Li Yunzhong saw that everyone in the room lowered their heads, consciously exerted their thick black knowledge, and said: "It's not your fault, it's because I care too much about the attitude of foreigners during this time and affects you, by the way, how did foreigners deceive you?" ”

Li Xiucheng saw that King Han was not to blame, and said gratefully: "Your Highness Xie forgives, foreigners are really hateful." Seeing Li Yunzhong close his eyes, he hurriedly told the cause and effect, "A month ago, several foreign priests came to Suzhou from Shanghai, and each said that they were from France, England, and the United States. Come to Suzhou to discuss Shanghai with us. ”

"They must be ...... I beg you not to attack Shanghai for the time being. ”

Seeing that King Han broke through the mystery in his words, Li Xiucheng was even more ashamed, and said: "The last general is stupid, and at that time, Senior Commander Li also advised me to enter the army immediately, don't care about the attitude of foreigners, the last general is worried...... Worried about the strength of the foreigners' ships and artillery, if they were enemies of the Han Dynasty and colluded with the Qing demons, we would set up a big enemy in vain, so we ordered the army to stay in Suzhou for the time being and negotiate with the foreigners. ”

Li Xiucheng secretly caught a glimpse that the King of Han was really not angry, and his tone became normal, "I went back and forth like this a few times, and it took more than half a month for us to gradually reach a consensus: the foreigners did not interfere with the Han army's attack on Shanghai, and the Han army could not harm the interests of the foreigners." ”

Li Yunzhong could guess the ending, but he nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"Just a few days ago, the Qing army successively supported Shanghai from Hangzhou, and the last general felt that he had fallen into the strategy of delaying the army, and immediately sent people into the concession to contact the foreigners, who knows that they denied that they had sent people to negotiate with me, and drove out the people I sent!" Li Xiucheng swallowed his saliva, "After careful investigation by the last general, I learned that these people are just missionaries in the church, and it is the Taoist Wu Jianzhang who paid them to negotiate with our army, so as to buy time for Xiang Rong to transfer troops and support." ”

Li Yunzhong didn't expect the famous 'Loyal King' to be in such a strategy, "This Wu Jianzhang has borrowed foreigners several times to embarrass my big man, and he is obsessed with attacking Shanghai this time, I must kill him alive, and has he heard the news about it?" ”

Li Chunfa hesitated to say more, but when he saw Li Yunzhong looking at him, he immediately replied: "There are still some villagers around Shanghai, they are far away from their hometowns, and their will to fight is not strong. ”

Li Yunzhong sighed: The forces of all parties in Shanghai are really complicated, not only the official forces of the Han Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, Britain, France, and the United States, but also Chinese hooligans, foreign hooligans, and Chinese profiteers......

"Since you have to wait for a month, you don't care about these few days, you immediately send someone to meet with the ministers of several foreign countries in my name to come to Suzhou, I think they will still give me this face, remember to transfer the most elite men and horses out of the city to meet them at that time."

Meng Sheng praised: "Give them a dismount, see if they dare to support the Qing Demon." ”

In Jiaxing County, Zhang Guoliang saw that Li Yunzhong had been in Suzhou for two days and the Han army still had no movement, so he was relieved to come to Jiaxing from Hangzhou, which was less than 100 miles away from Suzhou.

Feng Zicai received an official letter from Wu Jianzhang, a Taoist from Shanghai, saying that the foreign envoy was heading for Suzhou, and hurriedly reported the news to Zhang Guoliang, who had just arrived.

Zhang Guoliang speculated: "Could it be that the foreigners are also afraid of the thief leader Li Yunzhong, and rush to Suzhou to apologize?" ”

Feng Zicai understands the temperament of foreigners better, "It must be short-haired and promised benefits to foreigners, so that foreigners went to Suzhou to discuss regardless of the danger of the battlefield." ”

"How's that for good? If foreigners help Shorthair, my army may collapse without a fight! Since Zhang Guoliang went to Shanghai last month and saw that the foreign army was equipped with a large number of artillery and muskets, he subconsciously believed that the Qing Dynasty must not be the enemy of the foreigners.

Feng Zicai comforted: "Don't worry, my lord, foreigners are tricky, they will definitely not be able to talk, besides, foreigners have repeatedly promised that they will never sell firearms to shorthair, and shorthairs will not be our opponent if they do not have firearms to cheer up." ”

Thinking that there were less than 20,000 people in Suzhou, Zhang Guoliang was relieved and said: "We must spread the news of Shorthair's collusion with foreigners all over the world, so that everyone in the world will know their face of betraying the country and seeking glory." ”

The British Minister Wen Han, the American Minister Mai Lian, the French Minister Bourblon and their entourage were photographed by the Han army's formation, and they did not dare to turn their heads and ears, and followed the guide straight into Suzhou City.

"Honorable His Royal Highness the King of Han, I didn't believe that your strength could capture Shanghai before, but now I have no doubt about you! The 3,000 soldiers and horses in the outer city are not inferior to our elite troops. Wen Han gave a thumbs up.

Li Yunzhong was very 'modest' and said: "Where is it...... This is just the most ordinary army of my Han Dynasty, Jiangxi, Anhui, and Northern Jiangsu have a large number of Qing troops attacking us, so the most elite troops of the Han Dynasty are deployed there. ”

Bourblon was amazed: "God! I now finally know why the Qing army has always lost battles, and it turns out that they have been fighting against the 'great powers'. ”

Mai Lian pondered: "I'm afraid that the Qing army around Shanghai won't be able to stop His Highness's offensive!" ”

Seeing that they were so obedient and cooperative, Li Yunzhong immediately asked: "Why do you want to help the Qing army delay time, so that they can transfer tens of thousands of Qing troops from Zhejiang, Guangdong and even Guangxi to Shanghai. ”

Wen Han shook his head and said, "Your Highness, you have misunderstood, this is just the independent behavior of the priests, and they also hope that you will retreat to maintain the safety of Shanghai." ”

Seeing that the foreigners were in chaos, Meng rose. Li Xiucheng and others couldn't help but show excited looks, and admired Li Yunzhong, and in just a few words, the foreigners were anxious to clear up the relationship.

Catching a glimpse of the smug smile of the Han army general in the room, Mai Lian suddenly realized that she had been fooled again! "Your Highness, you are a wise leader, and I am sure that you are not only a military strategist, but also a born diplomat. ”

Seeing that Li Yunzhong was smiling and silent, Wen Han, who had not yet come back to his senses, continued to explain: "You must know that the expatriates in the Lu Dao lease have become accustomed to the administrative methods of the Qing government, and they are not willing to accept a new and unknown government to rule Shanghai from the beginning, fearing that this will leave them with nothing!" ”

That is to say, they are accustomed to a life of forcible grabbing superiority! I don't want to be bound by law and morality, and even hope that China will continue to weaken and let them bully! Li Yunzhong tore off the foreigner's camouflage coat fiercely.

Mai Lian, Wen Han, Burbulon and other foreigners were embarrassed for a while, shaking their hands and denying it, and at the same time they were ashamed and angry in their hearts, planning to go back and sell more muskets to the Qing army defending the city, and teach Li Yunzhong a good lesson.

Li Yunzhong continued in an angry tone: "They are all gangsters and hooligans who only care about some small money in front of them but give up the gold and silver houses in the future. ”

Hearing the Golden House and Silver House, Mai Lian's eyes lit up and he said greedily: "Where is the Golden House and the Silver House?" Tell me quickly! On behalf of the United States of America, I will definitely express my neutrality and will never sell another gun to the Qing Kingdom. ”

Li Yunzhong pretended to be very angry and said, "It turns out that the foreign guns in the hands of the Qing Demon were all sold to them by you!" Aren't you neutral on behalf of your own government! Why do you want to sell foreign guns to Qing Demon? ”