Chapter Eighty-Seven: Counterattack on the Qing Court
"What should I do next?" Victoria rubbed her temples, a little headache.
"The Qing court also sent a telegram asking for help, saying that as long as we can help them deal with the Taiping army, they can give better terms. The maid said.
"Our most sophisticated weapon is a machine gun. If even the machine gun can't help this person, then there is no point in that. Queen Victoria frowned: "I won't go to the East for the time being, and I will refuse the Qing court." ”
"At the same time, to spread the news, I ordered the people of the Academy to use their brains to invent weapons that are more powerful than machine guns. Otherwise, this Satan is really difficult to deal with. ”
Victoria rubbed her eyes, she had been in charge of Britain for many years.
She is in her fifties.
When she was in her twenties, she still had a lot of troubles and a lot of worries.
But in the last ten years, there has not been a single bother.
And now, He Xuan's existence has made her troublesome again!
At about the same time, the United States, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, these seven countries also received war reports from the East.
The heads of state of these seven countries were also stunned when they heard the news. This is a result they never expected. However, until now, they can only accept this result.
Then, they issued almost the same ordinance as Queen Victoria of England. Today's Western countries are all thriving and uplifting countries. When they encounter a strong enemy, they are not afraid at all, and all they think about is counterattacking and counterattacking.
Of course, the news of the annihilation of the Eight-Nation Coalition in the East could never be concealed from the extremely developed media in the West. The news was reported immediately. And the countries of the West have not yet had the brains of the Virgin Mary in later generations.
Seeing this news, one by one defined He Xuan as Satan, and one by one they clamored that they wanted to send the East to crusade against this Satan!
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And the East.
It's calm now.
He Xuan is resting in the city of Nanluo, Nanluo Kingdom.
The Taiping army is recovering in the kingdom of Namla.
In the battle with the Eight-Nation Coalition a month ago, there were more than 30,000 casualties, and the final statistics came out, and more than 20,000 were killed. More than 10,000 wounded. Of the more than 10,000 wounded, 8,000 were seriously wounded and could no longer go to the battlefield after recuperation.
Only five thousand can return to the team.
As a result, the total strength of the Taiping Army is now about 20,000.
Therefore, the question now facing the loyal king Li Xiucheng is: "Do we need to recruit troops? Expand the troops? The current number of troops is too small." ”
"Conscription must be conscripted. But not now. Yang Fuqing said: "After all, this is Southeast Asia, and many people here can't speak our Chinese. I didn't even understand the language, so I was pulled into the army, and it was a big trouble. ”
"Therefore, it is time to counterattack the Qing court. He Xuan made a final decision: "You first design a counteroffensive route." ”
"The words of the counteroffensive line. King Chung Lee so-sung said, "We set out from Nam-la and can go to several places. Either they will land in Guangdong, or they will land in Fujian. However, I personally think that the landing in Guangdong is better. There is a chamberlain Li Shixian in Guangdong, which can be collected. ”
"And Guizhou is not far from Guangdong, once we land in Guangdong, we will bring Guizhou Li Wencai's department over. ”
"So there were 40,000 horses. All are veterans. If you expand it again, you can attack the north from the south and destroy the Qing court. Li Xiucheng, the king of loyalty, gave his opinion, but it was He Xuan who really decided.
He Xuanzhi didn't have many opinions: "Okay, just do it." ”
"Good. ”
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Three days later.
The Taiping army of 20,000 horses finally left the country of Nanluo.
Brought muskets, artillery, machine guns, steamboats.
Of course, a thousand men and horses were also left behind to guard the country of Nanluo.
The king of Nanluo said confidently: "I am already a courtier of the Taiping army, and we will never rebel against the Taiping army." His Majesty the Young Heavenly King is relieved. I wish Your Majesty the Young Heavenly King, and prosperity in martial arts. Destroy the Qing court and occupy China. ”
The original king was not a fool either.
Even the Eight-Nation Alliance Army was defeated, the young king of the Taiping Army, what a thick thigh this is!
For this kind of thigh, he just honestly hugs his legs.
Why rebel.
In this way, the Taiping army left the country of Nanluo and headed straight for the Canton strip of China.
When the steamships of the Taiping Army appeared on the docks of Guangdong, the whole port was boiling. Of course, for the ordinary people of this port, they are not too afraid.
This is the Taiping Army!
There's nothing to be afraid of!
Now, who does not know that the Taiping Army defeated the Eight-Nation Alliance.
Even the Eight-Nation Coalition was defeated, and no matter how great the Qing court's ability was, it couldn't defeat the Taiping army.
Therefore, sooner or later, this world will belong to the Taiping army.
Even, there are a lot of people, who saw that the people of the Taiping Army were coming, so they rushed over, wanting to join the king and be a hero of the dragon. It's a little late from the dragon now, but there's still a chance.
When Li Xiucheng, the loyal king, reported this situation to He Xuan, He Xuan couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, crying and laughing: "Pass the order, don't accept people for the time being." Let's talk about it when we have conquered Guangdong. ”
Zhongwang Li Xiucheng immediately went to do it.
Next, go ashore.
Then, he pulled on a variety of Western weapons.
There were 20,000 Taiping troops, and now everyone had Western muskets, no, in the first war against the Eight-Nation Alliance, they captured more, so that each of them had a gun, and a large number of guns were transported in the car.
This made the onlookers next to him look straight at each other: "They are all the most advanced Western muskets, and there are so many of them." It's amazing. ”
"Yes, now the green battalion here in Guangdong, that is, a few people still have only one gun, and they still use old-fashioned muskets. It's awesome. ”
"The Taiping Army didn't have such a good army in the past, right?" someone asked suspiciously.
"You're right, the former Taiping Army, where was there such a cow. I saw the Taiping army in the hands of the old king back then, and their firearms were worse than those of the Qing court. It's similar to the Green Camp in Guangdong. It's a lot worse than the Hunan army. However, after the Hunan army defeated the Taiping army, it was disbanded. ”
"Even in the former Hunan army, the number of muskets was not so much. ”
"And don't just look at the muskets. Look at these Taiping troops, what kind of spirit they are. It feels like they have a very high morale. This is a real iron-blooded army. ”
In the midst of everyone's discussions, the soldiers of the Taiping Army pulled out the more popular weapon behind them, the machine gun.
This is even more blinding!