Fu Shanxiang and the others were very surprised when they saw Su Sanniang's intimate actions towards Zhao Gongzi, and turned to Li Yunzhong together, seeing that his face did not change, and said secretly: There are so many strange things today! The queen mother was also too careless.

"Report ...... Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent! One of the guards bowed down and held up the red-headed document in his hand.

Li Yunzhong took the document, took a cursory look at it, and exclaimed: "I didn't expect Chen Yucheng to actually fight with the Russian army!" ”

Zhao Yali snatched the fold and read in a low voice: "On June 23, 3,000 Russian cavalry invaded Shanhaiguan, Chen Yucheng sent troops to attack it, 2,000 foot soldiers, and the whole army was annihilated!" On June 27, Chen Yucheng resumed the battle in Lulong, and was defeated again, losing more than 1,000 soldiers, and Tsarist Russia retreated, leaving more than 2,000 corpses...... Hey! Why did Russia join in? ”

Hong Xuanjiao and the others saw that she was so presumptuous, and dared to openly snatch the fold, and they were all guessing who this person was? Why did the emperor forgive again and again.

Li Yunzhong said angrily: "The Crimean War is in full swing, I didn't expect Russia to openly invade the border, and besides, it is the Cossack elite cavalry, I ...... It's unbearable! ”

Li Yunzhong hesitated whether to send troops or not, the Han army in the north has not yet begun to be reorganized, and the graduates of the third and fourth phases of the military academy still need to be tempered, if the war with the Russian army starts in advance, the victory or defeat is really unpredictable, and this is also a move for Britain and France to take advantage of the fire, and it should not be!

Zhao Yali pondered for a moment and persuaded: "Husband...... The emperor doesn't have to worry, this must be the Siberian governor's own opinion, he is not a god, how do you know that the Crimea dispute has greatly damaged Russia's vitality, as long as we keep the bottom line, it will be a year in short. It will be three years, and sooner or later there will be a lesson for them. ”

Fu Shanxiang has long had a prejudice against Zhao Yali. I ridiculed in my heart, that governor was not a man of God. Are you?

Su Sanniang only knew that Russia was a powerful country in the north, and she didn't know anything else, and when she saw what Zhao Yali said, she was happy and sad.

Hong Xuanjiao came to Li Yunzhong's side and comforted: "Husband, don't be worried, it is said that the Russian army is retreating, and they also know that we are powerful, and they will not dare to attack in the short term." ”

Li Yunzhong nodded and said with a smile: "Xuanjiao is right. Russia just wants to pick up cheap, this must be Xianfeng Xiao'er tried his best to invite and make a heavy promise, so they dared to attack, and now they are being attacked by our army, and they also learn a lesson. ”

Zhao Yali looked at Li Yunzhong, who was not ashamed, and whispered: "You really know how to talk big, depending on the situation, this battle is the defeat of our army." After all, there are more casualties. ”

Su Sanniang said: "Is the husband going to return to Nanjing to preside over the overall situation, but now the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs in Nanjing is busy moving the capital, after all, hundreds of thousands of elites of the Han army are stationed in Beijing. In case of...... It's good to control the situation. ”

Li Yunzhong couldn't figure out the purpose of Tsarist Russia, so he lowered his head and strolled in contemplation, and said secretly: The first priority at present is to reorganize the army. Chen Yucheng's troops won many battles, but they suffered defeat when they encountered the Russian army. Of course, there are reasons for underestimating the enemy, but the main reason is that the generals in the army only know how to slash and kill. If you don't know the art of war, you should change the tactics when you meet the cavalry! This move to Beijing is also an opportunity, and we must bring all the military academy graduates.

Zhao Yali proposed: "How about we take a boat from Shanghai and go directly to Beijing?" ”

"No!" Su Sanniang, Hong Xuanjiao and others objected together, and explained: "The sea is unpredictable, the emperor is a body of ten thousand gold, how can he take risks." ”

Li Yunzhong looked at Zhao Yali, who was not convinced, patted her on the shoulder, and announced: "I will visit the British minister tomorrow, and I will be his ship to Beijing, and you can stay in Shanghai for a few more days." ”

Early the next morning, Zhao Yali said hello and went directly to Zhang Zhidong's house to visit, and Li Yunzhong slowly finished breakfast before getting up to go to the British for rent.

Fu Shanxiang saw that there were no outsiders in the house, and asked Su Sanniang: "Sister, what is the origin of that Zhao Gongzi, why is his husband so tolerant of him?" Last night...... And shared a room with him! ”

The women stopped their movements, they were also very curious about who this Zhao Gongzi was, and they looked at Su Sanniang, and their ears did not let go of a trace of movement.

Su Sanniang had already promised Zhao Yali to keep it a secret, and replied vaguely: "He is the emperor's best friend, don't beat her idea, and don't say Zhao Gongzi's in front of the emperor in the future!" ”

Xu Yuexiang whispered: "Zhao Yali! People look like women, and their names look like women! ”

said that the unintentional listener is intentional, Hong Xuanjiao has rich experience, in order to preach a few years ago, he also dressed up in men's clothes, recalling Zhao Yali's speech and demeanor, Li Yunzhong's intimate actions, and suddenly realized, this Zhao Gongzi is only afraid that he is his husband's confidante, since this person wants to be the champion as an official, he will not marry the emperor, thinking of this, Hong Xuanjiao has a good impression of Zhao Yali.

Fu Shanxiang said angrily: "This person is so arrogant, not only did he not salute when he saw us, but he also spoke disrespectfully, hum!" I really don't know what is so good about him, my husband takes such a fancy to him! ”

Hong Xuanjiao comforted: "Sister doesn't have to be angry, it's usually talented people who are like this, we should be happy for our husband!" ”

The British Consulate, Li Yunzhong came here for the first time, looking at the plain decoration, smiling while browsing the folded Bao Ling.

Bao Ling put down his remarks and considered his sentences: "I didn't expect Russia to be so unwise and take the initiative to provoke a war in the East, which is good news for our British Empire, but a trouble for your country. ”

Li Yunzhong said with a smile: "Today is August 20, 1854, two months have passed since the date of the battle, and there is no other information from the front line, so the Russian army should have retreated." ”

Bao Ling was stunned, and he wanted to persuade Li Yunzhong to send troops in advance, but he didn't expect to be taken by a word, and said with a forced smile: "It's just that Your Majesty can't come, I'm going to visit today, I don't know what else is going on with Your Majesty coming this time?" ”

Li Yunzhong said bluntly: "I plan to take your country's warship to Beijing, of course, I will bring some guards, what do you think?" ”

"It's our pleasure!" Bao Ling nodded in agreement, took out a document from the drawer, and said with a smile: "I have already prepared the treaty of alliance with your country, please take a look at it." ”

Li Yunzhong roughly flipped it over, sent it back, and said with a calm face: "I'm sorry, I can't understand English, you still translate into Chinese and come to Shu to discuss!" ”

Bao Ling took the document embarrassedly, and was annoyed in his heart, this person obviously knew English, but he was pretending to be stupid at the moment, his hostile attitude towards the British Empire was obvious, he was really not afraid of the British Empire's retaliation?

Li Yunzhong added: "I will leave today and spend the night on the ship. ”

Bao Ling said with a smile: "Please rest assured, but this document can be explained to Your Majesty, I don't know if Your Majesty will have time." ”

Li Yunzhong looked at his pocket watch with makeup and said with a smile: "I still have an hour." ”

Bao Ling immediately forgot about his unhappiness, picked up the document and explained: "This contract was valid during the Crimean War, and after the end of the war, it will automatically expire. ”

"Yes! Go on! ”

"The name of this contract is called the Treaty of Alliance, and the first paragraph of the treaty states that the Han army will send troops to attack Russia before December 1845, with more than 200,000 troops, excluding the Minfu, of course."

"200,000 is too much, it can already make a big man hurt his muscles and bones, it's not worth it! Up to 100,000. ”

"This is not negotiable, your country sent 200,000 troops, and our alliance promised Russia to return all the territories that invaded your country, and the time interval is within two hundred years! That is to say, the period of the Yuan Dynasty is not counted. ”

Li Yunzhong nodded cautiously: "Yes!" If Russia does not agree, the Allies will not be allowed to conclude an armistice treaty with Russia. ”

Bao Ling also nodded in response, and then said: "The most important thing is the first paragraph, and the rest is insignificant, do you still want to listen to it?" ”

Li Yunzhong asked: "Even if the Russian army is defeated, you will not attack the Russian hinterland, in this way, isn't our Han army equivalent to facing the Russian army alone?" So I hope that the Allies will not interfere with the way our army fights. ”

Bao Ling thought for a while and replied: "We will send observers to the Han army to be stationed in the Han army, hoping that His Majesty will allow it, and of course His Majesty also has the right to do so." ”

Li Yunzhong took advantage of it to the end: "That's good, I'll send a thousand...... Two thousand observers, you don't have the right to let them go to war! ”

Bao Ling was taken aback, instantly understood Li Yunzhong's plan, and said with a smile: "Of course, these must be the best soldiers!" (To be continued......)