After listening to Xiao Yungui's suggestion, Liszt was a little moved, but he still shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Your Excellency King Xi, your suggestion is very attractive, but I still have to resign." ”

Xiao Yungui sighed, frowned at Liszt and said, "Sergeant, do you have something unspeakable?" ”

Li Sti nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Wenhan is very annoyed that Corporal Barrett and I serve as military advisers to your army, in fact, even if there is no situation just mentioned, Barrett and I must leave." ”

Xiao Yungui suddenly realized: "It turned out that the consulate ordered it, what is the reason?" ”

Liszt said with some regret: "Barrett and I are both active duty officers, serving as a military adviser to your army will damage the neutral position of the British Empire, which is different from the merchant's transaction, I and Barrett are indeed not suitable to stay in your army, I hope your Excellency understands." ”

The words have been made very clear, Xiao Yungui understands that people like Liszt and others are all active British army officers, and the British will not allow them to stay. In fact, Xiao Yungui didn't know that Liszt and Barrett agreed to serve as military advisers, and at the beginning, it was also on the orders of Lord Wen Han, who were ordered to find an opportunity to observe the rebels up close and assess the strength of this army, and Wen Han even wanted to collect more military movements of the Taiping Army through the two. However, after the start of trade and trade, more and more merchants from various countries had dealings with the Taiping Army, and the news of the two British officers in the Taiping Army spread, provoking the ministers of the United States, France and other countries to protest one after another.

Of course, Xiao Yungui didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns, thinking that the twisted melon was not sweet, so he agreed to Liszt's request to resign, and gave Liszt a sum of money as his and Barrett's hard work these days.

Liszt had a ghost in his heart. I was embarrassed to accept Xiao Yungui's money, but under Xiao Yungui's fist, I still took the silver tael. Liszt was entangled in his heart, he was a British officer, and it stands to reason that the interests of the motherland were paramount, but these days he felt the sincerity of the King of the West, and at the same time admired those fearless Taiping soldiers, and even more appreciated that this new regime was more enlightened than the decaying Qing Dynasty, Liszt's heart was very sympathetic to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he wanted to help as much as he could. But because his identity did not allow it, he couldn't betray Wen Han to tell his true purpose as a military adviser, so he had to solemnly give Xiao Yungui a British military salute guiltily.

At this time, the British military salute was very similar to the military salute that was popular in later generations, and after the British defeated the Spanish Armada, they held a rather spectacular celebration of victory for the victorious returning soldiers. At the conference, Queen Elizabeth I personally presented prizes to the meritorious soldiers. At that time, in order to maintain the dignity of the queen. It is specially stipulated that soldiers should cover their eyes with their hands when receiving awards, and they should not look at the queen at eye level. This action later evolved into the military salute of the armies of various countries today. Liszt was seen to perform this military salute. Xiao Yungui suddenly felt a sense of pride, and solemnly returned the same military salute.

When Liszt walked to the door, he still couldn't hold back, and turned back to the West King and his wife: "King and Mrs. West, in the eyes of us British, the motherland and the queen are supreme. Sometimes the benefits may serve some purpose, but these are not the whole story, and sometimes the sense of honor of a soldier can surprise you. The soldiers of your army are fearless and fearless, and what they lack is the perception of a new type of warfare. Sometimes it's not a good thing to hire a foreigner as an instructor in this army. It is better for each army to have its own soul and beliefs, these things cannot be taught by others, and it is not allowed to vainly rely on the military achievements of other countries, and for security reasons, no matter how generous a country is, it will not teach the soldiers of other countries the most haode things of its own army. I hope you can understand that the next time you hire an instructor or military advisor, you should be reserved, and trusting your allies 100% is equivalent to leaving yourself with a fatal weakness! I can only say so much, I hope that next time when His Excellency Zaijian Xiwang, we are still friends. ”

After Liszt finished speaking, he left, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er only listened to it sweating, both of them understood the meaning of Liszt's words, and both of them felt a burst of fear for their naivety.

After a while, Hong Yun'er said slowly: "This person is a good person, no wonder he has been a professional soldier for so many years and is only a sergeant." ”

Xiao Yungui breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "This is our luck, fortunately, the ones they trained and contacted were all Qingpu New Army, and our old background has not been exposed." Fortunately, the veterans of the West Temple were all sent out, otherwise I would have asked Liszt to train them. ”

Hong Yun'er clasped her hands around her chest and said thoughtfully: "I didn't expect you to reach the point where you can't bear to be bullied, and you can be regarded as progress." ”

Xiao Yungui asked, "What is unbearable?" ”

"Historically, Zeng Guofan was in the army and treated talented people with courtesy, which was very respected by people. One day, a guest came to pay respects, and Zeng Wenzhenggong immediately met him, and the man was dressed in simple clothes and talked with a sharp and alert language. Zeng Wenzheng Gong was very fond of talking to this guest about contemporary figures. The guest said: "Hu Linyi is shrewd, others can't deceive him; Zuo Zongtang enforces the law like a mountain, and others dare not deceive him; Only if you are handsome, love is like life, and treat people with sincerity and touching people with virtue, not Hu Zuo and the two can talk about the same day, which makes people unbearable to deceive. Zeng Wenzhenggong was very happy to keep the guests in the barracks and entertain them as guests. Soon a huge amount of money was handed over to him and asked him to buy arms on his behalf. The guest got the money, left, and disappeared without a trace. Our Zeng Wenzheng Gong sighed and said, people can't bear to deceive, people can't bear to deceive! Hong Yun'er slowly said this allusion again.

Xiao Yungui said in a deep voice: "Don't be confused by appearances and conversations, and don't be lost by flattery such as rhetoric, so that you can maintain independent and sober judgment, whether you deal with Chinese or foreigners, it seems that they are all the same." ”

The two talked about it, and soon it was evening, and after dinner, Lin Qirong, Li Tianxi, Chen Zhiming, Zhou Lichun, Li Zuoche, Tang Erniu and other generals rushed back to the camp to meet together. The generals rushed back immediately after receiving the order, and they hadn't eaten yet, so Xiao Yungui immediately ordered Hong Yun'er to let the women's battalion serve a hot meal to entertain the generals.

After the generals raised their chopsticks, Xiao Yungui stood up and said: "The military situation is urgent, all the brothers listen to me while eating, and if you have any questions, you will ask after the king finishes speaking." ”

The generals responded one after another, Xiao Yungui paced a few steps, and while serving vegetables to the generals, he told the three Qing troops who had been found to help southern Jiangsu.

Xiao Yungui smiled and said, "Keep eating, when have we ever been afraid of the Qing Demon?" Could it be that the Qing Demon is here, so let's not eat? ”

Seeing that the king of the west was so calm and composed, all the generals laughed together, and the pressure in their hearts disappeared.

Xiao Yungui continued: "We can look down on the Qing demons on the big picture, and we can underestimate them, but we must treat them as strong enemies when fighting. The Qing army of the three roads arrived, and our soldiers and horses in the west hall attacked Suzhou, Hangzhou and Shanghai respectively, and the troops were scattered, and it was difficult to break the enemy together. After the king and the foreigners trade a batch of arms tonight, he will go back to Suzhou first, and the new reinforcements from Wuxi and other places will first break through Suzhou, and then go down to Shanghai, and Zuihou will fight in Hangzhou, so as to complete the purpose of our battle in southern Jiangsu and completely occupy southern Jiangsu! ”

The generals nodded yes, their hands slowed down again, Xiao Yungui motioned for the generals to continue eating, and said in his mouth: "After this king leaves, Lin Qirong will be the main general, Li Zuoche and Zhou Lichun will be supplemented, and Li Tianxi and Chen Zhizhi will all be controlled by Lin Qirong. There are more than 8,000 Qing demons and spring troops who came to Shanghai to help, plus the Guangdong Navy Division and the Qing demons in Shanghai, the strength of more than 10,000 people, which has exceeded our total strength in Shanghai, not counting those gangs and local regimental training. This king does not require you to defeat these Qing demons, but you must defend the outer camps and high bridges in Shanghai, and you must not let the Qing reinforcements join forces with the Qing demons in Shanghai City. Baoshan, Wusong and other places can be guarded, and if they can't be defended, they will be destroyed in all their camps. To deal with Hechun's Lu Ying Qing Demons, you can hold the camp steadily, resist step by step, and drag them down. To deal with the Guangdong Qing Demon Water Division, you have to use your brains, you must prepare more iron chains and iron canopies to block the river, or ambush the Qing Demon fleet with preset artillery arrays in hidden ports and river bays, and inflict heavy damage, so that the Qing Demon cannot reach Shanghai City by water. ”

The generals responded one after another, but Tang Erniu still couldn't hold back, stood up and asked, "His Royal Highness the King of the West, what about me?" ”

Xiao Yungui smiled and said: "You go back to Suzhou with this king and the king of the west with firearms, and you will go out immediately to prepare mules, horses, and carriages for dinner." ”

Tang Erniu relieved himself at this time, and said with a smile: "I thought that the King of the West had forgotten me." ”

The generals laughed together, although the atmosphere of the rainstorm before the war was solemn, Xiao Yungui still felt relieved, seeing these Taiping army generals, he knew that he was not fighting alone.

"You are all fighting bloody battles step by step, if there are too many, this king will not talk about it, but this time the war needs to fight more skillful battles, more ambushes, and save yourself as much as possible while consuming the enemy. Don't break the deal with the foreigners after the king leaves, Li Shanlan can help us do a lot of things, and the missionaries here can also get closer, but the confidential affairs of dealing with the foreigners must not be leaked, people's hearts are separated from the belly, and no one knows what the foreigners are thinking while trading with us. I will let Zhu Changlin and them come to Shanghai in a few days, but before they arrive, trade cannot be interrupted. ”

Lin Qirong nodded emphatically, and stood up, he was not good at words, but Xiao Yungui knew that he had a tough character, and he would definitely be able to rest assured that he would be able to rest assured that he would be able to leave the matter of defense to him. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )