For the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Su Yu's emotions were very complicated.

First of all, it certainly can't die now.

Because now Su Yu is the locality, and the people in the imperial court are the central government. In many cases, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was Su Yu's shield, and it was also a sword that could be used.

Moreover, in the next VAM plan, Tianjing is also a very huge source of profit for the Sulu Jiujiang Economic Pilot Zone.

In the past year, Su Yu has spent a lot of effort to cultivate Tianjing's market, just to make a lot of money.

In the future, after Su Yu enters the center, he will also need to eliminate the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to make contributions.

But a lot of times, it's really hard to control.

After Su Trolling opened fire on a large area on the Yangtze River, sank the Taiping warships and seized a large number of material carriers.

The whole of Tianjing was completely enraged and felt betrayed.

Next, the entire Tianjing high-level once again discussed.

How to deal with it?

"Fight to the death, fight to the death!" Chen Yucheng roared angrily: "Su Yu has a water division, and we also have a water division, send a water division to fight to the death with Su Yao." ”

Li Xiucheng: "The strategy of the Eastern Crusade cannot be changed, Su Yu only has one Jiujiang. Could it be that as soon as he fired on the Yangtze River, we had to abandon the Eastern Crusade? ”

Shi Dakai said: "Now that Su Yu's main force is in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, maybe he has already fought with foreigners, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity must not be missed." Taking Suzhou, and then entering Zhejiang, is our only choice. ”

Chen Yucheng said: "After taking Suzhou, we should take Shanghai, which is the richest city." ”

Hong Renji said: "Shanghai can't be fought, otherwise it will completely offend foreigners." ”

So, a series of quarrels ensued.

It is the question of whether to fight Shanghai after beating Suzhou again.

In short, at this time, the entire Tianjing high-level unanimously agreed that this opportunity should be seized to take Suzhou and Zhejiang.

Finally, the battle between foreigners and Su Yu was a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Lin Shaozhang said: "What about the supply of Tianjing? ”

The entire Tianjing City is almost non-productive, completely dependent on external supplies, and the Yangtze River waterway is the lifeblood.

Su Yu's firing completely cut off Tianjing's supply.

Of course, not long ago, the Taiping army took Changzhou, took Wuxi, plundered a lot, and got relatively large supplies, so it can still hold on now.

Chen Yucheng said: "It is precisely because of this that we need to go to the East even more. Most of our land is north of the Yangtze River, and Tianjing is south of the Yangtze River, and all supplies depend on the Yangtze River waterway. As long as Suzhou and Zhejiang are defeated, they will be able to become one with Tianjing and get a steady stream of supplies. ”

"In addition, if we take Shanghai and Zhejiang, we will be able to get access to the sea, and we will no longer have to worry about being attacked on the Yangtze River waterway."

"Hit!"

"Hit!"

And Hong Renji also fully supported taking advantage of the opportunity of the war between Su Yu and the foreigners, directly taking Suzhou, taking Zhejiang, and getting access to the sea, so that he could have more exchanges with the foreigners and get the support of the Western powers.

In the end, Hong Xiuquan decided: "Fight!"

Don't pay attention to Su Lu's blackmail in the Yangtze River, not only to fight, but also to fight hard.

And so.

The whole Tianjing did not stop the pace of war.

Originally, it was only decided to send 60,000 troops to attack Suzhou, but now it has increased to 80,000 troops.

The Taiping army in the entire eastern part of Tianjing covers the sky and the sun.

And with Tianjing's order, gunsmoke also erupted on the Yangtze River waterway.

Su Luo's Yangtze River Fleet and the sailors of the Taiping Army fought a complete battle.

The Yangtze River waterway, which has been almost quiet for two years, is once again in flames.

This directly made Hong people so angry that they wanted to vomit blood.

Hellish Tianjing, hellish Hong Xiuquan.

Nor is there any spirit of contract.

It was clearly agreed that within two years, the Taiping army would not be allowed to attack Suzhou again.

As a result, I was instigated by the foreigners, and there was no war on the Zhejiang side, so you Tianjing couldn't wait to do it.

At the slightest opportunity, he pounced on it like a wild dog.

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There is no doubt that the intelligence work of the Taiping Army is outrageous.

The foreigners swore that they would definitely attack Zhoushan and destroy Su Yu's main force, so that the Taiping army could rest assured that they would attack Suzhou and Zhejiang.

As a result, the foreigner fleet and Zhoushan have passed by for several days, and Tianjing has not received any information, and I thought that the foreigners and Su Wei were fighting in Zhoushan.

There was no war in Zhoushan.

In fact, at this time, Su Yu's five thousand main forces. Wang Youling's 15,000 people in Zhejiang had already returned by boat as fast as they could.

The Taiping army here is still gathering, and the army of Su Lu over there is almost in Changzhou.

Along the Qiantang River west, turn into the Jiangnan Canal into Taihu Lake, the speed has been extremely fast.

"Quick, quick, quick!"

Under the orders of the officers, the main force of Su Wei's new army landed from the big ships as quickly as possible.

And Wang Youling's army in Zhejiang is much slower.

After completing the login.

The 20,000 troops rushed directly towards Changzhou.

According to the previous secret agreement, the army of the Taiping army east of Tianjing must not exceed 10,000 people.

Therefore, at this time, the Taiping army's garrison in Changzhou was less than 10,000, because it had to be stationed in Danyang.

20,000 troops, while galloping, waiting for orders.

The soldiers are fast, and they must let the army wait for orders, not the orders for the army.

When it was less than a few miles from Changzhou.

The order has arrived.

"The handsome man has an order, recover Changzhou!"

"The handsome man has an order, recover Changzhou!"

The main general Wang Shiqing shouted: "Obey! ”

Su Yu was very decisive, and after he opened fire on the Yangtze River, he waited for the decision from Tianjing's side on whether to cease fighting or continue the crusade.

As soon as Hong Xiuquan's order to continue the Eastern Crusade came out, Su Yu was faced with two choices.

Is it to stop the war with war, or to stop it with assassination.

There is a certain degree of difficulty in assassinating Hong Xiuquan, but there is no difficulty in assassinating Hong Renji.

Su Yu thought about it for a few minutes and decided to stop the war with war.

Until the last resort, do not use assassination.

Didn't you break the contract with the Taiping Army? Isn't it to gather a large army to attack Suzhou?

Give face without shame.

Don't think about fighting Suzhou, don't even want Changzhou and Wuxi, Danyang, which you occupied before.

Last time, the Taiping army sent nearly 100,000 troops, with countless casualties, broke the Jiangnan camp, and captured Danyang, Changzhou, and Wuxi.

This time they broke the contract, which completely angered Su Yu.

Then let you lose even more, and take back all that was given to you before.

It hurts you!

Moreover, Su Yu gave Wang Shiqing a death order, within one day, Changzhou must be taken, there is no reason!

Because from Tianjing to Changzhou, it is only less than 300 miles.

At the speed of the Taiping Army, it would take about six or seven days.

But Su Yu couldn't give him six or seven days, he was going to completely beat Tianjing this time, and he was obedient.

An hour later!

20,000 soldiers came to the city and rested for a while.

With an order: "The army is attacking the city!" ”

Su Yu's 5,000 troops, 15,000 troops from Zhejiang Province, began to attack Changzhou City!

Meanwhile!

Li Qi rushed into Suzhou and met Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu.

"Lord Governor, my lord wants you to send troops to recover Danyang!"

"I want to teach Fa Wei a hard lesson."

After more than half a year of rest and recuperation, plus the recruitment of troops from other places, the defenders of Suzhou barely recovered to 20,000 at this time.

After receiving Su Yu's handwritten letter, Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, ordered Feng Zicai to lead 10,000 people to attack Danyang.

Feng Zicai led an army of 10,000 troops, boarded the fleet, and headed north along the canal.

Changzhou, Danyang, and Zhenjiang are all on the canal.

Stop!

On the Yangtze River, the flames of war roared.

Su Yu's Yangtze River Fleet and the Taiping Army's naval divisions battled.

Changzhou City, two armies battled.

At this time, Zeng Guofan promised to support more than 1,000 people in Suzhou, but he was still halfway through.

And Xu Youren also controlled a naval force, the Red Single warships hired from the Guangdong merchants, which were initially controlled by the governor of Jiangsu, Gil Hang'a, and later under the command of He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang.

After He Guiqing died, this red single fleet was controlled by Xu Youren again.

After a little hesitation, Xu Youren ordered this red single fleet to escort Feng Zicai's army to land, and immediately went north along the canal into the Yangtze River, joined Su Lu's Yangtze River fleet, and fought a decisive battle with the Rebel Water Division.

That's the power of allies!

When Su Yu rescued Suzhou, when he saved Zhoushan, he did his best.

At this time, there was going to be a big battle, and Wang Youling and Xu Youren also did their best.

Tian Yugong, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, did not have many troops in his hands, and the thousands of people sent were still in Zhoushan at this time to prevent foreigners from killing horses.

Although the foreigners are gone, there are still nearly 20,000 troops in Zhoushan.

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Fuzhou!

Tian Yugong, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, became a national hero and became astonishingly famous.

However, at this time, he still controlled part of the military power, and a considerable part of the army in Fujian still obeyed the orders of the original Fuzhou general and the Fujian governor.

His foundation in Fujian is relatively shallow, unlike Xu Youren and Wang Youling.

However, Tian Yugong was allegiance to another armed force.

Headed by Zhu Sanniang and others, the local party will be a strong team.

When the Xiamen Teaching Incident occurred, tens of thousands of people gathered tens of thousands of people from the Heaven and Earth Society, the White Lotus Sect, and the local Haoqiang to surround the consulate and the governor's yamen.

Tian Yugong went on a hunger strike, and at the last moment, he saved the dignity of the nation, made the foreigners compromise and admit their mistakes, and saved several innocent people who were slandered and convicted, and his reputation reached the extreme.

After the matter was resolved, the tens of thousands of people dispersed.

However, the core strength of three or four thousand people was retained, and with the help of the Su Yu Intelligence Department, this group of people turned into a Fujian regiment training army and was loyal to Tian Yugong.

With the help of this army, Tian Yugong continued to seize power and infiltrate the original army in the province.

Moreover, with the support of Tian Yugong, the scale of this regiment's training army continued to expand.

This is also Su Yu's plan.

The Green Camp Army belonged to the imperial court, and all the generals were appointed by the imperial court.

However, the regimental training army belongs to the minister of regimental training.

This is to allow Tian Yugong to master an army in the shortest possible time, which can be of great use at critical moments.

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Capital!

"Eight hundred miles expedited, eight hundred miles expedited!"

After several days of traveling, the war report of the governor of Shandong was finally sent to the capital.

The emperor and his courtiers were once again subjected to this great bad news.

The foreigner fleet attacked Yantai, and in just half a day, Yantai fell.

Once again, the Emperor was struck critically.

"What about Zhoushan? What about Zhoushan? ”

"Has Zhoushan fallen?" The Emperor asked angrily.

No one answered him.

But soon, the good news of Wang Youling, the governor of Zhejiang, is about to enter Beijing.

It is also an eight-hundred-mile expeditious, a few days earlier than the governor of Shandong, but after all, it is a lot farther.

Just over an hour later!

"Eight hundred miles of urgency, Zhoushan good news!"

"Zhejiang Governor Wang Youling reported that our army forced the Yangyi fleet back in Zhoushan."

Damn your heart!

Once again, the Emperor was furious.

Directly overturn the case in front of you.

"Bang!"

There was a loud bang.

The quality of this rosewood case is so good that there is no crack on the ground when it is smashed so hard.

Is Count Ergin crazy?

Why not attack Zhoushan? Why don't you play Su-troll?

Didn't he say that he and Su Yu were the real enemies?

And completely undeclared war.

Last time, at least one messenger was sent to Beijing and an ultimatum was issued, and only then did troops be sent to capture Guangzhou.

Moreover, when attacking Dagukou, he also sent a fleet to surround it first, and sent an envoy to give a five-day period.

Right now...... Don't say anything, just capture Yantai.

Originally, he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people and let Count Ergin attack Su Yu?

As a result, why didn't you fight?

And you came to beat me again?

You don't want to think about it, standing on the private emotions of Count Ergin, of course, you hate Su Yu more.

But from the position of the British side, from the position of the Congress, it was completely against the emperor of the Qing court.

All the anger was on the emperor alone.

Even for the British Society, it was a disgrace.

Again and again, again and again, the contract was broken.

After negotiating the treaty and withdrawing the army, the Qing emperor immediately broke the treaty.

Then, troops were sent and attacked, and a treaty was negotiated.

But it didn't take long for the contract to be broken again.

Why? What the hell are you doing?

Playing tricks?

So this time the British side decided to fight to the end.

Anger didn't solve the problem, and after being completely angry, the emperor calmed down.

At this time, more than a year has passed since the last battle of Dagukou.

"Ministers, what's next?"

"Is it a fight, or is it a talk?"

Su Shun said: "Your Majesty, unless you can talk about letting Count Ergin attack Su Yu, any negotiation is meaningless. ”

It's pointless.

What to talk about?

Isn't it just the envoys of several countries entering Beijing? Isn't Tianjin a treaty port?

Isn't it that foreign businessmen can do business and travel in Chinese mainland? Isn't it just that foreigners enjoy the right to proselytize in treaty port cities?

Constantly breaking the contract before, isn't it just that the first two can't be agreed? Absolutely not tolerate foreigners entering Beijing?

Du Han said: "Your Majesty, the last time the seven southern provinces attacked the imperial court, didn't it mean that they signed a treaty that humiliated the country?" If they talk about it again, I am afraid that they will spread all over the world again, so that the court will once again lose face and lose its majesty. ”

Kuang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, in fact, dealing with foreigners and Su Yu has become a matter now. ”

Prince Hui Mianyu said: "Yes, one thing! ”

The name of the establishment of the seven-province alliance was to oppose the Tianjin Treaty, protect the Yangtze River waterway, protect the people in the south, and avoid the recurrence of the Xiamen teaching case.

Su Shun said: "If the imperial court raises this righteousness, then the seven southern provinces will also lose this righteousness!" ”

"As long as we win this battle with the foreigners, then the imperial court will grasp the absolute righteousness, and the problem of the alliance of the seven southern provinces will be directly solved."

The Emperor fell silent.

In fact, after the seven southern provinces openly bombarded the imperial court for losing power and humiliating the country, please kill Gui Liang and please kill Yishan, the imperial court lost its righteousness.

It also lost the initiative to solve the seven southern provinces.

The only way is to regain righteousness.

How to reclaim righteousness?

Completely negate the Treaty of Tianjin, completely deny the Treaty of Aihui, and resolutely start a war with the foreigners.

In this way, the people's hearts will be lifted in an instant, and the righteousness will be in hand.

But at the thought of starting a war with foreigners, Emperor Xianfeng was scared in his heart, and he couldn't help but tremble.

After a long while, the emperor said hoarsely, "Can you win?" ”

Su Shun said: "Your Majesty, in fact, last year's battle of Dagukou was almost won. Rong Lu's new army fought very well, and suffered a lot to the foreigners at the beginning, but the reason why it was suddenly defeated later was entirely because Tan Tingxiang, the coach, collapsed and fled, which made the battle collapse. ”

Du Han said: "Yes, Tan Tingxiang, the incompetent coach, dragged down the whole army. ”

Su Shun said: "Look at Zhoushan this time, Su Lu and Wang Youling used tens of thousands of troops to garrison Zhoushan, so that Erjin finally avoided fighting, which shows that foreigners are not invincible." ”

"Your Majesty, this time let Seng Lingqin be the main commander, Rong Lu as the deputy commander, the soldiers are desperate for their lives, and the probability of winning is very high!"

Du Han said: "Your Majesty, this time, we have no way out. ”

"Winning this battle will completely solve Su Yu and solve the troubles of the seven southern provinces."

"Hit!" Prince Hui Mianyu said: "Your Majesty, if you surrender without a fight, the majesty of the imperial court will be swept away, and the center will be in danger." If we win the war, all difficulties can be overcome. ”

All the important ministers present supported the fight.

Historically, the imperial court also decided to fight at this time.

And in this world, they have even more choice, because the seven southern provinces oppress people with righteousness.

Moreover, in the eyes of the Qing court, the compromise and concession of the foreigners in the Xiamen teaching plan and the avoidance of Zhoushan also showed a bit of weakness.

The emperor said: "Immediately summon the monks Lingqin and Ronglu to Beijing!" ”

"Huh!"

Qin used the fastest speed to rush to Tianjin and summoned the monk king and Rong Lu.

The ministers knew that the emperor had probably made up his mind, and now they wanted to ask the two generals whether they could win this battle, and wanted to get the last confidence guarantee.

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Enter the harem!

The emperor asked, "Do you think you should fight this time?" ”

Yi Guifei said: "Fight! ”

The emperor was still slightly surprised, because every time he came to Concubine Yi, he could get an absolute answer without ambiguity.

Concubine Yi said: "Your Majesty, everyone in the world is watching!" If this war is not fought, the seven southern provinces will have to deviate from Germany and attack the imperial court. ”

"Not only to fight, but also to fight hard, to show momentum, to play with dignity."

"Your Majesty, although the former Ming Dynasty is not a good example, but Emperor Chongzhen's Son of Heaven guards the country, or you have bought the hearts of the people for hundreds of years, and later generations will be called the Emperor of Martyrdom."

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Yi immediately regretted it and said nothing.

"And our current situation is much better than that of Emperor Chongzhen, except for one or two provinces that are occupied by rebellion, the seven southern provinces do not dare to openly disobey the imperial court, and the foreigners will never take away the throne of the Qing Dynasty."

"No matter how this battle goes, as long as I fight the fierceness of the Qing Dynasty, I can suppress the hearts of the people in the world."

There are things in these words of Concubine Yi that make the emperor very uncomfortable, especially the metaphor of Chongzhen, which makes him disgusted.

However, Emperor Xianfeng was also used to it.

The woman in front of her is like this, smart, and sharp.

Inadvertently, speaking will be stinging.

But the emperor also thought that she was right, and not fighting was not enough to suppress people's hearts.

Suddenly, Concubine Yi said: "Your Majesty, and this battle may not be unwinnable, the last battle of Dagukou was almost won." ”

This point is consistent with Su Shun and others.

The emperor was also puzzled, the woman in front of him and Su Shun had the same views on many things, but the two sides were on the same page.

Su Shun admonished the emperor more than once, Concubine Yi is ambitious, and she is afraid that she will become a disaster, so please ask the emperor to make a plan as soon as possible.

And Concubine Yi's side has always alluded to the Sushun party, covering the sky and the sun, and there is no opponent in the court, but she is afraid that she will deceive the emperor.

The Emperor listened to each time, but it didn't take long for him to forget about them.

As far as he is concerned, although Concubine Yi and Su Shun are mortal enemies, they are attached to him, the emperor, without the slightest disobedience, and they are extremely flattering.

Where is it like a rebel in Su Yu? There will only be disobedience.

Du Han also said that the emperor had a sentence in his heart, as long as he won the battle against the foreigners, the court would be able to grasp the righteousness.

You can dismantle the alliance of the seven southern provinces, and you can deal with Su Yao.

Concubine Yi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, once you decide to fight, the momentum will be big!" Spread the word. ”

"In addition, you can also order Su Yu and order him to send troops to support."

"If he doesn't come, he will lose his righteousness!"

The Emperor listened and nodded.

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Meanwhile!

On the battlefield of Changzhou.

It was finally confirmed that the Taiping garrison in Changzhou was not 10,000, but 7,000, because there were still 3,000 people in Danyang.

Wang Shiqing led 5,000 new troops, and Zhejiang's 15,000 troops killed the defenders of the Taiping army in Changzhou by surprise with three times the force.

Su Yu's order was to capture Changzhou within twenty-four hours.

But under the near-frantic siege.

Under the constant charge of the death squads.

Nine hours after the siege!

There was a loud bang.

The city gate of Changzhou was blown down, and Su Yu and the Zhejiang coalition army entered Changzhou.

Then there were fierce street battles in the city.

This is also the first time that the new army of Su Yu has faced street fighting.

Accurate shooting, advanced rifles, proved to be a huge advantage in street fighting.

Seven hours later!

The remnants of the Taiping Army in Changzhou fled, the Battle of Changzhou ended, and the Su Yu side won a brilliant victory.

Next, more than 10,000 Zhejiang troops defended Changzhou.

And Wang Shiqing led more than 4,000 new troops to continue to pursue the remnants of the Taiping Army and attack Danyang.

At this time, the strong endurance and physical strength advantages of Su Yu's new army were shown, because they ate well, had good nutrition, and had high training intensity.

From Changzhou, chase all the way to Danyang.

The Taiping army's defenders in Danyang were less than 3,000 people.

After pursuing to Danyang City, after a short rest, the more than 4,000 new troops directly began to attack Danyang City.

At this time, it is very, very dangerous to attack Danyang City, because from Tianjing to Danyang, it is only less than two hundred miles.

The main force of the Taiping army could arrive after three days of rapid marching.

And when Su Yu and the Zhejiang coalition army attack Changzhou, Changzhou will report to Tianjing as quickly as possible, and Tianjing will immediately send a large army to support Changzhou and Danyang.

If you are not careful, you will be attacked from inside and outside, and the whole army will be annihilated.

Therefore, the time left for Wang Shiqing to attack Danyang City was definitely less than a day.

At this time, Xu Youren sent 10,000 reinforcements led by Feng Zicai, and they were still halfway there.

So, the ultimate test of the new army began.

The next day, it was just dawn.

More than 4,000 new troops have just rested for seven hours.

Wang Shiqing gave the order to attack Danyang City.

He could even clearly calculate how long the rebel army was still away from Danyang City at this time.

The rebellious cavalry, how far is the distance.

If he can't beat Danyang within twelve hours, he will retreat immediately, otherwise he will make dumplings.

Thus, the incomparably fierce siege battle of Danyang began!

After experiencing the siege of Yangzhou and the siege of Changzhou, the new army of Su Yu ushered in the siege battle with the highest difficulty and the smallest advantage in troops.

This is the biggest test for the new army of Su Yu.

4,500 men attacked the fortified city defended by 3,200 Taiping troops.

And this time!

The 8,000 cavalry of the Taiping Army was still one hundred and thirty miles away from Danyang City.

The tens of thousands of troops of the Taiping Army are still one hundred and sixty miles away from Danyang City.

The 10,000 reinforcements of Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, are still on the canal, and there are still a hundred miles away from Danyang City.

This was not the biggest battle of the new army of the Soviet Union, at best it was a small and medium-sized battle.

But it was the most critical and urgent battle.

It's a complete race against time, a race against death.

And it was at this time that the new army of Su Yu broke out with the most terrifying combat effectiveness.

Four hours later!

The new army led by Wang Shiqing broke through Danyang City.

It was an even more brilliant victory, a miracle.

And at this time!

The cavalry advance of the Taiping army was only less than twenty miles away from Danyang City.

When they rushed to the foot of Danyang City, they found that the banner had changed on the city.

The generals of the Taiping army were extremely resentful and had the intention to order a direct attack on the city.

But the cavalry siege?

The firepower of Su Yu's new army is so fierce, you are only a few thousand cavalry attacking the city?

So, they retreated twenty miles back and camped, waiting for the main reinforcements.

Another two hours passed!

The 10,000 reinforcements led by Feng Zicai came to the outside of Danyang City along the canal, and landed behind Danyang City under the guard of the Red Dan big ship.

The cavalry of the Taiping army came to attack several times, but all of them were repelled by the new army of Su Yu on Danyang City.

A few hours later!

The 10,000 reinforcements led by Feng Zicai completed the landing and entered Danyang City!

So far, the defenders of Danyang have nearly 14,000 people.

Su Liu's new army has brought the soldiers to the extreme.

Perfectly hit a time difference.

Over there, Tianjing thought that when the main force of Su Yu's new army fought with the foreigners in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, they had already returned to the Jiangsu battlefield by boat as soon as possible.

When Tenkyo reaffirmed the decision of the Eastern Crusade and assembled an army of 80,000.

The new army of Su Yu and the allied army of Zhejiang have begun to attack Changzhou.

In more than ten hours, Changzhou was captured.

Within forty hours, Danyang was captured.

At this time, the main force of tens of thousands of troops of the Taiping Army was still on the way.

Just two or three hundred miles away, just this short time difference, was caught by Su Yu.

Taking advantage of the weakest time in Changzhou and Danyang, he won the two cities with lightning speed.

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On the Yangtze River, Su Yu's fleet and the sailors of the Taiping Army have been fighting fiercely for several days and nights.

Although his Yangtze River ships are not large in scale and are hired, Britain is a naval power after all, and a second- and third-tier fleet still has a strong advantage in the face of the Taiping Army's naval divisions.

Although the Taiping Army had more ships, there were even a lot of artillery.

But in addition to the ferocity at the beginning, after a few hours of fierce fighting, it also fell behind.

Next, it was the Su Trolling Fleet that pursued and killed all the way.

Then, the Red Single Fleet of Jiangsu Governor Xu Youren arrived, and the Yangtze River Fleet of Su Yu attacked back and forth, constantly besieging and killing the main force of the Taiping Army's naval division.

In the end, on the Yangtze River near Zhenjiang, the main force of the Taiping army's naval division was annihilated.

Then, the two fleets did not stop and went directly south along the canal, rushing to the battlefields of Danyang and Changzhou.

Because these two cities are on the edge of the canal, the guns of the two fleets can support the land battlefield.

Meanwhile!

Xu Youren, the governor of Jiangsu, ordered Zhang Guoliang, the governor of Jiangnan, to lead an army of 5,000 people to support Su Yu's Changzhou battlefield.

Because everything happened too fast, Xu Youren didn't know that Changzhou had been taken, thinking that this might be a vicious battle, and he also knew that he would take Changzhou with the arrival of rebel reinforcements, so he made a desperate bet and sent the last force to support the Changzhou battlefield.

It's just that there are a total of 20,000 people in Suzhou City, Feng Zicai first took 10,000 people, and then Zhang Guoliang took 5,000 people away.

As a result, Xu Youren only has 5,000 people in Suzhou.

Xu Youren said that the rebel army could not fly again, and 5,000 defenders were enough, and the key was to help Su Yu and the Zhejiang army take Changzhou and Danyang.

So Zhang Guoliang could only obey the order, led the army to leave Suzhou, and came to support the Changzhou battlefield.

As a result, halfway through, I met the team that reported victory, and Changzhou had already won.

So, Zhang Guoliang changed direction and led 5,000 troops to Wuxi.

In the secret treaty, Wuxi was a buffer zone, and neither side was allowed to send troops in.

And now, the Taiping army first violated the secret agreement and started the Eastern Crusade again, so Su Yu didn't have to abide by it.

So, in just a few days.

The southern provinces of Suyu successively recovered the three cities of Changzhou, Danyang and Wuxi.

Another three days passed!

The first part of the Taiping Army's reinforcements, a full 30,000 men, had already arrived on the battlefield in Changzhou.

But at this time, Su Yu's Yangtze River fleet and Xu Youren's Red Single Battleship Fleet had also rushed to Changzhou along the canal.

Chen Yucheng did not dare to act rashly.

Instead, they continued to wait for reinforcements.

At this time, the situation is very strange.

The most important Changzhou has only 10,000 defenders, and it is also a Zhejiang army with weak combat effectiveness.

On the contrary, the small town of Danyang, which is not very important, has nearly 15,000 people.

Wuxi City, there are 5,000 people of Zhang Guoliang.

Wuxi and Danyang are only a few dozen miles away from Changzhou, and the defenders of the three cities add up to 30,000 people, showing the trend of horns.

And the three cities are all on the edge of the canal.

The powerful fleet of the Su Drag side can support any battlefield at any time.

Next! The 1,300 Hunan reinforcements from Hubei finally arrived late and arrived in Changzhou.

The Su Tuo army returned to Changzhou from Zhoushan in just a few days.

And Zeng Guofan's Hunan army, starting from Wuchang, took more than half a month, which is really outrageous.

You are also taking the waterway, and it is the Yangtze River waterway plus a section of canal.

However, it's better to come than not to come.

1,300 Hunan troops, under the protection of the fleet, entered the city of Changzhou.

And Chen Yucheng, on his side, is still waiting for reinforcements.

On that side, the Taiping army continued to enter the Changzhou battlefield, and more and more troops were assembled.

Thirty thousand, forty thousand, fifty thousand, sixty thousand.

Another three days passed!

On the side of Su Yu, Wei Jun led the 8,000 Ganzhen Green Camp Army into the Changzhou battlefield.

Su Yao did not have the power of the green battalion in Jiangxi, and the only thing he could command was Wei Jun's two or three thousand people.

Because Wei Jun is a general of the Taiping Army, he can only follow Su Liu.

The entire Ganzhen Green Battalion obeyed the orders of the Hunan army, which was a tacit understanding between Su Yu and Hu Linyi.

The general soldier of Ganzhen was Luo Zenan at this time, and he was the general of the Hunan army.

Some time ago, Shen Baozhen, the acting governor of Jiangxi, ordered the green battalion of Ganzhen to send troops, and Hu Linyi was in a dilemma.

Refuse? Then fall out with Su Yu.

Agree? Not very reluctantly.

However, after a little thought, the more troops on this side of the Changzhou battlefield, the more the main force of the Taiping Army will be contained. The more favorable it was for the Hunan army to attack Anqing, so Hu Linyi, the political envoy of Jiangxi, finally gave in.

So far, the defenders of Changzhou have more than 20,000 people.

In the entire Changzhou battlefield, the army of the Su side was almost 40,000 people, plus two fleets.

A few more days!

The reinforcements of the Taiping army all rushed to the battlefield of Changzhou, totaling 80,000 people.

At this point, Armageddon is on the verge of breaking out.

The total strength of the two sides exceeded 120,000.

In Hubei and Luzhou, the Hunan Army's four-way army, a total of 60,000 people, has been assembled.

Zeng Guofan waited quietly.

As soon as the decisive battle between Su Yu and the Taiping army broke out on the battlefield of Changzhou, Zeng Guofan immediately ordered an army of 60,000 to kill Anqing.

The Anqing Reconquest War officially began.

Hell-looking foreigners, hell-sighted Count Ergin.

As soon as this person arrived in China, he caused such turmoil.

Originally, I was waiting for you to fight the decisive battle with the Qing court, and I was waiting for you to directly attack Dagukou.

As a result, Armageddon to the north has not yet broken out.

The Armageddon in the South is about to break out.

If a major war breaks out in Anqing, the strength of both sides in the entire battlefield in the south may reach more than 200,000, or even more than 300,000.

Stupid Hong Renji.

Stupid Hong Xiuquan.

As soon as you are instigated by foreigners, you really can't wait to go to war, but when a fool plays chess, it is also chess, and he will move his whole body.

At this time, the two sides set up a position.

Then, all eyes were fixed on Tianjing.

Waiting for Hong Xiuquan's decision, do you want to fight?

Do you want to fight? Then accompany you to the end.

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And at this time the Northern Court!

Monk Gelinqin and Rong Lu entered Beijing.

The emperor asked, "If you fight, can you win?" ”

Monk Greenqin said: "Your Majesty, you can win!" ”

"It has been a year since the last battle of Dagukou, and we have carried out comprehensive repairs to the forts in Dagukou, upgraded the artillery, and replaced some of the artillery."

"This time, the slave will personally serve as the commander of the Dagukou battlefield, and the minister swears that unless the foreigner steps on the corpse of the minister, he will never retreat, and Tan Tingxiang's ugly drama will never be repeated."

Rong Lu, the minister of the supervision of the new army and the commander of Zhili, said: "Your Majesty, after a year of expansion and recuperation, the Tianjin New Army has reached nearly 7,000 people, which is not the same as that day. This war is the only one who has the confidence to win! ”

For the emperor, Ben had no choice.

Now, the coach and deputy coach of Tianjin have expressed their determination to win.

So, the emperor slammed the table and said, "Then fight!" ”

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And the combined fleet led by Count Ergin, after capturing Yantai, rested for a few days.

Then, head up the Bohai Sea.

A few days later, the coalition fleet reached Dalian Bay.

Again, without any declaration of war, without any messengers, direct fire.

The defenders of Dalian Bay put up a stubborn resistance.

However, it still does not change the outcome.

The next day, Dalian Bay fell.

At this point, the British and French forces officially blocked the Bohai Bay.

Although Ba Xiali repeatedly told Count Ergin that the Qing court did not have a strong naval division, there was no need to attack Dalian and Yantai, and there was no need to blockade Bohai Bay, and it should directly attack Dagukou and be taken by surprise.

The Qing court could not be allowed to improve the fortifications, nor could the Qing court improve the defenders.

But Count Ergin did not listen, and continued to deploy according to his campaign.

After capturing Yantai and Dalian, part of the defenders remained.

Then, he led the Combined Fleet and the Marine Corps to kill in the direction of Tianjin.

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The next day's pilgrimage!

It's been a long time in the making.

The entire court has unified its will, and today's court meeting is just a formality.

It was a large-scale mobilization meeting for war.

"Minister, please fight!"

"Minister, please fight!"

"Minister, please fight!"

Above the court, all the ministers, all the important ministers, came out one after another, asking the court to go to war.

Then, Emperor Xianfeng was impassioned.

"I've got it!"

"We do not recognize the Aihui Treaty, and we do not recognize the Tianjin Treaty."

"For the people of the world, for the country!"

"It's official!"

"Monk Grinqin!"

Prince Korqin came out, dressed in armor, knelt down on one knee and said, "The slave is here!" ”

"Ronglu!" The Emperor shouted.

Rong Lu was also dressed in military uniform, knelt down on one knee and said, "The slave is here!" ”

"I order the two of you, as the main and deputy commanders, to fight Yangyi to the end!"

"If Yangyi doesn't retreat, he won't stop fighting for a day!"

"Slaves obey!"

The civil and military officials knelt down neatly and said: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"The emperor wins!"

"Great Qing Wansheng!"

Then, Monk Lingqin and Rong Lu left the palace in military uniforms, turned over their horses, and went to Desheng Gate.

At this time, there were already thousands of cavalry in Deshengmen, lined up neatly.

Tens of thousands of people in the capital watched.

There will be a grand departure ceremony.

After Monk Greenqin and Rong Lu left the Desheng Gate, the sound of magnificent music sounded.

The three princes of Hui, Prince Xuan, and Prince Alcohol came out of the ranks and walked on the high platform.

Prince Hui Mianyu took out the holy decree and recited the emperor's declaration of war.

Although, as in history, the Qing court chose to go to war.

But what is slightly different is that this time the determination of the imperial court is greater, and in order to compete for the righteousness, the imperial court has adopted a more grand formation.

This edict, this battle letter, is also written heroically.

When all the people heard this, they shouted one after another.

"Ten thousand victories in the Qing Dynasty, ten thousand victories in the emperor!"

Prince Hui handed over the holy decree to the monk Lingqin, and also handed him the sword of Shang Fang.

"Two marshals, the court is waiting for your triumph."

"The people of the capital, waiting for your triumph."

"All the people of the world, waiting for your triumph!"

Monk Gelinqin and Rong Lu bowed down and said, "If you don't break the enemy, you won't return it!" ”

Then, in the eyes of all people.

The two commanders, led a thousand cavalry, headed towards the Tianjin battlefield.

Of course, the thousand cavalry were only symbolic.

The real army has already been displayed on the battlefield of Dagukou.

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Monk Lingqin and Rong Lu once again returned to the battlefield of Dagukou.

He read out the emperor's decree in front of all the defenders, and then shouted loudly: "If we win this battle, we will glorify our ancestors and be glorious and rich." ”

"If we lose this battle, we will be ruined!"

"All the people of the world are watching us."

"The Immortal Heaven is watching us."

"Our ancestors are watching us."

"The emperor is watching us!"

"Fight with Yangyi, fight to the end!"

The army shouted: "Fight with Yangyi, fight to the end!" ”

The battlefield of Dagukou is full of fighting spirit!

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Three days later!

Off the coast of Tianjin, a black spot appeared.

Second, third, fourth......

Immediately afterwards, a huge combined fleet appeared in everyone's field of vision.

It's finally here.

The defenders of Dagukou immediately took a deep breath when they saw this scene.

Rong Lu's eyes narrowed.

Last year's battle of Dagukou, he also witnessed it.

This time, the scale of the combined fleet of foreigners is obviously larger than last year.

It is conceivable that there will be more troops for foreigners to land.

However, compared with last year, the defenders of Dagukou are also different.

The commander of the Combined Fleet, He Bo, and the rear admiral of the Navy, Sima Migoli, glanced at each other, and could not help but think of Bashali's exhortation.

Earl Elgin, the supreme commander of the British Empire's Far East, picked up his binoculars and looked at the defenders at Dagukou.

"Gentlemen, the Qing army in Dagukou seems to be more than last year, and it seems to have a little more will."

"But don't forget, when we attacked Yantai and Dalian, they had similar expressions on their faces."

"The result?"

"These two places, still no more than a day, were directly attacked by us."

"Whether our Marines are sweating or not, I can't be sure."

"Since the War of Commerce more than a dozen years ago, we, the British Empire, have been extremely allies, and have won victory after victory on this land, each time more brilliant, and even more incredible."

"Then today's battle will not be an exception!"

"So, enjoy your war!"

The representative of the French Empire next to him said, "Lord Count, do we need to send an envoy to declare war?" ”

Before attacking Yantai and Dalian, because of the anger, they were all undeclared wars.

Count Ergin nodded, "Then let's go." ”

Then, the coalition fleet sent a small boat and an envoy to officially land at Dagukou.

Britain, France, the United States, and Russia formally declared war on the commander of the Qing army, Seng Greenqin.

On behalf of the Qing court, Monk Greenqin officially faced the battle!

After the declaration of war on both sides!

Commander of the coalition fleet, officially announce the opening of fire!

The naval guns of the combined fleet, firing fiercely.

The Qing army fought back fiercely at the Dagukou Fort.

At this point, the second battle of Dagukou broke out!

A decisive battle between the foreigners and the Qing court broke out.

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Meanwhile!

After a few days of traveling, the court Qin used the fastest speed to follow the canal and the Yangtze River to Jiujiang, and read the emperor's edict to Su Yu.

"Su Yu, I have vetoed the Treaty of Aihui and the Treaty of Tianjin, and I have decided to start a war with Yangyi, can you support it?"

Su Yu said: "Of course the minister supports!" ”

Then, the envoy took out the holy decree and said loudly: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and orders Su Yu to lead the fleet to the north to support and attack Yangyi, Qin this!" ”

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Note: The number of words in this chapter is almost equivalent to two chapters.

I'm going down to eat, do you still have a monthly pass in Engong's hand? Shall it be good to give me? I bow down to you and thank you!

(End of chapter)