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1862 was a stormy year for the entire Qing Dynasty, the Forbidden City can only be described as a bleak at the moment, the successive defeats and the military expenses paid to the Russians who demanded too much have made the Qing Dynasty's treasury empty, Ci'an and Cixi even remembered the legend that Emperor Shunzhi paved the ground with hidden silver, and asked An Dehai to dig everywhere with a group of guards and eunuchs every day!

In the apse of the Qianqing Palace, Yixin looked left at Zaiyuan, to the right at the military minister and the six members of the military aircraft with a sad face, looking at the dragon chair with an inexplicable expression today, and the two pillars of the Qing Dynasty in the back, Ci'an and the Empress Dowager Cixi, Yixin was sad for a while, this Tongzhi Ye should not be the last lord of the Qing Dynasty to reign over the world, right?

In returning to the bitter cold place of Shengjing, to lie down and taste the gall? I'm afraid that one generation will not be as good as the next, and Lao Tzu's heroes are pure nonsense and fooling people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

No one knows Yixin's thoughts, but there is a master who is more bitter than him sitting on the side, almost in tears! Duke Gomocherov received an edict from Emperor Nikolai that if the use of troops against the Chinese Empire and even the Qing State could not achieve the goals of the Russian Empire, then Duke Gomocherov would be sent to Siberia with the criminals! In the past, Duke Gomocherov might have taken the Tsar's order as a joke, but now the grim situation in the country has made him nervous.

Especially after learning the news that Duraviev was captured and the 200,000-strong army of Veredovsky was annihilated, he immediately asked to enter the palace to meet the empress dowager of the two palaces, and Duke Gomocherov was eager to confirm the truth of the news he had learned, and in addition, he wanted the Qing side to send troops to rescue the Russian army.

For Duke Gomochelov's request with almost tears and snot, Yixin felt very ridiculous on the side, what is the total annihilation? What a bunch of stupid roe deer Russians, all of them were wiped out and they saved their heads? If the Russians fall into the hands of Nalin Haijiang, can they still have good fruit to eat? From the bottom of his heart, Yixin also hated this group of brutes who ruined the city of Nanjing, in all fairness, Yixin knew that even if the Beiyang New Army captured Nanjing, it was absolutely indispensable to loot, but it would definitely not be as crazy and hysterical as the Russians, but looking at the excitement of the Russians, Yixin was also anxious about the situation in front of him.

However, Yixin is also powerless at the moment, Yixin knows that he is not a handsome general, so he has never taken the initiative to ask for help, the Beiyang built by the Qing Dynasty looks so brilliant, and it has been a long time to make a scene? Most of the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division were now Lin Wei's, and the Beiyang Naval Division, along with their supreme commander Zeng Guofan, was surrounded in Nanjing?

Yixin glanced at Zaiyuan with a wooden expression, he knew that Zaiyuan was old, and he didn't want to toss with it, Zaiyuan seemed to have suffered a lot in the year of the palace change, since when Zaiyuan was no longer like a prince of the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court, the queen mother of the two palaces and his own clans are very different, like strangers, which is the most chilling for Yixin.

Yixin was thinking about it, when Ci'an suddenly spoke: "Do you want us to transfer the 300,000 troops of Prince Monk Greenqin to Nanjing to relieve the siege?" First ended the siege of Nanjing, stationed the army along the Yangtze River, rebuilt the camp in the south of the Yangtze River, and contained the Lin rebel bandit army, the 300,000 army of the monk king plus the 100,000 army of the Beiyang Zeng Guofan, not in Dagukou There are still 20,000 Beiyang new army and 50,000 reserve new army, how about transferring 50,000 forbidden troops from Gyeonggi to the south for reinforcements? ”

When Yixin heard Ci'an's words, he thought to himself, my queen mother! You're idle, we're dying fast enough! Can our soldiers compare with the soldiers of the Lin rebel bandit army? Even those Russians who eat raw meat can't kill Lin Haijiang's thief army, and our Beijing camp can only be used for nothing!

But Yixin understood that he couldn't say this, he hesitated, but decided to tell the truth, lest there be a big defeat, and it would be much better for the entire government and opposition to collapse and chaos, so Yixin stepped forward and gave a salute and sighed slightly and said: "Returning to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, the 300,000 army of the prince of Monk Greenqin cannot be accurate, our Qing Dynasty has always been the standard of sixty percent of the salary vacancy, even our forbidden army in Gyeonggi is the same, except for the Ouchi guards who are eighty percent full, even the Xiao cavalry battalion is counted, and the 10,000 people on the roster, In fact, only 4,000 people should be counted, which is not bad, and after a series of fierce battles under the Beiyang New Army, it is estimated that there are still 50,000 people who are considered good, and it is not easy for them to hold Nanjing, where are the troops to cooperate with the counterattack? Moreover, Nanjing City has been warred several times, and it is simply full of holes! The army of the monk king was pinned down by a legion of Lin Rebellion in Wuhan, and the previous section of the excerpt was to find the enemy for a decisive battle, and then fully support Nanjing, the monk king is not a master who does not know the priority. ”

Ci'an and Cixi were shocked into a cold sweat when they heard Yixin's words, and the military discipline officers and the six scholars present actually knew what was going on, but no one dared to say it, but today from Prince Gong's mouth, everyone had a feeling of self-danger?

Li Hongzhang is also fortunate to stand under His Royal Highness today as a left-behind senator in Beiyang, but he is guilty of meritorious service and does not dare to speak lightly, but now Zeng Guofan is in danger, and Beiyang is in danger, so he can't help but say it!

Li Hongzhang thought for a while and slowly stepped out of the queue and said: "The queen mother of the two palaces, the minister Li Hongzhang has a plan to play!" ”

Who is this Li Hongzhang? Everyone present knew very well that the Huaizi Battalion of the Beiyang New Army was built by him and then burned with firewood! There was a sudden whisper above the main hall, and even more, Li Zhiming, the squire of the military department, angrily scolded Li Hongzhang not to speak, otherwise he would mislead the country and the army, and Li Hongzhang's face turned red with shame.

Zaiyuan glanced at Li Hongzhang coldly, and said unhurriedly: "Lord Li, the Empress Dowager casually said that she would send 20,000 Beiyang New Army from Dagukou to the south for reinforcements, do you dare to fight this idea?" Dagukou is the top priority of my Gyeonggi defense, do you know that Lin Rei has landed at Dagukou three times to threaten Gyeonggi, is it possible that you know that Lin Rei will not come again? At that time, we will be finished! What are your intentions? Someone! Bang me out! ”

Li Hongzhang originally wanted to personally mention the 20,000 Beiyang New Army and reserve troops in Dagukou to go south for reinforcements, but he was broken by Zaiyuan, but he never thought that Zaiyuan would let the guards bomb him out? There are two palaces of the queen mother in this hall, and there are Prince Gong and the ministers of military discipline of the six Shangshu? Jaegaki is just an idle prince? How could such an order be given?

The guards on the side are all full of people, and their homes are in the land of Gyeonggi, as soon as they heard Zaiyuan say that Li Hongzhang was going to abandon Gyeonggi and ignore it, he impulsively forgot that Zaiyuan, the idle prince who said that he did not speak, and pushed Li Hongzhang out of the hall in a few clicks, and when he went out, a guard made a bad move, kicked Li Hongzhang's thigh, and Li Hongzhang screamed and fell out of the threshold of the hall.

As a result, the top rolled out of the smoke for a long time, and Li Hongzhang, who was limping, glanced back at the quiet hall, obviously he, the third product of the Beiyang Left Senate, was not enough to let the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces speak, and even Prince Gong Yixin, who was very protective of Beiyang, was silent.

The disheartened Li Hongzhang limped down the rain platform and came to his dusty roof, where the jewels and flowers on the top had fallen? A few little eunuchs on the side were looking at him with disdain and the unlucky adult was laughing, the eunuchs were the most capable of practicing people, they just knew the weakness of people with their physical disabilities, and most of them couldn't stand the mockery of the eunuchs, Li Hongzhang stretched out his hand to pick the top and finally took it back, turned around and glanced at the majestic hall, Li Hongzhang slowly walked towards the direction of the palace gate.

Yixin looked at Li Hongzhang, who didn't even pick the top outside, and also chuckled in his heart, he regretted a little why he didn't say anything to stop it just now? The main reason is that he subconsciously agrees with Zaiyuan's statement, the foundation of the Qing Dynasty is in Gyeonggi and Zhili, the world is chaotic in Gyeonggi, and Zhili is not chaotic, and the Qing Dynasty can still be ready to strike a counterattack, of course! Yixin also knows that this is probably just his wishful thinking!

Duke Gomochelov also participated in the so-called court meeting of the Great Qing Kingdom for the first time, but the plot in front of him is no different from Russia, it is nothing more than a struggle for power and profit.

Because Duke Gomocherov still does not believe that Vyledovsky will really be wiped out, you must know that even in the Crimean War, which suffered extremely heavy losses, the brave Cossack cavalry is still a symbol of the invincibility of the Russian Empire, whether it is the British Royal Janissary Dragoons or the French Guards Cavalry, all of them have retreated, and now there are rumors that 30,000 Cossack iron cavalry were completely destroyed, and even the commander Villedov Skyy was captured?

If the Allied Navy defeated Vice Admiral Dulaviev and captured him, he could accept the news, because the Chinese Empire was originally a country that relied on the navy to develop, and it could also be explained by mastering some advanced technology to cooperate with Prussia!

A country that can compete with almost all of Europe at sea will also be invincible on land? How long has the army of the Chinese Empire been formed? They simply did not have a good source of war horses, and their cavalry rode on donkeys!

Duke Gomocherov was vigorously slandering the cavalry units of the Chinese Empire, and in his opinion, the best way to deal with cavalry was to use cavalry, and the best way to deal with artillery was to use more artillery! Duke Gomochlov has not yet realized that his ideas have been completely eliminated by new weapons and new methods of warfare!

(To be continued)