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Is this fast fat meat delicious in China? The answer, of course, is yes, but for Tsar Nicholas I of Russia at this time, it was still difficult to say for a while.

The decision to send troops to China and intervene in the civil war there was not so lightly made, first of all, among his government officials, and met with considerable resistance from the beginning. Of course, if you just hold an armed parade like on the Heilongjiang River, you can get the desired qiē, no one will complain. The crux of the matter is that this time it is not a simple demonstration and intimidation like before, but a real battle against a strange enemy with the lives of Russians, and it is precisely when the Crimean War is raging and the empire has shown its passivity.

The war in Crimea was brutal, so cruel that it was not only Russia that was forced to mobilize nearly 700,000 armed forces to fight what was supposed to be a simple war, but now it is mired in a swamp. The relative superiority of the Russian army in the initial stages of the war is gone.

Since Britain and France officially declared war on Russia, Britain and France actively sought allies, the Kingdom of Sardinia had formed an alliance with Britain and France, and Russia's loyal ally, the Austrian Empire, at this time actually treacherously sent 80,000 troops to gather on the eastern border, ready to attack the rear of the Russian army, and Russia itself, although it had made many diplomatic efforts during the war, trying to form an alliance with Denmark, Sweden, Prussia and other countries, but all were refused. Thus, the Crimean War was in fact a war between Russia and the British, French, Turkish, Austrian, and Sasharan allies, that is, a contest between isolated Russia and the European powers.

Especially in October, the Russian army began to do a hard defensive battle in Sevasporol. Prince Manshikov, for the sake of Sevasporol's defense, even believed that the Black Sea Fleet had no chance of winning a battle at sea, so he forced Admiral Klinov to scuttle the fleet in order to block the shipping lanes. More than 1,000 naval guns were moved to land, and naval officers and sailors also went ashore to strengthen the garrison. (Isn't this like the historical Manchu Qing Lushunkou in the third stage of the Sino-Japanese War?) Prince Manshikov is really the ancestor of the Manchu Beiyang Naval Division! The Russian military has always regarded the navy as an extension of the army in the ocean, and such an idea cannot be regarded as a maritime power. ）

However, after the so-called Chinese experts led by Count Muravyov, Putiyatin, Ignatiev and others of Amursky gave the opposition a detailed introduction to this cowardly country, the opposition finally had a new understanding of this ancient country, and it turned out that they were no longer the era of the Mongolian Golden Horde and the arrogance of Nebuchu. This is just a patient who has been weakened to the extreme, but still holds the mirror and admires himself.

Opinions are unified, and the specific operational details have become a problem again. How many troops are going to be out? What kind of army is out? On the premise of not affecting the main battlefield of fighting with the allied forces of Britain and France, how can we effectively ensure China's superiority on the battlefield in the future and maximize our own interests? After several arguments, there was finally a compromise plan. That is, first of all, the Manchus were encouraged to form a new army and taught them to build military factories in order to sell them arms and all kinds of equipment in large quantities.

Since Muravyov and others believed that the Manchus would win the civil war in China, they might as well give them a loan to the impoverished Manchu government. This is a good deal, the loan will have to be repaid in the future, and the price of shoddy munitions and dilapidated equipment and so on, you can still play a little tricky and make money inside and out. More importantly, as a result, the domestic economy is bound to improve. And with the influx of domestic technology and a large number of technicians, the door of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which had been closed for many years, will also be completely opened, and Russian culture will imperceptibly enter the minds of those who are still inseparable from men and women. It seems that the generosity of the moment, of course, is only to use the military industry as a breakthrough, when the Manchu Qing Dynasty is accustomed to Russian products, why can't many civilian products enter China?

As for the army, it was simply based on the existing army of Muravyov in Eastern Siberia, and then released a large number of criminal prisoners and those idle homeless people from prisons in various places to supplement them to form a Chinese expeditionary force.

Nicholas I was thinking that if the Crimean War was ultimately lost, then Russia's next development direction could only and only be directed at the East.

Xianfeng is preparing for a grand trip to Chengde. Yixin is destined to nod and bow to the Russians, or flatter him more, and of course, follow Concubine Yi's instructions to take care of the rest of the mess. What kind of mood he will have, only he knows.

Lin Haifeng and Shi Dakai in Ningdu are in a good mood.

Most of the Red Second Army drove to the border of Jiangxi and Guangdong, and the autumn wind swept away the remnants of the Qing army like falling leaves, and established a bridgehead pointing to Guangdong. All units of the Celestial Army, which had been resting on the Hunan and Guangdong borders for a long time, also became active.

Fujian, Zeng Shuiyuan's Red Third Army after full preparation, in the Ningbo and Fuzhou southward Heavenly Army Naval Division, and after the failure of the uprising, forced to withdraw to the sea, trying to find an opportunity to fight with the Qing demon again Huang Wei led by some of the rebel troops, the sound of the east to attack the west, in a strong attack on Gulangyu Island, mobilized the mobile forces of the Qing army in Xiamen to reinforce Gulangyu, the three divisions of the Red Third Army took advantage of the cover of midnight, respectively from the north, west, northeast three sides at the same time to board the ship and set sail, and landed before dawn, The three directions of the western section from the east to Shihu Mountain, the middle section from Gaoqi to the west between Shihu Mountain and Huayu, and the eastern section between Zhongzhai and Huayu have been broken through one after another.

Two days later, the gunfire of Xiamen and the surrounding islands subsided, and the golden and blood-red banners of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fluttered in the wind.

Ningdu is now a colorful flag fluttering, and thousands of people are empty.

In order to celebrate the great victories of the Heavenly Army on various battlefields, and also to show the demeanor of the Heavenly Army, and at the same time to see off Lin Haifeng, who was about to leave, a grand military parade was held in Ningdu City.

The first to appear is the pride of the former Western Expeditionary Army, a division of the army, under the guidance of a golden military flag, behind the Liu Xihe, is a short knife team, spear team, spear team, artillery team composed of a majestic procession, in the noisy drum and trumpet, full of energy, passing through the review stand in turn.

Then there is the Ningdu Self-Defense Regiment, all the children of Ningdu, the children of Ningdu who just put down the tools and farm tools in their hands not long ago to defend their homeland.

Below is the queue composed of the peasant army of the four townships of Ningdu, and their faces are still rippling with the joy of dividing the fields and the pride of being the masters of the house.

Finally, when dozens of military trumpets sounded at the same time, the art troupe played a rousing and high-pitched military music of the Red Army, and the two squares of the Red Fifth Division walked to the review stand. This is also a heroic unit, outside Tianjing City, there is the blood they shed to break the Jiangnan camp, and the two bright red battle flags of the Suzhou Division and the Changzhou Regiment record their glory. Division Commander Lai Yuxin clenched the command knife with his backhand and stood it on his chest. Behind him were infantry platoons with shiny spears and stabbing rifles on flat ends, and artillery platoons carrying dozens of grenadiers and mortars.

"Hello brethren!" Shi Dakai stood on the makeshift review stand and greeted loudly as usual.

"Hello Your Highness!" Hundreds of throats are responding.

"Brothers have worked hard!" Lin Haifeng's hand waved high.

"Serve the people!" The soldiers on the review stand shouted in an earth-shattering voice.

Shi Dakai heard it, and so did the people who were watching. This is the first army in history to do it voluntarily and at the same time issue such a slogan.

Shi Dakai looked at Lin Haifeng beside him, and from his solemn expression, Shi Dakai saw his heart. Not for the king of heaven, not for fame and wealth, the Red Army's one qiē is only for the interests of the people. With such an army, can there be the scene of Zeng Tianyang and Shi Fengkui under Ji'an City? Of course not, the people are their souls, as long as there is still one person left, this army will not lie down, let alone fight for any so-called utilitarian interests for their own selfishness. The Red Army and the Celestial Army are not the same.

Shi Dakai couldn't help but admire Lin Haifeng's method of leading troops, but at the same time, his worries were even greater.

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