Chapter 67: Inside and Outside the Dream

Guangxu opened the second letter, which was about the aftermath of the "Hawaii turmoil".

Li Enfu was naturally the first to take credit, but he also exposed his own strength, and more than 100 professional military personnel showed great strength in the turmoil. Accurate marksmanship and agile skills all mean superb tactical skills. The defeat of the Americans also alarmed Queen Liliukalani. In the process of attacking the palace, the main killings and casualties were all carried out by the Li family (Li Enfu's self-name for the more than 100 military personnel), while the Hawaiian Kingdom Guard was like fighting the autumn wind. Li Enfu's statement is: In the Qing Kingdom, it is necessary to deal not only with bandits, but also with bandits who may be disguised by officials and soldiers, so all the family members have fought wars. Fortunately, this person has only undergone a short period of training, and he is not yet a complete soldier. But the queen still doubted that the more than 100 people could wipe out her Kingdom Guard. Therefore, at the Kingdom Assembly the day after the recapture of the royal palace, Lee Eun-bok swore that he would never betray the Kingdom of Hawaii for the rest of his life and do his best to preserve the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom. Subsequently, the queen appointed Lee Eun-bok as the chief consul to assist the queen in handling the overall domestic and foreign affairs of the kingdom. At the same time, Li Enfu was canonized as the earl of the kingdom, and Oahu was given to Li Enfu as a hereditary domain. Although the Lin and Chen families had fires in their eyes, they couldn't change the status quo with guns like a forest. At the meeting, in order to express his gratitude to the queen for the reward, Lee Eun-bok will help the kingdom train and establish the first true king's [***] team, and set up a battalion first. Its members are all selected from the Kingdom Guard and the local indigenous people. At the same time, in order to stimulate the kingdom's economy, Lee Eun-bok will pay out of his own pocket to build a shipyard and its supporting facilities on Oahu. On the third day, after Li Enfu received $10 million from Guangxu, Xu Shichang secretly went to Chile to discuss the purchase of the Chilean fleet.

When Guangxu continued to see the end, Guangxu suddenly stood up and shouted: "Shameless, shameless, Li Enfu is too shameless." It turned out that Li Enfu looted all Hawaii except for the Huang family, including the Lin and Chen families and the Americans.

The Americans were convicted of treason, and beheaded according to the laws of the kingdom. The Americans gave up all their possessions to buy their lives. Nominally, the property of these Americans was all confiscated by the Queen. Land and houses Li Enfu naturally can't move. But cash, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings were all made up and down by Li Enfu. Together with the property on Oahu, all of them will be counted in the name of Lee En-fu, and the estimated total value will not be less than eight million pounds.

Although the Lin family did not participate in the coup, their eldest son was indeed a kingdom official. As a kingdom official, he did nothing in this "turmoil", so he dismissed all the Lin family officials. The Lin family, which has lost its backer, has plummeted, and the key is that most of the Lin family's industry is on Oahu, how could Li Enfu let it go. Let the Lin family take 500,000 pounds as a "congratulatory gift" from Earl Li Enfu Li.

The Chen family was indeed kidnapped by Li Enfu, and after being put back, he kept persuading his father to give up, but because of Li Enfu's intimidation, the Chen family and Ben did not dare to explain the reason. And the head of the Chen family thought that the overall situation of the Americans occupying the palace had been decided, so he rushed to the palace without thinking too much. He never imagined that the Americans would be defeated only a few hours later, and they would be defeated so completely. The next day, after the Kingdom Conference, Xu Shichang took people to Chen's house and showed an IOU signed by Chen's son. The head of the Chen family fainted after just one look, and it was written that the Chen family owed Li Enfu 10 million pounds. Everyone knows that this is the Li family's revenge on the Chen family for participating in the Americans, and the Li family also has a heartfelt word: The Li family gave the Chen family a chance. But who can listen to such counsel when he is in high spirits? In desperation, he took out all the title deeds and all the property to raise more than three million pounds to buy a life. Unexpectedly, Li Enfu left a house for the Chen family with a wave of his hand, and asked the Chen family to stay and help him manage the farm. There is only one condition, let the son of the Chen family take over as the head of the family. The Chen family is finished.

Lao Tzu sold land and mines here, and only exchanged 30 million US dollars, but he still had to pay it back. Li Enfu fired a few shots and got tens of millions of pounds in his hands. Tens of millions of pounds, looking at Guangxu is head is overhead, and his blood pressure has risen sharply. Or the war comes with money quickly. Guangxu deeply felt the weakness of his armed forces, and really wanted to immediately drive into the book to rob him.

And Li Enfu's third letter is an excerpt of the request. All the meritorious participants Li Enfu asked for merit.

Guangxu raised his head and looked at the messenger: "Your name is Yang Dongzi?" ”

"Yes." Yang Dongzi did not kneel, but gave a military salute.

Guangxu's face waved: "I don't kneel when I see me, but I don't have a king." ”

Back to the emperor, Mr. Li told his subordinates. The emperor once said: A soldier can only die by standing, not by kneeling. ”

"Good. But this is the Great Qing Dynasty, and I have not yet decreed the abolition of the prostration in the army. ”

After hearing this, Yang Dongzi immediately knelt down: "Your subordinates will see the emperor." Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

"Flat." Guangxu was only stunned: "Mr. Li wrote to say that the entire sniper operation in Hawaii was planned by you." Tell me what you think. In addition, the only time in this plan is that you have engaged in a head-on exchange of fire during an assault on the palace. What do you think is the advantage or disadvantage when attacking? ”

"Go back to the emperor. His subordinates did not have bad grades when they were in the military academy, and they were appointed by Zhou Daren as the leader of the operation. Therefore, the students are able to cooperate with the actions of their subordinates. The emperor's 'Hawaii Plan', on the way to Hawaii for his subordinates, Mr. Li informed us and began to implement the plan. One of the most crucial steps is how to provoke the escalation of conflicts. The subordinates proposed to use assassination to obtain Li Shengxian's consent. ”

"The subordinates found that this kind of covert sniping method has a strong lethality to the enemy, especially in the process of attacking the palace, we sniped a large number of American command personnel, so that the enemy could not form an effective command and fell into chaos."

"But this method requires us to have high requirements when choosing the location and direction of sniping, and we also need to have accurate intelligence support. Otherwise, most of the impromptu sniper operations failed or failed to achieve the desired results due to the lack of accurate information in advance. ”

"Similarly, our subordinates have found that we are not able to hide ourselves effectively when sniping in the dark, especially during the day. As a result, one classmate was lost. ”

“……”

"And we're not good at frontal charges, and if it weren't for the Hawaiian Guard, it would have taken us longer and lost more men to take the palace ourselves."

After listening to this, Guangxu nodded: "Have you ever thought about using this method in a large-scale war." ”

Yang Dongzi was stunned, and his mind quickly turned over, and he could only honestly say: "No." ”

"It's okay, I just thought of it after hearing what you said." Guangxu smiled slightly: "It's okay if you're wrong, let's talk about it." ”

"This ...... The subordinates thought that in a large-scale head-to-head engagement, the sniper method might not be of much use. The subordinates thought that every time the enemy or our side charged, there would be a lot of personnel, even in the sniper charge on the battlefield or the commander of the defending side should not be of much use to the two sides that are fighting. ”

"And what if you specifically sneak in and snipe the enemy's senior commander?"

"Your Majesty, this is unlikely. The opposing officer's side must have a large number of guards around them, and the higher the rank, the more guards. ”

"What if you get in disguise? However, even if you succeed in this way, it seems that it will be difficult to exit safely. ”

"Not the Emperor. The subordinates thought that it was worth it to fight to the death and win the entire battlefield with the life of one person. ”

"It's better not to do it just in case, you're all elites. Can't afford this loss. Guangxu waved his hand: "I still have some ideas, and I don't know if it's right or not, so you can listen to it." ”

"The subordinates only obey the emperor's orders." Yang Dongzi knelt down on one knee.

"As soon as you hear it, you can discuss how to do it."

……

Guangxu stretched: "Okay, don't say more." I intend to form a special sniper unit, to the outside world...... Let's call it my direct reconnaissance unit. How about Yang Dongzi, are you willing to be the commander of the reconnaissance unit directly under you? ”

"Thank you for the emperor's grace, but Mr. Li is still waiting for his subordinates to go back with the emperor's will."

"Mr. Li's side will arrange it, you just have to say yes or no."

Yang Dongzi didn't think about it, knelt down and said: "The subordinates are willing, and the subordinates thank the emperor for his holy grace." ”

"Well, my will will be sent by another person. But if you stay, there will be no one to command more than 100 people on the Hawaiian side. You go back and work hard to write a charter and bring it back, and appoint someone to take it over. In addition, if there is a useful and handy person over there, you can apply to Mr. Li for transfer. I will make this clear in my will to Mr. Lee. ”

"Also, what I talked to you about the reconnaissance unit directly under me today, you have to understand what I mean, and write an excerpt and submit it." After speaking, Guangxu's face was pulled, his face darkened, and he said solemnly: "The reconnaissance unit directly under it is absolutely secret. If there is a leak, you will pay for the consequences. ”

The winter sun always sets early, and the setting sun on the horizon spills the last warmth of the day onto the earth. Under the golden sunlight, the mountains, forests, houses, and streets seem to be painted with a layer of gold, and they shimmer with golden light in the setting sun. The Forbidden City is even more splendid in the setting sun, and the straight guards standing at the door, and the eunuchs and palace maids shuttling between the red walls and yellow tiles are still year after year, year after year.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, it was supposed to be a time for relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings. In Cining Palace, the burning fire dragon makes the entire Cining Palace warm like spring. Cixi's favorite opera "Three Forks" was being performed on stage, but the singing voice did not arouse Cixi's interest. At this time, Cixi frowned and looked at Guangxu who was sitting on the side. And Guangxu was tilting his head, leaning on the chair and falling asleep, the expression on his face constantly changing. Cixi looked at Guangxu's face, she didn't know what Guangxu dreamed of, but Guangxu frowned for a while, and smiled for a while, Cixi knew that Guangxu had grown up. The boy who trembled in her arms in the storm, the emperor who was submissive to her, grew up, had his own thoughts, and began to form his own team, how should he choose?

But Guangxu's dream at the moment is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the roar of artillery fire, the whistling of gunshots, and the mustache between his nose and lips, his unique face is getting bigger and bigger in Guangxu's dream, and the silver smile on his face is so hideous. And the girl standing in front of Guangxu in the dream couldn't see her face clearly, no matter how Guangxu wanted to see the girl's face clearly, but that face was getting more and more blurred. The girl she loves is now a hundred years apart. If the girl learns of his death in that life, will she shed tears for him? Guangxu tried hard to recall the girl's face, but it became more and more blurry.

Cixi looked at Guangxu thinking about the problem in a daze, and suddenly Guangxu woke up from his dream and sat up straight. On the contrary, it scared Cixi.

"Dear father, my son accidentally fell asleep. Please also punish your father. ”

Cixi just smiled slightly: "The emperor is working state affairs, and he still needs to take care of the dragon's body." If you're tired, it's better to go back and rest early. After speaking, Cixi turned her head to look at the opera on the stage. What I did see in my heart was that the moment Guangxu woke up from his dream, the murderous aura that flashed from Guangxu's eyes was like destruction.

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