The eunuch returned in vain and brought the news back to Beijing City!

"Smack!"

The teacup in Yixin's hand was shattered, Yixin's face was pale, and he was so angry that Guo Ye would not be affected by the life of the monarch outside, this Yan Chunyu actually came to this set! Why does he think he's Guo Ye? Presumptuous to the extreme!

"Bastard! Bastard! When someone came, he immediately drafted an edict and ordered someone to go to Shandong again to spread the decree, dismiss Yan Chunyu from his post and investigate it, and escort him to Beijing to await trial! ”

Yixin roared angrily. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wen Xiang hurriedly said: "Slow, slow!" Lord, I can't help it, I can't help it! ”

Yixin said angrily: "What's wrong? Is it because he relied on Guo Ye to support him? How can you get so pampered? If you don't give them some color, they won't know what their last name is! ”

Wen Xiang persuaded bitterly: "Lord Wang, one, the time is not right now, the enemy is now, it is not good for you to kill the general first; Second, Yan Chunyu also has a certain amount of truth in what he said, the current Shandong civilization is prosperous and thriving, and it has surpassed Jiangsu too much, even if it adds Zhejiang, it may not be able to catch up with Shandong, such an important area does need a large army to sit in, and, the most important point, Yan Chunyu said that the direction of the foreigners' attack can only be Tianjin and Weihaiwei, which is simply a view of the situation, Tianjin Wei and Weihaiwei are the two gateways of the Beijing Division, neither of which can be lost, even if Tianjin Wei is saved, Once Weihaiwei is lost, the foreigners can still drive straight into Beijing and go straight to Beijing, and the painstaking efforts to mobilize Yan Chunyu into Beijing will be in vain......"

Yi Xin was shocked, yes, the foreigners' offensive line is not only Tianjin Wei, but also Weihaiwei! Yan Chunyu has been transferred, Shandong's defense is empty, and it will definitely be taken advantage of by foreigners!

"But、But if you don't drop Yan Chunyu to enter Beijing, what will Gyeonggi do? The twenty Hunan military camps of Zeng Guofan alone are very unsafe......"

Yi Xin said abruptly.

Wen Xiang shook his head and replied: "Lord Wang, now I can only hope that the troops from all over the country can serve the king in time, the green battalions in Shanxi, Henan and Guanwai and the Hunan army in Anhui, if they advance along the canal, it will be too late for the time being, and Li Hongzhang's Huai army, at this time, has already set off from Shanghai and rushed to Tianjin from the sea, at most in three days, you can arrive in Jinggi and deploy on the front line of Beijing and Tianjin!" ”

Yi Xin's eyes flickered, other armies? Yixin didn't expect much from it at all, the combat power of the green battalion was too rubbish, and it could only be used as an ornament, and among these armies, Li Hongzhang's Huai Army still had some combat effectiveness.

"In Jiangsu, how many Huai troops does Li Hongzhang have?"

Yixin asked.

Cao Yuying, the secretary of the military department on the side, hurriedly replied: "Lord, although Li Hongzhang was appointed as the governor of Huguang, most of the Huai army is on the line between Suzhou and Shanghai, Jiangsu, with a total of 36 battalions of the Huai army, with a total strength of 18,000 people, including five artillery battalions, plus 20 Hunan military battalions in the capital, the combat power is already quite weak, the total strength can reach nearly 30,000 people, which is much stronger than the Lu army in Shandong. It will reach 70,000 people, even if it is not comparable to the Four-Power Alliance, it is already almost the same! ”

When Yixin heard this, his heart was somewhat steady, but it was unrealistic to think about it by himself because of the 70,000 Qing army against the 80,000 Western army, and it was not more than half of the strength of the foreigners.

Wen Xiang continued: "Lord Wang, since Yan Chunyu said that his so-called division of more than 10,000 people can hold Shandong, what reason is there for the 70,000 Hunan Army, Huai Army and Green Battalion not to hold Tianjin? As long as we can support Guo Ye's return, then there is nothing to worry about, the 20,000 people under his command can top the 50,000 green battalion! ”

Under Wenxiang's relief, Yixin's heart gradually became more steady, and now it can only be like this.

Wen Xiang thought very well, but human calculations are always inferior to heavenly calculations, so with 70,000 Qing troops against 80,000 Western troops, it is absolutely impossible even if you think about it with your ass. Moreover, war came suddenly before they were ready for anything.

Above the South China Sea.

A huge fleet is approaching in the direction of Guangzhou, which has already passed Qiongzhou Island and is about to approach Guangzhou.

This is the combined fleet of Britain, France and Spain, the battleship "Elgent", is the latest battleship of the British Imperial Navy that has just been launched for less than three years, the warship is equipped with four 229mm rear-loading rifled main guns and 24 178mm rear-loading rifled secondary guns, these rear-loading guns are all just reequipped last year, the power is amazing, the rate of fire has increased by at least one-third, this "Algent" battleship has a displacement of up to 10,000 tons, is the world's most advanced giant class battleship, Moreover, it is the latest ironclad ship, which is really offensive and defensive, and ordinary artillery cannot pose a threat to this warship at all.

After more than 20 days of departure from the English Channel, the combined fleet finally arrived in the South China Sea and was about to enter the coastal waters of the South China Sea.

On the flagship, Admiral Dundas, commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet, stood quietly on the deck, looking into the distance, and next to him sat the commander of the French fleet, Mozak, and the commander of the Spanish fleet, Morenste.

"General Dundas, in half a day, we will arrive in Guangzhou City, what should we do?"

Morencer asked.

Dundas sneered, "What to do? Naturally, they launched an attack directly on the city of Guangzhou, and you all know that the Qing government was unwilling to take out 33 million taels of silver, since they were not honest, then we would directly beat them down, and after arriving outside the city of Guangzhou, they would directly mobilize warships to launch an attack on the city of Guangzhou, and occupy the entire city of Guangzhou in one day, and we would give the Qing government a slap in the face! ”

"Not bad!"

Mozak sneered: "This group of ****** is a lesson, a group of stupid donkeys, we can only use artillery fire to make them increase their memory, General Dundas, this time we will have the French Imperial Navy to take action, my soldiers have long been itching!" ”

"Good! Mozak, you will take the lead today, and I will also see the combat power of your French soldiers! ”

Dundas laughed.

The fleet soon approached the city of Canton.

Outside the city of Guangzhou, the Qing army's patrol ships had already discovered the fleet coming from afar, and such a huge fleet was surging, so naturally it could not be neglected, and the patrol team immediately ran to the yamen of the governor of Liangguang to report the military situation.

Today's Governor of Liangguang is Ruilin, who fought against the British and French coalition forces with Seng Lingqin, Shengbao and Guo Ye, and Ruilin was also personally involved in the battle of Tongzhou, and the Gyeonggi Green Battalion under his command was beaten to the ground by the British and French forces, and he couldn't bear to see it, more than 10,000 Green Battalion troops, were beaten by foreigners to only three or four thousand people, and there was never a fiasco! Ruilin was really scared by the artillery of the British and French forces.

(To be continued.) )