Putiyatin looked at the western king's maniac laughter in wonder, and he thought that the greatest traitor in the East could no longer deal with the traditional Oriental cognition, and his words and deeds were different from ordinary people. But he still restrained and kept smiling, because now Russia has no sea control in the Far East, and it is rumored that six more warships of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom have recently joined the naval sequence of the Heavenly Kingdom, and have been stationed in Dalian Bay, which is a very bad thing for Russia, and now the Petropaplovsk military port on the Kamchatka Peninsula is still being rebuilt, and only a few gunboats can provide port escort, and the only four warships of the Russian Navy in the Far East are still remodeled from merchant ships, and they were pulled to Shanghai by Putiyatin to show off their strength, If the state of war is not lifted by the summer, the Taiping army may attack the Petropaplovsk military port again.

For the sake of foreign affairs, Putiyating pressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and asked, "Why is His Royal Highness the King of the West laughing?" ”

Xiao Yungui wiped the tears that came out of his laughter with his sleeve and said: "You Russians' thinking is really strange and ridiculous, discuss with the leader of a rebel army who wants to occupy the territory of the whole country, and let him exchange the land he is about to get in exchange for peace with you?" Why should we agree to this ridiculous construction of you? The territories that Russia needs that you are talking about were originally ours! ”

Putiatin's smile began to stiffen a little, and the thick sea lion whiskers trembled slightly and said: "Your Royal Highness the King of the West, those lands are the Russian territories occupied by the Qing people in the past, and the original boundaries of your Han people's territory are not there!" And now these territories are still nominally in the hands of the Qing state, but most of the local residents are Russians! ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yungui put away his smile. His face sank and he said, "Don't you know what you Russia is doing in the north?" You build settlers along the banks of the Ussuri River and the Heilongjiang River, brutally exterminate the aborigines of our north by means of massacre, and then declare this land to be yours! And what bullshit Han Chinese territory. The founder of the Qing Dynasty, Nurhachi, was originally just an officer under our Han Ming Dynasty, and during the Ming Dynasty, we established the Nuer Gandu Division in northern Xinjiang to dominate the territory of northern Xinjiang! After the Qing Dynasty, the Manchus only inherited the inherent territory of our Han people, and we Han people just took back the territory that belonged to us! ”

Putiyating was about to argue loudly, Xiao Yungui waved his hand and said: "No need to argue anymore, our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will take back those territories by ourselves, and you Russia don't need to participate." Let's talk about something practical. If Russia wants to cease war with us, it must cede territory to the north of the city of Nebuchu. Well, there's also the territory of the Kamchatka Peninsula, oh yes, I heard that there is also a piece of Alaskan territory across the Bering Strait, although that territory is also occupied by your Russian aborigines, but there is a lot of hard work to open up. I heard that the land is also tasteless and disgusting, and it is a pity to abandon it. If you want to sell it at a price, then you should trade it as a war reparation to our Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”

Putiyating was stunned by a series of words from the King of the West, and the translator struggled to keep up with the rhythm of the King of the West's speech, and after listening to it, it took Putiyating a long time to come back to his senses, and then he couldn't hold back any longer, he stood up trembling and said angrily: "Your Royal Highness the King of the West, Russia has not been defeated, and will not accept this condition!" You are insulting us Tsarist Russia! ”

Xiao Yungui is like a scoundrel. He crossed Erlang's legs, clasped his fingers on the table, and said lightly: "We have a stronger navy than you in the Far East. We have the right to control the sea! ”

Putiyatin roared loudly: "We have gathered 50,000 elite Imperial soldiers in the Far East, as well as countless local armed militias, ready to attack your strongholds at any time!" ”

Xiao Yungui shook his head and said: "We have the right to control the sea, we can reinforce the north at any time, and we can also attack your only military port in the Far East at any time!" ”

Putiyatin blushed and said, "We will also send troops to support the Petropaplovsk military port!" ”

Xiao Yungui still smiled playfully and said: "We have the right to control the sea, and we can go north along the Heilongjiang River at any time to clear your stronghold!" ”

In the end, Putiyatin couldn't bear it anymore and shouted angrily: "Our Russian fleet is not weaker than your navy, and if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom really wants to go to war, our great Tsar Xià will definitely send an elite navy to the Far East to participate in the war!" ”

Xiao Yungui shrugged and said, "Then we'll officially declare war!" "At this time, the Suez Canal has not been built, and even if it is completed, the British who control Egypt will not necessarily agree to the Russians to go with them, and Xiao Yungui is not afraid of the Russian fleet that has traveled around most of the world, and Xiao Yungui is even more afraid of the eastward expansion of the polar bear for the invasion of the British and French forces.

If Alexander II Nikolayevich, who had just taken over Russia, dared to send a fleet to the east at this time, then a series of reform measures he carried out in Russia would not be able to guarantee strong force, and at the same time, Russia's power in the Baltic, Black Sea and other places would be further weakened, and Britain, France, Sweden and other countries would not be good neighbors.

Seeing Putiatin's fierce appearance, Xiao Yungui already understood that Russia was not ready for this war, they were just taking risks and betting to get the greatest return at the lowest cost, and in history they were indeed successful, they took advantage of the fire and looted through the Qing Dynasty government in the face of the danger of the invasion of the British and French forces, and obtained 500,000 square kilometers of territory east of the Ussuri River and north of the Heilongjiang River, and also got a lot of other benefits, which can be described as a million benefits.

It's a pity that now Putiyating has met a traverser, Song Qingyun does not care about Russia's threats and overtures, Xiao Yungui will naturally not be mentally retarded enough to carve up the territory of the Qing State with Russia, on the contrary, Xiao Yungui wants to figure out the war between Guò and Russia to further expand China's territory in the future! The 50,000 Russian troops gathered around Nebuchu are indeed a threat, and the Taiping army must expand the war, first, to eliminate the threat in the future, not to wait until Russia is ready for war before starting the war, and second, to take advantage of Russia's weakness to get more territory and benefits!

Putiyatin angrily left the Western Palace, and in the evening he was still hesitating whether to lower some prices, so that the Taiping army could get some practical benefits in exchange for what Russia needed, but the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Ministry of Rites handed over a declaration of war note to Putiyatin.

When Putiyating listened dumbfounded as Zhou Qibin, an official of the Ministry of Heavenly Rites, read out the declaration of war note, he felt as if he was in a dream, and when Zhou Qibin politely proposed to give Putiyating ten days to leave Tianjing, after which the Kingdom of Heaven would no longer guarantee the safety of their group, Putiyating roared and roared: "You will definitely regret it!" ”

The helpless roar was useless, and the next day Putiyatin returned to Shanghai by boat, where he boarded a Russian warship and returned north, and in several ports in Shanghai, Putiyatin saw the Taiping soldiers who were loading the ship. Tens of thousands of Taiping troops were ready to board ships and sail, and Putiyating knew that their destination must be north.

In fact, as early as the end of last year, Xiao Yungui had the idea of increasing troops in the north, but at that time, a large area of the northern sea area was frozen, which was not conducive to landing, and now the conditions have been met, so more than 40,000 people of the Third Army who originally garrisoned Tianjing loaded ships and went north to reinforce Tan Shaoguang's troops in Sakhalin Island and other places, and the troops of the garrison Tianjing were rotated to the First Army that was withdrawn to rest and recuperate.

In order to transport a huge army force, the Taiping Army organized a larger fleet than the British and French coalition forces, and the fleet escort was naturally six Western warships that had just joined the naval sequence, for which the Taiping Army collected a large number of merchant ships and cargo ships from Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and other places for transporting troops and logistics materials, a total of more than 500 merchant ships and cargo ships gathered in the ports of Shanghai, Zhenhai and other places, and six warships supplemented by more than 100 red single ships and other auxiliary warships as escorts, divided into six batches and began to transport soldiers to the north.

The sudden large-scale military movement of the Taiping army also deeply disturbed the British and French ministers, who were afraid that the Taiping army would go north to reinforce the Qing government army and stab the allied army's chrysanthemum. However, when the newspaper published the note declaring war on Russia, the British and French ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and they were very happy to see the Taiping army attack Russia.

After leaving Shanghai, Putiyatin ordered the fleet to go north at full speed, and to return to his own territory as soon as possible to report the astonishing news and prepare for war. Unfortunately, on the way back to the north, they were attacked by a fleet of three new clippers of the Taiping Army. The Taiping Army purchased three new clippers from the Americans, and this fleet was formed into a fast column by the Taiping Navy Admiral Luo Outline because of its fast speed, and after the declaration of war note came into effect, Luo Outline naturally did not let the Russians easily return to the north with these four warships.

After a few days of fighting, although the Russian warships were larger than the clippers and the number of guns on board was more than the clippers, the clippers were fast and had been entangled with Putiyatin's fleet. In the end, the Taiping army then followed a detachment and the flying clipper fleet converged, and the detachment concentrated two British and French first-class battleships, and the advantage of the Putiyating fleet was no longer there, and finally Putiyating had to break his wrist and ordered to leave two warships to block the Taiping navy, and he led two faster warships to escape.

Putiyatin's fate did not end, and in the Tatar Strait they encountered a fleet of Taiping merchant ships and cargo ships, which came from Japan and were engaged in trade and supplies in Sakhalin and other places for many years. A naval battle broke out between the two sides, and although the Russian fleet sank three armed merchant ships, the last two ships of Putiyatin were also wounded, and even more headache was the lack of supplies.

In the end, Putiyatin's two warships ventured to dock at the Japanese-controlled island of South Sakhalin in search of supplies, and were finally captured by the Japanese with their ships. A few days later, Putiyatin was unceremoniously handed over by the Japanese to Tan Shaoguang of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, so the Russian plenipotentiary became a prisoner in a disgraceful manner shortly after the Taiping army and Russia went to war, and the last four warships of the Russian Far East that he brought to show off their strength were sunk and two captured, and the last bit of Russian naval power in the Far East ceased to exist.

Putiatin, who was in prison, finally realized that the vicious king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was waiting for him to throw himself into the net, in fact, the Taiping army had no interest in cooperating at all, they had been preparing to expand the war against Russia early on, and what they were waiting for was to lead the last four warships to throw themselves into the net! (To be continued......)