Below the county seat of Shanghai, the Qing army was tightly besieged, erecting an earthen wall outline, completely cutting off the material exchanges between the knife society and the outside world, and on the river surface in the north in the distance, there was a faint red light flickering, listen carefully, and faint muffled thunder came.

Liu Lichuan couldn't help asking, "What is going on?" Could it be that the Taiping Army is fighting against the Qing Demon again? ”

Zhou Xiuying hesitated: "It's impossible, the Taiping army only came to help, where did he get the ships to fight with the Qing army on the river?" What's more, there are Yingyi warships cruising in the Yangtze River, how can he dare to launch even if he has a ship? Marshal, don't forget, according to the report of spies during the day today, Yingyi bombarded Baoshan County with warships."

As she was talking, Zhou Xiuying suddenly stopped talking, turned to a face full of disbelief, and exclaimed, "Could it be that the muffled thunder is an explosion?" Red light is a fire? Standing still for a long time, could it be that Yingyi's battleship was sunk by the Taiping army? ”

"Impossible!" Lin Afu didn't even think about it: "The guns of the Taiping army are only a little stronger than ours, and they are a cut worse than the Qing army, how can he have the ability to sink the Yingyi battleship?" Moreover, he had only experienced a hard battle during the day, and he would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and it was too late to defend the city, and how many dared to divide his troops to attack Yingyi?

Big sister, although the Taiping Army is under the banner of rescuing my little knife club, but people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, we can't pin all our hopes on others, we should pay close attention to the outside world, and look for opportunities to take the initiative to break through! ”

Zhou Xiuying frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied with Lin Afu's guess that the Taiping Army had other intentions, Chen Alin hurriedly glanced over, and said, "Brother Lin, your guess is reasonable, but how to explain the anomaly on the river?" Could it be that Yingyi or Qing Demon set the fire himself?

In fact, this Taiping army was able to sneak out of the encirclement of the Xiangrong camp in Tianjing, and captured Baoshan County without a single soldier, and took all the grain, grass and ammunition of Xu Naizhao, it can already be seen that his leading generals are not general, brother, I think, it is better not to jump to conclusions too early, and we will see when the news comes at dawn. ”

The more everyone argued, the more confused Liu Lichuan's heart became, after all, the stronger the ability of the leading generals of the Taiping Army, the more dangerous his position became!

After Liu Lichuan's eyes flickered for a while, he waved his hand: "The intention of the Taiping Army is only clear when we meet, let's speculate here randomly, but it's just a matter of messing with the army's heart, Xiuying, you pay more attention to intelligence, report to me as soon as there is news, and the city head must also strengthen its vigilance, and now, it's all gone." So saying, he hurried down to the city

Not long after, Jin Nengheng and Rawell were affected by the anomaly on the river, and they also came to the British Consulate one after another, and after a brief exchange, they accompanied Uncle Wen Xian and Ah Liguo to wait for the news, about five o'clock in the morning, the sky just revealed a little light, and suddenly there was a messy footstep outside the consulate!

Brush Brush Brush! Several people reflexively stood up and looked out.

The two British lieutenants stumbled in front of them, their faces were scorched black, the beautiful orange-red military uniforms had been dyed earth gray by the mud, and the tall and mighty triangular hats on their heads were gone, especially with obvious horror on their faces!

"What's going on?" Wen Xian immediately asked.

Alice's heart was also a fierce blow, through the brief conversation of Guò Wenham and others, she guessed that something was likely to happen to the Hermes, but she didn't want to believe it, the Hermes carried her from Mumbai, through Singapore, Hong Kong, to Shanghai, accompanied her all the way, she had developed an indescribable intimacy with this giant battleship, as for the two lieutenants, they were both gun captains on the battleship, and their wolf appearance made Alice's heart sink again and again.

Alice's turquoise eyes stared straight at her without blinking!

One of the lieutenants cried out, "Gentlemen, just tonight, the Hermes was attacked by a mine and sank to the bottom of the river, and there were more than 200 sailors and soldiers on board, and less than 20 were still alive!" Woo woo woo~~"

The two British lieutenants wiped their tears and wept about the tragedy of the time, and Alice's last luck was completely shattered, and the last thing she wanted to see happened, and the more than 200 of her compatriots died in a foreign land, never to return to their homeland, while their young and beautiful wives, old and decrepit parents, and lively and lovely children were still waiting for them to return from the far east with rich booty!

"Wang Feng, you must have done it, you executioner, I hate you!" Alice muttered and shed tears of sadness.

Wen Ham and Ah Liguo sat down on the chair with a blank look, while Kim Nenghyung and Rayel were full of sadness and anger on their faces, but there was a faint flicker of schadenfreude in their eyes!

There is only one reason why they are only looking forward to the horses, that is, Britain is too strong, so strong that the United States and France are still invincible, although they have common interests in China, but they do not want to see Britain dominate, the Hermes was bombed and sunk by the Taiping Army is very shocking, but in comparison, they are more willing to add to the British blockage!

After a long time, Wen Xian said dejectedly: "It's my negligence, since the Taiping Army has grenades, as long as a little research can master the delayed fuse technology, and it will be applied to the mines, hey~~ I should have thought that the cannon of the Hermes yesterday brought a strong threat to the Taiping Army, with Wang Feng's character, he will definitely not give up, blame me." ”

Ali Guo waved his hand: "No, Mr. Wen Xian, this is not your responsibility, but Wang Feng's actions are too fast, faster than all of us expected, which also fully proves that this person is an extremely difficult opponent!"

Since 1840, the Hermes was the first warship of the British Royal Navy to be sunk in China, and more than 200 soldiers were killed, and it was also the heaviest casualty suffered by our British Empire Expeditionary Force. ”

Wen Ham nodded and said: "There is no doubt that the Congress will send an expeditionary fleet, but in terms of time, it is likely to take one to two years, during this period, we cannot sit back and watch Wang Feng grow and develop, but to attack him head-on, defeat his arrogance, and even arrest and send him to a military court for trial, but our British army is weak in Shanghai, and it will take a relatively long time to transfer troops from Hong Kong and even India, so we have to rely on the assistance of Mr. Rawell and Mr. Jin Nengheng." ”

Wen Xian looked at Jin Nengheng and Rachel, although the latter two were dissatisfied with the dominance of the British family, but they were surprisingly consistent with the British in the face of uncontrollable threats, Rachel said without thinking: "Wang Feng also threatens French interests in China, and we French people are willing to participate in the attack on Wang Feng." ”

Kim Neng-hyung followed suit: "The U.S. government and the people will always stand with Her Majesty the Queen of England!" ”

"Good!" Wen Xian shouted hello, and beckoned out: "Come on, invite Lord Xu of the Qing Kingdom!" ”

"Yes!" One of the guards left in a hurry.

(Thank you Liu Tian 001 for your tip, thank you~~)