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"Plundering the coast of Manchuria? Does the king want to use the siege of Wei to save Zhao? Zuo Zongtang touched his beard and asked.

"Wai Wei to save Zhao? Sort of. Zhu Jishi said lightly.

Sort of? In other words, encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao was only one of the purposes, and plundering the coast of Manchuria was probably an important step in the war of recovering Liao.

"Your Majesty...... Preparing for a few years of re-entry? Zuo Zongtang asked in a low voice.

"Five years, five years at most. The lonely king has sworn in front of Taizu Ling, five years to restore Liao, destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and avenge my 200-year national hatred of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Zhu Jishi's face was calm when he said this, as if he didn't know that his words would make the land of Liaodong bleed.

……

At this moment, the Manchu peace envoy Guerjia. Yuanbao was leaving Yingtian in a car with the mediated Russian envoy, Major General Muravyov, and headed for Shanghai. Both of them had deep eyebrows, and they were shaking their heads slightly from time to time.

Yuanbao is sighing for the fate of the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Ming's reluctance to seek peace means that the Qing Dynasty can only rely on Russia, and the situation of Shi Jin is already delusional, but I am afraid that the most Lu will not even be able to catch the Northern Han Dynasty, either let the Russian Empire swallow it, or let the Ming Dynasty and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom swallow it alive. In short, it didn't end well at either end.

Muravyov, on the other hand, was worried that a strong enemy would rise in the Far East, and once China was unified, it would expand 100 percent into Russia's fragile back. Such an enemy must find ways to stifle it when it is vulnerable. It's a pity that Zhu Ming's wings have hardened. They also took advantage of the European revolution to greatly improve relations with Britain and France - perhaps, Britain and France deliberately supported Zhu Ming to contain Russia?

In the final analysis, it was the aggressive pace of expansion of the Russian Empire. To the great displeasure of the British Empire! Otherwise, Queen Victoria would have been the future Empress of Russia, and the clown of the Napoleonic family would not have ascended to the throne of the French presidency. Now with the addition of Zhu Jishi, the Russian Empire is really encircled.

"The Tatar dynasty must be maintained, even if it cannot keep Manchuria, it must be maintained in Mongolia and Xinjiang, and the vast terrain of Manchuria, Mongolia and Xinjiang should be used to deal with Zhu Ming. At the same time, it is necessary to get an ice-free port in the Far East. Vladivostok must be taken down, ...... at all costs"

He thought so, breaking the silence in the carriage in English.

"Mr. Gualca. Where is the regent of the Great Qing Dynasty now? ”

"Oh, Prince Gong is in Korea, and may have arrived in Seoul, Mr. Envoy. Would you like to see him? ”

Muravyov nodded: "The sooner the better." Now is the moment of truth...... Zhu Ming's forces in Vladivostok were not strong, and the fortress had just begun to be built, so if there were enough troops, it could still be recaptured. As long as Vladivostok was recaptured and then built into a fortress military port, the Russian Imperial Navy would be able to use Vladivostok as a large base to dominate East Asia. ”

Now Zhu Ming and the Manchu Qing did not share a border on land, and had to send troops by sea, although the strength of Zhu Ming's navy was second to none among the Eastern countries. But in front of the Russian Empire it was simply not enough to see. Muravyov estimated that a small flotilla, including a few third-class battleships, would be enough to control China's territorial waters. But the fleet needed a safe harbor. Vladivostok is undoubtedly the best choice.

"Mr. Special Envoy, can you berth the fleet of the Russian Empire to Arthur?" Gualca. Yuan Bao pondered.

"Lushun...... It has been blocked by Zhu Ming's navy. "The Empire's naval fleet has come all the way from Europe, and it is impossible to go into battle immediately, and it needs to rest in the harbor for a while before it can go into battle." ”

Whether it is going through the Arctic Ocean or detouring through Africa and the Indian Ocean, the Russian fleet will have to drift tens of thousands of miles at sea, and when it reaches East Asia, it will definitely be broken and short of people, and it may not be able to exert one-tenth of its combat power if it goes directly into battle without rest.

"So...... Can you find a port in Vietnam where your fleet can rest for a while? "Gualca. Yuan Bao pondered.

"Vietnam?" Muravyov was silent for a moment, "Is it possible?" ”

Gualca. Yuan Bao said: "Try it, Vietnam is my vassal of the Qing Dynasty after all." ”

"Okay, that's a way to do it." Muravyov thought for a moment and said, "But I still want to see the regent as soon as possible and ask him to take Vladivostok back, because that is the best option." ”

It was certainly a good choice to get the Vietnamese port to rest the fleet, but Muravyov really couldn't imagine how stupid the Vietnamese would be to make an enemy of such a behemoth as Zhu Minh.

……

Just in Muravyov and Gualja. When the ingots went to Shanghai. There's also a long talk about a brand-new mansion in Yingtian City, which is a mix of East and West, with a two-story Western-style granite veneered building beneath a Chinese-style gabled roof, which looks very sturdy and durable. The windows are also inlaid with clean and transparent glass, and the situation in the room can be seen at a glance, only two figures can be seen, one sitting and one sleeping.

"This house was given by the king...... The style of combining Chinese and Western styles can be regarded as middle school for skin and Western learning for the inside, right? ”

Inside the room, a middle-aged man with a short figure was lying on a bamboo floor, holding an ancient book in his hand, and he didn't look at it, but just shook it gently as a fan.

"The king relies on the middle hall, this house is on the site of the Great Gongfang, and the king regards the middle hall as the king of Zhongshan."

Another respectfully bowed his hand and said, the person who collapsed was Zuo Zongtang, hearing this, he smiled proudly, stroked his beard and said: "This great merit is given, Zuo is well deserved, as long as Zuo is in one day, the king will rely on us Xianghu for one day." ”

Zuo Zongtang glanced at the middle-aged white-faced scholar sitting opposite him: "Xueqin, we can't only have Chang Kaiping, Luo Luoshan and Zuo Jigao in Xianghu, we also need to have people who come after us. ”

Peng Xueqin, that is, Peng Yulin, a native of Hengyang County, Hengzhou Prefecture, Hunan, was recommended by Chang Dachun to Zhu Jishi's army, and has been following Zuo Zongtang as a subordinate since then. is meticulous and able to make suggestions, and in the past two years, he has won Zuo Zongtang's trust and is regarded as his heart.

"Therefore, you can't always follow my side and make meritorious contributions, so that you can be of great use. Xueqin, where are you going to make meritorious service? ”

Zuo Zongtang is a big man, except for Zhu Jishi, he has to press everyone when he sees it, so those Zhu Ming ministers who are at the same level as him rarely get along with him, but he still takes great care of the Xianghu children under his command.

"My subordinates want to go to Manchuria to make meritorious contributions, but there is no candidate for the post of chief military officer of Liaodong Town, right?" Peng Yulin was not polite, and asked for the official of the general army of Dongjiang Town.

The post of chief military officer is equivalent to that of the commander of the military region, and each province under the direct jurisdiction of Zhu Ming has a chief military officer, and sometimes temporary military towns are set up at the front, and Liaodong Town is to set up a military town that will be set up at the front.

Peng Yulin's words were straight to the point, but Zuo Zongtang nodded appreciatively and chuckled.

"Liaodong Xiongzhen is the vanguard of the Northern Expedition, I don't know how many generals in the army want this position, the king didn't nod, do you know what Lu Dao is?"

Peng Yulin said with a smile: "Because they don't have a strategy to pacify Manchuria." ”

"You have?"

"Yes." Peng Yulin took out an envelope from his cuff and respectfully handed it to Zuo Zongtang. "Zhongtang, this is the subordinate "Pingliao Proposal".

"You don't have to show me."

Zuo Zongtang shook his hand gently: "Just tell me the general meaning." ”

"There are only two strategies for Pingliao, one is to kill people; The second is colonization. "In front of Zuo Zongtang, Peng Yulin was blunt." The murderer is to kill the enemy, and learn the killing method of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; The colonizers are the colonists of the Han people, and there are many people who have no food and clothing in the land of the two rivers, and they can colonize Liaodong, and practice the law of Cao Wei Tuntian, and they are also soldiers and people, and they fight and cultivate, step by step. ”

"Murderous colonization...... Hahaha! Zuo Zongtang laughed three times, "The king must like this method, Xueqin, you can take this proposal and recommend yourself, this chief military officer of Liaodong Town is none other than you, and you may be able to get an errand as the governor of Liaodong." My Xianghu fruit is full of talents! (To be continued......)