"Lord Ding, three days have passed, can you think about it?"

"This official... I... After thinking about it, I am willing to lead the Beiyang Naval Division to submit to the King of Han. www.biquge.info After saying this, the big stone in Ding Ruchang's heart finally let go.

After Ding Ruchang said this, it also meant that the four naval fleets owned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, namely the Beiyang Navy, the Nanyang Navy, the Fujian Navy, and the Guangdong Navy, were all submitted to the Han Kingdom.

It seems incredible that the Han Kingdom took the Beiyang Navy, the Nanyang Navy, the Fujian Navy, and the Guangdong Navy without a single soldier, but in fact it is an inevitable thing, even if it is not surrendered now, after the Han army liberates the country, these four naval fleets will surrender.

Looking at the current situation in the land of China, it is expected that within half a month, the Han army will completely occupy all areas in the south except for Hainan and Taiwan, and the northern region is expected to be completely captured in more than a month.

What's more, the Suzaku Legion has already entered Zhili, and there is also a cavalry surprise attack on Shanhaiguan to cut off the Manchu Qing Dynasty's back road.

No matter how stupid the people who got these news were, they understood that the Manchus were going to die, and there was no future to speak of if they followed the Manchus, and they would only follow the Manchus to accompany the funeral.

When the land of China is occupied, the four naval fleets of the Beiyang Navy, the Nanyang Navy, the Fujian Navy, and the Guangdong Navy, which have lost their land support, will be water without a source and a tree without roots, and they will have to surrender obediently in the end.

Compared with the final forced surrender, if you return to the Han Kingdom now, the treatment is very different, the generals of the various naval fleets understand this truth, and it just so happens that Yan Xueyi sent someone to persuade him to surrender, which is obviously to attach importance to himself, and he agreed to go down the river.

Some people may be curious about the fact that these admirals all betrayed the Manchus and returned to the Han Kingdom, but don't forget, these navies were often able to communicate with the outside world, and under the influence of Western countries, they were more open-minded, plus they were Han Chinese themselves, and they did not have much loyalty to the Manchus.

Take Beiyang Navy Admiral Ding Ruchang as an example, Ding Ruchang participated in the Taiping Army in his early years, when the Taiping Army was gone, he was forced to return to the Shunxiang Army with the team, and soon changed to the Huai Army, participated in the battle against the Taiping Army and the Twist Army, and the official was named Admiral, Guangxu five years (1879), was transferred by Li Hongzhang to Beiyang Coastal Defense, and now the official is the Admiral of the Beiyang Navy.

As a former member of the Taiping Army, Ding Ruchang naturally did not have much loyalty to the Manchus, and Li Hongzhang, who had the grace to support Ding Ruchang, was killed by the Manchus.

In addition, agents of the Ministry of Intelligence also infiltrated the four naval fleets and successfully won over some people, which was of great help to the Han Kingdom in controlling the four naval fleets.

Of course, there were also people in each of the four naval fleets who were loyal to the Manchus, and then the agents used various methods to cause accidents to make them disappear.

Wan Derong, who was born in the Ministry of Intelligence, understood that after hearing Ding Ruchang's answer, he understood that the first task of his trip had been completed, and if the first mission was successful, the second task would be much easier, so Wan Derong said to Ding Ruchang again: "Lord Ding, I have another piece of information to reveal to you, as long as you seize this opportunity, your position in the heart of King Han will be one step closer, maybe the position of the future commander of the navy will be yours." ”

"What?" Ding Ruchang was surprised when he heard Wan Derong's words, but Ding Ruchang felt that he was too excited, so he quickly calmed down.

Seeing Ding Ruchang's appearance, Wan Derong continued: "Lord Ding, a cavalry of our Han army has attacked Shanhaiguan and blocked the back road of the Manchu Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty wants to retreat to the northeast, there are only two ways to go, one way is to send troops to attack Shanhaiguan, but I believe that the Qing army will not be able to attack Shanhaiguan, and the other road is ......"

"By sea!" Ding Ruchang already knew in his heart that if he could lead the Beiyang Navy to catch the Manchu Qing Dynasty on the sea, it would definitely be a great achievement, and if he could really succeed, everything would be thanks to the people in front of him.

I saw Ding Ruchang excitedly holding Wan Derong's hand and saying: "Little Brother Wan, I don't know what to say, brother, it's better for us to worship and become brothers with different surnames......"

Wan Derong: ......

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Yanjing

More than 7,000 people from the first town of the Beiyang Army left Yanjing and marched towards Shanhaiguan.

What is the situation, why is there only more than 7,000 people left in the first town of the Beiyang Army, no matter how weak the combat effectiveness of the first town is, but its personnel are full.

You must know that there are 748 officers and secretaries in a town of the Beiyang Army, 10,436 soldiers and 1,328 husbands, and a total of 12,513 personnel in the town.

Where are the five thousand left?

Outsiders don't know where people go, but the officers of the Beiyang Army and the ministers of the Qing court do.

Don't forget that the first town of the Beiyang Army is composed of most of the people at half-mast and a small number of Han people.

It's not that everyone doesn't know what the flag people look like, so the combat effectiveness of the first town of the Beiyang Army is very poor, but now the Qing court wants to send the first town of the Beiyang Army to attack Shanhaiguan, and the flag people in the first town of the Beiyang Army are so afraid that they are reluctant to go, and they become deserters, and a considerable number of them even pay to hire poor Han people in Yanjing to fight instead of themselves, and it is the officers in the first town who raise their heads, and the soldiers below are even more like.

As a result, an army of 12,000 men was left with only 7,000 people, nearly half of whom were poor people who could not even shoot a gun.

How could such an army be able to defeat Shanhaiguan, I am afraid that half of the people could be lost on the way, and even the ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were completely disappointed in it, and no longer thought of retreating to the northeast by land, and put their hearts on the sea route.

After the well-informed banner people in Yanjing City got accurate news, they took advantage of the fact that the "short-haired thief" had not yet reached Yanjing, and hurriedly set off with their wealth and rushed to Tianjin, preparing to go to the Northeast by boat.

The first one acted, and the others followed suit, and the carriages full of wealth drove out of the inner city of Yanjing, heading towards Tianjin, if any bandit or robber could grab a carriage, he would ensure that he would not have to worry about eating and drinking for a lifetime.

Just when the Qing court was also preparing to leave for Tianjin, a bad news came: there was an abnormal movement in the Beiyang Navy stationed in Weihaiwei!

The ministers of the Qing court, who were originally dizzy by the "short-haired thief", suddenly got such a news, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, you must know that the Qing court did not give any orders to the Beiyang Navy, how could the Beiyang Navy have abnormal movements?

The only explanation is that the Beiyang Navy has surrendered to the enemy, and more importantly, once the Beiyang Navy blockades the port of Tianjin, how can it return to the Northeast by sea?

The land route was intercepted, the sea route was blocked, many Qing court ministers collapsed to the ground, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty had no way to escape!