Chapter 121: Undercurrents are surging

The British were one of the most powerful armies in the world, and they reacted quickly to such a surprise attack, immediately lying down and slowly retreating. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although in the first wave, due to the relaxation of vigilance of the British army, the Zhennan army caused some injuries to the British army, but it was harmless.

But this was a serious blow to the morale of the British army, and it was a bloody shame for the British army.

Wright's face turned green from the rear, but what could he do, Wright immediately ordered all the Martini machine guns to start firing. The fire of the Martini machine gun was also very terrifying.

For a while, Wright immediately stabilized the situation, and at the same time the British troops were safely evacuated.

After retreating to the barracks, Wright immediately thought of what General Green had said, that the Zhenwu army of Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan, was a very strong army. Then it is highly likely that this is the army.

Wright did not dare to be careless, and immediately sent scouts to report to General Green in Yunnan Prefecture, and at the same time sent many scouts to closely monitor the Zhennan army in the city of Guangxi Prefecture.

Li Zhongju watched the British retreat, but did not choose to pursue, after all, the time was not yet ripe, and at the same time, Li Zhongju did not know what would happen later.

In the city of Guangzhou, with the arrival of the county lord of Yiyang, the post station in the city of Guangzhou began to flourish, and because Li Zhongju did not have a clear directive, no one went to restrict the activities of the county lord of Yiyang. With Li Zhongju leaving Guangzhou City, the county lord of Yiyang has more and more activities.

Especially in the past few days, the county lord of Yiyang has received the support of many big families, to be precise, it is the interests of both parties that have brought them together. Some landlord families were dissatisfied with Li Zhongju's style, and they could only pretend to accept their fate before, but since the county lords thought so, why didn't they dare to gamble!

The county lord of Yiyang sat proudly in the post station, looking at his recent results, very satisfied. At this time, as long as the Qing court was helping itself to involve the troops of Guizhou and Guangxi, and the troops of Guangdong could not spare their hands and feet, then Li Zhongju could not transfer a large army from Guangdong.

Yunnan will be the burial place of Li Zhongju. The idea of the county lord of Yiyang coincided with Zeng Guoquan, and Zeng Guoquan reported to the imperial court many years ago.

The Empress Dowager Cixi made a decision to let Prince Gong Yixin take full responsibility for this matter. At the same time, the Qing court and the British made untold deals.

Fuzhong, Changsha, Hunan Province.

Prince Gong Yixin has already arrived here, and at the same time Zeng Guoquan has also come here, and Zhang Shuo, the governor of Huguang, is also here.

The three high-ranking and powerful officials of the Qing Dynasty gathered here, and there must be an ulterior secret.

Prince Gong Yixin looked at the two of them and said, "Now Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan, is already getting stronger and stronger, and the Qing court decided to take advantage of this time when Li Zhongju led the army to Yunnan, and the Qing court decided to organize a huge attack to completely destroy Li Zhongju." ”

Prince Gong Yixin continued, "Although Li Zhongju is extremely wise, the soldiers under his command are also extremely elite. But this time is definitely a good opportunity for us, and the Qing court has decided to cooperate with the British to bring down Li Zhongju together. ”

Zeng Guoquan originally had an opinion on Li Zhongju, why he Li Zhongju was the prince, but he was not, although there were his own reasons, but it was inevitable that he would be jealous.

Zeng Guoquan immediately said, "The prince is reasonable, Li Zhongju must solve it this morning, otherwise in a few years, I am afraid it will not be easy to solve, and now Li Zhongju's power is thriving, if it is not contained, once Li Zhongju completely stabilizes the place under his command, then it will be too late." ”

Zhang Shuo, the governor of Huguang, also said, "What Lord Zeng said is right, Prince, I also mean this." Dare to ask the prince what we are going to do. ”

Prince Gong Yixin laughed and said, "The three of us, plus the governor of Sichuan, have a total of four armies, almost 150,000 or 60,000 troops. It is possible to attack Li Zhongju's territories from all directions, and this king wants to see what means he Li Zhongju has to defend these lands. ”

Prince Gong Yixin continued, "Of course, there are also the British, they will attack from the direction of Yunnan, to be precise, they will drag Li Zhongju in Yunnan, and even wipe out Li Zhongju's army in Yunnan. ”

Zeng Guoquan and Zhang Shuo laughed, and Zhang Shuo said again, "Lord Wang, I don't know how the county lord is doing in Guangzhou?" ”

Prince Gong stroked his beard and said, "The county lord of Yiyang has done a very good job this time, and Lafayette intends to promote the county lord of Yiyang to the princess of Yiyang." The county lord of Yiyang has contacted many large landowners who are dissatisfied with Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan, as well as some generals who have been dismissed by Li Zhongju. It's relatively successful. ”

Both of them nodded, and for a moment everyone felt that this time it was absolutely foolproof to deal with Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan.

The Five Route Army has a total of more than 200,000 troops, what will Li Zhongju do this time, what can he do, the three of them really can't think of any way to crack it.

Subsequently, Prince Gong and Yi Xin each prepared to return to the position of the army, intending to immediately start implementing this plan to destroy Li Zhongju.

1888 has entered the end of the year, of course, this is relative to the West, for us in China, there are nearly two months before the New Year.

But at this time, for the five provinces of Guangzhou, Yunnan, Guizhou and Fujian, it is full of bad luck. Prince Gong Yixin, Liangjiang Governor Zeng Guoquan, Hu Guang Governor Zhang Shuo, and Sichuan Governor Yang Qi each sent a number of capable men into the four provinces under Li Zhongju's jurisdiction to form gangs, especially to win over the local landlords.

These people did these things very well, and many landlords were actually dead, but they were tempted by Prince Gong Yixin and others, which aroused the ambition in their hearts, and for a time I don't know how many people fell into the arms of the Qing court.

In a large landlord's house in Guizhou Province, the old farmer was pacing in the courtyard, and his heart was very uneasy, whether he promised Prince Gong Yixin's envoy, or followed the steps of Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan, the old farmer obviously couldn't make up his mind.

But a few hours later, the old farmer seemed to have made up his mind and ordered the family to carry him to the Zhizhou Yamen in a sedan chair.

After listening to the words of the old owner, Lord Zhizhou felt that the matter was very important, and immediately asked people to report to Guizhou Governor Li Yaoshan.

However, many landlords and villagers in Guangxi Province immediately threw themselves into the arms of the Qing court after receiving the request of the envoys of Zeng Guoquan or Prince Gong Yixin, and they thought that the 200,000 allied troops could not be resisted by Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan, in any case.

After all, they hadn't personally experienced Li Zhongju's strength, and they couldn't feel the true strength of Li Zhongju, the king of Zhennan.

The undercurrent is surging, and the real crisis will come immediately, whether Li Zhongju can survive this crisis and turn the danger into a disaster. None of this is easy to say.