Outside the west gate of Shanghai, a group of officers and soldiers were lying in the grass, and the heavy artillery had flattened the city wall by three feet, and the flags that had been unfurled had turned into ashes, but the city did not react at all, did not fight back, no one shouted and fled, and all of them were killed?

One hundred and ten officers and soldiers rushed over with shields, rushed to the city gate, climbed in from the hole in the city gate that was destroyed by artillery fire, this is just a path-finding force, their life and death have long been out of the generals' considerations, but the situation is beyond everyone's expectations, after a while, the banner of the imperial court was actually raised on the city, and several soldiers shouted excitedly: "Retreat!" The rebels are all back! ”

The officers and soldiers conquered the city of Shanghai without blood, and the time happened to be stuck in the seven-day guarantee made by Yuan Chengzhi to the emperor, and Yuan Chengzhi, who was complacent, immediately made a good report and entered Beijing, and then led the army into Shanghai.

The former prosperous city has been hit by the artillery fire of the officers and soldiers, the walls are broken everywhere, the people who have lost their homes sleep on the streets, and when they see the officers and soldiers entering the city, they just pay attention to it with numb eyes, and there is no grand occasion when Yuan Dashuai came to labor the army with tea, eggs, white flour cakes, and so on, but this does not prevent him from being in a good mood, and while marching on a tall horse, he sent his subordinates to occupy various important places.

When Yuan Chengzhi entered the governor's yamen, the reports from all over the city were also coming, and the city and the treasury were all empty, tens of millions of silver taels were moved away by the rebels, and the Jiangnan shipyard was also empty, except for the gantry crane that could not be moved, even the battleships in the dock and the semi-finished products in the warehouse were gone, and the wharf was even more depressed, except for some small fishing boats, all the sea ships were gone, leaving only a piece of oil and debris in the port.

"You know each other if you run away." Yuan Chengzhi snorted coldly, as for the goods swept away by the rebels, he didn't care about it, and he didn't care about this bit of wealth, but it was more indicative of the enemy's cowardice and future movements, it seems that they have decided to go into exile.

There is another reason why Yuan Chengzhi is not worried, that is, the emperor has issued an order to Shi Lang, the admiral of the Zhejiang Navy Division, to block the sea route, and the rebels will definitely have a slow journey to wrap up so many altars and jars, and they will not become a live target for the sailors at that time.

At this time, Shi Lang was standing on the bridge of his flagship ship, watching this unprecedentedly huge fleet in front of him with a clairvoyant, there were at least four or five hundred large and small ships, sailboats, steam paddle wheelers, internal combustion engine propellers, ironclad warships, large fishing boats, ocean-going freighters, all the conceivable ship types could be seen here heading in the direction of due east, and there were several battleships that had not been painted on the periphery, and the huge gun muzzles were facing Shi Lang's side.

"Let's fight the military gate, if you go down with a burst of artillery fire, you can finally sink a few ships, and you can also explain to the imperial court." The subordinates earnestly suggested to Shi Lang.

"If we start fighting, we'll be done." Shi Lang pointed to a few black things similar to shark shark fins in the distance, looming in the waves, that is the submarine force of the Song Dynasty, this year, the submarine is the hegemon in the sea, no matter how big the tonnage, no matter how many warships there are, there is no way to fight back in front of the submarine, the submarine's scientific and technological level is too high, even if the Jiangnan shipyard of the Ming Dynasty can only imitate the small tonnage inland river submarine, this kind of ocean-going submarine can not be built at all, in front of these sea overlords, Shi Lang's Zhejiang sailors are like a big dish on the table, whether you want to eat it or not, it all depends on the joy and anger of others, in this situation, you still want to open artillery to hit people, I am afraid that the muzzle of the cannon has not shaken, and the family will first be torpedoed and go into the sea to feed the sharks。

"Let's open fire at the military gate, if you don't shoot a single shot, I'm afraid it's your ......."

Shi Lang shook his head: "If you open a cannon, many people will die, and if you don't open a cannon, you will only kill me, besides, who is the one who fired the cannon?" It's not the people of the Ming Dynasty yet. Pass me the order to withdraw the troops from the left manchurian rudder. ”

The exclusive text version of this work may not be reproduced without consent, and excerpts for more of the latest and fastest chapters please visit! The Zhejiang Navy Division retreated, the escort fleet also breathed a sigh of relief, turned the rudder, sailed towards the east, and sailed towards the sun, giving up Shanghai is Liu Ziguang's decision, no one dared to disobey them, with the highest efficiency, all the things that could be taken away were packed and taken away, and those who were willing to follow were also loaded on the ship, and they didn't even have time to pack their luggage, of course, there were also many people from the Heaven and Earth Society, and the people of the Axe Gang asked to stay and continue the underground struggle, these people were quietly evacuated and hidden in the people, and when the army came back in the future, it was naturally useful.

Zeng Cheng and Qian Qian were both on the boat, originally the Gurkha soldiers insisted on letting their mother and son go to Tibet, saying that only in Tibet could they cure the Qian Qian's disease, but Liu Ziguang, who learned of the situation, telegraphed that he could no longer let the Qian Qian be in danger, and if he really wanted to be loyal to His Majesty the King of France, he could make a detour to Tianzhu and take the China Merchants ship to detoxify the Qian, so in the end, the mother and son still embarked on the road to Dongying.

The direction of the fleet was the place where the sun rose - the country of the Japanese slaves, backward and barbaric, with many civil wars, and the people lived in poverty, producing only fans and long knives of good quality, and pirates with looped legs, I really don't know how the great commander chose this place as a place of exile.

Liu Ziguang has his own ideas, in the days of Goryeo, he and Peng Jingrong took stock of the places where the world can live in the world, China Merchants has laid a lot of land in recent years, the South Seas, Guinea islands, and the vast Australia are the territory of China Merchants, to the west is Tianzhu and the Middle East desert oil-producing areas, these places have established a colonial regime, and the local princely states, tribes have a good cooperative relationship, and then to the west is the endless African grasslands and rainforests, here has been established the Great Zambia King is Liu Ziguang's sworn brother Ma Getou. Although these places are very extensive, as exceptional, they are too barbaric and can only be used as raw material production places and product dumping sites, and the people's wisdom is not open and unusable, and it is far away from the Central Plains, and it will be more troublesome when the counteroffensive is carried out in the future, so Liu Ziguang set his sights on the Japanese state.

In the early years, the Tang Dynasty also sent Tang envoys to the Central Plains to study politics, economy, culture and art, and learned some fur Chinese characters in China, and the architecture was also quite Tang style, and the Central Plains people would feel at home when they went, and more importantly, some unique habits of the Japanese people made Liu Ziguang quite appreciative, they remembered whether they remembered to eat or not, as long as they were afraid, they were the most obedient slaves.

After more than ten days of sea trekking, the fleet finally arrived at the port of Nagasaki in Kyushu, and looking at the lighthouse of the harbor from a distance, the flag of the Red Shirts was already fluttering on the lighthouse of the harbor, and then looking at the scorched black rubble everywhere in the city, it seems that the conquest of Nagasaki was also a bad battle.

Nagasaki is the window of the foreign trade of the Japanese country, and the natural deep-water harbor accommodates the giant merchant ships, but there are too many ships from Shanghai, so they can only enter the port in turn to unload, and the passengers who have passed through the long journey have long vomited and are weak and have no strength to work, but it doesn't matter, the wharf has long been full of compass legs wearing only crotch cloths, and their eyes are radiating enthusiasm, and they are waiting to work.

Seeing that the coolies of the Japanese Kingdom did not need to be urged and whipped, they were rushing to work hard, and the people from Shanghai asked their fellow occupying troops in the port in confusion.

"What are you guys doing? The city is destroyed, and a lot of people must have died, why are these coolies still working so hard? ”

The person who was asked hooked and pointed at a widow who had just put down the goods, so he ran over, knelt on the ground, nodded his head, and asked in half-baked Chinese: "What kind of work is Taijun doing?" ”

The soldier asked, "Why do you work so hard, don't you resent us for smashing Nagasaki?" ”

Before the Japanese could speak, tears came out first: "Taijun's rice is for the daimyo of Nagasaki." Then I felt that my Chinese vocabulary was not enough to express the meaning, and I said a long paragraph of Japanese language.

The soldier understood a little Japanese and explained to everyone: "This person means that Nagasaki is the territory of the daimyo, not their small people, it doesn't matter, after the Celestial Empire army arrives, give them rice that only the samurai class can eat, these small people are too late to be grateful, how can they resent the Celestial Empire army." ”

Everyone looked at each other, and said in their hearts, the magic of rice is so great, what do the Japanese usually eat, the soldier, as if guessing what everyone thinks, explained: "The Japanese are barren, and it is good to be able to eat rice, Nagasaki is close to the sea, and you can still catch some fish to eat, I heard that the farmers in the 6 regions usually eat millet and beans, drink some miso soup, and they don't see meat all year round." Their aristocracy is to eat some plum rice cakes or something, and their lives are not as good as our poor people. ”

Everyone was relieved, it turned out to be like this, no wonder the Japanese people were so short, and they were all lap legs, which turned out to be caused by long-term malnutrition.

After Zeng Cheng and the others landed on the shore, they saw Peng Jingrong waiting for them, hugging their heads in pain and complaining about the hardships and dangers since their separation, and cried for a while before they stopped and boarded the car to their apartment in the city, and in the carriage, Peng Jingwei asked, "Why isn't my brother-in-law here?" ”

Peng Jingrong said: "Your brother-in-law led the army to defeat the pass, and after beating the lower pass, he will cross the strait to fight the shogun of the Japanese people in Kyoto, and defeat it will be completed, and then we will go to Edo together." ”

Peng Jingwei said: "What general, isn't there an emperor in the Wa Kingdom?" ”

Peng Jingrong said: "The Wa Kingdom is different from our Ming Dynasty, the emperor is just an empty shelf, and the power is all in the hands of the shogun, I heard that the previous emperor gave way to his daughter because he had a bad relationship with the general. ”

Peng Jingwei's eyes widened: "It's the empress again, isn't that cheap brother-in-law again." ”

A finger poked Peng Jingwei's forehead fiercely, "Your brother-in-law is that kind of person." Peng Jingrong said angrily.