Wang Feng only stayed in the East China Sea Fleet for one day, and then set off for Suzhou in the evening of the next day, and now from Jiangnan to Jiangbei, there is a tense atmosphere before the war, and the workers consciously work overtime to produce as many products as possible before the war to support the fighting on the front line.

According to the actual situation of the battlefield, Wang Feng also temporarily divided the territory under his jurisdiction into four theaters, the most critical of which was the Lunan and Huaibei theaters, and the strength of the Second Army alone was obviously weak, so he temporarily dispatched the Third Army of the Third Army and the Tenth Army of the Fourth Army to Jiangbei to support.

The second theater is the Hubei and Hunan theaters, and the main task is to prepare for the attack from Ganshan and Sichuan, to be honest, Wang Feng is not worried at all in this direction, the Qing army's weapons in this area are very backward, and even the Hunan army is inferior, so he will transfer Chen Yucheng's tenth army to Huaibei.

The third theater of operations is the Guangdong Jiaozhi and Yunnan-Guizhou theaters, and the pressure faced is mainly on the European coalition forces and the French army with an ambiguous attitude.

After all, relying on ships to transport troops, no matter how much it is, it is only thirty or forty thousand, and it is enough to defend with the strength of one army, which still counts the French army, so Wang Feng is relieved and boldly let Lin Fengxiang and the Miao people attack Yunnan and Guizhou.

You must know that the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, with lofty mountains and mountains, and various ethnic groups are intertwined, and the real areas ruled by the Qing court are only limited to a few large cities such as Kunming and Guiyang.

The backbone of Lin Fengxiang's department is from Guangxi, and a considerable part of them are Miao, Yao, Dong, Zhuang and other ethnic warriors, who themselves have affinity. With the cooperation of the Miao Mountain Division, many areas will surrender without a fight. Finally, concentrate your forces and take those big cities.

The Fourth Theater is the core area of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian, with the First Group Army and the Third Group Army, and the Second and Thirteenth Armies. This is the lifeblood of the Democratic Alliance Army, and the remaining forces are very strong, but in fact, it is also the safest place, because compared with the possible landing of foreigners, it has an absolute advantage in terms of troops, and it is unlikely that the war in Huaibei will burn to the south of the Yangtze River.

The reason why so many troops were retained was mainly to deal with the situation in the center, and the 11th Army, which was reorganized by the Luo Outline Department, was itself stationed in Jiangbei. If the front line is not supported, it can be supported at any time.

Time passed in a tense atmosphere, during this time, the Qing army and the Democratic Alliance army at the junction of the battlefield are high ditches and deep bases, flat land, criss-crossing dozens of miles of trenches, the two sides from time to time to break out small-scale local battles, but the real decisive battle has not yet begun, because everyone knows. When the European coalition forces arrived, the real battle began.

On 15 September, according to the latest information, Austria and Russia were added to the European coalition. There are a staggering 98 warships of frigates and above, and nearly 1,000 other transport-armed merchant ships of various types, which are making the final run-in before the war.

on the same day. The original battleship and six frigates of the NLD Navy, including those that were launched shortly after they were launched. The three frigates named General Yu Dayou, General Niu Gao and General Su Dingfang were named respectively, a total of ten large and medium-sized warships. He led ten gunboats and fifty supply ships to leave Zhenjiang in the middle of the night and disappeared into the depths of the vast East China Sea.

There are more than 100 torpedoes, because of the strategic policy of luring the European Combined Fleet into the Yangtze River, so all the torpedo launchers have been withdrawn from small boats, after all, the width of the Yangtze River is limited, and the range of torpedoes can reach seven kilometers, which also means that torpedoes can be launched from the river bank to hit enemy ships, and there is no need to pass through the carrier of ships, which is more stealthy and more convenient.

On this very day, "Bang! With a loud bang, Zuo Zongtang, who was sitting in Xiangyang, looked at the letter he had just delivered, slammed the table, and was furious!

Zuo Zongtang is also a Hunan army system, but he has a certain degree of independence, and his status is similar to that of Hu Linyi, and he does not fully accept Zeng Guofan's dispatch.

"Lord Zuo, what's wrong?" An attendant asked.

Zuo Zongtang glared at the beads of his eyes, and said angrily: "The court took the Russians as aid, so that they marched into Wuchang from the direction of Jingxiang, and cooperated with the Huai Army and the Eight Banners to exterminate the Democratic Alliance Army, a month ago, the Russians rode 50,000 from Zhangjiakou through Shanxi all the way to the south, but as soon as they came out of Shanxi, the Russians were ferocious, burning and looting all the way, raping women, and even slaughtering the whole city of Nanzhao County under the jurisdiction of Nanyang, robbing more than 6,000 people's women!

Because the Russians held the documents issued by the military aircraft of the court, and ordered the places they passed through to cooperate, resulting in the helplessness of officials in various places, which made the Russian arrogance even more arrogant, and arrived in Nanyang a few days ago, they simply did not leave, although they did not slaughter the city again, but the people of Nanyang were miserable, and hundreds of women committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water every day! ”

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, and everyone's face flashed with anger, no one could have expected that the Russian army was so cruel, where is this reinforcement? This is the fact of burning, killing and looting in the name of rescue!

Another entourage was not angry and said: "Lord Zuo, the Russians are brutal and intolerable, but he came at the invitation of the court, what can we do?" ”

Zuo Zongtang was silent for a long time before he said bitterly: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, the world has never stopped for a day, first there are long hairs flowing in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are short hairs taking advantage of the situation, and so far half of the country has been lost, and the situation in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo is not less dangerous than Jiangnan, He Mingtang, Ma Shengyan, Ma Zhenhe, Bai Yanhu and others in the name of believing in religion, colluding with the people to conspire against the people, and the rebellion is about to break out.

The court took care of one thing and lost the other, although it knew that inviting foreigners to suppress the Democratic Alliance was really a tiger skin, but the situation was so erosive that it had to be for ah, alas~~ This official personally went to Nanyang, hoping to persuade the Russians to restrain a little, come and prepare horses. ”

"Yes!" Several attendants walked out quickly, and about half an hour later, Zuo Zongtang led dozens of horsemen to Nanyang, which was one hundred and forty kilometers away.

At the same time in Suzhou, Wang Feng also received a secret report similar to Zuo Zongtang, and after circulating, everyone's face was so heavy that water could drip out.

"Old Maozi should be damned!" Zhou Xiuying couldn't help but slam the table!

Sheng Xuanhuai was puzzled: "How could Lao Maozi agree to work for the Qing court?" It is fateful that the British and Portuguese and the Qing court joined forces to attack Shang, and Lao Maozi does not border with us, and has no contacts, is it that Xianfeng has betrayed the country again? But there's no news from Beijing! ”

"Humph!" Yang Shuijiao snorted coldly: "Isn't this obvious, foreigners are all unprofitable guys, Lao Maozi saw that our army was about to be besieged by the European powers and the Qing court's army, and thought it was profitable, so he must have the idea of fishing in troubled waters, and he could also take the opportunity to extort the Qing court, but what benefits did Xianfeng give to Lao Maozi?" ”

Wang Feng's mind immediately appeared in the Aihui Treaty, and he sneered at the moment: "It must be territorial, because the stakes are very high, Xianfeng is worried about arousing a strong backlash, so he keeps it secret, if I guess correctly, his original intention should be to break our army and make a big announcement, so that the adverse impact can be minimized." (To be continued......)

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