Update time:2014-06-0314:41:45148.Chapter 148 North Hunting

Downing was not able to personally participate in the grand event of the Italian Unification War, and all of them were handed over to Mazzini's command, because Downing had more important things to do - to return to the Qing Dynasty.

The second Jiangnan battalion established by the last national regular army of the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by Li Xiucheng of the Taiping Army, which meant that the Qing Dynasty lost the last hope of the state to send troops to suppress the bandits, and all of them had to rely on the Hunan army led by Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi in the future. The war in the south reached a critical juncture, and the Anglo-French army made a comeback and invaded Tianjin again.

The Qing soldiers blocked the shipping lanes with various objects that were not conducive to navigation, trying to block the landing of the coalition forces. The first thing the coalition fleet did after approaching was to clean up these objects, and they were very smooth, on the surface, there was not a single Qing soldier in the Dagukou Fort, and it seemed that the Qing soldiers had fled in fear. In fact, the cavalry of the Mongol prince Seng Grinqin, who had suffered greatly from the Anglo-French forces, was quietly ambushing nearby, and as long as the foreigners relaxed their vigilance, he could defeat the foreign devils with a thunderous force.

The Mongol cavalry was the most powerful military force that Emperor Xianfeng could use, and the last hope of the Qing Dynasty.

The foreigners also knew that there might be an ambush for the Qing soldiers, but they didn't take it to heart, and from past experience, the Qing soldiers were just a cold joke. Unexpectedly, Seng Lingqin really had two shots, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the coalition army to launch a fierce charge, and the coalition army was defeated.

The news reached the imperial court, a sea of joy in the Forbidden City, the barbarians are just like that, as Zeng Guofan once said, "The main thing to fight a war is to rely on people, although firearms are good, but they cannot play a decisive role", even the more enlightened Zeng Guofan sees it this way, which is why the Hunan army has not yet been able to fight the Taiping army that has been greatly injured by the internal strife of the kings, and the Taiping army of Li Xiucheng and others prefer to use firearms than the Qing soldiers and the Hunan army.

Xianfeng felt that it was almost time to "use both grace and power, and be soft and far-reaching", so he played a red-faced trick with Monk Greenqin, and set up the spectrum of the Celestial Empire, announcing that the Sino-British and Sino-French "Tianjin Treaty" was null and void, but the mind was in Yangyi and obedient, if he was willing to "repent and seek peace", he could make a new treaty according to the Sino-US "Tianjin Treaty", and the exchange of the treaty would be carried out in Shanghai.

It seems that the sick cat also has a power, the rabbit may also bite people, the British and French forces in the south continue to move north, this time to be careful, the Chinese are cunning and cunning.

Soon, under the bombardment of advanced artillery fire, Dagukou and Tianjin were lost, and the British and French troops were not enough in number and did not have the ability to occupy Tianjin.

After receiving the capture of Tianjin by the coalition forces, Tangning's fleet, which had been guarding the port of Nagasaki in Japan, finally set off.

In the early days of the war, Britain and France occupied Dalian and Yantai, which were guarding the entrance to Bohai Bay, and the patrolling warships discovered Tangning's fleet, a group of six 3,000-ton azure ships, because they were going to land at an irregular port, so they used not Great Eastern-class ships, which fluttered the latest military flag of the East India Company - the silhouette of a black Indian flying fox with a blood-red background, which was called the vampire duke's flag by the outside world who did not know the truth.

The original intention of Britain and France to blockade Bohai Bay was to prevent any third party from interfering, but it was impossible for them to see the warships of the East India Company dare to open fire, and there were still East India Company personnel in the ranks of the British army! They sent a wireless telegram asking for a meeting, but the six warships ignored it and continued to go deeper.

Because Downing's warship used a turbine steam engine and a propeller made by a CNC machine tool that was very fluid and curved, twice as fast as the British and French patrol ships, seeing the warships that trespassed without permission running farther and farther, the captain of the patrol ship was so angry that he blew his beard and hurriedly reported to his superiors.

The East India Company is not a vassal of the British now, Downing has a strong ability and will to act, take the Italian War as an example, it was the British Royal Navy that helped Garibaldi land in Naples, but the Lombard Kingdom ruled by Downing became Garibaldi's opponent again, and later Britain gave up its support for Garibaldi, because Garibaldi was angry and unwilling to negotiate with the Lombards.

The commander-in-chief of the Anglo-French forces did not dare to take matters into their own hands, and reported it to the British Prime Minister and the French Emperor. When questioned by Palmerston, Downing called back and said that "a non-hostile ** operation is underway" without much explanation. And the British and French patrol ships have lost the trace of six Azure warships, and Nima is running too fast. The earth is round, and as long as the distance between the two sides exceeds a certain number of kilometers, it is invisible.

This little accident was soon forgotten by Britain and France, and although I don't know what Downing wanted to do, I don't think it would be a hostile action, but Palmerston and Napoleon III still had a little confidence in their friendship with the Duke of London.

Coincidentally, the distance between Tianjin and Beijing was almost exactly the same as the distance from Turin to Milan. This is a misunderstanding! Come to Beijing to renew the contract, we are waiting for you. After the appeal was ineffective, the main forces of the two sides fought a decisive battle at the Bali Bridge in Tongxian County in the eastern suburbs of Beijing.

The Qing army dispatched about 30,000 troops from the Eight Banners Army and the Mongolian cavalry, and the British and French forces each had more than 4,000 people, totaling more than 8,000 people.

This is a decisive battle between the two eras of China's thousand-year-old cavalry shock and cold weapon melee combat and the West's firepower warfare with artillery as the core after the Napoleonic War and the Industrial Revolution.

The mournful cries of the brave Mongol knights were gone, and the 17th-century stone single-hole bridge marked the end of the cavalry era. The Jingshi shook, and Emperor Xianfeng seemed to feel that the dragon chair under his ass was also shaking.

Emperor Xianfeng led his cronies and ministers to flee to the Rehe Palace in Chengde, which was called "Northern Hunting". Well, the situation is rotten, and I will go to Rehe to hunt and scatter my mind, so as to show that I am the emperor of the Qing Dynasty who talks and laughs and uses soldiers, and is calm and calm.

The real Emperor Xianfeng is not so calm, sitting in his dragon chariot and sighing, his father Emperor Daoguang experienced the first Opium War, signed the first "unequal" treaty since the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, ashamed of the ancestors and ancestors, asked not to enter the temple after death, I didn't expect Emperor Xianfeng to be worse than Daoguang, the Beijing division was lost, I don't know if my Qing Dynasty can survive this catastrophe.

Sitting next to Emperor Xianfeng was his unreliable strategist, the biological mother of the emperor's eldest son, Aixin Jueluo Zaichun (Tongzhi), Concubine Yi. Concubine Yi sighed when she saw the emperor, she couldn't help but persuade her who was stronger than the emperor: "Don't worry too much about the emperor, the foreigners will have to leave sooner or later, and the country of the Qing Dynasty still loves Xinjueluo." Zeng Guofan said that the war in the south of the Yangtze River was tense and he could not go north to King Qin, which was right! As long as the Cantonese bandits are exterminated, the world will be peaceful. How rich I am in the Qing Dynasty, paying some money and cutting some land is nothing at all, and it should be regarded as a reward. ”

As a matter of fact, Zeng Guofan's policy of not going north was set by his aide Li Hongzhang, who said: "The Cantonese bandits are fierce and fierce, and it is precisely at a critical time when the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is at a critical time, and we must not transfer heavy troops away, otherwise the Cantonese bandits' forces will become more and more unstoppable." And the city of Beijing is thousands of miles away, and when our Hunan army arrives, the daylily will be cold. If Seng Lingqin can resist the foreigners, of course, it is good, no, it is just a land reparation, I dare to guarantee that as soon as our army arrives in Beijing, a new treaty has already been signed there. For the sake of the Qing Dynasty, it is still necessary to take the Cantonese bandits as the top priority. ”

Zeng Guofan hesitated again and again, and decided to adopt Li Hongzhang's opinion, and submitted it to the imperial court, saying that the Hunan army was not familiar with the geography, climate, and shape of the north, and could not catch up if they wanted to go, but delayed the great cause of suppressing bandits.

Concubine Yi was still comforting the weak emperor with kind words, and suddenly Long Yuan stopped. The emperor is weak and unclear, but Yi Guifei is more vigilant, from Beijing to Rehe in the middle of the many palaces that stop halfway, and some of the palaces are relatively large distances, the terrain is relatively rugged, in case there is an ambush, it is quite unfavorable, Yi Guifei feels that the place where he suddenly stops now is a not very auspicious place.

Concubine Yi opened the curtain and asked, "Why did you stop?" ”

The voice of the chief of the guard had already sounded sternly: "Bold maniac! The emperor is here, and he doesn't retreat quickly! ”

This was followed by the sound of swords drawn, the sound that scared the grass people the most, but this time, they miscalculated, and the "madman" who blocked their way was unmoved.

One voice said lightly, "Kill the guards." ”

The guard was shocked and shouted, "The thief has a firearm!" Be careful...... Yes! ”

For the first time, the unique gunfire of the Desert Eagle rang out on a real battlefield, and the continuous deafening gunfire scared the emperor, ministers, empresses, concubines, and eunuchs into disarray. The shouts of "escort" came and went.

The deserters who encountered the ambush were the most ineffective, and Xianfeng fled in a hurry, and did not bring many people, as soon as he came out of the Old Summer Palace, he was all in the hands of the spies that Downing had deployed for many years, and "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes" was a matter of great importance, Downing personally brought 2,000 people to come, of which 1,000 were Chinese hunters trained by Qi Taiyu in Singapore, and the other 1,000 were miscellaneous troops formed by Britain, Luxembourg, Hesse, India, Malay, Japan and other countries. （http：/／.)。 Mainly Chinese, his most trusted Hessian Janissary personal guard, a total of 1,000 people, landed from Qinhuangdao after passing through Guò Bohai Bay, and the miscellaneous army stayed in Qinhuangdao to occupy the local area to observe the current situation. Although Downing already had considerable confidence in his army, he had to be prepared for anything in a complex war.

The imperial guards sounded so majestic, but unfortunately, these negligent Eight Banners disciples were no longer worth mentioning even the most basic force value, not to mention that their cold weapons were instantly crushed under the attack of the well-trained hunters' screaming desert eagles, and they fled in all directions, shouting "escort" while fleeing, as if they were dodging to let their colleagues better escort.

A thousand men were enough to wipe out the Praetorian Guards in the northern hunt, and most of them had already surrendered, lying on the ground and begging for mercy, and the "daring fanatics" became "heroes to spare their lives".

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