When Zeng Guofan and Yixin were worried, the armies of the three Western countries had already reached the Indian Ocean, and once they crossed the Indian Ocean, it was the South Ocean, and according to the speed of the fleet's march, it would take more than ten days at most to reach the southeast coast, and they could reach the southeast coast one by one, and they arrived in the capital, but these messages all entered the intelligence department of the telegraph office. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhang Chunping, as the Minister of the General Office, will definitely not hand over all the information at this time, such as the current position of the Western Fleet, such as the situation in the United States, since it has been discussed to rebel, how can these go to the enemy?

Without information from Zhang Chunping, the imperial court is now a blind man with open eyes, and he can't get any information, even if the south can get any news, it will take more than ten days to rush to the capital through seven hundred miles, and by that time, the daylily will be cold.

Yixin issued an order to find Guo Songtao to enter Beijing, but the messenger of the decree was delayed for two days on the way, Guo Songtao entered Beijing, but it took at least four or five days, Guo Songtao, who was born as a civil official, but he couldn't travel 700 miles in a day, and being able to travel 200 miles would tire him into a grandson!

That is to say, even if Guo Songtao enters Beijing immediately, it will take more than seven days, seven days, and now there are only two days left before the five-day deadline given by the foreigners, how can Yixin carry these few days?

Sure enough, just after five days, the ministers of the four countries brazenly closed the door to negotiations!

The British minister Marton openly shouted that he must use strong force to make the Qing government spit out the silver! The French envoy also claimed to be a cruel lesson to the Qing government, and as for the small Japanese envoy Miyamoto Ichiro, he was even more dog-fighting and shouting to lead his troops to take out the city of Beijing!

Yi Xin's face was so angry that his face was pale, Zeng Guofan was even more angry, these people are so hateful, they bully the weak! Dog, wait!

Yes, Yixin is ruthless, but he doesn't lose money! If it is only the point of investigating He Tengjiao, it is acceptable, and it is not impossible to open two ports, but the compensation of 33 million taels of silver, no! Didn't kill it!

The news that the envoys of the four countries had closed the door to the negotiations was quickly sent out by Zhang Chunping, who sent cavalry to inform Guo Ye on the one hand, and sent a telegram to the United States on the other hand, and handed it over to Chen Hai.

When Chen Hai received the telegram, he had another telegram in his hand, which was the intelligence of the American Ministry of Intelligence, and the armies of the three Western countries had passed through the Indian Ocean and arrived in the Strait of Malacca.

Chen Hai quietly looked at the military map on the wall, from the Strait of Malacca to Guangzhou, the distance in a straight line is 2,600 kilometers, of course, on the sea you need to follow the route, the distance will definitely increase, it is estimated that it will reach more than 3,000 kilometers, but it will definitely not exceed 4,000 kilometers, from the Strait of Malacca to Tianjin, it will take almost 6,000 kilometers, and now the general speed of the fleet is close to the speed of 20 knots, and it will only take five days for the fleet to arrive in Guangzhou, and it will not take more than eight days for the fleet to arrive in Tianjin.

Time is running out for yourself!

It must not be much, the Panama Canal has not yet been opened in this era, and the fleet rushes from the United States to China, and it still needs to make a detour to South America, and the journey of nearly 20,000 kilometers will take at least more than a month, and when it comes to rushing back to the western Pacific, I am afraid that the two sides have been in a big war for half a month.

"It will be done!"

Chen Hai shouted.

Luo Bicheng hurriedly walked over and asked, "What's the matter, Xiaohai?" ”

"How's it going?"

Luo Bicheng hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, things are going very well, Ding Ruchang's fleet has docked in New York Harbor, weapons, ammunition and fuel have been prepared, and at the same time, the Federal War Department has also prepared twenty troop carriers for us to transport our troops and weapons and equipment, this time Lincoln is bleeding heavily, hehe......"

"Nonsense, do you think Lao Tzu's two shots were taken in vain? Of course, I'm going to have Lincoln compensate me back. What about the mercenary corps? ”

Chen Hai didn't have a good airway.

Luo Bicheng replied: "The mercenary corps is our sixth corps, it is familiar, and it is a mercenary corps that has been retired and joined by the formation, each brigade has transferred a regiment of troops, a total of ten infantry regiments, two artillery regiments, two cavalry regiments, and an engineering regiment, and 25,000 troops have been assembled. There are no problems. With the addition of 8,000 Chinese volunteers, a total of 33,000 men, I am reorganizing them, and the shelves of the two divisions will allow us to complete the deployment of all personnel in two days at most. ”

"Well, the artillery battalion in Tengjiao, now he doesn't need it, send an order, merge into the Chinese mercenary corps, and the army will march towards New York while rectifying, and three days later, board the ship directly from New York, let's return to China to participate in the war!"

Luo Bicheng nodded and asked: "Xiaohai, not only these things, but now the embassy headed by Lord Shen Baozhen already knows the news that the foreigners are going to war, and they ask to see the Queen Mother one by one, and some even ask to return to the country immediately, which is very noisy, but how is it good?" Once we leave, can Tengjiao withstand this situation? ”

Chen Hai snorted coldly: "What are you worried about? This is in the United States, not in China, these big people are not fart, the one who dares to make trouble, let Teng Jiao directly imprison them, there is a ready-made queen mother, and a decree will be done, what are you afraid of? What's more, Teng Jiao still has Xue Fucheng and Li Junfeng by his side to give him advisers, and there is no problem. ”

"It's just that this news has to be hidden from the Queen Mother, when will it be hidden? Don't break it in the end, my sister-in-law will cry, make trouble, and hang my eldest brother when the time comes, but there is enough annoying ...... for the eldest brother."

Luo Bicheng said babblingly.

"Luo Bicheng, you are a! The sister-in-law makes trouble for the eldest brother, and the eldest brother will naturally solve it, you the idleness! Hurry up and reorganize Lao Tzu's troops, we must rush back as soon as possible! You bastard! ”

Chen Hai was really annoyed by Luo Bicheng, and scolded angrily.

Luo Bicheng pursed his lips, didn't dare to speak, turned his head and went down to get busy.

No wonder Chen Hai lost his temper, now the eldest brother is far away in Shaanxi and Gansu, and he can't communicate with him, and he doesn't know when he will return to Gyeonggi, on top of the overall situation, he is the key to it, only by using this mercenary army well can he break through the opponents and disintegrate the united front of the four countries!

Two goals, the first goal is Japan, first take the emperor of Japan and the shogunate, and make a forced landing in Japan; Then the second target is the Luzon Islands, the army took the Luzon Islands in one go, and took Spain's largest base in Asia, Spain was not in the mood to continue fighting, and when the time came, only the Anglo-French alliance was left, and it could be leveled with the strength of the Lu army.

The heavy responsibility is on his shoulders, Chen Hai can't think about it, it's impossible!

(To be continued.) )