The Resolve sank in a state of astonishment, and the fleet commander looked at his men who were busy transferring the crew, and couldn't help but think to himself, "Who is attacking us?" ”

Suddenly he thought of a name: "Lin Yuan", and at the same time, he also thought of the mysterious big ship, a large ship with a displacement of more than 50,000 tons, it is said that this ship is very strong in combat and once captured the Japanese combined fleet. He thought, "Then will this Lin Yuan do the same trick to our fleet, if he comes, I will definitely capture him alive." ”

Although the commander was not sure what he thought, he also thought that he should no longer march on Beijing, so he ordered the fleet to return to Hong Kong.

Lin Yuan looked at the returning British fleet, he didn't know what to do, there was no trace of relief in his heart, he vaguely felt that a bigger crisis was coming!

Lin Yuan's premonition was not wrong, as soon as the news of the total annihilation of the Beiyang Fleet spread, it caused a series of chain reactions, France declared war on the Qing court, and France organized an expeditionary force of about 10,000 people to march towards Taiwan, intending to capture Taiwan.

Germany also declared war on the Qing court and sent a fleet to Jiaozhou Bay.

Austria-Hungary, the United States of America, and the Kingdom of Italy also declared war on the Qing court, but these three countries sent only a small number of troops, Austria-Hungary only sent a 50-strong engineering unit, the United States of America sent only one warship, and the Kingdom of Italy sent only a medical team of about 100 people.

If these countries wanted to attack the Qing Dynasty, they had to go through the sea, and what really worried Lin Yuan was Japan and Russia.

Needless to say, Russia is the number one threat to Northeast China, since it seized the right to build railways in Northeast China, Russia has been building railways in Northeast China at a rapid pace, and it can dispatch a large number of troops into Northeast China at any time.

There is also Japan, since the Japanese secretly killed Concubine Min, the king of Korea has completely become a puppet of the Japanese, North Korea invited the Japanese army into Korea on the grounds of consolidating national defense, and soon Japan sent 10,000 troops to stationed in Korea, Seoul and other important Korean cities, and hoarded a large number of grain and grass, ammunition and other war materials on the Sino-Korean border.

Although the Japanese Navy was captured by Lin Yuan with nine main warships, with the strong support of the Japanese Government and the covert support of the British Government, a new navy was soon built, and the personnel were still the personnel of the original Combined Fleet. The first purchases from the British, the Fuji and Yashima, became the lead ships of the new Combined Fleet.

Lin Yuan was taken aback when he got the news, he knew that in history, these two battleships were ordered by Japan from Britain in 1894, on the eve of the First Sino-Japanese War, and they did not join the combined fleet until 1897. They were dismantled and installed on these two warships, which was how quickly these two warships were built.

In order to avenge the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan was ready to attack the Qing Dynasty at any time, and after hearing that the Beiyang Fleet had been completely annihilated, it immediately sent a combined fleet to patrol the Liaodong Peninsula and be ready to land at any time, and the Japanese army in Korea was also ready to cross the Yalu River and attack Northeast China at any time.

At this point, the Eight-Nation Coalition was formally formed, and there were not only countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan that were bent on aggression, but also countries like Austria-Hungary, Italy, and the United States that wanted to fish in troubled waters and reap some benefits. Lin Yuan was familiar with the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, in which the troops of eight countries were concentrated to attack Beijing, and this time, each country will launch aggression against China from different strategic directions.

While Lin Yuan was worried about the possible Russian and Japanese attacks on Northeast China by land, the people of Northeast China were not yet aware of the danger.

After killing the Russians, Lao Montenegro resolutely ran to the yamen to surrender despite the dissuasion of everyone, and the county officials did not dare to slack off, so they imprisoned him and reported it overnight.

A few days later, Wang Liang raised hundreds of taels of silver, spent dozens of taels to buy a high-quality mountain ginseng, and came to the county office.

Wang Liang did not give the county official a lot of good things, and the two of them were also familiar with each other, so the county official invited Wang Liang to the back hall, and Wang Liang said with a smile: "Big lord, the little one recently got wood for the Russians in the mountains, and got a mountain ginseng, and I don't know if the road is good, big man, you are an expert in this area, and you specially brought it to help the small palm eye." ”

The county official has been in the officialdom for a long time, and when he heard Wang Liang's words, he understood the meaning, so the county official smiled and said: "Things are good things, please rest assured, when this turmoil passes, the timber yard will be returned to you." After saying that, he took the box containing the ginseng to himself.

Wang Liang smiled and said, "Master, I came to ask about Old Black Mountain. ”

The county magistrate's heart trembled and asked, "What do you want to ask?" ”

Wang Liang said: "What crime can this old Montenegro convict, can he be punished lightly......

Before Wang Liang finished speaking, the county official pushed the box in front of him and said: "Brother Xian, this matter should not be mentioned again, the old Montenegro killed the Russians, this is the matter that the Queen Mother Lafayette is worried about, how can I manage it as a small county official." As he spoke, the county magistrate put the teacup on one end, and the entourage immediately shouted: "Send off!" ”

Wang Liang was helpless, so he had to come out and go to Shutou Village, and when he didn't want to pass by Liujia Village, he saw a smiling descendant stop him and smiled: "This lord, there is a happy event in our village, why don't you go to a happy bar?" ”

It turned out that Liu Dazhuang and Jing'er were going to get married, and Liujiacun had always been hospitable, and if there was such a thing, a few passing guests must be invited.

Wang Liang had that idleness, and said angrily: "Don't go, don't go!" ”

In that later life, he was Liu Dazhuang's friend, Xiao Wuzi, as the saying goes: "Reach out and don't hit the smiling person." Xiao Wuzi saw that Wang Liang's nose was not a nose, and his eyes were not eyes, so he felt a little unhappy in his heart, and then said angrily: "Let's go, let's go." ”

The two kings had nowhere to come out with their stomachs full of anger, so they said angrily: "Eh, you descendant, how do you speak? ”

Xiao Wuzi said angrily: "Just talk like this, what can you do!" ”

Wang Liang poured a single person, was not afraid of anything, and sneered: "Didn't you let me go and drink the wedding wine?" Okay, I'll go! ”

Xiao Wuzi didn't expect Wang Liang to say such a sentence, and before he could speak, Wang Liang said again: "Look at how I turned a happy event for you into a funeral!" ”