Suzhou battlefield.

Seeing all this in front of him, Shi Dakai's body was cold.

He couldn't comprehend what was happening in front of him.

Before, Su Yu's army was difficult to fight in the camp defense line, so he admitted it.

When Su Yu's new army rushed out, he could be said to be ecstatic, because he still felt that his Taiping army was invincible in the field and would definitely be able to completely annihilate Su Yu's new army.

But...... Didn't think of it.

The new army of Su Tuo, who rushed out, was even more terrifying.

stood motionless like this, and directly collapsed his 20,000 or 30,000 Taiping army.

In the face of the routing brothers, Shi Dakai could not stop it.

He knew that Suzhou City would definitely not be able to be taken, so he ordered a comprehensive retreat.

Su Liu's new army did not chase either.

Even they, having woken up from the extremely tense environment, were stunned by the result.

At this time, Su Yu knew that there were two most critical reasons for this result.

First, the Taiping army rushed from only one direction and collided head-on with the fiercest and dense fire of their own army.

Second, because of the intricate relationship with Suzhou City, the Taiping army's artillery was completely unable to exert its power.

But no matter what, the white-knuckle battle in his imagination, the terrible casualties, did not happen.

This is a great thing.

Moreover, there are many recruits in this new army, and such a victory is also a great encouragement to them.

The defenders of Suzhou on the city wall, the retreating Taiping army everywhere, still couldn't believe what was in front of them.

I was really desperate just now, and I thought that it must be over, and the city must be broken.

Unexpectedly, a desperate situation was born.

I won!

Unexpectedly, Lord Su Yu's army was so powerful that it was unimaginable.

It was a long time before they cheered and wept with joy.

"Wan Sheng!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Lord Su Yu, Wan Sheng!"

"Lord Xu, Wan Sheng!"

Su Yu led the new army into the city, and Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, took Zhang Guoliang, Feng Zicai and other generals to kneel down and said: "Thank you, Lord Suyu, save your life." ”

Su Yu hurriedly stepped forward and helped Xu Youren and the others up.

In the end, he held Xu Youren's arm and said, "Lord Xu, mourn!" ”

Then, he couldn't help but say, "Perhaps, I should have rushed out earlier, but ......"

Because Su Yu himself couldn't have imagined that he could achieve such a result, in fact, after the city wall was blown up, he rushed out, already with the expectation of possible defeat, and the determination to suffer heavy casualties.

"Needless to say, no need to say......" Xu Youren said: "Lord Su, I know that this result will be achieved, and no one thought of it." In fact, the moment you gave the order to rush out, I had no idea that you would do it. In my opinion, when you rushed out at that time, you were looking for death, and you were desperate to save us. ”

"It's just that no one thought that your army would fight so well, it's amazing!"

Then, Xu Youren put his arm around Su Yu and said in his ear: "Today, Lord Su Yu saved my whole family and saved the whole of Suzhou, so it's time for me to repay you." ”

"I support your big things to the end."

"Anyway, my life was picked up, even if I lose this black gauze hat in the future, it doesn't matter."

"If there is anything in the future, you will be the first to go, and I will follow immediately! Even, sometimes it's inconvenient for you to get on, I'm on! ”

"When you need me to do something, send someone to say it!"

"No matter in the wind, in the water, or in the fire, I will come as promised and fight with you!"

Su Yu didn't speak, just clenched the other party's arm.

It's all in plain sight.

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The Battle of Suzhou was won.

But then, Su Yu still couldn't stay.

The matter of cleaning up the battlefield will be handed over to others.

Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, held a simple funeral for his son Xu Zhenyi.

It's not for his son, but for all the fallen soldiers, and Xu Zhenyi is just one of them.

Su Lu arrived.

Xu Youren's wife and concubine once again stepped forward to salute and thank Su Yu for saving his life.

Su Yu bowed.

Almost all the officials and gentry in Suzhou were present.

Their eyes looking at Su Yu were also full of gratitude, before the war, many of these wealthy businessmen and gentry had already gone to Shanghai, but many industries could not be turned away, so they could only leave some people to take care of them.

I really didn't have hope, but I didn't expect to really win.

His own family property was also saved.

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After attending the funeral of Xu Zhenyi and others, Su Yu immediately left Suzhou.

He still has a lot of work to accomplish.

Shi Dakai still has more than 40,000 remnants of the army, and he will probably retreat directly to Changzhou.

This army is still a huge threat to Suzhou.

Su Yu still has to find a way to let Shi Dakai return to Tianjing, otherwise his future business actions will not be launched.

A city that is constantly facing the front of the army cannot conduct good commercial trade.

Three days later!

At the meeting on the Yangtze River, Su Yu once again met with Lin Shaozhang for a secret conversation.

At this time, Lin Shaozhang's gaze at Su Yu was full of complexity.

Su Yu said: "Prime Minister Lin, the battle in Suzhou just now does not affect the friendship between our two sides, right?" Weakening Shi Dakai is beneficial to the Heavenly King, and it is also beneficial to you. ”

"I believe you can also see that this time Shi Dakai is competing for the commander of the Eastern Crusade, in fact, he wants to break away from heaven and set up another foundation. Now that he has suffered a big defeat, it is time for him to keep to himself. ”

"For the sake of the Heavenly King, you should immediately summon Shi Dakai back to Tianjing."

Lin Shaozhang said slowly: "Lord Su Yu, do you want us to give up the land of southern Jiangsu?" It's completely impossible. ”

What followed was a heated argument and negotiation between the two sides.

In the end, no agreement was reached.

But from beginning to end, Su Yu did not issue a threat of war.

Because, he still has to do business with Tianjing.

Negotiations that have not succeeded today will continue tomorrow.

As a result, early the next morning, he met several ships from Jiujiang.

Waittab stepped out of the bow of the boat and said, "Which one is it?" ”

Hong Renli walked out of the ship and said in surprise: "Waitabu? What about adults? How's Suzhou doing? ”

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Su Yu boarded the battleship where Hong Renli was.

The battleship was to send Bashali to Shanghai, and then immediately return to London on business.

The reason why Hong Renli was on this battleship was that she wanted to rush to Suzhou to fight immediately and return to Su Yu.

Unexpectedly, the battle was over.

And it was such a big win.

Hearing this news, Hong Ren was overjoyed with a hint of astonishment.

Have times really changed?

"Ah Li, you're just in time." Su Yu said: "I broke down with Lin Shaozhang, and I will leave it to you to talk next." ”

"Good!" The Hung people left the road.

To deal with the old brothers of the kingdom of heaven, Hong Renli still has a very good way.

Su Yu said: "Our bottom line is that the Taiping army will give up Wuxi, and they can send troops to garrison Danyang and Changzhou, but the total number must not exceed 15,000 people, and within two years, no more troops can be sent to attack Wuxi and Suzhou." In addition, Shi Dakai must return to Tianjing, this person is too aggressive. ”

Hong Ren said: "Otherwise? ”

Su Yu said: "Otherwise, I will personally lead the troops to recapture Wuxi and Changzhou." ”

"In short, there must be a buffer and barrier between Suzhou and the Taiping army."

Hong Ren said: "Okay, I know. ”

Su Yu nodded, and was about to talk to Ba Xia.

As a result, he was dragged by Hong Renli, and while there was no one around, the two kissed fiercely for a while.

If it weren't for the next negotiation with Lin Shaozhang, I'm afraid it wouldn't be as simple as kissing.

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"I will go to London to meet Prince Albert and ask him to send a royal envoy to witness your secret treaty of the seven provinces, and to join in the signing, and to participate in the establishment of the economic cooperation of the seven southern provinces as a third party." Regarding the affairs of Fujian, Bao Ling will be back in a few days, and it will be more secure for him to replace me in Fujian to do business, and his prestige will be higher. ”

"There's something else you need to explain."

At this time, Hong Renli had already left the ship and went to negotiate with Lin Shaozhang.

And this ship, continuing to sail towards Shanghai.

The situation was on fire, and Bashali needed to return to London as quickly as possible.

Su Yu was silent for a while, and asked Shen Baozhen to pass the word before, although the plan was perfect, it was not good enough.

After more than a day of thinking, it has become more mature.

Taking a deep breath of cigarette, Su Yu said, "We can make this plan bigger, more perfect, and more profound." ”

Ba Xia said: "Directly say your purpose." ”

Su Yu said: "Two purposes, first, to oust Count Ergin from his position as the Chinese minister and the supreme commander of the Far East. ”

"Second, start the expulsion operation against the Emperor of the North."

When Sir Bashali heard Su Yu's words, he immediately couldn't believe it: "Sir Su Yu, you...... You are crazy. ”

"Do you think too highly of our influence, do you know how deep the roots of the Earl of Elgin are in the British Empire? Even Prince Albert could not oust him from the post of Minister of China. ”

"And, you're going to do both goals together? How is this possible? ”

Su Yu said slowly: "These two things are actually the same thing. ”

"We want to prevent one thing, and that is that Count Ergin and the Emperor have joined forces against me."

"If there is no my existence, then of course Erjin and the emperor are on the same footing, and for the time being, because of my existence, they will have a short-term union."

"Therefore, it is necessary to find a way to remove Count Ergin from the post of commander-in-chief of the Far East and replace it with a different person."

"And this man may become a key to driving out the emperor."

Ba Xiali forced himself to calm down, and every key conversation with Su Yu was so thrilling.

His smoking hand was trembling slightly, and after a long moment, he spoke, "Tell me about your plan." ”

Su Yu said: "It's very simple, you secretly went to London and asked Prince Albert to send an envoy of sufficient weight to visit Jiujiang. This person should be of high status, preferably a member of the royal family, and be a direct descendant of Prince Albert exclusively. ”

Basha said: "And then? ”

Su Yu said: "This royal dignitary is visiting secretly, should we send all the fleets to escort him?" ”

Ba Xia said: "Of course! ”

Su Yu said: "Seeing that our army is moving out of the mouth of the Yangtze River, will Count Ergin be furious, will he send a fleet to attack us and carry out real armed disarming?" Then he shelled our fleet, shelled the ships on which the royal envoys were traveling. ”

"Is it responsible to attack the royal family?"

"So, this royal envoy must be crazy enough, bold enough, wild enough, and noble enough."

Bashali trembled all over, and his lips turned white.

Su Yu said: "In this way, can you drive Count Ergin away from China?" ”

Ba Xia said: "Yes, of course. ”

"But ......"

"But ......"

Pashali said a few words, but he closed his eyes and calmed himself down.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and said: "I am a courtier of the British Empire, I am loyal to the Queen, I am loyal to Prince Albert, and I must report this plan to His Royal Highness and get his approval before it can be carried out." ”

Su Yu said: "Of course, I have never wanted to hide it from His Royal Highness. The current Prince Albert is definitely very passive and under attack, and I believe that he also wants to take advantage of the situation to fight back and suppress the arrogance of the other party. That's why I said I had to pick a wild, bold, crazy, honorable royal family member as an envoy. ”

"I am loyal to the Prince, and I will tell you about your plans, but I will not make any incitements!" ”

Su Yu was silent for a while and said, "Sir Basha, do you trust me?" ”

Bashali thought for a moment and nodded.

Su Yu said: "You don't have to tell me about my plan, you just need to say that we invited the royal envoy to visit Jiujiang secretly." And said that Count Ergin is preparing to use force against the Jiujiang Economic Experimental Zone, and wants to forcibly disarm our mercenary fleet. You just have to report it truthfully, and I am sure that with the wisdom of Prince Albert, he himself will have thought of this plan. ”

This is more clever, let the other party take the initiative to propose the plan.

But......

Su Yu quickly denied it.

Prince Albert is not Emperor Xianfeng, and some moves used on him will backfire.

"No, no, ......no," Su Yu said, "Or truthfully convey my plan, and say that I said it myself." ”

"In this way, although I am suspected of being disrespectful to the royal family and taking advantage of the royal family's offense, I am at least honest!"

"At this critical juncture, honesty is more important than anything else."

Sir Bashali looked at Su Yu for a long time and said, "Just for your words, I will give you a drink!" ”

Then, he poured two glasses of wine.

Su Yu said: "In order to get rid of Count Ergin." ”

Sir Bashali said, "To drive out your Emperor." ”

"Cheers!"

The two drank it all.

Su Yu said: "Sir Basha, you should move quickly, because someone in your Congress has already proposed to support Japan, and even the Earl of Ergin will soon visit Japan on behalf of Britain to inspect Japan." ”

Sir Bashali hissed, "How do you know? ”

"Gotta stop this."

Once the British Empire decided to support Japan, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Why did Su Yu know?

Because history is like that.

Next, the two of them reviewed the details of the entire plan over and over again, and even double-considered each line of dialogue.

It's just too important, too big.

You have to be cautious.

Two hours later, Su Yu and Ba Xiali separated, and he took another boat and returned to Jiujiang.

Bashali traveled to Shanghai, and then without stopping, to London.

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After the end of the Yangzhou War.

Sheng retained 10,000 troops and stayed in Yangzhou.

Rong Lu led the new army, as well as another 10,000 troops, to regain Xincheng and Liuhe one after another.

And Wang Youling, led the remnants of the army, returned to Huai'an.

Before leaving, Shengbao held Wang Youling's hands and said: "Yingjiu, Bandang knows loyal ministers, and the wind knows the grass!" You're not easy, you're good, you're good, you're good! ”

In Shengbao's opinion, Wang Youling is simply a loyal minister.

When Huai'an fell, Zhao Dezhe, the former governor of Jiangsu, was lazy and lazy, but Wang Youling immediately recruited troops and came non-stop to recover Huai'an.

And the great achievement of recovering Huai'an is completely enough, he can actually not use it to save Yangzhou, the reason is very good, Huai'an is an important town of Caoyun, and guarding Huai'an is the most important.

However, Wang Youling was still obligated to lead troops to aid Yangzhou.

Such loyal ministers are rare in the world.

Sheng Bao patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, your loyalty, your great merit, I will definitely play the emperor, and I will let the emperor know your loyalty and your merits." ”

Wang Youling bowed down and said, "My army is vulnerable, which makes the two adults laugh. The greatest credit for this war is Lord Ronglu, compared to your Tianjin New Army, my army is simply unsightly. ”

Rong Lu said: "Brother Yingjiu calls me Zhonghua, okay?" Your army is all temporarily recruited, and it is already your great ability to have such a record, and there are not many people in the world who can make me admire Ronglu, and you Wang Ying-jeou is definitely one of them! ”

Wang Youling said: "Two adults, then I will leave." ”

Rong Lu said: "Brother Yingjiu, goodbye!" See you in the court in the future. ”

This is a good blessing, he is sure that he will enter the center, and he also wishes the king that one day he will be able to enter the center of the court.

At this time, Rong Lu was still a little complacent.

Then, Wang Youling led the army to leave.

After leaving, he sneered slightly in his heart, this Rong Lu has already floated, but Lord Su Yu said that he just wants him to float, and the more he floats, the better.

He found that these people's words were really better than the other.

On the contrary, Su Yu didn't say much nice things, but at the critical moment, he directly took action to save his life.

He said he wanted to win the governorship for you, and he took it for you.

In contrast, it is clear at a glance which is higher and which is lower.

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Two days later!

Rong Lu led the Tianjin New Army, as well as Shengbao's 20,000 troops to leave Yangzhou and rush to the Luzhou battlefield.

Katsuho looked at his back and didn't speak, just smiled lightly.

Young man, he is really eager to make meritorious contributions, and he can't wait to take all the credit.

He was the minister of the Qincha and supervised all military affairs in Anhui, but he did not rush to the Luzhou battlefield in such a hurry.

Because the current Luzhou battlefield is lively enough.

Li Xubin of the Hunan army and Li Hongzhang of the Huai army have now gone to Ronglu again, and then Gui Liang will be killed from the north.

He's still quite arrogant, so let's not join in the excitement first, and when he really can't beat it, he will go again.

Anyway, in this battle, his credit is enough.

At least, Yangzhou can not be lost, he has key credit.

Time will be over!

One of the largest wars broke out in northern Anhui.

Historically, Li Xubin was defeated in Sanhe Town.

And this time, the Taiping army of 70,000 troops guarded Sanhe Town and Luzhou.

Coach Li Xiucheng and deputy coach Wu Dinggui.

On the side of the Qing army, Li Xubin waited for reinforcements from Hubei, a full fifteen thousand.

Li Hongzhang Huai army 3,000.

There are more than 20,000 people in Ronglu.

Immediately afterwards, Gui Liang led 20,000 men into the battlefield.

The strength of the two sides is equal!

The Great War broke out.

Ten days of fierce fighting, inseparable.

There were numerous casualties on both sides, and there was no distinction between victory and defeat.

The defense line of Sanhe Town was lost, and Li Xiucheng led the army into Luzhou City to defend.

The Qing army attacked the city of Luzhou for a few days.

Zeng Guofan of Hubei was extremely anxious. Because Luzhou City couldn't be defeated, his efforts were in vain.

Even if it is defeated, if it is not the first merit, it will be cheaper for Rong Lu and Gui Liang.

He also counted on recovering Luzhou, making Li Xubin the governor of Anhui and making himself the governor of Liangjiang.

I have paid so much, and I am already about to get the first credit.

At this time, Zeng Guofan was also like a red-eyed gambler, he could only advance, not retreat.

So, he personally came to Jiujiang and asked Su Yu to borrow two battalions of artillery.

And it was guaranteed that the artillery of these two battalions would be protected from harm with all its might.

Su Yu owed the other party a lot of favors before, and agreed at this time.

Moreover, the artillery of these two battalions could not be borrowed for nothing.

Since you, Zeng Guofan, have come to borrow troops, it also shows your attitude.

Then, the generals of the Hunan army, Peng Yulin and Luo Zenan, once again led 15,000 people to the Luzhou battlefield.

At this point, the strength of the Qing army had a huge advantage.

In particular, in order to compete for the first merit, the Hunan army desperately attacked the city.

The artillery of Su Lu's two battalions also broke out with amazing combat effectiveness in this battle, which made Rong Lu stunned.

The artillery of the Hunan army is so powerful?

In order to confuse the real with the fake, Su Yu's artillery even wore fake whips.

Finally, in this extremely fierce battle, Li Xiucheng finally couldn't bear it. abandoned the city of Luzhou and led the army to retreat to Anqing, temporarily avoiding the edge of the Qing army.

As a result, the Qing army officially recovered Luzhou.

Li Xubin lived up to his mission, and was the first to lead his troops to rush to the head of Luzhou City, covered in blood and scarred.

The first contribution was made.

At this point, the big war, which lasted for two or three months, officially ended.

Ostensibly, the Qing court won a resounding victory.

Regain Huai'an, recover Luzhou, regain Wuxi, Yangzhou victory, Suzhou victory.

But in reality, there are big hands that control everything.

He took advantage of this war to achieve his greatest strategic goal.

And he's still brewing the next deadlier attack.

Push all enemies into the abyss!

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Jingshi, court.

"Six hundred miles expedited, six hundred miles expedited!"

"The emperor is happy, the emperor is happy!"

"Luzhou victory, Luzhou victory!"

This period was one of the emperor's proudest moments.

The great victories in the south came one after another.

Huai'an victory.

Suzhou victory, Yangzhou victory.

Now, the finale is here.

Officially regained Luzhou.

This series of great victories gave the emperor great encouragement.

It allowed him to recover his self-confidence from the defeat at Dagukou.

In particular, Rong Lu's Tianjin New Army was victorious and invincible.

This brilliant record is no less than that of Su Yu's new army.

What does this prove?

What Su Yu can do, Rong Lu can also do.

This proves that Su Yu is not unique.

This made him even more sure that the reason why he lost the battle of Dagukou was that coach Tan Tingxiang was incompetent.

If it is replaced by Seng Lingqin, Shengbao and Ronglu, the probability of winning is very high.

Didn't you see that the battle of Dagukou was fought very well a few days ago?

When Rong Lu comes back, he will be rewarded greatly!

Then, the candidate for the governor of Anhui was discussed.

There are two important things ahead of us.

The first is how to overturn the "Tianjin Treaty", because the foreigners came to urge again, saying that they wanted to enter the capital to change the contract, which was signed by Gui Liang before, and they needed to come to the imperial court to change the contract before it could officially take effect.

The second thing, solve Su Tuo!

Before, there was supposed to be a big move, but it was blocked by the southern shattering war.

caused the imperial court to compromise with Su Yu and agreed to the almost humiliating conditions in exchange for Su Yu to save Suzhou.

Now, everything has settled, and the imperial court has won an unprecedented victory, just taking advantage of the momentum of the big victory to solve the problem of Su Yu.

Moreover, the army of Shengbao, the army of Guiliang, and the army of Ronglu were all in the south at this time.

If there is really any change, these armies can also go to Jiujiang to suppress it.

Su Yu saved Suzhou this time, but he also lost a lot of soldiers and lost a lot of strength.

So, the emperor summoned his confidants and important ministers to discuss.

Du Han said slowly: "Your Majesty, these two things can actually be combined into one!" ”

The emperor said, "What do you say? ”

Du Han said: "No matter what Su Yu says, he has saved Suzhou, there is merit, we can't treat the heroes harshly on the surface, but we can let the British help us deal with Su Yu." ”

"Aren't Ergin and Su Yu political enemies?"

"Didn't the British want a treaty change? Let's directly say that you British have violated the agreement first, and now that the treaty has not yet come into force, why has the British fleet already entered the Yangtze River waterway? ”

"If you want to negotiate a change of contract, you British will first go and destroy the fleet of Su on the Yangtze River and pay it over."

"Otherwise, nothing to talk about."

The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up, this Du Han is really unparalleled in wisdom, killing two birds with one stone.

Then Du Han said: "In addition, the emperor can summon Su Lu into Beijing." ”

Kuang Yuan, the servant of the ministry next to him, said: "Su Yu, probably won't enter Beijing, he has already resigned from all his official positions." ”

Du Han said: "Then use his irresistible reason to let him enter Beijing!" ”

The Emperor said slowly, "I know what the reason is. ”

Then, the emperor said: "Draft the decree, let Guiliang set off from Anhui to Shanghai and negotiate with Erjin." ”

"Must, borrow the hands of the British to destroy Su Wei's Yangtze River fleet."

"Let Zongren Mansion Zuo Zongzheng go to Jiujiang to pass the decree, the auspicious day is coming, let Su Yu immediately enter Beijing and marry Princess Shouxi!"

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A few days later!

Zongren Mansion Zuo Zongzheng, a prince of the imperial court, came to Jiujiang to proclaim the decree.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and said, Su Yu has a meritorious service in saving Suzhou, and the auspicious day is coming, so that Su Yu will enter Beijing and marry Princess Shouxi, so as not to delay the good time, Qin this!"

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Note: The first update was sent, and I completed other writing tasks overnight, and wrote this chapter one after another, and finally finished writing.

Eun Gong, if you have a monthly pass, can you continue to give it to me?

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