The river defense of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was like a layer of tissue paper wet with rain in front of the Chinese Empire's fleet, and it was worn without stabbing it.

Jia Wuji, who commanded a fleet for the first time, was a little inexplicably excited at the moment, although this was not the ironclad fleet he dreamed of dominating the ocean, but this was a real fleet with absolute deterrence, all freight on the Yangtze River was cut off, and all ships could only pull aside to give way to the main channel under the threat of the guns of the black hole.

After the fleet arrived in Tianjing, Jia Wuji first conducted a fire test fire on the abandoned Qing army battery on the north bank, and the small battery was quickly drowned in gunsmoke.

The generals of the Taiping Army who stood beside Qin Tianqiong were very disdainful, what kind of ability was it to fight a scrapped fort? Scaring small children? You must know that the ten ocean cannons installed on the main turret of Tianjing have sunk the two ships of Qing Demon Longwei and Longsheng back then, and the two ships that were sunk were both behemoths of one on top.

But soon the generals of the Taiping army would not be able to carry out their self-spiritual victory, because six huge ships also appeared in their sight one after another, and they were shelling the north shore?

Qin Tianqiong found the inspection of the Tianjing Fort, and Li Dacheng asked, "Let me ask you, why do their warships have to fire on the north shore?" ”

Li Dacheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Back to Hou Ye, they are correcting the firing value of the artillery, calculating the firepower of our batteries and military targets. ”

Qin Tianqiong pointed to the third-level battleship that appeared in sight and said, "Can you sink these big guys?" ”

Li Dacheng swallowed hard and spat at the mouth: "Back to the Hou Ye, if the artillery is still intact and there are enough shells, it should be no problem to sink two or three, but there are too many ships on the other side, and according to my observation, the range of their artillery, both the enemy and us are within each other's range, if the two sides exchange fire, they will definitely lose both." ”

Qin Tianqiong nodded, and suddenly said in great surprise: "What if the cannon is still intact and there are enough shells?" Tell me what's going on? Or I'll cut you! ”

Qin Tianqiong's roar attracted everyone's attention, it can be said that now the Tianjing Fort is their only reliance, and the Krupp cannon above has made great contributions to defending Tianjing.

Li Dacheng was extremely surprised: "Don't you know Master Hou? We only know how to use these foreign cannons, and the maintenance and repair have always been the responsibility of the people in the arsenal of the other side, and the final price of each shell is as high as 200 taels of silver, and we are in arrears here, and after the maintenance personnel are evacuated, the cannon will not be easy to use, and it has been reported for more than three months! ”

Qin Tianqiong almost went crazy and said: "How can the cannon be so good, could it be that you are collaborating with the enemy to deliberately sabotage?" ”

Li Dacheng was so frightened that his face turned pale and waved his hand again and again: "Master Hou is wronged!" Although the power of this Western cannon is huge, but the wear is also very serious, the bolt, closed valve, valve seat, return rail, etc. need to be replaced frequently, we have not seen shells and accessories for half a year. ”

Qin Tianqiong forced himself to calm down and said, "Then why don't you buy it?" The Tianjing Fort is related to the defense of Tianjing, this is the core of the Heavenly Kingdom, is there anything more important than the safety of Tianjing City? Let me find out who did it, I'll be the first to cut off his head! ”

Li Dacheng looked helplessly at the Hou Ye who was full of city walls and said with a bitter face: "The small ones have replied a few times, but there has never been a response, and it can't be continued!" ”

Qin Tianqiong's side Protector Zhao Fan coughed, lowered his voice and said, "What are you shouting nonsense?" The money was taken by the king to renovate the mansion for the new queen, and you don't want to drag us into the water if you want to die. ”

After listening to the words of Zhao Fan, the protector of the country, the knife in Qin Tianqiong's hand fell to the ground unconsciously, startling Li Dacheng, who was kneeling on the ground, and Li Dacheng crawled to the side with his hands and feet.

Zhao Fan, the protector of the country, frowned and said to Li Dacheng: "Okay, don't be embarrassed here, go back to your fort, the cannon is gone, the small cannon is still there, and the foreign gun is still available, if the fort is lost, you can come and see it!" ”

"Master Xie!" Li Dacheng almost fled from the Hou Ye who was full of walls.

Qin Tianqiong turned around and looked around at everyone, only to find that there were very few people who could be used, such as Li Xiucheng, Chen Yucheng and others were still in Banbi Mountain, and there was such a big mess in Tianjing, although the two of them were sealed to wait for the throne, but how could the two of them easily let go of Shi Dakai's death? You must know that these two people both received Shi Dakai's acquaintance in Banbi Mountain.

Qin Tianqiong can be said to be very contradictory now, the Protector Marquis Zhao Fan, who had been against him before, seems to have eased his relationship with him to a certain extent under the pressure of the outside world, which is obviously unexpected by Qin Tianqiong, with a young man like him who relies on speculation and suddenly becomes a high-level member of the Heavenly Kingdom, what they lack is the foundation, whether it is him or the Protector Marquis Zhao Fan, they are all castles in the air.

Qin Tianqiong understood, he believed that the protector Zhao Fan also understood that if the external pressure was lifted, then they would inevitably give a very reasonable explanation to the generals of the Heavenly Kingdom stationed in various places, but from Qin Tianqiong's point of view, he knew that he could not come up with any explanation, because no matter what kind of explanation, they were all dead, and the Heavenly King could throw them aside like throwing a torn piece of clothing, and the Heavenly King successfully completed the great purge he had been dreaming of for many years, and killed all the old brothers who could threaten his prestige. Make the Heavenly King truly become the Heavenly King of the Heavenly Kingdom of Balance, and they, the executors of the Heavenly King, will become the sinners of the Heavenly Kingdom through the ages, and their fate may be even worse than that of the Northern Annihilation.

Qin Tianqiong glanced at Zhao Fan, who was also absent-minded, and he felt that it was very necessary to find an appropriate time and place to talk with Zhao Fan, the protector of the country.

However, the important task before them was to complete the negotiations with the representatives of the Chinese Empire, and the Heavenly King excused himself that he was unwell, and handed over the heavy task of negotiation to Qin Tianqiong, the Guardian of the Heavens, and Zhao Fan, the Protector of the Country, but the favor in the eyes of outsiders made the two of them restless at the moment.

The two Hou Ye, who had been in the scenery of the two Tianjing City for a while, actually had a time when he was worried? This is difficult to imagine in the eyes of outsiders, in fact, the reason why Zhao Fan and Qin Tianqiong are worried is very simple, that is, the king of heaven is afraid that they will be too tired, and the military power of the inner mansion, the palace of the heavenly king, and the guards of the city of Tianjing City are all concentrated, and the most that these empty marquis do every day is to take people in Tianjing City to repair, repair here, make up where to make up, and repair bridges and roads have become the main tasks of these marquis.

And the generals who led the army in various places were looking at Banbi Mountain, Qin Tianqiong was the commander of the Banbi Mountain artillery battalion before, and it was he who secretly used the artillery that he replaced from Banbi Mountain to play a huge role in the attack on the East Palace, but Qin Tianqiong knew very well that he had a few catties and taels in the 200,000 army of Banbi Mountain, and Chen Yucheng, the commander of the left wing, and Li Xiucheng, the commander of the right wing, were the real generals in the north and south of Banbi Mountain, and the rising generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The reason why Qin Tianqiong was afraid was because the morgue in Banbi Mountain was different from other places, if other places claimed to be 100,000 troops, then at best there were only about 70,000, excluding the women's battalion, children's battalion, baggage chariot and horse team, etc., the real combat strength was only about 20,000 people, if it was a newly built army, I am afraid that more people would be entrapped.

The 200,000 troops in Banbishan except for the six healthy women's battalions, all of them are all men's battalions of soldiers, foreign guns, lifting guns, large and small bronze cannons, six-pounder, twelve-pounder foreign cannons, it can be said that there is everything, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng are now facing the Qing army of monk Greenqin There is no movement, once the coercion passes, I am afraid that the first thing the two of them will clean up is themselves, the big traitor in their eyes.

Qin Tianqiong looked at a battleship slowly approaching the harbor, and on top of the battleship stood a row of soldiers wearing blue and white military uniforms, white pants, and black half-height short leather boots, all of whom wore an MP armband on their left shoulders? A short spear at his waist, a spear on his shoulder, and a bayonet glistening with a glistening light on his gun.

Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan glanced at each other, obviously the elite of the other party's soldiers had exceeded their imagination, after the ship was stable, Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan saw about a hundred or so Chinese Imperial soldiers landing on the shore with neat steps, and then the two columns were separated, and a team of more than forty people, dressed in very gorgeous military uniforms and holding various musical instruments they didn't recognize, stepped off the ship with neat steps and began to form a half-moon formation on the side of the dock?

As soon as Zhang Yunji's right foot stepped on the dock, the fleet immediately fired a twenty-four salute, and as soon as the salute sounded, dozens of people from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fell to the ground, although he had been a commander in the artillery camp, but Qin Tianqiong really didn't know much about artillery, so he hurriedly followed everyone and lay on the ground!

When the salute was fired, the baton in the hand of the band conductor was lightly clicked, and the band began to play the "Song of the Founding of the Chinese Empire"!

With a burst of light music, all the officers and men on the side of the ship sang in unison:

The wind and clouds are rising, the mountains and rivers are moving!

The old port was built with a strong momentum, and the revolutionary heroes were loyal!

Jin Ge Iron Horse, a hundred battles on the battlefield!

Pacify the four seas and be a pioneer!

Sweep vertically and horizontally, revive China!

The flag is shining, the drums of war are sounding!

The dragon and tiger are majestic, loyal and loving!

Take care of each other, unite and be self-reliant!

Annihilate the enemy, triumphant!

Jang Yoon-ji also tried his best to sing aloud with the same upright body as the adjutant behind him, and at this moment Jang Yoon-ji found that he had an indescribable sense of pride?

Zhang Yunji knows the origin of this song best, Lin Haijiang taught more than a dozen foreigner tunes in one night, let them train the band, and the lyrics were sent to each combat squad of the Marine Corps, and became a song that must be sung every morning when the flag is raised.

However, Zhang Yunji doesn't think that this majestic and powerful song will be composed by Lin Haijiang himself, and he feels that some of the lyrics of this song are not particularly rhymed, if Lin Haijiang ran to help study torpedoes and machine guns Zhang Yunji believes it, but if Lin Haijiang wrote a song, he will kill him and don't believe it, because Lin Haijiang is not a person with that kind of hobby! Zhang Yunji believes that more than a dozen songs, including this one, were plagiarized by Lin Haijiang from elsewhere, or simply deliberately written to him by someone behind the scenes.

Once Zhang Yunji remembered that when he asked Lin Haijiang with a smile where he plagiarized these catchy songs, Lin Haijiang smiled and told himself that plagiarism is certain, but where it was plagiarized, I just won't tell you!

Zhang Yunji has seen the cheeky afterward, but he has never seen after this, but there is a song "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions" in the song promoted by Lin Haijiang, which made Zhang Yunji feel deeply, since ancient times, the soldiers and bandits have been a family, and many times the soldiers are more chaotic than the bandits, if Lin Haijiang can really make his army do what he sings in the song, Zhang Yunji believes that it will win the Central Plains in ten years or even less.

Because too many people don't understand the truth, the Son of Heaven is high up and does not know the suffering of the people, and the soldiers only have their own soldiers in the eyes, but there are no people, but they do not know that the people are the fundamental, whether it is for the army or the country, the people are the most easily ignored, but it is also the most important.

After cutting his braids, he almost shaved his head, put on a military uniform for the first time, and entered the lair of long-haired, haired bandits, and Hong Rebellion, Zhang Yunji never dreamed that he would have such a day? When they got off the boat, the princes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom gave themselves a five-body gift, and it felt really good to be greeted as a VIP! Zhang Yunji is very glad that he made his previous choice, otherwise where would there be today's glory?

In the main tent of the Tianjing camp, the negotiators of the Chinese Empire and the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom were divided on both sides, and due to the agreement reached in advance, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom garrison was not allowed to be stationed near the venue, and the venue was guarded by 200 guards from each side.

As soon as they came out of the dock, Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan had already felt that the Heavenly Kingdom had lost face, but they had lost a step in the guards, and the two hundred guards of the Chinese Empire were all one water tall, and their expressions were like a mother's birth? Lean and beautiful military uniform, shiny brass buckles and belts, cowhide bullet boxes that seem to have touched oil, armed straps on both shoulders, and uniform movements.

Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan looked at each other, they knew very well that if they continued to compare without their own strength, then they would be the ones who were getting more and more ugly.

Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan focused all their minds on this negotiation, and they decided to regain the lost face at the negotiation table.

Zhang Yunji's staff over the years has not been done in vain, although he has no way to take Lin Haijiang, but to deal with masters like Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan, even if there are more than a dozen or twenty of them, he doesn't care about them, Zhang Yunji looked at Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan with a smile and said: "Ding Tianhou and Protector Hou, can we enter the formal negotiation process?" ”

Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan nodded one after another, Qin Tianqiong cleared his throat and said: "This candidate is the main envoy of the negotiation, and Zhao Fan, the protector of the country, is the deputy envoy!" ”

Zhang Yunji nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good, this is the plenipotentiary certificate given to me by Lin Haijiang, the head of the Chinese Empire, please look at it." ”

Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan were slightly surprised to read the certificate of plenipotentiary of the Chinese Empire handed over by Zhang Yunji, and handed the certificate back, Zhao Fan said politely: "Actually, there is no need to be so troublesome, we can trust you." ”

Zhang Yunji smiled slightly and said: "The Marquis of the Protector is wrong, my Chinese Empire has been recognized by more than 30 countries according to international practice, and has a complete founding program, constitution, diplomatic framework, and territory, while you have nothing, as an informal state-to-state reciprocal negotiation, there is no so-called trust at all, I am not questioning your identity, but questioning your negotiation qualifications." ”

"Negotiation qualifications?" Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan stared widely, they couldn't figure out what Zhang Yunji meant by informal state-to-state reciprocal negotiations and negotiation qualifications.

Qin Tianqiong had no choice but to say: "Special Envoy Zhang, since I am sitting here with the Marquis of the Protector, we have already indicated our identity as negotiators, haven't we?" ”

Zhang Yunji smiled slightly: "Let me put it simply, if the negotiations break down now, I, as the plenipotentiary, can directly declare that the Chinese Empire has entered a state of war against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and we will launch a full-scale attack on the Taiping Army from the sea and land." ”

"What?" Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan, who were extremely surprised, bounced up from their seats and looked at Zhang Yunji with extremely incredulous eyes, and Zhang Yunji said calmly: "So I question your negotiation qualifications, I need you to have the same qualifications and authorization as mine before I can officially start negotiations with you." ”

Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan glanced at each other, obviously this had greatly exceeded their expectations, I am afraid that only the Heavenly King himself could have such rights, I thought that they could eat each other, but it turned out to be the current situation?

Qin Tianqiong took a deep breath and said, "Special Envoy Zhang, what I want to remind you is that Fu Shanxiang is still in our hands!" ”

"Haha, hahaha!" Zhang Yunji laughed and said: "The head of our empire controls the world's largest ironclad fleet, sitting on 200,000 elites, which can be described as invincible, the head of state is determined to unify and rejuvenate China, Fu Shanxiang is the representative of our empire's business cooperation, she personally owes my empire 30 million taels of silver on credit, if Fu Shanxiang has a problem or even dies in your hands, resulting in our inability to receive the payment on credit, this payment will be repaid by you, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom." ”

"Fart!" Qin Tianqiong, whose face was pale with anger, slapped the table violently, and Zhang Yunji said lightly: "It's so sad!" If you don't repay the loan, you two won't be able to be the master! Before I left, the Führer had already told me to fight quickly, and if you were a scoundrel, we would send troops to fetch it ourselves! ”

Qin Tianqiong and Zhao Fan muttered privately for a while before Qin Tianqiong said to Zhang Yunji: "We need to report to the Heavenly King for the suggestions made by your envoy, please be patient for a while." ”

Walking to the door, Qin Tianqiong suddenly turned around and said, "Do you really not care about Fu Shanxiang's safety?" ”

Zhang Yunji said very funny: "Fu Shanxiang is from your Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, right?" Threaten your enemies with your own men? Wouldn't it be ridiculous? But I hope you will be careful and kind to Fu Shanxiang, because she is worth 30 million taels! ”

(To be continued)