Luo Yang made important assurances to the British and French governments: first, the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom confirmed that it would be fully open under the framework of a suitable treaty, second, the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom would work closely with Britain and France to achieve mutual economic benefit and win-win results, and third, it hoped to get military and political help from Britain and France, and at the same time, the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom would inevitably protect the rights and interests of the great powers in China.

The three guarantees, in the form of a memorandum, were sent to the consuls of the two countries, and the governments of the two countries were asked to publicly pledge not to interfere in the civil war in China and, in the field of military technology and industrial machinery,

Luo Yang just wants to buy machinery and equipment, although he knows that the machinery and equipment of the great powers are not very advanced, but if you want the scientific research department of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom to research and develop, there must be a foundation, at least, there are no dozens or hundreds of machine tools, and it is unrealistic to develop military technology on a large scale.

The consuls of the two countries readily agreed, but said that they would wait until the negotiations were over.

Anyway, to really make the nation-state stand tall among the nations of the world, it is not begging, not foreign aid, but independence, self-reliance, hard work, and self-creation and mastery of core technologies, otherwise, everything is.

The British and French consuls were shrewd and capable, and they were also grinding a few, so Luo Yang instructed his officials to go to the note frequently, hoping that the two countries would encourage help, otherwise, "it will reduce the goodwill of the officials of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom towards the British Empire and the French Empire, and it will be a huge blow to the open-minded faction in the Heavenly Kingdom." ”

Luo Yang found that he was also very proficient in these additional words, and now it seems that the so-called diplomats are actually commonplace.

Luo Yang supervised these things for a while, and then, quickly shifted the direction, he wanted to launch a big war to attack the remnants of the Qing army in the south, the original Hunan army known as the Chu army, Zuo Zongtang's troops,

The Qing army was besieged by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom headed by Tianjing, the Huai army was in the east of Jiangsu, and the Hunan army was in the west of Anhui and Jiangsu, jointly attacking, and Zuo Zongtang, as a partial division, led part of the Hunan army, northeast to attack Zhejiang, to clear the Taiping army there, the Chu army did not have many troops, only 18,000 people, but they were all elite, the weapons were also very sophisticated, plus the attached troops, the total number could be about 25,000, when the war in Nanjing, Zuo Zongtang sent soldiers to search and kill the Taiping army everywhere, Has defeated several enemies, achieved a lot of victories, after consolidating Hangzhou and other places, he was preparing to also advance to Nanjing, but as soon as he heard that the Huaxia army fell from the sky, swept the Hunan army, Zeng Guoquan was captured, Zeng Guofan fled, and the famous generals of the Hunan army were captured and killed, he quickly shrank his forces and returned to Hangzhou to be trapped,

Originally, Luo Yang's army was going north to crusade against the Manchu regime, and suddenly got the news that Zuo Zongtang's army was still rampage in Zhejiang, scourging the Taiping army, and several Taiping army troops were annihilated by it, Luo Yang immediately realized the big problem, quickly made a new subordinate, and personally dispatched 50,000 troops to advance into Zhejiang,

Chen Kunshu, Huang Wenjin, Dong Fuxiang, and Chen Decai, Luoyang's own guard division, a total of five divisions, gathered one after another, advanced to Suzhou, from here, and then surrounded Hangzhou, on July 1, arrived at the city of Hangzhou,

On the city wall of Hangzhou, Zuo Zongtang was inspecting the defense of the troops, and was observing the newly arrived enemy, under the blazing sun, his small braids looked particularly withered and helpless, and a large number of beads of sweat were dripping down his face.

"The bandits are menacing." Anxious Zuo Zongtang, has mobilized all the troops, Hangzhou City into a strong fortress, he believes, as long as he can't hold out, waiting for the opportunity, he will be able to find the defects of Huaxia Tian**, and then defeat it in one fell swoop,

The majesty of Huaxia Tian**, he has also heard of it, for Shi Dakai's subordinates, he is currently so powerful, he is also unbelievable, but he began to think very rationally, how to deal with the threat, after he interrupted the supply of weapons from Shanghai and other places, he felt the power of Huaxia Tian** even more, and hurriedly placed the existing weapons and equipment inside and outside the castle,

Patches of small red coats and mist spread from the horizon, because of the straw hats, the momentum of these troops looked a little strange, but the military flags were clustered, the war horses were whistling, and the solid pace seemed to swallow the entire Hangzhou city in an instant.

Zuo Zongtang issued a decisive battle order, calling on the officers and soldiers in the city to fight bravely and defeat the enemy, and he also instigated to explain how bad the Taiping army was and the news of its imminent collapse to boost morale.

Hundreds of cannons, all of which are foreign cannons, plus more than 100 earthen cast cannons, the firepower of the Qing army in Hangzhou is quite amazing, and there are 2,000 foreign guns, which is quite confident in Zuo Zongtang.

The telescope observes the city, looking for the enemy's flaws, or, first, to study the enemy's general's military style,

"Lord Governor, send someone to negotiate." An officer ran to tell the news,

Not to mention the report, Zuo Zongtang himself could see it clearly, he frowned: "Bring it up." ”

Soon, the military envoy of Huaxia Tian** came in the wide-open city gate, because the Huaxia army retreated a mile away, and there was no direct pressure on the city defense.

"This is our Governor." The guiding officer said majestically,

Looking at Zuo Zongtang, the military envoy of Huaxia Tian** nodded: "I know, Lord Zuo, hello." "The military envoy clenched his fists,

Zuo Zongtang observed this military envoy, young and calm, "What are you going to say." ”

"Lord Zuo, we're here to report the news."

"Message." Zuo Zongtang was taken aback, Benli, thinking that this guy was forced to surrender when he opened his mouth, in that case, he would even have to be desperate to directly arrest and kill this guy, anyway, he Zuo Zongtang would never surrender,

"Lord Zuo, this military envoy first respects you on behalf of the consul of my Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, King Rui Luo Yang, and then, according to the instructions of King Rui, read out to Lord Zuo the military operations and results of my Huaxia Tian** in the previous period, I hope Lord Zuo will think twice."

The military envoy gently began to read out a document, telling the story of the Chinese army's march from northern Sichuan and sweeping through Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hebei, Anhui, Jiangsu and other regions, analyzing the reasons for the victory, and also announcing the truth of Shanghai's attack on the British and French forces.

"And there's more." Zuo Zongtang was already fascinated by what he heard, and when he was connected to a series of defeats of the Qing army, the disappeared famous generals, and the elite troops 1, he believed in the weight of this document, what Hua Xia Tian ** said must be true, when he listened, all the officers and soldiers were frightened, but he was calm and calm, nodding his head frequently while listening, as if listening to an interesting story, what made him most happy was that Hua Xia Tian ** actually dared to touch the tiger's buttocks, slashed the British and French forces, and wiped out more than 2,000 people, which is really outrageously bold,

"No, oh, my consul, Mr. Luo Yang, is willing to entrust Lord Zuo with the affairs of Liangguang or Fujian and Zhejiang, I don't know what your lordship wants." The military envoy smiled faintly: "My lord thinks about it, and the contemptible person retires." ”