What Guo Songlin said hurt Shi Dakai and Lai Wenguang's self-esteem very much. But this is definitely true.

"Now the most concerned thing in the country is the selection of the crown princess, the queen mother recently set up a banquet in the imperial garden, for the new Qin Dynasty, this is the first key! If the dust does not settle, the hearts of the officials of the whole country will not fall. ”

"Then there's next year's reshuffle. Zhang Shoufu is not yet online, and he is still in good health, so he will definitely be re-elected. But Li Cifu, that is, Li Hongzhang Li, will be 70 years old this year, and he will definitely leave next year. In this way, the cabinet has vacated a position of secondary assistant, which also attracts I don't know how many eyes. ”

"And then there's the Sino-British relationship. The British are the hegemon of the world and their influence is very huge, and our country's bad relations with them will inevitably bring about a series of bad influences and changes in international relations. This is of great interest to emerging factory owners. If they pay attention, the media will naturally follow. What newspaper doesn't have an advertisement from the people who run the factory......"

"If you take people's money, you have to be anxious about what people are anxious about!"

What Guo Songlin said has nothing to do with the Taiping Army, but a problem arises from the side - the Taiping Army does not have much influence in domestic public opinion and among the people. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which set off turbulent waves back then, has truly become a thing of the past.

And a team that is not at all concerned about domestic public opinion and public opinion, a team that has no foundation in the country, and a team that still plays a big role in Beijing, will the emperor suddenly kill them?

"To tell you the truth, I think that all the forces in the country don't take you seriously at all. Or rather. In the eyes of those bigwigs in China, you are already foreigners! ”

"From now on, as long as you obey the emperor's orders. What do you want to do, the Southern Heavenly Kingdom will really have the day when the country will be founded. ”

Guo Songlin said happily. No matter how Shi Dakai and Lai Wenguang feel, balabala said very cheerfully. Guo Songlin was full of wine and food, and went back to rest, leaving only Shi Dakai and Lai Wenguang looking at each other and smiling bitterly.

"Foreigners? In just 20 years, I'm a foreigner? Shi Dakai thought that his strength would not be taken seriously by those bigwigs in Beijing, but he never thought that he would become an outsider.

Lai Wenguang's inner turmoil was lighter, after all, Shi Dakai was under the greatest pressure and responsibility for this matter. Suppressing the many complications in his heart, Lai Wenguang looked at this matter rationally: "Since the founding of the New Qin, China has become stronger. Another two victories over Russia, the foreign Yi did not dare to bully, and swept away the obscurity of the previous Qing Dynasty for 40 years. The complete victory of the Third Sino-Russian War not only brought great excitement to the people at home, but also surprised us and others. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses swallowed in one gulp, how mighty?!!

On the day of the complete victory of the kingdom of heaven, there is no such half of style.

With the Qing Demon as a symmetry, Xinqin can not win the hearts of the people of the Central Plains. Lai Wenguang was originally comforting Shi Dakai when he spoke, but after saying this, the more he talked, the more he felt that it was like this for a while.

"And we've been on the sidelines for years. Later, he went south to the outer regions, and the country did not hear from us for a long time, so naturally the momentum was not obvious. Fought against Siam several times, besieged the city and plundered the land. There is also a three-point military might, but why is Siam also a country? Huaxia is a state. Which is better than one in 10,000 of Tsarist Russia? ”

"Winged King. In this battle of Siam, the ultimate goal of our army is to enter the Malays. Forced the British to retreat and rob Kuala Lumpur's minions. This is the day when our army will once again make a name for itself. This is the battle of today. The 4,000 British troops protruding from the Siamese defense line can be annihilated in one fell swoop. Or eat more than half of it, and beat the British. Why worry that hundreds of millions of people in the country do not look up to the military might of our heavenly kingdom? ”

"This England is much more famous than the Russians!"

Shi Dakai and Lai Wenguang really studied this matter here. For Guo Songlin, his eyes are selflessly wide, and he goes back to the military tent to sleep well, and comfort is the first thing. He didn't tell a lie, when he was in Nanjing, there were as many as a dozen newspapers on the market, and it was really pitiful that they could mention Shi Dakai and his gang of Taiping Army.

The Taiping Army is completely an existence that has been pulled into the corner by public opinion. And in Guo Songlin's view, this Shi Dakai and his group are like the urinal in Beijing, when they can use it, the supplies and food are all sent over, and when they are not needed, they simply ignore it.

In the current Siamese War, the Siamese, the British, and the vast majority of Chinese people may not know why, but Guo Songlin is a lieutenant general, even if he is a lieutenant general, some news is known.

It's a Siamese beating, it's purely a 'dog' to show the owner, it's a slap in the face to the British. As for military objectives, the occupation of Siam or not is entirely secondary, first of all, the preparation of troops into the Malay Peninsula so that their own hands can reach into the Straits of Malacca. It is also to threaten the British even more and force the British to make concessions!

Guo Songlin really pities Siam. This unlucky Chulalongkorn did not even have a chance to choose a position, so he was nailed to the position of 'British lackey' by Liu Xian. Poor Siam, who used to sell a large amount of rice to China every year, although he has been expanding his armaments, has been receiving support from Western powers, and has been bullied by 'Chinese lackeys', but his position, on the surface, is still very fair.

It's a pity that this time they ran into an 'unreasonable' person.

Of course, Guo Songlin would not feel that Chulalongkorn was really wronged. After more than ten years of civilization, Guo Songlin, a person who doesn't talk much about politics, knows what 'independence' is!

Countries such as Korea, the Nguyen Dynasty, and the Ryukyus cannot become independent states. The same was true of Siam before, which was also one of China's traditional vassal states. It is much more influenced by China than it is from Myanmar.

Chulalongkorn wanted Siam to be freed from Chinese influence and control, and wanted Siam to become a truly independent country. And then step by step to get to where it is today. He may have regretted it a long time ago, but the truth pushed him to go.

Siam's 'clever path' began before Liu Xian's first war against France, and it was also determined by the results of Liu Xian's first war against France.

At that time, the 'Great Qing Dynasty' failed to take advantage of the victory to pursue and forcefully recover all the territory lost in the hands of the French for the Nguyen Dynasty, leaving Siam still in the gap between the two great powers of Britain and France.

Wait until Liu Xian raises troops and raises the banner of rebellion. At that time, except for the Ruan Dynasty, who had been tied to the Qin army's warship, although he still dared to stand firmly behind the Qin army? Siam went through another two years of dragging. Chulalongkorn lost his last chance. Then we can only watch China become strong step by step, and we have no choice but to do so. It was also under pressure that he accepted the support of Britain, France and other countries again and again, and it was difficult to ride a tiger, and finally harmed the entire Siam and himself!

But these are not Guo Songlin to worry about, he woke up from a sound sleep, and it was already half past three in the afternoon after looking at the table below. The words at noon were left behind him, "How is it?" Is there any progress in the fighting? Putting on the military uniform, a solemn and majestic image of a soldier appeared on him.

"General. The protruding positions of the British army have been breached, and now the Taiping army is attacking the Siamese army on the right flank! ”

There was good news when he got up, and Guo Songlin was happy. Busy asking about the battle!

"At 10:30 a.m., General Sun Rong of the Taiping Army organized a second attack. This attack was divided into three routes, absorbing the experience of the previous offensive, and the firepower was arranged in a more orderly manner. The artillery fired a barrage as cover.

The British also learned their lesson, and the heavy machine guns immediately began firing. The Taiping attacking troops crawled forward, returned fire, and used mortar fire to knock out some of the British heavy machine gun fire points, and gradually approached the British position. Finally, artillery was used to fire. Taking advantage of the fact that the British firepower was suppressed, everyone stood up and charged.

The troops on the front line of the British army were still fierce, and immediately launched a counter-charge with bayonet battles, killing the attacking troops of the Taiping army. This time, the Taiping army attacked from three directions. The two sides succeeded, and the British positions became even more chaotic.

The follow-up Taiping troops immediately began to follow up. Naturally, the British army once again blocked the follow-up troops of the Taiping Army with fierce artillery bombardment, and the result was taken advantage of by the artillery of the Taiping Army. It was countered by the artillery of the Taiping Army, which had moved closer to the position during the infantry attack. The bombardment of the British artillery had not been demonstrated for a few minutes before it was forced to stop. The follow-up units of the Taiping Army successfully followed up the British positions. Relying on the strength of the outnumbered people, the defeated soldiers of the British army on the first line rushed to the second line. With the help of artillery, the two lines of defense of the British position were lost one after another, and by two o'clock in the afternoon, the British army was completely defeated. ”

"What were the casualties and results of the Taiping Army?" Guo Songlin's face became very serious. From the words of his entourage, he could not sense the high combat effectiveness of the British troops, just as he had received a report from the officers of the Forward Observation Mission at noon. But this matter also depends on the actual proportion of casualties, which is the most telling thing.

"The Taiping army lost 1,000 killed, 13,400 wounded, killed more than 1,500 British, and captured 1,000. Among them, there were 300 British red shrimp soldiers, more than 200 Gurkha soldiers, and more than 400 Sikh soldiers, who were almost completely annihilated. ”

The information in the hands of the adjutant of the major was complete, and the answer was immediately reported.

The smile on Guo Songlin's face became even brighter. The tone of "...... British Empire" is indescribably frivolous at this moment.

"Looks like I can send a telegram back." An assessment of the combat effectiveness of the British, at least the elite Anglo-Indian army is so capable. Whether it is the Ministry of Defense or the General Staff, they will definitely be interested.

"I don't know who the crown princess is going to. I can put 50,000 yuan in Jinling Casino! Guo Songlin, who was in a relaxed mood, involuntarily fell on his own affairs. And the thing that can affect his heart the most at this time in China is the matter of the crown princess.

50,000 yuan is not much, he is Zeng Guangpei, the granddaughter of Wen Zhenggong, and the second daughter of Zeng Jihong, the second son of Zeng Guofan. His mother, Guo Yun, was a famous female poet today, Zeng Guangpei and her eldest sister Zeng Guangshan have been exposed to it since childhood, and also love to write poems and lyrics, and at the same time under the influence of her father, who loves mathematics, she also learned a lot of Western studies, and is fluent in French and German.

looks better than his sister, dignified and beautiful, eighteen years old, and is matching the prince.

Although this is just wishful thinking on the part of people like Guo Songlin, in the entire Xianghuai camp, only Zeng Guangpei and Li Hongzhang's granddaughters were invited to visit the Imperial Garden. (To be continued......)