop them from coming in. Guo Xing'a originally wanted to say that white people are white-skinned, yellow-haired, and blue-eyed, but when the words came to his mouth, he remembered that the color of the white man's hair and the look of his eyes were really uncertain.

"Why do you want to stop them, we fought and robbed something, this thing is also in our own house, the meat is still rotten in the pot, they snatched it, and they can't come back, it's an outsider. Not only do they want to rob us of our things, but they also want to spoil our women, think about it! I don't want to have a friend who drinks with your children and grandchildren in the future who is blue-eyed, come with me to kill the enemy! "Guo Xing'a is a little lacking in vocabulary, he is actually not very good at stirring people's hearts, he does it step by step. But women must be mentioned, the ghost knows what the military discipline of the British and French forces is, anyway, if women are mentioned, men of the same race will definitely be angry.

The effect of the pledge meeting is average, the main reason is that Guoxinga's speech is too ordinary, and then there is no environmental infection, and it is difficult for ordinary people to have hatred for monkeys after listening to the speech. However, after waiting for two days, Guoxing's request for war was replied, and the precept was harsh, and at the end, Guoxing's strict defense was not allowed to make extraneous branches.