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Hangzhou, the former capital of Wuyue and the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, has always been famous for its beautiful West Lake landscapes, "there is heaven above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below", expressing the heartfelt admiration of people throughout the ages for this beautiful city. Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of praise for her. Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, also wrote, "There are 36 West Lakes in the world, and the best one is Hangzhou." Hangzhou West Lake, she has three clouds and mountains, a water hugging the city of mountains and water, she with "heavy makeup and light smear" natural scenery, love the world's living beings. Even the Italian traveler Marco Polo would call Hangzhou the "Heavenly City" and say that she is "the most beautiful and luxurious city in the world".

However, in today's Hangzhou, people have temporarily forgotten her beauty, and some are just a struggle, the most basic struggle for survival. It doesn't seem too much to describe it as pitiful.

In February, Hangzhou was completely sealed off on all sides. Two blockade lines composed of thistles, wooden fences, ditches, and camps surrounded Hangzhou. Behind the Heavenly Army, with more than 6,000 elite men and horses of the newly expanded Teaching Brigade as the blade, when the Qing army tried to reinforce Hangzhou was surrounded and annihilated several times, and the Qing army that was directly fighting changed color as soon as it talked about "reinforcement", the blade turned and suddenly pounced on western Zhejiang. Under the echo of Hu Yihuang's troops who were killed from Jiangxi, first Kequzhou, and then Jinhua, the two major bases in the east and west converged into one. Three months later, all of Zhejiang, except for Hangzhou, was recovered.

Hangzhou has truly become an isolated island adrift in the red ocean.

At this time, the Eastern Expeditionary Army was already a huge army reorganized into three armies and ten independent divisions. The First Red Army has all been reequipped, and the newly formed Second and Third Red Armies each have a team equipped with new weapons. Blockade and reorganization of the army were the primary tasks of Lin Haifeng's main force of the field army around Hangzhou and stationed in Ningbo and other places.

The Military and Political Department of the Eastern Expedition issued a number of articles on the whole army, and launched a campaign of "remembering bitterness" throughout the army, so that only by knowing the root of the bitterness of the past can we cherish the sweetness of today and know why we went to war. This was accompanied by military training, with a focus on the tactics of the new army. In the past, the brigade repeatedly emphasized such tactical means as "one point and two sides," "three three systems," "three fierce tactics," "four fast and one slow," "three situations and three ways of fighting," and "four groups and one team," which were repeatedly emphasized in the teaching brigade, began to be popularized throughout the army. The various units also took the location as an imaginary target and practiced siege and street fighting.

In the rotation training class for officers, in view of his own advantages, Lin Haifeng also stressed to commanders at all levels that it is necessary to concentrate troops and firearms at one point, and to dare to carry out the policy of boldly outflanking, penetrating, and dividing the enemy with both wings during the movement, and it is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt his ten fingers.

Of course, in the midst of this, he could not forget one thing, that is, he encouraged all departments to organize their own "officers' clubs" with regiments as the formation, demanded that officers must organize themselves regularly every week, and invited the backbone forces of the "soldiers' committees" of each company to seriously study and distribute the "Hong Tianwang's **" pamphlet compiled and distributed by him while studying and reviewing military tactics, and also to go to the soldiers on a regular basis to publicize it widely.

Education is fundamental to the rebirth and prosperity of a country and a nation.

When Burbulon returned to Shanghai, although he had some difficulty accepting the confiscation of the property of his expatriates by the Celestial Empire government, Ai Tang did not follow his advice first. After the discomfort, he began to rejoice again. The Shanghai government's demand for a large number of basic industrial equipment brought an unprecedented trade boom to the empire, and since the establishment of Shanghai as a bridgehead, the cumulative sum has not kept up with the present. This is really in response to the words of King An, the bridgehead is not as good as the window.

According to the government's intentions, Burblon was originally going to negotiate with the Celestial Empire government to formally establish diplomatic relations and confirm the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government as the sole legitimate government of China. But what he didn't expect was that Lin Haifeng didn't mean this. The reason is simple, Britain and France are fighting together against Tsarist Russia, and he does not want to affect the relations between Britain and France, which may directly involve the course of the Crimean War. He proposed that the two countries should first establish a formal trade partnership, and that the two countries should first send commercial chargé d'affaires to each other.

Bourblon truly realized the broad mind of this ancient and civilized oriental dragon, and he was deeply impressed by Lin Haifeng. The French commercial agency in Shanghai replaced the long-defunct consulate, and Bourblon preferred to be the first commercial chargé d'affaires.

According to the contents of the "Treaty between Lin Haifeng and Bourblon on Equality and Mutual Benefit between the Two Countries," in addition to the trade of all kinds of basic equipment needed by the Celestial Government, the French Government will accept and arrange for 2,000 students sent by the Celestial Government to assist in the establishment of Shanghai Oriental University, which will include the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Engineering, the School of Medicine, the School of Foreign Languages, and, of course, the Shanghai Military Command College to be established. In addition, Shanghai has to export 20,000 light and strong laborers to France to work for two years, and the conditions are not high, as long as they arrange to work in the factory, take care of food and housing, and not be abused. In return, the Celestial Government will provide the French with the most advanced converter steelmaking technology, and will also work with the French side to establish a joint venture telecommunications equipment manufacturing company in Shanghai.

At this time, Burbulon finally believed the fortune that Lin Haifeng had told him last year. However, he still has some regrets, and it is a pity that King An has always avoided cooperation in military weapons. Especially when he was taken by that King An and saw the scene of the secret weapon test with his own eyes, he almost went crazy.

A "huge" heavy machine gun, after a continuous unheard click, a thick tree was cut off by the waist. He was dizzy, he wanted this so much, if he had it, the empire would dominate Europe and no longer fear anyone.

"We Chinese people have a saying that there are no eternal enemies and no eternal friends. I may be able to provide you with these things now, but, you think, once one day everyone turns against each other, hehe, without our support, these things will become a pile of scrap metal, which will waste the hard-earned money of your people. ”

Lin Haifeng's answer seemed to be joking, and Bourblon was deep in thought. In fact, Lin Haifeng just wanted to give, and now he can't take out anything at all. This imitation Makqin water-cooled heavy machine gun, named "Zheng Nan", is just a sample, and it is used to scare people for the time being. However, what he said is true, without the bullets provided by the Celestial Empire, it is useless if you have a gun.

Burblon regretted that Marshali also regretted that although the government had accepted his construction and contracted the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai railway, it would be next year after all. Seeing that the Frenchman, who was originally a little brother in the trade with China, is now out of the limelight and dominates, his intestines are full of regret, why didn't he think of going to Tianjing to take a look and go on a journey? Alas, I blame myself for being patronizing and thinking about how to slaughter those big braids, and I missed a good time.

"You scoundrels, you'd better disappear before my eyes!" Now, whoever dares to complain in front of him because of the confiscated property, especially when the merchants who received his advice at the port of Ningbo, or who are reluctant to destroy the opium stockpile, and weep for the bankruptcy of their family, will be furious. Almost every once in a while, he either brought some precious gifts to "visit" Prince An, who was "working day and night", or organized a dinner party or something to "relax and relax" for Prince An, and almost all the words of praise in the world went to King An.

"Take your time, we Chinese people have a saying, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and you can't be afraid of being late for a good meal." Lin Haifeng always replied leisurely, and sometimes, when he spoke, he would look at the north intentionally or unintentionally.

Mashali's mouth is easy-going, and his face will be filled with a bright smile, but his heart is on fire, scolding this and that, and finally he is left to scold Aliguo. I really have the heart to do it myself one night, and I burned the "black nest" of Ali Guo to relieve my anger.

For many people, this is an era of love and regret, because of Lin Haifeng and Zheng Nan. Huang Zonghan is the same.

When Lin Haifeng, the king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was busy with all aspects of rectification and maneuvering between countries according to his own wishes, Huang Zonghan, who had the "loyalty, diligence and integrity" plaque of Xianfeng's special imperial book, was about to come to the end of his life with infinite regrets.

From the beginning of his tenure, Huang Zonghan first advocated the establishment of seaborne rice to supply the Beijing division and the military salaries of the "Jiangnan Battalion", and then strengthened the defense of Zhejiang, and divided troops to Jiangsu and Anhui to prevent and block the Taiping army. As soon as the news of the siege of Suzhou was received, he quickly gathered the soldiers from all over the country, accumulated grain and grass, and planned to rely on the solid city wall of Hangzhou to fight with the Taiping army. More than 60,000 male soldiers were concentrated in the city of Hangzhou, and successfully resisted the initial offensive of the Taiping army. For this, he was really happy for a while. Moreover, when many of the people in the city planned to flee the war-torn city, he was even reluctant. If the people run out, it won't become a dead city, how can this city be defended? Therefore, except for some small families, all the rich and wealthy families are absolutely not allowed to leave, he needs them, they are his strong backing in times of crisis. Of course, it is not okay for a large number of people to go out of the city, he clearly knows that the officers and soldiers need the people, whether it is spiritual or **, at the critical moment, someone must come to comfort them.

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