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At dawn on November 16, 1861, the main fleet of the Imperial Chinese Navy consisted of two subfleets, eight capital ships of the first flotilla and twelve capital ships of the second flotilla, together with sixteen old sail third class battleships, carrying all the combat personnel and supplies of the sixth and seventh brigades of the Marine Corps. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After the departure of the main fleet, Ma Jiang's third fleet will take on the duty of cruising Southeast Asia and the Zhongshan Peninsula to show the lineup of the Chinese Imperial Naval Fleet, and more importantly, to tell some people who are ready to move that the Chinese Empire has the strength to fight on two fronts at the same time.

Two days after the fleet left the port, he had already left Wuhan and received relevant information from the headquarters of the Beiyang New Army in the Gyeonggi Movement in Zhili, Zeng Guofan, who was sitting in the carriage, frowned, he knew that the sea route was far faster than the land route, so it was impossible for him to rush back before Lin Haijiang arrived at Dagukou, and even if he rushed back, could his Beiyang New Army drive his marines into the sea within the range of the opponent's naval guns? It can be said that Zeng Guofan can only hope that Lin Haijiang's action was really forced by his own actions in Wuhan, not that he really wanted to attack the Gyeonggi region.

On the side of Monk Greenqin, Zeng Guofan didn't even say hello, because he believed that Monk Greenqin must have also known about the robbery of the five new ships in Beiyang, but when he set off, Zeng Greenqin's five thousand pack horses from Haas towards Kojile also surprised Zeng Guofan, it turned out that the old horseman was also a person who knew the priorities in his heart, and he came and did not deal with him, so Zeng Guofan ordered people to leave 20 field cannons and 2,000 new rifles and 1 million bullets as a reward.

However, in the matter of the looting of the ship, Zeng Guofan still tended to be hijacked by the armed forces of the Chinese Empire, rather than the officers and sailors on the ship, if the officers and sailors on the ship defected, then Beiyang could be regarded as completely losing face, which was equivalent to cultivating a group of naval talents for the Chinese Empire, and finally paid great attention to even giving the ship to the other party! It's really breath-holding and angry! Zeng Guofan couldn't figure it out? Why do young talents have to sharpen their heads and put their fame on their fame, pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers and rebel with Lin Haijiang, a traitor?

On the second day of the retreat of the Beiyang New Army of Zeng Guofan, Monk Greenqin also relieved himself from the joy, it turned out that there was Beiyang and his army in Wuhan, just like two big pincers, no matter which direction the Lin rebel bandit army came from to threaten Wuhan, he could deal with it calmly, although he was not in harmony with Zeng Lao'er, but on the issue of fighting, Monk Greenqin himself also knew that this was not allowed to be negligent and mixed with personal grievances, otherwise the army would be defeated and die without complaints.

Monk Greenqin knew that he and Zeng Guofan were also ministers of Qinci, but his status was more noble than him, looking at the elite soldiers in Beiyang, in fact, Monk Greenqin was extremely jealous on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was envious, hating his subordinates were reckless men or cowards like mice, and all of them were unsuccessful things, so he looked at Zeng Guofan more and more unpleasantly, which eventually led to the discord between the two.

Zeng Greenqin knew that the new ship of Beiyang was hijacked and drank a few bowls that night, but the next day after sobering up, he realized that it was not good, because the two foreigners attacked Jinggi from the sea of Dagukou, so he asked Haas to send 5,000 pack horses, with enough pack horses Beiyang New Army can speed up the march, Dagukou and Tianjin Wei are the foundation of Beiyang, and they are the gateway to Jinggi, and Wuhan is the top priority of the two lakes, so the Beiyang New Army must wave its army back to the division, and they must defend Wuhan alone!

At this moment, Seng Greenqin is the real regret, if he had joined forces with Zeng Guofan earlier, maybe he would have broken through the defense line of the Lin rebel bandit army by now, and the horse stepped on Changsha, knowing that the Lin rebel bandit army would not pay at first, but he waited for the loss of a great opportunity, and now the fighter plane has been lost, not to mention, in the entire large-scale strategy, he still lost a lot to the other party!

However, how did Monk Greenqin know that if there was no warship to be robbed, Lin Cheng might invade Dagukou at any time, Zeng Guofan's clever plan may have already put Monk Greenqin's army on the line of fire and fought to the death with the First Army of the Chinese Imperial Army in front of him, and the main force of the Beiyang New Army broke through the defense line of the two armies of the Chinese Empire in one fell swoop, regardless of Changsha's long drive, forcing the two armies of the Chinese Empire to retreat under the condition that they might be attacked by the enemy. However, the sky is not as good as the people, and the plan can never catch up with the rapid change!

On the evening of November 25, 1861, 20 large surface ships of the Chinese Empire appeared in the sea off Dagukou under the cover of 16 old-fashioned sail 3rd class battleships as transport ships, it can be said that that memory is still fresh in his memory to this day.

Dagukou Fort is located in Tanggu and Dagukou Haihe River South Bank, is the throat of Beijing, the barrier of Jinmen, since ancient times it is an important town of coastal defense, known as Humen in the south, Dagu in the north, after the first Opium War, the Qing court will increase and strengthen the forts, until Daoguang 21 years that is, in 1841, five forts, 12 earthen forts, 13 earthen forts have been built, by these semi-circular fortifications form the Dagu Fort Group, forming a relatively complete military defense system, However, most of these batteries were destroyed or dismantled after the First Opium War.

In the eighth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, Monk Greenqin guarded Dagukou as a minister of Qincha, carried out a comprehensive renovation of the fort, and built six forts, three of which were on the south bank and two on the north bank, which were named after the five characters of Wei, Zhen, Hai, Gate and Gao, implying that the fort was majestic and majestic and guarded at the height of the sea portal, symbolizing the eternal coastal defense of the Qing Dynasty, but unfortunately the fort built by Monk Greenqin was still occupied and demolished by the British and French troops who landed in Beitang. The Dagukou Fort was attacked by the enemy as a whole.

And now the Dagukou Fort in the Lin Haijiang telescope is at the end of 1859, Zeng Guofan supervised the repair, and then strengthened and expanded the scale in the name of Beiyang, in the past, most of the guns were built with wood and blue bricks, and the periphery was smashed with more than two feet of thick Sanhe soil, so that the cannonballs could only hit a shallow pit on the fort, avoiding the secondary damage caused by the splashing of masonry, and the height of the fort before the renovation also reached as much as eight meters, and the shape was basically based on two types of square and round. However, due to the purchase of a large number of British Armstrong ten-inch coastal defense guns, the Dagukou fort was once again reinforced, and the main face of the fort had to be built here with granite, otherwise it would be difficult to withstand the huge recoil of the Armstrong shore defense guns.

Because the Armstrong shore defense artillery adopts a rail-type combined reseat device, the main structure of the main three batteries has been reinforced, widened and heightened, and the fort looks like a small castle from a distance, so there are more than 5,000 people in the Manchu and Han Eight Banners of the Gyeonggi Suwei Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and there is also a teaching team of the Beiyang New Army to assist in the defense of Haizi Fort.

Lin Haijiang remembered that the European powers launched four wars of aggression against Dagukou in 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1900, and these European robbers relied on their ships and guns to try to ravage the Chinese people, and even forced the Qing court to Gyeonggi.

However, in the face of powerful European invaders, in the four Dagukou defense battles, the defenders of Dagukou used their flesh and blood to fight to the death against the invading enemy, demonstrating the indomitable, brave and strong national spirit of the Chinese, and what made Lin Haijiang extremely emotional was that in the four Dagukou defense battles, the defenders fought to the end of the army! Perhaps from the very beginning, it was doomed to the tragic end of the defenders of the fort without help! To tell the truth, Lin Haijiang really didn't want to shoot at the Dagukou Fort, because the historical Dagukou Fort proved that the Chinese nation has the only remaining blood surname, and if a nation loses its blood surname, then what is the difference between it and being castrated? Lin Haijiang doesn't know how many people understand that being alive is equal to dying! Is it true to be alive when you are dead?

It was late, Lin Haijiang put down the binoculars, the Dagu mouth at the end of November can be described as a cold wind, compared to the warm winter of later generations, the cold winter at this moment can really be regarded as a cold winter, did not stand on the deck for two minutes, the cold wind blew Lin Haijiang all over the body, after returning to the war room, Jia Wuji, who had been following Lin Haijiang, stretched out his thumb and exclaimed: "The head of state is wise!" If this winter suit is not well prepared, let alone fighting, I am afraid that you will have to freeze to death! ”

Lin Haijiang nodded and said: "Most of our troops come from Liangguang and Nanyang, and it is very normal not to adapt to the northern climate, and when the whole of China is recovered in the future, we will have the conditions to form a cold region unit specially used for operations in the Heilongjiang, Inner and Outer Xing'an Mountains, and Baikal areas. ”

Jia Wuji was also worried: "The soldiers in the south have never even seen snow, how can they stand such a strong wind howling?" It's not too much to say that it's a biting cold wind! ”

Lin Haijiang, accompanied by Jia Wuji, was ready to inspect the Marine Corps, Lin Haijiang wanted to grasp the real situation of the first-hand troops, and found no trace of the remaining seven warships of the Qing court at Dagukou, Lin Haijiang had already understood the problem, Zeng Guofan was not an easy opponent to deal with, he believed that at this moment, Zeng Guofan's main force of the Beiyang New Army was probably galloping back to Dagukou in the starry night, and the Qing court Jinggi should also know that he had already arrived at the city!

In the Forbidden City, where the cold wind was howling, Prince Yi Zaiyuan, who had not entered the palace for a long time, was summoned to the Qianqing Palace late at night. Prince Gong Yixin was surrounded by Ah Ling'a and other military ministers, and seemed to be whispering something, as a prince who almost lost his head and stood aside, and now relying on his daughter and the queen mother of the two palaces to pull the family to lead the month routine, Zaiyuan will naturally not come forward, although they are all princes, a prince who holds great power in the world and a prince who is idle and relies on ridiculous money to eat his old book cannot be confused at all.

When Yixin saw Zaiyuan standing in the corner, he came over eagerly and said, "Uncle! My dear uncle! When has this been? Are you still in good shape? ”

Zaiyuan rarely saw Yixin's gaffe, so he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, if you have something to say, say it slowly!" ”

Yixin sighed, lowered his voice and said, "God! The imperial court received an eight-hundred-mile urgent report from Zeng Guofan in Wuhan, and the warships returning from England even the classmates and sailors were robbed by Lin Wei, who had suffered a thousand knives! Originally, I entered the palace to prepare to play this matter to the queen mother of the two palaces, but the result is good, Lin Rei's fleet has already appeared outside the mouth of Dagu, not only warships, it is said that there are also a large number of troop carriers, it must be looking at the emptiness of our Gyeonggi, so I want to give our masters a straight smash Huanglong! ”

Zaiyuan looked at Yixin dumbfounded: "Then what should we do?" What is the emperor's attitude? ”

Yixin shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Majesty? Now only six years old, what can you say? Now what? Summoned everyone here is to get a charter out, according to the meaning of the queen mother of the two palaces, this time she said that she would not leave Gyeonggi to tour the west, and she wanted to recruit the world's soldiers and King Qin, and fight to the end with the Lin rebel bandit army. ”

At this moment, An Dehai said sharply in his hoarse voice: "The Queen Mother of the Two Palaces has arrived!" ”

After the ministers knelt down, Cixi glanced at Ci'an, Ci'an nodded, Cixi took a deep breath and said: "Listed as ministers are the pillars of my Qing Dynasty, seeing the invasion of thieves, there is no enemy in the land of Gyeonggi, the mourning family and my sister are determined not to take refuge in the west no matter what, ignoring the world, from now on, all the palace ministers in Gyeonggi will be drawn into an armament war, and issued a decree to gather the soldiers of the king of the world to fight to the end with the Lin rebel bandit army, Zeng Guofan's 100,000 Beiyang elite new troops are rushing to King Qin day and night, and the Russian Duke Gomochlov said that more than 10,000 Belarusian elite soldiers can be sent by sea at any time, and they can arrive in Shandong in eight days. ”

Cixi's last few words can be said to have reassured everyone present, since the empress dowager of the two palaces has made a decision, then there is nothing worth discussing, the next thing is to perform their duties, the task of training and training naturally fell on the shoulders of the military department Shangshu Ai Renjun, the distribution of foreign guns to supply lead, broadswords, spears, bows and arrows, and so on and so on is naturally the responsibility of the Ministry of Works, Shangshu Wuren, after some arguments, the originally extremely tense night meeting dispersed.

But Prince Yi Zaiyuan and Prince Gong Yixin were left alone, Zaiyuan is the master who has experienced wind and rain, and naturally knows that things will never be as simple as the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces said, in the harem, Cixi and Ci'an lost their previous composure, just like normal women are afraid of the robbers who have appeared at their doorstep, they will also be afraid!

At this moment, Jae-won wanted to know who gave the empress dowager of the two palaces, who fled for the second time, the courage to defend Gyeonggi to the death, and called on the army of the king of Qin in the world to fight to the death with Lin Rebellion?

After being silent for a while, Cixi took the lead in speaking: "This afternoon, I learned that Lin Rei's fleet appeared at Dagukou, and the Mourning family and my sister can be said to be six gods and no masters, but the Russian Minister Duke Gomocherov brought their Vice Admiral Duravyev to meet the Ai family, and they said that now the English Kingdom in Europe is contacting many European countries to prepare for a crusade against Lin Rei's pseudo-Chinese empire, intending to completely eliminate Lin Re, a madman of the Far East War, and eliminate the factors of instability, etc., Say that as long as we can hold out for six months, then we can join the multinational coalition to fight against Lin Rebellion, and then regain the lost territory! ”

Ci'an added on the side: "That Duke Gomocherov said that the multinational coalition forces will not occupy our land in the Qing Dynasty, and when the time comes, he will let us pay some military expenses to make up for their losses or something!" ”

Yixin's expressionless face seemed to be thinking about something after hearing this, but Zaiyuan was a little excited: "None of the Yangyi are good things, the Russians are worried about our land, and the English are worried about the silver and treasures of our Qing Dynasty. Is there such a bastard's bandit logic in the world? ”

Zaiyuan's words made Ci'an and Cixi regret it a little, how did they leave this master who didn't like them together?

Yixin reminded: "Now we are talking about Lin Wei, half of the rivers and mountains have been put into his pocket, so can we compete with it in the Qing Dynasty?" To put it mildly, the river is going to burn high incense, Lin Wei has a big appetite, rather than leaving it to the rebels, it is better to cheapen Yangyi, even if after the war, we took the silver to send the foreign thieves in Leyile, even if the people's livelihood withered, it is great that I have been recuperating in the Qing Dynasty for 20 years, long live the Lord is only six years old this year, there is a lot of time, what are we afraid of? ”

Yixin's words made Cixi and Ci'an feel very reasonable, so after the two whispered a few words, Cixi smiled peacefully and said: "Prince Gong's words are reasonable, even if the scorched earth is still the land of my Qing Dynasty, but what Prince Yi said is not unreasonable, Prince Gong will trouble you in this matter, the Russians are inconvenient to come out of the mourning family, and they will issue a decree to promote you to the prime minister and minister of state, and Prince Yi will be your deputy, I hope you two will work together!" ”

(To be continued)