In the twentieth year of Daoguang, the Sun Never Sets Empire bombarded the gate of the Qing Dynasty with ships and cannons, thus signing the Treaty of Nanjing, the first unequal treaty in modern China.

It is known as the Opium War.

In 1860, the empire of the sun never set again, and brought its good brother France to beat the "rich people" of the Far East. The two countries have reaped a lot of gains. I left happily and made an appointment to come back next year.....

In addition, Tsarist Russia also intervened and forced the Qing Dynasty to cede 1.5 million square kilometers of vast territory in the northeast and northwest.

The invasion of the Great Powers began to deepen.

In the middle, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which experienced a natural disaster, withered people's livelihood and gradually declined national strength. This once behemoth is no longer as strong as it once was.

In the twentieth year of Guangxu, the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle dealt a heavy blow to the Qing Dynasty, and even the little brother at the beginning was able to ride on his head to show off his might and ask for compensation.

Whether it is the people, the blood world, or the court, all people of insight understand that this country is not good, if it is not reformed, if it does not progress, there will only be more people who come to the door to rob homes and houses.

A lot of efforts and changes have also been made, and the effect is not very ideal.

In 1900, on June 17, the Western powers not only built embassies in the capital, but also forcibly stationed embassy guards in the capital. This is an eye stuck in the water of his own spring.

The dignified Chinese Celestial Empire, a great country, has been trampled under the feet of the Western powers again and again, and spit on it.

Both nations and countries are facing an unprecedented catastrophe.

At that time, the Eight-Nation Coalition captured the Dagukou Fort.

The Jingshi was furious, and the people's anger boiled.

In fact, in terms of weapons alone, the Qing Dynasty at this time was not weaker than the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the armory of the Dagukou Fort contained Krupp's most advanced cannons, the most advanced rifles, Mauser rifles, and the most advanced German heavy machine guns. There are millions of bullets alone.

Except for Germany, the equipment of other countries cannot be compared with the Qing Dynasty at all.

As early as the First Sino-Japanese Naval War, the navy and army of the Qing Dynasty were already stronger than the island countries.

Visionaries in the bloodline world realized that it was not the weapons that were really backward, but the rotten regimes. and the increasingly chaotic Qing army.

The imperial court could no longer count on it, nor could it count on advanced weapons, and there must be a greater, unstoppable force to help the country tide over the difficulties.

Invincible!

This is what everyone desires the most at the moment.

When the main battle faction and the main peace faction were intriguing, the Li family had already broken through the threshold by visitors.

On this day, a total of thirteen forces in the bloodline world gathered in the Li Mansion, and these were all bloodline forces participating in the soul refining plan.

The Li family has a female first-time growth, and she has grown into a great master comparable to the Extreme Dao, no, the Extreme Dao may not be a more suitable candidate for her to serve as the unequaled battle spirit, and it is said that the enhancement ability can be infinitely strengthened.....

The Chosen One!

Almost all the people who heard the news had this thought.

The daughter of the Li family is simply destined, a person born for the unparalleled battle spirit.

As for who sent the news, I know it well.

In the lobby, the house was full of friends, dispersing all the clansmen nearby, and Li Rufeng personally took care of the work of serving tea and pouring water.

At this time, a heated quarrel was taking place here.

However, in the face of the persuasion of more than a dozen forces, Li Qiyun showed a rare strength, and he was red-faced with the major forces.

"Don't even think about it, it's impossible for my daughter to be a peerless battle spirit. When the king of heaven and Lao Tzu came, I didn't agree either. He slapped the table and yelled.

This is actually a serious hairpin, and it must be known that it is the most powerful woman in the Qing Dynasty who secretly supports the soul refining plan. In normal times, it is enough for him to eat a pot when he is listened to by someone who cares.

"You can let your sister-in-law enter the formation to refine your soul, why can't your daughter?" said someone angrily.

"Everyone, let a woman provoke the pillar of national salvation, do you have a clear conscience?"

"If we can, why should we whisper to you. The country is in turmoil, the people are not happy, no one is afraid of death, and all of us dare to die. Master Li, we really can't help it. ”

Li Rufeng stood aside, thinking in his heart that this was the truth, and if it was the other people present, if they were suitable, he was afraid that he would have rushed to be the first.

"Lord Li, you should know that the soul refining plan is very important, not only Duanwang and the others are looking forward to it, but also the one today. ”

Of course, the one who hated the great powers the most was Cixi, and when she was 60 years old, the island country killed the Beiyang Sailors. When she carried out a coup d'état to help Pu Jun ascend to the throne, foreigners hindered her again.

"No way. Li Qiyun's reply remains unchanged.

Now, not to mention everyone, Li Rufeng, who is a son, is also surprised.

That Master Li, who is exquisite, and who puts the family first everywhere, was forced to this point, and he still didn't let go.

"You might as well discuss it directly with your sister-in-law. He also sneered and threatened.

"If the body is affected by the parents, Master Li can make the decision for her. Someone said dissatisfied.

How dare you, if the news is true, that is a great master who can briefly burst out with extreme power, and they don't dare to rush into the back house to discuss with him. It's no different from playing a lantern in the toilet and looking for death.

In the end, it was a happy parting.

Li Ji walked out from behind the lobby and personally added tea to Li Qiyun: "Dad, why don't you agree? ”

She's actually been eavesdropping.

"The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, but there is no saying that women and children are responsible. The rise and fall of the country has been convenient for women and children since ancient times. Li Qiyun shook his head: "There is no such reason. ”

Li Ji bit her lip.

Li Qiyun looked at her, and suddenly found that in the past year, she rarely looked at her daughter carefully, and she became more and more delicate.

The daughter of the Li family is born beautiful.

"Your mother went early, and when you were young, your father was busy with official business and rarely saw you. I finally grew up, and I sent you out to practice again. Dad is just you and Rufeng a pair of sons and daughters-in-law, your eldest brother has already started a family, and in the future, Dad still wants to see you marry and find a good home. ”

"Dad, I want to hit the extreme, so I don't want to get married. Li Jiao's face was slightly red.

"A woman's lack of talent is virtue, a wise saying. Li Qiyun sighed.

If she was just an ordinary woman, she wouldn't have the trouble she has today.

Outside, the situation is changing day by day.

The foreigners had already captured the Dagukou Fort and waved their troops to the capital, and at that time, the Boxers were destroying the railroad against the foreigners. Inside, they wantonly smashed the embassies of various countries, and the German minister to China, Klinder, went to the Chancellor's Yamen on behalf of various countries to ask for protection, and was killed by the Qing soldiers.

The main battle faction played one after another, demanding a decisive battle with the foreigners, and the Empress Dowager Cixi, who had been in charge of the Qing Dynasty for decades, swayed from side to side, supporting the Boxers to make trouble, and on the other hand, they made mistakes and provided material assistance to the foreigners.

On the 21st, Cixi suddenly convened a meeting, unusually, declared war on the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the "Edict" said: Rather than trying to survive, it will be ashamed for eternity;

Of course, this was an edict known only to the Minister of the Interior, which was a mobilization slogan, and it was not made public, nor was it openly declared war with the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Although Cixi is a loser, she still has this brain.

......

Early in the morning, the gate of the Li Mansion.

"Big brother, be careful. If you can escape, don't fight hard, I heard that the blood of all countries is very strong. Li Ji said in a low voice.

Ordinary foreign guns and cannons pose little threat to the bloodline, as long as they are not unlucky enough to be hit head-on by the artillery, it is difficult for ordinary foreign soldiers to kill the bloodline with one blow. But from ancient times to the present day, bloodlines have been active on the battlefield.

The blood elite of the foreigners is more and stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty has suffered heavy losses in the blood line after years of war, and it is not the blood of the whole country that unites to resist foreign enemies.

In fact, with the exception of the Boxers, only the northern bloodline is currently defending against foreign enemies.

This phenomenon is not unique to the bloodline, but also to the military.

The Qing Dynasty's control over the entire country was already very weak.

After Cixi's mobilization meeting, the Qing soldiers in the north officially joined the war against the armies of the Eight Kingdoms, and Li Rufeng, as a master in the army and rich experience, was ordered to be transferred to Tianjin City to participate in the war to resist the pace of the coalition army marching into the capital.

"I will take care of the family, sister-in-law, they are safe in Zhuangzi. Li Ji said again.

The brother and sister muttered something for a long time, and Li Qiyun, who sent his son on the expedition, only had one sentence: Come back alive.

"Jiu'er, my brother will be triumphant. ”

After a long absence, Li Rufeng called the girl's name, stretched out his hand, and stroked her head.

"I want to tell those people that they don't need a peerless battle spirit to win. ”

No one called her by her name for many years, Li Ji remembered that when she was young, her biological mother died early, her father was busy with official business, and the concubines in the family were all snarky, but they bullied the little brothers and sisters who had no mother.

But after Li Rufeng was ten years old, no one dared to bully them anymore, because when he was ten years old, Li Rufeng woke up.

In fact, in the early years, Li Ji woke up one step ahead of her eldest brother, she didn't say it, she was greedy for her eldest brother's love and protection.

In the blink of an eye, the eldest brother has already started a family.

.....

Since the allied forces captured the Dagukou Fort, Tianjin has become a strategic point for the two armies to fight. In order to avoid the fate of the capture of the Jingshi, the Qing Dynasty must hold Tianjin.

At first, the battle was good, and there were many successes.

However, with the increase of the coalition army and the gathering of blood from various countries, the fighting in Tsu City began to rage on July 6. On the 14th, the city of Tsu fell, and the governor of Naoli, Yuroku, committed suicide after being defeated. At the same time, Li Rufeng, the commander of the former forward battalion, was killed in the battle.

"Dozens of stabs in his body, and finally he was beheaded by the bloodline master of the Murray family. ”

After the war, the subordinates who secretly brought back the corpses said so.

It was raining heavily that day, and late at night, one of Li Rufeng's henchmen returned with the body.

When Li Ji heard the bad news, she rushed to the outer courtyard and saw her father standing in the rain with a corpse covered with a white cloth at his feet.

Her heart suddenly seemed to be blocked by something, and she walked over step by step, letting the majestic rain wet her clothes and hair, and the rain condensed on her long eyelashes, as if there was also a heavy rain in her eyes.

"Your big brother..... Nope. Father's first words.

"Those who are in troubled times should die and die. Father's second sentence.

"Kill them, kill them, kill them. Father's third sentence.

"Good. ”

Li Ji responded in a calm tone, "I want to be alone with my eldest brother for a while." ”

There was only one son-in-law's father, who was gone.

Now that I think about it, he must have saved his will to die before he left.

Finally, there is the best candidate, and the Qing court will definitely not give up.

Since he was a child, he has taken the words "eldest brother as father" as a benchmark, and tried his best to protect his sister, even if his sister was strong enough to press him to the ground and rub him.

Daqing really needed a big victory to boost morale and restore confidence, he wanted to win, but it was difficult to confess to himself and his father.

It's something he'll do.

That day, she stood in the rainstorm all night, thinking about her childhood, thinking about her childhood with her eldest brother, thinking about her eldest brother's love and care in the past, and thinking about ..... The eldest brother is like a father.

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